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Road order

February 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed sixteen men to survey a route from Davises Shop across the public Flat River bridge to Hillsborough and report next term.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1788 term
Road jury
Jno Latta Sr; James Latta; Wm Carr; Wm Dunnagin; Wm Jimmerson; Geo Newton; John Carrington; Arthur Mangom; Anthony Cozart; Samuel Torentine; Arther Harris; John Riggs; John Latta Jr; James Watson; Edward Wortham; James Carrington
Places
Davises Shop; flatt river; 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 104
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1788 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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