Affixed to the top of the page is this order from the court:
State of North Carolina}
Bertie County Court } May Term 1814
Ordered that Hardy
Freeman, Timothy Walton, William Jones and
Mills Jornagan or any three of them
audit & Settle the Accounts of James Ward
admn of Fereby Ward dec'd and that
they make return to next Court
Test. Jas[?] Blunt[?]
[Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: North Carolina County, District and Probate Courts.]
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1814 1814
Feb. To cash paid Clerk fees £ 18 0 Mar By account Sale £181 19 2½
To cash paid for keeping old} By bal. due adm. 62 [damage]
Negro } 4 0 0 _________________________________
To my account against said }
dec'd estate rendered } 135 4 7
Comm allowed admn 4
£144 9 7 £144 9 7
To bal. due admin. £ 62 10 4½
State of North Carolina}
Bertie County } In Pursuant to the annexed order from the Worshipful the County Court of Bertie to us directed We the undersigned have audited and Stated the accounts of James Ward admn. of Pheraby Ward dec'd and find a balance due the administrator of Sixty two pounds ten shillings and four pence half penny as above stated which is respectfully Submitted to your Worships approbation Given under our honor
Hardy Freeman
Timo. Walton
Wm. Jones
Mills Jernigan
Negro } 4 0 0 _________________________________
To my account against said }
dec'd estate rendered } 135 4 7
Comm allowed admn 4
£144 9 7 £144 9 7
To bal. due admin. £ 62 10 4½
State of North Carolina}
Bertie County } In Pursuant to the annexed order from the Worshipful the County Court of Bertie to us directed We the undersigned have audited and Stated the accounts of James Ward admn. of Pheraby Ward dec'd and find a balance due the administrator of Sixty two pounds ten shillings and four pence half penny as above stated which is respectfully Submitted to your Worships approbation Given under our honor
Hardy Freeman
Timo. Walton
Wm. Jones
Mills Jernigan
You may be wondering why the amounts are mentioned denoted in pounds/shillings/pence but apparently the reference isn't to the British pound sterling but a carryover of the North Carolina pound. Here's the best explanation I've found.
*Here's a scan of the reverse of the entire document.
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