WH	Smith Horsey
	@	Command was given to the Sheriff of Somerset County that he Should Take Cornelius Ward
	Cornelius Ward &	Late of Somerset County planter and Cornelius Ward Junr. Late of Somerset County planter Otherwise
SW	Cornelius Ward Jur	Called We if they Should be found in his Bailywick and them Should Safe keep so that he

might have their bodys before the Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somerset to be held at Princes Ann
Town in and for the County af^d. the third Tuesday of June Anno Dom. one thousand Seven hundred and
Sixty to Answer unto Smith Horsey of A plea that they Render unto him Seventy three Bushells of Merchantable
Indian Corn of the Value of Ten pounds Cur^t. Money which from him they unjustly Detain &^c. And the Same
day is given tot he af^d. Smith here &^c.
           Att which day here Came the af^d. Smith Horsey by William Hayward his Attorney and the Sheriff to witt
John Dennis Gent. now here Returned that he had taken the af^d. Cornelius Ward Sen^r & Cornelius Ward Jun^r whose
bodys here at this Day he had ready to Answer the af^d. Smith Horsey of the af^d. plea as to him it was Commanded
           Whereupon the af^d. Cornelius Ward Sen^r & Cornelius Ward Jun^r put in their place Samuel Wilson Gent. Attorney
at Law Against the af^d. Smith Horsey of the af^d. plea
           And thereupon at the prayer of the parties af^d. day is to them now here Given untill next Court to be
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held at Princes Ann Town in and for the County af^d. the third Tuesday of August then next following ^ and ^ the
State that now Saveing to the parties af^d.       Att which day here Came the parties af^d. by their Attorneys af^d. &
                                                    and Cornelius Ward Ju^r.
hereupon the Said Smith Horsey declared Against the af^d. Cornelius Ward ^ in the plea af^d. in form following
Somerset fs^t Cornelius Ward Late of Somerset County planter and Cornelius Ward Ju^r Late of Somerset County planter
Otherwise Called we were Summoned to Answer unto Smith Horsey of A plea that they Render unto him Seventy
three Bushells of Merchantable Indian Corn of the Value of Ten pounds Cur^t. Money which from him they
unjustly detain and So forth    And Whereupon the Said Smith Horsey by William Hayward his Attorney
Says that Whereas the Said Cornelius Ward and the Said Cornelius Ward Jun^r. the iii day of February Anno
Dom. MDCCLIX at Somerset County af^d. by their Certain Bill Obligatory which the Said Smith with the Seal of
the Said Cornelius Ward and Cornelius Ward Ju^r Sealed here to the Court Shews whose date is the Same day and Year
af^d. Acknowledged themselves to Owe and be Indebted unto the Said Smith in the Quantity of Seventy three Bushells of
Merchantable Indian Corn of the Value of Ten pounds Cur^t Money of Maryland to be paid to the Said Smith when they the Said
Cornelius Ward and Cornelius Ward Jun^r Should be thereunto afterwards Required to the true payment whereof the Said
Cornelius Ward and Cornelius Ward Jun^r. did Bind themselves firmly by the Same Bill Nevertheless the Said Cornelius
Wad and Cornelius Ward Jun^r altho often thereto Required the af^d. Seventy three Bushells of Merchantable Indian Corn of
the Value of Ten pounds Cur^t. Money of Maryland unto the Said Smith they have not paid or him for the Same
Any Sort Contented but the Same to him to pay hitherto altogether have Refused and Still do and Each of them doth
Refuse and unjustly detain Whereupon the Said Smith Horsey Says he is Worse and hath Damage to the Value of
Ten pounds Current money of Maryland and thereof he brings Suit and So forth       Pledges &^c J. Doe & R. Roe

And