214       COUNTY COURT ORDERS.

  John Garnett for 319 pounds (in United States money
  -1,600). It was erected where the present Court
  House now stands in 1792 and completed in 1793.

            Hand Rails Along the Stairs.
   At a term of the Court held in 1801 the following
 order was made: "Ordered that John Hawkins be
 appointed to employ some person to make hand rails
 to the steps and in front of the Court House and
 report a settlement thereof to the Court."

          First Fence Around Court House.
   The first fence around the Court House was au
old post and rail, built in 1806. At a term of the
County Court held in that year, a committee com-
posed of Samuel Shepard, William Story and
Wm. Warren, was appointed to have a post and rail
fence put around the Court House.

             First Stove in Court House.
   A Committee, composed of Josiah Pitts and John
Hawkins, was appointed at a session of the Court in
1814 to ascertain the cost of placing a Franklin stove
in the Court House. The report of the Committee
was burned in theold Court House.

             Props Under Court House.
   At a term of Court held on Monday, December 3rd, 1806. it
was ordered that Job Stevenson. Jno. Branham. Elijah Craig
-and Asa Smith be appointed Commissioners to have the floor
of the Court House supported by pillars and report their
proceedings to this Court

          Other Court Houses Were Built.

  Other Court Houses were built, torn down and
burned, accounts of which are given on pages 9 and
10 of this history and it would be but a repetition to
reproduce it. A  likeness of the present Court
House will be found below:



THE PRESENT COURT HOUSE.



On Mtin Street, in Ceorgetown, Looking East.