UNIVERSITY
OF PITTSBURGH
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EXECUTIVE JOURNALS
OF THE
Council of Colonial Virginia
Vol. IV
(October 25, 1721-October 28, 1739)
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PUBLISHED BY
The Virginia State Library
H. R. McILWAINE
EDITOR
RICHMOND:
Division of Purchase and Printing
1930
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LIBRARY BOARD
VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY
LYON G. TYLER, Chairman
MRS. G. HARVEY CLARKE
BRANCH JOHNSON
R. WALTON MOORE
ROSEWELL PAGE
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PREFACE
The text of the present volume, the fourth volume of the "Execu-
tive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia," through October
28, 1734, has been obtained from a manuscript volume in the Virginia
State Library. From that point on it has been obtained from the
Public Record Office, London, as has all the matter in the appendix, the
comparatively few proclamations promulgated by the governors of
Virginia in the period of the journals contained in this volume.
This manuscript volume is undoubtedly the contemporary official
volume kept by the clerk of the Council, as was the volume (now made
by binding into two volumes) which was the source of the text of Vol.
Ill of the present series of Journals the official journal book of the
Council. Most of that book is in the handwriting of William Robert-
son, the clerk of the Council, who at the close of the recorded proceed-
ings for Sept. 7, 1705, wrote the following: "Vere Recordat per
[mark for "per" being used] Wil Robertson CI Con." The "Recordat"
is an abbreviation for "Recordatur." The formula used by Robertson
in certifying copies of proceedings sent to England was simply "Ex-
amined Wil Robertson, Cls Con.," "Examined" being frequently ab-
breviated to "Examd" or "Exd" and the mark for "per" or the word
"by" being occasionally used.
After this certification (the second made, the first being at the
close of the mutilated proceedings for August 16, 1705, with which
the book begins) the signature of William Robertson is no further
found in the book ; nor is it found in the succeeding volume. But most
of the first volume is in his handwriting, though none of the second is,
he having evidently called on his assistants — now one and now an-
other— to perform the drudgery of "writing up" the journal record.
He himself kept notes of the transactions of the Council and then
wrote out full journal entries for his clerks to copy. If he verified the
copy, as is most likely, no record was made of the fact, and, singular
to say, the custom of reading the proceedings of former meetings at
immediately succeeding ones had not come into vogue, though they
were read from time to time. The journals are not signed by the Gov-
ernor nor by any member of the Council. Nor, except for the pro-
ceedings for the first sessions, are marginal catch phrases used in the
Virginia books, whereas they are always used in the English copies and
the handwriting shows that they were usually made by Robertson him-
self. This fact shows that he took considerable care with the records
sent to England — greater care, apparently, than he took with those kept
in the Colony.
The Council made a distinction between the journal and the min-
utes. At the bottom of p. 65 of Vol. Ill the last entry in the proceed-
ings for Nov. 29, 1705, is as follows: "The Journal of the Council
from ye last time of its being read to this day was read over in Coun-
cil." The proceedings for the next day, the last day of the session,
begin as follows : "The Proceedings and Orders of Council made yes-
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terday were now read over and approved." The next meeting of the
Council took place on the 20th of December. The last entry in the
Journal is : "The minutes [minutes, because the clerk had had no time
in which to put the minutes into final form of journal entries] of this
Meeting were read over and approved. And nothing further being of-
fered for consideration His Excellency adjourned the Council." And
similarly the last entry for the next meeting of the Council [January
23, 1705/6, with none to follow till Feb. 8] was: "The Minutes of this
Council were ("were" omitted in English copy) read and approved,
and then ye Council adjourned."
The journal book was not kept "posted" from day to day, but fre-
quently some time elapsed before the book was written up. The cor-
rectness of this statement is evident from a close examination of the
contents of the record. Occasionally the entries prepared by the clerk
must have become slightly mutilated or small portions of them lost
before the recording took place, for there are a few omissions which
may be supplied by the copies sent to England, — copies made evidently
from the clerk's original paragraphs and not from those as transcribed
into the books. Hence the English records are occasionally more ac-
curate than the Virginia ones. When the editor of this series of
volumes came to a realization of this possibility, he sent a copy of Vol.
Ill of the series to B. F. Stevens and Brown in London and had a
careful comparison made of the whole text with the documents in the
Public Record Office, and for much of the present volume has himself
made a careful comparison with photostat prints of the corresponding
English documents. These prints have been kindly lent for the pur-
pose by Mr. Fairfax Harrison, who some years ago in the course of
certain investigations found it convenient to have prints made of all
the Journals from 1726 to 1752 now preserved in England. It was
Mr. Harrison who pointed out to the editor that there were discrepancies
between the Virginia books and the English "copies." It should be
stated here, too, that for several years Dr. W. G. Stanard, Secretary
of the Virginia Historical Society, has been printing in the "Virginia
Magazine of History and Biography" these journals of the Virginia
Council, with very copious and valuable notes. Much of the material
in the present volume has appeared in that magazine, but it should be
printed again here for the sake of completeness and in order to be
indexed and because of the few discrepancies between the English
records, the source of the magazine text, and the Virginia State Li-
brary records, the source of the present text. Though the next volume
in this series will print the journals from Mr. Harrison's photostat
copies and will go far beyond the period that Mr. Stanard (impeded
by his notes and by usual quarterly magazine restrictions) will reach,
it is to be hoped, because of the value of these notes, that he will con-
tinue the publication of the journals — certainly up through 1752 and,
indeed, through 1775.
When the copies of the journals sent to England and the journals
as recorded in the books now in the Virginia State Library are com-
Preface vii
pared, it is found that there are not a few variations of spelling, punc-
tuation, and abbreviation. This was, of course, to be expected. There
is also the occasional substitution of one word for another and the addi-
tion or suppression of words and occasionally the recasting of sentences
— in a word, an editing of the original in the interest of improved
phraseology. But of greater importance than this, sometimes one record
has whole sentences, possibly paragraphs, not contained in the other —
the result, undoubtedly, as pointed out above, of the fact that the two
records, deriving from the same source, the clerk's expanded notes,
were copied at different times and by different assistants and the Vir-
ginia journals not always closely read by the clerk himself, though they
were the ones that were read from time to time to the Council and ap-
proved. The clerk and the Council let not a few inaccuracies go by
them.
In the following lists of discrepancies only those are given where
the sense seems to be affected, where names of persons or places have
widely different forms, and where there are additional sentences or
paragraphs.
Vol. III.
E is an abbreviation for "English copy," that is, the English Public
Record Office copy.
P. 41 : E has, in the eighth line from the bottom, "Collector & Naval
Officer," in place of the incorrect "Collectors and Naval
Officers."
P. 42: in the second line from the end of the first paragraph, E has,
interlined, "during the time of this Gen11 Court." It has,
at the very bottom of the page, "Churchill" instead of "Bas-
sett."
P. 43 : end of first paragraph on page, E has the word "morning"
after "tomorrow."
P. 45 : 4th line of the 2nd paragraph, E has the words "as captives"
added after the words "carryed away" ; middle of the 3rd
paragraph, it has "quantitys of Lands are cleared" instead
of "quantity of Lands are cleared" ; 3rd to the last line of
that paragraph, it has the word "then" after "shal."
P. 48: 4th line of the 2nd paragraph, E has the word "directed" in-
stead of "declared" ; 12th line from the bottom, it has the
word "first" inserted before the word "heard" ; 7th line
from the bottom, it has the word "several" inserted before
"Countys."
P. 49 : the English copy does not have the words "pursuant to ye
Act of Assembly" in the 3rd line of the 3rd paragraph.
(The State Library copy has here the better reading.)
P. 52: in the single paragraph for Nov. 14, 1705, the English copy
has "Francis Mackennie" twice erroneously for "Francis
Makemie."
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P. 53 : last line on the page, E has the word "yearly" after October
and the word "other" after "ye."
P. 54 : 2nd line of the third paragraph, E omits the words "for King
and Queen County" after the word "Peace."
P. 55 : the first paragraph reads as follows in E : "This day William
Byrd Esqr her Majtles Audr came before his Excellcy & ye
Council, and persuant to an Instruction which he said was
sent to his father by ye honble Wm Blathwayte Esqr Auditor
Gen11 of America made oath to ye Ace* of ye 2s per hhd
Port Dutys & head money to ye 25th of Octobr Last Past."
P. 56: E has in the fourth line of the first paragraph of the Novem-
ber 24th meeting the words "Sharpness of ye Season" in-
stead of "Shortness of ye Session."
P. 56 & 57 : The clerk saw fit to recast the phraseology of the first
paragraph of the proceedings for Nov. 26, 1705, and to
bring it in as the second paragraph of the copy sent to Eng-
land. It reads as follows :
"His Excly having recommended to ye Council to Consider what
may be most for her Majtles service in Relation to ye Dispersing of
ye Arms & Ammunition sent in by her Majty or Continuing ye same
in ye Store house at James City where They now ly — The Council do
Thereupon humbly Represent to his Excly That ye Store house at
James City is very Improper & unsafe for Keeping ye sd arms and
ammunition, it Lying upon a Navigable River without any fortification
or Guard to Defend it, So That ye said Stores of War are Lyable to
be surprised by any Pirate or Privateers That shall obtain Intelligence
of ye Condition They Ly in and in Case any Insurrection of ye servts
or Slaves should happen in this Country, it may be Easy for Them
to Seize ye Sd Arms & Ammunition & make use Thereof ag* ye Coun-
try. And Therefore ye Council are of opinion yl it will be very Ef-
fectual for ye preservation of ye sd arms from surprize & be serviceable
to ye Country That ye Same be Dispersed Through ye sev" Countys in
proportion to ye number of ye Inhabitants & yc wants of ye sd Countys.
That ye Comander in Chief of ye Militia of ye Sev11 countys & y"
Chief officer of ye Militia in Each County where ye Comdr in Chief doth
not Reside himself be Entrusted wth ye Care of ye sd Arms & Directed
to Distribute ye same to such of ye Inferiour officers under his Comand
as he will be Answerable for which officers Respectively are to keep
ye Same in good Order & fit for service & not to permitt any of Them
to be made use of, but only upon an alarm. But in Case any Person be
Desirous to purchase any of ye sd Arms at ye Rate Allready Set Thereon
The sd officers Respectively are to sel ye same & be accountable for ye
price Thereof to y° Comdr in Chief Who is from Time to Time to pay
The Same to her Majtcs Auditor & to give an Ace1 of ye Condition of y*
sd arms & of ye number sold to his Excly.
That a Proportionable Quantity of Shott be Sent to Every County
to be Lodged in ye Custody of ye Chief officer of ye Militia Resident in
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Each County or such other Inferiour officer as he shall Think proper
& not to be made use of but for ye service of ye Militia ag* an Enemy.
That the Powder be Distributed to ye sev11 Countys in Manner fol-
lowing viz.
To ye Countys of Stafford, Richmond, Essex, Henrico, Prince
George & Surry being The frontier Countys Towds ye Land Each four
Barrells.
To ye Countys of Princess Anne, Elizabeth City, Northampton
and Accomack being ye frontier Countys Twds ye Sea Each four Bar-
rells Including what hath been already sent.
To ye Countys of King & Queen, King Wm, New Kent, Charles
City, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Norfolk, Middlesex, Lancaster, West-
morland, Northumberland Each two Barrells.
That ye Chief Officers of ye militia in each County to whom ye
Sd Powder is Entrusted be Impowered and Directed to Sel one half
Thereof at ye Rate of 2s per pound, weh it's hoped it may yeild at ye
Time While Powder is so Scarce in ye Country, & to be accountable to
ye Auditor of ye price Thereof in order to suply the Country with new
powder in ye Room Thereof, Which officers Respectively are to Take
Care That none of ye powder be Sold to any but such as are Listed in
the militia and not Exceeding Six Pounds to any one Person.
That ye Remaining part of ye Powder (after ye aforesaid Distribu-
tion is made) be Removed from James City & Lodged at Williams-
burgh as more safe from Surprize by water & most Convenient for
Supplying ye adjacent Countys."
P. 60: Supply at bottom of the page the following two paragraphs
from E :
"Ordered that a Gen11 Dedimus potestatem be Issued to every
County in this Colony for Swearing all officers Civil & military as hath
been usual heretofore.
Ordered That ye Sev11 County Courts within This Colony Trans-
mit to ye Secret5"3 office a List of ye present Coroners in Their Respec-
tive Countys together with the names of Such as They Think most fitt
to Supply ye Vacancys if any be to ye End Com" may be Directed Ac-
cordingly."
P. 61 : 1. 10, E has "parcelled" instead of "parolled."
P. 62 : E has the name "Freck" instead of "Frook" ; also "Marot" in-
stead of "Marol."
P. 64: 1st paragraph of proceedings for Nov. 29, 1705, line 9, E fills
the blank space with word "ordinance"; 1. 13 of the second
paragraph, E has "13th" instead of "15th"; 3rd line from
bottom of page, E has "Dr. Luke Haveild" instead of "Dr.
Luke Harrild."
P. 66: 2nd line of the 3rd paragraph, E has "three thousand acres"
instead of "2200 acres." The proceedings for the 30th of
November, 1705, close in the Virginia book with "His
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Excellency adjourn'd the Council." After this in E comes
"Examined per Wil Robertson CI Con." This was a cer-
tification of all the transcripts of proceedings from Oct. 15
through Nov. 30, 1705, sent to England at one time.
P. 69 : In E John Lightfoot is not mentioned among the members of
the Council present at meeting Jan. 23, 1705/6.
The paragraphs of the proceedings of this meeting are differently
arranged in the English and the Virginia copy. This seems to show
that the English copy was not taken from the Virginia book but from
the clerk's loose sheet entries, which probably had not yet been copied
into the book.
P. 72 : 1. 2 of the 2nd paragraph of the proceedings for Feb. 27, E
has "John Holt" for "Joseph Holt" but has "Joseph" two
lines below. (The "John" was an error that escaped the
clerk's eye.)
P. 73: in E "s" is omitted — correctly — from the word "Holts" in the
6th line from the end of the first paragraph, and there is
no blank space in the third line from the end ; in the last
line on the page "upon" is substituted for "unto."
P. 74: 1. 1 of first complete paragraph, the word "upon" is inserted
in E between the words "that" and "proof"- — an evident
error on the part of the clerk ; 1. 8 of the 3rd paragraph,
"or" takes the place of "of" between "Rights" and "Com-
positions" ; 4th paragraph, 2nd line, "officers" is replaced
by "offices" — a better reading.
P. 76: paragraph beginning "Whereas William Robertson," the word
"represented" is inserted in E at the end of the first line ;
the date of the proceedings beginning at the bottom of the
page is given as the 15th instead of the 13th.
P. 77 : in E the word "That" is omitted at the beginning of the para-
graph beginning "That the Book of Entrys" — correctly —
and in the second line the word "said" substituted for "2a"
— incorrectly ; in the same line and in the next line the name
"McKinnie" is spelled "McKenny" ; in the first line of the
last paragraph on the page the plural "Evidences" is used
instead of the singular.
P. 78: 1. 6, E has "Briggs" instead of "Griggs" — correctly; 2nd line
of the first paragraph beginning "Mr. Attorney Gen11,"
the words "on the petition" are inserted after "opinion,"
and in the 3rd line the words "Virg" April 15th 1706" in-
serted at the beginning of the attorney-general's opinion ;
6th line of the paragraph, "have made" substituted for
"make"; 1. 13, "prosecuted" appears in place of "presented";
at the close of the opinion of the attorney-general the signa-
ture "S Thomson A. G." appears; the last line of the page,
the word "of" appears between "Widow"' and "Richard
Reddihoe."
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P. 79 : 1. 2, E has "Reynolds" instead of "Reynoles" ; 1. 4, "his knowl-
edge" instead of "their knowledge" ; 1. 12, it has "Richd
Reddihoe's widow" instead of "Richd Reddihoe" ; 1. 15, it
has "McKenny" for "McKinie" ; lines 17 & 19, it has "Nos-
worthy" instead of "Norsworthy."
P. 80: 9th line, E spells "Assamoasock" "Assamousack" ; 1. 15, it in-
serts "Nathan11" before "Harrison."
P. 85 : in both line 7 and line 14 E has "Terraro" ; 9th line from bot-
tom, it has correct placing of the marks of parenthesis —
before and after "as he conceives."
P. 86: 1. 13, E inserts following words between "to her Majesty" and
"and ye said proprietors": "for her Majts Directions wch
of the said Branches shall be called the Boundary between
her Majesty."
P. 87: 12th line from bottom, E has "price" instead of "prize"; the
last two lines on page would read if printed from E : "that
it is usual Here when a Merchant receives any considerable
Sum in bills of Excha from different persons as in such
sales it often happens he."
P. 89 : E has word "fit" after "think" in 8th line, and the words "the
better" omitted; it has, 1. 11, the words "of Potomack river"
after "Coll° Richd Lee naval officer" ; 9th line from bottom
of page, it has "Leeward" for "Seaward" — erroneously.
P. 91 : second line from bottom, E has "Thornton," not "Thomson."
P. 92: 19th line, E spells "Northfolk" "Norfolk" and "Matt Spevie"
"Matt Spivy"; 1. 25, it has "Tayloe" instead of "Taylor";
1. 27, it has "Hanie" instead of "Hainie" ; 1. 36, it has "the"
instead of "this" before "Seating."
P. 93: 1st line, 1st paragraph of proceedings for May 14, 1706, E
has "Skinner" for "Shinner"; 1. 17, "tho" for "that"; 4th
line from bottom of page, "Grand Tyre" for "Grand Tyrs."
P. 94: 7th line, E has "two hours" instead of "four hours"; 2nd line
from bottom of page, "designe" instead of "desire."
P. 95 : 1. 8, E has "she laying in the Channell" instead of "the laying
in the Cannell"; 1. 14, "Solomon Sumerskill" instead of
Solomon Summers"; 1. 31, "yl [that] we may with the
greatest facility" instead of "if we may with the greatest
facility."
P. 96: 1. 6, E has "Scasbrook" for "Seabrook"; 1. 7, "Humphreys"
for "Humphrey"; 1. 8, "Olierd" for "Olver"; 1. 9, "Ran-
sone" for "Ransome."
P. 97: 1. 1, "Guuldman" for "Guildman"; 1. 2, "Dobbins" for "Dob-
bin."
P. 98: 13th line from bottom, "consented" instead of "contented";
12th line from bottom, words "be judged convenient" omit-
ted— erroneously; 8th line from bottom, after the words
"laid out" E inserts the words "by direction of Mr. Wm
Cock & Mr. Thomas Blunt."
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P. 102: "Thompson" is spelled "Thomson" in E the three times it
occurs in the first paragraph [Thomson is the almost in-
variable spelling throughout the English manuscript] ; 5th
line from bottom of page, E has "Wm Moyon" for "Wm
Motson."
P. 104: 1st paragraph of proceedings for June 17, "Ranson" spelled
"Ransone" in E twice.
P. 105 : 9th line, "prepared opinion" should be inserted, according to
E, in the place reported "illegible" in the Virginia manu-
script.
P. 106: 1. 5, E substitutes "wittingly" for "willingly"; 1. 14, it inserts
"of his dues" after "a true account" ; 1. 33, it substitutes
"In" for "For" at beginning of sentence commencing in
middle of line ; 1. 44, it has "Cause" for "Clause."
P. 108: 1. 4, E has "15 pence" instead of "15s"; 1. 10, beginning "As
to this the Burgesses" through 1. 18, omitted in E.
P. Ill: 1. 36, E inserts "agreable to the intent of her Majts Instruc-
tions" after the words "to settle a port there."
P. 112: 1. 15, E has after the expression "This Board in consideration
thereof and" the following: "out of the regard they have
to and upon the recommendation of the Lords Commiss"
for trade the motion," which is unclear. The blank space
might be filled up with the words "and upon the," which
would clear up matters.
P. 113: 7th line from bottom, E has "the 16 instant" instead of "the
sixth instant" ; 4th line from bottom, it has "insisting" in-
stead of "insisted."
P. 114: 1. 9, E has "custom house officer" instead of "custom house
officers"; 1. 10, "satisfy" should be "testify"; 1. 35, after the
word "board" it inserts "every Ship or Vessell before the
sd 22d of June."
P. 116: 1. 25, "This Capacity" should be, according to E, "his Capa-
city" ; 1. 34, "2d per hogshead" should be "2 shillings per
hogshead"; 1. 35, "Wm Boatevell" should be "Wm Boat-
well" ; 1. 36, the word "both" after "July" should be "last" ;
1. 37, what appears like the figure 31 is really 31bs, writ-
ten "three pounds" in the English manuscript; 1. 45, "Ru-
hard" should be "Richard."
P. 117: 1. 1, end word in line, E has "new" instead of "then"; 1. 37,
it inserts "reasons of those" before the word "memorials"
and has "strangest" instead of "strongest."
P. 118: 1. 15, E omits "to the Lords Com" for Trade" — evidently by
mistake ; 1. 20, it inserts "so we assure your Excellency" be-
fore the last word in line.
P. 119: E contains an extra paragraph not in the Virginia book, as
follows :
"Whereas the R' Hono1"0 the Lords Comiss" for trade have been
pleased to take notice that the planting of Cotton & flax in this Colony
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is very prejudiciall to her Majts Interest and to direct that no En-
couragem' be given thereto either by Act of Assembly or any Act of ye
Councill The Councill do thereupon humbly observe that the planting
of Cotton & flax here is occasioned rather by necessity than Choice the
Low price of Tobacco neither affording encouragem*3 to the Merch" to
bring in nor means to the planters to purchase necessary Clothing for
their familys And that there is no Encouragement given to the produc-
tion of that Comodity by any act in this Country and the Councill do
further humbly assure their Lordships that they will always make it
their endeavour that nothing prejudiciall to her Majt9 Service shall re-
ceive any Encouragem' from any Act of theirs."
P. 120: 1. 38, "proclamation is" should be "proclamations," according
to E.
P. 121 : 1. 23, "Cap1 Ferrill" is written "Cap4 Ferret" in E ; 4th line
from bottom, instead of "16"" E has 16 pds."
P. 123 : 1. 25, E inserts "made" between "been" and "out" ; 1. 27, "only
three are" should be "only there are," according to E ; 1. 30,
E inserts "and of Middlesex for 1702" between "1702" and
"for" ; 1. 45, it inserts "no" in front of "otherwise."
P. 124 : 1. 6, "receipt" should be "receipts," according to E.
P. 125: 1. 15, E inserts the word "principal" before "Commissioners";
lines 16 and 17 should read, according to E, as follows : "to
the Resolutions of his late Excellency and ye Council the
7th day of May last was not signed by the Council" ; 1. 23,
"18s be paid to the said Coll° Nicholsons" should be "thirteen
shillings be paid to the said Coll° Nicholson" ; in the 3rd
line of the proceedings for August 30 "Mrs. Lughton"
should be "Mrs. Leighton" ; two short paragraphs should
be added to the proceedings for this day, as follows :
"Ordered that ye Recr General send to England for such paper &
other necessarys for ye Council office as the Clerk of ye Council shal
give him an Acco' of as wanting in ye sd office.
Edward Hill Esqr Collector of ye Upper District of James River
came before the Council and made Oath to his Acco1 of the penny per
pound arising in ye said District."
P. 126: at end of line 5, E inserts the following: "Security to ye
Council that the Governors Excrex in England will be
satisfyed with this Expedient, and the Chief Cred" offering
to give"; 1. 37, "Mrs Lughton" should be "Mrs. Leighton."
P. 127: 1. 11, E inserts after the word "accots" "Viz from April to
Oct. 1705"; 1. 24, "14s" should be "Is," according to E; 1.
26, "12u" should be "£121"; 1. 28, "same time" should
be "25th" ; 1. 39, "paid by him & per" should be "paid by
him as per"; 1. 39, "40u :6s :10y2" should be "4011: 68:10
three farthings"; lines 43-45 should read: "To the Attor-
ney Gen11 out of the quitrents for a year & 4 days Sallary
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ending ye 25th of April 1705 sixty seven pounds 16s lO^4";
1. 47, "4dy4" should be "ld#."
P. 129: 1. 35, "Govt" should be "Gout"; 1. 38, '7th of September"
should be "17th of September."
P. 130: 1. 4, "Capable" should be "Cable"; 1. 8, "disperse them"
should be "dispose of them."
P. 131 : 1. 8, E has "Gregory" instead of "Gregg"; 1. 26, E has "Ham-
lin" instead of "Hamlon," and inserts "Henry Clements";
another English copy (duplicates were sometimes sent over,
especially in time of war) has "Francis Clements"; 4th line
from the bottom of the page "relations" should be "Resolu-
tions."
P. 132: 1. 8, E inserts "Thomas" before "Godwin" ; in the list of mem-
bers present Oct. 22, 1706, as sent to England, the names
of Philip Ludwell and William Bassett are omitted; 1. 20,
"Lawriere" should be "Larriere," according to E; 5th line
from bottom of the page, "will" (first word in line) should
be "shall make."
P. 133: 1. 10, "removing" should be "running," according to E.
P. 134: 1. 14, "confirm" should be "confine," and after the words "any
of them" these words should be inserted : "the Sherif of
those Countys where the said prisoners shall be dispersed."
P. 135: 1. 31, "appointment" should be "appointments."
P. 136: 1. 10, "said person" should be "said Perrin"; 1. 11, "the 2a
day" should be "the fifth day" ; 1. 14, "Deputies" should be
"Disputes" ; 1. 19, "accordingly" should be "exceedingly" ;
1. 39, E inserts "not" between "are" and "to expect."
P. 137: The consignment of transcripts of the Journal of the Council
ending with the proceedings for October 28, 1706, sent over
to England had the unusual certification "Vera Copia Will
Robertson." In line 16 the "30th of May" should be "31st
of May."
P. 138: 1. 13, E has "David" inserted between "John" and "Charles";
1. 29, E has "Coroner" instead of "Sherif."
P. 139: 1. 1, E has "an Order" instead of "an ordered"; 1. 21, it has
"Board" inserted after "this" ; 1. 38, it has "House of the"
inserted before "said Plumpton" ; 1. 45, it has "appropriated"
instead of "approprietated."
P. 140: 1. 3, E has "he excluded" instead of "be excluded"; 1. 7, E
has "Transferring" instead of "conferring"; 1. 22, it has
"out of" instead of "as of" ; 1. 42, E has "2d" instead of
"4""'; 1. 44, it has "Melius" for the word in the text des-
ignated illegible; 1. 47, it has "of" inserted between "am"
and "opinion."
P. 141 : 1. 7, E has "and was in force" instead of "an was in force" ;
1. 13, it has "Fello de se" instead of "filodese," and this is
the case also in line 25 ; 1. 19, it has "Coroner" instead of
Preface xv
"Sheriff" ; 1. 33, it has "a perquisite" instead of "apper-
quisite."
P. 142 : 1. 25, E has "intended to seize a vessell" instead of "intends to
Seize"; 1. 45, it has "the Upper District" instead of "the
Districts."
P. 144 : 1. 23, E has "Havelied" instead of "Handled."
P. 145 : 1. 37, E has "Henrico County" instead of "Henry County" ;
1. 39, it has "returned by them" instead of "retd by him";
1. 43, it has "platts" instead of "plotts" ; 1. 46, it has "Com-
pleted" instead of "Computed," but "Computed" seems to
be the better reading.
P. 147 : 1. 12, E has "Chadwick" instead of "Chadwich" ; 1. 42, it has
"their sev11 Debts" instead of "the sev11 Debts."
P. 148: 1. 18, E has "with him" instead of "with them"; 1. 30, it has
"Stephens Thomson" instead of "Stephen Thompson," and
the same is true in line 42; 1. 43, it has "30u" instead of
"3111."
P. 149: at the close of the proceedings for April 30, 1707, E has the
following added paragraph : "The Minutes of Council to
this day were now read over & approved in Council." In-
stead of "the Lynne" in the last line on the page E has
"Lyme."
P. 152: 1. 23, E has "any" instead of "away"; 1. 35, E has "but" in-
serted after "Ships." At the end of the first paragraph of
the proceedings for the 2nd of September, 1707, E has the
following additional paragraph :
"Ordered that the Gen11 Assembly be prorogued to the tenth day
of November next & that a proclamation be prepared accordingly."
P. 153: 1. 9, E has "acquaint" instead of "app1"; 1. 11, it has "ac-
cording" instead of "assured"; 1. 26, it has "and" after
"Collector" ; 1. 32, it has "per pound on Tob°" instead of
"per pound of TobV
P. 154: 1. 17, E has "last year" instead of "last years"; 1. 18, E has
"would be sent" instead of "would have been sent" ; 1. 28,
E has "at Sea" instead of "at the Season" ; lines 36-48, it
reads as follows : "and further taking into Consideration
that the detaining the Ships any longer will be the ruin of
their Voyages and a loss to her Majesty that Severall Mas-
ters of Ships have already Chosen rather to forfeit there
Embargo Bonds by runing away than undergoe the hard-
ships of a Longer Stay in the Country That it is not pos-
sible for the Government here (having no Naval Force or
Guardship) to prevent the rest from following their Ex-
ample they having already declared their intention so to do
if Leave be not given them And that the Experience of
former Fleets is a Convincing proof that Winter Convoys
are of Little Service for the defence or Security of Trade
xvi Preface
therefore her Majty's Council humbly Confiding that her
Majty will be graciously pleased to dispense with the Strict
observation of her Majtys Royal instruction. Concerning
Embargoes in this Extraordinary Case are of opinion and
accordingly."
P. 155: 1. 29, E has "having" instead of "had."
P. 156: 1. 33, E has "I5d per tunn" instead of "15 per tunn"; 1. 34, it
has "the said petition" instead of "their opinion" ; 1. 42, it
has "an appeal" instead of "on appeal."
P. 157: 1. 41, E has "Naval officer" instead of "Naval officers."
P. 158: 1. 7, E has "and" after "Salary"; 1. 35, it omits "one of" be-
fore "the Examination."
P. 160: 1. 18, E omits "William Buckner" ; 1. 35, it has "19th" in-
stead of "29th."
P. 161 : 1. 43, E has "Mosson" instead of "Mosser" ; 1. 45, it has "Wm
Addison" inserted after "Whitehaven."
P. 163: E has as the third entry for October 31, 1707, the following:
"The account of her Majtys Revenue of 2s per hogshead
port Dutys and head money from the 25th of April last
past to the 25th instant was this day presented by her Majtys
Auditor and Receiver Gen11 and after Examination thereof
in Council (Wm Byrd Esqr Receiver Gen11 having made oath
thereto) the same was Certifyed by Mr President in the
usual form."
P. 165 : 1. 34, E inserts after "that" "they may send some of the Great
men of their Respective Towns to be present at the Tryal
of those offenders on the 8th of January next at the Capitol
and further that."
P. 167 : 5th line from bottom, E has "Bathurst" instead of "Bathard."
P. 168: 1. 17, E has "Thomas Roberts" before "Thomas Nutting"; 1.
27, it has "Tuesday" instead of "Monday."
P. 169: 1. 31, E has "she" instead of "he."
P. 171: 1. 14, E has "sett ashore" instead of "fall ashore"; 5th line
from bottom, it has "18" instead of "19th."
P. 172: 1. 21, E has "at the expiration of the time" instead of "at the
time."
P. 173: 1. 31, E has "three" instead of "those."
P. 174: 1. 12, E has "Sotto Jack" instead of "Lotto Jack," and "Jamie"
instead of "Jamice."
P. 177: 1. 35, E has after the word "fines" the following: "imposed
by the said Courts and other forfeitures to her Majty* use
for the preceeding year & that Such Clerks as have hitherto
neglected to make such Returns do in October Gen" Court
next Transmitt a True account of all fines."
P. 178: 1. 7, E has "last" instead of "best."
P. 179: 1. 7, E has after "River" the following: "in order to her Return
for England and praying that they may have that benefite
which was intended by her Majestys said Letter"; 1. 11,
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it has after "said Ship" "should take some benefite by the
said Letter which hath not yet had it's Effect therefore they
humbly conceive the said Ship."
P. 180: 1. 8, E omits "Henry Applewhite."
P. 182: 1. 5, E has "Lieut" instead of "late"; 1. 6, E has "might or
ought" instead of "should or might"; lines 21 and 22, omit-
ted in E; 1. 29, it has after "Indians" the following: "There-
fore for depriving them of the means of doing mischief in
case by their refusal to deliver up the persons Suspected
as aforesd a War should ensue."
P. 183: 1. 30, E has "15th November" instead of "13 November." As
introductory to the last paragraph on the page, E has the
following: "Whereas the Right HonbIe the Lords Comm"
for trade have been pleased to require an account of the
number of Inhabitants in this her Majesty's Colony &
Dominion, for the better obtaining ye sd acco4 It is."
P. 185: 1. 8, E has "25th" instead of "22a"; 1. 25, it has "Murderers
of" instead of "Murderer or." E has the following addi-
tional entry to be inserted before the last paragraph given
on this page :
"Ordered that the Interpreters to the Tributary Indians forthwith
repair to the respective towns of the said Indians & charge them that
they do not trade or hold any Correspondence with the Tuscoruro In-
dians nor furnish them with powder or shott neither harbour nor en-
tertain any of that Nation at their Towns as they will answer the con-
trary at their perill." 9th line from bottom of page, E has "their"
instead of "the."
P. 186: 1. 23, E has "each particular Electors list" instead of "such
particular Election" ; 10th line from bottom, it has "Davis"
instead of "Dennis" ; 8th line from bottom, E has "Lay-
stoff" instead of "Laystaff."
P. 187: 1. 16, E has "received" instead of "read"; 1. 17, E has "re-
pealing" instead of "repeating."
P. 189 : 1. 5, E has "feigning" instead of "signing" ; 9th line from
bottom, it has "pursers" instead of "persons" ; 7th line from
bottom, it has "Wilson" instead of "Wilcox."
P. 190: 1. 3, E has "New" in front of "Pensilvania Company"; 1. 5,
it has "Brigantine" instead of "Burlington" ; 1. 14, it has
"matter" instead of "maker."
P. 192: 1. 11, E has "Country Gaol" instead of "County Gaol."
P. 193 : 1. 33, E inserts "exported (except a little to the Planta"3)" after
"Tobacco is" ; 7th line from bottom, E has "Fiall" for word
omitted.
P. 194: 1. 4, E has "or" instead of "and" between "increased" and
"decayed."
P. 195 : 1. 24, E has "new" instead of "more."
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P. 197: 1. 12, E has "Robert Hix" instead of "Robert His"; 1. 15, E
has "Haward" instead of "Howard."
P. 199: 1. 20, E has "one" instead of "on"; 10th line from bottom, it
has "Bengar" instead of "Bengare."
P. 202: 1. 1, E has after the words "money advanced towards" the
following: "the sd building by Mr Benja Harrison on the
Credit of the Negros bought for"; 1. 11, it has "Haward"
instead of "Howard" ; 1. 15, it has "Country goal" instead of
"County goal."
P. 203 : 1. 9, E has "David Crawley" instead of simply "Crawley" ; 1.
12, it has "Doctor" instead of "Dorctor" ; 1. 18, it has "&
diet" inserted after "bedding."
P. 204: 1. 2, E has "1708" instead of "1709."
P. 205 : 1. 8, E has "the Council" after "acquainted."
P. 206: 1. 3, E has "put" instead of "but"; 1. 17, it has "Musters" in-
stead of "Masters" ; 1. 18, it has "under" instead of "and
in" ; 1. 19, it has "provide themselves" instead of "be pro-
vided."
P. 207: 1. 22, E has "by delivering" instead of "for delivering"; 3rd
line from bottom and also last line, E has "Haward" instead
of "Howard."
P. 208: 1. 32, E has added, "On Chews point at the mouth of York
river two men" ; 5th line from bottom, it omits "other"
after "each" ; last line, it has the following inserted between
"Militia" and "shall" : "in those parts & entrusted to such
persons as ye sd officers."
P. 209 : 1. 8, E has, inserted between "Rosegill" and "and," the follow-
ing: "On Windmill point and on Dammerons point One
Gun each to be taken from Mr Wormeleys plantation at
Rosegill"; 1. 21, E has "Inland" instead of "inclined"; 1.
32, it has "said Commanding officers" instead of "such
Commanding officers."
P. 210: 1. 32, E has "passage" instead of "passages"; 8th line from
bottom, E has "Habitations" instead of "Inhabitants."
P. 211 : 1. 19, E has "shall act" instead of "act."
P. 212: 1. 11, E has "his" in front of "intercession" and "for" instead
of "of" after "intercession."
P. 213: lines 37 and 38, E has "one of the men of War" instead of
"the man of War" ; 2nd to last line, E inserts after "Con-
voy" "Mr President is desired to write to Captain Fane an
accompt of what ships are now in the Country to go under
his Convoy."
P. 214: 9th line from bottom, E omits "they" between "trade" and
"Carryed."
P. 215: 1. 14, E has "three men out of Warwick County" instead of
"five men out of Warwick County."
P. 216: 1. 3, E has "Hillary Stringer" instead of "Henry Stringer";
3rd line from bottom, it has "Mr President in Council" in-
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stead of "the President & Council," and inserts as the next
line : "Out of the Quitrents" ; last line, E has "twenty-
five days salary" instead of "twenty days salary."
P. 218: 1. 23, E has "per" in front of "month"; 1. 31, it has "show"
instead of "then" ; 1. 32, it has "they" instead of "then."
P. 219: 1. 21, E has "Letters" instead of "Letter."
P. 220: 1. 1, E has "Rodrigo" instead of "Rodrige."
P. 224: 1. 4, E omits "of" after "because" and substitutes "would" for
"will" at end of line.
P. 227: 1. 15, E has "Lookouts" for "Seeouts."
P. 228 : 8th line from bottom, E has "on the Victoria" instead of "by
the Victoria."
P. 229: 1. 10, E inserts "small" before "Privateers."
P. 231 : 1. 5, E has "To" instead of "So."
P. 235 : 1. 20, E has "acts" instead of "act" ; 1. 27, it omits blank space
in front of "Requireing."
P. 236: 1. 19, E has "an" instead of "ten"; 1. 35, E has "Henry Harts"
instead of "Henry Hartwells" ; 1. 36, it has "Wm Nevils"
instead of "Wm Newits."
P. 237: 1. 31, E has "hold" instead of "holds."
P. 238 : 1. 33, E has "State" instead of "Trade" ; 1. 35, it has "when"
instead of "where" ; 1. 39, E has "Letter" instead of "Let-
ters."
P. 239 : 1. 6, E omits "not" in front of "proceed" ; 1. 18, it has "small"
instead of "severall."
P. 240: 1. 8, E has "nation of "Einocs" instead of "Einoes"; 1. 13, E
omits "That" after "Tributarys" ; 1. 30, it has "President in
Council" instead of "President & Council."
P. 241 : 1. 6, E inserts the following after "year" : "and for the charges
of the sloop Diamond fitted out for ye defence of the Coun-
try One hundred & nineteen pounds four Shills & one
penny three farthings."
P. 242: 1. 7, E has "attendants" instead of "attendance"; 10th line
from bottom, it has "Mr Swan" instead of "Mr Swain."
P. 244: 1. 2, E has "William Timson" instead of "William Simson";
in list of names of those attending the session of April 27,
1710, E has "James Blair"; 1. 24, it adds "William Wood-
ford" and has "Micou" instead of "Mecon"; 1. 36, it has
"Partners" instead of "Partner."
P. 246 : 3rd line from bottom, E has "his" between "in" and "hands" ;
last line, it has "in" in front of "order."
P. 247: 13th line from bottom, E has "tho" in front of "lately" instead
of "the."
P. 249 : the third paragraph on that page is omitted in E ; 1. 29, E has
"distinct" instead of "District"; 10th line from bottom, E
has "Ports" instead of "Posts."
P. 250: at end of proceedings for July 5, 1710, E inserts the following:
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"The honble the Lieutenant Governor desireing the opinion and
advice of the Council whether it be not necessary for her Majestys
Service and the good of the Country that an Assembly be called and
what time may be most proper for their meeting It is thereupon re-
solved that it is necessary an Assembly be called to meet at Williams-
burgh the 25th of October next that being judged the most proper and
convenient time for their sitting.
July the 6th 1710
Present
The HonbIe Alexander Spotswood Esqr his
Majtles Lieutenant Governor
Edmund Jennings James Blair Commissary
Dudley Digges John Lewis
Robert Carter Esq" William Churchill &
William Byrd Esq"
The Writts for Election of Burgesses to serve in the ensueing As-
sembly were this day signed by the Governor in Council.
Whereas by the arrival of the late Convoy and the intentions of the
Commodore that her Majestys Ship under his command shall cruise
about the Capes and in Linhaven bay This Country will be protected
from the Invasion and Insults of the Enemys Privateers and there will
be no occasion for alarming the Country upon Sight of any Ships come-
ing into the Capes while her Majestys said Ships are cruiseing It is
therefore ordered that the fireing of the Alarm Guns be discharged and
discontinued untill further order be given therein.
Whereas Captain Robinson Commodore of the Fleet lately arrived
is by his orders directed to stay here ninety days and no longer which
time expires the 20th day of September next It is ordered that the
Collectors and Naval Officers of the respective Districts do forthwith
give notice to the Masters of all Ships and Vessells that intend to take
the benefite of the said Convoy that they prepare to joine the same at
Kiquotan by the said 20th day of September And the said Collectors
and Naval Officers are directed to clear only such Ships and Vessells
as they are satisfyed may be ready by that time to joine and proceed
with the said Convoy.
Whereas Captain Clifton Commander of her Majestys Ship the
Kingsale at New York hath notifyed to the Governor his being ordored
in Conjunction with her Majtle3 Ship the Maidstone to touch at Vir-
ginia and take under his Convoy the trade that shall be ready to pro-
ceed with him from hence for Great Brittain by the 10"' of this month
in pursuance of which advice the Governor hath given directions for
clearing all Ships that can be ready by that time, and whereas there are
diverse other Ships almost loaded which probably may induce the said
Captain Clifton upon his arrival to stay some longer time for takeing
the said Ships under his Convoy. It is the opinion of the Council that
if the said Captain Clifton shall be prevailed with to stay beyond the
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time he hath already fixed, the Governor give leave for clearing all such
Ships as shall be ready to joine the said Convoy by the last day that
he shall fix for their Departure.
On reading at this Board a paragraph of a letter from the Right
honMe the Lords Commissioners for trade and plantations dated the 19th
of January 1709/10 together with the Extracts of three Memorials re-
lateing to illegal Trade carryed on between her Majestys British planta-
tions in America and the Islands of Currasoa and S* Thomas's whereby
it appears that there has been illegal tradeing from the lower District
of James River in this said Colony to the said Islands : for the better
detecting of the persons concerned therein It is Ordered that the Col-
lector & Naval Officer of the said Lower District of James River forth-
with transmitt to the Governors an exact List under their hands of all
Vessells tradeing to any of the Plantations that have entered and
Cleared in their District from October 1706 to October 1708 together
with Copys of the particular Invoices of goods imported in the said
Vessells and Copys of such Certificates as have been produced to the
said Officers for the discharge of the Ladeings of the said Vessells in
the Plantations.
A Commission to Philip Ludwell Esq1- and Nathaniel Harrison
Gent to be Commissioners for settleing the boundarys between this
Colony and Carolina being prepared according to the former resolu-
tions of this Board was this day signed by the Governor in Council
and for the better enableing the said Comm" to proceed in that affair
It is the opinion of the Council that the Instructions formerly agreed
upon the 27th of April last be the Instructions to the said Commission-
ers, and the honbIe the Lieutenant Governor is desired upon any Oc-
casion or emergency not therein provided for, to give such other In-
structions and Directions as he shall think necessary for the better and
more speedy prosecution of the said Work.
Whereas Her Majesty out of her Royal Favours to her Subjects
of this Colony hath been pleased to give diverse Instructions for the
better secureing the liberty of the Subject, and to direct that the same
be published throughout this Colony. It is ordered that Mr Attorney
General prepare a proclamation for publishing her Majestys said In-
structions, and that the same be entered in the Records of the General
Court and County Courts of this her Majestys Colony.
On the petition of Arthur Johnson A Prisoner in the publick Goal
setting forth that in October 1707 Sentence was passed upon him in
the Gen" Court according to Law for stealing a horse at which time
he humbly moved for mercy and Transportation which was granted but
hath continued in prison ever since and humbly praying her Majestys
gracious pardon or that he may be transported The honbIe the Lieutenant
Governor was pleased to declare his intention of pardoning the peti-
tioner, and It is accordingly ordered that Mr Attorney General do pre-
pare a pardon for the Governors Signing.
On a Representation from the County of Richmond, Alexander
Donaphan Nicholas Smith William Woodbridge and George Heale are
xxii Preface
appointed Coroners for the said County and ordered that Commissions
be granted them accordingly.
Ordered that a Commission of the peace be issued for Middlesex
County and that Mr Ralph Wormley be added to the Quorum."
P. 251 : 1. 7, E has "tenth" instead of "ninth."
P. 252: 1. 3, E has "stile" instead of "sale" and "issued" instead of
"used" ; 1. 7, it has "Stile" instead of "Sale."
P. 255 : 1. 23, E has "cases" instead of "case."
P. 256: 16th line from bottom, E has "Commissioners" instead of
"Commissions."
P. 257: 1. 28, E has "Evidence" instead of "Evidences."
P. 258: 1. 24, E has after "Weyanoak Creek" the following: "as it is
proved by the Witnesses on the part of Virginia, and the
line that will run in a due west course from thence to Morat-
tuck river" ; 1. 32, E inserts "such" before "measures."
P. 259: 13th line from the bottom, E has "1706" instead of "1708."
The date 1708 is, however, correct.
P. 260: 1. 21, E inserts after "Plantations" "by the Governor and
Council" ; 3rd line from the bottom, it has "Petition" instead
of "Petitions."
P. 262: 9th and 10th lines from the bottom, E erroneously omits "be
dead without heirs or other representative, his share and
proportion of the said Land shall."
P. 263 : bottom of page, E gives the members of the Council present
at the December 8, 1710, session as follows :
"Present
The Honble the Lieutenant Governor
Edmund Jenings Philip Ludwell
Dudley Digges John Smith
James Blair John Lewis &
William Byrd Esq""
P. 264: E has an additional entry for December 8, 1710, as follows:
"A proclamation declaring her Majtles pleasure concerning the
granting of Land read and approved and signed by the Governor in
Council and Ordered to be sent to the several Countys." E also shows
that the last paragraph given by the Virginia book as of December 8
really belongs to a meeting taking place on December 9, the first entry
of which is not in the Virginia book. The proceedings for this day
are entered by E as follows:
"December the 9th 1710
Present
As Yesterday
On the petition of John Symonds Leave is granted him to take up
fifteen hundred acres of Land on Nottoway River It appearing to the
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Governor & Council that he is capable of Cultivating the same accord-
ing to her Majestys Instructions and the Receiver General is hereby
impowered on his application to grant him Certificate of Rights for the
same."
P. 264: 13th line from bottom, E omits "his" before "escheated
lands"; last line, it has "was read" instead of "were read."
P. 265: 1. 6, E has "John Smith" instead of "John Lewis"; 1. 15, it
has "promises" instead of "promising."
P. 266: 1. 4 from bottom, E has a space inserted between "of" and
"acres."
P. 267: 1. 24, E has "form" instead of "forms."
P. 268: 3rd line from bottom, E has "asked" instead of "asking."
P. 269: 1. 18, E inserts "other" before "Owners"; 1. 31, it has "of"
instead of "made by" ; 1. 35, it has "make use of" instead of
"make up of" ; 4th line from, bottom, E has "indirect" in-
stead of "indiscreet."
P. 271 : 1. 13, E has "Ordered" instead of "Resolved."
P. 272 : instead of the list as given in the Virginia book, E has a much
longer list, as follows :
"Norfolk James Wilson
Princess Anne George Hancock
Prince George Joshua Wynne
Henrico Francis Epes
Charles City James Joyeux
New Kent Joseph Foster
James City Edward Jacquelin
York William Timson
Warwick Humphry Harwood
Elisa City John Moore
Accomack Tully Robinson
Northampton John Powell
Gloucester Thomas Buckner
King & Queen Samuel Matthews
King William William Anderson
Middlesex Oliver Segar
Essex Richard Covington
Richmond Edward Barrow
Westmorland Daniel McCarty
Stafford Joseph Summer
Northumberland Maurice Jones
Lancaster Thomas Pinhard
Nansemond Joseph Merredith
Isle of Wight Humphry Marshall
Surry Ethelred Taylor"
P. 273: 1. 15, E has "Officer" instead of "Office"; 1. 25, it has after
"Shallops" "or" instead of "and"; lines 28-36 E sub-
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stitutes the following : "the Method laid down therein will
be very much for her Majestys Service, will more effectually
prevent illegal Trade, and be performed with as little charge
as the present Establishment, and with no inconveniency to
Traders, since Williamsburgh is commodiously seated in
the Center of both Rivers, and has navigable Creeks so near
to it, which will render their attendance on the Collector
equally convenient from either."; 13th line from the bot-
tom, E has "Out of the 2s per hogshead Port Dutys and
Head money."
P. 274: 1. 10, E has after "Contingent Charges" "One hundred and
five pounds Sixteen shillings & Eleven pence" ; 9th line from
bottom, E has "Ann" instead of "Elizabeth," and the same in
the 4th line from the bottom.
P. 279: 1. 6, E inserts after "Treasury" "not having the Conveniency
of negotiating them to answer their Credit in England" ; 1.
30, E inserts "he" in front of "soon discovered."
P. 280: 1. 30, E has "Sixteen" instead of "Six."
P. 281 : 1. 24, E has "Truchett" instead of "Trukitt," and a blank space
before "stone"; 1. 38, it has "1674" instead of "1684"; 1.
40-51 and 1. 1-12 of next page, E has the following:
"which said Land by divers mean Conveyances, is come to
the possession of him the said Mongo. That he and those
under whom he claims has been in possession of and paid
Quit rents for the said Land ever since the date of the
patent; but upon examining the bounds described in the
said patent the petr has discovered that the Lines do not
meet, which must have been occasioned either through the
Omission of the Surveyor in returning the Survey or the
Negligence of the Clerk in recording the patent ; That
divers persons now intending to take up land joining upon
the petitioners Tract he is apprehensive he may be thereby
involved in Controversys and disputes concerning the bounds
of his patent; And therefore praying he may have liberty
to survey the said Patent so far as the bounds thereof are
distinctly mentioned, and that where the same are uncer-
tain, a line be run to include the said three thousand acres
due to him by patent, and that he may thereupon have his
patent renewed. This Board taking the said petition into
consideration and conceiving the same to be reasonable do
order that the Tract of Land mentioned in the petioner's
patent be accordingly laid out and surveyed at his proper
charge, and that the Surveyor cause a Line to be run where
the same is wanting to include as near as may be the three
thousand acres due to the petitioner by the aforesaid patent.
And to the end no person may be prejudiced by the said
Survey. It is Ordered that the Surveyor of the County of
New Kent give publick notice at the Court house of the
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said County of the time of the sd Survey ten days at least
before he proceed thereon, that the patentees of the Adjacent
Lands, if any be, may attend and make their Objections
against the same And it is further Ordered that the Sur-
veyor return an exact Plott and Survey thereof to the
Secretarys Office."
P. 283 : 1. 29, E has "Line" instead of "Lines."
P. 284: 1. 8, E has "Simons" instead of "Summons."
P. 286: 9th line from bottom, E has "badges" instead of "badge."
P. 290: 1. 13, E has "Stubble Stubbleson" probably, but handwriting
not absolutely clear; 1. 30, E has "his use" instead of "this
use."
P. 292: E has "concerted" instead of "concerned"; 1. 31, E has "Prov-
inces" instead of "Province."
P. 296: 1. 11, E has "performing" instead of "forming"; 1. 22, it has
"Occoquan" instead of "Accoquan."
P. 297: 5th line from bottom, E has "time" after "same."
P. 299: lines 16-18, E has "assembled for divine service fix up on the
Door of the said Church a scandalous paper, reflecting upon
the Communion of the Church of England and importing a
Renunciation of his baptisme It is Ordered that Mr At-
torney Gen11 do consider of the said paper and that he
prosecute the said Ratcliff if he find the Offence punishable
by Law."
P. 300: 13th line from bottom, E has "Commanders" instead of
"Commander."
P. 301 : 6th line from bottom, E has "their" instead of "there."
P. 302: 1. 19, E has "Serjeants" instead of "Serjeans"; last line, it has
the date filled in "17th Septr 1711."
P. 303 : 1. 22, E has the blank spaces filled in giving the date "26 day
of Octr last" ; 8th line from bottom, it has "19th" instead of
"sixteenth" ; last line, it has "Indians" instead of "Indian's."
P. 304: 1. 25, E has "Grecian" instead of "Gresham" ; 1. 27, E has
"Governor & Council" instead of "Governor in Council";
1. 29, E has "Thomas Wynne" instead of "James Wynne."
P. 305: 1. 1, E has "William Farrow" instead of "William Farrar";
1. 8, E has "Andrew Woodlie" instead of "Andrew Wood-
ley" ; 1. 31, E has "Thwayt" instead of "Thweat."
P. 306: 1. 6, E omits "to" before "be known therein."
P. 307: 1. 23, E has "17th" instead of "7th"; 1. 31, E has blank spaces
filled up with "17th" and "Septr 1711."
P. 308: 1. 28, E omits "that" before "this Board."
P. 309: 1. 25, E has "whither" instead of "whether."
P. 311: 1. 17, E has "is pleased" instead of "was pleased"; 5th line
from bottom, has "she" instead of "he."
P. 313: 1. 19, E has "24th" instead of "30th."
P. 314: 1. 13, E inserts after "Majesty" "and on hearing the allega-
tions of both partys" ; 10th line from bottom, E has "Gov-
ernor and Council" instead of "Governor in Council."
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Preface
P. 315: 1. 17, E has "Governor in Council" instead of "Governor and
Council."
1. 5, E has after "trade" "directly or indirectly."
1. 35, E has "from Carolina" inserted after "papers" ; 1. 36, E
has "declarations" instead of "declaration"; 1. 43, E has
"then" instead of "than" ; next to last line, E has "North"
before "Carolina."
1. 19, E has "Sackville Brewer," instead of "Lackville Brewer";
14th line from bottom, E has "obtaining" after "in."
1. 22, between "Williamsburg" and "and deliver" E inserts
the following: "for that purpose And as a proof of this their
good intention, They (the Great men here present) do
promise that the Deputys of their Nation shall within
fourty days bring with them to Williamsburgh."
1. 19, E inserts between "for" and "any" "all bills drawn on."
1. 4, E has "pretended" instead of "presented"; 1. 36, E has
"Grant" instead of "Grand"; 4th line from bottom, E has
before "Secretarys office" "Records of the."
1. 24, E has "payment" instead of "payments."
1. 10, E has "tho' " in place of "having been."
10th line from bottom, E has "sent into South Carolina" in-
stead of "sent from South Carolina," the latter reading
clearly correct, however.
11, E has "Tuckanox" instead of "Suckanox" ; 1. 23, E has
after "Rangers" "That such further Instructions be given
them as the Governor shall think necessary for carrying on
this Service."
P. 333 : 16th line from bottom, E has "probable" instead of "probably."
P. 336: 14th line from bottom, E has "M" Christopher Robinson"
instead of "Mr Christopher Robinson."
P. 337 : 1. 25, E has "Haward" instead of "Howard."
P. 339: 1. 28, E has, instead of "ending the same time One hundred
pounds," "ending as above fifty pounds."
P. 340: 12th line from bottom, E has "Governor and Council" instead
of "Governor in Council" ; 9th line from bottom, E has,
after "Thacker," "for land in Middlesex County"; 6th line
from bottom, E has "Governor and Council" instead of
"Governor in Council" ; 5th line from bottom, E has "enter"
instead of "entring."
P. 341 : 1. 7, E has "fourty eight acres" instead of "fourty acres."
P. 342: 1. 12, E has "competent" instead of "complete"; lines 24-31,
this omitted from E.
P. 343: 6th line from bottom, E has "intrusted" instead of "trusted."
P. 344: 1. 18, E has "2585" instead of "2485"; 1. 25, E has "at the
rate" instead of "as the rate" ; 7th line from bottom, E has
"Governor and Council" instead of "Governor in Council."
P. 347: 1. 3, E has "Governor and Council" instead of "Governor in
Council."
P. 316
P. 318;
P. 319:
P. 320
P. 323
P. 325
P. 329
P. 330
P. 331
P. 332: 1
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P. 348: 1. 15, E has "Piatt" instead of "Plott."
P. 350: 1. 14, E has "Abjuration" instead of "Adjuration," and "taken
the Oath" instead of "took the Oath."
P. 351 : 1. 9, E has "North" before "Carolina."
P. 354: 1. 10, E omits comma at end of line; 1. 11, E has "William
Stanard" instead of "William Standard."
P. 355: 1. 5, E has, after "Generall Court," "and be heard thereupon
before a' Patent be passed to the petitioner" ; 1. 10, E has
"John Shaw" instead of "John Snow"; 1. 15, E has "17th
day" instead of the blank space; 1. 29, E has "Ayletts"
instead of "Aylett" ; 1. 30, E has blank in front of "Keffel" ;
11th line from bottom, instead of "as follows Viz" E has:
"That if any person or persons (other than the Indians or
their Posterity) shall from and after the publication of the
sd Act presume to purchase or obtain any Deed or Con-
veyance in fee, or any Lease for years from any of the
Tributary Indians of any Lands or tenements, laid or ap-
propriated ; or now actually possessed, or justly claimed and
pretended to by the said Indians, or shall occupy or tend
any of the said Lands by permission of the sa Indians or
otherwise Every person or persons so offending, and being
thereof lawfully convicted in any Court of Record within
this Colony shall forfiet and pay the Sum of ten shillings
Current money for every acre of Land so purchased Leased
or occupied, and for every year during the continuance of
the possession or Occupation of any Lands by virtue of
such purchase or Lease, the person or persons so offending
shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Ten Shillings Current
money for every acre of Land so possessed or occupied as
aforesaid" ; 2nd line from bottom, E has "the bounds" in-
stead of "that bounds."
P. 356: 1. 17, E has "complainants" instead of "complaints"; 1. 19,
E has "see" instead of "be" ; 1. 35, E has "this order" in-
stead of "his order" ; 1. 36, E omits "Court" before "days" ;
bottom line, E has "her" instead of "his."
P. 357 : 1. 19, E has "quinny" instead of "quinie" ; 1. 32, E has "Indian
Settlement" instead of "Indian Settlements."
P. 358: 1. 16, E has "there" instead of "their"; 1. 26, E has "32"" in-
stead of simply "32" ; 1. 40, E has "ordered" instead of
"ordained" ; 1. 44, E has "Talbot" instead of "Tilbot" ; 3rd
line from bottom,. E has "ordered" instead of "ordained."
P. 359: 1. 33, E has before "Patent" "by," and after "1702" "wth"; 1.
37, E has "John Hamptons patent dated the 1st of April
1702. Consent as above 50. George Johnson by his Fathers
patent dated 1st April 1702. Consent as above 80"; 1. 45,
E has the blank space filled with the word "Anthony."
P. 360: 1. 3, E has "Pettiver" instead of "Pattiver"; 1. 5, E has "Bell"
instead of "Dell"; 1. 19, E has "Waldrobe" instead of
"Waldrobs."
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P. 361 : 1. 6, E omits "it appearing"; 1. 31, between "duties" and "for"
E inserts the following: "which were payable upon the
Entry of his said Ship. The Governor with the advice of
the Council is thereupon pleased to order as it is hereby
Ordered that the Port dutys."
P. 362 : lines 2 and 4, E has "Bermuda" instead of "Barmuda."
P. 363 : 4th line from bottom, E has "Center" instead of "Centure."
P. 364: 1. 17, E has "their approbation" instead of "the approbation."
P. 365: 1. 13, E has "Governor in Council" instead of "Governor &
Council."
P. 366: 1. 11, E has "miha" instead of "incha" (Indian words) ; 1. 22,
E has "was" instead of "were" ; 1. 38, E has "Poythres" in-
stead of "Pothres."
P. 367 : 5th line from bottom, E has between "Inclined" and "an" "to" ;
4th line from bottom, E has "could" instead of "cannot."
P. 368: 1. 2, E has "ease" instead of "care"; 10th line from bottom,
E has "praying" instead of "prayed."
P. 369: 1. 7, E has "Porteus" instead of "Poteus."
P. 370: 1. 9, E has "Yarbrough" instead of "Yarebrough" ; 1. 10, E
has "Higginson" instead of "Higgason" ; 1. 14, E. has
"Rouviere" instead of "Rouvioze" ; 1. 15, E has "Cherme-
son" instead of "Chermesond," and the same in 1. 21 ; 1. 21,
E has "she paying" instead of "the paying" ; 7th line from
bottom, E has "their arrival" instead of "the arrival."
P. 371 : 1. 15, E has "Ridley" instead of "Redly"; 1. 22, E has "Tarent"
instead of "Taret" ; 1. 35, E has "John Brodhurst" instead
of "Ed Robins."
P. 373: 1. 2, E has "Six Shillings" instead of "Six pence"; 14th line
from bottom, E has "Meriam" instead of "Marian"; 12th
line from bottom, E has "Thomas Benbridge" instead of
"Matthew Nichola."
P. 374: no proceedings for the 3rd of May, 1714, were transmitted to
England — or, if transmitted, preserved ; line next to bot-
tom, E has "has given too" instead of "[leads] to."
P. 375 : 19th line from bottom, E has "Bignal" instead of "Bigner."
P. 376: 20th line from bottom, E has between "On" and "the" "read-
ing at this Board" ; 13th line from bottom, E has between
"the" and "same" "patent for the"; 12th line from bottom,
E omits "patents."
P. 377: 1. 24, E has "Cockram" instead of "Cochram" ; 12th line from
bottom, E has "Meriam" instead of "Mariam," and the
same in the 5th line from the bottom.
P. 378: 1. 4, E has "Owen" instead of "Owan" ; 1. 22, it has "letter"
instead of "latter" ; 7th line from bottom, it omits "of" in
front of "Bolingbroke."
P. 379 : 1. 19, E has "same" instead of "Sd" ; 1. 20, it has "alterations"
instead of "alteration."
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P. 380: 1. 17, E has "of" instead of "for" after "Execution"; 1. 36,
it has "Simmons" instead of "Summons" ; 1. 40, it inserts
"Lemuel" before "Newton"; lines 42 and 43, it omits "Hugh
Scarburgh" and "James Kemp" ; 3rd line from bottom, it
has "Miles Wells" instead of "M. Wells"; last line, it omits
"Wmsburgh."
P. 381 : 1. 1, E has "Henry Soane" instead of "H. Soane" and an ad-
ditional name "Edward Jaqueline" for James City County;
1. 7, it has "Christr Robinson" instead of "J. Robinson" ;
1. 8, it has "Richard Buckner" instead of "R. Buckner" ;
lines 11-14, it omits "W. Allerton," and the lines read as
follows :
"Stafford Mr John Waugh 1 pr
Westmoreland Mr Henry Fitzhugh .... 2 pr
Northumberland. . . . Mr George Eskridge. . . 1 pr
Mr Richard Neal 1 pV
P. 382: after line 2, E inserts the following:
"To the Honble the Governor half a years Houserent ending the
same time Twenty five pounds
To the Gentlemen of His Majestys Council half a years sallary
ending the same time One hundred seventy five pounds
To William Blathwayt Esqr Auditor Generall of America half a
years Sallary ending the same time Fifty pounds
To Nathaniel Blackistone Esqr Sollicitor of the Virginia Affairs,
half a years Sallary ending the same time Fifty pounds
To John Clayton Esqr his Majesty's Attorney General half a year's
Sallary ending the same time Twenty pounds.
To William Robertson Clerk of His Majestys Council half a years
Sallary ending the same time Fifty pounds.
To Daniel Jones Armourer at Williamsburgh half a years Sallary
ending the same time Six pounds.
To Edward Ross Gunner at James City half a years Sallary end-
ing the same time Five pounds.
To Mr Richard Bland for so much paid severall Ministers for their
attendance one General Court Five pounds.
To William Robertson Clerk of his Majestys Council for so much
paid by him for severall Expresses and other Contingent charges this
last half year Fourty one pounds two shillings and eleven pence
And Out of the Quittrents.
To Mr Commissary Blair half a years Sallary ending as above
Fifty pounds, and
_ To John Clayton Esqr his Majestys Attorney Generall half a years
additional Sallary ending the same time Thirty pounds."
P. 384: 1. 24, E inserts "to" before "Mr. Churchill"; 15th line from
bottom, E has "answering" instead of "answered."
P. 385: 1. 26, E has "concealors" instead of "concealor"; 11th line
from bottom, it has "said" instead of "paid."
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P. 390
P. 391 ;
P. 393
P. 397
P. 398: 1
P.
399
p.
400
p.
403
p.
405
p.
406
p.
407
P. 408: 1
P. 410: 1.
P. 411: 1.
P. 412:
P. 414:
P. 419:
P. 420:
P. 421
P. 422:
P. 423
P. 424: 1.
1. 19, E strikes out "Munday" and "Eleventh."
1. 2, E inserts "and improved" after "cultivated."
9th line from bottom, E has "enacted" instead of "reenacted."
1. 15, E has "Government" instead of "Governor"; 1. 23, it
has "Saraws" instead of "Sara's" ; second line from bot-
tom, it has "for that purpose" instead of "with one an-
other."
14, E omits "Henry Cheetman" ; 17th line from bottom, E
has "Meriam" instead of "Merian" ; 16th line from bottom,
E fills up blank space with "Matthew" ; 4th line from bot-
tom, E inserts "Thomas" before "Etheridge."
last line, E has "on" after "Carolina" instead of "or."
1. 5, E has "valeur" instead of "Valeser"; 9th line from bot-
tom, E has "three" instead of "their."
1. 2, E has "governor" instead of "government."
10th line from bottom, E has "Saraw" instead of "Sara."
1. 8, E has "it appears" instead of "is appears."
1. 25, E has "Tommahittons" instead of "Tommahitions" ;
1. 31, and also 1. 33, E has "Simmons" instead of "Simons."
13 from bottom and also 5th line from bottom, E has "Sim-
mons" instead of "Simons" ; 4th line from bottom, E has
"A court" instead of "the Caire."
3, E has "one of the sd indifferent persons" instead of "Jus-
tice" ; 1. 9, E has "the severall Transfer Notes" instead of
"severall of the Transfer Notes."
12, E has "unbecoming" instead of "inbecoming" ; 1. 14, it
has "shall" instead of "that."
1, E has "come in" instead of "coming."
1. 28, E omits "to" after "paying."
1. 30, E has "Commissions" instead of "Commissioners."
14th line from bottom, E inserts the following between
"Courts" and "where" : "of such their Good behaviour,
and 4ly That they be no promoters of Strife or encouragers
of Lawsuits in the Neighbourhood."
1. 24, E has "Abjuration Oath" instead of "Abjuration Oaths";
2nd line from bottom, E has "answered" instead of "as-
sur'd."
1. 31, E has "be" instead of "in" before "concluded."
1. 2, E has "Repaid" instead of "paid" ; 1. 12, E has "John
Smith" instead of "Philip Ludwell" ; 1. 19, E has "Wilson"
instead of "Whatson" ; 6th line from bottom, E has "Rob'
Boling" instead of "Rob1 Bowlin" ; 5th line from bottom,
it has "four thousand acres of land" instead of "four hun-
dred four thousand acres of land," and fills the blank with
"Mamoseen."
6, E has "1690" instead of "1699"; 1. 32, E has "Henry
Netherton" instead of "Henry Nedderton"; 8th line from
1.
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xxxi
bottom, it has "Beverly" inserted after "Robert"; 6th line
from bottom, it has "Marocosuck" instead of "Masocosick."
P. 425: lines at the end of the first paragraph read as follows: "It
is accordingly order'd that Leave be granted him to sur-
render his said Patent & to enter a new Patent he entring
Rights for the quantity of 776 Acres containd in his Said
Survey more than is Express'd in his former Patent"; in
line 11, E has "Richard Hamlin" instead of "Richard Hem-
lin"; 1. 19, it has "Henry Tyler," instead of "Henry Tay-
lor"; 1. 28, it has "Alex Donaphan" instead of "Alex
Donapham"; 1. 34, it has "Helary Stringer" instead of
"Hellany Stranger."
P. 426: 1. 4, E has "Eighty" in front of "foot"; lines 20 & 21, it has
the following for these two lines: "Two warrants for
one years Sallary ending ye twenty fifth of October 1715
Two thousand Pounds." The rest of the payroll is as fol-
lows:
"To the HonDle Alexander Spotswood His Majestys Lieutenant
Governor for one years House rent ending the Same time One hun-
dred & fifty pounds.
To the Gentlemen of His Majestys Council One Years Sallary
ending the Same time Three hundred & fifty pounds.
To William Blathwayt Esqr Auditor Gen11 of the Plantations for
One years Sallary ending the same time One hundred pounds.
To Nathaniel Blackiston Esqr Sollicitor Gen11 of the Virga Affairs
One years Sallary ending the Same time One hundred pounds.
To John Clayton Esq1" His Majestys Attorney Gen11 for one years
Sallary ending the Same time Fourty pounds.
To William Robertson Clerk of His Majestys Council One years
Sallary ending the Same time One hundred pounds.
To Edward Ross Gunner at James City One years Sallary ending
the Same time Seven pounds ten Shillings.
To Daniel Jones Armourer at Williamsburgh One years Sallary
ending the same time Twelve pounds.
To the Judges Clerks & Officers of the Court of Oyer & Terminer
held in June 1715 One hundred pounds.
To Severall Ministers for their attendance Two Gen11 Courts &
Assemblys ending the same time Twenty pounds."
The English copyist sends the following note : "There is another
copy of this set of Minutes in the Public Record Office and it is curious
to note that it had originally been written as the printed volume, for the
year & a half salaries throughout, but the words "and a half" with
dates have been erased with a knife and the amounts altered to cor-
respond. So that both mss sent home agree as shown."
P. 427: 1. 12, E has "Charles Anderson" instead of "Charles Ader-
son" ; 1. 18, it has "Assignment" instead of "Assign" ; 3rd
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line from bottom, it has "required of" instead of "required
off."
P. 428: 1. 9, E has "wrecks" instead of "wreck"; 1. 16, it has "dis-
covers" inserted after "said"; 1. 26, it has "leave" instead
of "Patent"; 1. 31, it has "a Commission" instead of "Com-
missions"; last line, it has "who have not signed" instead
of "and have not sign."
P. 429: 1. 8, E has "Letters," after "Afforemention'd" ; 4th line from
bottom, E has "sale" instead of "sail."
P. 430: 1. 26, E has "Woodson" instead of "Woods."
P. 433: 1. 3, E has "20th" in the blank space; 1. 28, it has "7 3/4"
instead of "7yi"
P. 434: 1. 2, E has "State" instead of "States"; 1. 27, it has "be" in-
serted after "future" ; 1. 32, it has "&c" added at end of line ;
3rd line from bottom, it has "Surveyors" instead of "Sur-
veyor."
P. 435 : 1. 2, E has "indisposed of But" instead of "undisposed off
(but"; 1. 6, it has "the method proposed" instead of "by";
1. 21, it has "upon the" instead of "for" at end of line; 1.
32, it has "of Virga" after "Treasury" ; 1. 36, it omits the
words "A B Dep Audr" ; 1. 41, it has "Letters" instead of
"Letter" ; 1. 43, it has "Rencounter" instead of "Recounter."
P. 437: 1. 16, E has "Approbation" instead of "Nomination"
P. 438: 1. 11, E has "Warrant from" instead of "Warrant for"; 1. 12,
it has "10th" in blank space; 8th line from bottom, it has
"nominated" instead of "recommended."
