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Road order: Anthony Stanford

August 1761 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Anthony Stanford became road overseer from James Burnhill’s to Pine ford and Trollinger’s ferry on Haw River.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1761 term
People
Road hands
James Burnhill; Trollinger
Places
pine ford; Ferry at Trollinger's; Haw River

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 58-254
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 72
  • 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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