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Orange County Indexed

Road order

30 August 1799 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court allowed Edward Jones the compensation assessed for a road crossing his plantation.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1799 term, 30 August 1799
Road hands
Edward Jones
Justices
Wm Rainey; Wm McCauley

Reading note: One justice’s name was unreadable; compensation referred to an earlier jury return.

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 611
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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