November 1810 term

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• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices John Street, John Latta and William Holt present.
• JuryThe sheriff reported returning the jury summons; no juror names followed.
• JuryThe court recorded William Mebane, Jacob Umstead, David Patterson and 12 others for jury service.
• Constable appointedReuben Smith was sworn into office.
• JuryThe court recorded William Parish, Nath’l Harris, James Johnston and 2 others for jury service.
• JuryThe court listed jurors who had failed to appear.
• JuryWilliam Kirkland, William Whitted and John Graham were excused from further jury attendance.
• MilitaryThe court increased widow Judah Williams’s support allowance because the previous amount was insufficient; Herbert Williams had served in the Continental Line.
• Official appointedRichard Henderson was appointed temporary county attorney.
• SuitThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded assignee Elias Haws damages and costs.
• SuitThe jury valued the bond’s penalty and condition and awarded James K Bunch nominal damages and costs.
• SuitThe jury rejected payment and awarded David Ray’s firm damages and costs.
• SuitThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded damages; David Ray’s firm remitted part of the judgment.
• SuitJames Kirk was nonsuited; an appeal was granted with Tho Griffin and John Stroud as sureties.
• SuitThe jury upheld the bond, credited endorsed payment and awarded George Carrington the remaining principal, interest and costs.
• Deed provedDeed, Jonathan Lindly to Nath'l Newlin, proved by John Woody.
• Deed provedDeed, Samuel Holloway & Polley Holloway his Wife to William Trice, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Silas Clark to Henry Merritt, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Benjamin Partie to William Lingo, proved by Leah Lingo.
• Deed provedDeed, Peter Smith to John Cook, proved by Isaac Holt.
• Deed provedDeed, Henry Lewis to Fielding Lewis, proved by James Latta.

27 November 1810

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices John Taylor, John Street and John Latta present.
• SuitThe jury found Anderson Stroud made no promise; an appeal was requested.
• Deed provedDeed, William Barbee to Mann Patterson, proved by Chesley P Patterson.
• Will provedWill of Samuel Benton, proved by Richard Hendrick & Edward Jones.
• Administration of an estateJohn Taylor Jr qualified as executor for Samuel Benton’s estate.
• State caseHenry Lloyd and Thomas Lloyd entered recognizances to appear and testify against Wm Heagwood.
• State caseWilliam Cook surrendered George Evans into custody; Evans later entered an appearance bond with Willie Dillard and John Stroud as sureties.
• State caseGoodwin Kirk, James Kirk, Urza Jones and Jesse L Kirk entered recognizances to prosecute and testify against Elisha Cate.
• SuitA juror was withdrawn in James Kirk’s action against John L Kirk.
• SuitThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded David Ray’s firm damages and costs.
• SuitThe jury found for Thomas Edwards in Jonathan Forrest’s action.
• SuitThe jury found the covenant unfulfilled and awarded J King and C Christmas damages and costs.
• State caseJames Pickard and John Hadly entered recognizances to prosecute and testify against Micajah Hicks.
• SuitThe jury found administration substantially completed, identified remaining assets including enslaved Ovus, and preserved Robert Levi’s right to pursue the administrator and sureties.
• Deed provedDeed of Trust, John Cate to Sackfield Brewer, proved by Charles Christmas.
• Deed provedDeed, William Barbee to William Jenkins, proved by Chesley P Patterson.
• Deed provedDeed, Gabriel Blare to Stephen White, proved by John Merrideth.
• Deed provedDeed, Wm F Strudwick to Valentine Moore, proved by John Douglass.
• Deed provedDeed, Jonathan Lindly to Robert Hunter, proved by Joseph Clendening.
• Deed provedDeed, Owen Lindly to James Lindly, proved by James Lindley.
• Deed provedDeed, Thomas Pickett to Thomas Hutchins, proved by William Rhodes.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Thomas Howard to James Moore, proved by Charles Christmas.

28 November 1810

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Ca Campbell, Thomas Whithed and Herbert Simms present.
• County businessThe county trustee was ordered to pay Isham Haynes the proceeds of a stray horse, after the court found that he owned it.
• State caseThe jury acquitted Micajah Hicks; prosecution witnesses James Pickard and John Hadly were found material.
• State caseThe jury convicted Wm Heagwood; the prosecutor was ordered to pay prosecution witness Thomas Lloyd’s attendance.
• State caseThe jury returned another guilty verdict against William Heagwood.
• Deed provedDeed, Martha Strudwick to Henry Shepperd, acknowledged in court.
• GuardianshipThe sheriff was ordered to summon twelve jurors to assess James Faucett’s mental capacity and report next court.
• State caseThe jury found Lewis Partin guilty as charged.
• State caseThe jury found Arthur Weaver guilty as charged.
• Child support orderJohn Duke was ordered to pay Leah Lingo child support as the reputed father.
• State caseThe jury acquitted John Smith and William Yoakly.
• Child support orderThe court continued its earlier order concerning Sarah McMunn’s son John McMunn until the next term.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Adam Smith granted to Isaac Holt; sureties Duncan Cameron and William Kirkland.
• Constable appointedJames Leathers was appointed.
• Official appointedJames Latta was elected county surveyor; the entry began a bond clause but supplied no sureties.
• Deed provedDeed, William Grimes to James Moore, proved by Charles Christmas.

