Orange County Indexed
Road order: Wm. Whitehead, Hooper
26 August 1784 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Wm. Whitehead was appointed to open and maintain Joseph Sharp’s–Wm. Jackson’s road, using nearby hands and Mr. Hooper’s unnamed enslaved people.
- Kind of business
- Road order
- Court
- August 1784 term, 26 August 1784
- People
- Wm. Whitehead (road overseer)
- Hooper (enslaver; Mr.)
- Road hands
- Joseph Sharp; Wm. Jackson
- Places
- Joseph Sharp's; Wm. Jackson'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 49-214½
- 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).
