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'. any class distinction in their tle- 

 r.'.'id.s for public service. I find in 

 (1^ recorJs of thnt first court an or- 

 ler appointing Joshua Rol)erl8 the 

 .nost prominent memVier of our local 

 )«r iho overseer of one of our roads. 

 Phis record set me to thinking, 

 riiere is ;\ vvho|« lot of lawyers in 

 Western (Jaroliiui, whd ave not the 

 leers of Joshua Roberts for re»pee- 

 iibiiity and legal attainments who 

 might be utilized by oui- county au- 

 horities i y malcing road overseers 

 )f tueia and thereby causing them to 

 •ender some good, honest service to 

 hea- country. It would at least be 



a liealthy exercise ur . ,.;,.. , ;• 

 would bring the rebellious spirit -..i 

 our young American patriots against 

 road duty to proper verms. At ali 

 events it might prevent, the- l).)a>tfnl 

 young men of the present time troin 

 fighting their over.seers when thev 

 den;and reasonable and legal service 

 of them. Try it^ Esquires, and let 

 us see if there is any blood of onr 

 noble fiires in che present generation 

 — any pride of character — any love 

 of the gene?'al brotherhood wlu'ch 

 binds together the people of a <.*ounty 

 and vvithoiit which its good name 

 and prosperity canriol long continue. 



PART HI. 



The Courts of Pleas and Quarter ; 

 Sessions of that day as they were j 

 ialied, were regular jury courts, and 

 . give the nameA of the first venire 

 ■lUmmoned to serve as jurors, for the 

 Tune term following : 



1 Wymer Siler, 



2 Jonathan Whiteside, 

 a Jacob Hice, 



4 Wm. Oochrara, 



5 Iknjamin Johnston, 

 b Wm. McLure, 



7 Peter Led ford, 



8 Martin Norton, 



9 John Lamm, 



10 John Addington, 



1 1 Matthew Dnvi.s, 

 )2 James Whitaker, 



13 Henry Addington, 

 14Micheul Wikle, 



15 Wm. Welch, Sr., 



16 Samuel Smith, 

 n Geo. T. Ledford. 



18 Ebenezor Newiou, 



19 Joseph Welch, 



20 Luke Barnard, 



21 George Dickey, 



22 Zachariah Cube, 

 28 Mark Coleman, 



24 Lewis Vandyke, 



25 Thomas Love, Sr., 



26 March -Iddingion, 



27 Jacob Trammel, 



28 John Dobson, 

 2i> Andrew Pat ton, 

 30 George Black, 



