Botetourt County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Minutes, County Court May 1799 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com August 31, 2007, 6:54 pm Source: Annals Of S W Virginia Written: May 1799 May 14, 1799 Peter F. Trines granted license to keep an ordinary. Rev. John Helms (Methodist) granted license to celebrate the rites of matrimony. Howard Rutherford bound to Willis Copeland, cabinet maker. The grand jury presented the following: True bill against James Kimberling. True bill against Peter Minick. True bill against Henry Fizer, an infant under age, son of Adam Fizer. Surveyor of the road from Michael Spirur's to the short turn or near Walter Smiley's, not keeping same in repair. Surveyor of the road from below Nicholas Carper's towards Amsterdam, not keeping same in repair. Same from James Tapscott's to the Glade Field. John Peck and Thomas McFerran appointed guardians of Elizabeth Vanmeter and Placy Vanmeter. Martin McFerran appointed guardian of Jacob, Joseph and Sarah Vanmeter, children of Isaac Vanmeter, decd. May 15, 1799 License granted Thomas Price to keep an ordinary at his house. 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/botetourt/court/minutes316gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb