{"id":2211,"date":"2014-11-15T19:15:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T01:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne2\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2014-11-15T19:15:56","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T01:15:56","slug":"court-january-1850","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/court-january-1850\/","title":{"rendered":"Court January 1850"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday Jan. Term 1850<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

State of Tennessee)<\/span><\/p>\n

Wayne County) Be it remembered that a quarterly County Court was began and held for the County of Wayne at the Court house in the Town of Waynesboro on the 7th day it being the first Monday in January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty<\/strong> the following Justices present and presiding to wit W CARTER<\/strong> Chr. HOPSON<\/strong> WATKINS BURNS MONTAGUE GRIMES GANT WATKINS<\/strong> [HOPSON<\/strong> \u2013 crossed out] SIMS LEE LAFFERTY YOUNG WILSON VOORHIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A settlement between Wm Jones<\/strong> Clerk of this Court and L W CANTRELL<\/strong> Guardian of Henry C Minor heir of Milly MAY<\/strong> Dec\u2019d was this day submitted to the Court which was confirmed by the Court and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

A settlement between Wm JONES<\/strong> Clerk of this Court and L W CANTRELL Guardian of Mary Ann minor heir of Milly MAY<\/strong> Dec\u2019d was this day submitted to the Court which was confirmed by the Court and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

A settlement between Wm JONES<\/strong> Clerk of this Court and L W CANTRELL<\/strong> Guardian Wm J Minor heir of Milly MAY<\/strong> Dec\u2019d was this day submitted which was confirmed by the Court and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

A settlement between Wm JONES<\/strong> Clerk of this Court and Wm. W. THORNTON<\/strong> Guardian of Wm R minor heir of Wm DUNCAN<\/strong> Dec\u2019d was this day presented to the Court which was received by the Court and ordered to be recorded a settlement was this day presented between Wm JONES<\/strong> Clerk of this Court and Nathan BIFFLE<\/strong> Guardian of N F minor heir of John & Mary W BIFFLE<\/strong> Dec\u2019d to the Court which was received and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that W CARTER<\/strong> be appointed Revenue Commissioner in the 4th District Wayne County Tennessee year 1850 in the place of D.J. JONES<\/strong> Resigned<\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that John McBRIDE<\/strong> be appointed overseer of the road of 2nd Class in the place of A H M STUBBLEFIELD<\/strong> and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction Isued Jan 10, 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Came Wm W THORNTON<\/strong> Guardian of Wm R DUNCAN<\/strong> into Court and renewed his bond in the sum of thirteen hundred and Sixty one dollars with Brinkley HOPSON<\/strong> his Security which was rec\u2019d be the Court and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

