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 January 14, 2013, 4:58 pm Source: F H L Microfilm #554636 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/photos/documents/minutes2597gph.jpg Image file size: 285.7 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 202 [image 104a] At a county court of pleas and Quarter sessions begun and held for the county of Robeson on Monday the fifth day of July and twenty seventh year of American Independence AD 1802 Present the worshipful Joseph Wood Randol Curry & Wiliam Ashley Esquires The sheriff returned the Venire Facias from which the court selected the following gentlemen to attend as grand jurors during this term / to wit / Allbrittain Drake foreman Archd Gilchrist John Hawthorn John Porter Peter McArthur Jacob Pope William Moore Daniel McNeill Hezekiah Thompson Kedar Hawthorn Duncan McArthur Duncan McNeill Leml Thompson & John Blount constable sworn to attend them On application Joseph Woods mark is admitted to be crop of the right ear and under square in the left and brand thus [mark] On application William Ashley is admitted to build a grist mill across the Indian swamp just above Willoughby Adams's on his own land Ordered that Brittain Barnes Senr be overseer of the creek in room of James Suggs and that Joseph Sealy and Samuel Kenedy's ? work under him Ordered that Malcom Shaw be overseer of the road in room of John Furguson from Gilchrist's Bridge on Drowning Creek to the middle of rock fish working all the hands that formerly worked under said Furguson Page 203 [image 104b] Last will and testament of John Gilchrist deceased was proved by Duncan McNeill and Randol Curry and admitted to record when Angus Gilchrist Executor qualified as such Deed from Angus Gilchrist to Edward Curry acknowledged Deed from Angus Gilchrist to Hector McKay acknowledged Deed from Angus Gilchrist to Angus Love acknowledged Deed from Angus Gilchrist to John Curry acknowledged Deed from Angus Gilchrist to John McLain proved by Archd Gilchrist Deed from Jordon Phillips to George Lennon acknowledged Deed from Jesse Ivey and Austin Ivey to Meredith Mercer proved by John McNeill Deed from Samuel Bridgers to Silas Drake proved by Allbritain Drake Deed from Robert Haills to Robert McLauchlan akcnowledged Deed from Angus Gilchrist to Angus Firguson acknowledged Deed from Marmaduke Howel to John McRee proved by William Regan Deed from Moses Grantham to William Horn proved by James Terry Deed from John McLauchlan and Jennet McLauchlan to Angus Munn proved by Daniel Munn File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/photos/documents/minutes2597gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb