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"Even now," the speaker continued, "the position of her silent weapon shows how faithfully the Warren blood has been trans- mitted down to this sleeping child of a distant generation. An arrow is in place, and I judge when she fell asleep her bow was ready for immediate action. Both bow and arrows appear to be of steel, and the string of fine copper wire, all in keeping with the classically turned little hands which, even in sleep, seem to grasp them firmly."
Thought took the place of speech and the two soldiers sat in silent meditation. While thus engaged the "fairy queen" awoke and came out of her "palace" with bow and arrows in her hands. She was radiantly beautiful, and advanced to meet them with a smile "so sweet," Loyd King said, "that it melted his body off of his legs."
"Excuse me, gentlemen," she said. "I am heartily ashamed of so far forgetting myself as to fall asleep at this critical time. It
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was unintentional. Besides I fear such carelessness has caused you some trouble."
"O no!" said Jim. "To you sleep was of first importance. To us it was a pleasure to watch and wait while you took the rest so much needed. This, Miss Warren," he continued, pointing to Loyd, "is Mr. King, my lifelong friend."
"I am certainly glad to meet you, Mr. King. I thank God for such friends as you and Mr. Warren."
Loyd touched his cap with the grace of a Chesterfield and re- luctantly returned to his post as a matter of duty.
"My own cousin Nellie, for by this endearing title I may now call you," said Jim, as Loyd went away, "tell me where you left your boat last night? I'll need one this evening."
"I hid it among the brush at the top of the tree, because its presence at or near the clay-root might have betrayed my pres- ence, also. If this little ruse failed, I expected this bow to be my next best friend."
"I thank my good stars that I was here to take the place of the bow," said Jim, gently taking her right hand in his.
She did not answer immediately nor withdraw her hand; but finally turning her large blue eyes, which were as soft and liquid as those of a gazelle, full upon him, and placing her free hand on his shoulder, said :
"And I thank God."
The soldier felt a little reproved for using the word "stars;" but as Capt. Atwater was seen coming across the island the con- versation was dropped.
With a smile of gladness on his handsome face, the Captain ap- proached and gave the anxious soldier a paper which gave "private James Warren of the C. S. A., leave of absence for five days," and stipulated that "if said Warren did not report to his command within said time, judgment is to be suspended for five additional days."
"See," said the delighted soldier, "what good time they give us. I think three days at most will carry us through."
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CHAPTER IV. THE REBEL GIRL IS CARRIED HOME.
It was noon, the whirling of time had made its half cycle.
All of the Confederates except Jim Warren and Loyd King had evacuated the island. They, with pretty Nellie Warren, remained in a canoe which was concealed by a cluster of vines that grew on the bank of the eastern branch of the river.
Just at 2 o'clock Jim Warren went to one of the little log houses and arrayed himself in Captain Phil Dimple's uniform. He soon found the little boat near the tree-top, and at an angle of about forty-five degrees, boldly struck for the opposite bank. This did not carry him to the lower end of the swamp, but he soon found it, and in half an hour was at the enemy's lines. He was not sure that the words of the previous night were still in use; but, depending mainly on his uniform and his strong faith in Col. Cummins, he ventured to use them.
He found them all right, and was at once conducted to head- quarters and introduced to Col. Arthur Cummins as "Capt. Leon Starr of the U. S. A."
Col. Cummins gave the Captain a searching look and said as if dreaming :
"I declare Captain, you greatly resemble a very dear friend of mine whom I would be glad to meet."
"C-e," said the Captain bowing.
"C-a," rejoined the Colonel, and instantly they were in each other's arms. The cabalistic words so often used by them in their school days at once accomplished much of the serious work in hand. It was a novel sight-two professional soldiers, arrayed in open hostility, stood clasped in each other's arms. Perhaps the broad annals of war have not recorded a similar scene.
When the shock natural to such a meeting had somewhat sub- sided, Jim Warren made a full confession of his mission. He concealed nothing of importance to his cause.
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Col. Cummins listened to his narrative with profound atten- tion; and after considering the matter to the fullest extent pos- sible, consented to do all he could to restore Nellie Warren to her people.
