# Lancaster County, SC - Court of Common Pleas - Judgment Roll 3200

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|---|---|
| **Case** | A. B. Blackmon, for J. M. Doby, v. Elisha Blackmon |
| **Dates** | 1843-1849 |
| **Roll** | Roll 3200 |
| **Pages in source images** | 10 |

## Source

Lancaster County (formerly Lancaster District), South Carolina, Court of Common Pleas, Judgment Roll 3200. Original records held by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, SC. Transcribed from photographs of the original judgment roll (image files: folder [3200](3200/), 10 photographs).

## 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.
- "Img." numbers refer to the photographs in the roll's image folder, in file-name order, which is not always the order the papers were written in.

**Notes on these images:**

- Most sheets were photographed sideways or upside down and were rotated for reading.
- No box number appears on the papers photographed.
- The plaintiff sued "for J. M. Doby," that is, for J. M. Doby's benefit.
- The clerk's name is written "W. P. Price [?]" on several papers; the reading is uncertain.

## Transcription

**Img. 3 - The original sealed note**

> $162.00     One day after date I promise to pay A. B. Blackmon or bearer one hundred & sixty two dollars for value received with interest from the first of January last as witness my hand and signature this the 29th Sept 1843
>     Elisha Blackmon (Seal)
>
> [Upper left, written over:] Cancelled [?]

**Img. 4 - Back of the note**

> Elisha Blackmon
> Note
> $162.00

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**Img. 9 - Original writ (printed form: "Writ in Debt - Pegues print")**

> THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
> 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 Elisha Blackmon*** the Defendant wheresoever found within your and each of your respective Districts, so that you compel the said Defendant to be and appear before the Associate Judges of the said State, at the Court of Common Pleas, to be holden at ***Lancaster C. House*** in and for the District of ***Lancaster*** on the ***first Monday after the fourth*** Monday in ***October instant*** [struck: next], to answer to ***A. B. Blackmon for J. M. Doby the Plaintiff*** of a Plea that the Defendant render unto the Plaintiff the sum of ***one hundred & sixty two dollars and*** [struck: Cents], which to the said Plaintiff the said Defendant owes and from the said Plaintiff unjustly detains to the damage of the said Plaintiff ***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, ***S. Beckham*** Esquire, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the District of ***Lancaster*** the ***sixteenth*** day of ***October*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty ***four*** and in the ***sixty ninth*** year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
>
>     ***J. Williams [?]*** Plaintiff's Attorney.
>
> [Left margin:] S. Beckham Clk

**Img. 10 - Back of the writ (acceptance of service)**

> Lancaster
> A. B. Blackmon
> for J. M. Doby
>    v } Writ in Debt
> Elisha Blackmon
>
> J. Williams [?]
> Pltff Atty
>
> Original
>
> I accept the service of this writ to Fall Term 1844 - this 16th Octr 1844
>     Elisha Blackmon

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**Img. 1 - Docket cover of the declaration**

> [Right panel:]
> Roll 3200 [?]
> Lancaster
>
> A. B. Blackmon
> for J. M. Doby
>    v } Decl. in Debt
> Elisha Blackmon
>
> J. Williams
> [struck: illegible] Pltff Atty
>
> Filed 1st March 1845
> Order for Judgment same day
>     W. P. Price [?]
>     Clk
>
> Assessment - I assess the amount due the Plaintiff in this case to be one hundred & sixty two dollars with interest from the first of January 1843 -
>     W. P. Price [?]
>     Clk
>
> [Left panel:]
> Assessment - $162 -
> Int. fr. 1 Jany 1843 -
> Atty - $12 -
> Clk - 5.12 1/2
> Shff - [blank]
> [illegible] 1845 [?]
>
> Exn. Isd. 12 April 1845
>
> Recorded in Book [illegible]
> Page 136
>
> Recd [?]

