Guilford County NcArchives Court.....Anderson - Deceased, John 1787 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a February 25, 2009, 6:16 pm Source: Colonial Records Written: 1787 Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1786 - 1787 1786 Volume 24, Pages 783 - 884 CHAPTER XXXVII. An Act to Release the Estate of John Anderson, Deceased, Late of Guilford County, from the Forfeiture of a Recognizance Entered Into for the Appearance of a Certain John M'Rory Before the Superior Court of Salisbury District. Whereas John Anderson was bound in a recognizance in the sum of one hundred pounds, for the appearance of a certain John M'Rory before the superior court of Salisbury district, to answer a certain charge then and there to be exhibited against him: And whereas it is fully and clearly made appear to this General Assembly, that the said John Anderson at the time the said superior court set, was lying sick, of which sickness he died the second day after the rise of the said court and thereby rendered unable to produce the body of the principal: Be it therefore Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby Enacted by the authority of the same, That the estate of the said John Anderson, deceased, be released and fully discharged from the forfeiture and judgment aforesaid, in the same manner as if the said recognizance and judgment had never been made. (Passed Jan. 6, 1787.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/court/anderson897wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb