Brown, Thomas, Sergt., Hogg's Co., Aug. 1, '76, 3 years, pt. May '78, omt'd March '79. Bowman, Robt., pt., Dixon's Co., for war. Deserted in '76. Blake, William, pt., Ralston's Co,, Sergt. Oct. '77, pt. May '78, Corp'l Nov. '78, Ser. 10 Feb., '80. Batey, Hugh, pt., Rolston's Co., Corp. Nov. '77, died Aug. 6,'78. (To be continued. ) AN EXAMPLE OF GOV. BURRINGTON'S TYRANNY. North Carolina Ss. July General Court 1732. Petit John Bapt. Ashe, Esq., came into Court, and gave the Court to understand, that Edw'd Moseley, Esq., stood committed Prisoner in ye Common Gaol at Edenton, Wherefore the said John Bap't Ashe as a friend of the said Edward Moseley prayed this Court to grant his Majesties Writ of Hab. Corp. for bringing the sd Edward Moseley into the Court now sitting with the cause of his commitment which is granted and Issued in these words, vizt.: North Carolin Ss. George the Second by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, &c., To the Provost Marshal of the sd Province his deputy or other Keeper of the Gaol of Edenton, Greeting: Wee command you that the body of Edward Moseley, Esq., in our sd Prison (as it is said) you have Immediately on the Receipt hereof together with the cause of his commitment before our Chief Justice & his Assistants of the General Court now sitting for the sd Province at the Court House in Edenton to do & receive as Our said Justices shall thereon in that part then & there consider. Witness, John Palin, Esq. Our Chief Justice, this 4th day of August Anno Dom. 1732. Signed, JOHN PALIN, Cf. Just. Whereupon the Marshall brought the body of the sd Edward Moseley into Court and made the following Return in these words, vizt. North Carolina Ss: August the 4, 1732. I hav herewith the body of Edward Moseley, Esq., committed about half an hour since to prison by verbal command of his Excellency, George Barrington, Esq., Governor and Commander in Chiefe of this Province for some crime unknown to me, having as yet no witnesses in writing so can Return no further cause of his detention the Governor Declaring he would Grant a Mittimus in due time. pr WILLIAM MACKEY, D. P. M. And the Court upon mature consideration theron had, are unanimously of opinion that there appears no sufficient cause for the detention of the sd Edward Moseley, Wherefore it is here by the Court Considered and ordered that the said Edw'd Moseley be discharged from the said Confinement and be forthwith set at liberty. ACT OF ASSEMBLY RELATIVE TO COURT HOUSE, &c. (Original in Court House at Edenton, N. C. Whereas the Rt. Honble Phillip Ludwell, Esq., Governor and Capt. Generall of Carolina hath offered Severall Honble Contributions towards the Building Churches, Court Houses and Prison for wch we are very thankfull and willing to comply soe far as we are by reason of other emergent burdens ***. Be it Enacted by the Pat and Lords Proprietors by and with the advice and consent of this present Grand Assembly and the Authority thereof that forty-six pounds be levied upon the Publick the ensuing year towards such public buildings to be disposed of at the discretion of the Rt. Honble the Governor and honble Councill and that yearly such advancement may be made for the carrying on of the work as ability of the Country will permit. CALEB CALLOWAY, Speaker. This assented to provided the Building of a Publick Corte House & Prison gose. DANIEL AKEHURST, Sec't'y. The And that the Secretary and Thos. Harvie & Wm. Wilkinson, Deputy, be assignated to agree with workmen to take the care of the building of Corte house sixty feet long, twenty wide and nine foot pith the Prison to be thirty foot long to be in to Rooms. Corte house to have to Rooms and an entry of ten foot a standing case into the Entry to chambers on Chambers to make a Se's office the other for the Clerk of the Assembly a ten foot bench on one side of the Corte house the chamber to be sealed. (Without date but prior to 1706). Wm. Wilkinson was dead in 1706. THE NAME OCRACOCK. As some discussion has been elicited by a statement made to the effect that Ocracock took its name from an expression "O Crow Cock," made by Teach the pirate during the engagement with Lieut. Maynard, the following paper found in the Court House at Edenton, N. C., settles the fact that the Island bore the name "Ocacock" in 1716 two years before the Capture of the pirate which occurred in 1718, it is published simply to settle the above question, as it is not pleasant to think that any place in North Carolina was named from any expression uttered by any person so desperate and notoriously wicked as Teach. It cannot be stated whether the r in the name was accidentally dropped or substituted afterwards. No. Carolina Ss. The Inquisition for our Sovereign Lord ye King Indented and taken upon the Sand Banckes called Ocacock Island, the 30th day of December, 1716. And in the Third Year of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, &c. Upon the oaths of Messrs. Obediah Rich, William Johnson, Archibald Hartley, Nathaniel Curtis, Jacob Perkins, Moses Rainer, John Whitmarsh, Walter Clark, Isaack Chabonas, Robt. Potter, Edmond Rich, Jno. Aires, before Christopher Gale Chief Justice, who upon view of the body of Thomas Johnson late of the prec't of Currituck, planter, & upon examination of Capt'n John Norton brother-in-law to the sd Johnson & upon knowledge of the Major part of themselves of the manner how, the means whereby & the time when the sd Thomas Johnson came by his Death, who Impaneled & sworn, say, That on the day preceding