North Carolina Reports
Vol. 7
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the
Supreme Court of North Carolina
A.D. Murphey, Reporter
Annotated by Walter Clark
Reprinted by the State, Nash Brothers, Printers, 1910
1819
Table of Cases
| Court Case | County |
| Front Matter title, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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| The State v. Jim, a Negro Slave 9, 10, 11 |
Cumberland |
| The State v. Cherry, a Negro Slave 12, 13, 14 |
Wayne |
| The State v. Isaac Dickenson 14, 15 |
Edgecombe |
| The State v. Barna Jernigan 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 |
Wayne |
| Archibald M'Kay, Guardian, &c., v. William Hendon 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 |
Bladen |
| Robert Edens and Wife and others v. James Williams's Executor 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 |
Bertie |
| Samuel Dark v. Joab Bagley and Britton Harris 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 |
Chatham |
| John Green v. William P. Mangum 35, 36, 37, 38 |
Wake |
| Howell Jones and others v. Charles Edmonds 38, 39, 40, 41 |
Northampton |
| Den on the Demise of Elizabeth Jacocks v. Moses Gilliam 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 |
Bertie |
| Alexander Long v. Lewis Beard and Jonathan Merrill 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 |
Iredell |
| Den on demise of Darius Amyett v. Allen Backhouse 52, 53, 54, 55 |
Craven |
| Rebeccah Patton, by her Guardian John Patton, v. Joseph Clendenin and John MacDaniel 56, 57 |
Orange |
| The President and Directors of the State Bank of North Carolina v. Nathan Smith 58, 59 |
Craven |
| Geo. Williams and Garrison Williams v. John Howard 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 |
Rowan |
| Cherry v. Slade's Administrator 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 |
Martin |
| John Taylor v. Mary Lanier and others 78, 79, 80, 81, 82 |
Granville |
| James M. Burton v. Jesee Dickens 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 |
Person |
| The Executors of Charles James v. William B. Masters 87, 88, 89, 90 |
Craven |
| Alice Hamilton, Ex'x of Ferdinand Hamilton, v. James Shepperd, Adm'r of Oliver Smith 90, 91, 92, 93 |
Wayne |
| Owen Clinton v. Noah Mercer 94, 95 |
Robeson |
| The State v. James Barrow 95, 96 |
Pitt |
| The State v. Joshua Ammons 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 |
Wayne |
| Maurice Smith v. Woodson Daniel, Josiah Daniel and Elizabeth Daniel, Executors and Executrix of
the last will of Josiah Daniel, Sen., dec'd, and against Robert Wade 101, 102, 103, 104 |
Granville |
| John Davis, Adm'r of Barnaby Bulls v. Jacob Brooks 105, 106, 107 |
Johnston |
| The United States v. Thomas Whitmell 107, 108, 109 |
Halifax |
| Ebenezer MacNair v. Thomas Ragland and others, Executors of the last will of Richard Kennon,
deceased 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114 |
Orange |
| The Governor to the Use of Horace Dade v. William S. Morris 115, 116, 117 |
Craven |
| John R. Adam v. David Hay 117, 118 |
Cumberland |
| Joseph Guy v. Alexander Hall 118, 119, 120 |
Iredell |
| The State v. John Witherow 120, 121, 122, 123 |
Rutherford |
| Den on demise of James Whitted and Attilia his wife v. Samuel Williams 123, 124 |
Franklin |
| The Administrator of R. Stallings v. the Executors of Garrett Goodloe, and the Executors of
Garrett Goodloe v. the administrator of R. Stallings 124, 125, 126, 127, 128 |
