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Road order: Sam’l Piper

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

Sam’l Piper became overseer with listed workers for the University road toward Clarks ferry.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1793 term, 30 November 1793
People
Road hands
Thos Connally; Jesse Nevil; Matthew McCauley; Edm’d Jones; John Fann; Sam’l Piper; Alex’r Piper; John Burrow; John Burrow; Pomfret Herndon; John Stroud; Rob’t Trotter; Wm Forsyth; Willis; John Wilson; Dan’l Stephens; John Price; John Connally; Luke Rigbey; John Sparrow; Wm Pendergast; Abijah Massey; John Pendergast; Job Pendergast; Richard Wooley; Henry Cother; John Wilson; James Smith; Abraham Piper; James Craig; Thos Connally Jr; Wm Trotter; Howell Hern
Places
University; Clarks ferry

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 516
  • 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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