May 9, 1825 Monday
pg 77) Benjamin KIRBY Sheriff returned into Court and reported that he had agreeable to the order to him directed let to the lowest bidder Elizabeth DARDEN a parishioner & thereupon came Holland DARDEN for Esther DARDEN became the lowest bidder for the sum of forty five dollars and seventy five cents for the ensuing 12 months.
Ordered by the Court that Edmond BROWNING oversee the road in the room of John NEWTON and that he with the following hands, to wit, David HAYS, Thos B. MATTHEWS, Shield BOOKER, Nathan FYKES, Thomas RUSHIN, Larkin SELLERS, Matthew POWELL, William NIPPER, George HART, Nimrod BROWNING, Richard MATTHEWS, Jno MENEES, Wm THACKER, Jno NEWTON, Jacob PAULENS, Jesse MORRIS, Jno PRIDE, Reuben ALEXANDER, James MENEES, Sharp SELLERS, Edwin RUFFIN, Thomas DRISKELL, Isaac GLISEN & Joseph PICKET keep said road in repair according to law.
Ordered by the Court that Aaron ORNDORFF oversee the new road from Red River at Joel MOORE's to the State line and that he together with the following hands, to wit, Amos MOORE, Jno TRAUGHBER, Eldridge McDANIEL, Philip MASON, Alexander GORDON, Robert PAISLEY, Tho & Jno MASON, Wm TRAUGHBER, Samuel McALILLY, Daniel CLANTON, Joseph CAUBY, Edmund E. McDANIEL, Edmund EDWARDS, Henry TRAUGHBER, Joseph WASHINGTON & hands keep said road in repair according to law.

Aug 8, 1825 Monday
pg 146) Ordered by the Court that Joel MOORE oversee the road in the room of Green WILLIAMS and that he with the following hands, to wit, G. WILLIAMS, James WILLIAMS, William WILSON, __ CROCKET, Robert GLOVER and Thomas TURNER and all other hands within the bounds of said road keep said road in repair according to law.
Upon petition of Polly RUFFIN widow of the late E__ RUFFIN dec'd praying dower in the real estate of said dec'd. It is therefore ordered by the Court that a writ issue to the Sheriff to summon Sampson MATTHEWS, Levi DUNN, Nathan ADAMS, Thomas MATTHEWS and Joseph EDDINGS together with Henry JOHNSON surveyor to lay off and allot to her her dower in the real estate of said dec'd. Also to divide the real estate of said dec'd and the legatees make return to next Court.
Ordered by the Court that Seth FLOOD oversee the road in the room of Robert GORDON and that he with the following hands, to wit, Robert GORDON, William BRAKEFIELD, Jno POPE, Dempsey POPE, Dosson BELL, Wilson POPE, James PRICE, Joseph PRICE, William PRICE, Ephraim STARK, Alexander GORDON, David WALTON, Robert PAISLEY, James ROBERTSON, Joseph HUGHEY, Andrew WASHINGTON, Thomas A. SIMMONS, Beary HAINEY, Armistead HOLEMAN, Henry ROBERTSON & James WILLIAMS keep said road in repair according to law.

