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MINUTES OF COURT AT FORT DUNMORE.
James Dundas, Wm. Thompson, Sam'l Postlethwaite by Jos Westmore, Chas. Matheson & Thomas Flinn, & as to John Gibson was prov'd by Joseph Westmore, Chas. Matheson, and Rich'd Butler, and O R. A Deed of Partition from and be- tween the same Persons was proved as before and O R.
A Mortgage from Abraham Mitchell and Sarah his Wife to Rich'd Neave was prov'd by Jos Westmore, Chas. Matheson, and Thos. Flin, 3 of the Wits, and O R.
Philip Whitezell is App a Consta in the room of Andrew Robertson.
John Dousman is App a Consta in the Town of Pittsburg, and It is Ord that he be Sum'd.
Philip Whitezel Ap'd and took the Oaths and the Oath of a Constable.
Wm. Forsythe, being bound over on the Complt of Henry Woods, and thes'd Henry being called and failing to appear It is Ord to be dis'd
Licence to keep an Ord is Granted to Thos. Brown at his House at Redstone Fort, Bazel Brown hav'g on his hehalf Ent'd into Bond Accr. to Law.
Licence to keep an Ord is granted to John DeCamp, he hav'g Comp with the Law.
Hawkins vs Greathouse, Gar ; Abraham Miller affirmed he has I Watch, and that he is Indebted to him also £8 Pennsyl- vania Money, for which he has Passed his Bond for, and that he has had no notice of any assignment ; Acc't proved & Jud and O Sale and Ord Condem'd.
(75) Sam'l Griffith is App'd a Consta ; It is Ord that he be Sum'd before Wm. Goe to be Sworn into the Office.
John Greathouse is App a Consta ; It is Ord that he be Sum'd before Geo Vallandigham to be Sworn into the s'd Office.
Ord that the Court be Adj'd until to Morrow Morning 10 o' Clock JOHN CAMPBELL.
At a Court Con'd and held for Augusta County, April 18th 1776,
Pres't, John Campbell, Edward Ward, Dorsey Penticost, John Cannon.
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ANNALS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM.
A Deed from Alex'r Ross, Atto to Wm. Dunbarr to Chas. Simons, being form prov'd by Caleb Graydon and Chas. Sims, was fur prov'd by Jas Mckee, the other Wit, & O R.
A Deed from Alex'r Ross to Chas. Sim's prov'd as above and O R.
A Deed from Alex'r Ross to Chas Sims prov'd as above & O R.
A Power of Atto from Alex'r Ross, Atto for Wm. Dunbar, to Chas Sims, prov'd as above, O R.
A Power of Atto, from Alex'r Ross to Chas Sims proved as above, O R.
Licence to keep an Ord is Granted to Jacob Winemiller, he hav'g Compl'd with the Law.
On the Petition of James Mitchell & others seting forth that a Road is Established from Conrad Walters, by Wm. Tea- garden's ferry, to the Mouth of Wheeling, which is very Incon- veniant to your Petrs, & praying that a Review of the s'd Road be made, It is Ord that Ebenezer Zane, James McMahon, David Owens, Henry Vanmatre, Dav'd Evans, Geo. Cox, James McCoy, & John McClalan, or any 6 of them, being first Sworn, Veiw if the old Road Estab is Conv, if not make a re- port of the most Conv way, and the Inconv and Conv thereof, to the next Court ; that the Surveyors desist from working on the road until the report is returned
Ord that the Sheriff Summon 24 Persons to serve as a Grand jury in May next
Ord that the Court be adjorned until the Court in Course
JOHN CAMPBELL.
At a Court held at Pittsburgh, for the District of West Augusta the Twentieth day of August, 1776 :
Present, Edward Ward, Dorsey Penticost, John Gibson, David Sheperd, John Cannon, and William Goe, gent.
