Fall Term 1854 Circuit Court Eastern Circuit
of Florida Decr 11th 1854
At a regular Term of the Circuit Court of the Eastern
Circuit of the State of Florida, for the County of
Alachua, began and held at the Court House at Newnansville
in Said County of Alachua, on Monday the 11th day of
December A.D. 1854.
Present the Honorable William A. Forward Judge &c
The venire heretofore Issued being returned on motion of James
M. Baker Esqr Solicitor was Quashed, and a Special Veniri
Issued, and the Jurors Summoned to attend at this Term of
the Court being called, the following Jurors answered to their
names, vis, Joseph B. Hunter 1 C.H. Johnson, 2 John D.A.
Weimer, 3 Hardy Havard, 4. John M. McKinney, 5.
B.R. Hinson 6. John Wiggins 7. David Benton 8.
G.M. McKinney 9. John H. Mays 10. Henry Sweeney 11.
Mathew Chesser 12. David O. Hires 13. Joseph Warren 14.
Daniel Linn 15, W.D. Clark 16, James Kite 17, John
Dixon 18, I.J. Carter 19. Isaac Johns 20. Joshua Mizell 21
Mathew Hinson 22, George Gillett 23 S.J. Downing 24
William C. Crosby 25. Calvin Waites 26. Wade H. Bryant 27.
Joseph Furgeson 28. A. Hague 29. Hall Malphres 30.
Willis Peacock 31. J.M. Hires 32. John R. Zetrouer 33.
Richard Ward 34. L.B. Osteen 35. Simon Hodges 36 Madison
Dixon 37
The following persons good and lawful men were drawn
according to law, to serve as Grand Jurors at this Term of
the Court, to wit. 9 Willis Peacock
1 George Gillet 10 J.M. Hires
2 S.J. Downing 11 Mathew Chesser
3 William C. Crosby 12 J.R. Zetrouer
4 Calvin Waits 13 Richard Ward
5 Wade H. Bryant 14 L.B. Osteen
6 Joseph Furgeson 15 Simon Hodges
7 A. Hague
8 Hall Malphres
The Grand Jurors having retired, Selected as their
Foreman Leander B. Osteen; who was appointed by the Court
as Such Foreman, and duly Sworn,
The Grand Jurors were then Sworn, and the Court
thereupon delivered its charge
Elijah Barrow was Sworn to attend the Grand Jury
as Bailiff during the present Term of the Court |
