Orange County Indexed
Suit: Hawkins Stroud, Richard Thompson, Stephen
February 1816 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The jury found Richard Thompson detained Stephen, claimed by Hawkins Stroud, and awarded nominal damages and costs.
- Kind of business
- Suit
- Court
- February 1816 term
- People
- Hawkins Stroud (plaintiff)
- Richard Thompson (defendant)
- Stephen (enslaved person)
- Jurors
- Jesse Nevill; Amos Nichols; John Leigh; Edward Riggains; Henry Neal; Alexander Mason; Charles Trice; Joel Cloud; Harrison Trice; John F West; Samuel Edmiston; William Elleson
- Amounts
- One hundred ^ fifty pounds; 6d
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 122
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1816 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).
