September 1757 term

Day not given in the source

• Court in sessionOnly Joseph Boggs appeared for the September opening; the court adjourned until the next day.
• Court in sessionThe court met the following day with three justices present.
• Livestock markJames McCarver, Wm. Boyd, Wm Wiley and James Asspey registered livestock marks.
• Official appointedLawrence Thompson qualified as Orange County sheriff.
• Official appointedJames Bowie and Samuel Sarat qualified as under sheriffs.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Joseph Kilpatrick granted to James Dickey.
• County businessWm Craig received payment for jury attendance at Salisbury Court in May 1757.
• Livestock markJames Couch and Henry Morris registered livestock marks.
• Deed provedDeed, Jacob Mason to John Woods.
• Deed provedDeed, Wm Churton to James Watson.
• Deed provedDeed, Wm Churton to Andrew Corbin Reed.
• Deed provedA Lot in Corbintown, Wm Churton to The Vestry.
• Deed provedDeed of Gift.
• Deed provedDeed of Sale.
• Deed provedDeed.
• JuryThe nine named petit jurors failed to appear.
• SuitWilliam Howlett brought an action on the case against John Rogers.
• Tavern licenseHenry Webb’s ordinary license was renewed.
• County businessJames McAllister, John Tinnen and James Taylor were assigned to appraise five stray steers at Daniel Cain’s plantation.
• State caseEzekiel Dollahide was discharged when no one appeared to prosecute him.
• State caseRichard Simpson was ordered summoned for contempt of court.
• Livestock markSamuel Temples (?) and Joseph Allison registered livestock marks.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Peter Hilton granted to Hannah Hilton.
• Estate accountJames Dickey submitted William Kilpatrick’s estate inventory, and a sale was ordered.
• Tavern licenseAnn Anderson’s Corbintown ordinary license was renewed, secured by Thomas Lapsey and James Taylor.
• Tavern ratesThe court listed ordinary rates.
• Deed provedDeed, Adam Trollinger to Jacob Mason.
• JuryThe court selected grand jurors for the next Superior Court at Salisbury.
• JuryThe court selected six petit jurors.
• County businessJames Watson, John Gray and James Taylor were assigned to review claims for Indigenous travelers’ expenses and damages, with Thomas Loyd attending.
• SuitPhillip Howard brought an action on the case against Bazell Brashear.
• SuitThomas Williams brought an action on the case against William Bobbitt.
• SuitWilliam Richmond brought an action on the case against Thomas Barkley.
• SuitAnthony Strother brought an action on the case against Robert Patterson.
• SuitMargaret Flatt brought a slander claim against John Boyd.
• SuitWilliam Gibson brought a petition against Hosea Tapley.
• SuitJohn Robinson brought a petition against William Grimes.
• SuitJames Woods brought a debt claim against William Bobbitt.
• SuitDavid Steel brought an action on the case against Joseph Money.
• SuitJohn Dunnagan brought an action on the case against Thomas Wade.
• SuitRobert Rowan brought an action on the case against John Robinson.
• SuitWilliam Howlet brought an action on the case against John Rogers.
• SuitWilliam Persons brought a debt claim against Thomas Lovelatty.
• SuitJohn Boyd’s executors petitioned against William Logan.
• SuitJonathan Fincher brought a petition against William Gordon.
• SuitJohn Steel brought a petition against Law. Banckson.
• SuitWilliam Reed brought a petition against Henry Johnson.
• SuitJames Cary brought a petition against George Haygood.