the date hereof, Capt. Jno. Norton and the Dec'd Thos. Johnson went out a hunting together. That the said Norton following upon the foot of a Deer & perceiving something to move in the Thick bushes & concluding it to be his game fired his gun at it, By wch Shot ye sd Johnson was by misadvantage off the sd Norton wounded in several parts of his body of wch wounds he instantly died. written. In testimony whereof the said Chf Justice & Jurors have hereunto interchangably sett their hands & seals, the day & year first above C. GALE, Chf Justice. Jn. Whitemarsh (Seal), Obadiah Rich (Seal), Walter Clark (Seal), Wm. Johnson (Seal), Isacek Chabonas (Seal), Arch Hartley (Seal), Robt. Potter (Seal), Nath. Curtis (Seal), Edmon Rich (Seal), Jacob Perkins (Seal), Jn Aires (Seal), Moses Rainer (Seal). COMMISSION OF EDMUND GALE AND THOMAS POLLOCK. At a Council held at the Council Chamber at Edenton, N. C., the 17th day of July Anno Dom. 1725. Present: Sir Richard Everard Barrot Governor & Commander in Chief, Wm. Reed, Chris'r Gale, John Lovick, Edw'd Moseley, Fra's Foster, Thos. Pollock, Thos. Harvey, John Palin & Henry Clayton, Esqs., Members of the Council. Whereas the true and Absolute Lords Proprietors by their Commission under their hands & great Seal of this Province to Chris topher Gale, Chief Justice, have impowered and directed the Governor & Council to Nominate and choose two persons of Abel Skill in the Law to be assistants to the Chief Justice, who when so appointed are in sd Commission Constituted and appointed by the True and Absolute Lords Proprietors. This Board doth therefore in pursuance and according to the direction of the said Commission unanimously choose and name Edmond Gale & Cullen Pollock, Esqs., to be assistants to the said Chief Justice. J. LOVICK, Sect'y. North Carolina Ss. The Examination of George Allen of Edenton in Chowan precinct Gent taken on oath before me Christopher Gale, Esq., Chief Justice of the said Province. This Examinant sayeth that on Sunday the 21st of this instante Novem'r he being at the house of Sir Richard Everard, Baronett, Gover'r, &c., of the said Province in Edenton aforesaid about twelve of the Clock Mr. Thomas Bayley came there & informed the Governor that the people were waiting to hear Divine Service from him, the said Bailey and desired the Governor to let him have the Key of the Court House to perform it there, Whereupon Sr. Richard ask't by whose appointment the people were mett to which the sd Bailey answered, that he had given them notice of his intentions to preach there and advised Sr. Rich'd to let him have the Key for if he did not the Door would be broke open. And upon the Governor forbidding him or any other person to break open the door at his perill or to preach, he made answer it should be done and he would preach. GEO. ALLEN. Taken & sworn to before me this 21st Nov., 1725. C.GALE, C. J. INDICTMENT AGAINST THOMAS BAYLYE FOR PREACHING, &c. Whereas Information is this day made upon oath before me that Thomas Baylye, Clerk, a person of very ill fame without any leave from the Minister resident or Incumbent or the Church Wardens or Vestry of the Eastern parish of Chowan Precinct and contrary to the express commands of the Honble the Governor did Convene a number of People to hear him preach and having been refused the Key of the Court House the said Baylye with Severall others in Company did after an unlawful and riotous manner break open the Door of the Genl. Court House in Edenton within the parish aforesaid where the records of the General Corte and the Journals of the Assembly are kept to the great indangering of the said Records and against the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, &c. These are therefore to require & Command you in his Majesty's name to apprehend the said Thomas Baylye (if to be found within this Government) and forthwith to bring him before me at Edenton aforesaid to make answer to the premises and to be dealt withall according to Law herein & you are not to faile at Yo'r perill. Given under my hand & seale at Edenton aforesaid To the Provost Marshell or his Deputy or any Constable Thos Baylye entered into bond with George Burrington as Surety for 50£ sterling for his appearance at the next term of the Gen'l Court to be held at Edenton the last Tuesday in March next. LEE'S MILL, WASHINGTON CO., THEN CHOWAN PRECINCT. N. Carolina. To the Honble ye Chief Justice & ye Rest of ye Justices for ye General Court. The Petiton of Will Downing, sheweth that whereas by the Last Will of Mr. Thomas Blount, late of this province he did give & appoint Three Acres of land to be taken out of a Tract of Land then in his possession known by the name of the Middle Plantation for ye use of a *Mill on ve Sd tract and to be contiguous with ye said. Mill, and your Honble Petitioner (having since bought ye said tract of Land and ye said three acres having not yet been surveyed or sett apart from ye sd Tract) humbly prayeth yt an order of this Honble Court may be granted him for ye Surveying & setting apart ye sd three Acres of Land according to ye said Will for ye use of ye said Mill and as little to ye prejudice of ye Sd Tract of Land as possible, and your Honble Petitioner as in duty shall ever pray, &c. W. DOWNING. October ye 31st, 1727. *This mill was in existence prior to 1706, it was founded by Thomas Blount, whose widow Mrs. Mary Blount married Thomas Lee, hence the name "Lee's Mills," after the death of Mrs. Mary Blount Lee, Thomas Lee married the widow of William Downing. |