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Orange County Indexed

Road order: Joseph Tates

August 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed Joseph Tates as road overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1794 term
People
Road hands
Henry Masons
Places
back Creek; Henry Masons

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 586
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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