Orange County Indexed
Freedom or emancipation: Absalom Tatom, George, Cate
29 August 1809 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The court emancipated nine people under Absalom Tatom’s will, assigned Tatom surnames, and accepted the trustees’ bond against county support costs.
- Kind of business
- Freedom or emancipation
- Court
- August 1809 term, 29 August 1809
- People
- Absalom Tatom (testator)
- George (enslaved person; enslaved by Absalom Tatom)
- Cate (enslaved person; enslaved by Absalom Tatom)
- Sally (enslaved person; enslaved by Absalom Tatom)
- George (enslaved person; enslaved by Absalom Tatom)
- Jack (enslaved person; enslaved by Absalom Tatom)
- Jesse (enslaved person)
- Jim (enslaved person)
- Patsey (enslaved person)
- Betsey (enslaved person)
- Will Kirkland (official)
- David Ray (official)
- Duncan Cameron (official)
- In the will books
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 566
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