P. 439 : 1. 4. E has "encroach" instead of "enreach" ; 1. 24, it has
"Government" instead of "Governor."
P. 440: 1. 15, E has "untruly" instead of "intirely" ; 1. 23, it has
"neither" instead of "either" ; 1. 36, it has "with those In-
dians" instead of "the Indians."
P. 441: 1. 9, E has "People" instead of "Peoples"; 1. 21, it has "St
Augustine" instead of "St Aug" and omits "a" at end of
line and "letter" at beginning of next line; 1. 31, it has
"Porto Rico" instead of "Port Rico"; 1. 32, it has "His-
paniola" to fill up blank space ; 1. 38, it has "an" instead of
"on" at beginning of line ; 5th line from bottom, E has "the
value of £250" instead of simply "250."
P. 442: 1. 1, E has "Comee" instead of "Coomee" and the same form
in other lines of the paragraph ; it has "Michael Kerney"
instead of "Michael Hearney" and the same in other lines of
the paragraph ; 1. 29, it has "David Anderson" instead of
"David Aderson."
P. 443: 1. 15, E has "Thomas Reves" instead of "Thomas Reevis"; 1.
24, it has "Amity" instead of "Aimity."
P. 444: 1. 5, E has "Pokein" [Indian name] between "from" and
"one" ; 12th line from bottom, E has "be charged" between
"shall" and "against."
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P. 445 : 1. 14, E has "subjoined" instead of "joined" ; 6th line from
bottom, it omits semicolon after "there."
P. 446: 2nd line from bottom, E has "Service" after "their."
P. 447: 1. 8, E has "Governor in Council" instead of "Governor and
Council"; 1. 13, it has "Nath1 Blakistone" instead of "Nath1
Blakistoll" ; 10th line from bottom, it has "& false inter-
pretation of" instead of "that his Maty had repealed."
P. 449: 1. 11, E has "Rivanna" instead of "Rivanne," and the same in
line 18; 1. 22, it has "upper" instead of "up"; 1. 29, it has
"recover" after "Shall" ; 5th line from bottom, it has "James
Burtell's" instead of "James Burwells."
P. 450: At the close of the proceedings for May 4, 1717, E has the
following additional paragraphs :
"On the petition of Larkin Chew, praying leave to take up &
patent 2434 acres of Land in King & Queen County on the branches
of Mattapony River, on the North side thereof — the said Land having
been formerly surveyed for the petr by Charles Smith deed and the
Survey lost. Leave is accordingly granted the petr to take up the said
Land, This Board being satisfyed of his Ability to cultivate the same
according to Law. And the Surveyor of King & Queen County is
directed to lay off the same accordingly.
On reading at this Board the petition of John Bowles of New Kent
County Setting forth that by patent dated the 23d October 1703 there
was granted to Thomas Bradly 1087 acres of Land in the said County
on the North side of Chicahominy Swamp, the Right of which patent
the petr hath lately purchased, and having some grounds to suspect that
the said Land fell short of the quantity mentioned in the sd patent, he
had the same resurveyed, and finds that by the negligence of the per-
son who first surveyed the same, instead of the 1087 acres, there is
no more than 709 contain'd within the bounds described in the said
patent, and praying that so much as is wanting of his quantity may be
made up out of the Adjoining Lands not yet entered for It is accord-
ingly Ordered that the Surveyor of New Kent County do at the
Charge of the petr Survey the bounds of the aforesaid patent ; And in
case he finds the quantity deficient, that he lay off for the petr so much
as shall be found wanting, out of the Adjacent Lands not yet entered
for by any other person, and that upon the Return of such Survey, a
new patent be granted the petr for the same.
Thomas Etheridge by his petition setting forth that upon a dispute
before this Board between the said Etheridge and John Powell &
Meriam his Wife, concerning the Right to a Tract of Land in Norfolk
found by Inquisition to Excheat to His Majesty from one Nichols of
the said County deed An Order pass'd that the said Powell should have
a Grant of the said Land upon paying to the pet" all the Charges he
had been at in prosecuting the said Escheat : And praying that for as
much as the said Powell hath not paid the said charges, he the said
Etheridge may now have a Grant of the said Land It is accordingly
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ordered that the said John Powell & Meriam his Wife do pay to the
petr the severall Charges expended by him about the Escheat of the
said Land before the first day of October next. And in case they do
not pay the same, That then upon the said Etheridge's producing a
Certificate under the hand of some Justice of the Peace of the said
County of his having demanded payment at least a month before the
said first of October, and that the said payment is not made at the time
hereby appointed a patent shall be granted the said Etheridge for the
said Land.
The petition of James Atkins for stopping a patent sued out by
Charles Evans for 285 acres of Land in Henrico County is referr'd for
hearing at this Board on the third day of next Generall Court, of which
the petr is hereby directed to give the said Evans due Notice.
The petition of Robert Pollard for stopping a patent sued out by
William Hall for 1400 acres of Land in King & Queen County is
referr'd to be heard at this Board on the third day of next General
Court, of which the petr is hereby directed to give the said Hall due
notice.
The petition of William Grills for stopping a patent sued out by
Robert Jenings or Christopher Harris for about 140 acres of land in
New Kent County, is referr'd to be heard at this Board on the third
day of the next General Court, of which the petr is directed to give
the said Jenings & Harris due Notice."
P. 450: 1. 7, E has "John Lewis" instead of "John Smith"; 1. 24, it
has "an" instead of "and" in front of "acknowledgment" ;
11th line from bottom, it has "Agents" instead of "Agent";
8th line from bottom, it omits "ye" after the first word of
the line ; 2nd line from bottom, it has "the said" instead of
"their" in front of "Six Indians."
P. 451: 1. 21, E has "with" after "Correspondence"; 13th line from
bottom, it has "delivering" instead of "discovering" ; 4th
line from bottom, it has "expects in return" instead of
"respects a return."
P. 452: 17th line from bottom, E has "later" instead of "latter"; 8th
line from bottom, it has "to" in front of "regard" ; 4th line
from bottom, it has "that" instead of "and" after "Brittain."
P. 453: 1. 2, E has "a further" instead of "after ye" ; 1. 9, it has
"Betty" after "ship" ; 1. 10, it has "conceived" after "he" ;
1. 15, it has "whether" instead of "whither."
P. 454: 1. 31, E has instead of "Provided &c" "Provided always that
if the said Richard Fitzwilliam his Pleirs or Assigns Shall
not within 3 Years from the date hereof erect a Wharf
or make such other Walls and Improvements as far as the
Sea now Ebbs that then this present grant and Licence shall
be void"; 14th line from bottom, it has "Chowan" in front
of "River."
!
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P. 457: 19th line from bottom, E has "sums" instead of "sum"; 8th
line from bottom, it has "a Representation" instead of "at
Representation."
P. 458: 1. 25, E has "Sevil" instead of "Covill."
P. 459: 1. 15, E has "Lyonel Loyd" instead of "Lyonell Long"; 1. 20,
it has "Plantations" instead of "Plantation"; 1. 22, it has
"were proper" instead of "was proper."
P. 461 : 1. 7, E has "Thos Speight" instead of "Tho3 Spight" ; 1. 13,
it has "he" instead of "be" at end of line; 1. 14, it has
"obtain a" in front of "permit" ; 1. 22, it has "Sale" instead
of "Sail" but it has "Sail" in line 17.
P. 462: 18th line from bottom, E has "Letters" instead of "Letten";
14th line from bottom, it has "Seal of the Mayoralty" in-
stead of "Great Seal of the Mayorality" ; 4th line from bot-
tom, it has "Offices" instead of "Officers."
P. 463 : 12th line from bottom, E has "of the Nansemonds" after
"Neighbourhood."
P. 466: 1. 15, E omits "a" after "Sutherland"; 3rd line from bottom,
it has "for that end" between "and" and "to hear."
P. 467 : last line, E has "Libell" instead of "Libells."
P. 468: 1. 1, E has "the Schooner George" instead of "he George"; 1.
26, it has "Distrayned" instead of "destroyed" ; 17th line
from bottom, it has "been patented" instead of simply
"patented."
P. 469 : 1. 4, E has "Rivanna" instead of "Rivanne" ; 8th line from
bottom, it has "1666" instead of "1668."
P. 470 : 1. 10, E has "communicating" instead of "communicated" ;
23rd line from bottom, it has the following inserted after
"opinion" : "Whereupon the Council are of Opinion that
the Kings Instructions for holding those Courts ought still
to be observ'd when there are any Criminals to be try'd,
untill his Majty think fitt to alter the same."
P. 472: 1. 22, E has "of Murder" after "Suspition"; 14th line from
bottom, it has no blank space before "Indians"; 11th line
from bottom, it has "not" instead of "net."
P. 473: 13th line from bottom, E has "advice of the" before "Coun-
cil."
P. 474: 10th 1. from bottom, E omits "to" before "be sent."
P. 475 : 4th 1. from bottom, E has "John Davis" with which to fill up
the blank space.
P. 476 : 1. 26, E has "Rene la Foree" instead of "Rent La Foree" ; 1.
31, it has "Thomas Etheridge" instead of "Thomas Es-
cridge," and the same for several lines in the next para-
graph; 15th line from bottom, it has "4th" instead of "14th."
P. 478: 1. 3, E omits "Add1" after "years."
P. 479 : 1. 27, instead of "go on the Credit" etc., E has "do it upon the
Engagements of the Assembly it not being proper for him
to engage the payment of such Messenger out of the Rev-
enue which is now so low."
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P. 480: 1. 15, E has "last" after "March."
P. 481 : 1. 5, E omits "to" after "in regard" ; 1. 22, it has "such" be-
tween "give" and "due" ; 1. 24, it has "disobediently" in-
stead of "disobedient" ; 1. 26, it has "Person" instead of
"Persons."
P. 482: 1. 26, E has "instructions" instead of "Instruction"; 1. 32, it
has "vestrys" instead of "Vestry."
P. 483 : 1. 4, E has "at Break of Day" after "Month" ; 22nd line from
bottom, it has "cure" instead of "Care" ; 14th line from bot-
tom, it has "Michael Goen" instead of "Mihile Goen."
P. 484: 1. 14, E has "according" in front of "to which"; 1. 21, it omits
"here" after "tryed."
P. 485 : 1. 16, E has "Advance" instead of "Advice" ; last line on page,
it adds 'TTo William Robertson for sundry Expresses &
other Contingent Charges this last rnlf year £28.3.11^."
P. 487: 1. 24, E inserts "another Patent for" before "200 Acres" and
"of land" after "200 Acres" ; 1. 33, it has "Roger Mallory"
instead of "Roger Mallore," and the same in other lines
of the paragraph; 10th line from bottom, it has "John
Quarles" instead of "John Guerles."
P. 488: 1. 4, E inserts "is" before "bound"; 1. 5, it has "James Burtell"
instead of "James Bartell" ; 1. 24, it inserts after "1716"
"and for Some Years before," and it omits "but just" be-
fore "sent" and inserts "last year" after "sent."
P. 489: 1. 16, E has "Distinct" instead of "Distant."
P. 490: 1. 23, E has "as" after "allowance"; 1. 24, it omits "&" after
"Tobacco"; 19th line from bottom, E has "1718" instead of
"1719."
P. 491: 1. 3, E has a parenthesis mark after "Bonds"; 1. 15, it has
"therefore that" after "and."
P. 492: 4th line from bottom, it has "it" instead of "there" at the end
of the line.
P. 493 : 16th line from bottom, E has "Genl" after "RecV
P. 494: 1. 6, E has "John Silater" instead of "John Scilater" ; 12th
line from bottom, it omits "that" after "yeild" ; last line, it
has "their Lordships" instead of "the Lordships."
P. 495: 1. 21, E hr>s parenthesis mark after "Cargo"; 1. 26, it has "as
well" instead of "both" after "War" ; 1. 28, it omits "that"
after "but" ; 2nd line from bottom, it has "Edward Tack"
instead of "Edward Thack."
P. 496: 1. 5, E has "Thatch" instead of "Thack"; 1. 8, it has "arrived"
instead of "taken"; 1. 12, it has "he hop'd" after "that"; 1.
19, it omits "and" before "ought."
P. 497: 1. 3, E has "Drury Bowling" instead of "Drury Boiling"; 1. 5,
it has "Namassine" instead of "Naonassine" ; 1. 7, it has
"Aurt Van Pelt" instead of "Aure Van Pelt" ; 1. 25, it has
"Stoke" instead of "Stokes"; 6th line from bottom, it has
"James Blair" instead of "James Blaire."
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P. 498: 1. 3, E has "from hence" instead of "from thence"; 18th line
from bottom, it inserts "he has" after "Concern" and has
"Honor" instead of "Honors."
P. 499: 22nd line from bottom, E has "Disposition" after "Peaceable"
instead of "condition" ; 20th line from bottom, it has "on the
17th instant" instead of "of the 17th instant."
P. 500: 1. 24, E has "ensuing year" instead of "ensuing years"; 1. 27,
it has "George Harmantson" instead of "George Harmon-
son" ; 1. 28. it omits "George Hancock" ; it adds to the list of
sheriffs "Hen. Haywood" for York and "Jno. Foster" for
New Kent.
P. 501 : 1. 14, E has "Walpole" instead of "Walpoole," and the same
throughout the paragraph; 11th line from bottom, E has
"Edward Tack" instead of "Edward Thatch" ; 3rd line from
bottom, it has "stranded" instead of "strained."
P. 502: 1. 2, E has "Petition"' instead of "Port8"; 1. 10, it omits "is"
in front of "to be paid out" ; 23rd line from bottom, it has
"Minist"" instead of "minutes" after "Sundry" ; 19th line
from bottom, it has "Quit Rents" instead of "Quarter
Rents"; 18th line from bottom, it has "Nathaniel Blacke-
ston" instead of "Nathaniel Blackston" and omits "half"
in front of "a years" ; 14th line from bottom, it has "Quit
Rents" instead of "Quarter Rents"; 11th line from bottom,
it omits "and" before "were."
P. 503: 1. 3, E has "Lower" in front of "Horsepen"; 1. 14, it has
"John Pride's" and "Halcot Pride's" instead of "John
Preeds" and "Halcot Preeds"; 1. 22, E has "Manican up-
per Creek" ; 1. 25, it has "on" instead of "or" before "fine
Creek"; 18th line from bottom, it has "John Tullet" instead
of "John Tulbitt" ; 16th line from bottom, it has "North
Northwest" instead of "North Northeast" ; 5th line from
bottom, it has "Prides" instead of "Reides" ; 4th line from
bottom, it has "Fine Creek" instead of "the Creek."
P. 504: 1. 16, E has "George Woodriffe" instead of "George Wood-
x roff"; 1. 23, it has "William Kannon" instead of "William
Kannow" ; 1. 27, it has "Ralph Booker" instead of "Ralph
Brooker" ; 13th line from bottom, it has after "may issue"
the following: "for the said Land in the Name of the
Petition ? It is accordingly ordered that a Patent Issue" ;
4th line from bottom, it has "at" instead of "of" after "per-
son" ; last line, it has "the Petr" instead of "your Petr."
P. 505 : 1. 10, E omits "the" between "under" and "Sheriff," and after
"King and Queen County" inserts "& Collecting his Majty"
Q* Rents, in the upper Parish of the said County"; 1. 11,
it has "Quit Rents" instead of "Quarter rents"; 1. 19, it
has "tract" instead of "tracts"; 1. 23, it has after "Setting
forth" "that" ; 14th line from bottom, it has "he" inserted
after "South Carolina."
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P. 506: lines 1 and 2, E omits these two lines — probably by oversight
of the copyist ; 6th line from bottom, E has "Talliaf erro's" —
correct spelling.
P. 507: 1. 14, E has "Christopher Borroughs" instead of "Christopher
Borrowgh"; 1. 28, it inserts, after "Inhabitants," "robbing
them of their Provisions, frighting their Stocks" ; 1. 30, it
has "to cutt off" instead of "so cutt off" ; 1. 37, it has "pos-
sitively" Instead of "privatly" ; 6th line from bottom, it has
"Southward Governments on the Continent" instead of
"Southern Govrnt in the Continent."
P. 508 : 1. 6, E has "propose" instead of "take" ; 1. 12, it has "order out"
instead of "order out of"; 1. 25, it omits "to" after
"Countys"; 1. 27, it has "to the officers" after "Orders";
3rd line from bottom, it has "divert them" instead of "direct
them."
P. 509: 1. 1, E has "the Inhabitants" after "march through"; 1. 15, it
has "he recd" instead of "he read"; 21st line from bottom,
it inserts "for" in front of "whose" at end of line; 19th
line from bottom, it omits comma after "therewith" and be-
gins "The (the next word) with a small "t" thus clearing
up the meaning of the paragraph.
P. 510: 6th line from bottom, E has "the greater" instead of "their
greater" ; 5th line from bottom, it has "their being" instead
of "they being."
P. 511 : 1. 16, E has "John Syme" instead of "John Lyme."
P. 513: 1. 26, E has "in order to go with the Convoy" instead of "and
ordered to Sail with the Convoy" ; 16th line from bottom,
it has "Sloop in which" instead of "Sloop of which"; last
line, it has "Northern" before "Indians."
P. 514: 22nd line from bottom, E has "Great Man" instead of "Great
Men."
P. 515: 17th line from bottom, E has "of their Ability" instead of
"of his Ability" ; 9th line from bottom, it has "him" after
"granted" instead of "them."
P. 516: 1. 11, E has "they intend" instead of "he intends." 8th line
from bottom, it has "1718" instead of "1719"; 6th line from
bottom, it has "Thomas Nichols" instead of "Thomas
Nicholis."
P. 517: 1. 14, E has "that" at end of line instead of "the"; 3rd line
from bottom, it has "Council at Law" instead of "Council
at time."
P. 518: 1. 2, E inserts "Mr Byrd's" before "Memorial."
P. 519: 1. 1, E has "Onondago's" instead of "Ovendago" ; 1. 17, it
has "and" between "Blanket" and "flap" ; 1. 22, it has
"proser" instead of "Proster" ; 10th line from bottom, it
has "of any land" before "in those bounds."
P. 520: 1. 15, E has "Great Man" instead of "Great Men" and "told
them" instead of "told him"; 1. 24, it has "names" instead
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of "named"; 4th line from bottom, it has "taking to their
Armes" instead of "taking their Armes."
P. 521 : 1. 8, E inserts "in" between "be" and "any" ; 1. 9, it omits
"after" before "answer" and inserts "their" before
"Safety"; 1. 12, it inserts "they observe what" after "ex-
pects"; 1. 13, it inserts "on" after "agreed" and "if" after
"that"; 21st line from bottom, it has "Inhabitants" instead
of "Indians."
P. 524: 10th line from bottom, E inserts "in matters of government"
after "Council"; last line, it has "Collation" instead of
"Callation."
P. 525: 1. 15, E has proceedings for meetings held May 2 and May 4
not in the Virginia Council Journal book, as follows :
"At A Council held at the Capitol the 2d day of May 1720
Present
The Hon°le Alexander Spotswood his Majesty's Lieutenant Governour
Robert Carter William Byrd
James Blair William Bassett
Philip Ludwell Mann Page Esq"
Whereas Information upon Oath was this day given to the Gov-
ernour in Council that one William Jones Servant to William Leving-
ston of Williamsburgh, hath at sundry times endeavoured to excite other
Servants to arm themselves to kill their Masters. It is Ordered that
the said Jones be forthwith committed to the publick Goal, and that he
be brought tomorrow before the General Court to receive such punish-
ment for his Offence as the said Court shall award.
May the 4th 1720
Present
The Governour
Edmund Jenings William Byrd
Robert Carter W'illiam Bassett
James Blair William Cocke
Philip Ludwell Nath11 Harrison
Mann Page Esqr
The Minutes of the two last Councils were Read.
William Cocke Esqr Absent
The Governour communicated to the Council a Copy of his Letter
to Coll° Schuyler President of the Council of the Province of New
York, together with the said Presidents Answer. And it is Ordered
that the said Letters be entered in the Council books.
A Letter to the Governour from Coll0 Eden Governour of North
Carolina being read at the Board, together with a Scurrilous paper
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Entituled An Account of a Conference with King Blunt Chief of the
Tuscaruro Indians ; And it appearing by the sd paper that the same hath
been fraimed with design to throw unjust Reflections on the Govern-
ment of this Dominion. It is Ordered that the sd paper and Coll"
Eden's Letter be entered on the Council books, that the same may re-
main as a Memorial to Posterity of the ingratitude of that Province
for the generous Assistance it has on sundry Occasions received from
this Government.
The Governour having communicated to the Council a Letter from
Coll" James Moor pretending himself to be Governour of the Province
of South Carolina by the Choice of the people: And it not appear-
ing by the sd Letter that the people of South Carolina have not acted
by any lawfull Authority in the displacing of their former Governour
and assuming to themselves the power of choosing another. It is the
opinion of this Board that no Answer be returned to the said Letter.
The Governour in Council was pleased to Nominate the following
persons to be Sherifs of the several Countys for the ensuing year viz
Henrico William Kennon
Prince George Jn° Hardyman
Surry Thomas Collier
Isle of Wight Joseph Godwin
Nansimond Joseph Meredith
New Kent Nich° Aldersey
King William Wm Smith
King & Queen Wm Sutherland
Glocester Augustin Smith
Middlesex John Vivion
Norfolk James Wilson
Princess Ann Chr Burroughs
Eliza City Tho8 Wyth
Warwick Wm Harwood
York Joseph Walker
James City James Duke
Charles City Lewellin Eppes
Essex Lawrence Taliaferro
Richmond John Tarpley
Stafford Thomas Hooper
Westmoreland Henry Lee
Northumberland Christopher Neal
Lancaster Thomas Carter
Accomack Edmd Scarborough
Northampton Henry Blair
On a Representation from Surry County Ordered that a new
Commission of the Peace issue for the said County with the Addition
of sundry persons recommended to be Justices of that Court.
On reading the several Representations of the Courts of Glocester
& Elizabeth City Countys. Ordered that a new Commission of the
I
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Peace issue for the said Countys with the Addition of sundry new
Justices.
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out of
his Majesty's Revenue of two shillings per hogshead &c were this day
signed by the Governour in Council Viz
To the Governour half a years Sallary ending the 25th
of April £1000
To the Gentlemen of the Council for the same time 175
To the Auditor General of America for the same time. . 50
To the Sollicitor of the Virginia Affairs for the same
time 50
To the Attorney Gen11 for the same time 20
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time 50
To the Gunner at James City for the same time 5
To the Armourer 6
To sundry Ministers attending last General Court 5
To the Clerk of the Council for sundry Charges on the
tryal of Pyrates 80
To the same for Sundry Expresses and other contingent
Charges 40.7.9
And out of the Quitt Rents
To Coll0 Nathaniel Blakiston for one year's Additional
Sallary 200
To Mr Commissary Blair one Years Sallary 100
To the Attorney Gen11 one years additional Sallary .... 60
The Accompts of his Majestys Revenue of two shillings per hogs-
head port Dutys and head money for the last half year ending the 25th
of April, and also the Accompts of his Majestys Revenue of Quitt
Rents being examined by the Auditor were this day sworn to by the
Receiver General and certifyed by the Governour as usual."
P. 525: 16th line from bottom, E has "dated ye 20 of 10r [that is,
20th of October].
P. 526: 1. 13, E inserts after "Bever Dams" "to include the said
quantity" and omits the rest of the paragraph; 1. 18, it
omits the last clause in the paragraph; 18th line from bot-
tom, E does not give quantity of land to be taken up, in all
respects agreeing with the text; 6th line from bottom, E
has "Henry Holdcraft" instead of "Henry Holdercraft" ;
5th line from bottom, it has "Randal Piatt" instead of
"Randolph Piatt" and "Randal" in the next line also.
P. 527 : 1. 3, E has "sa petition" instead of "aforesaid Petr" ; last line,
it has "Oquia Creek" instead of "Oquca Creek" and omits
"a" before "Court."
P. 528: 1. 15, E has "Slate hill" instead of "Slale hill"; it has "and"
between "Ambrose" and "Joshua Smith"; 14th line from
bottom, it has "Abjuration" instead of "Adjuration."
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P. 529 : 8th line from Bottom, E inserts between "the Coast" and "That
Cap"' the following : "besides the sd Cap* Whorwood made
some Scruple of attacking any Spanish Privateers having
as he says recieved Express Commands from the Admiralty
Board not to committ any hostility against the Ships of that
Nation."
P. 530: the last three full paragraphs of this page are found in E
but inserted after the first three paragraphs of the next
page.
P. 533 : bottom of page, E gives names of members of the Council
present at the meeting on November 12; it does not include
the name of William Bassitt ; last line, E has "Stukannox's"
instead of "Stukannoes."
P. 534: 1. 17, E has "as a Confirmation" instead of "at a Confirma-
tion" ; 18th line from bottom, it has "the great Mountains"
instead of "The great Mountain."
P. 536: 1. 9, E has "exclusive" instead of "inclusive"; 1. 17, it has
"difference" instead of "differency" ; 11th line from bottom,
E has "Jn° Martin's" instead of "Jn° Martin" ; 5th line from
bottom, it has the date of the meeting as "Dec. 19th" instead
of the "15th"- — which appears to be an error, however —
and it gives those present as follows :
"Edmund Jenings John Lewis
James Blair Willm Byrd
Robert Carter WilP Bassett
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley"
P. 537: top of page, instead of naming those present at meeting the
21st of December E has "Present As before" — that is, for
the 19th — but that list in E omits Nathaniel Harrison and
Mann Page and includes John Lewis ; 1. 27, E has "Erect
a Dam on a Run or branch" instead of "Erect a Dam or a
Run on a branch" ; 5th line from bottom, it has "800" in-
stead of "8000" ; 4th line from bottom, it inserts between
"of" and "his said father" the following : "the Grant, and
also of building a Mill according to the intentions of."
P. 538 : 1. 2, E has "shall insist" after "who" ; 1. 7, E inserts following
additional paragraph at close of this line :
"Ordered
That a new Commission of the Peace issue for Northampton
County with the Addition of several persons recommended to be Jus-
tices of the sd County."
P. 538 : 1. 10, instead of "As Yesterday" E has the following names :
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"The Governor
Edmund Jenings Wm Byrd
James Blair Nath" Harrison
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges &
Jn° Lewis Peter Beverley Esqrs."
It will be noticed that the date of the meeting just preceding this
one was Dec. 21 and not Dec. 22. If a meeting was actually held on
Dec. 22, there are no minutes extant.
P. 538: 1. 12, E has "of his Sloop" instead of "of's Sloop"; 1. 15, it
has the following for the first part of this line: "so much
provisions as Cap* Martin shall make appear"; 1. 17, it has
"of his" instead of "of's"; 1. 19, after this line E inserts:
"Philip Ludwell & William Byrd Esq" Absent" instead of
having it at the end of the next paragraph.
P. 539 : 1. 6, E has "that side" instead of "ye side" ; 4th line from bot-
tom, it has "James Farse" instead of "James Forse."
P. 540 : 1. 27, E has "Rich3 Herbert" instead of "Rich3 Herber."
P. 541: 1. 16, E has "in" before "Henrico County" instead of "is";
1. 17, it has "Beginning" instead of "Adjoining"; 1. 18, it
has after "Creek" at the end of line "to include the said
quantity" ; 1. 19, it omits matter on this line ; 2nd line from
bottom, it has "Abjuration" instead of "Adjuration."
P. 542: 1. 17, E inserts "he" between "wherein" and "advises."
P. 543: 1. 13, E has "John Soane" instead of "John Soans"; 11th line
from bottom, it has "Ralph Piggott" instead of "Ralph
Piggol."
P. 544: 1. 19, E has "Collection" instead of "Collectors"; 1. 23, it has
"administration" instead of "Regulating" ; 1. 27, it has the
following names inserted after "David Merriwether"
"Robt Jenings Wm Fleming David Crawford & Christopher
Clarke" ; 16th line from bottom, it has "Jn° Spicer" instead
of "Jn° Spencer" and "first five" instead of "first four."
P. 545: 4th line from bottom, E has "at" instead of "of" between
"Gunner" and "James City."
P. 546: 1. 11, E has "160" instead of "60"; 18th line from bottom,
it has "firing" instead of "fixing"; 15th line from bottom,
it has "John Pugh" instead of "Dan1 Pugh."
P. 547 : 1. 12, E has "Jn° Letham" instead of "Jn° Latham" ; 23rd line
from bottom, it has "the Petitioners" instead of "to Peti-
tioners."
P. 548: 1. 1, E has "Lewis Latane" instead of "Lewis Lataine"; it
omits second paragraph on page ; 1. 25, it has "Isham Epes"
instead of "Josham Epes."
P. 549 : from this point to close of book there are no emendations nor
variant readings, for no transcripts of journals are in the
xliv Preface
Public Record Office — that is, they have not been found.
Those sent from Virginia were probably lost at sea.
The next date of a Public Record Office Virginia Council Journal
is Sept. 27, 1722.
VOL. IV (present volume).
Note. — The date of the first Council proceedings printed in this
volume is October 25, 1721. As noted above, however, there are in
England no transcripts of Virginia Council proceedings for the period
Aug. 10, 1721, to Sept. 27, 1722. Beginning with Sept. 27, 1722, the
English transcripts are, for the period of this volume (Oct. 25, 1721,
through Oct. 28, 1739), fairly complete. Mr. Fairfax Harrison's
photostat prints of these from Feb. 1, 1726/27, to the end of the period
have been made use of for furnishing the text of this volume begin-
ning with Oct. 28, 1734, and for purposes of comparison from Feb. 1,
1726/27, up to Oct. 28, 1734, the text itself having been secured from
the original journals in the Virginia State Library. The variations
are noted below. For the period Sept. 27, 1722, to Feb. 1, 1726/27,
comparison has not yet been made, as it did not seem to the editor of
sufficient importance to justify the expense of having photostat prints
made specially for that purpose. When this volume is printed, how-
ever, a copy will be sent to England, and the comparison made there
as was the case with Vol. Ill, and the results noted in the preface to
Vol. V of the series.
P. 128: 1. 2, E has "Dugdales run" instead of "Duglasses run"; 1.
25, it has "Oliver Segar" instead of "Oliver Seager."
P. 129: 8th line from bottom, E has "John Leigh" instead of "John
Leegh" ; 7th line from bottom, it has "Oliv. Segar" instead
of "Oliv. Seager" ; 6th line from bottom, it has "Thomas
Warring" instead of "Thomas Waring" ; last line, it has
"Jn° Shapleigh" instead of "John Shopleigh."
P. 130: 1. 2, E fills blank space with "Anthony Thornton"; 1. 23, it
has "five days" instead of "four days"; 1. 27, it has "Of-
ficer" after "Naval"; 2nd line from bottom, it has "put in"
instead of "put to."
P. 131 : 1. 26, E has "or his order" instead of "on his order."
P. 132: 1. 33, E has "Blunt" instead of "Blount"; it has same spelling
in next paragraph.
P. 133: 1. 3, E has "from Blunt" instead of "from them"; 1. 32, it
has "John Prouse" instead of "John Prowse."
P. 138: proceedings for the 14th and 15th of June, 1727, not preserved
in England.
P. 144: 1. 27, E has "Governr" instead of "Government," the latter,
however, appearing to be the better reading; 1. 30, it has
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"Andrew Freasure" instead of "Andrew Frazer" and so in
line 34.
P. 145: 11th line and 5th line from bottom, E has "First year" in-
stead of "Thirteenth year."
P. 153: 5th line from bottom, E has "20" instead of "50"; after that
line it inserts the following: "To the Attorney General for
the like Sallary 20,,— ,—."
P. 156: 1. 10, E inserts "Governour of" before "North Carolina."
P. 161: 1. 13, E has "William Philips" instead of "Richard Philips";
11th line from bottom, it has "Farrel" instead of "Farrall."
P. 162: 1. 23, E has "Bevil" instead of "Bevils."
P. 164: the last two paragraphs on this page appear in E as one para-
graph as follows :
"On the petition of John Cosby and Charles Barrett Ordered that
Thomas Carr of King William County be summoned to appear at the
next Council to be held after the Court of Oyer and Terminer in June,
to shew cause why the land mentioned in the said petition being 800,
acres on both sides the South fork of little River and 400, acres on
both sides the North Fork of Little River in Hanover County should
not be granted to the petitioners."
P. 166: 5th line from bottom, E inserts "Peter Beverley."
P. 168: 1. 14, E omits the first "and" and has semicolon after "sum-
moned," which makes the sense clear.
P. 170: 1. 16, E inserts "the Mapp of" before "the said County."
P. 171 : 1. 27, E has "Wm Kenney" instead of "Wm Henry" ; 3rd line
from bottom, it has "Ralph Pigot" instead of "Ralph
Rigot"; last line, it has "Oliver Segar" instead of "Oliver
Seager."
P. 172: 1. 6, E has "John Battaille" instead of "John Battails."
P. 173 : 1. 18, E inserts "Door" after "Chamber."
P. 175 : 1. 7, E has "George Hume" instead of "George Home."
P. 178: E inserts the following additional paragraph before the first
complete paragraph on the page:
"On the petition of Thomas Jones Gent for a grant of one thou-
sand nine hundred acres of land in the south fork of little River in the
County of Hannover formerly survey 'd for Benjamin Brown, and no
patent sued out for the same, It is ordered that the said Brown have
notice to attend this Board at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer
to show cause why the said land ought not to be granted to the peti-
tioner."
P. 180: 1. 8, E has "1722" instead of "1723"; 21st line from bottom,
it has "3000 acres" instead of "300 acres."
P. 181 : 1. 11, E has "Holford Pride" instead of "Hotford Pride"; 6th
line from bottom, it has "Wm Porteus" instead of "Wm
Portens."
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P. 182 : 1. 16, E fills up the blank space with "the same" ; 1. 23, E gives
names of all members of Council present as follows :
"Present
The Honble William Gooch Esqr Lieu' Governor
James Blair Richard Fitzwilliam
Cole Digges John Grymes &
John Custis Esq""
P. 182 : 4th line from bottom, E omits "late" at beginning of line.
P. 183: 1. 17, E has "Ship Mark" instead of "Ship Mortimer and
Mark."
P. 188: 1. 27, E has "Clerk" instead of "Clerks."
P. 190: lines 1-12, E has the following:
"The Governor acquainted the Council that he had lately received
his present Majesty's Instructions for the Government of this Colony,
and the first paragraph thereof containing the names of the present
Council was read at the Board wherein the name of Richard Fitz-
william Esqr is ommitted, and thereupon desiring the advice of the
Board whether the said Richard Fitzwilliam ought to be sworn as one
of the Council, they are of opinion that the said Rich3 Fitzwilliam
being appointed one of the Council of this Colony, Jamaica and South
Carolina at the same time that he was constituted Surveyor General
of the Customs for the southern district of America, and being still
continued in that office, it is not probable that his Majesty intended to
remove him from the other, but that the ommission of his name in
the present Instructions must have happen'd through mistake in trans-
cribing thereof ; and that therefore he be sworn and continued of the
Council until his Majesty's pleasure be further known."
P. 192: E has an additional entry for Nov. 2, 1728, as follows:
"The Acco'8 of his Ma"es Revenue of 2s per hhd &c were this
passd in Council and Certifyed by the Governor as usual."
P. 193: 12th and 11th lines from bottom, E has "Eccles" instead of
"Eceles."
P. 194: 7th line from bottom, E has "John Edy" instead of "John
Eidy."
P. 197: 11th line from bottom, E has "conviction" instead of "con-
victions."
P. 198 : 1. 2, E has "Goochland" instead of "Caroline" — which is a
mistake.
P. 209 : 1. 23, E omits "of" after "Complain" ; 1. 27, E omits "Attack"
before "defeat" ; 1. 37, it has "its Mediation" instead of
"this Mediation."
P. 210 : 1. 2, E fills the blank space with "Licence nor" ; 16th line from
bottom, it has "this Dominion" instead of "his Dominion."
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P. 212: 1. 11, E has "in Prince George" instead of "on Prince George";
1. 20, E has "Sweet House Creek" instead of "house
Creek"; 1. 21, it has "Pet" Mill" instead of "Pet" Mile";
5th line from bottom, it has "defaced" instead of "defeated."
P. 213: 6th line from bottom, E has "Fitzwilliam" instead of "Fitz-
williams," and so always "Fitzwilliam" being proper form
of name.
P. 214: 1. 11, E has "every acre" instead of "over and"; 2nd line from
bottom, it fills blank space with "moving."
P. 215: 1. 7, E has "Roscow" instead of "Rostow," and so throughout
the paragraph; 1. 25, it has "James Fontain" instead of
"James Fountain"; 1. 34, it has "Silvester Musco" instead
of "Silvester Musto"; 2nd line from bottom, it has "Glas-
cock" instead of "Glassock," and the same in the last line.
After the paragraph containing the name "Glascock" it has
the following: "All the other Sherifs having served but
one year are continued for the ensuing year."
P. 216 : 1. 2, E has "James Reed" instead of "James Read."
P. 217: 1. 27, E has "Seven" at end of line instead of "Twenty"; 3rd
line from bottom, it has "Mahook Creek" instead of "Ma-
heek Creek."
P. 218: 1. 5, E has "Edward Scott" instead of "Edward Stott"; 1. 6,
it has "John Tooley" instead of "John Fooley" ; 1. 9, it has
"Warham Easly" instead of "Warham Easty" ; 1. 17, it
has a blank space in front of "Jackson" ; 1. 28, it has
"Abraham Gulden" instead of "Abraham Childers."
P. 219: 1. 8, it has "Moccoso Neck" instead of "Mottoso Neck"; it
has changed this whole paragraph so as to read as follows :
"To James Pittillo 1000 acres of Land in Prince George County
between the lines of Nicholas Butterworth William Short Richard
Skoggin George Williams and Moccoso Neck road including the Land
lately possessed by Roger Archer Deced Four hundred acres of the
aforesd Tract being already entered by the Petr It is ordered that the
Heir of the said Roger Archer Deced be Summoned to appear before
this Board at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer to Shew Cause
why the said Land ought not to be granted to the Petitioner."
P. 220: 1. 10, E fills the blank space with 11/22; 1. 23, it has "Codual's"
instead of "Cedulas."
P. 221 : 1. 27, E has "eighty two" instead of "thirty two" ; 1. 32, it has
"1482" instead of "1400."
P. 222: 1. 13, E has "Gillies Creek" instead of "Gilliet Creek"; 1. 31,
it has "Catherine" instead of "Susannah"; 1. 33, it has
"Gideon Chambon" instead of "Gideon Chamber," and so
throughout the paragraph.
P. 223 : 1. 26, E has "Cedar Lick" instead of "Cedar Litch."
P. 224: E omits all the entries for the 17th of June, 1730, after the
one beginning "To Wm Mayo 2800 Acres."
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P. 225 : I. 25, E has "and Conestogo" instead of "at Conestogo."
P. 226: 1. 4, E has "of" instead of "to" before "Colo Spotswoods";
line 5, it has "requesting" instead of "requiring" ; last line,
it has "&" between "Winifred Stevens" and "Edward
Sanders."
P. 227: 1. 1, E has "Surveyors" instead of "Surveyor" and in the same
line "Due Entry" instead of "Duty"; 1. 11, it appears to
have "John Mays" instead of "John Mayo," though the
"Mays" is not absolutely clear; 6th line from bottom, it
has "John Michie" instead of "John Mitlue" ; it omits the
last entry for the day.
P. 228: 1. 10, E has "prepared" for "proclaimed"; 11th line from bot-
tom, it fills the blank space with the word "Patentees"; 13th
line from bottom, it has "Tracts of" after "all," and there
is no new paragraph with the next word "Land," the whole
phrase being "to all Tracts of Land not exceeding Six
thousand Acres" ; 7th line from bottom, it fills up the blank
space with "And Whereas" ; 6th line from bottom, it fills
up the blank with "for the" ; 3rd line from bottom, it has
"from the first of May" instead of "for the first of May" ;
2nd line from bottom, it has "purchased of" instead of
"purchased by."
P. 229 : 1. 8, E has "this Government" instead of "the Government" ;
12th line, it has "Sherrando" instead of "Sherundo," and
so usually throughout, though occasionally E has "Sherun-
do" and the text "Sherrando"; 6th line from bottom, E
fills blank with "out in order"; 5th line from bottom, E
fills blank with "the."
P. 230: 1. 28, E has "Matthew Jouet" instead of "Matthew Issuet,"
and so in other lines following; 13th line from bottom, E
has "Cattail branch" instead of "Cattle branch" ; E fills
blank with "of the said Petition."
P. 231 : 1. 2, E has "Hazle River" instead of "Haxle River" ; 1. 5, it
has "10000" instead of "1000"; 6th line, it has "branches
thereof" instead of "branch thereof."
P. 232 : 1. 27, E omits "to" after "presented" ; 1. 34, it fills blank with
"as far as" ; third line from bottom, it has "Cohon-
garooton" instead of "Cohongaratoon," and so usually
throughout ; in same line, it has "Conecachigah" instead of
"Conecachigh" ; 1. 18, E has many paragraphs at the begin-
ning of the proceedings for Dec. 10, 1730, omitted in the
text, as follows:
"Whereas Several Petitions this day were presented to the Board
and read for grants of the Land formerly Assign'd for the Settlement
of the Saponie Indians who have now deserted the Same Viz'
a Petition of Henry Harrison Gent : for Six thousand Acres on
the North side of Maherin River beginning on the lower line of the
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said Indian Land A Petition of Thos Cock gent : for Twelve hundred
Acres on the North side of the said River Maherin Joining on the Up-
per line of the Same Tract. A Petition of Tho9 Ravenscraft gent, for
Two thousand Acres beginning on the Upper line on the South side
of the said River. A Petition of John Allen & Joseph Allen Gent,
for Twelve Thousand Acres beginning on the lower line of the said
Tract and on the South side of the said River. And a Petition of
Benjamin Edwards Gent, for Two thousand Acres on both sides the
said River including the Land formerly Assign'd for the Use of the
Captain & Garrison of the Fort of Christanna
And Whereas it was represented to the board in behalf of the
Members of the late Virginia Indian Company that during their In-
corporation they had laid out Considerable Sums of Money in Build-
ings and Improvements on that part of the said Tract of Land where
Fort Christanna stood which by reason of the Sudden Repeal of the
Act of Assembly Whereby the said Company were Constituted became
of no use to them neither had they ever any recompence for the same
This Board having taken the said Representation and the Several Peti-
tions above mentioned into Consideration and Judging it reasonable
that those who have been at the Expence of Improvements on the said
Land Should be preferd to a grant of Such proportion thereof as may
be a Sufficient recompence for their Trouble and Charges. Have
thought fitt to Order as it is hereby Ordered That One Thousand
Acres of Land On the South side of Maherin River and extending up
& down the said River and back into the Woods Equidistant from the
Centre of the Fort of Christanna And One thousand Acres on the North
side the said River Maherin running Parellel to the said former Tract
be laid of and Assigned for the benefit of the persons Interested in the
said late Virginia Indian Company And that a patent for the same be
granted in the Name of such person as the Survivors of them shall
Direct And it is further Ordered that the residue of the Twenty
Three thousand and Forty Acres of Land Assigned for the said Saponie
Indians be by the Surveyor of Brunswick County laid out for the
Several Petitioners in proportion to the Quantitys desired by them at
the Several places mentioned in their respective Petitions And that if
any Land remain on either side the River not included in the Entrys
of Mr Ravenscraft and Mr Cock and the Two Thousand Acres set
apart for the late Virginia Indian Company the same be Surveyed and
Assigned to Mr Edwards in proportion to the Quantity Desired by him
in his said Petition."
P. 233 : 1. 24, E has "Edward Rice" instead of "Edward Price" ; 6th
line from bottom, it omits "To" before "James Quarles."
P. 234: 1. 1, E has "Edward Powell" instead of "Edmd Powell"; 1.
2, it has "Bull* Herbert" instead of "Balla Herbert" ; it has
rest of line as in the text except that it has a period after
"Gent" ; 5th line, it has "joyning on" instead of "joyning
in" ; 1. 7, it has "in Brunswick" instead of "on Brunswick" ;
1. 8, it has "I E" at end of line instead of "I F."
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P. 235: 1. 24, E has "Nath1 Newton" instead of "Nath1 Newson"; 1.
27, it has "Jam3 Munford" instead of "Jam3 Mumford";
1. 31, it has "Wm Ball" instead of "Wm Bale"; last line it
adds: "Warwick Henry Scasbrook."
P. 236 : 1. 2, E has "Wm Broadnax" instead of " Wm Brodnox" ; 1. 7,
it fills blank with "Micou" ; 1. 14, it has "Wm Brent" instead
of "Wm Brine"; 1. 21, it has "Thos Edmunds" instead of
"Thos Edmond" ; same line, it has "Wm Simmonds" instead
of "Wm Simmons" ; 1. 29, it has "bounds" instead of "lands."
P. 237: 1. 18, E has "Grays Creek" instead of simply "Creek"; 1. 27,
it has "Constances" instead of "Constancy" ; 1. 30, it has
"Chas Sawyer" instead of simply "Sawyer"; 1. 31, it has
"John Scott" instead of simply "John" ; 1. 33, it has "Wil-
liam Harwood" instead of "Harlow Harwood" ; 1. 37, it has
"Jas Coleman" instead of simply "Coleman" ; 1. 38, it has
"Taskanask" instead of "Tackanack."
P. 238: 1. 2, E has "Ayletts" instead of "Alletts"; 1. 7, it has "Wm
Glascock" instead of "William Glassook" ; 1. 8, it has "Glas-
cocks" instead of "Glanocks" ; 1. 12, it has "James Fergu-
son" instead of "John Collier" ; 1. 20, it has "Wm Strother"
instead of "Benj Strother"; 1. 32, it has "Jas Wight" in-
stead of simply "Wight"; 1. 39, it has "Charles Pattin"
seemingly instead of "Charles Pellin" — but the "Pattin" is
not very plain. In this whole list of inspectors at the dif-
ferent warehouses, given on pages 237 and 238, there are
many minor variations in spelling to which attention has not
been called. The list as given in E, both from the stand-
point of the spelling of the names of the warehouses and
from that of the spelling of the names of the inspectors, is
much more accurate.
P. 239 : 1. 12, E has "John Wight" instead of "John Wright" ; 1. 29,
it has "erected" instead of "ordered."
P. 240: 1. 14, E has "Ambrose Maddison" instead of "Ambrose Ad-
dison"; 5th line from bottom, it omits "of" before "Vir-
ginia."
P. 241: 1. 15, E has "or" instead of "of" before "the first Creek"; 1.
21, it has "Flatt Rock Creek" instead of "Flatt Cocke
Creek"; 1. 23, it has "of Mr Thos Cocke" instead of "for
Mr Thos Cocke."
P. 243 : 1. 18, E has "avoiding" instead of "recording," and adds the
following at the end of the next line: "be entitul'd to
the benefit of Clergy, or of the Statutes of England con-
cerning the same on conviction for offenses for which a
Christian free Man or Woman ought to be allowed such
benefit" ; last line, it has "on the Credit" instead of "on the
Condition."
P. 244 : 1. 24, E has "450 Acres" instead of "four hundred Acres" ; 1.
25, it has "to" in front of "Ebenezer Adams" ; 1. 29, it omits
"an" before "the leave."
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P. 245 : 1. 7, E begins new paragraph after "Henrico County" — prop-
erly; 1. 10, it has "290 Acres" instead of "292 Acres"; 1. 11,
it has "James Nebblet" instead of "James Nibbell."
P. 246: E has "John Woodson" instead of "Joseph Woodson" — er-
roneously; 11th line from bottom, it has "Seating" instead
of "Sealing."
P. 247: 1. 12, E has "Benj Hinson" instead of "Benj Henson," and the
same in following lines ; 1. 28, it has "Surveyors" instead of
"Surveyor" ; 1. 30, it has "Rd Kendall" instead of "Rd Ken-
dale."
P. 248 : 1. 10, it fills the blank space with "John" ; it has "James Chis-
holm" instead of "Chicholine" ; 12th line from bottom, it
has "Hannover" instead of "Spotsilvania" ; 6th line from
bottom, it has "Gideon Chamben" instead of "Gideon Cham-
ber."
P. 249 : 1. 2, E has "Partys" instead of "Pet\"
P. 250: 1. 8, E omits "in" before "fork"; 1. 28, it has "Henry Seller"
instead of "Henry Setler," and "Peter Reidt" instead of
"Peter Reids," and "John Vandehoase" instead of "John
Vaindehoase" ; 1. 29, it has "John Richter" instead of "John
Richler" ; 1. 32, it has "petitioners" instead of "petr" ; 4th
line from bottom, it has "&" between "John" and "Ralph" ;
3rd line from bottom, it has "John Perkinson" instead of
"John Parkinson."
P. 251: 1. 1, it has "John Phelps" instead of "John Phelphs"; 1. 10,
it has "Wm Irby" instead of "Wm Toby"; 1. 13, it has
"Pigeon-Roost Creek" instead of "Pigeon-West Creek";
1. 16, it has "Wm Edins" instead of "Wm Edwins" ; 1. 20,
it has "Buckner Rowston" instead of "Buckeror Row-
ston"; 16th line from bottom, it has "600 Acres" instead of
"eight hundred Acres"; 8th line from bottom, it has, ap-
parently, "Thos Crustwood" instead of "Thos Prustwood,"
but "Crustwood" is not very clear.
P. 253 : 1. 3, E has "Joost Heydt" instead of "Joost Heyd" ; 1. 9, it has
"John Fischback" instead of "John Fishback" ; 7th line
from bottom, it has "Governor" instead of "Governours."
P. 254: 1. 27, E omits "&" after "Freighter."
P. 255: 1. 12, E has "a half a Years Salary" instead of "1/2 Salary."
P. 256: 4th line from bottom, E omits the blank space before "Creek";
last line, it omits "a" before "Piney."
P. 257: 1. 3, E has "Stephen Hughes's" instead of "Stephen Hughs" —
usually it spells the name "Hughes" instead of the more
frequent "Hughs" of the text.
P. 258: 1. 6, E has comma after "Ripping."
P. 260: 1. 27, E has "from making" instead of "to make."
P. 261 : 13th line from bottom, E has "Tarleton Fleming" instead of
"Carleton Fleming."
P. 262: 1. 2, E has "middle Deep Creek" instead of "middle Creek."
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P. 263 : The last paragraph in E of the proceedings for March 17,
1731, reads as follows:
"On the Petition of Joseph Dabbs and John Woodson for a grant
of 384 Acres of Land lying against the head of Amos's branch of the
Deep Creek of Lickinhole in Goochland County Surveyed for Leonard
and Thomas Billew about four Years ago, and no Patent Sued out
for the same, It is Ordered that Unless the said Leonard and Thomas
(having due notice hereof) do attend this Board at the next Court of
Oyer and Terminer held in June and make out their pretentions to
the said Land the same be granted to ye Pet™."
P. 265 : 1. 12, E has "Fort" instead of "Port."
P. 268: 15th line from bottom, E has "ag* importing Tob°" instead of
"ag* Tob°."
P. 271: 1. 14, E has "in Two Tracts" after "County"; 1. 15, it has
"Prince George" instead of "Brunswick" ; 1. 25, it omits
all the words after "Buffalo lick"; 1. 30, it omits "Deep"
before ^'branches."
P. 272: 13th line from bottom, it has "conveniently" instead of "con-
venient."
P. 273 : 18th line from Bottom, E fills blank with "David McLenahan" ;
16th line from bottom, it has "Henry Scasbrook" instead of
"Henry Seasbrook."
P. 275 : 6th line from bottom, E has "Garner" instead of "Garnet."
P. 276: 1. 15, E has "thereof made" instead of "therein made"; 1. 30,
E omits "not"' between "would" and "have."
P. 277: 1. 18, E has "Anthony Mattone" instead of "Anthony Matton,"
and the same in 1. 23 ; 1. 29, it has "or thereabouts" after
"Land" ; 1. 36, it has " " before "Chishom."
P. 278: 16th line from bottom, E has "Sum" instead of "Sun"; 8th
line from bottom, it has "having made Oath" instead of
"made Oath."
P. 280 : 1. 26, E omits this line — no doubt by mistake.
P. 281 : 1. 6, E omits "may" before "be empowered" ; 1. 10, E has "John
Tayloe Esq1"" instead of "John Taylor Esqr," and wherever
the text has the erroneous form ; 8th line from bottom, E
has "Governour and Council" instead of "Governour in
Council" though the latter would appear to be the better
reading.
P. 282: 1. 17, E has "Attorney General" instead of "General Attor-
ney"; 1. 25, E has "inclusive" instead of "exclusive"; 1. 28,
it has "George Brooks" instead of "George Brooke."
P. 283 : 1. 4, E omits all the words after "County" ; 1. 14, it omits
after the dash "his" ; 1. 28, it has "lay off" instead of "lay of."
P. 284: 1. 13, E has "Newfound River" instead of "Newford River."
P. 285: 1. 15, E has "WilP Worsha" instead of "Will"' Worsham" ;
1. 18, it has "Soans" instead of "Soane" ; 1. 19, it has "Wain-
wrights" instead of " Wainwright" ; 1. 25, it has, apparently,
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"Tho8 Cock" instead of "Thos Cook," though the form is
not absolutely clear; second line from bottom, it has "Wil-
liams's" instead of "Williams."
P. 286: 1. 16, E has "Conways" instead of "Comways"; 16th line from
bottom, it has "Sam" Eskridge" instead of "Sam11 Usk-
ridge."
P. 288: 1. 13, E omits "a" before "Obedience."
P. 289 : 1. 9, E has "upper" instead of "Western" ; 1. 25, it has "Mor-
gan Bryan" instead of "others his partners" ; 5th line from
bottom, it has "Andictan" instead of "Anditank."
P. 290 : 2nd line from bottom, E omits all words after "among them."
P. 293 : 2nd line from bottom, E has "Eastside" instead of "Eastsides."
P. 294: 1. 28, E inserts "done" after "already."
P. 295: 1. 17, E has "Patent" instead of "Patents"; 11th line from
bottom, it has "Lands" instead of "Linds" ; 9th line from
bottom, it has "Matthew Sims" instead of "Matthew Sins.''
P. 296: 1. 24, E omits "&" after "thereafter."
P. 298 : 1. 8, E has "Receiver" instead of "Rec"" ; 1. 27, it has "Ad-
jutant" instead of "Adjutants"; 12th line from bottom, it
omits "&" after "Auditor General" and adds at end of line
"Makeing the said Allowance and the Reasonableness there-
of. And forasmuch as the Quit Rents for this Year were
Collected before the Arrival of the Auditor Generals Letter
It is the further Opinion of this Board that the same al-
lowance to the receiver General must necessarily be charged
in the Accounts of the present years Revenue for such
Money as hath been already Received without which he
cannot be Enabled to remit the same to England" ; 9th line
from bottom, E omits all words in paragraph after "2s
per hha."
P. 299 : 1. 14, E has "John Bushroad" instead of "John Rushroad," it
has "Thomas Chalton" instead of "Thomas Chelton"; 1. 15,
it has "John Hore" instead of "James Hore."
P. 300 : 1. 2, E has "Majestys" before "Sign Manual" ; 4th line from
bottom, it has "augm1" instead of "augument."
P. 301 : 8th line from bottom, E has no blank space after "Parish."
P. 302: 1. 10, E has "Joseph Moutray" instead of "Joseph Mouhay";
1. 23, it has "Marsh" instead of "Marish."
P. 303 : 1. 7, E has "Nottoway Nation" instead of "Nottoway Indians" ;
8th line from bottom, it has "Colvils Land" instead of "Col-
vells line."
P. 304: 1. 11, E has "a blaz'd" instead of "as ablaz'd."
P. 305 : 1. 2, E has "Capt. Evans's" instead of "Capt. Evans" ; 6th line
from bottom, E has after "Recr Gen1," instead of "all who
made Oaths thereto," simply "who made Oath to the same" ;
2nd line from bottom, it has "Fixing" instead of "affixing."
P. 306: 1. 2, E has "running" instead of "uniting" and the same in 1.
7; 1. 8, it has "with" at beginning of line instead of "as,"
and it inserts "&" before "Inhabitants" at the end.
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P. 307: 1. 1, E has "October 23d" instead of "October 22a" ; 1. 5, it has
"Cole Digges" instead of "William Byrd."
P. 308: 17th line from bottom, E has "Dansie Southale" instead of
"Dacy Southale."
P. 309: 1. 11, E has "Shoreham" after "Ship"; 1. 22, it has "one
thousand seven hundred" instead of "seventeen Thousand" ;
2nd line from bottom, it has "Merchandize" instead of
"Merchandizes."
P. 311: 1. 24, E has "Thomas Wright Belfeild" instead of "Thomas
Right Belfeild."
P. 312: 1. 16, E has "Stephen Evans" instead of "Stephen Eavans,"
and "Theophilus Field" instead of "Theophilus Feilds" ; 1.
19, it has "Francis Bracy" instead of "Francis Bressie" ; 1.
24, it has "Thomas Bollow" instead of "Thomas Bolloco."
P. 313: lines 21 & 22, E has "Daniel Johnson" instead of "Daniel
Johnston" ; 1. 23, it has "Beaver Pond Branch" instead of
"Beaver Pond."
P. 316: 4th line from bottom, E omits "in" after "down."
P. 317: 1. 9, E has "Edmund Browders" instead of "Edmund Brow-
den's"; 1. 19, it has, after "Petitioner," "on both branches";
9th line from bottom, it has "Samuel Cobb," instead of
"Samuel Cobbs" ; 7th line from bottom, it inserts, after
"Henrico County," "surveyed."
P. 320: 1. 3, E has "Francis Dansie" instead of "Francis Dance";
1. 24, it has "Richard Booker" instead of "Edward Booker."
P. 321 : 1. 12, E omits "of" after "Reading" ; 1. 18, E has "pounds"
at end of line instead of "Shillings."
P. 323 : 10th line from bottom, E has "Simmons's" instead of "Sam-
mons's," and the same in the 7th line from bottom ; 7th
line from bottom, it has "Marked" instead of "Market";
5th line from bottom, it has "William Syms" instead of
"William Symes."
P. 324 : 3rd paragraph in E reads as follows :
"Richard Cocke Gent Setting forth that about fourteen years ago
there was Survey 'd for one Amos Lad three hundred Acres of Land on
Beverdam Creek in Henrico now in Goochland County that soon after
the said Survey the said Amos Lad enter 'd into agreement with
Richard Cocke the petitioners Father to perfect the said Conveyance
and soon after the petitioners Father departed this Life having first
made his last Will and Testament and thereby devised the said three
hundred Acres of Land to the petitioner but the Survey having been
made by Francis Epes Gent Surveyor of Henrico County and the
Rights lodged in his hands in order to obtain that patent the said Epes
has possessed himself of the aforesaid three hundred acres of Land
and tho the petitioner has often demanded the said Survey and Rights
to be deliver'd to him since his coming of age yet he could never obtain
the same and praying that the said Francis Eppes should be Sumon'd
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to appear before this Board to show cause why he detain'd the said
Survey & Rights and that the petitioner may be relieved in the premises
It is accordingly order'd that the said Francis Eppes be Sumon'd to
answer the said petition at the Council to be held on Wednesday next
following the Court of Oyer and Terminer in June next."
P. 325: 1. 20, E omits all words after "taken up"; 3rd line from
bottom, E has "Surveyed for" instead of "Surveyed by."
P. 326: E omits the heading — correctly; 1. 21, E has "Stephen" before
"Matton."
P. 328 : 14th line from bottom, E has "Jeremiah Bronaugh" instead of
"Jeremiah Brinnaugh."
P. 329 : 1. 20, E has "Beverpond" instead of "Beaver pound" ; 9th line
from bottom, the paragraph in E reads as follows :
"To James Allen Thomas Anderson and Charles Anderson four
thousand acres in Goochland County on great Guinea Creek beginning
on Wamocks line runing downwards on the Licking hole branches of
Appamattox River to include the Quantity."
P. 330 : 1. 2, E has "Waricco" instead of "Warricoi" ; 1. 18, it has "acres
of" after "400" ; 8th line from bottom, it has "Resolved"
instead of "Ordered."
P. 332 : 1. 18, E has "Joseph Godwinn" instead of "Joseph Godwinns" ;
11th line from bottom, it has "Manufactures" instead of
"manufators."
P. 333 : 1. 5, E has "3 Cwt" instead of "three Hundred" ; 1. 18, it omits
"John Grymes" and "Thomas Lee."
P. 334: 1. 19, E has "and" in front of "the Said Savage"; 1. 21, here
E begins a new day:
"September the 27th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Grymes
■ Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot Esq""
P. 334: 1. 25, E has "South" in front of "Potomack"; 8th line from
the bottom, it adds the following paragraph :
"Isham Randolph Gent, by his Petition seting forth that in Order
to obtain a Patent for some Land in Goochland County he lately lodg'd
in the Secretarys Office a Certificate of the Survey thereof & at the
same time produc'd a Certificate of Forty nine Importation Rights to
Mr Kemp the Clerk of the said Office who refus'd to allow ye Peti-
tioner the benefit thereof alledging that such Rights belong to the Per-
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sons Imported & not to the persons Importing them. Whereas the
Petitioner is advis'd by his Counsel that they do belong to the Persons
Importing And praying that he may be allow'd the benefit of the said
Rights or that he may be heard by his Counsel therein. It is Ordered
that the Petitioner be heard by his Counsel at the next Gen1 Court or
at such other time as he shall think fit to desire the same."
The proceedings for a new day follow this :
"October the 3rd 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Carter
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph &
Philip Lightfoot Esq""
Ordered that new Commissions of the peace issue for the follow-
ing Counties Viz*
For the County of Isle of Wight & Mattw Kinchen Sam1 Davis,
Henry Applewight Junr Joseph Gray, Nath1 Ridley Thos Farrell, Junr
Franc8 Jones & John Monro Gent, be Added to the present Justices in
the said Commission
For the County of Brunswick & Rob1 Hix, Dan1 Hix, Mattw Wall
& Benj" Brown to be Added to the present Justices in the said Com-
mission
The Governor desireing the advice of the Council whether the
present General Assembly shall be further Prorogued or immedeately
dissolved It is the Opinion of the Council it is more proper to prorogue
the Assembly than immedeately to dissolve it & therefore that it be
prorogued to the Second Thursday in May next."
After this E has proceedings for October 24, 1734, which include
the following heading and paragraph, and all the proceedings in the
text from "The Governor was this Day with the advice of the Council
pleased to appoint the following Persons to be Inspectors to wit" which
appear in the text under date of September 21, 1734.
"October the 24th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges John Tayloe
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Carter Tho8 Lee Esq"
A Petition of John Tayloe & Tho" Lee Esq" & Wm Beverly Gent,
for leave to take up & Patent Sixty thousand Acres of Land on Sher-
Preface \y\{
rando River at the tipper end of Jacob Stovers upper Grant was read,
& the Consideration thereof refer'd till the next Council."
P. 335: I. 1, E has "Dasey Southal" instead of "Dasey Southwell" and
the same in the next line.
P. 336: 12th line from bottom, E has "Receiver Gen1" after
"Majesties."
P. 341 : 1. 11, after "praying," the rest of the line should read "for a."
Executive Journals of the Council
of Colonial Virginia
At a Council held at ye Capitol October 25 1721
Present
The Governor
Edmond Jenings WilP Bassett
Robert Carter Nath1 Harrison
Philip Ludwell Mann Page and
Jn° Robinson Esq"
On consideration of what was offered in behalf of the Chickasaw
Indians relating to a Trade with this Colony for Arms and Ammunition ;
This Board being Informed that the Factors for the late Indian Com-
pany who have hitherto continued to Trade among the Chirokees and
other Southern Indians are returned home and withdrawn their Effects,
as not finding sufficient Encouragement for continuing that Commerce ;
and being apprehensive that if the said Indians should come to under-
std that they are not like to have any further Trade from hence, it w11
give them ground to suspect the inclinations of this Gov* to continue in
Peace wth them, judge it most advisable to return the following An-
swer— viz1 —
That this Government w11 always be ready to treat the Chickasaws
as Friends, but that the frequent Wars between them and the Neighbour-
ing Indians renders it dangerous for our Traders to go among them,
and w11 discourage any such Trade untill the Traders can travel with
safety. That nevertheless if this Governm* finds any of the Traders
inclinable to venture on so long and dangerous a Tourney Orders shal
be given them to Trade with the sd Chickasaws and to use them wth
all kindness and Justice. But because it is uncertain when any of the
said Traders will go that way, If the Chickasaws think it worth their
while, they may be supplyed with Arms and Ammunition at Christanna
provided they come thither in such manner as may give no uneasiness
to the Inhabitants.
And the said Indian together wth the Chirokees being brought into
the Council Chamber, The Governor caused the Interpreter to explain
to 'em the aforesaid Answer.
And the Chirokees by one of their Great Men, acquainting the
Governor that their Nation observing ye Factors of the late Indian
Compny had totally withdrawn their Effects out of their Country, by
wch they were apprehensive they shou'd have no further Trade wth
this Colony; their Nation had thereupon sent them hither to desire ye
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continuance of the Trade wtb Virga, as that wch they most desire : Upon
wch the Governor wth the Advice of the Council returned them the
same Answer as was given to the Chickasaws.
And after some further Conference wth ye Deputys of the Chicka-
saws and Chirokees Nation, relating to their making Peace with the
Five Nations, whose deptys were likewise present, the particulars of
wch Conference appear among the Indian Treatys and Transactions,
The said Indians withdrew.
Order'd
That there be presented to each of the Great Men of the Chickasaw
and Chirokee Indians now here, One Trading Gun, or Fuzil, and as
much powder and Shott as they shall have occasion for in their Journey
home, and that the same be delivered them at Christanna.
On the Petition of Geo Homes Senr and Geo Homes Junr
Leave is granted them to take up in one Tract five thousd Acres of
Land in the County of Spotsylvania, bounding upon the South East
Line of a Survey made by Jn° Baylor and James Taylor & others,
Begining at their five Corner hickorys on the South East side of a
Mountaine and runing upwards for the Complement. This Board
being satisfied with their Ability to Cultivate the same According to
Law.
At a Council held at the Capitol October 30th 1721
Present
The Governor
Edmond Jenings Mann Page
Robert Carter Peter Beverley &
Philip Ludwell Jn° Robinson Esq"
On reading at this Board a Petition of the Chief men of the
Nansemond Indians Complaining that one Will1" Fowler of the County
of Isle of Wight hath obtained a Grant from the Governor of North
Carolina for the Land lying about the said Indian Town, and including
all their clear'd Grounds on ye upper side of the said Town, and as ye
Petition" are informed the said Governor of North Carolina hath given
Orders for Surveying the said Land, alledging it belongs to his Govern-
ment, and that the said Indians shall not enjoy it any longer because
they w11 not pay Tribute to him, and praying that the said Land may
be secured to the said Indians. This Board taking the said Petition
into consideration, and it appearing that the said Grant (if any such be)
made to the above named Mr Flower, is espressly contrary to the
Agreement enter'd into between the two Governments, that no Entrys,
Surveys or Grants should be made by either for Lands within the
Controverted bounds untill the final determination thereof ; The Gov-
ernor with the Advice of the Council is therefore pleased to Order, as
it is hereby Ordered, That in Case ye said Will"1 Flower or any other
person shal under such pretended Grant from the Government of North
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Carolina, or otherwise offer to seat any Plantations, or make any Build-
ings or improvements upon any of the Lands assigned either to the
said Nansemond Indians-, or ye Maherines, that then upon Notice thereof
given to the Sherifs of the Countys of Nansemond or Isle of Wight or
either of them, the said Sherifs and each of them be, and they are hereby
Ordered & Required forthwith to pull down and destroy all Houses,
Fences, and other improvements so made on or near any of the said
Indian Lands. And in Case of resistance to take with them respectively
the Posse of their Countys for the better putting this Order in Execu-
tion.
And the Council desire the Governor to transmitt a Copy of this
Order to the Governor of N Carolina, that he may thereby be reminded
of the Engagements he is under as to ye Lands within the controverted
bounds.
Order'd
That the Sum of Seven hundd pounds Sterling out of his Majes-
tie's Revenue of 2s per hhd & c be paid to the Governor towards defraying
the Charges of Erecting Batterys and mounting thereon the Canon for
the defence of the Rivers, and that the remainder of the said Charge
be brought to Accompt, and paid out of the next half years Revenue
when the said Batterys are entirely finished, and the Expence thereof
fully stated.
On a Representation made to this Board in behalf of Cap' Alexan-
der Gradwell Commander of the Ship Hey Dock of Leverpool, who
loaded in Potowmack River and Enter'd his Ship as well in Maryland
as Virginia; It is Ordered that the said Cap' Gradwell be charged with
no more than the duty of 2s per hhd on so much of the Loading of the
said Ship as was really taken on board within the District of South
Potowmack in this Colony.
On the Petition of Christophor Jackson, Leave is granted him to
take up in one Tract two thousand Acres of Land in the County of
Spotsylvania, joining on the Surveys of Gawin Corbin Gent and Hugh
Jones Cler if there be so much to be found there not already Entered
for : this Board being satisfied of his Ability to Cultivate the same as
the Law directs.
At a Council held at the Capitol November 3d 1721
Present
The Governour
Edmund Jenings William Bassett
Robert Carter Nath1 Harrison
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges and
Peter Beverley Esq"
Sundry Acco's of Charges for the Accomodation of the Deputys
of the five Nations and of the Chickasaw and Chirokee Indians, and for
presents made to the Deputys of the said five Nations and other Con-
tingent Charges, being laid before the Board were regulated & allowed.
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A Petition of Joel Whatson & Rob' Thornton of London Merch"
Creditors of Thomas Crook late of the County of Henrico in this Colony
Decd praying that they may be admitted to take out a patent for a
Tract of Land taking up by the said Crook in the Fork of James River,
they being willing to allow out of their Debt as much as the said Land
with the Improvements are really worth. It is Ordered that the said
petition be Lodged in the Council Office, and that Notice be given to
Mr. Thomas Randolph Administrator of the Estate of the said Crook;
to the end he may be heared thereon before the Governor in Council at
the next General Court.
At a Council held at the Capitol November 4th 1721
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Nath1 Harrison
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges &
William Bassett Peter Beverley Esq"
Robert Carter Esqr Agent for the Proprietors of the Northern
Neck moving for a Commission as Escheator for the said proprietors
Lands as shall Lapse & Escheat there may be found by Inquest accord-
ing to the Laws of England and this Dominion ; It is the opinion of
the Council and accordingly Order'd that a Commission be prepared
for the Governors Signing Constituting the said Robert Carter Esq1"
Escheator of the Northern Neck.
For the better Supplying the Inhabitants with Rights to take up
Land Ord" that the Officers of the Revenue have power to make out
One thousand new Certificates of Rights besides those already struck.
The following Warrts on the Recr Gen1 to be paid out of his
Majty° Revenue of 2s per hhd &c were this day signed by the Governor
in Council Vizt —
To the Governor Half a Years Sallary ending the
25th of last month £1000.
To the Gent" of the Council for the same time £ 175 .0
To the Sollicitor of the Virginia Affairs for d° time. . 50. .
To the Audr Gen1 of the plantations for d° time 50 . .
To his Majtys Attorney Gen1 for d° time 20. .
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time 50. .
To the Gunner of James City for d° time 5 . .
To the Armourer for the same time 6 .
To the Ministers for their Attendance last Gen1 Court . . £ 6 .
To the Governor towards the Expence for the Batterys . £ 700 . .
To sundry contingent Charges £ 104. 15
The Accots of His Majtya Revenues of 2s per hd being Examined
by the Audr and sworn to by the Recr Gen1 were this Day certified
by the Governor in the usual form.
