History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . saidcreek seventy-seven feet, then by lott No. 20, twohundred and forty-two feet, to the place of beginning,containing one hundred and forty-six perches. The ground then conveyed to the trustees was thelot on which stand the present public buildings (court-house, jail, and sheriffs residence) of the this lot was built the first court-house of thecounty, but (as before stated) nothing is known ofthe date of its erection, its size or style of construc-tion. The only referenc
History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . saidcreek seventy-seven feet, then by lott No. 20, twohundred and forty-two feet, to the place of beginning,containing one hundred and forty-six perches. The ground then conveyed to the trustees was thelot on which stand the present public buildings (court-house, jail, and sheriffs residence) of the this lot was built the first court-house of thecounty, but (as before stated) nothing is known ofthe date of its erection, its size or style of construc-tion. The only reference to this old building is foundin an entry in the commissioners records, dated , 1796, which shows that on that day the board re-solved to sell the old court-house ; and it was accord-ingly advertised to be sold at public auction on Tues-day, the 26th of that month. The sale took place ac-cordingly, and the building was purchased by DennisSpringer for £15 12s. 6il., to be removed from the pub-lic grounds. On the same day on which the commissioners re-solved to sell the old building (Jan. 7, 1796) they. T!;;|||[i.:iiiii!l:i!iit COUNTY BUILDINGS. 135 contracted with Dennis Springer to procure twostoves for the use of the New Court House, and toset them up in complete order. This shows that anew court-house was then in process of constructionand well advanced towards completion. On the 30thof March, 1796, a bill often dollars was allowed forSconces for the use of CourtHouse. June 28, 1796, John Smilie and Ephraim Douglass,Esq., were appointed by the board of commissionersto proceed, with Dennis Springer, contractor for thenew court-house building, to judge the extra workof said building and determine the value thereof, andthe sum said Springer shall receive over the sum con-tracted for. On the 14th of December following,Messrs. Smilie and Douglass reported that the workdone by Den. Sjjringer more than his agreement isworth £121 17s. del, equal to $, for which sumhe th
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