Monday Dec’r 3rd 1849
State of Tennessee)
Wayne County) Be it remembered that a quorum County Court was began and held for the County of Wayne at the Court house in the Town of Waynesboro on the 3rd day it being the first Monday in December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty nine The following Justices present and presiding to wit W CARTER Chr. MONTAGUE & JONES his associates
Came Wm THORNTON one of the Administrators of the Estate of Josiah THORNTON deceased and returned into Court an Inventory of said Estate verified by his oath
A settlement between Wm JONES Clerk of said Court and J S BURNS one of the Trustees of Nancy TEDDER was this day presented to the Court which was confirmed by the Court and ordered to be recorded
A settlement between Wm JONES Clerk of this Court and John McDOUGAL Guardian of the minor heirs of John D KING dec’d was this day presented to the Court which was confirmed by the Court and ordered to be recorded
A settlement between Wm JONES Clerk of this Court and Jacob SCOTT and Daniel MABY Administrators of the Estate of George CROSSNO Deceased was this day presented to the Court which was received by the Court and ordered to be recorded
Came King BREWER Administrator of the Estate of Thomas B MELTON dec’d and returned in to Court and Inventory and account of sales verafied by his Oath which was received by the court and ordered to be recorded
Came Sampson BREWER & others commissioners appointed by the Court to allot and set apart one years provisions for Elizabeth MELTON widow of Thomas B MELTON Dec’d and returned into [the – crossed out] Court the amount by them set apart for said purpose which was rec’d by the Court and ordered to be recorded
Ordered by the Court that Francis McANALLY be appointed overseer of the road of 2nd Class in the place of Barnabas JACKSON and that he work from the Dick SCOTT old house to the Lawrence County Line on the Old Columbia & Waynesboro road and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction Isued Decr 14 1849
Ordered by the Court that John McGLAMERY be appointed overseer of the road of 2nd Class in the place of Wm TILLEY removed and that he work from his house to where the Old Natchee Trace & Waynesboro roads intersect and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction Isued Decr 3, 1849
Monday Dec’r 3rd 1849
Ordered by the Court that Isaac MORRIS be appointed overseer of the Road of 1st Class in the place of Hazel COPELAND and James [H – crossed out] WILSON and that he work from the four to the eight mile ____?? on the Waynesboro & Savannah road and that he have the hands in the same bounds of said COPELAND and WILSON to work under his direction Isued Decr 3, 1849
Came John GRIMES in to Court and acknowledged the following Receipt to have been executed by him Received of Moran H ROSS by the hands of Jesse HINKLE Eighty dollars and 11 cents in full of the amount in his hands as my Guardian up to this date this December 3rd 1849 / / s / / William H STUBBLEFIELD by John GRIMES atty in fact
Ordered by the Court that the following Persons [Justices – crossed out] be appointed revenue Commissioners in their respective Districts for the year 1850 To wit Dist. First James T. YOUNG Dist second Wm. M. LAFFERTY Dist. Third Thomas MEREDITH Dist. fourth D J JONES Dist. fifth John GRIMES Dist sisth John P VOORHIES Dist seventh A.B. GANT Dist Eight M J SIMS Dist Ninth [Wm R CURTIS – crossed out] Thomas ADAMS District tenth B HOPSON Dist Eleventh A J BREWER Dist Twelfth John DIXON Dist Thirteenth John PHILLIPS
W. CARTER presented to the Court the following receipts to wit
Rec’d of W CARTER forty dollars in County Claims in full of Lot No. [four – crossed out] 4 Sold on the west wide of the Square in the town of Waynesboro this the 3rd of April 1847 / / /s / / T H MABRY Trustee
Rec’d of W CARTER one of the Commissioners appointed to lay off the lots on the Square ninety dollars in pay for the lot that S R LAIRD bought No. 3 this July 3rd 1849 / / s / / T H MABRY Trustee
Ordered by the Court that Wm J MONTAGUE be appointed overseer of the road of 1st Class in the place of Robert MORRIS and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction Isued Jan 8 1850
Ordered that Court adjourn till Court in Course / / s / / W. CARTER Chairman A. MONTAGUE D J JONES