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On the Petition of James Terry, Jn° Kembro Willm Byrd and
Cornelius Keith Leave is granted them to take up five thousand Acres
of Land lying in the County of New Kent.
Ordered
That the Caveat entd by Richd Ballamy agst Fran3 Whiting be
set aside.
At a Council held at the Capitol December 13th 1721
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
Willm Bassett John Robinson Esq"
John Clayton Esqr having reced a Com under the Seal of the
High Court of Admiralty of Great Britain constituting him Judge of the
High Court of Vice Admiralty within this Dominion and producing
a Certificate of his having (as such) taken the Oaths to the Governm'
before the County Court of James City, had this Day the Oath of
Judge of the said Court of Vice Admiralty administred to him by the
Governor in Council.
The Governor communicated to the Council a Memo1 wch he
lately received from John Grymes Esqr Deputy Auditor of his Majtys
Revenues, setting forth that by several Decrees of the Court of Vice
Admiralty of this Colony within these three Years past, the proceeds
of sundry Pyratical Effects and other sums of money taken from
Pyrates had been paid into his (the Governors) hands for the use of
his Maj,y, the Accots whereof the said Deputy Auditor concieves ought
of right to be Audited by him, and all Sums of money appearing due
thereupon paid to this Majtrs Recr Gen1 here. That by an Order
of the Lords of the Treasury formerly sent hither, Their Lordps had
sufficiently Expressed their Sentiments therein ; but more particularly
he is lately informed by the Auditor Gen1 of the Plantations that ye
owners of the Ship Calabar had obtained his Majtrs Warrant directing
the delivery to the said Owners of one & twenty Negro Slaves wch
were condemned here as Pyratical Effects : by the words of wch War-
rant, His Majty supposes the produce of those Slaves (if sold) to be in
the hands of his Recr General here: And therefore praying that all
such Pyratical Effects and sums arising by the Sale thereof may be
directed into the hands of the said Recr Gen1 in order to their being
brought to a regular Ace' & Audit. After reading of wch Memorial
y* Governor was pleased to informe the Board, that being impowd and
directed by His Majestys Instructions to take into his hands all Pyratical
Effects wch shal be brought into or found within this Colony, and to
secure the same untill his Majestys pleasure should be signified ; and
being also impowered and directed by his Commission as Vice-Admiral,
to receive all Forfeitures belonging to the Admiralty, he had judged
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himself sufficiently Authorized to detain the Pyratical Effects condem"
as such in the Court of Vice Admiralty untill he should receive his
Majty'8 directions thereupon, and especially since the Court of Admiralty
had not absolutely decreed those Effects to his Majty but with a Salvo
to the right of the lawful Owners ; That therefore upon receipt of the
Order from the Lords of the Treasury mentioned in the above warrant
he had transmitted to their Lordps a Justification of his proceedings,
together with the reasons given by the Court of Vice-Admiralty for
Decreeing those Effects into his hands, and since that time had received
no Answer from their Lodps, nor any signification of his Majesty's
pleasure untill of late that he had recd a Warrant under his Majty'3
Sign Manual, countersigned by the Lords of the Treasury, for delivering
to the Owners of ye Calabar Merch* twenty one negro Slaves con-
demned here as Pyratical Effects: In wch Order (wch the Governor
caused to be read at the Board) there are these words "or in case they
(the sd Slaves) or part of them are sold, You are then to give directions
to the Recr Gen1 of our Revenues to pay to the said Cap1 Tho
Kennedy the exact Sum or Sums wcb have been recd for the Sale of the
said Slaves. Which words the Auditor Gen1 seems to understand as
a Declaration of His Majesty's Intentions that the produce of such
Pyratical Effects should be put into the hands of the proper Officers
of the Revenue. And the Governor declared he was willing to under-
stand them in ye same Sense, being desirous to discharge himself of
the Custody of so considerable a Sum of money, whereof he runs a
great risque: And thereupon desired the opinion of ye Council if he
might with safety deliver the said Pyratical Effects into the hands of
the Recr Gen1 according to Mr Gryme's Memorial. The Council hav-
ing taken the same into Consideration, are of Opinion, that the Gov-
ernor having already received the Sentiments of the R1 Honble the
Lords of the Treasury, that such Effects should be put into the hands
of the officers of ye Revenue, and now a signification of his Majty'3
intentions in the Case of the Pyratical Effects imported in the Calabar
Merch*, it seems to be the safest course to deliver all such Effects as
are remaining in his hands to his Majty'9 Recr Gen1 in the same man-
ner as other Forfeitures accruing to his Majty within this Dominion.
And forasmuch as in all Forfeitures of the like nature a third part doth
belong to the Governour, and it appearing that Col° Nicholson claimed
a share of the Pyrate Ship , taken and condemned here in ye Year
1700; The Council are of opinion that the Governor is entitd to a 3d part
of this Forfeiture, and that the other two thirds (deducting 5p C for the
Collecting and paying thereof to his Majty'3 use) be by the said Recr
Gen1 brought into the Acco* of his Majesty's Revenues appropriated
for the Support of this Governm' pursuant to the Declaration of his
Maj(y King C 2d upon the first Creation of the Office of Auditor
Gen1 of the Plantations, that all Fines forfeitures and other Revenues
under the Audit and Inspection of the said Office, should be Imployed
and appropriated towards the better support of this Government, wch
may be the more reasonably expected in this Case where so great Sums
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have been expended out of the standing Revenue for the Tryal of the
Pyrates from whom these Effects were recovered, and for putting the
Country in a posture of defence against the future Attempts of others,
who are greatly provoked against this Colony for the examplary punish-
ment some of their Associates have suffered here; And because it has
been directed by this Board that divers extraordinary Charges arising
upon the apprehending of Pirates, and discovering and Seizing their
Effects should be defrayed and paid [manuscript torn]
in the hands of the Governor, It is the further Opinion of this Board,
that all the said extraordinary Charges be repaid out of the same Effects
by the Officers of the Revenue, and allowed in their Accots.
Robert Innes having made application to this Board for an allow-
ance of 5 per C* out of the Kings third part of the money arising by the
sale of the Ship Prince Eugene condemn'd by the Court of Vice-
Admiralty for illegal Trading, he having sold the said Ship and ac-
counted for the value : It is ye opinion of this Board, that the same
is a reasonable allowance for the sd service, but that the Officers of the
Revenue be heared in Case they have any objection thereto.
On the application of the Owners of the Bregantine Baylor Ordd
that forty barr119 of powder be delivered them out of his Maj*5"3
Magazine, they giving Bond to return the like quantity of new Powder,
into the said Magazine by the first oppertunity of Shipping from Lon-
don, clear of all Charges.
The following Petitions for leave to take up Land were read &
Grant11 Vizt.
To Fran8 Epes 2000 Acres upon Appomatox River in Prince
George County, Beginning on the said River just below Andersons
Ford, thence up the River to Wintecopack Creek and up the Creek
according to it's Meanders, and by other Courses to include ye said
Quantity.
To Fran8 Epes & Richd Kennon four thousand Acres in Hen-
rico County, Beginning on Appomatox River at ye mouth of Skin-
quetter Creek, thence down the said River to a Corner of the said
Epes's Land and along the said Epes's lines to Middle Creek, and
up the said Creek, and other Courses to Skinquarter Creek aforesaid,
to include ye said Quantity.
To Jn° Martin Gen1 three thousd Acres in Henrico Coy upon ye
River Byrd adjoining to ye Pet" Land lately purchased of [ms. defec-
tive]
To Dyer Colston Read three thousand Acres in Spotsylvania
County upon the head of the River Po.
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At a Council held at ye Capitol March 7th 1722
Present
The Governour
Edmond Jenings Nath1 Harrison
Phil Ludwell " Cole Digges &
Jn° Robinson Esq"
The Governor having this day communicated to the Council the
Copys of certain Transactions between the Comm" for Indian Af-
fairs at Albany, and the Deputys of the Five Nations; and the same
were read, importing in Substance, that one of the Deputys of the
said Indians sent last Summer to Treat with this Government was re-
turned and reported that the other four Deputys sent with him were
all poisoned here by the Indians Tributary to Virginia; And that there-
upon the said five Nations, expected that this Government should de-
liver up to them four boys as a satisfaction for the loss of their four
Great Men ; intimating that no other satisfaction would be accepted
by them, and threatning in case of refusal to revenge themselves on
the Inhabitants of Virginia, as being (as they say) the same People
with the Indians — After reading of wch said Tran[s] actions at Albany
with the Letter accompanying them from the Commrs for Indian
Affairs to the Governour of New York [ms. defective]
in wch the aforementioned Deputys of the five Nations came into this
Governm', the circumstances of the Death of those two of 'em who
dyed here, and the discourse of the other three who were sent back
from hence to Annapolis, are unanimously of opinion that the report
of the said Depty's being poisoned by any of the Virga Indians, is
altogether false and groundless, and that therefore the satisfaction
demanded by the said five Nations is unjust : That in Order to con-
fute the said Scandalous and groundless reps ; the Governor is desired
to represent to the Governor of New York that two of the said Deputys
arrived in this Government in a very bad state of health, and dyed in
a few days after, the one without conversing with any of the Indians
tributary to this Governm', and ye other in a days time after his
Arrival at the Nottoway Town, a place were the said Deputys chose
to go to because of the friendship between the five Nations and the
said Nottoway Indians : That the other three wch Survived, during
the whole time of their Abode here, wch was near three months, tho
two of them were sick almost all the while, never expressed the least
Apprehension of their being poisoned in this Colony, or by any of it's
Indians, but on the contrary parted with the Chiefs of the Virginia
Indians, with all the outward signs of friendship imaginable. That they
did indeed let fall some Expressions as if they had been poisoned by
some Maryland Indians who parted with them at an Island on Chesa-
peak bay as they were on their way to Virginia, but their Distemper
appearing to be only a common intermitting Fever, no other regard
was had here to that Suspicion of theirs, than to impute it to the natural
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Jealousy the Indians always have of one another : That whether ye
same was true or false, imports nothing to this Gov4, seeing three of
ye said Deptys went from hence in a much better state of health than
when they Arrived here, and it appears by [ms. defective]
intrusted by this Government for transporting them to Annapolis had
delivered them safe there. And that if any foul practices were used
towards the said Deputys in their Journey home, it is most probable
the same were committed by one of their own Number whose name
is Sketowass, and is a Tuscaruro Indn ; who having in all his behaviour
here, Acted the part of an Incendiary Rather than a Messenger of
Peace, may be justly suspected guilty of destroying those of his Com-
panions who would not joine in his Designs. That nevertheless this
Gov* is willing to referr the Examination of this affair, to the intended
Treaty at Albany. But in case the Indians of the five Nations shal
not be satisfyed with this Justification and Proposal, but w11 insist
on revenging themselves, that then the Governor of New York be re-
quested to send such timely intimation of their Designs that this Coun-
try may be prepar'd to defend it's Frontiers, and to give the said In-
dians such a reception as they deserve.
Whereas since the issuing the Writts for calling the present Gen1
Assbly, sundry new Countys have been Erected wch are entituled by
Law to the Choice of Burgesses in ye ensuing Session wch is appointed
to be held the 9th of May next; It is the opinion of this Board, and
accordingly Ordered, that Writts issue for ye Election of Burgss for
the Countys of King George & Hanover, but for as much as the Countys
of Brunswick and Spotsylvania are yet so thinly Inhabited that there
are neither Courts nor officers of Justice erected in either of them, It
is ye Opinion of this Board, that no Writts issue for any Election of
Burgesses in either of them.
On reading at this Board a Representation from the Justices of
King William County setting forth that upon a Motion made for build-
ing a New Court House in the said County, their old Court House be-
ing ruinous, and two places being proposed for that purpose, The Court
were divided upon ye Choice of the said places, and therefore had
agreed to Submitt the same to the Governor: And there being also
read at the Board a petn of sundry of the Inhabts of the said County,
praying that the said Court House may be built on the Land of Majr
Wm Aylett, and the said Aylett offering to assure to the County the
Land whereon ye said Court House shal be built together with the
priviledge of Timber for building of the same on any part of his
adjoining Tract. The Governor was pleased to declare in Council, that
in pursuance of the above submission, he did appoint the Court House
for ye said County to be built on the Land of Majr Wm Aylett on
Mattapony River near the said Ayletts Storehouse that being nearest
the Cent" of the County, and most convenient to the greater number
of the Inhabts, he ye sd Aylett complying wth his afores4 proposal
of giving the Ground and priviledge of Timber for building the said
Court House.
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Ordd
That there be paid out of his Majty's Revenue of 2s per hhd the
sum of twelve pounds Curr' money to Mr Rob1 Tucker for the
Charges of his sloop employed for ye transporting to Annapolis the
Deputys sent hither from the five Nations, and for sundry presents
delivered them by the said Tucker.
New Commissions of the Peace were this Day Ordd to Issue for
the Countys of York and King William and several new Justices added
thereto.
On the Petition of Jos Stretton, late Mastr of ye Ship Prince
Eugene of Bristol, setting forth that on ye said Ships arrival last Sum-
mer in Virginia from the Island of Madagascar, he put into the hands
of Cole Digges Esqr sev1 baggs of money to be by him remitted to
the Owners of the said Ship ; That the petr being soon after taken up,
and Carryed to England on Suspicion of being Accessary to Pyracy;
he is Informed that by an Order of this Board, the said money has
been directed to be secured in the said Cole Digge's hands as piratical
Effects, and praying that since he hath been Tryed & Acquitted in
England of the said supposed Piracy, the money may be delivered up
to him for the benefit of the Owners. It is thereupon Ordered that
the said money be delivered to the Petitioner for the use of the Owners
of ye aforesaid Ship, it appearing to this Board, that the said Stretton
hath been acquitted in England of the Offence whereof he stood ac-
cused, and for wch the said money was at first Ordered to be secured.
On the Petition of Philip Ludwell Esqr and Nichs Merriweather
and Chr Clerk. Leave is granted them to take up in one Tract, ten
thousand Acres of Land in ye County of Hannover, beginning at a
little Mountain on the South Side of the River Northanna and extend-
ing Southerly along the foot of the little Mountains towards the
branches of the Southanna & James River, This Board being satisfy'd
with their Ability to Cultivate the same according to Law.
At a Council held at the Capitol April 16th 1722
Present
The Governor
Edmond Jenings William Bassett
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges &
John Lewis Peter Beverley Esq"
Nath1 Harrison Esqr producing a Deputation from Horatio
Walpole Esqr Audr Gen1 of his Majestys Plantations constituting
him the said Nath1 Harrison Deputy Auditor of his Majestys Revenues
within this Colony, took the Oaths appointed by Act of Parliament to
be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, the Ab-
juration Oath, the Test, and Oath for the due discharge of that Office.
Jn° Grymes Esqr producing a Commission under his Majestys
Sign Manual, constituting him Recr General of all his Majestys
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Revenues within this Colony, Entered into Bond together wth Philip
Ludwell Esqr and Archibald Blair Gen' as his Securitys for the due
discharge of that Office, and then took the Oaths appointed by Act
of Parliament to be taken instead of the Oath of Allegiance and
Supremacy, the Abjuration Oath, Subscribed the Test, and took the
Oath for the due Execution of that Office.
At a Council held at the Capitol April 19th 1722
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath1 Harrison
Philip Ludwell Mann Page
Jn° Lewis Cole Digges &
Willm Bassett Peter Beverley Esq"
The Governor laid before the Council the Copy of a Letter written
by him to the Governor of New York in pursuance of the Resolutions
of this Board on the 7th of March last, relating to the Accusations and
Demands of the Five Nations: And the same was Read and approved
of as comformable to the unanimous Sentiments of this Board and
Ordered to be Entered in the Council Books.
The Governor informing the Council that application had been
made to him by divers persons for signing Patents for Lands taken up
by them in the Countys of Spotsylvania and Brunswick, and that he
had hitherto delayed Signing the said Patents, in expectation of receiv-
ing the signification of his Majestys Pleasure on the Address of the
General Assembly, & desiring the Advice of ye Board therein. The
Council are thereupon of Opinion that Patents be Granted to such as
desire the same upon their giving Security to pay for the Rights in
case his Majty shId not think fitt to remitt ye same according to ye
Address of the Assbly
On the Petition of Wm Beverley Gen* Leave is granted him to
take up in one Tract six thousand Acres of Land in the County of
Spotsylvania joining upon a Tract of Land granted by Patent to the
Petitioners Father, and called by the name of Elkwood. This Board
being satisfyed of his Ability to Cultivate the same according to Law.
On the Petition of Mathew Mayes, Willm Mayes, Richard Jones,
John Tully, James Tucker & Howel Edmunds, Leave is granted to
them respectively to take up & patent any quantity of Land not exceed-
ing one thousand Acres Adjoyning to their several & respective planta-
tions in Prince George County, and that upon return of Surveys of the
said Lands patents be granted to the petitioners respectively for the
Quantitys by them taken up including their present Settlements or in
separate Patents as they shall think fitt.
On the Petition of John & Jom Epes Leave is granted them to
take up five hundred and thirty eight Acres of Land on Gravelly Runn
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in Prince George County, this Board being satisfied with his Ability to
Cultivate the same according to Law.
To Cap1 Richard Jones six thousand Acres on Tray Creek in
Prince George County, this Board being satisfied of his Ability to
Cultivate the same according to Law.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 9th 1722
Present
The Governour
Edmond Jenings Nath1 Harrison
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges &
Peter Beverley Esqrs
The Governor was pleased to nominate the following psons to be
Sherifs for the ensuing Year Viz1 —
Henrico Henry Anderson
Pr George John Scott
Surry Thorn8 Cocke
Isle of Wight Thorn8 Walton
Nansemond Cha Drury
Norfolk Sam1 Boush
Pr Anne Hilary Mosely
Eliz" City John King
Warwick Miles Willis
James City Jn° Netherland
York Thos Nelson
Northumberland Rich3 Spann
Richmond Will™ Dowman
King & Queen Hen Hickman
Gloscester Geo Dudley
Middlesex Math Kemp
Essex Rob' Brook
New Kent Cha Lewis
Hannover Rob' Jenings
Charles City Will"1 Aerell
King Willm Tho8 Carr
King George Jn° Dinwiddy
Stafford French Mason
Westmorland Geo Tuberville
Lancaster Rich" Chichester
Accomack Wm Burton
Northampton Ralph Pegot
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At a Council held at the Capitol May 10th 1722
Present
The Governour
Edmond Jenings Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
Nath1 Harrison Jn° Robinson Esq"
The Govr having laid before the Board a Petition of Rob4 Jor-
dan & Joseph Jordan, two Quakers, setting forth that they being Sum-
moned as Witnesses in a cause depending before the Court of Nanse-
mond County, were by the said Court committed to Goal for refusing
to take the solemn Affirmation according to the forme prescribed by
the former Acts of Pari* and representing they were then ready and
still are to make such Affirmation as they understand is allowed by the
Gov* in England, to the People of their profession, wch they say is in
these Words, Vizt : I A : B do truly and sincerely Affirm — It is the
opinion of this Board that if the Petitioners claim benefite by any late
Act of Parliament they ought to Show the said Act, and to make appear
they are Entitled to the Indulgence thereby granted ; But untill such
Act of Pari* be publickly known, they ought to con forme to the prac-
tice heretofore Established by Law in the like Cases.
Nath1 Harrison Esq" his Majty'3 Auditor praying the directions
of the Board, how he is to receive the Qu Rts of certain Lands held
by Rob' Boiling, without patent or Survey for Wch by an Order of
this Board dated the 28th day of Octor last, he was adjudged to pay
from Michss 1717, as a fine set upon him, for transgressing the Orders
of Governm* And it being urged in behalf of the said Boiling, that he
is within the benefite of his Majesty's Gen1 pardon. This Board, on
Consideration thereof, do declare the said Robert Boiling to be within
the benefite of his Majestys most gracious Pardon, and Ordered That
he be discharged of the payment of the said Qu R" —
At a Council held at ye Capitol May 12th 1722
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
Nath1 Harrison John Robinson Esq"
The Governor informing the Council, that he found the House
of Burgas are inclined to his being at the head of the Treaty intended
to be had this Summer at Albany with the Five Nations of Northern
Indians : That though so long an Absence from this Government as that
Negotiation may necessarily require will be injurious to his private
Affairs, Yet he shal always be willing to gratify the desires of the
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Peoples Representatives, if this Board shal be of opinion y* his Under-
taking that Journey, may prove of Advantage to his Majestys Service,
and the benefite of this Colony; And therefore desired the Advice of
the Council thereon The Council thereupon declare their unanimous
Opinion, that the Governors Presence at the said intended Treaty, w11
not only be for the Service of his Majesty, and this Colony, but
absolutely necessary for the compleating that Work whereon the
Tranquility of his Majty's Subjects here, so greatly depends.
On application of the Justices of Isle of Wight County. Ordered
that a new Commission of the Peace issue for the said County.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 30th 1722
Present
The Governor
Edmond Jenings Nath1 Harrison
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges
John Lewis Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esq"
On reading at this Board a Memorial from Will"1 Cole Gen4
late Deputy Recr Gen1 of his Majestys Revenues; Setting forth that
during the time he acted in that office as Deputy to Mr Roscow he
reed for the Ou RtB due & payble to his Maj,y the sum of Nineteen
Hundred & eight pounds three shillings & five pence halfpenny in the
Spa Coine & other Silver Species at ye rate of 17 1/2 penny weight
for five Shillings Sterl ; wch money is now in the hands of the Execu-
tor of the sd Roscow, and praying that the same may be accepted in
Specie as it was reed, in discharge of so much of the Ballance due to
his Majty from the said Executor. This Board on Consideration of
the said Memorial are of Opinion, and accordingly Ordered, That for
so much as the said Willm Cole, shall make appear to have been re-
ceived for the Qu Rts the Executors of the said Roscow be allowed to
pay the same in Specie as it was reced : But whereas it hath been
represented to this Board, by the principal Recr Gen1 that there is a
difference between the said money as reed pursuant to the Orders of
the Governm', and Bills of Exchange, wherein he is Obliged to pay or
remitt the same to England : It is the further opinion of this Board
that the present Recr Gen1 be allow'd in his Accompts as much as
w11 make ye money now to be reed of Mr Roscow's Executor, and
what he hath this Year recd for his Maj,y'8 Qu Rt9, equal to Sterl
wch is fifteen pCt on the Currency of this Country, being the present
Course of Exchange. And for the better ascertaining the difference
between ye money recd for his Maj'5"9 Ou Rts, and ye payment & Re-
mittances wch the sd Recr Gen1 is obliged to make out of ye same, It
is Ordered, That it be a standing Rule for the Future, that ye Course
of Exch* be Yearly ascertained at this Board in the month of April,
before passing the Accompts of the Qu Rt9 ; And that the Recr Gen1
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do make up his Accompts of the said Revenues in Sterl according to
the Course of Excha so ascertained.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 31st 1722
Present the Governor
and Council
Whereas an Address hath been prepared by both Houses of Assem-
bly requesting the Governor to preside in the Negotiations intended to
be had this Summer at Albany with the Indians of the five Nations,
and the Sum of one thousand Pounds given for defraying the Expence
of the said intended Treaty : And whereas the Governor was this
day pleased to desire the Advice of this Board, in what manner to form
the said Embassy agreeable to the intentions of the Gen1 Assembly,
and proportionable to ye sum given for that purpose : It is the Opinion
of this Board, that it w11 be very much for the Service of this Governm*,
that the Governor do take upon him the management of the Conferences
wth the said Indians in conjunction with such other Comm9 as he shall
think fitt to Nominate. That two Comm" (whereof one to be of the
Council, and one a Member of the House of Burgss w11 be sufficient
to be joined with the Governor in the sd Treaty; That there be a
Secretary appointed for preparing such Memorials, and other Instru-
ments, as shall be found necessary in the said Negotiation: That all
Travelling Charges and other Expences arising on the said Treaty be
defrayed out of the money given for that purpose: That there be al-
lowed out of the sd money for the trouble of the Commrs Vizt : To
such Member of his Majestys Council as shal be employed in that Serv-
ice the sum of Twenty five shillings per diem.
To the other Commissioner, being a Member of ye House of
Burgesses twenty shillings per diem, and
To the Secretary fifteen Shillings per diem.
And Whereas it is judged necessary that Rob* Hix, an ancient
Indian Trader, well acquainted with sundry Affairs of the Northern
Indians, do attend the CommrB on this Treaty ; It is Ordered that the sd
Hix be allowed for his trouble ye sum of five shillings per diem besides
his necessary Charges.
At a Council held at the Capitol June 2d 1722
Present The Governor
Edmund Jenings John Lewis Cole Digges
Robert Carter Willm Bassett Peter Beverley &
Philip Ludwell Nath Harrison John Robinson Esqrs
The officers of his Majtys Revenue, representing to this Board
that Rob1 Carter Esqr Agent for ye proprietors of the Northern Neck,
hath lately laid Claim to the Fines, Forfeitures, Deodands, and other
Casualtys Arising within ye sd Territory, wch they conceive ought to
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be answd & paid into their hands, for the use of his Majty; And it ap-
pearing to this Board upon perusing the Letters Patents granted to the
Proprietors of the said Northern Neck, that then the Right claimed by
the said Proprietors ought to be determined by Law For the more
speedy & amicable determination thereof ; It is the opinion of this Board,
That the Attorney Gen1 in behalf of his Majesty, and the said Agent
in the behalf of the Proprietors do prepare a Case to be argued before
ye next Gen1 Court upon ye sd Letters Patents, and ye Right Claim'd
thereby to such Patents, Fines Forfeitures, Deodands & other Casualtys
as are now in dispute.
At a Council held at the Capitol June 5th 1722
Present The Governor
Edmund Jenings Philip Ludwell Nath Harrison
Robert Carter John Lewis Mann Page &
John Robinson Esq"
New Comiss" of the Peace for the Countys of Accomack & Lan-
caster were this day Order'd in Council wth the addition of sundry new
Justices.
At a Council held at the Capitol June 7th 1722
Present The Governor
Edmund Jenings Philip Ludwell Nath Harrison
Robert Carter John Lewis Mann Page &
John Robinson Esq"
The Governor desiring the Advice of the Council what time w11
be most proper for the next meeting of the Gen1 Assembly the present
Session drawing now towards a Conclusion : It is the opinion of this
Board, that in regard it may be necessary to have another Session of
Assembly soon after the Gov" Return from Albany, it is not convenient
to prorogue the Assembly longer that the month of November, and that
Thursday ye 15th of that month, will be a proper time for their Pro-
rogation—
Ordered
That a new Commission of the Peace issue for ye County of King
George, wth ye addition of sundry new Justices.
Whereas it is necessary that fitt persons be appointed to take care
of the Batterys erected for the defence of the several Rivers, and to
have the Charge of the Stores of War Lodged thereat : It is order'd y*
ye Salarys for that service be as follows —
To the Gunner & Storekeepr at Point Comfort twelve pd8 Sterl :
per ann
To the Gunner & Storekeep' at York, Eight pounds Sterl per ann
To the Gunner & Storekeepr at Tyndals Point ten pd8 Sterl per ann
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To the Gunner & Storekeep' at Corotoman five pounds sterl per
ann
&
To the Gunner & Storekeepr at Hobb's hole ye like Salary of Five
Pounds Sterl per Annum.
A Memorial being presented to this Board by Wm Roscow Executr
of James Roscow Esqr decd setting forth that the sum of £254.18.9
received by the said Roscows Depty for his Majtys Qu Rts in the Year
1721, was Stolen out of the Store of Mr Archd Blair Merch* in Wil-
liamsburg, and no discovery yet made of the same, & praying such
Recommendation of his Case to his Majty, or the Lords Comrs of his
Majty'3 Treasury as this Board shall Judge most proper for his obtain-
ing his Majestys favour in remitting the said Sum out of the Balla due
from the said Decd Mr Roscow, It is Ordered, That a Representation
of ye Petrs be prepared to the Lords of the Treasury, to be Signed by
the Governor and Council.
The Governor acquiainting the Board that being speedily to Set
out on a Journey to Albany, at the unanimous Request of both Houses
of Assembly, lest there should be any Controversy touching his Right
to his Salary as Governour during such his Absence, he judged it neces-
sary to have that matter Settled by the opinion of this Board. Where-
upon the Council unanimously declare their opinion that the Governors
intended Journey, being undertaken for the Publick Service of the
Government, and at the Request of the Gen1 Assembly, he is, and ought
to be As much Entitled to his Salary and all other perquisites as if he
was Actually present within this Government: To wch Unanimous
Resolutions of the rest of the Board, Edmond Jenings Esqr as President
declared his Consent.
At a Council held June the 13th 1722
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath1 Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges
John Lewis Peter Beverley &
William Bassett John Robinson Esq"
The Governor this day desiring the opinion of the Council upon
certain papers transmitted from S° Carolina, wch he left some Days
ago for their perusal. The Council thereupon declare; That haying
seriously consider'd the said papers they are unanimously of opinion.
That the Act passed in the General Assembly of South Carolina
in Novr 1721, is highly injurious to the Trade of this his Maj*y'3
Colony, destructive of the good correspondence between the English
and the Western Indians, and directly opposite to the intent and
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meaning of his Majesty's 71 Instruction to the Governor of that
province : in as much as the sd Act imposes insuperable Difficulties and
unjust Taxes on the Traders of Virga, and is calculated rather to pro-
hibit than regulate the Trade with the said Indians carryed on from
this Province ; That the lessening the consumption of British Com-
moditys (wch this Act must effectually do) among the Indians is pre-
judicial to the Trade of Great Britain and that the laying any Tax
whereby the Price of Commoditys used in that Trade must necessarily
be encreased, or the Supplys lessened, is a ready means to lose the
Affections of the said Indians, who can no otherwise be preserved in
the British Interest than by the same plentiful Supplys and cheapness
of Goods as they have been hitherto accustomed to.
That the Address or Representation of the General Assembly of
South Carolina to their present Governor, contains many untrue and
unjust reflections upon the Conduct of his Majesties Lieu1 Governor
& the Council of this Dominion.
That this Treatment of the Colony of Virginia is the most unjust,
in that it is evident that in all the Transactions this Government has
had with the Western Indians, the peace, Interest and Tranquility of
the people of Carolina has been equally regarded with that of the
Inhabitants of this Colony.
That the Security of the Frontier Inhabitants of this Colony, made
it necessary for this Government to propose a peace between the Chiro-
kees and the Five Nations, And that it is demonstrable that the Schemes
of the Carolina Assembly for continuing a War between those Indians,
are founded upon the private Interest of their Traders, and not with
any view to the General Tranquility of his Majestys other plantations
equally concerned in the preservation of that good Correspondence with
the Western Indians, wch his Majty has been pleas'd so particularly to
recommend to the Care of the Governor and Council & Assembly of
S° Carolina.
That therefore it is necessary to vindicate this Government from
the groundless Aspersions in the Carolina Assemblys Address and to
represent to his Majesty the unjust and imprudent proceedings of that
province, both with respect to his Majtys Subjects of this Colony and
the Indians in Amity with it ; that so the ill Consequences of these
Measures built upon partial Views, may by his Majtys Authority be
speedily prevented. And his Majtys Lieu* Governor is humbly requested
to represent the same accordingly.
The Governor acquainted the Council that pursuant to the desire
of the General Assembly, he intended to set out on his Journey to
Albany to treat with the Northern Indians as soon as he shall receive
an Answer from the Governor of New York what time he has ap-
pointed for the said Indians to repair to the place of Treaty.
An Account of sundry Services done by Mr Cary of repairing the
Governors House, & inclosing the Magazine, was laid before the Board,
and Ordered to be paid out of his Maj,ys Revenue of 2s per hhd &c.
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Several petitions for taking up Land were read, and granted as
follows. Viz*.
To Edmd Taylor, Will"1 Todd, Philip Todd and Larkin Chew for
four thousand Acres of Land in the County of King William.
To Robert Baylor for two thousand Acres of Land in one Tract
and four thousand Acres in another in the County of King William.
At a Council held at the Capitol June 23d 1722
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Mann Page &
Philip Ludwell John Robinson Esqrs
A Letter being prepared pursuant to the Resolutions of this Board
on the 13th Inst, to the Govr of S° Carolina, together with sundry
Obervations on the Act of that province, and other papers transmitted
from thence were this Day read at the Board and approved.
On a Representation from the Justices of James City County ;
Ordered That a new Commission of the peace issue for that County,
with the addition of the several persons recommended to be Justices
therein.
Order'd that the Sum of Forty pounds formerly allowed Mr Henry
Irwin for Services and Charges relating to the Pirates, be paid to the
Governor in discharge of so much of the money advanced by him for
the sd Irwin to the Recr General of his Majestys Revenues.
Rob' Carter, Wm Bassett, Nath Harrison, P Beverley & Cole
Digges Esqrs Pres*.
The Governor informing the Board, That the Government of S°
Carolina have appointed an Agent to sollicit the Royal Approbation of
the late Act for the Regulation of the Indian Trade, and that therefore
it seemed necessary on this occasion to supply the office of Sollicitor of
the Virginia Affairs, wch has been some time vacant by the Death of
Colo Blackiston he thereupon proposed to the Choice of the Council
Mr Byrd, and Mr Carter, declaring it was a matter indifferent to him
wch of. these two Gentn they shou'd nominate for that Employment.
Whereupon it being put to the Vote, the Majority were for Mr John
Carter, and accordingly the Governor, was pleased to declare him Sol-
licitor of the Virginia Affairs.
At a Council held at the Capitol September 27th 1722
Present
The Honble Hugh Drysdale His Maj^8 L* Govr
Edmund Jenings Willm Bassett
James Blair John Lewis &
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges Esq"
His Majesties Commission to the Right Honble George Earl of Ork-
ney, and also a Commission under his Majtys Signet and Sign Manual
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bearing date the third day of April 1722 constituting the Honble Hugh
Drysdale his Majesties Lieu* Governor of this Colony and Dominion in
the room of Col° Spotswood, being read publickly in the General Court
House, the said Lieut Governor with the Council went from thence to
the Council Chamber, where his Honr took the Oaths appointed by Act
of parliament to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance & Suprem-
acy the Abjuration Oath and subscribed the Test, & took the Oath of
Governor for the due observation of the Acts of Trade.
A Proclamation continuing all Officers Civil and Military in their
respective Stations till further order, was prepared, and signed by the
Govern1- in Council ; and Ordered to be published throughout the Colony.
A Commission under the great Seal constituting John Carter Esqr
Secretary of Virginia was read & Ordered to be Entred in the Secretarys
Office, and that he give Security before his Majtys Lieu* Governor for
the due discharge of that Trust.
At a Council held at the Capitol October 16th 1722
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Will™ Bassett
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley and
John Lewis John Robinson Esq"
The Governor representing to this Board that there are in the
publick Goal divers Negros, who had lately formed a design to rise and
cutt off his Majtys Subjects of this Colony ; But for as much as his
Majtys Attorney General, conceives the Evidence against them being
only Negros, and those not Christians are not such Evidence as is suf-
ficient to convict the Criminals upon an Indictment to be exhibited
against them for high Treason ; and thereupon desiring the Opinion
of this Board what method shall be taken for proceeding against the
Offenders. The Council taking the same into Consideration are of
Opinion, That Mr Attny be directed to proceed against the Offenders
by Indictm* for Misdemeanors, and that he procure all the Evidence
that can be found against them. And upon the Motion of Mr Attor-
ney, It is Ordered That Mr Holloway & Mr Randolph be assigned As-
sistants in behalf of His Majty in the said prosecution.
The Governor desiring the Opinion of the Council whether the
present Assembly shall be dessolv'd and what time may be necessary
for the appointing a new Assembly ; It is thereupon the Opinion of the
Council, that the present Assembly be Dissolved, & that a proclamation
issue for that purpose : and It is Ordered that Writts issue for the Elec-
tion of Burgss to serve in the succeeding Assembly to meet Wednes-
day the 5th of Decr next.
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At a Council held at the Capitol October 18th 1722
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Willm Bassett
Robert Carter Nath Harrison
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Lewis John Robinson Esq1-8
The Governor laying before the Council the Form of a proclama-
tion declaring the Gen1 Assbly to be dissolved prepared according to the
form used by Col° Nott, upon his Arrival ; and desiring their Opinion
whether the said Form be continued upon the present occasion. The
Council are thereupon of opinion that the said Form be continued for
dissolving the present Assembly.
At a Council held at the Capitol October 23d 1722
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings John Lewis
Robert Carter Willm Bassett
James Blair Nath Harrison
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esqrs
A Commission under the Seal of the High Court of Admiralty
constituting the Honble Hugh Drysdale Esqr Vice Admiral of this
Dominion was read. And the Governor having taken the usual Oaths
before the Commissioners of the Admiralty in England, the said Com-
mission was Ordered to be Entred in the Council Books.
On reading at this Board the Charter of the City of Williamsburgh,
and consideration of the form of a Writt for Electing a Citizen to serve
in the General Assembly for that place ; It is Ordered that a Writt be
prepared, and issue for the said City agreeable to the said Charter.
On reading at this Board a Letter from the Justices of King George
County, complaining of Jn° Dinwiddy Gent. Sher^f of the said County
for a Contempt of the Court; It is the Opinion of the Council That
the Clerk of the Council write a Letter to the sd Justices directing them
to cause the Evidence agst the said Dinwiddie to attend this Board on
Thursday sevennight; wch day is appointed for hearing both parties
on the subject matter of the said Complaint.
On Consideration of several persons who have served as Lookouts
in princess Ann County, and for setting up Beacons there pursuant to
the Order of the Governm4. It is Ordered that the said Lookouts, and
the persons Erecting the Beacons, be directed to make their Claims to
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the General Assembly for that Service; and that the said Lookouts be
henceforth discharged.
Cole Digges Esqr Pres1
Whereas divers of the Justices & Inhabitants of Nansemond
County, have by petition to the Govr represented the inconveniency of
the place lately appointed by an Order of that Court for erecting a new
Court House; and there appearing to the Council great Contrariety of
Opinion among the people there touching the most convenient Scituation
of the said Court house It is the Opinion of the Council, that the several
parties be heared before the Governor in Council if they come before
the End of this General Court ; But if not that the Governor be pleased
to take upon him the Determination of the present Controversy, and
give directions for building the said Courthouse at such place as he shall
judge most convenient for the Inhabitants.
At a Council held at the Capitol October 31 1722
Present, The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esqrs
The Honb,e Alexr Spotswood Esqr his Majtys late IS Governor of
this Dominion came this Day into Council, and reported that pursuant
to the unanimous desires of the Council and House of Burg9es he set out
on the 28th of July last in his Majesties Ship the Enterprize for New
York in order to treat wth the Indians of the five Nations ; that the 20th
of August being appointed for their Meeting at Albany, he arrived
there that day, but it was the 29th of that Month before all the Sachims
of those Nations arriv'd ; that the same Day he Entred upon his Negotia-
tions with them, and made his first propositions for their Assent to the
preliminary Articles wch were some Years ago, proposed on the part
of this Government; and on the 6th of Sepr following the Sachims
and Warriors of the five Nations returned their Answer, & declared
their Assent to those preliminarys relating to the peace and Boundaries,
and signed the same ; which being engrossed in parchment together
with a Map of the Colony of Virginia describing the Limits wch the sd
five Nations are not to pass without the Licence or passport of the
Governor of New York, he now delivered in at the Board. And then
proceeded to relate the further progress of his Negotiations with the sd
Indians on the 10 & 12th of Sepr at wch time the Treaty was concluded,
and the presents on the part of this Governm* were delivered to the
said Indians ; the Sum of which Conferences are contained in three
several papers, wch he now delivered in at the Board. He further
acquaint*1 the Board, That upon his return to New York, he had for
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the more effectual Execution of the said Treaty apply ed to the Gover-
nor of that Province, & obtained an Order of Council, that no passport
shall be given by that Government to any greater number of their
Indians than ten at one time, upon Condition of a reciprocal Engagement
on the part of this Governm* that no passports shall be given to any
greater number of our Indians to pass to the Northward. He further
added sundry particulars relating to the Ceremonial of Treating with
those Indians, and with regard to the Government in wch the Treaty
was held; which having been discussed and adjusted between him and
Governor Burnet and His Council at sundry Conferences previous to
the said Treaty, He judged they might be of Service to those who
might hereafter be Employed in the like Negotiations, and had there-
fore inserted the whole in a Journal which he was now preparing and
would deliver to the Governor as soon as he had compleated it. And
having thus finished his Report, and the several Propositions and
Answers of the Indians being read at the Board; The Governor told
him, that He was well assured, he spoke the Sentiments of the whole
Board when He returned him their thankful Acknowledgments for His
prudent Management of the Treaty now Communicated and for main-
taining throughout the whole Course of those Negotiations the Honour
and Dignity of this Colony.
The following Warrants on the Recr Gen1 to be paid out of his
Majestys Revenue of 2s per hhd port Dutys and head mony were this
day signed by the Govr in Council Viz*
To the Honble Alexr Spotswood his Majtys late L* Governor his
Salary to the 26th of Septr Last £841.10.7
To the Honble Hugh Drysdale Esqr his Majestys L* Governor
for Salary from the 26th of Septr to the twenty fifth Inst Octr £158.9.5
To the Gent" of his Majtys Council half a Years Salary ending the
same time . . . £175
To the Audr General of his Majtys Plantations half a years Salary
ending the same time ... 50
To the Sollict* of the Virginia Affairs for Salary from the 22d of
June to same 25th of Octor . . . 34.3.0
To the Attorney Gen1 half a Years Salary ending the same time
. . . £20.0.0
To the Clerk of the Council half a Years Salary ending the same
time ... £50
To sev1 Minist" for their Attendance one Gen1 Court & Assbly . .
£12.0.0
To the Gunners of the several Battery s & of James City for their
Salarys to the same time. £28.8.6.
To the Armr 1/2 a Y" Salary to ditto time. £6
To Willm Prentis for sev1 Contingent Charges pd by him £66.2.
And out of the Quitt Rents.
To Mr Comry Blair half a years Salary ending the 25th of Octr
Instant. £50.0.0.
To the Atturney Gen1 half a Years additional Salary ending at
the same time . . . £30.
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At a Council held at the Capitol November the 1st 1722
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esqrs
Whereas by the Treaty lately concluded at Albany between this
Government and the five Nations together with the Tuscaruros & other
Indians their depend18 ; It is amongst other things Stipulated, that potow-
mack and the High ridge of Mountains so far as they extend along the
Frontiers of Virginia shall be the Established Boundaries between the
said Indians and those who are Tributary to this Dominion so as neither
the Indians of the five Nations, the Tuscaruros and other their Depend13
on the one part, nor the Indians Tributary to Virginia on the other
part, shall at any time hereafter pass the said Limits without the pass-
ports of the Governors of Virg" & New York respectively. And whereas
for the more effectual limiting the number of Indians to whom pass-
ports are to be granted in conformity to the abovementioned Treaty,
the Government of New York hath at the Instance of the Honble Alexr
Spotswood his Majtys late U Governor of this Dominion agreed, that
no passport be granted to above ten persons of the said Five Nations to
go to Virginia, at any one time without the previous consent of this
Government ; on Condition that the like Resolution of the Governor
and Council of Virginia with regard to the passports to be granted to
the Indians Tributary to this Dominion for their Travelling to the
province of New York, or to the five Nations be signified to the said
Government of New York. This Board approving of the said Regula-
tion do unanimously agree that a passport be hereafter not Granted
to above ten persons of the Tributary Indians at one time to pass into
the Province of New York, or among the five Nations without the
previous Consent of that Government And It is Ordered That this
Resolution be with all convenient Speed transmitted to the Governor
of the said Province.
That the Clerk of the Council write to the several Interpreters for
the Tributary Indians, forthwith & acquaint the said Indians, That now
a Treaty is concluded by the five Nations upon the Terms proposed in
Octor 1721 when the Deputy s of those five Nations attended here at
Williamsburgh ; That pursuant to the said Treaty none of the said
Tributary Indians are to pass to the Westward of the great Mountains,
or cross potowmack River without a passport from the Govr of this
Dominion; as on the other Hand none of the Northern Indians are
to come on this side the sd boundarys without the like passport from
the Governor of New York under the penalty contained in a late Act
of Assbly of being condemned to Death or transported and sold for
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Slaves ; That therefore in case any of the said Tributarys should in their
hunting meet with any of the northern Indians having such passport on
this side of the Mountains or potowmack River, they are treat them
as Friends. And that for the better distinguishing between the said
Indians who are at peace with this Government, and other strange
Nations who may happen to come within those Limits ; It is agreed by
the Five Nations, that wherever they In their Marches shall make any
Fires in the Woods, they will place a Stone in the midst of the Fire
as a Signal that none but friends have been there; and that the
Tributary Indians be enjoyned to make the same Signal at their several
Encampments where they may probably suppose the Northern Indians
to come. That the said Interpreters do likewise acquaint the said In-
dians, that no passport will hereafter be granted on either side to any
greater number than ten at one time, and those are to come directly
... to the Governor for the time being without entring into any Treaty
or Negotiation with any of the respective Governments whither they
are Travelling or otherwise their passports will be adjudged void ; and
that the said Interpreters be further directed to bring to Wmsburgh
next Gen1 Court, the Chief men together with some Young men of the
several Nations to wait on the Governor to be informed of the further
Articles of the Treaty.
On Reading at this Board the Depositions of Mathew and John
Mayes of the County of Prince George, whereby a Senequa Indian
now in the publick Goal at Williamsburgh . . Charged upon the In-
formation of a Tuscaruro Indian with an intent to murder the said John
Mayes and to poison an Negro man belonging to the said Mathew, and
thereafter to carry away with him an Indian woman Slave belonging
to the said Mathew Mayes and two other Slaves of one Math Ander-
son ; the said Senequa Indian was this day Examined in Council, where
he denyed the Facts charged against him ; But it appearing by the
Depositions of the said John and Mathew Mayes that the said Indian
did own to him his intention to carry off the two Slaves belonging to
the aforesaid Mathew Anderson as soon as he would furnish himself
with Ammunition for his Journey; It is therefore Ordered That the
said Indian be sent out of this Government, and that for his more safe
passage to his own Country a passport be given him under the Seal
of the Colony, reciting the Offence for wch he has been here com-
mitted, and declaring that the reason he has not been prosecuted for
the same according to Law is in consideration of the late Treaty con-
cluded wth the five Nations to wch he belongs; in hopes that by this
Lenity towards one of their Nation, they will be convinced of the good
faith with wch this Governm* is resolved to mentain the peace lately
concluded with them.
This Day being appointed for hearing in Council, the Complaint
of sundry of the Justices of King George County against John Din-
widdie Gent. Sheriff of the said County, the said Dinwiddie accord-
ingly attended, but there being produced and read a Letter from the
said Justices excusing their attendance by reason of the shortness of
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the time ; It is the Opinion of the Council and accordingly Ordered,
That the partys be heared before this Board on the third day of the
next Gen1 Court, unless they do in the mean time accommodate the
same difference.
Ordered. That a new Commission of the peace issue for the County
of King George with the addition of sundry persons recommended by
the Court of the said County.
On the Petition of John Allen Gent leave is granted him to Sur-
vey and patent three thousand Acres of Land on Nottoway River near
the dividing Line between the Isle of Wight & Nansemond Countys,
it appearing to this Board, that the Nansemond Indians for whose use
some part of the said Tract was reserved have now deserted the Settle-
ment.
At a Council held at the Capitol November 2d 1722
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath1 Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Peter Beverley &
Philip Ludwell John Robinson Esqr3
The Governor this day laid before the Council a Letter from the
R* Honble the Earl of Orkney dated the 2d of March last wch Letter
is directed to Col0 Spotswood and was by him received since his
departure from hence to New York; wherein his Lordp is pleased to
recommend one Mr William Langley to be Sollicr of the Virginia Af-
fairs in the room of Col° Blackiston decd And the Governor desiring
the Opinion of the Council thereon; they thereupon declared, that the
sd office of Sollicr of the Virginia Affairs being already supplyed by
the Appointment of John Cartar Esqr they hope his Lordp will be
satisfied it is out of their power to comply with his Lordp's recommenda-
tion.
The Accots of his Majty's Revenue of 2s per hhd port Dutys and
head money being Examined by the Dep* Audr and sworn to by his
Majtys Recr Gen1 were this day certified by the Governor in the usual
form.
Whereas John Grymes Esqr Recr Gen1 and Nath Harrison Esq'
Depty Audr this day laid before the Board the form of the Bonds given
in the Secretarys office, for the payment of the Rights for the taking
up Lands in the new frontier Countys of Brunswick and Spotsylvania,
the Condition of which Bonds are, that the Obligee shall within three
Years after the date of such Bond, satisfie & pay unto his Majesty,
five shillings for every fifty Acres of Land, for wch he shall not produce
Rights by Importation ; unless his Majesty shall signify his Royal pleas-
ure for remitting the same according to the prayer of the General
Assembly, or else shall surrender his Grants of the said Lands. And
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whereas the said Recr Gen1 & Audr have desired the directions of this
Board in relation as well to their demanding the money due to his
Majesty for the Rights as the Quitt Rents of the Lands already patented
within the said two County s. The Council taking the same into Con-
sideration, are unanimously of opinion, that in regard the Address of
the General Assembly for remitting the Rights and Quitt Rents of
the Lands within the said two Countys lyes yet before his Majty un-
determined, the said Officers of the Revenue are to forbear to demand
the payment of the said Rights and Quitt Rents untill his Majesties
pleasure be known; and to the end such signification of his Majtys
pleasure may be the more speedily obtained ; It is the further Opinion
of the Council, that the Governor be pleased to give Directions to the
Sollicr of the Virginia Affairs to renew his Applications to his Majty
in behalf of this Colony, and that a Representation be prepared of
the Reasons wch induced the General Assembly to Erect the said two
new Countys, and to petition his Majty for his Royal favour to en-
courage the speedy Settlement thereof by the Exemptions mentioned in
the Gen1 Assemblys Address.
And whereas a very useful and beneficial Law was passed in the
Year 1720, for the better payment of his Majesties Quitt Rents; It
is the further Opinion of the Council, That the Sollic1- of the Virginia
Affairs be also directed to make the most pressing Instances for obtain-
ing his Majtys Royal Approbation of the sd Law, whereby the prudent
Measures therein prescribed may be put in practice for the encrease of
his Majtys Revenue.
Whereas the General Assembly is by the Writts issued for that
purpose to meet the 5th day of Nov1- next ; It being this day taken
into Consideration that there is not any immediate occasion for its
meeting so soon; It is therefore Ordered. That a proclamation issue
proroguing the said General Assembly till Thursday the 9th day of
May next.
The Governor signifying his intentions to continue the present
Naval Officers in their respective Employments, in Case the Council
have no objection thereto ; The Council thereupon declared, that they
knew no objection against any of the said Officers.
On the petition of Charles Chiswell Gent Leave is granted him
to take up in one Tract two thousd Acres of Land on Swift Creek
in the County of Henrico adjoyning to the Land whereon Grills's Mill
now stands: Provided always that he do not interfere with any legal
entry made by the said Grills for Land at that place.
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At a Council held at the Capitol December 12th 1722
Present
The Honble Hugh Drysdale Esqr Govr
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
James Blair Mann Page
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges
John Lewis Peter Beverley &
William Bassett John Robinson Esqr
Pursuant to the Resolutions of the last Council for representing
to his Majesty, the Reasons wch induced the General Assembly to
petition for his Majestys Royal Bounty towards encouraging the speedy
Settlement of the Frontier Countys of Brunswick and Spotsylvania,
there was this day laid before the Board, a paper Entd Reasons humbly
offered for the better securing the Frontiers of Virginia by exempting
the Inhabitants of the two late Erected Countys from the purchase of
Rights & payment of Quitt Rents. And the said paper being read and
approved It is Ordered That the same be transmitted by the first
Opportunity to John Carter Esqr Secretary of the Virginia Affairs ;
that he may thereupon make such application on the behalf of this
Government, as he shall judge most effectual for obtaining from his
Majtys Royal Bounty the Exemptions petitioned for by the General
Assbly towards encouraging the speedy Settlement of the said frontier
Countys, and for securing the passes of the Mountains so necessary for
the future defence of this Country from the Invasions of a Foreign
power.
And for the better enabling the said Sollir to prosecute this Service ;
It is Ordered That the Recr General of his Majtys Revenue do remit
into his hands a Sum not exceeding one hundred pounds Sterl towards
defraying the necessary Charges at the several Offices to wch he shall
have occasion to apply in his said Negotiation : But for as much as
it is reported, that Mr Carter is speedily expected in Virginia ; It is
further Ordered, That the Instructions to him for sollicking this Af-
fair, be inclosed to Mr Micajah Perry Merch* in London ; and that he
be desired in case of Mr Carters Absence to deliver the same to such
person as he has appointed in his behalf to act in the Affairs of this
Government ; and if none such be entrusted by him, that then the
said Instructions be by the said Mr Perry delivered to peter Leheup
Esqr with request that He will take upon him, the Sollicitation of
what is above mentioned ; assuring him that this Government will
gratefully acknowledge what Service he shal do therein: And in
either of the Cases aforesaid, the money hereinbefore appropriated,
be paid into the hands of the person who shall have the trouble of the
intended Sollicitation.
Ordered That a new Commission of the peace issue for the County
of New Kent with the addition of sundry new Justices.
Col° Spotswood having made application to this Board, for a
Testimonial of the part he had in the suppressing the pirate Edward
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Thach and his Crew and the Seizing the Effects ; and having for that
purpose laid before the Board sundry Letters & other papers relating
to that Matter, It is Ordered That a Certificate be prepared conformable
to the said papers to be signed by the Members of his Majtys Council.
Whereas the Governor was this Day pleased to inform the Council,
that application had been made to him for admitting to Bail divers
of the Negros now in the public Goal, who were committed by the
Gen1 Court for misdemeanors, and desiring the Opinion of the Council
therein. This Board upon Consideration of the Crimes for wch the
said Negros stand Committed, and the Circumstances of their Case,
are of opinion and do advise that the said Negros be not Bailed.
On the petition of Thos Flowers, setting forth that in order to the
obtaining a patent for a Tract of Land in Charles Citty County, a
Certificate of the Survey and Bounds thereof was put into the Secre-
tarys Office by the Surveyor of the said County; in wch Certificate
the said Surveyor mispelt the petitioners name by writing Frowers in-
stead of Flowers, by means whereof the said patent hath been Signed
and recorded in the name of Frowers wch may hereafter prove pre-
judicial to the petrs Title, and praying that the said patent and Record
thereof may be amended; It is thereupon Ordered That the Clerk of
the Secretarys Office be impowered and required to cause the said patent
and Record to be Amended by inserting the true name of the petr
according to the prayer of the said petition.
Sundry Petitions for Leave to take up Land were this Day read
at this Board and Granted Viz1
To William Jones and George Woodroof for five thousand Acres
of Land in Hannover County upon the dividing Line between that
County & Spotsylvania on both sides the little Mountains and joyning
to an Entry made by Cap* Phelps.
To William Finney for two thousand Acres on fighting Creek in
Henrico County including an Entry made by John Steuart decd and
by him never perfected and runing up along Appamatux River to
compleat the said Quantity.
To Henry Thacker and Jeremiah Clowder six thousand Acres of
Land in Spotsylvania County on the Branches of Pamunkey River be-
gining on the Beaver Dam Creek, joining to the Land of Harry
Beverley.
At a Council held at the Capitol April 1st 1723
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Willm Bassett
Robert Carter Nath1 Harrison
James Blair Peter Beverley &
Philip Ludwell John Robinson Esqrs
The Governor was pleased to acquaint the Council that, Mr Carter
who sometime since was appointed Sollicr of the Virginia Affairs, hav-
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ing now obtained the place and Office of Secry of this Colony, and
come to reside here, the said Office of Sollicr is thereby become vacant.
That he had reed Applications in behalf of three several persons for that
Employment Viz1 Mr Byrd, Mr Leheup Mr Langley wch last was
recommended by my Lord Orkney upon the Death of Col° Blackiston,
& that he left it to the Choice of the Council, wch of the three they
judged most proper to nogotiate the Affairs of the Colony: Where-
upon the Council declared their Opinion; that in regard Mr Leheup
has been already Employed by this Board to Sollicite (in case of the
absence of Mr Carter) the obtaining his Majtys favour with relation to
the Rights and Qu Rents of the two new Erected Countys, they think
themselves under an Obligation of continuing him as a person fittly
qualifyed to serve the Colony in that Station; and It is accordingly
resolved that peter Leheup Esq' be constituted and appointed Sollcr of
the Virginia Affairs.
Whereas the Governor was pleased to comunicate to the Council
the Advices he had received of the Designs formed by the Northern
Indians to carry off the Tuscaruros Settled in N° Carolina and ye ap-
prehension the Indians Tributary to this Government are under that
they also shall be forced away wth the Tuscaruros ; The Council are
thereupon of opinion, that for preventing any Attempts wch may be
made by the Tributary Indians it is necessary the Militia in the Frontier
Countys bordering on the said Indians be put into a posture of Defence ;
and to that end that the Lieu'8 of the said several Countys do return
to the Governor a List of such officers as are wanted to compleat the
said Militia.
On a Representation from the Justices of Surry County Ordered
That a new Commission of the peace issue for the said County with
the addition of the several persons recommended by the said Courts.
Ordered That a new Commission of the peace issue for the County
of King and Queen and that Col° Gawin Corbin be appointed first in
the said Commission.
At a Council held at the Capitol April 2 1723
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Nath Harrison
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esqrs
John Carter Esq1- Secretary of this Colony this day took the Oaths
appointed by Act of Pari1 to be taken instead of the Oaths of Al-
legiance and Supremacy, the Abjuration Oath and subscribed the Test,
and then took the Oaths for the due Execution of the Office of
Secretary.
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At a Council held at the Capitol April 26th 1723
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Willm Bassett
Robert Carter Nath Harrison
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esqrs
On reading at this Board the Humble petition of David Seal, Mason
French, and Joseph King convicted this Gen1 Court of Manslaughter
for the Death of one Jonas Adams of the County of King George;
The Council certifying the Governor, that by what appeared to them
upon the Tryal of the prisoners they are fitt objects of his Majtys
mercy, And thereupon the Governor was pleased to order, that a pardon
be prepared to be passed under the Seal of the Colony remitting to the
said petrs all penalties and Forfeitures to wch they are lyable for the
said Offence.
His Majestys Attorney General this Day attending the Board,
signified, that upon the strictest Examination, he has not been able to
find any legal Evidence against the several Negros now in the publick
Goal on suspicion of being concerned in a late Conspiracy to cut off
his Majtys Subjects, and also intimating that by the Rules of Law, the
said Negros must be brought to their Tryal this General Court upon
the Information exhibited against them. This Board taking the same
into Consideration, are of opinion, That though for want of legal Evi-
dence, the said Negros ought to be dischargd from their Committment
upon the Information now depending in the General Court yet in regard
there are such pregnant Circumstances of their Designs against the
peace of his Majestys Governm* and the Lives of his Subjects here,
it is not prudent to suffer the said Negros to go at large untill the sitting
of the Gen1 Assbly when it is hoped proper Measures will be taken not
only to free the Country of such dangerous Rogues, but to prevent
& to punish the like secret Conspiracys for the future.
John Lewis of the County of Gloster Gentn by his Petition to the
Governor, praying that a Fine imposed upon him for refusing to serve
as Sherif for the aforesaid County may be remitted ; and the Governor
desiring the Opinion of the Council therein; It is thereupon resolved
that the Fines imposed by Law on persons nominated to be Sherif s and
refusing to accept the Office, be not remitted as well because such
an Indulgence would encourage others to refuse that Office to the
manifest hindrance of Justice as that the said Fines are greater than
his Majty by his Instructions has been pleased to authorize the Gover-
nor to remitt.
Whereas it has been represented to this Board that great part of
the Arms in the Magazine and at the Governors House are much out
,of repair & unfitt for Service; And whereas by the Act of Assembly
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for Erecting the Magazine, the Salary therein appointed for the
Armourer is expressly given for mending and repairing the Arms ;
It is the Opinion of this Board, that if the present Armourer, do not
put in sufficient repair, the said Arms, his Salary be stopt, and applyed
towards amending and repairing the same : And if the Governor shall
find it necessary to apply to the same purpose, the Salary of the Keeper
of the Magazine that he be requested either to appoint some fitt per-
son who will undertake for the said Salarys to amend & keep in Order
the several Arms in the Governors House and Magazine, or that he
agree for the repairing and putting in Order the said Arms, and apply
the Salarys of the said Officers towards defraying the Charge thereof
till the same be compleatly put in order.
Whereas the Great Men of the Maherine and Nansemond Indians
have complained to this Board, that the Surveyor of North Carolina
hath lately made Surveys on their Lands and have included therein not
only their Corn Fields but their Towns ; And that the several persons
for whom the said Lands have been thus Surveyed do daily disturb the
Indians in their possession by Driving their Stocks upon the petrs corn
Grounds and threatning to turn the sd Indians out of their ancient pos-
sessions. This Board taking into Consideration, that the Government
of N° Carolina suffering their Surveyors to intermeddle in the taking
Entrys or making Surveys of the Lands of the said Indians, is a mani-
fest breach of the Agreement entred into between the two Governments
the 12th of Octor 1714 whereby the said Governm* did engage that untill
the final determination of the Boundaries none of the Surveyors of the
Province of Carolina should receive any Entrys or make Surveys of
any Lands to the Northward of Wicons Creek or a due West Line run
from the mouth thereof to intersect Roanoak River, nor any Patents
made out upon former Surveys within the sd Bounds; are of Opinion,
That a Letter be prepared for the Govrs signing to be sent to the
Governor or President of N° Carolina representing the Injustice &
unfairness of this proceeding, and desiring that immediate Orders may
be given for declaring void all Surveys made by the Surveyor of that
Province and Patents granted thereon for any of the Lands lying be-
tween Wicons Creek & a Line lately run from the mouth of Nottoway
Rivr. And that in Case the said Governm* of Carolina shall refuse to
declare void all such Surveys and patents has [as] have been made or
granted within the controverted Bounds, since the Date of the afore-
said Agreement, this Government will take effectual Measures for pro-
tecting the said Indians in their rightful and ancient possessions &
to assert his Majtys Right to the said Lands by punishing all such
as shall presume to settle within the sd Boundarys by virtue of any
patents or other Authority from the Gov' of N° Carolina till the final
determination of the said Boundaries.
On reading at this Board a Representation from the Justices of
the peace for the County of New Kent Ordered That a new Commission
of the peace issue for the said County, and that Mr Henry Holdcraft
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according to the desire of the said Justices be appointed first in the said
Commission.
Ordered that a new Commission of the peace issue for the Countys
of Hanover, Middx and Accomack with the addition of the several
persons recommended to be Justices in the said Countys.
Mr George Walker Gunner and Storekeeper of the Battery at point
Comfort having laid before this Board an Estimate of the Charge
necessary for the better securing of the said Battery; It is Ordered,
that he be impowered & directed to cause the said Battery to be finished
according to the said Estimate, and that the Charge thereof be paid out
of his Majestys Revenue of 2s per hhd &c.
At a Council held at the Capitol April 27th 1723
Present The Governor
Edmund Jenings philip Ludwell
Robert Carter Nath Harrison
James Blair Peter Beverley &
Jn° Robinson Esqrs
Whereas the Tributary Indians living on the South side of James
River have made application to the Governor to hold a Treaty of peace
& friendship among themselves and the Tuscaruros living on the Bor-
ders of North Carolina ; and that the Governor would please to appoint
some person of distinction in this Governm* to be present at the said
Treaty, as well to take care that nothing is concluded there Prejudicial
to the peace and Interest of this Colony, as that the said Tributarys
may not be drawn into any Stipulations injurious to themselves ; And
the Governor having informed the Council, that the said Indians had
intimated to him that they were desirous to meet for the purpose
aforesd at Christanna on Thursday next, It is the opinion of this Board
that Nath1 Harrison Esqr be appointed on the part of this Governm* to
be present at the meeting of the said Indians to hear the Terms pro-
posed on either side: And it is Ordered that it be an Instruction to
him to signify to the said Indians that nothing there proposed or treated
of shall be concluded or binding on either part untill the same be
ratified and approved by the Governor and Council ; and he is also
particularly to notofie to the said Tributarys, that in case the Northern
Indians do attack the Tuscaruros, they are not to concern themselves
in the Quarrel ; But if the design of this meeting between the Tributary
Indians and the Tuscaruros be only for regulating their hunting
Grounds and the preserving peace and .Friendship among themselves
while they are abroad upon their Hunting partys, that then Col" Harri-
son do allow 'em to proceed therein as a matter pleasing to this
Governing
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At a Council held at the Capitol May 2d 1723
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Will™ Bassett
Robert Carter Cole Digges
James Blair Peter Beverley &
Philip Ludwell John Robinson Esqrs
The several Accots of Henry Cary and John Brush for Work and
Reparations about the Governors House being Eamd in Council, and
they sworn respectively to the Truth thereof were Ordered to be paid
out of his Majesty s Revenue of 2s per hhd.
The Acco' of Col° Spotswood his Majtys late L' Governor for
sundry Sums of Money expended on the publick Service of the
Governm' was this day examd in Council and Ordered to be paid out
of his Majestys Revenue of 2s per hhd.
The Governor in Council was pleased to nominate and appoint the
following persons to be Sheriffs of the respective Countys for the
ensuing Year Viz*.
Hanover Roger Thompson
Henrico Hen Randolph
Prince George Frans Epes
Surry Willm Edwards
Isle of Wight John Edwards
Nansemond John Lear
Norfolk George Burgess
Princess Ann Fran8 Land
Eliza Citty Joshua Curie
King William Tho Carr
Charles Citty Wm Ackree
Gloster Hen Whiting
Middx Christ0 Robinson
King & Queen Hen Hickman
Essex Rob1 Brook
Spotsylvania Will"1 Bledsoe
King George Jonath Gibson
Stafford French Mason
Warwick Miles Wills
York Tho8 Nelson
James Citty Tho Ravenscroft
New Kent Charles Lewis
Accomack Willm Burton
Westmoreland Thos Newton
Richmond Will"1 Downman
Lancaster Richd Chichester
Northumberland philip Smith
Northampton Thorn8 Marshall
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On Consideration of the Acco* of Willm Lister for Erecting two
Batterys on Rappa River It is Ordered That the said Lister be paid
according to his said Acco* out of his Majtys Revenue of 2s per hhd.
John Grymes Esqr Recr Gen1 of his Majestys Revenues making
Application to this Board to certifie the difference between the Cur-
rency of this Country and Bills of Excha in order to his making up
his Accounts of the Cash he hath received for his Majestys Quitt
Rts This Board do accordingly certify that the present difference
between Curr' money and Bills of Excha is 15 per Cent And it is Order-
ed that he be allowed the same in his Acco" of the Quitt Rents.
The Officers of his Majtys Revenue representing to this Board,
that Charles Drury Sheriff of Nansemond County having failed to
give Security for the Execution of his Office the last year, is since
become Insolvent, whereby his Majtys Quitt Rents in that County un-
der the Collection of the said Sheriff are in danger of being lost, and
praying the direction of the Governor & Council therein. It is Ordered
That the Consideration thereof be referred 'till the meeting of the
General Assembly.
On the petition of Mary Bell widdow of Rob* Bell decd It is
Ordered that a patent for a Tract of Land lying in James Citty County
found to Escheat from Barker be granted to Philip Ludwell Esqr to
whom the Reversion of the same is Devised after the Death of the
said Mary by the Will of the aforenamed Robert Bell Decd
On the petition of Augustine Moor Gentn complaining of sundry
undue practices of Harry Beverley in Surveying and surreptitiously
taking out a patent for a Tract of Land in the County of Spotsylvania
formerly part of King William County, wch had been long before En-
tred for by the said Moor; It is Ordered that the Matter of the said
Complaint be heared before this Board on Tuesday the 14th Day of
May next ; and that Harry Beverley have Notice to attend to answer
the said Complaint.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 14th 1723
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
James Blair Peter Beverley &
Philip Ludwell John Robinson Esqrs
John Grymes Esqr Recr Gen1 of his Majtys Revenues representing
to this Board, that upon settling with Col° Spots wood his Majestys
late Lieu1 Governor the Accots of the piratical Effects put into his Hands
the said Col0 Spotswood had tender'd for four Hundred and fifty
pounds of that money a Mortgage bearing date the 12th of Febry 1721
taken by him in the Kings name from Mr Irwin for sundry Lotts and
Houses lying in Hampton ; But that upon his refusal of accepting that
Mortgage in part of payment, Col0 Spotswood had then offered to pay
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the money upon the said Recr Genls making over to him his Majtys
Rights to the said Mortgage ; wch the said Recr Gen1 conceives he is
not Authorized to do without the Directions of this Board. And the
Governor and Council having thereupon heared the Opinion of his
Majty8 Attorney Gen1; It is Ordered That the said Attorney General
do prepare such an Assignment of the said Mortgage to Col° Spots-
wood as is fitt for the said Recr Gen1 to execute in his Majesties be-
half, so as such Assignment do not affect Mr Grymes in his private
Capacity.
On hearing this day in Council the Complaint of Augustine Moor
against Harry Beverley, and the sd Beverley not attending to answer
the same pursuant to the Order of this Board on the 2d Instant, The
Governor and Council proceeded to Examine . . . Hawkins who made
the Entry for Mr Moor and James Taylor Surveyor of King William
County with whom the said Entry was made for two thousand Acres
of Land lying on Terrys Run in King Wm County ; and it thereupon
appearing to this Board, that the said Harry Beverley, hath unduly
obtained the patent for the same. It is therefore Order'd That the
Attorney General, be, as he is hereby directed to bring a scire facias for
vacating the said patent to the end Mr Moor the petr may be relieved.
Sundry Caveats Entred in the Secretarys Office for stopping
Patents issued out upon Surveys returned thither being this day read
and considered at the Board. Viz* A Caveat of
Augustine Smith against a patent sued out by Larkin Chew for
Land joining on Warner Motts or the Iron Mine Tract.
Sam1 Williams against a patent to Richard Davis for Land in King
William County.
Edward Pigg against a patent to John Robinson Esqr for Land in
the County of King William.
Thoss Jefferson for stopping a patent to Math Ligon for Land
in the County of Henrico formerly assigned by the said Ligon to one
Richard Grills.
Charles Powell for stopping a patent to Nich0 Smith of the Isle
of Wight County for Land on Maherin Rivr.
John Mitchell for stopping a patent of John Davis for one thousand
Acres of Land in Surry County.
Eleanor Chiles for stopping a Patent to Henry Chiles or any other
of the Children of John Chiles decd for Land in King William County.
Robert Knapper for stopping a Patent to Rene La Force for Land
in Henrico County.
The Executors of Edward Hill Esq1- decd for stoping a patent
to . . . Brewer for Land in Prince George County.
Larkin Chew for stopping a patent to . . . Cave for Land on the
Branches of Mattapony in K & Queen County.
John Lee for stopping a Patent to Paul Pendar for Land in
the County of Nansemond and
John Levistone of the County of King & Queen for stopping
a patent to Harry Beverley for the Land "lately found to Escheat
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from George Burge; It is Ordered That the several persons above-
mentioned have notice to attend this Board on the 5th day of the next
General Court in order to a Determination of their several preten-
sions to the said Lands.
On the petition of William Richardson of King Wm County
against James Taylor Surveyor ; on the Motion of the said Taylor,
It is Ordered That the Matter in the said Complaint be heared before
this Board on the 5th day of the next Gen1 Court. And that the
partys attend accordingly.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 15th 1723.
