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Road order: Richard Bennehan, William Laws

February 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Richard Bennehan became road overseer; the court required him and William Laws to combine workers after flood damage.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1797 term
People
Places
Flat River to Little river on the Petersburg road

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 211
  • 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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