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Be it Remembered that a county court was begun and held for the County of Dyer State of Tennessee at the Court House in the Town of Dyersburg on the first Monday in January it being the first day of said month in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & forty Nine & in the 73rd year of American Independence. Present and holding said Court the Worshipfull THOMAS J. CONNELL Esqr, Chairman of said Court, SAMUEL McDAVID, A. B. STALCUP, WILLIAM MILLER, JOHN WYNNE, JOSEPH F. PETTYJOHN, HENRY P. STRAWN, SAMUEL WALKER, JEHEEL M. McCORKLE, JOSEPH N. PIERCE, JOHN F. SINCLAIR, CHRISTIAN C. COBB, HENRY WYNNE, ISAEU SAWYERS, SAMUEL G. GILLESPIE, Esquires Justices of said court Z. B. PHILLIPS Sheriff of said county and JAMES H. DOYLE Clerk of said court when the following proceedings was had Towit
Issued 3rd Jan 1849 On a Motion to allow THOMAS J. CONNELL Esqr Eighteen Dollars for his services as a quorum Justice for the year 1848 one third of all the Justices of this court being present, those voting for said allowance were Esquires McDAVID, STALLCUP, MILLER, WYNNE, STRAWN WALKER, McCORKLE and COBB: so said allowance was made and ordered to be paid out of any county money in Trustee's hands not otherwise appropriated.
Issued 3rd Jan 1849 On a Motion to allow SAMUEL McDAVID Esq. Eighteen Dollars for his services as a quorum Justice for the year 1848 one third of all the Justices of this court being present...
Issued 3rd Jan 1849 On a Motion to allow ALEXANDER B. STALLCUP Esquire Thirteen Dollars & fifty cents for his services as a quorum Justice for the year 1848 one third of all the Justices of this court being present...
Issued 3rd Jan 1849 On a Motion to allow THOMAS FRAZIER Esq Four Dollars and fifty cents for his services as a quorum Justice for the year 1848 one third of all the Justices of this court being present...
Issued 3rd Jan 1849 On a Motion to allow Zaccheus B. PHILLIPS Sheriff of Dyer County Fifty Dollars for his exofficio services for the year 1848, one third of all the Justices of this court being present...
This day an Election was held by this court for three quorum Justices when THOMAS J. CONNELL, SAMUEL McDAVID and ALEXANDER B. STALCUP were declared duly Elected for the ensuing year, whereupon THOMAS J. CONNELL Esqr. was duly Elected Chairman & Presiding Justice of said court.
Issued 4th Jan 1849 Ordered by the court that ARCHABALD FETHERSTON be & he is hereby appointed overseer of that part of the Trenton Road... that that he have in addition to the hands he already has allotted him the sons & hands of the widow NEWSOM PIERCE and all other hands in the same bounds...
Issued 4th Jan 1849 Ordered by the court that NATHL BENTON be appointed overseer of that part of the Meehell Road commencing at Dyersburg... and that he have the following hands Towit JAMES FIELDS hands, JOHN D. WHITSON, R. D. BOGGUSS, JOSEPH T. NORTH, WILLIAM P. FOWLKES hands, JOHN & ALLEN FINLEY, DRED JONES, CHARLES RUDDER, WILLIAM ADAMs sons, JOSEPH HOWEL, JAS. McCULLOCH, MARROT P. MANNING & all other hands in the same bounds...
Issued 4th Jan 1849 Ordered by the court that WASHINGTON FERRELL be appointed overseer of that part of the Meehell Road commencing at the Skiff Branch & work to the House of SAML GILLIS...
Ordered by the court that REBECCA REDDICK be allowed forty dollars for Boarding & clothing her Blind son JOSIAH PIERCE for the year 1849.
Ordered by the court that HANNAH W. NOLEN be allowed the Sum of forty Dollars for providing for her Ediot son for the year 1849.
Ordered by the court that THOMAS J. CONNELL be allowed forty Dollars for the use & Benefit of the widow HENSON & her fitty fud child for the year 1849.
Ordered by the court that S. G. GILLESPIE Esqr. furnish WM. HARRIS a Blind Pauper of this county provisions for a support, until April next & Render his account to the court for payment.
Ordered by the court that B. W. PERRY furnish READING CAMPBELL a Pauper of this county provissions until the April Term of this court & furnish account for payment &c.
Ordered by the court that RICHARD HEATH have the Children of RICHARD ROBERSON in court here at the next February Term thereof to be disposed of as the court may direct.
Ordered by the Court that WILLIAM NASH be allowed fifteen dollars for taking care of a Pauper child of KING McVAYS for the year 1849.
Issued 4th Jany 1849 On a Motion to allow JAMES SMITH Twenty Seven Dollars & 87 1/2 cts for Repairs on the Bridge across Lewis Creek on the Troy Road in 1848...
On a Motion to allow THOMAS J. CONNELL one Hundred Dollars in part for Improvements made on the Pond Creek Road...
On a Motion to allow REBECCA REDDICK forty Dollars for keeping & providing for her Blind son JOSIAH for the year 1848...
Issued 4th Jany 1849 On a Motion to allow HANNAH W. NOLEN Forty Dollars for keeping & providing for her fitty & Idiot child for the year 1848...
Issued 4th Jany 1849 On a Motion to allow THOMAS J. CONNELL Forty Dollars for the use & benefit of Widow HENSON'S pauper child for the year 1848...
Issued 4th Jany 1849 On a Motion to allow A. G. FERGASON Sevin Dollars and fifty cents for his services as Revenue Commissioner for the year 1848...
Issued 3rd Jan 1849 On a Motion to allow M. R. HILL Seven Dollars and fifty cents for his services as Revenue Commissioner for the year 1848...
Issued 4th Jany 1849 On a motion to allow FERGASON & CLARK Twenty Eight Dollars and fifty cents for two reams of Paper and Two Blank Books furnished to circuit court Clerk...
Issued 4th Jany 1849 On a motion to allow B. W. PERRY Twelve Dollars and fifty cents for provisions furnished REDDING CAMPBELL a pauper of this county, in the year 1848...
Issued 4th Jany 1849 On a motion to allow S. G. GILLESPIE Two Dollars and ninety four cents for provisions furnished WM. HERREN a blind pauper of this county in December 1848...
Issued 4th Jany 1849 On a motion to allow Z. B. PHILLIPS, for keeping Court House in repair Twelve Dollars, for furnishing six loads of Saw dust one dollar and eighty cents, for 3 loads of wood one dollar, for error in C. J. EDNEY's tax Two dollars & forty cents, in all Twenty one dollars & fifty five cents...
This day WILLIAM E. HURT was appointed Guardian of OLIVER T. HURT his minor son whereupon came to said HURT into open court together with JOHN R. JOHNSON & JAMES M. WEBSTER his security...
This day D. J. GALLEHER Administrator of JOHN GALLEHER Deceased Returned an account of sales of said Estate which was Received by the court & ordered of Record.
A majority of all the Justices of this court being present and concurring therein the following Taxes were Levied for the year 1849 Towit County Tax on Each $100 worth of Taxable property 5 cents
This day Messers M. R. HILL & A. G. FERGUSON produced in court here a settlement made with JOHN WYNNE Trustee of this county, which was Received by the court & ordered of Record.
This day JEHEEL M. McCORKLE a Justice of this court came into court together with JAMES H. DOYLE & Z. B. PHILLIPS his securities & entered into and acknowledged Bon in the penal sum of five Hundred dollars conditioned & payable as the Law directs, under an act of the General assembly giving Justices of the peace Jurisdiction over small offences.
Issued 3rd Jany 1849 On a Motion to allow JOHN C. HALE (HALL?) former Clerk of the Circuit Court to following Bills of Cost Towit, fourteen Dollars 75 cts in the case of the State vs BRYANT FITZHUGH Twenty one Dollars 25 cents in the case of the State vs JOHN LUNSFORD Same vs B. JONES None Dollars 75 cts Same vs HENRY HILL $8 87 1/2 cts Same vs SAML. FITZHUGH $14 75 cts Same vs EDNEY? (ELZEY?) TAYLOR $13.38 Same vs HAWKINS $9.37 1/2 cts making the sum of Seventy Two Dollars 12 1/2 cents...
Issued 3rd Jany 1849 Ordered by the court that JOHN WYNNE Trustee of this county pay R. H. GOODLOE Twelve Dollars out of any moneys in his hands not otherwise appropriated it being the amount of an account, in the case of keeping the Jury on the Trial of JAMES MODGELIN at the June Term of the Circuit 1848...
This day an Election was held by this court for a County surveyor, when PEMBERTON C. LEDSINGER was declared duly Elected whereupon said LEDSINGER came into open court here together with E. A. FERGUSON & JOHN W. RODGERS his securetys & entered into & acknowledged Bond...
Ordered that court adjourn until court in cause
THOS J. CONNELL, J.P.
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