CRAVEN COUNTY, NC - COURT - Nelson vs Hyman, 1834 ----¤¤¤¤---- Josephus Nelson & Wife Craven County Court vs Samuel Hyman - Executor Persuant to the order Of Jno. S. Nelson of reference of August Term 1834. The parties having been duly notified, appear before me with the evidence which accompany this report on the 22nd & 23 of September & 20 & 21 days of October 1834 and having examined the same I respectfully Report that the defendants Testator received unto his possession in the month of June A. D. 1810 the negro boy Hampton who was given to the petitioner Esther by her grandmother Sarah Carraway. That Hampton was 2 years old in June 1810 and was a charge to Jno S Nelson until June 1814. That said Nelson is entitled to the sum of $18 for (illegible) - for providing said boy provision & clothes from June 1810 to June 1814 + that from June 1814 to June 1820 Hampton was of an age to earn food and clothes - that for the year ending June 1821 Hampton was worth $12 & for the next year $13 - for the year ending June 1823 - $14 for the year ending June 1824 $15 for year ending June 1825 $20 for the next year $22 for the year ending June 1827 $25 for the year ending June 1828 $27 - for the year ending June 1829 $30 & for the last year the same sum $30 - that the petitioners having taken Hampton into his possession in March 1830 the time of his intermarriage with Esther Nelson has no claim for wages beyond that day - that the balance owed petitioner for wages & interest up to Nov 1834 after deducting the sum allowed for funding Hampton from his 2nd & his 6th year & interest ______ be $107.58/100 - that defendant holds an obligation of Josephus Nelson for $312 with Interest from 18th June 1834 making an amount of principal & interest due said defendant Nov 10 1834 of $319.39/100 and exceeding petitioners claim by $211.81/100 - that the account No 1 - & depositions of James Masters, Southy Rew, David Tolson, Mary Chadwick, Jno Neale, Robert Y. Rew & Benjamin Mason are submitted as a part of this report. Nov Term 1834 J. G. Stanly CC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Gail Swain ----------------------------------------------------------------------