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Orange County Indexed

Road order: Abraham Massey

November 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Abraham Massey replaced Benj. Hearndin as overseer from Wake County Line to James Trices.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1778 term
People
Road hands
Benj. Hearndin
Places
Wake County Line; James Trices

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 29 (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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