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Order about enslaved people: Samuel Benton, Abner B Bruce, James Webb

May 1809 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A committee led by Samuel Benton was appointed to prepare patrol regulations for consideration at the next term.

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Order about enslaved people
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May 1809 term
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next 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 546
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1809 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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