In his application for a Revolutionary War veteran's pension dated 5 November, 1832, James' son William Akins, stated "I was born in the State of Maryland, Cecil County, in the year 1756." On 5 September, 1832, in his application for a Revolutionary War veteran's pension, William Akins' brother James stated that "he was born in the year 1763 or 1764 as well as he can now recollect to have heard his father say, on the line between Maryland & Pennsylvania; my father having moved to Macklinburg Co., N.C. when I was so small that I do not myself recollect what state we lived in, and I do not recollect that I ever heard him say."
A man named James Akin is found on the 1768 tax & exoneration list for Upper West Nottingham, in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, having 150 acres of land with buildings, 2 horses, three cows, and 3 sheep.
Five years later in 1773, James Akin is recorded as the owner of 100 acres in West Nottingham, near the contested border between Chester Co., Pennsylvania, and Cecil Co., Maryland, whose disputed boundary would not be settled until the survey for the Mason-Dixon Line was finally completed in 1774. James Akin is listed again in 1775 as the owner of 150 acres in Upper West Nottingham, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.
A few years later a man named James Akin moved his family from the Cecil Co., Maryland/Chester Co., Pennsylvania border area to Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, where he purchased some 200 acres of land from John McKnit Alexander on March 10, 1777, at the cost of £25.
James Akins property in North Carolina lay adjacent to that of William and Samuel Bigham's tracts in the southwestern corner of Mecklenburg County. It had originally been granted to Robert Carruth in a Royal Warrant dated 20 October, 1765. James Akins deed to the property was probated during the April session of the land court by Hezekiah Alexander. The deed reads as follows:
"This Indenture made the tenth Day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy and Seven, Between John McKnit Alexander of the County of Mecklenburg and provance of north Carolina, of the one part, and James Akin of the County and province afs'd, of the other part. Witnesseth that for and In Consideration of the Sum of Twenty five pound Current Circulating money of said province to him the said John McKnit Alexander in hand paid and before the ensealing and Delivery of these present by him, the said James Akin, the Receipt and payment whereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said John McKnit Alexander hath given, Granted, bargained, sold, aliened, Enfessed, Conveyed and Confirmed unto him the said James, and forever and by these presents Doth Give, Grant, bargain, alien, sell, Enfess, Convey and Confirm unto him, the said James Akin, his heirs and assignes for ever, all that Tract of Land Situate, lying and being in the County afs'd. Beginning at a white oak sapling, an old Corner of Samuel Alen then nearby with his house, 72 E 182 poles to a stak on William Bigham's line, then with the same N. 111 poles to Samuel Bigham's Corner B. O. then nearby with his line, N. 70 W. 221 poles to a white oak near Cathey's land, then S. 8 E. 133 poles to the beginning, Constituting Two Hundred acres of Land be the sume, more or less, the former being Granted by patent to Robert Caruth the 20th Day of Oct., 1765, and Conveyed by Deed from S'd Carruth to Said Alexander on 18th of Aug., 1772, all Duty of Record will the appurtanances Situate, lying and being as afs'd with them Every of their rights, members and appurtanances whatever, and the Reversion and Reversions come under and forward of all and singular the Land, Tenaments, Hereditaments and premises hereby Granted or Intended to be Granted, and of every part and parcel there of and all Rents, services and profits to them or any of them Incedant, belonging, or appertaining, and also all and Every the Estate and Estate Rights, Titles, Claims, Interest and demands whatsoever of him the said Jno. McKnit Alexander of in to the s'd Granted Land and premises whatsoever hereby granted or intended to be granted, or any of them, or any part or parcel thereof; TO HAVE & TO HOLD the Said land & Tenaments, Hereditaments and premises hereby granted with their appurtances to the s'd James Akin, his heirs and assigns forever, And the said John McKnit Alexander or for himself, his heirs and assigns, shall and may forever hereafter peaceably and Quietly have, hold, occupy, possess and Enjoy the afs'd Granted land and premises all, and all manner of Former and other Incumberances whatever, the Quit Rents all ready Due, and those becoming Due accepted and fore prized, and the s'd John McKnit Alexander for him self and his Heirs, Doth hereby promise, Covenant and agree that he, the s'd Jno. McKnit Alexander his heirs, Executors and Administrators, and will at all times warrant and for ever defend the s'd granted lands and premises to the said James Akin, his heirs and assigns against all Lawfull Claims and demands whatsoever of him, the s'd John McKnit Alexander or his heirs, Executors, Administrators and Agents all and every other person or persons who lawfully may Claim any part or parcel there of. In witness whereof the said John McKnit Alexander hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal this day and year above written.
