Dobbs County, NC - Court Records

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by
Grace Williamson Turner

Transcribed and posted by
Lori Price Cobb (jhcobb@iquest.net)

Dec 26th 1793

To the Honourable the GenL Assembly of the State of North Carolina

The petition of John Williams of Glasgow County 

Humbly Sheweth

Theat your petitioner some years ago had the ____ fortune, by an
Accident with a gun, to lose one his Hands and since by an 
Accident of ___ have been reduced to a unfavoable and helpless
state of body being burnt almost to death, by which means,
his other arms are now grown down to his body, so that he is
rendered altogether unable to labour for the support of his family,
and having veen at very considerable expenses towards employees
Doctors, under whose hands he has been for Two or three years,
and having a wife & family of small Children and but little property,
that is a small piece of Land, small Stock, so that it's with the
greatest difficulty that he is able to support his family and
Glasgow Court having escempted your said petitioner from the 
payment of ____ to himself by no further are Authorized to do.

Therefore your said petitioner Most humbly beg your Honourable body
to free and exempt him your said petitioner from the payment of 
taxes on all his taxable property as well as himself.  Your petitioner
as in duly bound will pray.


Dec 9 1793                                   John Williams

I cirtify that what is set forth in the above Petition is 
Just & True
                                             ____ Williams  Cle

(On reverse)

Petition of Jno Williams
The House of Commons
28th Dec 193 read & referred to the Committee of Prop _______
By order
J Hunt ____

In Senate 26th Dec 1793
read & referred as by the House of Commons
T Haywood
Hooker


Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina,
and it is hereby enacted by the Authority of the Same, that it shall
and may be lawful for any person or persons injured by Neglect, 
misconduct or misbehaviors in _____ of any of this ____ of the
Superior or County Courts, Clerks and ______ in Equity, Registor,
Entry-taken, ________ Sherriffs or Constables to institute a
just or ________ against the said officer, as any of them and their
secretaries when there respective bonds for the due performance of 
their duties in office in the name of the person or persons to whom
the said bonds are made payable without any _________.

And be it futher enacted that the person or persons so injured and
bringing suit as aforsaid _______ be and are hereby declared to be
entitled to receive to his, her or their own _______ monies __
recovered in like manner as if the __________ had been entitled, in
his her or their own name or names an assignment as heretofor
required.  Provided the person or persons so injured and bringing suit
as aforesaid shall state in the Declaration as he, she or they are
hereby authorized to do matters of ________ & sufficent to please the
cort (in which each suit or suits may be brought) at whose instance
and in whose behalf the same are brought.

And be it further enacted taht any person or persons injured as aforesaid
by any of the officers aforesaid may at his, her or their election bring
an action on the case against such ___________ officers and recover 
damages for his, her or their injury as aforesaid, or an action of Debt
as above directed.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all Clerks of
the Superiors and County Courts, Clerks and Public Inspectors and _____
in Equity, Resitors and Surveryors, shall and they are hereby required
to renew their several bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties
in office with good and _________________ at the several and respective
County wherein they have their appointment which shall be held after the
first day of June next evening and once in every three years always
thereafter.  And it is further declared that all such of the said
officers as shall refuse "or neglect" to renew their respective bonds, 
at the times before _________, and to give others and better ______
where _______ neccessary by the said Courts shall be considered as
having forfeited their respective offices ________________________
Courts which have the appointment of officers or such officers so 
refusing or neglecting as aforesaid shall and they are hereby given
to proceed to the appointment of others in the place or places of
him or them so refusing or neglecting.

__________________________________________________________________________

USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information 
on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as 
this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT 
be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons 
or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material 
for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the 
file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of 
this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives 
to store the file permanently for free access.
__________________________________________________________________________