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Road order: William Lea

August 1761 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Named workers were assigned the road from John Roberson’s shop toward Solomon Debow’s and McCoy’s mill under William Lea.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1761 term
People
Road hands
Thomas Wilson; Thos Wilson; William Maxwell; David Maxwell; Thomas Dobbins; John Fogerson; Andrew Fogerson; John Wright; Jonathan Allen; Gresham Allen; Isaac Allen; David Chambers; Leonard Hopson; James Bell; Robert Bell; Samuel Bell; George Bagby; George Bagby; Francis Wright; James Lea; Francis Carney; John Campbell; Stephen Serjant; William Serjant; John McFarland; James McFarland; Solomon Debow; George Gold; John Roberson; McCoy
Places
John Roberson's shop; John Campbell's; Stephen Serjant's; Great Road; Solomon Debow's; McCoy's Mill

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 57-252
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 70
  • 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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