Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1857-01-09

Marlborough, under authority of North
Carolina, to grant presumption rights to
those who had settled here as early as the
1st of June, 1850.
Under an act of North Carolina, the
Governor issued commissions to four Of the
worthy citizens on the Cumberland, name
ly: Isaac Bledsoe, Samuel Barton, Francis
Prince and Isaac LinSey, to organize an
Inferior Court of Common Pleas and
Quarter Sessions" at Marlborough. This
inferior Court" was, by the act, invested
with extraordinary powers indeed, with
authority not unlike or much inferior to
that which the Judges or NotableS had ex-
perienced for years previous.
He who had been the clerk from the
beginning" 1ndreso EARN, was elected
clerk under the new organization; and as
he now had his bond enlarged to $4,000,
so he determined to add to his name, and
henceforth signed his name with G..
"The court fixed on place for building
the court house and prison, agreeing that,
in the present situation of the settlement,
they lie at Marlborough, to be built at the
public expense, of hewed logs The court
house to be Is feet square with Initial
shade of u it, on one side of the house,
with benches, bar and table fit for the use
of the court. The prison to be Of square
hewed logs foot square; both with loft
floor, except the same shall be built On
rock"
Such were the first public buildings on
the square at Marlborough, and the cree
ton of these magnificent structures" was
vendued on the 14th Oct, at lowest price.
These first entries of record are signed by
these four nea0 Justices.
The sufix of burgh and borough, were very
common in these new settlements. Thus
there were, within few miles of Nashbo-
rough, Heatonsburgh and Waynesburgh,
(now Brooklyn, )Wellsburgh, Hillsborough,
Haysborough, and some Others. But as
soon as The Court Of Quarter Sessions Sc
lected the place for the renduing and build
ing of the court house and prison, the burgh
and borough were dropped and city-name
and airs assumed. Henceforth it is Nash
riHs, the city. This important change took
place in the month of July, 1884.
In January, 1884, the four Justices pre-
viously named and the four others who noqo
appeared, viz James Robertson, Thomas
MuIloy, Anthony Bledsoe, and Daniel
Smith, assembled, and being qualified, pro-
ceeded to business. Some of our original
Judges of Notability" are dignifed with
Others by commissions with the great seal
of the old mother State, and became In
ferior Justices of distinction"
"Honor and shame from no condition rise,
Act well your part: there all the honor lies"
In this year, Commissioners, with guard,
came from North Carolina, to lay off lands
in satisfaction of claims for military servi-
ceS in her regular army, and to examine
pre-emptiOn rights of those who had settled
prior to 1st June, 1850. They met at
Marlborough, and by their presence and
that of such a military escort, the despond-
ing settlers were greatly cheered, and reso-
lutions not to abandon the country, much
strengthened On the 9th February, of
this year, an address to the Publick," at
the various Stations on the Cumberland
river was issued, calling on them to elect
Representative to the ensuing session of
Assembly of North Carolina, copy of
which is given in appendix, from one Of the
original circulars, or rather the very prOto-
col itself, in Ewins handwriting and Col
Robertson was chosen. We are enabled
to give the very paper itself containing the
names of all the voters, and they were
unanimous in favor of Col. James Robert
son--3I at Freeland's Station ('McGav-
ock") We also give, in appendix, anoth-
er interesting old paper-addressed by the
COMMITTEE To the Inhabitants of Mans
cos Station7-March 5th, 1888 A SINH
lar circular was sent to the other Stations,
requiring every male inhabitant of the age
Of Is to take the oath of abiuration and
ideity-and due returns to be made
which was carefully done. 1t will be no.
ticed that in this circular or ukase, the
COMMITTEE" forbid the departure of any
person from the settlements without taking
the oath and assurance that he
has at no time been engaged in the inter-
est Of the Enemies of the United States
making exception in favor of persons "a-go-
| ing to the settlement, )" which meant the States
or older settled places. But from persons
who were vagabonds and rovers from Sta
ton to Station. and were at any time dis
posed to depart to the Spanish settlements
or British, or to the Indian nations-where
evil reports were likely to be circulated by
such fellows-from them, said the Commit
tee Of Notables, take bond for good be-
haTior, or "let none depart" The writer
had such a bond and permit, but cannot now
find it. 1t was in the handwriting of Col
Barton, one of the Judges-I7S9 or 1888.
We give flicker Bond" dated 9th
May. 1888, payable to james Robertson,
Chairman of Comfy, and his successors.
Also, copy of one of several papers intend
cd as the caption or preamble or resolution
that the subscribers would pay so much
corn, &c, for the scalp of every wolf killed
within twenty miles Of Station.
From the number of attempts made by