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Court Order Book 1749-1754                                                         Page 1

Name and Place entries on this page include:
Samuel Blow (Court Officer); Jesse Brown (Court Officer); Peter Butts (Court Officer); 
Howell Edmunds; Thomas Jarrell (Court Officer); Albridgton Jones (Court Officer); 
Joseph Gray; Richard Kello (Clerk); Nathaniel Ridley; Thomas Nelson?; 
John Person (Court Officer); Elizabeth Ricks; James Ridley (Court Officer); 
Benjamin Ruffin (Sheriff); Benjamin Simmons; Ethelred Taylor; 
Thomas Williamson (Court Officer); 

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At the House of Elizabeth Ricks in the County of 
Southampton on Thursday the eight day of June 
1749

A commission of Peace and Obedience from the Hon?????
the Lieutenant Governor under the seal of this colony be and 
Date the twentieth day of May 1749 directed to John Person 
and others was produced and Read whereupon ???????
to the said Dedimus John Person and Joseph Grey had 
Oaths appointed by Act of Parliament to be taken ins????
the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy the abjuration 
and Test administered to them by Jesse Brown and B???
Simmons which they took and subscribed the said ??? 
mentioned Oath and Test and took the Oath of a Justi??
the Peace and Judge in Chancery which was also admin????
to them by the said Jesse Brown and Benjamin 
Simmons and then the said John Person and Joseph Gray admins????
to Nathaniel Ridley, Thomas Jarrell, Etheldred Taylor,  How????
Edmonds Benjamin Ruffin the said Jesse Brown & Benja????
Simmons Albridgton Jones James Ridley Peter Butts
Samuel Blow and Thomas Williamson all the abovement????
Oaths which they took and severally subscribed the said
Abjuration and Test.
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Richard Kello produced a Commission from Thomas Nelson 
Esqr. Deputy Secretary of this Colony to be Clerk of this County 
during Pleasure which was Read And Thereupon the said Kello 
having first taken the Usual Oaths to his Majesty's Person and 
Government and taken and Subscribed the Abjuration Oath and 
Test was sworn Clerk of this Court according ????. 
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Benjamin Ruffin Gent produced a Commission from the 
Honble[sic] the Lieutenant Governor to be the Sheriff of this county during
pleasure and thereupon he together with Howell Edmonds
and Jesse Brown Gent order into and acknowledged.

Note: 1) There are numerous indexing errors on this page. 2) Right side of page missing.
3) Howell Edmunds should be Howell Edmonds. 4) Joseph Gray appears on this page. 5) Benjamin Simons should be Benjamin Simmons. 6) Nathaniel Ridley appears on this page. 

Note: Richard Kello was the first clerk of the Southampton County Court and served from 1748 to 1773. See http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/court/clerks.txt for more info  on the clerks
of Southampton County. See also https://www.thetidewaternews.com/2012/12/31/kellos-honored/ 


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Note: Thomas Nelson's name is cut off in the left margin. Thomas Nelson, Virginia Colonial Secretary, 1744-1776. He was the son of Thomas Nelson, of Yorktown, and uncle of Gen. Thomas Nelson, of the American Revolution. He was grandson of Hugh Nelson, of Penrith, Cumberland County, England. His mother was Margaret Reade, a granddaughter of Secretary George Reade, who was also ancestor of Gen. George Washington. He was born in  1716, and died at Yorktown in 1784. He became secretary of state in 1744, and remained in that office till the Revolution. He married Lucy, daughter of Henry and Martha (Burwell) Armistead, and left descendants.
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Received by the STP from Fenton Harrison on 07/15/20
 abbubba@me.com
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