Abstracts of the following records were taken from Summers, 1929, based on his transcriptions of County Court Records for various Counties in south of Augusta. The records are those which feture persons named "John Maxwell". There seem to have been more than one John Maxwell in the area. Person:John Maxwell (88) is readily identifiable as one of the Gentlemen Justices of early Botetourt. Other records may be for his son John, and perhaps one or more other John Maxwells.
| page | County | Year | Extract | Most likely Person/Notes
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| 58, 59 | Bot | 13 Feb 1770 | Appt Justice of the peace | person:John Maxwell (88)
See: Data. First Justices of Botetourt County, 13 February 1771
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| 62 | Bot | 14 February 1770 | Took Oath of office as Justice of peace, and as Justice of the County Court in Chancery | person:John Maxwell (88)
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| 67 | Bot | 15 Feb 1770 | Listed among Gentlemen Justices of County | person:John Maxwell (88)
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| 69 | Bot | 15 Feb 1770 | Listed among Gentlemen Justices of County | person:John Maxwell (88)
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| 99 | Bot | 14 Nov 1770 | John Maxwell takes further oaths for various court functions. | person:John Maxwell (88)
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| 541 | Bot | 13 march 1771 | Witess land sale Robert Whitley and Jane his wife toHugh Barely, 335 acres n. side Cedar Creek in th Forks of the James.
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| 584 | Bot | 7 July 1771 | Justice of Peace, enters non cupitative will of Alexander Walker | person:John Maxwell (88) See: Transcript:Will of Alexander Walker, Botetourt County, 1771
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| 129 | Bot | 14 Aug 1771 | Along with Samuel Walker, and David Scott, directed to value improvements to two surveys on Buffalo Creek, belonging to James Trimble,
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| 130 | Bot | 14 Aug 1771 | On list of persons recommended as being fit to be County Sheriff
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| 140 | Bot | 12 Nov 1771 | On list of persons to serve on Commission of Peace and Didemus, and Commission of Oyer and terminer | person:John Maxwell (88)
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| 141 | Bot | 12 Nov 1771 | Took oath commionson of Oyer and Terminer | person:John Maxwell (88)
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| 590 | Fin | 5 Jan 1773 | Lease and release to John Maxwell
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| 667 | Fin | 5 Jan 1773 | 160 ac Br Reedy Creek, a branch of Woods River
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| 173 | Bot | 8 Feb 1773 | Signed Court minutes | person:John Maxwell (88)
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| 186 | Bot | 12 May 1773 | Anna Brooks ordered to serve her master John Maxwell, for having a base born child
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| 199 | Bot | 11 Aug 1773 | Recommended for Sheriff
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| 212 | Bot | 11 Nove 1773 | Produced a commission frm the Governor to serve as Sheriff
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| 212 | Bot | 11 Nove 1773 | Protests sufficiency of jail
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| 592 | Fin | 2 March 1774 Not Found
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| 600 | Fin | 2 March 1774 | View the way from Catherines Mill to Charles Allisons, and on to Sinclairs Bottom
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| 623 | Fin | 3 May 1774 | Surveyor of Road from Wm Davis to S Fork Reed Creek
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| 232 | Bot | 9 Aug 1774 | on Commission of Peace and Dedimus | person:John Maxwell (88)
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| 233 | Bot | 10 Aug 1774 | Protests against the sufficiency of Botetourt county Prison
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| 242 | Bot | ? | Not Found
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| 247 | Bot | 14 Nov 1774 | Road report returned, John Maxwell listed as one of four reporting, road frm Buchanan Store to North River at Paxton Ford
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| 669 | Fin | 5 jan 1775 | 300 Acres to john Maxwell on Reed Creek, Woods River
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| 640 | Fin | 7 Mar 1775 | Lease and Release of land to John Maxwell
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| 252 | Bot | 9 April 1776 | Will of James Trimble presented proved by oath of John Maxwell and Hugh Barclay
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| 982 | Wash | 18 march 1778 | Allowed 2 days attendance, and mileage at 50 miles, as witness for commonwealth against Peter Reazor
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| 693 | Mont | 5 May 1778 | Petition for road from Carolina Road where it crosses Poplar Camp Mountain, Along by Samuel Ewings, by John Maxwells, Captain Buchanan, and into the County road at William Davies.
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| 702 | Mont | 2 March 1779 | Admin of estate of John Maxwell given to Rebecca Maxwell and Bazeel Maxwell | Which John Maxwell is this?
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| 703 | Mont | 2 march 1779 | one of two overseers of the road from Alexander Wylies to the South Fork of Reed Creek
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| 705 | Mont | 6 April 1779 | to appraise estate of John Irvin
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| 561 | Bot | 12 May 1779 | John Maxwell and May his wife, sell 181 acres on James River and 70 acres on Purgatory Creek to Samuel Woods | "May" as the name of John's wife is probably a typographical error in Summers. Source: Houston, et al. 1916 Gives the name as "Mary". The latter work also places this record in Rockbridge County, which had formed from Botetourt (in part) in 1778. South flowing Purgatory Creek has its headwaters on the modern Botetourt Rockbridge County line, about one mile from the headwaters of north flowing Cedard Creek where John also owned land. It might be useful to get a photocopy of the original record to check the spelling of the name.
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| 381 | Bot | 16 Aug 1783 | John Maxwell summed to appear at Sept Court to have his account for public collections for the year he served as high sheriff
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| 382 | Bot | 11 Sep 1783 | Required to pay 108 pds, eight shollings and six pence, as a portion of 322 pounds, 11 shillings, 3 pence execution levide d on Thomas Barnes by Francis Smith, a deputy under Maxwell, plus interests, from 30 Sept 1774, till paid
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| 395 | Bot | 14 Sept 1784 | Summoned to Court to make settlement of his collections when Sheriff
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| 636 | Fin | ? | Not Found
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| 650 | Fin | ? | Not Found
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| 1109 | Wash | 16 July 1782 | Appt. Constable in room of Joseph Evans
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| 1160 | Wash | 20 Aug 1783 | replaced as constable by James Campbell
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| 1481 | Taz | 1776-1782 | Garrisoned one of the frontier forts in Tazwell County | Probably not Person:John Maxwell (88) as he would have been elderly by the time of the Revolution
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