Botetourt County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Minutes, County Court September 1779
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Source: Annals Of S W Virginia
Written: September 1779

At a court held for Botetourt County the ninth day of September, 1779.

Present:  Patrick Lockhart, James Barnett, Thomas Rowland, and Robert Poage,
Gent. Justices.

    Ord. that Rose Lynem, Susanna Lynem & Thomas Lynem be bound to John Withers
accdg. to law.

    Ord. that Agness, a mulatto child of Peggy Lynem, be bound to James Curry
accdg. to law.

    Ordered that the claim of James McNeell, a soldier in the year 1759, be
certified in order to entitle him to a bounty of fifty acres of land accdg. to
law, which certificate was delivered to Jas. McNeell.

    Ord. that the ct. be adjd. till tomorrow morning, six o'clock. The mins. of
these procdgs. were signed by
                      William McClenachan

    At a court contd. & held for Botetourt County the 10th of September, 1779.
Present: William Fleming, William McClenachan, Patrick Lockhart, and James
Barnett, Gent. Justices.


Samuel Woods       Plff   )
agst.                     )   In Case
William Campbell,  Deft.  )

    This day came the parties &ec. &k also a jury, towit: Jas. Buford, James
Roberts, Saml. McRoberts, Stephen May, Luke Pryor, James Cloyd, Wm. Galloway,
Richard Helet, Hugh Crockett, William Walton, Andrew Henry and Thomas McFarran,
who retd. verdt. awarding plff. damages of two hundred pounds. Judgt. accdgly.
&c costs.


   Jesse Clark, a Deputy Sheriff under Andrew Woods, Sheriff of this County,
took the oath accrdg. to law.

    Ord. that Mary McCormack, wife of Adam McCormack, who is a soldier in the
Continental Army, be allowed the sum of thirty pounds for the support of herself
and child.

    Ord. that William Walton and Wm. Neelly be added to the recommendation of
the (word omitted) Peace for the County and that the Clerk certify accdgly.

    Ord. that the ct. be adjd. The mins. of these procdgs. were signed by
                      William Fleming

    At a court held for Botetourt County the 26th day of September, 1779 for the
examination of Joseph Bailey on suspicion of felony. Present: Wm. McClenachan,
Pat Lockhart, Geo. Skillern and John Armstrong, Gentlemen. The prisoner being
set at the bar and arraigned of feloniously stealing a gray mare the property of
John Haynes and it being demanded of him whether he was guilty of the said
felony, pleaded thereto not guilty, whereupon sundry witns. were sworn and
examd. on behalf of the Commonwealth, and the prisoner heard in his defence. On
consideration whereof the court are of opinion that he is guilty thereof and
that he ought to be held for the same in the General Court.   Therefore he is
remanded to goal.

    Ord. that the ct. be adjd.   This procdg. was signed by
                              George Skillern


    At a court held the aforesaid 26th of September, 1779 for the examination of
Elizabeth McCorkle on suspicion of felony. Present: the aforesaid Justices. The
prisoner being set at the bar & arraigned of feloniously stealing from Joseph
Bailey a percell of woolling yarn & a pair of wooll cards pleaded thereto not
guilty. Whereupon sundry witnesses were sworn and examined and the prisoner
heard in her defence. On consideration whereof the court are of opinion that she
is guilty of stealing the yarn, and by consent of the prisoner and with the
assent of the court it is ordered that the said Elizabeth McCorkle receive ten
lashes on her bare back by the Sheriff well laid on.

    Ord. that the ct. be adjd. till court in course. This procdg. was signed by
George Skillern


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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