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Road order: Mann Patterson

3 March 1798 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed Mann Patterson as road overseer, replacing Joseph Barbee.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1798 term, 3 March 1798
People
Road hands
Joseph Barbee; Chesley P Patterson; Wm Williams; Mark Barbee; John Barbee; John Abbet; Arthur Bab; Michael Hinchy; Uriah Hinchy; Charles Carrol; Geo Johnston; James Roan?; Wm Rhodes
Places
the Cross roads at Wm Rhodes’s to Dry Creek

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 386
  • 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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