May 1794 term

Day not given in the source

• Court in sessionThe county court opened its sitting with justices James Carson, John Taylor and Absalom Tatom present.
• JuryThe sheriff returned the venire with attendance annotations.
• JuryThe court swore the grand jury.
• Constable appointedSamuel Thompson swore to attend the grand jury.
• Road orderThe court appointed James Wilson as road overseer, replacing Mark Picket,.
• JuryJohn Ray was excused from jury attendance for the term.
• Road orderThe court appointed Eli Herndon as road overseer, replacing Thomas Trice.
• State caseJurors James Burrows, Sam’l McCrackin, Rich’d Cochran and 4 others incurred conditional fines for failing to answer the sheriff’s call.
• GuardianshipElizabeth Morgan sought an inquiry into John Morgan’s capacity; the premature return was quashed and a new writ ordered for next term.
• Constable appointedJoseph Armstrong became Hillsborough constable.
• Constable appointedThomas Whithead became St Asaphs constable with Wm Steele and John Thompson as approved sureties.
• Constable appointedSamuel Hill became Hillsborough town constable with Sterling Harris and Eli Hill as approved sureties.
• County businessWilliam Lytle, Sterling Harris and Absalom Tatom were assigned to assess entry books needing transcription and estimate the cost.
• Child support orderJohn Fairman, described as reputed father, was ordered to pay Polly McDade annual child support for five years.
• Official appointedSamuel Benton became deputy clerk to Abner Benton Bruce and qualified.
• SuitA writ of error was granted in James W Lackey’s action against John Fairman, secured by James Coghlin and Joseph Dixon.
• Road orderThe court appointed a jury to survey a route from William Galbreaths’s ferry through Joseph Hodges’s property to the university.
• Road orderThe court appointed Thomas McCulloh as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court appointed Jacob Garrison as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court renewed an order for a jury to lay out the road from John Carringtons toward Raileigh.
• Road orderThe court appointed John Johns as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court appointed James Mebane as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court appointed Sampson Woods as road overseer.
• SuitThe court recorded a surveyor and three other men in Jno Ray’s ejectment action against John Williams.
• TaxThe court exempted Wm Holder from poll taxation.
• Court in sessionThe county court opened its sitting with justices Wm Nunn, John Thompson and Hardy Hurdle present.
• Estate accountThe court ordered William Courtney Jr’s perishable estate property and Rachel sold.
• Tavern licenseThomas Watts and Francis Dunn received permission to operate the former John Taylor ordinary, with approved sureties.
• SuitThe jury valued Virginia currency in North Carolina money and stated a discharge amount in James W Lackey’s action against John Fairman.
• State caseThe jury acquitted William Cole of the unspecified charge.
• Deed provedPower of Attorney, William Mebane to James W Lackey & John Lackey, acknowledged in court.
• Child or servant boundCharlotte Ray was bound to Isaac Link.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed James Hughes to William Campbell for instruction in stonemasonry.
• Constable appointedJoseph Dixon became St Marks constable with approved sureties John Casey and James Coghlin.
• Constable appointedJohn G Rencher became St Thomases constable, offered approved sureties and qualified.
• SuitWm Mebane and Richard Standford surrendered Ball as his special bail.
• Constable appointedGeorge Horner became St Marys constable.
• Constable appointedRuebin Smith became Caswell constable, offered approved sureties and qualified.
• Constable appointedMartin Hurdle became Chatham constable and gave bond with approved sureties.
• Constable appointedRobert Carson became Orange district constable, offered approved sureties and qualified.
• SuitThomas Dick was nonsuited in his appeal against William Ray.
• Road orderJacob Troxler replaced Joshua Holt as overseer for the Allamance–Guilford route with workers Joshua Holt, Anthony Thompson, Martain Neice and 40 others.
• SuitA confessed judgment for damages and costs was recorded in James Nelson’s appeal against William Nash.
• SuitWilliam Tate was nonsuited in his appeal against John Dorris.
