Orange County Indexed
Freedom or emancipation: Francis Child, Mary Doherty, Sam
31 May 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
On Francis Child and Mary Doherty’s petition, the court freed Sam under William Freeman’s will and directed that he be known as Samuel Freeman.
- Kind of business
- Freedom or emancipation
- Court
- May 1798 term, 31 May 1798
- People
- Francis Child (petitioner)
- Mary Doherty (petitioner)
- Sam (enslaved person; enslaved by William Freeman)
- Rachel (mother; enslaved by William Freeman)
- William Freeman (deceased)
- Robert Freeman
- Places
- Bertie County; Orange
- Elsewhere in the minutes
- OCPQS 5/623: November 1799 term →
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 409
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1798 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).
