On 2 April 1868 there was a fire in the Anson County Courthouse,
Wadesboro, NC destroying many of the records on file.
This lawsuit against my great great grandfather was one
of the documents destroyed.
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Abram Conlin to the} NO. 27
Judgt Docket Petition
use of W G Smith & } to reinstate a burned record.
Saml Smith Jr Exec }
of J P Smith Dec'd }
use of W G Smith & } to reinstate a burned record.
Saml Smith Jr Exec }
of J P Smith Dec'd }
vs
William A Pervis
William A Pervis
EXECUTORS OF J. P. SMITH, DEC'D. VS WILLIAM A. PERVIS,
Upon the notice proved and evidence in this case it is
declared by
the court that a writ in Debt was duly signed and issued by the
clerk of the Superior Court of law for Anson county at the
initialed of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of One
hundred & fifty dollars and one hundred and twenty-five dollars
damages for the detention thereof returnable to Spring Term 1867,
that said writ was duly executed upon the defendant and returned
that the Defendant did appear but said nothing in bar of plaintiff
actions, that said suit was continued from said Term until fall
Term 1867 when judgment final by default was rendered in favor of
said plaintiff against said Defendant for the sum of $150, and $73
damages for the detention thereof beside the further sum of $12 for
costs in that behalf expended that the record thereof was lodged
in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Law for the
County aforesaid and that the said office containing the said
record was destroyed by fire on the 2nd day of April, A.D. 1868
the court that a writ in Debt was duly signed and issued by the
clerk of the Superior Court of law for Anson county at the
initialed of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of One
hundred & fifty dollars and one hundred and twenty-five dollars
damages for the detention thereof returnable to Spring Term 1867,
that said writ was duly executed upon the defendant and returned
that the Defendant did appear but said nothing in bar of plaintiff
actions, that said suit was continued from said Term until fall
Term 1867 when judgment final by default was rendered in favor of
said plaintiff against said Defendant for the sum of $150, and $73
damages for the detention thereof beside the further sum of $12 for
costs in that behalf expended that the record thereof was lodged
in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Law for the
County aforesaid and that the said office containing the said
record was destroyed by fire on the 2nd day of April, A.D. 1868
It is therefore ordered by the Court, in accordance
with the
provisions of an Act of Operably in said case made & provided that
the above recited cause be reinstated on the judgment docket.
provisions of an Act of Operably in said case made & provided that
the above recited cause be reinstated on the judgment docket.
Judgment of the Court, that the plaintiff pays the
cost of the
petition to be taxed by the Clerk of the County.
_____________ petition to be taxed by the Clerk of the County.
[1] Anson County Minute Docket, Superior Court, 1868-1884, C.005. 30003
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