Gates County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1818-1823. (Volume #6) : Southern Historical Press : 9781639141869 : 1639141863 : 29 Jan 2024 : By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1987, reprinted 2024, 190 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-186-9. Gates County was created in 1778 from Hertford, Chowan and Perquimans counties, N.C. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties N.C. and by Nansemond County, VA. Many inhabitants of the "BURNED" counties of Hertford, N.C. and Nansemond, VA. which adjoin Gates County are mentioned in these early Court records. The court was held 4 times a year and heard such cases of assault, batteries, trespass, all breaches of the peace. They held authority of administration in intestate estates and orphans, granted license to build water grist mills, to taverns and ordinaries, and to build and main