Present
The Governour
Edmund Jenings Willm Bassett
James Blair Peter Beverley &
Philip Ludwell John Robinson Esq"
A Complaint being laid before this Board by John Taylor Gent
together with a representation of divers of the Justices and Militia
Officers of the County of Richmond against Col° John Tarpley Ordered
That the said Tarpley be summoned to answer the sd CompP before the
Governor in Council on Tuesday next.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 17th 1723.
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Willm Bassett
James Blair Nath Harrison
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Lewis John Robinson Esq"
On the petition of Philip Ludwell & Nath1 Harrison Esq" John
Allen and Benja Edwards Gent" Leave is granted them to Survey and
patent about two thousand Acres of Land beginning on the Northside
of Roanoak River a little above a place called Tottero Kings Stone
House and runing thence according to the several Bounds described in
their Petition to include the said Quantity.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 20th 1723.
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings John Lewis
James Blair Cole Digges &
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley Esq"
On the Petition of John Robinson Esq' Leave is granted him to
take up and Patent five thousand and fifty Acres of Land lying on
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both sides the North Fork of the River Po in the County of Spotsyl-
vania and joining on a Tract of Land belong to Gawin Corbin Gent.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 22d 1723
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings
Robert Carter
James Blair
Philip Ludwell
John Lewis
WilP Bassett
Nath1 Harrison
Mann Page
Cole Digges
Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esq"
The Minutes of Council since the last time of their reading were
read over and approved.
On hearing this Day in Council the Memorial and Complaint of
John Tayloe Gent" and other the Justices and Militia Officers of the
County of Richmond against Col° John Tarpley together with a Letter
from the said Tarpley excusing his non-attendance to answer the said
Complaint ; It is the Opinion of this Board and accordingly Ordered,
That the said John Tarpley be removed from his Office as a Justice of
the peace for the said County.
A Petition being presented to this Board & read in behalf of
divers of the Frontier Inhabitants of the County of Isle of Wight ;
praying that Officers may be appointed for Entring and clearing Ves-
sells coming to Trade in Maherine and Nottoway Rivers. It is Ordd
That the Consideration of the said petition be referred untill the Boun-
daries of this Province & N° Carolina be settled.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 24th 1723
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings
Robert Carter
James Blair
Philip Ludwell
John Lewis
WilP Bassett
Nath1 Harrison
Mann Page
Cole Digges
Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esq"
Whereas the Justices of Nansemond County have made Applica-
tion to the Governor for determining a difference arisen amongst them
touching the place for building a new Court House in the said County
& the several partys interested therein being this day heared at the
Board : It is the opinion of the Council and accordingly Ordered ;
That the Court House for the said County be built at Jarnagens Bridge,
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that appearing to be nearest the Center of the County and most com-
modious to the several Inhabitants.
Ordered
That a new Commission of the Peace issue for the County of Nanse-
mond with the addition of the sundry persons recommended to be Jus-
tices of the said County.
On Reading at this Board the several petitions of Thomas Mars-
ton and Margaret Dibdall setting forth their several and respective
pretensions to a Grant of a Tract of Land in New Kent County found
to Escheat to his Majesty from John Dibdall late of the said County
decd Husband of the Petitioner Margaret Dibdall. And it appearing
to this Board, That the said Tract of Land was by the Will of the said
John Devised after the death of his said Wife to his two Daughters
in Law now the wives of David Holt & Timothy Taylor; It is the
opinion of this Board That Margaret Dibdall hath the most equitable
pretension to his Majestys favour in relation to obtaining a Grant of
the said Land and it is accordingly Ordered That the said Tract of
Land be granted to the said Marg* Dibdall and the other Devisees of
the said John Dibdall they refunding to the Petr Thomas Marston all
Charges expended by him about the same Escheat and paying also the
Composition due to his Majty according to the Royal Charter of this
Colony.
The Petition of Henry Irwin & Wm Winterton is Ordered to be
heared at this Board on Thursday next, and all parties concern'd are
to have due Notice to attend accordingly.
The following Petitions for Leave to take up Land were read and
granted Viz'
To John Simmons for one thousand Acres of Land on Maherine
River begining at the Head of the holley Bush Branch and runing up
both sides the said River to compleat that Quantity.
To John Lewis Esqr four hundred Acres of Land in Spotsylvania
County begining at the lower Corner of Warners Patent, thence to
Mr Thorntons Line and up the same the several Courses thereof to the
Head & from thence to that part of the said Warners Land now in the
possession of John Lewis Gent".
To John Symes, Math Symes and Jn° Symes for three thousand
Acres of Land on Locus Creek in Hannover County.
To John Jackson one thousand Acres of Land in Surry County on
Monks Neck Creek including the Land granted him at that place by a
former patent.
To Nath Mallone one thousand Acres of Land on Sapponie Creek
in Surry County.
To Robert Munford, and John Anderson fifteen hundred Acres of
Land in Prince George County on Stoney Run on the S° side of Not-
toway Rivr.
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At a Council held at the Capitol May 28th 1723
Present The Governor
Edmund Jenings John Lewis
Robert Carter Nath Harrison
James Blair Mann Page
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges
Peter Beverley
On reading at this Board the Address of the House of Burgesses
to the Governor setting forth divers undue practices of L* Col° Joseph
Smith in levying Fines on divers persons in Essex County for non-
appearance at the Musters of the Militia ; It is the opinion of this
Board, That the said Joseph Smith be removed from his Office of a
Justice of the peace in the said County; and that John Lomax Gent
be restored to his former place in the Commission of the Peace for that
County.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 30th 1723
Present The Governor
Edmund Jenings Mann Page
Robert Carter James Blair
Philip Ludwell Willm Bassett
John Lewis Cole Digges
Nath1 Harrison Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esq"
The Governor informing the Board, That he understood the House
of Burgesses were come to a Resolution to lay a Duty on Liquors and
Slaves & laying before the Board his Majesties Additional Instruction
dated the 27th of Sepf 1717 relating to the passing of Acts wch may
affect the Trade & Shipping of Great Brittain ; It is the Opinion of the
Council that the said Instruction be sent to the House of Burgesses to
the end they may be the better enabled to conform to his Majtys pleasure
signified therein.
The following Warrants on the Recr General to be paid out of his
Majestys Revenues were this day signed by the Governor in Council
Viz'
Out of the 2s per hh*
To the Governor half a Years Sallary ending the
25th of April last £ 1000.0.0
To the Gent" of the Council for the same time 175.
To the Audr Gen1 of the Plantations for d° time. . . 50.
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same time 20
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time 50
To the Sollicr of the Virg' affairs for d° time 50
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To the Gunners of the several Batterys for the same
time 25
To the Armourer for the same time 6
To the Judges and Officers of the Court of Oyer
and Terminer held last Decr 100
To the Ministers for their Attendance last General
Court 4.00
To sundry Charges about the Gov" House 111.0.4 1/2
To John Lister for Erecting Batterys on the River
Rappahanock 169.7.6
To sundry Expresses & other conting1 Charges .... 247.4.3
And out of the Quitt Rents.
To Mr Comry Blair half a years Sallary ending the
25th of April last 50.0.0
To Mr AttnT Gen1 half a Yrs add1 Salary for d° time . 30.
The Acco,s of his Majtys Revenues of Q" Rents and of 2s per hhd
port Dutys and head money and also the Accots of divers Pirates
Effects having been Examined by the Deputy Audr and sworn to in
Council by the Recr General were severally certified by the Governor.
The Audr and Recr General of his Majestys Revenues having in-
formed this Board that the Exes of Mr Roscow late Recr Gen1 had
discharged his Debt to the King; and that the Persons who were
Security for him as well at the Treasury in Great Brittain as here were
thereupon desirous to have their Bonds Cancelled. It is accordingly
Ordered That the Bonds given by the said Mr Roscows Securitys upon
his admission into the Office of Recr Gen1 be cancelled ; and that proper
Certificates be Granted the Executors of the said Roscow to the End
bis Securitys at the Treasury in Great Brittain may likewise be dis-
charged.
On the Application of the Audr & Recr Gen1 of his Majtys Rev-
enues ; It is Ordered, That all the Treasury Rights returned into the
Secretarys Office and on wch Patents have issued be forthwith cancelled
in the presence of the said Auditor. And that for the future when
any Patents are issued upon such Treasury Rights, the Clerk of the
Secretarys Office do at the signing of such Patents make an Endorsem'
upon the Rights, signifying in what patent the same were used, and
that no Rights wch have been once made use of be thereafter allowed
to pass in any other patent; But that for a supply of new Rights to
such as shall have occasion to take up Land, the Audr and Recr Gen1
be and they are hereby impowered and directed to jnake out as many
as will amount to the Sum of five hundred pounds Sterling; and for
the greater ease of the people, It is further Ordered. That all Rights
hereafter to be sold be rated at five shillings Sterling in Bills of Exch*
or five shillings and ten pence Curr' money to be paid at the Election
of the Purchaser and so accounted for by the Recr General.
The Governor desiring the opinion of the Council upon his
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Majesties Instruction directing the appointment of two Courts of Oyer
and Terminer to be held Yearly in the months of June and Dec' for
the more speedy Tryal of persons committed for Capital Crimes. The
Council taking the same into Consideration and being convinced by
Experience that divers Criminals may be committed so late that Notice
cannot be dispatcht to such of the Judges as live remote in due time
to attend their Tryal, whereby great Inconveniencies may happen to the
Subjects & the intent of his Majtys Instruction for preventing long Im-
prisonments frustrated, are therefore unanimously of Opinion, that
the said Courts of Oyer & Terminer be for the future constantly held
on the Days appointed by his Majty9 instructions whither there be
prisoners to be Tryed or not ; and that the Judges give their Attendance
without any Summons to be issued for that purpose.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 31 n 1723
Present
The Governor
and Council as Yesterday
On reading this day in Council a petition of Henry Irwin
Gent" and Wm Winterton of the County of Elizabeth Citty setting
forth that the said Henry Irwin being employed by the late L*
Governor to Collect several Sums of money and other piratical
Effects in the hands of several persons in the said County did
by Warrant under his hand as a Justice of the Peace employ the
said William Winterton then Constable to seize such piratical
Effects ; That the said Winterton hath been since sued in the
Court of the sd County for part of the Effects in the hands of
one John Whitfield and recovery had against him in the said
Court & since confirmed in the General Court for twenty two
pounds and a penny & 8122 pounds of Tobacco & Costs, and
that the other persons from whom any of the pirates Effects
were taken, had also threatened to bring Suit against the Pet"
for the same; and praying relief therein. It is the Opinion of
this Board and accordingly Ordered That if any Suits be here-
after commenced agst the pet" or either of them for the legal
Execution of any Orders of Government for seizing piratical
Effects his Maj,ys Attorney Gen1 do appear and defend the
same. And upon Consideration of the other Part of the Pet"
the Question being put whither the Petr Winterton hath legally
Executed his Warr* in seizing Goods wch were not piratical
Effects? It is the Opinion of the Board that the said Seizure
was not Legal. And then the Question being put whither the
said Winterton ought to be relieved with respect to the recovery
had against him? The Council are thereupon of Opinion, That
tho he hath exceeded his Warr', yet it appearing that what he
did was out of ignorance as supposing the Goods purchasd with
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pirates money to be the same as piratical Effects it is reasonable
he should be relieved as far as the Judgment of the County Court
extends and the Costs of Suit out of the piratical Effects reserved
in the hands of Col0 Spotswood for defending Law Suits.
At a Council held at the Capitol June 11th 1723
Present The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath1 Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esqrs
Ordered That a new Commission of the Peace issue for the
County of Charles Citty and that Mr Sam1 Harwood Junr
be put in his former place and the other persons recommended
by the Court added to that Commission.
At a Council held at the Capitol June 13th 1723
Present The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esqrs
On the Petition of John Marten Gent setting forth that in
the Year 1720 he was appointed Commander of a Sloop called
the Ranger fitted out with a Flagg of Truce to the Spanish Garri-
son of S' Augustine ; & praying that he may be paid such
Wages as this Board shall think fitt for his Service as Cap'
of the said Sloop. It is Ordered that the Sum of Thirty Pounds
Currant money be paid the petr in full consideration of his
Wages in that Service, and that the Recr Gen1 do pay the same
out of his Majtys Revenue of 2s per hha &c.
On reading at this Board a petition of Thos Jones in behalf
of the late Virginia Indian Company, praying the reimbursement
of such Charges as the said Compny did expend in repairing the
Fortifications of Christanna pursuant to the Orders of Governm'
dated the 12th Novr 1717 It is the opinion of the Council and
accordingly Ordered That the sum of £92.6.10 x/i sterl be paid
the Petitioner out of his Majestys Revenue of 2s per hhd &c It
appearing that the said sum was expended by the said Company
upon the publick Faith of the Govern' And as to the other
Article of £78.11.6 being for Materials prepared before the Com-
pany was dissolved the same ought not to come under the En-
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gagements of the Government, and therefore ought not to be
paid out of his Majestys Revenue.
At a Council held at the Capitol June 14th 1723
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esqrs
On a Representation from the Justices of Richmond County
Ordered That a new Commission of the peace issue for the said
County with the addition of the several persons recommended
by the sd Court.
At a Council held at the Capitol June 15,h 1723
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath1 Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esqrs
A Petition being presented to the Govr and by him laid
before this Board in behalf of John Bacon of New Kent County,
praying to be heared by his Council before the Governor give
his Assent to the Bill past both Houses of Assembly this Session
for confirming the Title of John Fox Gent to certain Lands
formerly purchased of the Pamunkey Indians It is Ordered, That
the matter of the said Petition be heard at this Board on Tuesday
next, and that the Pet" give Mr Fox timely notice of the sa
hearing.
At a Council held at the Capitol June 18th 1723
Present The Governor
Edmund Jenings Philip Ludwell Nath1 Harrison
Robert Carter John Lewis Mann Page
James Blair Will"1 Bassett Cole Digges
Peter Beverley & John Robinson Esq"
On reading at this Board the Petition of John Bacon, and
hearing Council as well for the Petr as for John Fox relating
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to the Bill prepared for confirming the Title of John Fox to
certain Lands purchased of the Pamunkey Indians; It is the
Opinion of the Council, that notwithstanding what hath been
suggested in the said petition, The Governor may pass the said
Bill.
At a Council held at the Capitol June 20th 1723
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings • Will™ Bassett
Robert Carter Nath Harrison
James Blair Mann Page
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges
John Lewis Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esqrs
The Minutes of Council were read and approved.
The Governor asking the advice of the Council wch will be
the most proper time for the meeting of a new Session of As-
sembly, to the End this Session may be accordingly prorogued ;
It is the opinion of the Board, That Thursday the 7th day of
Novr next will be the most convenient time for the present Pro-
rogation ; and that if there appear no occasion for the Assemblys
sitting then, the same may be further prorogued by proclama-
tion during the sitting of the General Court.
The Governor acquainting the Council that being this day
to give his assent to the several Bills prepared this Session of
Assembly he was desirous to be satisfied more particularly in
relation to the Bill Entd an Act for the better and more effectual
improving the Staple of Tobacco, wch he apprehended might
affect his Majesty in his Customs and the Trade of Great Brittain
in lessening the number of Shipping. Whereupon the Council
having offered divers Reasons for the passing that Bill ; the
Governor was pleased to desire that the same might be reduced
into Writing & accordingly Edmund Jenings, James Blair, Philip
Ludwell and Peter Beverley Esq" being appointed a Com" to
prepare and put in Writing the sd Reasons presented the same
as follows :
May it please Your Honr:
In obedience to Your Commands for reducing into Writing
those Reasons wch were verbally delivered by the Council for
inducing Your Hon" Assent to the Bill prepared this Session
for the better & more effectual improving the Staple of Tobacco ;
We begg leave to represent to Your Honr 1st The Evil wch this
Law is intended to remedy ; 2dIy the Measures laid down in the
Bill for accomplishing that End and 3^ to answer some Ob-
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jections wch possibly may be offered against this Bill with rela-
tion to the Kings Interest; and the Trade of Great Brittain.
It is well known and too sensibly felt here, that the Tobacco
Trade has for some Years past labour'd under great discourage-
ments occasiond by the Frauds in the payment of the Customs
in Great Brittain, and the Careless and deceitful manner of mak-
ing and packing thereof in Virga: It is evident that the Frauds
at home greatly influence deceits and negligences here ; for while
the Brittish Factors make it their Choice to buy bad and trash
Tobacco here with no other view than to obtain Drawbacks &
Allowances for burning the same, the Evil disposed will always
find their Interest in making Trash enough to supply them, and
between both the honest and industrious Planter and fair Trader
are equally ruined : By this means it is, that the Price of To-
bacco is fallen so low, that the people of this Country can no
longer subsist by it. The Advices from England assure Us that
great Quantitys of old Tobac° remain unsold, and this, with the
appearance of a very great Crop now upon the Ground, puts the
people out of all hopes of retrieving their unhappy Circum-
stances.
The Consequences of this gen1 decay of the Tobacco Trade
must necessarily be, that the people reduced to want and poverty
will soon fall into Manufactures of their own since they can no
longer be supplyed from Great Brittain by the produce of their
Labour in Tobacco. Materials for such Manufactures are not
wanting here. Cotton and Flax may be produced in great abund-
ance & the Wool, Hydes and Deerskins will afford a supply of
Cloathing to great numbers of the Inhabitants whenever their
Necessities oblige them to apply their industry that way. And as
this would not only endanger the loss of the Tobacco Trade
wch employs so many of the People and Shipping of Great
Brittain, so it would no less affect the Brittish Manufactures
with wch this Country has hitherto been supplyed while Tobacco
bore such a price that the people had where withall to purchase
them.
To prevent these Evil Consequences wch are likely to flow
from the decay of the Tobacco Trade, the General Assembly, and
especially that part thereof, wcb has the Honr to be more imme-
diately entrusted by his Majty as his Council, thought it became
them to fraim such a Bill as might remove those Frauds wch
have ruined this Trade and recover the Reputation of their Staple
Commodity in the Brittish Markets. And to this purpose the
Bill now under Your Hon" Consideration has been prepared.
In wch tho there be some Regulations entirely new, Yet the
same are warranted by the practice of former Assemblys, wch
have from time to time regulated Abuses in the Manufacture
of Tobacco and divers of those Laws made for that End still
subsist without being disapproved or faulted; such as the Law
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against false packing, the Law prohibiting the sending of Seconds,
and the Law for limitting the time of planting, appointing sworn
Receivers and directing an Oath to be taken by the Freighters
to ye goodness of their Tobacco before it be Shipped for Exporta-
tion. But because these former Laws have not had the desired
Effect, it has been found necessary to lay the planters under
such a restraint as that none may be encouraged to ruin them-
selves and the publick by aiming at making of greater Quantitys
of Tobacco than their Land can bring to perfecon or their Hands
duely tend and manage.
The Quantity of Tobacco proposed by this Act to be planted
Yearly is limitted to six thousand plants for all tithable persons
that work in the Ground being The Quantity of Tobacco thou-
sand for all Males above ten and under sixteen Years, and all
single Housekeepers having no Servants or Slaves are allowed
to plant 10,000 plants and for the Limitation the following Rea-
sons are humbly offered.
1st That the far greater part of the Land in Virga con-
venient for the planting of Tobacco, is by long Labour and a want
of Manuring become greatly impoverished and yet such is the
eagerness of the Owners to make great Qtys of Tobacco, that
they will Continue to plant on such mean Land, tho they know
at the same time the Tobacco produced thereon scarce deserves
that name and is only fitt to clogg the Market, and lessen the
value of that wch is really Good. But by this Law no man
will be under the Temptation of planting on mean Ground, since
there will always be found enough of good Land to plant the
Qty directed hereby, and enough to employ all other Manured
Ground.
2dly It is notorious that those who aim at the greater Crops
make the worst Tobacco, and it is agreeable to reason that a
Plant of so nice a nature as that of Tobacco, wch requires con-
stant Labour to cultivate it in the Field must suffer both in its
substance and Quality if neglected through the inability of ye
Planters to give it that due and necessary Cultivation : neither
is the Inconveniency less in the Management after it is brought
into the House, where every plant how meansoever requires an
Equal Labour wth the very best in the curing, stripping and
Packing. And as it is found by Experience that those who plant
an overCrop have generally mean Tob° so the handling and pack-
ing thereof is no less careless and slovenly. But by this Bill no
man will have more Tobacco than he can duly tend on the
Ground and manage in the best manner after it is gathered in,
and yet will have enough to employ all his hands if he makes
it truly Good.
3d]y As by the Regulations proposed in this Act none but
good Tobacco will be made, so it may reasonably be Expected
the Price of that Commodity will be considerably encreased and
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abundance of those Frauds prevented wch have been so long and
with so much reason complained of in Great Brittain. The price
of every Commodity is estimated according to its Goodness.
This is confirmed by Experience in the case of those Gent" in
Virginia, who prudently avoiding the common Error, have more
regarded ye Quality and good management of their Tobacco than
the Quantity and number of their Hogsheads ; these still find
their Accots in the price of their Tobacco at Home, while many
of the others are brought in Debt. And that this Act w11 greatly
contribute towards preventing of Frauds in the Customs will ap-
pear evident to any one who considers that it is the common &
known practice of the out port Factors to buy up all the Trash
Tobacco they can find ; that it is no less notorious that great
Qtys of the meanest of that purchased Tobac° is by the same
Factors mixt wth Sand & dirt & damnified wth Water to make
it weigh the heavier & then given up to be burnt at their ports
of Discharge and Debentures obtained for the Allowance given
by Act of Pari' If therefore there be no such trash Tobacco to
be purchased after this Law takes place the Frauds wch have
been hitherto carried on chiefly by that means will be effectually
prevented, since none w11 find it worth while to damage good
Tobacco for wch a suitable price may be expected.
It remains that We answer some Objections wch may be
offered against the Regulations wch are Established by this Bill
with respect to his Majtys Interest in his Customs, and the Trade
of Great Brittain.
As to what concerns the Customs, it is very demonstrable,
that these will rather be encreased than diminished by the pro-
posed Regulation ; For whoever will make an Estimate of the
vast Quantitys of Tobac° wch have for some Years past been
given up to be burnt will readily grant that a far less Qty im-
ported & lyable to no such penalty would have yielded much
more profit to his Majtys Treasury. In the next place if it be
considered that many of the fraudulent practices in the Customs
so lately and fully made appear to the Pari* of Great Britain do
proceed chiefly from the overloading the Market with greater
Quantitys of Tobacco than can be vended in a fair and due course
of Trade and the Importation of Trash Tobacco unfitt for any
Market it will be found that this Bill wch is Calculated to re-
move the foundation of these Frauds cannot but contribute to
the encrease of his Majtys Customs, when at the same time that
it prevents the making of that kind of Tobacco by wch those
Frauds are now carried on it encourages the fair Trader to make
due Entry & payment of the Customs as knowing he has a Com-
modity that w11 fully answer that Expense. But that this Bill
will very little diminish the Quantity of Tobacco, may be thus
demonstrated.
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The Q,y Exported from Virginia some Years past is com-
munibus annis about 40,000 HHds of wch about 24,000 Aronokoe
& 16,000 sweet scented.
The Aronokoe weighs one with another before Shrinkage
600 pounds of nett Tobacco making 14,400,000
The sweet sented weights
800 making 12,800,000
in all 27,200,000
Now we will suppose that the 600plts tended on the best
Grounds and in ye best manner will yield 750 pounds of Tobacco
wch is at the rate of 8 plants to a pound, and that there will
be at least 30,000 Tythables employ'd in Tobac0 inde 22,500,000
Then that there will be 300 Young ones To whom
we allow 375 pounds being half of the other 1,125,000
in all 23,625,000
To which if We add for the single Housekeepers
(of whom We will suppose at least 2000) who are
allowed ea 4000 Plants supernumary inde 1,000,000
in all 24,625,000
Which is but between 3 or 4000 hhd3 less than goes out now
trash and all. Now if upon so little or no loss Tobac0 can be
so regulated as to continue a valuable Commodity and the people
kept from going on other Manufactures. It will be of very great
Service both to his Majty and the Trade of Great Brittain.
It is also certain that a thousand plants of Tob° well tended
on good Ground will weigh more than double that qty planted
on mean Land and ill tended. And as the Customs in England
do not arise from the number of hhds Imported, but from the
nett Weight of the Tobacco at the Scales the difference of tne
Customs will be inconsiderable if any at all, besides the prohibi-
tion of Trash will prevent the burning of such large Qtys of Tjo-^
bacco for wch no Custom is paid; and since there will be like-
wise less temptations to Frauds, It is hoped that this Bill will
be found rather Calculated to encrease than diminish Jais
Majesties Customs.
To this may be added the daily encrease of the number of
People Employed in making of Tobacco by the Importation, of
Negros, as well as by the encrease of the Inhabts who being'
chiefly employed in the making of Tobacco will always supply
the European Markets with as much as can be vended. :.
And as to what may be suggested with relation to the Traoe
of Great Brittain ; It is apparent from what has been said be£ore
that the Export of Tobacco will be very little lessened thereby.*
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That the Care taken herein for the making good Tobacco
w11 only prevent the Exportation of that Trash wch has hitherto
proved an Injury to the Trade.
That admitting the Quantity of Tobacco be some what les-
sened, it will give an oppertunity to discharge the Market of that
superfluous Load of bad Tobacco with wch the Merchts are now
incumbered.
That supposing the Qty to be lessened (wch is not granted)
the Owners of the Brittish Ships will be amply compensated
in the advance of their Freight whenever the Planters find an
encouraging price for their Tobacco.
That considering the annual encrease of the People of this
Colony It is not to be doubted but that as much Tobacco will
still be made as the Markets in Europe can require ; and what-
ever is produced here more than can be vended there is so far
from being a benefit to the Trade of Great Brittain, that Experi-
ence has shew'd it to be quite otherwise, many of the Merchts
having been ruined by that Commodity lying dead upon their
hands, and many Inhabitants of Virginia involved in their Mis-
fortunes.
That the suffering any longer the making of bad Tobacco
must unavoidably bring a disreputation of the Plantation Trade
and encourage European Countries to fall upon the same Manu-
facture to the endangering the entire loss of that Trade to Great
Brittain And Lastly That without such wholesome Regulations
as are proposed in this Bill for amending the Quality and ad-
vancing the price of Tobacco abundance of the people of this
Colony must be compelled by necessity to leave off the planting
of Tobacco and apply themselves to other Manufactures that will
better afford them the Conveniences of Life wch will prove much
more detrimental to the Brittish Trade and Manufactures than
anything that can be imagin'd from this Bill.
But besides the real Benefites accruing by this Bill Your
Hon1" will have this farther Justification for your passing it
l* You had a full Council to advise You and You followed their
Advice 2dly there is sufficient time given before the Law takes
place to disapprove of it if it's judged inconvenient 3dly If it
takes place it is only for three Years and his Majty has it in his
power (if that time be thought too long) to shorten it by
signifying his disapprobation after one or two Years Tryal.
'.It may be urged by some that it had been better to have ob-
tained first his Majtys positive Approbation to a Law of this
nature.
...But to this it is answered 1st That a positive Approbation
is more than we have to our other Laws, his Majty thinking fitt
to keep it in his power to repeal them at pleasure wch is incon-
sistent with the royal Assent and Approbation, and therefore it
coiild not be expected to this 2dly That considering our great
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distance this would often occasion so long delays that the remedy
would come too late to answer either the Exigencys or the
Clamours of the people 3dly That Your Honr could not by our
Constitution so long suspend Your Assent or dissent for by
Your dissent the Bill would have been lost and without a new
re-enacting his Majtys Approbation would have come too late to
retrieve it : besides this reenacting would have put the Country
to the Charge of between 2 & £3000 for a new Session of As-
sembly.
Upon all wch Accounts it seems most advisable upon this
occasion to allow so much time before the Law takes place as
that his Majtys pleasure may be known ; and that his pleasure
may immediately have its Effect either for approving or disap-
proving the Law without subjecting it to the hazard and expence
of another Sessions of Assembly.
Ordered
That a new Comission of the Peace issue for Northampton
County with the addition of the several persons recommended
by the said Court.
Sundry petitions for Leave to take up Land were read and
Granted Viz*
To Drury Stith, Francis Tyler & Allen Howard for six
thousand Acres of Land in Brunswick County begining at the
lower end of the Fork of Roanoak River and runing up the said
River to compleat that Quantity.
To Robert Beverley, William Stanard, Barth" Yates and
Henry Gains for sixteen thousand Acres on Spotsylvania County
adjoyning to the Land lately Surveyed for Jeremiah Clowder
Gent.
To Richard Moore for seven hundred Acres of Land in Surry
County joining on his own Land on Reedy Swamp and extending
down to and over the great Swamp to compleat that Quantity.
To Jeremiah Clowder Gent for ten thousand Acres in Spot-
sylvania County on the Branches of Pamunkey River begining
at Slippery Run.
To Richard Jones for twelve hundred Acres on the Mortar
Branch in Prince George County begining on Capt John Evans's
upper Line on the said Branch.
To John Mitchell two thousand Acres of Land lying on
Harrys Swamp on the North side of Nottoway River in the
County of Surry.
To Is.aac Hall one thousand Acres lying on Harrys Swamp
the N° side of Nottoway River in the County of Surry.
To Thos Jones Son of Richard Jones of Prince George County
for two thousand Acres on the great Creek of Nottoway River
including the Petrs Land already Granted there.
To Tho Avent for one thousand Acres on Otterdam Swamp
in Surry County being the wast Land adjoyning to Robert
Humphreys and Richard Paces Surveys.
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At a Council held at the Capitol October 19th 1723
Present
The Honble Hugh Drysdale his Majtys Lieu* Governor
Edmund Jenings Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
John Lewis Peter Beverley &
Nath1 Harrison John Robinson Esqrs
Whereas Tho3 Massy of the County of Isle of Wight Labr
being suspected of the Murder of a Nottoway Indian, and an
Indictm' preferred against him this General Court has been ac-
quitted by the Grand Jury for want of legal proof ; Nevertheless
it appearing to this Board that the said Indian dyed the next
day after the blows he received from the said Massy, whereby
the Indians of that Nation may be provok'd to revenge them-
selves if some Satisfaction be not given them ; This Board thought
fitt to call before them as well the said Massy, as the Chiefs
of the said Indians ; and having heard what Satisfaction the
Indians demanded, as well as what the said Massy was contented
to give ; It is thereupon Ordered by Consent of both Parties
that the said Thos Massy pay unto the relations of the deed
Indian the Value of five hundred Cubits of Roanoak, which the
said Indians agree to accept in full Satisfaction so that upon such
payment the said Massy need not for the future be under the
Apprehensions of any private Revenge or Injury, by reason of
the Death of the said Indian. And it is further Ordered by this
Board that the said Massy forthwith do give sufficient Surety
for his good Behaviour for a Year & a day before he be dis-
charged out of Custody. And because the Quarrell between the
said Massy and the deed Indian was occasion'd by his selling
Rum and other strong Liquors to the said Indian ; It is further
Ordered That the said Massy do not for the future presume to
sell any Rum, Brandy or any other strong Liquors to any Indian
whatsoever on pain of being prosecuted for the same wth the ut-
most Severity.
Ordered That a Proclamation issue for proroguing the Gen-
eral Assembly to Thursday the 15th Day of May next; It ap-
pearing to this Board there is not any immediate Occasion for
its Meeting according to the former Proroguation.
On the Complaint of John Anderson against certain of the
Nottoway Indians for threatning the Death of his Overseer, and
taking away his Gun, It is referred to Nath Harrison Esq1- to
examine into the Matter of the said Complaint, and to direct
such Satisfaction to the said Compl' as he shall thereupon judge
proper to be given by the sd Indians, and in case of their re-
fusal to make this Report to this Board.
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At a Council held at the Capitol October 24th 1723
Present
The Governour
Robert Carter "Nath Harrison
James Blair Mann Page
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges
John Lewis Peter Beverley &
John Robinson Esqrs
The Governor was pleased to communicate to the Council the
Advices lately reced from the Right Honble the Lords Comrs of
Trade and from Peter Leheup Esqr Agent for this Colony re-
lating to the publick Affairs of the Government.
Peter Leheup Esqr Sollcr of the Virginia Affairs intimat-
ing that he has expended sundry Sums of money on the publick
Service of this Colony : It is the Opinion of this Board that Mr
Leheup be desired from time to time to transmitt to the Recr
Gen1 here an Acco1 of such Sums of money as he shall have occa-
sion to expend in his Negotiation of the Affairs of this Govern-
ment, and that the same be paid out of his Majtys Revenue of
2s per hhd &c.
Ordered That a new Commission of the Peace issue for the
County of Gloster and that Mr Henry Armestead be placed in
his former Rank in the said C° and Mr Tho Read Junr added
thereto.
Ordered That a new Commission of the peace issue for the
County of Stafford wth the Addition of the several Gentn recom-
mended to be Justices of the said County.
Whereas the Maherine and Nancemond Indians have this
day complained that notwithstanding the repeated Orders of this
Governm* for securing to them the possession of their Lands
whereon they have for many Years past been seated between
Nottoway and Maherine Rivers divers persons under pretence of
Grants from the Governm* of N° Carolina have surveyed the
Lands of the said Indians, and begun to make Settlements within
their cleared Grounds ; It is the Opinion of the Counc1 that the Governor
be requested to repeat his Instances to the Govr or President of N°
Carolina for the time being to recall all such Grants as have been
made by that Government within the Bounds in dispute between
the two Collonys ; and more particularly that the Governm* of
N° Carolina take care no persons pretending to Authority from
thence to disturb the Indians in the possession of the Lands they
enjoy by Virtue of Treaties of the Peace which have been ap-
proved and confirmed by the Crown. And because the Presid*
of N° Carolina has hitherto thought fitt to take no Notice of a
Letter sent him last April upon a former Compl' of the Nance-
mond and Maherine Indians, It is Ordered that a Copy of the
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Order of this Board dated the 30th of October 1721 be now sent
to the Governor or president of N° Carolina for the time being
with Intimation that in Case that Government do not immediately
put a stop to the Incroachments complained of by the said
Indians ; and also recall all Grants and to annull all Surveys
made within the controverted Bounds since the mutuall Agree-
ment entred into by both Govts in the Year 1714 Orders will
be forthwith given pursuant to the Resolutions of the Board ye
30th of October 1721 for removing by force all persons seated
within the said controverted Bounds under pretence of any Grant
or Authority from the said Governm* of N° Carolina.
At a Council held at the Capitol October 31st 1723
Present
The Governour
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Lewis Jn° Robinson Esqrs
For preventing the many undue practices which have been
discover'd in holding Lands under pretence of Entrys and Sur-
veys without sueing out Patents for the same, whereby his
Majty is defrauded of his Qu Rents and others who would take
up & Cultivate the sd Lands are deprived of the Benefite thereof;
The Governor with the Advice of the Council is pleased to Order
as it is hereby Ordd, That for the future all Entrys for Land
hereafter to be taken up be made with the proper Surveyor of
the Courtty where the said Lands lye and not with any Person
pretending to act as Deputy or Assistant to such Surveyor. And
in regard there may be sundry Entrys made with such Deptys
or Assistants which have not yet been surveyed ; It is further
Ordered and Directed that the several Surveyors do forthwith
require from their Deputys or Assistants Copys of all such Entrys,
and cause the same to be inserted according to their respective
Dates in the Entry Books of their respective Offices to the end
the same may be surveyed according to the Priority of such
Entrys where the partys concerned shall require the same. And
whereas by an Order dated the 13th of August 1717 It was di-
rected that where any Lands should be surveyed and a Piatt
and Survey deliver'd to the person claiming the same if such
person should not at the next succeeding General Court return
the same Survey into the Secretarys Office and sue out a Patent
within six months after such Return, that then the said Survey
should be void, and the Lands therein mentioned lyable to the
Entry of any other person ; which said Order has not had the
Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia 55
intended Effect by reason of the secret Combinations between
the Surveyors and the Partys entring of Lands; It is therefore
Ordered that the following Rules be hereafter strictly observed
and put in Execution Viz*
That the several Surveyors of the Frontier Countys do as
soon as possible transmit! to the Audr of his Majtys Revenues
a true Account of all Surveys made by them in pursuance of
Orders of the Council Board, and that they give Publick Notice
at the respective Court Houses of the lapse of all such Grants or
Entrys as they shall know to be now void by Law and the
present Orders of Government, and that they then receive Entrys
in common Form From any person desiring to take up any part
of the said Lands.
That the said Surveyors do not proceed to Survey any Lands
in pursuance of any Lycence or Order from this Board untill such
Order or Lycence be entred in the Aud" Office and an Endorse-
ment of such Entry made thereon.
That the said Order or Lycence be delivered to the Surveyor
together with the full number of Rights for the Quantity of
Land expressed therein within three months after the Date there-
of or otherwise not to be received by such Surveyor.
That in Case the Survey be not compleated within one Year
from the Date of the sd Order, that the same shall be void unless
it appear that the compleating such Survey has been obstructed
by the Death of the party or Surveyor or any other unavoidable
Accident.
That the several Surveyors be and they are hereby required
to deliver to the Audr in April annually a List of all Surveys
performed by them during the preceding Year denoting for whom
the Survey was made, the Quantity of Land Surveyed and the
time of delivering out the Piatt and Survey to the party claim-
ing such Land.
That no Entrys be hereafter received for any Lands except
in the Countys of Brunswick and Spotsylvania without Rights
nor in those Countys unless his Majty shall signify his pleasure
for releasing the same.
That all Surveyors be and they are hereby strictly enjoin'd
to cause a Memorandum to be made in their Entry Books of the
time they give Notice of their being ready to Survey the Land
therein contained And in Case the party claiming the same neg-
lect to attend according to Law for making the Survey that
then the said Surveyors give publick Notice of the lapse of all
such Entrys at the first County Court after the same shall hap-
pen.
And Whereas through the Negligence of Surveyors many
people are greatly delayed in obtaining their patents, and others
deceived in the Quantitys of Land entred for through the Mis-
computation of the said Surveyors which might easily be rectifyed
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if such computation was made while the Survey1, is upon the
Spot; For remedying wch Abuses it is hereby Ordered That every
Surveyor be required to finish the Survey and Piatt of each Tract
of Land before he depart from the Land or at least to make such
exact Computation of the Courses and Distances thereof that
the person for whom the same is made be not Prejudiced by any
Error or Neglect. And where it shall appear upon due proof
that any Person has been deprived of the Quantity of Land con-
tained in his Entry or put to unnecessary Charge for obtaining
Rights for Surplus Land contained in his Survey more than ex-
press'd in his Entry through the Negligence of any Surveyor,
such Surveyor shall be lyable to Suspension from his Office or
such other Censure as this Board shall think fitt.
And It is further Ordered That Copys of these Rules and
Directions be sent to the Surveyors of the several Frontier Coun-
tys and that they cause the same to be published at the Court
Houses of the said respective Countys at the 1st or second Court
after the same shall come to their Hands, and cause a Copy
thereof to be fixed up in the Court House to the end all per-
sons concerned may take due Notice thereof
Sundry Accots for Expresses & other Contingent Charges
were examin'd and allowed
An Acco* of sundry Charges for Reparation of the Govrs
House was examd in Council and Ordered to be paid out of his
Majtys Revenue of 2s per hhd Port Dutys and head money.
Whereas by the Act of Assembly for Erecting the Countys
of Spotsylvania and Brunswick, It is directed that the Bounds
of the sd County of Brunswick should be laid out and ascertain'd
by the Governor of the Dominion for the time being with the
Advice and Consent of the Council ; And it being found neces-
sary that the said Boundaries should be speedily ascertained, It
is Ordered That the Bounds of the sd County of Brunswick be as
followeth Viz' : Begining where the upper line of Surry County
crosses Nottoway River and runing thence a streight Course to
Maherine River to or near ye Mouth of ye Reedy Creek or
branch, thence down Maherine River to the lower part of Surry
County thence a South Course to the Line lately run for ascer-
taining the uncontroverted Bounds of this Colony towards N°
Carolina, and that the Northern Line of the said County of
Brunswick begin at the Mouth of the said Reedy branch, and
run up the North branch of Nottoway River to the Head thereof
& hence a Northwest Line to the Mountains, And it is Ordered
That the first mention'd Line to ascertain the lower Bounds of
the said County of Brunswick be laid out wth all convenient
speed by the Surveyors of the said County.
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At a Council held at the Capitol November 5th 1723
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
James Blair Peter Beverley &
Philip Ludwell Jn° Robinson Esqrs
The following Warrants on the Recr Gen1 to be paid out of
the Revenue of 2s per hhd Port Dutys & head money were sign'd
by the Governor in Council Viz1 —
To the Governor Half a Yrs Sallary ending Octr 25th
1723 £1000
To the Council half a Yrs Sallary to ye same time. . . 175
To the Audr Gen1 of the Plantations to ditto 50
To the Sollicr half a Yrs Sallary to D° 50
To the Attorney Gen1 half a Yrs Sallary to D° 20
To the Clerk of the Council l/2 a Yrs Sallary to D° 50
To sundry Ministers attending the Court & Assembly. . 18
To the Armourer y2 a years Sallary to Oct1- 25th 1723. . *6
To the Gunners of the several Forts to Ditto 25
To sundry Accots for Reparation of the Govrs House. .222.19.4
To sundry Contingent Charges 252.19.4
And out of the Quitt Rents.
To the Comry y2 a Years Sallary ending Oct1- 25th
1723 £50.0.0
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same time 30.0.0
The Accots of 2s per hhd port Dutys and Head money being
certifyed by the Audr and sworn to by the Recr Gen1 were sign'd
by the Governor as usual.
Ordered That publick Notice be given throughout the Colony
that all Caveats and other Petns now depending before the Gov-
ernor in Council relating to Entrys, and other Controversys about
Land, will be heared at the Court of Oyer and Terminer wch is
to be held the 2d Tuesday of Decr and that for the future the like
Method will be continued at the times appointed for holding the
said Courts of Oyer & Terminer in June & Decr of wch all per-
sons concern'd are required to take Notice and to give their
Attendance and made out their several pretensions to the Lands
in Controversy : And the Sheriffs of the respective Countys are
to cause this Order to be published at the Churches and Court
Houses of their said several Countys.
The following Petitions for Land were read and granted
upon the Conditions agreed on in Council the 31st of Octor last
Viz1—
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John Davis for six Hundred Acres lying on both sides the
Otterdam Swamp in the County of Surry including a former
Entry of ye Petr.
Joseph Mayo for three thousand Acres lying on the South
side of James River in the County of Henrico near the West
end of Elk Island.
Francis Epes for one thousand Acres of Land lying on Winto-
pack in Henrico County begining on a Patent granted to Fran3
Epes the Elder decd and on the Land granted to Wm Moore &
Philemon Jones being surplus Land joyning on the said patents.
Henry Randolph for twelve hundred Acres on Deep Creek
the South side of Appamatox River and on the N° side of Deep
Creek on Beaver Pond Branch in Prince George County.
Robert Boiling for three thousand Acres lying on Saponie
Creek in Prince George County including his Patented Land
formerly granted.
Peter Jones for one thousand Acres lying on Evans's Run on
the S° Side of Nottoway River in Prince George County.
On the Petition of Tho3 Randolph setting forth that he hav-
ing made several Surveys of Land on Fine Creek in Henrico
County amounting to the number of two thousand & six hundred
Acres and praying Leave to include the said Quantity of Land
in one Patent, Leave is accordingly granted him to include the
said two thousand & six hundred Acres of Land in one Patent
according to the Prayer of the sd Petn.
James Skelton by his Petition setting forth that having En-
tred for and Surveyed twelve hundred Acres of Land on the
South side of the Fo River in Henrico County and twelve hun-
dred Acres on the North side of the said River in six several
Surveys, and praying Leave to include the said Land in two
Patents, Leave is accordingly granted the Petitioner to include
the said two thousand four hundred Acres in two distinct
patents according to the Prayer of his Petition.
John Stewart an Orphan by Francis Epes his Friend setting
forth by his Petition That his Father John Stewart deceased
Entred for and Surveyed two thousand Acres of Land on Fight-
ing Creek in Henrico County but neglected to sue out a Patent
for the said Land, in his life time & leaving his Wive
Stewart Executrix she likewise neglected to obtain a Patent for
the same, and the necessary Certificate from the Surveyor being
now lost, Wm Finney Clerk has thereupon by his Petition to
this Board lately obtained an Order to Survey the said Land
for his own Use; The Petr therefore prays Leave to resurvey
the said Land in Order to Obtain a Patent thereof exclusive of
the said Wm Finney ; This Board taking the premises in Con-
sideration, Leave is accordingly Granted the Petitioner to re-
survey the said Land and Ordered that a Patent be granted him
for the same, and that no Survey thereof be made for ye sd
Will"1 Finney Clerk or any other person.
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At a Council held at the Capitol December 11th 1723.
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley and
John Lewis John Robinson Esqrs
Whereas the Officers of his Majtys Revenue have represented
to this Board the inconveniences they find in the Sale of His
Majestys Quitt Rent Tobacco by the practice some Years
since established of disposing thereof at the General Court held
in April whereby it frequently happens that the Shipps are laden
before the said Tobacco can be received, and by the Combination
of the few purchasers, that attend at the time of Sale the price
of the same is lessend to the great prejudice of his Majesty in
his said Revenue ; And proposing that the ancient Method of
disposing of the sd Quitt Rents may be revived, and the Audr
& Recr Gen1 impowered to sell the said Tobacco at any time
as they shall find Purchasers; This Board taking the same into
Consideration have thought fitt to Order That the Audr & Recr
Gen1 be and they are hereby impowered to sell the Tobacco re-
ceived for his Majtys Quitt Rents in the several Countys of this
Colony at such times as they shall find most convenient for his
Majtys Service and the Advancement of that Revenue.
The Governor laid before the Council a Letter from the
President of N° Carolina in answer to two Letters written in
pursuance of the Resolutions of this Board in relation to the Dis-
turbance given by the people of N° Carolina to the Maherine and
Nancemond Indians and the granting of Lands within the con-
troverted Bounds, the said Letter was read. In which the said
President promises to put a stop for the future to the Practices
complained of
On reading at this Board the Petition of Willm Ellis late
Master of the Ship Patridge of London, setting forth that about
the beginning of Sepr last he sailed from the Province of Mary-
land having on bd four hundred and fifty Hds of Tobacco con-
signed to the port of London, for wch he paid the Country Dutys
of that province, and being obliged by contrary Winds to put
into Linhaven Bay in this Colony, the said Ship was by a violent
Storm drove from her Anchors, and forced on Shore near Wil-
loughbys Point where she now lyes stranded, and in all prob-
ability incapable of being gott off or repaired, That the Petr has
for the benefite of the Freighters endeavoured to save the Lading
of Tobacco, and hired for its Transportation to London two small
Ships belonging to Boston the one called the Dove Wm Winton
Master the other the Philip & Eliza Richard Douse Master both
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now lying in the lower District of James River, and praying that
the said Tobacco may be exempted from the payment of the
Duty of 2s per hhd in this Colony ; The Governor with the Advice
of the Council is pleased to order as it is hereby Ordered, That
the Tobacco saved out of the said Ship Patridge & laden on
Board the two Shipps aforesaid hired for the Transportation
thereof to London be exempted and discharged from the Duty
of 2s per hhd and the Recr of ye Virginia Dutys in the lower Dis-
trict of James River is hereby required to take Notice thereof.
The several Petitions of John Craddock and Wm Hall for
stoping a Patent sued out by Wm Russell of the County of King
& Queen for a Tract of Land found to Escheat from John Fry
decd are referred to be heared. before the Governor in Council
on the 2d Tuesday in June next being the time appointed for hold-
ing the Court of Oyer & Terminer.
The Petition of Tho Marston for stopping a Patent sued out
by Mary Dibdall, and others for the Land found to Escheat from
John Dibdall of New-Kent County decd is referred to be heared
before the Gov1- in Council at the time of holding the next Court
of Oyer & Terminer.
The following petitions for Leave to take up Land were read
and granted upon the Conditions agreed on in Council 31st of
Octor last.
To Math Mayes one thousand Acres of Land joyning on
his upper Line on Mahoopmack Creek in Prince George County
and runing thence to the Head of Hatches Runn.
Thos Sessums for eight Hundred Acres on Ising Glass Creek
in Brunswick County formerly part of Prince George County.
On the Petition of Hen Vaden Leave is granted him to in-
clude in one patent seven hundred Acres of Land formerly sur-
veyed in two Tracts and lying contiguous on the South side of
the 2d Branch of Swift Creek in the County of Henrico.
On the Petition of Wm Macklin, Leave is granted him to in-
clude in one Patent two Tracts of Land containing four hundred
Acres each lying contiguous on Ising Glass Creek in Brunswick
County formerly part of Prince George County.
At a Council held at the Capitol January 18th 1723
Present
The Governour
Edmund Jenings James Blair &
Cole Digges Esqrs
Whereas their ExcelloyB the Lords Justices by their Order in
Council Bearing date the 17th day of August 1723 and now
read at this Board have declared their Disallowance & Disap-
probation of one Act passed in the General Assembly of this
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Colony in the Year 1722 Entd an Act for amending the Act
concerning Servants & Slaves and for the better Government of
Convicts imported and for the further preventing the Clandestine
Transportation of persons out of this Colony. It is Ordered That
a Proclamation issue notifying that the said Act is pursuant to
their Excellcys the Lords Justices' pleasure repealed & made void ;
And a Proclamation was prepared accordingly.
Att a Council held at ye Capitol February 18th 1723
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
James Blair Cole Digges and
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley Esqrs
The Governor laid before the Council an Additional Instruc-
tion from their Excellencys the Lords Justices directing the Man-
ner of passing private Acts of Assembly; And the same was
read and Ordered to be enter'd in the Council Books.
Whereas their Excellc!r3 the Lords Justices have by their
Order in Council, bearing date the 6th day of August 1723, signi-
fyed their ExcellC5rs pleasure upon an humble Address made to
his Majesty by the Council and Burgesses of this Colony for
Exempting the Inhabitants of the two new Erected Countys of
Brunswick and Spotsylvania from the purchase of Rights and
payment of Quitt Rents. And the said Order of the Lords Jus-
tices being this day laid before the Board It is the Opinion of
the Council, and accordingly Ordered, That their Excellencys
pleasure for granting a Remission of paym* of Quitt Rents for 7
Years, to be reckon'd from the l3t day of May 1721 be notifyed
to the Surveyors of the said Countys to the end such as desire
to take up Land in those Countys may be inform'd of the En-
couragement thereby granted them. And upon Consideration of
the several Restrictions mention'd in the said Order of their
Excelleys the Lords Justices upon wch the Exemption aforesaid
is granted ; It is the Opinion of the Council, that there is no
need to enjoyn the giving Security for payment of Quitt Rents
for the Lands formerly patented & possessed by any Patentee,
who shall now remove into either of the two said new Countys,
because there will always be left sufficient Distress upon the said
old patented Lands to satisfy his Majtys Quittt Rents. But
Whereas it appears to this Board, that divers considerable Tracts
of Land are included within the Bounds of the said two new
Countys, which were granted by Patent & paid Q" Rents before
the said Countys were erected ; It is the Opinion of this Board,
That all such Lands ought still to pay Q" Rents according to
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the Condition of the Grants; And that the Officers of his Majestys
Revenue give Directions for demanding & levying the same ac-
cordingly.
And on Consideration of that part of the aforemention'd
Order of their Excellencys the Lords Justices, directing that no
person whatsoever be allowed to take up more than a thousand
Acres in either of the said new Countys, It is the Opinion of this
Board, That all persons who have already taken up greater
Quantitys of Land in the said Countys are not entitled to the
Benefite of the said Exemption ; but ought to pay the Rights
for the same, and also the Quitt Rents from ye time the same first
became due after the Date of their patents ; And that the Officers
of the Revenue, do demand the payments of the said Rights and
Quitt Rents accordingly. And
Pursuant to their Excellencys the Lords Justices pleasure
it is Ordered That the Surveyors of the Countys of Brunswick
and Spotsylvania do not for the future receive any Entrys for
more than one thousand Acres for any person whatsoever, nor
make any Surveys of the Lands already enter'd exceeding that
Quantity.
For preventing any Disputes which may happen concerning
the payment of Quitt Rents for the Lands newly patented ; It is
the Opinion of this Board that the first payment of the Q"
Rents reserved to his Majty on all such Lands be made at the
Feast of S' Michael the Arch-Angel wch shall next follow the
Expiration of one whole Year after the Date of the respective
patents ; And that no Quitt Rents be demanded for the interven-
ing time between the Date of such Patents & the begining of
the said Year.
On the Petition of Abr Arnold, setting forth, that he had
Surveyed for him 400 Acres of Land in King Wm County, and
returned a Survey thereof into the Secrys Office in Order to obtain
a patent; but some time after he was inform'd by the Surveyor,
that the said Survey was lost, and thereupon he obtained a new
Survey to be made out, and returned into the Secretarys Office ;
by which means there are two patents made out for the same
Land ; And praying that the Letter of the said patents be Can-
celled, and his Rights returned. It is accordingly Ordered, That
the said patent be cancelled, and his Rights returned, according
to the prayer of the Petition.
Ordered That a new Commission of the Peace issue for the
County of Warwick, with the Addition of the several persons
recommended by the Court.
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At a Council held at the Capitol April 16th 1724
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
James Blair Cole [Digges] and
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley Esq"
The Governor proposing to the Consideration of the Council
whether there be any Occasion for the meeting of the General
AssbIy according to its last Prorogation, It is the Opinion of the
Council, that the Assembly be further prorogued till Thursday
the 9th day of July and a Proclamation was prepared accordingly.
At a Council held at the Capitol April 23d 1724
Present
The Governour
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Lewis John Robinson Esq"
The Governor was this day pleas'd to communicate to the
Board the Doubts which occurr'd to him upon the late Order
of their Excellencys the Lords Justices for Granting Lands in
the two Countys of Brunswick and Spotsylvania; for that by
the Words of that Order, it seems to be the intent of the Crown,
that none should hold a greater Quantity than one thousand
Acres in either of these Countys. And since all those Grants for
large Tracts, which have been made since the Erection of the
said Countys, appear to be contrary to that Intention, he now
desired the Advice of this Board, Whether any Act ought to be
done by the Government here, tending to corroborating those
Grants untill his Majestys pleasure be further known. The Coun-
cil taking the same into Consideration, are of Opinion, that ac-
cording to the Order of their Excellencys the Lords Justices, no
person ought to be allow'd to take more than one thousand
Acres of Land in either of the said new Erected Countys ; And,
seeing no Direction is therein given concerning those larger
Tracts taken up in those Countys, It is fitt that Application be
made to his Majty for a further Signification of his royal pleasure
relating to those larger Grants. And because it appears to this
Board, that many Difficulties are likely to arise by means of
the irregular passing of Patents for Land in the new Countys
upon Bonds taken with Condition either to pay for Rights or
Surrender the Lands ; and some patents issued where no Rights
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have been either paid or secured to be paid, It is the Opinion
of the Council, That a Representation of the whole proceedings
relating to the Grants of Lands which have been made in the
Countys of Brunswick and Spotsylvania be prepared, and trans-
mitted to the Right Honble the Lords Com" for Trade and
Plantations ; and that their Lordps be humbly desired to lay the
same before his Majesty for his Royal pleasure therein, more
particularly For an Explanation of that part of the Lords Justices
Order which limitts the Quantity of Land to be granted in the
said new Countys, & how far those patents are valid in Law
wch have been granted contrary to his Majestys Intentions de-
clared in the sd Order, and where no Consideration of Rights
has been paid for obtaining the same ; unto the end their Lordps
may be the better inform'd herein, that Lists of the several
Grants of Lands in those new Countys, and Copys of the Form
of the patents granted and Bonds given for the Rights be trans-
mitted to their Lops ; together with the said Representation. And
because the Council are humbly of Opinion, that the restraining
the Granting of more than one thousand Acres of Land to any
one person in the said new Countys will discourage the Settle-
ment thereof, and prove greatly prejudicial to his Majt7 in his
Quitt Rts, That therefore their Lordps be requested to interceed
with his Majesty, that the same be for the future taken off. and
Whereas the Acceptance of payment of Rights or Q" Rts,
for the Lands granted in the Countys of Brunswick and Spotsyl-
vania, may be construed an Allowance or Approbation of those
large Grants, wch now appear to have been made contrary to
his Majestys Intentions ; It is therefore Ordd That the Officers
of his Majestys Revenue be directed not to make any Demand
of the said Rights or Q" Rts for any of the Lands granted within
the said Countys since the Erection thereof untill his Majt7s
pleasure be further known. And that the Order made the 18th
Day of Febry last, be hereby reversed, and made void, except
so far as concerns the Q" Rents of Lands heretofore granted by
patent before the Erection of the said Countys, and which are
now comprehended within the Limitts thereof
Whereas Will"1 Bledsoe, Sheriff of Spotsylvania County, hath
failed to attend the Officers of his Majt>rs Revenue to make up
any Acco1 of his Majty3 Quitt Rents, and Dues in the said Acco\
It is Ordered, That the said Sheriff attend this Board the 1st of
May next, to show cause why he hath not complyed with the
Governors Warrant for receiving the said Quitt Rents, and to
give an Acco' of his Proceedings concerning the same.
On reading at this Board a Petition of Zeriechias Flishman.
and George Ouds in behalf of themselves and fourteen other
high-Germans, now residing in Spotsylvania County near Ger-
mana complaining that CoF Spotswood hath unjustly sued them
in the Court of the said County, for non-performance of a certain
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Agreement pretended to be made by them in Consideration of
money advanced them upon their Transportation into this Colony,
altho they have hitherto perform'd, and were always ready to
perform any Agreement they made with the said Col° Spotswood ;
but tho they have often applyed to him for a Copy of the said
Agreement, they made with him he hath refused to give them
any such Copy, & therefore praying this Board to commiserate
their Condition as being Strangers, and to make .such Order
as they shall think proper to have the Agreement produced; The
Governor, with the Advice of the Council is pleased to Order,
as it is hereby Ordered, that (in regard of the Pet" poor Condi-
tion, and their Ignorance of the Laws of this Colony) the person
acting as Deputy Attorney for the King, in the said County of
Spotsylvania, do appear for the Petitioners in the said Suits
brought against them in that Court, that so the Petitioners may
have the Benefite of a fair Tryal.
Ordered That a new Commission of the Peace issue for the
County of Spotsylvania with the Addition of the several persons
recommended to be Justices in the said County
On reading at this Board a Letter from Colu Geo Burrington,
Governor of N° Carolina, intimating that the said Government
had come to a Resolution to run the Dividing Lines between
Virginia and Carolina, according to an Agreement made between
Col° Spotswood, late Governor of Virginia and Col0 Eden, late
Governor of N° Carolina, and desiring that Commissioners may
be appointed on the part of this Government for performing the
said Agreement, It is the Opinion of the Council, That the said
Agreement be enter'd into, upon Condition, that the same should
not be executed, without the Approbation of his Majesty ; And
seeing no such Approbation has been yet notifyed hither, this
Government ought not to joine in any such Division ; & the
Governor is desired to signify this Resolution to the Governor of
N° Carolina,
A Petition of sundry of the Inhabitants of the County of
Northumberland being transmitted to the Governor, by the Jus-
tices of the said County, praying that Leave may be granted them
to sett up a presbyterian Meeting-House in the said County ; the
said Petition is referr'd to his Majestys Attorney General to con-
sider and report his Opinion what ought to be done by the
Petitioners in Order to obtaining a Lycence for such Meeting
House.
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At a Council held at the Capitol April 25th 1724
Present
The Governour
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley
John Lewis John Robinson and
John Carter Esq"
Pursuant to his Majestys Letter under his Sign manual,
bearing date the date of John Carter
Esqr Sectry of this Colony, this day took the Oaths of Allegiance
& Supremacy the Abjuration Oath, subscribed the Test, and
took the Oath of a Councellor, and was admitted to his Place at
the Board.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 2d of May 1724
Present
The Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath Harrison
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley
John Lewis John Robinson and
John Carter Esq"
The Governor this Day with the Advice of the Council ap-
pointed the following persons Sheriff's for the ensuing Year Viz1
Henrico Henry Randolph
King Queen Richd Dudley
King Will"1 Henry Fox
Richmond Charles Grymes
Essex Banja Robinson
York Will™ Sheldon
New Kent Will™ Macon
Charles City Drury Stith
James City Benja Welden
Spotsylvania Tho Chew
Warwick Tho Philipson
Middlesex Chr Robinson
Hanover Roger Thomson
Northampton Marshall
Eliz" City Josh Curie
Accomack Edwd Ravell
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Surry Will™ Edwards
Stafford Towns' Dade
Lancaster Geo Heale
King George Jonath Gibson
Westmoreland Thos Newton
Northumberland Phil Smith
Princess Anne Jonath Bolitho
Gloster Cha Tomkins
Prince George Fran8 Epes
Isle of Wight John Edwards
Norfolk Willis Wilson
Nansemond John Lear
The Acco' of Contingent Charges for the last half Year was
examin'd in Council
Whereas Robert Jourdan Junr of the County of Nansemond,
was convicted this General Court of Writing and publishing a
scandalous Libel reflecting on the Laws of this Governm* and
the established Church, and thereupon is by Sentence of the
said Court Committed to the public Goal untill he enter into
Bond with Security for his good Behaviour for a Year and a
Day ; and Whereas the said Jourdan being a Quaker doth alledge,
that he cannot in Conscience enter into such Bond himself, nor
engage any of his own profession to become bound for him, but
is willing to find two sufficient Suretys, being persons of the
Church of England to become bound for him ; It is the Opinion
of this Board, That upon the said Jourdans making such Appli-
cation to the Governor as his Honr shall judge fitt, and paying
His Fees a pardon issue for remitting the Sentence of the Gen-
eral Court, and That in lieu thereof the Security offerr'd in be-
half of the said Jourdan be accepted for his Good Behaviour.
Christopher Robinson Gent. Naval Officer of Rapp1 River
having inform'd the Governor that Willm Pearson Master of the
Ship Globe of Whitehaven at his Entry in the said Port did
Produce a Coquet under the hands of the Officers of the Cus-
toms in the port of Dublin certifying that there was laden there-
on the said Ship seven Casks containing twelve hundred Weight
of Head Nails two hundred and twenty seven pounds of Iron
and six hatchetts wch the said Coquet certifyes to, have been im-
ported into Dublin from Bristol in the Ship Loves encrease ye
sixteenth of Janry 1722; and the said Naval Officer desiring to be
instructed whether the said Goods together with the Ship ought
not to be forfeited according to the Act of Pari1 of the 15th
King C : 2d. The Governor was pleased to desire the Advice
of the Council therein ; who having examin'd the Master of the
said Ship, and, it appearing that the said Iron Ware was carried
from Bristol to the Custom House of Dublin by the Owners
and Freighters of the said Ship because there was not so con-
venient an Oppertunity of Transporting the same to Whitehaven,
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and that the same is but of small Value, The Council are of
opinion that there doth not appear any Design of Fraud in this
Case and that therefore the said Ship be discharged from any
Prosecution on that Account: But forasmuch as it seems doubt-
ful whether according to the Acts of Trade the Manufactures of
Great Brittain carried first to Ireland may be exported thence
directly to the Plantations, the Council are further of Opinion,
that the Case be stated & transmitted to the Rl Honble the
Lords Com™ of Trade and to the Com" of his Majtys Customs,
and their Directions prayed thereon.
John Edwards Sheriff of the Isle of Wight County by his
Petition setting forth the great Charge and trouble he hath been
at for bringing the Quitt Rents of that County to a convenient
Landing occasioned by the remote Scituation of the Lands for
which the said Q" Rents are payable, and the Inconveniency of
Transporting the same over two Rivers for which the present
Allowance of 15 per ct is not a sufficient Compensation; It is
thereupon Ordered That a further Allowance of 6 per ct be for the
future allowed the Sheriff of that County to enable him to defray
the Charge of making the sd Tobacco convenient, and that the
Officers of his Majtys Revenue do allow the same in the said
Sheriffs Acco".
William Bledsoe, Sheriff of Spotsylvania County this day
attending according to Order, and being asked why he did not
collect the Q" R" of the said County and attend the Officers
of his Majestys Revenues according to the Governors Warrant,
he answer'd, that he was advised by Col0 Spotswood not to
meddle with the said Collection, & to write a Letter of Excuse
to the Audr ; which Letter the sd Col0 Spotswood undertook to
draw for him, and accordingly delivered him a Copy, which he
transcribed, and now produced in Council. And it appearing
to the Board, that the said Bledsoe hath not received any part
of the Quitt Rents of the said County for wch he is to account
he is thereupon dismist.
At a Council held at the Capitol May 6th 1724
Present
The Governour
Robert Carter Nath Harrison
James Blair Mann Page
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
John Lewis Jn° Robinson &
John Carter Esq"
On the Application of his Majesty's Recr Gen1, It is hereby
certifyed, that the Course of Exch" at present within this Colony
is 15 per C\ and It is Ordered That the said Recr Gen1 be allowed
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in his Accots the said difference on all Curr1 money he hath re-
ceived in payment of his Majtys Revenues —
The following Warrts on the Recr Gen1 to be paid out of
his Maj,ys Revenue were this day sign'd by the Governor in
Council.
To the Governor half a years Salary ending
25th Apr last £1000. 0. 0
To the Gentl" of the Council for Ditto 175. 0. 0
To the Audr of the Plantations Ditto 50
To the SolhV of the Virginia Affairs Ditto.. 50. 0. 0
To the Attorney Gen1 Ditto 20
To the Clerk of the Council Ditto 50
To the Armourer for Ditto 6
To the Gunners at the several Batterys Do ... 25
To sundry Ministers attending one General
Court 6
To the Charge of the Governors House 31. 0. 7j4
To sundry Expresses & other contingent
Charges 69.19.10j4
And out of the Qlt Rents—
To Mr Comry Blair y2 Yr Salary to 25,h Ap1
last £ 50. 0. 0.
To Mr Attorney Gen1 Ditto 30. 0. 0.
The Acco'8 of his Majestys Revenue of Q" Rents for the
Year 1723, and of the 2s per hhd port dutys and Head money end-
ing ye 25th of April last together with an Acco* of certain piratical
Effects being examd by the Depty Audr were severally sworn to
by the Recr General, and Certifyed by the Governor in the usual
Forme
Ordered, That Mr Alexander Parker be continued Gunner and
Storekeeper of the Battery at Hobbs Hole on Rapp" Riv\
The Officers of his Majestys Revenue representing to this
Board, that the Rights formerly directed to be made out are
already disposed of, It is thereupon Ordered That a further
number of Rights to the value of £500 Sterl be issued by the
said Officers with all convenient Speed.
Whereas Daniel Davis of the County of King Wm Labour'
was in Indicted last General Court for the Murther of a Negro,
and found to be a Lunatick and still continues under the same
insanity of mind, It is the Opinion of this Board, that for pre-
venting his doing farther mischief he be continued in Goal at
the publick Charge, and that some Physician be employed for
the Cure of his Lunacy.
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Edmund Sike having been at last General Court convicted
of Felony, and it appearing upon his Tryal, that he is a fitt Object
of Mercy ; It is the Opinion of this Board that he be pardon'd.
On Consideration of the present Scarcity of Corn, It is Or-
dered That a Proclamation issue for prohibiting the Exporta-
tion of all manner of Grain, Flower, & Meal made of the same
untill the 1st day of August next.
The following Petitions for Land were read and Granted
Viz* : To Thomas Webster for one thousand Acres lying on
Smacks Creek on Appamatox River in Prince George County.
To George Robertson Cler for fifteen hundred Acres of
Land lying on Flatt Creek in Prince George County, the same
including a former Entry of the Petitioner near the said Land.
At a Council held at the Capitol June ye 11th 1724
Present
The Honble Hugh Drysdale Esqr Ll Governor
Edmund Jenings Nath1 Harrison
James Blair Mann Page
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges
John Lewis Peter Beverley and
John Carter Esq"
The Minutes of Council to this time were read.
The Governor laid before the Council a Representation to
the R* Honorable the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Planta-
tions concerning the Grants of Lands in the Countys of Spotsyl-
vania and Brunswick ; together with certain Queries prepared in
pursuance of the Resolutions of this Board, the 23d of April last
for the better explaining the Order of their Excellcy9 the Lords
Justices, and the said Representation & Queries were read. Or-
dered, That a Proclamation issue proroguing the Gen1 Assembly
to Thursday the 12th day of November next.
New Commissions of the Peace for the Countys of York and
Norfolk were this day Ordered in Council, with the addition of
several new Justices recommended to be put in those commis-
sions.
On the Petition of Arthur Hopkins Gen11 Leave is granted
him to take up one thousand Acres in one Tract, lying on Camp
Creek in the County of Hanover.
On hearing at this Board the several pretensions of Thomas
Marston and Margaret Dibdall Relict of John Dibdall dec"
to certain Lands in New Kent County found to Escheat to his
Majesty for want of Heirs of the body of the said John; The
Governor, with the Advice of the Council, was pleased to Order
as it is hereby Ordered, That the said Land be granted to the
said Margaret Dibdall, and the other Devisees of the said John,
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they paying to the said Thomas Marston the sum of Twenty
pounds ten shillings and a penny being the Charges expended
by him in prosecuting the said Escheat.
On hearing at this Board the Petition and Caveat of WiHm
Hamlin for stopping a patent sued out by Nath Corbett Devisee
of Randall Piatt Gentn decd for Land in the County of Surry It
appearing to this Board that the Entry made by the sa Randall
Piatt is prior to that of the petr Will"1 Hamlin; It is therefore
Ordered That a patent be granted the aforenamed Nath1 Corbett
for the said Land.
William Richardson of the County of King William hav-
ing complained against James Taylor Surveyr for refusing to
return a Piatt and Survey of a Tract of Land Entd by the said
Richardson ; And it appearing to this Board upon Examination
of Witnesses, that the said Richardson hath not paid for the
Survey of the sd Land, and that by means thereof the same
hath since been taken up by George Braxton Gent"; It is
Ordered That unless the said Richardson do pay unto the said
James Tayler the Sum of ten pounds Current money for the
Fees of the aforesaid Survey, and the Charges occasion'd by
this his Complaint, and return a Certificate of such payment to
the Secretarys Office together with Rights for ye Quantity of
Land mention'd in the said Survey unless he can make appear by
sufficient Testimony that the said Rights are paid for before
the 20th of Octor next That then a patent be granted to the said
George Braxton for the said Land.
The Petition of Peter and John Butts against James Taylor
Surveyor of King William County is referred for hearing till
next Court of Oyer and Terminer.
The Caveat Entered by William Eddings for stopping a
patent sued out by Thomas Tayler for Land in Spotsylvania
County is hereby vacated, It appearing to this Board that the
said Eddings hath not any pretension to that Land.
The several Caveats Entd by John Craddock and Wm Hall
ag* William Russell are by Consent of the parties referred for
hearing at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer.
Fran8 Epes having Entd a Caveat for stopping a Patent sued
out by Richard Chambers for Land on the Southside of Appa-
matock River at a place called Woodwards Ford, & making noth-
ing appear to invalidate the said Chambers Entry, It is Ordered
That a patent be granted the said Chambers for the sd Land.
On the Petition of John Mitchell praying that no patent
may issue to John Davis for one hundred Acres of Land on the
East side of Harris Swamp in Surry County, for that the pet"
Entry for the said Land is prior to the said Davis's ; and it
appearing, that the said patent still remains in the Secr5,s Office
unrecorded It is Ordered That the same be stopped untill the
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parties be hear'd at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer,
And that the petr give the said Davis due Notice of this Order.
The Caveat Ent" by Edward Hill Esqr decd for stopping a
patent to Thomas Brewer for Land in Prince George County is
continued for a further hearing at the next Court of Oyer and
Terminer.
