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1801-Isaac Booth.
1802-Andrew Miller.
1803-Joseph Long, Daniel Clark, Barthan Hoskins, John Hartley, John Sanders, John Barnhouse, Joseph Joseph.
1804-Ebenezer Flanagan, Gilbert Boyles.
1806 -- John Crouch, John Lamberton, Benjamin Horn- beck, Nicholas Gibson, Isaac Booth.
1808-William Daniels, Jonathan Hutton, John Hart.
1809-Isaac White, Andrew Cawford, George Parsons, Samuel Ball.
1810-Matthew Hines, John Skidmore.
1811-Nicholas Storm, Daniel Booth, Benjamin Riddle.
1813-Zedekiah Morgan, Andrew Cross, George Wees, Jonathan Wamsley.
1814-Isaac Greggory, Adam Myers, Andrew Friend, George Stalnaker, Robert S. Shanklin. Jacob Sprigstone, Levi Ward.
1815-Hiram Goff, Robert Young, James Tygart.
1817-Ebenezer Leonard, Frederick Troutwine, Jacob Teter.
1820-Michael See, Isaac Taylor, William S. Wilson.
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1824-Jonas Crane, Godfrey Hiller, Jonas Harman, John Harris.
1825-David Wiles, Robert McCrum.
1830-Brown Jenks, David Goff, Joseph Hart, William Shaw, John Walker, William Huff, John Moore, Peter Con- rad, George Nestor.
1831 --- George See, Henry Sturm, Jacob See.
1832-William McLain, Squire Bosworth, Jacob Keller. Ely Butcher, Andrew Miller, Robert N. Ball, John Wyatt, Joseph Roy, William F. Wilson, Joseph Teter, Adam See.
1835-Jacob Harper, John Phares, William Rowan, Ad- onijah B. Ward, Valentine Stalnaker, Lorentz Mitchell, Daniel W. Shurtliff, Jarrett Johnson, Abraham Harding, Samuel Kel- ler Arnold Bonnifield, Isaac Roy, Thomas S. White, John Arbogast, Andrew M. Wamsley.
1838-Lemuel Chenoweth, Job Parsons, Samuel Stal- 'naker, Samuel Elliott, Michael H. Neville, John W. Crawford.
1839-Charles C. See, Francis D. Talbott.
1841-John A. Hutton.
1842-Noah E. Corley, George Buckey, William Phares, John Kelley, William Johnson, John W. Moore, John Taylor.
1845-David Gilmore, Christian Simmons, Lenox M. Camden, Elijah Kittle, Archibald Chenoweth, Benjamin W. Kittle, Jacob Crouch, Abraham Crouch.
1848-Whitman Ward, Adam D. Caplinger, John W. Haigler, Harrison W. Campbell, James W. Parsons, William Talbott, James Shreve, William G. Greggory, Harman Snyder, Thompson Elza.
1852-Peter L. Lightner, Isaac G. Dodrill, William Ham- ilton, George W. Mills, Hezekiah Kittle, Henry Harper, Wil- liam C. Chenoweth, Jacob Vanscoy, William R. Parsons, George H. Long, Nathaniel J. Lambert, Joseph White, James Vance, Jeremiah Lanham, James D. Simon, Absalom Stalnaker.
1854-Jacob H. Long, Henry C. Moore.
1856-Jacob W. Marshall, Thomas B. Scott, Hamilton Stalnaker, Abraham Hutton, John A. Rowan, Edwin S. Tal- bott, Eli Kittle, Aaron Coberly, Arnold Wilmoth, Samuel Dinkle, Noah H. Harman, James Wilmoth.
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1859-Asa Harman, Mathias C. Potts, Joseph J. Sim- mons.
1860-Jacob Conrad, S. Salisbury, W. Wilson, Washing- ton G. Ward, George Phillips, Wilson Osborn, Michael Yo- kum, William F. Corley, William Raines, James H. Lambert, William Jordan, Elijah J. Nelson.
1861-Jacob Daniels, Everett Chenoweth.
1862 -- Henry H. Leigh, D. G. Adams.
1867-Solomon S. Warner, James W. Dunnington, Charles Crouch, William Bennett, Patrick Durkin, Peleg C. Barlow.
1869 -- Sampson Snyder, Reuben S. Butcher, John A. Vance, John A. King.
