August 1765 term

13 August 1765

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Tyrie Harris, Thomas Hart, John Lea and 2 others present.
• Road orderRichard Camp replaced James Moon as road overseer.
• Courthouse and jailJohn Dowell was allowed £1-17 for holding Shadrick Morriss thirty-seven days before escape and fifteen shillings for summoning William Willice’s guard.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court judged Major, a child enslaved by James McCallester, to be twelve years old.
• Estate accountJames Pocock returned an inventory of William Acock’s estate.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Elijah Beverley to Henry Doyle to learn weaving.
• Road orderJohn Murrow replaced John Cantril as road overseer.
• TaxTyrie Harris, William Lea, John Oliver, John Sample and Lawrence Thompson returned their tax lists.
• SuitLawrence Thompson surrendered William Burch in Elwick’s executors’ suit, and Burch was committed.
• MillWilliam Nunn, Francis Nash, Robert Lytle and Enoch Lewis replaced the previous commissioners to lay off an Enoe River acre for Abner Nash.
• Road orderJames Horton replaced William Dunnagan as road overseer.
• Court in sessionThe court met the following morning with three named justices present.
• Road orderJoshua Hadley replaced Joseph Kirk as road overseer.
• Will provedWill of Daniel Norris, proved by John Thompson.
• Estate accountElinor Butts returned an account of debts against Nicholas Butts’s estate.
• Estate accountDavid Nelson returned an inventory of Margaret Nelson’s estate.
• Livestock markDaniel Winter and Benjamin Cock recorded cattle marks.
• Road orderDaniel Brown became overseer of the new road from Old Cape Fare Road to Harmon Husband’s Road.
• SuitWilliam Dorum and Edward Hopson became bail for James Beazley in Hamilton and company’s suit.
• Road orderNicholas Trip replaced David Morgan as road overseer.
• Road orderStephen Jones and John Barton replaced Powell Glass as road overseers.
• Road orderHenry Welsh replaced Christopher Smith as road overseer.
• Road orderPeter Noey petitioned concerning a road near his home.
• Road orderThomas Leach replaced James Boyd as road overseer.
• Estate accountElizabeth Woods returned an account of James Woods’s estate.
• Constable appointedSamuel Vanhook replaced Thomas Wilson Senior as constable.
• Road orderThirteen men were appointed to lay out a road from the county line at John Hannah’s plantation to Harmon’s Road.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Stephen Herndon to Stephen Poe to learn coopering.
• Road orderDaniel McCullum replaced Benjamin King as road overseer.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Joice ? or Joie ? Goodrum to Thomas Willson until age 21.
• Estate accountWilliam Horton’s perishable estate was ordered sold on September’s third Friday.
• Estate accountAndrew Caldwell’s perishable estate was ordered sold on September’s first Friday.
• Road orderFifteen men were appointed to lay out a road from Redfields ford on Haw River to New Hope Chapel.
• TaxJames Cavanough was exempted from tax.
• Tavern licenseSamuel Allen received permission to operate an ordinary.
• SuitRobert Patterson and Richard Woods surrendered James Minnis in Robert Jackson’s suit.
• Court in sessionThe court met the following morning with three named justices present.
• Livestock markBenjamin Phillips’s mark was recorded.
• Constable appointedJames Allay replaced James Fletcher as constable.
• JuryThe sheriff returned the grand jury panel, with William Thompson as foreman; the jurors received their charge and withdrew.
• Road orderCharles Adams replaced George Sharpe as road overseer.
• SuitAfter bail surrendered Joseph Stewart in Robert Jackson’s suit, James Crow and Thomas Raborn entered as special bail.
• Tavern licenseThomas Lockheart received permission to operate an ordinary.
• SuitJohn Hogan surrendered Robert Brashears in Elwick’s executors’ suit.
• Tavern licenseJoseph Sloss’s tavern license was renewed.
• Road orderJames Armstrong replaced John Slaters as overseer of Jamestown Road.
• Road orderGeorge Mill became overseer of Lowe’s Road from Slaters Branch to Trading Path.
• Court in sessionThe court met the following morning with three named justices present.
• SuitEasther Robinson took the insolvent debtor’s oath and was discharged from imprisonment in Hastie and company’s suit.
• JuryRobert Abercrombie, William Luten Senior and John Patterson were appointed grand jurors for the next Halifax superior court.
• JuryRichard Parker, Thomas Webb and Thomas Lapsie were appointed petit jurors for the next Halifax superior court.
• SuitJohn Meherg proceeded against William Mebane.
• TaxDavid Kenady was exempted from tax.
• Road orderJames McGown replaced James Mason as road overseer.
• Road orderPhillip Jackson replaced John Dowell as road overseer.
• TaxThomas Hart returned a list of thirty-five additional taxable persons for 1762.
• TaxFrancis Nash, Tyrie Harris and Thomas Lloyd were ordered to settle county taxes with the former sheriff and report to the next court.
• Courthouse and jailThe jail commissioners were ordered to schedule an inspection if contractor Thomas Hart finished the building before the next court.
• Courthouse and jailThe sheriff was ordered to pay John Foutz nine shillings sixpence for making and repairing jail irons.
• Official appointedWilliam Nunn produced his commission as sheriff of Orange.
• Livestock markTwelve people recorded cattle marks (Enoch Lewis, John Handley, John Logue, Michael Sting).
