Dyer County Court Clerk Minutes

Dated September 3, 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 September it being the third day of said month in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & forty Nine & in the Seventy fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

Present and Presiding in said Court the Worshippfull THOMAS J. CONNELL Esquire Chairman, SAMUEL McDAVID and ALEXANDER B. STALLCUP Esquires quorum, WILLIAM MILLER, THOS. NASH, SILAS FERRELL and JOSEPH N. PIERCE Justices of said court, Zaccheus B. PHILLIPS Sheriff of said County, and JAMES H. DOYLE Clerk of said Court when after proclamation in the usual form, the following proceedings were had, towit:

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This day D. J. WILLIAMSON Administrator of WILLIAM H. EARLE decd returned to court here an Inventory and Account of sales of the property belonging to said Estate which is received by the court and ordered to be recorded.

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Issued 3rd Sept 1849

Ordered by the Court that GEORGE W. CROW be appointed overseer of that part of the Lake Road between MINTON's old place and MERRIWETHER's Ferry, instead of R. W. RASPBERRY resigned...

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This day JOEL PEAL was chosen and appointed Guardian of SARAHAN J. PEAL his wife, whereupon came the said JOEL PEAL into open court together with NOAH PERRY his security and entered into and acknowledged Bond...

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Issued 8th Sept 1849

This day NOAH GREEN was chosen and appointed Guardian of LUCY ANN HAMILTON a Bastard child of this county, whereupon came the said NOAH GREEN into open court together with JESSE GREEN and JAMES R. GREEN and entered into and acknowledged Bond...

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This day JOHN E. ROBERTS was appointed administrator of JOHN C. GOODWIN deceased, whereupon came the said JOHN E. ROBERTS into open court together with JOSEPH N. PIERCE his security and entered into and acknowledged Bond...

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Ordered by the Court that court adjourn until court in course.

THOS. J. CONNELL, J.P.
SAMUEL McDAVID, J.P.
A. B. STALLCUP, J.P.


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