Came Wm. W. THORNTON<\/strong> one of the Executors of the Estate of Josiah THORNTON<\/strong> Dec\u2019d and returned into Court [Inventory \u2013 crossed out] an account of Sales verefied by his oath of Said estate which was received by the Court and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday January 7th 1850<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that J C ELLIOTT<\/strong> be appointed overseer of the road of 2nd Class in the place of King H ABLES<\/strong> and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction Isued Jan. 10, 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that Wm CRAIG<\/strong> be appointed overseer of the road of 2nd Class in the place of L P SHAW<\/strong> and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction Isued Jan. 10th 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that B D KEATON<\/strong> be appointed overseer of the road of 1st Class that he word [sic] from the Eleven Mile post to the County Line in the place of J N BLACKSHEAR<\/strong> removed and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction Isued Jan 9, 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that Isaac GRIMES<\/strong> be appointed Overseer of the road of 2nd Class in the place of John W MONTAGUE<\/strong> and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction Isued Jan 9, 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that [the Court \u2013 crossed out] N F BIFFLE<\/strong> by appointed overseer of the road of 2nd Class in the place of Joseph MABRY<\/strong> and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction Isued Jan 10th 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Upon motion to appropriate to John McDOUGAL<\/strong> the sum of Twelve 40\/100 dollars the amount by him expended for blank books for the of office of Circuit Court Clerk Those who voted in the affirmative wire W CARTER<\/strong> Chr YOUNG LAFFERTY BURNS MONTAGUE GRIMES WILSON VOORHIES WATKINS<\/strong> & HOPSON<\/strong> 10 Noes none So said appropriation was made to be paid out of any money in the hands of the Trustee no otherwise appropriated Isued Jan. 15th 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On motion to appropriate to G T FREDAKING<\/strong> the sum of Seven 50\/100 dollars the amount be him expended for a Blank Book for the Registers office Those who voted in the affirmative were W CARTER<\/strong> Chr YOUNG LAFFERTY BURNS MONTAGUE GRIMES WILSON VOORHIES WATKIN<\/strong>S & HOPSON<\/strong> 10 Noes none So said appropriation was made to be paid out of any monies in the hands of the Trustee not otherwise appropriated Isued Jan 15th 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that the road running from the Union Church on Hardins Creek up Mill Creek to S C GRIMES<\/strong>s Mill be disannulled and that the hands [to wit \u2013 crossed out] that worked on said Road under John C GRIMES<\/strong> be attached to the the hands that work under Isaac GRIMES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Came Wilson GRIMES<\/strong> & others who was at a former term of this Court a Jury of view and mark out so as to change the Waynesboro and Savannah Road on the lands of A MONTAGUE<\/strong> and report a change made which was rec\u2019d by the Court<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, Jany 7th, 1850<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Came E. H. PUGH<\/strong> Tax Collector for Wayne County 1849 and returned in to the Court alist of the picked up Taxes verified by his oath which was received by the court and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that the Commissioners appointed at a former Term of this Court to sell the lots on the west Square of the town of Waynesboro hand over to the Treasurer of the Poorhouse Commissioners the balance of the proceeds of said sales and said Treasurer pay the same toward the land purchased by the Poorhouse Commissioners.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the court that John McDOUGAL<\/strong> one of the Commissioners appointed at a former term of this court to set apart provisions for the Widow Shields<\/strong> & family for one year amend said order so as to set apart such additional articles which was done and rec\u2019d by the Court and ordered to be recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n

Came A MONTAGUE<\/strong> and D J JONES<\/strong> who was at a former term of this Court appointed commissioners to superintend the recovering of the Court house and report that on examination they think that the present Roof will do for several years to come with slight repairs which was received by the Court and ordered to be recorded and that the said Commissioners be discharged.<\/span><\/p>\n

Came Thomas W HILL<\/strong> who was at a former term of this Court appointed Guardian of Augustus W BATT<\/strong> and reported to the Court the amount that has come into his hands as such Guardian verified by his oath which was received by the Court and ordered to be recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon application of J.I.BIFFLE<\/strong> and others, it is ordered by the Court that L.L. MACK<\/strong>, Thompson MORGAN<\/strong>, Stephen BIVINS<\/strong> and Joseph EAST<\/strong> be appointed a Jury of View to view so as to change the Waynesboro and East Point Road so as to run with the line between the lands J.I. BIFFLE<\/strong> and H.H.HUNTER<\/strong> and that they report the same to the next term of this Court Isued Jan 10. 1850.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On motion to appropriate to W CARTER<\/strong> D J JONES<\/strong> and Jonathan MORRIS<\/strong> Poorhouse Commissioners the sum of fifteen Dollars each for theirservises Those who voted in the affirmative were LAFFERTY WILSON VOORHIES WATKINS HOPSON GRIMES <\/strong>6 Noes BURNS MONTAGUE GANT SIMS<\/strong> and LEE 5 So said appropriation was made to be paid out of any monies in the hands of the Trustee not otherwise appropriated. Isued Jan 15, 1850<\/span><\/p>\n

A Settlement between Wm JONES<\/strong> Clerk of this Court and Joacim DUGGAR<\/strong> Guardian of Wm M CROSSNO<\/strong> was this day presented to the Court and rec\u2019d and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday Jan 7th 1850<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A Settlement between Wm JONES Clerk of this Court and Joacim DUGAR<\/strong> Guardian of Sarah A CROSSNO<\/strong> minor heir of Jacob CROSSNO<\/strong> Dec\u2019d which was received by the court and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

