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Road order: Elihu Woods

24 August 1791 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed Elihu Woods as road overseer, replacing James Latta Jr.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1791 term, 24 August 1791
People
Road hands
James Latta Jr; Enuch Collins; Wm Clark; Hugh Woods; Hugh Montgomery; Tho Latta; Jno Latta Sr; James R????
Places
Newtons ???; the trading road

Reading note: The road’s starting landmark and James R???? were 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 364
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1791 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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