September 1753 term

11 September 1753

• Court in sessionThe September court opened on the stated eleventh day.
• Livestock markJohn Wade, John Douglas, Joseph Sharp and Elizabeth Reed registered livestock marks.
• Deed provedDeed, Anthony Chamness & Sarah to Richard Kemp, proved by William Cox.
• Deed provedDeed, Anthony Chamness & Sarah to William Cox, proved by Richard Kemp.
• County businessJames Paine and the other named boundary workers received attendance allowances at the listed rates.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court assessed an unnamed enslaved child belonging to Henry Webb as ten years old.
• State caseThomas Mathews was ordered into the stocks for fifteen minutes for contempt of court.
• Child or servant boundMary Torrington petitioned concerning Sarah Torrington’s forcible removal by Ephriam Sizemore and requested that Sarah be apprenticed to Miles Parker.
• Deed provedDeed, Frances John(t)on, proved by James Taylor.
• SuitJohn and Henry Pinsons, acting as executors, brought an action on the case against Hosea Tapley.
• Deed provedDeed of Gift, James Muse to James Muse, proved by Witnesses: Giles Tillet, Charles Steel, Alex. Going ? or Young?.
• Deed provedDeed of Sale, James Swafort to James Dixon.
• Deed provedDeed of Gift, Thomas Wilkinson to Francis Wilkinson.
• Child or servant boundThe court deferred Joseph Davis’s petition concerning two unnamed orphan children.
• Livestock markJames Forrest and Mathew Couch registered livestock marks.
• Tavern licenseMichael Synnot received permission to operate an ordinary at his Little River home.
• Tavern licensePatrick Boggan received permission to operate an ordinary at his Little River home.
• JuryThe court appointed Jno Gray, John Hendricks, John Pryor and 9 others for jury service.
• State caseA Crown prosecution against Joseph Frazier was listed.
• SuitPeter Gold was recorded as insolvent.
• Road orderJacob Brooks replaced Henry Bedingfield as road overseer.
• Road orderPeter Hilton replaced Marmaduke Kimbrough as road overseer.
• State caseOn Daniel Weldon’s motion for Peter Youngblood, the court ordered Benjamin Williams and Sarah Youngblood arrested to appear at the next court.
• Constable appointedJohn McGee, Thomas Prestwood and James Williams were ordered to attend the next court as constables and remain until permitted to leave.
• SuitMichael Sinnot brought a debt claim against Stephen Merret.
• Road commissioners’ meetingSeptember road-commissioner business began.
• Road orderJacob Brooks replaced Henry Bedingfield as road commissioner.
• Road orderPeter Hilton replaced Marmaduke Kimbrough as road commissioner.
• Road orderWilliam Barbee and Joseph Barbee became overseers for successive sections of a new road from Western path toward Cape Fare (Fear), divided at New Hope.