Orange County Indexed
Suit: Benjamin Peeler, William Dunnagan, Parker
November 1804 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Jurors found William Dunnagan detained enslaved Parker within three years and awarded Benjamin Peeler damages.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- November 1804 term
- People
- Benjamin Peeler (plaintiff)
- William Dunnagan (defendant)
- Parker (enslaved person)
- Jurors
- William Thompson; John McDaniel; Hugh Mulhollan; John Holmes; James Thompson; Andrew McBroom; John Casey; Rob’t Tinnen; Thomas MacCracken; Wm Hall; Tobias Smith; John Workman
- Amounts
- £200; 6d
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 600
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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).