1873-Jesse W. Goddin, J. Wood Price, Riley Pritt, George H. Phillip, Jacob C. Collett, Adam C. Currence, Eman- uel White, Patrick Crickard, Leonard H. Schoonover.
1876-George W. Yokum, Holman Pritt, Miles King, Joseph Bunner, J. W. Summerfield.
1877-Alfred Hutton.
1880-George Beatty, John Bunner, William H. Wilson, Z. T. Chenoweth, J. W. Tyre, Jacob C. Harper, Randolph Triplett.
1882-Adam HI. Wamsley, Peter Crickard.
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1884-J. H. Dewitt, Melvin Currence, James L. Coff, John A. Hamilton, D. E. Coberly.
1886-James Shannon.
1888-William H. Goss, Adam C. Rowan, William M. Boyd, H. N. Brunner, Adam L. Findley.
1890-Caleb White.
1892-John R. Crickard, D. P. Harper, Job. W. Parsons. William Hamilton, James Coberly, J. J. Zickafoose, Lew Fahrion.
1895-G. F. Sims.
1896-B. Y. Cunningham, Floyd McDonald, W. A. Horn- beck, N. W. Talbott, A. Brandley, Page C. Marstiller, Peter Madden, W. Scott Woodford, W. S. Kelley, John W. Hart- man, Elias Zickafoose.
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Prosecuting Attorneys.
The prosecuting attorney, in former times, was appoint- ed, and did not necessarily live in the county where he served. The same man sometimes was prosecutor in two or more counties at one time. Following are the names of the com- monwealth's attorneys of Randolph :
William McCleary
1787
John S. Huffman 1841
Thomas Wilson
1791
Samuel Crane
1852
Maxwell Armstrong
1795
Joseph Hart
1862
Adam See
1798
Nathan H. Taft 1862
William Tingle
1809
Spencer Dayton
1863
Noah Linsley
1809
Gustavus Cresap 1867
Edwin S. Duncan
1814
Thomas J. Arnold
1868
Oliver Phelps
1817
Bernard L. Butcher
1876
Phineas Chapin
1818
Cyrus H. Scott. 1880
John J. Allen
1820
Jared L. Wamsley 1888
William McCord
1829
C. W. Harding 1901-09
Gideon D. Camden
1837
David Goff
1835
H. G. Kump 1909-15
County Coroners.
Salathiel Goff
1787
William B. Wilson. 1807
Cornelius Bogard
1787
Charles Myers
1809
Robert Maxwell
1789
John Stalnaker 1820
Abraham Kittle
1792
Jacob Myers
1827
Simon . Reeder
1796
William Rowan
1854
John Chenoweth
1803
Lemuel Chenoweth 1855
Adam Stalnaker
1805
William C. Chenoweth 1873
County Commissioners.
Solomon C. Caplinger 1880
C. S. Armentrout 1888
William M. Phares
1880
Jesse F. Phares
1882
Jacob S. Wamsley
1880
Jesse W. Goddin 1892
Omar Conrad
1880
P. Crickard
1896
Jacob Vanscoy
1884
John Heavener
1902
B. W. Crawford.
1884
R. M. Harper
1904
G. W. Yokum
1886
K. B. Crawfird 1908
Patrick Crickard
1886
A. W. Hart
1912
Judges Circuit Court.
Hugh Nelson
1809
Thos. W. Harrison 1867
Daniel Smith
1811
John Brannon
1872
Edwin S. Duncan.
1831
William T. Ice. 1881
Geo. H. Lee
1848
Joeph T. Hoke.
1889
Gideon D. Camden
1851
John Holt 1897
William A. Harrison
1861
Warren B. Kittle
1912
Robert Irvine
1863
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Constables.
1787-Jacob Riffle, Michael Yokum, Thomas Holder, Jeremiah York, Jeremiah Cooper, Charles Falnash.
1788-William Haddix, David Minear, Valentine Stal- naker, Jacob Shook.
1794-William Clark, Henry Carr, Jacob Ward.
1796-Jacob Springston, Henry Phillips.
1797-John Runkins, Nicholas Smith, George Long, Mat- thew Wamsley.
1798-John Phillips, Thomas Cade, Joseph Joseph, John Sanders.
1799-Richard Ware, Daniel Canfield, Gilbert Bayles.
1800-Peter Buckey, John Cutright, John Hart, John Triplett.
1803-William Daniels, Samuel Pierce, Richard Ware.
1804-George Whitman, William Booth, William Mc- Corkle.
