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Road order: Thomas Horton

1 March 1792 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed Thomas Horton as road overseer, replacing Jas Moore.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1792 term, 1 March 1792
People
Road hands
Jas Moore; Thomas Watsons
Places
Carringtons Brid[g]e on flatt river; Thomas Watsons ford on little river

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 403
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1792 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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