Early Governors' Papers

Knoxville 31 August 1796

sir Last Sunday evening some Villains stole from M^r John Kains custody three of the Chickasaw Horses, and from circumstances Ihave reason to suspect three men by the names of Andrew Scott John Scott, and one Donalson; accordingly Ihave applied for a warrant from M^r Greer who readily granted it, but that the pursuit may be more advantageously pursued: I have desired M^r Owens and Kain who have undertaken the business to apply to your excellency that they may bec clothed with sufficient Power from

June 1812?] & has, never disposed of or sold the same to any person since & has con-tinued in the possession of said Boy ever since said purchase Untill so taken away

Rob^t Boyce John Scott saith that on the 18^th day of March last he met Joseph Conway with a negro Boy by the name of Warner which Boy he understood Robert Boyce purchased of a certain William Stapp some time since, & Understood said Conway he was taking said Boy to the State of Tennessee at his said Conways residence that he met s^d Conway early in the morning something like an hour after sun ^rise about five miles from the crab Orchard and about thirty five miles from Harrodsburg which is about four miles nearer then the Residence of said Boyce where this deponant [sic] understands he lives

Jesse Scott

Agreed to by the Court

The State vs John R Cooke

Indictment for the murder of Negro Stephen a slave the property of Samuel Bailey the presence at the Barr was heretofore arr= =eigned and upon his arreignment plead not Guilty. Whereupon the following Jury of good and lawful men was impannelled and sworn the truth to say on this issue, of [Travis?] joined between the State and the presence at the Barr, to Wit,

John Holloway jr William Dilliard John Scott Alfred Moore Alfred Lane Anderson Curtis Johnson Busbee Drury Partin George Nance Cade Alford Matthew M^cCullen Reuben Sanders

find the defendant Guilty of the murder and felony in mann er and form as char -ged in the Bill of Inditment, The prisoner John R Cooke was thereupon remanded to the Jail

Jonathan Scott william weaver Jesse [Dals?] John Miller Wm Price James Sinegar William Rats Charles Certain Rasel davis Solomon Caker [?] Tucker Brice Byrne Peter Miller Preston Anderson William. K. Savage John Anderson John Scott Thomas Talbant Stephen Farley Jeremiah Farley Daniel Kelly Levi Bennett Sr John Willhite Nicholas nanes Josiah Williams David Meeyels

Joab hutson William Linville John Cooley Burte Defreese James parker James Bennett John Avery William S [?] Joseph Ferris Gilam king Thomas Scott Sr John Scoggin Charles king Levi Bennett Sr Watson Bennett Oliver Bennett Nicholas Avery W. G. Stuart Thomas usery Samuel Brown Charles kenedy Henry [A C?] Atkinson Jonathan Scoggin John Warren Berbin Brayle Thomas Brown

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Dennis Weaver Solomon Yeager Jnr Surrel Hallford Sims Dearing Duke A. Beadles William Green George Long Gerbey Massey Thomas Scott John Mason Jeremiah Willhite Reuben Willhite Solomon Willhite Benjamin Willhite John Scott William Brown Josiah Turner

We do certify that a second trial for damages in the same case it was proved on the trial that Moore had acknowledged that he had his holt on Broils and would have choaked him to death or could and would have killed him but for Broils stabbing of him

Joel Yeagar Dennis Weaver Sims Dearing Duke A. Beadles William Green Alfred G. Beadles Thomas Scott