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Road order

August 1763 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Twelve men were appointed to open the road from Peter Noe’s to William Willey’s and report.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1763 term
Road jury
Peter Nowey; John McCombs; Lodwick Clap; John Oliver (?); Jacob Brown; Jacob Foots; Ludwick Albright; Elias Powell; John Powell; John Shady; Barnett Troxler; John Smith
Road hands
Peter Noe; William Willey
Places
Peter Noe's; William Willey'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 52
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 84
  • 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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