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Bride. The bond of John Hinton was to secure the evidence
of his wife, Estor Hinton.
The sheriff was ordered to pay the sum of £90 to James
Butcher for going to Williamsburg and returning therefrom
—as express for the sheriff's commission the said sum to be
paid from the "Depositum" in the sheriff's hands.
August 23, 1779.
Upon information of Henry Peninger, Gerard Erwine
was bound in the sum of £1000, with John Brown and Thomas
Campbell, securities, each in the sum of £500, to appear be-
fore the grand jury in November to answer the charge of
having "propagated some news tending to raise Tumult and
Sedition in the State." The said Peninger was also bound in
the sum of £500 to appear as a witness in the examination of
Erwine.
"Abraham Smith Gent Sheriff protested against the
Sufficiency of the Jayl."
Thomas Harrison acknowledged his deed of bargain and
sale to Silas Hart and others, justices, on behalf of the
county.
The sum of £50 was placed in the hands of David Harnet
for the relief of Bridget Fowler, wife of John Fowler, a sol-
dier from this county "on the Continental Establishment,"
the said Bridget Fowler, with three small children, being in
distressed circumstances.
The sum of £20 was appropriated for Barbara Woolridge,
and a like sum for Mary Rylie, wives respectively of George
Woolridge and John Rylie, soldiers in the continental army.
H. Dever and John Dever were fined "according to law"
for breach of the Sabbath.
August 24, 1779.
William Nalle, with Gabriel Jones and Daniel Smith as
securities, gave bond for the due execution of the office of
escheator for the county.
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Bride. The bond of John Hinton was to secure the evidence
of his wife, Estor Hinton.
The sheriff was ordered to pay the sum of £90 to James
Butcher for going to Williamsburg and returning therefrom
—as express for the sheriff's commission the said sum to be
paid from the "Depositum" in the sheriff's hands.
August 23, 1779.
Upon information of Henry Peninger, Gerard Erwine
was bound in the sum of £1000, with John Brown and Thomas
Campbell, securities, each in the sum of £500, to appear be-
fore the grand jury in November to answer the charge of
having "propagated some news tending to raise Tumult and
Sedition in the State." The said Peninger was also bound in
the sum of £500 to appear as a witness in the examination of
Erwine.
"Abraham Smith Gent Sheriff protested against the
Sufficiency of the Jayl."
Thomas Harrison acknowledged his deed of bargain and
sale to Silas Hart and others, justices, on behalf of the
county.
The sum of £50 was placed in the hands of David Harnet
for the relief of Bridget Fowler, wife of John Fowler, a sol-
dier from this county "on the Continental Establishment,"
the said Bridget Fowler, with three small children, being in
distressed circumstances.
The sum of £20 was appropriated for Barbara Woolridge,
and a like sum for Mary Rylie, wives respectively of George
Woolridge and John Rylie, soldiers in the continental army.
H. Dever and John Dever were fined "according to law"
for breach of the Sabbath.
August 24, 1779.
William Nalle, with Gabriel Jones and Daniel Smith as
securities, gave bond for the due execution of the office of
escheator for the county.
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