November 1763 term

1 November 1763

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Tyrie Harris, Thomas Lloyd and William Lea present.
• Road orderJohn Satterfield became overseer from Rankins to Dry Branch on the widow Vanhook–Tarborough road.
• Road orderJacob Garrard became road overseer from Dry Branch to the head of Gibson’s Creek.
• Road orderRobert Thompson became road overseer from the head of Gibson’s Creek to the Granville County line.
• Road orderElias Powell replaced Michael Holt Junior as road overseer.
• Estate accountRobert Woodie submitted John Woodie’s inventory.
• MillWilliam Castleberry received permission to erect a water gristmill on Boling’s Creek.
• County businessThe court barred probate of deeds executed by the late sheriff’s and deputy sheriffs’ sureties.
• County businessThe court reversed probate of Micajah Pickett’s deed to an unnamed grantee.
• Road orderTwelve men were appointed to open a road from Bear Creek to the Cumberland line.
• GuardianshipMicajah, William and Betty Barbee chose Joseph Barbee as guardian, with Thomas Hart and John Barbee as sureties.
• GuardianshipManning Barbee chose John Barbee as guardian, with Benjamin Hart and Joseph Barbee as sureties.
• SuitThe sheriff was ordered to sell James Bowie’s attached effects to satisfy Ralph McNair, Michael Waldrop and Thomas King.
• TaxThomas Hart was recommended for tax exemption.
• Road orderThe road from Red Fields to the Johnston line was discontinued.
• Tavern licenseMathew Hubbard received permission to operate an ordinary.
• Other businessPaul Harmon produced naturalization papers.
• Estate accountJohn Johnston’s inventory was filed and his perishable estate ordered sold.
• State caseRobert Burton was jailed on Richard Simpson’s accusation of stealing Simpson’s mare, pending trial at Halifax superior court.
• JuryGrand jurors James Hart, Nathaniel Walton, Daniel McDaniel and 14 others were sworn.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Rachel Tumbleston to Mary Stubblefiels to learn seamstressing.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Martin Doyle granted to Isabella Doyle and Martin Doyle; sureties James Tinning and John Johnston.
• Estate accountMartin Doyle’s inventory was filed and the perishable estate ordered sold on the twenty-fifth.
• Tavern licenseSamuel Allen received permission to operate an ordinary.
• Tavern licenseJohn Meherg’s ordinary license was renewed with Thomas Webb and Thomas Hines as sureties.
• GuardianshipChristian Hynes became guardian of James Alston’s five children, with four sureties securing a three-thousand-pound proclamation-money bond.
• Road orderMerchant William Johnston received permission to alter a road.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Henry Ivey to Joseph Hencock to learn saddlery.
• Road orderNamed men under William Ware’s jurisdiction were assigned work on his road.
• Tavern licenseMathew Mehaffy received permission to operate an ordinary.
• SuitAlexander Mebane and Mary Long failed to appear as plaintiff’s witnesses in James Netherly’s suit against James Espey.
• SuitAdam Campbell failed to appear as plaintiff’s witness in Adam Mehaffy’s suit against Michael Holt Junior.
• Estate accountJohn Gray, Mark Morgan and William Luten Senior were appointed to divide James Alston’s estate.
• Road orderRobert Baker replaced John Craig as road overseer.
• Road orderSamuel Money replaced John Slater as road overseer.
• Road orderNamed men were appointed to lay out a road from Coxes Mill to Collinses Road.
• Tavern licenseJohn Graves received permission to operate an ordinary.
• Constable appointedWilliam Hallums became constable.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed John Howlett to Edward Hardin until age 21 to learn shoemaking.
• Courthouse and jailThomas Hart and Francis Nash were appointed to hire workers to erect a ten-foot stockade around the prison.
• Estate accountSusannah Fooshe’s estate was ordered divided into five equal shares, and five unnamed enslaved people in the estate were ordered sold.
• TaxFrederick Nall or Natt was recommended for tax exemption because of age and infirmities (Frederick Nall (or Natt)).
• SuitNathan Hampton failed to appear as witness for Joseph Sharp and his unnamed wife against James Scarlett.
• SuitThomas Harrison received relief under the Insolvent Debtors Act.
• SuitJames Pritchett brought an original attachment proceeding against John Borden.
• SuitJames Nethery brought a debt claim against James Espey and unnamed others.
• SuitAdam Moffit brought an action on the case against Michael Holt.
• SuitJohn Meherg brought an action on the case against Samuel Burton.
• SuitJames Webb brought an action on the case against Harris’s unnamed administrators.
• SuitJohn Alston brought a petition against Richard Mildin.
• SuitThomas Fanning brought an action on the case against Christopher Kirksey.
• SuitJoseph Dolittle brought an action on the case against Boggs’s unnamed administrators.
• SuitJoseph Sharpe and his unnamed wife brought an action on the case against James Scarlett.
• SuitRichard Sprugg brought an action on the case against James Yancey.
• SuitMordecai Gwinn brought an action on the case against Plunkett Ballard.
• SuitSamuel Allen brought an action on the case against James Boyd.
• SuitHarmon Husband brought a debt claim against James Boyd.
• SuitThomas Hart brought an action on the case against John Graves.
• SuitRobert Hastie and company brought an action on the case against Esther Roberston.
• SuitRobert Hastie and company brought an action on the case against John Robinson.
• SuitRobert Hastie and company brought a petition against William Stephens.
• SuitJohn Shelton brought a petition against Richard Womack.
• SuitWilliam Lankford brought a petition against Edward Moore.
• SuitHastie Buchannon and company brought a debt claim against John Kirksey.
