Botetourt County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Minutes, County Court May 1777
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Source: Annals Of S W Virginia
Written: May 1777

At a court held for Botetourt County the 13th of May, 1777.

Present: Benjamin Estill, Andrew Woods, Richard May & Adam Smyth, Gent. Justices.

    John Bowman, one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, took the oath
of a Justice of the Pence agreeable to an ordinance of Convention.

    Moses Collier, an Ensign in the Militia, took the oath directed by an
Ordinance of Convention.

    John Yancy is npptd. Surveyor of the Road from Buchanan's Ferry to Thomas
Rowland's, and the tithables before allotted to that road by George Skillern to
work thereon when required to keep the same in repair accdg. to law.

    Andrew McKinley, John Trimble & James Taylor, having reported that the way
proposed for a road by John Paxton's from the fork next to the North River to
Samuel Wallace's field &, and thence through the same as the old road formerly
run before it was shut up by the said Wallace, is the best, the lowest and most
convenient for travellers. Ordered that the same be established accordingly,
that the said Wallace be discharged from the office of Surveyor of the said
Road, that Joseph Walker, Junr. be Surveyor of the Road from the said River to
James Buchanan's, and John Poage, Junr., from the said Buchanan's to Buffaloe
Creek, & that John Trimble and John Moore divide all the tithables living within
three miles of said road between the said Surveyors. And it is further ord. that
the said Joseph Walker with the tithables belonging to his district do open the
road through the said Wallace's field agreeable to this order. And that the
Sheriff with a sufficient number of his County Militia do attend the said
Surveyor upon notice of the day he shall propose to open the said road to remove
force and violence, if any be offered by tho said Wallace or any other person.

    A copy of the order of court made in August, 1776 for Samuel Wallace and
Mathew Elder to open the road which they had stopped by them having been duly &
and not complied with, it is considered by the court that they be fined for
their contempt, the said Wallace in the sum of twenty pounds and the said Mathew
the sum of five pounds.

    Benjamin Estill, Philip Love & Andrew Woods, Gent., are recommended to his
Excellency the Governor rts fit persons to execute office of Sheriff, which
office the said Estill refused to except of.

    Ord. that the ct. be adjd. till court in course.

    The minutes of these proceedings were signed by
                                    Benjamin Estill


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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