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 March 12, 2013, 3:27 pm Source: F H L Microfilm #554636 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/photos/documents/minutes2669gph.jpg Image file size: 209.9 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 328 [image 167a] At a County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions begun and held for the County of Robeson at the Town of Lumberton on Monday the 1st day of July and Thirtieth year of American Independence 1805 Present the Worshipful Joseph Wood James McNeil Duncan Campbell and John Little Esquires The sheriff returned the Venire Facias when the court selected the following gentlemen to serve as grand jurors during the term to wit / Jacob Rhodes (foreman) Thomas Shanks Jacob Blount Job Baxley Thomas Musslewhite David Rozier John Willis Simon Willis Alexander McGeachy Duncan McArthur Angus McGill Kedar Hawthorn Neil Thompson when also John Ray was sworn to attend them as constable Ordered that Neill McLain be overseer of the road in room of John McNeill Ordered that Peter Munroe? be overseer of the road in room of John Little Ordered that Danl Mathews be overseer of the road in room of Danl Nevans Ordered that James Lamb be exempt from the payment of a tax on 250 acres of land & one poll for the year 1804 given in by mistake Deed from Isaac Sullivan to Robert Upton proved by Morgan Drury Deed from Jesse Jernigan to Ebinezar Ellis proved by Burrel Vick Page 329 [image 167b] Deed from Absalom Adams & Joshua Grantham to Richard Grantham proved by Joshua Grantham Deed from Duncan Buie to Dougan McCurvin? acknowledged Deed from Josiah Ivey to Adam Ivey acknowledged Court adjourned untill tomorrow 9 oclock Tuesday July the 2d 1805 Court met according to adjournment Present the worshipful James McNeill Joseph Wood & Joseph Regan Esquires Ordered that Britton Britt pay to Treacy Looper the sum of nine pounds for the maintainance of a base born child to begin from the birth of the said child during one year Ordered that a dedimus issue to John Regan Esquire to take the deposition of William Regan a witness to a deed from Samuel Dubois attorney in fact for Samuel Meker to William Ashley Ordered that a dedimus issue to John Regan Esquire to take the deposition of William Regan a witness to a deed from Samuel Dubois attorney in fact for Samuel Meeker to John McLeod Ordered that Daniel McIntosh be exempt from the payment of the tax on eighty six acres of land given in by mistake for the year 1804 T? Taylor who was bail for John Gowing came into court & surrendered the said Gowing in discharge of said bail File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/photos/documents/minutes2669gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb