# Lancaster County, SC - Court of Common Pleas - Judgment Roll 3417 | | | |---|---| | **Case** | Britain (Britian) Blackmon, for the use of William J. Connors, v. John Sings | | **Dates** | 1841-1850 | | **Roll** | Roll 3417 | | **Pages in source images** | 12 | ## Source Lancaster County (formerly Lancaster District), South Carolina, Court of Common Pleas, Judgment Roll 3417. 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 [3417](3417/), 12 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. - The plaintiff's given name is spelled "Britain" (on the note) and "Britian" (on the court papers). The use-plaintiff's surname is written "Connors," "Conner" and "Comm-" in different places; it reads most clearly as "Connors" on the judgment (Img. 12). - The note (Img. 4) was given for rent of land, and witnessed by Samuel B. Sims. ## Transcription **Img. 1 - Docket cover of the declaration** > [Right panel:] > 3417 (4) > Lancaster > Spring Term 1847 > > Britian Blackmon > pro al > vs } Decl[aratio]n in Assump^t > John Sings > > Wright & Stewart > Pltffs Attys > > Filed 9^th March 1847 > Order for Judgment same day > H. R. Price > Clk > > I assess the damages in this case at Eighty five dollars with interest from first Nov^r 1844 > H. R. Price > Clk > > The note was so [illegible] [?] as I [illegible] [?] > Clinton > April 12. 1847 > > [Left panel:] > Assm^t - $85 - > Int from 1 Nov^r 1844 > > Atty - 12 > Clk - 5.12 1/2 > Shff - 1.50 > > Fi. Fa. 11 Sept 1847 > H. R. Price > Clk > > Recorded in Book M > Page 59 *[The note signed "Clinton" is faint and hurried; only its first words and the date can be read.]* --- **Img. 3 - Declaration (printed form: "Declaration in Assumpsit - Camden Print")** > The State of South-Carolina, ***Lancaster*** DISTRICT. To-Wit: ***In the Common Pleas*** > > ***John Sings*** the Defendant was attached to ***Britian Blackmon for the use of William J. Connors the Plaintiff of a plea of trespass on the case &c*** [struck: the Plaintiff, of a Plea of Trespass on the case, and so forth.] > > AND THEREUPON, the said Plaintiff by ***Wright & Stewart his*** Attorney***s*** complain***s*** for that WHEREAS the said ***defendant*** on the ***fifteenth*** day of ***November*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ***forty one*** at ***Lancaster Court House*** in the District and State aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, made ***his*** certain PROMISSORY NOTE, in writing, bearing date the day and year aforesaid, and thereby, then and there promised to pay the said ***Plaintiff*** or ***order*** the full and just sum of ***Eighty five Dollars, on or before the first day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty four*** for value received, by reason whereof, and by force of the Statute in such case made and provided, and made of force in this State, the said Defendant then and there became liable to pay to the said Plaintiff the said sum of money in the said Note specified, according to the tenor and effect of the said Note; and being so liable, the said Defendant in consideration thereof, afterwards, to-wit on the day and year aforesaid, at the place aforesaid and within the jurisdiction aforesaid, undertook, and then and there faithfully promised the said Plaintiff to pay ***him*** the said sum of money, in the said Note specified, according to the tenor and effect of the said Note: > > [struck: And whereas, also, the said Defendant afterwards, to-wit on the ... day of ... in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ... at the place aforesaid ... indebted to the said Plaintiff in the farther sum of ... and being so indebted, the said Defendant in consideration thereof, afterwards, to-wit: on the day and year last aforesaid, at the place aforesaid, undertook, and then and there faithfully promised to said Plaintiff to pay ... the said last mentioned sum of money when the said Defendant should be thereunto afterwards requested.] > > Yet the said Defendant not regarding ***his*** said several promises and undertakings, made in form aforesaid, but contriving and fraudulently intending craftily and subtilely to deceive and defraud, the said Plaintiff in this behalf ***hath*** not as yet paid the said several sums of money, or either of them, or any part thereof, to the said Plaintiff although often requested so to do, but to pay the same to the said Plaintiff the said Defendant ***hath*** hitherto wholly neglected and refused, and still ***doth*** neglect and refuse to the damage of the said Plaintiff ***Two Hundred Dollars*** and therefore ***he*** bring suit, and so forth. > > ***Wright & Stewart*** > ***Pltffs Attys*** **Img. 2 - Back of the declaration (copy of the note)** > Copy Note > > On or before the first of November in the year 1844 I promise to pay Britian Blackmon or order the just sum of Eighty five dollars the same being for value received for rent of land this the 15 day of November 1841 > Test Signed John Sings > Samuel B. Sims **Img. 4 - The original promissory note** > On or befour the first of November in the year 184[struck: 3] 4 I promise to pay Britain Blackmon or his order the just sum of Eighty five dollars the same being for value received for rent of land this the 15 day of November 1841 > Test John Sings > Samuel B. Sims *[The year "1844" is written with the 4 over a 3.]