**Img. 2 - Declaration (printed form: "Declaration on Sealed Note"), with copy of the note**

> SOUTH-CAROLINA, } TO-WIT:
> ***Lancaster*** DISTRICT. }
>
> In the Common Pleas, [blank] Term, A. D. 184[blank]
>
> ***Elisha Blackmon*** the defendant ***was*** attached to answer to ***A. B. Blackmon for J. M. Doby the Plaintiff*** of a plea of Debt that ***he*** the said ***defendant*** do render unto ***him*** the said ***Plaintiff*** the sum of ***one hundred & sixty two dollars besides interest*** which to ***him he*** owes, and from ***him*** unjustly detains and so forth, to the damage of the said ***Plaintiff three hundred dollars*** and so forth.
>
> Whereupon, the said Plaintiff ***by J. Williams his*** Attorney complains that whereas, the said ***defendant*** on the ***twenty ninth*** day of ***September*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ***forty three*** at ***Lancaster C. H.*** to-wit, at ***Lancaster*** Court House, in the District and State aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, did make ***his*** certain writing obligatory, commonly called a Single Bill, or Sealed Note, sealed with ***his*** seal and delivered to the said ***Plaintiff*** did then and there deliver the same with ***his*** own proper hand writing thereunto subscribed, bearing date the day and year last aforesaid, by which said writing obligatory, the said ***Deft.*** did then and there and thereby promise to pay the ***Plaintiff or bearer one day after date thereof one hundred and sixty two dollars for value received***
>
> By reason whereof, the said ***Defendant*** became liable to pay or render unto the said ***Plaintiff*** the said sum of money in the said note specified, according to the tenor and effect thereof:
>
> Yet the said ***Defendant*** not regarding ***his*** undertaking aforesaid, in form aforesaid made, the said sum of money to the said ***Plaintiff*** has never tendered, although frequently requested so to do, but the same to the said ***Plaintiff*** to render, the said ***Deft.*** has hitherto altogether refused and still doth refuse and neglect, to the damage said ***Plaintiff three hundred dollars***; and therefore the said ***Plaintiff*** brings suit and so forth.
>
> And the said ***Plaintiff*** produces here in Court, the writing obligatory aforesaid, which testifies the debt aforesaid, the date whereof is the same day and year aforesaid, in form aforesaid, and so forth.
>
>     ***J. Williams Plff Atty***
>
> $162.00     one day after date I promise to pay A. B. Blackmon or bearer one hundred & sixty two dollars for value received with interest from the first of January last as witness my hand and signature this the 29th Sept 1843
>     Elisha Blackmon (Seal)

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**Img. 5 - Judgment (printed form: "Judgment in Assumpsit at Issue and Plea Withdrawn, and Damages Assessed - Charlotte Press")**

> And now at this day, to wit, The ***first monday after the fourth monday in October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty four***
>
> to which day the issue aforesaid was continued in the Court of ***Common Pleas*** at ***Lancaster C. House*** come the parties aforesaid, and the said ***defendant Elisha Blackmon*** relinquish***es*** plea aforesaid: Therefore it is considered by the Court, now here, that the said ***A. B. Blackmon Plaintiff*** ought to recover ***his*** damages by ***him*** sustained by reason of the premises, but because it is unknown what those damages are, therefore it is ordered that the same be referred to the Clerk of the Court for assessment, and the said Clerk thereupon ascertains the sum really due to the said ***Plaintiff*** and assesses ***his*** damages aforesaid, besides ***his*** costs and charges by ***him*** expended in about prosecuting ***his*** suit in this behalf to ***one hundred & sixty two dollars with interest from the first day of January 1843***
>
> Therefore is considered by the Court now here, that the said ***Plaintiff*** do recover against the said ***Defendant his*** damages so as aforesaid assessed, and also ***seventeen dollars 12 1/2 cents*** for ***his*** costs and charges aforesaid, to ***him*** by the Court, now herewith ***his*** assent adjudged, which said damages, costs and charges in the whole amount to ***one hundred & seventy nine dollars 12 1/2 [cents] besides interest from 1st Jany 1843*** and be the said ***Deft.*** in mercy, and so forth.
>
>     ***J. Williams Pltff Atty***
>
> [Top margin:] Judgment Entered & Signed 12 April 1845 [?]
>     W. P. Price [?]
>     Clk

**Img. 6 - Back of the judgment**

> Lancaster
> A. B. Blackmon
> for J. M. Doby
>    v } Judgt.
> Elisha Blackmon
>
> J. Williams
> Pltff Atty
>
> Assessment - $162.00
> Int. fr. 1 Jany 1843
> Atto - 12.00
> Clk - 5.12 1/2

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**Img. 7 - Writ of fieri facias (printed form: "Fi. Fa. in Debt - Principal and Interest, Cost assessed as Damages - Printed by T. W. Pegues")**

