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Child or servant bound: Elijah Hickman, John Long, John Hickman

August 1803 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court apprenticed Elijah Hickman to John Long after finding that his father John Hickman had left the family unsupported.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
August 1803 term
People
Other dates
10th Dec’r last

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 453
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1803 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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