* --- **Img. 7 - 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 bod***y of John Sings, the Defendant*** 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*** Court House, in and for the District of ***Lancaster*** on the ***third*** Monday after the ***fourth*** Monday in ***October*** [struck: next], to answer to ***Britian Blackmon for the use of W. J. Connors the Plaintiff of a Plea of trespass on the case and so forth, and also for certain promises and assumptions by the said Defendant to the said Plaintiff made and not performed*** [struck: of a Plea that the Defendant do render to the Plaintiff the sum of ... Cents, which to the said Plaintiff the said Defendant owe and from the said Plaintiff unjustly detain] to the damage of the said Plaintiff ***Two 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, ***H. R. Price*** Esquire, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for ***Lancaster*** District, the ***29th*** day of ***October*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty ***six*** and in the sixty ***71st*** [sic] year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. > > ***Wright & Stewart*** Plaintiff's Attorneys > > [Left margin:] H. R. Price > Clk **Img. 8 - Back of the writ (sheriff's return)** > [Left panel:] > Ent^d 29 Octr 1846 > J. Adams > Shff > > I have personally served the Deft by Copy of the writ 30 Oct 1846 [?] > J. Adams > Shff > > Ent 25 > Ser 1 > 5 m[iles] 25 > 1.50 > > [Center panel:] > 181/42 [?] > Lancaster > Fall Term 1846 > > Britian Blackmon > pro al > vs } Writ in Assmpt > John Sings > > Wright & Stewart > Pltffs Attys > > Original > > Service proven before me > H. R. Price > Clk --- **Img. 5 - Subpoena (printed form)** > THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. > The State of South Carolina. > > To ***J. Mungo [?]*** > > YOU, and each of you, are hereby strictly required and firmly enjoined, that all business being laid aside, and all excuses ceasing, you do in your proper person, appear before the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, to be holden at ***Lancaster*** Court House, in and for the District of ***Lancaster*** on the ***third*** Monday after the ***fourth*** Monday in ***March next***, then and there to testify the truth, according to your knowledge, in a certain cause now depending, and to be tried between ***Britian Blackmon pro al*** Plaintiff and ***John Sings*** Defendant on the part and in behalf of the ***Pltff*** > > Herein fail not, on pain of the forfeiture of ten pounds Proclamation Money, as well as the consequences that may fall thereon. > > WITNESS, ***H. R. Price*** Esquire, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for ***Lancaster*** District, the ***20th*** day of ***March*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty ***7*** and in the [illegible] year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. > > ***Wright & Stewart*** > > [Left margin:] H. R. Price Clk **Img. 6 - Back of the subpoena** > Lancaster > Britian Blackmon > pro al > vs } Sub Writ > John Sings > > Wright & Stewart > Pltffs Attys > > J. Mungo [?] --- **Img. 12 - Judgment by default (printed form: "Judgment on Writ of Inq. Damages assessed by Clerk, Debt or Assumpsit - Morgan's Press")** > ***Spring*** TERM, 18***47*** > > And now at this day, to wit, the ***third monday after the fourth*** Monday in ***March*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ***forty seven*** come***s*** the said ***Britian Blackmon for Will. J. Connors*** the Plaintiff by ***his*** Attorney***s*** aforesaid, and pray***s*** that the said ***John Sings*** the Defendant to the Declaration of ***him*** the said Plaintiff may answer: and the said Defendant being solemnly called, come not, but make default, whereby the said Plaintiff remain thereof against ***him*** undefended: WHEREFORE, it is considered by the Court now here, that the said Plaintiff ought to recover against the said Defendant the damages by ***him*** sustained by reason of the premises: But because it is unknown to the Court what those damages are: > > It is therefore, Ordered, That the same be referred to the Clerk of the said Court, to ascertain the sum actually due by the said Defendant to the said Plaintiff pursuant to the directions of the Act of the General Assembly of the said State, in such case made and provided; and the