Aug 8, 1825 Monday
pg 147) Ordered by the Court that John HOLLAND oversee the road from Henry HART's to the South corner of Sarah HOLLAND's plantation and that he with the following hands, to wit, George BARBEE, James BARBEE, Elisha WILLIS, Joseph RICE, Thomas STRICKLAND, John R. STRICKLAND, John ASHABRANNER, William B. DORRIS and Sarah HOLLAND's hands keep said road in repair according to law.
Ordered by the Court that Bartley PITTS oversee the road from the South corner of Sarah HOLLAND's plantation to the State line and he with the following hands, to wit, David TRAUGHBER, John TRAUGHBER, Major GREGORY, Jno GREGORY, Joseph PITTS, Patsy PITTS hands, Lewis HORTON, Emsley BEASLEY & William BEASLEY keep said road in repair according to law.
Ordered by the Court that Timothy BRINKLEY oversee the road from Jeremiah MINTERS to Joshua MARION's horse mill in the room of William KIRBY and he together with the following hands, to wit, Andrew WEST, John CAUDLE, William SUMMERVILLE, Warren L. PAYNE, James PAYNE, Dudley PAYNE, Reuben GOWEN, John DERRINGTON, Wm KIRBY & all other hands within the bounds of said road keep said road in repair according to law.
Ordered by the Court that Thomas HUGHLETT oversee the road from James RANEY's to Red River in the room of Jacob F. YOUNG and he together with the following hands, to wit, H___ MULLOY, Ziza MOORE, William M. WILSON, Jno. SUMMERVILLE Junr., Reuben GOCH, Adam BIGGS, David SMITH, Dillon IRBY, John E. McCALLON, Thomas JONES, James KIRBY, Green WOODARD

Aug 8, 1825
pg 153) A deed from Sarah SHAW to Thomas SHAW for 35 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of Peyton SHAW a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be so certified.
A deed from Jacob PAULERS and Elenor C. PAULERS to John C. MENEES was acknowledged in open Court by said Jacob PAULERS to be his act and deed and thereupon the Court examined the said Elenor as to her signature to said conveyance who acknowleded she conveyed the same freely & without constraint and the same is ordered to be registered.
A deed of gift from Martha JOHNSON to William MILES and John MILES was acknowledged in open Court by said Martha JOHNSON to be her act and deed and ordered to be registered.
A deed of trust from Dempsey POPE to John HUTCHISON and William SEAL for 103 acres of land was proven in open Court by the oath of Brunetty PITTS and Bartley PITTS subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be registered.
A deed from Robert GORDON and Milly GORDON his wife to Bartley PITTS for 167 acres of land was presented in Court and the said Milly being privily examined by the Court relative to her signature acknowledged that she assigned the same freely & without constraint & the same is ordered to be registered.
A bill of sale from William F. WILLIAMS to Matthew WILLIAMS for a negro male was proven in open Court by the oath of Joseph McNEAL a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be so certified.
A bill of sale from Charles CRAFFORD and Lucy CRAFFORD to Joseph McNEAL for a negro man was proven in open Court by the oath of Cullen E. SUGG and Henry H. SUGG subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be registered.

Date Unk
pg 226) State vs Anderson GUNN - Indictment Assault & Battery
Anderson GUNN the defendant & Pinckney GUNN and Moses ROE his securities acknowledged themselves held and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee in the final sum of five hundred dollars, viz, the defendant in the sum of $250 and his securitries the sum of $125 each to be levied of their proper goods and chattels, land and tenements respectively to be levied on condition that the said Anderson GUNN doth make his personal appearance before the Justices of ur Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be holden for the county of Robertson a the Courthouse in the town of Springfield on the first Wednesday after the second Monday in February next then & there to answer the charge of the State of Tennessee against him on a bill of indictment for assault & battery & not depart without leave of the Court.
On motion of William ADAMS Sr. it is ordered by the Court that William CROCKETT, Thos J. MENESS, William ADAMS Jr., James MENESS and Jacob FISER together with Henry JOHNSON surveyor divide the real estate of STERLING dec'd amongst the legatees of said dec'd and report to next Court and that Joel RAGSDALE be appointed special guardian for the minor children of Herbert HARWELL dec'd for that purpose.
Ordered by the Court that Martin DUNCAN and Jacob BINKLEY Esq settle the account current with William ADAMS Executor of the estate of William RAGSDALE dec'd and report to next Court.

