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Order about enslaved people: Alexander Russell, William Shaw, Henry Stephens

August 1813 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Alexander Russell and the other named men were appointed to patrol Rich’d Woods’s district without pay.

Kind of business
Order about enslaved people
Court
August 1813 term
People
Places
in & for Capt Rich’d Woods Company without pay

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 498
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1813 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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