March 1758 term

Day not given in the source

• Court in sessionThe March court term opened.
• Deed provedDeed of Sale.
• Constable appointedFrancis Fruit replaced Hugh Smith as constable.
• Constable appointedGeorge Smith continued as constable.
• Child or servant boundPaul Fountain was apprenticed to James Stewart until twenty-one and was to learn reading and writing.
• Livestock markJames Downing registered a livestock mark.
• County businessThe court ordered registration of Orange County’s charter.
• Tavern licenseAlex. McCracken received permission to operate an ordinary at Moses and John Ambee’s Corbintown house, secured by James McCallister and Cairnes Tinnen.
• Constable appointedJames Copeland was appointed constable down Haw River toward the lower county.
• Livestock markDavid Pinkerton and Robert Tate registered livestock marks.
• Tavern licensePatrick Mahen (?) received permission to operate a tavern at his Haw Fields home.
• Tavern licenseSamuel Stewart received permission to operate a tavern at his Corbintown home, secured by Hugh Smith and Cairns Tinnen.
• JuryThe sixteen named grand jurors qualified.
• Court in sessionThe orphan court opened with three justices present.
• Estate accountThomas Goss filed an account of estate sales.
• Road orderJohn Pryor replaced William Barnett as road commissioner.
• MillRobert Stubblefield was authorized to build a public gristmill on his own land at Hogan’s Creek.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, John Rogers to Thomas Erksine, proved by Samuel Sarratt.
• Estate accountLodowick Clap filed Bale Seboon’s estate inventory.
• Estate accountAn inventory attributed to Patty Bohannon was presented, and perishable property was ordered sold at John Patterson’s house on April second.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of William Barbee granted to Raichel Barbee; sureties John Patterson, Joseph Barbee and Micajah Pickett.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Jonathan Fincher granted to Jane Fincher and Jonathan Fincher; sureties Thomas Holden, James Bowie and Robert Taylor.
• Deed provedDeed.
• Deed provedDeed.
• Deed provedDeed, James Taylor to William Few, proved by Robert Taylor.
• Other businessIsaiah Phipps’s age was recorded as eleven years, three months and six days.
• Constable appointedJames Satterfield replaced Samuel Bumpass as constable.
• County businessWm. Reed proved an account for a hog supplied to Captain Bull’s Cherokee party traveling to Virginia.
• Road orderJames McGowen replaced Thomas Holden as road commissioner.
• Road orderCairnes Tinnen replaced Thomas Holden as road commissioner.
• Constable appointedAlexander Lackey replaced John Tinnen as constable.
• Constable appointedJoseph Brown replaced Thos Lovelatty as constable.
• Livestock markMathew Durham, Thomas Durham and John Edwards registered livestock marks.
• Deed provedDeed.
• Deed provedDeed.
• JuryThe court selected six grand jurors for the next Superior Court at Salisbury.
• JuryThe court selected six petit jurors.
• Other businessJohn Dennis stated that the horse John Frohawk delivered to Thomas Capper belonged to Capper and was believed taken earlier by Indigenous people.
• Deed provedDeed.
• Constable appointedJames Espey replaced John Stabler as constable.
• Constable appointedJoseph Allison replaced John Tinnen as constable.
• Constable appointedGeorge Harren (Herndon) was appointed constable for northern New Hope and neighboring areas.
• Constable appointedWilliam Boggan was appointed constable north of Enoe to the eastern county boundary.
• Constable appointedSamuel Burton was appointed constable south of Enoe and down Nuse to the county boundary.
• Constable appointedRobert Willey was appointed constable between James Fruit’s and James Espey’s districts.
• SuitHugh Barnett brought an action on the case against Robert Barnett.
• SuitFielding Lewis brought an action on the case against Francis Cox.
• SuitJohn Stubblefield brought an action on the case against Isaiah Watkins.
• SuitMichael Dixon brought a petition against William Wilson.
• SuitJohn Jones brought a petition against William Bobbitt.
• SuitJohn Money brought a petition against Zach Martin.
• SuitGabriel Everand brought a debt claim against John Slater.
• SuitTimothy Terrel brought an action on the case against John Slater.
• SuitJames Carey brought a petition against John Mayner.
• SuitHugh Smith brought a petition against Joseph Sharp.
• SuitWilliam Blackwood brought a petition against Robert Brashear.
• SuitThomas Williams brought a petition against William Bobbitt.
• SuitGabriel Everand brought an action on the case against John Boyd.
• SuitRice Curtis brought a debt claim against John Graves.