29 November 1810

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices James Webb, Isaac Holt and Joseph Clendening present.
• Road orderThe court appointed Jonathan Thompson as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court appointed William Hopson as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court appointed James Kirk as road overseer.
• Road orderThe court appointed George Neese as road overseer, replacing Joshua Holt.
• County businessGavin Alves, Catlet Campbell and Abner B Bruce were appointed to settle former sheriff Samuel Turrentine’s county accounts and report next court.
• State caseShort Vaughan, jailed on a bastardy charge, took the insolvent-debtor oath and was ordered discharged.
• State caseJoseph Lantorn was found to be a free man of color and ordered released after taking the insolvent-debtor oath.
• SuitThe jury upheld Thomas Brooks’s will for personal property but rejected it as a will of real estate.
• Deed provedDeed, Andrew Gibson to Stephen White, proved by John Merrideth.
• Deed provedDeed, Jonathan Lindly to John Woody, proved by Nathaniel Newlin.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of William Strudwick granted to Mrs Martha Strudwick and Samuel Ashe; sureties William Shepperd and Henry Shepperd.
• Estate accountOn Francis Tapp’s probate request and Richard Tapp’s objection, the jury upheld Abner Tapp’s will for both real and personal property.
• County businessGavin Alves was authorized to collect forfeited recognizances, attend execution sales in Wake County, and bid when needed to satisfy county claims.
• Estate accountIsaac Holt received permission to sell Adam Smith’s perishable estate.
• Estate accountMichael Holt, Henry Keck and John Graves were appointed to allot widow Eve Smith a year’s provisions.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Abner Tapp granted to Frances Tapp and Allen Sykes; sureties Charles Christmas.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Thomas Brooks granted to Andrew Brooks; sureties John Reeves and Robert Eaton.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Mary Phillips granted to Nathaniel Newlin and George Maddin; sureties John Woody.
• County businessPeter Williams was released from payment for a stray horse that escaped his possession; the county trustee was ordered to cancel the bond.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Samuel Brockwell to Joshua Horne for instruction in reading and writing.
• State caseWith the solicitor’s consent, John Do???g was allowed bail before designated justices to answer a felony and murder charge concerning Abner Tapp.
• GuardianshipChesley P Patterson received commissions and reimbursement for managing Solomon P Morgan’s estate; the current guardian was ordered to pay.
• SuitWilliam Gilbert was ordered to appear in James Christmas’s estate-division petition or face default judgment; newspaper notice was ordered.
• Deed provedDeed, David Ray Shff &c to Thomas Couch, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Jonathan Lindly to John Lindly, proved by James Lindly.
• Deed provedDeed, Thomas Cate to Thomas Cate, proved by John Sykes.
• Deed provedDeed, Alexander Stewart to Joseph Latta, proved by John Latta Sr.
• Deed provedDeed, Owen Lindly to James Thompson, proved by James Lindly.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Peter Fogleman to John Coble [John Cook?], proved by Isaac Holt.

30 November 1810

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Catlet Campbell, Abner B Bruce and Thomas Whithed present.
• Child support orderWillie Mangum’s administrators were ordered to pay Nancy Dunnagan immediate support for two children whom Mangum had been charged with fathering.
• GuardianshipThe sheriff was ordered to summon an independent jury and necessary witnesses to assess Wilson Child’s mental capacity and report next court.
• Deed provedDeed, William Horton & Magdeline his Wife to Doct Barnabas O’Farrill, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Walter Galbraith, Robert Dixon & Mary his Wife & others to Archibald Murphy, proved by Jeremiah Holt.
• Deed provedDeed, James Ray to John Ray (of John), proved by Jesse Clark.
• SuitThe court ordered special execution on Willie Mangum’s estate assets and, if insufficient, on his administrators’ own property to satisfy Thomas Hunt.
• GuardianshipSamuel Turrentine became guardian of James Brooks.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of James McCaleb granted to John Stroud; sureties David Nunn.
• Deed provedDeed, Alexander McRae to John Cook, proved by Isaac Holt.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Jesse Cate to Thomas Cate, proved by Thomas Cate.
• Deed provedDeed, Tho Holloway Sr to Thomas Holloway Jr, proved by Thomas Redding.
• Deed provedDeed, Abraham Whittaker to Robert Rhodes, proved by Thomas Redding.