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 June 10, 2013, 9:52 am Source: F H L Microfilm #554636 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/photos/documents/minutes2704gph.jpg Image file size: 203.8 Kb County court minutes 1797-1813, North Carolina, Superior Court (Robeson County) – 1806-1813 (/) torn or otherwise too damaged to read [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 6 [image 223a] John Regan Executor of the last will and Testament of William Regan deceased came into court & quallified as such who at the same time returned an Inventory of said Estate which was ordered to be filed The Committe who was appointed to lay off for Barbara Smith one years provision out the Estate of her deceased husband returned their report which was ordered to be filed Hector McLean Randol Curry & Hector McNeill who was appointed a Committee to lay off for Sarah Curry one years provision out of her deceased husbands Estate made their report Court adjourned untill Tomorrow 9 OClock Wednesday October 8th 1806 Court met according to adjournment Present the worshipful Joseph Wood William Norment & Malcom Nicolson Esquires Ordered that John Storm Robert Haills and Jesse Lee Esquires be Commissioners for letting out the building the Public Bridge across drowning Creek at the Town of Lumberton to the lowest bidder & they superintend the same that it be let out this term & to be completed before the [blank] day of [blank] next the Charge of Building it to be defrayed out of the Tax of 1806 also to be erected not Exceeding 20 feet above where the present Bridge stands Deed from James McNeil to Murdock Mcduffy proved by Roderick ? Page 7 [image 223b] Ordered that the following gentlemen be summoned to attend as jurors at the next Term to wit Archibald McCallum George Thompson Lemuel Thompson James Alford Warren Alford John Thompson Junr Daniel McCallum Dave Wilkerson John McPhatter John Wilby Alexander Watson Senr Thomas Hesterd? Isaac Milligan Job Baxley James Smith Richd Thomas James Kinley John Handley Thomas Humphrey Jacob Rhodes Ben. Blount William Thompson / road / Jacob Blount Junr Joseph Lee William Britt James Lee Daniel McNeil? Henry Purvis Thomson Powell William Thompson Barnabas Powell Daniel Powell Joel Pitman James Terry & John Price Ordered that Jonathan Wishart be appointed guardian to Nancy Spruce & Kay McKay minor orphans in the room of James Campbell resigned which was done accordingly when the said Jonathan entered into bond in the sum of two thousand pounds with Jacob Rhodes and Alfred Rowland his securities Ordered that Thomas Barnes John Storm & Jesse Lee be a committee to settle with James Campbell guardian of the orphans above named & report to next term The last Will and Testament of Benjamin Moore proved by Frances Conner ordered to be registered at the same John Applewhite qualified as Executor of the same Administration on the Estate of John Chisholm deceased was granted to Amilia Chisholm and Uriah Flowers who entered into bond in the sum of three hundred pounds with John Brock & Washington Cade their security Deed from Hugh McKay to Daniel Shaw proved by John McKay File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/photos/documents/minutes2704gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb