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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 November it being the fifth day of said month in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & forty Nine & in the 74th year of American Independence. Present and holding said Court the Worshipful THOMAS J. CONNELL Esqr Chairman of said Court, A. B. STALCUP, SAML WALKER, BENJ. W. PERRY, ASA GRIFFIN & THOMAS NASH Esquires Justices of said Court, Z. B. PHILLIPS Sheriff of said County & JAMES H. DOYLE Clerk of said Court when the following proceedings were had Towit:
This day JOSEPH MICHELL was appointed administrator of the Goods and Chattles Lands and Tenements of GEORGE C. BOOTH Deceased, whereupon the said JOSEPH MICHELL, came into open court here together with JAMES FIELDS & WILLIAM A. DAWSON, his Securities and Entered into and acknowledged Bond...
Issued 6th Novr 1849 Ordered by the court that WILLIAM SMITH be appointed overseer of that part of the Trenton Road commencing at the Union Meeting House Bridge...
Issued 6th Novr 1849 Ordered by the Court that WILLIS SAWYER be appointed overseer of that part of the Trenton Road commencing at the file mile Tree... and that he have all the hands, in the following bounds Towit JOSHUA SAWYER, JAMES WALKER & hands, JEREMIAH PIERCE's Sons & hands, ISAAC SAWYER's hands, DAVID MICHAL?, DABRIA? VIAR and all other hands...
Issued 6th Novr 1849 Ordered by the Court that GEORGE R. MULHEREN be appointed overseer of that part of the Trenton Road commencing at the Bridge on Lewis Creek...
Issued 6th Novr 1849 Ordered by the Court that PHILLIP PIERCE be appointed overseer of that part of the Trenton Road commencing at Cypress Bridge... and that he have all the hands that worked under A. FETHERSTON Resigned...
Issued 6th Novr 1849 Ordered by the Court that JACKSON GAY be appointed overseer of that part of the Meehell Road commencing at the Skiff Branch & work to the House of SAML. GILLIS and that he have all the hands that worked under WASHINGTON FERRELL Resigned...
Issued 6th Novr 1849 Ordered by the Court that JOHN W. REDDICK be appointed overseer of that part of the Turnpike road... and that he have the following hands Towit S. P. HAWKINS, WILLIAM LEGGET (Leggett), SENTHIA STALLIANS (probably Cynthia Stallings) hands, HENRY S. HILL, ALEXANDER CLEEK, GILES HAWKINS, BENJ. HAWKINS, JAMES SINGLETON, JOHN W. SINGLETON, HUMPHREY JONES, WILLIAM JONES, JOHN SWAIN, LEWIS TURNAGES hands, THADEUS TURNAGE, EMMANUEL TURNAGE, WILLIAM P. KNIGHT, CORNELEUS RAULS, WILLIAM SPENCE, ANDERSON TERPIN & hands, FRANK NUNN, JOHN M. PARKER & HUMPHREY REDDICK JR....
Ordered by the Court that JESSE PIERCE & G. R. MULHEREN be appointed commissioners to Examine a Bridge built by ISAAC SAWYER, across the slough near Mulherens old Mill...
Issued 6th Novr 1849 Ordered by the court that GEORGE R. MULHEREN, JAMES McKNIGHT, STEPHEN KING, ISAAC BUNNELL, STEPHEN WOOD, ASA FOWLKES, JOHN WYNNE, CHARLES RUDDER, & D. J. WILLIAMSON be appointed a Jury of view to view out and Mark an alteration in the Road...
On a Motion and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court here that JOHN H. LIGHT has departed this life. It is therefore ordered by the Court that JOEL A. LIGHT be appointed Administrator... with E. P. LIGHT & S. D. LIGHT his securities...
Ordered by the court that the Sheriff summons the following Good and lawful men of the Body of Dyer to be and appear at the Court House in the Town of Dyersburg on the Second Monday in February next then and there to serve as a venira at said Court Towit,
Ordered that Court adjourn until court in course.
THOS. J. CONNELL, J.P.
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