1818 Whitley Co, KY was carved from Knox, leaving Ambrose in the newc ounty.
County Clerk Minutes Book 1
Court having met agreeable to adjournment on Tuesday the 21st day ofAp ril 1818.
Ambrows Arthur and Nathaniel Rochester of Knox County is and arehereby
appointed commissioners to fix upon the seat of Justice of Whitleycoun ty and they are hereby authorized and requested by the court toproceed t o the establishment of the same at the earliest periodconvenient for t hem to do so according to law. and it is furthurordered by the Court t hat the said commissioners above named do meetat the house of Samuel C ox (the present place of holding said Court)on the 2d Monday in May ne xt and from thence proceed to theestablishment of said seat of Justice a s aforesd.
Whitley County Monday 8th June 1818.
We the commissioners appointed by the Worshipped court of sd county ino bedience to an order of sd court and an act of the general assemblyof t he commonwealth of Kentucky met at the house of Samuel Cox in sdcounty o n the day and date first above written for the purpose ofpointing out t he most Elligible and centereal spot in sd county forthe purpose of Er ecting the public buildings thereon being firstsworn and directing our v iews alone to that of a public goodindependant of personal or partial i nterest after mature deliberationhad on the subject do unanimously agr ee & point out the "south Bankof Cumberland River between the house wh ere Samuel Cox now lives insd county and a cabbin occupied at this tim e by Benjamin Parson for aGrocery as the Spot for the purpose above
p. 10 mentioned of Erecting Courthouse and other necessary publicbui ldings in sd county given under our hands this day and date firstabove w ritten.
Richardson Hernden }
Ambrous Arthur }
Robert Baine }Commissioners
Jas. Chitwood }
James Rentfrow }
Ordered by the court that the following qualifying of thecommissioners b e recorded which is as follows.
Whitley county Ct.
This day Richardson Hernden, Ambrews Arthur, James Chitwood, RobertBai ne, and James Rentfrow came before me Francis Faulkner a Justiceof the p eace for sd county and was duly sworn as commissioners topoint out the s pot as directed by an act of assembly
p. 11 to Erect a Court House for sd county given under my hand 8thJu ne 1818
Francis Faulkner J.P.
Ordered that Richardson Herndon be allowed Ten shillings pr Day forSix d ays servise in fixing the county seat and that Ambrows Arthur,Robert B aine, & James Chitwood be allowed 10 shillings pr day forSix days serv ise each and that James Renfrew receive 10/- pr Day forFour days servi se to be paid out of the county levee