Dorsey Penticost and John Gibson, Gent, administered the Oath prescribed by an ordinance entitled " an ordinance to en- able the present Magistrates & officers to continue the adminis- tration of Justice & for setling the General mode of Proceeding in criminal and other cases, till the same can be more amply provided for," to Edward Ward, Gent, and then the said Ed-
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ward Ward administered the aforesaid oath to John Gibson, Dorsey Penticost, John Cannon, David Shepherd, and Wm. Goe, Gentn. David Shepherd, and John Cannon, Gent, are appointed to Contract with some person or persons to build a house 24 by 14 With a petition in the middle, to be Used for a Goal at Augusta Town. 17
John Madison, Jun'r, Deputy Clerk, took the Oath appointed by an Ordinance of Convention.
Patrick McElroy, Deputy Sheriff, took the Aforesaid Oath.
Court Proclaimed.
Mckinley vs Beal, Agreed, pd.
Samuel Newell and Michael Thorn, being bound over on the Complt of James Chambers, who being called and not appear- ing to prosecute It is Ord that they be discharged.
Dav'd Steel, a Deputy Sheriff, took the Oath appointed by an Ordinance of Convention.
Admon of the Estate of Joshua Hudson, dec'd, granted to his brother Wm. Hudson, he hav'g Comp with the Law.
Ordered that Robert Jones, John Jarrett, Henry Hall, and Aaron Jenkins, or any 3, App the Estate.
Ord that all the Constables be Summoned to be Sworn agre- able to the Ordinance of Convention before the most Con- venient Magistrate to them.
Edward Ward, Dorsey Penticost, and John Gibson, Gentn, are recommended as proper persons for his Excellency to choose one of them to Act as Sheriff for the Ensuing Year.
Alex'r McKee, Philip Ross, Benja Kuykendall, John Nevill, David Rodgers, Isaac Cox, Geo McCormick, Matthew Ritchey, Wm. Louther, John Evans, Jas. Chew, David Scott, John (78) Harden, Sen'r, John Swearengen, Thomas Gaddis, James Mc- Coy, Wm. Harrison, John DeCamp, Caleb Graydon, Henry Heath, Sam'l Newell, Thos Brown, James Hammond, Thos Freeman, Wni Moore, Joshua Wright, Rich'd Yeats, John Mc- Dowell, Erasmus Bokias, David Enocks, James Hopkins, Henry Enocks, Henry Vanmetree, Chas Dodd, Daniel Mcfarlane, John Mitchell, James Caldwell, John Walker, John Williamson, Sen'r, Wm. Scott, Thomas Polk, David Andrews, John Mc- 17 This Augusta Town, was at Catfish-camp, afterward Washington, Washington Co., Pa.
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Donald, Oliver Miller, Zachariah Spriggs, And'w Swearengen, Benja Fry, Jonathan Coburn, John Hamilton, and Jonas Freind, are recommended as proper persons to be added to the Com- mission of the Peace.
Moses Williamson, Jun'r, is App'd a Constable, and It is Ord that he be Sum'd to be Sworn into the office before Mr. David Shepherd.
Ord that the Court be adjorned until the third Tuesday in September next to Catfish Camp 18 Augusta Town
EDW. WARD.
At a Court held at Augusta Town for the district of West Augusta the [September] 17th 1776 :
Pres't, Edward Ward, Dorsey Penticost, John Cannon, David Shepherd.
Pat McElroy, deputy Sheriff, protested against the Insuff of the Goal, & on his motion Ord to be Certified.
Ord the Sheriff Summon 24 Freeholders to serve as a Grand- jury at this Court in November next.
Ord that the Court be adjorned until to Morrow Morning 6 o'Clock. EDW'D WARD.
At a Court Continued and held at Augusta Town, for the district of West Augusta, September the 18th, 1776 :
Present, Edward Ward, Dorsey Penticost, John Cannon, David Shepherd, Gentlemen, Justices.
John McColloch, Gent, took the Oath appointed by Order of Convention as a Justice.
Present, John McColloch.
Wm. Hawkins, a deputy Sheriff, took the Oath appointed by Order of Convention as a deputy Sheriff.
David Rodgers, Isaac Cox, John McDowell, Richard Yeats, Wm. Scott, Dan'l Mcfarlen, John McDaniel, George McCor- mick, Philip Ross, James McMahon, Benja Kuykendall, Wm Lowther, John Evans, David Scott, John Harden, Senr., John Swearengen, Thos. Gaddis, Wm. Harrison, Sam'l Newell, Thos Brown, Thos Freeman, Joshua Wright, Erasmias Bochias,
18 These words, "Catfish Camp," are erased in the original minutes, and Augusta Town substituted.
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MINUTES OF COURT AT FORT DUNMORE.
