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Orange County Indexed

Road order: James Miller

May 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed James Miller as road overseer, replacing James Combs.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1795 term
People
Road hands
James Combs
Places
little river; Hillsborough

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 5, page 2
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1795 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 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).
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