• SuitJohn Dorris was nonsuited in his appeal against William Tate.
• Road orderThe court appointed Joseph Albright as road overseer, replacing James Godfrey.
• Constable appointedPeter Noe became St Asaphs constable with William Ray and James Patterson as approved sureties.
• Constable appointedReuben Holt became Chatham constable with William Rainey and Joshua Holt as approved sureties.
• Child support orderThomas Atkinson, described as reputed father, was ordered to secure support for Elizabeth Whithead, Polley Whitehead’s infant daughter.
• Child support orderJames McDannell, described as reputed father, secured support for Sarah Patton’s child with Ruebin Smith and Eli McDannel as sureties.
• GuardianshipWilliam Fossett gave bond for Thomas Cantril’s guardianship with Robert Fossett and Jesse Lynch as approved sureties.
• Road orderThe court appointed John Woods as road overseer, replacing Robert Smith.
• Court in sessionThe county court opened its sitting with justices Rob’t Campbell, A Tatom and Andrew Murdock present.
• SuitThomas Cooksey was nonsuited against Matthew Brooks.
• SuitThe jury found a balance unpaid on the defendants’ bond and awarded Adam Smith damages and costs.
• State caseWilliam Walker was fined for missing the sheriff’s jury call.
• SuitMatthew Brooks, acting as Tho Cooksey’s administrator, was nonsuited against Andrew Gibson.
• Child support orderThomas Nelson was ordered to give bond protecting the county from costs of Patsey Williams’s child, whose paternity the order attributed to him.
• County businessWilliam McCauley was assigned to examine Angel Dorris separately about voluntary consent to conveyances with John Dorris to Alexander Robbs and Edmund Brannock.
• SuitHenry Thompson Jr won nominal damages and costs against Spencer C Vaughan.
• GuardianshipWilliam Lindley chose his brother Thomas Lindley as guardian, with bond and sureties.
• Official appointedJoseph Moore and James Newlin were appointed election poll inspectors.
• TaxJohn Dugger received a poll-tax exemption, credited to sheriff John Sloss as an insolvent allowance.
• Court in sessionJustices Empson Bird, John Thompson, Archer Campbell and 32 others attended the sheriff’s election.
• Official appointedJoseph Hodge was elected county sheriff, gave bond and qualified.
• JuryThomas Cole and James Mebane were excused from further jury service.
• TaxA majority of justices levied county taxes on land, town property and polls to cover contingent expenses.
• County businessThe county sheriff received an allowance for ex officio services.
• County businessThe county clerk received allowances for extra official services and preparing tax lists.
• Court in sessionThe county court opened its sitting with justices William Courtney, Absalom Tatom and John Rhodes present.
• State caseJohn Strain was fined for missing the sheriff’s jury call.
• SuitLeonard Hays prevailed against Wm Picket.
• Child support orderOn Patty Williams’s petition, Thomas Nelson was ordered to produce her child so the court could examine his detention of the child.
• Estate accountWalter Alves, William Kirkland and John Hogg were ordered to complete their overdue audit of Frances Child’s executorship accounts.
• SuitSamuel Hughes’s nonsuit was set aside, the case reinstated and the declaration amended to replace Thomas with Samuel.
• SuitJohn Leigh won damages and costs against Robert Campbell; an appeal was requested.
• SuitHenry Whitsel prevailed against William Oneal despite payment, limitation and tender defenses; an appeal was requested.
• SuitJohn Evans, acting through Warrington Evans, was nonsuited against Joseph Montgomery.
• SuitJohn Evans, acting through Warrington Evans, won nominal damages and costs against William Love.
• State caseThomas Hooper received an absolute fine for missing the sheriff’s jury call.
• SuitFrancis Child, acting as executrix, won damages and costs against Montford Stokes.
• SuitThe jury upheld John Taylor’s unpaid bond and awarded John McKerrall damages and costs.
• Road orderThe court appointed Wm Andrew as road overseer.
• SuitFrances Child won damages and costs on Matt and John McCauley’s unpaid bond.
