Road order: Sam’l Thompson

The court appointed Sam’l Thompson to oversee the Enoe bridge–ford road, assigning Taylor’s and Hogg’s laborers and exempting them from other roads for one year.

Kind of business

Road order

Court

November 1788 term, 28 November 1788

People

• Sam’l Thompson (road overseer)

Road hands

John Taylor; James Hogg

Places

Enoe

Other dates

one year

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 178
• 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).