X
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
In presence of
John McKnit Alexander (Seal)
Hez. Alexander ) Mecklenburg County
Jno. Patterson ) April Ses. 1778"
Some two years after James Akins purchased his land in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, his daughter Agnes was laid to rest in the cemetery of Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. Her gravestone shows that she died on April 13, 1779, at nine years of age. To the immediate left of her grave stands the much more impressive monument of her older brother, Thomas Akins.
Because James Akins was already deceased prior to the death of his son Thomas, who died on August 15, 1785, his older son William Akins was appointed as administrator to his brother Thomas' estate to settle his debts:
"1785. September Session…..Ordered that Letters of Administration on the Estate of Thomas Akins, Decd., issue to William Akins who produces Hugh Parks as Security, bound in £600. Administrators Sworn."
Likewise James appears to have died prior to April 11, 1782, on which date a legal petition was filed by Col. Osborne on behalf of James' daughter, Rachel Akins, in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, asking the court to collect child-support from a man named John Brownfield (1746-1786) who was the father of her illegitimate child.
"THURSDAY APRIL 11TH 1782. Court met according to adjournment. Present the Worshipful Abram. Alexander, Hez. Alexander, David Reese, Edward Giles, Thomas McCorkle, Robert Harris, Junr., Saml. Blythe, and William Scott, Esquires.....On Motion of Colo. Osborne in behalf of Rachel Aikins (single woman) &c., Ezekiel Polk came into court & deposed that previous to the Birth of a Child Born of Said Rachel – That she was then with Child, THAT John Brownfield was the father thereof – And that Said Child was in alikely to be a Charge to this County &c., and that Sd. Deposition. Said Brownfield Recognizance &c. he this Deponent Believes is mislaid as in the hand of said Robert Irwin & on which a Court Summon was issued for Sd. Brownfield, he appearing Compounded by giving Bond with Security for the Payment of £20 Specie Viz: £10 per year from the Birth &c."
A man named James Akin is found on the 1768 tax & exoneration list for Upper West Nottingham, in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, having 150 acres of land with buildings, 2 horses, three cows, and 3 sheep.
Five years later in 1773, James Akin is recorded as the owner of 100 acres in West Nottingham, near the contested border between Chester Co., Pennsylvania, and Cecil Co., Maryland, whose disputed boundary would not be settled until the survey for the Mason-Dixon Line was finally completed in 1774. James Akin is listed again in 1775 as the owner of 150 acres in Upper West Nottingham, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.
A few years later a man named James Akin moved his family from the Cecil Co., Maryland/Chester Co., Pennsylvania border area to Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, where he purchased some 200 acres of land from John McKnit Alexander on March 10, 1777, at the cost of £25.
