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Orange County Indexed

Child or servant bound: Elizabeth Merritt, Phoebe Faucett, Patty Merritt

24 May 1815 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court apprenticed Elizabeth Merritt to Phoebe Faucett for instruction in spinning.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
May 1815 term, 24 May 1815
People

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 9, page 56
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1815 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 30005, “County Court Minutes, 1815–1826” (State Archives film).
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