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Road order: Wm. Laws

29 May 1782 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Wm. Laws replaced Charles Horton as overseer from Little River near John May’s.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1782 term, 29 May 1782
People
Road hands
Charles Horton
Places
Little River; John May'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 2-121½
  • 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 2 (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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