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Road order

27 August 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed a jury to survey the route from Sloss’s across Haw Creek and Haw River toward Chatham, reporting next term.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1788 term, 27 August 1788
Road jury
Jno Sloss; James McAdams; Alex Kilpatrick; Wm Clendening; Archibald Mahon; Eli McDaniel; Jno Thompson; James Woody; Jno Carter; James Newland; Ro Scoby; Jo Hodge
Road hands
Burnsides
Places
Chatham County line; Haw Creek; Burnsides old place; Thompsons mill; Haw river; Caine Creek; Chatham Court House

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 142
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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