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Child or servant bound: Hester Hargiss, Robert Smith, Wm Hargis

25 November 1802 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court apprenticed Hester Hargiss to Robert Smith for instruction in spinning.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
November 1802 term, 25 November 1802
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 6, page 358
  • 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).
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