Lenoir County, NC - District Supreme Court Abstracts for Dobbs, Lenoir, Greene, Wayne, Craven, Onslow and Jones counties, 1762-1806 __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Russell King ___________________________________________________________________ DSCR 206.508.10 Benjamin Wetherington son of Robert. Elizabeth his stepmother. 1799 death year for Robert. Joel Moye and wife /sarah, Richard Williams and wife Priscilla, Jolly Olds and wife Elizabeth and Abraham Darden a minor are heirs in common. 1801 Greene County James Grace - Greene County - 1802 - minor Father James brother John 15 May 1780 Mary Heath summoned to court in matter of James Greene late guardian to Elizabeth Pope. John Hollon and John Pearson appellecs. Dobbs County - Tabitha Linton and John McKinnie summonned also. Robert White sherriff Dobbs 1805 - Richard Mcilwean minor - Benajah White gdn. - Benjmin Hartsfield J. P. - Slade Gatlin - James Bright J. P. - Constantine Whitfield - 1800 Estate - Jan - John Bright and Hardy Bryan involved. Constantine Whitfield dec'd on 16 Apr 1798. Rachel Whitfield admtrx of James Whitfield dec'd 1800. DSCR 206.928.2 Misc. Records of Superior Court 1762 - Dobbs County - Alexander Mitchell taken to New Bern to be tried for murder and his son held for assory. 1767 - Dobbs County - Isaac Hill 27 Aug conveyed to New Bern for trial. Also Stephen Hill same. 17 Oct 1767 - inquest on body of Catherine Rice dec'd - died of natural causes. Winston Caswell E. Officer Dobbs Co. Corliss 1. Sam'l Caswell 2. Ed. Frost 3. Wm. Radford 4. Jno. Lewis Baird 5. James Handley 6. Jno. Williams 7. Jeremiah Hinson 8. Jacob Rhodes 9. James Lawson no date John Grant murdered by James Wilson - Dobbs County - Aug 1773 - burned in hand for punishment Charles Cogdell murdered Samuel Thomas Oct 1773 - Dobbs County - Thomas Torrans - Coronor of Dobbs county Henry Goodman - County official Thomas Harrison Jr. - Dobbs county - charged with several robberies and horse stealing - to New Bern Jail by Thomas Bond constable of Dobbs 1771 - James Glasgow - coronor Dobbs county - John Rowan inslovent fellon - 1783 - Rachel Fields killed her bastard child - New Bern - April 11 - James Powel father - lived together - James charged with murder too. 1793 - Rachel Roberts - Wayne County killed her bastard child - 21 Oct 1793 - wit. Alce Bass and Joseph Winfield - Joseph Winfield is grandson of Joseph Winfield where Rachel Roberts lived - she single - Sarah Bryan - Jones County - killed her baby girl 10 Sept 1790 - she widow - stabbed and cut her to death. Sarah Simpson - Craven - Bay river - killed her new born child - Spinster - 18 Feb 1793 - Patty Prescott had bastard child by James Stephenson - born 1800 June - Jones County - Wayne County - William Dawson against Sampson Smith as father of a child borned by Esther/Easter Dawson - 1802 - ordered to pay one years support - Durham Leigh property confiscated because Mary Leigh wife of Durham joined the enemies - Duplin county - July Court 1782 - Prosecution Docket - Criminal Superior Court 1769-1771 file John Kennedy in New Bern jail 22 Feb 1798 - DSCR 206.928.3 Dobbs County jurors to New Bern district court - Wm. Sheppard, Mathias Harvey, Richard Hodges, James Whitfield - 4 Oct 1786 22 Sept 1796 - Lenoir County - Will White begs leave not to serve jury duty - John Lovick and Blake Baker wit. Stephen Cobb - mother sick - no date Durant Hatch - very ill - no date James Whitfield - burning ague - 20 March 1797 1 Jan 1798 - jurors Hardee Croom, Bryan Whitfield Jr., James