Road order: Wm Holt

The court confirmed a revised road alignment and compensation, appointing William Holt as overseer with the listed labor assignments.

Kind of business

Road order

Court

May 1815 term

People

• Wm Holt (road overseer)

Road hands

Daniel Albright; Powell Troxler; Christian Witsell; Daniel May; Jeremiah Holt; John Prather; William Mor????; John Holt; Hezekiah Mebane?; Benjamin Whitey

Places

Old Salisbury road; Guilford road

Amounts

forty Shillings; three hands; one hand; four hands; two hands

Reading note: Christian Witsell later appeared as Christian Whitsell. William Mor???? and Hezekiah Mebane? were uncertain. Named labor suppliers were not assumed to work personally. The overseer first appeared as Wm Holt in the route and later as William Holt; the first form was retained. One or more names, ages or identifying annotations were uncertain in the transcription.

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 9, page 72
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1815 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 30005, “County Court Minutes, 1815–1826” (State Archives film).