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Road order: Austin

November 1790 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed Austin as road overseer, replacing James Pratt.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1790 term
People
Road hands
James Pratt; Tho Mortases
Places
Ford of the river at Hillsb’g; Tho Mortases

Reading note: The new overseer’s given name was illegible.

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 313
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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