Bright Sr. 21 Sept 1790 - William Croom family sick - one child died - Sept - one child left and wife to seashore for health - William Whitfield moved to Georgia Sept 1798 - son Robert stayed in NC James Bright sick 20 Sept 1798 - Lenoir County - 7 Jan 1799 - John Whitfield, Tully Moseley, Parrott Meborn - Nov 1761 - Geo. Phen. Lovick exe and Sarah Lovick exetx of Thomas Lovick dec'd formerly of Carteret County - 6 Oct 1775 - Dobbs County - Benjamin Caswell to court vs. Hanry Chads over a slave. Dallam Caswell Register of the County of Lenoir - Sept 1798 Simon Bright Sr. - March 1800 - Lenoir County - Esquire - 11 Sept 1799 killed female slave of Jesse Cobb Sr. - Moll slave name - shot her - she died 21 Sept 1799 - Jeremiah Loftin coroner - jurors: Hardy Croom, Benjamin Lewis, William Bryan, John Harrell, Thomas Uzzell, Wm. Easterling, Burwell Taylor, John Heath, Leonard Loftin, John Jackson, Josiah Harrell, William Cox - signatures for them - Winston Caswell, dec'd house where inquiry held - John Gatlin wit. - John Lovick esq. ment. - Doctor Wilson - Slade Gatlin ment.- DSCR 206.508.1 Jonathan Benton - constable 1799 Lenoir County - William Croom admtr. Willaim Aldridge dec'd - Lemuel Byrd J.P. - John Aldridge wit. - Prisscilla Barfield widow of Thomas Barfield - Glasgow County - 10 Sept 1793 - died 6 Dec 1792 - Green County - Graves Bright - Catherine Bright admnitrx - 15 July 1806 - Simon Bright - 1789 - Dobbs County - J.P. = Etheledred Ruffin, Joshua Croom, Moses Westbrook, David Smyth, William Croom, Nathan Byrd - 240 acres land - mortgaged 1 Jn 1788 - to John Goodtitle - land grant to simon Bright grandfather to Simon Bright 1738 - Wit. Mary Bright - dead by 30 Dec 1789 -jurors: Benjamin Scarborough, Richard Hodges, Ezekiel Creech, William Andrews, Thomas Aldridge, Spencer Caldwell, Pool Pope, Richard Stanley, Jesse Aldridge, John Williams, John Arnett, William Pope 1792 - Jesse Cobb against Nancy Bright admtr of Simon bright - Lenoir County - heirs: James Bright, Elizabeth the wife of Wm. Lovick, James B. Hooker, Mary C. Hooker, Nancy Hooker last three infants gdn. James Hooker, Richard G. Bright, Elizabeth Bright, Nartha Bright, Benjamin Bright, Sally Bright last five infants by gdn James Hooker, hiers of Mary House - 15 July 1803 these seem to be two differnet Simons -Mary wife to older one and Nancy wife to younger one - Jesse cobb sued Nancy for slave shot and killed by Simon. - Bibbey Bush - 1805 - Elizabeth Martin & Jesse Thomas - Richard Caswell estate - 1787 - heirs: Sarah Caswell, widow, Winston Caswell, Delham Caswell, John Caswell, Susannah Lovick - 1793 J.P. Bryan whitfield, Joshua Croom, Moses Westbrook, Miles Hutchins - jurors: Phillip Miller, James Griffith, Arthur Graddy, Hardee Croom, Ephraim Vause, John Hamilton, Simon Griffin, William Arrendale, Joseph Pool, James Skipper, Esler Kilpatrick, /william Aylor - Benajah White gdn to sarah Caswell granddaughter to Richard Caswell - Joseph Elliott - Faithy Brewer - 5 May 1789 John Garland and Richard Caswell bond to John Heartsfield wit: Job williams, Armstrong Walters, John Hartsfield - Benjamin Hartsfield - John Hartsfield Jr. - Susannah Lovick wife of John - Major Crooms J.P. Dobbs County - Richard Caswell Jr. owes Nathan Smith money - 1785 - Benajah White married Mary Caswell widow of Richard Caswell Jr. and mother to Sarah Richard Caswell - Winston Caswell - 1805 - William Lovick & Ambrose Jones to Dallam Caswell gdn to Elizabeth Greene Caswell hier of Winston Caswell - 3 Apr 1805 - Lenoir County - Wm. Lovick