Lewis Conner having Entd a Caveat agst a Patent sued out
by Dan1 Pugh for Land in Nansemond County, and not appearing
to prosecute the same, It is Order'd That the said Pugh be at
Liberty to take out his patent according to his Survey now re-
turned into the Secretarys Office.
The Caveat Enter'd by Michael Holland for stopping a patent
to Jacob Robinson for Land on Tuckahoe Creek adjoining
Nicholas Cox's in the County of Henrico is Order'd to be hear'd
before the Council on the next Court of Oyer and Terminer of
which the said Holland is to give due Notice to the said Robert-
son and others concerned.
William Beverley Gent" having Enter'd a Caveat to stop the
granting any patent to Austine Smith, Lawrence Battle or Robert
Slaughter for Land, in the Fork of Rapp" River, it is order'd that
the parties be heared thereon in Council at the next Court of
Oyer and Terminer, And that the sd Beverley give the other
parties due Notice to attend.
John Bush having Enter'd a Caveat to stop the granting a
Patent to Edward Franklin in the County of Norfolk It is or-
der'd That the parties be heared thereon at the next Court of
Oyer and Terminer, and that the said Bush give Edward Franklin
due Notice to attend.
On reading at this Board a Letter of sundry of the
Justices of the County of Spotsylvania complaining of sundry
interruptions given them in the Administration of Justice by Col"
Spotswood, It is Order'd, that the Clerk of the Council do
transmitt to Col° Spotswood a Copy of the sd Complaint that he
may have an Opportunity to answer the Matters therein con-
tained.
Whereas Daniel Pugh of the County of Nansemond Merch*
hath this day made application for an Order to the Recr of the
Duty on Liquors in the lower district of James River to allow
him the Drawback on 1106 Gallons of Rum and one pipe of
Madera Wine imported into the sd District in the Sloop Dove,
and afterwards exported to N° Carolina within the time limited
by Act of Assembly ; It appearing to this Board that the said
Liquors were exported without any permit or Oath made as
the Act of Assembly doth direct, It is the Opinion of the Coun-
cil, and accordingly order'd That no Drawback be allowed for
the same.
John Simmons of the County of Surry by his Pet" setting
forth, that certain Lands lying at Unety on Maherine River where
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the Saponie Indians formerly liv'd, were by Order of Gov* ap-
pointed to be sold at the rate of 6A per Acre, and the Money aris-
ing thereby applyed towards making another Settlement at
Christanna ; That the petr did agree for two several Tracks of
the sd Land the one containing two hundred and seventy Acres,
and the other one hundred and fifty, but hath not as yet paid
the price; & praying in regard the said Indians have been long
since removed to Christanna, their Settlement, the petr may there-
fore be allowed to patent the said Land, paying the Rights to
his Maj,y in like manner as other Lands are granted ; This Board
taking the same into Consideration, and finding no occasion for
further Expence on the Settlement of the said Saponie Indians,
do therefore Order that the petr or any other person desiring
to take up any part of the Land formerly held by the said Indians
be at liberty to survey and patent the same paying only to his
Majty the Rights due and accustomed in the like Cases.
On the Petition of Benjamin Howard Leave is granted him
to Survey and patent five hundred Acres of Land formerly be-
longing to the Saponie Indians, adjoyning the Land he hath
already purchased, and that he have liberty to include the whole
in one patent.
Robert Munford Gent: by his Petition representing to this
Board that some time past he obtained an Order to take up
three thousand Acres of Land in the County of Brunswick, but
there being no Surveyor appointed for that County he could not
obtain a Survey thereof, and that since the appointment of a
Survey : divers persons have made Entrys for divers parts of
the said Land, and praying relief therein ; It is Order'd that the
petr and the other parties interested, be heared before this Board
at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer, and that the petr give
the parties concerned due Notice to attend.
On the petition of Thomas Randolph Gent, setting forth
that Thomas Crook late of the County of Henrico dec" in his
life time did take up and Survey five thousand Acres of Land
in the Fork of James River, and made considerable improvements
thereon, but dyed before he had obtained any Patent ; that by his
last will and testament he hath given all his Estate in Virginia
to his Executors, to be sold for payment of his Debts & Legacys ;
that John Conder and Thomas Newson of London Gent: acting
Exr" of the said Crook have by Letter of Attorney bearing date
the 8th of March 1722/3 impower'd the Petr to sell the said
Crooks Estate, but in regard no person will venture to purchase
the same untill a patent hath past, the Petr therefore prays that
a patent may be granted to him in Trust to be sold, and the
money paid to the said Exrs, This Board taking the same into
Consideration are of Opinion, and tis accordingly Order'd That
a patent be granted to the said Thomas Randolph for the said
Land, he giving Bond in the Secrys Office to be accountable for
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the money arising by the Sale thereof, to such persons as are
legally entitled thereto. On the Petition of Edward Curd leave
is granted him to include in one patent one thousand five hun-
dred and forty one Acres of Land lying on the Branches of
Beaver Dam Creek in Henrico County, and formerly surveyed
in four different Tracts contiguous to one another.
The following Petitions for Land were read and granted Viz' :
To Samuel Good one thousand Acres of Land in Henrico County
begining at the lower side of the Mouth of Middle Creek on Ap-
pamatock River, and runing down the River to Richd Womocks
Line, and thence up the Lines of the Pet" own land to the said
Middle Creek.
On the petition of Thomas Carr Junr Wm Smith, Tho. Dick-
ason, Ambrose Joshua Smith, Wm Mackgee and Anne Arnold
of King William County and Thomas Marten of Bristol Merch'
setting forth that James Tayler, Edmund Tayler, Benj* Arnold,
Rowland Thomas & the sd Ambrose Joshua Smith having ob-
tained a Grant to take up five thousand Acres of Land in the
County of New Kent and five thousand Acres more in the said
County at Elk Creek, the said James Tayler has made over to
the aforenamed Tho8 Dickason his part of the said two Tracts,
and the said Rowland Thomas hath made over to the said
Thomas Marten and Thos Carr his fifth part of the said two
Tracts, and Sarah the Widdow of Edmund Tayler hath made
over her part to the said Will1" Smith & Wm Mackgee, and the
pet" therefore pray agreed to divide the said Land amongst them
by Lott, and pray that the Surveyor of Hanover County in wch
the sd Land now lyes, may be impowerd to lay off, and divide
the said two tracts of Land in distinct Surveys of one thousand
Acres each and that Patents may be granted to the respective
persons who shall have Right thereto ; It is accordingly Order'd
that the Surveyor of the County of Hanover do divide the said
Land according to the prayer of the above Petition, and that
separate patents be granted to the pet" for the same.
On the petition of William Tayler Leave is granted him to
Survey and patent two thousand Acres of Land lying in the
County of Henrico on a Branch of Appomatock River called
by the name of Wintopack, and joyning to the Land of Francis
Epes and Compny.
At a Council held at the Capitol October 17,h 1724
Present
The Honble Hugh Drysdale Esqr
James Blair Mann Page
Nath1 Harrison Cole Digges and
John Carter Esq"
The Governor advising with the Council and finding no Occa-
sion for the Gen1 Assemblys meeting according to the last Pro-
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rogation Ordd That a proclamation issue proroguing the said
Assembly to Thursday the 14th of January next.
On the Petition of Col0 Nth Harrison Leave is granted him
to take out a Patent for four thousand two hundred and forty
five Acres of Land lying in Surry County, wch was formerly taken
up by Col° Spotswood, the late Governor, and since deserted
by him.
At a Council held at the Capitol October ye 27th 1724
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Nath Harrison
James Blair Mann Page
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley
John Lewis John Robinson &
John Carter Esq"
On reading at this Board an Order of his Majty in his privy
Council bearing date the 30th day of April 1724 declaring his
Majtys Disallowance and Disapprobation of an Act passed in 1723
Entd an Act for laying a Duty on Liquors and Slaves ; It is
Ordered that a Proclamation issue declaring the said Act to be
repealed.
On a Representation from Gloster County Order'd, that a
new Commiss" issue for the said County, and that the persons
therein recommended be added to the said Commiss"
Order'd That a new Commiss" of the Peace issue for Princess
Ann County, and that the persons recommended by that Court
be added thereto
Ordered That a Proclamation issue prohibiting the Exporta-
tion of Indian Corn and pease or Meal made of the same from the
first of Novr untill the 25th of April next
At a Council held at the Capitol October ye 31st 1724
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Diggs
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley
John Lewis Jn° Robinson and
Nath Harrison John Carter Esq"
Sundry Accots for Repairs about the Governors House were
examd and allowed.
The Acco'8 for repairing the Batterys and other Contingent
Charges were examd and Ordd to be paid out of his Majt78 Reve-
nue of 2s per hhd &c.
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At a Council held at the Capitol November 5th 1724
Present
The Honble Hugh Drysdale Esqr
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
Nath1 Harrison John Carter Esqrs
The Following warrants for the Established Sallarys & Con-
tingent Charges to be paid by the Receiver General out- of his
Majestys Revenue of 2s per hhd Port Dutys and Head Money were
this day sign'd by the Governor in Council. Viz':
To the Governor y2 yrs Salary ending Octr 25th
last £1000. 0. 0.
To the Gent* of His Majtys Council d° time . 175. 0. 0.
To the Audr Gen1 of the Plantations d° time ... 50
To the Sollicr of the Virginia Affairs Ditto. . . 50
To the Attorney Gen1 Ditto 20
To the Clerk of the Council Ditto 50
To the Gunners of the sev1 Batteries D° . . . . 25
To the Armourer Ditto 6
To the Judges and Officers of the Court of
Oyer & Terminer held in June last 100
To Wm Prentis for sundry contingent Charges. 6
To D° for sundy Repairs about the Gov"
House 51 . 16. 9}£
To D° for sundy Contingent Charges pd last
year 42. 4. 0
And out of the Quitt Rents
To Mr Commissy Blair half a years Salary. £ 50
To the Attorney General half a years Sal 30
The Accounts of his Maj,ys Revenue of 2s per hhd Port Duties
and Head Money being Examin'd by the Audr was this day
sworne unto by the Recr Gen1 and certified by the Governor in
the usual Forme.
On reading this day at the Board sundry Depositions taken
before the Justices of Spotsylvania County against a Saponie
Indian nam'd Sawney lately return'd from Canada, whereby
it appears that the said Indian did behave himself very insolently
threatning the Inhabitants with a speedy Incursion of the French
Indians ; and the said Indian being examin'd in Council did ac-
knowledge that he was taken by the French Indians, and carried
into Canada about two years ago, That he had been with the said
French Indians in an incursion on the people of New-England
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but that last Summer he was permitted to go to Albany in
Company with some of the said French Indians, from whence,
by the Favour of Cap* Collins the Officer of the Fort there,
he had Liberty to return to Virginia, and the said Indian
alledg'd whatever he said at Germanna in the County of Spotsyl-
vania was spoken whilst he was in Drink. And being examind
if he brought any message from the French Indians to the
Saponies or any other of the Tributarys or if he intended to re-
turn to Canada as he had formerly given out, he denyed both :
But forasmuch as it appears to this Board that the said Indian
hath by his Speeches & Actions given just cause of Suspicion
of his ill Intentions. It is Ordd that he be committed to Prison
there to remain untill farther Order, unless the Great Men of
his Nation shall engage for his good behaviour, and that he shall
not depart out of this Government, or hold Correspondence with
any Forreign Indians And the Interpreter is directed to signify
to the Saponie Nation the Terms upon wch they may have the
said Indian delivered to them.
Charles Kemball Interpreter to the Saponie Indians repre-
senting that the frequent Occasions he has to attend at Wm8burgh
on the Affairs of the said Indians have put him to great Charge,
wcb he can no otherwise defray than out of his Sallary, wch is
only levyed for him in Tobacco by the General Assembly, and
like to be long in Arrear, & praying that the Sum of ten
pounds may be advanced him to be repaid out of his first
Allowance as Interpreter ; It is accordingly Order'd That the
Recr Gen1 do advance the Sum of ten pounds Current money to
the said Kemball out of his Majestys Revenue, taking his Obliga-
tion to repay the same out of the first money or Tobacco, wch
shall be levyed for him at the next Session of Assembly.
At a Council held at the Capitol December 9th 1724
Present
The Honble Hugh Drysdale L' Governor
James Blair Comry Mann Page
Philip Ludwell Cole Diggs
Nath Harrison Peter Beverley and
John Robinson Esq1-3.
The Minutes of Council from the time of their last reading
were now read over and approved.
This Day being appointed for hearing and determining Divers
Controversies relating to the Grants of his Maj'7'3 Land, on
hearing the several parties interested therein ; It is resolved &
Ordered as followeth Viz' :
The Complaint of Peter and John Butts against James Tay-
lor Surveyor of King William County for refusing an Entry of
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the Pet" for eight hundred Acres of Land is [in] the sd County is
dismist, It appearing to this Board by the Oath of the s" James
Taylor that the Land aforesaid was surveyed for Robert Powell
before the Pet1"9 tended any Entry to be made for the same.
Whereas this day was appointed for hearing the Matter in
Controversy between Will"1 Craddock John Pollard & Wm Russell
for stopping the Grant of a Patent for Land in King Wm County
to the said Craddock, and neither the said Pollard nor Russell ap-
pearing; 'Tis thereupon Ordered that the Caveat of the said
parties be dismist, and that a Patent issue for the said Land
to the said Willm Craddock.
The Petition of Jonath" Clark against the Grant of a patent
to Rice Williams for Land in King William County Stands re-
ferred to the next Court of Oyer and Terminer neither party
appearing, and Ordd that the Petr give the sd Williams Notice
to attend accordingly.
The Petition of George Ward and Willm Winston for two
hundred Acres of Land in Essex County found to Escheat from
Mary late the Wife of the said Ward, and for which a Patent
is sued out by Benj" Waggoner in whose Name the sd Escheat was
prosecuted is by consent of the Parties continued till the Meet-
ing of the Council at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer.
Robert Munford Gent having petitioned for Leave to survey three
thousand Acres of Land on the S° side of Roanoak River and begining
at the Month of the Upper Creek, and extending down the River Side,
pursuant to a Grant thereof made in the year 1721 and that the several
Entrys made for that Land with the Survey" be declared void ; This
Board having appointed this Day for determining the pretensions of
the several persons claiming Interest in the said Land, and none of
them appearing except William Davis of the County of Prince George,
by consent of the said Robert Munford It is Ordd That one thousand
Acres of Land within his Entry be laid off for the said William Davis
begining at the Mouth of the upper Creek and extending down the River
to the Place called the Haw Tree (not to exceed that Boundary) to
include that Quantity ; And at the Request of the said Robert Munford
tis further Order'd That the remaining two thousand Acres lying be-
tween the said Haw Tree or the Line which shall be laid off for the
lower Bounds of the said Davis's Entry, and extending to the lower
Bounds of the said Munfords Entry be surveyed and granted in man-
ner following Viz1 one thousand Acres thereof to John Alexander
Gent" and the other one thousand Acres to Rich" Jones Gent" and that
the Surveyor of Brunswick County do survey the said several Tracts
accordingly.
On the Petition of John Mitchell for stopping a Patent sued out
by John Davis for Lands in Surry County, It appearing to this Board
that the Petr hath not any Right to the sd Land It is Order'd that the
said John Davis have a Patent for the same.
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The Caveat Enter'd by Edward Hill Esqr decd ag8t Thomas Brewer
is continued to be hear'd before this Board the next Court of Oyer and
Terminer.
Sundry Petitions for taking up Land were read & granted viz*
To John Thornton sixteen hundred Acres in the upper parts of
Henrico County on the South Side of James River, and two thousand
acres in the upper part of Henrico on the North Side of the said River.
To George Alves and John Syme four thousand Acres in Han-
over County joyning to the County Line on Deep Creek and Fork
Creek.
To Thomas Carr two thousand five hundred Acres of Land lying
on little Rockey Creek and the Branches of great Rockey Creek in Han-
over County.
To Thomas Eldridge one thousand acres lying on Cocks Creek
en Roanoak River in Brunswick County five Miles above Majr Robert
Munfords Land.
To George Booth twelve hundred Acres adjoyning and including
his Land on Turkey Egg Creek on Nottoway River in Prince George
County.
To John Syme one Thousand Acres of Land lying on the Branches
of Owens Creek in Hanover County.
To Howel Edmonds five hundred and twenty Acres of Land in
the County of Brunswick, the same adjoyning to a Tract of Land he
has already surveyed, and that Leave be granted him to include the sd
two Tracts in one patent.
To William Edwards one thousand Acres of Land in Brunswick
County on the South Side of Maherine River, begining at the Saponie
Indian Line, and runing down the sd River to compleat the Quantity.
To Charles Hudson two thousand Acres of Land in Hanover
County begining on Col0 Nicho8 Merriweathers Entry on the South side
of the Southanna River thence crossing to the said Camp Creek, and
up the North side of the said Camp Creek to compleat the sd Quantity.
On the Petition of Thomas Randolph Gent Leave is granted him
to include in one Patent sixteen hundred Acres of Land lying in four
different Tracts in Henrico County called the rich low Grounds, on
the North Branch of James River ; and also that Leave be given him to
survey and patent Eight hundred Acres more lying a Mile above the
said Land in the said County of Henrico.
John Wall and Mich1 Wall having joyntly petition'd this Board
for Leave to survey two thousand Acres of Land in one Tract begining
on the S° Side of Roanoak River at the old Western path, and it appear-
ing that the said Land is within the County of Brunswick; It is the
Opinion of the Council and accordingly Ordd ; That the Pet" be allowed
(if they think fitt) to survey one thousand Acres each at the place
aforesd, and to take out distinct patents for the same according to the
Directions of the Lords Justices Instructions in that behalf, and in Case
his Majty shall think fitt to allow a greater Quantity than one thousand
acres to be granted in one Tract that then the Pet" have Liberty to
include the sd two thousand acres of Land in one joint Patent.
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On the Petition of John Stewart by John Boiling his next Friend,
praying that a Tract of Land formerly surveyed for his Father on
Fighting Creek in Henrico County may be granted him without being
obliged to seat and Cultivate the same until three Years after he comes
of Age, and that the Survey"" of the said County may be directed to
return a Piatt and Survey without demanding any new Fee for that
Service in regard the sd Survey' was paid by the Pet" Father in his
Life time; It is Order'd That Col° Fran9 Epes Survey' of Henrico
County be heared before this Board as to so much of the sd petition
as relates to his Fee, and that the other part thereof be referred for
further Consideration at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer.
Whereas William Hurt Eldest son and Heir of John Hurt late of
the County of King William decd hath humbly represented to this
Board, that his said Father in his life time did take up and Survey
four hundred Acres of Land in S' Johns Parish in the aforesd County
of King William, and did return a Survey thereof into the Secretarys
Office, and soon after departed this Life, whereby it hath hapned,
that the patent for the said Land passed in the Name of the said John
Hurt some few days after his Decease ; And for as much as the sd
William Hurt hath this day made application to the Governor that for
avoiding all Disputes which may arise touching the said patent he would
be pleased to accept a Surrender of the same, and grant a new patent
for the said Land to him the said William to whom the Inheritance
thereof would have descended, in case the Grant thereof had been
passed during the Life of his said Father; The Governor (with the
advice of the Council) is pleased to order that the patent granted in the
name of the aforesaid John Hurt, for the aforesaid four hundred
Acres of Land bearing Date the twenty first day of February last past
and now surrenderd, be cancelled ; and that a new patent for the sd
Land be granted to the said William Hurt, according to the prayer of
his petition.
Whereas Information is given to this Board that Cap' John Phrip
of Norfolk County did, contrary to the Directions of a proclamation
prohibiting the Export of Corn carry out a considerable Quantity of
Indian Corn and other Grain in contempt of the Government ; It is
Ordd that his Majty3 Attorney Gen1 do prosecute the said Phrip for
that offence as soon as he returns into this Colony.
Ordd That a proclamation issue proroguing the General Assbly to
the 13th day of May next.
Whereas upon the Examination of Sawney a Saponie Indian it
does not appear that he is privy to any Design against this Government
or its Tributaries ; It is Ordd that the sd Indian be delivered to CoF
Nath1 Harrison, who is hereby impowerd either to sett him at liberty
or to restrain him from any Correspondence with the Tributarie In-
dians, according as he shall see cause from his future behaviour.
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At a Council held at the Capitol April 19th 1725
Present
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Com'7 Cole Diggs
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley
Nath Harrison John Robinson &
John Carter Esq"
The Governor laid before the Council a Letter from the R' Honble
the Lords Commiss" for Trade and plantations dated the 19th day of
May 1724, and upon reading and considering the last Paragraph of
the sd Letter wherein their Lordps are pleas'd to signify that the Method
of selling the Qtl Rent Tobacco by publick Outcry be continued ac-
cording to his Majty3 Instructions in that behalf; It is the Opinion of
this Board that the manner of Sale therein prescribed be pursued untill
the reasons for altering the same be represented to their Lordps, and
their pleasure signify'd thereon.
Whereas there appears no immediate necessity for the holding a
General Assbly according to it's last prorogation It is Order'd that the
sd Assembly be further prorogued to Thursday the 8th day of July
next ; and a proclamation was prepared and sign'd accordingly.
On the petition of Gawin Corbin Gent" Ordd that a patent be
granted him for four several Tracts containing in the whole thirteen
thousand and five hundred Acres of Land lying in the County of
Essex now Spotsylvania three of which Tracts were formerly granted
by patent to Larkin and Thomas Chew and by them sold to the sd Cor-
bin, and the remainder granted to the sd Corbin according to a former
Order of this Board.
At a Council held at the Capitol April 29th 1725
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Com" Cole Diggs
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley
John Lewis John Robinson &
Nath1 Harrison John Carter Esq"
On reading at this Board a Representation from the Court of
Richmond County setting forth that sundry persons calling themselves
protestant Dissenters have petition'd that Court for Lycence to have
a place recorded for their publick Worship according to the Tolera-
tion Act made in England in the first year of the Reign of their late
Maj,y King Wm & Queen Mary And forasmuch as the sd Court was
in doubt whether such petition ought to be granted in regard of the
Act of Assembly made in the Year 1642, and confirmed by another
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Act of Assembly made in the Year 1662 for the preservation of Purity
and Unity of Doctrine and Discipline in the Church, It is Order'd
that the Subject Matter of the said Representation be referr'd till the
next Council, and that in the mean time the Opinion of the Attorney
General, and other Council learnd in the Law be desired thereon.
On reading at this Board a Petition of the Great Men of the
Nansemond Indians complaining of the Encroachments made on their
Lands by sundry persons pretending Grants from the Government of
N° Carolina; It is Order'd that the sd petition be referred untill his
Majtys pleasure be signifyed on the project for ascertaining the Bounds
between the two Governm'8 woh by a Letter from the Rts Honble the
Lords Com3 for Trade and Plantations of the 19th of May last may be
speedily expected.
A New Commiss" of the peace for Northumberland County was
Order'd in Council ; and that John Shapley, Wm Eustall, Sam1 Bonam,
Sam1 Heath and Samuel Blackwell be added to the sd Commission.
John Grymes Esqr his Majtys Recr Gen1 making Application to
this Board to certify the Course of Exch" according to which he is
to make up his AccotB of the money received for his Majesties Q"
Rents; The Governor and Council do hereby certify that the present
difference between Current money, and Bills of Exch" is 15 per c' and
that the Recr Gen1 be allowed to charge in his Accots so much as will make
the money receiv'd by him for the last years Q" Rents Sterling at the
rate of £115 Curr1 money of this Colony for £100 Sterling.
Whereas the Officers of his Majtrs Revenue have represented that
the Rights appointed to be issued by them are already sold, and there
is a further Demand for the like Rights in order to the taking up of
Land; It is Ordd that the sd Officers be and they are hereby impower'd
to make out and issue a further number of Rights not exceeding the
Value of £500 sterl for the Conveniency of such of his Majty" Subjects
as have Occasion to purchase the same.
On the petition of Hardey Council of the County of Isle of Wight
setting forth that by patent dated the 20th day of March 1677 there was
granted to Hodges Council Father of the petnr nine hundred and forty
one Acres of Land lying in the sd County and that upon a Resurvey
of the same there is found to be within the Bounds of the said patent
two thousand four hundred acres, and praying that a new patent may
be granted him including the same surplus Land, It is Ordd that a
patent be granted accordingly he the petr producing Rights for the sd
Surplus Land found to be contained within the Bounds of the s"
Patent.
The following Petitions for Land were read & granted Viz1
To Henry Anderson for one thousand Acres in Henrico County
and two thousand in Prince George County lying between the lands of
Smacks Nibs & Deep Creeks.
To John Tallys eight hundred Acres begining at the Mouth of
Deep Creek in Prince George County.
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To Robert Hicks one thousand Acres adjoyning to the plantation
whereon he now dwells on Nottoway River in Surry County, also that
an inclusive patent be granted him for the whole.
To Richard Jones Junr four hundred and fifty Acres on the South
side of Hatches Runn in Prince George County, and adjoyning Mr
John Bannisters Line.
To John Syme Gent four thousand six hundred Acres of Land
in Hanover County, lying upon Little Creek and Owens Creek and
also Leave is granted him to include the sd Land with one thousand
Acres adjoyning to the same, formerly granted, in one patent.
To John Raybourn eight hundred Acres lying on the N° Side
of Nottoway River in Prince George County, and that he may include
the same and this Land adjoyning thereto in one patent.
On the Petition of Drury Oliver Leave is granted him to include
eight Hundred Acres of Land lying on Hatches Runn in prince George
County, and the Land formerly pattented by him, in one patent.
The Petition of Timothy Harris setting forth that he hath taken
up, and made several Surveys of Land in Prince George County lying
on the Southside of Appamatox River containing in the whole Fifteen
Hundred Acres, wch adjoyn to his Land already patented in the said
County; Leave is thereupon granted him to include the sd Fifteen
Hundred Acres, & his Land already granted him, in one patent.
On the Petition of Charles Chiswell Gent" Leave is granted him
to take up and patent three thousand Acres of Land in Hanover County
part thereof lying between Newfound River & Little River on the
Branches of Locust Creek bounding on the Land surveyed for Wm
Neble and Compny, and the other part lying on the South side of New-
found River, and bounding on the Land belonging to the Petitioner.
To John Bannister one thousand Acres lying on the N° side of
Hatches Runn in Prince George County; and An inclusive patent be
granted him for the whole.
Henry Harrison Gent" having petitiond this Board for Leave to
survey and patent two thousand Acres of Land in Brunswick County
begining about half a mile below Thomas Sessums his olde path in the
Fork of the great Creek, and runing up the Eastern Branch thereof ;
It is thereupon Ordd that the said petition be referr'd untill his Majtys
pleasure be known whether a greater Quantity than one thousand Acres
may be granted to any one person in that County And that then the
Pet* be preferred to the Grant thereof according to his present Entry,
and the Bounds described in this Petition.
To Henry Harrison one thousand Acres of Land in Brunswick
County lying in the Fork of the Great Creek, and bounding on the
Northern Fork.
To Frans Epes two thousand Acres in Henrico County begining
at a Corner of Cap1 Andersons Land upon Andersons Branch thence
on Andersons Lines, and thence on his own Lines to compleat the sd
Quantity.
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Nath1 Harrison Esqr by his Petition to this Board representing
that Valentine Minge late of the County of Charles City decd surveyed
six hundred and fifty Acres of Land lying in the County of Surry,
which sd Land was possessed by the said Minge during his Life, and
has been occupied since his Decease by the Guardians to his Children
without suing out any patent or paying Quitt Rents for the same to the
prejudice of his Majtr in his Revenue; And praying that a Grant of the
said Land may be made to him he being willing to convey the same to
the Heir of the said Minge upon repayment of his Charges and the
Arrears of Q" Rts due to his Maj""; This Board taking the said Peti-
tion into Consideration together with the Orders of the Government
heretofore issued whereby such Lands held without Patent are sub-
ject to be taken up by any person applying for the same, and adjudging
the proposal of the Petr to be very favourable; It is thereupon Ordd
That a patent be granted to the said Nath1 Harrison Esqr for the said
Land.
Anne Hamlin Executrix of the last Will and Testament of John
Hamlin late of the County of Prince George decd by her Petition setting
forth, that her said Husband in his life time by the Licence of this
Board did survey seven hundred thirty one acres of land in the said
County, but died before he obtain'd a patent for the same, and that
by his last Will and Testament he divised the said Tract of land to
be equally divided between his two sons Hubbard & Will"1 Hamlin,
and praying that a patent may be granted them for the same according
to the will aforesd It is thereupon Ordered that a patent be granted
the said Hubbard and Will"1 Hamlin for the said seven hundred thirty
one acres of land according to the prayer of the petr.
Drury Boiling on his petition hath leave granted him to survey
two thousand acres in Prince George County lying in the Seller fork
of Deep Creek and adjoining to his land formerly patented, and to take
out an inclusive patent for the whole.
On the petition of Peter Jones leave is granted him to include one
thousand acres of land lying in Prince George County lately surveyed,
& his old patented land adjoining the same in one Patent.
John James Flournoy by his petition setting forth that he hath
lately made four several Surveys of land in Henrico County containing
in the whole one thousand six hundred acres, Leave is thereupon
granted the petr to include the said Quantity of land together with
the land formerly granted him in one Patent, according to the prayer
of the pet"
James Terry on his petition hath leave granted him to survey one
thousand acres of land adjoining to his patented land in King Will'"
County and to include both tracts in one patent.
James Jones on his pet" hath leave to take up & survey Six hun-
dred & fifty acres of land in Surry County lying over against Wareek
& beginning on Thomas Griffice's Line.
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At a Council held at the Capitol May the 4th 1725
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Nath1 Harrison
James Blair Mann Page
Phil Ludwell Cole Digges &
John Lewis John Carter Esq"
The following Warrants to be paid out of his Ma"" Revenue of
2s per hhd Port duties and head money were sign'd in Council
To the Govr y2 years Sallary ending Apr 25 £ 1000
To the Council for the same time 175
To the Audr of the plantaons for the same 50
To the Sollicr of the Virginia affairs for ye same . . 50
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same 20
To the Clerk of the Council for ye like Salary .... 50
To the Armourer for the same 6
To the Gunners of the several batteries for the
same time 25
To the Min" officiating in Gen1 Court 6
To sundry Conting* Charges 36
To Henry Cary for Repairs about the Gove" house 9. 19. 10^4
And out of the Quitt Rents
To Mr Comry Blair y2 years Sallary £ 50
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same 20
The Accote of his Majtys Revenues of Quitt Rents & 2s per hhd
were this day laid before the Govr and Council, & being examined &
sworn to by the Receiver were then sign'd by the Gov' as usual.
The following Persons were this day appointed in Council to
be Sheriffs of the several Counties for the ensuing year Viz'
Prince George Robert Munford
Hannover Davd Meriwether
Surry Benj" Edward
New Kent WilP Macon
Eliza City Jos Selden
York Wra Shelden
Henrico Franc8 Epes
Isle of W1 Thos Brewer
Nansemond Barnab : Kerny
King & Queen Rob* Dudley
Stafford Townsend Dade
Middx Roger Jones
Richmond Chas Grymes
Ja9 City Ben Welden
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Norfolk Will" Crawford
K George Rob* Strother
Northumberld Chas Lee
Cha9 City Drury Stith
Essex .Benj" Robinson
Princess Anne Anth Walker
Glouster Jeffrey Flowers
Spotsylv" Thos Chew
Northampton Joe Stringer
Westmorland Jn° Elliott
Accomack Edwd Rivell
Lancaster Geo Heal
Warwick Rob* Philipson
King Wm Henry Fox
This Board having considered the representa°n of the Justices of
Richmond County together w* the opinion of his Majles Attorney
Gen1 and of John Hollo way and John Randolph Esq" to whom it
was referred to report their opinion how far the Act of Parliament
made in the first year of the Reign of their Mat'68 King Willm &
Queen Mary Entd an Act for exempting their Matles protestant Sub-
jects dissenting from the Church of England from the penalties of
certain Laws were in force in this Colony, and having also con-
sidered his Majesty's Instruction to the Governor for allowing a
liberty of Conscience to all Christians except Papists. It is the
opinion of this Board and accordingly Ordered that the dissenters
in Richmond County and their preacher on their application to the
Court of the said County & respectively taking such Oaths and
subscribing such Declaration as are prescribed & enjoin'd by the said
Act, have the free exercise of their religion at such place of publick
worship in the said County as they shall desire to be recorded by the
County Court for that purpose, so as they also observe the directions
of the said Act of Parliament at their meetings at such place of
publick worship set apart as aforesaid.
Ordered that there be paid to Mr Attorney Gen1 John Hollo way
& John Randolph Esq" two Guineas each out of his Mat78 Revenue
of 2s per hhd for their trouble in considering & giving their opinion
in the Case of the Dissenters in Richmond County.
Willm Roscow brother & Exc" of James Roscow Esq' late
Receiver Gen1 of his Mat5" Revenues representing to this Board that
in the years 1720 & 1721 the said James Roscow accounted to his
Matr for a considerable quantity of tobacco then in the hands of the
Sheriffs of Westmorland & Richmond & receiv'd for fines & for-
feitures due to his Mat7 in those Counties & that upon demanding
the said tob° the Sheriffs refuse to pay the same on pretence that
the said fines & forfeitures are due to and Claim'd by the proprietors
of the Northern neck by virtue of their letters patents & praying to
be relieved therein It is Ordered that the said pet" be referred to the
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Auditor & Receiver Gen1 of his Mat78 Revenues to consider the sub-
ject matter thereof & to report their opinion thereon to this Board.
The Governor communicating to the Council the advices he has
receivd that on th 26th of last month divers Indians plundered the
Quarter of Mr John Talliaferro near the great mountains in Spot-
sylva County and committed divers other outrages to the persons &
goods of sundry of the Inhabitants there; and particularly some of
the Guns belonging to & mark'd with the name of Spotsylvania
County, and that one John a Nottoway Indian was amongst the said
Indians ; It is ordered that it be referred to Col° Harrison to make
enquiry which of the Nottoway Indians or other Tributaries have
been out a hunting about that time and to give order for a search
to be made for the Guns and other goods so carried away, & if he
finds any of the said Tributaries to have been concerned therein that
he cause them to be secured & sent to Wmsburgh in order to their
being punished And for the better securing the Inhabitants from the
like insults for the future. It is ordered that a Warrant be prepared
for the Governor's signing impowering & requiring the commanding
Officer of the Militia in Spotsylvania County on notice given to him
of the insolencies offered by any Indians to order out parties of the
Militia to seize & apprehend all such as shall be found ranging in
those parts whither they be Tributaries or foreign Indians And in
case any such be of the five nations and have not such pasport as is
prescribed by the late articles of peace that the said commanding
officer cause every such Indian to be conveyed to Wmsburgh there to
be proceeded against according to the late act of Assembly for in-
forcing the Treaties made with foreign Indians And in Case any such
Indians shall resist, the Officers of the Militia to whom such resistance
shall be offered are to subdue them by force.
Whereas it hath been represented to this Board that divers of
the County Courts within this Colony neglect to take Bond of the
Sheriffs pursuant to the tenor of their Commissions for the due
payment as well of all such publick dues & officers fees put into their
hands to collect as for the Collection & paym' of his Mat'es Quitt
Rents & other dues, by reason of which ommission and neglect no
security is given for the Sheriffs being accountable for the Secre-
taries & County Court Clerk's fees, altho' the Sheriffs are bound by
law to collect the same if put into their hands, It is Ordered that
the respective County Courts be & they are hereby required to take
care that in the Condition of the Bond given by each Sheriff at his
entring upon his office, a Clause be inserted that such Sheriffs do
truly account for and pay all officers fees which shall be put into
their hands to collect, that so the publick Officers may have the same
security for their payment, as is given by the Sheriffs for the Execu-
tion, of the other parts of their office.
On the petition of James Baker leave is granted him to survey
& patent one thousand acres of land in Brunswick County according
to the bounds described in his pet\
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Philip Webber on his petition hath leave granted him to take up
and survey one thousand & fifty acres of land on the branches of
Tuckahee Creek in Henrico County.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 10,h day of June 1725
Present
The Governor
James Blair Peter Beverley
Philip Ludwell John Robinson &
Nath1 Harrison Jn° Carter Esq"
Ordered that a proclamation issue proroguing the Gen1 Assembly
to the third Thursday in November next, there appearing no occasion
for its meeting sooner.
For preventing the clandestine obtaining patents out of the Secre-
taries office It is ordered that no Patent be hereafter presented for the
Governors signing, untill the Survey thereof and the Rights have been
lodged in the Secretaries Office for one month at least, to the end all
persons concerned in interest may have time to make their application
if they have any pretensions to the lands thereby intended to be granted.
Whereas divers persons enter Caveats in the Secret'" office for
stopping the granting patents for lands, and for want of proper descrip-
tions of the places of Residence of the persons whose patents are
desir'd to be stopped, due notice of such Caveats cannot be sent them.
It is therefore Ordered that whenever any person shall enter a Caveat
against issuing any patent for land, such person shall in convenient time
thereafter give notice to the party concerned to appear before this
Board at the next succeeding Court of Oyer & Terminer & make out
his pretensions to the land desired to be patented & if upon due proof
that such notice was given, either party fail to attend, or to shew some
reasonable Cause of excuse, this Board will proceed to the granting the
said land to the party that shall appear, and make out his pretensions to
the same.
Whereas Henry Irby, John Donnet & Pallister Bowles have been
suspected of divers Robberies and Felonies, and Warrants have issued
for apprehending them in the respective Counties wherein they did
reside, and the said offenders have since withdrawn themselves and fled
from Justice It is Ordered that a proclamation issue promising a reward
of twenty pounds cur* money for apprehending each of the said per-
sons, & delivering them into the publick Goal at Willm8burgh in order
to their tryal. And it is further Ordered that a letter be written to the
Governor of N° Carolina desiring him to give directions for securing
them, in case they should escape into that Province.
Archibald Richil being convicted of Burglary & Felony before the
Court of Oyer & Terminer held yesterday, but upon his tryal there
appearing divers favourable circumstances to render him a fit object
of his Mat"" mercy, It is the unanimous opinion of the Council that he
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be pardoned, & accordingly Ordered that his Matlc9 Attorney Gen1 do
prepare a pardon for the said Richil.
On the petition of Bowler Cocke & Tarleton Fleming Devisees of
Charles Fleming decd, It is Ordered that a new Patent be granted the
petitioners for 1430 acres of land formerly granted by patent to the
said Charles according to the bounds surveyed and that they have leave
to add thereto 260 acres on one side & 550 on the other being wast land
adjoining thereto, and to include the whole in the same patent.
Whereas the Vestries of the respective parishes of Lawnes Creek
in the County of Surry & Newport in the County of Isle of Wight have
made complaint to the Governor against John Worden & Thomas Baylie
Clerks Ministers of the said parishes for many notorious immoralities
& other offences, and praying that they may be admitted to bring evi-
dences for proving the said immoralities & offences, & that the said
Ministers may be thereupon suspended from officiating any longer in
the said parishes.
And Whereas heretofore the like Complaints have been examined
by the Lord Bishop of London's Commissary, and tho' the present Lord
Bishop of London having declared his intention to constitute the Rev-
erend James Blair his Commissary, yet his Commission not being as
yet arriv'd whereby he conceives himself not sufficiently authorized to
act in that Capacity, It is the opinion of the Council that the Complain-
ants be admitted to make such proof as they think fit in relation to the
behaviour of the respective Ministers before the Governor in Council,
and after such examination it will be proper to consider what ought
further to be done for the relief of the said Complainants; And ac-
cordingly the Gov1" was pleased to appoint to morrow morning for hear-
ing as well the said Vestries as the said Worden and Baylie whose wit-
nesses are now attending in Town.
June the 11th 1725
Present
The Governor
James Blair Peter Beverley
Philip Ludwell Jn Robinson &
Nath1 Harrison Jn Carter Esq"
Whereas upon hearing the matter of the Compl' exhibited yester-
day by the Vestry of New Port Parish against Thomas Baylie Clerk
their Minister, It is agreed between the said parties that the said Baylie
will not at any time hereafter take upon him to act as Minister of the
said parish, but shall forthwith remove himself out of the same, and in
some convenient time depart this Colony. And the said Vestry did
thereupon agree on their part, to pay the said Baylie his Sallary from
the 11th of Novr last to this day, at the rate of eighteen thousand pounds
of Tobacco per annum; But whereas the said Baylie did insist that he
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ought to be paid his full sallary for the Cur1 year, both parties did
thereupon agree to submit the same to the determination of the Govr
in Council, as by their submission subscribed with their hands may more
at large appear. The Governor taking the said Submission into Con-
sideration and being inform'd that the said Baylie is much in debt, and
hath a wife & family in very mean and necessitous Circumstances, there-
fore to enable him to depart this Colony according to his engagement,
and to prevent his, or his familys becoming chargeable to the parish
wherein he now resides, the Governor with the advice of the Council
is pleased to order & award that the said Baylie's full sallary which
would have been due in case he had served the Cure to the 11th of
Novemr next, be paid him at the laying of the next parish levy. And
it is further ordered that the witnesses attending at the examination be
paid their necessary Charges & Expenses, & no more be levied on the
Inhabitants of the said parish.
Upon hearing this day the humble petition and Complaint of the
Vestry of Lawnes Creek parish against John Worden Clerk their Minis-
ter, & divers depositions of witnesses being taken as well on behalf of
the said Vestry as of the said Worden, it fully appearing to this Board
that the petitioners have made out the Articles of their Complaint, and
that the said Worden hath been guilty of many notorious Immoralities
& scandalous offences, & thereupon the said Worden acknowledging his
guilt, did humbly desire the Governors leave to depart this Colony,
promising not to officiate any more as a Minister within the same ; upon
which the said Worden was dismist.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 19th day of October 1725
Present
The Governor
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley
John Lewis John Robinson &
Nath1 Harrison John Carter Esqr
The Governor desiring the opinion of the Council if there be any
immediate occasion for the Assemblies meeting according to their last
prorogation & the Council being of opinion that there is none It is
Ordered that a proclamation issue for proroguing the Assembly to
Thursday the 12th day of May next.
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October the 29th 1725
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Mann Page
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley
John Lewis Jn Robinson &
Nath1 Harrison John Carter Esq"
Ordered that a new Commision of the peace issue for the County
of Middlesex, and that Armistead Churchill, Edmund Berkley and
Humphry Jones Gent be added to the said Commission
The Gunner at James City being lately dead, & there appearing
no further occasion for such an Officer It is Ordere*d that the Sallary
formerly allowed to the Gunner there be from henceforth discontinued.
The following Warrants on the Receiver Gen1 to be paid out of
his Mat169 Revenues, were this day sign'd by the Governor in Council.
Out of the 2s per hhd &c
To the Gov1" y2 years sallary ending ye 25th in-
stant £ 1000,,—,,—
To the Gen' of the Council for the same time. . „ 175,, — „ —
To the Audr Gen1 of the planta°ns for the same. „ 50„ — ,, —
To the Soir of the Virginia affairs for the
same time „ 50„ — ,, —
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same time ....,, 20„ — „ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time . ,, 50,, — „ —
To Wm Prentis for so much paid divers Min-
isters for their attendance on General
Court „ 6„ — „ —
To Wm Prentis for paying the Gunners of the
several Batteries „ 23„ — „ —
To Willm Prentis for sundry expresses and
other contingent Charges „ 64,,12„ \Y\
To Henry Cary for sundry repairs about the
Governors house „ 24„ 7„\0y2
And out of the Quitt Rents
To Mr Comry Blair J/2 years Sallary ending the
25th instant £ 50„ — ,, —
To the Attorney Gen1 l/2 year salary for ye
same time £ 30,, — „ —
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November 5th 1725
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Nath1 Harrison
James Blair Peter Beverley &
Philip Ludwell John Carter Esq"
On reading at this Board the humble petition of John Den-
net a prisoner in the public Goal under sentence of death to-
gether with a representation in his behalf from the principal In-
habitants of the County of New Kent & Hannover humbly repre-
senting the steps by which the said Dennet has unhappily been
inveigled & drawn into the Commission of those felonies for
which he is now condemned and his great penitence for the same,
and humbly praying the Governor to extend his Majesties mercy
to him, The Council are of opinion and do advise the Governor
to grant a pardon to the said Dennet, upon his entring into bond
with four sufficient sureties, himself in one hundred pounds
sterling, and each of his securities in the like sum for his good
behavior for one year after his enlargement out of prison.
Whereas by Orders from their Excellencies the Lords Jus-
tices, his Matles pleasure hath been signified to allow any person
desiring the same one thousand acres of land in the Counties of
Brunswick & Spotsylv" free from the purchase of Rights or pay-
ment of Quitt Rents for the term of seven years to be computed
from the first of May 1721. The Governor with the advice of
the Council is pleased to order that the Surveyors of the said
Counties be and they are hereby impowered to receive Entries
from any person not having taken the benefit of the like indul-
gence before any quantity of land, not exceeding a thousand
acres to be granted by patent without purchase of Rights, but
if any one shall be desirous of a greater quantity in either of
those Counties, the said Surveyors are not to receive Entries for
the same without the usual licence from this Board and produc-
ing Rights for the whole quantity so entred for.
A Form of the patents to be granted for lands in the Coun-
ties of Brunswick & Spotsylvania without Rights or payment of
Quitt Rents was this day laid before the Board and approved.
Ordered that the Surveyor of the County of Isle of Wight
give publick notice to the persons seated on the South Side of
Nottoway River above the land lately granted to Col" John Allen,
that they do with all convenient speed survey their several
Entries and sue out patents for the same in due time or other-
wise that the said Surveyor be at liberty to receive the Entries
of any other persons who shall be desirous to take up the same
Sundry petitions for leave to take up wast land were read
and granted as follows
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To Nathan1 Harrison Esqr 12000 acres in Surry County be-
tween the lines of his own land and those of David Crawley, Willm
Wych, Richd Parker, James Vaughan and Ambrose Jackson, and
to include the same together with the land formerly granted him
at that place in one patent.
To Thomas Randolph Gent 10000 acres near the mountains
of Willis's Creek in Henrico County.
To Edward Booker 2000 acres on the fork of Nibs Creek
and on Blackwells Island in Henrico County.
To David Walker 1500 acres joining on his patented land
on Buckskin Creek in Prince George's County.
To Thomas Randolph 800 acres in Henrico County joining
on the lines of Turpin Pleasant & the pet" own land between
Fine Creek and upper Manican Creek.
To John Parsons 1500 acres in Surry County lying between
the lines of his own land, and those of Richd Wiggins, William
Cooper Washingtons, Edward Scarborough & William Proctor
with leave to include the same in one patent with his lands
thereto adjoining.
To John Parsons 1000 acres in Isle of Wight County be-
tween the lines of his own land and those of John Hill, Richd
Hill, Robert Hill & Robt Hill Junr with leave to include
the same in one patent with his other lands thereto adjoining.
To Henry Anderson 1000 acres joining on his patented land
on Swem Creek, and on the branches of Deg Creek on Appo-
matuck River in Henrico County.
At a Council held at Wm3burgh the 15th day
of December 1725
Present
The Honble Hugh Drysdale his Mattics Lieutenant Governor
James Blair Cole Digges
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley &
Nath1 Harrison John Carter Esq"
Richard Fitzwilliam Esqr producing a letter from their Ex-
cellcy" the Lords Justices directing his being sworn and admitted
one of his Matles Council in Virginia, South Carolina and Jamaica.
The said Richard Fitzwilliam accordingly had administred to
him by the Governor and took the oath appointed by act of
Parliament to be taken instead of the oaths of Allegiance & Su-
premacy, the Abjuration oath, subscribed the Test, and took also
the Oath of a Counsellor
Richard Fitzwilliam Esqr producing his Commission from
the Honble the Commiss™ of his Matles Customs, constituting him
Surveyor Gen1 of the Customs in South America, and having
this day taken the Oaths appointed by Act of Parliament to be
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taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance & Supremacy, the ab-
juration Oath, and subscribed the Test, took also the oath of
his office for the due observation of the Acts of Trade.
Present Richd Fitzwilliam Esq'
Nathan1 Harrison Esqr Deputy Auditor of his Matles Reve-
nues moving for directions whether he shall now demand the
Quitt Rents of all Tracts of land exceeding one thousand acres
taken up & patented in the Counties of Brunswick & Spotsyl-
vania It is the opinion of this Board that in regard his Mat169
pleasure upon the memorial sent home concerning the said Lands
may be expected in a short time, the Consideration of this mo-
tion be referred till the next Council.
On the application of the Court of King William County
Ordered that a new Commission of the peace issue for the said
County, and that Nathanael West and John Cham be added to
the present Justices in the said Commission
On reading at this Board the petition of Anthony Armistead
and Simon Hollier Gent in behalf of themselves, and the greater
number of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the parish of Eliza-
beth City, complaining of the great hardships & inconveniences
under which the Inhabitants of the said parish have long time
laboured by means of the scituation of their parish Church, and
other proceedings of a pretended Vestry are still endeavouring
to increase the grievances of the people by building a new Church
at a place yet more inconvenient than the former, and praying
that they may be heard before this Board to shew cause why
the said pretended Vestry ought to be dissolved, It is Ordered
that a Copy of this petition be sent to the said Vestry of Eliz*
City parish, and that the several parties be heard thereon before
this board on the first day of next General Court, and that the
said Vestry do not proceed any further in contracting for or
building the said new Church untill such hearing.
Thomas Gambrell of the County of Spotsylvania having
entred a Caveat for stopping a patent to William Smith Gent
for 380 acres of land lying upon East North East River, or
Sponsbury Brook in Spotsylvania County, and the said Gambrell
having by an instrument in writing this day laid before the
Board released unto the said William Smith all his Right and
Interest in and to the said 380 acres of land, It is ordered that
the said William Smith have a Patent for the same.
Nicholas Meriwether Gent by his petition setting forth that
by order of the Governor in Council the 7th of March 1721 leave
was granted to Philip Ludwell Esqr this petr and one Chris-
topher Clark to take up 10,000 acres of land in the County of
Hannover, beginning at a little mountain on the South side of
the River Northanna & extending Southerly along the foot of
the little mountains towards the branches of the Southanna &
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James River; That the Interest of the said Philip Ludwell &
Christopher Clark was soon after transferred to him, who imme-
diately endeavoured to have the said Tract laid off ; but upon
the Surveyors going- to lay out the same, it appeared that the
far greater part thereof had been included within the line run
for the bounds of the County of Spotsylvania, and that several
persons had possessed themselves thereof by virtue of Entries
made with the Surveyor of that County, and praying that so
much of the said Tract of land as lyes within the County of
Hannover may be granted him with liberty to survey in one or
more Tracts so much more as will compleat the quantity of
10,000 acres in any other place or places within the said County
of Hannover not already granted or entred for by any other per-
son. It is accordingly ordered that leave be granted the said
Nicholas Meriwether to survey that part of the aforesaid 10,000
acres which lyes in the County of Hannover ; and that he have
liberty to compleat the said quantity of 10,000 acres out of any
of the vacant lands within the sd County in as many several sur-
veys as he shall think fitt, provided that within three months
from the date of this Order, he make due Entry with the Sur-
veyors describing the particular places where he intends to take
up the said lands and the several quantities intended to be in-
cluded in each survey.
On the petition of Richard Williams setting forth that in
the year 1711 he obtained licence from the then Governor to build
a Grist Mill on a Tract of land which he had formerly survey'd
on the Cypress Swamp supposed then to be within the Province
of Carolina and praying that since the said land appears now to
ly within the County of Nansemond in this Colony, the Sur-
veyor of that County may be directed and impowered to lay off
the same for him, and that he may have a patent granted there-
upon. It is Ordered that the petr have leave to survey the said
Tract of land according to the bounds described in his first sur-
vey made by the Officer of North Carolina, but that before he
obtain any patent for the same, he pay all arrears of Quitt Rents
then due from the time of his first seating thereon according to
the Conditions of the licence aforesaid by which he hath hitherto
possessed the said land.
The following petitions for taking up wast land were read
and granted Viz :
To Daniel Stonar 4000 acres of land in the fork of great
Guinea Creek on Appomatuck River in Price George County
To Isaac Winston, William Morris, George Alves, John
Syme & John Mackie 5000 acres in Henrico County to be taken
up in one or more Tracts joining on the County line where it
crosses Deep Creek and Fork Creek which run into Pamunkey
River & extending upon the head of the said Creeks and branches
of James River.
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To Charles Hudson & Joel Chandler 2000 acres in Henrico
County beginning- on the Ridge between James River and Appo-
matuck River.
John Carter Esq' by his petition setting forth that there
was formerly granted by patent to Edward Hill Esq' 3000 acres
of land in the County of King Willm which said land is now
come and descended to Elizabeth the wife of the petr and upon
a resurvey appears to contain 4740 acres, It is according to the
prayer of the petr Ordered that a new patent be granted to the
said John Carter and his wife and their heirs for the said land,
expressing the true quantity contain'd within the actual bounds
as it is now survey'd.
On the petition of John Bacon Gent setting forth that by
Patent dated the 23d of April 1681 there was granted to M"
Frances Izard 1036 acres 5 poles of land in Henrico County,
which land is now descended and come to the petr, but upon a
resurvey of the said patent there is found to be 1600 acres con-
tained within the bounds therein described, and praying that a
new patent be granted him for the full quantity contained within
the said bounds. It is accordingly Ordered that upon the pet"
returning a survey of the said Tract into the Secretaries office, a
new patent be granted him for the same.
John Allen Gent on his petition hath leave granted him to
survey and patent 325 acres of land on the South side of Notto-
way River in Surry County formerly surveyed by one John
Sowel & by him deserted.
John Martin Gent on his petition hath leave granted him to
enter for and survey 400 acres of land in Henrico County formerly
entred in the name of one John Hughes and by him deserted, and
the Surveyor of Henrico County is directed to include the same
in one Survey with a tract of 3000 acres entred for by the petr,
by licence from this Board to which the sd land is adjoining.
George Robertson Clerk on his petition hath leave granted
him to survey and patent 1500 acres of land in prince George
County on the upper side of Flatt Creek adjoining to the land
of Richard Kennon.
At a Council held the 22d of April 1726
Present
The Governor
James Blair Peter Beverley
Philip Ludwell John Robinson
Nath1 Harrison John Carter &
Mann Page Rich11 Fitzwilliam Esq"
The Governor was pleased to desire the opinion of the Coun-
cil whether it be not for his Mat'" service that the present Col-
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lectors of his Majesties Customs in this Colony be appointed
Justices of the peace in the respective Counties where they reside,
the better to enable them to do their duty in detecting illegall
Trade, and seizing prohibited goods, It is accordingly Ordered
that the present Coll" be appointed Justices in the next Com-
missions of the peace that shall be issued for the Counties where
they respectively dwell.
On reading at this Board a letter from Mr Leheup Sollicitor
of the Virginia affairs dated the 19th of January last informing
the Governor that his Mat'" Attorney and Sollicitor Gen1 were
preparing a Report upon the queries transmitted from hence re-
lating to the Grants of land in the Counties of Brunswick and
Spotsylvania, It is the opinion of this Board that the demanding
Ouitt Rents for the lands in those Counties be respited till his
Majesties pleasure be further known therein.
On the application of the Justices of the Counties of Henrico
and Princess Anne, It is ordered that new Commissions of the
peace issue for the said Counties with the addition of the several
persons recommended by the said respective Courts.
The Inhabitants of the parish of Elizabeth City petitioning
against the Vestry of the said parish this day attended the Board
together with the persons deputed by the said Vestry, and the
latter moving for Council to be assigned them, and the former
for leave to examine witnesses in the County who are ancient
and unable to travell. This Board do accordingly assign John
Randolph Esqr Council for the said Vestry, and it is Ordered
that such witnesses as the pet" shall judge material to prove
the allegations of their petition be examined on Oath by any
Justice of the peace of Elizabeth City County, and their deposi-
tions returned to the Council Office to be made use of at the
hearing of both parties which is hereby appointed to be on the
last Thursday in May next.
On reading at this Board the petition of John Clayton Esq'
his Matles Attorney Gen1 setting forth that he hath been resident
in this Country for above twenty years last past, in which time
many great alterations have happened in his affairs in England,
which necessarily require his attendance, and praying leave to
be absent from his Office of Attorney Gen1 for one year, he
having engaged John Randolph Esqr to execute that office during
his absence. The Governor in Council approving of that nomi-
nation is pleased to grant leave to the petr to be absent for the
time above mentd according to the prayer of his said petr.
William Sumner of the County of Nansemond by his peti-
tion setting forth that by Inquisition taken the 9th of May 1702
one hundred acres of land in the said County were found to
Escheat from Thomas Hampton Clerk, which land was by the
general Court held the 23d of April 1703 ordered to be equally
divided between Joseph Ellis & John Lear, that the said Joseph
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Ellis long since conveyed his right & title to one moiety of the
said land to one Daniel Sullivan who is since dead, leaving a
Widow and two daughters the eldest of which is now the wife of
the petr, that the said land has been possessed by the said Ellis
and Lear and those claiming under them ever since the said 23d
of April 1703, who have constantly paid the Quitt Rents for the
same and that the petitioner hath but lately discovered that no
patent hath issued on the said Inquisition, therefore praying that
the Surveyor of the said County of Nansemond do survey and
return a plott of the said land, and that the petr may have a
grant thereof, he being ready to pay the composition, and to
secure the right of the widow & youngest daughter of the said
Daniel Sullivan to their part therein. The Governor with the
advice of the Council is pleased to order as it is hereby ordered
that the Surveyor of the said County of Nansemond do survey
and return a plott of the said land, and that upon the petr*
producing Certificates of his having paid the Composition due to
his Majesty, and secured to the Widow and youngest daughter
of the aforementioned Daniel Sullivan their Right to one moiety
of the said Tract to their satisfaction, a patent be granted him
for the said land.
On reading at this Board a petition of David Bray Gent set-
ting forth that in the year 1724 William Todd of King and Queen
County, John Taliaferro of Spotsylvania County, and John Battail
of Essex County severally entred with the Surveyor of Spotsyl-
vania County for 4675 acres of land each in the said County, and
had the same surveyed & the Survey and plott of each of their
Dividends was delivered them in the month of June 1724 but no
patent sued out thereon pursuant to the orders of Government
in that behalf made, and praying that he may be admitted to
enter for the same land being willing to produce Rights for the
same, and to pay the Quitt Rents, It is Ordered that the said
Todd, Taliaferro & Battail be summoned to attend the Governor
in Council at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer, to show
cause why the said lands shall not be granted to the petr.
April the 28th 1726
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Robinson
Will™ Byrd John Carter &
Peter Beverley Richd Fitzwilliam Esq"
The Governor was pleased to acquaint the Council that he
called them together at this time to advise upon supplying the
place of Naval Officer and Receiver of the Virginia Duties in
the lower District of James River in the room of Mr Henry
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Irwin whose Securities had apply'd to him to be discharged and
that Mr Irwin's circumstances were such as he was credibly in-
form'd no man would be bound for him, he therefore proposed
Mr Wilson Cary as a fit person to execute that office, and the
Council declaring they know no objection against him. The
Governor was thereupon pleased to appoint the said Wilson Cary
Naval Officer and Receiver of that District.
A new Commission of the peace for the County of Spotsyl-
vania was this day Ordered to issue with the addition of such
persons recommended to be Justices of the said County.
Present Nathan1 Harrison Esq'
The Accompts of contingent Charges and for repairing the
Governor's house were this day examined in Council and passed.
On the Motion of John Grymes Esqr Receiver Gen1 of his
Mat,es Revenues, it is hereby certified that the Common difference
between Virginia Currency and Bills of Exchange is fifteen per
Cent. And the said Receiver Gen1 is hereby allowed to charge
so much in his acco* for all the sums received by him for his
Maties Quitt Rents the last year.
May the 3d 1726
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Peter Beverley
James Blair John Robinson
Philip Ludwell John Carter &
Mann Page Richd Fitzwilliam Esq"
His Majestie's letter under his Royal sign Manual dated the
4th of February 1725/6 signifying his Matles Royal Will and
pleasure to the Governor for admitting & swearing John Grymes
Esqr one of his Matles Council of this Colony was presented &
read, and thereupon the said John Grymes took the oaths ap-
pointed by Act of Parliament to be taken instead of the oaths
of Allegiance & Supremacy the Abjuration oath, subscribed
the Test, and took the oath of Counsellor.
Present John Grymes Esq1"
The Governor communicated to the Council a letter from Mr
Leheup Sollicitor of the Virginia affairs inclosing a Copy of
the Report of the Attorney & Sollicitor Gen1 on the Queries
sent from hence relating to the grants of land in the Counties
of Brunswick & Spotsylvania, and the same were read, together
with an account of sundry Charges expended by the said Mr
Leheup on the public affairs of this Colony, It is ordered that
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his Mat'" Receiver Gen1 do discharge the said Acco' out of the
Revenue of 2s per hogshead in his hands.
The Governor in Council was pleased to appoint the follow-
ing persons to be Sheriffs of the several Counties for the ensuing
year Viz*
Henrico Jn° Bedford
Surry Benj" Edwards
Isle Wight Thos Brewer
Prince Geo Willm Harrison
Nansemond Barnaby Kearney
Norfolk Jn° Hare
Princess Anne Willoug : Merch'
Eliz" City Ja3 Selden
Warwick Wm Cole
York * Graves Packe
James City Robt Goodrich
New Kent Jn° Sclater
Hannover Dav Meriwether
Chas City Fran Hardyman
King Wm Jn° Butts
King & Qn John Leigh
Glocester Francis Willis
Midd1 Chr. Robinson
Essex Thos Waring
Spotsylv* Goodrich Lightf oot
K. George Wm Strother
Richmond Ja3 Belfield
Lancaster James Ball
Northumberld Chas Lee
Westmorl" John Elliot
Stafford Wm Stork
Accomack Jn° Kendall
Northampton Jacob Stringer
On the motion of his Mat'63 Receiver Gen1 It is ordered that
a number of new Rights not exceeding £500 Sterling be made
out for supplying such of the Inhabitants as shall be desirous to
take up new land.
The following Warrants on the Receiver Gen1 to be paid out
of his Matles Revenues were this day signed by the Governor in
Council Viz'.
Out of the 2s per hhd &c
To the Govr for y2 years Salary ending y" 25
Apr £ 1000,.—,,—
To the Gent of the Council for the same time. 175,, — ,, —
To the Judges of the Court of Oyer & Ter-
miner held in Decr last 100,, — „ —
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To the AucT Gen1 of the Planta°ns j4 years
Salary 50,, — „ —
To the Sollicr of the Virginia affairs for the
same 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same 20„ — „ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same 50„ — „ —
To Wm Prentis for y2 years salary to ye sev1
Gunners 20„ — „ —
To the Armourer for the like Salary 6„ — „ —
To sundry Mine3 for their attendance on Gen1
Court 6„ — „ —
To Wm Prentis for sundry contingent Charges. 62„ 7„11^4
To the same for sundry repairs about the Gov"
House 13„ 9„ —
And out of the Quitt Rents
To Mr Comry Blair y2 years salary ending the
25th of April £ 50„— „—
To the Attorney Gen1 ]/2 years additional Sal-
ary 30„— „—
At a Council held June ye 3d 1726
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter John Carter
Philip Ludwell Richd Fitzwilliam &
Peter Beverley John Grymes Esq"
The accots of his Mat1*8 Revenue of Quitt Rents and 2s per
hogshead having been examined by the Auditor were this day
sworn to by the Receiver Gen1 and certified by the Governor
as usual.
Ordered that new Commissions of the peace issue for the
Counties of Prince George and York, and that the several per-
sons recommended by those Courts be appointed Justices therein
respectively.
Present Mr Commissary Blair
The Governor acquainted the Council that the ill state of
his health obliged him to the resolution of going for Engld in
a short time, and since by the Governor's Commission, the ad-
ministration of the Government is in his absence to devolve on
the first of the Council who is Col° Jenings & for two years
past has been incapable of attending this Board, and is said to
be so far decayed in his understanding as to be unfit for the
execution of that Trust, he desired the advice of the Council if
it be for his Matles service that he leave the administration in
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the said Col0 Jenings's hands. Whereupon the Council being
desirous to consider more maturely before they deliver their
opinion in a matter of this weight, It is therefore Resolved that
the consideration hereof be referred till the 24th instant, and
that all the members of the Council have notice to attend at
that time.
June the 7th 1726
Present
The Governor
James Blair Peter Beverley
Philip Ludwell John Robinson
Cole Digges John Carter &
Rich" Fitzwilliam Esq"
The Governor was pleased to acquaint the Council that he
intended this day to put an end to the present Session .of As-
sembly, and having called for the several bills prepared this Ses-
sion to be passed into laws, desired the opinion of the Council
if there be any matter contd in those bills unfit for him to give
his assent unto ; the Council thereupon did declare their opinion
that the several Bills prepared this Session are well suited to
the circumstances of this Colony, and contain nothing deroga-
tory from his Majesties prerogative, prejudicial to the trade of
Great Britain, nor disagreeable to his Matles Royal Instructions.
The Governor was pleased to take notice of a representation
prepared by the Council and Burgesses relating to a Judgment
given on an appeal to his Mat7 in his privy Council in a suit
between the Excrs of Micajah and Richard Perry of London Mer-
chants and the Exc" of William Randolph Gent, and de-
sired to know the opinion of the Board if it be proper for him
to concern himself in the transmitting the said Representa-
tion to his Mat7. Whereupon the Council do humbly represent
that by his Mat1*' Instructions all Addresses & representa°ns
from any of the plantations, are directed to be transmitted to
his Mat7 by the hands of the respective Governors ; that the Gen-
eral Assembly hath no other liberty of Conveying this Repre-
sentation, unless the Governor thinks fit to refuse the transmitting
it ; in which case it may be presented to his Mat7 by an Agent
appointed for that purpose; but as the General Assembly have
not presumed in this representation to offer any thing but with
the greatest duty and submission to his Mat7 and such as they
conceive absolutely necessary for the good of his subjects here.
The Council are therefore of opinion that it is proper for the
Governor to transmit the said Representation in the usual man-
ner directed by his Instructions, and that the Sollicitor of the
Virginia affairs be desired to attend the Secretary of State, and
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wherever else it shall be necessary for obtaining his Mat'8' most
gracious answer thereto
James Torse Gent Naval Officer of the Eastern shore desiring
to be discharged from that office, the Governor with the advice
of the Council was pleased to appoint Edmund Scarborough
Gent to be Naval Officer of that District
Ordered that a new Commission of the peace issue for the
County of Hannover with the addition of sundry persons recom-
mended to be Justices of the said County.
Upon Consideration of a proper time for the next meeting of
Assembly, It is the opinion of the Council that this Assembly
be prorogued to thursday the 17th of November next.
At a Council held at the Gov" House
The 14th day of June 1726
Present
The Governor
James Blair Peter Beverley
Philip Ludwell John Robinson
Will1" Byrd John Carter
Mann Page Richd Fitzwilliam &
Cole Digges John Grymes Esq"
The following petitions for leave to take up & survey his
majesties lands were read and granted to the persons after-
mentioned Viz1.
Richard Jones Junr 1000 acres on the south side Hatche's
Run, and adjoining to John Bannister's line in Price George
County.
John Paterson 1000 acres joining to his plantation in Isle
of Wight County, provided the same doth not come within the
limits assigned for the Nansemond Indians, nor the controverted
bounds between this Colony and Carolina
Sam1 Brown 900 acres adjoining to his patented lands in
Isle of Wight County, provided it doth not come within the
controverted bounds, nor the limits assigned for the Nansemond
Indians.
Robert Boiling Gent 2000 acres adjoining to the lines of his
patented lands on Namasine Creek in Prince George County
Edmund Berkley Gent 6000 acres joining on the land of
Capt John Martin between the Rivers Byrd and Northanna in
Henrico County.
George Booth 100 acres adjoining to his patented lands be-
tween Stonie and Saponie Creeks in Surry County with liberty
to take an inclusive patent for the whole.
Drury Stith Gent 2500 acres adjoining to his patented land
on Saponie Creek in Prince George County, with liberty to take
an inclusive patent for the whole.
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Thomas Harris 2000 acres on Appomatuck River in Prince
George County adjoining to his patented lands there, with liberty
to take an inclusive patent for the whole.
William Bridger 1000 acres in Isle of Wight County, on the
south side Nottoway River, beginning on the County line, and
the line of Richard Williams, and running down the said line,
& the line of Colo John Allen to Nottoway River, and down the
same to Bean Creek, and up the said Creek to the said Williams's
land where it begins, provided the same be not within the bounds
of the lands formerly assigned for the Nansemond Indians.
Silvanus Stokes 2000 acres adjoining to his planta°n in Surry
County with liberty to take an inclusive patent for the whole.
Nathan1 Malone 1000 acres adjoining to his patented and
purchased lands on Stonie and Saponie Creeks in the County of
Surry, with leave to take an inclusive patent for the whole.
Stith Boiling Gent 500 acres adjoining to his patented land
on Buckskin Creek in Prince George County, with liberty to take
an inclusive patent for both Tracts.
John Vasser 500 acres adjoining on the land of Sam1 Brown
in Isle of Wight County, provided the same doth not fall within
the limits assigned for the Nansemond Indians, nor within the
controverted bounds.
Bartholomew Crowder 2000 acres, adjoining to his patented
lands on the branches of Mahuponnock Creek in Prince George
County, with liberty to have an inclusive patent for both tracts.
Gawin Corbin Gent 3000 acres adjoining to the lands now
held by him on the River Po in Spotsylvania County, with liberty
to have an inclusive patent for both tracts, upon his producing
Rights for the same, and subject to the payment of Quitt Rents
as other lands in this Colony.
Alexr Atree [or Acree] Junr 550 acres on the Cypress swamp
and on the head line of Col° John Allen's land in Isle of Wight
County, provided the same be not within the limits assign'd for
the Nansemond Indians nor within the controverted bounds.
Arthur Whitehead 1300 acres in Isle of Wight County in
three several Tracts, the first lying along Col° John Allen's
line from the miry branch to the Cabbin branch, the second on
the line of the said Allen on the lower side of the great meadow
& up the same to Doctor's branch, and the third beginning at
Braswell's path on the south side of the aforesaid Cabbin branch,
and up the same into the woods.
William Mayo Gent 3000 acres on Fine Creek in Henrico
County.
Thomas Randolph Gent 1200 acres on both sides the north
branch of James River at a place called Buck Island in Henrico
County.
John Boiling Gent 800 acres on the back of a tract called
Rock Castle on James River in Henrico County.
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John Woodson 1250 acres on Mill Creek at Dover in Henrico
County.
John Woodson 1150 acres at Deep Creek in Henrico County.
Bowler Cocke 1200 acres beginning at David Lisle's upper
corner near Muddy Creek in Henrico County.
Bowler Cock and Willm Mayo 3000 acres on the north side
the western branch of the great fork of Deep Creek in Henrico
County, & running down & crossing the said Creek to compleat
the said quantity.
James Keith 750 acres on the north side of Stonie Creek in
Prince George County, including the land purchased by him of
Edward Colwell.
John Woodson on his petition hath leave granted him to
enter for 2234 acres of surplus land found within the bounds of
a patent granted John Woodson father to the petr called Dover,
and to take out a new patent for the true quantity contain'd
within the courses of the said patent, he producing Rights for
such surplus land.
On hearing this day in Council the matter in dispute between
David Bray Gent & William Todd of the County of King and
Queen Gent concerning a Grant of two tracts of land each con-
taining 4675 acres surveyed for the said Todd and John Battail
whose Entry hath been since transferred to the said Todd. It
appearing to this Board that the said Todd did in due time make
application for a patent, and that the same was delayed in ex-
pectation of receiving his Mat'es Commands, It is the opinion of
this Board that the said William Todd have a patent for the
said two tracts of land, and the aforesaid petition as to him be
dismissed.
