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Book Title: A History Of Jessamine County, Kentucky

First Circuit Court.

   The Jessamine Circuit Court was organized in 1803, and its first order was
the appointment of a clerk. Samuel H. Woodson received this appointment, and
held the office until 1819, when he resigned. The following orders will show the
Constitution of the court, and also the first petition filed in the court:

                             "April Circuit Court, 1803.

   "Be it remembered that in pursuance of an act of the General Assembly,
entitled, 'An Act to establish Circuit Courts, and an act entitled an act to
amend an act entitled an act to establish Circuit Courts,' the Honorable Samuel
McDowell, Circuit Judge, attended at the court house of the county of Jessamine,
on the 18th day of April. 1803, being the third Monday. Present, the Honorable
Samuel McDowell, Circuit Judge.

   "It is ordered that Fielding L. Turner, Esq., be appointed clerk, pro
tempore, to this court, who, thereupon, took the several oaths prescribed by
law, and executed his bond, with Samuel H. Woodson and Joseph Crockett his
security in the penalty of £1000, conditioned as directed by law.

   "It is ordered that Samuel H. Woodson be appointed clerk to this court, and
that the pro tempore appointment made by the court this day, be discontinued,
and, thereupon, the said Samuel H. Woodson took the several oaths required by
law, and executed his bond, with Joseph Crockett and William Lewis his
securities, in the penalty of £1,000.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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