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Road order: Daniel Carleton

February 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed Daniel Carleton as road overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1797 term
People
Road hands
Thomas Trice; Edward Trice; Robert Campbell; Samuel Daniel; Wm Sheppard; James Sheppard; Leonard Carlton; Jno Leigh; Thomas Daniel; Daniel Carlton; Jack Bingum; Robert; William Cain; Charles Trice
Places
the Cross Road at William Cain’s Quarter to Charles Trice’s plantation

Reading note: The sequence Jack Bingum ??? Robert was split into visible names; the intervening relationship was unreadable.

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 202
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1797 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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