said Clerk thereupon having ascertained the same, and assessed the Damages of the said Plaintiff by reason of the premises, besides ***his*** costs and charges by ***him*** expended in and about prosecuting suit in this behalf, to ***Eighty five Dollars*** with interest [struck: on] from the ***first*** day of ***November*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ***forty four*** > > Therefore, it is considered by the Court now here, that the said Plaintiff do recover against the said Defendant the said sum of ***Eighty five Dollars*** the damages so ascertained and assessed as aforesaid; and also ***Eighteen Dollars sixty two & 1/2 cts*** for ***his*** costs and charges aforesaid, to ***him*** by the Court now here, with ***his*** assent adjudged; which said damages, costs and charges, in the whole amount to ***One hundred & three Dollars 62 1/2 cts*** with interest on ***Eighty five Dollars*** from the ***first*** day of ***Nov^r*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ***44*** > > And be the said Defendant in mercy, and so forth. > > ***Wright & Stewart*** Plaintiffs Attorney. > > [Left margin, written vertically:] Judgment Ent^d up & Signed 11^th Sept 1847 > H. R. Price > Clk > > [Figures in the margin:] 85 / 18 - 62 1/2 / 103. **Img. 11 - Back of the judgment (docket and clerk's bill)** > Britian Blackmon > for use of > vs } Judg^t [?] > John Sings > > Assmt # 85-00 > Int fr 1 Nov^r 1844 > > Atty - 12 - > Clk - 5.12 1/2 > Shff - 1.50 > > Satisfied 24 July 1850 > H. R. Price > Clk > > [Clerk's bill, upper left:] > Atty W & D [writ & declaration] - $8 / Sub. Writ - 1 / J & Ex - 3 12 - > Clk W & D - 87 1/2 / Ord for Judg^t - 12 1/2 / 1 Sub. Writ - 50 / Docket - 12 1/2 / Assessment - 25 / J & Ex - 1.25 / Record - 1.50 / Satisfac[tio]n - 25 5.12 1/2 > Shff E & Ser - 1.25 / 5 Miles - 25 1.50 --- **Img. 9 - Writ of fieri facias (printed form: "Fi. Fa. in Debt")** > THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. > To all and singular the Sheriffs of the said State. > > You and each of you, are hereby commanded, without delay that of the Goods and Chattels, Houses and Lands and other Hereditaments and Real Estates of ***John Sings*** you cause to be levied a certain debt of ***Eighty five Dollars with interest from the first November 1844*** which ***Britian Blackmon for W. J. Connors*** lately recovered in the Court of Common Pleas, before the Justices of the said Court at ***Lancaster*** Court House against the said ***defendant*** AND ALSO, the sum of ***Eighteen Dollars 62 1/2 cts*** for ***his*** damages, which ***he*** sustained, as well by reason of the detention of the said debt, as for costs and charges by ***him*** expended in and about prosecuting ***his*** suit in this behalf, whereof the said ***defendant was*** convicted, as appears of record. > > AND have you the said Money and this Writ according to Law, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, to be holden at ***Lancaster*** Court House to render to the said ***Pltff*** for ***his*** debt, damages, costs and charges aforesaid. > > Witness, ***H. R. Price*** Esquire, Clerk of the said Court, at ***Lancaster*** Court House the ***10th*** day of ***Sept*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty ***7*** and in the ***72nd*** year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. > > ***Wright & Stewart*** Plaintiff's Attorney. > > [Left margin:] H. R. Price > Clk **Img. 10 - Back of the fi. fa. (payments and accounts)** > [Left panel:] > Ent^d 15 Sep^r 1847 > J. Adams > Shff > > Rec^d by Alex^r Wright twenty five Dollars [struck: Nov^r 1847] > > Rec^d by application for Case J. Sings v W. J. Conner Forty Dollars 13 Ap^l 1847 > J. Adams > Shff > > Rec^d 11 Ap^l 1848 in cash from Deft thirty five Dollars > J. Adams > > Ent^d 10 Mar 1849 > James Adams > Shff > > [Center panel:] > Roll 3417 135 > Lancaster > Britian Blackmon > for W. J. Connors > vs } Fi. Fa. > John Sings > > Wright & Stewart > > Asst - $85.00 > Int fr 1^st Nov^r 1844 - 18.09 > 103.09 > Atty - 12 > Clk - 5.12 1/2 > Shff - 1.50 > Ex[ecutio]n & Com[missions] - 2.50 [?] 5.50 [?] > > [Right panel, account:] > Debt $85 - > Int fr 1 Nov 1844 to 13 Apl 1847 14.62 > 99.62 > Rec^d fr Decr in case Sings v Connor 40 > 59.62 > Int fr 13 Apl 1847 to 13 Nov 1847 2.44 > 62.06 > Rec^d by Atto Nov 1847 25 > 37.06 > Int fr Nov 1847 to Apl 48 1.08 > 39.14 > Attorney 12, Clk 3.72, Shff 1.50, Fi fa 4.50 23.12 [?] > $62.26 > Rec^d 11 Apl 48 35 > Fi fa 27.26 > 1.25 > $28.51 > > Rec^d 24 July 1850 Twenty eight Dolls & 57 Cents in full > James Adams > Shff *[The sheriff's figures are given as written. The $40 credit was "by application" of money from a separate case, J. Sings v. W. J. Conner, apparently a cross-suit by the defendant against the use-plaintiff. The last receipt gives $28.57 against the $28.51 in the account.]*