From: braimer@kiwi.dep.anl.gov (Happy Greer) Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 10:42:13 -0400 Subject: KY-F: Caldwell Co.,KY,Court Order Book B1,1809 Caldwell Co.,KY,Court Order Book B1,1809 (May and June) May Court 1809, page 7-- On the motion of MOSES CLAYTON he is appointed Constable in this County for the (6th district) Whereupon he took the nec- essary Oaths required by Law &c. and entered into and ackd. bond with JOHN BEARDEN and JAMES COOK his Securities in the Penal Sum of $500. Conditioned according to Law. NANCY REYNOLDS Executrix named in the Last Will and testament of EDWARD REYNOLDS Decd. produced the will of the said Decedent into Court and it being proven in open Court by the oath of GEORGE LAMB, DANIEL YOUNG and WILLIAM REAVES Subscribing Witnesses thereto, on her motion is ordered to be Recorded. NANCY REYNOLDS Widow and Relict of EDWARD REYNOLDS came into Court and Renounced the provisions made her? in the last will and Testament of her husband the afd. EDWARD REYNOLDS decd. which is Ord to be Certd. &c. Ordered that ALLEN GRACE, AARON GREER, JOHN MOORE, DANIEL YOUNG and WILLIAM ANDERSON or any three of them being first Sworn do View and mark out a way for a Road from a half mile above ANDERSONs mill on Elbow Creek to SAML. BURTONs Ferry on the Cumberland River, and make report &c. to the next Court. May Court 1809, page 10-- ..he take care of the Same and make out an Inventory thereof agreeable to law, until the further Order of this Court upon his Entering bond with GEORGE P. BROWN & RHATIO DURBY his Secys in the Penal Sum of $600 Conditioned as the law Directs Ordered that HENRY DELANY Continue Clerk Protem to this Court until the next term. All the Justices named in the commission of the Peace in Cald- well County being (8) being present a majority thereof concur in Recommending to the Governor JAMES MERCER & SAMUEL BOYD as Proper Persons to be Commissioned as Surveyor of this County. Ordered that this County be accurately Surveyed and the Centre thereof ascertained as a Preparatory Requisite for fixing the Seat of Justice Permanent. All the Justices being Present to- gether with the Assistant Judges of the Circuit Court & Concuring herein. Ordered that JOHN MERCER and ISAAC BROWN Esqrs draw up Sub- scription papers and use diligence to procure Subscribers & obtain money thereby for the purpose of Surveying this County in Each Battallion therein, and make Report to the first dayof the next Court. On the motion of DAVID JAMES It is ordered that JOHN PHILIPS Senr., THOMAS and ISAAC GREER, GEORGE INGRAM and AARON GREER or any three of them being first Sworn do View and mark out a way for a Road from MAJR. GILLIHANs (cont'd on p. 11) page 11-- Ferry on the Cumberland River to the Tennessee River at the WIDOW REYNOLDS Ferry, and make Report therof to next Court. On the motion of GIDEON D. COBB It is ordered that ANDREW GEORGE, WASHINGTON THOMPSON, WILLIAM DOBBINS, CAPT. JOHN BRADLEY and GIDEON D. COBB or any three of them being first Sworn do View and mark out a way for a Road from ANDREW GEORGEs the nearest & Best Way to Eddyville, thence on a straight Dir- ection towards the mouth of Cumberland River to the County line & make Report to the next Court &c. On the mo. of GIDEON D. COBB It is Ordered that GRIFFIN LONG, HUGH S. COCHRAN, JOHN SCOTT, SAMUEL GLENN & JACOB DOOM or any three be appd. to View a way for a Road Beginning at a place on the line dividing Livingston & Caldwell Counties direct Between Eddyville, and the place fixed on for the Seat of Justice for Livingston County who or any three being first Sworn do View & mark a Road for the Same & Report to next Court &c. MATTHEW M. GOOCH Who was committed to the Jail of this County for Refusing to give Evidence to prove the Will of PETER CARTWRIGHT decd. he being a Subscribing Witness thereto, & having been first Subpoenaed and then Attached. & Still Refus- ing to be Sworn or to give Evidence in Conformity to Law, It is Considered by the Court that the Said MATTHEW M. GOOCH be... June Court, 1809, page 15-- On the motion of JOHN BEARDEN It is Ordered that JOHN HUNTER be appointed Surveyor of the Road from SAMUEL LEWIS's to the Hopkins County line at ANDREW BELLs fording on Trade Water On a direction to Hopkins Courthouse, and that JOSIAH WHITNELL Esqr be appointed to Allot the hands to Work on said Road & Return an allottment to next Court &c. Ordered that CLABOURN SULLIVANT be appointed Surveyor of the Saline lick Road as follows. Beginning at JACOB HERRALDs and to Work to the Christian County line,and that JOSIAH WHITNELL Esqr be appointed to allott the hands to Work on said Road &c. Ordered that WILLIAM ASHER be appointed Surveyor on the Saline Road as follows Beginning at JACOB HERRALDs and to Work to the ford on Donaldson, and that ISAAC BROWN Esqr be appointed to Allott the hands to Work on said Road &c. Ordered that ALEXANDER STEVENSON be appointed Surveyor of the Saline Road as follows, Beginning at the ford of Donaldson Creek and to Work to Livingston County line, & that ISAAC BROWN Esqr be appointed to allott the hands to Work on said Road &c. Ordered that THOMAS GREER be appointed Surveyor on the Road leading from WILLIAM GILLIHANs Ferry on the Cumberland River to the Tennessee River at the WIDOW REYNOLDS as follows. Beginning at said Gillihans Ferry & to Work to JOHN PHILIPS, and that WM. GILLIHAN Esqr be appointed to allott the Hands to Work on said Road &c .page 23-- On the motion of JOHN SCOTT It is ordered that he be appointed Capt. of the Patrol in the first District & that NATHANIEL SULLIVANT, ELIJAH BENNETT, and JACOB DOOM being first Sworn do patroll as often as may be Necessary in said district. On the motion of JOHN OHARROW? he is appointed Capt. of the Patrollers for the Second district and that JOSEPH McMAHON, ELIJAH G. GILLUSHA, GEORGE GRAY and JACOB E. FALLER (sic) being first Sworn do Patroll as often as may be necessary in said District. On the motion of JAMES MURRAY he is appointed Capt. of the Patrollers in the third district and that JAMES BELL, JAMES ROBINSON and GEORGE BURTON being first Sworn do patroll as often as may be necessary in said district On the motion of JOHN ANDERSON It is ordered that he be ap- pointed Captain of the Patrollers for the Fourth district & that BENJAMIN WORTHINGTON, ISAAC GREER and WILLIAM JENKINS who being first Sworn do Patroll as often as may be Necessary in said District Happy Greer braimer@kiwi.dep.anl.gov ************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. 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