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Early Court Minutes - Greenbrier County, Virginia
Source: Larry Shuck. Greenbrier County Virginia Early Court Records, 1780-1835. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co, 1988.
Book A , 95-168
| 25 Nov 1780 | Andw. DONALLY with John HENDERSON and Jas. THOMPSON, surety, qualified as sheriff. John ROGERS and John WILLIAMS qualified as deputies. Arch. McDOWELL, Jos. WILLIAMS, Saml. WILLIAMS, Jas. KNOX, viewers from Jos. WILLIAMS on 2nd creek to Camp Union. |
| 20 Mar 1781 | John GILKISON, Jas. JORDON, Jas. McCOY view road from Wm. McCOY to Andw. DONNALLY. |
| 16 May 1781 | John HENDERSON, Saml. GLASS, Jos. WILLIAMS, Robt. KNOX, view the road from Col. HENDERSONS to the ford on Greenbrier river. |
| 20 Nov 1781 | Ordered that Wm. WARD take in a list of the tithables within the bounds of his company; Wm. POAGE in Capt. CLENDENNING Company, Wm. RENICK - Capt. McCOY, Saml. BROWN - Capt. MILLER and Capt. THOMPSON's, Wm. HAMILTON - Capt. GRAHAM and his own company, John HENDERSON his own and Capt. WOODS, Jas. HENDERSON in Capts. GLASS and WRIGHTS. Saml. GLASS apptd. Capt. in room of Alex. KELLY and Samuel WILLIAMS, Ensign under him. |
| 19 Jun 1782 | ... Thos. ELLIS £9:4 for 184 rations. ... Rations furnished by the following: ... Jas. WILLIAMS 231, Thos. WILLIAMS 234, Jos. WILLIAMS 234, ... |
| 20 Aug 1782 | Commission to take depo. of John McCASLIN de bene esse for David McCOY at the suit of Jane McCLUNG, inf., by Jos. McCLUNG. Same of Wm. and Robt. THOMPSON for Thos. McCLUNG at the suit of Wm. FULLITON. |
| 15 Oct 1782 | Present: Saml. BROWN, Wm. WARD, Arch. MATHEWS, John ANDERSON, Wm. POAGE. Jas. POAGE vs. Jas. DYCH, A&B, disc. Israel MEADOWS vs Saml. WILLIAMS, in case, same. ... |
| 16 Oct 1782 | Nicholas CONROD vs John WILLIAMS, in case, contd. Samuel LAPSLEY vs Chas. McCLUNG, A&B. Jury: Jas. McCOY, Robt. HARRIS, Anthony BOWEN, David McCOY, Thomas GRATTON, Andw. WOODS, John PATTON, Richd. WILLIAMS, Jas. ROGERS, Michl. KEENYE, John SCOTT, Wm. SHANKS. |
| 17 Oct 1782 | Wm. HAMILTON vs in debt, Sampson ARCHER. Jury: David McCOY ... |
| 19 Nov 1782 | Rules vs Nathaniel GILLELAND, John WILLIAMS, John GILKESON, Chris. VAUGHAN, Hugh KINCAID, Patr. DAVIS, Jas. McCLUNG, Wm. McCOY, Wm. BLAIR, for failure to appear as grand jurors. Jas. BYRNSIDE, apt. overseer of road from KINCAIDs to Jos. WILLIAMS. Saml. WILLIAMS, apt. overseer from Jos. WILLIAMS to St. Lawrence. |
| 17 Dec 1782 | Tithable listed assigned to various company's as follows: Wm. POAGE in his own and Capt. McCOY, Archer MATHEW in MILLER, Saml. BROWN in THOMPSON, Wm. HAMILTON in McCLUNG and GRAHAM, John ANDERSON in KNOX, Jas. HENDERSON in GLASS and WRIGHT, John HENDERSON in his own and Capt. SHELTON. |
| 21 Mar 1783 | Mathew ARBUCKLE, decd. vs Jas. DYCH, Michl. MANNON, David WILLIAMS, Andw. WILLIAMS, John FENTON, Patr. MURPHY, Jos. EDWARDS, John HARRIS, David McCOY, Wm GILLILAND, Wallace BRITTAIN, Richd. WILLIAMS, Sampson ARCHER, Wm. CUSTARD, John FLINN, Jas. GILKESON, Michl. WOODS, Chris. BRYAN, (each of the defts. represented in separate suits.). |
| 22 Mar 1783 | Jas. JORDON vs John WILLIAMS, in case, dism. |