rents Newington plantation - for five years - DSCR 206.508.3 Isaac Croom - Wm. Croom exec to Isaac Croom dec'd by Simon Rouse 25 march 1800 Craven - Lemuel Bird 19 March 1799 as wit for Simon Rouse vs. Wm. croom exec to Isaac Croom - Charity Rouse wit in case 25 mar 1800 - 100 miles to court in New Bern - John Rouse wit in case same date - Charity Rouse wit in case 27 March 1799 - John Rouse Sr. wit. 27 Mar 1799 - Charity Rouse wit travelled 20 miles for Lenoir County court in case of Simon Rouse vs. Rich. Croom exec of Isaac Croom - Peter Harper only son of Peter and Elizabeth Harper 1794 John Daly - 1804 - heirs: John Carruthers, Wm. Hurst & wife Elizabeth, Sidney Maria Daly, John Snead & wife Ann, Nary Elizabeth Daly Sears, John Daly - 15 July 1804 - wit: John Biggs, Roger Jones, Thomas Iveelyn, Levi Dawson, Hardy Hawkins - Ann Daly admt of John Daly 21 Mar 1800 - 1790 - Samuel Daly - N. Lassiter Sheriff of Dobbs County Nov 1789 - 21 Oct 1790 Sherriff Benjamin Sheppard - Lemuel Daily on 15 Nov 1790 docuement - William Dawson 15 Jan 1804 - Henry Britt & wife heirs - Wm. Smith, Zachariah Ham, Henry Best - called to court - Wayne County Dobbs County - Esquires and J.P. are: William Hooker, Charles Markland, John Herritage, Benjamin Exum, Jacob Johnson, Moses Fields, Francis Child, John Coart - Apr 1786 - on July 1785 Peter Butt Oram and Sarah his wife complaint against John Cooke & James Bright exec to Simon Bright dec'd who was exec to Richard Graves, dec'd brother to Sarah Oram - he died 1774 - left estate to his five sisters - Simon's heirs: Mrs. Mary (wife?) and Simon - jurors: Wm. Arrendale, Regemilick Watterer, Elijah Baker, Frederick Baker, Benjamin Bryant, Azariah Moore, Elkanah Loftin, William Jones, John B. Brand, William Barfield, James Broron, william Vining - July 1789 - Sarah Oram dec'd by 1789 - Charles Crawford married Anne Graves widow of Richard Graves - Thomas Graves father of Richard Graves - James Green - 1804 - hiers Joseph, John, Susannah - 1803 - Joseph Green - 1805 - exec Joseph & Furnifold Green - Bryan Whitfield Sr. - Joseph Elliot - Elizer Hart - Timothy Standley admt - John and slade Gatlin and James Bright Jr involved - Sept 1796 - DSCR 206.508.5 Mary Heath - Craven - widow est dec. 1795 William Henry - extrx Elizabeth Henry - 1802 - Craven - Worry Kilpatrick wit. William Herritage 1772 - Craven County - Richard Caswell & John Heritage exec - John Heritage - 1795 - widow - two heirs: Elizabeth Bryan and Rachel Heritage - Elizabeth Lenoir Co. land - east part - Rachel west part of land in Lenoir - 656 acres - plus Harper place of 100 acres - Craven county land 254 acres to Elizabeth & Rachel 227 acres Craven County land - Robt. White, Nm. Whitfield, Fred'rk Lane, G. Lane, James Whitfield settled estate for them. 23 March 1796 -Bryan Whitfield gdn. to Rachel Heritage and William Bryan husband of Elizabeth Bryan - G. Lane - George Lane and Nm. = Needham Lenoir plantation called Harrow - Elizabeth and Rachel daughters of John Heritage - Francis Hodges - 1795 - Lenoir County - John Hodges ment. - Miles Hutchins, Matthew Moseley, David Smyth, Lemuel Byrd, John Jones, Frederick Jones, Lazarus Pearce settled estate - J.P. - Esquires also - April 1795 - Richard Hodges hier - jurors: Wm. Williams, Simon Bruton, Najor Surles, Henry Cannaday, Hardee Croom, Jese Harper, Henry Goodman, Wm. Pate, Elijah Hutchins, John Jones(Carpenter), Charles Markland, Benjamin Phillips - David Jones - Glasglow County - Nathan Lasseter exec - 1792 - Wm. Barfield & Thomas Butcher wit - DSCR 206.508.6 Amos Lane - 1800 - Jeremiah Fonville gdn to Shadrick & Mary Hawle - Leonard Loftin - 1779 - Hannah Hukins wit to John Turner & John Bishop exec. of Leonard Loftin against Henry Always defendent - 15 Nov 1778 - James Hancock Sen'r & James Hancock Jun'r wit Joseph Loftin defendant 15 Nov 1778 - Samuel Loftin - 1799 - Lenoir County - Lazarrus Pierce wit - Benjamin Coleman defendant - Wm. Tutle exec. - July 1799 - jurors: John Wilson, Bryan Whitfield Jun'r, David George, Windale Davis, Leonard Loftin, Nathan Wetherington, Elijah Hutchins, John Patridge, Elijah Byrd, Gershom wiggins, John Parker, & Burwell Taylor - Francis McIlwean - 1774 - daughter Ann married Francis Stringer - daughter Hannah dec'd no heirs - Elizabeth dec'd no heirs - Gatsey dec'd no heirs - Mary wife of Benjamin White Esq. of Lenoir county - Elinor dec'd no heirs - Penelope dec'd no heirs - Francis son - widow dec'd by July 1800 - Charles Markland - 1796 Sept - son Nathan Markland - son Charles Markland - Lewis Miller - Jones county - 1796 - Bryan Miller - heir - DSCR 206.508.7 Joshua Parrot - 1799 - Richard Blackledge admit. John Parrott admt. 17 march 1800 - Benjamin Parrrott named - John Pope - Glasgow County - 1806 - sign - alive 11 Mar 1797 - listed as dead 1802 15 July - edwin Ellis and wife Hannah Ellis wit. - Edwin age 57 - Ethreldred Smith beaten by Martin G. Sheppard & Graves Bright - 1806 - fight said made up by Smith to Ellis - Charles Carr wit - William Taylor - wit - Thomas Smith, Zarariah Elliot, Thomas Deale, John B. Parker (Wayne Co.), Joel Ham (Wayne Co.), Robert Daniel, Nathan Minshew Jr. wit - Moses Prescott - 1791 - Sarah Prescott admtr. - Jan 1785 early date for Moses dec'd - Dobbs County - jurors: John Tull, Hugh Ward, William Tull, John Sugg, George Miller, John Edmundson, Mathew Moseley, Wm. Sugg, Wm. Pate Jr., Wm. Forrest, Shadrach Campble, & John Brown - wit. Shff Robert white, Shff John Holliday, Thos. Aldridge, Drury Aldridge - J.P. Moses Westbrook, Joshua Croom, Nathan Byrd, Lazarus Pearce, Esq. Oct 1792 court - Oct 1792 jurors: John Tull, Wm. Jerman, Archibald Byrd, Wm. White, Wm. Tutle, Windale Davis, Jesse Cobb, Aron Pool, John Parrott, Isaac Taylor, James Ingram, Benjamin Coleman - wit: Drewry Aldridge, Wm. Aldridge, Thomas Aldridge, Thomas Aldridge Jr., Joel Dawson, John Sugg - court 1785: Wm. Hooker, Wm. Ormond, Benjamin Exum, Etheldred Ruffin, Major Croom Esquire and J. P. Dobbs county - jurors: Jan 1785: John tull, Hugh ward, Wm. Tull, John Sugg, George Miller, John Edmundson, Mathew Moseley, Wm. Sugg, Wm. Pate Jr., Wm. Forrest, Shardrach Campbell, John Brown - Sarah wife of Moses - Wm. Christie of Burk County, Georgia formerly Dobbs County, NC testify - John Adam Nesler of Burk County, Georgia testifies formerly of Dobbs County, NC - Silas Carter witness - John Creel Senior wit - Thomas Innis of Burk County, Georgia formerly of Dobbs testifies - Josiah White wit - Francis Roundtree - 1798 - Craven - Moses Roundtree exec. - John Roberts - 1803 - hiers: Isaac Roberts, Stephen Grant & wife Patience, Anne Roberts, Owen Roberts, Bright Roberts, Polly Roberts - land in Wayne, Lenoir, Johnston, and Duplin counties - 600 acres Lenoir - 600 Johnston - 975 Duplin - 1000 to 1500 in Wayne - widow Nancy Roberts and 9 children - Charite Roberts married Spyers Ham, Henry Roberts & John Roberts - William Ham father of Spyers Ham - widow 509 acres separte from above land - July 1803 land divided with map 1 Oct 1803 - DSCR 206.508.8 John Sasser - 1783 Wayne County - Josiah