A Settlement between Wm JONES<\/strong> Clerk of this Court and Joacim DUGAR<\/strong> Guardian of Malinda K minor heir of George CROSSNO<\/strong> Dec\u2019d and was received by the court and ordered to be recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Settlement between Wm JONES<\/strong> Clerk and this Court and Joacim DUGGAR<\/strong> Guardian of the minor heir of George CROSSNO<\/strong> Dec\u2019d was this day submitted to the Court which was received and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that John CLEMMENTS<\/strong> Jeremiah DOWDY<\/strong> Wm. L.T. EDWARDS<\/strong> an son Lawson SMITH<\/strong>?? H B V KING<\/strong> and John SMITH<\/strong> be added to the hands allotted to Charles PARKER<\/strong> to open a road of 2nd Class<\/span><\/p>\n

Came James E McKNIGHT<\/strong> and others who was at former term of this Court appointed a Jury of View to view and mark out a road from Ashland to the Lawrence county Line and report a road found as directed in said order<\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the court that Mw M HORTON<\/strong> be appointed overseer of the road of 2nd Class in the place of Allen FOX<\/strong> and that he have the hands in the same bounds to work under his direction Isued Jan\u2019 11th 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that John W YOUNGBLOOD<\/strong> be appointed overseer of the road of first Class and that he work the Waynesboro & East Port Road from the ford of the Creek at P M SATTERFIELD<\/strong>S to John LOYD and that he have the following hands to work under his direction to wit Allen SISK<\/strong> A R SISK<\/strong> Isaac HORTON<\/strong>, Jr. P. M. HORTON<\/strong> Isued Jan 14 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On Motion a majority of the justices being present the Court proceeded to lay the public taxes for the year 1850 for the county of Wayne as follows to wit for each poll fifty cents and for each hundred dollars worth of taxable property twenty three and a half cents and an privileges fifty per cent and the State tax.<\/span><\/p>\n

The court proceeded to elect a chairman & quorum for said court for the present year when David J JONES<\/strong> was duly elected chairman of the court for the present year and said David J JONES<\/strong> William M LAFFERTY<\/strong> & James T?[or S] YOUNG<\/strong> were elected a quorum to hold the quorum courts for the present year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday Jany 7th 1850<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[the following entry crossed out] On motion to appropriate three dollars to John ROBNETT<\/strong> for furnishing 115 lbs of pork for J.J.BOYD<\/strong> a pauper of Wayne County the justices who voted in the affirmative are Chairman CARTER YOUNG LAFFERTY BURNS MONTAGUE WATKINS GANT<\/strong> & HOPSON<\/strong> yeas 8 noes none so said appropriation was made to be paid out of any moneys in the hands of the County Trustee not otherwise appropriated<\/span><\/p>\n

On motion to appropriate to Washington CARTER<\/strong> Abraham MONTAGUE<\/strong> and David J JONES<\/strong> ten Dollars each for holding the Quoram Courts for the year 1849<\/span><\/p>\n

