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Orange County Indexed

Road order: James Moore

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

The court assigned sixteen named workers to the road supervised by James Moore.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1790 term, 25 August 1790
People
Road hands
James Roark; Wm Roark; James Turrentine; James Watson; Jno Moore; Morgan Clower; Alexander McMullen; Hugh McMullen; Wm Miller; Tho Horton; Henry Moore; James Horton; Wm Duke; Jno Crouse; Nath’l Carrington; Ro Forsithe

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 303
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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