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Orange County Indexed

Road order

25 February 1808 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

William Barbee received permission to close the old road through his plantation after the new road opened.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1808 term, 25 February 1808
Road hands
William Barbee

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 7, page 390
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1808 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 30004, “County Court Minutes, 1805–1814” (State Archives film).
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