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Road order

August 1763 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Fifteen men were appointed to open a road from Striplin’s Path to the county line near John Parks; John Bumpass became overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1763 term
Road jury
Robert Bumpass; Samuel Bumpass; Jonas Parker; Thomas Striplen; John Bumpass; John Bridges; Gabriel Davey; Samuel Yarborough; Thomas King; John Lawson; John Byars; George Flynn; John Tabor; John Thompson; John Payne
Road hands
John Parks
Places
Striplin's Path; old road; County line near John Parks

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 53
  • 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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