Sheriff and Constables Post Security Bonds (1865)
Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000. Note: [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026.
Source: Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. I
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July Term, 1865
Page 17: Howell H. Mahon, who has been appointed and commissioned Sheriff of Haywood County, by William L. Brownlow, Governor of the State of Tennessee, this day came into Court, was duly qualified and entered into and acknowledged his Bond in the sum of thirty thousand dollars, with R. W. Fleming; N. L. Mydiett (Midyett); D. A. Nunn; James W. Moore; T. E. Mahon and John F. Wortham as his securities, who severally acknowledge said bond in open Court, which Bond is approved by the Court and ordered to be recorded.
Page 18: J. J. Farrow, who has been appointed and commissioned a Constable of Civil District #11, of Haywood County, Tennessee, by Wm. J. Browlow [sic], Governor of the State of Tennessee, this day came into Court, was duly qualified, entered into and acknowledged his Bond in the sum of eight thousand dollars, with N. L. Midyett and J. B. Morton as his securities, who severally acknowledged said Bond in open Court, which Bond was approved and ordered to be recorded.
Page 19: N. L. Midyett, who was elected a Constable in Civil District #13 of Haywood County, Tennessee, this day came into Court, was duly qualified and entered into and acknowledged his bond in the sum of eight thousand dollars, with R. W. Fleming, J. J. Farrow and H. H. Mahon as his securities, who severally acknowledged said Bond in open Court, which Bond was approved and ordered to be recorded.
