# Lancaster County, SC - Court of Common Pleas - Judgment Roll 1253 | | | |---|---| | **Case** | James Blackmon v. Magnus Liles | | **Dates** | 1825-1826 | | **Roll** | Box 28, Roll 1253 | | **Pages in source images** | 10 | ## Source Lancaster County (formerly Lancaster District), South Carolina, Court of Common Pleas, Judgment Roll 1253 (Box 28). Original records held by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, SC. Transcribed from photographs of the original judgment roll (image file: [Judgment Roll 1253 - Blackmon vs Liles.pdf](Judgment%20Roll%201253%20-%20Blackmon%20vs%20Liles.pdf), 10 pages). ## Disclaimer This transcription was made using AI (Claude, by Anthropic) from photographs of the original court papers. It is an attempted transcription, not a certified copy. Faded ink, difficult handwriting, torn folds and damaged pages make some readings uncertain, and errors are possible. Check the original images before relying on any reading. ## Transcription conventions - Original spelling, capitalization and abbreviations are kept as written. - `[?]` = uncertain reading; `[illegible]` = could not be read; `[blank]` = a space left empty on the original. - `[struck: ...]` = printed or written text that is lined through on the original. - `[...]` and *[italic bracketed notes]* = editorial explanations added by the transcriber; `[letters]` inside a word = letters supplied to expand an abbreviation. - On printed forms, handwritten fill-ins are shown in ***bold italics*** where it helps to tell them apart from the printed text. - "PDF p." numbers refer to the page order of the source image file, which is not always the order the papers were written in. ## Transcription **PDF p. 1 - Docket cover of the declaration, with the confession** > [Left panel:] > Confession - $150 > Int on the same from 5th September 1825 > Atty cost - 14.09 > Clks " - 6.40 20.49 > $170.49 > > [Right panel:] > Roll #49 > Lancaster > B28 R 1253 > Jas. Blackmon > v } Decl in > Magnus Liles } Assump[si]t > $300 > Williams & Clinton Pff atty > > I confess Judgment in the above Case for One hundred and fifty Dollars - Sept 5 1825 > Magnus (his X mark) Liles > Witness M Clinton > > Recorded > > Judgment entered up & Execution issued 7th Sept 1825 --- **PDF p. 2 - Declaration** > State of South Carolina } > Lancaster District } > Magnus Liles was attached to answer to James Blackmon of a plea of trespass on the case and so forth. Whereupon the said James by Williams & Clinton his attornies complains for that the said Magnus on the fourth day of September in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty five at Lancaster C. H. in the State and district aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court being indebted to the said James in the sum of One hundred and fifty dollars for so much money before that time paid, laid out & advanced, loaned and accommodated to the said Magnus & to & for the use of the said Magnus according to the annexed account at the like special instance and request of him the said Magnus, in consideration thereof the said Magnus, to wit on the day & at the place first aforesaid, promised that he would well and truly pay to him the said James the said sum of money when he should be thereunto afterwards requested. Yet the said Magnus although often requested, hath not paid the said sum of money or any part thereof, but to pay the same he hath utterly refused and still continues to refuse to the damage of the said James three hundred dollars & therefore he brings suit & so forth. > Williams & Clinton > Pff attys **PDF p. 3 - Plaintiff's attorneys' bill (docket of the judgment)** > James Blackmon > vs } Judgt > Magnus Liles > > Williams & Clinton Pff atty > > Atty's Bill > Writ - 4.28 > Decl - 5.31 > Judgt - 3.21 > Ex - 1.29 > 14.09 --- **PDF p. 4 - Judgment by confession** > And now at this day to wit on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five and forty ninth year of the Sovereignty and Independence U.S.A. comes the said James by his attorneys aforesaid, and the said Magnus comes here in to Court & says he cannot deny the cause of action of him the said James, nor but that the said James by reason of the promises & assumptions as made by said Magnus to the said James and non-performance thereof as the said James hath alleged in his declaration thereof against him the said Magnus, to the amount of One hundred and fifty dollars - Therefore it is considered by the said Court now here, that the said James do recover against the said Magnus the said sum of One hundred & fifty dollars for his damages as aforesaid, so confessed by the said Magnus as aforesaid, - also the sum of Twenty dollars & 49 cents for his costs and charges by him expended in and about the prosecution of his suit in this behalf to the said James by the said Court with his assent adjudged, amounting in the whole to One hundred & Seventy Dollars and forty nine cents, & be the said Magnus in mercy and so forth. > > [Left margin, written vertically:] Judgment entered up & signed 7th September 1825 > Jno McKenzie ccpl --- **PDF p. 5 - Original writ (attachment), 1825 (printed form: "[WRIT.]"; stereotyped by J. Howe, N. York, for James Lyon, Editor of the Pee Dee Gazette)** > The State of South-Carolina. ***Lancaster*** District. > To all and Singular the Sheriffs of the said State.....GREETING: > YOU, and each of you, are hereby commanded, without delay, to ***attach the body of Magnus Liles*** wheresoever ***he*** may be found within your and each of your respective Districts, so that you compel ***him*** to be and appear before the Associate Judges of the said State, at the Court of Common Pleas, to be holden at ***Lancaster*** Court-House, in and for the District of ***Lancaster*** on the ***first*** Monday