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Road order: Alex’r Bowland

August 1803 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Joseph Moore was released from Alex’r Bowland’s road crew because he oversaw another road.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1803 term
People
Road hands
Joseph Moore

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 6, page 453
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1803 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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