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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1725-1727
Volume 840, Page 69b   View pdf image
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                        November Court        1725                    69

       The Petetion afd being Read and heard and the premisses Considered   It's therefore ordered by the Court
that the said William Pepper have Liberty to Keep an ordinary or house of Entertainment for the benefit
of travellers and Others he first Giveing good security to Comply with an act of assembly of this province
now in force Entituled an Act for the Regulating of Ordinarys and for the Better Regulating of ordinary
Keepers and Inholders within this province &c

                      Whereupon the said William Pepper with William Fasitt and abraham Smith ^his security's^ all
of Somersett County Gent present in Court in their proper persons acknowledged themselves to owe
and stand Justly Indebted unto his Lordship the Lord proprietary his heirs and Successors in twenty
pounds Sterr Joyntly and Severally to be Levied upon their bodys goods or Chattells Lands or tenements
for the use of the Said Lord proprietary his heirs and Successors   In Case the Said William Pepper
doth not pay unto the honrble Philomon Lloyde Esq.r Deputy Secretary of the province of maryland
or his order five hundred pounds of tob.o for Every Year he shall Keep an Ordinary or hous
of Entertainm.t and Likewise find and provide himselfe with all Such Necessarys as is mete for
such an Ordinary Keeper and further that he Comply with the afd act of assembly in every respect
&c

    James Hogg of Somersett County Comes into Court and Brings a Child into Court that he found at his
door (as 'tis said) which Child through Inspection of the Court appears to be a mollatto and twas though
thought was Born of the body of a Certain Ann Davis a white woman as by Intinuation of a Certain Sarah
Hogg wife of the afd James Hogg &c    Whereupon the Court doth proceed to Sell the afd Child unto the
biggest Bidder for the Use of the County   Whereupon the said Child ^is^ Names by the Court Hope and
afterwards was Sold unto Robert Mitchell of Somersett County Gent till he did arrive to thirty one
years of age according to Law for the Consideration of five hundred and ten pounds of tobacco to
be paid for the Use of the County in the County Levey &c

       John Caldwell of Somersett County Gent is appointed by the Court Overseer of the Road in
wickacomoco hundred for the Ensueing year from James King's to Coxes Branch and that the Road from
James Kings to the Cyprus Bridge be no Longer a County Road but that a new Road be Cleared from said
Kings Over Coxes Branch to Stevensons Bridge according to the direction of Said Caldwell and Ebenezer
Handy &c

Ordered by the Court that John Reed be Overseer of the Road in Wickacomoco hundred from Windsors
bridge to James Kings &c

Ordered by the court that John Holder be Overseer of the Road in Wickacomoco hundred from Stevensons
bridge to Coxes Branch and to his former Bounds &c


Ambross Riggin Junr
Recogn for good Behaviour
 Ordered by the Court that Ambross Riggin Junr give Recognizance for
his good behaviour and appearance at next Court for saying that Francis
                                                                                                                                                (Allen)


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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1725-1727
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