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Road order: Henry O'Dannell, John Pickhart

23 August 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Henry O’Dannell replaced John Pickhart as overseer from Woodie’s Ferry to Widow Moore’s Plantation.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1785 term, 23 August 1785
People
Places
Woodie's Ferry on Haw River; Widow Moore's Plantation

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 9-251½
  • 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 9 (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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