UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE SHERIFF OF Washington COUNTY, IN THE TERRITORY SOUTH OF OHIO: GREETING. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO TAKE THE BODy of John Milliken IF he be FOUND IN YOUR COUNTY, AND him SAFELY KEEP, SO THAT YOU HAVE him BEFORE THE HONORABLE THE JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LAW, TO BE HELD FOR THE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, AT THE COURT HOUSE IN JONESBOROUGH, ON THE THIRD MONDAY OF September NEXT, THEN AND THERE TO ANSWER James Gray of a Plea of trespass on the case, to his damage five hundred dollars. HEREIN FAIL NOT, YOU THEN AND THERE HAVE THIS WRIT. WITNESS, JAMES AIKEN, CLERK OF OUR SAID COURT, AT OFFICE, THE THIRD MONDAY OF MARCH IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY four AND IN THE 18TH YEAR OF OUR INDEPENDENCE.
[Knoxville (Tenn.): George Roulstone, Printer to the Territory, 1794]. Printed document, completed in manuscript. Manuscript material denoted in lower case type. The quoted language is followed by a bond posted by Gray, to be forfeited should he fail to complete the litigation. Old folds, clean horizontal separation expertly repaired on..... More