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Road order: James Scarlett

November 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Named workers were assigned under James Scarlett to open the road from Caswell County Line to Widow Woods near Mr. William Johnston’s.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1778 term
People
Road hands
N ? Ashley; Robert Forsythe; John Briggs; James Wallan?; John Carrington; Jno. Carrington; James Scarlett; Warham Glenn; John Miller; William Alston; James Horton; Walter Ashley; Oniel Parrish; Julian King; John Robertson; Archer Harris; John Tilley; Thos. Sutton; Thos. King; James Mashburn; Patrick Clark; Harris Wood; John Hart; James Caine; Charles Carroll; William Ray; John Moore; James Moore; Stephen Wilson; William Cole; Garret; William Larock; Arthur Johns; John Johns; Thos. Johns; James Watson; Charles Dunnegan; Edward Wortham
Places
Caswell County Line; Widow Woods; Mr. William Johnston's

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 29-58½
  • 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 28 (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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