While engaged in conversation during the evening, Capt. Starr asked :
"Dear Colonel, did you hear anything unusual on the island last night?" "Only once; and that was the most terrible medley of sounds I ever heard. The whole regiment turned out to listen, and though we did not think it was made by the enemy, I sent two daring Irishmen to investigate the cause. They reported that the whole 'tear-up' was nothing but a 'darn fool nigger dancing a wild rigadoon around a great big tree like old Nick was after him, or he was after old Nick-we don't know which.' As some of the people believe that a negro can 'hoo-doo,' or put spells on white men, they concluded their report by saying, 'we watched him till we felt a spell coming on us, and scurried away.' "
"That was the negro Joe celebrating the redemption of his young missus, who was then inside the tree," exclaimed Capt. Starr laughing heartily.
It was dark when Capt. Starr again reached his little boat, armed with "permission to cross the river to take voluntary pos- session of a lady whom he had formerly wooed and won," and or- dered that "upon his return with the lady at any time during the following morning, both are to receive the aid and protec- tion of the officer detailed to receive them."
Elated with hope, the bold Confederate pulled for the island, and after meeting with some difficulty while crossing the main current, reached the fallen tree safely.
Miss Warren was so overcome by the joyful tidings brought her that Loyd King insisted on helping her, and without even asking permission to do so, took the astonished girl in his arms and tenderly carried her to the large sycamore where it was pro- posed she should sleep if she could, through the remainder of
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the night. Loyd afterwards said that "Though it was the first barrel of sugar he ever carried in his arms, he hoped it would not be the last one."
Though silent and uneventful, the night's vigil was one of patient love. How true it is that "The fluttering of the love- angel's wing will make the most dreary spot of earth a seeming Paradise, and produce emotions which hearts can feel, but tongue can never tell!"
At last the break of dawn, "at first faint gleaming in the dap- pled east," gave notice that the time for leaving was at hand. Miss Warren was ready and led by the steady hand of Loyd King, she was soon a passenger with Jim Warren, bound for the other bank. Tears fell thick and fast, a sad farewell was said, and the little boat moved away into the semi-darkness.
A little before sunrise the anxious voyagers reached the desig- nated landing. An unknown officer and two other soldiers were there to meet them, and being conducted to headquarters they found a magnificent breakfast awaiting their arrival.
About 9 o'clock A. M., Capt. Starr and his lady started for Bridgeport, the terminus of the railroad since the affair men- tioned at the beginning of this narrative. At 2 P. M. they board- ed a freight train which carried them to Huntsville, sometime in the night.
To describe the abounding joy at the Warren home when the lost daughter returned is beyond the utmost reach of words. When Nellie whispered to her father that Capt. Starr was a full-blooded rebel in disguise, a large amount of gold was offered him for his services. Shaking his head with a firmness that could not be misunderstood, he said :
"No, that is not my price. I may be able to tell you what it is in the morning."
The morning came. Doubtless little sleep fell to the lot of the Warren family that night. A return train was scheduled for Bridgeport at 8 o'clock. The disguised rebel wanted to spend most of the intervening time with his redeemed Rebel Girl. She
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offered no objections. Within half an hour she had promised to become his bride when the "cruel war was over." He hastened to her parents, and after telling them in substance all that he and Nellie knew of each other, he concluded by saying:
"Notwithstanding all this; our relationship is not close enough to prevent me from redeeming my promise of last night. Nellie has given me her heart, will you give me her hand if I live through the war, which I grant is a very uncertain thing?"
"May God," answered the father, "bless and save you both. Then come and be our son."
Mr. Warren could say no more, and when the bitter farewell was over, the strange captain passed silently through the gazing crowds that thronged his way.
It was nearly sunset when Capt. Starr again stood in front of Col. Cummins' tent door. Sleeping little, they communed to- gether until morning when the captain, with a flag of truce, rowed, for the last time, to the island of his thrilling adventures.
Leaving his precious craft where he found it, he hastened to the boat among the vines where he found Loyd King and Joe waiting for him. They at once reported to headquarters, and from thence passed on still deeper into the great conflict between the states.
The negro Joe, at Nellie Warren's particular request, became the willing and devoted servant of both Jim Warren and Loyd King; and in deference to her wishes, Tom Dimple was sent away as a prisoner of war. The following October the noble Capt. At- water was killed at Perryville, Ky.
The strife became more furious as time passed on, and when at last the conflict was over, and the South was just entering into the throes of reconstruction, Col. James Warren, formerly private Jim Warren, accompanied by his sister, Mary Warren, Capt. Loyd King, Gen. Arthur Cummins of Massachusetts, and Dr. Palmer, late of New Orleans, appeared before Nellie Warren at her elegant home in western Tennessee, and the man of God made them one. By them stood Loyd King and Mary Warren. The two
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pairs exchanged places on the floor, and the brave little Georgian and the beautiful Mary, were made one, too.
