Court September 1848

State of Tennessee) Be it remembered that Corum [sic] County Court was begun and Wayne County) held for the County of Wayne at the court house in the town of Waynesboro on the 4th day it being the first Monday in Sept in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight the following Justice of the peace present and presiding W. CARTER Chairman MONTAGUE and LAFFERTY his associates.

  • A settlement Between Wm JONES Clerk of this Court and G W BARKER adm of the Estate of Labam & Martha BARKER decd was this day submitted to the Court and confirmed and ordered to be recorded.
  • Ordered by the Court that George DAVIS be appointed overseer of the 1st class road in the place of John R HELLON[?] and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his directions.
  • Ordered by the Court that Jackson ARNOLD to appointed overseer of the road of 1st class in place of John CARTER removed and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his directions.
  • Ordered by the Court that John D HINKLE be appointed overseer of the road of 2nd class in place of David COOK and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction.
  • Ordered by the Court that John COOK be appointed overseer of the road of 1st class in place of Isam KEATON and that he have the following hands (viz) John CORBAN, S.C. GRIMES, D. KEATON, W.A. KEATON, J. N. BLACKSHEAR, J. F. CARR, F. HALE, James HALL, Edward BROWN, Burris WHITE and Humphary M. GOFORTH to work under his direction and all hands in the said bounds or may come into said bounds.
  • Came into Court M. H. BURKS who has this day been appointed Guardian of Lewis TILLMAN, John P. TILLMAN and Daniel TILLMAN, minor heirs of Daniel TILLMAN., decd,, and entered into bound of Five hundred dollars with Thomas J. MONTAGUE and Wm. m. LAFFERTY, his securities, which was approved of by the Court and ordered to be recorded.
  • Came Rial BREWER, Executor of the Estate of Nathaniel HORTON, decd, and returned into Court an account of sales and of Notes & Acct came that has come in to this hands as the law directs which was rec’d by the Court and ordered to be recorded.
  • Came S.L. BURNS, Adm., with the will annexed of the Estate of Lemuel POPE, dec’d, and returned in to Court an inventory and acpt [?] and acst [?] of many notes & accts of sales that has come to his hands as the law directs which was rec’d and ordered to be recorded. [Of notes, accts & money crossed out].
  • Came Joacim DUGGAR whose [sic] has been this day Chosen & appointed Guardian of William, Melinda and Sarah Ann, minor heirs of George CROSSNO, dec’d and entered in to bond in the sum of two thousand dollars with William BENHAM and Jacob SCOTT, his securities, which was approved of by the Court and ordered to be recorded. Where upon the said Joacim DUGGAR took the necessary oath for his qualification.
  • Ordered by the Court that Thomas MARTIN be appointed overseer of the road of 2nd class in place of Washington MARTIN be appointed overseer of the road of 2nd class in place of Washington MARTIN and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction. Issued
  • Came William HAWK, adm of the Estate of Elihu C. RAYBURN, dec’d, and returned into court an inventory & acpt of sale of the said Estate which has come into his hands which was rec’d and ordered by the court to be recordered [sic].
  • Ordered that court adjourn till court in cause, W. CARTER, Wm. M. LAFFERTY, A. MONTAGUE.

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