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What Tobacco Layfield Man Black Will made the last year for

his Share of Cropp & Indian Corne to be justly accomptable for

Without delay at demand being above Sixteen hundred pounds of

& three barrels of Corn as Witness my hand & Seal y^e day above

   Thomas Naon               Walter W Talbott = ❂

   Martha Gregory                         his marke

The whole matter being debated by the plts Attorny & the Dfen^t -

in p^rpria p^rsona & being duely Considered by the Wor^ll Court –

doe give judgm^t agt the sd Dfend^t for 30 bushels of wheat & 500

pounds of tobacco with Cost of Sute alias Executio

George Layfield Esq^r plt          Somerset County Ss //

Walter Talbott Dft }        Walter Talbott of this County

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~              Planter was attached to answer

unto George Layfield Esq^r of a plea that he render unto him his

reasonable acco^t. of a Cropp of & Indian Corne made by a Servant

of the Said Layfield Named black Will w^ch to render he ought. -

And whereupon the sd George by Peter Dent his Attorney complains

that the sd George the 14^th day of June in y^e year of our Lord -

1692 at Monocan within the Jurisdiction of this Court did put –

One Negro Slave known by the Name of Black Will to the sd

Walter to make & finish a Cropp of Corn & tobacco and y^e sd –

Walter the Said Negro So having the sd Slave did make & finish -

a Cropp of Corn & Tobacco of a Considerable Value & the Same

acco^t hath not rendered, And the Same to render hath denyed

a doth Still deny to the damage of the Sd George of two thousand

pounds of tobacco, & thereof he prayes remedy. – –

                            Dent p^r Quer Plegs &ca.    Jn^o Doe

                                                                            Rich Roe }

The Declⁿ being read & the matter fully Considered by the

Wor^ll. Court doe Ord^r a Non Sute agt y^e plt with Cost &ca.

Co^ll David Browne Plt              Somerset County Ss //

Jn^o Johnson of Jericho Dft }   John Johnson of Jerichoe in

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~                Somerset County was attached to

answer unto David Browne of a plea of debt &ca. —

And whereupon the Said David by Robert Pirrie his Attorney Complains

that whereas the Said John the 12^th day of August in the year of

Our Lord 1691 at Monocan within this Court by his Certain Bond w^th

a Condicon became indebted unto the sd David in the full & just Sum of

Two thousand Six hundred & eighty & four pounds of good Sound Mert^ble

Tobacco in Caske to Containe the Same which he obliged himself his

Heirs &ca to pay unto the sd David him his Heirs &ca at Jericho afd

which Bond with a Condicon he bringeth here into Court Signed with

the propper hand & Seal of the said John the date whereof is the day &

year afd. Nevertheless the sd John the Sum afd according to the tenour

of the sd Bond with a Condicon unto the Said David he hath not paid but

hath hitherto refused & doth Still refuse although often demanded to y^e

damage of the Said David of 2684 lbs of tob & thereupon he brings this Sute.