# Lancaster County, SC - Court of Common Pleas - Judgment Roll 3534

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| **Case** | Elisha Blackmon v. Amos Blackmon, Raleigh Hammond, Samuel N. Hammond & James Hughes |
| **Dates** | 1845-1848 |
| **Roll** | Roll 3534 |
| **Pages in source images** | 35 |

## Source

Lancaster County (formerly Lancaster District), South Carolina, Court of Common Pleas, Judgment Roll 3534. 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 3534 - Blackmon vs Blackmon et al.pdf](Judgment%20Roll%203534%20-%20Blackmon%20vs%20Blackmon%20et%20al.pdf), 35 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.

**Notes on these images:**

- Pp. 28 and 29 are two photos of the same page.
- The 13 subpoena papers (pp. 5, 9-20, 33-35) are on the same printed forms and are summarized in a table.

## Transcription

**PDF p. 1 - Docket cover of the declaration**

> [Center panel:]
> Roll 3534    76
> Lancaster
> Elisha Blackman
>    vs          } Trespass Quare
> Amos Blackmon  } Clausum Fregit &c.
> et al.
>                 $5000.00
> Clintons Pff atty
>
> Filed 1st Novr 1845
> Rule Post[ed] same day
>     H R Price clk
>
> Compromised by Defendts paying Costs Fall Term 1847
>
> Fi Fa for Clk & Shffs costs 10th Decr 1847
>     H R Price clk
>
> Boyce & Johnson / [I.] Hanna [?] [defendants' attorneys]
>
> Recorded in Book M pages 269-70-71
>
> [Left panel - witness fees:]
> P. Fleming - $5
> D. Chase - 4
> Nancy C Baskins - 2
> Jas William[s] - 4
> Jno & B. Smalls - 10
> J. Small Jr - 5
> Wm Garris [? / Parish?] - 5
> Delila Small - 4
> Wm F Brasington - 2
> J B Small - 4
> C [D.?] Henson - 5
> Jackson Stogner - 4
> Eli Johnston 1 day - [?]
>          $61
>
> [Clerk's and sheriff's fees, summarized on p. 25.]

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**PDF pp. 2-4 - Declaration**

