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Road order: James Stroud

August 1761 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A jury was appointed for the courthouse road to the red fields; Hezekiah Collins and James Stroud became overseers.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1761 term
People
Road jury
Robert Cate; John King; Henry Morris; Henry Brewer; William Stroud; Wm. Long; Gideon Kirksey; Christian Kirksey; Hezekiah Collins; John Hunter; James Spratt; John Crugs ? (Creegs ?)
Places
Court house; red fields

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 58-253
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 71
  • 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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