1805-Barthan Hoskins, John Hartley, John Spillman, John Beall.
1809 -- George Stalnaker, John Chenoweth, William Steers, Edward Hart, William F. Wilson, William Stalnaker, James Holder, Alexander Morrison.
1810-Adonijah Ward, Samuel Burrett.
1811-John Clark, John Miller, Joseph Roy, Nicholas Weatherholtz.
1813-Jonathan Yeager, Levi Skidmore, John W. Stal- naker, William Kelley, Isaac Wamsley, Samuel Oliver, Isaac Stalnaker.
1815-David Holder, Wilby Taylor, John Snyder, Jesse Cunningham, John Lynch, Abraham Bryant.
1817-David Evans, Solomon Parsons, Isaac Post, Adam Lough, John Walker.
1818-Thomas Wamsley, Jonas Harman, Samuel Wyatt, Moses Phillips.
1819-Solomon Yeager, James Teter, Jesse Bennett, John Long, Joseph Walker.
1821-Robert N. Ball, Henry Sturm, Henry Cunning, Thomas W. Holder.
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1823-William H. Crawford, Jesse Coberly, Enoch Min- ear, Abraham Wolford, Hugh Dailey, James Turner, Noalı E. Corley.
1825-Elisha Poling, George Harris, Benjamin Johnson, Isaac B. Marsh.
1827-Absalom Wilmoth, William Wamsley, Jacob Kel- ley, Benjamin P. Marsh, John Taylor, William G. Gilmore.
1829-John W. Crawford, Eli Walker, Jacob Teter, Abra- ham Bowman, Edmund S. Wyatt, Thomas Byrd, Washing- ton Taylor, Joshua Glascock.
1831-Burwell Butcher, Oliver E. Domire, Joseph Shaw, William Marsh, John Stout, William Rowan, William Pick- ens, Absalom Hinkle.
1832-John Conrad, John Phares, Samuel Keller.
1833-Edward Stalnaker, Daniel W. Shurtliff, James W. Corley, John P. Gray, Jesse Day, Levi Jenks, Arnold Bon- nifield.
1836-Andrew M. Wamsley, William Wamsley, Thomas Phillips, John Sargent.
1837-Lair D. Morrell, Garrett Johnson, Absalom Har- den, David Gilmore, James Vance, Thomas S. White, Joseph J. Simmons, John M. Crouch.
1838-Adam H. Bowman, William Simpson, Bushrod W. Crawford, Archibald Coyner.
1839-Isaac White, Elias Alexander, Lewis Gilmore, John C. Wamsley.
1841-William Wilmoth, Garretson Stalnaker, Francis J. Holder, John Tygart, Jesse Roy, John Arbogast, Jacob Con- rad, Abraham Crouch.
1842-William W. Parsons, Samuel Wamsley, John M. Phares, Israel Coffman, Flavius J. Holder, Francis O. Shurt- liff, James R. Parsons, Benjamin Kittle, Henry V. Bowman.
1845-Matthew W. Brady, Milton Hart, Michael Yokum, John Q. Wilson.
1847-William Currence, Michael Walters, Samuel P. Wallace, Job Parsons, Jr., James Long, Elias Wyatt, Wash- ington Roy.
1848-Thomas James, George W. Mills, Cyrus Kittle.
1849-Allen J. Currence, John W. Adams, Solomon C.
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Caplinger, W. H. Coberly, Samuel P. Wilson, Aaron Bell.
1851-Peter H. Ward, William Raines.
1852-Hugh S. Hart. Melvine Currence, Moses J. Phillips, Samuel P. Dinkle, Isaac Roy, Samuel Bonnifield.
1854-Jacob Currence, Isaac Wilmoth, Parkinson Collett, Jesse Parsons, David O. Wilson.
1855-Alfred Taylor, Washington Stalnaker, George W. Rowan.
1856-Michael Magee, Patrick Crickard, Powhatan A. Tolly.
1858-Levi White, Squire Daniels.
1860-Thomas J. Powers, Henry J. White, Patrick Dur- kin, Edward Grim, O. C. Stalnaker.
1867-Sampson F. Shiflett, William O. Ferguson, William H. Quick, Andrew J. Wilmoth, James A. Hicks, W. K. Her- ren, John Snider. John King.
1869-Daniel Cooper, Granger Lamb, Montgomery G. Mathews, James Hicks.
1870-John McGillivany.
[There is a gap of six years in the records which show the election of constables.]
