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Order about enslaved people: Thomas Watts, Henry Thompson

February 1792 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Thomas Watts and Henry Thompson were appointed town patrollers.

Kind of business
Order about enslaved people
Court
February 1792 term
People
Places
Hillsbo

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Minute book 4, page 405
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1792 term
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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