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Road order: Thomas Gwinn

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

The court appointed Thomas Gwinn road overseer and listed six workers for the route through Peelors to Greens.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1788 term, 27 August 1788
People
Road hands
Benjamin Peelors; Dan’l Greens; Henry Picket; Wm Picket; James Durham; Littleberry Grisham; Benona Grisham; Harris Grisham
Places
Cross Rhodes

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 155
  • 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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