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Bankruptcy Case Files, 1872-1879
National Archives Identifier 2385485
This series includes records relating to the assets and debts of the bankrupt, the actions of the court and the Register in Bankruptcy, and the final disposition of the case. A typical case file normally contains the petition, schedule of debts, a list of the names and addresses of creditors, and a record of the amount due; inventories of real and personal property, proof of publication of bankruptcy notices, notices to creditors, oaths of assignees, orders of reference, orders of bankruptcy, final discharges, and related papers filed in bankruptcy proceedings. It may contain some or all of the following items: *"Petition by Debtor." *"Schedule A-1: Statement of all Creditors who are to Paid in Full, or to whom Priority is Secured." This schedule gives the names of the creditors, residence and occupations of creditors, amount, when and where contracted, and nature and consideration of the debt. *"Schedule A-2: Creditors Holding Securities." This form contains the same type of information as Schedule A-1. *"Schedule A-3: Creditors whose Claims are Unsecured." This form contains the same type of information as Schedule A-1. *"Schedule A-4: Liabilities on Bills Discounted Which Ought to be Paid By the Acceptors." *"Schedule A-5: Accommodation Paper." A schedule that lists the dates of notes or bills, and when due, with the names, residences, and business or occupation of the makers, of drawers, and acceptors thereof, along with the amount of the note or bill. *"Oath to Schedule A" by the bankrupt petitioner. *"Schedule B-1: Interest in Lands." This lists the description of all real estate owned or held by the petitioner, encumbrances upon the land, statement of all particulars relating to the land, and its estimated value. *"Schedule B-2: Personal Property." A listing of all household goods and furniture, household stores, wearing apparel, and ornaments with their estimated value. *"Schedule B-3: Choses in Action." A list of debts due petitioners on open account and the amount. *"Schedule B-4: Property in Reversion, Remainder, or Expectancy." A listing of interest in land and the amount. *"Schedule B-5: Property claimed by Petitioner as Excepted." This lists each item and estimated value. *"Schedule B-6: A True List of all Books, Papers, Deeds, and Writings." *"Oath to Schedule B" by the bankrupt petitioner. *"Order of Reference." Order by the judge assigning the case to one of the Registers in Bankruptcy. *"Warrant to Marshal as Messenger." This required the U.S. Marshal to have published notices of the bankruptcy petition in a selected newspaper. In addition, he was to notify each of the named creditors (either by mail or personally) of the action. This warrant also indicates when the Marshal complied with the terms of the warrant and his costs. *"Certificate of Exempted Property." A schedule of property exempted from the bankruptcy proceedings, listing each piece of property and its estimated value. *"Oath of Bankrupt to be Taken before Final Discharge." *"Notification to Assignee of his Appointment." *"Bond of Assignee." *"Petition of Assignee for Power to Sell or Relieve Property from Lien." *"Order Concerning Sale of Real Estate by Assignee." *"Petition of Bankrupt for His Discharge." *"Assignee's Return Where There are No Assets." *"Accounts of the Register in Bankruptcy." *"Letter of Attorney to Represent Creditor." *"Proof of Debt without Security (By Creditor)." *"Certificate of Protection (Given by the Court or Register)." *"Adjudication of Bankruptcy on Debtor's Petition." *"Petition for Discharge and Order of Publication and Notice thereof." *"Certification of Publication and Receipt." *"Notification of Bankruptcy to Creditors." *"Assignees' or Trustees' Notice of Appointment." *"Order to the High Constable to make restitution to a creditor." In addition, there are sheets completed by the Register in Bankruptcy detailing actions taken and / or filed. Often, two copies of the petition by debtor and the various A and B schedules are included. One was filed with the court, and the other accompanied the case to the Register in Bankruptcy who returned it to the court upon conclusion of the case.

