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BENJAMIN FLOYD NUCKOLLS
PIONEER SETTLERS OF GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA
BY B. F. NUCKOLLS GALAX, VA.
1914 THE KING PRINTING COMPANY LE ROI PRESS BRISTOL, TENNESSEE
Dedication
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T HIS book is dedicated to the mem- ory of my father and mother, Clark Nuckolls and Rosa Bourne Hale Nuckolls; and also to other kindred and friends, many of whom have gone before, and many who are on their journey to the Mansions of Rest. yWe have lived and labored and loved together, and we hope to meet at last in the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who will finally gather all his faithful ones into their Heavenly Home.
INTRODUCTION
It is with unfeigned pleasure that I write these lines to introduce this modest volume to the reading public. I have known the author and the people of whom he writes for more than a half century. The author him- self is of one of the old pioneer families who, by their courage and stalwart virtues, made Southwestern Vir- ginia the garden spot of the world-"The land of the free, and the home of the brave." He was brought up among them, and is by blood akin to hundreds of them. He writes what he knows, and knows what he writes is true. The book is a recital of facts with but little embellishment-a garner for preserving for posterity, a history of the brave doings of the men and women of the generations gone by. This is clearly the author's purpose in writing it, and as such it is worthy of the hearty endorsement of the children of a noble ancestry. And it will be read by this and coming generations, not only in the happy homestead, the hills and valleys of South- western Virginia, but in many other states, for the sons of this hill country are spread far and wide over the South and West. Many men and women in the far off western plains will read with thrilling interest story after story of the early days of their fathers and grand- fathers who felled the forests and drove the wolves and bears from their lurking dens, and built their log cabins by the spring. The springs of laughing waters are still there, but the log cabins of the pioneers are gone-and beautiful homesteads, waving harvests and lowing herds tell of the comfort and good cheer of the country. The ramshackle school house, in which the children learned their a b c's in the years long gone, are replaced with academies and high schools of architectural taste and
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adapted to educational purposes. And instead of the log cabin or humble private home of the settlers in which the "circuit-rider" used to conduct divine services, now the "church-going-bell" in every neighborhood calls the people to worship in elegant houses of worship.
This book tells the how of all this change, and the worthy author merits the hearty thanks of all for putting the story in permanent form for preservation. I cordi- ally commend it to book lovers of the day.
Knoxville, Tenn.
October, 1913.
D. SULLINS.
PREFACE
The times, opportunities, and surroundings have changed so much since the early settlement of this country that the people of the present generation do not realize what were the labors, privations, cares, and anxieties of their ancestors. They were such as try the nerve, strength, and fortitude of mankind.
History proves to us beyond a doubt that our noble ancestors, by strenuous labors and perseverance, changed the face of this country, which they found wild and uncultivated, and that we now enjoy the fruits of their labor, while they "Rest from their labors, and their works do follow them."
They cut down the forests, built their log cabins and stables, cleared up the low-lands and swamps, cleaned up the hills and mountain sides. Their cattle, sheep, and hogs lived on the range, but had to be brought in at night near the cabin to protect them from the ravenous wolves and other wild animals that were plentiful then.
Bells were put on the cattle and sheep so that they could be found when they strayed away. The rich weeds and pea-vines and other vegetable growth afforded feed for the stock, and hogs fed on the mast, and foraged in the woodland. Pens were made, and the stock was driven into them at night, and often large log fires had to be built to keep the wolves away.
We are not attempting in this book to give sketches of all the families that have helped to make our section of the country what it now is, but will give some items of history and tradition that we think will be of interest to many and that have not hitherto been recorded.
We hope that those who scan these pages will not read with the eye of the critic but with appreciation of the facts and items that have been gathered together.
INDEX
ASBURY, BISHOP FRANCIS 171
ANDERSON, MAJ. JAMES. 67
ANDERSON, ORVILLE, Clerk of Court 10
BOURNE, WILLIAM, first Clerk of Grayson 17
BOURNE, STEPHEN G. 17
BLAIR, THOMAS, SR. 26
BLAIR, JOHN. 26
BLAIR, LORENZO DOW 51
BRYAN, FRANCIS
163
BRYAN, JOSEPH
131
BRYAN, LEWIS H. 132
BRYAN, MORGAN.
132
CANUTE, KING OF ENGLAND 162
CANUTE, WILLIAM. 163
CANUTE, COL. ELI. 163
COLTRANE, COL. IRA B. 123
CORNETT, JUDGE GEO. WASHINGTON 164
COOLEY, BENJAMIN. 186
CARICO, REV. WILLIAM. 100
167
Cox, JOHN, of revolutionary fame.