Joe King Warren, as the negro loved to call himself after en- tering the service of two masters, died about ten years ago. A costly monument, erected by the Warren family prominently marks his grave.
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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF
JACKSON COUNTY
GIVING THE NAMES OF OFFICERS SINCE 1796 TO THE PRESENT TIME.
INFERIOR COURT JUDGES.
OUR COUNTY'S PART IN THE CIVIL WAR. VETERANS THAT ENLISTED. ยท
DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS OF 1861-65-67 AND 1877.
ROLL OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN THE COUNTY.
. REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS FROM 1799 TO 1914. AND SOME STRANGE THINGS CULLED FROM THE RECORDS
By W. E. WHITE
PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICERS OF JACKSON COUNTY.
Until the year 1870, the Ordinary had charge of the school funds of the county.
An Act of the General Assembly, approved October 13, 1870, called for the election, by the Board of Education, of one of its members of said Board to be County School Commissioner. This Act was amended on the 19th of January, 1872, in several par- ticulars, but did not materially change the duties of the Com- missioner.
The Act of 1911 changed the name "Commissioner" to "Super- intendent of Schools." And also made the office elective by the people instead of by the Board.
The following gentlemen have served as Commissioners or Superintendents, viz :
1871 to 1900, Gustavus James Nash Wilson.
1900 to 1912, Richard Dudley Moore.
1912 to -, Luther Elrod.
The following are the names of the members of the Board of Education from 1876 to 1914, inclusive :
Robert White, J. G. McLester, J. L. Johnson, William Thur- mond, J. L. Williamson, F. M. Bailey, W. H. Bridges, G. W. Brown, J. A. B. Mahaffy, William Seymore, C. W. Appleby, J. C. Grow, W. F. Stark, R. S. McGarity, C. B. Irwin, T. H. Niblack, H. L. Brock, E. M. Thompson, S. W. Jackson, A. L. Venable, W. T. Howard, W. T. Thurmond, J. T. Chestnut, L. F. Sell, W. B. Hardman, H. M. Appleby, H. J. Cox, J. N. Holder, T. W. Webb, D. W. Garrison, J. C. Turner, J. F. Shannon, A. A. Camp, B. A. Hill, A. M. Flanigan, L. M. Arnold, W. R. Smith, W. H. Maley, J. N. Ross, J. A. Crook, R. W. Haynie, and L. C. Allen.
Of the above members six have served as presidents of the Board, viz: Messrs. Robert White, J. G. McLester, J. A. B. Ma- haffy, J. N. Holder, W. B. Hardman and J. C. Turner.
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The present Board is composed of the following gentlemen : J. C. Turner, President; W. H. Maley, J. A. Crook, R. W. Hay- nie and L. C. Allen.
The people of this county have always believed in education, and to-day, every district has a new and commodious school build- ing. Jefferson, Pendergrass, Commerce, Statham, Maysville all have good brick buildings that would do credit to much larger cities, while Winder, Talmo, Hoschton, Arcade, Nicholson and Center have buildings of wood.
HARMONY GROVE FEMALE ACADEMY, 1824.
In Dawson's Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia, page 24, No. 56, is found this Act :
"An Act to incorporate the Female Academy at Harmony Grove in Jackson County."
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Russell Jones, William Putts (Potts), Samuel Barnett, Frederick Stewart and John Rhea be Trustees of said Academy, etc." This was the first school for girls that was established in the State.
COMMISSIONERS ROADS AND REVENUES.
"In accordance with an Act of the General Assembly, entitled an Act appointing County Commissioners for Jackson County, Georgia, approved the 16th day of Feb., 1874."
Their first meeting was held on March the 7th, 1874.
The following gentlemen served on the Board :
1874, Hartwell Jackson, Thomas L. Ross and L. Gilleland.
1875 and 1876, William Seymore, W. J. Haynie and W. G. Steed.
1877, J. H. Reinhardt, F. S. Segars and S. S. Smith.
T. H. Niblack served as Clerk.
This board was dissolved by Act of the Legislature approved Feb. 24, 1877.
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Again, in 1901, the General Assembly of Georgia approved an Act creating another Board of Roads and Revenues. This Act was amended in 1903, allowing the people to elect the members of the Board instead of being appointed as under the Act of 1901. Members of the Board follows :
1902-3, W. P. DeLaperriere, Chairman; G. E. Deadwyler and A. R. Braselton.
1904, F. L. Pendergrass, Chairman; A. R. Braselton and W. P. DeLaperriere.
