Orange County Indexed
Road order: Sterling Harris
August 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
After a favorable road-jury report, the court appointed Sterling Harris to oversee the Queen Street–Halifax connection and assigned George Doherty’s laborers.
- Kind of business
- Road order
- Court
- August 1787 term
- People
- Sterling Harris (road overseer)
- Road hands
- George Doherty
- Places
- Queen Street; Halifax; Town of 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 56
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
