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Road order: James Scarlet

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

The court appointed James Scarlet as road overseer.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1811 term, 29 November 1811
People
Road hands
Reuben Farthing; John Farthing; Dudly Farthing; Jesse James; John Horner; William Morgan; Thomas Horn; Thomas Holloway; John Coleman; William Coleman; Burton Clark; Arch’d Horn; Thomas Scarlett; Timothy Laycock; William Laycock; Joseph Proctor; Ben Cates; Thomas Cate
Places
Pea Creek to Newhope road

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 304
  • 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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