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- person:Henry Willis (29)
- person:Isaiah Willis (1)
- Person:Joseph Willis (28)
- Records for Henry Willis in Southwest Virginia
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| Name | Page | Date | Extract | Location | Likely Person
| | Henry | 605 | 5 May 1773 | Grand jury indictment against Henry Willis for unlawfully cohabiting with Mary Cochran | Washington COunty, VA | Person:Henry Willis (10)
| | Henry | 637 | 6 Dec 1774 | One of three to appraise estate of Joseph Cravens.
| | Henry | 1031 | 20 may 1779 | in list of "New Common Law Causes": "Wm Wynn vs Henry Willis A Capias, Henry Willis vs Wm. Pike same as vs John tay same"
| | Henry | 1033 | 15 Jun 1779 | with Peter Lee provided Security in form of Bond for four hundred punds, for Ann Hargis, admin granted to her on the estate of Peter Hargis
| | Henry | 1073 | 21 march 1781 | WIlliam Winn plaintiff against Hennery Willis Defendant in cad.
| | Henry | 1082 | 18 May 1781 | on Jury
| | Henry | 1083 | 18 may 1781 | allowed 3 days attendance in case of Halfacre George Halfacre [sic]
| | Henry | 1093 | 19 Feb 1782 | did not appear in court, Recognizance continued.
| | Henry | 1094 | 20 March 1782 | Ordered that Scirefacious issue against Henry WIllis for to show cause why he does not answer his recognizance.[1]
| | Henry | 1126 | 19 Nov 1782 | Henry Willis, garnishee, makes oath the he has a rifle gun of the state o Tucker Woodson.
| | Henry | 1145 | 20 May 1783 | Abraham Crabtree proves four days attendance as a witness in the suit of William Wynn against Henry WIllis
| | Henry | 1180 | 20 May 1784 | Alexander Montgomery Plaintiff against Henry Willis, Charles Scott, and Peter Starnes defendants, in debt. Jury finds that the defendants owe Montgonery 7 pounds 10 shillings, 8 pence, plus costs Costs three hundred and forty pounds of neat tobacco and fifteen shillings attourney;s fee.[2]
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Footnotes
- ↑ From wikipedia:Scire facias: In English law, a writ of scire facias (from the Latin meaning, literally "let them/him/us know") was a writ founded upon some judicial record directing the sheriff to make the record known (scire facias) to a specified party, and requiring the defendant to show cause why the party bringing the writ should not be able to cite that record in his own interest, or why, in the case of letters patent and grants, the patent or grant should not be annulled and vacated. In the United States, the writ has been abolished under federal law but may still be available in some state legal systems.
- ↑ modern farms in Kentucky yield about 2100 pounds of tobacco per acre. (see Rural Journalism). In 1919 Tobacco yield in Georgia was about 488 pounds per acre.(Georgia tobacco History). In Colonial South Carolina "About 3 acres of tobacco would have produced about 2400 pounds of salable tobacco annually. Based on price levels after 1720, such a planter would have earned £10 to £20 ($650-$1300)". The later numbers yield about 800 pounds of tobacco per acre, with a cash yield of between 8000 to 16000 pounds per acre. The three defendants owed Alexander Montgomery less than 8 pounds. Henry's share of the debt would have amounted to less than 1% of his likely annual income from tobacco, assuming he used his land for farming, an farmed only 1 acre in tobacco. From this perspective, the amount owed by Henry seems trivial. Source:Trinkley and Hacker, 1992
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