ORDINARY LICENSES 1811-1820
Compiled by Robert L. Bailey
The following Ordinary Licenses are from the loose papers. The following is an example of the typical license.
State of Tennessee, Roane County. Know all men by these presents that we Jane WOOD, William RAMSEY & John THOMAS are held and firmly bound unto his Excellence Archibald ROANE esquire Governor &c. in the just and full sum of two thousand Dollars to be paid to his Excellency Archibald ROANE aforesaid his successors or assigns to the which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 22nd day of September 1802.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bounden Jane WOOD hath obtained a license to keep an ordinary at this house if therefore the said Jane WOOD dothe constantly find and provide in her said ordinary good clean and wholesome diet and lodgeing for travellers and stables fodder corn and pastureage for their horses for and during the time of one year from the 22nd day of September then this obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
For Jane WOOD Seal
William RAMSEY Seal
John THOMAS Seal
Attest Henry BREAZEALE Clerk R.C.
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Name |
Date |
Bondsman |
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ARNOLD, Michael |
19 Apr 1815 |
William GARDENHIRE |
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ASHLEY, Noah |
21 Apr 1817 |
John EBLEN |
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BARTON, Gilbreath |
18 Apr 1815 |
John PURRIS |
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BARTON, Gilbreath |
17 Apr 1816 |
John PURRIS |
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BEATTY, Hugh |
18 Jul 1815 |
Hugh DUNLAP |
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BEATTY, Hugh |
22 Jan 1817 |
Henry MATLOCK |
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BEATTY, Hugh |
30 Jan 1818 |
Drury(?) SMITH |
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BELL, John |
24 Jul 1820 |
Francis BENTON, Isaac WALKER |
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BROWN, Samuel |
24 Apr 1820 |
Thomas C. CHILDRESS |
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BURRIS, Isaac |
26 Apr 1819 |
John SMITH & Lewis BURRIS |
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CHILDRESS, Thomas C. |
30 Jan 1818 |
Robert McNEELY |
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CHILDRESS, Thomas C. |
26 Apr 1819 |
Rowland CHILES |
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CHILDS (CHILES), Rowland |
20 Jul 1815 |
John BROWN |
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DEARMOND, James |
23 Apr 1817 |
John KENELY |
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DEARMOND, James |
27 Jul 1818 |
Robert HEWETT |
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DEARMOND, James |
24 Jan 1820 |
George ARNOLD |
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DUNLAP, Hugh |
18 Jul 1815 |
Hugh BEATTY |
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EBLEN, John |
19 Apr 1815 |
Jacob WAREN & Thomas C. CHILDRESS |
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EBLIN, John |
20 Apr 1812 |
James MORROW |
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ESKRIDGE, Samuel |
20 Jul 1812 |
John BROWN |
|
ESKRIDGE, Samuel |
26 Jan 1820 |
John PURRIS |
|
GOOD, James |
30 Jan 1818 |
Noah ASHLEY |
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GRIGSBY, George |
24 Jan 1817 |
Wm. C. McKAMY |
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GRIGSBY, George |
30 Jan 1818 |
Robert S. GILLILAND |
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HANKINS, James |
20 Mar 1817 |
John HANKINS & Robert BURK (Distilling Liquors) |
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HEADRICK, John |
17 Jul 1816 |
Henry McPHERSON |
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HURT, James |
24 Jul 1820 |
William MATLOCK |
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JACK, George |
23 Jul 1812 |
Benjn. HARRISON & I.S. McMEANS |
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JONES, John |
24 Jul 1820 |
James LACKEY |
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LACY, Joseph |
30 Jan 1818 |
Jesse TERRY |
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LEFTWICK, John |
27 Apr 1819 |
Somon GEREN |
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LOVE, John |
24 Apr 1820 |
Meriwether SMITH |
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LOYD, John |
24 Jan 1812 |
Merewether SMITH & James HORTON |
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LOYD, John |
18 Apr 1816 |
Wm. C. McKAMY & Thos. C. CHILDERS |
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LOYD, John |
21 Apr 1817 |
Thomas C. CHILDERS |
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LOYD, John |
24 Apr 1820 |
Daniel WESTER |
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MAHAN, Robert S. |
