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Child or servant bound: William Rickets, Valentine Moore, Sarah Rickets

30 August 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court apprenticed William Rickets to Valentine Moore for instruction in farming.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
August 1799 term, 30 August 1799
People
Other dates
27th last May

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 611
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1799 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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