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Road order: James Hutchison

February 1780 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Hutchison was appointed overseer on the east side of Haw River with twenty-one named workers.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1780 term
People
Road hands
William Hodge; George Hodge; John McCrory; Hugh McAdams; Robert Faucett; James McAdams; Anthony Stanford; Benj. Cornell; James Burch; William Tate; James Dickson; William Scott; Wm. Mears; James Anderson; James Stockard; Wm. Craig; John Elmon; Jacob Bason; John Bason; Timothy Hughs; Mathew Rippey
Places
East side of Haw River

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 43-86½
  • 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 46 (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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