Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-16
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. 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 in writing, which is I'm words
and figures following. to-wit: TO
the Worshipful the County Court of
Mercer County &c. which report
being inspected by the court Is I'm all
matters confirmed and adopted: II
is further considered by the Court
that the old Giatto precinct be and
Is hereby revised i'm conformance with
the following boundary. Beginning al
j. III. Harmaus at Blum and running
with state road in direction OF Span
ishburg to ap oint on the Lashmeot
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
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
10 Lashmeet; thence "A straight line
IN NJ
mouth Creek; thence a straight line
TO g. G. Anderson's, intersecting the
old line; thence with the road TO G
Il KinZer's to forks OF road leading
TO mouth OF Widemouth Creek
thence with the Clark's Gap road t.
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 Wldemouth Creek to
bridge below S. p. Lambert's
thence up Widemouth to mouth of
branch between Betsy's Flat and w
S. 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
1t 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
IL is further considered by the court
that there be and hereby is establish
ed voting place at the public school
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 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 to leave Lon
Clark to Mataoka thence a straight
line To T. j. Hurst farm, leaving the
Hurst farm to Mataoka. and r.. b
ben Farmer to Spring; thence with
the road by l.. NJ. Repass' to Deaf
and Dumb Shrewsbury boys mill
the end of division line.
IL is further considered by the
court that there be and is hereby
established az Mataoka voting
place in the publics chool house.
whose boundary lines shall include
all the territory of the revised Glatto
precinct not included In the boundary
or 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 as follows: Divis-
ION or the Godfrey district is as fol
lows: Beginning at a point I'm the
County line near c. w. J. Walkers.
go 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 10 Thornhil pre-
cinct; thence TO top OF Web Ridge
near b. w. Walkers and up said
ridge to county road near Taylor's
TO the former Godfrey district line to
Cap near Lewis Aker's and with
Spring precinct line 10 county line at
Rich Flat and with the county line
10 c. w. j. Walkers, place OF be
ginning.
II is further considered by the
court that there be established AZ
Ihornhill ia the store building Of
q w. Atkinson a voting place whose
boundaries shall include all terri
tory OF the old Godfrey precinct not
included In the foregoing boundary OF
the Thomas precinct.
IL Is further ordered that the
said precincts be numbered as fol-
lows Matoaka, No 2. ThornhHI. No
y Thomas, No. 10. Spring. No. IL
il IS further ordered that ALI elect
tors al ensuing elections shall vote
iB their respective nrorir.fe az tbo