May 1812 term

Day not given in the source

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices John Taylor, David Allison and John Latta present.
• JuryThe sheriff’s jury return supplied no juror names.
• JuryThe court recorded David Ray, Thomas Wilson, Aquilla Herndon and 12 others for jury service.
• Constable appointedReubin Smith was sworn into office.
• JuryThe court recorded Joseph Rountree, Baxter Davis, Thomas Latta and 4 others for jury service.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Henry Mize granted to John Mize; sureties Fredrick Mize and Nath’l Harris.
• SuitThe jury decided Rankin McKee’s action in favor of Thomas Hall.
• SuitThe jury awarded William Faucett damages and costs against Sam’l Ectors.
• SuitThe jury decided Robert Cozart’s action in favor of Edward Harris.
• SuitThe jury decided Robert Cozort’s action in favor of Edward Harris.
• SuitThe jury awarded Thomas Hart damages and costs against Campbell and Hart. An appeal was granted.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Robert Dixon granted to Jeremiah Holt and Mary Dixon; sureties John Loy and Morgan Hart.
• Estate accountIsaac Holt and the other named commissioners were appointed to allot a year’s provisions to Mary Dixon.
• Estate accountThe court authorized sale of Robert Dixon’s perishable estate.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Anthony Cozart to James Cozart, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Robert Dixon to Daniel Albright, proved by Jeremiah Holt.
• Deed provedBill of sale, David Mebane to Jane Morrow, acknowledged in court.

26 May 1812

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices Ca Campbell, Thomas Whithed and John Taylor present.
• SuitThe jury awarded William H Meritt damages and costs against James H Lewis.
• SuitThe jury awarded Wo[r]ham Glenn damages and costs against George Carrington.
• SuitA juror was withdrawn in William McMillen’s action against Robert Taylor.
• Attorney admittedJoel Strong presented his law license and took the required qualifying oaths.
• SuitThe jury awarded James Williams damages and costs against Cain and Gates.
• SuitThe jury awarded Hargis and Womack damages and costs against James Child.
• SuitThe jury awarded William Kirkland damages and costs against Glenn and Southerland.
• SuitThe jury awarded William S Branch damages and costs against John Cate (of Milley).
• SuitThe jury awarded James Doherty damages and costs against John Collins.
• SuitThe jury awarded Henry Forrest damages and costs against John Taylor Senr.
• SuitThe jury awarded Ezekiel Trice damages and costs against John L Kirk.
• SuitThe jury awarded John Ray damages against Salley Dunnagan.
• SuitThe jury awarded John Ray damages against Salley Dunnagan.
• SuitJames H Lewis confessed judgment in favor of Reuben Boroughs.
• SuitThe jury awarded Wm Lunsford damages and costs against John Street.
• SuitThe jury decided Josiah Turner’s action in favor of Ralph Rogers.
• Child support orderJohn D Carrington was ordered to pay Elizabeth Parish child support as the reputed father.
• Deed provedDeed, Henry Mason to James Mason, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, James Latta to John Tilley, proved by John Wilson.
• Deed provedDeed, Sampson Woods to Samuel & Mary Wood, proved by Joseph Woods.
• Deed provedDeed, Samuel Turrentine to Andrew Gray and John Brown, proved by John McMillan.
• Deed provedDeed, Leonard Prather to Samuel Thompson, proved by William Allen.
• Deed provedDeed, David Ray and William Cain to James Thompson, proved by James Webb.
• Deed provedDeed, William F Strudwick to James Mason, proved by Henry Mason.
• Deed provedDeed, Jacob Wilhoit to Jacob Wilhoit Jr, proved by Lewis Wilhite.
• Deed provedDeed, William Bond & David Yarbrough to James Webb, proved by Henry Y Howze.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Jacob Wilhoit Senr to Jacob Wilhoite Jr, proved by Lewis Wilhite.
• Deed provedDeed, Henry Johns to John Malone, proved by Simeon Cochran.
• Deed provedDeed, Jacob Wilhoite Sr to Jacob Wilhoite Jr, proved by Lewis Wilhoite.
• Deed provedDeed, Jeremiah Hubbard to John Hadly, acknowledged in court.

27 May 1812

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices John Taylor, John Long and Thomas Whitted present.
• State caseThe jury found Joseph Bradford guilty on the indictment.
• State caseThe jury acquitted Thomas Bradford.
• State caseThe jury acquitted Robert Duke.
• State caseSam was acquitted of burglary but convicted of grand larceny; the court granted clergy, ordered branding and subsequently recorded that the sentence was carried out.
• State caseThe jury found Robert Morrow guilty on the indictment. An appeal was requested.
• State caseThe jury found Thomas Bradford and Joseph Bradford guilty on the indictment.
• Child or servant boundThe court summoned Luke Peacock to produce apprentice Hemelius Patton after allegations of inadequate care.
• SuitOn objections by Ezekiel Laws and John Guess, the jury rejected the purported will of John Riggs.
• Child or servant boundBennett Cole was placed with Richard Blackwood temporarily; Samuel Neville was summoned to answer proposed removal of the apprenticeship.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Edi Patton to John Thompson for instruction in spinning.
• Deed provedDeed, John Hadley to Samuel Woody, proved by Nathaniel Newlin.
• Deed provedDeed, James Hastings to Henry Hastings, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, James Hastings Sr to Thomas Hastings, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, John Taylor Sr to Thomas Taylor, proved by Stephen Taylor and James McCord.
• Deed provedDeed, Nathaniel Campbell to Moses Campbell, proved by John Woody.
• Deed provedDeed, James Webb to John Lockhart, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, John Hadley to Samuel Woody, proved by Nathaniel Newlin quaker.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Lem'l M Morgan to Charles Trice, acknowledged in court.

