May 1807 term

Day not given in the source

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Samuel Benton, James Webb and John Latta present.
• JuryThe sheriff reported returning the jury summons; no juror names followed.
• JuryThe court recorded John Paul, Samuel Chambers, Stephen Ward and 12 others for jury service.
• JuryThe court recorded James McCaddams, William Hobbs, John Boyle Sr and 3 others for jury service.
• State caseThe court fined jurors David Woods, Young Hopson, Levin Woods and 4 others for failing to appear.
• SuitJurors found Joseph Tate liable within one year and awarded Wm Muzzall damages.
• SuitJohn Holt surrendered James Wilson in Benjamin Rainey’s action to discharge his bail responsibility.
• State caseWilliam Lockhart Sr was excused for his fined jury absence after giving sworn reasons.
• SuitJurors upheld and valued Tate and May’s bond, rejected escrow delivery, payment and setoff and awarded Henry Bracken damages.
• SuitJurors found Joseph Tate liable within one year and awarded Isaac Rainey damages.
• SuitJurors credited payments and setoffs and awarded George Carrington the remaining balance against Samuel Riggs.
• SuitJurors found Eli McDaniel not liable to Samuel O’Daniel.
• SuitJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Ray and Cain principal and damages against Nath’l McLemore.
• SuitJurors found Archer Harris owed John Latta the claimed debt within one year and awarded nominal damages.
• SuitIla Forrest received principal, interest and costs against John Cain.

26 May 1807

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Samuel Benton, Ca Campbell and James Webb present.
• Courthouse and jailDavid Ray, John McKerall and John Cameron were appointed to settle Sterling Harris’s public-building accounts.
• SuitThe Governor’s action for J Hutcheson produced damages against Jesse Blalock and others for breach of a bond condition.
• SuitJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Isaac Lint principal and damages against Hart and Paul.
• SuitJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded James Williams principal and damages against John Stroud.
• SuitJurors found Will Griffiths liable in trover within three years and awarded Edy Griffiths damages.
• SuitJurors upheld William Griffiths’s promise within three years, rejected setoff and awarded ??dah Griffiths damages; an appeal was noted.
• SuitJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded James Palmer principal and damages against Aquilla Jones.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of James Boroughs granted to Reuben Boroughs, Bryant Boroughs and Zaccheus Boroughs; sureties John Cabe and James Har??.
• Deed provedDeed, John Moore to Barnabas O’Farrell, proved by Catlet Campbell.
• Deed provedDeed, Michal Roberson to Thomas Roundtree, proved by Joseph Roundtree.
• Deed provedDeed, Robert Burnsides to Benjamin Burnsides, proved by Thomas Faucett.
• Deed provedDeed, John Carden to George Carrington, proved by John Jackson.
• Deed provedDeed, John Rhodes to Ep[h]raim Roberts, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, James Wilson to Benjamin Rhodes, proved by William Rhodes.
• Deed provedDeed, Martha Loyd, Thomas Loyd and Henery Loyd to Stephen Loyd, proved by Henery Edwards.
• Deed provedDeed, Mann Patterson to Samuel Hunter, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, James Davis to Samuel Hunter, acknowledged in court.
• SuitJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Joshua Holt principal and damages against John Galbraith.
• SuitJurors valued the bond and awarded Tho Pleasant and others damages against Wilson and Bradshaw.
• SuitJurors valued the bond’s penalty and condition and awarded James Hoggs’s executors nominal damages against Carson and Lewis.
• SuitJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Bryant Stroud principal and damages against Bishop and Hogan.
• SuitBryant Stroud received a separate principal-and-damages recovery against Bishop and Hogan after payment and setoff were rejected.
• SuitJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded David Ray principal and damages against Richard Cate.
• SuitJurors valued the bond, rejected payment and setoff and awarded John Tates’s administrators damages against Bracken and Faucett.
• SuitJurors valued the covenant and awarded Joseph More damages against John Brown.
• SuitJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Samuel Cloud principal and damages against David Nunn.
• SuitJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Andrew Murdock principal and damages against Charles Christmas.
• SuitJurors rejected payment and setoff and awarded Andrew Murdock principal and damages against John Kirk.
• SuitJurors upheld Matthew Durham’s promise and awarded Bryant Stroud damages.
• Deed provedDeed, Samuel Turrentine to William Cain & others, proved by Sterling Harris.
• SuitJurors found Hugh Riggs detained the claimed obligation within three years, valued it and awarded Hall and Ray nominal damages.
• SuitJurors valued the bond, rejected payment and awarded James Hoggs’s executors damages against McKerall and Strudwick.
• SuitDavid Ray and company received damages and costs against Wm B Mebane.
• SuitJurors upheld Robert Harris’s promise and awarded Robert Jones damages.
• SuitA juror was withdrawn in George Carrington’s case against Mordecai Southerland.
• Deed provedDeed, James Mitchel to John Mitchel, proved by Samuel Bradford.
• Deed provedDeed, John Hornaday to David Coble, proved by Stephen Ward.
• Estate accountCommissioners received until the next term to report a year’s provisions for Alexander Robbs’s unnamed widow.
• SuitJurors upheld Thomas Horner’s promise and awarded Robert Jones damages.
• SuitJurors upheld Mark Harris’s promise and awarded Robert Jones damages.
• Deed provedDeed, Thomas O’Neil to David Strayhorn, proved by Henry Thomson Jr.
• Deed provedDeed, Catharine Richards to John Taylor Jr, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Mary Richards to John Taylor Jr, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Samuel Hancock & Susanna his wife, proved by Samuel Turrentine.
• Deed provedDeed, Edward Trice to William Trice, proved by Mann Patterson.
• Deed provedDeed, James Comb to Sterling Harris, proved by John Taylor.
• Deed provedDeed, William Holden [or Holder?] to Zachariah Herndon, proved by David George.
• Deed provedDeed, William Kirkland to James Phillips, proved by William McKeel.
• Deed provedDeed, William Cain & others to William Kirkland and other, proved by John Taylor.
• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices John Taylor, James Webb, John Latta and John Thompson present.
• SuitIn Michael Shoftner’s case against Samuel Fogleman and others, the court appointed Michael Holt surveyor and four named commissioners.
• Deed provedDeed, John Strayhorn to Charles Strayhorn, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, John Murry [John Morris?] to James Woods, proved by Henery Bunch.
• State caseJurors convicted James Lockhart.
• Deed provedDeed, Jacob Garrison to George Garrison, proved by Thomas Whitted.
• Deed provedDeed, Jacob Huggins to Luroi Akers, acknowledged in court.
• State caseJurors convicted Thomas Hunt.
• Road orderThe court discontinued the Adams–Dismukes Ferry road and reassigned its workers to the Fayette road by Matthew McCauleys.
• Deed provedDeed, James Craig to Isaac Craig, proved by David Craig.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Timothy Weaver to Robert Morrow for instruction in farming.
• Deed provedDeed, Samuel Hunter to John Moore, proved by James Webb.
• Deed provedDeed, Tobias Smith to Barney Clap, proved by James Hall.
• Deed provedDeed, William Lyttle to William Cabe, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Henery and Augustin Cook to John Wrightsell, proved by James Hall.
• Deed provedDeed, Benjamin Burnsides to David Ray & Co, proved by David Faucett.
• Deed provedDeed, Daniel May [Jr] to Barnett Clap, proved by James Hall.
• Deed provedDeed, Elizabeth Ware, Willis Dosset and Sarah his wife to George Keary, proved by Robert J Dickey.
• Deed provedDeed, Sarah Neves and William Neves and John Neves to Elizabeth Ware and Sarah Ware, proved by John Jackson.
• Deed provedDeed, Samuel Turrentine to William Bond, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Robert Hall to Thomas Laws, proved by John Jameson.
• Deed provedDeed, John Morris [John Morrow?] to Peter Foust, proved by Richard Thompson.
