Free Colored Inhabitants of the Town of Hillsborough, Orange County, 1850.

by Lisa Y. Henderson

#286. Green Caudle, 33, cabinet maker, born in NC, and Catharine Strudwick, 24, born Orange County.

#287. Henry Evans, 33, cabinet maker, born Hillsboro, wife Henrietta, 22, born NC, and children Lizzy, 6, Julia, 4, Matthew, 2, and Sarah, 10 months, all born in Hillsboro, plus Fanny Evans, 65, born in Virginia, and James Allison, 66, cabinet maker, born Delaware.

#288. Martha Day, 25, Mary Day, 5, and Susan Day, 2, all born in Orange County, in the household of Anderson Vanderford, carpenter.

#289. Alexander Webb, 53, saddler, and Judy Webb, 55, both born NC.

#294. Richard Mayo, 29, cabinet maker, Martha Mayo, 40, William Mayo, 17, laborer, Mary Mayo, 12, Jane Mayo, 3, Henrietta Mayo, 3, Betsey Mayo, 60, George Mayo, 18, laborer, and Faddis Mayo, 25, laborer, all born in NC.

#295. Julia Revell, 3, born in Orange County, in the household of James Parks, shoemaker.

#298. James Volentine, 28, barber, born NC, Susan Volentine, 30, born Orange County, Manuel Strudwick, 80, shoemaker, born NC; Jack Strudwick, 24, and Umstead Mayo, both laborers, and Eliza Mayo, 15, the last three born in Orange County.

#303. Samuel Barton, 15, laborer, born NC, in the household of James M. Palmer.

#328. William Freeman, 66, laborer, born Virginia.

#329. Henry Freeman, 32, shoemaker, wife Patsey, 45, Nancy Burke, 20, Edy Mitchell, 11, and Mary Redding, 28, all born in NC.

#332. Peggy Revill, 49, Sally Day, 20, Fanny Chaveous, 10, Wilson Evans, 26, cabinet maker, Coon Chaveous, 26, laborer, James Huckabee, 23, laborer, all born NC.

#335. Waldon Jeffreis, laborer, born Orange County.

#338. Patience Chavous, 28, Polly Burnett, 20, John Burnett, 2 months, Rebecca Chavous, 14, Patsy Revills, 4 months, all born NC.

#343. George Mays, 19, laborer, born Hillsboro.

#344. Eliza Chavous, 40, Leroy Chavous, 10, and Martin Chavous, 6 months, all born NC, in the household of Andrew C. Murdock.

#349. Dicey Winstead, 51, Harriet Wilson, 28, James Wilson, 16, laborer, Egbert Wilson, 9, John Wilson, 10, Mary Wilson, 7, and Thomas Wilson, 3, all born NC.

#352. Ned Cain, 76, laborer, born NC.

#355. Mary Bush, 16, born NC, in the household of William Newman Sr., laborer.

#370. Harry Douglas, 70, laborer, born NC.

#373. “Jail” – James Mitchell, 25, laborer, born NC, “stealing money, and John McAndless, 22, laborer, born NC, “giving his free papers to a slave.”

#378. Robert Mitchell, 50, laborer, Sophia Mitchell, 46, Frances Mitchell, 7, all born NC.