New Hanover |
| Den on Demise of Thos. Midford and wife v. Hodge Hardison 128, 129 |
Martin |
| Daniel Killian v. John Watt 130, 131 |
Iredell |
| Jacob Hoover v. John Clark's Administrators 131, 132, 133 |
Randolph |
| Obed Wood v. The Executors of Josiah Wood 134, 135, 136 |
Pitt |
| John Vanhook and others v. John Rogers' Executor 136, 137, 138, 139 |
Person |
| John Beard v. John A. Cameron 139, 140, 141, 142, 143 |
Bladen |
| Jeter and Jeter v. Littlejohn's Executors 143, 144, 145 |
Granville |
| Kinchen Norfleet v. Daniel Southall 145, 146, 147, 148, 149 |
Gates |
| John L. Miller, by his Guardian William Miller, v. Robert H. Harwell, surviving Executor of
Thomas Miller, and against Marmaduke Johnson 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159 |
Warren |
| Samuel Strudwick et al. v. Pasquale Paoli Ashe and wife 159, 160 |
New Hanover |
| Alexander M'Kay, Eliza M'Kay and John M'Kay v. William Hendon 160, 161, 162, 163, 164 |
Bladen |
| The Governor to the use of John and Alexander Brown v. Meshack Franklin, Executor of the last
will of Gideon Edwards, deceased 164, 165, 166 |
Surry |
| The State v. Timothy Williamson 166, 167 |
Cumberland |
| William Shepperd and others v. The Executor of Andrew Murdock, dec'd 167, 168, 169, 170, 171 |
Orange |
| The State v. William Whithed 171, 172 |
Edgecombe |
| The State v. John Brown 172, 173 |
Camden |
| The State v. James Dodd 174, 175, 176 |
Rutherford |
| The State v. Henry Waller 176, 177 |
Edgecombe |
| The State v. Samuel Jackson and Jessie Davis 177, 178 |
Wake |
| The State v. Abraham Hardie 178, 179, 180 |
Pitt |
| John A. Orr v. Andrew McBryde et al. 180, 181, 182 |
Mecklenburg |
| Arthur Clarke, qui tam, &c. v. Rutherford 182, 183 |
Burke |
| John Douglas v. William Mitchell 183, 184, 185 |
Person |
| E. L. Erwin v. Samuel Maxwell 185, 186, 187, 188 |
Burke |
| Charles Stewart v. Thomas H. Davis 188, 189 |
Craven |
| Joseph Watt v. James Greenlee and Asa Martin 189, 190 |
Burke |
| Benjamin Johnston v. William Martin 191, 192 |
Iredell |
| Den of Demise of Aquilla Oxley v. Mizle et al. 192, 193, 194 |
Bertie |
| William W. Rodman v. Henry Austin 194, 195, 196 |
Halifax |
| Robert Fellow v. Anthony Fulgham 196, 197 |
Wayne |
| Joseph and William Peace v. William Jones 197, 198, 199, 200 |
Wake |
| Den on demise of Hattan & wife et al. v. Arthur Dew 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205 |
Edgecombe |
| John Mosely Walker, Sarah Jane Walker and Eliza H. Walker, infants, by their next friend,
Carleston Walker v. Hanson Kelly, William Watts Jones and John D. Toomer, Executors of the last
will of John Walker, deceased 205, 206, 207, 208 |
New Hanover |
| John H. Howard v. Edward Pasteur and Jonathan Price 208, 209, 210 |
Craven |
| Joshua Bell v. Noah Beeman and others 211, 212, 213, 214, 215 |
Edgecombe |
| Abraham S. Hallett v. Francis Lamothe 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220 |
Craven |
| Grove Wright v. James Latham 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226 |
Beaufort |
| Starkey Sharpe v. William and James Jones, executors of the last will of James Jones, deceased,
and against John Winborne 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231 |
Hertford |
| Henry Branson v. Joseph Gales 231, 232 |
Wake |
| Kinchen Kitchen v. John Tyson 232, 233, 234, 235 |
Moore |
| Johnson Administrator, &c. v. Blake Baker 235, 236, 237, 238 |