At a Council held June 15,h 1726
Present
The Governor
James Blair Peter Beverley
Philip Ludwell John Robinson
William Byrd John Carter &
Mann Page John Grymes Esq"
On hearing this day at the Board the petition of David Bray
Gent for a grant of 4675 acres of land in Spotsylvania County
formerly surveyed for John Taliaferro the 31st of March 1724,
and no patent sued out thereon pursuant to the orders of Govern-
ment, and a counter petition exhibited by Thomas Beale the
elder, Thomas Beale the younger and Dan1 Hornby claiming by
Entries made by them for the same lands upon the said Talia-
ferro's resigning his entry and survey. This Board, having fully
heard & considered the arguments of both parties by their Coun-
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cil, and the several circumstances of the case, are of opinion that
the Entry of John Taliaferro and the Claim of the said Beale
and Hornby under him are void for not sueing out patents thereon
according to the orders of Government, and that therefore the
petr David Bray be admitted to enter for the said whole tract
of 4675 acres formerly surveyed for the said John Taliaferro,
but forasmuch as it appears to this Board that Thomas Beale
the elder and Daniel Hornby have seated and made divers Im-
provements on those parts of that Tract surveyed for them, the
benefit of which will accrue to the said Bray, It is the further
opinion of the board, that the Charge of the seating & improve-
ments afores" be repaid to the said Beale and Hornby, And it
is accordingly Ordered that upon the said Brays returning a
Survey of the said lands to the Secretaries office, producing Rights
for the same, & paying the Charges & value of the Improve-
ments aforesaid, a patent be granted him for the same ; but if
any Controversie shall arise between the parties touching the
value of the said Improvements, the same be determined by this
Board.
And it is further Ordered that the patent prepared for Thomas
Beale the younger for part of the said land be cancelled, the
same having not yet passed the seal, and it appearing that the
said Beale endeavoured to obtain the same by surprize, and to
defraud his Maty of the Rights due for the land therein contained.
Present Richd Fitzwilliam Esqr
William Jones and George Woodroof having entred a Caveat
for stopping a patent sued out by George Homes the elder and
George Homes the younger for 3100 acres of land in Hannover
County, the said Homes this day attended the board, and a let-
ter was produced in behalf of the said Jones & Woodroof that
the hearing may be put off till further time, but it appearing by
a Certificate from the survey of the said County of Hannover
that the Entry of the said Homes was prior to that of the said
Jones & Woodroof, and that the reasons urged by them for stop-
ping the said patent are frivolous, It is Ordered that the said
Caveat be dismist, and that a patent issue to the said Homess
for the land surveyed for them as aforesaid.
Thomas Jones Gent on his petition hath leave granted him
to survey 6000 acres of land adjoining to and including the lands
lately by him taken up & purchased on the main branch of Tay-
lor's Creek, and about the Bever-dam fork thereof in Hannover
County, and that he have leave to include the whole in one
patent.
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At a Council held at the Capitol the 24th of June 1726
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Cole Digges
James Blair Peter Beverley
Philip Ludwell John Carter &
John Grymes Esq"
This day being appointed pursuant to the Resolutions of the
Board on the 3d instant for considering in whose hands the ad-
ministration of the Government shall be lodged, during the Gov-
ernors absence from this Colony. The Governor was pleased to
inform the board that he had this day sent the Clerk of the
Council to notifie to Col0 Jenings the present meeting of the
Council, and the occasion thereof, who reported, and now again
repeated at the Board that upon his delivery of that message
CoP Jenings fell a weeping and continued in that Condition a
considerable time without making any answer; but upon his
being urged by M" Jenings to give an answer to that message,
he at last said he would wait on the Governor in Council if he
was able, and thereafter M" Jenings told him that her husband
had prepared a letter to the Governor which he intended to send
this day & showed him the superscript" of it wch he took to be
Colle Jenings's hand writing, but the Governor was pleased to
inform the Board that no such letter had yet been sent him, and
added that since by the Commission to the Governor the ad-
ministration is to devolve (in the absence of the Governor and
Lieut Governor) on the first in the Council, who in the common
opinion of all who have lately seen him is so far declin'd in his
understanding as to be incapable of executing that trust, he was
desirous to know the opinion of the Council as to CoP Jenings's
capacity, and in what manner the administration of the Govern^,
ment shall be settled in case the said Jenings be found unfit for
the exercise thereof; Whereupon it was thought fit that John
Randolph Esqr his Mat1" Attorney Gen1 should repair to Colle
Jenings's house, and there acquaint him that the Governor and
Council had under Consideration the Settlement of the Govern-
ment, and his Capacity to act any longer as a member of his
Matle" Council, that he should desire to know what he had to
offer why he ought not to be suspended from acting any longer
as a member of that Board, and that if he attempt to return
any answer in writing, that the Attorney Gen1 should insist to
be present at the preparing such answer; and generally that he
do observe in what condition of memory and Judgment the said
Coll° Jenings is, and make report to this Board to morrow.
Ordered that a new Commission of the peace issue for the
County of Middlesex, and that Mr Matthew Kemp be appointed
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one of the Justices in the same rank he held before he quitted
the office of a Justice of that County.
Francis Willis Gent by his petition praying a Grant of 6000
acres of land or thereabouts surveyed for Mr Nicholas Meriwether
in Hannover County the said survey having become void for not
sueing out a patent thereon pursuant to the orders of the Gov-
ernment. It is ordered that the said Mr Meriwether be heard
thereon before this Board at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer.
Henry Willis petitioning for a grant of 10000 acres of land
in the County of Spotsylvania surveyed for Edmd Jenings Esq%
and the said survey become void for not sueing out a patent
thereon according to the orders of the Government. It is ordered
that the said Edmund Jenings be heard thereon before this Board
at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer.
On reading at this Board the petition of Harry Beverley
praying that the Governor would be pleased to order the Seal of
the Colony to be affix'd to two patents sign'd by Col° Spotswood
the 20th of July 1722 for two Tracts of land taken up by the pef
in Spotsylv* County, and afterwards stopt in the Council office
by Order of the said Col° Spotswood whereby the petr is like
to lose the benefit of the Improvements he has made on one of
the said Tracts. It is Ordered that the said Harry Beverley do
attend this Board, and make out the alligations of the said peti-
tion, to the end the Governor may be the better informed what
relief is proper to be given the petr therein.
June the 25th 1726
Present
As Yesterday
John Randolph Esq' his Mat1" Attorney Gen1 this day at-
tended the Board, and pursuant to the Order of Yesterday, pre-
sented a report of his conversation with [Edmund Jennings] Esqr
which Report is as follows.
May it please yor Hon"
In obedience to your Order I waited last night upon Coll"
Jenings, & told him I was come from you to acquaint him that
the Governor thought it advisable for the recovery of his health
to repair speedily to Great Britain, and that as the administra-
tion of the Government in his absence would devolve upon the
Counsellor first named in the King's Instructions, you had then
under your Consideration the mischiefs and inconveniences which
might ensue to his Mat'*" service, in case the Government should
come into his hands, in respect of an incapacity you were inform'd
he was, and for a long time had been under in point of under-
standing & memory, which he had given you occasion to believe
by his long absence from Councils, and the answer that was
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given to the summons he had that day received to attend. I
further acquainted him that I was sent to receive his answer to
this matter, and that you were desirous to have all the satisfac-
tion that might be had concerning his present Circumstances.
To which for some short time he made no answer, and seem'd
as if he had not understood what I said; but M" Jenings saying
he was best able to write in a morning, he said he would write
an answer in the morning, which he uttered with so great diffi-
culty and hesitation that I could hardly understand him
I told him if he wrote any thing it was expected I should
be present; he answered with the same difficulty he hop'd no
body thought he would make use of a forged hand, and I said, I
believed no body entertain'd such thoughts of him, but you judg'd
that the best expedient to satisfy you that whatever answer should
be sent to you in his name, was his own. Then he wept, & said
he was sorry his long indisposition should occasion any baulk in
the Government.
M" Jenings showed me a letter, which she said he had written
with a design to have sent it that day to the Governor, but that
he intended to make some alterations in it ; and after I had read
the letter I asked him if he intended to send it to the Governor,
he said he had some thoughts about the matter and had written
that letter.
Then I desired to know whether he would have me come
again in the morning, and whether he understood what I had said
to him, he said yes. So I left him.
And this morning I waited on him again, and told him I
was come to receive his answer to the message I delivered to him
yesterday from the Governor and Council, he told me he had writ-
ten a letter to the Governor, which was all he could say, & that
he thought himself not well used in some things mentioned in
my memorandums. I acquainted him again that yor Hon" were
desirous that I should be present when he wrote his answer, but
he said he should write nothing that was not fit to be laid before
the Governor, & he was not obliged to write in my presence, and
after a long pause, he said he could not dictate so well as he
could formerly & he might tire my patience. I told him I was
obliged to wait till he could write his mind, if he thought it
proper.
Then he desired M" Jenings to give him a letter which lay
upon the table, and delivered it to me, desiring me to deliver it
to the Governor.
I asked whether it was the same letter I read last night, he
told me it was. I asked him whether he remembered or could
tell me the substance of it: he said, yes, That he hop'd by the
assistance of the Council — But could go no further, & said it was
drove out of his head last night.
M" Jenings tolde me she believed he could not remember the
substance of the letter, because he was two or three mornings
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about it. Then he said he did not know the reason of so many
Queries, for he though himself as capable to exercise the power
of the President with the assistance of the Council, as before
when he was President for three years. I told him, he ought not
to take it ill of me that I proposed those questions to him, seeing
the Governor and Council had sent me to him for that purpose,
and that they Judged this the best method of enquiring into his
present circumstances. He said he did not know whether he
ought to take it amiss or not, but he thought this Scrutiny showed
a diffidence in his conduct, as if he would be guilty of a false
trick, or any dishonest thing.
M" Jenings said the Council might do what they pleased, but
Coll° Jenings would insist on his Right, and he said, yes, either
here or in England, and that he would write to his friends in
England.
I can't say that he spoke all these words distinctly or in the
order in which they are here set down, but this is the substance
& sense of what I could collect from the half words and broken
sentences which he uttered with the greatest difficulty & incoher-
ence imaginable, which it is impossible to describe.
And upon the matter it appears to me, that he is able to give
a rational answer to a plain familiar question, provided it may be
done in the Compass of four or five words, but if it requires more
he seems confounded and to forget the Subject: And I am of
opinion that his understanding and memory are so impaired by
his disease, which I take to be a palsie, that he is not capable of
forming any Judgment or collecting his thoughts, if he has any,
upon any subject whatsoever ; nor do I think he can be made to
understand any question concerning the affairs of the Government.
I am Yor Hon" most obedient Serv'
John Randolph
He also presented the letter mentioned in the above Report,
which letter is literatim as follows.
Sr
I am informed that the Council is to meet this day to ad-
vise where the adminiration of the Government must be settled
during your absence, For altho I have by Sickness & for some
time bin disabled from attending the Gen11 Court att Councills
yett I hope I am not soe much incapatitated either in body or
Mind as to be shutt out of thatt post of Presid' of the Councill
wherein his Mauye has bin pleeased to place mee & I doubt not
but by the assistance of the Councill to continue the Country in
the same peace & tranqunilley you leave itt
I am Sr
Your most humble Servant
E Jenings
24th of June 1726
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Directed on a Cover
To The Hoble Hugh Drysdaydale Lieu1 Govern1-
of Virginia
After reading of which letter & Report the Council thought
fit for their further satisfaction to direct John Holloway Esqr
& William Robertson Gent who have been principally concerned
in the affairs of Coll° Jenings's Estate, to give an account what
they know of his being in a Condition to manage his private
affairs, and accordingly the said John Holloway Esqr attending the
Board, and at the desire of the Governor and Council gave in
the following Narrative.
Virg* Wm8burgh June 25th 1726.
I the Subscriber being this day called by the Honble the
Lieu1 Governor in Council to give an account of what I know
and believe & have observed in relation to Coll° Edmund Jenings
and his Judgment & Capacity of management of his own private
affairs, do therefore hereby humbly Certify, That for these five
or six years last past untill the 4th or 5th of Novr last, I believe
I was the the person in whom he confided chiefly (whilst he had
his senses & understanding) for advice and assistance how to
manage his affairs as to his law business, as to his borrowing of
money, & as to his disengaging himself from the many great debts
and incumbrances he was under, I do verily believe that since
June or July 1724, or about that time, untill November last, he
was not ever at any time capable of discoursing with me or
giving a rational answer on any of these subjects, and the reason
of this my opinion & belief is, because during that time, I did
frequently wait on him and have sate in his company at several
times an hour, more and less, and have proposed questions to
him and have had others to propose to him, but could not find
that he could give any answer or make any Judgment of things
proposed. I conclude it to be his want of Capacity & Judgment,
because he never did make me any answers to any of those mat-
ters, and they did absolutely require answers from him : and
whatsoever business I did transact since October 1724, has been
by the directions of his Lady, and by my own opinion without
one word from him. The occasion of my desisting in November
from further acting in his affairs was, because I thought my
self not well treated by some of his family, and I have been in-
formed & do believe that Mr William Robertson Clerk of the
Council hath ever since I desisted managed his law affairs, so he
Mr Robertson is best capable to speak his Judgment & under-
standing in these affairs since the beginning of November last,
from which time I have not seen him untill this day, and this
morning I was by the mediation of a worthy Gentleman pre-
vailed upon to go and visit Col0 Jenings. He was sitting in his
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Chair, and when I came up to him, he rose up and took hold of
my hand, and said he was glad to see me; so that I believe he
did know me. He sat down again immediately, and fell a weep-
ing and continued so sometime I sat with him at least half an
hour, and he did not say any thing to me, only, I think, when I
ask'd him if he had a good stomack, he said yes. I do think he
did appear to me this day to be something more in his sense,,
than he was at any time I have seen him before since Oct1" 1724;
And my reason for this is because this day he was able to speak
that sentence viz : That he was glad to see me, which I think he
was not able to do at any time when I did see him in the last
two years. But I am of opinion, & must believe that if he had
Judgment, and was capable of managing, or discoursing of his
own private affairs, he would have said something of them to
me, they being now in the greatest disorder, and absolutely re-
quiring his consulting with me if he was capable to do it
Jn° Holloway
And then William Robertson Gent pursuant to the order of
the Board delivered in an account of his observations during the
time he has been concerned in the management of some of Coll°
Jenings's affairs in the words following.
In humble obedience to the Commands of the Honble the
Governor in Council, I do hereby certifie, that being concerned
in the management & transacting of several affairs, relating to
the Estate of Edmund Jenings Esqr, particularly in two law suits
brought against him in the County Court of James City, I have
frequently waited on him since last Octr, and endeavoured to ob-
tain of him such informations as I judged were necessary for my
conduct, but I never received any directions from him, nor do I
believe he was then, or is yet capable of giving any directions
in any business whatever.
Wil Robertson
June 25th 1726
The Council taking the whole matter into Consideration, and
being fully convinced as well from the answer and letter received
from Coll° Jenings on occasion of the present meeting of the
Council, from the foregoing reports and narratives, as from his
long absence from Councils and General Courts and the knowl-
edge and observation of several members of the Board, that the
said Coll0 Jenings is, by reason of the insanity of his mind &
memory a person altogether incapable of administring the Gov-
ernment of this Colony, and are therefore unanimously of opinion,
that for preventing the Inconveniences which may accrue to his
Mat""* Service & the safety of this Colony by the Governments
devolving on a person so unfit to execute that trust. It is abso-
lutely necessary for his Mat1"3 Service that the said Edmund
Jenings Esqr be suspended from the place of a member of his
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Mat168 Council, and do advise the Governor to suspend him ac-
cordingly, & that notice of such Suspension be given the said
Jenings by an Instrument under the Governor's hand & the Seal
of the Colony.
Upon which advice, as well as his own knowledge of the
Incapacity of the said Edmund Jenings Esqr, the Governor was
pleased to declare the said Edmund Jenings suspended from act-
ing as a member of his Majesties Council.
A Letter to the Governor and Council of Maryland in answer
to one received from them relating to the laws made here for
regulating the manufacture of Tobacco, was read & sign'd by
the Governor and Council.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 1st day
of August 1726
Present
The Honble Rob* Carter Esqr President
Philip Ludwell Cole Digges
Mann Page Peter Beverley &
John Carter Esq"
Robert Carter Esqr acquainted the Board that upon the
death of the late Lieut Governor he had thought it necessary to
call this Council in order to his taking upon him the administra-
tion of this Government, which he conceives is devolved on him
by the suspension of Col0 Jenings, he being now the first named
in his Mat,es Instructions to whom the power of executing the
Kings Commission in case of the death or absence of the Gov-
ernor & Lieut Governor is committed, and desired the opinion
of the Council whether he is not fully authorized to act as Presi-
dent of the Council.
Whereupon the Board having read and considered the min-
utes of last Council whereby Edmd Jenings Esqr is for incapacity
suspended from being any longer a member of his Mat,ea Council,
are unanimously of opinion that the said Robert Carter is thereby
become the first named in his Maties Instructions and is duly
authorized to take upon him the Governm4 and to execute the
several powers contained in his Mattes Commission to the Right
Honble the Earl of Orkney his Mat'"3 Lieut and Governor Gen-
eral of this Dominion. And then the President took the Oaths
appointed by Act of Parliament to be taken instead of the Oaths
of Allegiance & Supremacy the Abjuration Oath appointed to be
taken by the Act of Parliament made in the sixth year of her
late Maty Queen Anne, subscribed the Test and took the Oath for
the due observation of the acts of Trade.
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A Proclamation continuing all Officers in the execution of
their several Trusts was prepared and sign'd by the President in
Council
The President was pleased to inform the Board that having
an opportunity by the Carter Frigat bound for London, he had
notified the death of the late Governor to his Grace the Duke
of New-Castle his Matles Principal Secretary of State, and to the
Right Honble the Lords Commiss" for Trade & plantations.
This Board being informed that the late Governor did not
(pursuant to the advice of the last Council) make known to Coll"
Jenings his suspension. It is Ordered that the Clerk of the
Council wait on the said Coll" Jenings, and acquaint him that
on the 25th day of June last the late Governor did with the ad-
vice of the Council suspend him the said Col° Jenings from act-
ing any longer as a member of his Majesties Council; and that
if he desires it a Copy of the whole proceedings upon which
that suspension was grounded be delivered to him.
August the 2d 1726
Present
The Honble Robert Carter Esqr President
Philip Ludwell Peter Beverley
Mann Page John Carter &
Cole Digges John Grymes Esq"
It is Resolved that a Message be sent to the late Govr" Lady
in the name of the President and Council expressing the just
sense they have as well of the public loss, as of hers in particular
by the death of the said Governor; that they heartily condole
with her on this occasion ; that they desire she will please to
continue in the Governor's house, and make use of any other
Conveniences about it during her stay here ; and to assure her
of the Council's readiness to do her Service, and that John Hollo-
way Esqr and Archibald Blair Gent who manage her affairs
be desired to deliver this message.
Ordered that Mr Richard Hickman be and he is hereby ap-
pointed to have the care and inspection of the Gov" house &
Gardens after M" Drysdale's removal thence, and for the better
keeping the said Gardens in order John Grymes Esq' is desired
to purchase of Mrs Drysdale the remainder of the present Gardi-
ner's time, and that he be employ'd in taking care of the said
Gardens under the direction of Mr Hickman
Whereas Francis Willis Gent was by the late Governor ap-
pointed Sheriff of the County of Glocester, but not having re-
ceived his Commission before the said Governors death, now scruples
to act thereby. For preventing any obstruction of Justice which
may happen in this and the like Cases, It is the opinion of this
Board that Mr President issue his Commission to the said Francis
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Willis, and to any other Sheriffs who are not already sworn into
their offices by virtue of the late Governor's Commissions.
It being represented to this Board that there are divers
pieces of furniture belonging to the late Govr which are not only
convenient, but ornamental to the Governor's house, His Mat'"
Receiver Gen1 is desired to buy such of the said household furni-
ture as he sees fit & for the purpose aforesaid to be paid out of
his MatIes Revenue of 2s per hhd.
October the 15th 1726
Present
The Honble Robert Carter Esqr President and
Commander in Chief
Cole Digges John Carter
Peter Beverley Richard Fitzwilliam &
John Grymes Esq™
A Warrant under his Matles Royal Sign manual and Signet
bearing date the 20th day of July 1726 authorizing & impowering
Robert Carter Esq' (during the absence of the late Lieut Gov-
ernor who had then obtained leave to repair to England for
the recovery of his health) to execute all the powers and authori-
ties in his Matles Commission to the Earl of Orkney was this
day read at the Board, and the Council being thereupon of
opinion that the said Warrant giving a new authority to the
President, he ought to qualify himself of [a] new to execute the
same. Mr President accordingly took the Oaths appointed by
Act of Parliament to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance
& Supremacy together with the abjuration Oath, subscribed the
Test, and took the Oath for the due observation of the Acts of
Trade.
October the 18th 1726
Present
The President
William Byrd John Carter
Peter Beverley Richd Fitzwilliam &
John Grymes Esq™
Whereas the General Assembly stands prorogued to the 17th
of the next month, and it being this day debated in Council
whether the same be not dissolved by the death of the late Gov-
ernor, It is ordered that the Consideration hereof be referred
till next Council, and that the Attorney Gen1 be directed to re-
port his opinion thereon.
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A Letter from the Right Honble the Lords Commiss" for
Trade and Plantations dated the 30th of June 1726 was this day
read at the Board, and upon Consideration of that part thereof
which requires an account of what money has been collected by
virtue of the Act made in the year 1723 for laying a duty on
Liquors & Slaves, & how the same has been applied, It is
Ordered that a Copy of that part of the said letter be delivered
to John Holloway Esqr Treasurer of the said duties and that he
be desired to prepare such acco1 as is therein required.
A Letter from the Governor and Council of Maryld dated
the 25th of July last was this day read in Council being in answer
to a letter from the late Governor and Council relating to the
Acts of Assembly of this Colony for improving the Staple of
Tobacco.
October the 20th 1726
Present
The Honble the President
William Byrd John Robinson
Cole Digges John Carter &
Peter Beverley Richd Fitzwilliam Esq"
On Consideration of the Question moved last Council con-
cerning the Continuance of the Gen1 Assembly, It is the opinion
of the Council that the Gen1 Assembly is not dissolved by the
death of the late Governor, and therefore Ordered that a proclama-
tion issue proroguing the same to Wednesday the 15th of February
next.
This Board having had under Consideration the settling
the Commission of the peace for the County of Spotsylvania, and
having nominated such persons as seem most fit for the office
of Justices, and most like to attend their duty ; It is ordered that
a new Commission of the peace issue for the said County, accord-
ing to the list of Justices this day nominated by the Board.
October the 25,h 1726
Present
The Honble the President
William Byrd Peter Beverley
Nath1 Harrison John Robinson
Cole Digges Richd Fitzwilliam &
John Grymes Esq"
Whereas divers Controversies have arisen among the Justices
and Inhabitants of Essex County (more especially since their late
Court house was accidentally burnt) touching the removal of
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their Court from the place where it has usually been held to some
other place nearer the Center of the County. For the ending of
which differences application was made to the last Session of
Assembly for a division of the said County, and after the proposed
division was rejected, it was resolved by the house of Burgesses
that the Justices of the said County of Essex ought not to build
a new Court house before the next Session of Assembly ; and
whereas Complaint is now made by divers of the Justices and
Inhabitants of the said County, that the major part of the Jus-
tices which met at Court on the 18th of this month have made an
order for building a house to hold Court for the said County, and
have levied Tobacco for that purpose, and appointed the next
Court to be held there; which order is represented to be contrary
to an agreement entred into by the said Justices to make no
alteration in the place for holding Court in that County untill the
next Session of Assembly as well as contrary to the forementd
Resolve of the House of Burgesses, under which all parties had
agreed to acquiesce This Board having heard and considered the
several representations of the respective parties, as well as what
was this day offered by Mr Benja Robinson in behalf of the upper
Inhabitants, and by Mr William Dangerfield in behalf of the lower
Inhabitants of the said County, and having also taken into Con-
sideration the Commiss" whereby the Justices are impowered to
hold Court It is the unanimous opinion of this Board that the
said Justices have not any power to change the place for holding
Court without the previous licence and autority of the Govern-
ment, and it is ordered that this be forthwith notified to the
Court of the said County of Essex.
The pet" of Henry Cary praying to be allowed a Salary as
Gunner is rejected, but forasmuch as it appears to this Board
that the said Cary hath perform'd the service of firing the great
Guns on his Matles accession day, and at the funeral of the late
Governor, It is Ordered that he be paid for the same forty shil-
lings, and it is further Ordered that the Keeper of the Magazine
at Wm8burgh for the time being be enjoin'd as part of the duty
of his office to serve as Gunner at Wmsburgh without any addi-
tional allowance of Salary for the same.
Whereas the Clerk of the Secretaries office hath prayed the
directions of this board whether he ought to affix the seal to
such patents as were sign'd by the late Governor, and could not
be sealed before his death It is the opinion of this Board & ac-
cordingly Ordered that the said patents be sealed the Governors
signing and causing the same to be lodged in the Secretaries
office being a sufficient warrant for that purpose.
Mr President acquainted the Council that divers applications
have been made to him for the office of Keeper of the Magazine
now vacant by the resignation of Mr Henry Cary, and that he
had upon the good character he had received of Mr Samuel Cobbs,
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thought fit to appoint him Keeper of the said Magazine &
Armorer, the Council approving of the said Cobbs as a fit person
for the said office, it is ordered that he give security for the due
discharge of that office, and that he take an Inventory of all the
arms & Stores of war belonging to his Maty, and therein particu-
larly note in what condition the said Arms and Stores now are.
A patent being offered to be sign'd for granting to David
Bray Gent the land lately adjudged to him as forfeited from
Dan1 Hornby & Thomas Beal, It is Ordered that the said patent
remain unsigned untill the next Court of Oyer & Terminer at
which time the said Hornby and Beal are to attend, & make out
their account of the Charges of their Improvements on the said
land, to the end this Board may be enabled to determine how
much the said Bray to pay them upon the signing his said
patent.
On the petition of Bowler Cocke Gent leave is granted him
to include in one patent two several tracts of land of 400 acres
each lying contiguous on Deep Creek in Henrico
On the petition of Wm Randolph & Richd Randolph Gent
leave is granted them to survey in one tract ten thousand acres
of land beginning two miles below the lower fork of Appo-
matuck River thence up the River on both sides thereof including
that fork & up the second fork and on both sides the branches
thereof to a Creek that falls into the said River on the N° side
thereof to include the aforesaid quantity.
October the 28th 1726
Present
The President
Wm Byrd John Robinson
Nath1 Harrison John Carter
Mann Page Richd Fitzwilliam &
Peter Beverley John Grymes Esq"
The Receiver Gen1 laid before this Board an acco* of furni-
ture bought of M" Drysdale for the use of the Governor's house
according to the directions of this Board, and the said acco' was
allowed.
Ordered that Thomas Crease be paid for his Service &
labourers in assisting in putting in order the Gardens belonging
to the Governor's house.
The Acco' of contingent Charges, and an Acco* for sundry
repairs about the Governor's house were severally examined &
allowed.
His Mat1" Receiver Gen1 desiring directions for framing the
Warrant for the Governor's Salary, It is Orded that the said
Warrant be made payable to the President one moiety for him-
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self, and the other moiety for the use of the R* Honble the Earl
of Orkney Governor Gen1 of this Dominion
Upon the application of the Officers of his Matles Revenue,
It is Ordered that they be impowered to make out a number
of Rights not exceeding five hundred pounds Sterl value for the
Conveniency of such persons as want the same for taking up
his maties lands
Whereas Henry Irby late of the parish of Westover in the
County of Charles City hath been indicted of Felony, and upon
his flying Justice is now outlawed, and whereas notwithstanding
the proclamation issued heretofore for apprehending him, the
said Irby continues to live in N° Carolina near the Confines of
this Dominion and frequently comes into the same threatning
the lives of divers of his Matles Subjects, It is Ordered that a
Proclamation issue promising a reward of £30 to any person
or persons that shall apprehend and bring the said Irby to the
publick Goal at Willmsburgh, and that a letter be sent to the
Governor of N° Carolina desiring him to give orders for the said
Irby's apprehension & delivery to the officers of this Govern-
ment & promising the same reward for taking & bringing him
hither.
Ordered that a new Commission of the peace issue for Glo-
cester County and that Dudley Digges and Peter Whiting Gent
be appointed Justices therein.
At a Council held November 2d 1726
Present
The President
Nath1 Harrison John Robinson
Mann Page John Carter
Cole Digges Richd Fitzwilliam &
Peter Beverley John Grymes Esq"
The following Warrants on the Recr General to be paid out
of his Mat'09 Revenues were this day sign'd by the President
in Council Viz'
To M" Drysdale Executrix of the late Gov-
ernor for his Salary to the 23d of July last. . £ ,,483,, 11,, 2
To the President for the rest of this l/2 years
Salary due to the Earl of Orkney & himself
to ye 25th Octr last „516„ 8„10
To the Gent of the Council y2 years Salary
ending the same time ,,175,, — „ —
To the Judges & Off" of the Oyer & Terminer. „100„— „—
To the Auditor Gen1 y2 years Sallary „ 50„ — „ —
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To the Sollicitor for the same time ,, 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same ,, 20„ — „ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same „ 50,, — „ —
To the Armourer for the like Sallary „ 6,, — „ —
To Richd Price for the Gunners Sallary this
% year „ 20„— „—
To the same for sundry Minrs attending on Gen1
Court and Assembly „ 16„ — „ —
To the same for sundry repairs about the Gov-
ernor's House . „ 7,,12„ 2
To the same for sundry Contingent Charges . . „ 85„ 4„ —
And out of the Quitt Rents
To Mr Comry Blair y2 years Sallary „ 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same time „ 30„ — „ —
The acco* of his Mat1"9 Revenue of 2s per hhd &c ending the
25th of Oct1" last being examined by the Deputy Auditor were
sworn to by the Receiver Gen1 & Certified by the President in
the usual form.
Sundry patents for land were sign'd by the President in
Council.
Several Petitions for land were read and granted as follows.
To John Boiling 3000 acres beginning at the mouth of the
Horse pen branch upon Flatt Creek in prince George's County.
To Larking Chew. Thomas Chew, John Chew, Rob* Martin,
Larkin Chew Junr, Wilm Johnson Rob* King & Geo Goodloe
12,000 acres lying in Hannover County, and on the west side
the little mountains joining on the land of George Holmes.
To Thomas Lockett 800 acres joining on the land he now
lives on being 100 acres he had of Arthur Moseley on Butterwood
in Henrico County.
To Thomas Lewis 500 acres lying on the branches of Ric
WmBS mill swamp in Isle Wight County
To Thomas Chew 1600 acres above the little mountains in
Spotsylvania County.
To John Mitchell 1500 acres lying on the North side of
Nottoway River in Surry County, including the said Mitchells
plantation upon the said River & the wast land adjoining.
Coll" Willm Cole hath leave granted him to include in one
patent 2000 acres purchased of John Woodson & 2000 acres
thereto adjoining on the Byrd Henrico County.
To Henry Maynard 1000 acres adjoining to his land pur-
chased of Bressy on Chamberlayne's bed P George County.
To Sam1 Cobbs 3000 acres lying upon the branches of Nibbs
and Flatt Creek in Prince George County
To Lazarus Whitehead 600 acres in Isle Wight County on
Rice Willm8'' Mill Swamp beginning at the mouth of Reedy
branch, & so up the Swamp to include the said quantity
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To Stephen Evans 1500 acres joining to his patented land
on Stonie Creek in Prince George County.
To William Bass 2000 acres lying on the South side of Appo-
matuck in prince George County beginning about half a mile
below the mouth of Kirks branch.
To Barth Cox 2000 acres on Mahock Creek in Henrico
County beginning on the land of Jacob Michaux.
Whereas divers murders have been lately committed on the
Frontiers of this Colony wherein the Nottoway Indians are
greatly suspected to have been the actors and the said Indians
by their late behaviour rendring it highly necessary that a
strict watch be kept on their motions to prevent the like mis-
chiefs for the future this board have therefore thought fit to
order that none of the said Indians do hereafter depart out of
the bounds of the lands appropriated for them without a pass
from Nathan1 Harrison Esq1" who is hereby impowered to grant
such passes from time to time to such number and with such
limitation of time and place as he shall judge fit, and he is
hereby further authorized & impowered to appoint a proper person
to repair once a week or so often as as shall be thought con-
venient to the Nottoway Town, & there examine whether any
of the said Indians be absent from thence without such pass
as is herein before directed, and also to enquire whither the
said Indians are gone, & if those that have passes do keep within
the bounds prescribed therein ; of all which the person so ap-
pointed is to make a true report to the end that if any murders
shall be hereafter committed by any of that nation, the same
may be the better detected & punished.
At a Council held at Wmsburgh the 14th day of
December 1726
Present
The Honble Robert Carter Esqr President
Willm Byrd Jn° Robinson
Mann Page Rich" Fitzwilliam &
Peter Beverley Jno° Grymes Esq"
Thomas Beal & Dan1 Hornby having according to the Order
of this Board presented their several accots of disbursements in
seating the lands lately found forfeited by them & granted to
David Bray Gent the same is referred to be examined tomorrow.
On reading at this board the pet" of Mary Gresham widow
of Charles Gresham late of the County of Essex deceased pray-
ing a Grant of 100 acres of land lying in the said County which
upon a Warrant sued out by the pet" husband in his life time
is lately found to escheat to his Maty, and on hearing the pre-
tensions of Edmd Bagg Gent Devisee and Exer of John Bagg
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Clerk deceased in whose behalf the said Warrant of Escheat was,
as the said Bagg alledges, prosecuted, and the fees and charges
thereof paid by the said John Bagg the Testator, & by the said
Edmd since his decease. This Board taking the whole matter
into Consideration, and it not appearing that the said Escheat
was prosecuted in trust for the said John Bagg deceased the
President with the advice of the Council was pleased to order
that a Grant of the said land (being now found to contain 75
acres) be granted to the petr Mary Gresham, she paying unto the
said Edmd 500 pounds of Tobacco for the survey of the said
land and 4 £ 10S being so much laid out by him for purchasing
the Right of Dower of the widow of Wm McKenzie from whom
the said land is found to escheat and also paying the Composi-
tion due to his Maty.
On the petition of John Holloway Esqr liberty is hereby
granted him to enter for survey and patent 5000 acres of land
in the County of Henrico formerly entred for by Will™ Dandridge
Gent and by him never survey'd pursuant to the orders of the
Government the said land being bounded & described as fol-
lows Vizt 1500 acres thereof on the first low grounds above
Skelton's land, 1500 acres on the next large low grounds above
them both these tracts on the North side the south River, and
two thousand acres the residue on the north side the North
River taking its length under the mountains & breadth down-
wards for the Complement and the Surveyor of the said County
of Henrico is hereby directed to lay off the said several Tracts
observing the former Orders of Government in proportioning the
length to the breadth
On the petition of Anne Major widow praying leave to
examine ancient witnesses for proving her right to a certain
tract of land lately found to escheat to his Mat7 from Mark
Warkman deceased, It is accordingly Ordered that leave be
granted the petr to take the affidavits of such witnesses as she
shall think proper before any Justice of the peace of the Coun-
ties wherein they respectively reside, giving notice of the time
of such examination to John Meux Gent the person who prose-
cutes the said Escheat ; and the Justices before whom the said
witnesses shall be brought are hereby directed to take their exami-
nations and to certify the same to this Board, And it is further
ordered that as well the said petr as the said John Meux be
heard before this Board at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer,
and in the mean time that no patent be granted upon the In-
quisition now return'd into the Secretaries office for the land
aforesaid.
Sundry petitions for taking up wast land were this day read
and granted under this restriction that the same be severally laid
out in such proportion of length & breadth as is directed to be
observed by the former Orders of Government which pet" and
grants are as follow.
Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia 123
To John Tabb 2500 acres joining on his patented land in
Prince George County.
To Henry Power Wm Kenney & Willm Morris 5000 acres
in Hannover County beginning on Col° Thomson's line on the
south side the S° fork of Camp Creek and up the said Creek
as far as convenient & crossing the said fork to the main or
Sycamore fork of Camp Creek, and over the said fork to Bunches
Camp Creek & to join on the land of Cap* Hudson, Jn° Bunch
Coll0 Meriwether Cap* Clark and the said Thompson.
To Thomas Randolph 1200 acres on both sides the north
branch of James River in Henrico County beginning at the
broken Islands & running down the River two miles to dog-
point including the said point in his Survey.
To Peter King 1600 acres on both sides the S° Anna River
below the mouth of Deep Creek Hannover County.
To Charles Hudson 1000 acres in Hannover County begin-
ning at the mountain path, & running down on both sides Rocky
Creek to the River S° Anna & cross the same, and including so
much land on the north side yr of [thereof] as will make up that
quantity.
To Dennett Abney Junr Richd Hickman & Edwin Hickman
20000 acres on the N° side of the north fork of James River, &
on the S° side of the lower mountains in the County of Henrico.
To James Skelton 400 acres in Henrico County adjoining
to a tract of 1200 formerly granted him by patent and lying on
the north side of the S° branch, of James River, and to have
an inclusive patent for the whole; leave is also granted him to
survey 400 acres lying in the same County & adjoining to his
patented lands on the second fork of the said S° branch of James
River and to include that and his said patented lands there in
one other patent.
To Thomas Carr 2000 acres adjoining to his former Grant
of 2500 acres on little Rocky Creek on the S° side the N° Anna
in Hannover County & to have an inclusive patent for both
Tracts.
To Christopher Clark 2000 acres lying on both sides the
S° Anna above Deep Creek in Hannover County
To Rich" Williams 900 acres beginning at the upper end
of his former survey, & running down his Mill Swamp to the
Mill to include the said quantity in Nansemond County.
To Rich11 Fitzwilliam, Will™ Robertson & Larking Chew
8000 acres lying on the branches of Pamunkey River, & begin-
ning on a Survey of Mr Aug' Moor's in Spotsylvania County
To Thomas Randolph 10000 acres in two tracts one consist-
ing of 6000 acres lying on the great low grounds of Willis's
Creek, the other which consists of 4000 on the great fork of
Willis's Creek at Cannons upper horsepen in Henrico County.
To Matthew Cox 1200 acres lying on the S° side of Ja"
River against Boiling's Island in Henrico County.
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To Will"1 Dandridge & John Holloway 12000 acres in Hen-
rico County lying below Majr Thomas Randolph's land which
joins on an Entry formerly made by Mr Dandridge and running
along the N° River for length and on the mountain for breadth.
To Will"1 Dandridge 3000 acres beginning on the back of and
adjoining to the land formerly survey'd by him on the N° side
of the north River along the mountains in Henrico County
On the petition of Thomas Randolph setting forth that about
two years ago he entred with the Surveyor of Henrico County
for 2400 acres of land on the great fork of the north branch of
James River & on both sides that fork in six several Entries,
and being now minded to survey the same as soon as the Sur-
veyor can be ready to go out with him, and praying leave to
include the said six Entries in two distinct Surveys & that
patents for the same may be granted him, Leave is accordingly
granted him to include the said six Entries in two distinct Sur-
veys, & to take out patents for the same.
Ordered that the matter in dispute between Benj" Waggoner
and the Exe" of Will1" Winston deceased be referred till the
next Council.
Sundry patents for land were this day sign'd by the Presi-
dent in Council.
The petition of Francis Willis ag' Nicholas Meriwether Gent,
the petr not prosecuting the same, Ordered that Mr Meriwether
have a patent for the land therein mentioned.
Ordered that new Commissions of the peace issue for Lan-
caster & Hannover Counties.
December the 15,h 1726
Present
The President
Will™ Byrd Peter Beverley
Mann Page Jn° Robinson &
John Grymes Esqrs
This Board taking into Consideration the acco" exhibited by
Thomas Beal the elder & Daniel Hornby of the Charges ex-
pended by them for seating the land lately petitioned for and
granted to David Bray Gent together with the buildings erected
& other improvements made thereon and having thereupon valued
the said buildings & Improvements, It is Ordered that the said
Bray pay them for the same or so much thereof as shall be de-
livered into his possession according to the respective rates now
set thereon by this Board in pursuance of the former order
made the 15th of June last
On the motion of the said Beal and Hornby that a time
may be appointed for their delivering possession of the premises,
Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia 125
and for payment of the money awarded them It is agreed that
a time be appointed accordingly
WilP Byrd Esqr Absent
Ordered that the first Wednesday in Febry next be appointed
for receiving the Improvements & payment of the money awarded
the aforenamed Beal & Hornby and that if Mr Bray or some
person in his behalf do not then attend to take possession, that
then the buildings & Improvements afores" shall from thence-
forth remain at his risque, and the said Beal & Hornby shall
no longer be answerable for any accident that may happen
thereto.
Richd Fitzwilliam Esqr present
A petition of James Taylor Surveyor of the County of Spot-
sylvania setting forth that the dividing line between that County
and Hannover is very much confused by the cutting down of the
trees which were mark'd by the petr when he run the said lino
& praying the directions of this Board therein is referred till
next Council.
A petition of Wm Parks printer & Stationer praying he may
have a privilege to print the laws of this Colony, read & re-
ferred till next Council.
At a Council held at Wmsburgh the 1st day
of February 1726
Present
The Honble Robert Carter Esqr President
Willm Byrd Peter Beverley
Mann Page John Carter &
Cole Digges John Grymes Esq"
Ordered that the General Assembly wch now stands pro-
rogued to the 15th of this month be further prorogued to Thurs-
day the 11th day of May next, and that proclamations issue ac-
cordingly.
The President laid before the Council a letter from his
Grace the Duke of New-Castle his Maties principal Secretary
of State dated the 12th day of Septr last signifying his Mat'e"
approbation of the Presidents taking upon him ye administration
of this Government on the death of the late Gov' & the suspen-
sion of Edmund Jenings Esqr which letter was read at the
board.
On reading at this Board a letter from his ExcellCT Willm
Burnet Esqr Governor of New York together with a transcript
of the late Conference between him and the Sachims of the
five nations touching a Complaint made from hence of a murder
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committed by some of their nation on one of the Inhabitants of
this Colony last summer, at which Conference the said Sachims
acknowledged that the said murder was committed by some of
their people in conjunction with some French Indians and Tusca-
ruroes, who they pretend were in pursuit of certain Indian
enemies who fled towards the house of the person murthered,
and that thereupon their Indians in firing killed the said person
by mistake, and hop'd that this Government would excuse it
The Council taking the same into Consideration are of opinion
that the Treaty of peace made with the said Northern Indians
will be rendred altogether ineffectual if such excuses as this shall
be accepted for the murder of his Mat'68 subjects, since these
Indians may always find the like pretence for coming into this
Government contrary to the express words of the Treaty and
that therefore it is fit that the Governor of New York be de-
sired to interpese [interpose] his authority with the said Indians
for obliging them to deliver up the person or persons guilty of the
said murder in order to be punished as the Crime deserves, and
it is ordered that a letter be prepared accordingly.
Whereas the Ship Tayloe of Bristol John Herd Master bound
for this Colony was in December last drove ashore in North-
Carolina and the said Master with divers of the mariners not
heard of whereupon those of the Crew who escaped the said
shipwreck have been taken up on suspicion of murthering the
said Master, It is ordered that the several persons who were
present at the examination of the Boatswain & Carpenter of the
said Ship at York Town be summoned to attend this board to-
morrow to testify their knowledge in the matter aforesaid.
February the 2d 1726
Present
As Yesterday
A Letter from Nathan1 Harrison Esqr to the Presid* was this
day read at the Board signifying that the Saponie Indians had
complain'd to him that a party of their Indians being lately hunt-
ing on Roanoke River were attacked in the night by the Tuscaruro
Indians who live in the province of North-Carolina, and seven
of the said Saponie kill'd or taken prisoners and that the Saponies
desire the same satisfaction to be made to them as this Govern-
ment obliged them to make to the Tuscaruroes on the like occa-
sion by delivering up the murtherers.
It is the opinion of this Board that a letter be written to
the Governor of N° Carolina requesting him to cause the desired
satisfaction to be given to the Saponie Indians our Tributaries,
and that he order his Interpreter to accompany to the Tuscaruro
Town the messenger sent by this Government to demand the de-
livery of the Indians concerned in this murder, and Coll0 Harrison
is desired to employ a proper person to go on this message.
Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia 127
New Commissions of the peace for the Counties of West-
moreland & Charles City were this day ordered to be made out
pursuant to the application of the Justices of the said Counties.
This Board having examined divers witnesses touching the
Piracy & murder wherewith the Mate & others of the Crew of
the ship Tayloe of Bristol have been accused, and having
considered the pretended evidence given to the Court of Rich-
mond County with the examination of Jesper Parsons the
Mate there taken are of opinion that the Commitment of
the said Jesper Parsons by the Justices of the Court of Rich-
mond is illegal and void, since the Crime for which he stands
committed, if it had been proved, is not tryable at Common
law, but by the Com" appointed for tryal of Piracy, and
there appearing no evidence to charge the said Mate or any
other of the Crew with piracy or other offence, It is ordered
that the said Jesper Parsons be discharged out of custody, but
whereas divers pieces of plate and other things of small value
were found upon some of the said crew, and own'd by them to
have been taken out of the said Ship for their necessary sub-
sistence in their journey over land to this Colony, It is ordered
that the same remain in the hands of the under Sheriff of York
County untill further directions from this Board, to the end the
persons claiming a property in the same may have time to make
out their right.
On the petition of William Robertson setting forth that
John Baylor late of the County of King & Queen deceased some-
time about the year 1709 surveyed 1500 acres of land in the said
County adjoining to a tract entred for by Richard Buckner &
Larkin Chew Gent and afterwards purchased out of their Entry
3000 acres more, but never sued out any patent for the same,
& praying that he may have leave to enter for the said Lands,
It is Ordered that Robert Baylor & Aug,n Moor Gent Guardians
to the son and heir of the said John Baylor deceased have notice
to attend this Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to
show cause why the petr ought not to be admitted to an Entry
for the said lands.
David Bray Gent by his petition setting forth divers undue
practices of Dan1 Hornby & Thomas Beale to deceive this Board
in the valuation of the improvements pretended to be made on
the land taken up by them in Spotsylvania County, and since
granted to the said Bray, and praying relief therein, It is
ordered that the said Hornby and Beale do attend this Board
on the sixth day of the next Gen1 Court, till which time the
Consideration of the sd petition is referred.
The following petitions for taking up land were read &
granted Viz*
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To Charles Chiswell 4000 acres in Hannover County on the
S° side the north River opposite to Duglasses run, & running
up and down the river to include that quantity.
To George Robertson Clk 1500 acres in Prince George County
adjoining to a former survey of his consisting of 600 acres on
Flatt Creek.
To Willm Mayo 10000 acres extending from Dan1 Thomas's
line to Deep Creek on James River including the former order
for three thousand acres in Henrico County.
At a Council held at Wm8burgh the 1st
day of March 1726/7
Present
The Honble Robert Carter Esqr President
Mann Page Peter Beverley
Cole Digges John Carter &
John Grymes Esq"
Mr Christopher Robinson Naval Officer of Rapp* River
being lately dead, the President was pleased to inform the board
that he intended to appoint Robert Carter Junr to succeed in
that office, if the Council have no objection to him, and the
Council declaring they have no objection to that appointment
the said Robert Carter Junr is accordingly constituted Naval
Officer and Receiver of the Virginia Duties within the sd dis-
trict.
Oliver Seager Gent is appointed Sheriff of the County of
Middlesex in the room of Christopher Robinson Gent lately de-
ceased.
A new Commission of the peace for the County of Middle-
sex with the addition of sundry new Justices was this day Or-
dered to be prepared for the Presidents signing.
Hilary Moseley Gent was nominated Sheriff of Princess Anne
County in the room of Willoughby Merchant who hath made
oath of his incapacity to find security for his discharge of that
office
His Mat"*9 Receiver Gen1 communicated to the Board a War-
rant under his Majesties Sign Manual dated the 18th of April
1726 directing the payment of £5512 out of the Revenue of
Quitt Rents to Peter Leheup Gent, and he also produced a
Receipt whereby it appears that the said sum was paid accord-
ingly on the 11th of Novemr last past.
A Letter from the Right Honble the Lords Com" of Trade
dated the 26th of October acknowledging the receipt of the Presi-
dent's letter on occasion of the late Governors death was read
at the Board.
Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia 129
At a Council held at Williamsburgh
the 213t of April 1727
Present
The Honble Robert Carter Esqr President
William Byrd Cole Digges
Nathan1 Harrison Peter Beverley &
Richd Fitzwilliam Esqrs
It is the opinion of this Board & accordingly ordered that
the General Assembly (which now stands prorogued to the 11th
day of May) be further prorogued to Wednesday the 6th day of
Sepr next, and a proclamation was prepared accordingly.
Whereas the Inhabitants of this Colony have for divers
months past been visited with a violent sickness & very great
mortality, and considering that such publick Calamitys require
solemn humiliation and intercession with almighty God, the Presi-
dent with the advice of the Council was pleased to order as it
is hereby ordered that Wednesday the 10th day of May next be
set apart & kept as a day of solemn fasting & humiliation
throughout this Colony, & that a proclamation issue accordingly.
The President in Council was pleased to nominate & appoint
the following persons to be Sheriffs of the several Counties for
the ensueing year.
Henrico John Radford
P. George Wm Harrison
Surry Howel Edmunds
Isle Wight Hardy Council
Nansemond ,.. . Dan1 Pugh
Norfolk John Hare
Pr3 Anne Thos Haynes
Eliza City Anth Armistead
Warwick Wm Cole
York Graves Packe
Jas City Rob' Goodrich
Chas City Fran Hardyman
Hannover Wm Fleming
New Kent Jn° Sclater
King Willm Jn° Butts
King & Queen ' Jn° Leegh
Glocester Francis Willis
Middlesex Oliv. Seager
Essex Thomas Waring
Spotsylvania Goodrich Lightfoot
King George Jo9 Strother
Richmond Jos Belfield
Lancaster James Ball
Northumberld Jn° Shopleigh
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Westmorld Aug1 Washington
Stafford
Accomack Jn° Kendall
Northampton Ralph Pigot
Present Mann Page & John Carter Esq"
On reading at this Board a letter from Alured Popple Esqr
Secretary to the Right Honble the Lords Com" for trade bearing
date the 2d of November 1726 and inclosing a state of the Case
of the ship John & Betty of Bristol which imported into this
Colony a quantity of Rum for which the duty of 4d per Gallon
was demanded & taken by Christopher Robinson late Naval
Officer of Rappahanock River together with the opinion of Sr
Philip York his Mat""8 Attorney Gen1 on the said Case, It ap-
pearing to this Board that by reason of some disputes arising be-
tween the Importers of the said Rum and the said late Naval
Officer, the money received for the duties thereof was never
paid over to the Treasurer of the said Duties but retain'd by
the said Naval Officer untill he should be secured against the
prosecution with which he was threatned by the Importers of
the said liquors, This Board are therefore of opinion that al-
though it appears by the Custom house books that the said Ship
John & Betty was not entred at the Custom-House in Rappa
untill the 15"' day of June, (which is four days after the duty
aforesaid commenced) yet if they can make due proof that the
Ship was within the District of Rappahannock on or before the
10th day of June as is suggested in the State of their case, This
Board will give directions to the Exc" of the said Naval to re-
turn the money paid for the duty of the aforesd liquors, and in
case of their refusal will give all necessary assistance for the
recovery thereof.
On reading this day at the Board a representation from
divers of the Justices of Essex County complaining of the great
delays in the administration of Justice in that County by the
neglect of several of the persons nominated in the Commission
of the peace to attend the Courts, & on hearing John Lomax
Gent one of the Justices complain'd of, It appears to this Board
that the obstructions which have happened in the administration
of Justice in the said County have been principally occasioned
through the heats and animosities arisen among the said Jus-
tices of the peace touching the place of holding Court since the
time their late Court-house was burnt, for remedying whereof
for the future It is this day Resolved & Ordered that a new
Commiss" of the peace be made out for the said County, & that
the Gentlemen recommended by the Court together with others
nominated by this Board being the principal Inhabitants of the
sd County be put to the sd Commission as Justices of the said
County & that every of them be personally summoned by the
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Sheriff to meet at the place where the Court is now held on the
next Court day appointed by law for the said County and that
they or the major part of them who shall then appear and take
the Oaths as Justices of the peace do proceed to appoint a fit
place as near as conveniently may be to the Center of their
County for holding the Courts hereafter until further provision
be made by law therein, or that by the common consent of the
said Justices or the major part of them so sworn such place be
agreed upon and approv'd of by the Governor or Comdr in Chief
of this Dominion for the time being as may be for the Gen1
ease & conveniency of the Inhabitants of the sd County
April the 25th 1727
Present
The Honble the President
Will™ Byrd Peter Beverley
Nath1 Harrison Jn° Robinson
Mann Page Jn° Carter
Cole Digges Richd Fitzwilliam &
Jn° Grymes Esq"
On the application of Will™ Fantleroy Gent & oath made
that he sent some plate by Capt Herd of the Ship Taylor of
Bristol to be changed and made into other kinds of plate and
finds by Cap* Herd's books that it was changed and marked
with the initial letters of his name, & it appearing that the
broken plate found on the Tayloe's Sailors was so mark'd, It is
ordered that the same be delivered to him on his Order
April 26th 1727
Present
The President
William Byrd Peter Beverley
Nathan1 Harrison Jn° Robinson
Mann Page Jn° Carter &
Cole Digges Jn° Grymes Esq"
On hearing this day the matter on the petition of David
Bray Gent against Dan1 Hornby & Thomas Beale the Council
having examined the allegations of the pet" and heard the several
parties and it appearing to the Board thaf the said Beale &
Hornby had at the last hearing concealed the advantages they
made of the land in controversy, and had deceived the Board
in some other particulars of their pretended Improvements, It
is now ordered that there be paid to the said Hornby in full for
his improvements and seating as given in to this Board the sum
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of £41„7,,6 And to the said Thomas Beale in full of his demand
the sum of £48,, 15, ,6 Cur' money and no more. And whereas
the said Thomas Beale & Dan1 Hornby have their Slaves on
the land, and have prepared for making a Crop, It is ordered
that they continue there till the finishing the said Crop ; and that
the plantations and Improvements be delivered in the like good
order as contained in their Estimate, to the petr or his order on
the 20th of Novemr next, and that the money aforesaid be paid
by the said, Bray within eight days thereafter to the said Beale
and Hornby or their order in Williamsburg, and upon such pay-
ment Mr Bray is to have a patent for the said land, but in Case
he refuses to pay the said several sums, then the said land shall
be granted to any other that will pay the money hereby directed
to be paid for the Improvements made thereon
The great men of the Saponie Indians this day attending the
President in Council made complaint that whilst some of their
people were ahunting on Roanoke River last winter they were
surprized in the night by a party of Tuscaruroes living within
the Province of N° Carolina who killed four and carryed off
prisoners three of their nation, they said that they had always
continued faithful to the English, and had hitherto declin'd taking
their revenge of the Tuscaruroes least they should thereby dis-
oblige this Government, and hoped that as they had been made to
give satisfaction to the Tuscaruroes by deliverying up one of their
nation who killed a Tuscaruro some time ago, the Tuscaruro's
should now be obliged to give the like satisfaction to them :
Thereupon the Presid' caused to be interpreted unto them the
letter he wrote last February upon their Complaint made to Coll°
Harrison concerning this injury done them by the Tuscaruro's
wherein he had insisted upon the satisfaction they now proposed ;
and also the letter he received from the Governor of North-
Carolina in answer thereto together with the answer made by
Blount the Chief man of the Tuscaruroes to the Governor &
Council of N° Carolina the 4th day of this month wherein Blount
denies that any of the Tuscaruro's belonging to his town were
concerned in the murder of the Saponies whereof they complain,
but that it was committed by the Tuscaruroes now living under
the protection of the five nations ; and that he was sure if those
Indians were tax'd with it they would not deny it. To which
the great men of the Saponies answered that these were but ex-
cuses framed by Blount for that they had good proof that the
Indians of his town and none other committed this murder; that
the Saponies who escaped had followed the tract of the party
that attcked them two days march towards Blounts town, that
an Indian Slave then at the said town had seen one of the
Saponie prisoners brought thither & put to death, and that they
can make appear by several of the English Inhabitants on
Roanoke that the same Tuscaruroes were seen about that time
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with divers scalps which they were carrying home to their town,
and which could be none other but those of the Saponies, and
prayed that if this Government could not obtain from them the
satisfaction they desired, they may have liberty with the assist-
ance of the Indians their Confederates to take their revenge in
their own way
The Council taking into Consideration what hath been now
offered by the Saponie Indians, It is Resolved by this Board
that no further application be made to the Governor of N° Caro-
lina, since he has acknowledged that the Tuscaruroes are not
Tributaries to his Government and that it appears he has very
little authority over them ; but that since Blount their chief man
at his late Conference with the Governor of N° Carolina de-
clared in the presence of Richd Fitzwilliam Esqr one of the mem-
bers of this Board that he should have been ready upon a mes-
sage from this Government to have come in & justified himself
& his nation from what is charged on them by the Saponies a
messenger be dispatched to the said Blount requiring him and
his great men to attend at this Board on the second Tuesday
in June next, in order to the examinaion of the truth of what
is alledged against his Indians by the Saponies, and the great
men of the Saponie Indians are also ordered to attend at the
same time to make out their Charge ; and it was further declared
to the Saponies that in case Blount shall not come, in upon this
message, or if upon his coming in he shall not sufficiently clear
his Indians from the fact whereof they are accused, the Saponies
shall then be at liberty to commit what hostilities they think
fit upon the said Tuscaruroes wherein this Government will not
interpose to restrain them, provided they forbear doing any injury
to the English Inhabitants on that Frontier.
Whereas the great men of the Saponie Indians have this day
made Complaint to the board that one John Prowse of Hannover
County being sometime ago at a horse-race on Maherine River
where a Saponie Indian was present & very much in drink, the
said Prowse as the Indian lay asleep set fire to his Cloathes
whereby the said Indian was so grievously scorched and burnt
that in a few days thereafter he died, it is ordered that a procla-
mation issue for apprehending the said Prowse, and conveying
him to the publick Goal at Williamsburgh in order to his tryal
for the death of the said Indian, and that a reward of £10 be
promised for apprehending & bringing him to the publick Goal.
Complaint being this day made by the Saponie Indians that
one Martin Lyon frequently brings Rum into their town, and
sells the same to their young men whereby great disorders are
committed among them, It is ordered that the said Martin Lyon
do attend this board on the second Tuesday in June next to
answer the said Complaint, and that the Sheriff of Prince George
County serve him with this Order.
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May the 2d 1727
Present
The President
Will"1 Byrd Peter Beverley
Nath1 Harrison Jn° Robinson
Mann Page Jn° Carter
Cole Digges Richd Fitzwilliam &
Jn° Grymes Esq"
New Commissions of the peace for the Counties of Stafford,
Northumberland, Spotsylvania, Hannover & James City were this
day ordered in Council, and several persons appointed to be
Justices in the room of those lately deceased
The following Sheriffs were this day nominated in Council
in the room of those who have desired to be excused from that
office Viz'. For
Glocester Peter Whiting
Warwick Jn° Langhorn
Edwin Thacker Gent is appointed one of the Coroners of
Middlesex County
Whereas the Justices of Stafford County have neglected the
recommendation of Sherrifts for the ensueing year & the person
now in that office refusing to serve any longer, the President is
desired to grant a Commission to such Justices of the said County
as shall be willing to serve in the said office, and if none will
voluntarily accept the same that he appoint such person as he
shall think fit (being in the Commission of the peace for that
County) to be Sheriff for the ensueing year.
On the petition of Richard Pearson late Master of the Ship
Fortune of Whitehaven setting forth that in the year 1724 he
came into this Colony & entred the said Ship in the District of
S° Potomack where after he had purchased and taken on board
a considerable part of her lading of Tobacco, the said Ship &
lading was unfortunately burnt in the said District, that notwith-
standing thereof the Naval Officer of the said District hath now
demanded of him the Port duties & other Charges which would
have been payable if the said Ship had been Cleared & praying
relief therein, It is the opinion of this Board & accordingly Or-
dered that in Consideration of the great loss the petr sustained
by the burning of the ship, the duty of Tunnage be remitted him,
and that the Naval Officer do not demand the same.
The Acco' of contingent Charges from the 25"' of Octr last
together with the expence of keeping in repair the Governor's
house were this day examined & allowed in Council.
Ordered that Henry Cary and John Tyler Gent be appointed
to view the Governor's house, & report what reparations are
Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia 135
necessary therein, & the Charge thereof, and that the same be
forwith set about ; and It is further ordered that the great dining
room and parlor thereto adjoining be new painted, the one of
Pearl colour the other of Cream colour; that the window frames
outer doors and eves be also new painted, that the pasture fence
be put in repair, and that labourers be hired to assist the Gardiner
in putting the garden in good order.
On the petition of Giles Cook setting forth that one George
Parker late of the County of Essex deceased in the year 1720
obtain'd an order of this Board for ten thousand acres of land in
the fork of Rappahanock River in the County of Spotsylvania
joining upon the Entry of Robert & Humphry Brooks, Augustin
Smith and George Braxton Junr, & sometime afterwards surveyed
4000 acres thereof, but never sued out any patent for the same ;
that the said George Parker is since dead, and Majr Wm Danger-
field of Essex County now lays Claim to the said land or some
part thereof, but without having yet sued out or obtained any
patent for the same whereby the petr conceives that the entry
of the said Parker and the claim of the said Wm Dangerfield
under him are according to the orders of the Government be-
come void, and praying that leave may be granted to him the pet1"
to enter for, survey and take out a patent for the said land ; It
is Ordered that unless the said Will™ Dangerfield being duly
serv'd with a Copy of this order do appear before this Board at
the next Court of Oyer & Terminer, and make out his pretensions
to the said land and show Cause why he hath not hitherto sued
out a Patent, the same be granted to the petr.
On the petition of Henry Willis Gent setting forth that about
seven years ago there was surveyed for Richard Yarborough of
King Wm County 400 acres of land lying in the Fork of Rappa-
hanock River in Spotsylvania County; that the said Richard Yar-
borough nor any person for him hath hitherto sued out any
patent for the said land, neither is the survey thereof returned
into the Secretaries office, whereby the petr conceives that the
Entry & Survey of the said Yarborough is become void, and
praying leave may be granted him the petr to enter for, survey
and take out a patent for the said land It is Ordered that unless
the said Yarborough being duly served with a Copy of this Order,
do appear before this Board at the next Court of Oyer & Ter-
miner and make out his pretensions to the said land, and show
cause why he hath not hitherto sued out a patent, the same be
granted to the petr.
Whereas Henry Willis Gent did on the 16th of June last
past exhibit his petition to this Board praying leave to enter
for ten thousand acres of land in Spotsylvania County surveyed
about three years ago for Edmund Jenings Esqr Wm Jenings &
James Taylor, & no patent sued out for the same, and the said
Edmund Jenings Wm Jenings and James Taylor having had no-
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tice of the said petition and not appearing to make out their
Claim to the said Tract of land. It is ordered that the said
Henry Willis have leave to enter for and survey the said land,
and that upon the return of such Survey a patent be granted
him for the same upon his entring Rights for the quantity of
land aforesaid.
At a Council held at the Capital the 6th
day of May 1727
Present
The President
Nathan1 Harrison John Carter
Peter Beverley Rich" Fitzwilliam &
John Robinson Jn° Grymes Esq"
Whereas Capt Vincent Pearse Commander of his Matlcs
ship Tartar is now bound out with divers merchant ships under
his Convoy, and hath signified his readiness to give the like
Convoy to such other Ships as shall join him upon his return,
It is ordered that the Naval Officers do give notice to the Masters
of Ships in their respective Districts that if they intend to take
any benefit of this Convoy, they are to repair to the mouth of
York River before the 10th day of next month, which is the place
appointed for their joining his Matles said Ship and the said Naval
Officers are further to signifie to such of the said Masters whose
Ships cannot be ready by that time, that as this Board judgeth
it highly necessary for the safety of the trade that the ships
should go hence from time to time in Fleets, wherein they may
not only be better provided for mutual defence, but have also
the guard of his Majesties ship of war to protect them off this
Coast, they may expect a further notification of the time when
and the place where another Fleet is to be formed ; that so
they may not run themselves into danger by going out singly,
when by a short delay they may be secured from the danger of
Privateers on this Coast.
The following Warrants on the Receiver Gen1 to be paid
out of his Mat1"8 Revenues were this day sign'd by the President
in Council Viz1 Out of the 2s per hh" &c
To the President for the Earl of Orkney and
himself y2 years Sallary ending the 25th of
April £„1000„— „—
To the Gent of the Council ^4 years Sallary
ending the same time ,, 175,, — ., —
To the Auditor Gen1 of the plantatn° j/2 years
Sallary to the same time „ 50,, — „ —
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To the Sollic1- of the Virginia affairs y2 years
Sallary to the same time „ 50,, — „ —
To the Attorney Gen1 for the like Sallary .... „ 20,, — „ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the like Sal-
lary _ „ 50„— „—
To Will"1 Prentis for y2 years Sallary to the
Gunners of the several Batteries „ 20„ — ,, —
To the Armourer y2 years Sallary „ 6„ — „ —
To Wm Prentis for sundry Min18 attending
this Gen1 Court „ 6,, — ,, —
To Wm Prentis for sundry expresses and other
contingent Charges „ 19„ 5„ 8^4
To the same for sundry expences in repair-
ing the Governor's House „ 45,, 5„ 5l/2
And Out of the Quitt Rents
To Mr Comry Blair y2 years Salary £„ 50„— „—
To the Attorney Gen1 y2 years additional
Salary „ 30,, — ,, —
John Robinson Esq' absent
The accots of his Matics Revenues of Quitt Rents Port Du-
ties and head money being examined by the Deputy Auditor
were this day sworn to by the Recr General & Certified by the
President as usual
Sundry patents for land were this day sign'd by the Presi-
dent in Council.
Whereas divers Caveats for stopping patents have been en-
tred in the Secretaries office, and were this day laid before the
President in Council, it is ordered that the several persons en-
tring the said Caveats do attend this Board at the next Court of
Oyer & Terminer, and that they notifie to the persons whose
patents are desired to be stopped to attend at the same time, to
the end this Board may proceed to determine the pretensions of
the several parties
The Commission of the peace for the County of James City
which was ordered on the 21st of last month not being yet
issued, It is ordered that the several persons this day nominated
at the Board be added to the Justices in the former Commis-
sion, and that a new Commission issue accordingly.
On reading at this Board the petition of James Taylor Sur-
veyor of Spotsylvania setting forth that the dividing line be-
tween the said County and that of Hannover which he run some
years ago for his own satisfaction being for want of due assist-
ance but slenderly mark'd out, is since by the new Settlements
made thereon cut down in many places, and praying that for
perpetuating the said boundary, & avoiding the confusion that
must arise by interfering Entries with the respective Surveyors
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as well as the disputes which may happen touching the pay-
ment of Levies, and other publick dues, this Board may give
proper directions as they think fit for ascertaining the bounds
between the said Counties, It is ordered that the Courts of the
respective Counties of Hannover & Spotsylvania do appoint Com"
for settling ye said dividing line, between the two counties, & to
direct the Surveyors of the said Counties to mark out the same
pursuant to the directions of the Act of Assembly, & to make
report thereof to the respective County Courts to be entred of
Record.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 14th
day of June 1727
Present
The Honble Robert Carter Esqr President
& Comdr in Chief
William Byrd Peter Beverley
Nathan1 Harrison John Carter
Mann Page Richd Fitzwilliam &
John Grymes Esq"
Whereas by the publick prints as well as divers private let-
ters lately received from Great Britain there is unquestionable
intelligence that hostilities are already begun between his Ma,y
and the Crown of Spain, whereby there is great ground to appre-
hend this Coast will soom be infested by Privateers from St
Augustine and other parts of the Spanish dominions in America ;
And whereas for the better security of the Trade of this Colony
Cap' Vincent Pearse Commander of his Mat1" Ship the Tartar
hath offered to convoy off this Coast from time to time all such
ships as shall be ready to sail in Fleets: It is the opinion of
this board that it is for the general safety of the Trade of this
Colony that the Ships bound for great Britain wherein his Mat1"
interest and the property of his subjects of Great Britain as well
as of this Colony is greatly concerned, be not permitted to de-
part this Colony wth out Convoy off this Coast where the greatest
danger seems to be, and to that end that a general Embargo be
laid on all Ships and Vessels outward bound untill the last day
of this present month ; and the Naval Officers of the respective
districts are to notify the same to the several Masters of Ships,
and to clear no Ship or Vessel in the mean time untill the Master
shall have entred into Bond according to law not to depart this
Colony before the said last day of June ; and also that he will
on or before that time join the said Convoy at the mouth of York
River, or such other place as Capt Pearse shall notify for the
Rendezvous of the Fleet: And that from and after the said last
day of this present month of June the like Embargo be con,d
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on all Ships and Vessels not then Cleared, untill the 25th of July,
of which the Naval Officers are to give the like notice to the
Masters of Ships & Vessels in their respective Districts, and to
observe the order above prescribed in taking Bond not to de-
part during the said Embargo, and for joining the Convoy as
aforesaid. And it is further Ordered that notice hereof be sent
to the Government of Maryland, to the end the Masters of Ships
in that Province may take the benefit of the intended Convoy
if they think fit.
After long hearing the matter in dispute between the Saponie
Indians and the Tuscaruros touching an assault said to be made
by the latter on the Saponies about Christmas last, the one
strongly affirming & the other as vehemently denying their
being any way concerned in the said attack and murder of the
Saponies
Whereupon for a further proof of the innocence of the Tusca-
ruros, their Deputies now attending here offered to remain hos-
tages till a reasonable time be assigned the Saponies for proving
their charge and in Case they shall bring sufficient proof to con-
vict the Tuscaruros of the aforesaid murder, they the said Depu-
ties will then voluntarily undergo any punishment themselves,
or be obliged to deliver up the persons agl whom proof shall
be made, to be punished as this Government shall think fit.
Whereupon the President in Council taking the said proposal
into consideration, and judging it an indication of the innocence
of the said Tuscaruros hath thought fit, by and with the advice
and consent of the Council, to order that without exacting the
hostages offered by the Tuscaruros, a full hearing of this matter
be had before this Board on the 15th of October next, at which
time Blount the Chief man of the Tuscaruro Indians is ordered
personally to attend, and the Saponies are enjoined to bring with
them whatever proofs they pretend to have either from the testi-
mony of the English, or the relations of Indians as of their
own knowledge and observation, that a final determination may
be put to this quarrel.
The Nottoway Indians being suspected of the murder of
two English men on Appomatuck River last year, It appearing
that no other Indians were in those parts during that season
except the Nottoways, that the murdered persons were not
stripped as it usual when killed by foreign Indians, that not-
withstanding the said Nottoways positively denying their knowl-
edge of the said fact, and their being none other but circum-
stantial proof it is not thought fit to proceed further against them
than by continuing the former restraint on their hunting untill
they find out the murderers, and thereby give fresh testimony
of their inclination to live hereafter peaceably with the kings
subjects, and in a due obedience to the rules & orders set them by
this Government
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On reading at this Board a letter to the President from six
of the Justices of the County of Hannover desiring they may be
excused from sitting as Justices of the peace while Mr John Syme
is continued in that Commission, It is the opinion of this Board
and accordingly ordered that the Clerk of the Council do write
to the said Justices intimating to them that this Board being
well satisfied of Mr Syme's affection and loyalty to his Matles
person and Government, as well as of h.is capacity & qualifications
to serve the County as a Justice of the peace, they do not think
fit to remove him from that office
Mr President informing the Board that a great number of
Patents are now prepared in the Secretaries office ready for his
signing, and desiring to know whether it be necessary that the
same should be sign'd in the presence of the Council, It is the
opinion of this Board that according to a resolution of the same
in the year 1716, the said patents be sign'd out of Council.
