Person

S. D. Estep

A justice of the peace of Clarke County, whose order to sell a car at the Boyce Garage the Clarke Courier printed in October 1925.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of October 15, 1925 prints a notice headed "Sheriff's Sale," signed W. W. Smallwood, Sheriff of Clarke County, offering a Ford automobile at public auction at the Boyce Garage on October 17, 1925, under an order issued by S. D. Estep, Justice of the Peace, Clarke County.

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What the source supports

That W. W. Smallwood was sheriff, and S. D. Estep a justice of the peace, of Clarke County in October 1925.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The same notice ran in the issue of October 8, 1925, which is not quoted. Whether the sale took place is not reported here, and the person the order was issued against is not recorded.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The sheriff's sale notice.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 15, 1925

Clarke Courier · 1925-10-15 (publication)

Locator: Page 6, notice headed Sheriff's Sale

Relevant passage

SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of an order issued by S. D. Estep, Justice of the Peace, Clarke County, ... directing the sale of a certain Ford automobile for a balance due the Boyce Garage ... I offer at Public Auction at the Boyce Garage in Boyce Clarke County, Va. to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1925 ... W. W. SMALLWOOD, Sheriff of Clarke County Va.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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