Last posting - hands are a aching ;) First court held in Sevier Co., TN met on July 4, 1796; the following justices were present: Joshua GIST Joseph WILSON Andrew COWAN Joseph VANCE Robert POLLOCK (POLK) Peter BRYANT Mordecai LEWIS John CLARK Robert CALVERT Adam WILSON James RIGGIN (REAGAN?) Alexander MONTGOMERY Jesse GRIFFIN Isom GREEN New officers selected were: Samuel NEWMAN, Chairman Samuel WEAR, Clerk James MCMAHAN, Register Thomas BUCKINGHAM, Sheriff James D. PUCKETT, Coroner Alex MONTGOMER, Surveyor This was the same list of officers who had served under the State of Franklin, w/the exception of the Reg. and Coroner. Happy Thanksgiving to all and be "Osama Free"! -- Chrystie MYERS - Rootsweb List & Ancestry.com's Board Administrator MOYERS MYRES MAYERS MAJOR COWGER BROOKOVER KRABAL SWECKER MYERS HOMESTEAD - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chrystiem/