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For 432 District-Robert Willis, 1822; Shadrick Griffin, 1822; Elisha Winslow, 1822; Redding Hunter, 1824; John Sut- ton, 1824; John S. Gilder, 1825; Fred Williams, 1825; Nathan Gronto, 1827; Daniel McDuffie, 1827; Thomas Young, 1829; Nathan Gronto, 1829; Redding Hunter, 1831; John Fussell, 1831; Fredrick Merritt, 1833; William Matchett, 1833; Fred- rick Merritt, 1835; William Bowen, 1835; James C. Fussell, 1837; Wright Parker, 1837; Wells Matchett, 1839; Whitting- ton S. Moore, 1841; Wells Matchett, 1841; Wells Matchett, 1844; Whittington S. Moore, 1845; Archible McInnis, 1845; Mark Mobley, 1847; Fredrick Merritt, 1849; Michael Whitman, 1849; David Hutchinson, 1849; James C. Fussell, 1850; Mark Mobley, 1853; Thomas Fisher, 1853; Archible McInnis, 1855,
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1857; William A. Curry. 1855, 1857; William Fitzpaterick, 1858: William Fussell. 1864: A. Fussell. 1865; M. Fussell. 1865; Moses Tucker. 1866: J. M. McCook. 1866: M. S. Tucker, 1869; William O. McRae. 1873: William Fitzpaterick, 1875; L. F. Prescott. 1877. 1881 and 1885 ; George W. Pridgen, 1883, 1887 ; G. M. Pridgen. 1900: M. D. Young. 1904.
For 433 District-David Calloway. 1822; Stephen Wiggons, 1822: Jonathan Smith. 1824: Thomas Porter, 1825; Issac Stephens. 1825: Miles Adams. 1827; Silaway McCall, 1827; Daniel Luke. 1829; Jonathan Smith. 1829; John Mulkey. 1833; Jonathan Smith. 1833: Silaway McCall. 1837 ; George R. Ried. 1837: John Mulkey. 1837; Solomon C. Spivey. 1838; Thomas Smith. 1841: Miles Adams. 1841; Wright Tomberlin. 1845 : James Brown. 1845: James W. Smith. 1846; Abram L. Mc- Call. 1849: James W. Smith. 1849; Jasper M. Luke. 1850; Stephen Bowen. 1852: James W. Smith. 1853; Stephen Bowen, 1853: David L. McCall, 1857; James W. Smith, 1857.
For 455 District-Thomas Smith, 1838; Jacob H. Rhodes, 1839.
For 518 District-Benjamin Grantham, 1823: Elisha Wins- low, 1823; John Brown. 1825; Redding Hunter. 1825; John Henderson. 1826; Joseph Griffin. 1829; James McClelland. 1829; Andrew McClelland, 1831; L. G. Jackson, 1835: Shade- rick Griffin. 1835. 1837; Jacob J. Bradford, 1837; Henry Marshall. 1839; Wiley Tyson. 1839; Andrew McClelland, 1842 ; John L. B. Harper. 1842; Wiley Tison. 1843 : Jacob J. Bradford, 1845: Fleming B. Harper. 1845, 1849; Littleberry Tison, 1849 ; Hugh Burns. 1851; Thomas B. Harper. 1853; Littleberry Tison. 1853; Wiley Tison. 1855; Thomas King, 1857; Thomas Jewell. 1857: M. W. Paulk. 1862; Jehu Fletcher, 1862; J. R. Faulkner. 1887; S. A. Burns. 1889, 1895; J. A. Faulkner. 1893; T. F. Edge. 1897; S. A. Burns, 1912.
For 690 District-James Paulk, 1828; Jesse Hobby. 1828; Jesse C. Sumner, 1834: Jeremiah Baker. Jr., 1834; Jesse C. Sumner. 1837; Jeremiah Baker. 1837; Thomas Baker, 1838; James Turner, 1841; Jesse C. Sumner. 1841; Nichols Baker, 1845; James McCormick. 1845; David P. Luke, 1846; Thomas F. Williams. 1847; David P. Luke, 1849; David Turner, 1849 ; James L. Branch, 1852; Benjamin Baker, 1853; David Fenn,
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1853; John E. McMullen, 1855; James T. Branch, 1857; John Ross. 1857; Jesse C. Sumner. 1857; David M. Hogan. 1859 : J. T. Branch, 1864; William E. King. 1864; James Gibbs. 1865; James Fletcher. 1865, 1868; S. M. Self. 1883. 1889. 1893: W. W. D. Branch. 1885; T. E. Fletcher, 1897; S. M. Self. 1900; A. D. Ross, 1905.
