Road order: John Morrow

The court appointed John Morrow as road overseer.

Kind of business

Road order

Court

November 1793 term

People

• John Morrow (road overseer)

Road hands

Wm Harvey; Andrew Morrow; Joel Brown; Charles Stout; Isaac Stout; Joseph Stout; Peter Stout; James Neal; Dan’l Freeman; John Allen; Wm Marshal; Jacob Stout

Places

freemans road upon the mountain; the main road that leads to Woodies ferry, the following hands work on the said road: Wm Harvey, Andrew Morrow, Joel Brown, Charles Stout & sons, Isaac Stout, Joseph Stout, Peter Stout ?? James Neal & hands, Dan’l Freeman, John Allen, Wm Marshal, Jacob Stout

Reading note: Unnamed sons and additional workers were listed; punctuation between Peter Stout and James Neal was unclear.

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 503
• 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).