August 1778 term

24 August 1778

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices John Hogan, William Courtney and William McCauley present.
• Will provedWill of William Forrest, proved by Edward Grisham, Jun., & Isaac Forrestt.
• State caseIsaac Kirk was held on bond with John Carragan for appearance at next court.
• TaxRichard Thompson returned lists of taxable property.
• MillAnthony Stanford petitioned to build a mill on his own land.
• State caseDoctor Sam’l. Thomas Love appeared on his contempt appearance bond and was discharged.
• Estate accountWm. Courtney and Bryan Crosbie were appointed to audit Thos. Cate’s accounts as executor of Owen Thomas’s will.
• JuryThe sheriff returned the previously appointed jurors as duly summoned.
• MillChas. Abercrombie and Wm. Thetford petitioned for a gristmill; four jurors were appointed to inspect possible overflow affecting another mill.
• JuryFifteen grand jurors were sworn, with Wm. Nunn as foreman and Stephen Madden as constable.
• Road orderThos. Hart, son of James Hart, replaced Sam’l. Allen as overseer from Richard Faucett’s Mill to Buckhorn near James Birds.
• Attorney admittedJames Spiller qualified to practice law in Orange County.
• Official appointedDeputy clerk John Lewis took the oath.
• Official appointedJames Spiller was appointed attorney for the state at this court.
• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices William Courtney, John Steel and John Nichols present.
• Deed provedLott No. 117 in Hillsborough, James Thackston to Nath'l. Rochester, proved by John Sheels.
• Official appointedRobt. McIntyre replaced John Sheels, who resigned as standard keeper.
• MillJames Hutchison received leave to build a gristmill on Bark Creek.
• Road orderBenj. Davis replaced Wm. Stroud as overseer from Chatham County Line to Frederick Lloyds.
• Road orderColo. Thomas Hart replaced Edward Turner as overseer from Hillsborough to Colo. Mebanes.
• County businessGen’l. Francis Nash’s executors were ordered paid £71 from county taxes.
• Estate accountWm. Courtney and Bryan Crosbie were appointed to audit Jane Love’s accounts as administrator of John Love’s estate.
• State caseRobt. Johnston was ordered conveyed to Salisbury jail.
• State caseAndrew Murdoch was held on bond with Wm. Tate and John McRory as sureties.
• Road orderJames Woody replaced Wm. Laughlin as overseer from Mary’s Creek to Chatham County Line.
• Road orderJames Trousdale replaced George Allen as overseer from Thomas Lockharts to Island Ford on Haw River.
• GuardianshipElizabeth Thomas, daughter of deceased Owen Thomas, chose Solo. Austin as guardian; Wm. Laughlin and Wm. Bradford secured a £200 bond.
• Oath of allegianceWm. and Thomas Bradford took the allegiance oath and received leave to travel as other citizens.
• GuardianshipJonathan Thomas, orphan son of Owen Thomas, chose Wm. Laughlin as guardian; Solo. Austin and Eli McDaniel secured a £200 bond.
• Constable appointedLewis Speed replaced James Stewart as constable in Tryon District.
• TaxNath’l. Rochester, executor of James Watson, reported omitting two tracts in St. Marks from his list.
• Road orderJacob Riley was appointed overseer from Hillsborough to Six Mile Tree near Major Taylor’s.
• County businessAlex. Mebane was allowed £15 for ex officio services.
• TaxBenj. Rainey was appointed collector for Chatham District, with Wm. Rainey and Edward Gwinn as sureties.
• Deed provedDeed, Alfred Moore Ex. of Francis Nash to Peter Mallett.
• Deed provedDeed, Charles Horton to William Horton, proved by James Horton.
• County businessTyree Harris was allowed 32.10.3 under a former order.
• Deed provedDeed, Alfred Moore Ex. of Francis Nash decd. to James Patterson.
• Deed provedDeed, James Murray to Wm. Murray.
• Deed provedDeed, Wm. & Elizabeth ONiel to Edward Garrett.
