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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
min Harrison for lieutenant colonel, and John Skidmore for
major;
John Gratten, John Thomas, and Daniel Smith were ap-
pointed coroners for the county;
It was ordered that Gawen Hamilton, being first sworn,
should run the division line between Rockingham and Au-
gusta; also the "Length of the County from the said Line to
Lord Fairfax's Line, or run any other Line by the Direction
of Mr. Lewis the Surveyor to enable him to make out a plan
of the County";
Gawen Hamilton was recommended as a proper man to
serve as deputy surveyor under Mr. Lewis, "if he is pleased
to appoint him to that office";
Gawen Hamilton was appointed a captain of the militia in
the county; Joseph Smith, 1st lieutenant; John Rice, 2d lieu-
tenant; and Wm. Smith (3d lieutenant?) ; Wm. Herring was
appointed 2d lieutenant, and Joseph Dictam, ensign, in Capt.
Robert Craven's company; Richard Reagen was appointed
2d lieutenant, and Joseph Smith ensign, in Capt. Daniel
Smith's company;
It was ordered that Daniel Smith drav/ from the treas-
urer of the Commonwealth 12 pounds, and "lay it out for the
Support of Bridget Fowler the distressed Wife of John Fow-
ler a Soldier in the continental Army from this County."
Although Silas Hart had been sworn in as sheriff, under
the governor's commission, he was not long permitted to
enjoy the office; for in the record of the second day's session
of the court we find a minute to the effect that Josiah David-
son, John Skidmore, and George Boswell were recommended
to the governor as candidates fit for appointment to the posi-
tion. This procedure is explained in the same minute. It
appears that Silas Hart and Daniel Smith, having been senior
justices in Augusta, and having thereby held the office of
sheriff before the division of the county, had agreed to relin-
quish their claim to the office when they should fall vdthin
the new county of Rockingham. Accordingly, they now
agreed, or were required, to allow the office to be handed
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min Harrison for lieutenant colonel, and John Skidmore for
major;
John Gratten, John Thomas, and Daniel Smith were ap-
pointed coroners for the county;
It was ordered that Gawen Hamilton, being first sworn,
should run the division line between Rockingham and Au-
gusta; also the "Length of the County from the said Line to
Lord Fairfax's Line, or run any other Line by the Direction
of Mr. Lewis the Surveyor to enable him to make out a plan
of the County";
Gawen Hamilton was recommended as a proper man to
serve as deputy surveyor under Mr. Lewis, "if he is pleased
to appoint him to that office";
Gawen Hamilton was appointed a captain of the militia in
the county; Joseph Smith, 1st lieutenant; John Rice, 2d lieu-
tenant; and Wm. Smith (3d lieutenant?) ; Wm. Herring was
appointed 2d lieutenant, and Joseph Dictam, ensign, in Capt.
Robert Craven's company; Richard Reagen was appointed
2d lieutenant, and Joseph Smith ensign, in Capt. Daniel
Smith's company;
It was ordered that Daniel Smith drav/ from the treas-
urer of the Commonwealth 12 pounds, and "lay it out for the
Support of Bridget Fowler the distressed Wife of John Fow-
ler a Soldier in the continental Army from this County."
Although Silas Hart had been sworn in as sheriff, under
the governor's commission, he was not long permitted to
enjoy the office; for in the record of the second day's session
of the court we find a minute to the effect that Josiah David-
son, John Skidmore, and George Boswell were recommended
to the governor as candidates fit for appointment to the posi-
tion. This procedure is explained in the same minute. It
appears that Silas Hart and Daniel Smith, having been senior
justices in Augusta, and having thereby held the office of
sheriff before the division of the county, had agreed to relin-
quish their claim to the office when they should fall vdthin
the new county of Rockingham. Accordingly, they now
agreed, or were required, to allow the office to be handed
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