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

April 8, 1788.

    Capt. John Robinson, William Briant, Sr., and Thomas Goodson, Sr., were
elected Overseers of the Poor.

    John Parsinger, Abraham Diem, Richard McCalister and Wm. Knox, ordered to
view the way for altering the road proposed by Samuel Reese and David Reese.

    Isaac Taylor appointed Constable, in place of Henry Holaston.

    Isaac Carper appointed valurer of property taken on execution by the
Sheriff, succeeding Saml. Kennerly, resigned.

    License granted Stephen Jett to keep a tavern at his house.

    Leave granted Nicholas Carper to build a grist mill over Mooneys Mill Creek.


April 9, 1788.
    William Dewese appointed Overseer of the Road, succeeding Stephen Lee.

    William Taylor and Peter Dierly appointed Overseers of the Road from Fort
Lewis to the upper ford on Roan Oak.

    Pension granted Florence Blair, wife of Samuel Blair, a soldier in the
Continental Service, and Sargeant in the 12th Virginia Regiment, who died in the
year 1788.

    Alexander Smyth appointed Deputy Clerk of this Court.

    Pension granted Matthew Amacks, wounded at the Battle of Guilford.

    License granted John McCreary to retail goods.

    William Scott, Leonard Shoemaker, Andrew Crawford, John Wilson, Josiah
Crawford, Peter McCalister, Garland McCalister, Henry Gibson, George Wilson,
James Wier, John Lackland, Bassel Harnet, Josiah Wilson, Patrick McCorkle and
Richard McClure summoned to show cause why they should not be punished for
contempt of court.


April 21, 1788.

    Nathaniel Evans found guilty of numerous thefts and remanded to jail to
await trial in the General Court.


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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