PATRICK COUNTY, VA - COURT - Order Book "O" (Selected Entries, 1795) ----¤¤¤---- PATRICK CO., VA., ORDER BOOK "O" (SELECTED ENTRIES, 1795) JULY COURT (31 July 1795) Clark v Rowan, a Jury Sworn to wit, Samuel Clark, William Easley, Miller Easley, James Lyon, Jr., Joel Chitwood, James Bailey, Jesse Corn, Robert Sharp, Roger Shelton, Joseph Reynolds, John Hammonds Jr., & John Poteet, Verdt. retd. for the Plt. £7.6. and a New Tryall is Granted the Defendant...& the Verdt. set aside is ? Court Costs. SEPTEMBER COURT (24 September 1795) A Deed from James Shelton & Susanah his Wife to William Hamblit Proved and a Dedimus for the Privy examination of Susanah the Wife returned & O.R. Also from the same to the same the same. A Power of Attorney from Eliphaz Shelton to Thomas Mitchell Ackd. & O.R. David Morgan James Turner, John Tuggle, & James Denney or any 3 of them are appd. to View a way for a Road from the upper end of the said David Morgans Plantation to Francis Turner and make report thereof to the Court. Deah Hudson is appd. Survey of the Road from the ford of Little Dan to Peters Creek in Handys lands in the Place of Joseph Francis & the list filed be his Gang. Rowan v Sharp, Judgment Confessed according to Specialty & Costs. OCTOBER COURT (30 October 1795) McCrery & Wallace v Griffin a Jury Sworn to wit John Walters, William Willis, Robert Sharp, George Rogers Jr., George Corn, Charles Rakes, Richard Massey, James Bailey, David Rogers, George Carter, Harvey Fitzgerald & Stephen Jones. Verdct returned for the Plaintif for the Plf for one penny Damages & O.R. Joshua Rentfro is Recommended to the Executive as a Proper & fit Person to serve in the Commission of the Peace. Eliphaz Shelton is allowd 1 days attens. as a Witness for Jones ads. Hall. Wm. Adams is allowed 3 days attendc as a Witness for Hall v Jones. Also 2 days for the same v Lawson Solomon Stephens is allowed 1 days attend as a Witness for Hall v. Jones Elizabeth Shelton is allowed 2 days attens. as a Witness the same - the same (31 October 1795) Vest v Saunders & Others a Jury Sworn to wit, Nathan Hall, Samuel Clark, Joseph Newman, Richard Adkinson, William Moore, David Gogers [sic], James Taylor, George Rogers Junr., Jacob Lawson, Joseph Keaton, Robert Sharp & William Willis. Verdt returned for the Plaintif for one hundred pounds & O.R. Baker v Rowan, W.E. set aside not guilty & Issue & a Jury Swn. to wit William Keaton, Jos Newman, Frederick Fitzgerald, Terry Hughes, Samuel Clark, David Rogers, William Willis, Robert Sharp, John Hall, Thomas Willis, Adrian Anglin & Golder Davison, Verdt. Retd. for the Plf. for £5 Damages. Excors (?) in audit of Ind. be Recd. by the Court Wch. was in the award, the Deft. by his atto. pr. JTh...s (?) Contd. for the Argument of the Excrs pr. ...(?) next Term. DECEMBER COURT (31 December 1795) Eliphaz Shelton is allowed 9 days for Each of his sons for Guarding the Jail Over James Treasey which was Ordered to be Certified to the Auditor of Publick Accounts. (Transcribed by Mary C. Smith from Patrick Co., Va., Order Book "O," 1791-1800, unpaged, Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel #18.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mary C. Smith carthage42@hotmail.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------------