Date Unk
pg 236) James SEAL, Richard JONES, James SAWYERS, William POPE, Matthew POWELL, William CAMPBELL, Joel MOORE, Richard E. WILLIAMS, John C. STRAUGHAN, Richard W. MANTLE, Martin DUNCAN, George BARBEE, Garland WILLIAMS, H. RICE, & Isaac MASON and that Vincent WILLIAMS and James ___ constables attend the same.
Ordered by the court that the Sheriff summon the following gentlemen as jurors to the county to be held in the county of Robertson at the courthouse in the town of Springfield on the first day afte the second Monday in Feby next. Jurors to the court, to wit, Joseph CLINARD, Alfred REDDING, Robt CHOWNING, Joseph DORRIS, William FINDLY, Francis DURRETT, Abraham MOORE, Amos MOORE, Cornelius McGRAW, Thomas MILES, Gabriel HUDGINGS, Richard STONE, John VANHOOK, William MORGAN, Thomas YATES, Theophilus MORGAN, Gabriel CHOAT, Titus ENGLAND Senr, George C. CONRAD, Soloman PAINE, William MASON, William RANDOLPH, John ___, Thomas HUGHLETT, Warren L. PAYNE, Miles? TAYLOR and that George FREY and Thomas JOHNSON.
Ordered by the court that Benjamin KIRBY Sheriff be allowed the sum of seventy five cents for a pair of handcuffs for J.G. CHAMBLESS state prisoner to be paid by the county trustee out of any money in his hands not otherwise appropriated.
Ordered by the court that John HUTCHISON jailor of Robertson county by allowed the sum of seventeen dollars for keeping Henry GOEN(?) a state prisoner in jail to be paid by the county trustee out of any money in his hands not otherwise appropriated.

Feb 13, 1826 Monday
pg 251) An account current with Isaac MASON guardian to Alexander and Patsy ROBERTSON was returned into court examined, allowed and ordered to be recorded.
Cullen E. SUGG appointed guardian to William SUGG & he together with Jesse HERRING & E.L. FORT his securities acknowledged their bond in the sum of $500 conditioned as the law directs.
An account current with Lewis COX guardian to Wm & Elizabeth ROBERTSON was entered into court examined, allowed & ordered to be recorded.
William STARK was duly elected constable in Capt DUNCAN's company for the insuing two years & he with Garland WILLIAMS & William MORGAN his securities acknowledged their bond in the sum of $1000 conditioned as the law directs & took the oath by law required.
Philip MASON was duly elected constable in Capt ROSE's company for the insuing two years & he with Matthew J. WILLIAMS & Joel RAGSDALE his securities acknowledged their bond in the sum of $1000 conditioned as the law directs & took the oath by law as required.
Thomas COOK was duly elected constable in Capt TUCKER's company for the insuing two years & he with James SHANNON and Robt COOK his securities acknowledged their bond in the sum of $1000 conditioned as the law directs & took the oath by law required.
The Sheriff returned into court the venire & that he had summoned the following gentlemen to attend at this term as jurors, to wit,
pg 252) Joseph CLINARD, John STRAIN, Robt CHOWNING, Wm MORGAN, ___ PAYNE, William MASON, Miles TAYLOR, Gabriel CHOAT, Titus ENGLAND Senr, Wm FINLEY, Alfred REDDING, Thos YATES, Theophilus MORGAN, Thomas HUGHLETT, Amos MOORE, Abram MOORE, George C. CONRAD, Richard STONE, ___ VANHOOK, William RANDOLPH, Cornelius McGRAW, Thomas MILES & Gabriel HUDGINGS & George FREY constable.
Benjamin KIRBY Sheriff tendered to this court his resignation of the office of sheriff which was recorded by the court & ordered to be entered & filed.
A deed of gift from Meredith WALTON to Meredith WALTON Jr for 320 acres of land was acknowledged in open court by said Meredith to be his act & deed & ordered to be registered.
A deed of gift from Meredith WALTON to James WALTON for 150 acres of land was acknowledged in open court by said Meredith to be his act & deed & ordered to be registered.
Deeds of gift from Meredith WALTON to James, Meredith, Lydia, Elizabeth, MaryAnn, Cloe & Temperance WALTON was acknowledged in open court by said Meredith to be his act and deed and ordered to be registered.
A deed from John HENDLEY to William BAILEY for 20 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of Geo. MURPHY a subscribing witness thereto & ordered to be so certified.
A deed from William BAILEY to Samuel SEMASTER for 130 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of Caleb WINTERS a subscribing witness thereto & ordered to be so certified.

