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Road order

August 1810 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

On residents’ petition, the sheriff was ordered to summon a road jury to inspect and lay out the requested route and report.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1810 term
Road jury
Jacob Armstrong Jr; Archer Harris; John Macfarlan; D??? Hunt; James Walker; Nolan Hampton; John Wilbourn; John Moize; James Roberts; Hardimon Duke; Thomas How???; William Dollar; Henry Moize
Road hands
William Cain
Places
William Cains mill; little River; McCulloch’s long line; Flat River; Hunter’s old ford; Granville County line
Other dates
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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 8, page 92
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1810 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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