Sasser - 1784 - Wayne County - Elizabeth Sasser extrx - James Shackleford - 1769 - Carteret County - Lydia Shackleford daughter of Heziah Shackleford. She born Nov 1754 and married Brooks and sister Susannah married Jervis Hennery Stevens - father James Shackleford - Lydia and John Brooks married 7 Jan 1774 - Susanna married 9 July 1778 to Philip Sullivan - she married Jervis Henry Stevens 23 Dec 1784 - Phillip Sullivan died 15 Jan 1780 - drowned - trying to save cargo from a foundered Spanish vessel off Bull's Bay - Joseph Wicker from 1737 to 1740 or 1741 lived on plantation that James Shackleford lives on. wit John Whitehurst - Joseph Wicker gave plantation to his daughter Hezia Shackleford wife of James Shakleford - Hezia died 1769 - Martin Gardner Sheppard - Greene County - killed John Sheppard with an ax on 14 Jan 1800 Colonel Benjamin Sheppard - 1792 - heirs: Catherine wife of Graves Bright, Mary Gray wife of Wm. Lovick, Nancy wife of Wm. Henry Haywood, Betsy/Elizabeth wife of Theophilus Edwards, Feddy/Ferebee Glasgow wife of James Pasteur, James Glasgow Sheppard, Benjamin Caswell, Dobbs Blount Sheppard, Abraham Sheppard children and heirs at law of said Benjamin - Joseph Boon & Edward Bass exectr of Richard Bass - wit: Blaney Harper, Jesse Aldridge, Zachariah Elliot, Nathan Minshew Jr., Mary Faircloth, Wm. Taylor, Humphrey Jones, Henry Best, Mary Cail, Nancy Hill - 100 acresland in Lenoir rented 1 Jan 1798 for ten years - William Speight - 1803 - Greene County - Jesee Speight under 21 - heirs: Samuel Speight, Susannah Hay, Seth Speight son of Francis, William Speight son of Francis Jones then Speight, Martha wife of John Fields, Francis wife of Neusome Faircloth, Alice wife of Jacob Barnes, Stephen W. speight, John B. Speight, Samuel Speight son of John, William speight son of John, Mary wife of Josiah Talton, Sarah Speight, Wm. Speight, Seth Speight son of Jesse dec'd, Henry speight, Thomas speight, Lemon Speight, Mary W. Speight, Nancy H. Speight, Fanny Speight, Feribee Bolton, Fanny Singleton, Ann Dunnagan, Isaac Langston, Seth Langston, Rachel wife of Jesse Tedder, Isaac Robinson, Luke Robinson, Lewis Robinson, Mary Roberson, Lewis Robinson, Wm. Robinson, Milberry Robinson, said Jesse Speight, Jonathan Speight - 18 July 1804 - John starkey - 1795 - three daughters: Sarah md. William Jones, Phebe Ogden md. George W. Mitchell, & Mary md. James Taylor and died 1803 leaving: Alice McCrohon, Julia Ann, Duganier, & Wm. - Peter Starkey - 1782 - Onslow - John, Edward, Wm. heirs- Edward Starkey - 1782- Onslow - Thos. Ogden exec for - Thos. Johnston Jr. high shff of Onslow county - 6 Mar 1794 - Sarah Eaves & Isaac Eaves heirs of Richard Eaves - Silas S. Stevenson - 1793 - craven - Thomas Tyre - 1782 - miltia officer NC - but then joined British side and killed and left four children and widow Ann - she signed Ann Tyer - Elizabeth West widow of James West Dec 1794 - Thomas Tyer son - DSCR 206.508.10 Witherinton, Robert - dec'd - widow Elizabeth - son Benjamin - Mar 1799 - Joel Moye & wife Sarah, Richard Williams & wife Priscilla, Jolly Olds & Elizabeth his wife, Abraham Darden - heirs - Greene County - June 1801 - Richard McIlwean - minor - 1805 - Lenoir County - Shade Gatlin vs. Richard McIlwean - Benajah White gdn. to Richard - Benjamin Hartsfield JP - John Cox Constable - Jas. Bright JP - John Louis Taylor JSCJ - Elizabeth Pope - minor - 1780 - James Green late gdn. - Tabitha Linton and John Mckinne wit- John Hollon & John Pearson appellees - Dobbs County - Mary Heath wit. - John