THE JUDICIARY, 3 Del. Cas. 3 (1822)

Ridgely’s Notebook IV, [i]

THE JUDICIARY.

Supreme Court of Delaware.
April 27, 1822.

The following are the judicial officers of the State of Delaware (Justices of the Peace excepted) and other officers of, or connected with, the courts of justice, at the commencement of these notes.

Chancellor, Nicholas Ridgely of Dover.

Judges of the Supreme Court: Kensey Johns of New Castle, Chief Justice; Isaac Davis of Smyrna; Kendal Batson of Lewes.

Judges of the Court of Common Pleas: James Booth of New Castle, Chief Justice; John Way of Wilmington; William B. Cooper of Laurel; Jacob Stout of Leipsic.

Attorney General, James Rogers of New Castle.

Gentlemen of the Bar according to seniority in their respective counties, as well as can be recollected:

New Castle County — George Read, Caesar A. Rodney, Nicholas Vandyke, Louis McLane, George Read, Jr., Joshua G. Brinckle, James R. Black, Kensey Johns, Jr., James Booth, Jr., Archibald Hamilton, John Wales, William T. Read, Kensey Vandyke, James A. Bayard.

Kent County — Thomas Clayton, Henry M. Ridgely, Willard Hall, John M. Clayton.

Sussex County — William Hill Wells, Peter Robinson, Thomas Cooper, Henry Hill Wells.

Clerk of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, Presly Allee, Dover.

Registers of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware: In Sussex County, Jehu Stockley. In Kent County, Joseph Harper, Jr. In New Castle County, David Paynter.

Clerks of the Supreme Court: John Wiley, New Castle. Presly Allee, Kent. Anderson, Sussex.

Prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas: Francis Brown, Sussex. Nathaniel Smithers, Kent. Joseph Roberts, New Castle.

Clerks of the Peace: Caleb Layton, Sussex. Nathaniel Smithers, Kent. David Paynter, New Castle.

Clerks of the Orphans’ Court: Matthew Kean, New Castle. Jehu Stockley, Sussex. Joseph Harper, Kent.

Registers for the probate of wills and granting letters of administration: Evan Thomas, New Castle. Nathan Vickars, Sussex, Arthur Johns, Kent.

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Sheriffs: William Elligood, Sussex County, elected October 1820. William Saulsbury, Kent County, elected October 1821. David C. Wilson, New Castle County, elected October 1821.

Recorders of Deeds: John Many, Kent County. Stephen Harris, Sussex. Henry Steele, New Castle. Abraham Vandyke was appointed recorder of deeds in New Castle County by Caleb Rodney, Esq., Speaker of the Senate, exercising the office of Governor, on or about the [___] day of [___][1] , 1822, in the place of Henry Steele removed.

And, on Mr. Vandyke’s death, Matthew Kean was appointed by Mr. Rodney the [___][2] October 1822.