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Orange County Indexed

Road order: Jno. Estis

6 March 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jno. Estis became overseer from Baxter’s Branch to Hillsborough; the listed inhabitants’ hands were assigned to maintain the road.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1785 term, 6 March 1785
People
Road hands
Jesse Benton; Jno. Carrigan; Edw. Turner; Jno. McCollom; Jos. Thompson; Thos. Norris; Rob. Nelson; Peter Writisman; Thos. Crabtree; Sam'l. Chambers; Jas. Thompson; W. Tapp; Wm. Railly; John Estis
Places
Baxter's Branch; Hillsborough

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 4-240
  • 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 3 (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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