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Child or servant bound: John Underhill, James Underhill

26 May 1808 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was ordered to bring orphan John Underhill before the court for prospective apprenticeship.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
May 1808 term, 26 May 1808
People
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 7/451: August 1808 term →

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 423
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1808 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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