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Road order

28 February 1811 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered the road across Hills Creek rerouted along the boundary between William Kirkland’s and Josiah Turner’s land.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1811 term, 28 February 1811
Road hands
William Kirkland; Josiah Turner
Places
Hills Creek

Reading note: The boundary description after Josiah Turner was partly unreadable.

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 162
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1811 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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