For 867 District-William Pouland. 1834; John O. Gredley. 1834; John Poulan, 1837 ; Hill R. R. Horn, 1837 ; Joseph Sumner. 1838; William B. Poulan, 1838: John Poulan, 1841. 1843: William Duncan, 1841, 1843; Gordon Sumner. 1844. 1845; William Duncan, 1845; David Smith, 1845; Issac I. Porter, 1846; James T. Hancock 1847, 1849 ; William W. Poulan. 1849 : John J. Willis. 1851; George Truluck. 1852; Gordon Sumner. 1853: John S. Minton, 1853.
For 901 District-John Benefield. 1835: Robert L. Dixon. 1835 : Daniel Luke, 1835 ; Henry Bellows. 1838 ; Madison Young. 1838 : John Benefield. 1839 : Daniel Luke. 1840; John McInnis. 1841: Joseph A. Turner. 1841; John Benefield. 1841: J. W. Hand. 1844; Joseph A. Turner. 1844. 1845: Hezekiah Walker. 1845; Daniel R. Thomas, 1846: William Young, 1848. 1849 ; L. M. Culberth, 1850; Joseph A. Turner. 1851; Joseph E. Bass. 1852: G. W. Cooper. 1853; Joseph A. Turner. 1853; James Fletcher. 1854; George Young. 1854, 1856; Joseph A. Turner. 1856. 1858; Jasper Spivey, 1858; R. W. Clements, 1860; Perry Fitzgerald. 1860; George Young. 1861; Joseph A. Turner. 1861; D. J. Fenn, 1865: D. W. Taylor, 1865: C. B. Pritchard. 1866; T. T. Mauldin. 1877; J. W. Tomberlin. 1883: S. T. Yarbrough, 1889; A. E. Clements. 1900. 1904. 1908. 1912, 1921 to 1932.
For 982 District-Jacob C. Young. 1841; MaNassa Hender- son. 1841. 1845; Jonathan Smith. 1842. 1845: William P. Ross. 1849; Elias D. Whiddon. 1849: Zara Paulk. 1853; John Ross. 1861; D. M. Hogan. 1861: Zara Paulk. 1864; David Branch. 1869. 1877; A. E. Clements. 1878; C. L. Royal. 1883, 1893 : D. J. Parker, 1897; V. A. Freeman. 1900.
For 1388 District-Jacob Fussell. 1885; J. T. Walker. 1889 : R. V. Handley, 1893; A. McInnis, 1897 : D. W. Pope. 1912.
For 1421 District-S. E. Coleman, 1888. 1889: J. H. Mc- Nesse, 1893; J. C. Fletcher, 1916; Frank York. 1920, 1921.
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1 .- James Valentine Hollingsworth, Representative, 1842-'44; 2 .- Col. W. R. Mixon, Representative, 1931-'32; 3 .- Smith Turner, Senator, 1849-'50; Representative, 1841-'42; Sheriff, 1836-'38, 1844-'46; 4 .- John B. Dorminey, Representative, 1845-'48; 5 .- J. B. Clements, Senator, 1919- '20-'25-'26, '31-'32. Also Representative, 1913-'19; County Judge for 16 years, from 1892-1909. Judge J. B. Clements was first native born citizen of Irwin County to graduate from accredited college, having ob- tained B.S. Degree from Emory, 1890; 6 .- James B. Fletcher, Repre- sentative, 1877-'78; 8 .- William Branch, Representative. 1880-'81: 9 .- Jacob Dorminey, Representative, 1873-'74.
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For 1529 District-William Henderson, 1895, 1908; J. A. McInnis, 1912; Walter M. Rogers, 1916, 1921.
For 1537 District-Drew W. Paulk, 1895, 1897; Alex S. Harvey, 1900, 1904.
For 1550 District-J. Z. Sutton, 1897; G. W. Ellis, 1903, 1904.
For 1643 District-A. L. Tucker, 1906; E. P. Jowers, 1908; J. R. Young, 1908; J. J. Harper, 1911, 1912, 1916; W. A. Lewis, 1920, 1921.
For 1661 District-J. R. Love, 1907, 1908; John C. Whitley, 1912; J. R. Love, 1915, 1916, 1921.
