Alachua County Clerk of the Court Seal Alachua County Clerk of the Court
J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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County Commission Minutes Book 1
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       Alachua County  Est Fla
John C. Richard, Jacob Halebrook and James Burnett, be & they are hereby appointed Commissioners to lay out and open said road --- The Court took into Consideration the propriety of laying off the County into Justices Districts. It is therefore ordered that the first Justices District to commence at Newnansville upon the John B. Standley Road and Continue on said road to the Levy County line from thence on said County line to the Columbia County line from thence up the Santafee River on said County line to the mouth of Rocky Creek up said Creek to B.M. Dells Mill and from thence on the road from said mill to Newnansville and all those persons North and West of the road leading from the Belamy road to Fort Clark and also those Settlements on the West side of the Wacahoota Road as far South on said road to the head of Hog Town, be and they are included in the first Justices District of said County 2nd Justices District to Commence from Newnansville along the Belamy road as far on said road as to the Clarkes road from thence down said Clarkes road to Fort Harlee from thence down the Santafee River to the junction of said River and Rocky Creek at or near Co'l B.M. Dells Mill and from thence on the road from said mill to Newnansville to connect with the line of the first District 3rd Justices District To Commence at the junction of the Sampson River and the Santafee River running up the Santafee River to the head of said River to the Belamy Road from thence on said road to the Putnam County line from thence on said line to the dividing line of Alachua and Duval Counties from thence on the Duval County Line to the dividing line of Alachua and Columbia Counties, from thence on said line to the place of beginning -- 4th Justices District To Commence at Fort Harlee on the Clarkes road to Bee Tree Branch down Bee Tree Branch to Hatchetts Creek from thence down Hatchett Creek to Newnans Lake down said lake to Paines Prairie down said Prairie opposite the River Sticks into Orange Lake, from thence down Orange Lake to the Putnam County line from thence on said County of Putnam line to the Belamy Road thence on the Belamy road to the head of the Santafee River
Transcribed by Jim Powell Jr 7 February 2002
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