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Child or servant bound: Martha Wade, Robert Smith, Scilla Wade

29 February 1804 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court apprenticed Martha Wade to Robert Smith for instruction in spinning.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
February 1804 term, 29 February 1804
People
Other dates
25th Dec’r next

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 495
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1804 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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