Robeson County NcArchives Photo Document.....Minutes ************************************************ 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: Donna Newman centavo@lserv.com December 3, 2012, 10:22 am Source: F H L Microfilm #554636 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/photos/documents/minutes2535gph.jpg Image file size: 298.3 Kb County court minutes 1797-1813, North Carolina, Superior Court (Robeson County) (/) torn [Deeds were always either "acknowledged in open court" or "proved by oath of...." and then ordered to be registered; to eliminate redundancy, these have been abstracted simply as "acknowledged" or "proved by...."] Page 98 [image 52a] Deed from Robert Haills to John McNeill acknowledged Deed from Robert Haills to John McNeill acknowledged A charge was exhibited to this court by John McKay against a negro man of the name of Virgil the property of Janet Spendlove of Bladen County for the murder of a negro man of the name of Hector the property of the said John McKay the witness on behalf of the state to support the prosecution & those in behalf of the prisoner were sworn and the cause was submited to a jury sworn for that purpose / to wit / Michl Barnes Saml Biggs Joseph Wood Andrew Fulmore Thomas Barnes John Dow Wm Moore Jacob Rhodes Agerton Willis Richard Morgan Kedar Hawthorn William Humphrey who returned their verdict that the prisoner was guilty of manslaughter when the court passed sentence accordingly that he the said Virgil should be branded in the hand with the letter M which was accordingly executed Court adjourned untill Court in course Jos Regan NPittman George Moore Page 99 [image 52b] At a county court of pleas and Quarter sessions begun and held for the county of Robeson on Monday the seventh day of April and twenty fourth year of American Independence AD 1800 Present the worshipful Duncan Brown Noah Pitman James McNeill Joseph Regan Daniel Molloy & Stephen Sterling Esquires Mills Taylor exempt from paying a poll tax for the year 1799 Deed from Joseph Hodges to John Jackson proved by Reubin Rozar Deed from Daniel Regan to Joseph Regan proved by William Regan Deed from Thomas Woods to Thomas Channell proved by Elias Barnes Deed from Joseph Hodges and Cathrine Powell to Joseph Smith proved by John McCall Deed from Manuel Carter to Jesse Smith proved by Elias Barnes Deed from Daniel Cambell to John McNair proved by Alexander McKay File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/photos/documents/minutes2535gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb