The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-18
THE COUNTY COURT.
Much Business Was Transacted
There Yesterday.

The Roanoke county court convened
promptly at 10 a. m. Monday, Judge
Griffin presiding, and the following
business was transacted: NJ. Ii. Morgan
was appointed administrators of DR..
James II. Morgan, with bond OF 5000;
surety, E. T. Morgan.
The will of Nancy G. Pryor was proven
by the oaths OF Susan King and Ellen
Wertz and admitted to probate.
The will of Aaron Synder was ad-
mitted to probate with oaths Of Joseph
hurry and James w. Hartman. Noah
4. Wertz appointed and qualified as
administrator with the will annexed Of
Nancy c. Pryor, deceased, giving bond
Of 5000; surety, James e Day; apprais'
ers, James e. Day, Noah j. Wertz
George P. Airheart, Robert Blackwell
and John Coon.
The will Of James Shartzer was ad-
mitted to probate on the oaths of 5. II.
G. Greenwood and James w. Shartzer.
t. M. Starkey and S. Ii. G. Greenwood
were appointed ad minlstrators, with the
will annexed, giving bond for $1,000;
Patterson Coon and Samuel w. Henry,
sure lies; appraisers, b. b. Boone, Lewis
L. Brckeye. Noah j. Vert, Charles
Day and Robert Huddleston.
James D. Gish was appointed and
qualified as administrator Of David IL.
Gish, deceased, with bond for $50;
surety, George w. Muse.
On motion Of the heirs of Lucinda
Edmundson, deceased, the estate of
said Lucinda Edmundsop was committed
ed to the sheriff.
In the case of the commonwealth VS..
- Gordon, charged with cruelty to
animals, NJ. Mclaughlin and Mrs.
Eleanor Snyder were recognized to ap
pear before the grand jury on the first
day Of January court.
Alfred James, Thorn as and Lyman
Alexander were admitted as citizens of
the United States.
The boundary line between Big Lick
and Edington's shop was defined as fol-
lows: beginning at Roanoke river at
the Franklin county line; thence to a
mill site and the old mill house; thence
along the road to the fork near the
water works, thence along the Yellow
mountain road to the Cave Spring dis
trict line; thence with same to Frank
lin county line; thence with same to the
beginning
j. 81. Carter, of Company e, Forty
second Virginia Infantry, applied for an
increase of pension to $40, which was
granted.
George c. Huff was appointed guar
dian to Nj. B. Lowman, orphan of Harry
Lowman, with bond for $50.
In the road application OF w. H..
Peasants the report of the commits
sioners was returned, and Miss Kate
Carter and the Oakland Land Company
m
Saturday.
David p. Richardson, who was ap-
pointed at called meeting of the board
of supervisors OF Roanoke county road
surveyor in place of James P. Ellington,
deceased, qualified, giving bond for
$500, with d e. Kefauver, surety.
s. 81. Dickerson applied for barroom
and retail liquor license at his house,
on Lee street, Vinton. The application
was docketted and continued until We'd
nesday, October &c.
w. d. Kirkwood was appointed ad-
ministrator OF Charles S Kirkwood, de.
ceased, with bond for SIS; surety, w. H.
Barnett.
Henry Garst was appointed admins
traitor, with the will annexed, of John
Houtz, deceased, with bond of S32; j ohm
Garst, surety.
John III. Garst was appointed COM
mittee of Noah p. Garst, with bond of
$1,000, and Henry Garst, Sr., and John
Garst, sureties.
The case of Ferdinand Saunders, q
colored boy charged with stealing a
silver watch on the 3rd of August from
the house of Mrs. Peck, on Alabama
street, was tried before jury, who
brought in verdict of guilty AMI as
sessed his inc atS5. w. M. Montgomery
appear I'D for the prisoner.
Since last term Of the court 1T deeds
have been admitted to record.
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