Johnston County NcArchives Court.....Peacock, John 1751
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1751

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1751
September 24, 1751 - October 12, 1751
Volume 23, Pages 352 - 370

CHAPTER XI.

An Act to invest the Property of a Bridge in John Peacock, his Heirs and 
Assigns, (by him already built over Contentney Creek) for the Term of Twenty 
Five Years.

I. Whereas a Bridge over Great Contentney Creek, on the main Road, leading 
from Johnston County to Edgecomb County, is much for the Conveniency of 
Travellers; and Samuel Peacock having already built one on his own Land, at 
his own Expence, where the main Road crosses the Creek, and Petitioning to be 
allowed the Privilege of taking and Receiving from Travellers, the usual Rates 
they were accustomed to pay, when he kept a Ferry there; and to be invested 
with the sole Property of the said Bridge, for the Space of Twenty Five Years:

II. We pray it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted, by his Excellency Gabriel 
Johnston, Esq., Governor, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Majesty's 
Council, and the General Assembly of this Province, and by the Authority of 
the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Samuel Peacock, his 
Heirs and Assigns, to keep a sufficient Gate on the Bridge built by him, on 
Great Contentney Creek, where the Road now crosseth the said Creek, leading 
from Johnston County to Edgecomb County, and take and receive from all Persons 
that shall pass over the same, the following Rates; that is to say,

For every Man and Horse, Four Pence.

For every Carriage, drawn by one or two Horses or Oxen, One Shilling.

And for every Horse, Mare, or Ox, Four Pence each.

And for every Head of Neat Cattle, One Penny.

And for every Twenty Hogs or Sheep, One Shilling.

And so in proportion for a greater or lesser number of hogs or sheep; for and 
during the Space of Twenty Five Years, and no longer.

III. And be it further enacted, That during the Time the Bridge shall be kept 
in Repair, and fit for Travellers and carriages to pass and repass the same, 
it shall not be lawful for any Person whatsoever to keep any Ferry, build any 
Bridge, or set any Person, or Persons, Carriage or Carriages, Cattle, Hogs, or 
Sheep, over the said Creek, for Fee or Reward, within six Miles of the same, 
during the Time aforesaid; under the Penalty of Twenty Shillings, Proclamation 
Money, for each and every offence, to be recovered by the said Samuel Peacock, 
his Heirs, Executors, Administrators or Assigns, before any Magistrate of the 
County; to be applied to the Use of the Proprietor of the Bridge built by the 
said Samuel Peacock; and during the said Time, the Right and Property of the 
said Bridge is hereby invested in the said Samuel Peacock, his Heirs, 
Executors, Administrators or Assigns.


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