after the fourth Monday in ***October*** next, to answer to ***James Blackmon of a plea of trespass on the case and so forth also for certain promises and assumptions by the said Magnus to the said James made and not performed to his damage three hundred dollars***. > And have you there this WRIT, before the Clerk of the said Court, fifteen days next before the sitting of the said Court, > WITNESS, the Honorable ***E H Bay*** Esquire, Senior Associate Judge of the said State, at ***Lancaster*** Court-House, the ***first*** Monday after the fourth Monday in ***March*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ***twenty five*** and in the ***forty ninth*** year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. > ***Williams & Clinton*** Pl[ainti]ffs Att[orne]y > [Left margin:] Jno McKenzie ccpl **PDF p. 6 - Back of the writ** > Lancaster > Jas. Blackmon > vs } Writ in > Magnus Liles } Assump[si]t > $300 > Williams & Clinton Pff atty > > Original > > I accept the service of this writ to fall Term 1825. Sept. 5 1825 > Magnus (his X mark) Liles > Witness M Clinton --- **PDF p. 7 - First writ of fieri facias (handwritten)** > State of South Carolina > To all & Singular the Sheriffs of the said State Greeting > You and each of you are hereby commanded without delay, that of the goods & chattels, lands, tenements and other real estates [struck: of Magnus] wheresoever found within your and each of your respective districts, of Magnus Liles you cause to be levied the sum of One hundred and fifty dollars, & the interest on the same from the 5th day of Sept. A.D. 1825 until satisfaction shall be made of this execution, which James Blackmon in the Court of Common [Pleas] at Lancaster C. H. lately recovered against the said Magnus for damages sustained by the said James by reason of certain promises & assumptions by the said Magnus to the said James made and not performed, also the sum of Twenty - Dollars and forty nine cents for costs & charges by him sustained in & about the prosecution of his suit in that behalf whereof the said Magnus is convicted as appears on record, & have you that money before the associate Judges of the said State at the court of Com. pleas to be holden at Lancaster C. H. on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in October next - And have you then there this writ before the Clerk of the said Court, fifteen days next, before the sitting of said Court - Witness the Honorable E. H. Bay Esqr. Senior Associate Judge of the said State, at Lancaster C. H. on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in March A.D. 1825, & in 49th yr of the Independence U.S.A. > Williams Clinton Pff atty > [Left margin:] Jno McKenzie ccpl **PDF p. 8 - Back of the first fi. fa.** > [Left panel:] > Entered in my Office > 7th Septr 1825 > Jno Sims Sh[ff] > > [Center panel:] > 86 1249 [?] > Lancaster > James Blackmon > vs } Fi Fa in > Magnus Liles } Assumpsit > > Williams & Clinton Pff atty > > Confession - $150 > Int on the same from 5th Sept. 1825 > atty - $14.09 > Clerk - 6.40 > Shff - > > Lodged to bind property > Renewed 6th Decr 1825 --- **PDF p. 9 - Second writ of fieri facias (printed form: "[FI. FA. IN CASE.]"; stereotyped by J. Howe, N. York, for James Lyon, Editor of the Pee Dee Gazette)** > The State of South-Carolina. ***Lancaster*** District. > To all and Singular the Sheriffs of the said State.....GREETING: > YOU, and each of you are hereby commanded ***as you have before been*** without delay, that of the Goods and Chattels, Houses, Lands and other Hereditaments and Real estates of ***Magnus Liles*** you cause to be levied, the sum of ***one hundred and fifty dollars*** and also the interest which shall accrue on ***the same*** being the principal sum of the judgment in this case, from the ***fifth*** day of ***Septr*** in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ***twenty five*** up to the day on which such levy shall be made and satisfaction entered on this execution, which ***James Blackmon*** in the Court of Common Pleas before the Judges of the said State at ***Lancaster*** Court-House, lately recovered against the said ***Magnus*** for damages sustained by the said ***James*** [struck: as well] by reason of promises and assumptions by the said ***Magnus*** to the said ***James*** made and not performed [struck: as for] ***also twenty dollars 49/100 for his*** Costs and Charges by ***him*** expended in and about prosecuting ***his*** Suit in that behalf, whereof the said ***Magnus is*** convicted, as appears on record. And that you have the said Monies before the said Judges, at the Court of Common Pleas, to be holden at ***Lancaster*** Court-House, on the ***first*** Monday after the fourth Monday in ***March*** next to render to the said ***James for his*** Damages, Costs and Charges aforesaid. And have you there this Writ, before the Clerk of the said Court, fifteen days next before the sitting of the said Court. > WITNESS, the Honorable ***E H Bay*** Esquire, Senior Associate Judge of the said State, at ***Lancaster*** Court-House the ***first*** Monday after the fourth Monday in ***October*** in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ***twenty five*** and in the ***fiftieth*** Year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. > ***Williams & Clinton*** Plaintiff's Att[orne]y > [Left margin:] Jno McKenzie ccpl **PDF p. 10 - Back of the second fi. fa.** > [Left panel:] > Entered in my Office > 7th Septr 1825 > John Sims Sh[ff] > > [Center panel:] > 86 > Lancaster > Jas. Blackmon > vs } Fi Fa > Mag. Liles } in Assumpsit > > Williams & Clinton Pff atty > > Con[fession] $150 > Int on the same from 5th Sept. 1825 > atty - 15.16 > Clk McKenzie - 6.40 > Ren[ewal] do - .5[4?] > Shff - .96 > > Renewed 18 May 1826 > Lodged 7th Sept 1825