1905, F. L. Pendergrass, Chairman; W. B. Matthews and C. M. Porter.
1906-7-8, F. L. Pendergrass, Chairman ; C. M. Porter and H. C. Barnett.
1909 to 1912, A. R. Braselton, Chairman; D. R. Marlow and T. T. Stapler.
1913, A. R. Braselton, Chairman; W. W. Hancock and L. D. Nickelson.
By an Act approved in 1902, the office of Superintendent of Roads, better known as Civil Engineer, was created.
Mr. T. Jack Bennett served in this capacity until 1912.
Mr. George D. Appleby is the present Engineer.
SHERIFFS.
1796 to 1800, John Hart
1801 to 1803, Chas. Dougherty
1804 to 1805, Robt. Hyde
1806 to 1807, J. M. C. Montgomery
1808 to 1809, Wm. Potts
1810 to 1812, Robt. Mitchell
1813 to 1818, Wm. Potts
1819 to 1820, J. Little 1821 to 1821, Wm. Potts
1822 to 1824, Joseph Hampton
1825 to 1826, J. Little
1827 to 1828, Jos. Hampton
1829 to 1830, John Park
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1831 to 1832, John Randolph 1833 to 1834, Barnabus Barron 1835 to 1836, John Randolph 1837 to 1838, G. F. Adams
1839 to 1839, James Wood, Unexpired Term 1840 to 1841, N. H. Pendergrass 1842 to 1843, Jas. Wood 1844 to 1845, Wm. S. Thompson
1846 to 1847, Joshua H. Randolph 1848 to 1849, Wm. Thompson 1850 to 1851, J. H. Randolph 1852 to 1853, Wm. Thompson
1854 to 1855, J. H. Randolph
1856 to 1857, John S. Hunter 1858 to 1859, Alfred Smith 1860 to 1861, A. M. Reynolds
1862 to 1863, D. T. J. Chandler
1864 to 1865, James E. Randolph
1866 to 1867, Wm. C. Stevens
1868 to 1870, J. D. Johnson
1871 to 1872, Turner Wilhite, Died
1872 to 1873, M. N. Duke, Unexpired Term
1874 to 1878, John S. Hunter
1879 to 1890, Thos. A. McElhannon
1891 to 1896, Benj. H. Collier 1897 to 1898, A. R. Braselton
1899 to 1906, W. T. Stevens, Died
1906 to 1906, J. J. Pettyjohn, Unexpired Term
1907 to 1912, B. H. Collier 1913 to - -, Samuel C. Potts
CORONERS.
1852 to 1857, H. Allen 1858 to 1872, W. J. Park 1873 to 1876, William Wallace
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1877 to 1878, S. Yearwood
1879 to 1894, W. A. Worsham
1895 to 1898, M. P. Wood
1899 to 1906, L. J. Johnson
1907 to 1912, J. F. Adams
1913 to -- , J. A. Wood
ORDINARIES.
By an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved in 1851, amended in 1852 and again in 1853, the office of Ordinary was created.
The following is a list of gentlemen that have served this county :
1853 to 1859, John G. Pittman
1860 to 1861, A. C. Thompson
1862 to 1867, John Simpkins
1868 to 1872, Thos. L. Ross
1873 to 1876, Wily C. Howard
1877 to 1896, Horatio W. Bell
1897 to 1900, L. Y. Bradbury
1901 to 1908, John N. Ross
1909 to -- , James A. Wills
DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
1883 to 1886, S. E. Bailey
1887 to 1890, J. W. Cleghorn
1891 to 1892, John A. Suddeth
1893 to 1894, J. F. Coleman
1895 to 1896, Samuel Coleman 1897 to 1898, R. M. Patrick
1899 to 1900, H. M. Appleby 1907 to 1912, Frank Collier 1913 to -, James W. Stockton
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CLERKS INFERIOR COURT.
1796 to 1797, D. W. Easley
1798 to 1800, Jas. Easley
1801 to 1802, W. Pentecost
1803 to 1816, Edward Adams
1817 to 1818, Edward Harris
1819 to 1822, Joseph Depriest
1823 to 1832, Edward Adams
1833 to 1837, Sylvanus Ripley
1838 to 1839, William Cowan 1840 to 1847, J. J. McCulloch
1848 to 1865, Pitsfield F. Hinton
1866 to 1866, H. J. Simmons This court was abolished in 1866.
TAX RECEIVERS.
