Suit: James H Bowman, Charles Cotton, Stephen

Garnishee John Woods disclosed debts and possession of Stephen, enslaved by Charles Cotton, offering to deliver Stephen to the sheriff.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

November 1802 term, 23 November 1802

People

• James H Bowman (plaintiff)
• Charles Cotton (defendant)
• John Woods (Waggoner)
• Alex’r Woods
• Stephen (enslaved person; enslaved by Charles Cotton)

Amounts

eight dollars; nine pounds; one pound; £7.10; 20/; thirty Dollars; fifteen pounds

Other dates

25th day of December next; 29th March 1802; 1st day of March 1802; 1st day of Nov ensuing; third of April 1802; 2d March 1802; first day of December next

Reading note: Amounts and currency equivalence were inconsistent; a credit was partly unreadable. Alex’r Woods also appeared as Alexr Woods.

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 6, page 351
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 1802 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).