NC STATE WIDE - COURT - Colonial Court Papers, Group 5: 
			Miscellaneous Papers; Burgesses, Lord Granville 
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Colonial Court papers 
CCR 192 
Miscellaneous Papers 
Burgesses/Lord Granville 

House of Burgess and Gov. and Council 
Acts, Proclamations, Petitions, and 
Instructions 
No date, 1679-1742 various dates 
[Note: Most of this folder is announcements and legal actions without 
genealogical material. Only those documents which might be of genealogical 
importance are abstracted] 
•	An act of Assembly year 1689 Capt. Jon. GIBBS being then Govr. 
[smeared] Probious language being given against the late Govr. SOUTHALL. Spkr. 
Jon NIXSON, Burg.: Cpt. Hen. WALKER, Joh. LOUIS, Jon. WINGATE, Thos. POLLOCK, 
Jon. PILPOTT, Tho. JARVIS, Coll. Will. WILKERSON, Richd. SANDERSON, Thos. 
MILLER, Jon. HUNT 
•	A proclamation regarding the government of the state. Mentions 
Nathaniel JOHNSON and Thomas CARY. S/W. GLOVER, John CORTEZ, Francis GASTON, 
Gabriel NEWBY, Gri. [smeared and torn] 
•	Document faded and smeared, but appears to be a petition from members 
of the House of Burgesses regarding the signing of official documents. 
Signees: Captn. SANDERS, Wm. BARROW, Thomas SYMONS, Jeremyah SYMONS, Caleb 
?QUINCEY, Augn. SCARBROUGH, Jno. HAWKINS, Rich SANDERSON, Tho. TAYLER, Ben 
[smeared], Wm BATEMAN, Rich CARRINFORTH, Wm WILKERSON, Thomas BLOUNT, John 
BLOUNT, E[smeared] SENTHEV[smeared], John ARDERNE, Gabriel BOWBY, Isaac 
WILSON, Caleb ANTHONAY, Timothy CLEARE, Samuel NICHOLSON, W BURROW, C??s 
PEIOE. n.d. 

Instructions of Lord Granville to 
Agents in No. Car. 1744, 1756 
•	Long document is addressed to Granville’s new agent to Carolina, 
Joshua BODLEY and his current agent Francis CORBIN, and concerns establishing 
records to account for rents, taxes, etc. Refers to an episode in which CORBIN 
suspended Mr. DISBRONE from the place of first clerk, and DISBRONE’s appeal; 
asks BODLEY to look into this. Overall tone implies that Granville is not 
satisfied with CORBIN’s performance. 1 Sept 1756 
•	Typed transcript of document appointing Mr. CORBIN as agent of Lord 
Granville in the Carolinas. Refers to Mr. MOSELEY as the contact for CORBIN. 
Various dates typed in margins, from 12 Sept-14 Novr. 1744. [Last line of 
transcript says, “Original in Office of the Clerk of the Court Edenton, NC”]. 


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