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Road order

2 March 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed named road jurors to survey and report on the proposed route.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1799 term, 2 March 1799
Road jury
Matthew McCauley; William Nunn; David Craig; Sam’l Hopkins; Lambert Robinson; Bennet Watson; John Daniel; Benjamin Yeargan; Joseph Caldwell; Samuel Holmes; James Craig; Edward Jones
Places
Franklin Street; University; old Raleigh road

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 533
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1799 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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