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Road order

May 1763 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Twelve men were appointed to lay out and open the road from Peter Nowey’s to William Wiley’s.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1763 term
Road jury
John McComb; Walter Murry; Alex. Mebane; Robert Irwin; John Butler; John Armstrong; Paul Harmon; Peter Nowie; John Whitman; John Oliver; John Hopkins; John Barker
Road hands
Peter Nowey; William Wiley
Places
Peter Nowey's; William Wiley's

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 30
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 80
  • 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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