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Road order: John Watson

26 August 1808 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court appointed John Watson as road overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1808 term, 26 August 1808
People
Road hands
Rob’t Nutt; John Cain; Southerland May; Phillip Bennett; James Watson; John Watson Jr
Places
Rob’t Nutts ??; John Cain’s plantation; Eno River

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 456
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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