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Road order: John Moore

29 May 1790 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed John Moore to replace James Boyles on the Stoney Creek–Caswell road and assigned fifteen workers.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1790 term, 29 May 1790
People
Road hands
James Boyles; James Boyle Jr; Jesse Bracken; Jno Boyle Jr; Wm Boyle; James Bracken; Jno Tate; Robert Tate; Hugh Robinson; Andrew Robertson; Garner Jefferies; James Ross; Jno McD???; James Wilson; Samuel Smith; Jno Armstrong
Places
Stoney Creek; Caswell line

Reading note: Jno McD??? was incomplete.

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 286
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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