Feb 13, 1826 Monday
pg 255) A certificate from Thomas HORTON was acknowledged in open court by said HORTON to be his act & ordered to be registered.
A deed from Jno C. Mc___ to Archibald B. DUVALL for 340 acres of land was presented in court & from the certificate was ordered to be registered.
A deed from James MAHAN & Emily MAHAN to Nathaniel J. ALBY for 113 acres of land was proven in open court Wm M. MAHAN & Herbert ALBY subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be registered.
A deed from Alsa BABB to Burwell BABB for 34 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of Thos. D. ISBELL & Jonathan H___ subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be registered.
A deed from Demsey POPE to Robt B. GORDON for 78 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of Wm W. GORDON & Jos. G. WASHINGTON subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be registered.
A bill of sale from James SAMUEL to Anthony FISHER was acknowledged in open court by said SAMUEL to be his act & deed & ordered to be registered.
A deed from James LEMON to John MITCHELL for 100 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of Geo MURPHY and Washington RYBURN subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be registered.
A deed from William R. MANGREEN to Ephraim ROBERTS for 50 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of George W. DRISKELL and
pg 256) Anderson McINTOSH subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be registered.
A deed from James H. FUQUA to Sterling SHERRIN for 32 acres of land was acknowledged in open court by said FUQUA to be his act and deed and ordered to be registered.
A deed from Anthony FISHER to ___ SAMUEL for 110 acres of land was acknowledged in open court by said FISHER to be his act and deed and ordered to be registered.
A deed rom William BALLENTINE to Randolph BALLENTINE for 50 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of Washington RYBURN & Jno RYAN subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be registered.
A deed from Isaac REDFERN & Penelope REDFERN to Wm TAYLOR for 34 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of David TAYLOR and Jesse WOODARD subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be registered.
A deed from Demsey POPE to Robt. B. GORDON for 5 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of Wm W. GORDON and Jas. G. WASHINGTON subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be registered.
A deed from Alsa BABB to Jonathan H___ for 100 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of Burwell BABB and Tho. D. ISBELL subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be registered.
Ordered that Cornelius McGRAW, Harris FELTS, James VENTRESS, and Wm WALKER lay off & allot to the widow of C. ___ dec'd her one year provisions of the estate of __ dec'd & report to next court.
pg 257) A deed from Joseph POE to Elijah WEST for 100 acres of land was acknowledged in open court by said POE to be his act and deed & ordered to be registered.
A deed from William WALKER to Charles B___ to William WALKER for 32 acres of land waas acknowledged in open court by said WALKER to be his act and deed & ordered to be registered.
A deed from James GREER to James C___ for 100 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of Thos WEST a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be so certified.
A bill of sale from Robert B. GORDON to Anthony FISHER was acknowledged in open court by said GORDON to be his act and deed and ordered to be registered.
A bill of sale from Geo B. H___ to Jethro B. FORT was proven in open court by the oath of E.L. FORT a subscribing witness thereto & ordered to be registered.
A power of attorney from Josiah HENDLEY to John HENDLEY was proven in open court by the oath of William C__ & Cornelius McGRAW suscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be so certified.
A deed from John BIGGS to James PAYNE for 34 acres of land was proven in open court by the oath of Jos POE a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be so certified.
A bill of sale from Boston DALMWOOD? to Henry DALMWOOD? was acknowledged in open court by the said Boston to be his act and ordered to be registered.