1851 to 1852, J. B. Lowry
1853 to 1854, Thos. Stapler
1855 to 1860, John Simpkins
1862 to 1863, W. A. Worsham 1864 to 1865, J. M. Venable 1866 to 1867, E. M. Durham
1868 to 1870, D. R. R. Perkins
1871 to 1874, J. P. Thompson 1875 to 1878, Geo. W. Brown 1879 to 1880, W. C. Appleby 1881 to 1882, J. W. N. Lanier 1883 to 1890, W. P. Boggs 1891 to 1892, A. G. Lamar 1893 to 1894, W. P. Boggs 1895 to 1898, R. J. Fleeman
1899 to 1904, G. M. D. Moon 1905 to 1912, N. B. Lord 1913 to -, Obie Hawks
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TREASURERS.
1864 to 1867, Joseph Elslery 1868 to 1872, Jas. Rogers 1873 to 1876, L. J. Johnson
1907 to 1910, Geo. W. Baily 1911 to -, Geo. E. Smith
SURVEYORS.
1853 to 1854, B. F. Park
1855 to 1859, Ephraim Jackson
1860 to 1861, N. B. Cash
1862 to 1865, E. Jackson
1866 to 1870, A. J. Weir 1871 to 1880, J. L. Johnson
1881 to 1882, N. N. Pendergrass
1883 to 1884, W. T. Bennett
1885 to 1892, A. C. Appleby
1893 to 1894, C. O. Pittman 1895 to 1898, J. H. Hardy 1899 to 1904, C. O. Pittman 1905 to 1906, C. A. Mize 1907 to 1912, C. O. Pittman 1913 , No one
TAX COLLECTORS.
1840 to 1854, E. Hewit 1855 to 1856, A. C. Thompson 1857 to 1858, T. L. Brown, Died
1859, H. C. Appleby 1860 to 1861, V. Cronic
1862 to 1863, W. A. Worsham 1864 to 1865, C. C. Thompson 1866 to 1870, Wm. Thurmond
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1871 to 1872, Chas. Fleeman, Died 1873 to 1874, C. S. Hill 1875 to 1880, Jas. L. Williamson 1881 to 1882, J. M. Sailors
1883 to 1885, T. L. Brown, Died
1885 to 1886, H. C. Barnett, Unexpired Term
1887 to 1890, J. D. Williamson
1891 to 1892, J. F. Marlow 1893 to 1894, J. R. Roberts
1895 to 1898, W. F. Head
1899 to 1906, A. H. Brock
1907 to -
-, , W. T. Appleby
CLERKS SUPERIOR COURT
1796 to 1806, George Taylor
1807 to 1831, Edward Adams
1832 to 1837, Sylvanus Ripley
1838 to 1839, William Cowan
1840 to 1847, J. J. McCulloch 1848 to 1865, P. F. Hinton
1866 to 1866, H. Atkins, Appointed
1866 to 1866, H. J. Simmons, Elected
1866 to 1868, J. F. Harrison, Deputy
1868 to 1869, H. Atkins
1869 to 1870, Jno. Simpkins 1871 to 1880, T. H. Niblack
1881 to 1884, J. L. Williamson
1885 to 1889, W. T. Bennett, Died
1889 to 1890, J. C. Bennett, Unexpired Term
1891 to 1892, T. H. Niblack 1893 to 1896, J. C. Bennett
1897 to 1898, C. C. Chandler
1899 to 1906, A. C. Appleby
1907 to 1912, S. J. Nix 1913 to -, N. B. Lord
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Most of the above-named clerks served as treasurers, also. Since 1864, our county has had only five treasurers apart from the Clerk's office.
Notice the list of Treasurers, and there will appear a gap from 1875 to 1907.
Note: The custom followed by the officers in the early settlement and even up to the Civil War, was to assume the duties of their offices at most any time in the year that suited their convenience. This makes it a difficult matter to place the exact length of service, and we have, there- fore, given each his one, two or four years as the case demands, as though he began on the first of the year as is the custom now.
In former years some would begin the terms any time from January to May.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, NOTARIES PUBLIC, AND CON- STABLES IN 1914.
Jefferson District, 245-H. C. Doster, J. P .; W. W. Dickson, N. P., with J. J. Pettyjohn and A. J. Watson, Constables.
Clarksboro, 242-E. D. Welchel, J. P .; C. F. Holliday, N. P., with J. F. Hale and R. W. Holliday, Constables.
Newtown, 253-J. O. Stapler, J. P .; J. W. Ingram, N. P., with D. J. Nunn and C. E. Fleeman, Constables.
