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Orange County Indexed

Road order: John Hughes

November 1793 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed John Hughes as overseer and assigned the listed road workers.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1793 term
People
Road hands
Alex Mebane; Joseph Loyd; Wm Davis; Jacob Jeffers; Jno Armstrong; James Tate; ???? Dunn; Wm Strudwick; Jno Douglass; David Douglass; Henderson Douglass; Jennet Mebane

Reading note: Dunn’s given name was unreadable.

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 500
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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