Hello Friends; A couple earlier news reports for you.
16 Jul. 1724 Letters from Dublin, June 29th advise, that the Tuesday before, Alexander PIERCY, post master of Omagh, in the County of Tyrone, was tryed at the King's bench bar, for having intercepted in his office, a letter, and thereout taken a bill, of which offence, he was upon full and plain proof, convicted and sentenced to be whipped and also imprisoned for 12 months; accordingly he was that day whipt from Newgate to the lower end of the folly near Lazer's Hill, and back to Newgate again. Transcribed by Teena from the Stamford Mercury 24 Nov. 1753 Ireland hath granted the following sums, viz. for making a Waggon Way and carrying on a coal work at Dromglass, Co Tyrone; 500£ to Joseph SEXTON. 28 Jan. 1758 Married James M'ELWAIN Esq. of Ballymulligan in the Co. Derry to Miss Margaret LITTLE of Legacurry Co. Tyrone. Transcribed by Teena from Pue's Occurrences _______________________________________________ [email protected] UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