1876-S. Tyre. E. O. Goddin, George W. Phares, John Pritt. Jasper Bolton, W. D. Currence, A. J. Wilmoth, Caleb White, A. J. Bennett, James S. Hutton.
1884-French H. Kittle, Lee Yokum, James R. McCal- lum. P. B. Conrad, A. B. Mouse, J. A. Cunningham, John J. Nallen, John W. Hartman.
1885-Creed L. Earle. R. L. Pritt.
1888-Page C. Daniels, R. G. Thorn, Charles W. Chan- nell, Gideon M. Cutright. Hamilton Markley, Hyre A. Stal- naker. A. H. Summerfield, George W. Stalnaker.
1892-Lloyd D. Collett, J. H. Currence, Elam E. Taylor, W. D. Currence, C. C. Crickard, L. W. McQuain, William Snyder. Patrick Phillips.
1894-R. T. Hedges, Page C. Marstiller.
1896-R. C. Sassi, Daniel Cooper, Frank Shoemaker, James Brady, Oliver Daniels. A. B. Coberly, E. E. Taylor, V. B. Hutton.
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Colonels of Militia.
Patrick Hamilton 1787
David Goff 1844
William Lowther 1796
John W. Crawford 1850
Archibald Earle
1822
Hoy McLean 1853
Robert N. Ball 1827
Melvin Currence 1860
Solomon Wyatt 1831
Cyrus Kittle
1862
Jacob Keller
1837
Captains of Militia.
Edward Jackson
1787
Thompson Elza 1844
James Westfall
1787
Benjamin Kittle 1844
Peter Cassity
1787
Bushrod W. Crawford 1844
William Wilson
1787
Jacob Conrad 1844
George Westfall
1787
Jonathan Parsons
1787
Elijah M. Hart 1844
John Jackson 1789
Jacob Kittle 1794
Wyatt Ferguson 1844
John Chenoweth 1794
Hamilton Skidmore 1845
John Haddan
1795
Andrew Stalnaker 1845
William Parsons 1796
George Rennix 1798
Adam See 1800
George W. Berlin 1848
Matthew Whitman 1800
Samuel Ball
1802
Jesse L. Roy 1850
Benjamin Vannoy
1805
Cyrus Chenoweth 1850
John Crouch
1805
Cyrus Kittle
1851
John Currence
1805
Washington Salsberry 1851
Nicholas Gibson
1806
William C. Chenoweth. 1851
John Forrest
1807
Michael Yokum 1851
William Booth
1807
James L. Hathaway 1851
Anthony Huff
1807
Heckman Chenoweth 1851
Andrew Friend
1807
Abraham Hinkle 1852
John Wood 1808
Aaron Bell 1852
Thomas Butcher
1810
Allen Taylor
1852
William Stalnaker
1810
Jacob Shafer 1852
Solomon Collett
1812
Charles Crouch 1852
George Anderson 1816
Jacob Currence 1860
Solomon Yeager
1817
William E. Logan 1860
Samuel Oliver
1818
Adonijah Ward
1818
Thomas W. Holder
1823
George McLean 1827
Charles C. See 1828
Solomon Parsons
1828
Arnold Phillips 1860
Arnold Bonnifield
1829
J. S. Collett. 1860
Solomon Wyatt 1829
John Rice
1860
William McCord 1830
Sampson Elza 1860
George W. Mills 1860
L. Phillips 1860
William Westfall 1860
George A. Hesler 1860
Daniel W. Shurtliff. 1844
John M. Crouch 1844
Hoy McLean 1846
Henry Rader 1846
George Kuykendall 1848
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Lieutenants of Militia.
Jacob Westfall 1787
Conrad Currence 1852
John Jackson
1787
Nathaniel Moss 1852
John Haddan
1787
George W. Long 1852
James Kittle
1787
Hull Ward 1853
Matthew Whitman
1787
Jacob Long
1853
Daniel Booth 1787
William E. Long 1853
William Parsons
1787
Simeon Philips
1853
George Rennix
1797
Robert Philips
1853
Asahel Heath
1799
John Crouch
1800
James W. Miller 1853
Nicholas Gibson
1805
John Baker
1805
James Frame
1807
William Johnson
1807
Randolph Coberly 1853
William Currence 1807
Dolbeare Kelly 1853
Thomas Skidmore 1810
Robert W. Collins 1810
Arnold Wilmoth
1853
William Bennett 1813
Robert Chenoweth 1814
Jesse Phillips 1815
James Wells 1818
Arnold Bonnifield
1828
Nathan Minear
1829
Solomon Wyatt
1829
Isaac Canfield
1843
Jesse Roy
1843
William M. Westfall
1860
Jacob Flanagan
1843
Abraham Smith
1860
Levi Stalnaker
1844
John W. Bradley
1862
Levi D. Ward.
