This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------6A282677E6CC211B9DF2FFC6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------6A282677E6CC211B9DF2FFC6 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by fama.webcombo.net (8.9.3/[.92 webCOMBO - ALL UCE PROHIBITED]) with ESMTP id JAA05899 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 6 Feb 2000 09:50:43 -0600 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA19068; Sun, 6 Feb 2000 07:51:21 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 07:51:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Mary Knight" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 09:52:39 -0600 Organization: Prodigy Internet MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Subject: [TNSMITH] NC SEARCY Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/6498 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 History and Genealogies of Old Granville County North Carolina 1746-1800. Southern Historical Press, Inc. 1993. Under Miscellaneous Items. Dec. 16, 1770 Reuben SEARCY was among the Jurors of an Inquisition into the murder of a body that was found and unidentified. Nov. 3, 1767. The first entry in Vol. 4, Gr. Co. Minutes, viz: At an Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions held for s'd. county at Oxford on Tuesday the 3'rd. Day of November A. D. 1767. Present, His Majesty's Justices to wit Phil PRYOR, Reuben SEARCY, William BURFORD. Jany 18, 1770. "Order'd that the Sheriff Pay Reuben SEARCY ten Shillings proc. Money for one panther Scalp kill'd by John Fargison(sic)" Full entry. First on Records. Under Bastard Children: Sept. 5, 1750, Elizabeth SEARCY, charged Richard HARGROVE with having begotten by her a bastard child. He is ordered to pay the Church warders of St. John's Parish 4# proc. for maintenance of the child 1 year next ensuing. Sept 5, 1754. Wm., base born child of Elizabeth SEARCY, bound to Reuben SEARCY, to learn Shoemaker's trade. Will be 5 yrs old on April 30, 1754. Under Bridges and Ferries: Jany 9, 1769. Col'o. Wm. BULLOCK & Reuben SEARCY Esq. apptd Com'rs. to repair "Nut bush Bridge." Under Public Buildings: Nov. 21, 1771. "Order'd that Len Henley BULLOCK, David MITCHLL, Robert DICKENS, Thornton YANCEY, & Reuben SEARCY, or any three of them let the building a New Goal for this County at the Courthouse, to the lowest undertaker and make Report thereof to the next Court, the s'd goal to be of the same size of the former Goal of this County all excepting the Dungeon, which is to be left out of the building thereof." Vol. 4, Minutes. There are several more entries involving the building and repair of the Goal and Courthouse which Reuben SEARCY was involved in. The last entry with Reuben SEARCY's name involved is May 7, 1783 so it looks like these entries were of a period of more than ten years. Under Districts. May 5, 1768. "Reuben SEARCY Esquire is appointed to take the List of Taxables for Nutbush District - the ensuing Year. Under Clerks of the County. There are several entries apparently calling into question Reuben Searcy's appointment of County Clerk. Beginning May 3, 1774 and continuing through Aug. 9, 1780. the term "during good behavior" was used a couple of times during his appointments. Feby 3, 1783 Reuben SEARCY resigned as Clerk and Asa SEARCY was appointed. Feby 2, 1784 Asa SEARCY resigned and Reuben SEARCY was appointed. Aug 3, 1785 Bennett SEARCY qual'd as Deputy Clerk. Vol. 6. Minutes. Reuben SEARCY under Justices of the Court for 1765, 67, 68, 69, 70 & 71. Sheriff for the County in 1763. Under Granville County in the War of the Revolution. Court minutes show several entries for Reuben SEARCY, payments made to him for his time as Sheriff, payments to him for the building a bridge over TAR RIVER, and repairing a bridge over FISHING CREEK. Reuben SEARCY'S name appears several times as being present with others Justices, in the trials involving Slaves and Slavery from the Record books. There is one particularly long Petition that Reuben SEARCY drafted to the Court of Granville County March 23, 1759. He and others are apparently calling into question the practices of an Attorney, M'r. Robert JONES, Jr. This is to lengthy to type everything it says but they are asking that M'r JONES be Prohibited "....from pleading at our barr for the future...." John SEARCY, Jr. "of Orange County" N.C. to Reubin SEARCY, Nov. 13,1771. Cons. 60 # Va. money. Conveys: cattle & all his household furniture. Wit. Bromfield RIDLEY. p. 230. To be void if said J. SEARCY pays back certain moneys paid by R. SEARCY. I have not listed every entry where Reuben SEARCY'S name appears but most are either as Juror, Justice, or Witness etc. to some bond or court action. I have already covered some of the other SEARCY'S listed, but since this is getting so long I will look for any other information and make another post later on the remaining names I have not mentioned. Mary Knight --------------6A282677E6CC211B9DF2FFC6--