Page:Reminiscences of Randolph County - Blair - 1890.djvu/13

 mother followed him to the fence, they had no gate, only a low rail fence around the house. THere he mounted his horse and slowly rode away. His mother stood and watched him till he disappeared beyond the woody lane and never saw her boy again.

The Justices before whom Andrew JaccksonJackson [sic] qualified were John Arnold, Zebidee Wood, John Lane and Aaron Hill.

These county courts were held four times a year, and had finl jurisdiction to hear and determine all civil actions founded on contract, where sum demanded did not exceed forty shillings, and of all petty larcenies, assaults and batteries, and all minor offences and misdemeanors. They appointed to the overseers of roads, took the probate of deeds, granted letters of administration and letters testamentary, licensed tavern keeperrs and fixed the tavern rates. We append here a schedule of tavern rates, adopted at September court, 1783: