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Orange County Indexed

Road order: John Baker

August 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed John Baker as road overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1787 term
People
Road hands
Wm Couches
Places
fork Roads below Wm Couches; dry Creek

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 57
  • 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).
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