Suit: Margaret Wall, John Douglass, Harry

The jury found John Douglass detained Harry and awarded damages; James Cain surrendered Douglass, who was ordered into custody.

Kind of business

Suit

Court

August 1808 term, 23 August 1808

People

• Margaret Wall (plaintiff)
• John Douglass (defendant)
• Harry (enslaved person)
• James Cain (surety)

Amounts

£325; £15

Reading note: The continuation spelled plaintiff Margret Wall. The verdict established detention, but did not explicitly identify Harry’s enslaver.

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 442
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).