Dear Group, I will be transcribing various records that I found at the archives. Maybe something will be of value to you. George JARNIGAN, Ezekial WIMBERLY, William BRYANT, Needham BRYANT, James ABINGTON, Jacob JARNIGAN, James MOORE, Henry AVERIT are mentioned in the records below. Virginia, these would be Court Cases for the Bertie Archives, but I think I found them in the Misc. folder at the archives. I have more to come. Notice the new word Bailiwick. Cathy Civil Action Papers 010.325.1 NCArchives Cathy Hart Farris Feb. 2002 1753 Bertie County Civil Action ABINGTON Adsm. BRYAN 2 Years Rent 1753 Executed John BAKER North Carolina Bertie County George the Second by the grace of God King of Great Britain- To the Sheriff of Bertie County Greeting We command you to summon George JARNAGAN, Ezekial WIMBERLY, all William BRYANT all of Bertie County/ if to be found in your Bailiwick, Personally to be and appear before our Justices at our next Court to be holden for Bertie County at the Court House thereof on the fourth Tuesday in October next then and there to Give Evidence in a cause then and there to be tryed between Needham BRYAN Pltf. and James ABINGTON Deft, which on the part of the said Deft must in no wise be omitted under the penalty of Twenty Pounds proclamation money each. Therein fail not and have there this Writ. Witness Benjamin WYNNS Clerk of our said Court at Bertie the XXVIIIth day of July Anno Dom MDCCLVIII inthe XXXIId year of our Reign. Benj. WYNNS, Clerk new record pertaining to same case BRYAN vs. ABINGTON Executor John BAKER (looks like JP after his name) North Carolina Bertie County George the Second by the grace of God King of Great Britain- To the Sheriff of Bertie County Greeting We Command you to summon Jacob JARNAGAN and Aaron ELLIS of said County/ if to be found in your Bailiwick, Personally to be and appear before our Justices at our next Court to be holden for Bertie County at the Court House thereof on the fourth Tuesday in January next then and there to give Evidence in a cause then and there to by Tryed between Needham BRYAN Pltf. and James ABINGTON Deft, which on the part of the said Pltf. must in no wise be omitted under the penalty of twenty pounds proclamation money. Each and therein fail not and have there this Writ. Witness Benjamin WYNNS Clerk of our said Court at Bertie the XXVIIth day of October Anno Dom MDCCLVIII in the XXXII year of Our Reign. Benj. WYNNS Clerk additional records pertaining to this case 1758 North Carolina Know all men that by these presents that we James ABINGTON and Henry AVERY all of Bertie County in the Province of North Carolina aforesaid are held and firmly bound unto John BAKER Sheriff of the sd County in the sum of eighty pounds proclamation money to be paid unto the said John BAKER his heirs Excts. and Adms. or assigns to the which payment well and truly to be made and done we bind ourselves and jointly and severally our joint and several heirs Exects. and adms. firmly be these presents sealed with our seals and dated the fourth day of January Anno Dom 1758 The condition of the above obligation is such that if the said James ABINGTON do make his personal appearance before our Justices at the next court to be held for this said county at the Court House thereof on the fourth Tuesday in January next then and there to answer Needham BRYAN of his plea of Tresspass on the case damages forty pounds proclamation money and there stand to and abide by the order and judgement of said court and not depart the same without leave thereof then this obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of James MOORE Jas ABINGTON Henry AVERIT )