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Road order: James Combs

27 November 1793 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed James Combs as road overseer, replacing Theophilus Thompson.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1793 term, 27 November 1793
People
Road hands
Theophilus Thompson; Robert Wilsons
Places
little river below Robert Wilsons; the Town of Hillsborough

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 507
  • 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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