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Orange County Indexed

Child or servant bound: Isaac Weaver, Edward Harris

August 1815 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Isaac Weaver was discharged from his apprenticeship and further obedience to Edward Harris.

Kind of business
Child or servant bound
Court
August 1815 term
People

Reading note: The closing phrase was partly illegible; the boy’s apprenticeship was not treated as enslavement.

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 92
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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