CRAVEN COUNTY, NC - COURT - New Bern District Court Civil Action Papers 1760-1763 ----¤¤¤¤---- New Bern District Court Civil Action papers DSCR.206.325.1 Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Summons for John CLEAVES, ship carpenter to answer a charge by Robert WINFIELD of trespass and damages Date: 3 June 1760 Date of: Summons County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: 1) Charge by Andrew MILLER that John STAFFORD owes him 2 pounds, 12 shillings, 10 pence [2.12.10] and refuses to pay. 2) Summons for John STAFFORD, planter, to appear and answer a petition against him by Andrew MILLER. Date: January term [Inferior court] 1761/22 Oct 1760 Date of: Charge brought to court/Summons County: Perquimmons Folder: 1760-1763 Information: ³Present His Majesty Justices. Ordered that Abraham TISON, John TISON, and John HARDEE Esqrs. be Recommended to his Excellency the Govrn. for his appr[torn] a[torn] appointment of one of them to Execute the office of Sheriff for this County.² Date: May Court 1761 Date of: Order County: Pitt Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Summons for Matthew PAWSON to appear and answer a charge of trespass and damages brought by John WRIGHT. Date: 2 June 1761 Date of: Summons County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Oath of Robert HARRIS ³of lawful age² that he obtained a warrant of Larkin JOHNSON Esqr. against Robert HICKS for debt and delivered the warrant to Brisey PARISH to Execute and return. Soon after, information was made to him that Thomas LOWE Esqr. had demanded, received, and detained the warrant from PARISH. HARRIS demanded that the warrant be returned to him, but LOWE did not comply, and therefore no further action has been taken on it. Date: 2 Sept 1760/20 Apr 1761 Date of: Warrant received by HARRIS/Oath County: Not given Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Order to sheriff to take of the property of Francis TRIPP, mariner, 4 pounds, 4 shillings, previously awarded to Sarah MOORE for her debt and damages. Date: 2 Sept 1761 Date of: Order County: Torn away. Thos. BARROW was sheriff Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Benja. MARTIN vs. Johnathn. FUTRELL: List of fees and costs associated with case. Date: Not given Date of: County: Not given Folder: 1760-1763 Information: [Torn]wallis vs. Willm. WOOTON: List of fees and costs associated with case Date: Not given Date of: Not given County: Not given Folder: 1760-1763 Information: [Torn] vs. [Torn] WOOTEN: List of fees and costs associated with case. Date: Not given Date of: County: Not given Folder: 1760-1763 Information: [Torn] vs. Willm. WOOTEN: List of fees and costs associated with case. Date: Not given Date of: County: Not given Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Jams. HALL vs. Ezek. CARTWRIGHT: List of fees and costs associated with case. Date: Not given Date of: County: Not given Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Summons for Jonathan KITRELL to appear in next session of court to pay debts and damages awarded to Benjamin MARTIN. Date: 4 Dec 1761 Date of: Warrant County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Summons for William WEBSTER and John ABRAMS, securities for Jonathan KITRELL, who was judged to be in debt to Benjamin MARTIN to appear and pay the debt and costs, as KITRELL has failed to do so. Date: 4 Dec 1761 Date of: Summons County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Arrest warrant for John WRIGHT, trader, to appear in next session of court and pay debt awarded to William VINES. [Back: ³Nothing to be found²]. Date: 5 Mar 1762 Date of: Warrant County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Arrest warrant for John SMITH, planter to appear in the county court of pleas and quarter sessions to pay debt owed to James SMITH & Benja. WOOLARD. [Back: ³Not to be found²]. Date: 14 Sept 1762 Date of: Warrant County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Summons for Luke FORTESCUE, planter, to appear in county court to answer the petition of William SIMON. Date: 9 Sept 1762 Date of: Summons County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Order to sheriff to take of the property of John WRIGHT, trader, 14 pounds, six shillings, 1 pence awarded to Stephen DENNING for his debt and damages. (Back: Nothing to be found in my bailiwick) Date: 2 Sept [year torn off] (2nd year of reign of George III) [Appears to be 1762-sbg] Date of: Order County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: John WEBSTER vs. Luke FORTESCUE: List of fees and charges associated with case. Attached is order to sheriff to confiscate property of FORTESCUE and sell at public auction for the purpose of recovering debt owed to WEBSTER. Date: 5 Mar 1762 Date of: Order County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Arrest warrant for Joseph AMAREY to appear at the next county court to answer John WEBSTER on a charge of ³trespass upon the case.