Center, 1704-S. A. Pittman, J. P .; J. P. Johnson, N. P., with J. H. Farmer and J. J. Pace, Constables.
Harrisburg, 257-H. T. Jennings, J. P .; W. P. Boggs, N. P., with G. R. Griffeth and B. C. McRee, Constables.
Minish, 255-J. W. Sailors, J. P .; T. A. Little, N. P., with S. E. Baily and A. Jep Smith, Constables.
Wilson, 465-W. N. LeMaster, J. P .; D. A. Crisler, N. P., with E. B. Seay and Jack Hopkins, Constables.
Miller, 455-R. R. Wilson, J. P .; J. A. Crook, N. P., with W. M. Tolbert and S. W. Lord, Constables.
Talmo, 1691-J. W. Walker, J. P .; L. R. Pettyjohn, N. P., with J. H. A. Simmons and D. G. Stover, Constables.
Cunningham, 428-E. Duke, J. P .; W. B. Patrick, N. P., with W. W. Brooks and J. T. Bailey, Constables.
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Randolph, 248-H. M. Duke, J. P .; A. J. Morgan, N. P., with Charley Bryant and J. W. Simmons, Constables.
Hoschton, 1407-J. H. C. Randolph, J. P .; W. M. Smith, N. P., with J. L. Stover and J. M. Deaton, Constables.
House, 243-A. I. Lyle, J. P .; R. O. Ross, N. P., with W. A. Wat- son and E. Hewit, Constables.
Chandler, 246-J. M. Haynie, J. P .; Muller McElroy, N. P., with C. E. McDanold and G. L. Williamson, Constables.
Sante Fe, 1042-L. D. Nickelson, J. P .; J. J. Bolton, N. P., with J. I. Wages and W. N. Haynie, Constables.
SOME OF THE QUEER THINGS CULLED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE INFERIOR COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY.
"State of Georgia
Jackson County
At a court began and held in and for the County aforesaid the first day of August 1796. Present
Joseph Humphries
Absalom Ramsey Esquires
Roderick Easley
Montfort Stokes Judges
James Pitman
On motion of Theo P. Carnes, Atty. for Wm. Brown, stating that an action was depending in the Inferior Court of Franklin County, Wm. Brown vs. John Barnett which cause was ordered by said Court to be removed to this as the defendent resided in this County
Ordered, that the Clerk inter the same on the docquet and stand for trial next term
Then proceeded to nominate Constables when David Shay Samuel Bridgewater and Johnson Clark was appointed and quali- fied also John Kinnerly who is to be qualified hereafter
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Ordered, that a road be cut from this place the nearest & best way to the Cherokee Corner, and that Samuel Knox John Heart & Daniel W. Easley be commissioners of the same-
And that a road be cut from this place Meeting a road from Franklin Court House, Jas East Wm. Carter & Obiant Mooney Commissioners of the same
Signed Jas Humphries Roderick Easley Absalom Ramsey Jas. Pittman Wm. Stokes
The Court adjourned until court in course.
D. W. Easley, Clk.
The following jurors were drawn for the January term of court, 1797, viz :
1 John Bradshaw, 2 John Parks, 3 Chesly Morris, 4 Jas. Scott, 5 Jno. Cunningham, 6 Isaac Hill, 7 Wm. Gentry, 8 Ben Virmil- lion, 9 Jordan Anderson, 10 Sam Kilough, 11 Jno. Miller, 12 Walter Bell, 13 Nathaniel Midlock, 14 Jas. Harper, 15 Wm. Duke, 16 Jas. Armstrong, 17 Jno. Party, 18 Jno. Reynolds, 19 Asa Hamilton, 20 Henry Ledbetter, 21 Wm. Sparks, 22 Matt Moon, 23 Geo. Kinerly, 24 Randolph Traylor, 25 Jesse Sparks, 26 Jno. Wilson, 27 Matt Waters, 28 Mial Barnett, 29 David Luke, 30 Jacob Howen, 31 Geo. McPharse, 32 Isaac Middlebrooks, 33 Daniel Matthews, 34 Wm. Cauthorn, 35 Henry Trent, 36 Miles Gathright, 37 Sam Knox, 38 Cain Gentry, 39 Ales Kilgoor, 40 David Kil- ough, 41 John Shield, 42 Leon Best, 43 Thos. Kinily, 44 Thos. Nelson, 45 Daniel Williams, 46 William Ramsey.
The first case tried in the county was the case of William Brown against John Barnett, and was decided by the following jurors, viz :
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