[At a court meeting on 8 Jun 1778] .....................................................................................448 in the room of Thomas Westbrook who is discharged ------ Thomas Barhem is by the Court appointed surveyor of the highway in the room of Authur Foster who is discharged ------ William Cooper is by the Court appointed surveyor of the highway in the room of William Grimmer who is discharged ------ Henry Thomas is by the Court appointed surveyor of the highway in the room of Benjamin Williams who is discharged ------ John Joyner is by the Court appointed surveyor of the highway in the room of William Beal who is discharged ------ Edward Harris guardian to Hartwell Howell orphan of Howell decd returned his account of his guardianship of the said orphan estate to which he made oath and the same was examined and approved by the court and ordered to be recorded ------- Ordered that William Haynes Henry Joyner and John Joyner do view the road near John Mackie's plantation and report to the court the conveniences and in conveniences that might attend during the same ------ Ordered that the hands under Arthur Waller Thomas Moss and Willam Drewet be added to the road where .Hardy Harris is overseer And It is Ordered that they said hands to keep the said road in repair ------ On the motion of Charles Bass it is ordered that he be exempted from paying levies for his Negro winch Doll ------ William Halliman on his motion is exempt from paying levies in this county ------ Ogburn Branch on his motion is exempt from paying levies in this county ------ Simon Johnson is by the Court appointed surveyor of the highway in the room of Joshua Turner who is discharged ------ Ordered that the hands belonging to Benjamin Wood Moses Phillips and Will Bbranch be added to the road whereof John Cobb was formerly overseer Ad it is ordered that Samuel Blow be appointed surveyor of the said road in the room of the said Cobb ------ Ordered that Thomas Williamson and Joseph Gray do agree with workmen to rebuild the bridge over Seacock at Arthur Smiths ------ Matthew Vick is by the Court appointed surveyor of the highway in the room of Robert Vick who is discharged ------ An indenture of feoffment between Edmund Ruffin of the one part & Samuel Blow of the other part and memorandum of livery of seisin thereon endorsed were were proved by the oaths of Benjamin Ruffin Benjamin Ruffin junr and James Ridley witnesses thereto and together with the commission annexed for taking the acknowledgment and privy examination of Elizabeth the wife of the said Edmund and a certificate of the execution thereof were ordered to be recorded ------ An indenture of feoffment between Benjamin Evans and Hannah wife of the one part & William Francis of the other part was acknowledged by the said Benjamin and Hannah / she being first privately examined as the law directs / and ordered to be recorded ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP from Fenton Harrison on 1/22/22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------