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Road order

25 February 1790 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed a road jury to survey the proposed Pains–Haw River route only if twelve jurors considered it publicly useful.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1790 term, 25 February 1790
Road jury
James Forrest; Joseph Thompson; Andrew McClary; Bozzel Davis; Samuel Ector; Thomas Bird; Wm Murray; Walter Morrow; James Murray; Luke Pendergrass; Jno Barnhill; Thomas Lynch; Wm Baley; Obediah Martin; Joel Corder; James Anthony; Joseph Tate; Geo Fossett
Places
Caswell County line; Pains Tavern; Haw river

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 268
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1790 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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