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Road order: William Riddle

August 1764 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Eleven named workers were assigned to open and repair the Hodges Ford–Copeland’s Island road under William Riddle.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1764 term
People
Road hands
Thomas Holdon; James Holdon; Richard Kirk; Richard Holdon; Cary Minter; William Gamblin; George Wooter; James Brantley; John Shepheard; Benjamin Braswell
Places
Hodges Ford; Copeland's Island; Haw River

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 225
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 107
  • 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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