Orange County Indexed
Road order: Joseph Thompson, Samuel Benton
3 March 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The court appointed Joseph Thompson as road overseer, replacing Jno Umstead Esqr.
- Kind of business
- Road order
- Court
- February 1798 term, 3 March 1798
- People
- Joseph Thompson (road overseer)
- Jno Umstead (Esqr)
- Samuel Benton (road overseer)
- Road hands
- Henry Fossett; Mrs Benton; Capt Bells
- Places
- the river at Bentons Mill to the three mile branch above Nelsons place
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 385
- 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).