James Akins property in North Carolina lay adjacent to that of William and Samuel Bigham's tracts in the southwestern corner of Mecklenburg County. It had originally been granted to Robert Carruth in a Royal Warrant dated 20 October, 1765. James Akins deed to the property was probated during the April session of the land court by Hezekiah Alexander. The deed reads as follows:
"This Indenture made the tenth Day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy and Seven, Between John McKnit Alexander of the County of Mecklenburg and provance of north Carolina, of the one part, and James Akin of the County and province afs'd, of the other part. Witnesseth that for and In Consideration of the Sum of Twenty five pound Current Circulating money of said province to him the said John McKnit Alexander in hand paid and before the ensealing and Delivery of these present by him, the said James Akin, the Receipt and payment whereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said John McKnit Alexander hath given, Granted, bargained, sold, aliened, Enfessed, Conveyed and Confirmed unto him the said James, and forever and by these presents Doth Give, Grant, bargain, alien, sell, Enfess, Convey and Confirm unto him, the said James Akin, his heirs and assignes for ever, all that Tract of Land Situate, lying and being in the County afs'd. Beginning at a white oak sapling, an old Corner of Samuel Alen then nearby with his house, 72 E 182 poles to a stak on William Bigham's line, then with the same N. 111 poles to Samuel Bigham's Corner B. O. then nearby with his line, N. 70 W. 221 poles to a white oak near Cathey's land, then S. 8 E. 133 poles to the beginning, Constituting Two Hundred acres of Land be the sume, more or less, the former being Granted by patent to Robert Caruth the 20th Day of Oct., 1765, and Conveyed by Deed from S'd Carruth to Said Alexander on 18th of Aug., 1772, all Duty of Record will the appurtanances Situate, lying and being as afs'd with them Every of their rights, members and appurtanances whatever, and the Reversion and Reversions come under and forward of all and singular the Land, Tenaments, Hereditaments and premises hereby Granted or Intended to be Granted, and of every part and parcel there of and all Rents, services and profits to them or any of them Incedant, belonging, or appertaining, and also all and Every the Estate and Estate Rights, Titles, Claims, Interest and demands whatsoever of him the said Jno. McKnit Alexander of in to the s'd Granted Land and premises whatsoever hereby granted or intended to be granted, or any of them, or any part or parcel thereof; TO HAVE & TO HOLD the Said land & Tenaments, Hereditaments and premises hereby granted with their appurtances to the s'd James Akin, his heirs and assigns forever, And the said John McKnit Alexander or for himself, his heirs and assigns, shall and may forever hereafter peaceably and Quietly have, hold, occupy, possess and Enjoy the afs'd Granted land and premises all, and all manner of Former and other Incumberances whatever, the Quit Rents all ready Due, and those becoming Due accepted and fore prized, and the s'd John McKnit Alexander for him self and his Heirs, Doth hereby promise, Covenant and agree that he, the s'd Jno. McKnit Alexander his heirs, Executors and Administrators, and will at all times warrant and for ever defend the s'd granted lands and premises to the said James Akin, his heirs and assigns against all Lawfull Claims and demands whatsoever of him, the s'd John McKnit Alexander or his heirs, Executors, Administrators and Agents all and every other person or persons who lawfully may Claim any part or parcel there of. In witness whereof the said John McKnit Alexander hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal this day and year above written.
X
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
In presence of
John McKnit Alexander (Seal)
Hez. Alexander ) Mecklenburg County
Jno. Patterson ) April Ses. 1778"
Some two years after James Akins purchased his land in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, his daughter Agnes was laid to rest in the cemetery of Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. Her gravestone shows that she died on April 13, 1779, at nine years of age. To the immediate left of her grave stands the much more impressive monument of her older brother, Thomas Akins.
Because James Akins was already deceased prior to the death of his son Thomas, who died on August 15, 1785, his older son William Akins was appointed as administrator to his brother Thomas' estate to settle his debts:
"1785. September Session…..Ordered that Letters of Administration on the Estate of Thomas Akins, Decd., issue to William Akins who produces Hugh Parks as Security, bound in £600. Administrators Sworn."
Likewise James appears to have died prior to April 11, 1782, on which date a legal petition was filed by Col. Osborne on behalf of James' daughter, Rachel Akins, in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, asking the court to collect child-support from a man named John Brownfield (1746-1786) who was the father of her illegitimate child.
"THURSDAY APRIL 11TH 1782. Court met according to adjournment. Present the Worshipful Abram. Alexander, Hez. Alexander, David Reese, Edward Giles, Thomas McCorkle, Robert Harris, Junr., Saml. Blythe, and William Scott, Esquires.....On Motion of Colo. Osborne in behalf of Rachel Aikins (single woman) &c., Ezekiel Polk came into court & deposed that previous to the Birth of a Child Born of Said Rachel – That she was then with Child, THAT John Brownfield was the father thereof – And that Said Child was in alikely to be a Charge to this County &c., and that Sd. Deposition. Said Brownfield Recognizance &c. he this Deponent Believes is mislaid as in the hand of said Robert Irwin & on which a Court Summon was issued for Sd. Brownfield, he appearing Compounded by giving Bond with Security for the Payment of £20 Specie Viz: £10 per year from the Birth &c."
