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 23, 2012, 6:03 pm Source: F H L Microfilm #554636 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/photos/documents/minutes2581gph.jpg Image file size: 251.9 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 164 [image 85a] McLachlan be commissioners to view & inspect drowning creek from the mouth of the raft swamp up to Sellers Bridge & report to next court in what manner it would be best to divide the districts & what hands would be necessary to open & keep said creek in good repair Ordered that a dedimus issue to some Justice in South Carolina to take the deposition of Samuel Porter a witness to a deed from Harris Spier to Absalom Johnston Ordered that the Lands held in Coparcenary between the heirs of Redden Bagget and Jacob Rhodes be divided in two equal shares agreeable to the several rights, and that the expence attending the division be paid equally both parties and that then the part belonging to the heirs be equally divided among them, and that each pay an equal proportion of the expence of such division, that William Regan Surveyor lay of and survey the land and that William Humphry Thos Sewell and Thos Barnes be Commissioners to divide the same At some courts past there was a child by the name of Nancy Smith bound to Elisha Harrel, ordered that the indentures be cancelled Ordered that the sheriff summon the following gentlemen to attend as jurors next term / to wit / Ralph Regan Malcom McNeil / Taler / Malcom Brown Malcom McMillan Colin McLauchlan Sanders Carlile John Molloy John McArthur James Russell John McNeil Duncan Murphry Senr Patrick Smith Daniel Buie Senr Daniel Buie Junr Jonathan Wishart James McRea Benjamin Lee Samuel Rowland Silas Atkins Duncan McEacharn Isham Pitman William Humphry Henry Bird Joshua Hawthorn Samuel Willis Thos Townsand Moses Hill Duglas Powell Hardy Councill Newit Pitman Meredith Musslewhite bound apprentice to Jacob Blunt untill he arrive to the age of twenty one years now being eight years and six months old Patrick Smith John Gilchrist William Carlile and William Flowers being summoned to attend as jurors at this term and failing to appear this court fined them fifteen shillings each Page 165 [image 85b] Deed from John Willis to Agerton Willis acknowledged Ordered that all the hands subject to work on publick high ways work on the creek that lives within the following boundries / to wit / from Bakers old field to Hawthorn mill path then to Lumberton from thence the road that leads to John Cliburns from thence to the mouth of the Raft Swamp from thence a cross the creek to the rockingham road thence down that road to Popes road thence down that road to Jacob Swamp thence down said swamp to the first station & that Agerton Willis be overseer of said district - if a former order exempts Jacob Rhodes & hands this order is not to effect it Ordered that all the hands that lives below the Bakers old field and between Hawthorns mill path as low as Hawthorns mill thence direct to John Coxes bridge work on the creek from said Coxes bridge up to the Baker old field and that Joshua Hawthorn be overseer of said district Ordered that all the hands that live below Hawthorn mill & between Peters Swamp and the creek including John Coxes & Gilbert Brumble work on the creek from John Coxes to Bee Bluff & James Lamb be overseer of said district Ordered that William Britt be overseer of the creek from bee Bluff to Griffins Bluff & that he work his own with the following hands, William Ward, George Fields, Ephrom Bullard Henry Nobles Martin Nobles, Everett Lee & Stephen Wiggans Ordered that James Suggs be overseer of the creek from Griffins Bluff to the state line & that he work the following hands, William Barnes Junr Wiley Barnes Mrs Leggetts hand Isaac Folk James Barnes Senr James Barnes Junr William Waters Isham Sealey Samuel Sealey David Sealey William Ashleys hands Jaremiah Waters Morgan Elmore & Joshua Hinson Court adjourned untill court in course Rt Haills A Willis Saml Biggs File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/photos/documents/minutes2581gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb