Hard cover, 234 pages, indexed. Tryon County was formed in 1769 from the western portion of Mecklenburg County and abolished in 1779 to form Lincoln and Rutherford Counties. Prior to the border survey of 1772, it included all or portions of the South Carolina counties of York, Chester, Union, Spartanburg, Laurens, Greenville, and Newberry.
The single most important record for any North Carolina county is the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. Lists of deeds proved and recorded are found in the court minutes, as well as lists of wills proved or administrations on intestate estates taken out. The construction of roads and the road juries (sometimes called road gangs) who were to lay out and maintain the roads are spelled out in these records. Small court cases (usually over debt), depositions, jury lists, tax officials' names with their districts, tavern licenses and tavern rates, and care of the poor of the county are among the many kinds of records included in the court minutes. Examples of entries in this volume follow:
On motion of Alexander Martin, Johnathan Kuykendal being an Orphan son of James Kuykendal deceased & of the full age of Fourteen years to Choose his Guardian came into Court & Made Choice of John Carrol Jun'r for his Guardian...
On motion of James Forsyth Ordered by the Court that a Road be viewed and opened from the Island Cherokee ford on Broad River & from Will'm Tates Ferry on y'e s'd River Leading the nearest and best way into the trading road leading towards Charles Town & that the following persons be appointed to view & lay out the same viz Geo. Blanton Esq'r, Wm Tate, Wm. McCown, Vardry McBee, Zac'r Bullock, John Nichols, Joab Mitchell, Rob't Wilkins, Rob't Lusk, Nath'l Jeffries, Adam Goudlock, Will Marchbanks, Christ'r Coleman, William Wilkins, Rob't Luney...
A Deed of Gift from Thomas Dickson to Benj'a Dickson dated 25th of July 1770 for 220 acres of Land. Ack'd in Open Court. Ord'd to be Reg'd.
On motion of Alexander Martin The Will of William Moore being produced in Open Court was proved by the Oath of David Dicky Subscribing Witness with Joseph Hart & Samuel Gray.
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