Orange County Indexed
Freedom or emancipation: James Mebane Jr, Rob’t Faucit, Jno Taylor
25 May 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
After James Mebane Jr sought Cicero’s sale, Rob’t Faucit and Jno Taylor petitioned successfully for Cicero’s freedom under James Armstrong’s will.
- Kind of business
- Freedom or emancipation
- Court
- May 1797 term, 25 May 1797
- People
- James Mebane Jr (petitioner)
- Rob’t Faucit (executor)
- Jno Taylor (executor)
- James Armstrong (deceased)
- Cicero (enslaved person; enslaved by James Armstrong)
- Justices
- Absalom Tatom; James Christmas
- In the will books
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 5, page 231
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1797 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 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).
