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

At a court held for Botetourt County the 13th day of December.

Present: Pat Lockhart, Revd. Adam Smyth, Wm. Ward & William Neelley, Gent.
Justices.

    John Craig, a Dep. Sheriff in this County, took the oath reqd. by law.

    A report of a road made & retd. by Moses Preston, Thos. Martin, John
Caldwell and Thomas Akins from the mouth of John's Creek to the fork of survey,
ordered that the road be established agreeable to sd. report, and that the
tithables annexed to the said report do attend John Caldwell the Surveyor
thereof who is open & keep the sd. road in repair as the law directs.

    Ord. that Wm. Kyle, Jos. Kyle and Wm. Ritchey, being first sworn, do view
the way from Isaiah Vinsandt's mill to the ford of Catawba at James Rowland's
and make report thereof to court.

    A licence is grtd. Pat Lockhart to keep an ordinary at his house in this
Town, he having entd. into bond accdg. to law in the sum of five hundred pounds
with Joseph Carrol, his security.

    Wm. McClenachan, Adam Smyth and Pat Lockhart are recommended to the Governor
as fit persons, either of them, to act as Sheriff in this County for the ensuing
year.

    Ord. that the ct. be adjd. The mins. of these prcdgs. were
signed by
                                      Adam Smyth


    At a court held at Botetourt Courthouse the 17th day of Decr., 1781 for the
examn. of Zachariah Thorp on suspicion of his feloniously coining & uttering
dollars of base metal.

Present: Revd. Adam Smyth, Pat Lockhart, Wm. Ward, Thomas Rowland & Martin
McFarran, Gent. Justices.

    The prisoner being set at bar & arrgd. of the felony aforesaid pleaded
thereto not guilty. Whereupon sundry witns. were sworn & examd. on behalf of the
Commonwealth & the prisoner heard in his defence. Decision of the court that he
is guilty & ought to be tried therefor in the General Court, & therefore
remanded to goal.

    Joseph Sarler to be summoned as a witness to appear against the said Thorp
at his trial in the General Court.

    Ord. that the ct. be adjd. This prcdg. was signed by
                                    Adam Smyth


   At a court held at Botetourt Courthouse the 31st day of December, 1781 for
the examn. of Spencer Humphries on suspicion of his feloniously was concerned in
making and uttering dollars of base metal. Present: Geo. Skiilern, Pat Lockhart,
Thos. Rowland and Martin McFarran, Gentlemen. The prisoner being set at the bar
(same as in next preceding case). On consideration whereof the court are divided
in their judgment, & it is ordered that a summons issue against Hugh Kirkpatrick
to appear at the next court to shew cause why he may not be fined for not
attending this day as a witness on behalf of the Commonwealth. And it is further
ordered that the High Sheriff be summoned to appear at the said next court to
shew cause why the witness in behalf of the Commonwealth agst. the prisoner was
not summoned to attend this court.

    Ord. that the ct. be adjd. till court in course. The mins. of this predg.
were 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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