# Lancaster County, SC - Court of Common Pleas - Judgment Roll 452 | | | |---|---| | **Case** | Robert Love v. William Caston | | **Dates** | 1811-1814 | | **Roll** | Box 12 [?], Roll 452 | | **Pages in source images** | 8 | ## Source Lancaster County (formerly Lancaster District), South Carolina, Court of Common Pleas, Judgment Roll 452 (Box 12 [?]). 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 [452](452/), 8 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:** - Imgs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 were photographed sideways and were rotated for reading. - The box number on the docket cover is small and faint; it appears to read "B12." - No execution is included in this roll, although the docket cover notes that one issued. ## Transcription **Img. 1 - Docket cover of the declaration** > [Right panel:] > Roll # 24 > Lancaster > B12 [?] R 452 > > Robert Love > v } Declaration in Asst. > Willm. Caston > > Blanding & Prioleau > > Filed September 5th 1814 - > Rule Posted the same day - > Ordered for Judgment Nov. 2nd 1814 > > I assess the damages in this case to two hundred and thirty eight dollars and seventy one cents > Jno. Simpson Clk > > Judgt. 7th Decr 1814 > Ex. Isd. the same day > > Entd. > > [Left panel:] > note - 200..75 > paymt - 1..87 1/2 > 198..87 1/2 > Int. fr. 25 Decr 1811 to 12 Nov 1814 - 39..84 > 238..71 1/4 --- **Img. 2 - Declaration, with copy of the note** > South Carolina } > Lancaster District } > > William Caston was attached to answer to Robert Love in a plea of trespass on the case And thereupon the said Robert by Blanding & Prioleau his attornies complains for that Whereas the said William on the [blank] day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven at Lancaster court house in the District and State aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this court made his certain note in writing, commonly called a promissory note, his own proper handwriting being thereunto subscribed, bearing date [the same] day and year aforesaid, and then and [there] delivered the said note to the said Robert; and thereby then and there promised to pay or cause to be paid, on the twenty fifth day of December next after the date of the said note, unto the said Robert, or order the just sum of two hundred dollars and seventy five cents, for value received by him the said William. By means whereof and by force of the statute in such case made and provided and made of force in this state, the said William became liable to pay to the said Robert, the said sum of money in the said note specified, according to the tenor and effect thereof and being so liable he the said William in consideration thereof, afterwards, to wit, on the same day and year aforesaid at Lancaster court-house aforesaid undertook and then and there faithfully promised the said Robert to pay him the said said sum of money in the said note [specified, accor]ding to the tenor and effect thereof. > > And whereas the said William afterwards, to wit, on the same day, and year aforesaid, at Lancaster court house aforesaid was indebted to the said Robert in another sum of three hundred dollars, for money by the said Robert before that time, laid out and expended and paid for the said William at his special instance and request and for other money by the said Robert, before that time lent and advanced to the said William at his special instance and request, and being so indebted, he the said William in consideration thereof, afterwards, to wit, on the day and year last mentioned, at Lancaster court house aforesaid, undertook and then and there faithfully promised the said Robert to pay him the said last mentioned sum of money when he the said William should be thereunto afterwards requested. > > Yet the said William not regarding the several promises and undertakings, in form aforesaid made, but contriving and fraudulently intending the said Robert in this behalf, craftily and subtly to deceive and defraud, hath not as yet paid the several sums of money or any or either of them or any part thereof to the said Robert (although often requested so to do) But the said William to pay to pay the same, hath hitherto wholly neglected and refused and still doth neglect and refuse. To the damage of the said Robert four hundred Dollars and therefore he brings suit and so forth. > > Blanding & Prioleau Pltff Atty > > I promise to pay or cause to be paid unto Robert Love or order the just sum of two hundred dollars and seventy five cents, for value received to be paid the twenty fifth day of next December > (Signed) Wm. Caston > > Endorsed > 1811 November 15 Day Received of the within note 1.87..5 *[A strip along a fold is damaged; the words in square brackets are supplied.]* --- **Img. 5 - The original promissory note** > I promise to pay or Cause to be paid unto Robert Love or order the just Sum of two hundred and seventy five Cents [sic] for value Received to be paid the twenty fifth day of next December > 1811 date April 1811 > Wm. Caston *["Dollars" and "and seventy" are written above the line as insertions, so the amount reads "two hundred dollars and seventy five cents."]* **Img. 6 - Back of the note** > November 16 day Recd of the within note 1..87 1/2 > > Wm. Caston > Note > $ 200 = 75 > > Sued *[The day of the payment endorsement reads "16" on the note itself; the copy in the declaration gives "15."]* --- **Img. 3 - Original writ (printed form)** > 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 William Caston*** 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 ***Second*** Monday after the fourth Monday in ***March*** next, to answer to ***Robert Love in a plea of trespass on the case and also for certain promises and assumptions by the said William to the said Robert made and not performed to the damage of the said Robert four 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 JOHN FAUCHERAUD GRIMKE, Esquire, Senior Associate Judge of the said State, at ***Fairfield Court House*** the ***third*** Monday after the fourth Monday in ***October*** in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ***thirteen*** and in the ***thirty eighth*** Year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. > > ***Blanding & Prioleau*** Plff's. Att'y. > > [Left margin, partly blotted:] Jno. Simpson [?] Clk **Img. 4 - Back of the original writ (endorsements)** > [Top, across the printed notice:] > I have this day personally served the Defendant with a Copy of this Writ with the legal Notice thereon endorsed 14th March 1814 > Wm. Howe S.L.D. > > [Center panel:] > Lancaster (291) > Robert Love > v } Writ in Asst. > William Caston > > Blanding & Prioleau > > [struck: Shff Cost $1.80] > Shff Cost $1-50 > > P.S. 14 March 1814 > by W. Howe > > [Left panel:] > Entered in my Office > 12 March 1814 > Wm. Howe S.L.D. > > P.S. 14th March 1814 --- **Img. 8 - Judgment (printed form: "Judgment on Writ of Enquiry")** > ***November*** TERM, 18***14*** > > And now at this day, to wit, the ***second*** Monday after the fourth Monday in ***October*** in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ***fourteen*** come the said ***Robert Love*** by ***his*** Attorney aforesaid, and pray that the said ***William Caston*** to the Declaration of ***him*** the said ***Robert*** may answer: And the said ***William*** being solemnly called, come[s] not, but make[s] default, whereby the said ***Robert*** remains thereof against ***him*** undefended. Wherefore it is considered by the court now here, that the said ***Robert*** ought to recover against the said ***William [struck: the sum of two hundred and thirty eight dollars and seventy one cents besides his]*** ***his*** 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 ***William*** to the said ***Robert*** pursuant to the direction 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 ***Robert*** by reason of the premises, besides ***his*** costs and charges by ***him*** expended in and about prosecuting ***his*** suit in this behalf, to ***two hundred and thirty eight dollars and seventy one cents*** > > THEREFORE it is considered by the Court now here, that the said ***Robert*** do recover against the said ***William his*** damages so ascertained and assessed as aforesaid; and also ***the sum of twenty one dollars and ninety five Cents*** 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 ***two hundred and sixty dollars and sixty six cents*** > > and be the said ***William*** in mercy, and so forth. > > [Top margin:] Judgment entered up & Signed Decr 7th 1814 > Jno. Simpson Clerk **Img. 7 - Back of the judgment** > Lancaster. > Robert Love > v } Judgmt. > Willm. Caston > > Blanding & Prioleau *[The judgment text shows through reversed from the other side.]*