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Road order: Lewis Durham

November 1794 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed Lewis Durham as road overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1794 term
People
Road hands
Frederick Loyds; Alexander Hatch; Lysias Durham; Wm Durham; John Durham; Anderson Stroud; Sarah Willis; John Jolly; Mark Durham; Stephen Justice; Edmond Harden; Charles Durham; Thomas Laurence; Isham Thrift
Places
Chatham line; Frederick Loyds

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 629
  • 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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