"County Court Records 1778-1797, Wilkes County, North Carolina" by James Alan
Williams, Lulu Press, Morrisville, NC, 2014:
June 3, 1778, ordered ... that ... Zachariah Wells, Abel Pennington, James Ward (and
others) lay out a road ... from the Deep Fourd on Reddies River to Benajah
Pennington's mill"
September Court 1778, Zachariah Wells records his marks and brand thus, his mark a crop
and under keel in the right and a crop and overkill in the left, his brand W. on the near
shoulder.
April 16, 1792Ordered ... that Zachariah Wells, Thomas Wells ... and others ... oversee
road
May 9, 1794Ordered ...that ... William Nall, Zachariah Wells, Robt Nall, John Cox ... Wm
Landrith (and others) ... view a road from John Cox's on New River down to the mill
ford into the road
August Term 1794Ordered ... that Zachariah Wells be overseer of the road from where the
cross road crosses the Grassey Creek road to the iron Work road ... Marin Gambill's
hands assist ... to Potatoe Creek ...
August 5, 1795Ordered ... that ... Zachariah Wells ... John Hash ... Thomas Wells ... lay
off a road from where Zachariah Wells road comes into John Glosup's road to the
Virginia line crossing New River at the horse ford
John B. Wells III wellsga(a)bellsouth.net