• SuitThe jury found William Courtney Jr not liable in Andrew Brooks’s action.
• JuryThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Rich’d Bennehan, Tho Armstrong, Isaac Jackson and 27 others for August court.
• TaxWilliam Ray was assigned to receive the district’s taxable-property lists.
• TaxArcher Campbell was assigned to receive the district’s taxable-property lists.
• TaxJohn Sloss was assigned to receive the district’s taxable-property lists.
• TaxFrancis Moreland was assigned to receive the district’s taxable-property lists.
• TaxJames Moore was assigned to receive the district’s taxable-property lists.
• TaxJohn Hogan was assigned to receive the district’s taxable-property lists.
• TaxAndrew Murdock was assigned to receive the district’s taxable-property lists.
• TaxAbsalom Tatom was assigned to receive the district’s taxable-property lists.
• TaxJohn Hogg was assigned to receive the district’s taxable-property lists.
• TaxJohn Hogg, John Casey and David Ray were appointed to assess town property.
• JuryJames Stockard was excused from further jury service.
• Official appointedJoseph Hodge qualified as sheriff after the justices approved his sureties.
• Official appointedWilliam Hall became Joseph Hodge’s deputy sheriff, received court approval and qualified.
• Court in sessionThe court resumed with Jonathan Lindley, Absalom Tatom and John Hogg present.
• State caseThe jury acquitted Joseph Montgomery of assault; he remained in the sheriff’s custody.
• State caseJoseph Montgomery was acquitted of assault but remained in custody for fees.
• Child support orderThomas Nelson was ordered to return Patty Williams’s child, pay annual support and secure the county against maintenance costs.
• State caseThe jury convicted Solomon Barlow of petty larceny; the court ordered thirty-nine lashes.
• State caseHugh McAdams’s jury-attendance fine was remitted.
• State caseIsaac Blackwood was convicted of assaulting John Gaddis Jr, fined and held for fees.
• State caseIsaac Blackwood was convicted of assaulting Eliza Gaddis, fined and held for fees.
• State caseThe jury acquitted Ben Barlow of petty larceny; he remained in the sheriff’s custody.
• State caseEdmund Ballard submitted to assault, was fined and held for fees; payment to A B Bruce was noted.
• State caseStephen Madden Jr was convicted of petty larceny; arrest of judgment was denied and twenty lashes ordered, with custody continuing for fees.
• State caseThe jury acquitted Joshua Childers of assault; he remained in the sheriff’s custody.
• State caseThe court remitted all jury fines except Walker’s and directed execution for his fine.
• SuitThe court appointed a jury and surveyors to examine John Kelly and John Holden’s disputed claim.
• Court in sessionThe county court opened its sitting with justices John Hogg, Absalom Tatom and John Umstead present.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Alexander Roxborough Kinchen to Martin Palmer for instruction in house carpentry and joinery.
• Constable appointedGeorge Horner became Maries district constable with Wm Hall and John Hogg as sureties.
• Constable appointedJoseph Armstrong became Hillsborough constable with John Armstrong and Stephen Hart as approved sureties.
• Constable appointedWilliam Andrews became St Thomas constable with Wm McCauley and William Kirk as sureties.
• Constable appointedReuben Smith became Caswell constable with James Christmas and James Turner as approved sureties.
• County businessPending receipt of the new statute, the court provisionally placed all county magistrates in one class for holding sessions.
• Official appointedWilliam Courtney became court chairman.
• Courthouse and jailSheriff Joseph Hodge reported that the jail was inadequately repaired and too weak to secure prisoners.
• Road orderThe court appointed Edmund Jones as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court directed overseers on both banks to repair their respective halves of Trollingers ford.
• SuitThe sheriff obtained permission to amend execution returns against Henry Weisner next term.
• Road orderThe court appointed Armour King as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court appointed Joseph Noe as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court appointed David Patterson as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court appointed John Hawkins as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court appointed John Coonce as road overseer.