Orange County Indexed
Suit: Marchel Roberts, James Johnston, Ester
November 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Jurors found James Johnston detained enslaved Ester, Moses, Ellick and Betsy, rejected limitation and awarded Marchel Roberts and others damages and costs.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- November 1797 term
- People
- Marchel Roberts (plaintiff)
- James Johnston (defendant)
- Ester (enslaved person)
- Moses (enslaved person)
- Ellick (enslaved person)
- Betsy (enslaved person)
- Jurors
- Henry Neal; Samuel Chambers; James Ray; Samuel Nelson; Rich’d Cochran; James Philips; John Daniel; Edward Picket; Garret Garrison; Geo Garrison; Ezekiel Trice; John Bullock
- Amounts
- £200; 6d
Reading note: Each named person was valued at the same amount; no ownership was inferred beyond the contested detention claim.
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 321
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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).
