Adams County MsArchives Court.....Court, Minutes 1799 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/ms/msfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com November 15, 2005, 2:57 pm Source: See Below Written: 1799 Page 1 At a Court of General Quarter Session held at Natchez on monday the third day of June [word "one" lined out] 1799 Present Daniel Clark Philander Smith William Dunbar Joshua Howard Esquires James McIntosh William Vousdan Abram Ellis Hugh davis Commission read— a Grand Jury were empanelled & sworn Sutton Bankes foreman &c Christopher Lee sworn a constable John Boles and Silas Payne sworn to give Evidence to the Grand Jury Lyman Harding, Abner Lawson Duncan, Leonard deKlyne Shaw, [word "and" lined out] Robert Knox Samuel L. Crawford, and Andrew Bay having severally produced to this Court a certificate from his Excellency Winthrop Sargent Governor of this Territory in which their compliance with the act regulating the admission of attornies is duly certified and they having in open court taken and subscribed the oath prescribed by said act, it is ordered that the said Lyman Harding, Abner Lawson Duncan, Page 2 Leonard deKlyne Shaw, Robert Knox and Samuel L. Crawford and Andrew Bay and each of them be admitted attornies of this Court. Zachariah Smith ) William Nichols ) sworn to give Evidence to the Grand Jury David Michee ) Gerrard Brannon ) a true bill was found for the United States by the grand Jury against Thomas Moore upon Suspicion of Murder - and thereupon he was committed for further trial court adjourned until tomorrow nine oClock forenoon on tuesday the fourth day of June the court assembled according to proclamation made the forgoing day present Daniel Clark, William Dunbar, James McIntosh, Abram Ellis, Thomas Wilkins, Esquires— Abram Martin Sworn to give evidence to the Grand Jury Samuel Morris Do Domingo Lorero presented a petition praying a reccommendation for a Licence order from the court to grant such reccomendation Andrew Scanning ) Sworn in a case v. s. McGinty Patrick Connolly ) Mary Judge Sworn to give evidence to the Grand Jury Page 3 a true Bill was found by the Grand Jury against Wilson Sigo for assaulting the Sheriff. a true Bill was found by the Grand Jury against Paul a negro for Murder— a true Bill was found by the Grand Jury against Abram Clawson for assault and Battery John Roberts, James Boles, Lewis Evans & Patrick Connolly sworn to give evidence to the Grand Jury in a cause of assault and battery Mary Judge vs. Abram Clawson upon the said Abram having made oath that a material witness was absent the cause was postponed until tomorrow morning at nine oClock William Nickols Bound for the plaintiff fifty Dolls Jeremiah Routh Bound for the defft fifty Dolls a true Bill was found by the Grand Jury against William Baker for forgery a true bill was found by the Grand Jury against Redman Connolly for selling liquor without a Licence Petition of Christopher Lee to keep a public house Granted Petition of Patrick Connolly to keep a public house Granted Petition of Neal McCann Do Granted Petition of Francis Augustine do. and Billiard Table do.- Granted Page 4 George Overacre petitions for a recommendation to keep a public house and Billiard Table. Granted Littlebury West and Jamos West came into Court and [word "severally" lined out] acknowledged themselves bound to the United States in the sum["e" lined out] ["following Littlebury" lined out] of five Hundred dollars ["each" lined out] as Sureties for the appearance of William Baker at the next general quarter Sessions to be hold for this county Andrew Scandling and Patrick Connolly were sworn in as Constables for one year — Court adjourned The Court assembled at ten O Clock Present ["James Stewart Petitions for a Tavern" lined out] Daniel Clark, William Dunbar, John Ellis, Thomas Wilkins, and Abram Ellis Esquires on the bench. James Stewart petitions for a reccommendation to keep a public house. Granted William Nickols petitions for the appointment of high Constable for the County of Adams. Granted Ann Walton petitions for a reccommendation to keep a public house. Granted Mary Tanner sworn to give evidence to the Grand Jury In the cause of Assault and Battery by Abram Clawson upon the body of Mary Judge, an Imparlance was prayed for and granted by the court Page 5 Abram Clawson and Ebenezer Dayton came into Court and severally acknowledged, themselves bound to the United States in the sum of fifty Dollars each for the appearance of the said Abram Clawson, at the Court of General Quarter Sessions next to be holden for this County —- Andrew Scandling petitions for a Reccommendation to keep a public house Granted Thomas Ried, the same, Granted Joseph Tacles, the same, Granted. United States v.s. James White -- On motion of James White by his attorney, it is ordered that the proceedings and process against said White for seditious words, be quashed and his recognizance discharged – A true Bill was found against Farris Horton et alias —- Abram Ellis Esquire retired from the bench Abram Ellis Esquire returned to the bench Wilson Sigo and Jeremiah Routh came into court and severally acknowledged themselves bound to the good people of this Territory in the sum of fifty Dollars each condition that the said Wilson Sigo carry an orderly and peaceable behaviour towards the said good people of this Territory until the next term of Quarter Sessions -- Page 6 Present James McIntosh Esquire United States v. s. Plunket and Gibson, on motion of Abner Lawson Duncan it is ordered that they be discharged on payment of Costs in consequence of no prosecutor appearing – United States v. s. Samuel Timberlick on motion of Andrew Bay it is ordered that he be discharged from his recognizance without costs as no prosecutor has appeared – on motion of Leonard deKlyne Shaw, the several persons bound in recognizance to answer to the United States on the complaint of Lewis Portira was ordered to be discharged On motion of Abner Lawson Duncan that the process and proceedings against John McDowell be quashed and he discharged from recognizance entered, or supposed, to be entered into, before Captain Isaac Guion, the Court have ordered that the said motion be referred to the Territorial Judges for their opinion William Moss petitions for a reccommendation to keep a public house and Billiard Table Granted. William Wells the same no Billiard Table Abram Horton, William Pharris, Moses Starnes and John Welch entered severally into a recognizance to the United States, to Wit, in the sum of 100$ each to be Levied & condition that the said Abram Horton, William Pharris, Moses Starnes, and John Welch appear at the next court of General Quarter Session to be holden at natchez within and for the County of Adams on the first Monday in August next, then Page 7 and there to answer to a Certain Bill of Indictment now found by the Grand Inquest for the body of the County afore. The sessions Closed by proclamation -- Additional Comments: This transcription part of "Transcription of County Archives of Mississippi No. 2 Adams County (Natchez) Volume 1 Minutes of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace 1799 - 1801 Prepared By The Mississippi Historical Records Survey Service Division Work Projects Administration Published by The Board of Supervisors Adams County June 1942 This book was scanned and OCR'd by Joy Fisher. The book is not paginated; the page numbers in this transcription refer to the pages in the original Minutes Book. Where text in the source was scratched out the WPA transcribers typed the word or words and them back-spaced and overtyped with ----. For the purposes of this copy, the scratched out information is shown thus: [word "one" lined out] WPA transcribers' notes and comments are shown thus: /word illegible/ Spelling, capitalization and grammar errors are the fault of the original clerk and/or the WPA transcriber. 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