Orange County Indexed
State case: Moses, William Mangom, Abner Bruce Benton
July 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Moses was discharged for lack of prosecution evidence, subject to costs and jail fees, after a called court heard notice testimony.
- Kind of business
- State case
- Court
- July 1794 term
- People
- Moses (defendant; enslaved by William Mangom)
- William Mangom (enslaver)
- Hardress Hawkins
- Abner Bruce Benton (clerk)
- John Hogg (clerk)
- Barnabas Burrows (witness)
- Justices
- John Taylor; William Lyttle; William Watters; Wm F Strudwick
- Places
- Guilford County; Orange County; Hillsborough
- Other dates
- Wednesday the 16th July, 1794
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 584
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the July 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).