• SuitJoseph Brittain retracted his accusation of partiality against magistrate Tyrie Harriss and asked forgiveness after Harriss prosecuted him.
• SuitThomas Whitton brought an action on the case against Samuel Watt.
• SuitWilliam Tabb brought an action on the case against William Gibbons.
• SuitJohn Keighler proceeded against John Tabor.
• SuitWilliam Thompson proceeded against William Braswell.
• SuitHastie, Buchannon and company brought a debt claim against Richard Prewitt Junior.
• SuitThomas Erskine brought a debt claim against John Bumpass.
• SuitJoseph Wells brought an action on the case against Hugh Smith.
• SuitMicajah Pickett brought an action on the case against Richard Burton.
• SuitJacob Mason brought an action on the case against Thomas Brooks.
• SuitWilliam Few brought a petition against Barnaby Cabe.
• SuitRobert Witty brought a petition against James McGown.
• SuitJohn Railey brought an original attachment proceeding against James Bowie.
• SuitWilliam Bridgett brought an action on the case against Samuel Moore.
• SuitHenry Morris brought an original attachment proceeding against William Fry.
• SuitJohn Miller brought a petition against Richard Robinson.
• SuitWilliam Ursury brought an action on the case against David Embrie.
• SuitNicholas Cooke brought an action on the case against Edward Robert.
• SuitGeorge Neatherly (or H?) brought an action on the case against Robert Lumpkin.
• SuitJohn Meherg brought an action on the case against William Mebane.
• SuitWilliam Way brought an action on the case against John Dennice.
• SuitNash and McNair brought an action on the case against James Nicholson.
• SuitThomas Hart brought an action on the case against Adam Dixon.
• SuitWilliam Johnston brought an original attachment proceeding against Charles Jordon (?).
• SuitJoseph Keys brought a debt claim against James Phillips and others.
• SuitJoseph Keys brought a debt claim against James Phillips and others.
• SuitMichael Willson brought an action on the case against Elijah Eastwood.
• SuitWilliam Stokes brought an action on the case against Isaac Grey.
• SuitFrancis Nash brought an action on the case against Edward Camp.
• SuitJohn Roberts brought an action on the case against Joseph Hawkins.
• SuitAbner Nash brought an action on the case against Joshua Hawkins.
• SuitJames Gordon and company brought an action on the case against William Grayham.
• SuitWilliam Hamilton and company brought an action on the case against George Flynn.
• SuitNash and McNair petitioned against Henry Reynolds.
• SuitEdmund Fanning brought a petition against Jessee Moore.
• SuitJohn Phillip Clapp brought an action on the case against John Shy.
• SuitMary Humphries proceeded against Jane McGown.
• SuitRobert Jones brought a debt claim against James Herndon.
• SuitMichael White brought an action on the case against William Gibbins.
• SuitDavid Aren ? or Drew ? brought an action on the case against Charles Adams.
• SuitRichard Henderson brought an action on the case against John Maroon.
• SuitWm. Hamilton and company petitioned against Simon Fooshea.
• SuitWm. Hamilton and company petitioned against Cary Minter.
• SuitJohn Brooks brought a debt claim against Reuben Landrum and others.
• SuitEmpson Bromfield brought an action on the case against Isaac Lowe and his unnamed wife.
• SuitBenjamin Allen Tharpe brought a debt claim against James Griffin.
• SuitWm. Hamilton and company brought an action on the case against Jones Patterson.
• SuitWm. Hamilton and company petitioned against Burwell Williams.
• SuitWm. Hamilton and company brought an action on the case against James Beazley.
• SuitJohn Salling proceeded against Joshua Hadley.
• SuitElwick’s unnamed executors brought an action on the case against Robert Brashears.
• SuitWilliam Johnston brought a debt claim against Jonathan Hardin.
• SuitWilliam Browning brought an action on the case against David Castleberry.
• SuitJohn Meherg brought an action on the case against Phillip Dossett.
• SuitRobert Thompston brought an action on the case against John Springer and Joseph Walter.
• SuitHosea Tapley brought an original attachment proceeding against Thomas Erskine.
• SuitWm. Stokes and company brought a debt claim against Henry Willice.
• SuitStokes and Wade brought a debt claim against Jonathan Allen.
• SuitWilliam Johnston brought a debt claim against Robert Smith.
• SuitWm. Cannon Childers brought a debt claim against John Vaughn.
• SuitEdmund Fanning brought a debt claim against George Miller.
• SuitEdmund Fanning brought a debt claim against Isaac Gray.
• SuitWilliam Nunn brought a debt claim against John Webster.
• SuitNash and McNair brought a debt claim against Andrew Bankston.
• SuitNash and McNair brought a debt claim against Lawrence Banckston Senior.
• SuitFrancis Nash brought a debt claim against Lawrence Banckston.
• SuitFrancis Nash brought a debt claim against Lawrence Banckston.
• SuitFrancis Nash brought a debt claim against George McGowan.
• SuitFrancis Nash brought a debt claim against Joseph King.
• SuitPeter Copeland brought a debt claim against Sherwood Runnalds.
• SuitNash and McNair brought a debt claim against John Warren.
• SuitNash and McNair brought a debt claim against Joseph Trotter.
• SuitJames Young and company brought a debt claim against Francis Day.