Jarman juror in case of Asa Wallis minor - dec'd - May 1806 - Constantine Whitfield - 1800 - George Lane exer. - Jeremiah Martin exer. of Frederick Lane - 1798 earliest date. James Whitfield - 1801 - Rachel admtrx. - Joseph loftin & James Houston wit. - DSCR 206.928.1 Civil Action papers Thomas Jewell - Dobbs County - 20 May 1786 - summonned to appear court New Bern on behalf Joseph Palmer vs. Michael Falvey - appeared May Term 1785, May Term 1786, & May term 1787 - John Nubold - Onslow County - Sept 1792 - summons - DSCR 206.928.2 Dobbs County - Oct Court 1780- finds in favor of Peter Ballard against William Alford - surveyor to run the lines for Ballard. Martin Caswell Cc State Docket fees paid Nov 1789 - John Herring, John Sutton, David smith, Joel Tisson, Zach. Elliott, Dec 1788 - Dec 1789 - ten marriage license issued Wayne County - Alexander Mitchell committed to goal for murder & his son as accessory - 1762 - Dobbs County Abram sheppard Sherriff - Samuel caswell JP - Isaac Hill conveyed to prison - 27 Aug 1767 - Dobbs - also Thos. Agerton in goal - Stephen Hill aressted too. Duplin County - Isaac Hutson conveyed to jail in New Bern - Nov 1765 - John Sullivent Sherriff - James Glasgow - coroner Dobbs County - 3 oct 1771 - Gov. Tryon against Abraham Sheppard, Stephen cade, and James Calcote - Jos. Kennedy goaler Dobbs county - Thomas Bond Constable - Thomas Harrison Jr. arrested for several robberies and horsestealing - B. Exum JP Dobbs - 1 Aug 1779 - Bryan Whitfield JP - Lenoir County 12 Dec 1792 - Needham Whitfield to court New Bern in case of state vs. Mathew Moseley - Winston Caswell clerk of Lenoir County Court - Robt. White chairman of the County of Lenoir - 9 Nov 1797 - July 1801 - Bastardy - James Stephenson vs. Patty Prescott Jones County - Sarah Bryan - Jones County - widow - had female child - Nov 1790 - killed child by stabbing and cutting it. on 21 Sept at Rachel Sheppard's house - 1783 Apr - James Powell killed child of his and Rachel Fields - New Bern female child - killed 11 Apr - Wayne County - Rachell Roberts killed her illig child at Joseph Winfield's house - 21 Oct - wit Alice Bass - female child - 1793 - Feb 1802 - William Dawson against Sampson Smith - wit Drury & Lazarus Smith - Wayne County - 13 Oct 1800 bond - Easter Dawson had bastard child by Sampson Smith - she lately delivered 1800 Oct - ordered to pay 8 pounds for one year support of child - Mary Leigh wife of Durham Leigh - he joined British against Colonist - Jurors: 1769 - Dobbs county - Sands Standley, Wm. speight Jr., Constantine whitfield, Samuel Sampford, Elias Bergeron - 1770 - Dobbs county - Joseph Pipkin, Joseph Sandersser, John Weaver, Jonathan Tart, Robert White Junr. 1771 - Dobbs County - Francis McIlwean, Wm. Whitfield Senr., Wm. McKinnie, Thomas Torrens, Joseph Pipkin - 1771- Nov - Richard Caswell, Francis McIlweane, Thos. Torrance, Simon Bright, Stephen Blackman, Wm. whitfield Jr., James Glasgow, Jesse Cobb, Joseph Greene, Jesse Jernagin, Constantine Whitfield, Benjamin Griffin - 1771 Nov - Dobbs: Francis Mackilwean, Thos. Jarrence, Benjamin caswell, DSCR 206.928.3 1786 Oct Jurors: Dobbs County- Wm. Sheppard, Matthias Harvey, Richard Hodges, James Whitfield - Will White unable to attend Sept 1796 court as all his white family sick with burning and fever and ague - John Lovick wit - Stepehn Cobb - unable to attend court due to sick mother - 1 Jan 1798 - jurors: Hardee Croom, Bryan Whitfield Jr., James Bright Sr. - Lenoir County - Wm. Croom 1790 Sept - sick family - one child died