You have plenty of time to plan ... but I promised to send out this information! Sandi Page 55 -- Henry Renick, who lived near the Buck Knob, was the first sheriff of this county. Richard Garnett, from the law establishing this county, could not determine whether he ought to give an official bond as Clerk of the Quarter Session Court. He consulted with his father, Judge John Garnett, and they concluded it would be most prudent to give a bond. Accordingly they prepared and executed one. Renick being a litigious man, and always in debt, concluded he would bring a suit against Garnett to recover the penalty of three hundred pounds, which the law gave for failing to execute a bond. He brought suit against Garnett to recover that penalty, thinking no bond had been given; but greatly to his consternation and disappointment, the court dismissed the suit and made him pay the costs. We have thought proper to give this explanation in order that you may understand the following poetry, composed by Abner Bowen in the year 1799, a copy of which having been sent to us, we now give you in word and figure. "To describe the pike Buck I mean to do Keep truth on my side and modesty too. This stag, I am informed, lives near Buck Knob, And has lately been striving his neighbor to rob. I have sued the Clerk of our County, And three hundred pounds to be my bounty, And if that my debts won't pay, I will distance all and run away." Col.Henry Renick was the infamous brother of my ancestor James Wright Renick b.1776 Va. -You can read what happened to him after he went to Missouri on the Reunion web site page 2. <http://home.att.net/~sy13/Pioneers.html>http://home.att.net/~sy13/Pioneers. html The Renick clan is having a national Reunion July13-15 2007 in Lewisburg WV and we would appreciate your help in posting our web site around the Glasgow area. Thanks Tom Renick <http://home.att.net/~sy13/Pioneers.html>http://home.att.net/~sy13/Pioneers. html