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by such Ordinance they are a separate and distinct County and 

 Court from that of East Augusta, and they do appoint Dorsey 

 Penticost, Esqr., there Clei"k for this Court, to which John 

 Madison, Jun'r deputy Clerk, on behalf of John Madison, Clerk 

 of the County, objected to the appointment, alledging that 

 they had no right so to do till the division of the County, look- 

 ing upon him as Clerk of East Augusta and the district of West 

 Augusta till a division is made by an Ordinance of Convention. 



Ord that John Madison, Jun'r deputy Clerk, in whose Cus- 

 tody the records of the adjorned Court for this district are, is 

 ordered to deliver them to this Court on the 25th of October 

 next. 



Ordered that the Court be adjorned until the Court in 

 Course. Edw'd Ward. 



At a Court held for the district of West Augusta at Augusta 

 Town, November 19, 1776 : 



Present, Edward Ward, John McColloch, John Cannon, 

 William Goe, David Shepherd. 



Thomas Glenn, who was bound l)y recog to Appear at the 

 Grand jury Court, appeared, and was Ord to be prosecuted 

 for beating his Serv't. No prosecutor or Witnesses appearing, 

 it is ordered that he be discharged. 



Ord that the Court be adjorned until to Morrow Morning 8 

 o'clock Edw'd Ward. 



At a Court Cont'd and held for the district of West Augusta 

 County, November the 20th, 1776 : 



Present, Edward A\'ard, John McColloch, John Cannon, 

 David Shepherd, 



Capt'n Wm. Christy prod a Com of Capt'n of a Comp'y of 

 Militia, took the Oath required by Ordinance of Convention 

 O C'd. 



Leiut Jacob Bousman, the same 



Ensign Hugh Smith. 



[Here the minutes of this court end.] 