In his application for a Revolutionary War veteran's pension dated 5 November, 1832, James' son William Akins, stated "I was born in the State of Maryland, Cecil County, in the year 1756." On 5 September, 1832, in his application for a Revolutionary War veteran's pension, William Akins' brother James stated that "he was born in the year 1763 or 1764 as well as he can now recollect to have heard his father say, on the line between Maryland & Pennsylvania; my father having moved to Macklinburg Co., N.C. when I was so small that I do not myself recollect what state we lived in, and I do not recollect that I ever heard him say."
A man named James Akin is found on the 1768 tax & exoneration list for Upper West Nottingham, in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, having 150 acres of land with buildings, 2 horses, three cows, and 3 sheep.
Five years later in 1773, James Akin is recorded as the owner of 100 acres in West Nottingham, near the contested border between Chester Co., Pennsylvania, and Cecil Co., Maryland, whose disputed boundary would not be settled until the survey for the Mason-Dixon Line was finally completed in 1774. James Akin is listed again in 1775 as the owner of 150 acres in Upper West Nottingham, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.
A few years later a man named James Akin moved his family from the Cecil Co., Maryland/Chester Co., Pennsylvania border area to Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, where he purchased some 200 acres of land from John McKnit Alexander on March 10, 1777, at the cost of £25.
James Akins property in North Carolina lay adjacent to that of William and Samuel Bigham's tracts in the southwestern corner of Mecklenburg County. It had originally been granted to Robert Carruth in a Royal Warrant dated 20 October, 1765. James Akins deed to the property was probated during the April session of the land court by Hezekiah Alexander. The deed reads as follows:
"This Indenture made the tenth Day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy and Seven, Between John McKnit Alexander of the County of Mecklenburg and provance of north Carolina, of the one part, and James Akin of the County and province afs'd, of the other part. Witnesseth that for and In Consideration of the Sum of Twenty five pound Current Circulating money of said province to him the said John McKnit Alexander in hand paid and before the ensealing and Delivery of these present by him, the said James Akin, the Receipt and payment whereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said John McKnit Alexander hath given, Granted, bargained, sold, aliened, Enfessed, Conveyed and Confirmed unto him the said James, and forever and by these presents Doth Give, Grant, bargain, alien, sell, Enfess, Convey and Confirm unto him, the said James Akin, his heirs and assignes for ever, all that Tract of Land Situate, lying and being in the County afs'd. Beginning at a white oak sapling, an old Corner of Samuel Alen then nearby with his house, 72 E 182 poles to a stak on William Bigham's line, then with the same N. 111 poles to Samuel Bigham's Corner B. O. then nearby with his line, N. 70 W. 221 poles to a white oak near Cathey's land, then S. 8 E. 133 poles to the beginning, Constituting Two Hundred acres of Land be the sume, more or less, the former being Granted by patent to Robert Caruth the 20th Day of Oct., 1765, and Conveyed by Deed from S'd Carruth to Said Alexander on 18th of Aug., 1772, all Duty of Record will the appurtanances Situate, lying and being as afs'd with them Every of their rights, members and appurtanances whatever, and the Reversion and Reversions come under and forward of all and singular the Land, Tenaments, Hereditaments and premises hereby Granted or Intended to be Granted, and of every part and parcel there of and all Rents, services and profits to them or any of them Incedant, belonging, or appertaining, and also all and Every the Estate and Estate Rights, Titles, Claims, Interest and demands whatsoever of him the said Jno. McKnit Alexander of in to the s'd Granted Land and premises whatsoever hereby granted or intended to be granted, or any of them, or any part or parcel thereof; TO HAVE & TO HOLD the Said land & Tenaments, Hereditaments and premises hereby granted with their appurtances to the s'd James Akin, his heirs and assigns forever, And the said John McKnit Alexander or for himself, his heirs and assigns, shall and may forever hereafter peaceably and Quietly have, hold, occupy, possess and Enjoy the afs'd Granted land and premises all, and all manner of Former and other Incumberances whatever, the Quit Rents all ready Due, and those becoming Due accepted and fore prized, and the s'd John McKnit Alexander for him self and his Heirs, Doth hereby promise, Covenant and agree that he, the s'd Jno. McKnit Alexander his heirs, Executors and Administrators, and will at all times warrant and for ever defend the s'd granted lands and premises to the said James Akin, his heirs and assigns against all Lawfull Claims and demands whatsoever of him, the s'd John McKnit Alexander or his heirs, Executors, Administrators and Agents all and every other person or persons who lawfully may Claim any part or parcel there of. In witness whereof the said John McKnit Alexander hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal this day and year above written.