For 1662 District-Y. S. Gibbs, 1907, 1908; C. H. Bussell, 1912; Y. S. Gibbs, 1916, 1921.
For 1670 District-D. J. Henderson, 1908; T. J. Waller, 1908; E. P. Fletcher, 1912; A. D. Ross, 1921.
PRACTICING ATTORNEYS.
According to the minutes of the Superior Courts the follow- ing attorneys practiced in said court from 1820 to 1847 to wit :
Thomas D. Mitchell, Lott Warren, Charles F. Bethune, Thomas Porter, James J. Scarborough, W. Wiggons, Bell & Miller, Thomas C. Sullivan, L. Franklin, John J. Underwood, John Gibson, Robert L. Parrance, Richard F. Brantley, W. S. Whitfield, P. E. Love, Fort & Evers, Charles S. Hawsley, C. B. Cole, Hershell V. Johnson, Davis & Rockwell, Parrance & Hinds, James N. Bethune, B. G. Sturgiss.
The following practiced in said court from 1847 to 1883 to wit :
A. H. Hansel, Plat and Spicer, William H. Perkins, William M. Pane, C. B. Cole, John J. Underwood, Charles S. Hawley, T. B. Davis, T. Sturgiss, E. H. Plat, Seward & Love, George W. Fish Seward & Hansel, D. & E. T. Sheftall, P. F. D. Scar- borough, H. Whitfield, I. L. Harris, John S. Winn, A. E. Cochoran, Stubbs & Hill, Hinds & Hobbs, Richard H. Clark, W. W. Pane, Scarborough & Lowery, B. B. Ranson, P. W. Whittle, H. Morgan, Dawson & Kibey, John B. Colding, II. T. Peoples, E. A. Smith, Eli Warren, Storzier & Smith, Warren & Warren, A. C. Pate, W. B. Bennett, D. H. Pope, W. A. Harris, C. C. Kibey, Rolin A. Stanley, O. C. Horn, Jacob Watson, B. F. Whittington, Horn & McDermit, John H. Martin, Lacey
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Lastinger, W. W. Lastinger, J. M. Dinton, Tom Eason, John Murrow, B. M. Frazell, Tom Taylor, C. C. Smith, D. M. Roberts, C. W. Fulwood E. D. Graham, J. M. Dinton, W. Ira Brown, H. C. Ward, Bankston & Grice.
OLD SETTLERS OF IRWIN COUNTY.
The Tax Digest of the county from 1820 to 1830, has been lost or destroyed. I have secured the digest for the year 1830 and 1839. In order to give some idea of who lived in the county during the two years 1830 and 1839, I give below a list of those returning tax for the year 1830 to wit:
John Dorminy, Sr., Richard Tucker, Joseph Fletcher, James Paulk, Samuel Goff, Thomas Woodard, William C. Swain, Lott Whiddon, Nathan Land. William B. Poland, A. McClelland, Abigial Hall, John Grantham, Leonard Harper, Daniel Hender- son, Tobias Boykin, Robert McCrutchin, Charles Thigpen, William Willis, Jesse C. Sumner, Joshua Griffin, John Dorm- iny, Jr., Micajah Paulk, Jr., John Paulk, Jacob Paulk, James Turner, Thomas Simpson, Silas McCelland, Jesse Hobby, Joseph Sumner, John Clark, John Benefield, Daniel Grantham, Sr., Elijah Grantham, Micajah Paulk, Sr., John Henderson, William Bradford, Daniel McMillan, Arnold McCrutchin, John Willis, Daniel Drawdy, Alex McDonald, Shadrick Griffin, Benjamin Griffin, Godfrey Purvis, Fredrick Merritt, Jr., Wiley Vickers, William King, Cornelious Tyson, Richard Story, William Sumner, Jeremiah Baker, George Paulk, James Walker, John Walker, Thomas Baker, Benjamin Baker, Silas McCelland, Jonathan Smith, James McGee, George R. Ried, Alex Hobby, Samuel Stone, Ruebon Gay, Daniel Merritt, Emanuel Knowles, James McCelland, Henry Marshall, Richard Rowe, George Arnold, Nickolus Baker, Archibald McDonald, Jacob Young, Jonathan Walker, Jeremiah Baker, Arron Daniels, Gabrial Mc- Clelland, Nathan Lamar, Thomas Gibbs, John Fitzgerald, John Gibbs, T. N. Statum, Lewis Martin, Sampson Gibbs, Marvell Stone, David Nicklos, James L. Wilcox, Daniel M. Luke, George Statum, Seaborn Tayler, David Fitzgerald, Abram McCall, John Mulkey, Fred Land, Philip Brown, James Mixon, Thomas Drawdy, James Statum, Jacob Barrton, William Sloan, James Hall, V. Hollingsworth, Hardy Hunter, James Brown,
