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Road order: John Mitchel

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

The court appointed John Mitchel as road overseer, replacing James Roney?.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1799 term, 2 March 1799
People
Road hands
James Roney?; William McCauley; Felty? Craig; Johnston Craig; James Craig Sr; James Craig Jr; Joseph Mallett; James Mitchel; John Mitchel; George Long; Richard Fossett; James McDade; Archibald Nelson; Thomas Pittman; James Kerr; Samuel Thompson; Baker; Andrew Collins
Places
Samuel Thompson’s to Baker’s old 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 536
  • 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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