21 Apr 1817 |
Joseph McPHERSON & Hugh DUNLAP |
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MARTIN, Samuel |
24 Jul 1820 |
John PURRIS |
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McCONNELL, William |
24 Apr 1817 |
William WHITE |
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McDANIEL, Daniel |
18 Apr 1815 |
Thos. C. CHILDERS |
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McMULLIN, Thomas |
26 Jan 1819 |
William GARDENHIRE |
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McPHERSON, Isaac |
26 Oct 1818 |
Richard RECTOR & Maximilian RECTOR |
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McPHERSON, Isaac |
26 Apr 1819 |
Edward OWENS & Richard RECTOR |
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MEREDITH, Richard |
22 Apr 1812 |
Mathew NELSON & David HALEY |
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MEREDITH, Richard |
21 Jan 1817 |
Samuel ESKRIDGE |
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MEREDITH, Richard |
26 Jan 1818 |
Samuel ESKRIDGE & John PURRIS |
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MEREDITH, Richard |
26 Jan 1820 |
John PURRIS |
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MOORE, James |
19 Jul 1815 |
Thomas C. CLARK |
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MOORE, James |
27 Apr 1818 |
Jacob WELLS |
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MOORE, James |
26 Jul 1819 |
Isaac (illegible) |
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MOORE, James |
24 Jul 1820 |
Jacob WELLS |
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MORGAN, Gideon |
22 Apr 1812 |
John PURRIS |
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MORGAN, Gideon |
18 Apr 1816 |
John PURRIS |
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MORGAN, Gideon |
30 Jul 1818 |
John PURRIS |
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MORGAN, Gideon |
26 Jul 1819 |
Robert S. GILLILAND |
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MORRIS, Isaac |
30 Jan 1818 |
Jason MATLOCK |
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NEAL, Marian |
15 Jul 1816 |
Joel HEMBREE & Abraham STOUT (bond for retailling liquors |
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NELSON, Matthew |
23 Jan 1812 |
Hugh DUNLAP & John BROWN |
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OLIVER, Joel |
26 Apr 1820 |
John HANKINS |
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OLIVER, John |
24 Jan 1820 |
William OLIVER |
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PARKS, G. |
27 Apr 1818 |
Samuel WADDY |
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PARKS, George |
26 Jul 1819 |
Hugh DUNLAP |
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PRINE, Robert H. |
24 Jan 1820 |
T.R. CHEYNE |
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PRITCHETT, Philip |
19 Apr 1815 |
Elisha WILLIAMSON |
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RICHARDS, Richard |
24 Apr 1820 |
John BROWN |
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SHERRELL, Jessee B. |
19 Dec 1816 |
Charles SHERRELL & William HOUSTON (Distilling Liquors) (Sherrills were of Bledsoe County) |
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SMITH, Wm. P. |
26 Jan 1820 |
Uriah ALLISON |
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STOUT, Abraham |
20 Apr 1812 |
James R. ROGERS & Peter COUCH |
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STUART, Hugh |
16 Apr 1812 |
William McCLELLAN |
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TUCKER, Samuel |
16 Jul 1816 |
John FREEMAN |
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WADDY, Samuel |
26 Jan 1818 |
John BROWN |
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WALKER, Thomas |
26 Jan 1818 |
Alfred DAVIS & Roland CHILES |
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WALL, William |
21 Apr 1815 |
William GARDENHIRE |
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WALL, William |
20 Oct 1817 |
Lewis KIRKPATRICK |
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WELLS, Jacob |
24 Jan 1817 |
Allen BACON |
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WESTER, Daniel |
18 Apr 1815 |
Edward KINDRED |
|
WESTER, Daniel |
21 Apr 1817 |
Thomas C. CHILDERS |
|
WESTER, Daniel |
27 Apr 1818 |
John LOYD |
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WESTER, Daniel |
26 Apr 1819 |
John LOYD |
|
WESTER, Daniel |
24 Apr 1820 |
John LOYD |
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WHITE, Benjamin J. |
22 Jan 1817 |
Lewis KIRKPATRICK & John LEFTWICK |
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WILLETT, Enoch |
25 Jan 1819 |
Thomas McMULLIN |
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WILLIAMS, Nancy |
18 Apr 1816 |
John PURRIS |
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WILLITT, Enoch |
24 Apr 1820 |
Thomas McMULLIN |