Botetourt County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Minutes, County Court July 1781
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Source: Annals Of S W Virginia
Written: July 1781

At a court held for Botetourt County the 12th day of July, 1781.

Present: Geo. Skillern, Wm. Ward, Wm. Neelly, Win. Davidson & Pat Lockhart,
Gent. Justices.

    James Rowland is apptd. a Commissioner of the Taxes in this County in the
room of Andrew Woods, Gentleman, decd.

    A licence is grtd. to Peter Wright to keep an ordinary at his house in this
County he having entd. into bond with Palser Kinterlure, his security, acedg. to
law.

    James Tosh is apptd. Second Lieut, in Captain Neelley's Company of Militia &
Mathcw Scott Ensign.

    On the petition of Robert Harvey leave is grtd. him to build a water grist
mill on Burden's Run, a branch of Catawba, upon his own land.

    Ord. that the following rates be observed by the ordinary keepers in this
County, towit:

                                                        L    S   D
Breakfast with tea or coffee                           12    0   0
    do.   without do                                    9    0   0
Dinner                                                  9    0   0
Lodging one night                                       3   18   0
Whiskey per half pint                                   3    0   0
Corn per gallon                                         3   12   0
Oats per gallon                                         3   12   0
Stablagc with fodder or hay for a horse one
night                                                   3   12   6
Oats per sheaf                                          1   16   0
Cyder or beer per quart                                 3    0   0
Pasturage for a horse one night                         3    0   0

    Geo. Rutledge is apptd. Capt. in the Militia of this County in the room of
James Woods.

    Joseph Anderson is exempted from paying County levy in future on acct. of
his age & infirmity.

    Wm. Davidson took the oath required by law as a Coroner for this County.

    Ord. that the ct. be adjd. till court in course. The mins. of these predgs.
were signed by
                                        Geo. 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
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United States of America

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