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Road order

26 November 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed a further group to direct opening the Enoe bridge connection to the old road and report during the term.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1788 term, 26 November 1788
Road jury
Lewis Kirk; Wm Kirk; Geo Long; Joseph Kirkland; R Christmas; Thos Cate; Strayhorn; John Hastings; Joseph Hastings; Arch’d Campbell; Wm Wily; Wm Strayhorn; John Strayhorn; John Grant Rencher; Jas Christmas; John Hart; Joseph Hart; Abraham Nelson; Alex’r Boland; John Cabe; Jno Elliot; William Elliot; Richard Cate
Places
Enoe; Town ford; Old road

Reading note: One Strayhorn’s given name was illegible; road[?] followed Thos Cate.

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 169
  • 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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