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Road order: Christopher Barbee

November 1783 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Christopher Barbee became overseer from between Parton’s and Loyd’s to Jones Blakes; listed inhabitants’ hands were assigned to maintain the road.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1783 term
People
Road hands
Edmond Jones; Thomas Oden; Hardy Morgan; John Morgan; Rosey Sears; Jos. Harwood; W. Pickett; Turner Harwood; Jesse Harwood; Geo. Tamplin; Dan'l. Boothe; William Riggins; Absolom Harwood; Jesse Colton
Places
Parton's; Loyd's; Jones Blakes

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 31-179½
  • 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 24 (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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