# Lancaster County, SC - Court of Common Pleas - Judgment Roll 1255

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|---|---|
| **Case** | Elisha Blackmon v. William Langley |
| **Dates** | 1825-1827 |
| **Roll** | Box 28, Roll 1255 |
| **Pages in source images** | 6 |

## Source

Lancaster County (formerly Lancaster District), South Carolina, Court of Common Pleas, Judgment Roll 1255 (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 1255 - Blackmon vs Langley.pdf](Judgment%20Roll%201255%20-%20Blackmon%20vs%20Langley.pdf), 6 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. 2 - First execution on the confession (printed form; "Kershaw" struck and "Lancaster" written in)**

> The State of South-Carolina, ***Lancaster*** [struck: Kershaw] District.
> TO ALL AND SINGULAR THE SHERIFFS OF THE SAID STATE - GREETING.
> WHEREAS, ***William Langley*** did on the ***Eleventh*** day of ***August*** in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-***five*** confess before the Clerk of the Court of the district aforesaid, (which confession has been duly registered) that he is justly indebted to ***Elisha Blackmon*** in the sum of ***Four hundred & two Dollars & sixty seven cents***.
> YOU, and each of you, are therefore hereby commanded without delay, that of the Goods and Chattels, Houses, Lands and other hereditaments, and real estates of ***William Langley*** to levy the said sum of money together with the interest which shall accrue on ***the same from 8th August 1825*** up to the day on which satisfaction shall be entered on this execution. - AND also ***three*** dollars and ***ninety six cents***, for the costs of said confession. AND have you the said monies before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, at ***Lancaster*** Court-house, on the ***first*** Monday after the fourth Monday in ***October*** next.
> 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 ELIHU HALL 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.
> [Left margin:] Jno McKenzie ccpl

**PDF p. 1 - Back of the first execution**

> [Left panel:]
> Entered in my Office 11th August 1825
>     Jno Sims Shff
>
> [Center panel:]
> B28 R 1255    85    1249
> Lancaster
> Elisha Blackmon
>    vs          } Fi Fa on
> William Langley } Confession
>
> Confession - $402.67
> Interest on the same from 8th Augt 1825
> Clerks fees - $3.96
>
> The Sheriff will wait the orders of plaintiff
>
> Ren[ewe]d 27 Jany 1827

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**PDF p. 4 - Second execution on the confession (printed form; "Kershaw" struck)**

> The State of South-Carolina, ***Lancaster*** [struck: Kershaw] District.
> TO ALL AND SINGULAR THE SHERIFFS OF THE SAID STATE - GREETING.
> WHEREAS, ***William Langley*** did on the ***eleventh*** day of ***August*** in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-***five*** confess before the Clerk of the Court of the district aforesaid, (which confession has been duly registered) that he is justly indebted to ***Elisha Blackman*** in the sum of ***Four hundred & two 67/100 Dollars***.
> YOU, and each of you, are therefore hereby commanded without delay, that of the Goods and Chattels, Houses, Lands and other hereditaments, and real estates of ***William Langley*** to levy the said sum of money together with the interest which shall accrue on ***the same fr[om] 8 Augt 1825*** up to the day on which satisfaction shall be entered on this execution. - AND also ***three*** dollars and ***ninety six*** cents, for the costs of said confession. AND have you the said monies before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, at ***Lancaster*** Court-house, on the ***first*** Monday after the fourth Monday in ***March*** next.
> AND have you there this Writ before the Clerk of the said Court, fifteen days next before the sitting of the said Court.
> WITNESS [struck: the honorable ELIHU HALL BAY, Esquire, Senior Associate Judge of the said State,] ***John McKenzie clerk of the said Court*** at ***Lancaster*** Court-house the ***28th*** [struck: Monday after the fourth Monday in] ***of January*** in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-***seven*** and in the [struck: forty] ***fifty first*** Year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
> [Left margin:] Jno McKenzie ccpl
>
> [Upper left, pencil working:] 350 / 6 / 2100 / 3.50 ... 24.50 [?]

**PDF p. 3 - Back of the second execution**

> [Left panel:]
> Entered in my Office 9th Feby 1827
>     John Sims Shff
>
> [Center panel:]
> 85
> Lancaster
> Elisha Blackman
>    vs          } 2nd Fi Fa on
> William Langley } Confess[io]n
>
> Confession - $402.67
> Int on the same fr[om] 8th Aug 1825
> Clerks fees - $3.96
> This Ren[ewal] - 1.61
> Shff Ent[ry] - .96
>
> Wait orders of Pltf
> Renewed 12 May 1827

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**PDF p. 6 - Third execution on the confession (printed form: "Clerks Execution" - Camden Press)**

> The State of South-Carolina, ***Lancaster*** DISTRICT.
> TO ALL AND SINGULAR THE SHERIFFS OF THE SAID STATE - GREETING.
> WHEREAS, ***William Langley*** did on the ***11th*** day of ***August*** in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ***[twenty] five*** confess before the Clerk of the Court of the district aforesaid, (which confession has been duly registered) that he is justly indebted to ***Elisha Blackmon*** in the sum of ***four hundred & two 67/100 Dollars***.
> YOU, and each of you, are therefore hereby commanded without delay, that of the Goods and Chattels, Houses, Lands and other hereditaments, and real estates of ***the said Wm*** you levy the said sum of money together with the interest which shall accrue on ***the same from 8 Augt 1825*** up to the day on which satisfaction shall be entered on this execution. - AND also ***three*** dollars and ***ninety two*** [sic] cents, for the costs of the said confession. AND have you the said monies before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, at ***Lancaster*** Court-house, on the third Monday after the fourth Monday in ***October*** next.
> AND have you there this Writ before the Clerk of the said Court, fifteen days next before the sitting of the said Court.
> WITNESS ***John McKenzie*** Esquire, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for ***Lancaster*** District, the ***tenth*** day of ***May*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-***seven*** and in the [blank] year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
> [Left margin:] Jno McKenzie ccpl

**PDF p. 5 - Back of the third execution**

> [Left panel:]
> Entered in my Office 12th May 1827
>     John Sims Shff
>
> [Pencil working:]
> 403
> 7
> 28.21
> 56.42 [? - two years' interest]
> 9.40
> 65.82
>
> [Center panel:]
> 85
> Lancaster
> Elisha Blackmon
>    vs          } 3d Fi Fa
> William Langley } on Confession
>
> Confession - $402.67
> Int on the same fr[om] 8 Augt 1825
> Clks Cost - $3.96
> Clk 2 Ren[ewal]s - 3.22
> Shff 2 Entry - 1.92
>
> Wait Orders