July 1754 term

2 July 1754

• Court in sessionThe July court opened at James Watson’s home.
• Official appointedThe record listed appointments of the county’s justices.
• County businessQuarterly court sessions were scheduled for the first Tuesdays of July, October, January and April.
• Official appointedJohn Gray qualified as High Sheriff for Orange County.
• Deed provedDeed.
• Constable appointedWilliam Morrowmore replaced James Williams as constable.
• Will provedWill of Samuel Harlan, proved by James Vassey (?)|affirmation of Valentine Hollingsworth.
• Tavern licenseGeorge Allen received permission to operate an ordinary.
• Constable appointedGabriel Davis replaced James Currie as constable.
• Constable appointedWilliam Chambers was appointed constable for the lower settlement of Hico.
• Constable appointedWilliam Barbee replaced Thomas Prestwood as constable for lower Enoe and neighboring areas.
• JuryThe court empanelled grand jurors James Bowie, George Williams, John Dunnagan and 9 others.
• Will provedWill of Joseph Hardin, proved by Benjamin Martin.
• TaxThomas Burchfield requested removal from the taxable list.
• County businessJames Crow reported stray swine, which William Barbee, Isaac Collins and Joseph Walker appraised.
• GuardianshipJosias Dixon and Lawrence Thompson became guardians of Jeremiah Douglas’s orphan children Joseph and Mary Douglas, whose grandfather Joseph Sharp left legacies held by Thomas Brian.
• Livestock markSamuel Sorrell registered a livestock mark.
• Deed provedDeed, Earl of Granville.
• Tavern licenseJohn Patterson received permission to operate an ordinary.
• Tavern ratesThe court recorded tavern rates.
• State caseJohn Dunnagan was listed in a Crown recognizance proceeding.
• SuitSynnot brought an action on the case against Forrest.
• SuitSynnot brought an action on the case involving an inquiry against Forrest.
• SuitWilliam Travis, imprisoned under execution in Adam Curuth’s suit, was declared insolvent.
• Tavern licenseJames Watson received permission to operate an ordinary.
• Road orderThe court ordered equal division of road labor among taxables between Orange New Road and the trading path, following the list submitted to the clerk.
• Road orderHenry Reynolds, William Armstrong and Benjamin King were appointed road commissioners between County line Creek and the county’s upper boundary.
• Road commissioners’ meetingJuly road-commissioner business began.
• Road orderThe court divided the listed taxables between Orange New Road and Trading Path and required delivery of the allocation to the clerk.
• Road orderHenry Reynolds, Wm. Armstrong and Benjamin King became road commissioners between Country line Creek and the county’s upper boundary.
• Child support orderAnn Leach swore that Andrew Shepheard fathered her child; four named men secured Shepheard.