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Orange County Indexed

Road order: Benj. Davis

August 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Benj. Davis replaced Wm. Stroud as overseer from Chatham County Line to Frederick Lloyds.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1778 term
People
Road hands
Wm. Stroud
Places
Chatham County Line; Frederick Lloyds

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 24-49
  • 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 22 (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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