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Orange County Indexed

Road order: Robert Baker

26 May 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Robert Baker replaced Charles Johnston as overseer from Great Meadows to Hillsborough.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1778 term, 26 May 1778
People
Road hands
Charles Johnston
Places
Great Meadows; Hillsborough

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 20-40½
  • Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 18 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
  • 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 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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