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Road order

28 May 1816 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The sheriff was ordered to summon a jury to inspect the road section altered by Absalom Alston.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
May 1816 term, 28 May 1816
Road hands
Absalom Alston
Places
Elliby’s Creek

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 173
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1816 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).
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