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Orange County Indexed

Child or servant bound: Hyrom Rhew, Thomas Cook, Polley Rhew

February 1805 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court apprenticed Hyrom Rhew to Thomas Cook for instruction in bricklaying.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
February 1805 term
People
Other dates
22nd April 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 7, page 16
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1805 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 30004, “County Court Minutes, 1805–1814” (State Archives film).
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