First Court
February 6, 1804
Near this marker sat the first court in Beaver County. The court convened in a tavern owned by Abner Lacock. Judge Jesse Moore presided. His associate judges were Abner Lacock, John H. Reddick and Joseph Caldwell. David Johnson was Prothonotary. The following gentlemen were permitted to practice at the first session of the court; Alexander Addison; James Allison, Jr.; William Ayers; Henry Baldwin; Parker Campbll, Thomas Collins; Alexander W. Foster; John Bannnister Gibson; David Hayes; Henry Hazlett; Obediah Jennings; Thomas G. Johnston; Isaac Kerr; Sampson S. King; William Larwill; William C. Larwell; Robert Moore; James Mountain; David Redick; C.S. Sample; Steel Semple; John Simonson and William Wilkins.
Marker is on 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west.
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