Dow, LORENZO 51
DICKEY, MATHEW 189
DICKEY, JOHN, SR. 188
DICKEY, DR. JOHN R. 184
54
DICKENSON, COL. MARTIN
55
DICKENSON, JOHN
DAVIS, COL. ALEXANDER M. 56
EARLY, JOHN, SR. 205
EARLY, JAMES 203
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EARLY, JOHN, JR. 203
FELTS, CREED N. 51
FELTS, THOMAS, Detective 52
FULTON, REV. CREED.
160
FULTON, SAMUEL 160
FULTON, JUDGE ANDREW
16
GARLAND, LANDON CABELL, LL. D. 143
GARLAND, CHARLES
142
GARLAND, MARY
142
GARLAND, DAVID S.
144
GARLAND, SAMUEL
146
GARLAND, HUGH A.
146
GARLAND, AUGUSTUS H.
146
GARLAND, REV. JAMES POWELL, D. D.
147
GARRISON, ISAAC.
155
GARRISON, DAVID
155
GOODYKOONTZ, DAVID
193
GOODYKOONTZ, REV. ALFRED M.
197
GWYN, JAMES. 58
HALE, LEWIS, ancestor from Kent, England 107
HALE, EDWARD, ancestor from Kent, England 104
HALE, JUDGE GARLAND 121
HALE, COL. STEPHEN, SR
114
HALE, CAPT. LEWIS, JR.
112
HALE, CAPT. PEYTON N.
113
HALE, CAPT. FIELDEN LEWIS. 118
127
HALE, ELI C. 116
HALE, MASTEN 73
HALE, PROF. W. STEPHEN
116
HASH, JANE 173
HANKS, JOSHUA 16
HALE, MAJ. PEYTON G.
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HANKS, "NANCY". 158
HANKS, CREED L. 158
ISOM, DAVID 118
JONES, ADMIRAL JOHN PAUL. 148
JONES, CHURCHILL
153
JONES, MAJ. MINITREE 153
JONES, MAJ. SPOTSWOOD
153
JONES, MAJ. CHURCHILL
153
JONES, MAJ. ABNER
156
JONES, WILLIAM 155
JOHNSTON, CAPT. ROBERT
61
JOHNSTON, JAMES B. 69
JOHNSTON, MARY 61
KYLE, JUDGE WILLIAM 52
KENNY, WILLIAM 205
KENNY, ROBERT 205
KENNY, WILLIAM, JR. 205
KENNY, JOHN A. 205
LA ROWE, LOUIS. 206
LENOIR, GEN. WILLIAM 58
LUNDY, FIELDEN J., Clerk of Court 17
MCCAMANT, COL. SAMUEL 59
MCCAMANT, DR. THOMAS JEFFERSON 60
MCCAMANT, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JR 60
MOORE, COL. ALFRED 82
157
MOORE, SPOTSWOOD J.
MOORE, CHURCHILL F 157
McMILLAN, COL. JOHN 173
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NUCKOLLS, JOHN, JAMES, WILLIAM, York, Eng. 65
NUCKOLLS, CAPT. ROBERT G. 72
NUCKOLLS, CHARLES 66
NUCKOLLS, NATHANIEL 90 71
NUCKOLLS, GARLAND
NUCKOLLS, JOHN, S. C., Killed by Tories, 1780
91
NUCKOLLS, EZRA. 84
NUCKOLLS, STEPHEN FRIEL, Member of 46th Congress 86
OGLESBY, WILLIAM. 89
OSBORNE, ENOCH
171
OSBORNE, SOLOMON
171
OSBORNE, ZACHARIAH. 171
PENDLETON, EDMOND, "Jurist" 146
PERKINS, TIMOTHY
24
PERKINS, JOHNSTON
48
PUGH, STEPHEN
25
PUGH, JOHN
116
PHIPPS, BENJAMIN
173
PHIPPS, JOSEPH.
173
PHIPPS, COLUMBUS.
174
PHLEGAR, JUDGE ARCHER A. 199
PIPER, COL. JAMES 180
REEVES, GEORGE 176
REEVES, JOHN 176
SWIFT, COL. FLOWER, Ancestor from England. 98
SMITH, GEN. ALEXANDER, of "Stuarts," Eng. 180
SCOTT, JAMES, of Ireland 126
SHEFFY, REV. ROBERT SAWYERS. 70
THOMAS, JONATHAN 24
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THOMAS, STEPHEN B.
