Botetourt County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Minutes, County Court April 1782
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Source: Annals Of S W Virginia
Written: April 1782

At a court held for Botetourt County the 9th day of May, 1782.

Present: Geo. Skillern, Pat Lockhart, John Armstrong, William Davidson & Robert
Poage, Gent. Justices.

    Wm. Davidson's list of tithables was retd. to court and is ord. to be certfd.

    Also a list of the taxable property taken by said Davidson in the bounds of
Captain Beard's and Pryor's Companies of Militia.

    Thomas Madison is apptd. guardian to Anne Lewis, orphan of theeHonorable
Andrew Lewis, Gent., decd., who entered into bond in the sum of two thousand
pounds with Geo. Skillern and Wm. McClcnachan, his securities.

    Wm. McClenachan entd. into & acknd. bond with Geo. Skillern and Thomas
Madison his securities in the sum of ten thousand pounds to the Governor for his
true and faithful collection of the taxes in this County levied by Act of Assembly.

    Wm. McClenachan took the oath prescribed by law of Lieut. Colo, of the
Militia in this County.

    The Grand Jury appeared in court and were sworn, to wit: Samuel Walker,
Junr., Alexr. McDonald, Saml. McRoberts, Thomas Gillis, James McConnel, Andrew
Armstrong, Wm. Craddock, Robert Andeven, Moses Tullis, Benjamin West, Uriah
Humphries, Saml. Baldwin, Jesse Clark, Andrew Woods and John Lapsley, who having
recd, their charge went out of court to consider of their presentments, &c.

    On the petition of John Taylor leave is grtd. him to keep an ordinary at his
house in the County, he having entd. into bond with Captain Mills his security
according to law.

    The same to Thomas Crow at Crow's Ferry in this County, he having entd. into
bond with John Mills his security in the sum of fifty pounds accdg. to law.

    The Grand Jury retd. into court and prestd. the following persons, towit:

    We of the Grand Jury present the Surveyor of the Road from the Stone House
to the County line by the widow Dusing's for not keeping the same in repair as
the law directs.

    Also the Surveyor of the Road from the Creek beyond Mr. Woods' to Mr.
Breckinridge's the same as above.

    Also Robert Burdwell for not keeping the road in repair as the law directs.

    Also the Surveyor of the Road from the Beaver Dams to the ford of James
River for not keeping the same in repair.

    Also Moses Allen for (word "not" omitted) keeping the road in repair from
the Pedlar Ford down James River to the end of his bounds.

    And also the Surveyor of the remainder of the road to Anderson's Ferry for
not keeping the same in repair as the law directs.

    Also Wm. Anderson and James Black for stopping the old road from Crow's to
Anderson's Ferry down the river contrary to the law.

    Also the Surveyors of tho Road from Saml. Young's up Catawba and over
Roanoake to the County line for not keeping the same in repair as the law directs.

    Also the Surveyor of the road from Alexr. Baines to Moses Dunlop's for (word
"not" omitted) keeping the same in repair.

    Also John Buyers for retailing liquors without licence.

    Ordered that summons issue against the several persons this day presented by
the Grand Jury returnable here at the next court.

    Pat Lockhart and Thomas Rowland, Gent., are apptd. to value the
Commissioner's Lands in the County.

    James Rowland, Surveyor of the Road from Hall's Run to Catawba, and James
McCaul from the ford of Catawba by James Rowland's to James Dalzel's and Pat
Lockhart to divide the tithables between the said Surveyors that formerly worked
under Curtis Alderson.

    Ordered that James Taylor be recommended to his Excellency the Governor as a
fit person to execute the office of a Captain in the Militia of this County in
the room of Stephen Holston, who hath resigned that office, and Henry Walker,
Lieutenant in the room of James Taylor, and James Calvert, Ensign, in the room
of his brother Robert, who hath also resigned that office.

    Ord. that the ct. be adjd. till tomorrow at ten o'clock. The mins. of these
prcdgs. were signed by
                         Geo. Skillern

[transcriber's note: Although court was not adjourned for the month of May,
these were the only Minutes for the month of May.]

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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