> State of South Carolina } In the Common pleas
> Lancaster District } To wit.
> Amos Blackmon, Raleigh Hammond, Samuel N. Hammond and James Hughey the Defendants were attached to answer to Elisha Blackmon the Plaintiff of a plea wherefore with force and arms the close or lot of him the said Plaintiff situate in the State & District aforesaid & in which is situate the dwelling house & cook house of Plaintiff, they in December last in the night time did break and enter, also the dwelling house & cook house aforesaid did likewise break and enter at the same time & other wrongs & injuries then & there did contrary to the peace and dignity of the said State to the damage of the plaintiff five thousand dollars.
>
> Whereupon the said Plaintiff by Clintons his attorneys complains for that the said Defendants on the night of the twenty fifth day of December in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred & forty four in the State & District aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said Defendants with force & arms, the close or lot of the Plaintiff being in the District aforesaid upon which the Plaintiff lives & resides and on which is situate his dwelling & cook house or kitchen containing five acres more or less, did break and enter; the gates & bars leading into the said lot did break open & destroy & the fence & paling around the said lot they broke down, threw off & destroyed; the doors & windows & walls of the dwelling & kitchen or cook house aforesaid did beat against, force open, damage & destroy; the soil in said lot did subvert, the yard therein & about the dwelling house they tore up & broke the smoothe surface thereof, & made great noise & disturbance, and did then & there seize, take & carry off three negroes viz John, Bob & Sam of the goods & chattels of the said Plaintiff, & other wrongs & injuries then & there did contrary to the peace and dignity of the said State to the damage of the said Elisha five thousand dollars.
>
> And the said Plaintiff further complains for that the said Defendants afterwards, on the same day & year aforesaid at the place aforesaid, & within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, with force and arms the enclosure & lot of him the Plaintiff in which the dwelling & kitchen house of the Plaintiff is situate [^in the night time] with force & arms did break & enter; the dwelling house aforesaid the said Defendants did beat against & strike, the doors of the dwelling house as well as kitchen did break open, throw down & destroy; the gate or gates & bars through which the lot or enclosure around the lot & dwelling house is made did break open & throw down, the soil subvert, the grass tread down, and there [& about]
>
> [p. 3] did loiter & continue for a great length of time keeping great noise & disturbance, & continued to use threatening, provoking, and insulting language during their continuance, & their gestures and acts were threatening & terrific, and other wrongs & injuries then and there did contrary to the peace and dignity of the said State to the damage of the said Plaintiff other five thousand dollars.
>
> And the said Plaintiff further complains for that the said Defendants afterwards, on the same day & night & year aforesaid at the place aforesaid & within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court with force & arms the enclosure & lot of him the said Plaintiff in which the dwelling house & kitchen of the said Plaintiff is situate did break & enter, riding on horses, running, charging & manoeuvring in an insulting & threatening manner to & fro, backward & forward, around & about the dwelling & kitchen houses of the said Plaintiff, subverting the soil, tearing up, disfiguring & materially injuring the yard & close thereabouts, with their swords & scabbards & other weapons of hostility clashing & clanking about their horses sides & the skirts of their saddles, to the great annoyance, disturbance & dismay & fearful apprehensions of the said Plaintiff & his family, who were much alarmed & affrighted [struck: at the] especially himself being old & very infirm & the females of his family at the threatening character of the acts & deeds of the said Defendants then & there committed & performed, inasmuch as the said Plaintiff & his family being in the inside of their dwelling house could hear frequently many divers whisperings, low toned, cautious kind of conversations in which the Defendants aforesaid around & about the outside [of the house] were engaged, as if the Defendants aforesaid were plotting, conspiring & scheming some plan of carrying off other three negroes John, Bob & Sam of the goods & chattels of the said Plaintiff & other wrongs & injuries then & there did contrary to the peace & dignity of the said State to the damage of the said Elisha other five thousand dollars.
>
> And the said Plaintiff further complains for that the said Defendants heretofore, to wit, on the twenty sixth day of December in the year [aforesaid], State and District aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this Court, with force & arms, [the] enclosed lot [^containing five acres more or less] in the State and District aforesaid in which is situate the dwelling house of the Plaintiff, the said Defendants did break and enter into, and did then & there advise, command & assist one [blank] Hinson to force and enter the said lot, & to break open and enter the dwelling house of the Plaintiff & the Defendants then & there remained in & about the lot afores[ai]d for a great length of time making great noise & disturbance with guns, swords, pistols & obscene & provoking language
>
> [p. 4] to the terror and alarm of the Plaintiff and his family; and other wrongs & injuries then & there did contrary to the peace & dignity of the said State, to the damage of the said Plaintiff other five thousand dollars.
>
> And the said Plaintiff further complains, for that heretofore, to wit, on the twenty third day of Decr in the State & District aforesaid & within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the enclosed lot containing five acres more or less situate in the State and District aforesaid, in which is situate the dwelling & kitchen houses of the Plaintiff, the said Defendants with force & arms did break through & enter, & the dwelling house did strike against & beat open, the kitchen door aforesaid they burst open & threw down, & seized & carried off three negroes, Bob, Sam & John of the Plaintiff, and made the great noise & disturbance, & did then & there commit gross acts of rudeness & impoliteness to the family of the Plaintiff, and other wrongs and injuries then & there did contrary to the peace & dignity of the said State to his damage other five thousand dollars.
>
> And the said Defendant [sic] further complains for that heretofore to wit, on the twenty fourth day of December, in the State and District afores[ai]d and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the close or lot containing five acres more or less situate in the State and District aforesaid, on which is situate the dwelling house & kitchen house of the Plaintiff and where he resides, surrounded with a fence or paling, the said Defendants with force and arms did break & enter, & continued to break and enter the same from the said twenty fourth day of Decr until late in the evening of the twenty sixth of the same month, and did then & there continuously with force enter into & go out of the said lot, break over the fence, through the gates, & pull down & destroy the fence & gates, beat against the dwelling house & the doors thereof, tore down the kitchen doors, made great noise and disturbance, subverted the soil, tread down the grass; three negroes of the Plaintiff, Bob, John, Sam, they seized & carried off & other wrongs & injuries then and there did contrary to the peace & dignity of the said State, to the damage of the said Plaintiff other five thousand dollars & therefore he brings suit &c.
>                                 Clintons Pff attys

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**PDF pp. 27-30 - Affidavit of Elisha Blackmon, 24 Feb 1845**

