James Alan Williams

Broschiertes Buch

County Court Records, 1799 - 1805, Burke County, NC, Vol II

Beschreibung

This book is an abstracted transcription of the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions records January 1799 - November 1805. Burke County was formed from the western section of Rowan County in 1777. Morganton was chosen as the county seat. Originally Burke County included parts of Lincoln, Rutherford, Buncombe, Yancey, Caldwell, McDowell, Avery, Catawba, Alexander, Watauga, Madison, Mitchell, and Avery Counties. In early North Carolina history, the County Court was the governing body of a particular county, having judicial power as well as overseeing the fiscal and other affairs of the area within its jurisdiction. The types of orders contained within these records include: Deed Conveyances, Road Orders, Estate Administrator approvals, Executor appointments of Wills, District Boundaries, Criminal Trials, Debt Trials, Officer's Bonds (Sheriffs, Constables, Commissioners, etc.), Militia Officer recommendations, County Levies, Magisterial Court Appeals, Fines, County Expenditures and Revenues, Recommendations for Superior Court trials, Overseers of the Poor orders, Slave related orders, and so much more!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781716641954
• ISBN-10: 1716641950
• Artikelnr.: 64041099