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Road order

February 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed a jury to lay out a road from the University toward Cypritts Bridge at the Chatham boundary.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1798 term
Road jury
Samuel Hopkins; Wm Nunn; Jno Bragg; Edw’d Trice Jr; Edward Trice St; Henson Colter; Jno Owen; John Walker; Wm Pendergrass; Thomas Trice; Charles Collier; James Craig; Jno Connelly; Alexander Straine; Jno Wilson; Abijah Massey
Places
University; Chatham County; Cypritts Bridge

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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