Gates County North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1832-1836. (Volume #9)

<p>By: Raymond Parker Fouts Pub. 2007 reprinted 2024 182 pages Index soft cover ISBN #978-1-63914-205-7.  Gates County was created in 1778 from Hertford Chowan and Perquimans counties N.C. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Camden Chowan Hertford Pasquotank Perquimans counties N.C. and by Nansemond County VA. Many inhabitants of the BURNED counties of Hertford N.C. and Nansemond VA. which adjoin Gates County are mentioned in these early Court records.  The court 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 to 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 as well as recommending three persons to the Governor of whom one was made Sheriff as well as imposing taxes for roads courthouses and goals 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.</p><p><br></p>