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Road order: Francis Wilkinson, James Boid ? or Bird?

August 1761 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Francis Wilkinson became overseer from Taylor’s Ford to Stagg’s Creek; James Boid or Bird oversaw the continuation to his residence.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1761 term
People
Places
Taylor's Ford; Stagg's Creek

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 59-255
  • 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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