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Order about enslaved people: Nathaniel Robinson, Henry Edwards, William Forsyth

29 November 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed commissioners to divide unnamed enslaved people from Nathaniel Robinson’s estate among his representatives.

Kind of business
Order about enslaved people
Court
November 1799 term, 29 November 1799
People

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 632
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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