> State of South Carolina }
> Lancaster District }
> Personally came Elisha Blackmon before me and states on oath that he is the Executor of the will of Samuel McCorkle, that as Executor he had in his possession three negroes, John, Bob & Sam, besides others. That on Monday morning 23d of Decr last, Raleigh Hammonds & Amos Blackmon [forcibly? / for all?] seized & took into their possession two of the above negroes John & Bob [struck: How they continued to take the possession]. They found John & Bob at houses of their respective wives & carried them off. They detained them all day Monday & Monday night. On Tuesday morning early, the said Amos & Raleigh rode close by the dwelling house of Deponent, & then had Bob & John mounted on separate horses riding in their rear. As they passed the house of deponent they bowed their heads to the family in a contemptuous manner, & after they had passed the house they wheeled their horses round fronting towards the family & bowed to them their heads sitting on their horses in a sneering contemptible & provoking manner. Deponent has the above stated from the information of his family which deponent believes to be true. He was not at home himself when they passed his house. They however as deponent is informed passed on with the two negroes.
>
> Deponent further states that on the Wednesday night following the said Amos and Raleigh returned to Deponent's house about 9 or ten Oclock in the night in company with Saml N Hammonds and James Hughes. They seemed to be armed with swords & guns or a gun. As they approached, they rode slowly as if to surprise
>
> [p. 28] when they arrived at the house. Amos Blackmon got off his horse, opened the gate into the lot about the house (dwelling house) & came & knocked at the door. He was asked when he knocked who he was by one of the family within. He answered & said in a changed or altered tone of voice "Me". He was asked again who he was & he said Blackmon. He was asked again if it was Amos Blackmon, & he said yes. He said he wanted to see Deponent; [struck: or] that it would be more in Deponent's favour than he Deponent was aware of. The doors was not opened to him & he returned to the other three on the outside the lot or gate & got on his horse again & they all four rode around the lot to a place opposite the cook house, where they all stopped. Amos again got off his horse, went into the lot (the cook house & dwelling house being in the same lot) & [struck: broke] forced open the door of the cook house & went in. In a short time he came out, got over the fence & upon his horse & they all four galloped off one after the other in the direction whence they came. They returned a second time about midnight of the same night, & rode round the lot & went off in a different direction. About 2 Oclock of the same night they returned again on horse back, did not get [struck: back] down, but would ride & stop & talk low & seemed as if they were trying to settle some plan of a secret nature. They went off the [struck: third] time & returned again about 5 Oclock. They rode the last time close by the house towards the stable & then went off galloping & making a great noise. During all this night the family of Deponent were greatly alarmed & regarded themselves as in imminent danger from the conduct of those four persons; & deponent felt himself insecure from the hostile appearance which they kept up during the whole night in the manner before described.
>
> Deponent further states that on the Thursday following, in this deponent's absence from home, as he is informed & believes, the four persons above named returned to the house of deponent in company with one Hinson. They all stopped at the gate. Hinson got [struck: down] into the lot & wanted to enter the dwelling house, but the wife of deponent prevented. They remained about the house & lot until late in the evening. Samuel N. Hammonds, deponent is informed, had a sword or something like one concealed under his coat.
>
> Deponent further states that during the times that [struck: ...] Blackmon, the two Hammonds, Hughes & Hinson were at or about his dwelling (by day or night) they seemed to be acting together as if their purpose was common, & on a prior agreement or understanding; & deponent believes & expects to prove that their object was to get into the possession of the McCorkle negroes (6 in number) & run them off.
>
> Deponent further states that he is informed and believes that Amos Blackmon got the possession of one other of those negroes called Sam whom deponent had hired out that year to Mr. Brasington. Deponent believes that Amos Blackmon & Raleigh Hammonds had the possession of Bob, John & Sam two or three days; & [struck: the] they lost the possession of them at last as deponent believes by the negroes breaking & running off from them & coming home to deponent.
>
> Deponent believes as he is informed, that the entry into his lot & cook house was against
>
> [p. 30] law & the seizure & detention of the negroes aforesaid an invasion of his legal right & dominion of property. That the conduct of all about his house in the night time & in the day time was well calculated to create increasing and apprehensions in his family for their safety, & was provoking in the extreme to deponent. Deponent states that he would not live the same scene over again for five hundred dollars.
> Sworn to before me
> this 24 Feby 1845        Elisha Blackmon
> S Beckham Clk
>
> [Endorsed on the back:] Elisha Blackmon's Affidavit

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**PDF p. 31 - Original writ (attachment), 1845 (printed form: "Writ in Debt" - Pegues Print; adapted)**