1844
Andrew C. Currence 1862
James Scott 1862
1862
Jacob W. Manthus 1844
William Bennett 1862
Jeremiah D. Channel
1844
Jacob W. Fortney 1862.
Isaac C. Stalnaker
1844
Alvin Osburn 1862
J. M. Westfall 1862
Cyrus Kittle 1844
Solomon P. Stalnaker 1806
Squire B. Daniels
1862
Everet Chenoweth
1844
Harrison Moore
1862
Samuel P. Wilson
1844
Archibald E. Harper 1862
Elam B. Bosworth 1844
John G. Bradley 1862
George W. Rennix 1846
William S. Phares 1862
Washington Stalnaker 1848
Alfred Stalnaker 1862
John Phares 1849
Aaron Workman 1866
Cyrus Chenoweth
1850
Riley Pritt
1866
Majors of Militia.
John Wilson
1787
David Holder 1820
James Westfall
1794
Henry Sturm
1831
William Wilson
1794
John C. Wamsley 1843
John Haddan
1800
Benjamin Kittle 1849
Isaac Booth
1805
Patrick Crickard 1860
Matthew Whitman
1805
Archibald Earle 1860
John Crouch
1805
John M. Crouch
1862
John Wyatt 1853
Jacob Currence 1853
Charles Channel 1853
William E. Logan 1853
Sampson Salsberry 1853
Samuel Channel 1853
L. Denton 1860
L. Phillips 1860
William G. Wilson 1844
John Bright 1844
Patrick King
Vincent Pennington 1844
Samuel Smith 1844
John M. Stalnaker 1853
Hugh S. Hart. 1853
George Little 1853
Ezra P. Hart. 1853
Thomas T. Talbott 1853
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Ensigns of Militia.
John Cutright
1787
James Tygart
1806
Jacob Westfall
1787
John J. Harrison
1807
Anthony Smith
1787
William Huff
1807
George Rennix
1787
Thomas Skidmore
1807
Job Westfall
1787
Jacob Pickle
1807
Jeremiah Cooper
1787
Solomon Yeager
1815
William Seymour
1796
Aaron Gould
1818
Samuel Ball
1796
Job Parsons
1818
George Kittle
1796
Nathan Minear
1828
James Booth
1798
Isaac D. Neville
1829
Barthan Hoskins
1802
William W. Chapman
1829
John Stalnaker
1805
Jesse Vannoy
1830
Thomas Williams
1805
In the early records of Randolph frequent reference was made to Samuel Pringle, who deserted Fort Pitt in 1761 and located in what is now Upshur County in 1765. He was a witness in the court at Beverly in 1803 and was allowed for traveling 30 miles. This is the distance from Beverly to the former home of the Pringles near the present town of Buck- hannon. Pringle's name is mentioned for the last time in the" Randolph records in the year 1803.
It seems that the refusal to exercise the elective fran- chise was an indictable offense in pioneer days. At the May term of the court, 1803, a number of indictments were found against individuals who "for not giving or offering to give their votes for a member of Congress and two members of the General Assembly of the State."
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CHAPTER V.
HARRISON COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS.
A T a court held at the residence of George Jackson on the Buckhannon River, July 20, 1784, the oath of office was administered to the following Justices of the Peace : Benjamin Wilson, John P. Duval, Wm. Lowther, James Anderson, Henry Delay, Nicholas Carpenter, John Powers, Thos. Chane, Jacob Westfall, Salathiel Goff and Patrick Hamilton.
At the same term of the court Jacob Westfall and Patrick Hamilton were authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony.
Cornelius Westfall, Geo. Jackson, Edward Jackson, John Wilson and Robert Maxwell were recommended to the Gov- ernor as suitable persons to hold the office of Justice of the Peace.
Jacob Riffle, John Currence and Matthew Whitman were appointed Constables.
At a court held at Clarksburg. September, 1784, Patrick Hamilton, Jacob Westfall, John Wilson, were appointed Captains of Militia. Peter Cassity, Cornelius Bogard, and George Westfall were appointed Lieutenants of Militia.
