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Road order

3 March 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court granted a road petition and appointed twelve men to survey and mark a route from Partins to Hillsborough, reporting next term.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1787 term, 3 March 1787
Road hands
Will Partins
Road jury
John Hart; Charles Johnson; Joseph Kirklin; John Craig; John Gettes; James Hart; George Johnson; Alexander Strain; William Burns; William Blackwood; William Kennedy; Luke Browning
Places
Will Partins; 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

  • Minute book 4, page 14
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1787 term
  • 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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