28 May 1812

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices John Taylor, John Street and Thomas Whithed present.
• County businessWilliam Whitted and the other named commissioners were appointed to settle James Webb’s public-building accounts.
• Constable appointedGray Barbee replaced Anthony Maxwell Dixon as constable after Dixon accepted an army commission.
• County businessDavid Yarbrough and the other named commissioners were appointed to examine James S Smith’s trustee accounts.
• Oath of allegianceRichard Owen took the state oath of allegiance.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Mary Sykes granted to Allen Sykes; sureties Reuben Smith.
• Estate accountThe court authorized sale of Mary Sykes’s perishable estate.
• SuitJames and Isaac Pickard contested John Pickard Senr’s purported will; the court directed a trial of its validity.
• Child or servant boundThe court apprenticed Neily Woods to William Lewis for instruction in farming.
• Estate accountRichard Freeman received additional time to submit John Millison’s estate inventory.
• County businessThe sheriff was ordered to summon a jury to investigate Mary Millison’s mental capacity.
• Administration of an estateAdministration of the estate of Nicholas Durning granted to Elizabeth Durning; sureties Gray Barbee and James Durning.
• Official appointedJames S Smith took the required oaths as a justice of the peace.
• County businessMichael Holt’s committee recommended additional compensation for the unnamed clerk and sheriff.
• Court in sessionThe court recorded the justices present.
• TaxThe court imposed taxes for county expenses.
• TaxThe court imposed taxes for public-building repairs.
• TaxThe court imposed taxes for patrol expenses.
• Official appointedThomas Ruffin succeeded Reuben Woods as county attorney following Woods’s resignation.
• Official appointedJohn Young was elected county trustee.
• Official appointedJosiah Turner was elected sheriff and provided bond with securities Duncan Cameron, James Webb, William Whithed and 2 others.
• Official appointedJames S Smith was elected public-buildings treasurer and provided bond with securities James Mebane, Henry Neal and James Smith.
• County businessJohn Taylor Jr renewed his clerk’s bonds with securities John Taylor Senr, David Ray, Fredrick Nash and Samuel Turrentine.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed Joseph Smith and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed James Faucett Jr and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed John Wilkerson and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed Robert Murray and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed Mark Harris and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed John Mulhollan and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed John King and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed William Albright and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed George Coble and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed William Whitsell and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed William Bailey and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed John Pendergrass and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed James Williams and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed George Copley and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed Caleb Lindsy and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Order about enslaved peopleThe court appointed David Roach and the other named men to patrol the stated district.
• Other businessAn incomplete order named James without stating the business.
• Deed provedDeed, Gavin Alves to James Child & Gavin Alves, proved by A B Bruce.
• Deed provedDeed, Mason Tapley to John Long, proved by Gasper Long.
• Deed provedDeed, George Taylor to William Whitsell, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, William Horton & wife to George Taylor, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, John Taylor Sr to Robert Taylor, proved by Thomas Taylor and Joseph Taylor.
• Deed provedBill of Sale, Wyatt Ballard to John O'Kelly and William M Ballard, proved by Zenas O'Kelly.
• Deed provedDeed, Jacob Wilhoite Senr to Lewis Wilhoite, proved by Jacob Wilhoit Jr.
• Deed provedDeed, Alexander Morrow to Robert Morrow, proved by John Morrow.
• Order about enslaved peopleStephen Redding and the other named patrollers received permission for payment.
• Deed provedDeed, Alexander Criswell to William Criswell, proved by Robert Faucett.
• Deed provedDeed, John Carswell to James Barnwell, proved by William Criswell.
• Deed provedDeed, Richard Jones to Quinton Anderson & Co, proved by William Horton.
• Deed provedDeed, Nathaniel Newlin to Jeremiah Hubbard, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed, Thomas Latta Senr to Thomas Latta Junr, proved by James Latta.
• Deed provedDeed, Nathaniel Newlin to Jeremiah Hubbard, acknowledged in court.
• Deed provedDeed of gift, Sarah Hargis to Francis Jones Hargis, proved by Sterling Talley.
• Deed provedDeed, James H Bowman to William Clark, proved by James Clark.

29 May 1812

• Court in sessionThe court convened with justices John Taylor, Thomas Whithed and James S Smith present.
• Deed provedDeed, John G Rencher to Roger Hancock, proved by John Phipps.
• Deed provedDeed, John Teasley & Wife to Samuel Turrentine, proved by Alexander Turrentine.
• Deed provedRelease, Daniel Turrentine to Samuel Turrentine, proved by John Allison.
• Deed provedDeed of Trust, John Stroud to Henry Thompson, proved by David H Nunn.
• Deed provedDeed, Chesley Peeler to Edward Burrage, proved by Benjamin Carroll.
• Deed provedDeed, John Huffman to Jacob Huffman, acknowledged in court.