Warren |
| Thomas Person v. Alexander Carter and James Porter 238, 239, 240, 241, 242 |
Wayne |
| Louisa Dickinson v. Joel Dickinson 243, 244, 245, 246 |
Beaufort |
| The Governor v. Col. Thomas Bell 247 |
Wake |
| Joe Doe on the several demises of Wm. B. Shepard and wife et al. v. William Shepard 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258 |
not stated |
| Benjamin Ballard and wife et al. v. Thomas B. Hill's Heirs 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265 |
Halifax |
| Richard M'Cree v. William Houston 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275 |
Mecklenburg |
| Forrest v. Hart 275, 276, 277, 278 |
Halifax |
| Shipp v. M'Craw 278, 279, 280, 281, 282 |
Wilkes |
| Hardy Watford v. James Pitt 282, 283 |
Bertie |
| William Ainsworth v. John M. Greenlee 283, 284, 285 |
Burke |
| Geo. Lane et al. v. Daniel Patrick and Ruffin Granger 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291 |
Craven |
| The State v. Sarah Jeffreys 291, 292, 293 |
Caswell |
| Bartholomew Barrow v. David Pender, Sen. 293, 294, 295, 296 |
Halifax |
| The State v. William Sparrow 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301 |
Orange |
| Vass and Wife et al. v. Hicks 302, 303 |
Granville |
| Royal Algood v. Patrick Hutchins 304, 305 |
Surry |
| Den on the Demise of John Young v. David Tate 305, 306, 307 |
Buncombe |
| Allen Twitty v. Thomas M'Guire 307, 308, 309, 310 |
Rutherford |
| Thomas Willson v. Jacob Shufford 310, 311, 312 |
Lincoln |
| Den on Demise of Benj. Smith v. Hanson Kelly 312, 313, 314 |
Brunswick |
| Peterson Browne v. Robert Blick, administrator of Priscilla Hilliard, deceased 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320 |
Northampton |
| Criswell Key v. Samuel Allen 320, 321, 322 |
Rockingham |
| Samuel Dickens, Adm'r of the Estate of William Cocke, Deceased v. William Shepperd 323, 324, 325, 326, 327 |
Person |
| State v. Joseph Martin et al. 328, 329 |
Wayne |
| Samuel Skinner, executor of the last will of Evan Skinner, dec'd, v. John Skinner 330, 331, 332 |
Washington |
| Den on demise of Reddick and Wife v. Leggat 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338 |
Bertie |
| Den on Demise of John Thompson v. Philemon Hodges 338, 339 |
Cumberland |
| John Gibbons and Wife et al. v. Andrew Dunn et al. 340, 341, 342 |
Mecklenburg |
| Den on demise of James Orbison v. George Morrison 342, 343, 344, 345, 346 |
Iredell |
| Den on the Demise of William Tate's Heirs v. Ephraim Greenlee 346, 347 |
Burke |
| Den on Demise of John Stevenson v. Jonathan H. Jacocks 348, 349, 350 |
Perquimans |
| Den on the several Demises of Richard Jones and Tamerlane Jones v. Richard Putney, Sen. 350, 351, 352, 353 |
Northampton |
| James Cowan v. Moses Green 353, 354, 355 |
Mecklenburg |
| The State v. John Arrington 355, 356, 357 |
Buncombe |
| Francis Browne v. William Dula 357, 358, 359 |
Wilkes |
| James Riden et al. v. John D. Frion 360, 361 |
Craven |
| Tremble v. the Heirs of James Jones, Deceased 361, 362, 363 |
Hertford |
| Robert Thompson and Wife et al. v. Thomas Blair et al. 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373 |
Guilford |
| Robert H. Jones, administrator of Augustine Bayners, deceased v. John Brodie, administrator,
with the wil annexed of Alexander Brodie, deceased 373, 374, 375 |
Warren |
| William Blackledge, Executor of the Last Will of Benjamin Blackledge, Deceased v. Thomas
Singleton et al. 375, 376, 377 |
Craven |
