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Child or servant bound: Moses, John Bullock

31 August 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court apprenticed Moses to John Bullock for instruction in pottery.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
August 1798 term, 31 August 1798
People
  • Moses (child bound; free child of color; age 16 years some time in this month)
  • John Bullock (master)

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 459
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
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