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Road order: John Haywood, Alexander Mebane

August 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On John Haywood and Alexander Mebane’s memorial, the court appointed a jury to survey a route from Franklin Street toward Chappel Hill.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1794 term
People
Road jury
Matthew McCauley; John Dannel; James Patterson; Abraham Allen; George Dannel; Christopher Barbee; Benjamin Yeargan; Man Patterson; Samuel Hopkins; Edward Jones; Hardy Morgan; William Partain; Samuel Piper; Jesse Rigsbey; John Scott
Places
Franklin Street; University; Chappel Hill

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 595
  • 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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