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Suit: Anne Furguson, Moore, Faucett

27 February 1810 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury found the executors detained enslaved Adam within three years and awarded Anne Furguson damages and costs.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
February 1810 term, 27 February 1810
People
Jurors
Edmund Herndon; Robert Mebane; Thomas Holden; Mark Barbee; Thomas Lloyd; John Nieley; William Murray; Nath’l King; Daniel Turrentine; Isaac Holden; Martin Palmer; Jehu Bird
Amounts
£240; £10

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 8, page 18
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1810 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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