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Road order

November 1816 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court accepted completion of the Eno bridge and ordered payment to Thomas Atkins, John Arnold and William Leathers.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
November 1816 term
Road hands
Thomas Atkins; John Arnold; William Leathers; Bennehan; Cameron
Places
Eno River
Amounts
Six hundred dollars

Reading note: The payment line repeated the amount as Sic hundred dollars.

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 267
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 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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