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EARLY 1839 GREENE COUNTY VA DOCUMENT ORANGE CHURCH ROAD
This old one-page GREENE COUNTY, VIRGINIA document 6 x 8” is quite early for Greene County which was only established in 1838 from Orange County. The document is an order appointing citizens to work on a public road running from the “Orange Church” to the Greene County line. Transcribed as follows:
“Greene County Court
March term, 1839
Ordered that the hands of Ezekiel Lucas, Silverton C. Blakely, John Pitman, E. J. Williams, James Eagan, Robert Carr, Robert Carr, Jr., Fielding Powell, Albert Howell, John M. Carr, & Simon Powell, and they are hereby assigned to the ROAD FROM THE ORANGE CHURCH TO THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE COUNTIES OF GREENE & ORANGE.
A copy teste
Robert Fletcher(?) County Clerk
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A "copy teste" is a copy of an order bearing an attestation or certification of the clerk of court verifying that the instrument is a genuine copy.
Vertical stain at center fold line (see scan), otherwise good condition on paper of excellent rag content.
Price= $75.00
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