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Road order

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

The sheriff was ordered to summon a jury to lay out the best route from the Raleigh road to William Barbee’s mill.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
August 1811 term, 29 August 1811
Road hands
Mrs Sears; William Barbee
Places
Raleigh road; William Barbees Mill
Other dates
next Term

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 237
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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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