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Road order: John Lawrence

August 1764 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A jury was appointed for the Deep River–Rowan line–Cross Creek road, with Christopher Husay and John Lawrence overseeing sections.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1764 term
People
Road jury
Samuel Cox; Thomas Cox; Elisha Cadsal (?); Christopher Husay; Solomon Cox; John Cox; William Wierman; Francis Chaney; Joseph Comber; John Hodgins; Robert Hodgins; Stephen Husay; Hercules Ogle; John Trammel
Places
south side of Deep River; Rowan line; Cross Creek; Richland Creek; Richard Creek; Cumberland line

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 224
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 106
  • 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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