Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-10
COUNTY COURT ORDER
WEST VIRGINIA.

Court House thereof on Saturday.
the 2Sth day OF July. 1906.
In the matter OF establishing new
voting precincts in Rock District.
This day w G. 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 in writing. which is in words
and figures following, to-wit. TO
the Worshipfu the County Court OF
Mercer County" &c, which report
being inspected by the court Is in all
matters confirmed and adopted: n
IL further considered by the Court
that the old Giatto precinct be and
is hereby revised In conformance with
the following boundary. Beginning at
j. ri. Harman's at Blum and running
with state road In direction OF Span
ishburg to ap olnt on the Lashmeet
road where these roads intersect,
leaving said Harman's I'm 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
TO 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
10 \ agh CT 9.yh
To lower end OF tunnel on Wide
mouth Creek; thence a straight line
To q. G. Anderson's, intersecting the
old line; thence with the road TO c
f Kinzer's to forks OF road leading
to mouth OF Widemouth Creek;
thence with the Clarks Gap road 10
w. NJ. Smiths store. leaving Joe
Thorn TO Rock precinct and w. M
Smith to Thomas precinct on Crane
Creek; thence leaving Clark's Gap
road. and running with the old Gil
alto road to Widemouth Creek To
bridge below s. p. Lambert's;
thence up Widemouth to mouth of
branch between Betsy's Flat and w
9. Cook. and running up said branch
TO Low Gap near Lewis Aker's:
thence with top OF Mountain TO Rich
Flat. TO county line; thence with
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-
IN Ia
and Matoaka precincts respectively.
II is further considered by the court
that there he and hereby is establish
ed voting place at the public school
house at Springton whose precinct
lines are AZ follows
The revised Giatto District is di-
Vided into Spring and Matoaka Dis
trlcts as follows: Beginning at Low
Gap near Lewis Akers' and running
with the Giatto road to s. p. Lam
bert's, thence leaving said road and
running straight line TO Big Branch
Junction; thence TO top OF steep on
Harris Ridge so as 10 leave Lon
Clark to Mataoka thence straight
line To r. J. Hurst farm. leaving the
Hurst farm to Mataoka. aud r. b.
McComas. w r. McComus and Reu-
ben Farmer to Spring. thence with
the road by l.. NJ Repass TO Dear
and Dumb Shrewsbury boys mill.
the end OF division line.
IL is further considered bv the
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established at Mataoka 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 II 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 as follows. Divis-
Ion OF the Godfrey district Is as fol
lows: Beginning at a point I'm the
County line near G. w. J. 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 Thornhin pre-
clnct; thence TO top OF Web Ridge
near B. w. Walkers and up said
ridge 10 county road near Taylor's
TO the former Godfrey district line to
Gap near Lewis Aker's and witt
Spring precinct line TO county line at
Rich Flat and with the county line
TO c. w J. Walkers, place OF be
ginning
II Is further considered by the
court that there be established AZ
Tbornhlll In the store building OF
O w Atkinson a voting place whose
boundaries shall include an terri
tory OF the old Godfrey precinct not
included in the foregoing boundary OF
the Thomas precinct
II Is further ordered that the
said precincts be numbered as fol
lows Matoaka, so 2 Thornhu. 40
. Thomas 40 90 Spring SO Il
It is further ordered that all elect
tors az ensuing elections shall vote
IN their respective precincts of the