August 1764 term

7 August 1764

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Thomas Lloyd, Tyrie Harris, John Patterson and Lawrence Thompson present.
• TaxJohn Harrington and John Whealer were exempted from taxes.
• Road orderStephen Poe replaced William Petty as road overseer.
• Road orderJames Moon replaced Charles Davis as road overseer.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Naomi Fisher to John Dennis until age 18.
• Road orderSixteen men were appointed to lay out a road from the Rowan–Orange boundary across Sandy Creek toward Cape Fare.
• JurySixteen grand jurors were called and sworn with John Powell as foreman.
• Estate accountFive men were appointed to divide James Alston’s estate according to his will on September twentieth (Thomas Lloyd, Tyrie Harris, John Gray, Mark Morgan).
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Mary Chance to James Bauldin until age 18.
• State casePatrick Porter was bound to keep the peace with his wife Susannah Porter and others for one year.
• Tavern licenseAlexander Mebane’s ordinary license was renewed.
• Estate accountJane Albread submitted John Albred’s inventory.
• Estate accountRobert Ray and Jane Allison returned an account of sales for William Brown’s estate.
• Estate accountWilliam Mebane reported losing Joseph George’s bond payable to Charles Fooshe’s estate.
• Estate accountJohn Woodie’s estate was divided.
• Estate accountThomas Berry’s unnamed administrators returned a further inventory.
• Estate accountJohn Wiley returned Wm Lesslie’s inventory.
• Tavern licenseJames Allison received permission to operate an ordinary.
• TaxJames Jones, son of John, was exempted from taxes.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Samuel Williams to James Ross until age 21 to learn weaving.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Ezekiel Chance to John Ross until age 21 to learn weaving.
• Tavern licenseJoseph Allison received permission to operate an ordinary.
• Official appointedWilliam Nunn qualified as sheriff with ten sureties.
• Road orderJoseph Richardson replaced Wm. Laughlin as road overseer.
• Road orderDavid McCorgan replaced Thomas Lindley as road overseer.
• MillJohn Graves petitioned for a Wolf Island mill; fifteen named men were appointed to examine the site’s suitability.
• Road orderThirteen men were appointed to lay out the road from Hart’s Road through Haw River Mill and Jno. Powell’s to Lindley’s Road.
• Tavern licenseJoseph Sloss’s ordinary license was renewed with Jno. Armstrong and Francis Nash as sureties.
• Road orderJames Anderson replaced John Anderson as road overseer.
• Road orderNamed men were appointed to lay out the road from the Rowan line opposite Frazier’s Road toward Cross Creek.
• Road orderA jury was appointed for the Deep River–Rowan line–Cross Creek road, with Christopher Husay and John Lawrence overseeing sections.
• Courthouse and jailSheriff William Nunn complained about the prison.
• TaxAlbright Reynard was exempted from taxes.
• Road orderEleven jurors were appointed to lay out the road through Tinnings mill and Crow’s ford to Cape Fare Road and report.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of William Reed granted to Edmund Fanning and Francis Nash; sureties Thomas Lloyd and Zachariah Martin.
• Court in sessionThe court met the following morning with four named justices presiding.
• Estate accountElizabeth Johnston returned an account of debts she paid for John Johnston’s estate.
• Will provedWill of William Long, proved by Charles Johns(t)on and David Craig, Executors, and David Mitchell.
• Road orderEleven named workers were assigned to open and repair the Hodges Ford–Copeland’s Island road under William Riddle.
• Road orderJames Bird replaced James Hunter as road overseer.
• State caseCaleb Noe, John Wright, Drury Cumbo and Isaac Cooper were jailed for alleged felonies and misdemeanors pending trial at Halifax superior court.
• State caseReason Whitehead was fined five pounds plus costs for attempting to free prisoners from jail.
• State caseMoney taken from Isaac Cooper and William White was ordered held in the clerk’s office pending further orders.
• State caseMoses Dossett was jailed on an accusation of passing counterfeit bills.
• State caseJames Mulkey and John White were committed to jail.
• Court in sessionThe court met the following morning with five named justices presiding.
• State caseNicholas Scott was examined after commitment by David Hart and ordered acquitted upon payment of fees.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Robert Barnett granted to Samuel Watt; sureties David Hart and Daniel McCollum.
• State caseWilliam White was examined by the court and returned to jail.
