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Child or servant bound: James Dunnagan, Exum Elliott

26 August 1812 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

An unnamed orphan’s apprenticeship to James Dunnagan was rescinded; the court ordered a new apprenticeship to Exum Elliott in house carpentry.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
August 1812 term, 26 August 1812
People
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 5/410: May 1798 term →

Reading note: The child’s name was missing after called.

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 388
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1812 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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