
    Isaac Motte et alt. v. Thomas Smith  et alt.
    
      
       The plaintiff, Isaac Motte (1738-1795), son of Jacob Motte, had married in 1763, Anne, daughter of Benjamin Smith (1718-1770), and his first wife Anne Loughton. Motte was colonel of the Second Regiment and in 1782 was a delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. At the time of his death, he was naval officer of the port of Charleston. (SCHGM, IV, 249; XVI, 25; XXVII, 60; XXIII, 32.)
    
   On Motion of Mr. Rutledge Solicitor for the Defendant Thomas Smith and by Consent of Mr. Pinckney Solicitor for the Complainant it is Ordered That a Commission do issue directed to Thomas Bee Esq. for taking the said Defendants Answer in this Cause June 2d 1773.

Wm Burrows Master  