February 1789 term

Day not given in the source

• Court in sessionThe February county court opened; no justices were named after the presence heading.
• JuryThe sheriff returned the executed venire listing the summoned jurors.
• Constable appointedAn unnamed constable swore to attend the grand jury for the term.
• JuryFifteen grand jurors were empaneled and sworn, with Wm Hall as foreman.
• Tavern licenseThe court licensed Barneba Grimes’s Granville Road tavern upon bond with Geo Newton.
• JuryThe court excused Aaron Sharp from jury service because he was not a freeholder.
• Road orderThe court appointed Parker as road overseer, replacing Wm Cabe.
• JuryThe record listed remaining panel jurors and marked five as excused.

25 February 1789

• SuitThe jury tried the debt action as to Clendening and awarded Jno Smith Hurst £128.0.0 plus costs.
• Road orderThe court appointed James Ball as road overseer, replacing Tho Howard.
• SuitThe jury found Allison detained Jude and her children and awarded damages dischargeable by delivering them and paying costs.
• Road orderThe court appointed John Moore as road overseer, replacing Richard Williams.
• Child or servant boundThe court ordered child Mary Pickard bound to Samuel Bon until legal adulthood.
• Child or servant boundThe court ordered child Martha Pickard bound to Samuel Bon until legal adulthood.
• Tavern licenseThe court licensed Andrew Patterson to operate a tavern at the stated residence.
• Child or servant boundThe court ordered five-year-old Stephen Williams bound to James Carry until age twenty-one.
• Road orderThe court appointed Stephen Ward as road overseer, replacing Alexander Underwood.
• Estate accountThe court directed Jno Grant Rencher to sell John Patterson’s perishable estate on nine months’ credit and report next term.
• Road orderAfter the previous jury failed to agree, the court appointed a replacement jury for the Davis’s Shop–Hillsborough road via the Flat River bridge.

26 February 1789

• SuitA jury was recorded for trustee Walker’s review proceeding against Horne; no verdict appeared.
• SuitA nonsuit was entered in Courtney’s action against Bowls.
• SuitA nonsuit was entered in Bowls’s debt action against Courtney.
• SuitThe court ordered sale of John Merrit’s 200 acres under Taylor’s execution to satisfy Hooper’s judgment and costs.
• SuitThe jury was sworn in Hoser’s action against Caruthers; no verdict was recorded.
• SuitThe court ordered sale of Joseph Dickson’s 200 acres under Lytle’s execution to satisfy Baldridge’s judgment and costs.
• SuitThe court accepted Harris and Ferguson as sureties for Richards’s appeal in Collins’s suit.
• County businessThe court awarded clerk Sam’l Benton thirty-five pounds for the preceding year’s services and directed county payment.
• Deed provedDeed, Henry Beasley to Jo Fennel, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Nathan Almond & wife to Wm Alliburton, proved by Jno Jinkins.
• Deed provedDeed, Jno Nichols Shff &c to the Reverand Barnabas O'Farrell, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Jno Gee & wife to Wm Picket, proved by Mark Patterson.
• Deed provedDeed, Dan’l Andrews to James Andrews, proved by John Armstrong.
• Deed provedDeed, John Morgan to Wm Merrit, proved by Presley George.
• Deed provedDeed, Elizabeth Stroud to Stephen Loyd, proved by Richard Morris.
• Deed provedDeed, Alexander Hunter & wife to Wm Walker, proved by Thomas Riggs.
• Deed provedDeed, Thomas Riggs to Wm Walker, proved by Geo Newton.
• Deed provedDeed, James Hughey to Adam Marley, proved by Henry White.
• Deed provedDeed, Equilla Rhodes to Ro Grisham, proved by George Grisham.
• Deed provedDeed, John Embree & wife to James Baldridge, proved by John Carson.
• Deed provedDeed, Patterson Dannel to Christopher Dannel, proved by Dan’l Watson.
• Deed provedDeed, Dan’l Clower & wife to James Wilson, proved by Sam’l Turrentine.
• Deed provedDeed, Mathew Cate to Charles Dunnigan, proved by Tho Horner.
• Deed provedDeed, Barnabas O'Farrell to Wm Shepperd, proved by Jno Nichols.
• JuryThe sheriff was directed to summon twelve named jurors for the next Superior Court.
• SuitThe jury awarded Tullock twenty-five shillings plus costs against Brooks; the court granted a new trial.
• SuitPeelor was nonsuited; on his attorney’s motion, the court granted a new trial, from which Picket obtained permission to appeal.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court directed release of jailed Isaac, also called Jacob, to John Stroud upon Hogan’s security for his return when lawfully required.
• Road orderThe court appointed Henry Cope as road overseer.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Mary Holt granted to John Shaddy.
• SuitOn appeal, the jury awarded Jonah Clifton £14.4.0, one year’s interest, and costs against Wm Lytle.
• Tavern licenseThe court licensed Jno Elliott to operate a tavern at the stated residence.
• SuitOn appeal, the jury awarded Hillsborough Academy’s trustees three pounds with interest and costs against John Wilson.
• SuitThe court approved Steward and McAdams as appeal sureties in Shaw’s dispute with Galbreath over a Haw River ferry.
• Child or servant boundThe court ordered five-year-old Jno Ray bound to an adult also named Jno Ray until age twenty-one.
• SuitThe jury awarded James Bevins twenty-five shillings plus costs against Wm Cumming.
• Road orderThe court renewed the earlier order for a jury to survey the Sloss–Newlands road toward Chatham’s boundary.
• SuitOn appeal, the jury awarded Leticia Higgins £6,10 plus costs against Isaac Gattes.