24
THOMAS, DR. FLEMING 175
VAUGHN, NATHANIEL 16
VAUGHN, REV. JOHN
16
VAUGHN, REV. THOMAS C.
138
WARD, BALLARD E. 73
WORRELL, JAMES. 159
WORRELL, ESAW, SR. 159
WORRELL, CAPT. JOHN.
160
WORRELL, CHURCHILL 160
WAUGH, CAPT. JOHN BLAIR 48
YOUNG, EZEKIEL
50
YOUNG, FIELDEN 175
INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Benjamin Floyd Nuckolls.
Dr. David Sullins
Frontispiece vii 1
The Old Kitchen.
The Old Nuckolls Homestead
Frances Bourne.
Mastin Hale.
Nuckolls Springs.
25 33 37
Elizabeth Blair Waugh
Cliffside.
Residence of Captain John B. Waugh
Elizabeth Thomas.
Col. Samuel McCamant.
Matilda Dickinson McCamant.
Nuckolls Cemetery
Clark Nuckolls and Wife.
Residence of B. F. Nuckolls
Ballard E. Ward and Wife
James Stuart Ward
William Swift Nuckolls
Susan B. Hale
Margaret Swift
101
Hale Coat of Arms.
105 113
The Hale Monument
Eli C. Hale.
117
Lucinda Hale.
121
Amanda J. Hale.
125
Stephen Friel Nuckolls.
129
Lucinda Bourne.
133
Sophia P. Hale
135
Major Peyton G. Hale.
137
Garland Coat of Arms.
141
Landon C. Garland, LL. D.
145
The Garret Cemetery
147
Benjamin F. Nuckolls and Wife
195
81 85 87 89 93 99
Martha Nuckolls.
41 49 53 57 65 69 73
The Hale Brick Residence.
9 17 21
THE OLD KITCHEN Built by Lewis Hale, Sr., in 1770. Old Servants, Clarke and Charlotte
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CHAPTER I
The portion of Southwest Virginia embraced in Gray- son and Carroll counties, bounded by New River and Wythe county on the North, and by the Blue Ridge and state of North Carolina on the South, was first known as Botetourt District, afterwards, as Washing- ton and Montgomery Districts.
New River was first called Woods River and after- wards changed to New River. A Mr. Woods discovered the river, and set up claims on lands on the waters of Crooked and Chestnut Creeks. Other boundaries were secured by Buchanan. Some of the titles to land on which the town of Galax is built run back to the old Buchanan papers.
In 1720, Spottsylvania was formed from portions of Essex, King William, and King and Queen counties, and was named for Col. Alexander Spottswood, who was one of the colonial governors of Virginia.
Orange was formed from Spottsylvania in 1734; Augusta from Orange in 1738; Botetourt from Augusta in 1769; Fincastle county was formed from Botetourt in 1772, and covered far more than half of the present state of West Virginia, all of the present state of Kentucky, and all of what we now know as Southwest Virginia.
In 1776, the county of Fincastle was abolished, and out of its territory three new counties were formed, to-wit: Montgomery, Washington, and Kentucky.
Montgomery was formed from Fincastle in 1776; Wythe from Montgomery in 1790; Grayson from Wythe in 1792; Carroll county from Grayson in 1842.
When Wythe county was formed from Montgomery in 1790 it included a large boundary reaching to the North
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Carolina line on the South, and embracing what is now known as Grayson and Carroll counties.
Evansham (afterwards changed to Wytheville) was selected as the place to hold courts and elections, and all free holders were required to go there to vote.
The early settlers had selected land along New River- and its tributary creeks, as they were most productive, and were rich with wild pea-vine, and other vegetation. for the stock.
They did not like to have the county seat so far removed from them, so they called for a. county on the south side. Flower Swift was one of the magistrates of the Wythe court. He, with others, made an effort to get a county cut off from Wythe, but was met with violent opposition.
William Bourne was a candidate for the Legislature, but was not elected on account of his known intention to secure a new county. When the Legislature met, Bourne was there as a lobby member, and succeeded in carrying out his wishes. Mr. Grayson, of Montgomery county, gave much help in securing the new county, and in recognition of his services the county was named for him-"Grayson".
The first court was held in William Bourne's barn on Knob Fork of Elk Creek. Flower Swift, Minitree Jones, and Nathaniel Frisbie were appointed magistrates.
