Orange County Indexed
February 1790 term
66 items of business, in court order.
22 February 1790
- Court in sessionThe February county court opened in Hillsborough with three justices present.
- JuryThe sheriff returned the executed venire naming the summoned jurors.
- JurySeventeen grand jurors were empaneled and sworn, with Jno Carter as foreman.
- Constable appointedConstable Wm Cumming swore to attend the grand jury.
- JuryThe court excused Kenneday and Baul from jury service because they were not freeholders.
- JuryThe record listed remaining original-panel jurors and marked Jno Greham excused.
23 February 1790
- Court in sessionThe court resumed its sitting with justices Jno Taylor, Wm Lytle and Wm Nunn present.
- State caseThe court fined eight jurors for nonattendance; three were also annotated as excused.
- SuitA juror was withdrawn in Farmer’s action against Jones.
- State caseThe court remitted Holms’s and Christmas’s nonattendance fines after they appeared and explained their absence.
- Attorney admittedThe court admitted Alexander D Moore to practice after he produced a Superior Court license.
- Child or servant boundThe court ordered orphan Thomas Hughs bound to Jno Ray until age twenty-one to learn farming.
- Road orderThe court appointed Geo Strader as road overseer, replacing Henry Strader.
- TaxThe court exempted Jacob Riley Jr from poll taxation.
- SuitThe jury awarded Peter V Williamson £60.8 plus costs against Samuel May; an appeal followed.
24 February 1790
- Court in sessionThe court resumed its sitting with justices Wm Watters, Wm Nunn, Jonathan Lindley and Nicholas Gibbs present.
- Attorney admittedThe court admitted Richard Gautier to practice after reading his license signed by the Superior Court judges.
- FerryThe court licensed Wm Gwinn’s public ferry at Shallow Ford upon bond secured by Gibson and Rogers.
- Child support orderOn Taylor’s motion, the court had Mary Combe’s child brought in by habeas corpus and ordered the child returned from Williams to its mother.
- FerryThe court prescribed Gwinn’s ferry charges for wagons, riders, carts, and hogsheads.
- State caseThe court remitted Ro Milliken’s nonattendance fine after he appeared and explained his absence.
- SuitThe jury awarded guardian Mark Patterson £6 plus costs against Alexander Rhodes.
- Road orderThe court appointed Thomas Tate as road overseer, replacing Ro Faucet.
- Road orderThe court appointed William King as road overseer, replacing Charles King.
25 February 1790
- Court in sessionThe court resumed its sitting with justices Jno Nichols, Jno Taylor, Wm Watters and Jonathan Lindley present.
- Child or servant boundThe court ordered orphan Elizabeth Pollard bound to Rich’d Bull until adulthood; payment of fees was noted.
- Administration of an estateDoherty exhibited Jno Vance’s purported will; named executors Doherty and Umstead declined the executorship.
- State caseThe jury convicted Andrew Burke of assault and battery on February 23 but acquitted him concerning February 19.
- Road orderThe court appointed Abraham Allen as road overseer, replacing Wm Blackwood.
- State caseThe jury acquitted Mary Anderson of petty larceny.
- SuitThe jury awarded Adam Hart £32.15.3, interest from withdrawal of the money, and costs against Wm Lytle.
26 February 1790
- Court in sessionThe court resumed its sitting with justices Ro Campbell, Wm Watters and James Carson present.
25 February 1790
- SuitThe jury awarded Wm Courtney sixpence in damages plus costs against James Turner.
- SuitOn appeal, the jury found for Wm Newman against Thomas Farmer.
- Constable appointedThe court appointed Samuel Thompson constable; he posted bond with Lytle and Courtney and took the office oath.
- SuitA nonsuit was entered in Allen’s appeal against Whitny.
- SuitOn appeal, the jury found for Jno Taylor against James Bozwell.
- SuitOn appeal, the jury awarded Henry Beasely £11.15.6 plus costs against Geo Dannel.
- Road orderThe court appointed Geo Newton to oversee the road between Little River’s forks and assigned eight workers.
- GuardianshipThomas and Abner Clerk selected James Carson as guardian; the court approved Taylor and Shepperd as sureties for a £500 bond.
- SuitOn appeal, the jury awarded Wm Newman £5.7.4 plus costs against Jo McGee.
- SuitOn appeal, the jury awarded surviving partner Wm Courtny £17.18.9 plus costs against Dav’d Sloane.
- SuitOn appeal, the jury awarded Ro Ferguson £3.12 plus costs against Tho Brooks.
- Road orderOn John Elliot’s bridge petition, the court awarded him fifteen pounds beyond the amount already received.
- SuitThe jury awarded Peter V Williamson £0.18.0 plus costs against Thomas Brooks.
- County businessThe court allowed the unnamed clerk forty-five pounds for ex officio services and directed county-treasurer payment.
- Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of John Vance granted to Robert Ferguson; sureties Jno Nichols and Henry Thompson.
- Tavern licenseThe court licensed Henry Thompson’s Hillsborough tavern and approved Rencher and Baldridge as sureties.
- Road orderThe court appointed a road jury to survey the proposed Pains–Haw River route only if twelve jurors considered it publicly useful.
- Road orderOn Patten’s petition, the court ordered a jury to relocate the road east of his plantation to reduce injury; a later notation renewed the order.
- Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Arthur Mangom granted to Jno Carrington.
- TaxThe court directed the collector not to charge tax on 1,250 acres listed beyond the taxpayer’s liability (Geo Johnston).
- TaxThe court directed the collector not to charge tax on 1,250 acres listed beyond the taxpayer’s liability (Mathew McCauley).
- TaxThe court appointed three men to assess Hillsborough’s taxable property for the year (Sterling Harris, Wm Lytle, David Ray).
- Road orderThe court appointed Mathew Cates as road overseer, replacing Wm Walker.
- Road orderThe court appointed James McCulloch as road overseer, replacing Jno McCanlis.
- Official appointedThe court unanimously elected Wm McCauley sheriff for the ensuing year.
- Court in sessionThe court resumed its sitting with justices Wm Ansley, Wm Waters and And’w Murdoch present.
- SuitThe jury awarded Wm Oneal £2.10 plus costs against James Williams.
- Child support orderThe court ordered reputed father Robert Ray to pay Elizabeth James £20 in annual child-support installments and post parish-indemnity security.
- SuitThe jury found for Ferguson; the court subsequently granted a new trial on motion.
- Road orderThe court appointed Jno Woods as road overseer.
- Tavern licenseThe court licensed Andrew Patterson’s Little River tavern upon bond secured by Wm McCauley.
- Official appointedSheriff Wm McCauley took qualification and office oaths and posted bond with five named sureties.
