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

At a ct. held for Botetourt County the 14th day of December, 1780.

    Present: Geo. Skillern, Pat Lockhart, James Barnett, & Wm. Davidson, Gent.
Justices.

    Geo. Barnett and Moses Dickerson are exempt from paying County levies in
future on acct. of their age & infirmity.

    John Dunn in Captain Barnett's Company the same.

    Ord. that Redmon Akins, Thomas Akins, John Caldwell & Moses Penter, being
first sworn do view the road from the Fork Survey on John's Creek to Taylor's
Mill on Craig's Creek and ret. and acct. thereof to the courts.

    Ord. that the road be established round the plantation of the Revd.
McWallace's agreeable to report and that the said McWallace be Surveyor of the
Road from the creek near Mrs. Breckinridge's to the Stone House, and that Wm.
Neelly appoint the tithables to work on said road.

    Francis Grymes is apptd. Surveyor of the Road from the Stone House to the
Big Lick, and that Wm. Neelly allot the tithables to work on said road.

    Francis Smith is apptd. Surveyor of the Road from James Dalzell's to the
creek beyond Mrs. Breckinridge's and that the tithables who wrought on the same
under James Robinson do attend & work thereon.

    A licence is granted to John McArnold to keep an ordinary at his house in
this County for the space of one year from this time, he having entered into
bond with David May, his security, in the sum of fifty pounds accdg. to law.

    Ord. that the children of Wm. Rowland, decd, except Elizabeth be bound out
according to law.

    Toliaferro Craig is appointed Surveyor of the Road from the Big Lick to
Mason's Creek, Robert Neelly from said Creek to Fort Lewis and Moses Dunlop from
Fort Lewis to Wm. Madison.

    This court doth appoint and impower Nicholas Carper to provide a stove for
the use of the County and that he be furnished with cash for that purpose.

    Wm. Terry is exempt from paying County levies in future on account of his age.

    David May is recommended to his Excellency tho Governor as a fit person to
act as an Escheator in this County.

    Ord. that the court be adjd. till court in course. The mins. of these
proceedings 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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