X
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
In presence of
John McKnit Alexander (Seal)
Hez. Alexander ) Mecklenburg County
Jno. Patterson ) April Ses. 1778"
Some two years after James Akins purchased his land in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, his daughter Agnes was laid to rest in the cemetery of Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. Her gravestone shows that she died on April 13, 1779, at nine years of age. To the immediate left of her grave stands the much more impressive monument of her older brother, Thomas Akins.
Because James Akins was already deceased prior to the death of his son Thomas, who died on August 15, 1785, his older son William Akins was appointed as administrator to his brother Thomas' estate to settle his debts:
"1785. September Session…..Ordered that Letters of Administration on the Estate of Thomas Akins, Decd., issue to William Akins who produces Hugh Parks as Security, bound in £600. Administrators Sworn."
Likewise James appears to have died prior to April 11, 1782, on which date a legal petition was filed by Col. Osborne on behalf of James' daughter, Rachel Akins, in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, asking the court to collect child-support from a man named John Brownfield (1746-1786) who was the father of her illegitimate child.
"THURSDAY APRIL 11TH 1782. Court met according to adjournment. Present the Worshipful Abram. Alexander, Hez. Alexander, David Reese, Edward Giles, Thomas McCorkle, Robert Harris, Junr., Saml. Blythe, and William Scott, Esquires.....On Motion of Colo. Osborne in behalf of Rachel Aikins (single woman) &c., Ezekiel Polk came into court & deposed that previous to the Birth of a Child Born of Said Rachel – That she was then with Child, THAT John Brownfield was the father thereof – And that Said Child was in alikely to be a Charge to this County &c., and that Sd. Deposition. Said Brownfield Recognizance &c. he this Deponent Believes is mislaid as in the hand of said Robert Irwin & on which a Court Summon was issued for Sd. Brownfield, he appearing Compounded by giving Bond with Security for the Payment of £20 Specie Viz: £10 per year from the Birth &c."
A man named James Akin is found on the 1768 tax & exoneration list for Upper West Nottingham, in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, having 150 acres of land with buildings, 2 horses, three cows, and 3 sheep.
Five years later in 1773, James Akin is recorded as the owner of 100 acres in West Nottingham, near the contested border between Chester Co., Pennsylvania, and Cecil Co., Maryland, whose disputed boundary would not be settled until the survey for the Mason-Dixon Line was finally completed in 1774. James Akin is listed again in 1775 as the owner of 150 acres in Upper West Nottingham, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.
A few years later a man named James Akin moved his family from the Cecil Co., Maryland/Chester Co., Pennsylvania border area to Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, where he purchased some 200 acres of land from John McKnit Alexander on March 10, 1777, at the cost of £25.
