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Tyrrell County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
January Session 1783
Colo. James Long exhibited into open court an account against the estate of Wm. Worldley deceased & a balance of 104 pounds & 14 shillings currency appears in favor of said Jas. Long & ordered to be filed.
April Session 1783
Ordered that Peter Robertson have leave to sell the movable part of the estate of William Worldly deceased and make returns to next court.
Ordered that Hezekiah Spruill Surveyor Thos. Mackey Robt. Davison Jos. Waddell and Frily Jones or any three of them with the surveyor divide the lands of William Worldly deceased between his legal representatives & make return to next court.
July Session 1783
Appeared Edmd. Blount Sheriff in open court & exhibited an account of sales of the estate of Wm. Worldly deceased also of the estate of Sarah Fagan deceased as account of sales ordered to be filed.
April Session 1785
Ordered that Robert Davison, Edmund Blount & Thomas Mackey divide the land of William Worldly deceased between Esther Robertson, Lowis Lovett {?} and William Collins heirs of the said deceased and make return to next court.
Ordered that Peter Robertson administrator of William Worldly deceased be cited to appear to July Term and render an account of his administration of said deceased estate.
January Session 1786
Ordered that Col. James Long Robert Davison Esqr. & John Long son of James Long divide the lands of William Worley between the representatives of the said William & make due return to next term.
October Session 1787
Ordered that Peter Robertson administrator of William Worley deceased and his securities for the performance of his administration be cited to appear at our next court and render an account of his said administration of the said William Worley deceaseds estate.
January Session 1788
Ordered that Robert Davison, Jeremiah Frasier & Edmund Blount Esqr. or either two of them audite the accounts of Peter Robertson guardian & administrator of William Worley deceased and make return to next court.
July Session 1788
Thomas Stewart and Hezekiah Spruill Esquires appointed to audit and inspect and settle the accounts of guardians administrators and administratrix accounts of the deceased estates which is accordingly done as per entrys following to wit - Peter Robertson administrator of William Worley deceased and find a balance due the said deceased estate of 326 pounds, 7 shillings & 10 pence filed.
October Session 1790
On petition filed ordered that a citation issue to the several heirs of William Worley deceased mentioned in the petition aforesaid to appear at the next court and shew cause why a division of the land of said deceased should not take place.
October Session 1791
On motion of the petition of William Collins & Thomas Johnson by Charles Johnson their guardian and next friend heirs & representatives of Elizabeth Johnson who was one of the heirs of William Worley deceased together with Esther Robertson another of the heirs of said Wm. Worley was read & it appearing that Joshua Slade & Penelope Cooley brother and sister of the half blood to Lois Barritz who died without issue since the year of 1784 and was another of the heirs to the said Wm. Worley had both been served with a lawful process of this court & signifyed their consent to the division craved for by the petitioners it was ordered that the prayer of the petitioners be granted & the following men were appointed under the Act of Assembly to divid the real estate of the said Wm. Worley deceased to wit - Robert Davison, Thomas Stubbs Esqr. Levi Blount Richard Stubbs & John Leary together with the Surveyor of the County to attend them, ordered that they make an accurate return of their proceedings to the next succeeding court agreeable to the Act of Assembly passed in the year of 1787.
January Session 1792
Asa Phelps Deputy Surveyor exhibits into court a division of the lands of William Worley deceased among the representatives of said deceased & ordered to be registered.
North Carolina Archives
Loose Estate Papers
Tyrrell County (C.R.096.508.58), Box 58
Worley, William, 1787
Execution dated 6 Jul 1786 and issued 2 Aug 1786 against the goods & chattels, lands & tenements of Elizabeth Everitt Executrix & Thomas Stubbs Junr. for three pounds & five shillings which Peter Robertson guardian of W. Worley recovered against them in a suit for debt, costs & charges.
Citation dated 5 Oct 1787 and issued 11 Oct 1787 for Peter Robertson administrator of William Worley deceased and his securities Henry Norman & Clement Crooke to appear at January court next and render a true and perfect account of their administration of the estate of William Worley deceased.
Execution dated 10 Jan 1788 and issued 10 Feb 1788 against the goods & chattels, lands & tenements of William Freeman for ten pounds, eighteen shillings & five pence which Peter Robertson guardian & administrator of Wm. Worley deceased recovered against him in a suit for debt, costs & charges.
Execution dated 10 Apr 1788 and issued 20 May 1788 against the goods & chattels, lands & tenements of William Freeman for three pounds, twelve shillings & two pence which Peter Robertson guardian & administrator of W. Worley deceased recovered against him in a suit for debt, costs & charges. Levied on one black horse but not sold for want of bidders.
Citation dated 7 Oct 1790 and issued 25 Oct 1790 for Joshua Slade & Esther Robertson heirs of William Worley deceased to appear in court on the first Monday in January next and show cause, if any, why division should not be made of the lands of William Worley deceased among the heirs.
Transcriber's Notes:
Tyrrell County marriage bonds show the marriage of Elizabeth Worley to Richard Collins on 17 Sep 1769 with James Long security.
This explains the different surnames of her two children, William Collins & Thomas Johnson, and she must have had a second marriage
to a Johnson. Penelope Cooley married Robert Cushing on 1 Mar 1794 with Joshua Slade security.
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