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Suit: Wm B Mebane, Robert Murdock, Daniel

August 1806 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors found Robert Murdock detained enslaved Daniel within three years and awarded Wm B Mebane damages.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1806 term
People
Jurors
William Cabe; Alex’r Boreland; Niel B Rose; Barney Lashley; Andrew McCleary; Anderson Stroud; William Brown; Henry Younger; John Sharp; John Stroud; Evan Jeffers; Robert King
Amounts
£325; 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 7, page 165
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1806 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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