> The State of South-Carolina. ***Lancaster Dis[tric]t***
> 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***ies of Amos Blackmon, Raleigh Hammons, Samuel N. Hammonds & James Hughes*** the Defendant***s*** wheresoever found within your and each of your respective Districts, so that you compel the said Defendant***s*** 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 ***March*** next, to answer to ***Elisha Blackmon the Plaintiff of a plea wherefore with force and arms the close or lot of the Plaintiff situate in the State and District aforesaid and in which is situate the dwelling house & cook house of Plaintiff, they in December last in the night time did break and enter, also the dwelling*** [struck: house & kitchen] ***& cook house aforesaid did likewise break & enter at the same time & other wrongs & injuries then & there did contrary to the peace and dignity of the said State to the damage of the Plaintiff five thousand*** [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] 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, for ***Lancaster*** District the ***28th*** day of ***February*** in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty ***f[ive]*** and in the sixty ***ninth*** year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
>                                 ***Clintons*** Plaintiff's Attorney
> [Left margin:] S Beckham Clk

**PDF p. 32 - Back of the writ (arrest, bail order and service)**

> [Left panel:]
> Ent[ere]d 28 Feb 1845 [struck: 29]
>     H. Hancock Shff
> Ent[ere]d 5 Mar 1845
>     J. Adams Shff
>
> I have by James Adams pers[onally] served each of the defend[an]ts [with] a copy [of] this writ with a notice thereon endorsed; at the same time I have arrested each deft and taken their Bonds, viz:
> S. N. Hammond with R. J. Hammond his security,
> Amos Blackmon with W. Blackmon his security,
> J. Hughes with J. P. Chapman his security,
> & R. Hammond & W. Blackmon his security
> in Bail Bonds - 7 March 1845
> 50 ms        J. Adams Shff
>
> [Center panel:]
> Lancaster    32/38
> 34/6
> Elisha Blackman
>    vs          } Writ in Quare
> Amos Blackmon  } Clausum
> et al          } et Domum [?]
>                } Fregit
>                 $5,000.00
> Clintons Pltffs attys
>
> Ent - .25
> Ser - 6. -
> 4 Bonds - 4. -
> 50 m - 2.50    $12.75
>
> Original
> Service proved before me 15th March 1845    H R Price Clk
>
> On reading the within affadavit it is ordered that the defendants each be held to Bail in the sum of One Thousand dollars with good & sufficient securities. - This 28 Feby 1845
>     S Beckham Clk
>     & C[ommissioner of Special] Bail

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**PDF pp. 21-23 - Interrogatories for Elisha Reeves of Pike County, Georgia**

> [p. 21, outside:]
> Lancaster
> Elisha Blackmon
>    vs          } Interrogatories to be put to Elisha Reeves
> Amos Blackmon et al
> Clinton Pff atty
>
> The Defendants will take notice that they must put in cross Interrogatories & strike commissioners within 10 days after notice, after which time Pff will take out his Commission & examine witness.
>                                 Clinton Pf atty
>
> [Left:] Copy Ser[ved on] James Hughes
>
> [p. 22:]
> Elisha Blackmon
>    vs
> Amos Blackmon    } Trespass Quare Clausum
> Raleigh Hammond  } Fregit.
> Saml N. Hammond
> James Hughes
>
> Interrogatories to be administered to Elisha Reeves, a witness on the part of the Plaintiff, residing in Pike County Georgia.
>
> Question 1. Are you acquainted with the parties in the above case?
> 2d. Will you state if you were in the neighbourhood of Plaintiff on the night of the 25th Dec. 1844? At whose house were you & how came you there? How far is that from Plaintiff's house?
> 3d. Was or was not Byrum Blackmon with you at Mrs Reeves' house that night?
> 4. State if Byrum Blackmon received word from Plaintiff that night, & about what time, that Defendants were about to enter the lot & dwelling house of Plaintiff in a rude & forcible manner? or what word did he receive?
> 5. State what then became of Byrum, & state whether or not you went to Plaintiff's house afterwards that night, & for what purpose did you go?
> 6. How often did Defendants come to the house of Plaintiff that night after you got there? & state about the time of night each time?
> 7. Be particular and describe the conduct of each of Defts during the night the several times they came (words & deeds).
> 8. Did they or did they not appear to act in concert as if they had some purpose in common? Did they or did they not always come & go away together?
> 9. Were they or not hostile in their appearance? Did you not see fire arms, swords, pistols & bludgeons in their possession, & were they as much concealed as possible by them?
> 10. Was or was not their conduct off & on during the night well calculated to disturb the repose of a family, & greatly
>
> [p. 23] alarm females?
> 11. What was the condition or situation of Plaintiff during all night?
> 12. Was your position such that you could see & discover the Defendants, & ascertain them well in the night?
> 13. What sort of noise did they make? and did you or not at any time that night see either of Defendants on the lot or inclosure of Plaintiff, or his kitchen or out houses?
> 14. Did you know that Defts or either of them broke down the door & entered the kitchen house of Plaintiff that night?
> 15. Do you know what their common purpose was that night at the house of Plaintiff?
> 16. State whether or not you heard Amos Blackmon say if he could get hold of the McCorkle negroes he would run them off? State what he said about the negroes?
> 17. Who of the family of Plaintiff were at home on the night of 25th Decr 1844?
> 18. Were you at the house when the Defendants with a Constable the next day came to make a search?
> 19. Did you not advise Plaintiff to sue the Defendants for their transgression that night?
> 20. If you know any thing else material for Plaintiff state it fully?
>                                 Clinton Pff atty

