The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30

expense Of running the dividing line
between the said coln'les. do find tile
proportion of the county OF Green
brier to be G123, fourteen shillings
and two pence and the proportion Of
the county Of Harrison to be S66 and
ten pence and that the sail COMMITS
sioners do agree that thu SIN m
twelve pounds, eight Shilllngs and
three pence shall be paid Oh the first
Tuesday in December neat TO any per-
son appointed receiver by the court
Of Harrison county at the house OF
William Poagc, and the sun Of iftv-
one pounds and n shilling and nine
pence to be paid to such persons as
have obtained receipts fo; services
performed or for provisions found for
the purpose OF extending said Bne,
and being liens on the county II Green
brler and Augusta on the said frat
Tuesday in December n The sum
of sixty pounds, four sh;ilings and
two pence to be paid also To- any re-
ceiver appointed by the court Of liar
rison county on the first Tuesday In
September. 1888, at the house Of the
said William Poage, 1t being the fiil
amount Of the sum due from the
county Of Grecnbrier. which agree
ment we do hereby ratify and cor
firm this third day OF An"ll, 1877.
WILLIAM P0AGB,,
JOHN WILSON.
EDWARD JACKSON.
April 1S. 1887:
Ordered that the county Of Harrison
after Randolph Is taken off. he laid
off into three districts to enable the
commissioners OF the land lax TO pro-
coed to execute the law he rs fol-
lowcth, towit: Beginning at the mouth
OF Browns creek, on the east side Ct
the West Fork, thence up said creek
to the head thereof, and along the d.
viding ridge between Lost creek and
Elk creek to the Randolph Gounty
line, and thence along said line and
the Greenbrier county line to the
Ohio river, thence up said river to the
Ohio county line. thence along the
last mentioned line to the head OF
Tenmile creek. thence down along the
dividing line between said creek and
the waters of the West Fork river to
the head Of Davisson's run; thence
down said III to Its junction with the
West Fork river. thence up said river
to opposite the mouth Of Browns
creek, thence crossing the West Fork
river to the beginning shall be the
first and one district.
The second district shall be on the
west side and bounded by the first
district and down the Ohio county line
TO the Monongalia county line and
thence along said line to the West
Fork river; thence up said river to
the mouth OF Simpsons creek; thence
up the largest fork OF said creek 10
the head hereof, and crossing the
dividing ridge to the head of Shocks
run; thence down the said run to the
county line; thence up said line to
the first district, which shall be one
and the second district. And the
residue Of the county of Harrison be-
low the second district shall be one
and the third district and John Nc
Galley Is appointed commissioner 70
serve in the first district, Nicholas
Carpenter in the second district and
John Powers in the third district and
the SAM Is ordered accordingly.
June term. 1887:
John Radcliff appointed overseer Of
the highway from the four mile tree
to the six mile tree on the road hat
leads from Clarksburg to Angeiius
ford, and that the tithables from !lcz-
ekiah Davisson's place on Elk creek
and upwards including the wat>rs Of
Elk creek, do aid the surveyor in max
ing a bride road.
Note.-It appears that at the June
court, 1887. appraisers we're appoint
ed for the estate Of Levi Douglass
and that at the September cour: of
the same court Mrs. Ann Bu-.owes
was appointed guardian for Thomas
COttrill orphan of Andrew Co:trill.
deceased.
This indicates that both OF these
men died in that year, which is a
matter of interest as they were both
among the original pioneer settlers
Of Harrison county, as is related else
where, and had borne the ~hardships of
frontier life for sixteen years.
August %. 1887:
George Jackson qualified in open
court as lieutenant colonel Of militia.
September IS, 1887:
Daniel Davisson was authorized TO
keep an ordinary in Clarksburg.
Note.-This means a tavern license
and his house stood on the northwest
corner Of Second and Main streets.
November 10, 1887:
On motion made the court is OF opln-
ion that the corner pillars wheraon
the court house is to be built agree
able to the plan Of the court house
as formerly laid of, are not sufficient.
Therefore the court is of opinion
that the pillars under each corner
shall reach from each r five feet
each way, and the thickness thereof
two feet.
The said court and Thomas Bark
ley, who undertook to. build said court
house agree, each, to appoint a man
who are to agree upon the sum said
Barley shall be paid for said pillars
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