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Road order: William Clark

May 1792 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed William Clark as road overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1792 term
People
Road hands
William Hall; Mathias Cook; James Lapsley; David Fossett; Francis Wilkinson; Daniel Wilkinson; William Wilkinson; Robert Tinnen; Richard Lake; David Clark; John Richards
Places
Francis Wilkinsons fence; the upper part of the Country line road called Basins road & ordered that the following hands work under him, to wit: William Hall & hands, Mathias Cook, James Lapsley, David Fossett, Francis Wilkinson, Daniel Wilkinson, William Wilkinson, Robert Tinnen, Richard Lake, David Clark, John Richards

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 439
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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