The members of the first court were Flower Swift, Enoch Osbourne, Minitree Jones, Nathaniel Frisbie, Philip Gaines, William Bourne, Nathaniel Pope, Matthew Dickey, Lewis Hale, and Moses Foley. William Bourne was appointed clerk of the court.
Records of the first court held in Grayson county, in William Bourne's barn, May 21st, 1793, and partial proceedings of some subsequent courts :
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Be it remembered that on the 21st day of May, in the year off our Lord; 1793, at the house of Willaim Bourne, in the County of Grayson, a Commission of the Governor; Henry Lee, of the Common- " wealth of Virginia, for the County aforesaid; directed to Flower Swift, Enoch Osbourne, Minitre Jones, Nathaniel Frisbie, Phillip Gaines, William Bourne, Nathaniel Pope, Mathew Dickey, Lewis Hale, and Moses Foley, Gent., bearing date the 10th day of Decem- ber, 1792, was produced as being read, and thereupon Flower Swift took the Oath of Allegiance to the Commonwealth, the Oath. to support the Constitution of the United States, the Oath of a Justice of the Peace, and the Oath of a Justice of the County Court in Chancery, which Oaths were administered to him by Minitree Jones and Nathaniel Frisbie, and then the said Flower Swift administered all the aforesaid Oaths to the aforesaid Enoch Os- bourne, Minitre Jones, Nathaniel Frisbie, Phillip Gaines, William Bourne, Nathaniel Pope, Mathew Dickey, and Lewis Hale, who took the same.
A Commission from His Excellency, Henry Lee, Governor of the Commonwealth, to Phillip Gaines to be Sheriff of the County of Grayson to take effect from and after the 13 day of this instant, was produced by the said Phillip Gaines and Read, and thereupon, he, together with William Bobbitt and John Stone his Security, and entered into and acknowledged their bond for the said Phillip Gaines due performance of his Office, which is Ordered to be recorded and Flower Swift and Enoch Osbourne administered to the said Phillip Gaines the Oath of Allegiance to support the Common- wealth of the United States, and also the Oath of Sheriff.
At a Court held for Grayson County the 27th day of May, 1793.
Present:
FLOWER SWIFT ENOCH OSBOURNE
NATHANIEL FRISBIE
NATHANIEL POPE
MATHEW DICKEY
LEWIS HALE
Gentlemen, Justices.
The Court proceeded to appoint a Clerk. Whereupon William Bourne was chosen to that office, and thereupon, he together with Thomas Blair, Jeremiah Stone, and John Stone, his Security, entered into and acknowledged their bond according to law for the
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said Bournes due performance of the duties of his said office, and the said William Bourne thereupon took the Oath of Allegiance, the Oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and the Oath of the Clerk of a County Court.
Present:
MINITRE JONES,
?
Gent.
Phillip Gaines, Esq., is Nominated as Surveyor, and it is Ordered that the same be certified to the president and professors of William and Mary College.
Alexander Smyth, Gent., produced License Signed by Richard Carey, Henry Taswell, and Edmond Winston, permitting him to practice as an Attorney in the Inferior and Superior Courts within this Commonwealth, and having taken the Oath prescribed by law, is admitted to practice in the Courts.
The Court adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
FLOWER SWIFT.
At a Court continued and held for the County of Grayson on the 22nd day of May, 1793.
Present:
MINITRE JONES, NATHANIEL FRISBIE, MATHEW DICKEY, LEWIS HALE,
Gent.
William Drope is admitted a Deputy Clerk to this Court, where- upon he took the Oath prescribed by law.
Ordered, that for the purpose of appointing Commissioners to value property taken by E, the County be divided into two Districts; that part eastward of Meadow Creek and New River to form one end, and the residue of the County the other.
William Bobbitt, Jacob Colyar, and George Martin are appointed Commissioners to value property in the lower Eastern District; and Enoch Osbourne, David Cox, Stephen Goast, in the upper or Western District, and it is ordered that they be served with notice to qualify according to Law.
Present, FLOWER SWIFT, ENOCH OSBOURNE, NATHANIEL POPE, Gent.
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The Court proceeded to fix upon a place of holding Courts, and fixed upon a place known by the name of Rose's Cabins, or within one mile thereof, and appointed the house wherein Court now sits as the place of holding Courts until publick buildings shall be erected.
Minitre Jones and Enoch Osbourne, Gent., entered their dissent to the order fixing the permanent place of holding Courts. ..
Absent, Flower Swift, Gent.