Abram Kittle, Thos, Phillips, Geo. Westfall, Sr. and Benjamin Hornbeck were appointed Viewers of a road from Jacob Westfall's Mill to a bridge opposite Geo. Westfall's Mill.
Ebenezer Petty, John Yokum, Peter Cassity and Jacob Stalnaker, Sr., were appointed Viewers of a road from the bridge opposite Geo. Westfall's Mill to Darby Conly's Place.
At a Court held at Clarksburg, September 22, 1784, Jonas Friend was appointed a Surveyor of a Public Highway from his own house to Eberman's Creek. He was to collect tithables on Leading Creek, both side of the Valley River, up Eberman's Creek and across the river to Hezekiah Rose- crances, and to keep same in lawful repair.
At a term of the Harrison County Court held at Clarks-
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burg, September, 1784, Henry Petro was appointed Surveyor of a highway from Ebermans Creek to Jacob Westfall's Mill and tithables from said Creek upwards to Files Creek and William Smith's.
Most of the litigation in the Harrison county court seem- ed to be between parties then living in that part of Harrison, now embraced in Randolph. The case of Cornelius Westfall vs. Joseph Donohue and Westfall & Crouch vs. Donohue, both cases of debt were at the September term 1784, dis- missed as generally agreed.
At the same term of the Court the following cases involv- ing people living in the valley were disposed of :
John Warwick, plaintiff, vs. Joseph Friend, defendant. Upon motion of the defendant that the plaintiff be nonsuited for failing to file his declaration, the court ordered the same to be nonsuited.
Case of John Westfall vs. Benjamin Hornbeck, trespass, continued.
Johnathan Smith vs. James Taffe, attachment. The at- tachment was dissolved and Thos. Wilmoth entered special bail for defendant and the common proceedings of law to issue. Declaration and plea of payment filed and rule for trial at March term.
David Bradford took oath as directed by law and was admitted to practice as an attorney. He was thus the first attorney to qualify in what is now Randolph County.
At Court held at Clarksburg, Va., November, 1784 Jacob Stalnaker was appointed Surveyor of Roads from Jacob West- fall's Mill to Alexander Maxwell's Old Place and to collect tithables for same. It is signficant that at this early date that a farm be designated as an Old Place.
On motion of Jacob Crouch, Thomas Lackey was fined 350 pounds of tobacco for contempt of Court for failing to answer summons as witness. He was summoned to appear at the next term of the Court to show cause why execution should not issue for said judgment.
The rate of liquor license, victuals, horse forage, etc., for
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Ordinary Keepers was fixed as follows for the year 1784:
S
P
Wine, per pint.
1 6
Jamaica spirits, per pint.
11/2
Peach and apple brandy, per pint.
6
Rye whiskey, per pint 6
Beer, per quart. 6
Cider, per quart 6
Mead, per quart.
6
Warm breakfast 9
Cold breakfast 8
Warm supper 9
Cold supper
4
Bed for night, clean sheets
4
If not clean, nothing 0
Horse and hay for night.
71/2
Corn and oats per gallon
712
Pasturage, 24 hours. 4
The following Justices composed that Court : James An- derson, John Powers, John McCally, John Sleeth, and Ed- ward Jackson.
In 1784 there were 337 tithables in Harrison County. Two-thirds, or 225 tithables, were in what is now Randolph, Tucker and Upshur counties.
At a court held at Clarksburg in August, 1785, Cornelius Bogard was appointed Surveyor of a highway from Wilson's Mill to Rockingham County line. The tithables in Tygarts Valley from Joseph Crouch's down, and including Leading Creek, Wilmoth's settlement and Dry Fork of Cheat settle- ments were by their labor to keep this highway in good repair.
At the term of the Court held at Clarksburg, Va., Febru- ary 1, 1786, it was ordered that a path be opened from Conoly's Lick to the top of Allegheny Mountain. John Warwick was appointed Overseer. The petitioners for this road were James Lackey, Jr., David Henderson, James Lackey, Sr., Francis McDonald, Jacob Riffle, Geo. Wilson, Geo. Johnson, John Warwick, Geo. Parsons, Benjamin Abbott, John Alfred, David Haddan, Thos. Lackey, John Hamilton, James Moore, William Hamilton, James McLean, Pat. Hamilton, John Alexander and Robert Henderson.
