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Road order

November 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court directed any twelve of sixteen named men to lay out the Enoe bridge connection to the old road and report this term.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1788 term
Road jury
Sterling Harris; Wm Whithead; Joseph Moore; Jno Taylor; Wm Watters; Jno Allison; Henry Thompson; Wm Newman; Dav’d Ray; Samuel Allen; Roswell Huntington; Wm Lytle; Samuel Thompson; Jacob Richards; Wm Courtney; Joseph Dickens
Places
Town ford; Enoe
Amounts
twelve

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 165
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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