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Road order

August 1779 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

At James Trice’s motion, five men were appointed to inspect a possible road between Mark Patterson’s and Wm. Couches and report.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1779 term
Road jury
Mark Patterson; James Trice; Moses Hutchings; John Hart; Wm. Couch
Places
Mark Patterson's; Wm. Couches

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 35-71½
  • 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 38 (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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