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Road order: John Rives

27 August 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed John Rives as road overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1795 term, 27 August 1795
People
Road hands
Francis Wilkersons; Sam’l Whitesides; John Walker Jr; John Walker Sr; Phillip Walker; John Trousdale; Rich’d Cope; George Cope; George Boyd; Andrew Walker; Alex’r Faddis; Peter Elmore; Jacob Thomas
Places
Francis Wilkersons land; buck horn branch

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 39
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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