• SuitMcCawl Lytle and company brought a debt claim against Darbey Handley.
• SuitMcCawl Lytle and company brought a debt claim against Isaac Middlebrooks.
• SuitGeorge Lumpkin brought a debt claim against William McMillion.
• SuitGeorge Lumpkin brought a debt claim against Thomas Harrison.
• SuitGeorge Lumpkin brought a debt claim against George Whitton.
• SuitGeorge Lumpkin brought a debt claim against William Going.
• SuitGeorge Lumpkin brought a debt claim against Wyatt Stubblefield.
• SuitJohn Bynum brought a debt claim against William Stephens.
• SuitJohn Bynum brought a debt claim against David Stephens.
• SuitMcCawl Lytle and company brought a debt claim against Syth Stubblefield.
• SuitJohn Wimbush and company petitioned against Thomas Willson Junior.
• SuitJames Bowie brought a petition against Christopher Vandergraft.
• SuitAndrew Cochrane and company petitioned against Robert Marsh.
• SuitAndrew Cochrane and company petitioned against Simon Foshea.
• SuitThomas Hart brought a debt claim against John Carragan.
• SuitJohn Dowell brought an action on the case against Andrew Campbell.
• SuitJoseph Wells brought an action on the case against Hugh Smith.
• SuitAndrew Norwood brought an action on the case against Jacob Mason.
• SuitJames Minnis brought a debt claim against Nathaniel Astin.
• SuitJohn Jones brought an action on the case against George Lumpkin.
• SuitBuchannon Spiers and company brought a debt claim against Hosea Tapley.
• SuitBowman Spiers and company petitioned against John Rogers.
• SuitBowman Spiers and company brought an action on the case against Jacob Mason.
• SuitThomas Lowe brought an action on the case against Andrew Campbell.
• SuitMicajah Pickett brought an action on the case against Richard Burton.
• SuitJohn Meherg brought a petition against Thomas Wiley.
• SuitJohn Allen brought an action on the case against William Hallams.
• SuitJames Bowie brought an action on the case against James Pompey.
• SuitFrancis Nash brought an action on the case against William Armstrong.
• SuitPhillip Gee and company brought an action on the case against Richard Strayhorn.
• SuitJames Lesslye brought an action on the case against Alexander Going.
• SuitWilliam Mabene brought an action on the case against Martin Mehaffy.
• SuitJacob Mason brought an action on the case against Thomas Brooks.
• SuitReason Ricketts brought an action on the case against James Bowie.
• SuitThomas King brought an action on the case against Edward Stone.
• SuitJohn Dowell brought an action on the case against Joseph Sharpe.
• SuitAdam Dixon brought a petition against Alexander Clarke.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought a petition against Peter Shearman.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought a petition against Thomas Lovelatty.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought a petition against Robert Brashears.
• SuitJames Bowie brought a petition against James Trice.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought a petition against Ralph Shaw.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought a petition against William Runnals.
• SuitJohn Brown brought a petition against Moses Riddle.
• SuitJohn Brown brought an attachment proceeding against Edward Chapple.
• SuitHenry Morris brought an action on the case against James Patterson and Amos Whitehead.
• SuitJosias Dixon brought an action on the case against James Bowie.
• SuitThomas Hart brought a debt claim against John Dennis.
• SuitSamuel Chapman brought an action on the case against Henry Morriss.
• SuitThomas Lockheart and company brought an action on the case against Hugh Quinn.
• SuitThomas Hart brought a debt claim against Gideon Lincicum.
• SuitBenjamin Croker brought an action on the case against Gideon Lincicum.
• SuitThomas Hart brought an action on the case against William Cox.
• SuitThomas Webb brought an action on the case against Thomas Whitehead.
• SuitWilliam Johnston brought an action on the case against Thomas Whitehead.
• SuitJohn Meherg brought an action on the case against Thomas Whitehead.
• SuitWilliam Few brought an action on the case against James Espey.
• SuitJames Bowie brought an action on the case against William Cox.
• SuitPhillip Jackson brought an attachment proceeding against Robert Reed.
• SuitCroker and Nash brought an attachment proceeding against Edward Stone Senior.
• SuitThomas Hart brought a debt claim against Henry Reynolds.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought a debt claim against Henry Mims.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought a debt claim against John Lovelatty.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought a debt claim against Marshal Lovelatty.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought a debt claim against David Knight.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought a debt claim against Christopher Vandergraft.
• SuitRalph McNair brought an original attachment proceeding against James Bowie.
• SuitMichael Waldrope brought an original attachment proceeding against James Bowie.
• SuitThomas King brought an original attachment proceeding against James Bowie.
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against Edward Sweeten.
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against George Glover.
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against Wm Davis (or Davie).
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against Venerius Turner.
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against James Bohannon.
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against John Smith.
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against John Clarke.
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against Thomas Harrison.
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against John Tillefarrs (?).
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against Joseph Richardson.
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against James Espay.
• SuitThomas Hart brought a debt claim against Moses Hollis.
• SuitClement Reed brought a debt claim against George Morriss.
• SuitClement Reed brought a debt claim against James Espey.
• SuitClement Reed brought a debt claim against Isaac Cooper.
• SuitWilliam Stokes brought a debt claim against George Lumpkin.
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against Samuel Burton.
• SuitFrancis Nash brought a debt claim against Thomas James and David Knight.
• SuitFrancis Nash brought a debt claim against George Flynn.
• SuitFrancis Nash brought a debt claim against Thomas Littlejohn.
• SuitFrancis Nash brought a debt claim against Walter Ashmore.
• SuitAbner Nash brought a debt claim against Walter Ashmore.