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Miles Adams, Stephen Wiggins, Leonard Stone, William Smith, Fred Brown, Demps Tayler, Silaway McCall, Daniel Luke, Nickolus M. Miller, Green Land, John Durham, James Pages, Jehu McCall, Jeptha Durham, Joshua Luke, Robert H. Dixon, Elijah Beasley, Isaac Swains, Thomas Hunter, Redding Hunter, David Hunter, Sr., Nathaniel Durham, H. Walker, John Mc- Innis, George Wilcox, Arron Jernigan, William Fussell, Mathew Merritt, John Fussell, Jacob Matchett, Martin Wells, David Collins, Jacob L. Durham, Elijah Hunter, Thomas Young, Thomas Wilcox, Francis Hall, Ruebon Marsh, John Scannes, Abigal McDuffie, Elijah Akins, William Matchett, Robert L. Dixon, Ludd Mobley.
I give below a list of those returning tax for the year 1839, to wit:
Robert Newberry, David Troup, Joshua Luke, James McGee, David Smith, Mark Mobley, Redding Hunter, David Hunter, Elijah Hunter, Hardy Hunter, Jasper M. Luke, James Mixon, John Crawford, Jehu McCall, Thomas M. Jenkins, Fredrick Brown, David Jenkins, Miles Adams, Moses Spivey, J. S. Dur- ham, Lamiel Taylor, Dennis Taylor, Silas Covington, Thomas Tomberlin, Daniel M. Luke, James L. Wilcox, Samuel Gaff, William Fletcher, David Smith, Elishua Tucker, Byrd Fussell, Thomas Harris, George R. Ried, Jacob Barrintine, John Fitz- gerald, Miles Fitzgerald, James Brown, David E. McAnally, Harding Sturgis, David Fitzgerald, Abraham McCall, James Hollingsworth, Richard Young, John Tomberlin, Thomas Gibbs, William Gibbs, Basil Miller, Fredrick Rooks, James Turner, John H. Alexander, Micaja Paulk, L. B. Clanton, James Paulk, Hezekiah Walker, John Roberts, Godfrey Purvis, Jesse Ilobby, Calvin Hall, Elias Jernigan, Francis A. Hall, Daniel Drawdy, Joseph Clements, Jacob Young, John Walker, Iley Easters, Jeremiah Baker, James Walker, Jacob Hall, James Dorminy, Thomas Tucker, David Turner, Cornelious Walker, Richard Tucker, Thomas Drawdey, James Branch, Dexter Simpson, Tobias Boykin, William Boykin, Jonathan Smith, Richard Story, Samual Story, Wiley Tyson, Joshua Gray, James Benefield, Smith Turner, John Willis, Andrew Hobby, Malcom McMillan, Marvin Stone, Thomas Simpson, Seaborn Taylor,. Seaborn Land, Henry Marshell, James D. Brown, John Mc-
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Cloud, Joseph C. Clements, John A. Rooks, Lewis L. B. Harper, Archible McInnis, Richard Row, Daniel Willis, John Gibbs, Sampson Gibbs, Allen Gibbs, James Hall, Thomas W. Johnson, John McMillan, Wiley Whitley, John Luke, Eli Vickers, Elija Paulk, Wiley Vickers, David Branch, John Benefield, Seaborn Rose, Mary Williams (the wife of David Williams), William Roberts, Daniel Grantham, Jr., Daniel Henderson, Luke Merritt, George W. Giddens, Mark Mobley, James W. Smith, James Gibbs, Thomas Gibbs, Issac Young, Joseph Fletcher, A. P. Clements, Davis Tucker, William Purvis, Madison Young, Steely Goff, John Dorminy, Sr., Benjamin Willis, Frederick Merritt, Sr., Frederick Merritt, Jr., James C. Fussell, Wright Parker, George Best, Bunyan Merritt, Wright Collins, Arron Jernigan, Robert L. Dixon, Jeremiah Mathews, Alex Hobby, Lyman Dixon, John Kersey, Samual Stone, William M. Ken- nedy, Joseph Roberts, William Bowen, Lott Whiddon, Ma- Nassa Henderson, Issac F. Hood, Elias D. Whiddon, Jacob C. Young, Marmaduck