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Road order: John Barby

August 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

John Barby was appointed overseer from Thos. Cappers to New Hope, with four named road workers.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1778 term
People
Road hands
J. Davis; Jas. Hawood; John Tapley Patterson; John Patterson
Places
Thos. Cappers; New Hope

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 26-52½
  • 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 24 (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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