Dobbs County NcArchives Court.....Court Issues, Dobbs-Johnston County 1759
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1759

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1759
May 08, 1759 - May 18, 1759
Volume 23, Page 502

[Note: Dobbs County was formed in 1758 from Johnston County]

CHAPTER II.

An Act to impower the Justices of Dobbs County to hear and determine all 
Causes commenced and undetermined in Johnston County Court before the Division 
of the said County.

Whereas by One Act of Assembly made and passed at Edenton, in the Year of our 
Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Eight, intitled, An Act for dividing 
the County of Johnston, and other Purposes, it is enacted, that from and after 
the Tenth Day of April, then next following, the said County of Johnston be 
divided by the dividing Line between the Parish of St. Patrick and the Parish 
of St. Stephen; and that that Part of the said County which was then the 
Parish of St. Stephen should remain, be called, and known by the Name of 
Johnston; and that that Part of the said County which was the Parish of St. 
Patrick be thenceforth erected into a distinct County, and called and known by 
the Name of Dobbs: And whereas there is not any Provision made in the said Act 
for the Trial of such Causes as were commenced in Johnston County (now called 
Dobbs County) Court, and undetermined on the said Tenth Day of April;

Be it Enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, and by the Authority of 
the same, That the Justices of Dobbs County Court shall and may, and they are 
hereby authorized, impowered and directed, to hear, try and determine all 
Causes which were pending in the said County Court of Johnston, and 
undetermined on the said Tenth Day of April, and to give Judgment, and award 
Execution thereupon, in the same manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as the 
Justices of Johnston County Court might or could have done if the said County 
had remained undivided; any Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary, 
notwithstanding.

Signed by
ARTHUR DOBBS, ESQ., Governor.
Matthew Rowan, President.
SAMUEL SWANN, Speaker.


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