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Orange County Indexed

Road order: John Woods

May 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

John Woods was appointed overseer from James Clarks Line to Hillsborough.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1779 term
People
Places
James Clarks Line; 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 33-66
  • 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 34 (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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