Botetourt County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Minutes, County Court February 1775
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Source: Annals Of S W Virginia
Written: February 1775

At a court held for Botetourt County the 14th of February, 1775.
Present.
    John Bowyer, James Trimble, Wm. Fleming, Wm. Madison, Geo. Skillern &
William McKee, Gent. Justices.

    Mary McNeel to be summoned to court to shew cause why her children shall not
bo taken from her and bound out according to law.

    Mary Ann Foster to serve her Master William Cross accdg. to law for having a
bastard child.

    Edward Peyon is apptd. Constable on the Tinkhold lands in the room of John
Cledenold, who is dischd. from that office.

    Also James Aston on Indian Creek and Joseph Soap on Indian Creek are apptd.
Constables.

    Adam Peck is apptd. Constable about the courthouse in the room of Simon
Alderson, who is dischd. from that office.

    Ord. that the court be adjd. to six o'clock this evening.
                              John Bowyer

At a court continued & held for Botetourt County at six o'clock this evening.

Present. 
John Bowyer, George Skillern, James Trimble, Richard May and Adam Smyth, Gentlemen.

    Ordered that this court be adjourned till tomorrow morning, eight o'clock.

    This proceeding was signed by
                          John Bowyer

At a court contd. & held for said County 15th of February, 1775.
Present.
John Bowyer, James Trimble, Philip Love and Adam Smyth, Gent. Justices.

    Colo. John Smith is exempted from paying levies for the future.

    John Bowman took the usual oaths to his Majesty's Person and Government,
repeated & subscribed the test, and took the oath of Justice of the Peace of the
County Court in Chancery, and of Oyer and Terminer.

    Ord. that the church wardens of Botetourt Parish bind out Elizabeth Hopkins,
a bastard child of Nancy-Hopkins according to law.

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

    The minutes of these proceedings were signed by
                       John Bowyer


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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