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

June 10, 1788.

    Moses Wilson appointed Constable, succeeding Samuel Woods.

    Thomas Goodson, Sr. took the oath of Overseer of the Poor.

    William Anderson admitted Assistant County Surveyor.

    William Gillespy appointed Overseer of the Road, succeeding Wallace Estill.

    John Pitzer appointed Constable, succeeding Nicholas Sharkey.

    Samuel Kennerly appointed Overseer of the Road, succeeding Thomas Miller.

    Ordered that the Sheriff advertise the building of a prison for this County,
on the second day of next court.


June 8, 1788.

    Paul Davies exempted from payment of County and Parish levies on account of
his infirmities.

    Same order for Daniel Hubble.

    Jacob Picklesimer appointed Surveyor of the Road, succeeding George Booth.

    Alexander Sprawl appointed Constable, succeeding Thomas McCalister.

    Christopher H. Clarke, Gent, took the oath of an attorney. Jacob Carnes
appointed Surveyor of the Road, succeeding Joseph Haynes.

    Abraham Dick, same, succeeding John Sproul.

    George Hancock exempted from paying taxes for a blind Negro man named Tony.

    License granted Archibald Murry to retail goods.

    Ordered that John Smyth, Henry Walker, James Briant and Michael Toomey view
the different ways for a wagon road from the land of Alexander Smyth on Craigs
Creek to this Court House.

    The Court proceeded to lay the levy for this County.


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
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United States of America


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