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Orange County Indexed

Road order: William Phillips

26 May 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed William Phillips as road overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1795 term, 26 May 1795
People
Road hands
Jno Bachus; Joseph Freeland; Henry Trolinger; Gasper Long; Hugh Lovins; Jno Gant; Joel Phillips; William Phillips; David Phillips; Christopher Holt; Absolam Holt; William Oneal; William Garrett; Thomas Dixon; William Rainey
Places
Trolingers ford on Haw River; Col O’Neals

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 9
  • 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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