Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-31
COUNTY COURT ORDER.
WEST VIRGINIA.

Al OJunty Court continued anu
held for the County OF Mercer at the
Court House thereof on Saturday.
the 2Sth cay OF July. 1906.
Ia the matter OF establishing new
voting precincts in Rock District:
This day w. c. Hedrick, Edward
Cooper and A. b. Calfee who were
heretofore appointed committee to
lay on and define new voting pre-
cincts In Rock district made their
report I'm writing, which Is in words
and figures following. to-wlt: TO
Mercer County" &C., which report
being inspected by the court Is In all
matters confirmed and adopted: II
Is further considered by the Court
that the old Giatto precinct be and
is hereby revised in conformance with
the following boundary. Beginning at
J. III. Harman's at Bluff and running
with state road In direction OF Span
ishburg 10 ap ONT on the Lashmeet
road where these roads intersect,
leaving said Harman's In the Spring
Precinct; thence with said Lash
meet road by way OF Deaf and
Dumb Shrewsbury boys mill TO
Rich creek; thence down Rich creek
10 forks OF same at Foley place;
thence a straight line to Lashmeet
and Spanishburg road at the forks
leading to A. j. Humans; thence
with Lashmeet and Spanishburg road
TO LasAmeet; thence a straight line
TO lower end OF tunnel on Wide
mouth Creek; thence straight line
To G. q. Anderson's, intersecting tn
old line; thence with the road to c
10. KinZer's to forks OF road leading
To mouth OF Widemouth Creek
thence with the Clark's Gap road t.
w. M. Smiths store, leaving 10,
Thorn TO Rock precinct and w. NJ
Smith to Thomas precinct on Crane
Creek; thence leaving Clark's Gar
road, and running with the old Gil
alto road to Widemouth Creek tc
bridge below s. =. Lambert's,
thence up Widemouth to mouth OF
branch between Betsys Flat and w
8. Cook. and running up said brancl
TO Low Gap near Lewis Aker's
thence with top OF Mountain to Ricl
Flat, to county line; thence will
county line to place OF beginning.
II is further considered by the
court that the foregoing revised Gil
alto precinct be divided into two vo
ting precincts to be known as Spring
and Matoaka precincts respectively
1t is further considered by the court
that there be and hereby is establish
ed voting place at the public schoo
house at Springton whose precincr
lines are as follows
The revised Giatto District is di-
vided into Spring and Matoaka Dis
tricts as follows: Beginning at Low
Gap near Lewis Akers' and runnine
with the Giatto road to S. p. Lam.
running a straight line To Big Branch
junction; thence TO top Of steep on
Harris Ridge so as to leave Lon
Clark TO Mataoka thence straight
line To T. J. Hurst farm, leaving the
Hurst farm TO Mataoka. and Il. p
McComas, w. r. McComas and Reu-
ben Farmer to Spring, thence with
the road by L. NJ. Repass' to Decl
and Dumb Shrewsbury boys mill
the end OF division line.
It is further considered by the
court that there be and is hereby
established at Mataoka a voting
place In the publics chool house.
whose boundary lines shall include
all the territory OF the revised Giatto
precinct not included in the boundary
OF the spring precinct. 1t is further
considered by the court that there
be and Is hereby established at Pin
nacle school house a voting place to
be known as Thomas precinct, whose
precinct lines are az follows Diyis-
Ion OF the Godfrey district is as fol
lows: Beginning at a point In the
County line near G. w. ]. Walkers.
so as TO leave said Walker and John
Fletcher to Thomas precinct; thence
down dividing ridge between Thomas
and Crane Creeks Works to Mora
Leaving Sycamore TO ThornhlI pre-
cinct; thence to top OF Web Ridge
near b. W. Walkers and up said
'idge TO county road near Taylor's
20 the former Godfrey district line to
Gap near Lewis Aker's and with
Spring precinct line 10 county line at
Rich Flat and with the county line
TO G. W. ]. Walkers. place OF be
ginning
II Is further considered by the
court that there be established at
Thornhill IN the store building Of
@. W. Atkinson a voting place whose
boundaries shall include all terri
tory Of the old Godfrey precinct not
included 10 the foregoing boundary Of
the Thomas precinct.
II is further ordered that the
said precincts be numbered as fol-
lows Matoaks, No. Z; Thornhm. No
=; Thomas. No. 10; Spring, No. II.
II Is further ordered that all elect
tors at ensuing elections shall vote