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

At a court held for Botetourt County the 11th of September, 1782.

Present: Geo. Skillern, Rcvd. Adam Smyth, John Baller, and William Neelly, Gent.
Justices.

    An additional Commission of the Peace and Dedimus directed to James
Robinson, the Revd. Caleb Wallace, Joseph Looney, Robert Harvey, Saml. Todd and
Mathew Willson were presented in court and read. Whereupon Saml. Todd & Mathew
Willson, Gent., took the oaths of a Justice of the Peace of a Justice of the
County Court in Chancery and of Justice of Oyer and Terminer.

    David May is apptd. to lay off and allott the tithables to work on the road
from the County line to the Big Lick under John Depew, Surveyor thereof.

    Moses Preston, Surveyor of the Road from Thomas Akins' Mill to Em.
Commack's, and the tithables who formerly wrought thereon under him are to open
and keep the same in repair as the law directs.

    Ord. that Captain John Baller take in a list of the inhabitants within the
bounds of his Company of Militia and return an acct. thereof to the Clerk of
this County on or before the tenth day of October next.

    William Hamilton the same within the bounds of Captain Galloway's Company of
Militia.

    Martin McFarran the same within the bounds of Captain Heard's Company of
Militia.

    Saml. Todd the same within the bounds of Capt. Pryor's Company.

    Mathew Willson the same within the bounds of Capt. Smith's Company of Militia.

    Geo. Skillern the same within the bounds of Capt. Cartnut's Company of Militia.

    Wm. Ward the same within the bounds of Capt. Mills' Company of Militia.

    Pat Lockhart the same within the bounds of Capt. Robinson's Company of Militia.

    John Armstrong the same within the bounds of Captain May's do.

    Geo. Rutledge the same within the bounds of Capt. Watterson's Co. of Militia.

    Saml. Eason the same within the bounds of his own Company of Militia.

    Capt. Martain the same within the bounds of his own do.

    Capt. James Barnett      do.

    Wm. Walton same within the bounds of Capt. Lewis' Co. of Militia.

    Wm. Neelly within the bounds of Capt. Pawling's do.

    Robt. Poage within the bounds of Capt. Neelly's do.

    Robert Harvey the same within the bounds of Capt. Taylor's and Looney's
Companies of Militia.

    Ord. that the Revd. Adam Smyth, Pat Lockhart, James Rowland and Robert Harvy
with the County Surveyor survey the lands the property of this County adjoining
the courthouse & divide the same into such convenient parcells as they may think
proper to be disposed of for the benefit of the County and sell the same after
giving reasonable notice thereof.

    Joseph Frazer is apptd. Capt. in the room of Capt. Beard who hath resigned
that office; John Maiddraugh Ensign and Wm. Scott Lieutenant.

    Ord. that the ct. be adjd. till the court in course. The mins. of these
prcdgs. 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
KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE
United States of America


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