ORDERS}                              LESLIE COUNTY COURT

May    Term,                1                         Day, May 17, 1886

At a court held for Leslie County at the County seat thereof in the town of Hyden on the 17 day of May 1886 the Honorable A.L. Begley presiding Judge

This day Aaron Roark produced a Commission to the court from the Secretary of State as Magistrate of the 3rd district of Leslie County, entered into bond together with Israel Howard and J.C. Dixon as sureties and taken the oath as required by law

Commonwealth of Kentucky
                               Leslie County Court
                               May Term, May 17, 1886

The following account was this day presented to court by Levi Pennington viz:
                              The Commonwealth of Kentucky
                                                                To Levi Pennington
For taking 1076 lists of taxable property at 15 cents per list, white
“             “                      “                    “           “                “    Negro

20% to be retained until Court of Claims

For taking 130 births at 2 cents each
“         “      42 deaths “ 2 “        “
“         “      29 marriages “ 2 “  “ “

Whole amount payable on presentation which amounting to one hundred and thirty five dollars and six cents was drawn by said Pennington allowed and ordered to be copied and certified to the Auditor for payment

Ordered the road hands on Andy Simpson’s for on White Oak work the Middle Fork Road from the Mouth of White Oak to the Mouth of Marrowbone under Aaron Roark’s order

James Griffitts and
Martha Griffitts Plaintiff
Vs.
                                       }                Petition to divide land
Nancy Sisemore Defendant
Continued until next Term of the Court in course

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ORDERS}                              LESLIE COUNTY COURT

May    Term,                1                         Day, May 17, 1886

Leslie County Plaintiff
Vs.                               }  *? Or a rule
James Dixon Defendant
Continued until the next Term of the Court and a process for H.C. Napier

On motion of G.W. Blevins, it is ordered by the Court that there be a view of road beginning at the Mouth of Coon Creek thence down Cutshin Creek to A.L. Vanover’s and that Elison Wooton, William Blevins and Levi Pennington be appointed viewers to view said road and as the law directs and report same at the next Term of the Court

On motion of Elison Wooton, it is ordered by the court that there be a view of road from beginning at the *? End of James Brewer’s farm thence down to Cutshin to the mouth of McIntosh’s Creek and that G.W. Blevens, William Blevins and John Stidham be appointed viewers to review same as the law directs and report same at the next Term of the Court

On motion of E Z Napier by petition 
It is ordered by the court that there be a portion of voting district of Leslie County Number 1 attached to district number 2 as follows: beginning at John Couch’s old house thence down Bull Creek to the mouth of the Short Branch thence up the lower side of the same Short Branch so as to include James Hoskins to the Ned Begley place on Hell for Certain Creek so as to include E Z Napier thence to the divide between Hell for Certain Creek and Bull Creek thence with said divide to the line of district number 2, all the persons living in said boundary shall have and claim district number 2 as their voting 
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