PATRICK COUNTY, VA - COURT - Order Book "5" (Selected Entries, 1842)
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APRIL COURT
(14 April 1842)

On the motion of Charles Thomas Jr. it is ordered that Saml. Rakes, Henry 
Crum, James Martin and Reuben Wright or any three of them be and they are 
hereby appointed commissioners to view a way for a road from the Franklin 
road through Capt. Wm. R. Youngs plantation by said Thomass mill on Smiths 
river at the White falls to intersect with Rakes road leading to Franklin 
between Saml. Boyds and Elisha Cockrans and report to Court their action 
thereupon.

Harvey Fitzgerald esqr. produced in Court a commission under the seal of the 
commonwealth bearing date the 3rd day of December 1840 appointing him 
Sheriff of this County until the first quarterly term in 1842 and contd in 
office until March Court 1843 by the failure of the qualification of a 
successor, & thereupon the said Fitzgerald with A. Staples, Clk Penn, Thos. 
J. Penn, P.P. Penn & Haman Critz, Thos Penn [sic, insert] his securities 
entered into & acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $20,000 conditioned 
according to law having the oaths prescribed by law.

The Court proceeded to appoint overseers of the poor to day and thereupon 
the overseers of the poor heretofore appointed were unanimously reappointed 
with the exception of Colo. Young to fill whose place Colo. Baines Carter 
was appointed.

Ordered that Jesse Corn, Baines Carter and Grandison B. Leseurer do make a 
supplemental Inventory of the estate of William Via decd and return the 
Inventory under their hands to Court being first sworn before some Justice 
of the Peace.


JUNE COURT
(16 June 1842)

To James Light for 3 days work on his road as surveyor        .75
To G. P. Sandifur for 1 do   do                               .25
To Spencer Nowlin for 2 days work as surveyor & 1 sign board 1.00
To William Shelton for 2 do  do                               .50
To A. B. Clark for 1 day                                      .25
To Spencer Cockram  2 days last year & 1 day this year       1.25
TO Aaron Dehart for 1 old & 1 young red fox scalp             .75
To Hardin W. Reynolds for 6 days as surveyor on his road
          last year & this year                               2.25
To William A. Sandifur  8  do  do this & last year            3.00
TO Armstead W. Newman for 77 hours patrolling @               1.61
To William Carter for his services as coroner                 5.00

Comwealth vs. Pickeral  nolle Prosequi


AUGUST COURT
(13 August 1842)

Sharp vs. Hanby   Death of defendant suggested and the cause revived in the 
name of said defendants administrator and Contd.


NOVEMBER COURT
(18 November 1842)

Present: Richard Thomas, William Critz, Jesse Corn and John Turner -- 
Gentlemen Justices

Ordered that the order made at last Court appointing a superintendant and 
hands to open and change the road leading from Mrs. Susan Penns by Jessee 
Murphys across spoon creek into the Courthouse road above said Murphys be so 
far amended as to include the hands of Prior Tatum as surveyor now under 
Walter Freeman(?), John France and his hands, Jesse Murphy Jr. and his 
hands, Clark Penn and his hands and John N. Kasey and his hands, who are 
thereupon ordered with P.O. Penn as superintendant to open said road 
according to law.

It appearing by satisfactory evidence that John Sharp Sr. was a pensioner of 
the United States at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, was a resident of 
the said County and died therein on the 30th day of May 1834 and that he 
left a widow whose name is Frances Sharp and the same is ordered to be 
certified to the war department.


(19 November 1842)

On the motion of Greensville Penn, it is ordered that Frederick Critz, John 
G. Lee and Absalom W. Scales or any two of them being first sworn before 
some Justice of the peace be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to 
state and settle the account current of Richard Mills decd. and report said 
settlement to the Court.

Jesse Corn one of the acting Justices of the peace in & for this County 
appeared in Court today and entered his protest against the proceedings of 
the Court on yesterday in reference to its action on the recommendation of a 
Justice to be commissioned as Sheriff of this County as irregular and 
prejudicial to his right.

Fitzgerald exors et al vs. Sheltons heirs  In Chy.
   Ordered that the decree entered in this cause at the March Term of this 
Court in the year 1830 be so far amended as that Alexander A. Moir be 
appointed commissioner to execute the said decree in place of Mathew 
Sandifur and it is farther ordered that the said Mathew Sandifur pay over to 
the said Alexr. A. Moir any money which he may have collected under said 
decree and deliver to the said Moir any bonds which may remain in his 
possession by Virtue thereof.


(Transcribed by Mary C. Smith from Patrick Co., Va., Order Book 5, 
1840-1846, unpaged, Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel #19.)


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