Case Number Name County of Residence State of Residence Date
1 ALLEN, JOEL R.    (12) HENDERSON NC 1/11/1873
3 ALLISON, W. B.   (65) HENDERSON NC 4/29/1873
2 ARLEDGE, JOHN    (154) HENDERSON NC 8/31/1878
148 BAIRD, J. R. & COMPANY (39) GREENVILLE NC 2/18/1869
5 BALLARD, DAVID    (50) BUNCOMBE NC 5/10/1873
18 BALLARD, R. H.     (64) HENDERSON NC 5/6/1873
148 BARID, JAMES M, & JOHN R. et al  (J. M. BAIRD & CO.) GREENVILLE NC 2/18/1869
12 BARNARD, JOSEPH   (79) BUNCOMBE NC 5/16/1873
17 BARNETT, H. J.   (130) HENDERSON NC 12/31/1874
15 BELL, JASPER N.   (4) BUNCOMBE NC 10/2/1872
16 BENNETT, YOUNG    (77 & 78) HAYWOOD NC 5/17/1873
13 BLACKWELL, C. A.  (69 & 70) MCDOWELL NC 5/8/1873
14 BLACKWELL, THOMAS   (66) HENDERSON NC 5/6/1873
11 BRAND, ROBERT J.   (48) BUNCOMBE NC 3/22/1873
10 BRITTAIN, PHILLIP S.   (13) HENDERSON NC 1/27/1873
9 BROWN, BURTON      (61) BUNCOMBE NC 4/28/1873
8 BURLESON, A. W.    (113) BUNCOMBE NC 5/7/1873
7 BURLISON, A.    (83) BUNCOMBE NC 5/31/1873
4 BURNETT, F.    (97) BUNCOMBE NC 6/6/1873
6 BYERS, WILLIAM     (51) HENDERSON NC 4/1/1873
23 CAMPBELL, A. A.  (139) CHEROKEE NC 3/17/1875
26 CARTER, EDWARD S.   (100) MADISON NC 6/7/1873
21 CASE, J. C.   (10) HENDERSON NC 1/27/1873
22 CASE, JESSE  (SR.)   (104) HENDERSON NC 6/11/1873
31 CASE, WILLIAM   (59) TRANSYLVANIA NC 4/22/1874
148 CHAPMAN, LESTER, ET AL ( J.,. BAIRD & CO.) GREENVILLE NC 2/18/1869
29 CHUNN, A. B.   (123) BUNCOMBE NC 9/12/1873
28 CHUNN, JSOEPH S.   (121) BUNCOMBE NC 9/12/1873
20 CLARKE, S. C.   (87) HAYWOOD NC 5/27/1873
31 COAT, SION H.   (142) MADISON NC 6/29/1878
27 COLE, GEORGE W.    (72) BUNCOMBE NC 5/7/1873
24 COWAN, JAMES    (120) BUNCOMBE NC 5/31/1873
25 CURTIS, J. D.   (119) CLAY NC 8/28/1873
34 DAVIS, JAMES M.   (34) HENDERSON NC 3/31/1873
33 DEDMAN, WILLIAM   (54) HENDERSON NC 4/16/1873
37 DERMID, LEMUEL T.  (16) HENDERSON NC 1/6/1873
36 DERMID, MENONY P.  (38) HENDERSON NC 2/10/1873
35 DICKEY, MICHAEL D.   (37) HENDERSON NC 9/7/1873
38 DRAKE, NATHAN  (24) HENDERSON NC 1/28/1873
32 DRAKE, O. P.  (23) HENDERSON NC 1/28/1873
40 EDNEY, L. H.   (15) HENDERSON NC 1/27/1873
41 EDNEY, M. M   (148) HENDERSON NC 8/10/1878
39 ENLOE, JAMES J.   (152) HENDERSON NC 8/23/1878
43 FEARSTON, A. A.   (122) HENDERSON NC 9/16/1873
44 FORD, JONATHAN   (40) MACON NC 11/7/1872
42 FORREST, JOHN   (42) HENDERSON NC 5/18/1873
46 FORTUNE, RICHARD  (28) HENDERSON NC 1/13/1873
45 FORTUNE, WALTER A. HENDERSON NC 1/28/1873
143 FREEMAN, F. M. HENDERSON NC 9/3/1878