| 15 Apr 1783 | Wm. McCOY, Jas. KNOW, Geo. CLUNDENEN, Jas. THOMPSON, Andw. WOODS, Saml. McCLUNG, Thos. WRIGHT, qualified as Captains in the militia. Saml. WILLIAMS, Josiah McDOWELL, Chas. VAINHOP, Wm. CLENDENNEN, qualified as Lieutenants of Militia. Wm. RENICK, Gentleman, is of the opinion that David McCOY who was delivered by his special bail at the suit of McCLUNG ought to be kept in the custoday of the sheriff. |
| 24 Apr 1783 | For the examination of Amy BRATTAIN on suspicion of murdering her bastard child. Upon the evidence of Mary Ann MASON, Ann WILLIAMS, Ann CRAIG, Mary PRICE, Jas. WARNOCK, Eliz. WARNOCK, Sarah CARLISLE, guilty, held to answer, each of said witnesses recog. to appear in Richmond on June 2nd., next. |
| 20 May 1783 | Elizabeth McKNIGHT, Barbara NICHOLAS, Eliz. OCHELTREE, Rebecca BRAKEN, Lettice THARP, Eliz. HICKS, Hannah WHITE, Mary TYLER, each for having a base born child. Patrick LOCKHART & Co., vs Phillip HAMMOND, debt, judgement £11. Grand jury: ... Wm. McCOY, Jas. McCOY, ... |
| 21 May 1783 | Saml. WILLIAMS & Jas. ALEXANDER, qualified as Justices. |
| 21 Jul 1783 | Present: DONALLY, MATHEWS, RENICK, ANDERSON, WARD, WILLIAMS. |
| 19 Aug 1783 | Present: DONALLY, MATHEWS, ANDERSON, WARD, HAMILTON, WILLIAMS. |
| 20 Aug 1783 | Nich. COOROD vs John WILLIAMS, in case. |
| 21 Aug 1783 | Andw. DONALLY, late sheriff, vs John HUTCHISON, his deputy, John HENDERSON and Jas. ALEXANDER, sureties, for public taxes col. by sd. HUTCHISON, judgement for £1000 with int. at 10%. Same vs. John RODGERS, his deputy, judgement £1000. Same vs. John WILLIAMS, same. Jas. Byrnside vs Michl. WOODS, debt, judgement £8:8. Same allowed 20/9 feeding 7 horses and 9 diets for militia. Witnesses: John RILEY, Anne WILLIAMS, Jacob CHAPMAN, John WILLIAMS. |
| 22 Aug 1783 | Saml. WILLIAMS vs Ambros WILLIAMS, in case, dism. Nancy McCLUNG by Jos. and Margaret WILLIAMS, in case, dism. Samuel BLAKE, John BLAKE, Geo. BRISCOE to view roadway from forks of rd. above Wm. H. CAVENDISH to the old Store place. |
| 16 Sep 1783 | Archr. MATHEWS, Wm. JOHNSTON, Patr. DAVIS, John DIXON, John ANDERSON to view and divide the road from this place to diving waters of Ugly creek the way it was viewed by Act of Assembly. John ANDERSON overseer of same, with Chris. WALKUP, Jas. GILLILAND, John WILLIAMS, assts. Hugh MILLER, Robt. ARMSTRONG, Thos. GRATTAN, same in bounds of Capt. Hugh MILLERs company. Wm. McCOY, Jos. McCLUNG, Emas WILLIAMS same in Capt. McCOYs. Jas. THOMPSON, Wm. WARD, Jas. CLARK, same in Capt. THOMPSONs. Saml. McCLUNG, Wm. HAMILTON, Wm. FEMSTER, same in Capt. McCLUNGs. Jas. JOHNSTON, Elij. RICHARDS, John DIXON, same Capt. JOHNSONs. |
| 20 Nov 1783 | Jane McCLUNG vs. Jos. and Richd. WILLIAMS, in case, dism. |
| 19 May 1784 | Wm. RENICK, Wm. CRAIGE, John AKINS to view road from John WILLIAMS to C. H. |
| 20 May 1784 | Jas. MAZE vs John WILLIAMS and wife, slander, 1 penny. |
| 21 May 1784 | ... Jury: ... Moses WILLIAMS ... |
| 22 May 1784 | Thomas BOWYER and James McDOWEEL vs James WILLIAMS, debt, judgement £1:13. James JORDAN vs John WILLIAMS, debt, judgement £4. James JORDAN vs Ambros WILLIAMS, debt, judgement £5. William POAGE, William RENICK, Archer MATHEWS, John ANDERSON, James JOHNSTON, William HAMILTON, Samuel WILLIAMS, James HENDERSON, James ALEXANDER, William HUTCHISON, John HENDERSON, appointed to list tithables in various companies. John HUMPHRIES appointed surveyor from John WILLIAMS on 2nd creek to St. Laurence ford in the room of Samuel WILLIAMS, discharged. John WILLIAMS vs John McFARLAND, garnishees, John ANDERSON, Wm. FROGG, Wm. RICHMOND, judgement £10:19:9. |
