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Road order: Enoch McPherson

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

The court appointed Enoch McPherson as road overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1811 term, 29 November 1811
People
Road hands
Edward Bowman; Jesse Lamb; Thomas Dark; William Thomas; Nathan Bell; Jesse Towel; Jepson Thompson; Rich’d Thompson; Isaiah Horneday; William Freeman; John Freeman; John Bowden; Micajah Thomas; Nathaniel Horsey; John Whitted; John Towel; Alexander Tilman; Samuel Freeman
Places
Whitheads Creek to the road leading from Woody’s ferry to the County line

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 298
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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