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Orange County Indexed

Order about enslaved people: Thomas Ross

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

The court authorized sale of unnamed enslaved people from Thomas Ross’s estate to facilitate distribution.

Kind of business
Order about enslaved people
Court
November 1802 term, 25 November 1802
People
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/327: November 1797 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 6/255: November 1801 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 6/224: August 1801 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 6/629: November 1804 term →
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 6/581: August 1804 term →

Reading note: One word concerning equal distribution was unreadable.

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 362
  • 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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