June the 15th 1727
Present
The Honble the President
William Byrd Peter Beverley &
Nathanael Harrison Richd FitzwilT Esq"
The Caveat entred by William Winston against Benja Wag-
goner is dismist, and a patent ordered to be granted for the land
therein mentd to the said Benjamin Waggoner.
The Caveat entred by Mark Bannerman Gent against John
Davis for land found to escheat to his Ma" in Essex County,
the said Bannerman not prosecuting the same, It is ordered that
a patent be granted for the land therein mentioned to the said
John Davis, he paying the Composition & other Charges accru-
ing thereon.
William Westwood is hereby appointed one of the Coroners
of Eliza City County.
Present John Carter & Jn° Grymes Esq"
On hearing at this Board the Case of the owners of the
ship John and Betty of Bristol recommended by the Right Honble
the Lords Commiss" for Trade & plantations; it appearing upon
the whole matter by a state of the case made by the late Naval
Officer and put into the hands of John Randolph Esqr his Mat"*
Attorney Gen1 that the said Ship was actually at anchor in Rap-
pahanock River within the limits of the Port on the 10th day of
June and that as a further confirmation thereof the said ship
was early in the morning of the 11"' of June before the Presi-
dent's house which is about ten miles up the river and nearer
to the office of the Collector and Naval Officer, this Board are
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therefore of opinion that the Rum imported in the said ship is
not liable to any duty by virtue of the Act laying a duty on
Liquors which commenced from and after that day; that the
same ought forthwith to be restored to Mr Pitman Scanderet
Agent for the owners of the said Ship of which John Robinson
Gent Adminr of the Goods & Chattels of Christopher Robinson
late Naval Officer of that District who received that money is
to take notice, and to conform himself accordingly.
On a petition of Bowler Cocke and Tarleton Fleming De-
visees of Charles Fleming deceased for a new patent for a cer-
tain tract of land taken up by the said Charles and devised to
the petrs wherein there appears a manifest mistake in the first
course of the said patent which instead of N° West ought to have
been N° East, It is Ordered that the petrs have leave to resurvey
the said tract according to the true courses taken up by the said
Charles Fleming, and that they have also leave to add there to
260 acres on the one side and 150 on the other to be included
in the same patent.
On hearing this day in Council the several petitions of Mark
Bannerman and Katharine his wife & Thomas Simpson for a
grant of 270 acres of land in Accomack County found to escheat
to his Maty from Charles Campleston decd It is the opinion of
this Board that the said Katharine Bannerman hath the most
equitable pretensions to his Majesties favour, and therefore or-
dered that a patent be granted to her and her heirs for ever for
the said escheat land, the said Bannerman paying the charges
of prosecuting the said Escheat to be settled by the Council on
both sides together with five pounds for the said Simpson's per-
sonal trouble and attendance
Whereas Hannah a Negro woman belonging to George
Walker of Eliza City County was by a Commission of Oyer and
Terminer convicted of murder and execution awarded against her,
but before the day of the said execution the Sheriff died, whereby
the said Negro remains still in prison the sentence aforesaid
not executed, It is the opinion of this Board that a Warrant be
prepared for the President's signing directing the execution
of the said Negro pursuant to the former sentence, and a War-
rant was prepared accordingly.
On the petition of William Dangerfield Gent and a Counter
petition of Henry Willis praying for a grant of three thousand
acres of land formerly taken up by William Parker Gent in the
County of Spotsylvania, and no survey thereof returned into the
Secretaries office pursuant to the Orders of the Government, and
it appearing that the said Henry Willis is the first petr and hath
prosecuted the same with effect, It is therefore Ordered that
the said Willis be preferred to a Grant of the said land, he mak-
ing it appear that he gave due notice to the said Dangerfield of
his application for the said land according to the direction of
the last Council.
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On the petition of Larkin Chew, Thos Chew, John Chew,
Rob* Martin, Larkin Chew Junr, Wm Johnson, Robt King, and
George Goodloe setting forth that on the 2a of Novemr last they
obtain'd an order of this Board for surveying 12000 acres of
land on the west side of the little mountains in the County of
Hannover, that upon application to the Surveyor of the County
for that purpose, they have been informed that by an agreement
between the said County and that of Henrico the bounds of
Hannover is circumscribed by the branches of James River, and
doth not extend so far as the land pray'd for by the pet", and
therefore praying that their entry may be received by the Sur-
veyor of Henrico and their Tract laid off by him according to
their former order; It is ordered that the petrs be at liberty to
enter for the same tract with the Surveyor of Henrico, who is
hereby directed to cause the same to be surveyed for them pre-
ferable to any other Grant posterior to the date of their first
order
The following petitions for land were read and granted as
follows viz*
To Will™ Randolph two Tracts of land the one consisting
of 700 acres the other of 1250 adjoining to a tract of 4400 acres
of land formerly granted the petr on Appomatuck River in Hen-
rico County
To Henry Willis 3000 acres beginning at Battle mountain in
Spotsylvania County.
To John Scott, Stephen Hughes & Edward Scott 4000 acres
of land joining on Bowler Cocke's line on Muddy Creek on the
South side James River, and running into the fork of the said
Creek and up the Maple swamp on both sides thereof including
the ridges to compleat that quantity in Henrico County.
To Daniel Stonar 4000 acres on great Guinie Creek which
runneth into Appomatuck River in Henrico County.
To Daniel Stonar 1400 acres adjoining to his patented land
in Henrico County
To Francis Epes, Littlebury Epes, Charles Hudson, Eliz"
Randolph, James Thompson and Amos Lad 12000 acres beginning
on the N° side of Hardwares River within three miles of the
mountains, being a branch of the south River of James River,
thence up on each side of the said Hardwares River to com-
pleat that quantity.
To Thomas Carr 1200 acres in King William County lying
between the lines of Wm Terrel, Rich" Mauldin, Joel Terrel,
Willm Mcgehee, Philemon Hawkins, Aug' Moor, Jacob Burros,
John Hawkins, Will'" Biggars, William Porters, Rob' Chandler,
and Rob' Holmes.
To James Powell Cock 3000 acres lying in the fork of Nibbs
Creek where his plantation now is in Prince George's County
To James Skelton 1000 acres to be included with 1600 acres
patented land on Hardware Creek in Henrico County.
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To Francis Epes 5000 acres joining on his patented land
on Winterpoke on Appomatuck River in Henrico County, and to
have an inclusive patent for the whole.
To Arthur Moseley Junr eight hundred acres adjoining to
his patented land on fighting Creek in Henrico County, & to
have an inclusive patent for both.
To James Akin one thousand acres beginning on Pride's line
on Batterwood Creek in Henrico County, and to extend toward
the branches of Swift and Ship-quarter Creeks.
To Sam1 Good 2000 acres beginning on Appomatuck River
on Rich" Womack's line, and up the river to Majr Kennon's line
in Henrico County
To John Woodson 1050 acres lying on Deep Creek on the
S° side of James River in Henrico County.
To Thomas Randolph 4000 acres under the mountains on the
S° side of the N° fork of James River in Henrico County.
To Thomas Massie and Jn° Woodson 4000 acres of land be-
ginning at the south corner of the land sold by Woodson &
Hughes to Col0 Wm Cole, and joining on the said tract on the
North and East sides in Henrico County.
To John Fitzgerald 1000 acres joining on a tract of land
already surveyed for him on Namazine Creek in Prince George's
County, with an inclusive patent for the whole
To James Keith 2000 acres adjoining to his old land on both
sides of Stonie Creek in Prince George's County, and to have
an inclusive patent for both tracts.
To Henry Anderson 4000 acres lying on Appomatuck on
Swan's Creek, the branches of Deep Creek & Cetalones branch
in Henrico County.
To Joshua Turner 1000 acres adjoining to the land whereon
he lives on Stonie Creek in Prince George's County, and to
have an inclusive patent for his old & new land.
To Alexr Marshall 1600 acres joining upon the land granted
him by patent being 628 acres on the great Swamp of Swift
Creek in Henrico County with an inclusive patent for both
Tracts.
On the petition of Nathan1 Harrison Esqr leave is granted
him to take up 3000 acres of land or thereabouts, lying within
the following bounds Viz* beginning at the head of Cold water,
thence up to the Saponie Indian line, along that line to Maherine
River, thence down that River till it is opposite to the lower
line of the said Nathan1 Harrison's land called New hope, thence
up that line to the upper or outer corner tree of the said land,
thence to the pet" own land ag' Brandy quarter and over the
River bounding on the upper line of Brandy quarter aforesaid,
thence to the beginning. Leave is also granted the petr to in-
clude in one patent the land aforesaid with his other lands
thereto adjoining in Brunswick County.
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At a Council held at the Capitol August 17th 1727
Present
The President
Nath1 Harrison Peter Beverley
Cole Digges John Carter &
John Grymes Esq"
Mr John Randolph being admitted to execute the office of
Clerk of the Council upon the occasion of the sickness of Mr
Robertson. He took the Oath for the faithful Execution thereof
during the time of his acting therein.
The President asking the advice of the Council what was to
be done in respect to the meeting of the General Assembly which
stood prorogued to the sixth day of Sepf next It is the opinion
of the Board that it be further prorogued to Thursday the 16th
of November.
Ordered
That Proclamation do issue accordingly.
Whereas a letter was this day laid before the Board by
the President wrote to him by Sr Richard Everard Baron' Gov-
ernor of the Province of North Carolina concerning the Trans-
actions in that Government in the apprehending, examination and
conveying into this Colony several Pirates, wherein Sr Richard
desires that the expenses of that Business, which were consider-
able should be repaid to the Province of North Carolina by this
Government ; It is the opinion of the Council that all Expences
of the said Prisoners until they were brought into Virginia ought
to be defray'd by the Government of North Carolina, and the
President is desired to signify the opinion of the Board to Sir
Richard. And whereas it appears that Roger Kennyon, Andrew
Frazer, George Hull, Jonathan Howard & John Cocke pursuant
to their several recognizances taken for that purpose in Caro-
lina, had travelled from thence and attended and given Evidence
on the tryal of the said Pirates. It is Ordered that the Receiver
Gen1 do pay unto the said Roger Kennyon, Andrew Frazer,
George Hull, and Jonathan Howard Six pounds fifteen shillings
apiece for their travelling & attendance Unto John Cocke for
the same £2"2"2, and unto Michael Griffin for the same £1"10"0,
and unto Edward Howcott for attending as a Guard upon the
prisoners £1"19"0 and that he do also pay to the prisoner Martha
Farlee who was acquitted £1"10"0, to defray her expences in
travelling home again.
Whereas the Board was inform'd that the Inhabitants of this
Colony near Roanoak had lately been infested with a Company
of the Cattabaw Indians who had committed sev1 Robberies upon
them, and that they expected they would return soon with a
more considerable number and do more mischief, not only to
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the English Inhabitants, but to the Tributary Indians ; and that
there was some reason from their insolent behaviour of late, to
apprehend they design'd to take possession of Christanna Fort,
in which there are several Cattabaws at this time, and that they
will do other Acts of Hostility. Collonel Harrison is desired to
take such measures as he shall think most expedient for pro-
tecting the Frontiers against the Incursions of those Indians.
On reading at this Board the petition of John Cosby and
Charles Barret setting forth that Benjamin Brown of the County
of Hanover some years ago made an Entry for Sixteen hundred
acres of land in the said County, and sometime in the beginning
of March MDCCXXV made two Surveys the one for eight hun-
dred acres of land lying on one or both sides the South Fork of
little River and the other for eight hundred acres more lying on
one or both sides the North fork of the said River, and .hath
or might have had plats of the said Surveys delivered to him
which he hath neglected to lodge in the Secretary's office, and
hath taken no measures to obtain a Patent thereon in Contempt
of the Orders of the Government; and praying the said land
may be granted to them according to the usage in such Cases,
It is accordingly Ordered that the said Brown have notice to at-
tend this Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to shew
cause why the said land should not be granted to the Petitioners.
At a Council held at the Capitol September
the 11th 1727
Present
The Honble William Gooch Esqr his Majesty's Lieut Governor
& Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion
of Virginia
Robert Carter Cole Digges
James Blair Peter Beverley
William Byrd John Carter &
Mann Page John Grymes Esq"
A Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain bearing date
at Westminister the 10th day of March in the Thirteenth year
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the first constitut-
ing the R* Honble George Earl of Orkney his said late Majesty's
Lieut and Governor General of this Colony and Dominion
Also a Commission under the Signet and Sign Manual of
his said late Majesty bearing date at the Court at S' James's
the 23d day of January 1726/7 In the Thirteenth year of his
said late Majesty's Reign constituting and appointing The Hon-
ourable William Gooch Esqr (in case of the death or absence of
the said Earl of Orkney) to be Lieut Governor of the said Colony
and authorizing and requiring him to execute and perform all and
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singular the powers & Authorities contain'd in the aforemen-
tioned Commission granted to the said Earl ;
Together with a printed Proclamation issued by his present
Majesty King George the Second declaring that all persons in
an)r office at the Demise of his late Majesty within the Kingdoms
of Great Britain, Ireland, or any of the plantations shall con-
tinue in the Execution of their respective Trusts and Employ-
ments.
And a Commission under the Great Seal of the High Court
of Admiralty of Great Britain bearing date the 24'" day of March
1726/7 constituting the said William Gooch Esqr Vice Admiral
of this his Majesty's Colony & Dominion of Virginia.
Were severally read and published in the place where the
General Court is usually held.
From whence the Lieutenant Governor with the Council re-
paired to the Council Chamber where his Honour took the Oaths
appointed by Act of Parliament to be taken instead of the Oaths
of Allegiance and Supremacy the Abjuration Oath mentioned in
the Act of Parliament made in the sixth year of the Reign of
her late Majesty Queen Anne, subscribed the Test and took the
Oath for the faithful discharge of the office of Governor, and
due observation of the acts of Trade ; which said Oaths were
administred to him by Robert Carter, James Blair & William
Byrd Esqrs three of the members of his Majesty's Council.
And then the said Lieutenant Governor administred to the
several and respective members of the Council here present the
said several Oaths appointed to be taken instead of the Oaths of
Allegiance & Supremacy the Abjuration Oath & the Test, to-
gether with the Oath of a Counsellour.
John Carter Esq1" Secretary of this his Majesty's Colony &
Dominion took the Oath for the due execution of that office.
The Reverend Mr Commissary Blair producing a Commission
under the hand and Episcopal Seal of the R* Reverend Edmd Lord
Bishop of London constituting him the said James Blair Commis-
sary of Virginia, with power to execute the several authorities
granted to the said Bisop by his late Majesty's Letters Patents
under the great Seal granted to the said Bishop bearing date
the day of a Copy whereof is annex'd to
the said Commissary's Commission.
Which Patent and Commission being severally read Mr
Commissary thereupon took the Oath for the due execution of
the said office.
John Grymes Esqr his Majesty's Receiver Gen1 took the
Oath for the due execution of the said office.
William Dandridge Esqr. pursuant to a Warrant under the
Sign Manual of his late Majesty bearing date the 1st day of
June 1727 In the Thirteenth year of his Reign directed to the
Commander in Chief of this Colony for the time being, having
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first taken the Oaths appointed to be taken instead of the Oaths
of Allegiance & Supremacy together with the Abjuration Oath,
and subscribed the Test, was sworn and admitted one of his
Majesty's Council of this Colony.
John Custis Esqr pursuant to a Warrant under the Sign
Manual of his late Majesty bearing date the 2d day of June 1727
in the Thirteenth year of his Reign directed to the Commander
in Chief of this Colony for the time being having first taken
the Oaths appointed to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegi-
ance and Supremacy together with the Abjuration Oath, and sub-
scribed the Test, was sworn and admitted one of his Majesty's
Council of this Colony.
Whereas upon the Demise of our late Sovereign Lord King
George the first of glorious memory, the Imperial Crown of
Great Britain, France and Ireland together with the supreme
Dominion and sovereign Right of this Colony and Dominion of
Virginia, and all other his late Majesty's Dominions in America,
are rightly come to the High and Mighty Prince George Prince
of Wales our present most gracious Sovereign; It is Ordered that
his said Majesty be publickly and solemnly proclaimed at the
Capitol, the Market place, and the College of William & Mary ;
and that a Proclamation do also issue commanding the High
Sheriffs, Justices of the peace and other Officers to cause his
present Majesty to be proclaimed in the respective Counties with-
in this Colony with all convenient speed.
Whereas his Majesty hath been pleased by Order in his
privy Council the 19th of June 1727 to declare that in all the
prayers for the Royal Family, instead of the words [His Royal
Highness George Prince of Wales, the Princess and their Issue
and all the Royal Family] be inserted [Our Gracious Queen
Caroline, the Royal Issue, and the rest of the Royal Family]
It is Ordered that the same alterations be observed in the
prayers throughout this Colony, and that Mr Commissary Blair
be desired to signify the same to the Clergy.
Ordered
That a Proclamation be prepared and issued for publishing
his Majesty's Royal Proclamation for continuing in their respective
offices all such persons as at the time of the Demise of our late
Sovereign were duly possessed of or invested in any office or
employment
Resolved
That an humble Address be prepared to his Majesty to be
signed by the Governor and Council condoling the death of our
late most gracious Sovereign, and congratulating his present Maj-
esty's happy accession to the Throne, and that the said Address
be prepared and brought in by Mr Commissary Blair, William
Byrd and John Carter Esq"
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John Randolph Esqr being by Commission from the late
Governor constituted his Majesty's Attorney General during the
absence of John Clayton Esqr and also admitted to officiate as
Clerk of the Council in the room and during the Indisposition of
Mr Robertson, took the Oaths appointed by Act of Parliament
to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy
together with the Abjuration Oath and subscribed the Test, and
also took the oaths of those respective offices during his con-
tinuance therein.
At a Council held the 12th day of
September 1727
Present
The Honble The Lieut Governor
Robert Carter Cole Digges
James Blair Peter Beverley
WilP Byrd John Carter
Nath1 Harrison John Grymes
Mann Page Will"1 Dandridge &
John Custis Esq"
Nathan1 Harrison Esqr took the Oaths appointed by Act of
Parliament to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance &
Supremacy, the Abjuration Oath, subscribed the Test, and then
took the usual Oath of a member of his Maty's Council,
And also as Deputy Auditor of his Majesty's Revenues of
this Dominion took the Oath for the due execution of that office.
Mr Commissary Blair reported that the persons appointed
had prepared an humble address to His Maty; which was read
at the Board and agreed to and
Ordered
That the same be fairly transcribed and signed by the Lieut
Governor and all the members of the Council now present, and
that a Duplicate thereof be also prepar'd and sign'd in like
manner.
His Majesty's approbation declared in Council the 28th of
March 1727 of the proposals made by Collonel Spotswood and
Mr Eden late Lieutenant Governors of this Colony and North
Carolina for settling the Boundaries between the said Govern-
ments ; which proposals have also been agreed to by the Lords
Proprietors of North Carolina, was this day read at the Board,
and thereupon it is the opinion of the Council that the Governor
be desired to send a Copy of his Majesty's said Order in Council
to the Governor of North Carolina, and to desire him to appoint
two Commissioners in behalf of that Province to meet some time
in the month of March next William Byrd and Nathanael Harrison
Esq" who are hereby nominated and appointed Commiss" on
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the part of this Colony, and then jointly to proceed in running
the dividing line between the two Governments according to the
proposals aforesaid.
And it is further Ordered that John Allen Gen4 and Mr
Mayo Surveyors be, and they are hereby appointed assistants
to the said Commissioners for the better performing the ser-
vices aforesaid, and that they be paid for their trouble and ex-
pence out of his Majesty's Revenue.
His Majesty's Approbation declared in Council the 16th day
of June 1727 of an Act passed in this Colony the last Session
of Assembly Entituled An Act for laying a Duty on Liquors
was read, and ordered to be entered on the Council Books.
Also his Majesty's approbation declared in Council the same
16th day of June 1727 of an Act passed the same Session Entituled
an Act to confirm the Title of Richard Randolph to certain en-
tailed Lands, and to settle other lands of greater value and two
Negro Slaves to the same uses, was this day read at the Board,
and ordered to be entered on the Council Books.
The Lieutenant Governor being informed that John Vidal a
prisoner in the public Goal in Williamsburgh has been lately
convicted and attainted of Piracy, & is to be executed on the
6th day of October, was pleased to ask the advice of the Council,
whether in their opinion the said Vidal be a fit object of the
King's mercy; upon debating whereof, it is the opinion of the
Council that in respect of his Majesty's Succession to the Throne,
and the arrival of the Governor, it is very fit to begin his adminrD
with an Act of mercy, and therefore they do advise his Honour
to grant unto the said John Vidal his Majesty's most gracious
pardon.
At a Council held the 16th day of October 1727
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Carter
Nathan1 Harrison Richd Fitzwilliam
Cole Digges Will1" Dandridge &
Peter Beverley John Custis Esq"
Richard Fitzwilliam Esqr Surveyor General of his Majesty's
Customs this day took the Oaths appointed by Act of Parliament
to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy,
and the Abjuration Oath, subscribed the Test, and took the Oath
as one of his Majesty's Council of this Colony, together with
the Oath of his office as Surveyor General.
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October the 17th 1727
Present
The Governor
James Blair
William Byrd
Nath1 Harrison
Cole Digges
John Custis
Peter Beverley
John Robinson
Rich" Fitzwilliam
William Dandridge &
Esq"
John Robinson Esqr took the Oaths appointed by Act of
Parliament to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and
Supremacy, the Abjuration Oath, subscribed the Test, & took
the Oath as one of his Majesty's Council of this Colony.
At a Council held October the 27 1727
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter
James Blair
Nath1 Harrison
Cole Digges
Peter Beverley
John Robinson
William Dandridge
John Custis Esq"
The Governor laid before the Board a Petition of Rob1 Jor-
dan Junr in behalf of himself and several other people called
Quakers, residing in the Counties of Henrico Charles City and
Nansemond, complaining of divers fines levied upon them for not
attending at the Musters of the Militia appointed by Law in the
said Counties ; and praying redress therein : It is the opinion of
this Board that the said fines being imposed on them for their
refusing obedience to the Law, they ought therefore not to be
relieved.
The Governor also laid before the Board a Letter lately re-
ceived by him from Sr Richard Everard Baronet Governor of
North Carolina, dated the 3d instant promising to take speedy
measures with the advice of his Council for the appointment of
Commissioners, and the time and place where they shall meet
the Commissioners appointed by this Government for settling
the Boundaries between this Colony and the said Province pur-
suant to the Order of his Majesty in Council, and that in the
mean time no patents shall be granted for any Lands lying within
the contraverted Bounds, which letter was read
Present William Byrd, John Carter & Richard Fitzwilliam Esq"
Whereas John Vidal lately convicted of Piracy, and by the
Governor pardoned for the said offence, is still detained in the
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public Goal, and there like to continue, as well for the prison
fees as the fees due to other Officers; It is Ordered that the
said fees be paid out of his Majesties Revenues of 2s per hogshead
& c; and that the said Vidal be forthwith discharged out of
Prison.
Ordered that the General Assembly which stands prorogued
to the 16th day of November next, be dissolved, and that proclama-
tions issue for notifying the said Dissolution.
An Acco' of contingent Charges from the 25th of April 1727
to the 25th of this present month; also an account of Work
done to the Governor's House, and other disbursements upon
the same for the like time, together with an acco1 of the Charges
in the apprehending Vidal and execution of certain Pirates were
this day laid before the Governor in Council by Nathanael Harri-
son Esqr Deputy Auditor, and being examined, divers of the
articles of the said account were allowed, and others to be re-
examined and regulated by the said Auditor.
The Officers of his Majesty's Revenue on their application
are authorized and impowered to sign and issue Rights to the
Value of £500 for the use of such as shall require the same for
the taking up his Majesty's Lands.
On the application of the Justices of Elizabeth City County,
It is Ordered that Edward Jones, William Hunter, John Brodie
and William Westwood Gent be added to the Commission of the
peace for the said County.
Whereas sundry Inhabitants and the majority of the Vestry
of Elizabeth City parish have represented to the Governor, that
the Church of the said parish is so ruinous that it is dangerous
for them to repair thither for the performing Divine service ; and
that great differences have arisen between the Inhabitants of the
said parish concerning the place where a new Church should be
built in the said parish, and upon the occasion of the said differ-
ences an Order was made by the last House of Burgesses that
the present Vestry should not proceed to the building of a new
Church before the next session of Assembly, which is complain'd
of as a great grievance to the Petitioners and other Inhabitants
who have petitioned the Governor for relief therein, The Govr
this day in Council took the matter of the said petition into con-
sideration, and upon hearing of all parties by their Council, It
is the opinion of the Board that the new Church ought to be
built in the Town of Hampton as the most convenient place in
the said parish, and that the Vestry be at liberty to proceed to
the building of the same accordingly.
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At a Council held at the Capitol
November the 2d 1727
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter John Robinson
James Blair John Carter
William Byrd Rich" Fitzwilliam
Nath1 Harrison John Grymes
Cole Digges Will"1 Dandridge &
Peter Beverley John Custis Esqrs
The Governor laid before the Board a letter from Mr Leheup
Sollicitor for the Virginia affairs dated the 24th of June 1727
together with an account of sundry fees and other Charges ex-
pended by him in the sollicking and obtaining of his Majesty
the Order for settling the Boundaries between this Colony and
the Province of North Carolina, & in obtaining his Majesty's ap-
probation of the Act for laying a Duty on Liquors, amounting
to £59,,9,,6 Which sum he desires may be reimbursed to him
and likewise that he may have a suitable recompence for his
extraordinary trouble in negociating the business of the Duty
Act and other affairs of this Government during the administra-
tion of the late Governor; And the said letter and account being
read at the Board, It is the opinion of the Council and accordingly
Ordered that the Receiver General do pay out of his Majesty's
Revenue of 2s per hogshead & c. the said sum of £59, ,9, ,6 ex-
pended by Mr Leheup for the service of this Government, together
with fifty Guineas as a Gratuity for his extraordinary trouble and
care therein ; and that it be recommended to the next Assembly
to reimburse that expence to the Revenue.
The Governor was pleased to inform the Board that the
Nottoway Indians having complained to him that they were
threatned by the Maherines upon a suspicion of their being con-
cerned with the Cattabaws in their late attack on the Maherines,
and being assured by Coll° Harrison who had been desired by
the President to examine into the Conduct of the Tributary
Indians upon the Cattabaws arrival on our Frontiers, that the
Nottoway Indians were altogether unconcerned in the mischiefs
committed by the Cattabaws with whom they had not the least
correspondence, he had thereupon written to the Governor of
North Carolina in justification of the Nottoways, and desired
him to interpose his authority to divert the Maherines from
prosecuting their revenge upon a Jealousy which appeared to be
entirely groundless ; that he had received from Sr Richard Everard
the Governor of North Carolina a Letter dated the 30th of last
month acquainting him that the Maherines declared they have
not any suspicion of the Nottoways being concerned in the late
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attack on their nation, and that they have not any quarrel with
those Indians, but charge the mischief done them on the old
Occaneeche King and the Saponie Indians, expecting that as
they had twelve persons killed and a Boy carried away prisoner,
the like number of the Saponies shall be delivered up to them to
be put to death, and that the prisoner be restored to them.
Whereupon Colonel Harrison acquainted the Board that he had
strictly examined the conduct of the Saponies in the affair where-
with they are now charged and was well assur'd that only three
of that Nation join'd the Cattabaws in their march to the Ma-
herine Town, and that their so doing was contrary to the express
Orders of their great men who were very willing to have deliv-
ered them up had they returned to the Saponie Town, but one
of them dying at Roanoak, the other two for fear of being pun-
ished fled away with the Cattabaws; and as to the Maherine
boy taken prisoner the Chief man of the Cattabaws had prom-
ised to restore him as soon as he got back to his own Town.
And thereupon this Board delivered their opinion that this
account of the part the Saponie Indians had in the attack made
on the Maherines be signified to the Governor of North Carolina
to the end he may satisfy the Maherine Indians what endeavours
have been used to procure them satisfaction as well in regard
to their people killed, as to the boy carried away prisoner, and
that neither the Saponies nor the Occaneeche King had any hand
in the injury done them, nor can be accountable for the same.
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid
out of his Majesty's Revenue were this day sign'd by the Gov-
ernor in Council Viz1
Out of the 2s per Hogshd Port Duties & Head money.
To the Governor for 44 days Sallary from the
11th of SeptenT to the 25th of October in-
clusive £„245„18„ %
To The President for his Sallary from the 25th
of April to the 11th of September „754„ 1„10>4
To The Gent of the Council one half years
Salary ending the 25th of October ,,175,, — „ —
To the Judges & Off" of the Oyer & Terminer
held last June >,100„ — „ —
To the Auditor Gen1 of the Plantations one
half years Sallary ending the 25th of Octo-
ber 50,, — ,, —
To The Sollicitor of the Virginia affairs for the
like Sallary 20„ — „ —
To The Clerk of the Council for the same time. 50,, — „ —
To the Armorer for the same time 6„ — „ —
To Willm Prentis for money paid the Gunners
of the sev1 Batteries 20„ — „ —
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To The same for money paid the Ministers
who preached before the Gen1 Court. . . . 4,, — „ —
To the same for money paid for Repairs upon
the Governors House 85„10,, 5
To William Prentis for money paid for ex-
penses and contingent Charges 70,,14„ —
To The same for money paid for the Charges
and Execution of several Pirates appre-
hended in North Carolina 96„ 8„ 5}4
And out of the Revenue of Quitt Rents
To Mr Comissry Blair one half years Salary. . . „ 50,, — ,, —
To The Attorney Gen1 one half years additional
Salary „ 30,, — „ —
The Account of his Majesty's Revenue of
2s per hogshead Port Duties and Head money end-
ing the 25th of October last being examined by the
Deputy Auditor was exhibited by the Receiver
General, who made Oath thereto, and Certified by
the Governor in the usual form the Ballance where-
of being £6304,, 6„11,I4
November the 4th 1727
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter John Robinson
James Blair John Carter
William Byrd Richd Fitzwilliam
Nath1 Harrison John Grymes
Cole Digges Will"1 Dandridge &
Peter Beverley John Custis Esq"
A petition of Joseph Smith of the County of Essex Gent
complaining of Salvator Muscoe one of the Justices of the said
County being read at the Board, It is Ordered that a Copy of
the said petition be given to the said Muscoe, and that he have
notice to attend this Board to answer the same at the Council
to be held after the next Court of Oyer and Terminer.
The Council taking into consideration the great and extra-
ordinary expence which the Governor hath been put to by a long
attendance in London after his appointment to his office, before
he could find an opportunity of his passage to this Colony, and
by being obliged at last to transport himself and his family in
a Merchant Ship; and considering also the Charge he must be
at in passing two Commissions for his said office occasioned by
the Demise of his late Majesty, are unanimously of opinion & do
Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia 155
accordingly Order that towards defraying the expences aforemen-
tioned the sum of Three hundred pounds Sterling be paid to
the Governor by the Receiver General out of the Ballance of his
Majesty's Revenue of 2s per hogshead remaining in his hands, and
that the same be placed among the contingent Charges of this
Government.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 14th
day of December 1727
Present
William Gooch Esqr his Mat5"3 Lieut Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Robinson
William Byrd John Carter
Mann Page Richard Fitzwilliam
Cole Digges John Grymes
Peter Beverley William Dandridge &
John Custis Esq"
His Majesty's Proclamation bearing date the 5th day of
July 1727 declaring his Royal pleasure for continuing the Officers
in his Majesty's plantations till his Majesty's pleasure shall be
further signified was read and Ordered to be published through-
out this Colony.
The Governor having laid before the Council a Letter from
Sr Richard Everard Governor of North Carolina dated the 6th
instant notifying his appointment of four persons to be Commis-
sioners on the part of that Province for settling the Boundaries
between both Governments, and proposing that a Conference be
held between the Commissioners on both sides some time be-
fore the last of January for settling such preliminaries as may
be necessary for the better expediting the said work ; the Council
are thereupon of opinion that there is no necessity for any such
previous Conference as is desired, since the Proposals approved
by his Majesty and agreed to by the Proprietors of Carolina
are so plain as to leave no room for dispute in the Execution
thereof, nor any liberty for the Commissioners to depart from
the Rules therein laid down, but if any thing is necessary to be
provided on either side towards enabling the Commissioners to
proceed with the greater case and expedition when they meet to
settle the boundaries, the same may in the meantime be concerted
by letters. And 'tis Ordered that this Resolution of the Board
be communicated to the Governor of North Carolina.
Nathanael Harrison Esqr formerly appointed one of the Com-
missioners for settling the boundaries between this Government
and North Carolina being lately dead
Richard Fitzwilliam & William Dandridge Esq" were this
day nominated and appointed to be join'd in Commission with
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William Byrd Esqr for the same purpose and 'tis Ordered that
a Commission be prepared constituting and authorizing them or
in case of the death or disability of either the Survivor or Sur-
vivors Commissioners on the part of this Government for deter-
mining and settling the said Boundaries. And it is further Or-
dered that the 5th day of March next be appointed for their
meeting the Commissioners of North Carolina at the mouth of
Corrituck Inlet in order to proceed from thence to lay out the
bounds in controversy of which the Governor is desired to give
the North Carolina timely notice.
Ordered
That a Tent belonging to Richard Fitzwm Esqr be purchased
by the Receiver General and paid out of his Majesty's Revenue
for the use of the Commissioners appointed on the part of this
Government for settling the Boundaries with North Carolina, and
whereas it has been represented that the said Commissioners are
like to be for several Weeks employed in this service, and in pass-
ing through a Country where there is not any Minister or estab-
lished worship, it is Ordered that Peter Fountaine Clerk be ap-
pointed to attend the said Commissioners as their Chaplain.
The Governor desiring the advice of the Board what time
will be most proper for holding a General Assembly, It is there-
upon Resolved that a General Assembly be called to meet on
Thursday the first day of february next, and that Writts for the
election of Burgesses be prepared and issued accordingly.
William Robertson Gent having since his recovery from his
late Indisposition before the Governor taken the several Oaths
appointed by Law to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance
and Supremacy together with the Abjuration Oath and subscribed
the Test, this day took the Oath of his office as Clerk of the
Council.
Mann Page Esqr absent
On the recommendation of the Court of Warwick County,
It is Ordered that Henry Cary, Anthony Armistead Junr John
Jones and Henry Scasbrook Gent be added to the Commission
of the peace for the said County, and that the said Henry Cary be
placed in the rank he formerly held in the said Commission
On hearing this day at the Board the Complaint of Joseph
Smith Gent against Salvator Muscoe one of the Justices of the
peace for the County of Essex, It is Ordered that the further
examination thereof be referred till the 6th day of February next,
at which time both the said parties together with such witnesses
as they think necessary for proving their respective allegations
are directed to attend this Board, and the Sheriff of the said
County is Ordered to summon such persons as either party shall
desire to give evidence in the matter of the said Complaint.
David Bray Gent having by his petition represented to this
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Board that in order to obtain a Grant for the Tract of land in
Spotsylvania County possessed by Daniel Hornby and Thomas
Beal, he did in pursuance of a former Order of this Board send
his overseer to receive possession of the said lands, and was ready
according- to the direction of this Board to have paid the money
at the time appointed, but that the servants of the said Hornby
and Beal did refuse to deliver possession; and that the said
Hornby and Beal have not hitherto sent to receive the said money,
and praying that his patent for the said Land may be no longer
delayed : This Board having examined upon Oath Robert Tallia-
ferro the petitioner's overseer, and it appearing thereby that he
did in behalf of the petitioner demand possession of the planta-
tions of the said Beal and Hornby on the 10th day of November
last, and waited there until the 20th of the said month, when by
reason of his own indisposition he sent another person to make
the same demand, but received in answer from the Overseers
of the said Beal and Hornby that they had no Orders therein
from their Imployers. It is thereupon Ordered that the petitioner
have a patent for the aforesaid Tract of Land he agreeing that
the money formerly Ordered for the improvements of the said
Beal & Hornby thereon shall still be ready, and subject to the
further directions of this Board.
On the petition of William Cradock Gent, for stopping a
Patent sued out by Richard • Philips for one hundred acres of
Land in King William County It is Ordered that the parties at-
tend this Board on the 6th day of February next in order to a hear-
ing of their several pretensions to the lands in Controversy.
Richard Long having entered a Caveat for stopping a Patent
sued out by William Beverley Gent for Lands lying in King
and Queen and Essex Counties and not appearing to prosecute
the same, the said Caveat is dismissed, and it is Ordered that
a patent be granted for the land therein mentioned to the said
William Beverley.
George Woodrooff having petitioned for a Grant of Three
Hundred and Eighty acres of land in the County of King Wil-
liam surveyed for Benjamin Arnold deceased in the year 1715
which said Benjamin did devise the said land to his daughter
Rachel now the wife of Francis Arnold, but no patent ever
sued out for the same, and it appearing to this Board that
Anne Arnold the widow of the said Benjamin hath surreptitiously
obtained a Copy of the aforesaid Survey and returned the same
into the Secretary's Office with intent to take out a Patent there-
on ; It is Ordered that no patent issue to the said Anne, but that
as well the said Anne as the said Francis Arnold and the peti-
tioner do attend this Board on the 6th day of February next to
make out their several pretensions to the said Lands.
On the application of Anne Major Widow for hearing and
determining her pretensions to a Tract of Land in New Kent
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County lately found to escheat and petition'd for by John Meux
late of the said County decd It is Ordered that the said Anne
Major give notice to the heir or heirs at law of the said Meux
to attend this Board on the 6th day of February next in order
to a determination of her and their pretensions to a grant of
the said land ; and that the said Anne have leave to examine in
the Country such ancient witnesses as she shall think proper
for the proof of her title giving due notice to the heirs of the
said Meux to attend at such examination which any Justice of
the peace of the County of New Kent is hereby impowered &
required to take upon Oath and to certify into the Council Office
before the said 6th day of February.
On the petition of Henry Willis setting forth that by patent
dated the 5th day of November 1673. One Thousand four hun-
dred and sixty five acres of Land lying in the County of Rappa-
hannock (now Spotsylv") on the south side Rappahanock River
in the freshes thereof, on the head of a Creek called Nassaponax
were granted to John Bowsey;
That the said Bowsey not cultivating the said land accord-
ing to the condition of the said patent Augustine Smith Gent
petitioned for the said land as lapsed according to the form of
an Act of Assembly made in the year 1705, and obtain'd an
Order of the General Court dated the 25th day of October 1709
for a Grant of the said Land as lapsed, he having produced
Rights for the said Land according to the said Act;
That the said Augustine ever since hath neglected to sue
out a Patent for that land, and keeps the same under the said
Order without paying any Quitt Rents to the King for the same ;
It is Ordered that the said Augustine Smith who now lives
in the County of Essex be summoned to attend this Board on the
6th day of February next to shew cause why the said Orders
should not be made void, and the said land granted to the
petitioner.
Mann Page Esqr Present
Ordered
That a new Commission of the peace issue for the County
of Gloucester, and that John Lewis Gent be put in his former
place, and that John Armistead Christopher Todd and Thomas
Perrin be added to the said Commission.
On hearing this day at the Board the petition of Richard
Randolph Gent for stopping a patent sued out by Arthur Mose-
ley Junr for Four hundred acres of land on Fighting Creek in
the County of Henrico, It appearing to this Board that three
hundred acres of the said land is within the bounds of a Tract
granted by Order of Council to Nathan1 Harrison Esq' and by
him assign'd to the pet' and by the negligence of the Surveyor
left out of the pet" survey ; It is the opinion of the Council and
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accordingly Order'd that the said Surveyor be as he is hereby
required to lay off the Three Thousand acres mentioned in the
petitioners grant so as to include the three hundred acres afore-
mentioned out of the Entry of the said Moseley, and that he
compleat the said Survey to the petitioner without any further
charge than would have been due if the whole three Thousand
acres had been included in his first survey: And whereas it
appears to this Board that the said Moseley hath made divers
Improvements on the aforementioned three hundred acres of land ;
It is Ordered that the petitioner satisfy him for the same ; and
that the said Arthur Moseley have leave to take out a patent for
the remaining one hundred acres contained in his said Entry ;
to which purpose the Surveyor is hereby required and directed
to deliver a survey and platt for the fee he hath already received
and that he also repay to the said Moseley the money he re-
ceived for the purchase of Rights for the three hundred acres
above mentioned, and in case the said Surveyor shall refuse to
comply with what is hereby enjoin'd him It is Ordered that he
attend this Board on the 6th day of February next to answer for
his misbehaviour in his office by which as well the petr as the
said Arthur Moseley have been put to trouble and expence, and
delayed in obtaining their patents.
February the 3d 1727
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Carter
Cole Digges Richd Fitzwilliam
Peter Beverley Will™ Dandridge &
John Custis Esqrs
On reading at this Board the petition of Abram Spencer
praying that a fine imposed on him by King Wiliam County
Court in July last may be remitted It is ordered that the Jus-
tices of the said Court be required to certify the manner of the
prosecution, and the proofs of the fact for which the petitioner
was fined to the end this board may be satisfied whether the
allegations of the petr concerning the Court proceeding be true
The Governor communicated to the Council a letter from
Sir Richard Everard Governor of North Carolina proposing that
before the dividing line be run between the two Governments it
be agreed and declared that all Grants made by either Govern-
ment for lands within the contraverted bounds shall be confirmed
to the present possessors in which soever of the Colonies the
said lands shall happen to fall ; and the said letter being read to-
gether with the Governor's answer thereto dated the 23d of Jan-
uary It is the unanimous opinion of this Board that the said
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proposal ought not to be agreed to, and that the answer given
by the Governor to the aforesaid letter is conformable to the
repeated declarations of this Government concerning the dispos-
ing of the lands within the contraverted bounds whenever the
same should come to be determined.
On reading at this Board a letter from the right Honourable
the Lords Commissioners for trade and plantations together with
the opinion of his Majesty's Attorney and Sollicitor General on
the case transmitted from hence relating to the fines and for-
feitures claim'd by the Proprietors of the Northern Neck within
the Territory granted to them by Charter It is ordered that the-
said opinion be entred on the Council books and in the Secretary's
office, to which all parties concerned may have recourse.
February the 5th 1727
Present
The Governor
James Blair Richd Fitzwilliam
Peter Beverley John Grymes
John Carter Will" Dandridge &
John Custis Esq™
The Governor was pleased (with the advice & consent of
the Council) to constitute and appoint John Blair Gent Naval
Officer of the Upper District of James River in the room of
Francis Lightfoot deceased Naval officer of that District.
The minutes of Council from the Governor's arrival to the
14th of December last inclusive were this day read and approved.
For preventing disputes and controversies which may arise
by allowing Entries immediately to be made for lands lying with-
in the contraverted bounds between this Colony & North Caro-
lina ; It is this day ordered by the Governor with the advice of
the Council that no Entries be admitted for any of the lands
lying within the bounds heretofore in controversy until upon the
Report of the Commissioners appointed for the determination of
the boundaries, rules shall be established for the more regular
entring for the said lands and publick notice thereof given
throughout the Colony ; and the Surveyors of the several Counties
next adjoining to the said contraverted bounds are to take notice
hereof and conform themselves accordingly.
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February the 6th 1727
Present
The Governor
Mr Commissry Blair John Carter
Peter Beverley Richd Fitzwilliam
John Robinson John Grymes &
Wm Dandridge Esq"
This day being appointed for hearing & determining divers
controversies arising on the pretensions of several persons to
grants of his Majesty's lands the Governor and Council pro-
ceeded thereupon &
The matter in dispute between William Cradock Gent and
Richard Philips Planter touching the grant of one hundred acres
of land in King William County by consent of both parties is
appointed to be heard at the Council to be held the next Court
of Oyer & Terminer.
John Custis Esq' present
On reading at this Board the humble petition of Anne Major
widow in behalf of herself and the Children and Devisees of
William Major her deceased husband setting forth that her said
husband about thirty five years ago for a valuable consideration
purchased of one Daniel Workman a certain tract of land in New
Kent County containing by estimation 280 acres, and was imme-
diately possessed thereof but no conveyance ever acknowledged
or recorded, that some years after the said Workman departed
this life, and the said William Major and the petr have been in
peaceable possession of the same lands ever since ; That one
John Meux now deceased sued out an Inquisition of Escheat,
for the said land, by which it is found that the same is escheated,
and that tho' the petr conceives she has a right thereto yet she
is willing to take a patent on the said Escheat for strengthening
her title, and praying this Board to consider the equity of her
pretensions, it appearing by affidavit that pursuant to the order
of this Board the 14th of December last, due notice hath been
given to Mr Farrall the Executor of the last Will and Testament
of the aforesaid John Meux and Guardian to his heir at law to
attend this Board and make out his pretensions, and that he hath
refused to concern himself any further in prosecuting the said
Escheat ; It is ordered that a patent be granted for the land
aforesaid to the said Anne Major, or to such of the Children and
Devisees of the said William Major decd as shall be agreed upon
to take the same and to make the division according to the Will
of their deceased father they paying the fees and charges expended
by Mr Meux in prosecuting the said Escheat, and also the Com-
position due to his Majesty.
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On hearing this day at the Board the several pretensions of
George Woodrooff and Anne Arnold widow in behalf of herself
and of Rachel her daughter now the wife of Francis Arnold to
380 acres of land lying on East N° East River in the County of
Spotsylvania survey'd in the year 1715 for Benjamin Arnold de-
ceased, but no patent ever since sued out; It is the opinion of this
Board and accordingly ordered that the said George Wood-
rooff have a patent for the said land upon his giving Bond to
convey the same to Anne the daughter of the said Rachel Arnold
when she shall come of age or marry, according to his intention
this day signified to this Board.
February the 8th 1727
Present
The Governor
Cole Digges Rich" Fitzwilliam
Peter Beverley John Grymes
John Robinson Wm Dandridge &
John Custis Esq"
Several petitions for leave to take up and survey his Mat7'*
Land were read and granted as follows Viz :
Thomas Bott for two thousand acres in Prince George County
beginning on the south side of Appomatux River below Smack's
Creek and extending downwards to the line of Essex Bevils on
Saponie Creek.
Henry Anderson for two thousand two hundred acres join-
ing on the lands of Henry Randolph and George Robinson on
the branches of Smack's Creek in Prince George County
Henry Anderson for 2,000 acres called the Beech tree joining
on James Powell Cocke's land on Nibb's Creek in the same
County.
John Anderson for 1200 acres on both sides of Nibbs Creek
joining to the land of Edwd Booker in the same County.
Henry Anderson Junr for 2000 acres joining on the lands of
John Anderson and James Powell Cocke on Nibbs Creek in
Prince George County.
William Kennon for 1,000 acres in the same County joining
on the land of Wm Pride on the south side of Appomatux
River.
Henry Wood for 3,000 acres between Willis's & Randolph's
Creeks in Henrico County.
Seth Ward for 5000 acres on the North side of Appomatux
River in the same County beginning at a hickory mark'd on
four sides and running up the said River to Green Creek
Thomas Randolph for 3000 acres in the same County begin-
ning about a mile above Henry Cary's upper survey on Hatcher's
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Creek and extending on both sides of the Said Creek to com-
pleat that quantity.
Renela Force for 900 acres in Henrico County joining on
the lands of Chastain and Dulcit and to include the same in one
patent the same being already survey'd in two distinct surveys.
Henry Cary for 3,000 acres beginning on the great moun-
tains of Willis's Creek in Henrico County and extending over
the said mountains to the two great branches which encompass
the same, and so down the Creek to a white oak mark'd H. C.
to include that quantity.
John Syme, John Anderson, Thomas Anderson & Richard
Clough for 6,000 acres in one or more tracts on the branches of
the River Byrd in Hannover County and joining on the land
formerly granted to the said Syme.
Ralph Crutchfield for 1500 acres in Hannover County includ-
ing 400 acres survey'd for John Whately and assign'd to the petr
with leave to include the whole in one patent.
Thomas Tyler for 3000 acres beginning on the south fork
of Terry's run adjoining to the land of James Taylor & Joseph
Hawkins in Spotsylvania County.
Christopher Clark for 2500 acres on both sides of the South-
anna above Deep Creek in Hannover County.
Peter King for 1700 acres lying below deep Creek in Han-
nover County.
Michael Holland for 2,000 acres in Hannover County 400
acres thereof being already granted by patent to Richard &
Thomas Watson and 400 acres survey'd for John Woody and
Benjamin Johnson and assign'd to the petr with leave to include
the whole in one patent
David Walker for 1,000 acres in Prince George County on
Turkey egg and Reedy Creeks and on Nottoway River including
the land formerly granted to Solomon Wynne.
George Booker for 2000 acres in Prince George County
bounding on Nibbs Creek and the lines of William Kennon and
on Flatt Creek
William Mayo for 6,000 acres between Appomatux River
and Flatt Creek in Prince George County adjoining to the Lands
of Abraham Burton, Joshua Stevens and William Pride and the
same to be laid off in one or more tracts.
James Pitillo for 1,000 acres in Prince George's County be-
tween the lines of John Kerby, Edmund Irby, Jn° Tillman, Richard
Cook, James Williams and Rowante road.
Richd Randolph for 2,000 acres in Prince George County be-
ginning on a great branch on the head of Flatt Creek
John Dandridge on his petition hath leave granted him to
include in one patent three several Entries each for 400 acres of
land lying on the North side the Southanna a little above Cubb
Creek in Hannover County.
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Thomas Randolph on his petition hath leave granted him to
include in one patent four thousand acres of land survey'd in
ten several surveys lying on the north side the north branch of
James River, and at the foot of the mountains in Henrico County
Thomas Jones Gent by his petition setting forth that Benja-
min Brown of Hannover County long since entered for and sur-
vey'd 1600 acres of land in the said County but hath never re-
turned the survey nor sued out any patent for the same whereby
the said Entry is become void and praying a grant thereof it is
ordered that the said Brown be summoned to appear at the next
Council held after the Court of Oyer and Terminer in June
to shew cause why the said land should not be granted to the
petr
Thomas Jones by his petition setting forth that Joseph
Powell of King William County some years since entered for
two tracts of land the one containing 1500 and the other 400
acres on Elk Creek now in Spotsylvania County, but never sued
out any patent for the same ; and that James Taylor of King and
Queen County also entered for and survey'd 1500 acres on the
same Elk Creek without suing out any patent for the same, that
the said land hath been long since survey'd, & praying grants
for the said Lands ; It is ordered that the said Powell and Taylor
be summoned to appear at the next Council after the Court of
Oyer & Terminer in June to shew cause why the said several
tracts should not be granted to the petitioner.
On the petition of John Cosby and Charles Barret setting
forth that Thomas Carr of King William County long since en-
tered for eight hundred acres of land lying on both sides the
south fork of little River ; and joining on the lower end to the
land of Benjamin Brown and on the upper end to that of Coll°
Merriwether.
That the said Carr entered for four hundred acres of land
lying on both sides the north fork of little River aforesaid join-
ing on the lower end to the line of that tract called Elk Creek,
and on the upper end to Benjamin Brown's land, but never sued
out any patent for either of the tracts abovement" and praying
they may have a patent for the said land ; It is ordered that the
said Thomas Carr be summoned to attend at the Council held
at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer to shew cause why the
lands before mentioned ought not to be granted to the petitioners ;
and the pet" are to cause notice be given him accordingly.
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February 13th 1727
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Robinson
Wm Byrd John Carter
Peter Beverley John Grymes &
John Custis Esq"
This day his Majesty's Commission under the great Seal
bearing date the 9th day of November 1727 in the first year of
his Majesty's reign constituting the Right Honble George Earl
of Orkney his Majesty's Lieut: and Governor General of this his
Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and also a Commission under
his Majty'8 Royal Signet and Sign Manual bearing date the 17th
of October constituting William Gooch Esqr his Majesty's Lieu-
tenant Governor of this Dominion were read and published in
the General Courthouse in the presence of the of the Council the
house of Burgesses now assembled and a great concourse of
Gentlemen and others.
After which the Lieut Governor returning to the Council
Chamber took the oaths appointed by an Act of Parliament made
in the first year of the reign of his late Majesty King George
the first Entd an Act for the further security of his Majesty's
person and Government and the succession of the Crown in the
heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for ex-
tinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his
open and secret abettors And then subscribed the Test and took
the oath for the due observation of the Acts of Trade and the
execution of his office of Lieut Gov1" and Commander in Chief
of this Dominion.
The Board taking into consideration the proper commission
and instructions to be given to the Commissioners appointed on
the part of this Government to settle the boundaries between this
Colony and the Province of North Carolina It was thereupon
Resolved.
That it be an instruction to the said Com" that in case
those appointed for North Carolina shall fail to appear or being
present shall refuse to run the dividing line pursuant to his
Majesty's directions, the Commissioners of Virginia do proceed
to mark out the same without them
That it be an instruction to the said Commiss" to treat &
agree with the Commiss" of North Carolina in the best manner
they can touching such Islands or small parcells of land which
may be intersected by the dividing line and which (according
to the proposals approved by his Mat*, are left to be allotted to
the one Government or the other as the natural bounds will
admit
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Resolved
That power be given to the said Commiss" in case of re-
sistance or opposition by the people of Carolina to call to their
assistance the Militia and posse of the several adjacent Counties
to remove all force and that the directions & authority aforesaid
be inserted in the Commission to be given the said Com" under
the Seal of the Colony and that no other particular instructions
be given them but what are contain'd in the said Commission,
which the Clerk of the Council is hereby ordered to prepare
against the next meeting of the Council
Mr Augustine Smith having by an Instrument under his
hand relinquished his pretension to a tract of land in Spotsylvania
County petitioned for by Henry Willis Gent as forfeited by the
said Augustine for not suing out a patent for the same in due
time It is ordered that the said tract of land containing 1400 acres
be granted to the said Henry Willis, he procuring Rights for the
same, and pursuing the orders of the Government in that behalf
February 16th 1727
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Carter
Cole Digges Richd Fitzwilliam
Peter Beverley John Grymes &
John Robinson John Custis
Whereas some doubt hath been made whether the exemption
from purchasing Rights granted by his late Ma" to the persons
taking up lands in the Counties of Brunswick and Spotsylvania
doth extend to lands which shall be survey'd but not patented
before the first of May next; It is the opinion of this Board that
the said exemption doth extend to all lands actually survey'd
in the said Counties before the first day of May next, tho' patents
shall not be passed for the same, and the Surveyors of the said
Counties are to cause the said surveys to be returned into the
Secretary's office with all convenient speed.
February the 27th 1727
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter John Carter
James Blair Rich* Fitzwilliam
Cole Digges John Grymes
John Robinson Wm Dandridge &
John Custis Esq"
The Draught of a Commission to William Byrd Rich" Fitz-
william and William Dandridge Esq" for settling the boundaries
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between this Colony and the Province of N° Carolina in conjunc-
tion with the Com" of that Province pursuant to his Maty'" com-
mands being prepared was read at the board and approved and
ordered to be fairly engrossed for the Governor's signing, and
the Seal of the Colony affix'd thereto.
This Board having received information that Mr Allen one
of the Surveyors appointed for running the dividing line between
this Colony and N° Carolina declines going on that service being
hindred by the dangerous indisposition of his wife the Governor
with the advice of the Council was pleased to nominate and ap-
point Mr Alexander Irwin Professor of the Mathematicks in the
College of William and Mary in the room of the said Mr Allen,
and in case he shall refuse to undertake the same, then Mr Drury
Stith is appointed for that service
A Representation of sundry of the principal Inhabitants of
the County of Surry complaining of the inconvenient scituation
of their present Court house, and praying the Govr to appoint a
more proper place where a new Court house may be built near
the Centre of the said County, and also a counter petition of
divers Inhabitants of the said County praying that the Court of
the said County may be held where it now is, were severally read
And it is ordered that the parties be heard thereon before this
Board on Wednesday the 6th of next month
March the 6th 1727
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter John Robinson
James Blair John Carter
Cole Digges John Grymes &
Peter Beverley John Custis Esq"
On hearing at the Board the several petitions of the Inhabit'
of Surry County with the allegations of the several parties touch-
ing the most convenient place for holding the Court of the said
County It is ordered that for the more equal determination of the
dispute between the said parties the Surveyor of the said
County be and he is hereby required to lay before this Board a
Map of the said County describing the place where the present
Court house now stands, and the place proposed for erecting a
new Court house together with the distance of each from the out-
ward bounds of the said County, and the consideration of the
said petitions is referred till the said Map be prepared
A petition of divers of the frontier Inhabitants of the County
of Isle of Wight being presented and read at the Board complain-
ing of the great distance of their Court house from the greater
part of the said Inhabitants, and praying that the same may be
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removed nearer the center of the County, It is ordered that the
Surveyor of the said County prepare a Map of the County de-
scribing the place where the Court is now kept and the place pro-
posed by the pet" for erecting a new Court house and that the
said Map be returned to the Governor to the end this Board
may be the better enabled to judge of the most convenient place
for fixing the said Court house.
Mann Page Esqr present
On the humble application of Sarah Williamson an Indian
woman now under sentence of death in the publick Goal for
murder, the Governor in Council was pleased to admit sundry
witnesses to be examined, which she alledged would have been
material for her justification on her tryal, but were through her
ignorance ommitted to be summoned and, And after examination
of the said witnesses the Governor having ask'd the advice of
the Council thereon, they are thereupon of opinion that the wit-
nesses now produced do not sufficiently make appear her inno-
cency of the fact for which she stands condemned.
March the 15th 1727
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Peter Beverley
James Blair John Robinson
Mann Page John Grymes &
Cole Digges John Custis Esq"
A new Commission of the peace for the County of Princess
Anne was this day ordered with an addition of sundry Gentle-
men recommended to be Justices in the said County.
March the 21" 1727
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Peter Beverley
James Blair John Robinson
Mann Page John Carter
Cole Digges John Grymes &
John Custis Esq"
John Grymes Esqr his Majty'" Receiver General informing the
Board that he had in his hands divers Judgments & orders of the
County Courts in the northern Neck, whereby Fines are laid
on sundry persons for contempts and breaches of the peace, and
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desired the directions of the Board whether the same be due to
the King or to the Proprietors, and particularly as to a fine of
£ 5 laid by the Court of Lancaster County on Rawleigh Chin
and the like sum on William Norris for a contempt; The Council
taking the same into consideration are of opinion that the fines
above mentioned, and all others of the like nature not particu-
larly appropriated by Act of Assembly are due to the Proprietors
of the Northern Neck according to the opinion of his Majtr*
Attorney and Sollicitor General on the 2d Quaery referred to
them upon the state of the case between the King and the said
Proprietors; but that all fines imposed on the Inhabitants of that
Territory either by the General Court or any inferiour Court not
held within that Territory ought to be accounted for to his
Majesty as well as all fines and forfeitures arising by virtue of
any Act of Assembly and recovered in the Courts held within the
said Neck : And the Receiver General also moving for directions
touching the forfeiture of the Estate of Thomas Glascock of the
County of Richmond indicted & outlawed for murder, and the
forfeiture of the personal Estate of one Moverley of Westmoreland
County who was found a felo de se. The Council are thereupon
of opinion that the first of these forfeitures doth belong to the
Proprietors according to the determination of the Attorney and
Sollicitor General in the case above mentioned And that the other
forfeiture of the goods of Moverley do by the express words of
the said determination appertain to his Majesty and ought to be
accounted for to his Mat5"' Receiver General. But for as much
as it is very inconvenient for the Sheriffs in the Northern Neck
to attend the officers of his Majesty's Revenue to pass their ac-
counts of such small sums as may happen to be received by them
for fines and forfeitures accruing to his Majesty within that Terri-
tory It is ordered that the said Sheriffs be and they are hereby
directed to account with Col° Thomas Lee for all such sums as
shall come to their hands ; and that they be allowed 5 per Cent
for collecting and paying the same to him And that the like allow-
ance of 5 per Cent be given to the said Thomas Lee for receiving
and paying the same to the Receiver General for his Majesty's
use.
March the 30th 1728
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Peter Beverley
James Blair John Robinson
Mann Page John Carter &
Cole Digges John Custis Esq"
On reading at this Board the humble petition of William
Ford praying that a fine of ten pounds imposed on him by the
Court of King William County may be remitted : It appearing
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by the proceedings of the said Court that the said fine was not
duly assessed The Governor with the advice of the Council is
pleased to remitt the said fine, and the same is accordingly re-
mitted of which the Sheriff of the said County and all others
concerned are required to take notice
New Commissions of the peace for the Counties of Stafford,
Northumberland, Isle of Wight, Gloucester and Prince George
being regulated and settled in Council were ordered to be issued.
This Board having taken into consideration the several peti-
tions of the Inhabitants of Surry County and heard the several
parties touching the most convenient place for holding the Courts
for the said County, have thought fit to order as it is hereby
ordered that a Court house for the said County be built on the
north side of Blackwater Swamp near the main road and bridge
which leadeth to the plantation of Mr Howell Edmonds, that ap-
pearing by the said County most suitable to the general con-
veniency of the Inhabitants.
The Governor acquainting the Council that he intended this
day to put an end to this session of Assembly & desiring their
opinion to what time the same shall be prorogued It is thereupon
Resolved that thursday the 14th of November will be the most
proper time for the next Session of Assembly if there shall then
appear any occasion for their meeting
The Governor also desiring the Council's opinion if any of
the Bills agreed on this Session be unfit for his assent
To which they declared their opinion that all the bills now
prepared and agreed on by the Burgesses and themselves are
such as he may readily assent to.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 17th
day of April 1728
Present
The Honb,e William Gooch Esqr his Majtrs Lieut Governor
James Blair Rich" Fitzwilliam
Peter Beverley John Grymes &
John Carter John Custis Esq"
Whereas Cap' Covel Mayne Commander of his Mat1'" Ship
the Biddiford appointed for this Station hath laid before the
Governor the information he received at sea from one James
Seymour Master of a Sloop called the Fancy from Antegoa that
divers vessels are fitting out by the Spaniards at Sl Domingo
and other ports in the West Indies to cruize on this coast, and
may be speedily expected: This Board taking into consideration
the danger to which the shipping in this Colony may be exposed
from the said Privateers have thought fit to order as it is hereby
ordered that an Embargo be laid on all ships and vessels out-
ward bound until the 6th day of May next at which time they
are hereby appointed to rendezvous at the mouth of the James
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River and thence to proceed under the convoy of his Majesty's
aforesaid ship the Biddiford, and the Naval Officers are hereby
directed to give immediate notice hereof to the Masters of ships
in their respective Districts, and to take the usual bonds directed
by law for their observing this Embargo And it is further ordered
that after the said sixth day of May the like Embargo be con-
tinued until publick notice be given from time to time for the
making up of Fleets to go under the convoy of his Mat5"3 said
ship as the Captain thereof shall be ready to take them under
his protection.
On the application of Cap' Covel Mayne Commander of his
Majty'9 ship the Biddiford Ordered that a proclamation issue
prohibiting the entertaining and harbouring the seamen belong-
ing to the said ship and for apprehending and securing all de-
serters that shall be found stragling about the Country
April the 23d 1728
Present
The Governor
James Blair Richd Fitzwilliam
William Byrd John Grymes
Cole Digges Wm Dandridge &
Peter Beverley John Custis Esq"
The Governor in Council was pleased to nominate and ap-
point the following persons to be Sheriffs for the ensuing year
Viz:
James City Henry Power
New Kent Wm Henry
Charles City Benj* Harrison
Hannover Will™ Fleming
Henrico Francis Epes
Eliz" City Joshua Curie
York William Stark
King William William Claiborne
Accomack Richd Drummond
Essex James Garnett
Nansemond Dan1 Pugh
Isle of Wight Hardy Council
Princess Anne Thomas Haynes
Norfolk George Newton
King & Queen Christopher Beverley
Warwick John Langhorne
Surry Howell Edmunds
Northampton Ralph Rigot
Prince George William Poythres
Middlesex Oliver Seager
172 Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia
The Governor with the advice of the Council this day nomi-
nated and appointed the Justices for the new erected Counties
of Caroline and Goochland Viz :
For the County of Caroline
John Lomax, William Woodford, Thomas Carr, John Martin,
Richard Buckner, Thomas Catlett, Francis Thornton John Bat-
tails of the Quorum John Sutton, Ambrose Maddison, John Cat-
let, John Taliaferro, Francis Conway, Lunsford Lomax, Robert
Woolfolk, Walter Chiles, Thomas Buckner and Richard Maulden
Gent
William Woodford Gent is appointed Sheriff of this County
for the ensuing year.
And for the County of Goochland
Thomas Randolph, John Fleming, Wm Mayo, John Woodson
Dan1 Stonar of the Quorum Rene la force, Tarleton Fleming
Allen Howard and Edward Scott Gent Justices
And Daniel Stonar Gent is appointed Sheriff of this County
for the ensuing year
Whereas by the division of Essex County and the erection
of that of Caroline, the place heretofore appointed for holding
the Courts in the said County of Essex is become very incon-
venient to the Inhabitants of the same as it is now constituted
It is therefore ordered by the Governor with the advice of the
Council that the Court for the said County of Essex be for the
future held and kept at Tappahannock town, and that the Jus-
tices of the said County do take care that a Court house be erected
there for that purpose with all convenient speed.
New Commissions of the peace for the Counties of King
William, Accomack and Northampton were this day ordered to
be issued with the addition of sundry new Justices nominated in
Council.
April the 27th 1728
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Peter Beverley
James Blair John Grymes
William Byrd Wm Dandridge &
Cole Digges John Custis Esq"
Whereas the great and unusual number of Caterpillars which
have overspread the whole Country threaten the destruction of
the fruits of the Earth It is ordered that Friday the 17th day of
May next be observed throughout this Dominion as a solemn day
of fasting and humiliation to deprecate the anger of the Almighty,
and to implore his mercy in averting the impending Judgment, and
that a proclamation be prepared and issue accordingly.
Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia 173
This Board taking into consideration the distress into which
the Inhabitants of divers parts of this Colony are like to fall
through the scarcity of Corn, if timely care be not taken to pre-
vent the exportation thereof It is ordered that a proclamation
issue prohibiting the exportation of Indian Corn, wheat, pease and
other grain, and of flower or meal until further order.
Whereas upon the erecting the Counties of Brunswick & Spot-
sylvania the sum of five hundred pounds was given by the General
Assembly and deposited in the hands of certain Trustees for the
building a Church and Court house in the said County of Bruns-
wick, which money is yet unapplied to those purposes: It is or-
dered that the said money remain still unapplied until the bound-
aries between this Colony and North Carolina be settled, that it
may be better known where the said Church and Court house
ought to be erected for the general conveniency of the Inhabi-
tants of the said County
It is Resolved and Ordered that the salary to the Messenger
and Keeper of the Council Chamber be fifteen pounds per annum
to be paid out of his Matrs Revenues of 2s per hogshead &c.
The ace' of contingent charges for the last half year was this
day examined in Council and allowed.
John Carter Esqr present.
The accots of sundry disbursements for repairing the Gov"
house were examined and allowed.
Ordered that the sum of eighty pounds Cur' money be paid
to Joseph Sutton Joiner, if he will accept the same in full of his
account for the work done at the Governor's house but if he re-
fuse the same, it is ordered that the Receiver General do appoint
fit persons with such as the said Sutton shall name to view and
value the said work, and that so much as shall appear due to him
on such valuation be paid him at the passing the next half years
accounts of the Revenue.
The Commiss" appointed for settling the boundaries between
this Colony and North Carolina having laid before the Board an
account of the expences & disbursements so far as they have pro-
ceeded in that service, the same was examined & allowed.
The following persons were appointed by the Governor to be
Sheriffs for the ensuing year Viz :
For the County of
Richmond Samuel Peachey
Lancaster Henry Fleet Junr
Northumberland John Shapleigh
Westmoreland Aug' Washington
Stafford Dennis McCarty
King George Joseph Strother
Spotsylvania Larkin Chew
Glocester Peter Whiting
174 Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia
On the petition of Charles Kimball Interpreter to the Saponie
Indians, It is the opinion of the Council that in consideration of the
trouble and pains he is obliged to take in that service his Salary-
be augmented to four thousand pounds of tobacco per annum And
that the same be recommended to the House of Burgesses at the
next Session of Assembly.
May the 2d 1728
Present
The Governor
William Byrd Peter Beverley
Cole Digges John Carter &
John Grymes Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid
out of his Majesty's Revenues were this day sign'd by the Governor
in Council Viz:
Out of the 2s per hogsh", port duties & head money
To the Governor l/2 years salary ending the 25th
April £1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of the Council for the same
time 175,, —
To the Judges and officers of the Court of Oyer
and Terminer held in December 100,,-
To the Audr General of the Plantations half a
years salary ending the 25th of April 50„ —
To the Sollicitor of the Virginia affairs for the
same time 50,, — ,
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same time 20„ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time. . 50„ —
To the Armourer for the same time 6„ —
To sundry Ministers for their attendance on
Gen" Court and Assembly 20„ — ,
To William Prentis for sundry expresses and
other contingent Charges 465,, 3„ 6^
To William Prentis for sundry repairs and other
services about the Governor's House 147,, 5,, 2
To William Prentis for the Gunners of the sev1
Batteries 20„—
To sundry expences in settling the Boundarys. 185,, —
Present Robert Carter Esqr and Mr Commissary Blair
On reading at this Board the petition of Henry Willis in be-
hclf of John and Robert Willis his sons setting forth that about
twelve months ago he made two several Entries with Mr Aug'
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Smith Surveyor of Spotsylvania County in the name of the said
two sons, each for one thousand acres of land in the said County,
intending to take out patents for the same upon the exemption
granted by his late Majesty to persons taking up lands in that
County; That the said Mr Smith neglected to survey the said
Entries during his continuance in his office, and that Mr George
Home the present Surveyor either by misinformation, or some
other mistake has survey'd fifteen hundred acres of the above land
in one entire Tract, without distinguishing the shares belonging to
each respectively, and praying that the said land may be divided
and separate patents granted to the said Robert and John accord-
ing to the true intent of the said Entries. The Governor with the
advice of the Council is hereby pleased to order that the Surveyor
of Spotsylvania County do divide the said fifteen hundred thirty
one acres into two equal parts, and return separate surveys thereof
into the Secretary's office as he ought to have done before without
further charge to the petr and that thereupon the said Robert and
John Willis have patents granted them respectively on the same
terms as they would have been entitled to if their said Entries
had been duly survey'd at first.
May the 4th 1728
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Peter Beverley
James Blair John Carter
William Byrd John Grymes &
Cole Digges John Custis Esq"
Ordered
That new Commissions of the peace issue for the Countys of
Spotsylvania, Richmond, and Elizabeth City with the addition of
the several new Justices recommended and approved at the Board.
The Acco1 of his Majesty's Revenue of Quit Rents for the
past year being examined by Henry Willis Gent Deputy Audr pro
tempore, was sworn to by the Receiver General and certified by the
Governor as usual Also
The Acco' of his Majty's Revenue of 2 shillings per hogshead
port duties and head money for the half year ending the 25th of
[April] being examined by the same Deputy Auditor was sworn
to by the Receiver, and in like manner certified by the Governor.
