February 1779 term

27 February 1779

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Thomas Hart, John Butler and Wm. McCauley present.
• Court in sessionThe court reconvened after one hour with five named justices present.
• Constable appointedJohn Cate replaced Lewis Speed as constable for Tryon District.
• Road orderLewis Kirk replaced John Cate as road overseer.
• Will provedWill of Andrew McBride, proved by Wm. Murray.
• Road orderWm. Cate replaced John Woods as road overseer.
• Estate accountWm. Forrestt’s executors returned his estate inventory.
• MillJoseph Noe received leave to build a gristmill on his land on Great Allamance.
• Deed provedDeed, James Wilkenson, Sen. to John Wilkenson.
• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Alex Mebane, Wm. Cain, John Ray and Hugh Tinning present.
• Courthouse and jailJames Bird was allowed £4 for repairs to the Hillsborough jail.
• Official appointedJoseph Taylor was appointed attorney for the state at this court.
• Estate accountJames Pratt’s administrators returned his estate inventory.
• Road orderEdward Grisham replaced Abram Whitticar as road overseer.
• Tavern licenseSamuel Shaw received a tavern license at his dwelling, bonded with Robt. Baldridge and Moses Crawford.
• Estate accountAn additional inventory of Robt. Lytle’s estate was returned.
• Road orderWm. Cain replaced William Dunnegan as road overseer.
• State caseJohn Thompson appeared, paid his fine and was ordered to post a £500 bond with Henry O Daniel and John Grisham.
• MillJohn Grisham petitioned for a Haw River gristmill; four men were summoned to value one acre each of Grisham’s and Henry Parris’s opposing land.
• Road orderJoseph H. Bough replaced Daniel Watson as road overseer with the workers formerly under Watson.
• GuardianshipThomas Burton was appointed guardian of orphan Thomas Crabtree on a £1,000 bond with John Taylor.
• Road orderEleven jurors were appointed to lay out the Orange Old Court House–Guilford road; Anthony Stanford and Thomas Freeland were appointed overseers of adjoining sections.
• JuryThe sheriff returned eighteen jurors, headed by Sackville Brewer; they received their charge, with Stephen Madden as constable.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Samuel Allen to Samuel Campbell until age 21.
• State caseJames Millican posted a £500 bond with Robert Milliken and James Ball.
• SuitBryan Crosbie and John Tapley Patterson, or either, were appointed to take Henry Picket’s deposition in Izrael Standiford’s suit against William Pickett.
• Deed provedDeed, Isaac Bracken & Rachel Bracken to John Moore.
• Estate accountRobert Holloway’s estate inventory was returned.
• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Thomas Hart, Bryan Crosbie, Wm. Rainey and John Hogan present.
• Estate accountThomas Hart, John Hogan and Bryan Crosbie were appointed to audit Ludowick Clapp’s administration accounts for the deceased Ludowick Clapp.
• TaxJames Parks was allowed £5 for notifying Chatham District inhabitants to return taxable-property lists.
• Estate accountThe administrator’s current account for Lodowick Clapp’s estate was returned and recorded.
• State caseWm. Patterson was bound over to the April first court for releasing an unnamed state soldier.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Allen Rigsbee to Mathew Stroud until age 21.
• State caseLam Aiken and James Turner were fined for failing to attend as jurors.
• State caseJohn Colther posted a £300 appearance bond; Thomas Colther and Thos. Kirkland each secured £150 for his appearance at next court.
• TaxConstable John Williams was allowed £5 for notifying Tryon District inhabitants to submit taxable-property lists.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Martin Palmer to Nath. Rochester, proved by John Atkins.
• State caseThomas Trice’s fine for failing to attend as a juror was remitted.
• Official appointedThomas Hart, John Butler and Nathaniel Rochester were appointed commissioners to sell confiscated county lands, bonded with John Kinchen, Wm. Courtney and Wm. McCauley.
• Road orderDavid Dikey replaced Wm. Woods as road overseer.
• State caseSeven named men were fined for failing to attend as jurors at this court (John Trousdale, Joseph Glasson, James McCarver, Wm. Oniel).
• Deed provedDeed for 177 acres, Jos. Glosson & Sarah his wife to James Monro.
• Deed provedDeed for 1351 acres, John King & Hannah King to Baxter King.
• Deed provedRight of Dower in House and Lott in Hillsborough, Mrs. Allen wife of Saml. Allen to Wm. Courtney.
• Deed provedRight of Dower in land sold by Thos. Hart, Mrs. Susannah Hart & Thos. Hart to Zephania Cate.
• JuryFourteen named jurors were appointed for Hillsborough District Superior Court on April first.
• JuryThe sheriff summoned jurors Henry Hastings, John Armstrong, Edward Turner and 28 others for next court.
• Official appointedWm. McCauley, David Craig and John Hogan were appointed patrollers for St. Thomas District.
• Official appointedThos. Tate, John Mebane and Alex. Mebane were appointed patrollers for Orange District.
• Court in sessionJames Freeland, Wm. McCauley and John Ray signed the minutes.