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Road order: Samuel Patten

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

On Patten’s petition, the court ordered a jury to relocate the road east of his plantation to reduce injury; a later notation renewed the order.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1790 term, 25 February 1790
People
Road jury
Wm Tate; James Roney; Wm Mebane; Jno Smith; James Mebane; Alexander Kirkpatrick; Joseph Baker; Samuel McAdams; Richard Christmas; James McAdams; Wm Rany; Wm Scott; Robert Patten; James Turner; Geo Johnston; David Mebane

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 269
  • 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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