Orange County Indexed
Order about enslaved people: William Cain, Sampson, Rich’d Bennehan
February 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
On William Cain’s motion, Sampson received permission to carry a gun on Cain’s adjoining lands, backed by a bond.
- Kind of business
- Order about enslaved people
- Court
- February 1794 term
- People
- William Cain (petitioner)
- Sampson (enslaved person; enslaved by William Cain)
- Rich’d Bennehan (surety)
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 534
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1794 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).