47 FREEMAN, JOEL T.   (43) HENDERSON NC 2/18/1873
51 GAHAGAN, GEORGE W. (136) MADISON NC 3/13/1874
53 GALLAMORE, A.   (151) HENDERSON NC 8/23/1878
52 GARREN, J. R.  (153) BUNCOMBE NC 8/26/1878
50 GILREATH, A. H.   (56) HENDERSON NC 4/22/1873
49 GLENN, ELI   (86) BUNCOMBE NC 6/2/1873
119 GUTHRIE, CAROLINE E. ET AL (62) NC 12/21/1878
61 HARKINS, T. J.   (132) BUNCOMBE NC 12/27/1873
58 HAWKINS, GEORGE N.  (52) BUNCOMBE NC 4/14/1873
54 HAWKINS, ROBERT  (93) BUNCOMBE NC 5/10/1873
HEMPHILL, L. M.  (BOX 1 , ONE PG ) NE
60 HENPHILL, JOHN R.   (47) BUNCOMBE NC 3/20/1873
57 HENRY, W. L.   (70) BUNCOMBE NC 5/4/1873
56 HOLBERT, JOSEPH   (14) HENDERSON NC 1/4/1873
62 HOLDEN, G. W.  (134) BUNCOMBE NC 2/23/1874
63 HUGHEY, R. N.   (128) BUNCOMBE NC 4/17/1873
55 HYDEN, WILLIAM D.   (74) BUNCOMBE NC 3/27/1873
67 INGRAM, LEWIS  (101) BUNCOMBE NC 6/2/1873
64 ISBY, J. K.  (114) HENDERSON NC 6/26/1873
65 ISRAEL, F. J.  (116) HENDERSON NC 6/14/1873
69 ISRAEL, J. M.  (140) BUNCOMBE NC 6/5/1873
66 ISRAEL, P. J.  (77) BUNCOMBE NC 5/17/1873
68 ISRAEL, S. M.  (84) HENDERSON NC 1/22/1875
111 JOHN C. PACE   (55) HENDERSON NC 4/18/1873
77 JOHNSON, HUGH  (118) HENDERSON NC 8/23/1873
75 JOHNSON, M. H.  (22) HENDERSON NC 5/22/1873
76 JONES, DAN M.  (156) HENDERSON NC 8/31/1878
71 JONES, LEVI  (5) HENDERSON NC 3/25/1873
70 JONES, M. M.  (49) BUNCOMBE NC 5/10/1873
79 JONES, O. R.  (46) BUNCOMBE NC 3/22/1873
72 JONES, ROBERT  (JR)  (26) HENDERSON NC 7/1/1873
74 JONES, THOMAS   (103) HENDERSON NC 6/11/1873
78 JORDAN, STEPHEN D. (9) TRANSYLVANIA NC 1/27/1873
73 JUSTICE, WILLIAM D.  (44) HENDERSON NC 3/1/1873
80 KING, BENJAMIN K.  (20) HENDERSON NC 1/28/1873
81 KINZEY, ELIJAH W.   (19) HENDERSON NC 1/15/1873
91 LAUG HTER, J. J.  (60) HENDERSON NC 4/12/1873
92 LAUGHTER, S. L. (88) HENDERSON NC 6/2/1873
82 LAWRY, JAMES M.   (69) BUNCOMBE NC 5/6/1873
87 LEDBETTER, DAVID T. (111) HENDERSON NC 6/18/1873
89 LEDBETTER, GEORGE W. (112) HENDERSON NC 6/18/1873
90 LEDBETTER, THOMAS  (149) HENDERSON NC 8/22/1878
83 LEDBETTER, WILLIAM K.  (8) HENDERSON NC 1/10/1873
93 LIVINGSTON, JOSEPH  (31) HENDERSON NC 1/16/1873
94 LOFTIS, A. J.  (125) TRANSYLVANIA NC 6/12/1874
84 LOVE, ROBERT  (17) HENDERSON NC 8/22/1873
86 LOVINGGOOD, HARMON   (135) CHEROKEE NC 3/27/1875
85 LYDA, DAVID M.  (35) HENDERSON NC 4/7/1873
88 LYTLE, MILLINGTON  (131) BUNCOMBE NC 5/10/1873
107 MCALL, ALEXANDER  (JR.) (105) TRANSYLVANIA NC 6/11/1873
106 MCCALL, J. A.   (85) TRANSYLVANIA NC 6/2/1873
