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Road order

November 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A jury was assigned to alter the Fayette Ville road and choose a bridge site at Matthew McCauleys’s mill.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1794 term
Road hands
Matthew McCauleys
Road jury
James Nelson; John G Rencher; John Strain; Sackville Brewer; John Gattis; Baxter King; William King; William Andrus; David Hogan; Alexand Strain; William Partain; Edmond Jones
Places
Hillsborough; Fayette Ville; Morgans creek
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/639: February 1795 term →

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 625
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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