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Road order

February 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed a jury to survey a route from Joseph Hodges to Widow Hodgens.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1794 term
People
Road hands
Joseph Hodges
Road jury
Richard Foster; James Briant; Jacob ????; Walter McFarlin; David White; Robert Hodge; Richard G??????; John Holmes; Robert Patton; Samuel Mebane; William Bri????; Daniel Turrentine; Benjamin Roney

Reading note: Three jurors’ surnames were incomplete.

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 546
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1794 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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