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Road order: John Cate

May 1761 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Joseph King, Edward Smith, Henry Gold, John Bryant and Hosea Tapley’s hands were assigned roadwork under John Cate Junior.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1761 term
People
Road hands
Joseph King; Edward Smith; Henry Gold; John Bryant; Hosea Tapley
Places
Robersons Mill; Cushy (?) Camp Branch

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 53-244
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 68
  • 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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