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Road order: James Walker

February 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed James Walker as road overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1797 term
People
Road hands
Robert Ashely; Sarah Horton; Anthony Rickets; Francis Rickets; Robert Duke; Hardiman Duke; Tyree Duke; Taylor Duke; Samuel Vaughan; Thomas King; Robert Harris; Nathaniel Harris; John King; Thomas McFarlane; Henry Horton; Cuthbert Burton; William Montgomery; Lazarus Tilly; John Tilly Jr; Archer Harris; James Walkers; Thomas Hunt; Thomas Horner; George Horner; Joseph Ellis; Leonard Waggoner; Mark Harris; James Horner; Richard Bennehan
Places
Richard Bennehan’s Store to James Walker’s 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 213
  • 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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