Henry Enocks, Henry Vanmetre, James Caldwell, John Wil- liamson, Senr., Thos. Polke, Oliver Miller, Zachariah Spriggs, Benja Fry, Jonathan Coburn, John Hamilton, Zachariah Morgan, Benja Wilson, Wm. Hamen, Moses Thompson, Ephraim Ritchardson, James Walker, James Anderson, Alex'r Maxwell, Amaziah Davidson, Jacob Cook, Matthew Ritchey, Jacob Haymaker, Thomas Crooks, Thomas Waller, James Wherry, Ab'm Inloe, James Linley, And'w Swearengen, Wm. Rankin are recommended as Proper persons to be added to the Commission.
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Patrick McElroy is appointed to go Express from this Place to Wmsburgh for the Commission of the Peace. The Sheriffs' Commission, and the Acts of Assembly and the Ordinances of Convention for the district of West Augusta
And'w Nangle and Rob't Mckinley are appointed Con- stables in the Town of Pittsburgh, and that they be Summoned before Edward Ward, Gent, to be Sworn into the s'd Offices.
John Dousman, who was appointed a Consta in the Town of Pittsburgh and refusing to swear into the said Office, It is Ord that for the s'd Contempt he be fined £2.
Richard Yeats, John Campbell, & James McMahon are recommended as proper persons for Coroners.
Andrew Vaughan, on behalf of Jos. Horton, Moved for a Judg Ag'st John Christian, High Sheriff, for the Amount of an Exn recovered by Francis Brown, a deputy of the s'd Joseph Horton, against Adam Bell Pat McElroy, a deputy also, and who farmed the same of the s'd Christian, appeared and con- fessed a Judgment. Pat McElroy, a deputy Sheriff, on behalf of John Christian, moved for a Judgment ag'st Francis Brown, a deputy also, and Daniel Brown and Wm Christy his Sec'y, for the Amount of the Judg, and Costs obtained ag'st him by Jos. Horton, for the Amount of the Ex'n of the s'd Jos ag'st Adam Bell, received by the s'd Francis, and Judgment is granted
Ab Dorsey Penticost
The Court on Considering the Ordinance of Convention for holding a Court in the district of West Augusta without Writ of adjournments from East Augusta, on the third Tuesday in every Month, at such place as they shall appoint, are of Opinion that
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ANNALS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM.
by such Ordinance they are a separate and distinct County and Court from that of East Augusta, and they do appoint Dorsey Penticost, Esqr., there Clerk for this Court, to which John Madison, Jun'r deputy Clerk, on behalf of John Madison, Clerk of the County, objected to the appointment, alledging that they had no right so to do till the division of the County, look- ing upon him as Clerk of East Augusta and the district of West Augusta till a division is made by an Ordinance of Convention.
Ord that John Madison, Jun'r deputy Clerk, in whose Cus- tody the records of the adjorned Court for this district are, is ordered to deliver them to this Court on the 25th of October next.
Ordered that the Court be adjorned until the Court in Course. EDW'D WARD.
At a Court held for the district of West Augusta at Augusta Town, November 19, 1776 :
Present, Edward Ward, John McColloch, John Cannon, William Goe, David Shepherd.
Thomas Glenn, who was bound by recog to Appear at the Grand jury Court, appeared, and was Ord to be prosecuted for beating his Serv't. No prosecutor or Witnesses appearing, it is ordered that he be discharged.
Ord that the Court be adjorned until to Morrow Morning 8 o'clock EDW'D WARD.
At a Court Cont'd and held for the district of West Augusta County, November the 20th, 1776 :
Present, Edward Ward, John McColloch, John Cannon, David Shepherd,
Capt'n Wm. Christy prod a Com of Capt'n of a Comp'y of Militia, took the Oath required by Ordinance of Convention O C'd.
Leiut Jacob Bousman, the same
Ensign Hugh Smith.
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