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Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina
Written: 1728

Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council
North Carolina. Council
February 21, 1728 
Volume 02, Pages 724-729

[Council Journal.]

North Carolina—ss. 
At a Council held at the Council Chamber in Edenton the 21st day of February 
Anno Dom 1727(8) 

Present
The Honoble Sir Richard Everard Bart Govr &c
William Reed Esqr Member of Council
C Gale Esqr Member of Council
E Moseley Esqr Member of Council
J Lovick Esqr Member of Council
R Sanderson Esqr Member of Council
Thos Pollock Esqr Member of Council
John Palin Esqr Member of Council
Edmd Gale Esqr Member of Council 
J Worley Esqr Member of Council

Read the Petition of William Reed Jr Shewing that sometime agoe his Father 
William Reed took up and Patented 280 acres of Land lying in Pasquotank wch is 
not seated &c Therefore prays a Lapse patent may be granted him for the same

Ordered that a patent Issue as prayed for

Read the Petition of Thomas Stamp shewing that his Father Richard Stamp 
sometime agoe obtained a patent for 100 acres of Land lying in Pasquotank wch 
is not seated as the Law directs therefore prays a Lapse patent may be granted 
him for the same

Ordered that a Petent Issue as prayed for

Read the Petition of Coll Wm Reed shewing that some time agoe Stephen Scott Sr 
and Francis Delamere obtained a patent for 400 acres of Land lying in 
Curratuck called the Broad neck at the mouth of North River which is not 
seated as the Law directs Therefore prays a Lapse patent may be granted him 
for the same

Ordered that a pat Issue as prayed for

Ordered that a New Commission of the Peace Issue for Chowan precinct directed 
to the old members and Thomas Parris

The Honoble the Governor having Informed this Board that he had been Traduced 
at home as a person Given very much to Drink he desired this Board to declare 
whither he had ever seen him in Publick the least disguised in Drink and they 
unanimously declared they did not

The Honoble the Governor having named Christopher Gale John Lovick Edward 
Moseley and William Little Esqrs Commissrs for this Goverment for Settling the 
Boundaries and running the line between the Two Governments This Board 
Concurred therewith & desired his Honr to give proper Instructions to the 
Commissioners for facilitating the work and particularly That an Instruction 
be prepared for settling the Titles of such Peoples' Land as are settled in 
this Government by Vertue of Verginia Grants or in Verginia by virtue of 
Patents from this Government and further that if the Gent appointed by the 
Government of Verginia from that Governmt do not come into measures so as to 
make the people easy in their Titles that then the surveyor General be 
directed to forbear making any Entrys or surveys of Land that shall fall in 
this Government with Verginia Titles till this Board have considered of the 
same

The Honoble the Governor moving that Coll Thomas Harvey should be displaced 
from being Chairman of Perquimans Court This Board desired the matter might be 
respited till Coll Harvey appeared And the Debate was respited accordingly 
till the next sitting of the Board

William Little Esqr Recr General produced his accots before this Board And the 
same were Examined sworn to and allowed off and ordered to be Entered in the 
Council Journal

The Question being put whether the Assembly should be prorogued to a further 
day which was carryed in the affirmative And accordingly the Assembly is 
prorogued to the Second Tuesday in November next.

Ordered that a proclamation Issue accordingly

Ordered That the Receiver General pay to the sd Com¯issrs for their Charge and 
Trouble pursuant to such Instructions as shall be given by the Honoble the 
Governor to them

By order
J LOVICK Secty.

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