A printed warrant form; the handwritten parts are the county, the names, the debt, the place, the date and the signature. The words “State of North-Carolina” are printed in blackletter type.
Warrant on Charles Roach Sr.’s complaint against Reuben Anderson for a debt of twenty pounds – Craven County, 1817
Transcription notes: spelling, capitalization and punctuation follow the original. Words in [square brackets] are editorial notes; [?] marks an uncertain reading and [illegible] marks words that could not be read.
State of North-Carolina.
To any Constable of the County of Craven
Whereas, Charles Roach Senr complains that Rheuben Anderson justly owes him the sum of twenty pounds by account and delays payment.
These are in the name of the State, to command you to bring the said Rheuben within thirty days from the date hereof (Sundays excepted) before me or some other Justice of this Counnty, to answer said complaint.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Calloel [?] in said county the 5th day of June 1817
Burton Allen J. P. (Seal.)
[On the back, written sideways:]
Judgment against the defendant for the sum of one pound seven shillings and sixpence this 12th July 1817 Burton Allen JP
[Docket:]
Charles Roch vs Reuben Anderson Executed by Erwin [?] Jaun [?]
About the original
The place where the warrant was given looks like “Calloel” and is uncertain. The judgment on the back was for one pound, seven shillings and sixpence, far below the twenty pounds claimed.
The constable’s name on the docket is unclear.
Source: Warrant on Charles Roach Sr.’s complaint against Reuben Anderson for a debt of twenty pounds. Roach Family Papers (#346), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Box 1, Folder d (Legal Records, 1784–1901). Collection guide. Digitized folder: ECU Digital Collections, 0346-b1-fd.
Images courtesy of East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. View in ECU Digital Collections: 35861.
Also from this folder: Swift Creek residents hire Turner Nelson as teacher of “Reading writing and Arithmetic” in 1823.
Part of the Roach Family Papers collection on East Carolina Roots.