Hobby, George Spring, John B. Dorminy, Jr., James C. Nash, D. McDermit, Lenord Stone, Reubin Marsh, James Marsh, William Pridgen, William Fussell, Wells Matchett, Lazarus Williams, James Hornsby, Gordon A. Sumn- ner, William D. Poulan, Malin Monk, Richard Mauldin, Reubin Gay, Green Land, H. W. Chestnut, John Land, Ishmauel Ayers, William Sumner, Joseph Sumner, William Matchett, Jesse C. Sumner, Benjamin Baker, Allen Hesters, Thomas Baker, Jesse Luke, Absolem Baker, Jr., James J. Nobles, Henry Harper, Elija Paulk, John Benton, John Henderson, John Grantham, Abigail Hall, John Akins, George Paulk, Jacob Paulk, Thomas Young, James Hall, Sr., Robert Newberry, David Troup, Joshua Luke, William Sloan, George L. Warren, Gabriel McClelland, Lennard Harper, John Harper, John McInnis, Robin Mc- Crutchin, Zachariah Gray, Jonathan Walker, James McCor- mick, Robert McCrutchin, Jacob A. Bradford, Gibson Gray, Elija Grantham, Mathew Benefield, Daniel Grantham, James Jones, Benjamine Griffin, George Mobley, Andrew McCelland, Samual Brown, Issac Powell, John McDermit, Jacob Matchett, James Y. McDuffie, Robert F. Dixon, Robert H. Dixon, Nancy Mobley, Macaja Paulk, Sr., John Paulk, Calib Griffin, Thomas Smith, William Tomberlin, Issac Merchant, and Alex Mobley.
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Many of these old settlers reared large families and have numerous decendants throughout Irwin County
IRWIN COUNTY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Seventh District. December 22, 1825-December 18, 1826. Second District. December 23, 1843-January 22, 1852. First District. January 22, 1852-March 23, 1861. Second District. March 23, 1861-October 26, 1865. First District. October 26, 1865-July 30, 1872. Third District. July 30, 1872-September 26, 1891. Eleventh District. September 26, 1891-August 25, 1931. Eighth District. August 25, 1931-date.
(Dawson, pp. 161, 168; Acts 1843, p. 54; Acts 1851/52, p. 88; Confederate Records, I, p. 732 and Code 1860, p. 12; Confed- erate Records, IV, p. 146; Acts 1872, p. 12; Acts 1890-91, 1, p. 193; Acts 1931, p. 46.)
IRWIN COUNTY SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
Eleventh District. December 23, 1843-January 19, 1852. Fifteenth District. July 2, 1861-November 5, 1918. Forty-fifth District. November 5, 1918-date.
Acts 1843, pp. 15, 17; Acts 1851/52, p. 48; Constitution 1861, art. II, sec. 2 and Confederate Records, I, p. 490; Acts 1918, p. 84.)
CHAPTER 3.
SUPERIOR COURT AND PRESENTMENTS OF THE GRAND JURY, JURY COMMISSIONERS, SALE OF LIQUOR, PAUPER, PONTOON BRIDGE, REGISTRATION LAW, JUVENILE COURT.
Sligh Case, Publication, Tax Assessors.
The first term of Superior Court of Irwin County was held September 21, 1820, at the house of David Williams, on lot of land 147, in Fourth district of said county. Hon. Thomas W. Harris was Judge, T. G. Holt, Solicitor. The only business transacted was the drawing of a Grand and Petit Jury for the next term of court. The following is a list of the first Grand Jury, to wit :
David Hunter, John Pike, Willis King, David Allen, Wil- liam Hall, Redding Hunter, Ludd Mobley, James Rutherford, Issac Allen, Frederick Watson, Nathanial Statum, David Cala- way, Charles Demit, Amos Sutton, Ezekial Jernigan, Stephen Wiggens, Henry Land, Daniel Burnett, John Sutton, Sr., John Sutton, Jr., Shaderick Sutton, James Burnett, David Williams, Daniel Wiggens, Jacob Graham, Archible McInnis, Elija Beas- ley, Burrell Bailey, Samual Boyed, Thomas Burnett.