1826
pg 293) On motion of John S. CHEATHAM license is granted him to keep an Ordinary at his house for the ensuing 12 months and he together with Wm CONRAD & Washington RYBURN his security acknowledged their bond in the sum of $1000 conditioned as the law directs.
An account current with William ADAMS of the estate of William RAGSDALE dec'd was returned into Court examined allowed & ordered to be recorded.
An account current with Henry FREY Admr of the estate of John __ dec'd was returned into Court examined allowed and ordered to be registered.
A bill of sale from Asa GREEN and Robert GREEN to Richard CHEATHAM was proven in open Court by the oath of Samuel KING and Benjamin KIRBY subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be registered.

May 8, 1826 Monday
pg 305) Ordered that Henry AYRES oversee the road from FLEWELLEN's old place to Miller's Creek and that the with the following hands, to wit, William AYRES, John AYRES, Thomas WYTHE, Elijah BENNETT, Henry AYRES, Samuel AYRES & Samuel WALTERS with all hands within bounds of said road keep said road in repair according to law.
The jury appointed to view and mark out a road from the KY line to intersect the Port Royal road at __ __ reported that they had viewed and marked out the same. It is therefore ordered by the Court that Robt B. MITCHELL oversee & he with all the hands within a lawful distance of said road open the same agreeable to law.
Ordered that James ROBERTSON oversee the road in the room of Seth FLOOD and that he with the following hands, to Wit, Robert GORDON, John POPE, Dempsey POPE, Ephraim STARK, David WALTON, Alexander GORDON, Seth FLOOD, Joseph HUGHEY, Andrew WASHINGTON, Joshua HUEY & others keep said road in repair according to law.
Ordered by the Court that Richard W. MANTLE, Stephen PEPPER, Martin DUNCAN, Benjamin PORTER and Anderson GUNN be appointed commissioners to __ the real property & personal property of Jesse JONES dec'd and that the commissioners value the allotted __ of Sally JONES who is an idiot and report to next Court.

Aug 14, 1826 Monday
pg 350) A deed from Robert B. GORDON to Wm W. GORDON was proven in open Court by the oath of James DOSS a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be so certified.
A deed from Alexander GORDON to Wm W. GORDON was proven in open Court by the oath of James DOSS a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be so certified.
A deed from Anthony HINKLE to Jacob BINKLEY for 1 lot in the additon of the town of Springfield was proven in open court by the oath of Peter HINKLE and William BRUMLO subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be registered.
A deed from Edmund BROWNING to William HARRISON for 55 acres of land was acknowledged in open Court by said BROWNING to be his act and deed and ordered to be registered.
A deed from Mark PATTERSON to Joshua SPEARMAN for 80 acres of land was proven in open Court by the oath of Thomas WEST and Elijah WEST subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be registered.
A bill of sale from John HIZLET to Thomas BAIRD for a Negro man was proven in open Court by the oath of Charles BAIRD a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be registered.
A deed from Thomas PRICE to Edmund BREWER for 30 acres of land was acknowledged in open Court by said PRICE to be his out act and deed and ordered to be registered.
A deed from Giles CONNELL to Henry GARDNER for 196 acres of land was proven in open Court by the oath of William H. EARLE and Joshua GARDNER subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be registered.

