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Road order

May 1793 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court listed workers and providers of labor for the road from Canes to an uncertain former residence (Holden).

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1793 term
People
Road hands
Henry Bunch; Stephen Carrel; James Burnet; Jno Laws?; Wm Lewis; Wm Clenney; Jno Duglass; Wm Belvin; Sam Cole; John Latta; James Latta Jr; Thomas Johnston; John Riley; Wm Cains; Jno Cains; Jno Kellys; Jno Woods; James Cain; Jno Holden; Isaac Hobson; David Copland; Duglass Copland
Places
Canes; P??? old place

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 470
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1793 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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