STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA. TO THE SHERIFF OF [IREDELL] COUNTY, GREETING: WE COMMAND YOU, THAT OF THE GOODS AND CHATTELS, LANDS AND TENEMENTS OF [ROBERT GRACEY] IF TO BE FOUND IN YOUR BAILIWICK, YOU CAUSE TO BE MADE THE SUM OF [SEVENTY-EIGHT POUNDS FIVE & EIGHT PENCE] WHICH WAS LATELY IN OUR COUNTY COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER-SESSIONS HELD FOR [ROWAN] COUNTY, AT THE COURT-HOUSE IN [SALISBURY] ADJUDGED TO [JOHN LITTLE ASSIGNEE FOR DEBT & THE SUM OF FOUR POUNDS 18/P] FOR COSTS AND CHARGES IN THE SAID SUIT EXPENDED, WHEREOF THE SAID [ROBERT GRACEY] IS LIABLE, AS APPEALS TO US OF RECORD. AND HAVE YOU THE SAID MONIES, BESIDES YOUR FEES FOR THIS SERVICE, BEFORE OUR SAID COURT AT [SALISBURY] AFORESAID, ON THE [FIRST] MONDAY IN [FEBRUARY] NEXT, THEN AND THERE TO RENDER THE SAID COURT THE DEBT AND COSTS AND CHARGES AFORESAID. HEREIN FAIL NOT, AND HAVE YOU THEN AND THERE THIS WRIT. WITNESS, [A. J. OSBORN] CLERK OF THE SAID COURT THE [SIXTH] DAY OF [NOVEMBER] IN THE [XV] YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE SAID STATE, ANNO DOMINI 1790. [A.J. OSBORN].
[North Carolina: 1790]. Single leaf, printed on the recto [manuscript additions in parentheses] and docketed on verso in ink manuscript, noting service of process, costs and fees. Old folds. Several short fold splits at blank margins. Good+. The printed document appears to be unrecorded. Currency is still British. Capt. Robert..... More