The following gentlemen were drawn to serve on the first Traverse or Petit Jury, to wit :
Isom MeDaniel, William McDones, Wiley Vickers, Thomas Gibbs, Sion Hall. John Mills, Young Vickers, Thomas Hunter, Samuel Gibbs, Manuel Noles, Anguish McInnis, James Pater- son, Richard Wiggens, Silas Watson, Alex McDonald, Drury Vickers, John Gilder, Isom Jordan, Daniel McInnis, Henry Allen, Elijah Hunter, Daniel Drawdy, Bowser Allen, James Statum, Emory Odom, John Story, Asa Youngblood, Benjamin Grantham, Hoyl Holly, John J. Ford, Daniel Grantham, Fitch I. Slocomb, David Nickols, John Watson, David Sutton, John Grantham, Davis Allen, Thos. M. Statum, Benjamin Yar- borough, Henry Anderson, Nathan Bridges, James McGee, Nathan Land, William Taylor, Moses Jernigan, Daniel Hen- derson, John Tayler.
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The second term was held at the house of David Williams on March 29, 1821. Judge T. W. Harris presiding, T. G. Holt, Solicitor-General. The only business transacted was by the Grand Jury as follows : "We, the Grand Jury, for the county of Irwin, at a Superior Court held at the house of David Wil- liams on the 29th day of March, 1821, make the following presentment. We present Isham Jordon and Nancy Moore for living in a state of adultery and fornication in the county aforesaid on the 28th day of March, 1821, and before that time, we present Alexander McDonal and Barbary Kelly for living in a state of adultery and fornication in the county of Irwin on the twenty-eighth day of March, 1821, and before."
Signed, Samuel Boyd, Foreman; David Hunter, Thomas Burnett, John Sutton, David Callaway, Archible McInnis, Eli- jah Beasley, Redding Hunter, Willis King, James Ruther- ford, James Burnett, Ludd Mobley, David Allen, David Wil- liams, Wm. Hall, Daniel Burnett, Nathaniel Statum, Green Graham.
At the next term, which was held March 28, 1822, there were two Civil cases disposed of by the following Petit Jurors :
Daniel Henderson, Benjamin Grantham, Richard Wiggens, Emanual Knowles, James McGee, Alex McDaniel, Elijah Hun- ter, Wiley Vickers, Thomas Simpson, Sion Hall, Davis Allen, Aron Jernigan.
Case of Lewis Wood vs. David Calaway, verdict in favor of plaintiff, and case of Tood vs. Nathan Land and Henry Land, verdict in favor of plaintiff.
From September 21, 1820, to May, 1825, there were three bills. The next term of Superior Court was held June 3, 1823, and the Grand Jury submitted the following general present- ments : "We, the Grand Jury, present Ashley - for strik- ing Mark Wilcox with a stick and calling him for a duel on first Monday in March, 1823, at the Courthouse in Irwin County. Witnesses, John Sutton and James Wallis."
Signed, Ludd Mobley, Foreman; Elijah Beasley, George Easters, David Williams, Thomas Burnett, Daniel Drawdy, Emanual Knowles, Jiles Easters, Thomas Gibbs, Daniel Bur- nett, Stephen Wiggens, Daniel Luke, Nathanial Statum, Willis
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1 .- Marcus Fletcher, Representative, 1921-'22; 2 .- D. A. McInnis, Representative, 1888-'89; Sheriff, 1877-'79, 1902-'06; 3 .- William Hen- derson, Civil War Veteran, Representative, 1896-'97, and also served as Messenger of the House, 1929-'30, and is now the present Messenger of the Senate; 4 .- J. W. Paulk, Representative, 1902-'04; 5 .- J. A. J. Henderson, Senator, 1907-'08; Representative, 1886-1926; 6 .- Willis Dorminy, Clerk Superior Court, 1864-'66, and Representative, 1884-'85; 7 .- Jacob Young, Representative, 1882-'83; 8 .- Henry T. Fletcher, Rep- resentative, 1894-'95; County Commissioner four years; 9 .- John B. Paulk, Representative, 1892-93.
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King, James Burnett, William Hall, Redding Hunter, David Calaway, John Henderson, John Sutton.
The next court was held December 6, 1823. The Grand Jury returned no general presentments and found one True Bill, being The State vs. Thompson N. Statum, Jeptha Durham and Seaborn Castleberry for assault and battery.