*[The answers aren't in the roll.]*

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**PDF pp. 7-8 - List of the plaintiff's witnesses**

> List of Elesha Blackmons witnesses
> Peter Flemming - 1
> Philmon Robertson - 2
> John Small, Sr - 3
> John Small Jr - 4
> Wm Garrass [? / Parish?] - 5
> Delilah Small
> Eli Johnson - 6
> old John Belk Sr - 7
> + A. B. Blackmon - 8  }
> + Delila Blackmon - 9 }
> + B. J. Blackmon - 10 }
> David Chaise [Chase] - 11
> Jackson Stogner - 12
> Bobby Small
>
> [p. 8, back:] Those Witnesses are subpoena[e]d except Delila Blackmon, A B & B. J. Blackmon

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**Subpoenas (PDF pp. 5, 9-20, 33-35)** - all for the plaintiff, E. (Elisha) Blackmon v. A. (Amos) Blackmon et al., signed "Clintons, Pff atty," and witnessed by H. R. Price, clerk:

| PDF p. | Witnesses named | Term | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Eli Johnson | Fall 1846 (3rd Mon. after 4th Mon. Oct. "instant") | 3 Nov 1846 |
| 9-10 | Eli Johnston | July 1846 (2nd Mon. in July) | 8 July 1846. On the back: "Eli Johnston proves four days before me July 16. 1846. J. H. Witherspoon, O.L.D." and "July 16th 1846 Rec'd on the within One dollar"; signed Eli Johnston |
| 11-12 | James Williams, Peter Fleming | July 1846 | 1 July 1846 ("70th" year) |
| 13 | Peter Fleming, Philemon Robertson, John Small Sr. & John Small Jr. | Fall 1846 | [3?] Nov 1846 |
| 14 | David Chase, Jackson Stogner, Babby [Bobby] Small & Delilah Blackmon | Fall 1846 | 3 Nov 1846 |
| 15 | Nancy Baskins, Joel B. Small, Wm. F. Brasington & Daniel Henson | Fall 1846 | 3 Nov 1846 |
| 16 | William Parish [? / Garris?] Jr., Eli Johnson, Delilah Small & John Belk Sr. | Fall 1846 | 3 Nov 1846 |
| 17 | Wm. Parish [?], Delilah Small, Eli Johnston, John Belk Sr. (case titled "Elisha Blackmon v. Amos Blackmon, Raleigh Hammond et al") | July 1846 | 8 July 1846 |
| 18 | Daniel Henson & Joel B. Small & Wm. Marshall | July 1846 | [5?] July 1846 |
| 19 | David Chase, Jackson Stogner, Babby Small & Delilah Blackmon | July 1846 | 8 July 1846 |
| 20 | Peter Flemming, Phil. Robertson, John Small Sr. & John Small Jr. (Patriot Office form; "forty five" struck, "six" written) | July 1846 | 8 July 1846 |
| 34-35 | Nancy C. Baskin, Wm. F. Brasington, B. J. Blackm[on], A. B. Blackm[on] | July 1846 | 1 July 1846. The back lists the witnesses: "Nancy C. Baskin, Wm. F. Brasington, B. J. Blackmon, [struck: Byrum] A. B. Blackmon" |

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**PDF p. 6 - Note of Nancy Baskin, 10 Apr 1848**

> Mr H. R. Price, sir let R. Hammond have the supeny I filed with you which is three Dollars in place of two. N.B. the above is in the case between Elisha Blackmon & Amos Blackmon & others and this will be my recept for the same April 10th 1848.
>                                 Nancy Bakin [Baskin]

