Bladen County, NC - Paterson (or Peterson) v Cheek, 1754

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North Carolina S. Ct.          March General Court 17?? (date smeared)

                     William Cheek late of the County of Granville in 
the said Province Lawyer, otherwise called William Cheek of Bladen County in 
North Carolina, was summoned to answer John Paterson of a Pleas that he 
render to him Eighteen Pounds Six Shillings Currant Money of Virginia, 
which he owes to him & unjustly detains &c.  And wherefore the said John 
Paterson by Robert Jones Junior his Attorney Complains, that whereas the 
said William Cheek on the twenty fourth Day of October in the year of our 
Lord God one thousand seven hundred and forty six at the County of Granville 
aforesaid by his Bill obligatory acknowledged himself to be bound unto the 
said John Paterson in the sum of Nine Pounds three Shillings Currant Money 
of Virginia to be paid to the said John Paterson upon demand, and to the said 
payment well & truly to be made the said William Cheek by the said Bill firmly 
bound himself his Heirs, Executors and Administrators in the penal sum of 
Eighteen Pounds Six Shillings Currant Money of Virg'a.  And the sd John 
Paterson in Fact says that the said William Cheek hath not paid the said Nine 
pounds three Shillings to the said John Paterson, altho' the said William Cheek 
afterwards to viz on the aforesaid twenty fourth Day of October, in the year 
aforesaid at the County aforesaid he was requested to pay the same by the sd 
John Paterson, which upon that Demand the said William Cheek ought to have paid 
him according to the Tenor & Effect of the sd Bill hereby an Action has accrued 
to the sd John Paterson to demand and have of the said William Cheek the said 
eighteen pounds six shillings above mentioned.  Yet the said William Cheek 
although thereto requested afterwards, to wit, on the aforesaid twenty fourth 
Day of October in the year above said, at Granville County afores'd by the sd 
John Paterson but has hitherto refused & still doth refuse to pay the same to 
the Damage of the said John Paterson Ten pounds Sterling Money of Great 
Britain, and thereupon he brings Suit &c.  And he brings here into Court the 
aforesaid Bill Obligatory, which Testifies the said Debt in Form aforesaid the 
Date whereof is on the Day & Year above mentioned &c.
John Doe   )
   &       ) pledges &c
Richd Roe  )                                R. Jones Junr.

On reverse:  Paterson vs Cheek.  Naro.  Copy, To Jones Attorney.  640 
acres if 
Land upon the South Side of Tar River begining at a Beach on the river 
bank then So.45E 320 poles to a white Oak then N.45E 320 poles to a red Oak 
then N.45W 320 poles to the river then S.45W up the River.    

Source:  Salisbury District Superior Court, Civil Actions Concerning 
Land, General Court 1754, Superior Court, No date, 1761-1797.  General Court-
Civil Concerning land.  
Folder:  Paterson (or Peterson) v Cheek, 1754 & Robinson v Carter, 1754.
D.S.C.R.207.325.6.

Copied as closely as possible from original.  Original spelling 
retained.  

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