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1718- Council - Chowan C. H. - Capt. John Worley gave evidence of a "Villianous confederacy of Mr. Worseley's children to keep an Indian slave, Pompey, from the deserved punishment due him. Thomas Worseley was ordered to give bond of 500 pounds for Mary that he and daughter Mary attend next court. John Worseley, son of Thomas, to receive "39 lases well laid on his bare back." Pompey, the escaped Indian slave, is wanted dead or alive.

1718- Patent - Chowan - John Worley - 640 acres in Chowan Precinct on South side of Morratock River, joining William Mitchell and the Beaver Dam Branch.

1720- Court - Chowan Precinct - John Worley collected fines from 2 men charged with "swearing, etc.".

1720- Patent - _?_ - Captain John Worley - 150 acres on the east side of Broad Creek on the Neuse River, joining the Mouth of a Gut above the Indian Graves, a Small Gut, and the said creek which land was formerly surveyed for Dudley Gordon and by him elapsed.

1720- Deed - Feb. 8 - William S. Steeley and Mary D. Steeley sell to Jno Worley 150 acres for 20 pounds. All parties "of the County of Albemarle and Precinct of Chowan in North Carolina."  Deed 'acknowledged' on March 29, 1721.

1720- Deed - Feb. 8 - "Jno Worley of the County of Albemarle precinct of Chowan in North Carolina Esq" sell to "Will Steely" 50 acres for 20 pounds.  Deed 'acknowledged' on March 29, 1721.

1721- John Worleys tax list. [present Washington County, NC] Zachery Girkins 60 acres land 0:1:0 tax [Haun, #337, Old Albemarle County North Carolina Miscellaneous Records 1678 to ca 1737] this is 60 acres his father-in-law, Nathaniel Everett, gave him in 1718, part of Persimmons Neck in the fork of Haw Branch, East side of Conaby Creek.