The State of Florida      }  Monday December 8th 1856
       Alachua County     }     At a regular Term of the Circuit
            To Wit:       }  Court for the Eastern Circuit of Florida, holden
                          }  on this the 5th day of December in the year of
                          }  our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty six, at the Court House in the Town of Gainesville, in and for
the County of Alachua, in said Circuit.
              Present, His Honor William A. Forward, Judge
                                 James B. Dawkins, Solicitor
                                 Lemuel Wilson Clerk and
                                 George Ellis Sheriff
  On motion of J.B. Dawkins, Solicitor who prosecutes the
pleas of the State, and it appearing to our said Court, that there
has been a failure to summon Jurors to attend said Court, It
was ordered and directed by the said Court, that a Venire facias
do issue, returnable immediately, directing the Sheriff to summon
Thirty nine Jurors, good and lawful men &c of said County
of Alachua, to attend our said court as Jurors
            The Sheriff having returned the said Venire facias,
and that he had summoned the following Jurors to serve
as said Jurors --- to wit
1   James L. Cheves                     3   J.H. Precott
2   Hope Colson                         4   J.L. Cameron
3   Jas M. Ellis                        6   J.R.W. Grissom
7   David A. Frier                      8   Henry Gibbons
9   E.L. Pendarvis                     10   Jno A. Dean
11  D.C. Hart                          12   A. Colter
13  Willis Peacock                     14   Thomas Holder
15  Joseph M. Kitler                   16   George Gillett
17  Hampton Roundtree                  18   Roland Thomas
19  James D. Colson                    20   Thos C. Standley  
21  James Moore                        22   W.F. Perry
23  Jno W. Fifer                       24   Samuel Thomas
25  V.R. Prevatt                       26   Jno Sparkman
27  Robt Caldwell                      28   Jas M. Sparkman 
29  T.H. Allbritton                    30   Jno Massey
31  James Fennell                      32   S.R. Johnson
33  F.A. Underwood                     34   Wiley Burnett
35  Edmund G. Barry                    36   Richard Ward
37  M.I. Colson                        38   Benjm Mills
    J.H. Prescott                      39   Benjm Beckham
                                              The following Jurors
summoned as aforesaid, showed satisfactory excuses to the Court
and were excused from serving - to wit,
  John L. Cameron, David A. Fryar, Henry Gibbons
Benjamin Mills, and A. Coulter