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Road order: Francis Day, Alexander Mebane, Robert Erwin

December 1753 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Francis Day, Alexander Mebane and Robert Erwin were appointed commissioners for the old trading path from the county boundary through Haw River to great Alamanze.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
December 1753 term
People
Places
old trading path; Haw River; great Alamanze

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 14-27'
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 9
  • 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).
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