Botetourt County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Minutes, County Court January 1780
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Source: Annals Of S W Virginia
Written: January 1780

At a court held for Botetourt County the 13th day of January, 1780.

    Present: Pat Lockhart, Adam Smyth, Wm. Madison and James Barnett, Gent.
Justices.

    Nicholas Carper is apptd. Constable in the Town of Fincastle and the
district adjoining.

   This court is adjd. till tomorrow morning, six o'clock. This procdg. was
signed by
                                           Wm. Madison


At a court contd. and held for Botetourt County the 14th day of January, 1780.

    Present: the Revd. Adam Smyth, Pat Lockhart, Wm. Ward and Martin McFarran,
Gent. Justices.

   William Madison produced a commission from his Excellency the Governor
appointing him Sheriff of this County during pleasure, dated the first day of
October, 1779. Whereupon the said Madison took the oath required by law and
entered into two bonds in the sum of four hundred pounds each according to law.

   Andrew Woods, one of the Gentlemen named in the Commission of the Peace for
this County, took the oath reqd. by law.

    Ord. that Joseph and James Ward's claims each who served in Captain
Dickerson's Company of Rangers in the years 1756 & 1757 as soldiers be
certified, proof having been made to the court accdg. to law.

    Ord. that the court be adjd. till court in course. The mins. of these
prcdgs. were signed by
                            Andrew Woods


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
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United States of America


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