Road order: William Byas

Any twelve of Robert Bumpass, John Bumpass, Jonas Parker and 21 others were authorized to open the Striplands path–county-line road; William Byas became overseer.

Kind of business

Road order

Court

February 1764 term

People

• William Byas (road overseer)

Road jury

Robert Bumpass; John Bumpass; Jonas Parker; Samuel Bumpass; Gabrile Davie ?; Thomas King; John Bridges; John Bain; Peter Black; James Satterfield; John Satterfield; George Colley; John Trap; John Thompson; George Flynn; William Jay; James Blackley; John Thomas; Samuel Yarborough; John Carrington; Samuel Fulton; Thomas Pearsons; Robert Pryor

Places

Striplands path; old road; Country line; Jonas Parker'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 148
• Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 96
• 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).