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Road order: John Hogan

August 1793 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On John Hogan’s petition, the court appointed a road jury and workers for a route from the University toward Chatham.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1793 term
People
Road jury
Thomas Connally; Jesse Nevil; Matthew McCauley; Alex’r Piper; Sam’l Piper; Edmund Jones; John Fann; Rob’t Haygood; John Price; Dan’l Stephens; Wm Pendergast
Road hands
Thomas Connally; Jesse Nevil; Matt’w McCauley; Edmund Jones; John Fann; Sam’l Piper; Alex Piper; John Burrow; Pumphret Herndon; John Stroud; Robert Trotter; Wm Forsyth; Willis; John Wilson; Luke Rigbey; John Sparrow; Wm Pendergast; Abijah Massey; John Pendergast; Job Pendergast; Rich’d Woody; Henry Cother; John Wilson; James Smith; Abraham Piper
Places
University; Clerks ferry on Haw river; Chatham line

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 492
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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