Bertie County NcArchives Court.....Location, Courthouse 1773
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1773

Petition from inhabitants of Bertie County concerning the location of the county 
courthouse
Johnston, John; Et Al.
1773
Volume 09, Pages 804-806

[From MS. Records in Office of Secretary of State.]

To His Excellency Josiah Martin, Esquire, His Majesties Captain General, Governor 
and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina & Vice Admiral 
of the same, To the Honourable Council The Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of 
Burgeses,

The Petition of the Inhabitants of Bertie County in the Province afsd Humbly 
Shew,

That whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of this Province dated in the year 
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty eight, at a session held for the 
said Province at Newbern, a Town was Erected on Cushy River in Bertie County afsd 
by the name of Windsor; very conveniently situated and nearly in the center of 
the County. Since which time several houses have been Built in the said Town, 
especially Houses of Intertainment, and sundry Stores Established therein, and a 
good Ferry to and from the said Town. All which greatly conduces to render it a 
very fitt and convenient plase for holding the Inferior Courts of the said County 
and doing other Public Business att. And as the present Court house is not only 
very Inconveniently situated for the greatest number of the Inhabitants who are 
often obliged to attend at it, but is rendered more so for want of convenient 
Houses for Intertaining the great number of people who are obliged to attend 
their Business, besides the said Court house is now so rotten & Decayed by Age 
that it is past any Possibility of ever repairing it and Consequently there is an 
Absolute necessity of having a new one Built there or some where else. And the 
Town of Windsor it is agreed on all hands being the most Convenient, your 
Petitioners therefore Humbly Pray you will take it under your Consideration, and 
Pass an Act to Impower certain Commissioners therein to be mentioned, to Agree 
with workmen for Erecting & Building such a Court house Gaol and Stocks in the 
said Town of Windsor as they shall think necessary and convenient for the use of 
the County afsd, and that a Poll Tax may be Laid on each and every Taxable Person 
in the said County sufficient to defray the expense and Charge of the said 
Buildings.
And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound will ever pray &c.

John Johnston
Zebd Stone
Thomas Ballard
Thos Boswett
W Nichols
John Coke
Ewd Halford
Wm Ashburn
Samuel Black
W mHurst
Humry Hardy
J Pearson
David Brian
Jno Nicholls
Richd Lakey
Josiah Rudolf
Miles Shehan
Josiah Williams
William Buchanan
William Knott, Senr
Wm Knott, Junr
Joseph Keant
Robt West
Thos Outlaw
John Aller
Kenneth McKenzie
Wm Armistead
Henry Wills
John B Corkeran
James Bond
Had Sorall
Thos Harrison
Thos Whitonsh
John Walton Junr
George Wair
David Gaskins
Arts Williams
Edward Hardy
James Warborton
Jno Madri
Jess Hardy
James Baker
John Fleetwood
Jery Fleetwood
Elisha Williams
William Wooten Jr
Wm Humphreys
Chas Worth Jacocks
Thos Ashburn
John Oxley
Theodore Cather
Benjamin Ashburn
Henry Fleetwood
Henry Hereman
Wm Meredith
Phillip Walston
James Fleetwood
Thos Shehan
Herzt Mohun
William Outlaw
Mordecai White
Peter Clifton
David Curry
Peeler Redet
Thos Pugh
William Webb
Wm King
Thos House
Ezekiel Wimberly
M Whitfield
Simon Turner
Anthony Armistead
Elisha Whitfield
Thomas Bog
Solomon Bender
Wm Bender
James Roades
Thomas Stanback
John Norwood
James Perry
Benjn Perry
Tho Clark
John Bazemore Senr
John Bazemore Junr
Wm Bently
Henry Bate
Jos: Collins
James Beats
Charles Bowes
William Vergin
Samuel Grimes
Luke Smethwick
Wm Benson
Joseph Simons


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