Botetourt County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Minutes, County Court March 1788
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Source: Annals Of S W Virginia
Written: March 1788

March 11, 1788

    Laurance Conner, pensioner, commencing Jan. 1, 1786, to be paid 6 pounds
yearly out of the public money.

    On motion of Alexander Smyth, who acted with general approbation two years
as Deputy Clerk of this Court, ordered the same be certified, and that, the said
Alexander Smyth is a person of honest demeanor and unblemished character.


March 10, 1788.

    David May resigned as Clerk of the Court, and Henry Bowyer was appointed to
said office and took the required oath and gave bond with Francis Preston security.

    John Cummins placed under bond for good behavior.

    Ordered that the Wednesday following the Court Days in the months of April
and May next be appointed for the Clerk to enter up the rules in his office.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Annals of Southwest Virginia
1769-1800

BY LEWIS PRESTON SUMMERS

Member of American Historical Association, Virginia Historical Society; Alumnus
University of Virginia and Tulane University (Louisiana); Member American Bar
Association, Virginia State Bar Association

Author of

HISTORY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
1740-1786

WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA
1777-1870

PUBLISHED BY
LEWIS PRESTON SUMMERS
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA
1929

COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY
LEWIS PRESTON SUMMERS

MANUFACTURED COMPLETE BY THE
KINGSPORT PRESS
KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE
United States of America


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