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 AN

[North Carolina Printed Writ of Summons, 1790]

Published by [North Carolina, 1790

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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 Gracey [1763-1849] was a Revolutionary War soldier from Iredell [later Rowan] County. He enlisted in April, 1780, and served with Capt. Purviance's company; later under Capt. William Stewart, serving during the skirmish at Second Creek near Salisbury; and lastly under Capt. John Reid from 1781-1782, for a period of ten months. [NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Pension Number S. 8635, Nara Catalog Id. 300022, accessed at Fold3.] John Little was likely John Little, Sr., [1750-1819], another native of Rowan County, who served with the 2d Regiment North Carolina in the company under Capt. Manlove Tarrant. [NARA M246. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, NARA Catalog Id. 602384, accessed at Fold3.] A.J. Osborn may have been Adlai Osborn [1744-1814], a Rowan County lawyer and County Attorney from 1789-1796, clerk of Rowan County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, clerk of the Salisbury District Court, colonel of the 2nd Rowan County Regiment Militia, and one of the original trustees of the University of North Carolina. The initial "J" may come from the surname Jolley in his ancestry. [Powell, W.S. editor: 4 DICTIONARY OF NORTH CAROLINA BIOGRAPHY. Univ. NC Press: 1991, pp. 399-400.]. Seller Inventory # 37831

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Title: STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA. TO THE SHERIFF OF [...

Publisher: [North Carolina

Publication Date: 1790