• Deed provedDeed, Archelaus Wilson to William Wilson, acknowledged in court.
• Estate accountJohn Wood’s estate current account, appraisal and division were returned.
• Deed provedDeed, Thos. Lloyd Sen. to Thos. Lloyd, Jun..
• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices John Hogan, Wm. McCauley, Wm. Courtney and Bryan Crosbie present.
• County businessJames Watson’s executor was ordered paid £35 4s from county taxes under an order made during Watson’s lifetime.
• Child or servant boundOrphan Margaret Watson was ordered bound to John Douglass until she came of age.
• Road orderWm. Armstrong was appointed overseer from Little River to Caswell County Line.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of John Campbell granted to Margaret Campbell.
• Estate accountThe sheriff was ordered to sell Stephen Norton’s perishable estate.
• TaxJohn Hogan, Wm. McCauley and James Freeland were appointed to audit the assessors’ taxable-property returns.
• Deed provedKatherine Whatley relinquishes Dower Rights, Michl. Whately & Katherine Whatley.
• Deed provedDeed.
• Estate accountRobert Lytle’s administrators were owed a county balance of 17.8.8½.
• Road orderJames Wilkinson replaced Hugh Finley as overseer from Hillsborough to the Enoe ford at his plantation.
• Deed provedPart of a Lott in Hillsborough, Wm. Nunn to John Sheels.
• Estate accountJames Dunlap’s current account with John Heaslett’s estate was returned.
• Road orderJohn Barby was appointed overseer from Thos. Cappers to New Hope, with four named road workers.
• Road orderSimon Brygil(?) was appointed overseer from Thos. Cappers to his house, with six named workers.
• Road orderNine named workers were assigned to Thos. Trice on the new road ordered at the previous court.
• Road orderNamed workers were assigned to overseer Benj. Hearndon.
• TaxThe court assessed one shilling per hundred acres and one shilling on inhabitants with taxable property below one hundred pounds.
• JuryFourteen named jurors were appointed for the next Superior Court on October first.
• MillCharles Abercrombie and William Thetford petitioned for a water gristmill on Enoe River near Shoemakers Ford, owning land on both sides.
• TaxWm. Cain served as collector for St. Marys District, bonded with Wm. Courtney and Wm. Cluny.
• Courthouse and jailWm. Courtney, Bryan Crosbie and Nath’l. Rocester were appointed to contract for county jail repairs.
• TaxCapt. Eli McDaniel served as collector for Tryon District, bonded with Gen’l. Butler and John O’Daniel.
• JuryThirty-one printed juror names were listed for the next county court on the fourth Monday in November.
• JuryThe sheriff was ordered to summon twelve men for next court after certification of twenty-seven disputed land claims.
• Official appointedJohn Hogan was appointed county trustee on a £1,500 bond, secured by Wm. McCauley and Wm. Cain.
• TaxJames Freeland served as collector for Orange District with named sureties.
• TaxJohn King served as collector for St. Thomas District with named sureties.
• TaxJames Guinn served as collector for St. Marks District with named sureties.
• TaxJohn Noe served as collector for St. Asaphs District with named sureties.
• TaxThe assessors returned their lists.
• Deed provedDeed, John Kimbrough to Wm. Mebane, proved by John Hawkins, Esq..
• County businessStephen Maddox, constable for juries, was allowed £10.
• TaxWm. Andrews and John Noe were allowed £5 each for notifying St. Thomas and St. Asaphs inhabitants to submit taxable-property lists.
• TaxJohn Bryant and Jas. Freeland were allowed £5 each for notifying Orange and St. Marks inhabitants to submit taxable-property lists.
• SuitJames Espey’s iron obligation to Rob and Archd. Lytle, with judgment for Robert Lytle’s share, was ordered recorded and delivered to Colo. Archibald Lytle.
• Court in sessionJas. Freeland, Wm. McCauley and J.T. Patterson signed the minutes.