• Deed provedDeed, Benjamin Rhodes to John Rhodes, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Edward Trice to Henery Trice, proved by Mann Patterson.
• Deed provedDeed, Gavin Alves to Helen Hooper, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Thomas Grimes and Frederick B Cockburn to John Taylor, proved by James Hogg.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, William Norwood to [Jesse] Nevil, proved by Isaac Kirby|by the Oath of Henery Bunch.
• Deed provedRelinquishment of Dower, Nancy Comb to James Comb, proved by John McMullen.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, George Carrington to James Warren, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Samuel Turrentine to William Bond, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, James Campbell to [John] Walker, proved by James Campbell.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Ellenor Beck to James Woods, proved by Henery Bunch.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Martha Loyd to Stephen Loyd, proved by Kenidy Edwards.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, James Cates to James Woods, proved by Henery Bunch.
• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices James Webb, Ca Campbell and Herbert Simms present.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Edward Trice granted to Henry Trice; sureties Mann Patterson and Benjamin Rhodes.
• Estate accountCommissioners received until the next term to report the division of Francis Child’s estate.
• Child support orderThe court ordered William Picket to pay Elizabeth Crabtree child-maintenance installments.
• GuardianshipAbram Craig became guardian of Nancy Craig and John Craig and Polley Craig and Sarah Craig.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Zachariah [Lindley] to Steven Loyd, proved by Henry Edwards.
• Road orderThe court ordered a jury summoned to lay out a road.
• Livestock markJohn Campbell registered swallow forks and lower nicks in both ears.
• Estate accountWm Nunn’s executors received until the next term to return an estate-sales account.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Page Carroll to Richard Thompson for instruction in farming.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Mary Little to Richard Thompson for instruction in spinning.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Lewis McDaniel to John Towell for instruction in farming.
• GuardianshipPeter Foust became guardian of Sarah Freeman.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Richard & Andrew Hunter to Daniel Foust, proved by Peter Foust.
• Court in sessionThe court recorded the attending justices.
• Official appointedSamuel Turrentine was unanimously elected sheriff and furnished bond with securities Daniel Turrentine, John Taylor Sr, William Kirkland and 6 others.
• County businessSamuel Turrentine received an allowance for the preceding year’s sheriff duties.
• County businessJohn Taylor Jr received an allowance for clerk duties.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court ordered the county trustee to pay each eligible patrol member for the preceding year’s service.
• TaxThe court levied a tax on people designated as black polls to fund patrols.
• Order about enslaved peopleHugh Wilson was declared entitled to payment for patrol service.
• JuryThe court ordered Jonathan Jorden, William Laws, Thomas Jinkins and 27 others summoned for Superior Court jury service.
• Road orderThe court ordered a jury to lay out the best route from Mrs Sears’s path to the Newhope bridge near Charles Colliers.
• JuryThe court ordered James Moore, Robert Harris, John Tinnen and 26 others summoned for the next county-court jury service.
• TaxJames Webb was appointed to receive taxable-property lists for the stated district.
• TaxSterling Harris was appointed to receive taxable-property lists for the stated district.
• TaxJohn Campbell was appointed to receive taxable-property lists for the stated district.
• TaxThomas Brewer was appointed to receive taxable-property lists for the stated district.
• TaxMichael Holt was appointed to receive taxable-property lists for the stated district.
• TaxWilliam McCauley was appointed to receive taxable-property lists for the stated district.
• TaxWilliam Barbee was appointed to receive taxable-property lists for the stated district.
• TaxThomas Bennehan was appointed to receive taxable-property lists for the stated district.
• TaxWm Duke was appointed to receive taxable-property lists for the stated district.
• Official appointedBarnabas O’Farrill was appointed county ranger.
• Official appointedJames Webb was appointed public-buildings treasurer and furnished bond.
• Child support orderThe court ordered Theophilus Thompson Jr, charged as reputed father, to pay Nancy McMullen child-maintenance installments.