Orange County Indexed
Road commissioners, April 1754
8 items of business at the road commissioners’ meeting, in the order recorded. No county court is recorded this month.
22 April 1754
- Road commissioners’ meetingThe road commissioners met with the ten named members present (James Dickey, James Allison, Thomas Loyd, Robert Cate).
- Road orderWm. Gross and Edward Stone were assigned sections of a new road from Western Road through the Enoe ford toward Cape Fare.
- Road orderThomas Thompson and James Swafer became overseers under Dickey for a road from Great lick toward James Watson’s, requested by Governor’s Settlement residents.
- Road orderJohn Harley and John Cate became overseers for a road requested by Hico residents toward James Watson’s, passing Adam’s Creek, Barnett’s and Flatt river.
- Road orderJames Nichols became overseer under John Pittman for a fifteen-foot road from Little Troublesome to Orange new road at Nathaniel Allison’s.
- County businessThe eight listed road commissioners were each fined twenty shillings for missing the general meeting (Lawrence Banckson, Josias Dixon, Alexander Mebane, William Rhodes).
- County businessJames Hendricks and John Patterson were excused after providing acceptable explanations concerning the previous general meeting.
- Road orderZachariah Headle replaced James McGowen as overseer under James Dickey.