At a Court held at Clarksburg, September, 1786, Wm. Wilson, Cornelius Westfall, Andrew Skidmore and Nicholas Petro were ordered to view a road from Tygarts Valley road
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by way of Mud Lick to Cheat River at Phillip Menear's in Horse Shoe Settlement.
An Early Inventory.
An inventory of the personal estate of John Crouch was filed in the county court of Harrison County, September 4, 1786 by Charles Formelson, John Wilson and Patrick Hamil- ton. This indicates the usual articles possessed by the aver- age citizen of that period as well as their valuation.
L Sd 10
One black mare
One sorrel yearling horse colt. 3
One bay horse colt. 15
One saddle and bridle
1
2
One rifle gun and shot bag. 4
One yearling bay horse colt.
11
One pair leather breeches. 1
One iron pot and dutch oven with bails 1
4
One cow 3
One jacket with scarlet fore shirt 1
5
One pr. silver knee buckles and stork buck 18
One straight coat. 1
16
One furred hat. 10
One Great coat 1
4
One old jacket and old leggins 6
One shirt 10
One pair old leather breeches 6
One sieve
8
Cash and one Johannas 4
16
Johannes, above mentioned, was a Portuguese coin of the value of eight dollars: often contracted into joe; half-joe. It is named from the figure of King John which it bears.
Residents in Randolph, 1785.
At the June term of the Harrison County Court, 1785, a list of all the white inhabitants of Harrison County, subject to the payment of taxes, was ordered taken. Assessors were appointed and the county divided into districts. The names of women who owned property are given.
4
One straight coat without lining 1
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H. Delay's District from Petty's Ford to Joseph Crouch.
Anthony Chevalear
Johnathan Crouch
George Westfall
Ebenezer Petty
John Crouch, Jr.
John Crouch, Sr.
John Currenc
Liddia Currence
Charles Parsons
William Currence
Henry Delay
Ed. Jackson's District-Buckhannon River Settlement.
Charles Foranash
Joseph Hall
Henry Fink, Sr.
Edward Jackson
John Cutrite, Jr.
John Bosart
John Bush
Henry Runvan
John Jackson
John Cutrite, Sr.
David Casto
John Jackson, Jr.
Henry Fink, Jr.
Jacob Westfall's District from Leading Creek up to Petty's Ford. Both Sides of River.
Aaron Richardson
Nicholas Petro
Abraham Kittle
Nicholas Wolf
Anthony Smith
Peter Bredin
Benjamin Wilson
Peter Cassity
Benjamin Cutright
Phineas Wells
Benjamin Jones
Phillip Clem
Cornelius Bogard
Richard Kittle
Daniel Westfall
Solomon Ryan
David Cassity
Jonas Friend
David Henderson
Benjamin Hornbeck
David Phillips
Andrew Skidmore
George Bredin
Samuel Quick
Henry Petro
Thomas Phillips
John Trubies
Thomas Bore
John Pauly
Valentine Stalnaker
John Wilson
William Cassity
Isaac McHenry
William Smith
Johnathan Smith
William Levitt
Jacob \'olf
William Blair, Sr.
Joseph Donahue
William Briggs
Thomas Holder
William Blair, Jr.
George Breeding
Zacharia Wstfall
Elizabeth Springstone
Samuel McHenry
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Jacob Stalnaker, Sr.
William Anglin
Jacob Stalnaker, Jr.
George Teter
Jacob Shook
Jacob Westfall, Sr. Jacob Westfall, Jr.
Samuel Eberman
John Johnson
Alexander Blair
John Yoakum
Elizabeth Shaver
John Kittle
Hezekiah Rosecronts
John Cassity
Jacob Shaver
Mathias Whitman
Jacob Brinkle
Michael Toner
Joseph Friend
Nicholas Smith
James Bodkin
Cornelius Westfall's District from Leading Creek Down to the County Line, Between the East Side of the River and Cheat Mountain.
Cornelius Westfall
Samuel Cole
John Westfall
William Wilson
Robert Maxwell
George Westfall
William Westfall
Hannah Wire
Daniel Booth
William Haddix
Phillip Washburn
William Clark
Patrick Hamilton's District from Jacob Crouche's up to the County Line.
George Alford
James Moor
John Alexander
James Prathor
Judy Crouch
Daniel Simerman
Robert Henderson
John' Warwick
John Hadden James Leckey, Sr.
John Alford
Franceys McDonald
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