102 MCCALL, JAMES N.  (96) TRANSYLVANIA NC 6/2/1873
108 MCCRAY, DOLPHUS   (95) HENDERSON NC 3/27/1875
100 MCFALLS, ARTHUR  (71) HAYWOOD NC 12/29/1874
101 MCKINNEY, JOSEPH  (2) BUNCOMBE NC 10/5/1872
103 MCLAIN, RUFUS T.  (110) HENDERSON NC 6/18/1873
104 MCMINN, GEORGE & J.L.J. MCMINN HENDERSON NC 12/1/1874
105 MCMINN, JAMES N.  (21) HENDERSON NC 6/3/1873
119 MILLER, JAMES A., CAROLINE GUTHRIE & ROBERT SIMPSON NC 12/21/1878
98 MOORE, CHARLES (7) HENDERSON NC 1/11/1873
97 MOORE, JOAB L.  (137) MACON NC 9/23/1874
96 MORGAN, JONATHAN  (124) BUNCOMBE NC 5/31/1873
95 MORGAN, WILLIAM   (108) BUNCOMBE NC 6/14/1877
99 MURPHY, J. W.  (115) MCDOWELL NC 6/2/1873
109 OEWNBY, URIAH  (68) HENDERSON NC 3/6/1873
110 ORR, JOSEPH W. HENDERSON NC 9/27/1873
115 PINDER, RANSON  (144) POLK NC 5/29/1878
113 PITMA, J. M.  (98) HENDERSON NC 9/16/1874
114 POSEY, A. E.  (18) HENDERSON NC 1/27/1873
112 POWERS, JESSE BUNCOMBE NC 1/30/1873
117 ROBINSON, M. L.  (63) HENDERSON NC 5/6/1873
118 ROLLINS, PINKNY  (36) BUNCOMBE NC 8/31/1878
116 RUSSELL, JOHN N.  (145) BUNCOMBE NC 8/29/1878
120 SHEPARD, ABNER  (16) HENDERSON NC 1/17/1873
124 SHEPHARD, NIMROD  (36) HENDERSON NC 1/22/1873
123 SHIPMAN, A. R.  (57) HENDERSON NC 4/22/1873
131 SHIPMAN, JOHN  (58) HENDERSON NC 4/22/1873
119 SIMPSON, ROBERT, JAMES MILLER & CAROLINE GUTHRIE (62 NC 12/21/1879
127 SMART, T. L.  (127) BUNCOMBE NC 5/12/1873
129 SMASH, JOHN  (129) BUNCOBME NC 4/27/1873
122 STEEP, J. M  (99) BUNCOMBE NC 6/7/1873
125 STEPP, JAMES  (30) HENDERSON NC 1/10/1873
126 STEPP, JOHN BUNCOMBE NC 6/2/1873
130 STEPP, WILLIAM BUNCOMBE NC 5/29/1873
132 SUMME, ALBERT T.  (133) BUNCOMBE NC 1/3/1874
121 SUMMERY, JOHN   (129) HENDERSON NC 6/12/1873
128 SUMMEY, JACOB  (20) HENDERSON NC 1/27/1873
133 TABER, ALLEN  (34) HENDERSON NC 1/31/1873
135 TABER, ALLEN P. (150) HENDERSON NC 8/22/1878
137 TAYLOR, TERREL W.  (45) HENDERSON NC 3/1/1873
136 TAYLOR, TIECHAR  (89) HENDERSON NC 6/2/1873
134 TOW, THOMAS  (80/81) HENDERSON NC 5/21/1873
147 WEAVER, H.B. & COMPANY BUNCOMBE NC 8/17/1878
140 WELLS, JOHN   (73/74) BUNCOMBE NC 5/10/1873
144 WEST, W. R.  (106) BUNCOMBE NC 6/12/1873
138 WHITAKER, JOSHUA  (94) BUNCOMBE NC 6/5/1873
141 WHITESIDE, A. W.  (53) HENDERSON NC 4/16/1873
146 WHITMIRE, ROBERT  (90) HENDERSON NC 6/2/1873
143 WILLIAMS, ALFRED HENDERSON NC 2/18/1873
142 WILLIAMS, S. F.  (5) BUNCOMBE NC 10/5/1872
145 WILLIAMS, TURNER  (11) HENDERSON NC 1/6/1873
139 WISEMAN, ALEX  (107) HENDERSON NC 6/3/1873