September 1759 term

11 September 1759

• Court in sessionThe September court opened at Corbin Town.
• MillJames Collins received permission to build a water gristmill on his land east of Haw River.
• Will provedWill of James Hopkins, proved by Alexander Fogerson, John Dobbin & David Smith.
• Livestock markSolomon Deboe registered his mark.
• Other businessBenjamin Davis’s power of attorney to Elnathan Davis was recorded.
• Tavern licenseJohn Dowell received permission to operate an ordinary.
• Tavern licenseMathew Wood received permission to operate an ordinary.
• Tavern licenseThomas Hadley received permission to operate an ordinary.
• Estate accountIsaiah Watkins submitted another William Williams inventory; John Pryor and David Hart were appointed to settle his accounts.
• Road orderA jury was appointed to lay out Hogan’s Creek road to Orange Courthouse, with John Cantril and Wm. Savage overseeing it.
• Estate accountBenjamin Cantril proved funeral and attendance charges against Andrew Culbertson’s estate.
• Road orderJohn Cate and Patrick Rutherford were ordered to divide their district’s road workers equally.
• Road orderA jury was appointed for the road from James Trice’s toward Halifax; Nathaniel Kimbrough and Benjamin Saxon became overseers.
• Poor reliefJohn Gaddis was ordered to remain in Edmund Denney’s care until the next county court.
• MillJohn Landrum petitioned to build a public water gristmill on the Earl of Granville’s land.
• Road orderThomas Cate and Thomas Rainey became overseers of the road from the courthouse to John Woody’s ferry.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed David Hopkins to John Hopkins.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Mary Hopkins to Andrew Bridges (?).
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed George Hopkins to Andrew Bridges (?).
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Aron Hopkins to William Hopkins to learn shoemaking.
• Deed provedDeed, Earl of Granville to Gilbert Strean (Strayhorn).
• Road orderA jury was appointed for the Western Path connection to John Woody’s ferry; Thomas Hadley and Robert Rainey became overseers.
• Deed provedDeed.
• Deed provedDeed.
• Estate accountJoseph Foshe renounced the executorship assigned him in a writing presented as Charles Foshe’s will.
• Estate accountCharles Fooshee’s unnamed widow was ordered to provide security for the children’s shares because the estate risked waste.
• Road orderWilliam Craig, Thomas Capper and William Barbee became overseers of successive sections of the Cape Fare road.
• Tavern licenseWilliam Nunn’s ordinary license was renewed.
• Livestock markWilliam Comb registered his mark.
• Estate accountThomas Lloyd, Thomas Stagg and Samuel Burton were appointed to divide Henry Webb’s estate among his widow and heirs.
• MillHarman Husbands received permission to build a public gristmill on his own land on Deep River waters.
• JuryJurors Mark Morgan, James Ray, Tyrie Harris and 3 others were appointed to attend November court at Salisbury.
• JurySix petit jurors were named.
• Child or servant boundWilliam Brown was bound to William Comb for five years and nine months.
• State caseJohn Tinnen was fined five shillings for contempt of authority.
• Tavern licenseJacob Mason’s ordinary license was renewed.
• SuitJoseph Brown and Dunkin Lewis were each fined twenty pounds for failing to testify in Hugh Porter’s suit against John Bickerstaff.
• SuitJohn Dunnagan proceeded against Grace Mier.
• SuitJames Watson brought an action on the case against Jacob Mason.
• SuitIsrael Eastwood brought a debt claim against Thomas Jennings.
• SuitRobert Brashear brought a debt proceeding against John Hallum.
• SuitRobert Jones brought an action on the case against John Wood.
• SuitDavid Mimms brought an action on the case against Sampson Williams.
• SuitHugh Smith brought a petition against David Sharp.
• SuitThomas Copestick brought a petition against Benjamin Povey.
• SuitJohn Wright brought a petition against John Slater.
• SuitJames Watson brought a petition against John Hinchey.
• SuitJames Watson brought a petition against Michael Waldrop.
• SuitJames Watson brought a petition against Shadrick Jacobs.
• SuitWillie Jones brought a petition against John Hatley.
• SuitWilliam Taylor brought a petition against Bendal Strahan.
• SuitShadrick Jacob brought a petition against Jamey Welsh.
• SuitJoseph Boggs brought a petition against Mary Fuller.
• SuitWilliam Reed brought a petition against Zachariah Martin.
• SuitJames Cary brought a debt claim against James Graves.
• SuitJames Cary brought a debt claim against John Slater.