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Order about enslaved people: Robert Mebane, Joseph Baker, Alexander Allen

May 1810 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Robert Mebane and the other named patrol members received allowances for the previous year’s service.

Kind of business
Order about enslaved people
Court
May 1810 term
People
Amounts
Three pounds
Other dates
last year

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 64
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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