Botetourt County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Minutes, County Court September 1791
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Source: Annals Of S W Virginia
Written: September 1791

September 13, 1791.

    Road established from Abraham McConnell's by Looney's to Sinking Creek.

     Wm. Wright appointed Surveyor of the Road.

    Thomas King appointed Surveyor of the Road.

    John Reynolds appointed Constable.

    Samuel Black appointed Surveyor of the road.

    John Beale and Joseph Haynes took the oath of Commissioners of the Peace,
the oath of Oyer and Terminer and the oath to support the Constitution of the
United States.

    Wm. Smith admitted Deputy Clerk of this Court.

    Road established from the Lick Run Fording of James River to Joseph Haynes'.

    Peter Wright, Sr., exempted from working on the highway due to infirmities.

    Overseers of the Poor ordered to make provision for the support of Gilbert
Norris, a poor person.

    John Smyth (John's Creek) took oath as Commissioner of the Peace, oath of
Oyer and Terminer and oath to support the Constitution of the United States.

    Robert McMullen appointed Constable.

    Henry Walker granted leave to build a grist mill on his own place.

    Henry Walker and John Hawkins took the oath of Commissioner of the Peace,
oath of Oyer and Terminer and oath to support the Constitution of the United
States.

    John Peck took oath of Captain of the Militia.

    Leave granted William Douthat to keep an ordinary at his house in this Town.


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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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