Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-09

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and Tor more particular certainty hc refers To SAID 49,
of record III the Clerk Office Of the coun;vor -
City He has heard hi father say that the said ia,
was the maiden iAn, Of his nntEef, ]. x Perre,s n
tirr,) and thai said John X rircr and bls .i..rJ ~
only children Of said mother ih,s ul,crsd n ION '
neither The grandfather of depcurut II, Il ~ 81. -,
since h, grandmother died, as lie M. I,, - n, ''
number cf years before he was tnrp The .nid ,nd
believes stands charged on The comn,ssi ner = NJ ~
Natt Fierce, aud pnrpors 10 Certain seyer,Y
the van- thereof IL ass, 81 d a su5 IL d.. n, ~
OF any oiier person who voted IN sad u,,r., =, '
ION The lace of The deposition l.rmuel J. Poud, =
rrI'S Ia much al IN" dc, o-itur az .ai. -, y
Pierce rs contains hearsay uslmory} In ,.,I,. =
que .an by HE contestant "LguiiiEg hnw I'M, y -
been !" ssed OF sad m"Iciy al eaf l.nS " Ntl
the ?ith Il Ap'il, leiJ the de pon. ~ r. r. d, !"
and ! t-s that he ha- not been ,,i ians Iet
knows r f"colieci- 81" has he rtsrca ,, ''at hr
tenant on Il since IL was conveyed H. In, ~, hata
n" innh"r possession Of sad land i.,n In, g ai
non nc drrd The depont III did rot Ia, q, c,
to pay Ia h's father any murry or other -
Iteration ir said tract cf land. He d. ,i Pc ~
WIZ, 'ai' Gee: was dr'!s,'sd IL Inn ~ h.. f,rts,
80 - " W. si'n ny s"ntrsttnt. etqGir!Gg heb.t L
,pnd -! ''it sad @ti W., d-il.ci,a b. ilr, or n,
iay "i II 90 hn"w lrdsn,.t H. his fl,icr t,t,, We
L., -. "''''s Wy fciEtg, the IL panent ansN.,
hat ne J. mo- certain I,a Aail deed ~. t,ys,t
"'"I ny MS LATTER, hn IL thinks IL was drv.tsti.I
prr'i"ns !" The TINE when II was ACKNOWLEDGED a, a.
,s, ''''e Nv" Justices His f.tlcf n,r,y
49,, WIG" NE hrrd wa executed, aua ms " III. j..
,,,, ''''ly nhho'hfr question. NE dcpanrnr 81,
t'ht ne considers The deed 2. thar H.. o.ta,4,5
~, W. W,io 81 enabling hun ,otNsrcl,e The riafr
ne desired 10 vote between Bivly and South,I
ba doe n rrcol,ct If havin. an, Reference in ~
.hng si'd dc, Ia the election .veea L. Bow lien
t t"a !" I,'am howard. lie does know If MS own
hn""Itd.e bit has hsen Informed by hi. father AMI
DINERS iAa there i sg, tract of land a. lie sipp,..
NC '1'rn on ~ The county 81 james City, h does ~,
e'"irct 81 having seen or hren upon said laia
nor a'ts hr Know what ii is good for He reside IN
me county OF Charles Cmy he does recorct whef
az" deed was executed aud delivered; he dors No.
Know heller or not his father had tenant ~
sad lana In MS recollection, does h- know that ~
ihtirr previous 10 the lime he made ,aid deed made
any other use 81 the land than Grponent ta done
tI.n It. IasI Al lS-
moirf was Miss llenry pfet Gus her nt-unariare
wnh iS s'aGdeiner Ha thew Fierce, be does rot know
no" She acquired title 10 or Interest IN aid land. he
ounro. SOY that he seventy acres Of and notiy
whereof pn'pfrd Ia be conveyed To him by the h.e
mentioned deed IL the charged 10 Matthew Plr
q" the commissioners book Of James Cry, does b.
know that his father owned an, other .nd IN .al
COMFY.
The deed above uoGioned. fion John K. Pierc- 10
lohh I. Pierce, heats date the II RI September, lei,
aud Is Acknowledged bsfoie two Justices 81 th=r'e.
CAY. ON The 9,h ol November lsii ard Wa recorded
~ James cry county on The i2d ~ sane month Il
pntrnrs 10 convey Ia John L. Pierce nh hrdvted
mnesy n certain tact parcel of land called Hen
ey's, and Inherited by said John Piece from h, te.
ceased n.rr: the said ttacl aTccl ." land contains
seventy acres az lrsS, and sina'e IN TIE
y OF James C, ard adjolns The lands lately owrtdty
hirhard Yoke, sr, and other. Tie s'vrLtt a'irS
CHARGED on the Cnunis nner- book IL Mathew F"re",
n aforesaid u described on SAID book - hound, Nv
The lands 81 Gcorrn Henley Estate aud william lu-h.
There : no evidence showing wheihar SAID Naiit'w
Pierce died estaf- incSiatr huw Hiany cfi rTsn
hr cit The VIE Of aid Jchn Z. Pierce II Mt parry
10 The deed aforesaid
"R,so'cci. M,r.frc as me epuicn ef ta,s ccmmttte,
That the vote of the SAID John p. Ftrcr i legal
The report oflhe Committee MAS sustained by
Mr.. STROLLER, and opposed by Messrs. TurubuIl,
Edmunds and Slovall.
