The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 7 COURT ADJOURNS AT PIKEVILLE According to the memory of William Randolph WHITE, the youngest member of the Jury and Postmaster at Toll Gate, Alabama (now Hamilton), the following is a list of officials including the Judge, Sheriff, Lawyers and Jury, present at the last court held at Pikeville, Alabama the last week in October 1882. Circuit Judge - H. C. SPEAK of Huntsville, Alabama, Sheriff - Bob HUGHES, Pikeville, Alabama, Jury - I. B. ARNOLD, Bexar, Alabama, William CARNES, Toll Gate, Mack HALL, Buttachatchee, Meade CANTRELL, Pikeville, John r. PHILLIPS, Bear Creek, William Parker SHOTTS, Bexar, John McCarty SHOTTS, Shottsville, John SPEARMAN, Bexar, Unknown first name, TIDWELL, Bear Creek and William R. WHITE, Toll Gate. The lawyers were: Thomas B. NeSMITH of Lamar County, M. A. SMITH, Fayette County, Francis JUSTICE, Marion County, and J. D. McCLUSKEY, Lamar County. Mr. WHITE also remembered that on the first day of court William KING was shot by Ira STANFORD on a store front across the road from the courthouse and died. The Judge recessed the court for an inquest in the case. They were supposed to have been friends before the altercation.