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Dyer County Court Clerk Minutes Dyer Co., TN Transcribed from microfilm, Vol. 1, Mar 1848-Apr 1856 Monday October 1st 1849 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 October it being the first day of said month in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & forty Nine & in the 74th year of the American Independence. Present and Presiding in said Court the Worshipful THOMAS J. CONNELL Chairman, A. B. STALCUP and SAMUEL McDAVID Esqrs quorum Justices. Present WILLIAM MILLER, CHRISTIAN COBB, THOMAS NASH, B. W. PERRY, H. N. JACKSON, J. F. SINCLAIR, J. F. PETTIJOHN, J. M. McCORKLE, H. P. STRAWN, SILAS FERRELL, S. WALKER Esquires Justices of said Court Zaccheus B. PHILLIPS Sheriff of said County & JAMES H. DOYLE Clerk of said Court when the following proceedings was had Towit:
Ordered by the Court that SAMUEL WALKER & ISAEU SAWYER be appointed commissioners, to superentend the Repairing of the Bridge across the Slough west of Frost's Old Mill on the Trenton Road.
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Issued 8th Oct 1849 Ordered by the court that WILLIAM R. HENDRICKS be appointed overseer of that part of the Yorkville Road, commencing at E. WOOD's & word to J. D. SCOBY's and that he have the following hands towit, R. A. H. McCORKLE, JAMES H. GIBSON, RALEN HENDRICKS, ELEEN? MOORE, THOMAS HENDRICKS, & A. TUCKER...
Issued 8th Oct 1849 Ordered by the court that JONATHAN D. SCOBY be appointed overseer of that part of the Yorkville Road from his own House to the Range Line and that he have the following hands to work on said road under his direction Towit JOHN CRUDUP (CRUDUSS?), WILLIAM WELLS, WILLIAM PACE, WILKERSON PARKS, & DAVID SCOBY...
Issued 8th Oct 1849 Ordered by the court that JAMES H. HAMILTON be appointed overseer of that part of the road leading from Yorkville to the Obion Lake commencing at the Range Line near THOMAS PACE'S and work to the House of R. W. RASBERRY; and that he have the following hands Towit, ELIAS FULLER, JAMES NORTHINGTON, JOHN NORTHINGTON, STEPHEN WETHERS, WILLIAM WETHERS, O. PHILYOU?, ANDERSON DICKEY, WILLIAM BIRD & HENRY LUNSFORD...
Issued 8th Oct 1849 Ordered by the court that DAVID GREEN be appointed overseer of that part of the Eaton Road commencing at the 14 mile Tree... and that he have the same hands as R. MERADETH former overseer resigned...
Issued 8th Oct 1849 On a Motion to allow F. G. SAMPSON Deputy Clerk of this court fifty Dollars for making out Record & Sheriffs Tax Books for the year 1849...
Issued 8th Oct 1849 On a Motion to allow A. STEPHENS & Co. Sixteen Dollars 25 cents for plank furnished to recover a Bridge near THOMAS FINLEY's...
Issued 8th Oct 1849 Ordered by the court that JOSEPH PRICHARD, WILLIAM MARTIN & A. WILKINS be appointed commissioners, to Examine the Trenton Road from the Two mile tree to the Union Meeting House Bridge, and to lay off a portion of said Road to the Hands of WM. SMITH...
Ordered by the court that WILLIS DAVIS keep up the Road of which he is overseer as a Third Class Road.
Issued 2nd Oct 1849 Ordered by the court that ASA FOWLKES, JOHN W. RODGERS, F. L. SAUNDERS, GEORGE DUKEY & THOMAS DOAK be appointed a Jury of view to view & mark out a Road or Right of way from the House of M. O. B. GAULDENS to the public Road...
Issued 8th Oct 1849 On a Motion to allow E. A. FERGUSON, Forty nine Dollars 75 cents, ballance compensation for Building Bridge across Pond Creek...
Ordered by the court that JOHN PETTIS be appointed overseer of that part of the Jackson Road commencing at the 12 mile post...
Issued 8th Oct 1849 On a Motion to allow JAMES FIELDS Thirty dollars for the use & Benefit of LEWIS JOHNSON & Children Paupers of this county...
Issued 8th Oct 1849 On a Motion to allow THOMAS FINLEY five Dollars for covering a Bridge near his House...
Ordered that Court adjourn until court in course.
THOS. J. CONNELL, J.P.
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