Martin Howard

Life and Orange County connections

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1. May 10-15, 1765 The Assembly finds Sheriff Thomas Hart's tax account short and orders the omitted poll tax collected Hart had not collected the poll tax, and on May 10, 1765, the Assembly at Wilmington found his account short through error. On May 15 it passed a bill requiring the omitted poll tax to be collected. Hart settled with the colony, and in 1770 a petition of 174 Orange inhabitants to Chief Justice Martin Howard against fees called him the only sheriff that ever settled. People: Thomas Hart, Martin Howard Place: Orange CountyInternet Archive: Durward T. Stokes, "Thomas Hart in North Carolina", North Carolina Historical Review 41 (1964), p. 327
2. September 22 to October 1, 1768 Chief Justice Martin Howard and two associate justices hold the Hillsborough superior court term Martin Howard, Maurice Moore and Richard Henderson sat at the Hillsborough District Superior Court term in which Edmund Fanning was found guilty and Regulators including William Butler were tried. People: Maurice Moore, Richard Henderson, Edmund Fanning, William Butler (Regulator), Herman Husband Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Documenting the American South, Colonial and State Records: Minutes of the Hillsborough District Superior Court, September 22 to October 1, 1768
3. September 27, 1768 A Hillsborough jury finds Edmund Fanning guilty on an indictment In the same superior court term that tried the Regulator leaders, the King's indictment against Edmund Fanning went to a jury on September 27, which found him guilty. The day before, Herman Husband had surrendered William Butler to the court, and both men entered 500 pound bonds to abide its sentence. People: Edmund Fanning, Herman Husband, William Butler (Regulator), Richard Henderson, Maurice Moore, Martin Howard Place: HillsboroughDocumenting the American South, Colonial and State Records: Minutes of the Hillsborough District Superior Court, September 22 to October 1, 1768
4. September 29, 1768 Grand jury indictments for rout against James Hunter are quashed at the Hillsborough superior court The grand jury returned three indictments for rout naming James Hunter with William Butler, Ninian Hamilton and other Regulators. The court quashed all three for an irregular return and ordered the attorney general to prepare new bills. People: James Hunter, William Butler (Regulator), Richard Henderson, Maurice Moore, Martin Howard, Peter Craven Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Ninian HamiltonSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Minutes of the Hillsborough District Superior Court (Sep 22 to Oct 1, 1768)
5. December 20, 1770 The Assembly expels Orange County's member Herman Husband and the Council orders his arrest The House of Assembly resolved that Husband, a principal promoter of the late riots in Orange County and publisher of a seditious letter printed over James Hunter's name, be expelled. The same day the Council unanimously advised his arrest and the Chief Justice issued a warrant; he lay in the New Bern jail until a grand jury found no bill on February 8, 1771. People: Herman Husband, James Hunter, William Tryon, Martin Howard Place: New BernDocumenting the American South, Colonial and State Records: Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council, December 20, 1770
6. March 15, 1771 A special court at New Bern presents and indicts Husband, Hunter, Butler and Howell for the Hillsborough riot Sitting under Chief Justice Martin Howard with Maurice Moore and Richard Henderson, the special court of oyer and terminer at New Bern received a grand jury presentment against the Regulators who in September last 'broke up that Court' at Hillsborough, and returned indictments for riot against Herman Husband, James Hunter, William Butler and Rednap Howell among others. People: Richard Henderson, Herman Husband, James Hunter, William Butler (Regulator), Maurice Moore, Martin Howard, Rednap Howell Place: New BernDocumenting the American South, Colonial and State Records: Minutes of the New Bern District Court of Oyer and Terminer, including court docket, March 11 to 16, 1771
7. June 14, 1771 Tryon's army returns to Hillsborough with its Regulator prisoners The army came back on June 14 and the next day marched through town with drums beating and oak sprigs in their hats before camping a mile east. The special court of oyer and terminer, opened May 30 and adjourned to await the prisoners, then resumed and tried fourteen men for treason. People: William Tryon, Martin Howard, Richard Henderson, Maurice Moore Place: HillsboroughNash, Hillsboro, Colonial and Revolutionary (1903), p. 23
8. August 25, 1772 Governor Martin and his council at Hillsborough forbid the export of wheat, rye and flour Told of a long drought and failing corn crops in the western parts of the province, the council sitting at Hillsborough advised an embargo, and Martin proclaimed a three-month ban on shipping wheat, rye or flour out of the province. People: Josiah Martin, Martin Howard, Samuel Strudwick, Alexander McCulloch Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Documenting the American South (Colonial and State Records): Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council, August 25, 1772
9. August 1772 Governor Martin summons the judges to Hillsborough over the cases of the outlawed Regulators After Regulator leaders offered to surrender, Martin called the judges to Hillsborough and asked in writing whether their outlawry could be completed and whether they could still be tried. Writing from Hillsborough on August 30, he told London the troubles had been provoked by extortion from attorneys, clerks and other officers. People: Josiah Martin, Richard Henderson, Martin Howard, James Hunter Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Documenting the American South (Colonial and State Records): Letter from Josiah Martin to Wills Hill, Marquis of Downshire, August 30, 1772