Council of Maryland, 1783-1784. 503

John Merryman Jun^r Charles Ridgely of William & James McHenry
Judges of the Orphans Court for the County aforesaid. —
Upton Sheredine, William Beatty, Jacob Young, James Johnson,
William Murdock Beall, William Luckett Jun^r, Joseph Wood Jun^r
John M^cCallister, John Ross Key, Fielder Guant, George Scott,
William Magruder, Charles Warfield, Henry Darnall, John Hanson

January 8
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 475

Thomas Gantt Jun^r and George Murdock appointed Justices of the
Peace for Frederick County — Upton Sheredine, William Beatty,
William Murdock Beall, George Scott and John Harrison Judges of
the Orphans Court for the County aforesaid
Matthew Driver, Thomas Hardcastle, Charles Daffin, Philemon
Downes, Joseph Douglass, Zabdiel Potter, William Frazier, Thomas
Hughlett, Joseph Richardson, and John Stevens of Walter Justices
of the Peace for Caroline County — Matthew Driver, Charles Daffin,
Philemon Downes, Zabdiel Potter, & William Frazier Judges of the
Orphans Court for the County aforesaid. —
The Honorable John H Stone Esquire attended. —
Commissions issued to Hanson Briscoe, Ignatius Fenwick, Thomas
Bond, William Killgour, and John DeButts appointed Judges of the
Orphans Court for Saint Marys County. —
Joshua Beall, Christopher Lowndes, David Craufurd, Richard
Henderson, Thomas Clagett, Osborn Sprigg, Fielder Bowie, Thomas
Boyd, William Berry, James Mullikin, James Beck, Henry Rozier,
Frank Leeke, Samuel Hepburn, John Brown, Abraham Boyd, John
Smith Brookes, Rinaldo Johnson and Robert Bowie Justices of the
Peace for Prince Georges County. — Joshua Beall, David Craufurd,
Fielder Bowie, Thomas Boyd, Frank Leeke, Samuel Hepburn, and
Rinaldo Johnson Judges of the Orphans Court for the County
aforesaid. —
The Council adjourned 'till tomorrow Morning 11 ^oClock. —

p. 476

Friday 9^th January 1784
The Council met

Present The Hon'ble Gabriel Duvall, John H Stone, John David-
son and Charles Wallace Esquires. —
The Board took into Consideration an Application from Isaac
Duncan one of the Militia of Worcester County, for a Remission of
a Fine of Twenty pounds, imposed by a Militia Court Martial on the
said Isaac Duncan for leaving his Company when on Duty at King-
ston in said County; and it appearing that the said Isaac Duncan, at
the time when he left the Company was sick, and continued so for
some time afterwards and that the said Isaac Duncan was a person
well attached to this State and had faithfully served the term of his

January 9
Liber C. B.

No. 24
p. 476