• State caseWilliam Mebane was committed for trial at Halifax superior court on an accusation of passing counterfeit money.
• State caseLewis Holwell was convicted of stealing Warham Glen’s hog and received forty lashes.
• Court in sessionThe court met the following morning with four named justices presiding.
• Road orderThe February road order from Stripland’s Path to the county line was renewed, adding Phillip Pryor and Henry Ledbetter to the jury.
• Constable appointedThomas Stripland became constable in the county’s lower part.
• JuryThree grand jurors and three petit jurors were appointed for the next Halifax superior court.
• TaxThree shillings per taxable person were levied for construction of the new jail and related expenses.
• SuitA commission was ordered to examine John Glover Junior, David Mitchell and William Thrower in Hugh Montgomery’s suit against James Hall.
• SuitA commission was ordered to examine Benjamin Whitehead in Buchannon and company’s suit against Hosea Tapley.
• SuitBail was discharged in George Lumpkin’s suit against Robert Barnett because Barnett had died.
• SuitGarnishee John Dowell was discharged after showing he held no James Espay effects in John Stubbs’s suit.
• Courthouse and jailThe sheriff was ordered to pay John Dowell twenty-five pounds for building the jail stockade.
• Road orderTown taxables were ordered to work only on roads within the town limits.
• Estate accountJohn Armstrong was summoned to present Joseph Armstrong’s will at the next court.
• Courthouse and jailThe sheriff was ordered to guard the prisoners day and night and hire a wagon and guard to convey them to Halifax.
• Estate accountRichard Parker returned an inventory of Patience Booker’s estate.
• Road orderWilliam Dunnagan replaced Joseph Brittain as road overseer.
• Livestock markRobert Howell’s mark was recorded.
• SuitRobert Lytle brought an action on the case against Alexander Going.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought an action on the case against Ralph Shaw.
• SuitMiddleton Brashears brought an action on the case against Ralph Shaw.
• SuitWilliam Murrow petitioned against John Boyd and Joseph Fuller.
• SuitAlexander Going brought a petition against William Going.
• SuitAlexander Going brought a petition against Edmund Fanning (?).
• SuitGabriel Penn brought a debt claim against John Williams and others.
• SuitJoseph Chilton brought a petition against Jacob Herrendon.
• SuitWyatt Satterfield brought a petition against John Cox.
• SuitSolomon Gross brought an action on the case against Lawrence Rambo.
• SuitIsaac Taylor brought a trespass proceeding against Enoch Lewis.
• SuitJohn Meherg brought an action on the case against William Mebane.
• SuitWilliam Mebane brought a petition against John Meherg.
• SuitLuke Waldrop brought an action on the case against John Meherg.
• SuitMathew Brown brought an action on the case against John Dowell.
• SuitAlex. Fuller and his unnamed wife proceeded against John Dowell.
• SuitAlex. Fuller and his unnamed wife brought an action on the case against John Dowell.
• SuitAdam Dixon brought an action on the case against William Childers.
• SuitPeter Perkins proceeded against Nathaniel Austin.
• SuitThomas Hart brought a petition against John Cate.
• SuitJohn Dowell brought a petition against Thomas Cate.
• SuitAnthony Steel brought a debt claim against David Hembrie and others.
• SuitDaniel Swillivant proceeded against John Slater.
• SuitWilliam Jordon brought an action on the case against John Armstrong.
• SuitRobert Thompson brought a petition against George Bagbey.
• SuitEdward Kirksey brought an action on the case against James Ayliot.
• SuitAnthony Warwick brought an action on the case against James Terrell.
• SuitEdmund Fanning brought an action on the case against John Williard.
• SuitNathaniel Austin brought an action on the case against William Austin.
• SuitWilliam Barney brought an action on the case against Nathaniel Austin.
• SuitWilliam Whorton brought an action on the case against John Dunnagan.
• SuitBuckannon and company brought an action on the case against William Petty Senior.
• SuitPeter Copeland brought an action on the case against William Mebane.
• SuitJames Young and company brought an action on the case against Benjamin Cane.
• SuitJames Way brought a debt claim against John Dennis.
• SuitThomas Hart brought a debt claim against William Pickett.
• SuitThomas Hart brought a debt claim against Richard Webb and Wm. Phillips.
• SuitThomas Hart brought a debt claim against Wm. Shepheard and Wm. Bailey.
• SuitThomas Hart brought a debt claim against William Luten.