Orange County Indexed
Freedom or emancipation: Frances Child, Mary Doherty, Robert Freeman
25 February 1800 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The court declared Rachel, Billy and Sukey free under Wm Freeman’s will, assigned them the surname Joel, and charged Robert Freeman costs.
- Kind of business
- Freedom or emancipation
- Court
- February 1800 term, 25 February 1800
- People
- Frances Child (petitioner; widow)
- Mary Doherty (petitioner; widow)
- Robert Freeman (defendant)
- Wm Freeman (deceased)
- Rachel (enslaved person; enslaved by Wm Freeman)
- Billy (enslaved person; enslaved by Wm Freeman)
- Sukey (enslaved person; enslaved by Wm Freeman)
- Places
- Bertie County; County of Orange
- Elsewhere in the minutes
- OCPQS 5/409: May 1798 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 658
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1800 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).
