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Road order

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

The road between Little River and Flat River was ordered rerouted; Rich’d Bennehan could close the abandoned section after the replacement opened.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1811 term, 28 February 1811
Road hands
Rich’d Bennehan
Places
Granville Co; Little River; Flat River; Wheeler’s field

Reading note: The endpoint near Bennehan’s property 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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