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Child or servant bound: Thomas Dodson, John Howard, Wm Dodson

February 1810 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court apprenticed Thomas Dodson to John Howard for instruction in house carpentry, joinery, reading, writing and arithmetic.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
February 1810 term
People
Other dates
Aug’t 30th next

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 29
  • 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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