Mss. 39.4 V82co Warwick County

Containers:
Box 28, Folder 1
Scope and content:

Scope and Contents 7 May 1659. Will of Henry Jacksonn [sic] of Mulberry Island; divides his estate amongst son Henry, daughters Sarah and Dorothy, his wife's sons John and Emanuell [sic] Wills, also Emanuell's [sic] wife Elizabeth, his grandchildren Mary and Ann, and his wife Elizabeth Jackson; appoints Robert Pyland and Miles Cary overseers of his estate; witnessed by Robert Pyland, William Gwinett, and William Thomas. 1 p. 11 [Decem]b[e]r 1679. Orders passed by the court of Warwick County; require a penalty of 400 pounds of tobacco to be assessed on the Owners of "stone" horses under fourteen hands allowed to run free in order to prevent the spoiling of the "Breed of the Countrey"; whereas "we find...[the] Continuall destroying [of] our Stocks by Wolves" a reward of 200 pounds of tobacco is offered for presenting a wolf's head before the magistrate; whereas "we find...that there are diverse and ill minded people that carry gunns [sic] shooting and ranging upon any man's Land" it is ordered that anyone carrying a gun on another man's property without the owner's permission shall pay a penalty of 200 pounds of tobacco and forfeit their gun; recorded by William Bolton. 1 p. These documents have not been microfilmed.

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