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**PDF p. 26 - Settlement agreement, 17 Nov 1846**

> Elisha Blackman        } Lancaster
>    vs                  } In the Common Pleas
> Amos Blackman          } Fall Term 1846.
> Rawleigh Hammond et al } Trespass.
>
> The parties in the above case agree to settle it on the following terms.
> The Defendants Amos Blackman & Rawleigh Hammond agree to release the Plaintiff from the decree for hire obtained against Plaintiff in the case of Milly Gordon vs Elisha Blackman Executor so far as they representing the right of Milly Gordon have a right to do, that is the Plaintiff is to be released from any claim for hire on the part of Milly Gordon.
> Plaintiff is to pay Biram, A. B. Blackman & Anne [?] Blackman & his own Attorneys costs in this suit [struck: also costs due Eli Johnson].
> [struck: The] Defendants are to pay the ballance of the costs in this case.
> In consideration of this agreement the said Plaintiff on his part releases & discharges the Defendants from any claim for damages in this case & hereby abandons & discharges this case.
> The Defendants Amos Blackman & Rawleigh [Hammond] as & for Milly Gordon & themselves release & discharge the Plaintiff from any claim for hire on the part of Milly Gordon vs E. Blackman now due by decree of the Court of Equity.
> Witness our Hands & Seals November 17, 1846.
> Witness                 Amos Blackmon (L.S.)
> W. W. Boyd              Rawleigh Hammond (L.S.)
>                         Jas. F. Hughes (L.S.)
>                         Elisha Blackman (L.S.)

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**PDF p. 24 - Execution for costs, 10 Dec 1847 (handwritten)**

> South Carolina } To all & singular the
> Lancaster Dist } Sheriffs of the said State
> You & each of you are hereby commanded to make or cause to be made of the Goods & chattles, Lands & Tenements of Amos Blackman, Raleigh Hammond & J. F. Hughs or either of them the sum of Fifty Seven Dollars & Seventy seven & 1/2 cents for Sheriffs & Clerks costs in a case lately compromised in the Court of Common Pleas for said District wherein Elisha Blackman was plaintiff & the said A. Blackman, R Hammond, J. F. Hughes & [blank] defendants, as appears from the records of said Court.
> And have you there this Writ with the costs aforesaid before the associate Judges of the said State at Lancaster Court House "according to Law".
> Witness H. R. Price Esquire Clerk of the said Court at Lancaster Court House the [struck: third] tenth day of December 1847.
> [Left margin:] H R Price Clk

**PDF p. 25 - Back of the execution (bill of costs)**

> [Left:] Ent[ere]d 10 Dec 1847    J Adams Shff
>
> [Center:]
> Roll 3534
> Lancaster    148
> E Blackman
>    v          } Fi Fa for Shff & Clerks Cost
> A Blackman & others
>
> [Written large across the panel:] Satisfied 11 March 1848 [?]
>
> Shff cost - $44.65
> Ck do - 13.12
>          $57.77
> Clk further - 1.50
>          59.27
>          1.50
>          1.44
>          $62.21 [?]
>
> [Right - the sheriff's bill:]
> Ent Writ .25 / 4 arrests 6. - / 4 Bonds 4. - / 50 ms 2.50 - $12.75
> Ent Interrog[atorie]s .25 / Ser 1.00 / 12 ms .60 - $1.85
> Ent 7 S[ub] Writs 1.75 / 7 Services 3.50 / Travelling 334 ms @ 5c 16.70 - $21.95
> Ent Interrog .25 / 3 Services 3. - / 1 Search .50 / 48 miles 2.40 - $6.15
>                                                          44.65
> [The clerk's bill:]
> Writ & Decl .87 / Plea .25 Rule .25 .50 / Bail .50, 2 Com[missions] 1.50 2. - / 10 S Writs 5. - / 4 Ent 1.00, 4 Dock[ets] .50 1.50 / Ex 1.50, Record 1.50 3. - / Afft & Satis[faction] .25 - 13.12
> Tax[e]d & Examined $57.77 by me 10 Dec 1847

**PDF p. 33 - Sheriff's working of costs**

> Shff Cost in Case E Blackman v A Blackman et al: 5.30 / 6.00 / 6.00 / 13.35 / 1.25 / 12.75 - 44.65, less 12.75 = 31.90
> 7 Sub Writs / 2 Com[missions] / 1 Writ