PATRICK COUNTY, VA - COURT - Order Book "4" (Selected Entries, 1835) ----¤¤¤---- JANUARY COURT (15 January 1835) Ordered that Obediah Belcher be appointed Surveyor of the road in place of Wm. Sharp resigned and it is ordered that the hands assigned to the said Sharp constitute his gang and keep the same in repair according to law. Ordered that Adam Turner, John Akers, Charles Nowlin and David B. Hatcher and his hands be added to the list of Edward Jefferson Surveyor of the road. Elisha Anglin is appointed Surveyor of the road in place of Philip Anglin removed by the Court and it is ordered that the list filed constitute his gang and keep the same in repair according to law. Boyd vs. McAlexander On an Appeal. On motion of the Plff by his Attorney it is ordered that the appeal be continued. Akers & wife vs. Cooper & al In Chy. On motion the plaintiff, it is ordered that John P. Carter, John A. Hairston, Jesse Corn and John Turner be appointed Commissioners to carry a decree into effect made in this Cause at November Court last in place of those mentioned in the said decree and that they make report of their proceedings to the Court. William Clark is appointed Surveyor of the road in place of Moses Clark resigned and it is ordered that the hands assigned the said Moses constitute his gang and keep the same in repair according to law -- And that Wm. Sharp & son Leonard and John B. Hudson & his sons be added thereto. James Dillard is appointed Survey[or] of the road in place of Ewell Smith resigned and it is ordered that the hands assigned the said Smith constitute his gang and Keep the same in repair according to law. Present: Greenl. Penn, H. Fitzgerald, Charles Thomas, Wm. Carter, Hardin H. Moore, Martin Cloud, Thos. J. Penn, Wm. Critz, Thos. J. Tatum, John Tuggle, John Turner & John Tatum. APRIL COURT (16 April 1835) ...a deed from Edmund McAlexander to David McAlexander with the Certificate of Proof thereon endorsed was presented in Court & admitted to record. A deed from Hudson Shelton to William and James Shelton acknowledged & ordered to be recorded. David Rogers is appointed Surveyor of the road from the fork of the road near Obediah Belchers to D. Hudsons & it is Ordered that James Boaz, John Rogers, William Sharp, Robert Glasgow, Lewis Pickeral, John R. Salmons & Russell Salmon, Jameson Cassada and William Cassada, Wm. N. Sharp & Leonard Sharp constitute his gang, & that they clear & Keep the same in repair according to law. John H. Walker is appointed Guardian of Jackson Foley, Wesley Foley, James Foley & Ludwill Foley, Children and Infants of Martha Foley decd. & it is ordered that the same Guardian do appear at the next Court & enter into bond conditioned according to law with good security in the penalty of $250. JULY COURT (16 July 1835) On motion It is ordered that Robert Tudor be added to the Commissioners appointed to lay off & assign to Nancy Spencer widow of Elijah Spencer decd. her dower in the Estate of the decd. Ordered that Thomas Harbour one of the Overseers of the poor bind Sally Newcomb(?) a free girl of colour aged about 15(?) years as apprentice to Sarah Cox widow of James Cox decd. & make report thereof to Court. Jesse Corn, Richard Thomas & Crawford Turner are appointed Commissioners to settle the account current of of Barbara Foley decd. & make report thereof to Court. The Sheriff, having returned the summons ordered at the last Court "executed" requiring Jackson Penn to appear at this Court to shew cause if any he can why the Indentures binding Columbus & George Stewart apprentices to him should not be rescinded, for reasons appearing to the Court, it is ordered that the trial of this motion be continued till August Term next. Moses Clark is appointed Surveyor of the road from Colo. Staples Style to the ford of the river near Sheltons old place in place of Saml. Sharp removed & it is ordered that the hands allotted to said Sharp constitute his gang and keep the same in repair according to law. (Transcribed by Mary C. Smith from Patrick Co., Va., Order Book 4, 1831-1839, unpaged, Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel #19.) ___________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________