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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
are reproduced either in form or in substance in the following
pages, it will clearly and repeatedly appear that Rockingham
contributed in generous measure to the cause of American
independence. Her soldiers fought on fields at home and
abroad. Her citizens furnished supplies of varied kind and
enormous quantity for military use. Her magistrates were
liberal in providing for the wives and children of patriot sol-
diers, and alert in suppressing tories. In these records the
student of government will read efficiency and equity; the
industrial economist will observe many statistics of kind,
measure, and value; the soldier will discern military organiza-
tion and activity; the sociologist will find a people simple and
frugal; and the genealogist will recognize many an ancestor
in honorable service.
August 24, 1778, George Rootes, Gent. , took the oath of
an attorney at law, which was ordered certified by the court.
On the same day the court appointed John Hinton to draw
£20 and lay it out for Bridget Fowler, wife of John Fowler, a
soldier in the U. S. service, and her children.
September 28, 1778, George Boswell and John Thomas
were appointed to examine and receive the Jayl house built on
Danl. Smith's plantation agreeable to a former order of court;
whereupon the said gentlemen reported that they had viewed
the said Jayl and found it sufficient, &c.;, except the iron door
and window, which could not be procured.
November 23, 1778, the court ordered £25 to be paid Mary
Rupe, wife of Nicolas Rupe, a soldier in the continental
army, to relieve the distress of herself and seven children.
At a court held on Monday, March 22, 1779, a "Deed
from Robt, Hill to the presbyterian Congregation was proved
by the Witnesses & to be recorded Tho. Brewster to pay
fees."
Mary Sybert, widow of Chas. Fred. Sybert, a soldier who
died in the service of the Commonwealth, being in indigent
circumstances, with one helpless child, was allowed £30.
Elizabeth Shulenberger, widow of Geo. Shulenberger,
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are reproduced either in form or in substance in the following
pages, it will clearly and repeatedly appear that Rockingham
contributed in generous measure to the cause of American
independence. Her soldiers fought on fields at home and
abroad. Her citizens furnished supplies of varied kind and
enormous quantity for military use. Her magistrates were
liberal in providing for the wives and children of patriot sol-
diers, and alert in suppressing tories. In these records the
student of government will read efficiency and equity; the
industrial economist will observe many statistics of kind,
measure, and value; the soldier will discern military organiza-
tion and activity; the sociologist will find a people simple and
frugal; and the genealogist will recognize many an ancestor
in honorable service.
August 24, 1778, George Rootes, Gent. , took the oath of
an attorney at law, which was ordered certified by the court.
On the same day the court appointed John Hinton to draw
£20 and lay it out for Bridget Fowler, wife of John Fowler, a
soldier in the U. S. service, and her children.
September 28, 1778, George Boswell and John Thomas
were appointed to examine and receive the Jayl house built on
Danl. Smith's plantation agreeable to a former order of court;
whereupon the said gentlemen reported that they had viewed
the said Jayl and found it sufficient, &c.;, except the iron door
and window, which could not be procured.
November 23, 1778, the court ordered £25 to be paid Mary
Rupe, wife of Nicolas Rupe, a soldier in the continental
army, to relieve the distress of herself and seven children.
At a court held on Monday, March 22, 1779, a "Deed
from Robt, Hill to the presbyterian Congregation was proved
by the Witnesses & to be recorded Tho. Brewster to pay
fees."
Mary Sybert, widow of Chas. Fred. Sybert, a soldier who
died in the service of the Commonwealth, being in indigent
circumstances, with one helpless child, was allowed £30.
Elizabeth Shulenberger, widow of Geo. Shulenberger,
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