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Road order

February 1812 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was ordered to summon a jury to compare Reuben Boroughs’s new road with the old route; the court reserved the final decision.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1812 term
Road hands
Reuben Boroughs
Places
Couch’s old place
Other dates
next Court

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 325
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1812 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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