Charles Nuckolls, Flower Swift and Phillip Gaines, Gent., in Court agree that they will Convey to trustees for the use of the Courts, 100 Acres of land at the seat of the public buildings, one- half thereof to be laid out into Lots and Streets, and establish a Town; the balance to be Common, Reserving three half-acre Lotts at their choice after the Lotts were laid off.
Minitre Jones and Mathew Dickey, Gent., are appointed Com- missioners on behalf of the Courts to fix on the situation for the publick Buildings within the District aforesaid, to receive from the proprietors of the Lands there a conveyance there of, or an Obli- gation for the Same, and to contract with an undertaker for the erection of the necessary buildings according to plans to be by them prepared, and finally to lay off a Town at the place; provided that the auction of the buildings shall be let by auction to the lowest bidder, on some Court day, on public notice.
Present,
FLOWER SWIFT, Gent.
On motion of Phillip Gaines, Esq., David Vaughn is admitted a Deputy Sheriff in the County, whereupon he took the Oath prescribed by Law.
Alexander Smith is appointed Deputy Attorney for the Common- wealth, in this Court, which is ordered to be Certified to; And it is further ordered that he be allowed the Sum of Twenty pounds in the levy the present year, as a compensation for his services for one year from this time.
The Court also appoints Minitre Jones and Mathew Dickey to hold elections for overseer of the poor, the election to be held at the Forge on the 12th day of June next.
Ordered that Shadrack Greer and Tobias Phipps be recommended as Justices of the Peace for this County.
The Court appoints the officers for the regiment of Malitia; Ordered that Flower Swift be recommended as Leut. Col., Minitre
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Jones, Major of the first Battalion, Avery Henick, Captain of Rifle Company, first Battalion, John Wilson, Leut., William Chaffin, Ensign.
James Anderson, Captain of Rifle Company, Second Battalion, William Vaughn, Lieut., and Geo. Levesy, Ensign.
There are 3 Companies for first Battalion, Three Captains, Nathaniel Pope, John McCoy, John Pickerell.
Second Battalion, Three Captains, Jonathan Ward, Abner Jones, George 'Howell.
Court adjourned until Court in Course.
FLOWER SWIFT, Gent.
Court: 10th of June, 1793:
A deed from Flower Swift and Mary his wife, to Mathew Dickey, proven by Minitre Jones, and Redmond Cody.
#Ordered that Revd. Moses Foley be admitted to solemnize the rights of matrimony, agreeable to the rules of his church, so soon as he shall enter into bond according to law.
Ordered, that a road be opened from Blair and Dickey's furnace to the county line, From the Furnace to the ground where the Courthouse is to be erected, thence to the Forge, thence to William Jennings, Joseph Mill, Nathaniel Pope, James Cock, and William Williams (Wagoner), views the grounds to County line.
Dennis Fielder, Rubin Cornute, and William Long, who were at the last Court, appointed to view Different ways petitioned for by the Inhabitants of Elk Creek, upon their Oaths do say there may a waggon Road be made from Jeremiah Stones to Hale's Meeting house, from thence to the Widow Roarch Cabin, from thence to Richard Wrights, Sen., to Richard Wrights, Jun., and that the Survey of the same keep it in Repair according to Law.
Ordered that John Nash be allowed for the killing one Old Wolfe out of present County Levy.
Ordered that Joseph Fields be allowed for the killing one Old Wolfe out of present County Levy.
At a Court Continued for the Examination of a Negro man named Natt, the property of James Cox, on Suspicion of his Felon- iously taking from Thomas Blair one Duck Blanket to the value of fifteen Shillings.
The above named Natt was led to the Bar, and upon Examination, denieth the Fact, Wherewith he stands charged, upon which several Witnesses were Sworn and examined, and the prisoner heard in his own Defence; On Consideration of which of the Circumstances
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relating to the Crime, the Court are of Opinion that he is guilty of the fact wherewith he stands charged, but the things being of Small Value, and the prisoner praying Corporal punishment, it is ordered that he Receive fifteen Lashes at the publick whippin post of the County on his bare back, well laid on, and it is said to the Sheriff that Execution thereof be immediately done.
Ordered that this Court adjourn until Court in Course.
FLOWER SWIFT.
A Suit on Bond given by Phillip Gainer.
Martin Dickenson Plf.
Daniel Sheffy Dft.
Upon a bond for the forthcoming of the property at the day of Sale upon an Execution obtained from Court.
