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Probate Courts in this State, have exclusive jurisdiction of Marriages, and "Orphan's Business" Estates of deceased Persons &c. Is it intended to confer on the several Judicial officers, the same jurisdiction they have over similar cases, in which Whites are parties?

Please define, if practicable, the limits of Jurisdiction, for Justices of the Peace, Probate, & Circuit Courts; so that the system can be adopted without clashing of authority-

The following justices of the peace have indicated to me their Willingness to accept the powers conferred by Genl. Swayne, to wit
John H Allen, David Gentry, Josiah Alexander, J.M Walters, F.M. Ford, and J.B. Shivers.

So far as I have heard, every Justice of the peace in this

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changed "Sewayne" to "Swayne"