Robert H. Dixon, Foreman ; David Calaway, John Fitzgerald, William Hall, James Burnett, Daniel Drawdy, Elijah Beasley, Emanual Knowles, Lorance Foulsom, Hiram Washbon, Thomas Burnett, Wiley Vickers, Stephen Wiggins, Redding Hunter, Thomas Gibbs, William Hornsby, Daniel Wiggins, Dempsey Tayler, Jacob Paulk, Willis King.
At the June term, 1824, and May term, 1825, the Grand Jury returned no True Bills and no general presentments.
From 1824 to 1830 there were fifteen True Bills returned and twenty-five Civil cases placed on the docket.
At December term, 1825, the Grand Jury submitted the fol- lowing presentments : "In taking leave of Judge Fort knowing of nothing of a very grievous or atrocious nature exciting in our county no more than has been laid before us, do tender our most sincere thanks to his honor for his patient, prompt and assiduous attention to business during the present term."
John C. Love, Foreman; Robert H. Dixon, John Henderson, Redding Hunter, Daniel Drawdy, Jacob Young, David Hunter, Elijah Hunter, Nathan Gronto, Daniel Burnett, Giles Easters, Robert L. Dixon, Dempsey Tayler, Daniel McDuffie, Francis Akins, Benjamin Willis, James L. Wilcox, David Calaway, Jacob Paulk, Daniel Luke, Thomas Sellman, Emanual Knowles, David Williams.
The following order taken at February term, 1826, is of interest: "Whereas, it appears to the court that on the seventh day of February, 1826, William Fussell, Deputy Sheriff of Irwin County, conveyed to Silaway McCall a negro woman named Edy as the property of Thomas Porter sold at sheriff's sale, for said county and said Fussell being Deputy and hav- ing no right to convey any property sold. Ordered that the sheriff execute titles nunc pro tune to said McCall to said negro Edy."
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December term, 1826, the Grand Jury submitted the follow- ing: "We, the Grand Jury, present as grievous on our county the neglect of John Brown in making returns or taking census of our county, we having thereby lost or been thus far de- frauded of our proportional part of the poor school funds of this county, he being appointed and qualified by the Inferior Court for the purpose and we recommend the passage of the law authorizing the census to be taken and our county to have its dividend of the poor school fund. We have no further presentments to make. In taking leave of his honor, Judge Fort returned to him our thanks for his prompt, patient and assiduous attention to business during the present term."
Nathanial Gronto, Foreman. V. Hollingsworth, Daniel Drawdy, Redding Hunter, John B. F. Dixon, Ludd Mobley, Stephen Wiggens, Macaja Paulk, Daniel Luke, Demsey Tayler, David Williams, Frederick Williams, James Stephens, David Collins, John Sutton, John Henderson, Jacob Paulk, Ben- jamine Willis.
At the April term, 1828, the following was the presentments : "We the Grand July present Edward Pettes and Mary Leavens for living in a state of adultery. We recommend our commis- sioners to convene as quick as convenient and pick on our public site. We also recommend our Inferior Court to have roads cut for the convenience of our county. We also give our thanks to his honor, Judge Fort, for his sincere attention to the county, not forgetting our Solicitor-General for his good attention."
John S. Gilder, Foreman; William Bradford, Daniel Luke, Thomas Burnett, William Hall, Redding Hunter, David Cala- way, Frederick Williams, Macaja Paulk, Daniel Drawdy, Jacob Paulk, Arnold B. Fussell, Robert L. Dixon, Elijah Hunter, James Stephens, John McInnis, James Burnett, V. Hollings- worth.
At the April term, 1828, the Grand Jury returned a True Bill against Isham B. Riggins for horse stealing which was the first bill for this offense. There being no jail in Irwin County he was confined in Pulaski County jail for safe keep- ing. The jail fees were forty-six and one-half cents per day. The defendant was tried, convicted, and sentenced to the
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penitentiary for five years. The horse stolen was the property of David Williams.
At the October term, 1832, this order of the court appeared : "William Roberts having been intoxicated in the court yard and having disturbed the order of the court, it is ordered that he pay a fine of five dollars. Murdick Gillis having come into court and disturbed the order of the court and being fined five dollars for this disturbance and having acted in contempt of the of- ficers and authority of the court in relation of the fine, it is ordered that he pay a fine of fifteen dollars in addition for said contempt."
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