James Akins property in North Carolina lay adjacent to that of William and Samuel Bigham's tracts in the southwestern corner of Mecklenburg County. It had originally been granted to Robert Carruth in a Royal Warrant dated 20 October, 1765. James Akins deed to the property was probated during the April session of the land court by Hezekiah Alexander. The deed reads as follows:
"This Indenture made the tenth Day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy and Seven, Between John McKnit Alexander of the County of Mecklenburg and provance of north Carolina, of the one part, and James Akin of the County and province afs'd, of the other part. Witnesseth that for and In Consideration of the Sum of Twenty five pound Current Circulating money of said province to him the said John McKnit Alexander in hand paid and before the ensealing and Delivery of these present by him, the said James Akin, the Receipt and payment whereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said John McKnit Alexander hath given, Granted, bargained, sold, aliened, Enfessed, Conveyed and Confirmed unto him the said James, and forever and by these presents Doth Give, Grant, bargain, alien, sell, Enfess, Convey and Confirm unto him, the said James Akin, his heirs and assignes for ever, all that Tract of Land Situate, lying and being in the County afs'd. Beginning at a white oak sapling, an old Corner of Samuel Alen then nearby with his house, 72 E 182 poles to a stak on William Bigham's line, then with the same N. 111 poles to Samuel Bigham's Corner B. O. then nearby with his line, N. 70 W. 221 poles to a white oak near Cathey's land, then S. 8 E. 133 poles to the beginning, Constituting Two Hundred acres of Land be the sume, more or less, the former being Granted by patent to Robert Caruth the 20th Day of Oct., 1765, and Conveyed by Deed from S'd Carruth to Said Alexander on 18th of Aug., 1772, all Duty of Record will the appurtanances Situate, lying and being as afs'd with them Every of their rights, members and appurtanances whatever, and the Reversion and Reversions come under and forward of all and singular the Land, Tenaments, Hereditaments and premises hereby Granted or Intended to be Granted, and of every part and parcel there of and all Rents, services and profits to them or any of them Incedant, belonging, or appertaining, and also all and Every the Estate and Estate Rights, Titles, Claims, Interest and demands whatsoever of him the said Jno. McKnit Alexander of in to the s'd Granted Land and premises whatsoever hereby granted or intended to be granted, or any of them, or any part or parcel thereof; TO HAVE & TO HOLD the Said land & Tenaments, Hereditaments and premises hereby granted with their appurtances to the s'd James Akin, his heirs and assigns forever, And the said John McKnit Alexander or for himself, his heirs and assigns, shall and may forever hereafter peaceably and Quietly have, hold, occupy, possess and Enjoy the afs'd Granted land and premises all, and all manner of Former and other Incumberances whatever, the Quit Rents all ready Due, and those becoming Due accepted and fore prized, and the s'd John McKnit Alexander for him self and his Heirs, Doth hereby promise, Covenant and agree that he, the s'd Jno. McKnit Alexander his heirs, Executors and Administrators, and will at all times warrant and for ever defend the s'd granted lands and premises to the said James Akin, his heirs and assigns against all Lawfull Claims and demands whatsoever of him, the s'd John McKnit Alexander or his heirs, Executors, Administrators and Agents all and every other person or persons who lawfully may Claim any part or parcel there of. In witness whereof the said John McKnit Alexander hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal this day and year above written.
X
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
In presence of
John McKnit Alexander (Seal)
Hez. Alexander ) Mecklenburg County
Jno. Patterson ) April Ses. 1778"
Some two years after James Akins purchased his land in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, his daughter Agnes was laid to rest in the cemetery of Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. Her gravestone shows that she died on April 13, 1779, at nine years of age. To the immediate left of her grave stands the much more impressive monument of her older brother, Thomas Akins.
Because James Akins was already deceased prior to the death of his son Thomas, who died on August 15, 1785, his older son William Akins was appointed as administrator to his brother Thomas' estate to settle his debts:
"1785. September Session…..Ordered that Letters of Administration on the Estate of Thomas Akins, Decd., issue to William Akins who produces Hugh Parks as Security, bound in £600. Administrators Sworn."
Likewise James appears to have died prior to April 11, 1782, on which date a legal petition was filed by Col. Osborne on behalf of James' daughter, Rachel Akins, in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, asking the court to collect child-support from a man named John Brownfield (1746-1786) who was the father of her illegitimate child.
"THURSDAY APRIL 11TH 1782. Court met according to adjournment. Present the Worshipful Abram. Alexander, Hez. Alexander, David Reese, Edward Giles, Thomas McCorkle, Robert Harris, Junr., Saml. Blythe, and William Scott, Esquires.....On Motion of Colo. Osborne in behalf of Rachel Aikins (single woman) &c., Ezekiel Polk came into court & deposed that previous to the Birth of a Child Born of Said Rachel – That she was then with Child, THAT John Brownfield was the father thereof – And that Said Child was in alikely to be a Charge to this County &c., and that Sd. Deposition. Said Brownfield Recognizance &c. he this Deponent Believes is mislaid as in the hand of said Robert Irwin & on which a Court Summon was issued for Sd. Brownfield, he appearing Compounded by giving Bond with Security for the Payment of £20 Specie Viz: £10 per year from the Birth &c."
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