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Road order: Wm Duffy

February 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On Wm Duffy’s motion, the court appointed a jury to lay out a road connecting Hillsborough and the University.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1798 term
People
Road jury
James Strayhorn; James Hart; James Haistings; Henry Haistings Jr; James Nelson; Wm Strayhorn; James Pratt; Andrew Collins; John Mitchel; Alexander Bowland; James Watson; Wm Crabtree Jr; Thomas Crabtree; John Flintham; George Pratt; James Mitchel; Wm Craig; Johnston Craig; Wm Cook; John Barton
Places
Hillsborough; University

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 377
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1798 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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