The seventh eighth, ninth and tenth resolutions,
declaring tie votes Of John u. I,iaiIin, Richad
w. IIan>!onL, James Il. r. Edwards NJ c. Cas-
>ni, Vincent p Edwards Allen NJ. Walls, Rot;.
Shields, George w. Chl>man, Thomas Hats
ford, 81 and Thomas Cranta 10 tc Illegal, were
agreed 10 Is The House.
The eleventh resolution declaring the vote 81
Andrew L. iankins 10 be legal, cling under con-
sderaiiun, motion was made by Mr.. DANIEL
to amend Tie same, 50 as 10 reverse he decision
o. the Commute
"ln relation the of The said Andrew b. iiankh-,
i, app~a by his own deposition, Tia; h. was h"usr-
keeper IA more team twelve months preceding me -1H
81 April last and was assessed with, are pa'u portion
Of he revenue Of the Commonwealth within twelve
months ncA, cedns the said oath of Apri and after
his crnrS sold during The year lsii, wLch -.
NAMED his possrssion until they so'd be ll'd
4 servant 10 wait upon him, some iinr> y t!r norm
AMI sometimes by the day. aud H. daring portion
ot the time without servant AT all, and Niihoct any
family but himself. lie hired a servant s"mc
times ~ the month, AID sometimes by tie week, ana
then by the day, and was without servant it""i i""f
days at tne' and he does mol remember nov many
times he was without servant IN is hire Mr.. si'roS
servants. who lived on the same farm WIN h' ~
formed The ,urs hont bis house, which he dtl"hraiS
servant usually per formed when he hrh nee strvthS
they lived in his kitchen. On the property book o YORK
comfy Tor The wear Isii Andrew a. ankins i charged
wi.h lax on seven slaves and John N speed with
FIVE slaves; and, the properly book Of Isnehtnrs,
John Speed l. charged win lax "n .n
wn an , u" a,v "r err"n and r WE'VE on,
nrm preceding, IN York comfy. NJ o;ier person IS
the name Of Andrew D. iIankins appear. on he sad
PROPERTY book Tor 'hat year, or On Tue f''' ''0S u -
"ktsoircd Ae,.ore The opinion u th,s Com a''''f,
That The vote nf he SAID Andrew Iin&,n- is legal"
rhs Penor, ~ ,be cno,m;,,e. "a. sustained
s.. II ic,.o,hor 49, ard r,ns ana ar.
n]..ei -, N...,s D,,nicI nar;. and S,ovaU All
IT, Tho, ~ =, n cai,o f,r ia, a,,es and noes
I en- ,n',';on - NJ pard,,nn H., trr,hcr ian.
.;Iera,;on of,he rennr, AZ - he v",e 81 And,ew
B, Hankins was rospnncd for the present.
MIR. CHlSNAN moved = reconsideration al
,hs y,,s - IN. uou.o an ,ha ,.nn,, : M. conn.
r,;,,oo d.cla,;ro the yo,e o,J,I, y p;srce ,ule
Local
Mese,s cIlISNaE IEaKE ami DAN
lrI ,dyoc,,ei ,b, rscln.;.,,.,a,;nn anJ l,,.,.
SVucS cTpDTIfCp c1IrTiIAII .,t
VERIFY onna,a ~ !, ''''"' ''>'' : : ~
NJ yEpptPV caI.a f,r ITO ..o. ,rd nces
nI AK 10 ra n.,,p Wa, sAeT ~ ' 'ie' an"
'"u 49, 80 No. ca.,io 1Soa.l,er, " II r.
c,I,ss ~ 60 o3p."Ari,1 p'w,I
Ths,nnon ,t Mil ,f",,.hnII Mac,n r..
cnrl, ( Jl;ns c,,r;n,,on W;ntree Tlnmr.,n
If ID Cb;sm5n Moss MrC,Inn. De.,ins St.er.
psniie,nn ZONES e,i,a DE- walL.r IA
minds u Stoyal lien Tbnmn aS Of IN ~ E,lya
Of Fl. Flowers Goodwin. Gaines, Dun. Gonscn.
BasIey, Banks CLAYTON. Shepard, Adams A.
lexanier, Wade. ir., Hamilton, Edmondson. M
dleon, Davis, Mcpherson, Ta,um IIner, Far
lax. Daniel, Bfawncr, Prilchard, Martz, Kiley,
Cowan, rueate. S,ickley. Tate. Seblcll, CHM,
DilIanl, freeman, Hall Of 'raylor, West, Funs-
len Goodson Rice Neal and Lrnwich-10.
Nn,s-Nlessrs. S"nihaIl. Brown Of A., Bad.
win. Nlas>ie. Dickinson OF Bath. Buruel, Nit
che Boak. Flood Toler. Fox. Dickinson If c.
proadns Jluhson Carmen Srnu Ilall or r
e,;I,'nan SaunJe,s r. Wall Caihor Callison
49, w FTrn,,er Touner pa,,;cL
W., W." r.o.I,, co.. ,,SJn,,,n Ts,,,
n', HIT ,,'a", '' Z. H., ~ c III N
, ,..' IT,, Mr s''' VIZ, o. So Tn,s,.
na"s, s s,nrl,s, ic.'g IL na IN S ""I
I'nn, cai va IL t1,a ." -
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