Aug 14, 1826 Monday
pg 352) Robert J. NELSON vs William C. CONRAD & John BINKLEY - Scire Facias
This day came the plaintiff by attorney & William C. CONRAD one of the defendants surrendered in open Court the body of Samuel M. ROACH in exhoneration of himself & John BINKLEY as appearance bail for said ROACH in the suit said NELSON against said ROACH. It is therefore considered by the Court that said CONRAD and BINKLEY be discharged as appearance bail for said ROACH in said cause and that said NELSON recover of said CONRAD & BINKLEY the costs of the scire facias.
Yearby HUDSON vs William RAGSDALE - Motion
This day came the defendant by attorney & produced in open Court a receipt setting forth that he had paid the sum of $13.92 3/4 as security further defendant & motions the Court for judgement and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that said HUDSON was security for said RAGSDALE for said sum. It is therefore considered by the Court that the plaintiff recover of the defendant the sum of $13.92 3/4 cents together with his cost by him about his suit in this behalf expended.
William MILES vs Isaac SAUNDERS & Jacob MOAKE - Motion
On a judgement before a Justice of the Peace on the 12th Dec 1825 for a balance of debt of $12.84 together with the costs of suit expended whereupon an alias execution is ___ & returned to this court by an officer levied on all the rights & title that Jacob MOAKE has in & to 110 acres of land in the waters of Sycamore on adjoining Jesse SIMMONS
pg 353) and Frederick CARPENTER these being the personal property found. It is therefore ordered by the court that a Venditioni Exponas issue commanding the Sheriff to expose to public sale agreeable to law the aforesaid tract of land to satisfy said debt & costs together with the costs of this motion.
It is ordered by the Court that the __ finish road from the Sulphur Fork to John MORRIS's be turned to run up the bank of the creek & intersect the old road near John MORRIS's land in the __ __ by said PORTER which is to be opened and in good repair by said PORTER & shall be received by the overseer of said road in __ of the old road & worked & kept in order by him & hands belonging to said road.
Ordered that Bartley PITTS oversee & open the road from the East side of Michael FINLEY's plantation to the Kentucky line and that he with the hands in the following bounds, To Wit, Daniel TRAUGHBER, John TRAUGHBER, Major GREGORY, Jno GREGORY, Joseph PITTS, Patsy PITTS hands Lewis HORTON, E. BEASLEY & William BEASLEY, Henry HILTERBRAND, Jacob SMITH, David BRAKEFIELD, George TOWNSEND, Wm TURNER then to E. BEASLEY so as to leave out John HOLLAND & Susanna STRICKLIN's land then to Jno DUMAS then North to the Kentucky line then West with said State line to a point due North of said HILTERBRAND's and to include all the hands in said bounds with all the named keep said road in repair according to law.
Ordered that Martin DOWELL oversee the road from Red River at Charles KILGORE's to Meredith WALTON's & that he with the following hands, to wit, Charles KILGORE, Thomas KILGORE, Martin DOWELL, George RANDOLPH, Wm HENDLY, Gabril L. KILGORE

Aug 18, 1826 Friday
pg 383) Court met according to adjournment. Present the worshipful Henry FRY, Wm POPE & Richard CHEATHAM Esqrs
Court then adjourned until tomorrow morning 10 o'clock. H. TERRY, A. JUSTICE, C. SAWYERS

Aug 19, 1826 Saturday
pg 383) Court met according to adjournment present the worshipful H. FRY, A. JUSTICE, __ SAWYERS Esqrs, Justices
Ordered by the court that the sheriff summon the following gentlemen to attend at the courthouse in the town of Springfield on the first day after the second Monday in Novr next as jurors to the county court, to wit, John HOLT, Thomas G. JUSTICE, Cornelius McGRAW, Charles BIDWELL, Henry STOLTZ, Joseph FISER, Anthony FISHER, G__ HALL, Thomas W. HITE, Moses BYRAN, David HENRY Jr., Bachariah DOYLE, James RYAN, Jesse GARDNER, Garland WILLIAMS, Mills TAYLOR, John BALDWIN, Richard COLGIN, John SANDERS, Zachariah GENTS, Benj TUCKER, Richd STANLY, Richard PEPPER, Robert RANDOLPH, John STONE and Robert GORDON and that James S. JUSTICE & Thomas COOK Constables, attend the same.

Notes:
1. Scire Facias - A judicial writ founded upon some matter of record and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the record should not be enforced, annulled or vacated.
2. Venditioni Exponas - A writ of execution directed to the Sheriff commanding him to sell goods, chattels or lands.