To this date, the petition is the earliest recorded document of George’s involvement in community affairs. Other archived entries include mentions in County Court Minutes of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. What are Court Pleas and Quarter Sessions? During this time period, judges and/or justices of the peace would hold legal court to appoint jurors, to appoint road crews, to hear arrest cases, to hear lawsuits, etc. and/or to report legal documents (such as, deeds and wills). These court sessions would be held at each calendar quarter based on when the judge and/or justices of the peace could make it to the next county’s turn on the schedule. The following are entries found for George Plott.
In the December 1786 Session of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session, George Plott was appointed Juror for the March 1787 Session under Captain Company Shinn. (Reference 85, Mecklenburg County, N.C., Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1780-1800, Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson).
In the April 1787 Session of the Court of Pleas and Quarter session, George Plott was juror number 13. (Reference 98, Mecklenburg County, N.C., Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1780-1800, Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson).
On “... of the Estate of Archibald Beggs Deceased Dated the 14th Day of December, 1786”, George Ploot (Plott) was listed, along with his children: John Plott, Sophia Plott and Elizabeth Plott. In the same estate file, the following note was documented, “State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County,
George Plott complain to me one of the Justices for said County that Henry Sheffner is Indebt unto him the sum Ten pounds & Delayeth to pay this are therefor in the state Name to Commission you to summon the said Henry Sheffner To appear Before me or some other Justices of the Peace for said County to answer the complaint made against him by said Plott and for Serving this shall be your summon given Unto my hand & seal the Eighth Day of February 1787. To any sworn officer to Execute J. ___ (Perhaps, Shinn).” (N.C. Estate Files, 1663-1979, Mecklenburg County, Baggs, Archibald - 1786)
During my research of the book “Cabarrus County, N.C. Abstracts of Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1793-1797 and Deed Books 1, 2 & 3, 1793-1801”, I observed an error for Alexander “Plott”. The last name for Alexander was Scott not Plott. I reviewed the script penmanship on the microfilm. The capital ‘S’ and the lower case ‘c’ were tightly written, which a transcriber incorrectly read ‘P’ and ‘l’. The name in the minutes is ‘Alexander Scott’.
In the “Page 74 Cabarrus County, N.C. Abstracts of Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1793-1797 and Deed Books 1, 2 & 3, 1793-1801” a George Blatt was noted as a witness. The Recorder Clerk copied George’s signature incorrectly. It should be George Plott. “3:153 January 27, 1784 Nicholas Cook [signed in German] to Jacob Cook, both of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina for £10, 50 acres on a branch of Little Coldwater Creek, part of a grant to Nicholas Cook. Witness: John Suther, Georg Plott, Samuel Suther, Jurat. Proven October 1799.” This same Record Clerk’s error is also found on the deeds from George Plott to John Plott and from George Plott to Henry Plott.
Before the 1800 census, George and Margaret Plott moved to Lincoln County, N.C. It has not been documented, found and/or released why they chose to move from Mecklenburg/Cabarrus County over to Lincoln County, N.C. The following deeds have been found in the N.C. Archives of George Plott acquiring land in Lincoln County:
Year 1797, (19th day of May in the year of our Lord 1797), Kind of Instrument Deed, Paid 50 pounds, Grantor Adam Forbaugh, Deed Book 19, Page 141. He is documented as “George Plott”. It is noted that John Moore and John Campbell witnessed this deed. It is unknown if this said John Campbell is George’s son-in-law. George and Margaret’s daughter Mary married a John Campbell.
Year 1802, (Eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two), Kind of Instrument Deed, Paid 25 pounds, Grantor Adam Hysler, Deed Book 229, Page 21. He is documented as “George Plott”. It was noted that this property is mentioned by George in his Last Will and Testament, “...the little Heisler Place containing of one Hundred and fifty acres of land, and dwelling house ...”
In the December 1786 Session of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session, George Plott was appointed Juror for the March 1787 Session under Captain Company Shinn. (Reference 85, Mecklenburg County, N.C., Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1780-1800, Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson).
In the April 1787 Session of the Court of Pleas and Quarter session, George Plott was juror number 13. (Reference 98, Mecklenburg County, N.C., Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1780-1800, Transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson).
On “... of the Estate of Archibald Beggs Deceased Dated the 14th Day of December, 1786”, George Ploot (Plott) was listed, along with his children: John Plott, Sophia Plott and Elizabeth Plott. In the same estate file, the following note was documented, “State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County,
George Plott complain to me one of the Justices for said County that Henry Sheffner is Indebt unto him the sum Ten pounds & Delayeth to pay this are therefor in the state Name to Commission you to summon the said Henry Sheffner To appear Before me or some other Justices of the Peace for said County to answer the complaint made against him by said Plott and for Serving this shall be your summon given Unto my hand & seal the Eighth Day of February 1787. To any sworn officer to Execute J. ___ (Perhaps, Shinn).” (N.C. Estate Files, 1663-1979, Mecklenburg County, Baggs, Archibald - 1786)
During my research of the book “Cabarrus County, N.C. Abstracts of Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1793-1797 and Deed Books 1, 2 & 3, 1793-1801”, I observed an error for Alexander “Plott”. The last name for Alexander was Scott not Plott. I reviewed the script penmanship on the microfilm. The capital ‘S’ and the lower case ‘c’ were tightly written, which a transcriber incorrectly read ‘P’ and ‘l’. The name in the minutes is ‘Alexander Scott’.
In the “Page 74 Cabarrus County, N.C. Abstracts of Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1793-1797 and Deed Books 1, 2 & 3, 1793-1801” a George Blatt was noted as a witness. The Recorder Clerk copied George’s signature incorrectly. It should be George Plott. “3:153 January 27, 1784 Nicholas Cook [signed in German] to Jacob Cook, both of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina for £10, 50 acres on a branch of Little Coldwater Creek, part of a grant to Nicholas Cook. Witness: John Suther, Georg Plott, Samuel Suther, Jurat. Proven October 1799.” This same Record Clerk’s error is also found on the deeds from George Plott to John Plott and from George Plott to Henry Plott.
Before the 1800 census, George and Margaret Plott moved to Lincoln County, N.C. It has not been documented, found and/or released why they chose to move from Mecklenburg/Cabarrus County over to Lincoln County, N.C. The following deeds have been found in the N.C. Archives of George Plott acquiring land in Lincoln County:
Year 1797, (19th day of May in the year of our Lord 1797), Kind of Instrument Deed, Paid 50 pounds, Grantor Adam Forbaugh, Deed Book 19, Page 141. He is documented as “George Plott”. It is noted that John Moore and John Campbell witnessed this deed. It is unknown if this said John Campbell is George’s son-in-law. George and Margaret’s daughter Mary married a John Campbell.
Year 1802, (Eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two), Kind of Instrument Deed, Paid 25 pounds, Grantor Adam Hysler, Deed Book 229, Page 21. He is documented as “George Plott”. It was noted that this property is mentioned by George in his Last Will and Testament, “...the little Heisler Place containing of one Hundred and fifty acres of land, and dwelling house ...”