| 15 Jun 1784 | Present: MATHEWS, ANDERSON, JOHNSTON, WILLIAMS. Ordered that the bed and bed cloaths and one black cow and calf taken on execution as the estate of John WILLIAMS be restored by the Sheriff to Agness WILLIAMS who produced sufficient proof that the said articles were hers. |
| 16 Jun 1784 | Present: MATHEWS, ANDERSON, JOHNSTON, WILLIAMS. |
| 17 Aug 1784 | Present: James and John HENDERSON, POAGE, RENNICK, MATHEWS, WILLIAMS. |
| 18 Aug 1784 | Samuel WILLIAMS appointed captain of the militia in the place of James KNOX, resigned, Wm. ERWIN, lieutenant and Andrew NICHOLS, ensign. James Byrnside vs in debt Daniel McMILLEN. Jury: ... George BLAKE ... William BOWYER vs in case James MAZE. Jury: ... James BLAKE ... |
| 19 Aug 1784 | Present: MATHEWS, HAMILTON, WARD, WILLIAMS, ALEXANDER. |
| 20 Aug 1784 | Samuel WILLIAMS vs John WILLIAMS, in case, dismissed. James HENDERSON vs in case, Hugh CAPERTON. Jury: ... George BLAKE ... |
| 21 Sep 1784 | Present: MATHEWS, HENDERSON, WILLIAMS, ALEXANDER. |
| 17 Nov 1784 | James WILLIAMS appointed surveyor from the Ferry Landing on William HUTCHISONS land on New River to John THOMPSON on Rich Creek with the tithables down the river as low as William LACYS including those on Rich Creek from Adam WOODS old place donwards to attend. John STUARG vs Ambrose WILLIAMS, in case, verdict £15:7:10. |
| 18 Nov 1784 | James WATTS is appointed surveyor of the road from John WILLIAMS to James BOGGS mill and it is ordered that the tithables from Samuel PRICES up to the Spring Creek including part of Hugh MILLERs and Capt. RENNIXs company do attend. |
| 19 Nov 1784 | Sarah McCOY and Wm. H. CAVENDISH, exrs. John McCOY, decd., debt, judgement £166. |
| 16 Mar 1785 | Alexander HAMILTON vs James PINE and James WILLIAMS, debt, £49:13. |
| 17 Mar 1785 | James JORDAN appointed constable in Capt. McCOYs company in the room of William FULLERTON, discharged. |
| 21 Jun 1785 | Present: RENICKS, ANDERSON, MATHEWS, WARD, WILLIAMS. Wm. POAGE, William RENICKS, Andrew DONNALLY, John ANDERSON, William WARD, Samuel WILLIAMS, James ALEXANDER, James HENDERSON, William HUTCHISON, William HAMILTON, appointed to take the taxable property in the bounds of the various companies. |
| 17 Aug 1785 | John ARBUCKLE vs in case William HOLDER. Jury: Richard Williams, ... |
| 18 Aug 1785 | James McAFEE vs Joseph WILLIAMS, petition, dismissed. |
| 22 Mar 1786 | Joseph PARKER vs John WILLIAMS, in case, dismissed. Samuel WILLIAMS vs James CLAYPOLE, in case, dismissed. Nicholas HARVIEW, John THOMPSON, Jacob MILLER to view roadway from James WILLIAMS to Captain John HENDERSONS. John WILLIAMS vs Abner COOPER and Conrad YOLKUM, in case. |
| 24 Mar 1786 | Phillip HAMMON vs in debt, William SHANKS. Jury: John Williams, ... |
| 25 Mar 1786 | Ambrose WILLIAMS vs Alexander STEPHENSON, petition, dismissed. |
| 16 May 1786 | James HENDERSON, Andrew DONNALLY, William HAMILTON, William WARD, Archer MATHEWS, William RENICK, John ANDERSON, William HUTCHISON, John HENDERSON, William POAGE, Samuel WILLIAMS, James ALEXANDER, Mosias JONES, Samuel McCLUNG, Hugh CAPERTON, George CLENDINEN are recommended for justices. |
| 19 Aug 1786 | Nelson HACKETT vs David WILLIAMS, petition, dismissed. |