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Road order: George Newton, Wm Cain, David Ray

May 1793 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

After George Newton objected to the surveyed route, the court allowed a private road; Wm Cain appealed with David Ray as surety.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1793 term
People
Road hands
Robert Walkers; Wm Walkers
Places
little River meeting house; Cains Mill; little River; Hillsboro
Amounts
two hundred & fifty pounds
Other dates
26 day of March 1793; 6th day October next

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 471
  • 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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