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Order about enslaved people: Thomas Robinson

August 1816 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Thomas Robinson received a patrol-service allowance for the previous year.

Kind of business
Order about enslaved people
Court
August 1816 term
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 240
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
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