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Order about enslaved people: Matthew Lindsey, Henry Edwards, Moses Cates

November 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Matthew Lindsey, Henry Edwards and Moses Cates became Caswell patrollers.

Kind of business
Order about enslaved people
Court
November 1794 term
People
Places
Caswell

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 615
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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).
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