> The State of South-Carolina.
> TO ALL AND SINGULAR THE SHERIFFS OF THE SAID STATE - GREETING:
>
> YOU, and each of you, are hereby commanded without delay that of the Goods and Chattels, Houses, Lands, and other hereditaments and real estates of ***Elisha Blackmon the Defendant*** you cause to be levied, as well a certain debt of ***one hundred and sixty two dollars*** as also the interest on the ***same*** from the ***first*** day of ***January*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty ***three*** until satisfaction shall be made of this Execution; and also, ***seventeen*** dollars and ***12 1/2*** cents, ***for his costs*** which ***A. B. Blackmon for J. M. Doby the Plff*** in the Court of Common Pleas, before the Judges of the said State, at ***Lancaster*** Court House, lately recovered against the said ***Deft.*** for damages which ***he*** sustained as well by reason of the detention of the debt aforesaid, as for ***his*** costs and charges, by ***him*** expended, in and about prosecuting ***his*** suit in that behalf, whereof the said ***Deft. is*** convicted, as appears on record. And that you have this Writ, and the said monies "according to law," before the Judges, at the Court of Common Pleas, to be holden at ***Lancaster*** Court House, to render to the said ***Plaintiff for his*** debt and damages aforesaid.
>
> WITNESS, ***W. P. Price [?]*** Esquire, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the District of ***Lancaster*** at ***Lancaster*** Court House, the ***twelfth*** day of ***April*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty ***five*** and in the ***sixty ninth*** year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
>
>     ***J. Williams Plff Atty***
>
> [Left margin:] W. P. Price [?] Clk
>
> [Bill of costs at the upper left of the sheet:]
> Atty - 12
> W. Price - 5
> 9 [?] Exn - 3
> Fi. fa. - 1.12
> W. Price - .37 1/2
> Ex. - .37 1/2
> Docket - .12 1/2
> Order for Judgt - .50
> Judgt - .25
> Jury & Ex - .25
> 9 [?] Exn - 1.25
> Record - 1.50
>     25.37 1/2 [?]

**Img. 8 - Back of the fi. fa. (levies, sales and returns)**

> [Left panel:]
> Entd. 12 April 1845
>     J. Adams
>     Shff
>
> 300 acres land levd. on as Deft's - & Bid off by B. J. Blackmon subject to mortgage [?] for $12 -
> Sold 3 Nov 1845, for $12 - applied to Costs
>
> I have levd. on 2 [illegible] horses 20 head Cattle, & about 30 head hogs - One Waggon, 1 set Blacksmith tools, Cart, Corn & Fodder, household & kitchen furniture -
> 24 Apl 1845
>     J. Adams
>     Shff
>
> Sold 4 Nov 1845, for $8.35 & applied to Case
> B. J. Blackmon [illegible]
>     J. Adams
>     Shff
>
> [Center panel:]
> Roll 3200
> Lancaster
> A. B. Blackmon
> for J. M. Doby
>    v } Fi. Fa. in Debt
> Elisha Blackmon
>
> J. Williams
> Pltff Atty
>
> Assessment - $162.00
> Int. fr. 1st Jany 1843
> Atty - 12.00
> Clk - 5.12 1/2
> Adams fi. fa. - 3.35
> Shff James Adams } 1.25
> Ent. Pay [?] & Ret. }
> on fi. fa.
>
> [Right panel, returns:]
> Nulla Bona
> 28 March 1846
>     J. Adams
>     Shff
>
> Nulla Bona
> 31 Octr 1846
>     J. Adams
>     Shff
>
> Nulla Bona
> 13 Apl 1847
>     J. Adams
>     Shff
>
> Nulla Bona
> 10 [?] March 1847 [?]
>     J. Adams
>     Shff
>
> N. B. 3 Nov 1847
>     J. Adams
>     Shff
>
> N. B. 6 [?] Apr 1848
>     J. Adams
>     Shff
>
> N. B. 3 Nov 1848
>     J. Adams
>     Shff
>
> Entd. 10 Mar 1849
>     James Adams
>     S.L.D.
>
> Nulla Bona
> March 1849
>     James Adams
>     Shff
>
> [Figures:] 2.75 / .60 / 3.35

*[The first item levied is "2 [illegible] horses"; the word may be "work." The dates of some of the "nulla bona" returns are faint.]*