² [This is a debt charge-sbg] Date: 4 Nov 1762 Date of: Warrant County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Order to sheriff to confiscate property of Ezekiel CARTWRIGHT, planter, and sell at auction to pay damages awarded to James HALL. Date: 9 Sept 1762 Date of: Order County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Arrest warrant for James W. GEE to appear in county court and answer charge of trespass upon the case made by Thomas HOW. Date: 3 June 1762 Date of: Warrant County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Order to sheriff to attach the estate of John MORRIS, planter, to the value of 40 pounds owed to Henry GIBBS. Date: 3 Sept 1762 Date of: Order County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Stephen DENNING vs. John WRIGHT: List of fees and charges in the case. Date: June court 1762 Date of: List presented County: Not given; however, Stephen DENNING is Clerk of Court for Hyde Co. Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Petition of William SIMON showing that Luke FORTESCUE is indebted to him for 2 pounds, 10 shillings, and prays for judgement in regard to this. Date: December of Inferior Court, 1762 Date of: Petition County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: [Large section of document torn and missing-sbg]: ³Captn. Matthew [torn] ty Hyde: To the rent of [torn] house, from the 7th day of Octob[torn] 1757 to the 2d day of March 1762 being 54 months @ 5/4} £14..8..0. Errors excepted² s/Stepn DENNING Date: 2 Mar 1762 Date of: Last day listed for rent on house County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: [Back identifies this case as Thos. SPENCER vs. Richard BRINN- sbg]: [Right side of document is torn away. Appears to be 1-2 words missing at the end of each line-sbg]: Order to sheriff to take the property of Richard BRINN to pay debts and damages owed to Thos. [torn]. ³As also the sum of sixteen shillings & three pence office fees, and one pound [torn] shilling & eight pence, like money sheriffs fees, in an ac[torn] wherein the said Thomas SPENCER was plaintiff and Ann [torn] Deft. whereof they became liable to payŠ² [It looks like this was one case, and that Ann¹s debts were part of the obligation of Richard BRINN to Thomas SPENCER-sbg]. Date: 9 Sept 1762 Date of: Order County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Order to sheriff to confiscate property of John STUCKBURY Thomas SPENCER & Stephen EMRY, planters, to pay damages to Wally ?CHAMPSEY ³whereas the said planters were convicted as to us of record appears.² Date: 9 Sept 1762 Date of: Order County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Order to sheriff to take property of William WOOTEN of Woodstock, taylor, to pay debt owed to William WILLIS and to pay fine against WOOTEN for record appears. Date: 9 Sept 1762 Date of: Order County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Walley CHAUNCEY vs. John STUCKBERRY, Thomas SPENCER, & Stephen EMRY: Calculation of court costs Date: Not given Date of: County: Not given Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Order to sheriff to attach property of John CLEEVES to pay debt owed to William DAVIS Date: 4 Mar 1762 Date of: Order County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Order to sheriff to attach property of William MORRIS to pay debt to Henry GIBBS Date: 3 [month torn away] [year torn away, ³2nd year of reign of George III,² i.e., 1762] Date of: Order County: Hyde Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Order to William ALLEN and Alexander STIDWORTH of Philadelphia, province of Pennsylvania to examine Thomas BOND, Cadwallader EVENS, and George GLINTSWORTH as to their knowledge regarding the case of John MCGRAW vs. Andrew SCOTT, Doctor of Physick, now pending in New Bern District Court Date: 8 May 1762 Date of: Order County: Not given Folder: 1760-1763 Information: [2nd page of document; 1st page is missing-sbg]: Refers to a case to be appealed to the Supreme Court. No names involved in case; Wm. HERRING and Samuel CORNELL, Esquires, are mentioned in the first sentence; it appears that they were responsible for the first judgement. Date: 18 Jan 1763 Date of: Document signed County: Not given Folder: 1760-1763 Information: Oath of William FORT ³of about 40 years of age a person of known probity and good character² that in about the year 1755 or 1756 he was in the company of Colo. James COMER, decd. and heard him say that he had surveyed the land of William DAVIS, decd., and that he had made due returns of the same and that there was a Patent for any person that would apply for it. FORT also says that he was in the company of John WEAVER when he surveyed the same land called DAVIS¹s Land and that he and John GLOINTON were ³possessioners² [i.e., ³processioners²-sbg] of the said land. Date: 25 Mar 1763 Date of: Oath County: Dobbs ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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