Justices who voted in the affirmative are W. CARTER<\/strong> (Chairman) YOUNG LAFFERTY MONTAGUE GRIMES WILSON WATKINS GANT HOPSON<\/strong> yeas 9 Those who voted in the negative BURNS noes one So said appropriation was made to be paid out of any moneys in the hands of the County Trustee not otherwise appropriated Ised Jan 15, 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Came Samuel L BURNS<\/strong> Administrator wit the will anexed of Lemuel POPE<\/strong> dec\u2019d and presented a supplemental report of assets which have come into his hands such as since his former Report which was rec\u2019d by the court and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew H BURKS<\/strong> [?] Guardian of the Minor heirs of David TILLMAN<\/strong> [?] came into Court and presented his report of the assets which have come into his hands as such which was received and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that John SHIPMAN<\/strong> be overseer of the Road of the 3rd Class in the place of Josiah YOUNGBLOOD<\/strong> and have the hands on the head of the creek above said SHIPMAN<\/strong>s house Isued Jan 14, 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that Jesse DOWNING<\/strong> overseer of the Road of the 1st Class Leading from Waynesboro to [Mississippi-crossed out] East Port in the place of Benjamin KING<\/strong> removed have Isaac SHIPMEN<\/strong> Josiah YOUNGBLOOD<\/strong> P M SATTERFIELD<\/strong> L B GANT<\/strong> & hands in addition to the hands heretofore allowed to work under his directions Isued Jan\u2019 14 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that James ANDERSON<\/strong> and Abraham MONTAGUE<\/strong> be appointed commissioners to settle with County officers for the year A.D. 1850<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday Jan\u2019 8th 1850<\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered by the Court that W B SKILLERN<\/strong> be appointed overseer to open & keep up the road of 2nd Class from Ashland to the Lawrence County line as viewed and marked out by J. E. McKNIGHT<\/strong> & others and that he have the following hands to wit S C MITCHELL<\/strong> and hands J E McKNIGHT<\/strong> and hands, John STOCKARD<\/strong> and hands Jacob STRICKLAND<\/strong> Wm HOLLOWAY<\/strong> Isaac SURRATT<\/strong> Elias WHITE<\/strong> Wm C McBRIDE<\/strong> Wm H HILL<\/strong> Benjamin HARGROVE<\/strong>[?] James DURHAM<\/strong> Wm WILSON<\/strong> Sam\u2019 HOLMES<\/strong> David SKILLERN<\/strong> James SURRATT<\/strong> Thomas W HILL<\/strong> A W BATTS<\/strong> E [?] ROSS<\/strong> Columbus ROSS<\/strong> Martin STAGGS<\/strong> and Nathan BIFFLE<\/strong> Jr\u2019 to work under his direction Isued Jan\u2019 10th 1850<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Came into Court James HOLLIS<\/strong> who was appointed administrator of the estate of Thomas GIST<\/strong> Dec’d and entered in to bond in the sum of two hundred dollars with John McDOUGAL<\/strong> his security Conditioned for the faithful purformance[sic] of said administration which was approved of by the Court and ordered to be recorded<\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered that W CARTER<\/strong> Jonathan MORRIS<\/strong> and D J JONES<\/strong> be appointed Poorhouse Commissioners for the present year whereupon the said W CARTER<\/strong> and Jonathan MORRIS<\/strong> took the necessary oath for their qualification<\/span><\/p>\n

Ordered that Court adjourn tell Court in Cours \/ \/ s \/ \/ A. MONTAGUE Wm M. LAFFERTY<\/strong> A.B.GANT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday Jan. Term 1850 State of Tennessee) Wayne County) Be it remembered that a quarterly County Court was began and held for the County of Wayne at the Court house in the Town of Waynesboro on the 7th day it being the first Monday in January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2034],"tags":[2152,409,2157,27,906,2036,66,791,14,1602,29,2154,90,463,800,151,1809,1078,1483,2043,5,491,54,1237,2153,189,2158,10,2156,196,1999,237,1416,1200,586,1473,331,539,2059,786,207,1869,228,2069,619,69,205,55,150,9,108,946,1917,551,1440,480,141,2155,109,53,26,78,283,177,1328,210,2038,450,182,396,316,466,164],"class_list":["post-2211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-court","tag-ables","tag-anderson","tag-batts","tag-biffle","tag-bivins","tag-blackshear","tag-boyd","tag-burks","tag-burns","tag-cantrell","tag-carter","tag-clemments","tag-craig","tag-crossno","tag-dowdy","tag-downing","tag-duggar","tag-duncan","tag-durham","tag-east","tag-edwards","tag-elliot","tag-elliott","tag-fox","tag-fredaking","tag-gant","tag-gist","tag-grimes","tag-hargrove","tag-hill","tag-holloway","tag-holmes","tag-hopson","tag-hunter","tag-jones","tag-keaton","tag-lafferty","tag-lee","tag-mabry","tag-mack","tag-may","tag-mcbride","tag-mcdougal","tag-mcknight","tag-mitchell","tag-montague","tag-morgan","tag-morris","tag-parker","tag-pope","tag-pugh","tag-robnett","tag-satterfield","tag-shaw","tag-shields","tag-shipman","tag-sims","tag-sisk","tag-skillern","tag-smith","tag-staggs","tag-stockard","tag-strickland","tag-stubblefield","tag-surratt","tag-thornton","tag-tillman","tag-voorhies","tag-watkins","tag-white","tag-wilson","tag-young","tag-youngblood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2212,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions\/2212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/wayne\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}