Orange County Indexed
Road commissioners, April 1757
18 items of business at the road commissioners’ meeting, in the order recorded. No county court is recorded this month.
18 April 1757
- Road commissioners’ meetingTwelve road commissioners attended the general meeting at Corbintown courthouse.
- Road orderJohn Hunter replaced William Blackwood as road overseer.
- Road orderWilliam Mians (?) replaced George Erwin as road overseer.
- Road orderJoseph Powel replaced John White as overseer from Michael Synnot’s to Little River.
- Road orderJoseph Powel replaced John White as overseer from Little River to the county boundary.
- Road orderJohn Marshal replaced Joshua Hadley as road overseer.
- Road orderWilliam Craig replaced David Bradford as road overseer.
- Road orderGilbert Stream became overseer from the courthouse to the road toward the hawfields.
- Road orderWilliam Combe replaced William Nunn as road overseer.
- Road orderPeter King became overseer for a new road from George Finley’s at the county boundary to Boyd’s Road.
- Road orderAdam Trollinger became overseer from Haw River to Great Alamance.
- Road orderJoseph Gold became overseer south of Hico.
- Road orderJohn Warren became overseer north of Hico.
- Road orderSolomon Derbe (?) replaced William Serjant as overseer.
- County businessAll absent road commissioners were ordered fined.
- Road orderPeter Banckston, James Henricks and James Satterfield became overseers for a new road from William Jay’s to Sorry (Saury) Town.
- Road orderLawrence Redman replaced Henry Gold as road overseer.
- Road orderThe record listed twenty-eight road commissioners (Thomas Holden, Hugh Porter, James Allison, Thomas Loyd).
