Orange County Indexed
Road order: Weldon, William Haltham (?), James Hampton
March 1753 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
On Weldon’s motion, a road through upper Sorry Town to (Y)Adkin River was ordered, with William Haltham (?) and James Hampton overseeing it.
- Kind of business
- Road order
- Court
- March 1753 term
- People
- Weldon (petitioner; Mr.)
- William Haltham (?) (road overseer)
- James Hampton (road overseer)
- Places
- M'Corgan (?) or Morgan (?) Brians Path; upper Sorry Town; (Y)Adkin River
Reading note: Recorded at a meeting of the county’s road commissioners, which Shields’s abstracts print among the court minutes.
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
- Folio and page 35-70'
- Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 19
- 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 30001, “County Court Minutes, 1752–1766” (State Archives film).
