Orange County Indexed
State case: Burk Walker, Samuel Couch
29 May 1816 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Burk Walker, held as an alleged accessory in Jim’s case, was ordered detained until he provided good-behavior security requested by Samuel Couch.
- Kind of business
- State case
- Court
- May 1816 term, 29 May 1816
- People
- Burk Walker (defendant)
- Jim (enslaved by Thomas Snipes)
- Samuel Couch (petitioner)
- Elsewhere in the minutes
- OCPQS 9/245: August 1816 term →
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 181
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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).