Robert Sayers proved two days attendance as on evidence in the Suit Baker vs. English, and 16 miles traveling here, and the same returning each Day.
Baker vs. English Judy for £3. s15. 6 and cost.
The Court proceeded to Lay the County Levy, and find the Claims for and against the Same as follows, viz .:
To the Clerk's Publick Services the present year
The Sheriff same .. 25 Dol.
25 Dol.
To Clerks and Surveyor Book, &c, 50 Dol.
To Alexander Smith Att. Com
.66.67.
To Creditors for Wolfe heads 50 D.
To Clerks for examining Com. Books 5 Dol.
To account for Delinquents. 25.33 D.
Ordered that the Sheriff Collect the Levy and give Bond in the Clerk's Office in ten Days.
The Court proceeded to fix the rates to be observed by Ordinary keepers:
(You will see this Order on p. 35 in the old records of the first Courts for Grayson 'County which belongs to the Clerk's Office at Independence, Va. William Bourne, first Ordinary Keeper, at his house. B. F. N.)
COURT RECORDS (See page 35)
The Court proceeded to fix the rates to be Observed by Ordinary keepers, viz .:
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d
A breakfast with Coffee
Ditto Without Coffee 0
1
0
Dinner Warm, if good
0
1 6
Cold.
0
1
3
Lodging Clean for 1 in bed
0
0
6
2 in bed
0
0
4
More than 2 in bed 1
0 0 0
Stableage pr night.
0 0 6
Do pr 24 hours
0
0
9
Do. for less than 24 hours.
0
0
6
Pasturage in Season pr night.
0 0
0
9
Corn pr. Gallon
0
0
8
Oats pr. Gallon
0
0
6
Wine Madera pr. quart.
0
8
0
Do. inferior.
0
5 0
West india rum pr half-pint ...
0
1 0
Cosbert Do per Do. 0
0 .6
Taffia Do pr. Do.
0
0 6
French brandy pr. Do.
0
0 9
Peach Do. per Do
0
0
6
Gin pr. Do
0 0
8
Whiskey pr. Do.
0 0 6
Good Cider pr. qt.
0
0 8
Good Beer pr. Do.
0 0 6
Small beer.
0 0 4
At a Court held for the County of Grayson on the 24th Day of June, 1794.
Present:
FLOWER SWIFT,
ENOCH OSBOURNE,
MINITRE JONES,
MATHEW DICKEY,
LEWIS HALE,
Gentlemen Justices.
Ordered that Joshua Cox be allowed in the next County Levy for the Killing of five Young Wolves."
"Ordered that this Court adjourn from the house of William Bourne to the New Courthouse, Court in Course". Last Court. Wm. B.'s House.
FLOWER SWIFT
6
Do. pr 24 hours 0
€ 8 0 1 3
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THE OLD NUCKOLLS HOMESTEAD Built by Robert Nuckolls and Charles Garland in 1805; now owned by Stephen Nathaniel Nuckolls
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First Court, N. C. House: At a Court held for the County of Grayson on the 22nd day of July, 1794.
Present:
FLOWER SWIFT, . NATHANIEL FRISBIE, NATHANIEL POPE, LEWIS HALE,
Gent. Justices.
Ordered that the Stock Mark of George Martin be Recorded a half Crop off the Left ear, and a half penny out of the right ear, viz .: the half Crop out of the upper side of the left and the half penny out of the underside of the right.
A Deed from Mathew Dickey and Rebaca Dickey his wife to Thomas Blair, proven by the Oath of Greenberry McKinzie, and ordered to be Certified.
A Deed from Flower Swift, and Mary his wife, to Jessie Williams was proven by the Oaths of William Allin, John Williams, and Augustus Webber, three of the witnesses there to, and O. R.
On the motion of George Ring and Richard Hale, a certificate is granted for obtaining letters of administrations on the Estate of Martin Ring, and Whereupon they entered into with William Hale, Lewis Hale, Dudley Hale, and Jacob Spraker, their Securities, and qualified according to law.
Ordered that John Fielder, Elisha Bedsaul, and Martin Dick- enson be appointed to appraise the personal property and make report there of to Court.
Ordered that Dudley Hale be appointed Overseer of the road in place of Timothy Roark, and that he, with the usual hands, keep the same in repair.
On motion of Robert Nuckolls, who, having produced the receipt of the Clerk of this Court for the sum of Twelve Dollars and fifty Cents, a license is granted him to keep an Ordinary at his house in Greenville, One year from the first of May last, Whereupon he entered into bond with Security accordingly.
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