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the Usual Oaths to his Majesties Person &: Government, Sub- 

 scribed the Abjuration Oath and test, and also took the Oaths 

 of Justices of the Peace, and of Justices of the County Court in 

 Chancery, and of Justices of Oyer & Terminer, all which Oaths 

 were administered to them by Thomas Smallman and Dawsey 

 Penticost, and then John Campbell and John Connolly adminis- 

 tered all the aforesaid Oaths to the aforesaid Thomas Smallman 

 and Dawsey Penticost, who took the same and subscribed the 

 Abjuration Oath and Test, on which the Court being Consti- 

 tuted the following Members were Present, February 21st, 1775 : 



George Croghan, John Campbell, John Connolly, Thomas 

 Smallman, Dawsey Penticost, John Gibson, George Vallan- 

 degham and William Goe, Gentlemen Justices — 

 (2) George Brent and George Rootes took the Usual Oaths to his 



Majesties Person and Government, Sub the Abjuration Oath 

 and Test, and then took the Oaths of Attorneys. 



Ord that John Campbell, George Redman, Thomas Red- 

 man, and Benja. Renoe, or any 3 of them, being first sworn, 

 Veiw a Road from Fort Dunmore to Frederick Dun fields, and 

 make a report of the Conveniences and Inconveniences to the 

 next Court. 



Joseph Hill is appointed a Constable in the room of Jacob 

 Vanmetere, and that he be summoned to be sworn in the office. 



On the Petition of James Johnston and others, It is Ord 

 Edward Cook, Joseph Hill, Senr. , Levy Stevens, Gilbert 

 Simpson, Rich'd McMahon, John Decker, Paul Froman, and 

 James Innes, they being first sworn, Veiw a Road from the 

 Road from Thomas Gists to Fort Dunmore to Paul Fromans on 

 Shirtees Creek, by James Devores Ferry, and make a report of 

 the Conveniences and Inconveniences to the next Court. 



William Elliott, being bound over to this Court by Thomas 

 Smallman, Gent., for disturbing the minds of his Majesties 

 Good people of this County, by demanding in an arbitrary and 

 Illegal Manner of sundry Persons what Personal Estate they are 

 possessed of, that the same may be tax'd according to the Laws 

 of Pennsylvania, being called, appeared and on hearing the 

 argument of the attorneys the Court are of opinion that he be 

 Committed to the Goal of this County, and there remain until 

 he Enter into recog. in the sum of ^100, with 2 Srtys in the 



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