Lincoln County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1806-1821

Lincoln County was created in 1779 from Tryon and Burke Counties. The Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions was held 4 times a year and heard such cases of assault, batteries, trespass, all breaches of the peace. They held authority of administration in intestate estates and orphans, granted license to build water grist mills, taverns and ordinaries, and to build and maintain public ferries. The court also appointed Constables and Overseers of Roads, and named the men who lived within the bounds to keep them in repair. They recommended three persons to the Governor, one of whom was made Sheriff, as well as imposing taxes for roads, courthouses and gaols, appointed all county officers, civil and military, all lists of Jurors and probates of Wills. These records are extremely valuable for the researcher, especially if an ancestor died intestate (without a will), and in some instances a person may be listed in these court records and nowhere else in the county records.

Albert Bruce Pruitt

(2019), 2026, index, 360 pp.

ISBN: 9781639147625

117-NC269