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Road order

29 May 1811 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was ordered to summon a jury to inspect and reroute the University–Woody’s ferry road south of Richard Stanford’s house.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1811 term, 29 May 1811
Road hands
Richard Stanford
Places
University; Woody’s ferry

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 200
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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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