North Carolina—ss.
At a Council held at the Council Chamber in Edenton the 31st day of August Anno Dom 1731
His Excelly the Governor was pleased to name Robert Turner Samuel Slade Benjamin Sanders Thomas Bonner Thomas Worsley Junr
Benjamin Payton Seth Pilkington William Larner William Willis Churchil Reading John Tripp Cornelius Fowler John Coldham Samuel Sinclare Richard William Sylvester Henry Crafton John Pregg Roger Henyon and William Carruther Constituting and appointing them Justices for the precincts of Beaufort & Hyde who were approved of by the CouncilOrdered that a Comission pass the seal Constituting and appointing the said Robert Turner Samuel Slade Benjamin Sanders Thomas Bonner Thos Worsley Junr Benjamin Peyton Seth Pilkington William Larner William Willis Churchill Tripp Cornelius Fowler John Coldham Samuel Sinclare Richard William Silvester Henry Crafton John Gregg Roger Henyon and William Carruther Gent. Justices of the Peace for the precinct of Beaufort and Hyde in the County of Bath.
Ordered that a Dedimus pass the seal Directed to Major Stephen Golde Impowering him to qualify the Justices in the Comission of the Peace for the precincts of Beaufort and Hyde