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At a Council held at the Capitol the 13"1 of June 1728
Present
The Honble The Governor
James Blair John Robinson
William Byrd John Carter
Mann Page Richd Fitzwilliam
Cole Digges John Grymes
Peter Beverley William Dandridge &
John Custis Esq"
New Commissions of the peace for the several Counties in
this Colony to which the like Commissions have not issued since
his Majesty's accession were this day regulated in Council and
Ordered to be issued accordingly.
It being represented to this Board that the place lately ap-
pointed for erecting a new Court house in the County of Surry will
be attended with some inconveniences to the Inhabitants resorting
thereto, and that about half a mile from thence on the south side
of Blackwater, there is a convenient place near to a good spring
where the said Courthouse may more properly be fix'd, It is accord-
ingly ordered that the Courthouse for the said County be erected on
the land of Mr Howel Edmunds near the great road which leads
from the bridge through his plantation, and as near as conveniently
may be to his spring, that place appearing to this Board to be
most suited to the general conveniency of the Inhabitants.
John Simmons of the County of Surry Gent praying leave to
survey and patent a certain tract of land commonly called Raccoon
Island lying on the south side of Nottoway River in the County of
Isle of Wight, formerly assign'd to the Nottoway Indians for their
Quiocosine house or place of burial, and by them deserted, It is
Ordered that leave be granted to the petr to take up the said land
he producing authentick testimonials of the said Indians relinquish-
ing their pretensions thereto in his favour.
William Cradock of the County of King William Gent mov-
ing for leave to examine witnesses to prove his title to a tract of
land in the said County now in dispute between him & Richard
Philips It is ordered that the said William Cradock have leave to
examine upon oath such witnesses as he shall think necessary be-
fore any Justice of the peace of the County of King William giv-
ing due notice to the said Philips of the time and place of such
examination and it is further Ordered that the Justice or Justices
before whom such examination is taken do certify the depositions
of the said witnesses to the Council office before the next Court of
Oyer and Terminer, at which time the parties are to be heard
upon their several pretensions to a grant of the land in controversy.
Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia 177
On reading at this Board the petition of John Cosby & Charles
Barret for a grant of two Tracts of land in Hannover County one
containing 800 acres lying on both sides the south fork of little
River, and the other containing 400 on both sides the north fork
of little River, which said tracts were long since entered for &
surveyed by Thomas Carr of King William County who hath fail'd
to sue out a patent for the same, but it being urged in behalf of
the said Carr that there are no such Entries made by him as are
suggested in the said petition; It is thereupon ordered that the
parties be heard before this Board at the next Court of Oyer and
Terminer, and that the Surveyor of Hannover County do then at-
tend with his book of Entries ; and the pet" have liberty to bring
such other proof as they shall judge necessary to make out the
allegations of their petition, and to make appear that the land
petitioned for is the same which the said Carr entered for with
the Surveyor.
The several petitions of John Cosby, Thomas Jones and John
Syme for a tract of land fqjrmerly survey'd for Thomas Carr lying
on Gold mine run or Golden Creek, in the County of Hannover
and for which no patent hath been sued out by the said Carr are
referred to be heard before this Board on the fifth day of the next
General Court, when all the said parties are ordered to attend, and
the said Syme is to bring with him his book of Entries, and no
patent to issue to the said Carr or any other person in the mean
time
On the petition of John Cosby and Charles Barret and by con-
sent of Benjamin Brown It is ordered that patents be granted to
the pet" for four hundred acres of land formerly survey'd by the
said Brown on the south fork and four hundred acres on the north
fork of little River in the County of Hannover & joining to the
Entries of Cap* Thomas Carr on the said several forks.
On the petition of Stephen Chastein for eight hundred acres
of land lying in S' James's parish in the County of Goochland on
the great fork of upper Manakin Creek survey'd for Peter Fon-
taine Clerk about six years ago, but no patent sued out for the
same, It is ordered that the parties be heard thereon at the next
Court of Oyer and Terminer, and the Surveyor of the County of
Henrico is ordered to attend with his book of Entries.
On the petition of John Brunskill Clerk leave is granted him to
take up and patent four hundred acres of land in the County of
King William joining to the land purchased by the petr of Rob'
Axton and Thomas Ham Senior, and to include the whole in one
patent.
John Fitzgerald by his petition setting forth that about eight
years ago there was survey'd for James Grecian three parcels of
land Viz' one of 250 acres on the southside of Maherine River, and
another of 145 on the north side of the said River both in Isle
of Wight County and one other tract of 185 acres on the south
side of Fountain's Creek in Brunswick County That the said
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James Grecian is since dead, and neither he in his life time, nor any
other person since his decease have sued out patents for any of
the said tracts, and praying a Grant thereof conformable to the
orders of government It is ordered that the petr give notice to the
heir at Law of the said James Grecian if he is to be found, or
otherwise cause publication to be made at the Court house of
Isle of Wight County that unless the heir of the said Grecian, or
some person in his behalf do appear before this Board at the next
Court of Oyer & Terminer, and shew sufficient cause why patents
for the said land have been so long delay'd that the same will
then be granted to the petitioner
On the petition of Thomas Jones Gent for a Grant of 1900
acres of land in Hannover County formerly survey'd for Joseph
Powell and 1500 acres formerly survey'd for James Taylor both
lying on Elk Creek in the said County It is ordered that the said
Powell and Taylor have notice to attend this Board at the next
Court of Oyer and Terminer to show cause why the said land
ought not to be granted to the petitioner.
On reading at this Board the several petitions and Caveats of
Humphrey Pope, and John Edy for stopping a Grant to Henry
Willis Gent for land in the little fork of Rappahannock River in
Spotsylvania County together with the petition and Caveat of the
said Henry Willis against a patent sued out for part of the said
land by Charles Duit & it appearing by the said several petitions
that Augustine Smith late Surveyor of the County of Spotsylvania
is accused of misbehaving himself in his office in relation to the
Entries made by the said pet" It is Ordered that the parties
aforesaid be heard before this Board on the fifth day of the next
General Court, at which time the said Aug1 Smith and George
Home the present Surveyor of Spotsylvania are hereby required
to attend with their respective books of Entries in order to the bet-
ter clearing the matters in difference between the pet", and justify-
ing their own conduct as to the matters represented in the said
several petitions.
On the petition of Doctor George Nicholas for a Grant of
3000 acres of land in Spotsylvania County on a brook called plenti-
ful River survey'd in October 1721 for John Camm and Samuel
Smith who have fail'd to sue out a patent for the same It is or-
dered that the said Camm and Smith have notice to attend this
Board at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer to show cause
why the said land ought not to be granted to the petitioner.
The several petitions of Doctor George Nicholas for a Grant
of 400 acres of land in Hannover County between the land of
William Fleming and the River Northanna long since survey'd
for Thomas Carr Gent who hath fail'd to sue out a patent for
fhe same &
John Henry for a Grant of 400 acres of land on the branches
of great Rocky Creek in the said County of Hannover survey'd in
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Novr 1723 for John Kimbrow of Spotsylvania County & Baldwin
Rocket for a grant of a certain tract of land on licking hole Creek
in the County of Goochland survey'd for Booth Napier
of Benjamin Walker for 400 acres of land on Pole Cat Swamp
in King William County long since survey'd for George Douglas.
of Ambrose Joshua Smith for 4000 acres of land on Deep &
Fork Creeks in Hannover County long since survey'd for John
Syme, Isaac Winston, William Morris and George Alves &
of the said Ambrose Joshua Smith for 5000 acres of land in
Goochland County formerly Henrico Joining on the line which
divides that County and the County of Hannover and on the heads
of Deep and Fork Creeks and branches of James River formerly
survey'd for John Syme, Isaac Winston, William Morris, George
Alves and John Mackie &
of James Nevil for 800 acres of land on the south side of
James River in Henrico County formerly survey'd for Benj" Wat-
kins. &
of Charles Chiswell Gent for four hundred acres of land lying
on a branch called Contrary Run in the County of Hannover long
since survey'd for Thomas Dickenson of the said County
were severally read at the Board and it is ordered that the
several persons claiming an Interest in the said lands by virtue
of Entries or surveys have notice respectively to attend this Board
at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer in order to a hearing &
determination of their and the petitioners several pretensions to
the said lands.
Ordered
That the several persons who have entered Caveats in the
Secretary's office for stopping of patents for land now sued out be
and they are hereby required to attend this Board at the next
Court of Oyer and Terminer, and also to give timely notice to the
parties whose patents they desire to stop to attend at the same
time, in order to a determination of their respective pretensions
to the lands in controversy, and that Copies of this Order be sent
to the persons following whose Caveats are now depending Viz' :
John Wall of Brunswick County against a patent to Thomas
Tomlinson of Surry County for 430 acres of land lying on the
north side of Cat tail Creek in Brunswick County.
Stephen Chastein of Henrico County against a patent to
Anthony Rapin of the same County for 274 acres of land on the
south side of Jones's Creek
John Hamlin of Prince George County ag' William Davis
for land lying on the fork of Sturgeons run in Brunswick County
John Lear of Nansemond County Gent agl Rich" Brothers of
the same County for 195 acres of land lying near Orapeak in the
same County.
Bailey Hinman of Accomack County ag* Ebron Bird for 900
acres of land lying between Muddy Creek and Guilford Creek in
the same County
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Richard Ogelby agl Amos Lad for 250 acres of land being
the broad low grounds over agl Tottero in the County of Henrico.
Elizabeth Taliaferro widow of Rob' Taliaferro ag4 William
Edings, Dennis Lindsay and Southwell for lands in
Spotsylvania County within the bounds of a survey made by her
deceased husband sometime before his death
On the petition of Henry Willis setting forth that by patent
dated the 21st of June 1723 twelve thousand acres of land in St
George's parish in the fork of the Rappidan River were granted
to Cole Digges and Peter Beverley Esq" and Will™ Robertson
Gent That the said Patentees not cultivating the said land ac-
cording to the Condition of the said patent, David Bray of James
City County Gent petitioned for the same as lapsed, and thereupon
obtain'd an order of the General Court dated the 2d of May 1726
for the same land as lapsed but hath neglected to sue out any
patent for the same, and praying a Grant thereof to be made to
him It is ordered that unless the said David Bray do sue out a
patent for the land aforesaid before the next General Court, that
the same be then granted to the petr
Benjamin Edwards Gent petitioning for a grant of 2000 acres
of land formerly appropriated for the officers and men design'd
for the Fort of Christanna, but now become vacant through the
slighting of the said Fort, but it appearing to the Board that the
said Tract is within the bounds assign'd for the accomodation
of the Saponie Indians, the said petition is rejected.
Several petitions for leave to take up his Majesty's lands were
read and granted as follows viz :
John Holloway for 300 acres of land in the County of Nanse-
mond beginning at the mouth of Nottoway River, & bounding on
the dividing line between this Colony and North Carolina and
running up the same to the lines of Coll° John Allen, & Richard
Williams and thence to Nottoway River, and down the said River
to the beginning.
Benjamin Harrison for 1,000 acres lying on the south side of
James River, and beginning on the head of Ashford Hughes's entry
and running up to Willis's Creek in Goochland County.
William Dunnifant for 1000 acres in Prince George County
beginning at a branch called the barkhouse branch on his own line
thence up the said branch to the poison'd fields, thence on his own
lines to Hugh Braggs and William Kennon's lines to the head of
Wolf's branch.
Richard Price for 4,000 acres lying on the southside Roanoke
River beginning at a place called Jackyoke, and down the said
River to compleat that quantity
Larkin Chew, Joseph Smith, William Russel, John Chew and
Larkin Chew Junr for 10,000 acres lying on both sides of happy
Creek and joining on the great mountains, and so up Cape Leanock
run for that quantity in Spotsylvania County
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Thomas Chew, William Johnson and George Home for 6000
acres lying in the fork of Leanock Run and on the southside thereof
in Spotsylvania County.
John Ferguson for 1200 acres lying on the third branch of
swift Creek joining on his patented land, with an inclusive patent
for both tracts in Henrico County.
Henry Vanderhood for 1200 acres on the southside of James
River joining on the lands of Daniel Stonar and Stephen Hughes
in the same County
Alexander Marshal for 1,000 acres joining on his own line and
those of John and Hotford Pride, James Akin, Henry Clay, Col°
William Randolph, Richard Randolph and Thomas Lockett with
an inclusive patent for that and two thousand acres already granted
the petr on the Southside of Appomatux River in Goochland County
Francis Epes for 5000 acres joining on the lines of William
Harding, Samuel Good, Thomas Tanner and the pet1"3 own line
with an inclusive patent for that and two thousand three hundred
acres already patented on Skin quarter Creek
William Pride for 1200 acres of land lying on the southside
of Appomatux River beginning at a small spring branch running
into the River near ag1 the beaver ponds of fighting Creek thence
on either or both sides of the River for that quantity in Prince
George County.
Peter Jones for 800 acres lying on West Creek beginning at
old Shells ford and running up the Creek for that quantity in
Prince George County
John Jones for 600 acres lying on the north side of Nottoway
River on both sides the Beaver pond branch in Prince George
County
William Baker for 1500 acres banks and low grounds lying
on the fork between Blackwater River and Sanerton Creek and
adjoining to his patented land in Nansemond County.
Benj" Harrison for 1,000 acres of land joining on his old pat-
ented Tract on the south side of Nottoway River in Surry County
being barrens and to have an inclusive patent for that his old
tract and three other tracts lately survey'd adjoining thereto, one
consisting of 470 acres, another of 340, and the third of 290.
Larkin Chew, Joseph Smith, Thomas Chew, William Russel,
William Johnson and George Home for 10,000 acres lying on the
fork of Cape Leanock run in Spotsylvania County.
Thomas Carr for all the King's land lying between the lines
of Will™ Terrell, Joel Terrell, Richard Mauldin, Wm Portens, Aug*
Moore, William Biggers and William Mcgehee in King Wm County.
William Jones for 500 acres lying on the northside of Notto-
way River, including his former survey in Prince George County.
William Vaughan for all the wast land between the lines of
Adam Topley More and Richard Smith and from thence to Thomas
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Wilson's line including the petr'' two surveys upon Nottoway
River in Surry County.
Charles Birk and Giles Carter for 2,000 acres in Prince George
County beginning on Edward Booker's or Cobbs's head line upon
Flatt Creek running upon the East side of beaver pond branch of
Flatt Creek extending back into the woods to compleat that
quantity.
Henry Anderson for 4,000 acres of land lying on the north &
south sides of Nibbs Creek in Prince George County
Henry Anderson for 2,200 acres lying on beaver pond branch
joining to Henry Randolph's land and down Smack's Creek joining
to Cap* Will1" Worsham's land in Prince George County.
Henry Anderson for 2,000 acres on the branches of Deep Creek,
and so on to the branches of Nibbs Creek in the same County
John Jackson for 1,000 acres joining to and including his
old land on Burchen Swamp in County
Theodoric Bland on his petition hath leave granted him to
include in one patent several surveys by him made on Nottoway
River, joining on a tract called Buckskin survey'd by the petr'*
father.
August the 15th 1728
Present
The Honb" William Gooch Esqr Governor &c.
John Grymes Esq' presented a Warrant under his Majtr" Sig-
net and Sign Manual bearing date the 31st of January 1727/8 con-
stituting him Receiver General of all his Mat"'" Revenues within
this Colony, and having together with Archibald Blair and Francis
Willis Gent his securities entered into Bond to his Mat7 in the
sum of six thousand pounds Sterling for the due discharge of that
office took the Oaths appointed by an Act made in the first year
of his late Matrs Reign entituled an Act for the further security
of his Maty's person and Government, and the succession of
the Crown in the heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being protest-
ants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of
Wales, and his open and secret Abettors, subscribed the Test and
took the Oath for the due execution of the said Office.
A Deputation from the Honble Horatio Walpole Esqr Auditor
General of his Maj'5"" plantations constituting John Blair Gent
Deputy Auditor of his Majesty's Revenues in this Colony was pre-
sented at the Board and read, and thereupon the said John Blair
took the oaths appointed by an Act made in the first year of his
late Maj,r" Reign Entituled an Act for the further security of his
Maj'r" person and Government and the succession of the Crown
in the heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being protestants, and for
extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his
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open and secret Abettors, subscribed the Test, and took the oath
for the due execution of the said office.
On the application of the Officers of his Majty's Revenue it is
Ordered that a number of Rights not exceeding the value of five
hundred pounds be made out and disposed of towards the supply-
ing such persons as shall have occasion to take up land
Whereas it appears by the publick prints as well as private
advices from Great Britain that on the ratification of the pre-
liminary articles between his Majesty and the Catholick King all
hostilities between the nations are ceased, and that orders have
accordingly been dispatched to the Spanish West Indies, It is
therefore Ordered that the Embargo laid by this Board the 17th
of April be from hence forth discontinued of which the officers of
the customs within this Colony are required to take notice, and
to signify the same to the Masters of the Ships & other vessels
trading in their respective districts.
Whereas Abraham Lewis Master of the Ship Mortimer & Mark
Whitson Master of the Ship Rappahannock of Bristol in contempt
of the orders of Government for laying an Embargo did depart
this Colony without the Convoy appointed for the security of the
Trade, It is ordered that the Bonds given by the said Lewis and
Whitson be prosecuted as soon as they or either of them shall re-
turn back to this Colony.
On reading at this Board the petition of Robert Baylor of
King and Queen County Gent setting forth that he is inform'd
there is above four thousand acres of land not yet granted by his
Majesty or his predecessors lying in the Counties of King and Queen
and Essex between and adjoining upon the lands of Peter Beverley
Esqr Joseph Smith, Thomas Barnet and others for which the petr
hath made Entries with the respective Surveyors, and praying that
the said Surveyors may be directed to lay out the said ungranted
Lands to him as being the first discoverer thereof not exceeding
four thousand acres in the whole ; It appearing to this Board that
the lands described by the petr interfere with a patent granted to
Edward Hill Esqr decd and probably may be part of the lands con-
tain'd within the bounds of the said Patent upon which there has
lately been a suit in the General Court and an appeal now depend-
ing before his Majesty in his privy Council between John Carter
Esqr and Elizabeth his wife and John Baylor Infant It is therefore
ordered that the consideration of the said petition be referred until
the determination of the said Appeal and in the mean time that
neither of the Surveyors of the said Counties do make any surveys
or receive Entries for any of the lands in dispute between the said
parties or thereto adjoining until further orders be given therein.
Richard Ambler of York Town Esqr by his petition setting
forth that between the land appropriated for the said Town & the
River there lies a beach of sand which at high tides is overflowed,
but nevertheless may with some expence & labour be made con-
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venient for building warehouses for the securing merchandizes of
great bulk and weight, which through the steepness and height of
the bank cannot easily be conveyed into the town that the petr
is desirous to erect a warehouse on the said Beach adjoining to that
place called the Church landing, & praying that eighty foot square
of the said beach may be granted him by patent for the purpose
aforesaid, with power to enlarge the same by making a wharf into
the river wch may be of great benefit to the trade of that Town ;
It is accordingly ordered that the said Richard Ambler have leave
to survey eighty foot square of the said beach near the Church
landing in York town, and that a patent be granted him for the
same, with power to extend a Wharf of the same breadth from
thence into the river provided always that the ground hereby as-
signed him be laid out so as not to encroach upon the publick
landings or the Streets leading through the said Town to the
River side.
Thomas Nelson of York town Merchant by his petition set-
ting forth that between the land appropriated for the said Town
and the River there lyes a beach of sand, which at high tides is
overflowed, but nevertheless may, with some expence & labour, be
made convenient for building warehouses for the securing mer-
chandizes of great bulk & weight, which through the steepness
and height of the bank, cannot easily be conveyed into the Town,
that the petr is desirous to erect a warehouse on the said beach
opposite to his own Lotts, and adjoining to the landing he now
useth, and praying that eighty foot square of the said beach may
be granted him by patent for the purpose aforesaid, with power
to enlarge the same by making a Wharf into the River, which
may be of great benefit to the Trade of that Town, It is accord-
ingly ordered that the said Thomas Nelson have leave to survey
eighty foot square of the said beach adjoining to the landing he
now useth in York Town, and that a patent be granted him for
the same with power to extend a Wharf of the same breadth from
thence into the River, provided always that the ground hereby
assign'd him be laid out so as not to encroach upon the public
landings, or the Streets leading through the said Town to the River
side.
The Governor acquainted the Board that upon Mr John Blair's
receiving his Commission to be Deputy Auditor of his Majesty's
Revenues, he had appointed Mr Lewis Burwell to be Naval Officer
of the upper District of James River in the room of the said Mr
Blair, which appointment was approved.
Alexander Kennedy by his petition setting forth that two
hundred acres of land in Sawyers Swamp in the County of Eliz*
City was about thirty years ago taken up & surveyed by one Henry
Jenkins who sold the same to William Armistead late of Eliza-
beth City County dec" and is now in the possession of Robert
Armistead Junr who severally held the same without suing out any
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patent, and praying a Grant thereof ; It is ordered that the said
Robert Armistead be summoned to appear at the Council to be
held the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to answer the said petition
August the 16th 1728
Present
As Yesterday
The great men of the Nottoway & Saponie Indians together
with the Tottero King this day attending the Governor in Cotfticil,
the said Tottero King complain'd that the Nottoway Indians some
time since attack'd and killed his son near to his own house, and
charges an Indian of that nation named Hickory particularly as
one of the party which was also confirm'd by a Letter from Cap'
Thomas Avent an Inhabitant of that neighborhood that the Tottero
King's son on his death bed told him he knew the said Nottoway
Indian named Hickory was one of the Indians that fired at him,
and afterwards came up & knock'd him down with a Tammahawk ;
and thereupon the Nottoway Indians being heard denied that any
of their Indians were at that time abroad, and declared that that
Indian named Hickory had been so sick from the month of March
las that he had scarce been able to walk, until after the time the
afores" murder was committed. The Board taking into considera-
tion the matter of the said complaint thought fit to order that the
King of the Nottoways and one other of the great men of that
nation be committed to the publick Goal until they produce the
aforenamed Hickory ; and that the further consideration hereof be
referred to Thursday the 22d instant.
And upon consideration of the Complaint of the Nottoway
Indians charging the Saponies with the murder of two of their
people last month at a Cabbin near Nottoway Town the said
Saponie Indians denying the same, and alledging that one John
Ray and one John Humphreys Inhabitants of Brunswick County
had inform'd them that a Tuscaruro Indian had owned that he
with other Tuscaruro's were the persons that killed the two afore-
said Nottoways ; It is ordered that Tom & Mahenip two of the
Chief of the Saponie Indians be committed to the public Goal until
the said Ray and Humphreys be examined touching the said Re-
port, and that they together with Cap1 Thomas Avent do attend
this Board on Thursday next, till which time the further examina-
tion of this matter is referred.
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At a Council held at the Capitol the 22d of August 1728
Present
The Governor
James Blair Rich" Fitzwilliam
William Byrd John Grymes
Peter Beverley Willm Dandridge &
John Carter John Custis Esq"
The great men of the Nottoway & Saponie Indians according
to former order attended the Governor in Council and being sev-
erally heard upon the subject matter of their complaints ag' each
other, and Cap* Thomas Avent having also upon his oath testified
that the Tottero King's son some days before his death, & while
he was in his perfect senses declared to him that he very well
remembered Hickory a Nottoway Indian with whom he was ac-
quainted at the College was one of the persons that fired at and
wounded him and afterwards came up to him with a Tammahawk
and knocked him down The Board taking the same into consider-
ation think fit to order as it is hereby ordered that the said Notto-
way Indian named Hickory be forthwith committed to the publick
Goal in order to his tryal for the said offence at the General Court
in case his Majesty's Attorney General shall find such further
proof against him as may be sufficient to convict him thereof.
And forasmuch as it appears upon the examination of John
Ray and John Humphreys that what was alledged by the Saponie
Indians at the last Council is entirely groundless, and there appears
great reason to suspect that some of the Saponie Nation are guilty
of the murder charged on them by the Nottoways, it being made
appear by the testimony of Cap' Thomas Avent that the said
Saponie Indians had declared to him they would not be satisfied
till they had killed four of the Nottoways in revenge for the
death of the Tottero King's son ; it is ordered that Tom & Harry
Irwin two of the said Saponies be committed to the publick Goal
there to remain until further order be given concerning them at
the next General Court unless the said Saponies do in the mean
time deliver up such of their nation as were concerned in the mur-
der of the said Nottoway Indians : And whereas Pyor another
of the Saponie Indians hath threatened the life of Coll0 Henry
Harrison, it is also ordered that the said Pyor be committed to the
public Goal until further order.
John Simmons Gent having petitioned for a Grant of a certain
tract of land lying on the south side of Nottoway River in the
County of Isle of Wight commonly called Raccoon Island, formerly
assign'd the Nottoway Indians for a place of burial, the great men
of the said Indians this day appeared before the Governor in Coun-
cil, & relinquished their pretensions to the said Island, and it is
thereupon ordered that upon the said Simmons's returning a Plott
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and Survey thereof into the Secretary's office, a patent be granted
him for the same. It is the opinion of the Council and accordingly
ordered that if it shall please God the weather continue season-
able so as no accident happen to the Corns on the ground before
the fifteenth of next month, that then a Proclamation be issued
permitting the exportation of Wheat & flower, it being Judged that
a greater quantity of Wheat has been this year produced than may
be wanted for supplying the Inhabitants of the Colony.
Ordered
That a new Commission of the peace be issued for the County
of Surry with the addition of the several persons recommended to
be Justices of the peace for that County.
On the petition of Benjamin Woodson for a grant of four hun-
dred acres of land lying on licking hole Creek in the County of
Goochland formerly surveyed for Thomas Uttley who hath fail'd
to sue out a patent for the same, It is ordered that the said Uttley
be summoned to appear before the Council to be held at the Court
of Oyer and Terminer in December to answer the said petition.
October the 24th 1728
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Carter
Cole Digges Richd Fitzwilliam &
Peter Beverley John Grymes Esq"
Ordered
That a Proclamation issue proroguing the General Assembly
to Thursday the 15th of May next; and a Proclamation was pre-
pared accordingly.
At a Council held at the Capitol the lat of November 1728
Present
The Hon"" the Governor
Robert Carter John Robinson
James Blair Richd Fitzwilliam
Mann Page John Grymes &
Peter Beverley John Custis Esq"
The Governor laid before the Council an additional Instruc-
tion from his late Majesty directing the method of proceeding in
appeals from Judgments in the general Court to his Majesty in
Council and acquainted the Board that he had caused the said In-
struction to be recorded in the Secretary's office
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On reading at this Board the petition of William Todd of the
County of King & Queen Gent complaining that James Taylor
Surveyor of the County of Spotsylvania being employed to divide
a certain tract of land taken up in the said County by the petr, John
Battaile and John Taliaferro, and of which the said Taylor on his
earnest importunity, was admitted to have a quarter part, hath
fraudulently and in breach of the trust reposed in him, and the
duty of his office, included within the bounds laid off for himself,
above two thousand acres more than his just share, and in that
part which he the said Taylor return'd for Mr Battaile's share,
and which the petr has since purchased of the said Battaile, there
is upwards of two thousand acres wanting, for which the petr is
now liable to pay Quit Rents, besides the injury of losing so much
land which he has paid for: And further representing that he has
frequently applied to the said Taylor to do him right, but that he
pretends to have transferred his part to two of his sons in Law
Ambrose Maddison and Thomas Chew, who will not now suffer
him to survey their land, and praying relief therein ; It is ordered
that the said James Taylor, Ambrose Maddison and Thomas
Chew do attend this Board at the next Court of Oyer and Ter-
miner in order to a hearing of the matter suggested in the said
petition
On the petition of Henry Anderson of the County of Henrico
Gent, setting forth that he purchased of his Majesty's Receiver
General twenty three Rights in order to take up eleven hundred
acres of land, but not having occasion immediately to use the
same put them into a Scrutore, where the same have been greatly
defaced and eat by Rats, so as the Clerks of the Secretary's office
refuses to receive them, and praying relief therein, and the said
Rights being produced at the Board, and it appearing they have
not been hitherto used ; It is ordered that the officers of his Maj-
esty's Revenue do deliver to the petitioner the like number of new
Rights, and that they cause the Rights now produced to be de-
stroyed.
New Commissions of the peace for the Counties of Henrico and
Norfolk were this day ordered to be issued with the addition of
the several persons recommended by the said Courts to be Jus-
tices in the said Counties.
On reading at this Board the petition of Willoughby New-
ton son and Exer of Thomas Newton late Sheriff of the County
of Westmoreland decd praying that a fine of five pounds imposed
on his father by the Court of Oyer and Terminer held in Decem-
ber 1724 for not returning the Venire on the tryal of one Andrew
Geiphings of the said County of Westmoreland committed for
Felony when in truth no such Writt ever came to the said Thomas
Newton's hands, neither did the said Thomas in his lifetime ever
know that such fine was laid, and praying that the same may be
remitted. The Governor with the advice of the Council is hereby
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pleased to remit the said fine, the allegations of the petitioner ap-
pearing to be true.
John Carter Esq' present
On reading at this Board the examinations of divers of the
Saponie Indians, as well as the informations of several of the neigh-
bouring Inhabitants importing that the Tottero King hath threatned
the lives of the Governor and others his Majesty's subjects, and
then to go off to some foreign Indians, It is the opinion of the
Council and accordingly ordered that for preventing the mischiefs
which may be apprehended from the said Indian Col° Henry
Harrison be impowered and directed to take proper measures for
seizing the body of the said Tottero King, and to cause him to be
conveyed under a Guard to the publick Goal at Williamsburgh, and
that he be there secured in prison till further orders be given con-
cerning him.
James Booth of the County of Essex by his petition to the
Governor, praying that his personal Estate forfeited to his Majesty
by his conviction of Felony may be remitted, and suggesting that
Goods & Chattels to the value of £42,,17,,3 which belonged to the
Orphans of one Henry Newton dec" under his Guardianship are
seized as his personal Estate, It is thereupon Ordered that the
Court of the County of Essex do examine and certify to this Board
whether any, or what part of the goods seized by the Sheriff as
the personal Estate of the said Booth are the proper Chattels of
the aforementioned Orphans and whether the said Orphans be
like to suffer by the said seizure, to the end this Board may be
the better enabled to judge what is proper to be done for their re-
lief. The Governor proposing to the consideration of the Board
in what manner the Militia may be rendred most usefull, and ac-
quainting them that he had prepared a form of exercise as well for
the horse as the foot, but that it was necessary to have some person
to train and instruct them therein, so as being once disciplin'd in
one uniform method of exercise, they may be more usefull when
there shall be occasion to call together the Troops of several Coun-
ties for the defence of the Countrey ; It is the opinion of the Coun-
cil that the most effectual way to render the Militia serviceable
will be to appoint an Adjutant to go into the several Counties,
and to instruct the officers as well as Souldiers in the form of
exercise prepared for them, and Major Abraham Nicholas being
proposed as a fit person for that service was approved ; and for his
encouragement it is Resolved that for so long time as shall be
thought necessary to continue him in that office, there be allowed
him the annual Salary of £150 Sterling out of his Majesty's Reve-
nue of two Shillings per hogshead, and that it be recommended to
the General Assembly at their next Session to reimburse that
charge.
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The Governor acquainted the Council that he had lately re-
ceived his present Majesty's Instructions for the government of
this Colony, and the second Article — thereof containing the names
of the present Council was read at the Board wherein the name
Richard Fitzwilliam Esqr is omitted, but declaring that he under-
stood
the said Richard Fitzwilliam was appointed one of the Council of
this Colony, Jamaica and South Carolina at the same time that
he was constituted Surveyor General of the Customs for the
Southern District of America, and being still continued in the one
office he did not think proper to remove him from the other untill
his Majesty's pleasure be known therein, to which the Council
concurred.
And then the Governor having first taken the oaths mentioned
in an Act of Parliament made in the first year of his late Majesty's
Reign Entituled an Act for the further security of his Majesty's
person and Government and the succession of the Crown in the
heirs of the late Princess Sophia being protestants, and for ex-
tinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his
open and secret Abettors, subscribed the Test and took the oath
for the due execution of his office, and the due observance of the
Acts of Trade & Navigation, did administer the said first men-
tioned oaths and Test together with the oath of a Counsellor to
Robert Carter, James Blair, Mann Page, Peter Beverley, John
Robinson, John Carter, Richard Fitzwilliam, John Grymes & John
Custis Esq" members of his Majesty's Council now present.
On the application of the Officers of his Majesty's Revenue
for direction how they ought to demand the Quitt Rents for the
Lands in Spotsylvania & Brunswick taken upon the encourage-
ment granted by his late Majesty; It is the opinion of this Board,
and accordingly ordered that for all lands in those Counties granted
by patent with an exemption from paying Quitt Rents during the
time limited by his late Majesty's directions, the Quitt Rents be
demanded of the several patentees from the time the said exemption
expired, which was the first day of May last past, but for as much
as divers considerable Tracts of land in the said Counties were
granted by patent to sundry persons before his late Majesty's
pleasure was known, and for which no Rights were purchased, nor
Quitt Rents have since been paid, & the demanding the said
Rights and Quitt Rents having been delayed in expectation of fur-
ther Orders therein upon the representations heretofore made to
the Right Honble the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Planta-
tions, It is the opinion of the Council that the demanding payment
of the Rights and Quitt Rents for the said Lands be further sus-
pended untill his Majesty's pleasure be known therein The Ac-
count of contingent Charges and of sundry expences about the
Governor's house, were severally examined in Council and allowed.
On the petition of Alexander Kerr setting forth that on the
twenty first of March last past there was survey'd for Thomas
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Green of the County of Glocester four hundred forty seven acres of
land lying on Warrany in James City County for which Lands
the said Green hath fail'd to sue out any patent, or to produce
Rights in order to obtain the same; and praying a Grant thereof
It is ordered that the said Green be summoned to appear at the
Council held at next Court of Oyer and Terminer to answer the
said petition.
Sundry petitions for leave to take up wast Lands were read
and granted Viz :
John Carter Esqr Francis Epes, Charles Hudson & Sam1 Cobbs
Gent for twenty thousand acres of land in one or more Tracts in
the County of Goochland beginning on the North side of Hard-
ware River, above a survey made by the said Francis Epes and
Charles Hudson, thence to the north branch of James River, and
up or down the said north branch as they shall find most con-
venient, and thence to the aforementioned Hardware River &
crossing the same to the main branch of James River, and on the
branches of Rockfish River; with leave to include in one patent
the lands surveyed by the said Epes and Hudson with such Tract
or Tracts hereby described as shall ly contiguous thereto.
To Francis Poythres Junr two thousand acres of land lying
on the north side of Butterwood Swamp in Prince George County,
adjoining to and including his former tract and running up the
said swamp for the aforesd quantity.
To John Epes two thousand acres of land beginning at the
pet1"3 lower corner, & extending up George's branch in the County
of Prince George, with leave to include the said land with three
hundred sixty seven acres contiguous thereto already survey'd for
the petr in one patent.
To Richard Jones Junr one thousand acres of land joining to
his patented land lying on the lower side of the Cellar fork of
Deep Creek in Prince George's County, with leave to take an in-
clusive patent for both Tracts.
To William Brown Junr one thousand acres of land adjoining
to his patented land on spring Swamp in Surry County, with leave
to take an inclusive patent for both tracts
To Samuel Spencer twelve hundred acres of land already laid
off in three surveys beginning at the upper end of the next Island
above Rockfish Island, where the hills come down to the River on
the north side, and on the south side of the south branch of
James River, opposite to the head of the said Island in the County
of Goochland with leave to include the said twelve hundred acres
in one patent.
To George Robertson Clerk eight hundred acres of land ad-
joining to a Tract containing two thousand two hundred acres part
thereof granted by patent to the petr and the residue surveyed for
him on the upper side of Flat Creek in Prince George's County,
with leave to take an inclusive patent for the whole.
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November the 2d 1728
Present
As Yesterday
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid
out of his Majesty's Revenue were this day sign'd by the Governor
in Council Viz :
To the Governor for y> years Salary ending the
25th of October £ 1000,,—,,—
To the Gentmn of his Majty's Council for the same
time 175,, — ,, —
To the Judges and Officers of the Court of Oyer
& Terminer held in June 100,, — „ —
To the Auditor Gen1 of his Majesty's planta-
tions Yi years Salary ending as above ... 50„ — „ —
To the Sollicitor of the Virginia Affairs for the
same time 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same time 20„ — „ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time . . 50„ — „ —
To the Armourer for the same time 6„ — ,, —
To Sundry Ministers attending one Gen1 Court. 4„ — „ —
To the Gunners of the several Batteries y2 years
Salary 20„ — „ —
To William Prentis for sundry conting'
Charges 38„ — „ 5%
To the same for sundry repairs about the Gov-
ernors house 7,, 19,, 2y2
And out of the Quitt Rents
To Mr Commissary Blair y2 years Salary 50„ — ,, —
To the Attorney Gen1 y2 years additional Sal-
ary 30„ — ,, —
The Council taking into consideration that there is no neces-
sity to continue any longer the prohibition on the export of Corn
and other Grain, It is ordered that a Proclamation issue for per-
mitting the exportation of Indian Corn, Pease and other Grain in
like manner as the same might have been before the former pro-
hibition was laid.
December the 10th 1728
Present
The Governor
James Blair Richd Fitzwilliam
William Byrd William Dandridge &
John Custis Esq"
William Randolph Esqr presented his Majesty's Warrant for
swearing and admitting him one of his Majesty's Council of this
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Colony, which was read at the Board, and thereupon the said
William Randolph having first taken the oaths mentioned in an
Act of Parliament Entituled an Act for the further security of his
Majesty's person and government and the succession of the Crown
in the heirs of the late Princess Sophia being protestants, and for
extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his
open and secret Abettors, & subscribed the Test, was sworn and
admitted one of his Majesty's Council of this Colony.
At a Council held at Wmsburgh the 11th day
of December 1728
Present
The HonbIe the Governor
James Blair Will,n Dandridge
William Byrd John Custis &
Richd Fitzwilliam WilP Randolph Esq"
Ordered
That his Majesty's Receiver General do pay out of the Reve-
nue of two shillings per hogshead &c unto Willm Byrd Esqr the
sum of one hundred eighty six pounds eighteen shillings current
money for discharging the pay due to the men employed to attend
the Commissioners & Surveyors in the service of running the
boundary betwixt this Colony and North Carolina.
Several petitions for leave to take up unpatented lands were
read and granted as follows Viz :
To William Byrd Esqr the four Islands lying in Roanoke
River above the land lately taken up by Robert Munford Junr to-
gether with as much of the land lying near the said Islands, on
the north shore of the said River as will compleat the quantity of
six thousand acres.
To Richard Ogilby four hundred acres of land lying on Beaver
dam Creek, with an inclusive patent for that & two hundred acres
thereto adjoining which formerly belonged to Peter Bayes in
Goochland County.
To Paulin Anderson, Richard Anderson, Junr, Roger Ander-
son, Pierce Butler, William Eceles, Joseph Eceles, Abraham
Eceles and Richard Eceles six thousand acres of land, beginning
about half a mile below Stock's Creek or Bent Creek in Spotsyl-
vania County.
To John Battaile Junr for one thousand acres of land adjoining
to his patented lands on Raccoon swamp in Surry County, with leave
to take an inclusive patent for the whole.
To Amos Ladd for one thousand four hundred & ninety one acres
in the County of Goochland (formerly Henrico) and on Beaver dam
Creek including the one thousand & eighty nine acres of land granted
him by patent the sixteenth of June 1714.
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Abraham Abney and Thomas Claiborne by their petition setting
forth that about fourteen years ago there was survey 'd for John Robert-
son of the County of Henrico five hundred acres of land lying on the
head of the south fork of Gilley's Creek in the said County, and joining
to the lands of one Thomas East, but no patent hath ever been sued
out for the said land, nor any survey thereof returned into the Secre-
tary's office, and praying that according to the orders of the Govern-
ment in that behalf made, the said Land may be granted to the peti-
tioners ; It is ordered that the said John Robertson be summoned to ap-
pear before this Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to shew
cause why the said land ought not to be granted according to the prayer
of the said petition.
The matter upon the petition of George Nicholas Gent against John
Camm and Samuel Smith for three thousand acres of land in the County
of Spotsylvania is appointed to be heard before this Board on the fifth
day of the next General Court.
On hearing the several pretensions of John Cosby & Charles Barret
of the one part, and of John Syme Gent of the other part to twelve
hundred acres of land in the County of Hannover, eight hundred acres
thereof lying on both sides the south fork of little River between the
lands of Coll0 Nicholas Merriwether and the lands of Benjamin Brown
and four hundred acres the residue lying on both sides the north fork of
little River between the lands of the said Benjamin Brown and Elk
Creek formerly surveyed for Thomas Carr of J:he County of King Wil-
liam, It appearing to this Board that the said Carr hath failed to sue
out a Patent for the same pursuant to the orders of Government & that
the pet" Cosby and Barret were the first discoverers thereof, It is
ordered that they be preferred to a grant of the said Land.
On the petition of John Syme Gent for four hundred Acres of
land on gold mine Run and eight hundred acres on the Northanna in
the County of Hannover, formerly survey'd for Thomas Carr of King
William County Gent, it appearing that the said Carr never sued out
any patent for the said Land pursuant to the orders of Government ; It
is ordered that a patent be granted to the said John Syme for the said
land, he being the first petitioner, and having prosecuted the same with
effect.
Doctor George Nicholas on his petition hath order granted him for
a patent for four hundred acres of land in Hannover County, between
the land of William Fleming and the River Northanna, formerly sur-
veyed for Thomas Carr Gent the said Carr being summoned and not
appearing to make out his pretensions to a grant of the same.
The dispute between Humphrey Pope, John Eidy, Henry Willis
and Charles Duit for lands in the little fork of Rappahannock River in
Spotsylvania County is referred to be heard before this Board on the
fifth day of the next General Court, at which time all the said parties
are ordered to attend, and Augustine Smith late Surveyor of the said
County, and George Home the present Surveyor are in like manner to
attend, with their respective books of Entries and Surveys.
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On hearing this day the dispute between William Cradock and
Richard Philips touching the right to a Grant of one hundred acres of
land on Mattapony River in King William County ; It is ordered that a
patent be granted to the said Richard Philips for the land aforesaid, he
paying to the said Cradock so much as he shall make appear to have been
paid by Samuel Cradock his father as part of the consideration given
to Thomas Claiborne Gent for his right to the said land.
On hearing this day at the Board the petition of William Todd
of the County of King & Queen Gent Agl James Taylor Surveyor of
the County of Spotsylvania and Ambrose Maddison and Thomas Chew
assignees of the said Taylor touching the fraudulent surveying & ob-
taining a patent for a certain Tract of land divided between the petr and
the said Taylor, and on hearing the arguments of the Council in behalf
of the said several parties, it is by their consent ordered and directed
that Mr Robert Brooke Surveyor of the Counties of Essex and Caroline
do, as soon as conveniently may be, at the charge of the party who shall
be found in the wrong, survey the whole tract of land formerly entered
for by William Todd, John Taliaferro & John Battaile, beginning at
the place where the said John Taliaferro directed the aforenamed James
Taylor to begin his aforesaid survey, and then lay out the several
quantities of land due to the parties interested, as the same ought to
have been divided, and if upon such survey it shall appear that the
said Taylor hath acted deceitfully in surveying for himself a greater
quantity than his proportion of the said Entry amounted to, the said
Robert Brooke is hereby further impowered and directed to survey all
the other lands which the said Taylor did survey at the same time with
the entry aforesaid and make report to this Board of the true quantity
contain'd therein : And it is further ordered that one of the Coroners
of the said County of Spotsylvania do attend at the said several sur-
veys, and remove all force which shall be offered for obstructing the
same.
On consideration of the several pretensions of Baldwin Rocket
and Benjamin Woodson to a tract of land lying on licking hole Creek,
in the County of Goochland, It is the opinion of the Council, and ac-
cordingly ordered that a patent be granted to the said Benjamin Wood-
son for the said land formerly surveyed for Thomas Uttley who hath
fail'd to sue out a patent for the same in due time.
On reading at the Board the petition of Stephen Chastein for eight
hundred acres of land survey 'd about six years ago for Peter Fontaine
Clerk, lying in S* James's parish between the lands of Peter Dutoy and
Francis Dupuy in the great fork of upper Manakin Creek, then Hen-
rico now Goochland County, the said Fontaine not having sued out any
patent for the same, and it appearing to this Board that the petr gave
him timely notice, but he having failed to attend this Board in order to
make out his pretensions to the said Land, It is ordered that the pef
have a patent for the same.
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At a Council held at the Capitol the l8t day of April 1729
Present
The HonbIe the Governor
Mr Comry Blair Cole Digges
William Byrd John Carter &
William Randolph Esq"
This Board taking into consideration the grievous Calamity with
which this Colony is threatned through the vast multitude of Caterpil-
lars, have thought fit to order as it is hereby ordered that Friday the
25tn day of this present month be set apart and observed as a day of
publick fasting and humiliation, to implore the mercy of Almighty God
in averting this impending Judgment, and that a proclamation be
prepared and issue accordingly.
The Governor acquainting the Board that upon the information
he received of the burning the dwelling house of Coll° Thomas Lee of
the County of Westmoreland, & the violent presumption of its being
first rob'd and then set on fire on purpose; he had in the absence oi
the Council issued forth Precepts throughout the Colony, for taking up
and examining all suspected persons, and promised a reward of fifty
pounds to any one that should discover the persons guilty of that Felony,
The Council declared their approbation of the measures taken by the
Governor for discovering and bringing the offenders to punishment ;
and are of opinion that the said Reward be paid out of the Revenue of
2 shil per hogshead in case such discovery be made.
Several petitions for leave to take up wast lands were read and
granted Viz4
To Nicholas Merriwether for 3000 acres in Hannover County,
beginning at the foot of a mountain called the Sugar loaf, and on the
line which divides the said County from Goochland and running along
that line, and northerly along the foot of the Mountains to include that
quantity.
To John Kerby for 600 acres of land in Prince George County,
to be included in one patent with the lands formerly granted him on the
north side of Moccosoneck Creek.
To William Crawley for 4,000 acres adjoining to a tract of land
already purchased by the petr on Deep Creek in Prince George County ;
with an inclusive patent for both Tracts.
April the 15,b 1729
Present
The Governor
Mr Com"' Blair John Carter
William Byrd Rich" Fitzwilliam
Cole Digges John Grymes
John Robinson John Custis &
William Randolph Esq"
Cole Digges Esqr being absent from Council when the other mem-
bers of the Board were sworn pursuant to his Majesty's Instructions,
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this day took the oaths appointed to be taken by an Act of Parliament
made in the first year of his late Majesty's Reign Entituled an Act for
the further security of his Majesty's person and Government, and the
succession of the Crown in the heirs of the late Princess Sophia being
Protestants ; and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of
Wales, and his open and secret abettors, subscribed the Test, and took
the oath of a Counsellor.
April the 19th 1729
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Carter
William Byrd John Grymes
Mann Page Willm Dandridge
Cole Digges • John Custis &
John Robinson William Randolph Esq"
Ordered
That the General Assembly be prorogued till Thursday the 20th
day of November next, and that a Proclamation issue accordingly.
On the application of his Majesty's Receiver General, It is ordered
that a number of Treasury Rights not exceeding the value of five hun-
dred pounds be made out by the Off" of the Revenue, for the con-
veniency of such persons as have occasion to take up wast lands.
Rich" Fitzwilliam Esqr present
A Report from the Justices of Essex County in pursuance of the
order of this Board made the lBt of November last on the petition of
James Booth, being read at the Board, and it appearing thereby that the
sum of twenty one pounds eight shillings and seven pence half penny,
remains due unto one of the Orphans of Henry Newton deca to whom
the said Booth was Guardian ; It is the opinion of the Council and
accordingly ordered that if there be not sufficient of Booth's Estate to
be found for satisfying the said debt, it be paid out of the personal
Estate of the said Booth in the hands of the Sheriff of Essex County,
and that the residue of the said personal Estate seized by the said
Sheriff, & forfeited upon the said Booth's convictions of Felony be ac-
counted for to the Receiver General for his Majesty's use.
The Sheriffs of the Counties of Caroline, Goochland, Spotsylvania
and Prince George this day attending the Board, and representing the
great charge and trouble they are obliged to in collecting the Quit Rent
Tobacco for the said Counties, and bringing the same to convenient
landings from whence it may be shipt ; This Board taking the same into
consideration, have thought fit to order, as it is hereby ordered that there
be allowed to the said respective Sheriffs for the collecting his Majesty's
Quit Rents and bringing the same to some convenient landing on a
navigable River, from whence it may be shipt for exportation at the
several rates following Viz4
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To the Sheriff of the County of Caroline 20 per Cent on all the
Quitt Rent tobacco received in that County.
To the Sheriff of Spotsylvania the like allowance of 20 per Cent on
all the Quitt Rent tobacco in that County.
To the Sheriff of Prince George the like allowance of 20 per Cent.
To the same Sheriff for collecting the Quitt Rents of Brunswick
County, and bringing the same to some convenient landing on James
River or Appomatux, the allowance of 40 per Cent &
To the Sheriff of Goochland the like allowance of 40 per Cent for
collecting the Quitt Rent tobacco for that County & bringing the same
to a convenient landing in the County of Henrico; the said two last
mentioned Counties appearing to be remote from any water carriage, &
of large extent.
Whereas information is given to this Board that the Storehouse
of Christopher Brooke Master of the Ship Cambridge of London, was
lately broke open and rob'd by divers Negro Slaves belonging to Mr"
Elizabeth Whiting of the County of Glocester widow; and that the
said Christopher Brooke in order to conceal the Felony aforesaid hath
compounded as well with the said Elizabeth Whiting, as with the owners
of divers other Negro's in the said County concerned as Accessories,
and hath received and taken back the goods so stolen without prosecut-
ing the offenders; It is ordered that it be referred to Mr Attorney Gen-
eral to give directions for prosecuting the said Felons, and that he also
be directed to prosecute the said Christopher Brooke for compounding
the said Felony, that others may be deterred from the like practices for
the future.
April the 23d 1729
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter John Carter
James Blair Rich* Fitzwilliam
William Byrd John Grymes
John Robinson John Custis &
William Randolph Esq"
The Governor communicating to the Board the Intelligence he
has received that the Saponie Indians have made no preparation for
planting Corn, whereby it is expected they intend to desert their present
settlement, and that the Inhabitants of Brunswick County being ap-
prehensive of some notable mischief from them upon their removal ; It
is the opinion of the Council that the Governor appoint some fit person
in company with the Interpreter to repair to the Saponie Indian Town,
and to examine into their behaviour, and particularly to observe what
preparations they are making to continue at their present settlement,
and to make report thereof to this Board, that suitable measures may
be taken for the protection of the Inhabitants.
Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia 199
William Dandridge Esqr present
On the application of the Sheriff of Hannover County, it appear-
ing by the increase of Inhabitants in the said County, and their seating
far back towards the mountains the allowance heretofore given for col-
lecting Quit Rent tobacco in the said County is not proportioned to the
charge and trouble arising thereby; It is therefore ordered that 20 per
Cent be allowed to the Sheriff of the said County for collecting the Quit
Rent tobacco and bringing the same to some convenient landing in the
said County from whence it may be ship'd for exportation.
April the 29th 1729
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter John Carter
James Blair Richd Fitzwilliam
William Byrd John Grymes
Cole Digges William Dandridge
John Robinson John Custis &
William Randolph Esq"
Whereas upon consideration of the many extraordinary Cures
perform'd by Papaw a Negro Slave belonging to Mrls Frances Little-
page of the County of New Kent, it was resolved that means should be
used to obtain from him a discovery of the secret whereby he performs
the said cures ; and the said Papaw having upon promise of his freedom
now made an ample discovery of the several medicines made use of by
him for that purpose to the satisfaction of the Governor and the Gentle-
men appointed by him to inspect the application and operation of the
said medicines, It is the opinion of this Board and accordingly ordered
that as a reward for so useful a discovery, which may be of great
benefit to mankind, and more particularly to the preservation of the lives
of great numbers of the Slaves belonging to the Inhabitants of this
Country frequently infected with the Yaws, and other venereal dis-
tempers, the said Papaw be set free; and that the sum of £50 current
money be paid to the said MrU Frances Littlepage out of his Majesty's
Revenue of 2 shillings per hogshead, for his freedom ; but that he remain
still under the direction of the Government untill he make a discovery
of some other secrets he has for expelling poison, and the cure of other
diseases.
The Commissr" appointed for settling the Boundaries between this
Colony and North Carolina having laid before the Board sundry ac-
counts of disbursements in that service, the same were examined and
allowed, and ordered to be paid out of his Majesty's Revenue of 2s
per hogshead.
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May the 2d 1729
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Cole Digges
James Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis &
William Randolph Esq"
The Acco' of contingent Charges for the last half year, & also
the account of sundry reparations about the Governor's house, were
severally examined & allowed.
Richard Fitzwilliam Esqr present
The following persons were this day nominated and appointed by
the Governor to be Sheriffs of the several Counties for the ensuing
year Viz1 For the county of
Hannover Charles Hudson
Surry John Mason
Spotsylvania Edwin Hickman
Eliz" City Joshua Curie
Nansemond Theophilus Pugh
Isle of Wight William Kinchin
Princess Anne Francis Moseley
Henrico Joseph Royal
Westmoreland William Lord
Stafford Abraham Farrow
Northumberland William Eustace
Middlesex Mathew Kemp
Warwick William Roscow
York William Stark
Norfolk Geo. Newton
Prince George William Poythres
James City Henry Power
King George Tho8 Vivian
Caroline William Woodford
Essex James Garnett
Goochland Dan1 Stonar
Lancaster Henry Fleet
Richmond Sam1 Peachy
Charles City Benja Harrison
New Kent William Kenney
King William Will"1 Claiborne
King & Queen Christ1- Beverley
Glocester John Armistead
Accomack Richd Drummond
Northampton John Potter
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New Commissions of the peace for the Counties of Elizabeth City,
Goochland & Isle of Wight were this day regulated in Council, and
ordered to be issued.
This Board taking into consideration the great uncertainty of the
advices from England, with respect to peace or war, and how much
the interest of the Crown may be prejudiced, as well as the property of
the subject endangered in case of the latter should the merchant Ships
now bound for Great Britain be permitted to depart without Convoy
or other measures taken to form them into Fleets for their mutual
defence ; It is therefore judged necessary to lay an Embargo for some
time as has been often practised in the like cases with approbation : And
whereas Cap* Lingen Commander of his Majesty's Ship Ludlow Castle
has signified his inclinations to take under his care & protection such
Merchant Ships as are bound hence for Great Britain, and whereas it
is judged that the greater part of the trade of this Colony may be
ready to proceed under his Convoy by the last day of June next ; It
is therefore ordered that an Embargo be laid on all Ships and Vessels
bound for Great Britain untill the last day of the said month of June,
and that the Naval Officers do forthwith notify the same to the Masters
of Ships in their respective Districts to the end they may prepare in
due time to join the Convoy at Hampton road in James River, and that
the said Officers take care that no Ship or Vessel bound for Great
Britain be cleared until Bond be given as the law directs for observing
this Embargo.
Several petitions for leave to take up wast land were read and
granted as follows.
To Shanes Raines 1,000 acres of land lying on a great branch of
Jones's hole, beginning on John Whitmore's line, thence westward for
its length in Prince George County.
To George Wilson 1000 acres lying on Smack's Creek in Prince
George County, with an inclusive patent for that and his old land
thereto adjoining.
To Thomas Avent 1200 acres in Surry County beginning on
Richard More's line, thence to Stewart's line and over the Otterdam
Swamp to include all the land between John Davis and Richard Pace's
land with his own plantation.
To John Garner 700 acres in Isle of Wight County, joining on
the lines of the land late of Major Giles and those of Thomas Joiner,
Theophilus Joiner, WilliamPope, Christopher Reynolds, Walter Waters
& John Parnell.
To Stephen Hughes 600 acres of land lying on the southside of
James River in Goochland County, between the lines of the said Hughes,
John Fleming & William Reynolds, with an inclusive patent for that
and four hundred acres adjoining thereto.
To Robert Hughes 800 acres lying on both sides the mouth of
Muddy Creek on the southside of James River in Goochland County,
with an inclusive patent for that & four hundred acres thereto adjoining
and already patented in the names of Isaac Hughes & the petitioner.
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To David Liles 800 acres already survey'd in several Tracts lying
in the fork of Deep Creek, on the south side of James River in Gooch-
land County.
To Richard Hickman, Edwin Hickman, Thomas Graves, Dennet
Abney Junr Abraham Abney and John Key 12,000 acres of land in
Goochland County, beginning at the mouth of Mechamps Creek on the
northside the north branch of James River, and so upon both sides the
said Creek to compleat that quantity.
To Bowler Cocke leave to include in one patent two surveys of
twelve hundred acres, joining to a former Grant of the pet" on Muddy
Creek, on the south side of James River in Goochland County.
To Richard Ogilby 1200 acres lying in the fork of licking hole
Creek adjoining to the lands of David Pattison, William Weldy and John
Hawkins in Goochland County.
To William Robertson & John Syme 2,000 acres in Hanover
County on Round about Creek joining to Coll° Merriwether's line.
To William Poythres 1000 acres in Prince George County, begin-
ning below the dry Beaver pond on Tammaheton Creek, so running
up the south side of the said Creek for that quantity.
On reading at this Board the petition of James Taylor setting forth
that there was survey'd for William Parker in 1721 Ten thousand acres
of land in Spotsylvania County for which the said Parker never sued
out any patent ; that he is since dead, and had left no heir in the
Countrey ; and that altho' the petr has accounted to the College for the
survey aforesaid yet he never received any satisfaction for the same,
& praying he may have a Grant of the said land, It is thereupon ordered
that the said James Taylor have liberty to return a survey, and take
out a patent for the said land in his own name, he producing Rights for
the same.
May the 3d 1729
Present
The Governor
Robert Carter Richd Fitzwilliam
James Blair John Grymes
Cole Digges William Dandridge
John Robinson John Custis &
John Carter William Randolph Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out
of his Majesty's Revenue of 2 shillings per hogshead, port duties and
head money were this day sign'd by the Governor in Council Viz :
To the Governor for 1/2 years Salary ending the
25,h of April last £1000,,—,,—
To the Gent""1 of the Council for the same time . . . 175,, — „ —
To the Judges and Officers of the Court of Oyer
& Terminer held in Decern' 100,, — „ —
50,
20,
j
, —
50,
50,
j
—
20,
6,
4,
55,
— ,
—
11,
SH
37,
14,
154
65,
75,
18,
5
50,
30,
>
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Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 203
To the Auditor Gen1 of the planta°ns 1/2 years
salary ending as above
To the Attorney General for the same time
To the Sollicitor of the Virginia affairs for the
same time
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time ....
To the Gunners of the several batteries for the like
time
To the Armourer for the same time
To sundry Ministers attending last Gen1 Court ....
To William Prentis for sundry reparations about
the Governor's house
To the same for divers expresses and other con-
tingent Charges 137,, 14
To a Warrant for sundry Charges & disbursements
in settling the Boundaries 265, ,18
To the Adjutant General 1/2 years Salary
And out of the Quitt Rents
To Mr Com'7 Blair 1/2 years Salary
To the Attorney General for the like Salary
The Acco* of the Quitt Rents received by virtue of his late
Majesty's Commission, and also the acco* of the Revenue of Quitt Rents
for the year 1728 received by virtue of his present Majesty's Commis-
sion being laid before the Board, examined by the Auditor & sworn
to by the Receiver General, were certified by the Governor as usual.
The Acco1 of his Majesty's Revenue of 2 shillings per hogshead
port duties and head money being examined and attested by the Deputy
Auditor, was exhibited in Council by the Receiver General who made
oath thereto and was certified by the Governor in the usual form.
June the 11th 1729
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Carter
William Byrd John Grymes
Mann Page William Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis &
John Robinson William Randolph Esq"
On hearing this day at the Board the matter in dispute between
William Todd of the County of King & Queen Gent of the one part,
and James Taylor, Ambrose Maddison and Thomas Chew touching
the fraudulent surveying & dividing a certain Tract of land between
the said parties, & upon considering the report of Robert Brooke Sur-
veyor of Essex County, appointed for laying out the same Tract of
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land, It is the opinion of this Board that the line run by Coll° Taylor,
and now mark'd by the said Robert Brooke in his survey, and described
in his plat by the letters S. C. is and ought to be the true dividing
bounds between the said William Todd and the land of the said Mad-
dison and Chew, and that the said William Todd upon surrendring of
his former patent (which he accordingly surrendred up at the Board)
have a patent for the true quantity of land in his dividend, according
to the lines described in the said Robert Brooke's plan by the letters
S, C, V, R. and it is further ordered that the said Maddison and Chew
upon surrender of their former patent have like liberty of taking a new
one for the true quantity, and according to the true and exact bounds
they ought to hold conformable to the plat thereof return'd by the
said Robert Brooke; and that the charge of the survey made by the
said Robert Brooke pursuant to the orders of this Board be paid equally,
that is to say the said William Todd one moiety, and the said Ambrose
Maddison and Thomas Chew the other moiety thereof.
It is this day ordered in Council that the Clerk of the Secretary's
office do not hereafter present any patent for land for the Governor's
signing untill the fees due for making out sealing and recording the
same be first paid, or secured ; and that this order be set up in some
publick place in the Secretary's office to the end all persons concerned
may take notice thereof and conform themselves accordingly.
Alexander Kerr having petitioned for a Grant of a Tract of land
surveyed for Thomas Green lying in the County of James City, for
default of the said Green's suing out a patent for the same in due time ;
It appearing upon hearing the parties that the said land is surplus lands
found within the bounds of a patent granted to one Sorrell, and by
mean conveyances come to the said Green, who hath paid Quitt Rents
for the same for divers years past, and hath also purchased Rights in
order to include the same with his other lands thereto adjoining, of
which he is lawfully seized : It is therefore ordered that a patent be
granted to the said Green for the lands in dispute as survey 'd by Wil-
liam Comrie Surveyor of James City County the 21st of March 1727/28.
On hearing this day in Council the petition of Doctor George
Nicholas Ag' John Camm and Sam' Smith for three thousand acres
of land in the County of Spotsylv" the parties being heard by their
Council, & it appearing that the said Camm and Smith have kept the
said land under survey ever since the year 1721 without taking any
measures for obtaining a patent, whereby the king hath been defrauded
of his Quitt Rents and Rights ; It is therefore the opinion of this Board
that the said Camm and Smith forfeited their Right to the same, and
that therefore a patent be granted to the petr who hath made the first
discovery thereof.
John Robinson Esqr who executes the office of Survey' General
in behalf of the College of William & Mary this day recommended
to the Governor in Council Nathan1 Claiborne Surveyor of the south
part of Spotsylvania and Benjamin Winslow Assistant Surveyor for the
Counties of King and Queen and King William as fit persons for the
execution of those offices, they were accordingly approved.
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On reading at this Board the petition of Robert Carter Esqr Agent
for the Proprietors of the northern Neck, praying that the Governor
will not pass any patent or patents for any lands lying in the little fork
of Rappahannock River, but will permit the Proprietor fully to enjoy
the benefit of his Grants, and in order thereto that some speedy method
may be appointed for discovering and ascertaining which branch or
stream of the first or lower fork of Rappa River is the great or main
Stream ; It is the opinion of this Board & accordingly ordered that a
true state of the matter in difference between the King and the Proprie-
tor of the Northern Neck be prepared and agreed on to be transmitted
to the Right HonbIe the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Planta°ns
in order to be laid before his Majesty for his directions therein : But
forasmuch as many Grants have been made by preceding Governors of
lands lying within the bounds now claim'd by the Proprietor of the
Northern Neck, it is the opinion of this Board that the like liberty of
taking up lands under the Crown, within the limits aforesaid be con-
tinued, and that the Governor sign patents for the same as his predeces-
sors have hitherto done, till his Majesty's pleasure be further known.
Ordered
That Mr Matthew Kemp be appointed Sheriff of the County of
Middlesex instead of Mr Edmd Berkley.
June the 12th 1729
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Grymes
Mann Page William Dandridge
John Carter John Custis &
William Randolph Esq"
William Dandridge Esqr being absent on the service of running
the Boundary between this Colony & North Carolina when the other
Gent of the Board were sworn pursuant to his present Majesty's In-
structions, and having first taken the oaths appointed to be taken by an
Act made in the first year of his late Majestys Reign, and also sub-
scribed the Test, took the oath of a member of his Majesty's Council.
Daniel Hornby by his petition praying that David Bray Gent may
be ordered to pay unto him the money formerly appointed by this Board
for his improvements on a certain Tract of land since granted by patent
to the said Bray ; It is ordered that the said David Bray have notice to
attend this Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to answer the
said petition.
Whereas Stephen Chastein at the Council held the 11th of Decem-
ber last past, obtain'd a Grant of eight hundred acres of land in the
County of Goochland, formerly survey'd for Peter Fontaine Clerk for
default of the said Fontaine's suing out a patent for the same in due
time, and it appearing to this Board that the said Peter Fontaine whilst
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the dispute depended, had procured surveys of the said land to be put
into the Secretary's office, and had clandestinely obtain'd patents to be
sign'd for the same, but the said Stephen Chastein having entered his
Caveat before the said patents were sealed or recorded, and now making
the truth of this matter appear to the Board; It is ordered that the
said Patents surreptitiously prepared and signed for the said Fontaine
be forthwith cancelled, and that a patent for the said land be granted
to the petr Stephen Chastein acording to the former order in that behalf.
Whereas Andrew Byrn at the Court of Oyer & Terminer held the
10th instant was convicted of the murder of a Negro Slave under his
care, and is now under sentence of death, but forasmuch as it appeared
upon the evidence at his tryal that the said Slave died by means of the
correction given him for running away, and that the said Byrn who
was his Overseer had no intention to kill him ; the Council therefore
humbly recommend him as a fit object to his Majty's mercy, and the
rather for that the taking away the life of this man will, in all prob-
ability stir up the Negro's to a contempt of their Masters and Over-
seers, which may be attended with dangerous consequences to this
Colony, where the Negroes are so numerous, and they intreat the Gov-
ernor to represent the said Byrn's case, and to reprieve him until his
Majesty's pleasure be known.
On the petition of Harry Beverley Gent praying that the Caveat
entered by John Skaife Clerk for stopping a patent for a Tract of land
found to escheat from George Burge late of the County of King and
Queen decd may be speedily heard and determined ; It is ordered that
the matter of the said petition be heard in Council at the next Court of
Oyer & Terminer, and that the petr give the said Skaife notice to at-
tend accordingly.
The several Caveats entered by Robert Carter Esqr in behalf of
the Proprietor of the Northern Neck agl granting a patent to Larkin
Chew, Joseph Smith, William Russell, John Chew and Larkin Chew
Junr or others for ten thousand acres of land on both sides Happy Creek
joining on the great mountains, and on Cape Leanock run in Spotsyl-
vania County, and against granting a patent to Thomas Chew, William
Johnson and George Home or others for six thousand acres in the fork
of Leanock run and on the south side thereof in the same County ; or
to Larkin Chew, Joseph Smith, Thomas Chew, William Russell, Wil-
liam Johnson and George Home for ten thousand acres of land in the
fork of Cape Leanock run in the same County, are referred for further
consideration till the next Council.
John Fitzgerald having on the 13th of June 1728 obtain'd an order
for summoning the heir at law of James Grecian late of the County of
Isle of Wight decd to shew cause why three several parcels of land sur-
vey'd for the said Grecian in his lifetime and about nine years ago
should not be granted to the petr for default of suing out patents for
the same in due time, and the said John Fitzgerald having caused pub-
lication to be made pursuant to the order of this Board, and no person
appearing to lay any Claim to the said land ; It is ordered that the said
John Fitzgerald have patents for the same, according to the prayer of
his petition.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 207
On the petition of Richard Fitzwilliam Esqr praying a Grant of
4000 acres of land surveyed in the year 1719 for Benjamin Bradley,
Joshua Gee, William Russell & Joseph Farmor ; and for 2000 acres of
land survey 'd in 1722 for Charles Chiswell, both Tracts lying on Swift
Creek in the County of Henrico, and no patents sued out for the same
It is ordered that the said Charles Chiswell and the Attorneys for the
other persons above named be summoned to appear at the next Court
of Oyer and Terminer to answer the said petition
The Caveat entered by Moseley Batteley and Elizabeth his wife in
behalf of themselves and Mary and Elizabeth Taliaferro daughters of
Robert Taliaferro decd against a patent sued out by James Dyer, by
consent of the parties is continued to be heard in Council at the next
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Ordered
That the several persons against whose patents Caveats are en-
tered in the Secretary's office have notice to attend this Board at the
Council to be held at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer, in order
to a determination of the subject matter of the said Caveats.
Several petitions for leave to take up land were read and granted
as follows.
To Matthew Ligon leave to include in one patent two Tracts of
land of 400 acres each, lying on Fine Creek in Goochland County with a
tract of 400 acres already patented by the petr.
To William Crawley 500 acres joining to his old land upon Not-
toway River, with an inclusive patent for both
To Robert Crawley all the wast land joining upon Joseph Watson
and Charles Winfree, on the south side of Chickahomeny Swamp in
Henrico County.
To William Cabbell three different tracts of 400 acres each, lying
on Licking hole Creek in Goochland County, with an inclusive patent
for the whole.
To Robert Bevil leave to include in one patent several surveys by
him made on Winticomaick in Prince George County.
To William Cole and Thomas Massie leave to include in one patent
ten surveys of 400 acres each, lying in the fork of the Byrd in Gooch-
land County.
On the petition of Merry Webb leave is granted him to include
in one patent two tracts of land assigned to him by William Hudson,
the one lying on potatoe quarter branch that runs out of the south side
of Willis's Creek, the other on the north side of Willis's Creek about
half a mile below potatoe quarter branch, each consisting of 400 acres.
To Thomas Dansie 2000 acres in Hannover County on both sides
of Mechamps Creek, otherwise Turkey run or Syme's Creek, beginning
upon the dividing line between the said County and Goochland.
Cole Digges Esqr on his petition hath liberty granted him to sur-
vey and have a patent for eighty foot square of the Beach below the
bank at York Town adjoining to the place where his warehouse now
stands for his convenience in building a commodious warehouse thereon
with leave to extend a Wharf of the same breadth into the River for
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the more convenient landing of merchandizes Provided the same do not
obstruct or encroach on the publick landing or Street leading to the
River.
John Ballard Merchant hath order for the like quantity of the
said Beach for building a Warehouse at the landing he now useth
under the restriction before mentioned.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 22d day of October 1729
Present
The Honle Wm Gooch Esqr Ll Governour
Mr Commissary Blair Rd Fitzwilliam
Wm Byrd John Grymes
John Robinson Wm Dandridge
John Carter John Custis
Wm Randolph Esq"
An Order of his Majtles in his privy Council bearing date the 1"
of febr* 1728 Whereby his Majesty is graciously pleas'd to Order &
direct that fifty nine thousand seven hundred and eighty six Acres of
Land in Spotsilvania County held by Colo. Alexr Spotswood by a
defective Title be regranted to him by Patent upon his procuring Rights
for the same declaring his Majesties pleasure that the same Exemption
from payment of Quit Rents be extended to the said Land as was
granted by his late Majesty to the Patentee of a thousand Acres of
Land in the same County whereupon it being propos'd to the Considera-
tion of the Board how far other persons having large Tracts of Land
in the afsd County for wch no Rights were paid or produced at the time
of the Grant ought to be charged agreeable to his Majesties Intentions
it is resolved & ordered. That Colo Spotswood ought to produce Rights
& pay Quit rents for the full Quantity of Land mentioned in the above
Order of his Majy in Council the sd Quit rents to be accounted from the
first day of May 1728 & that the same be demanded accordingly.
That for all the other large Tracts of Land taken up in the said
County & not within the benefit of his late Majesties Bounty an Im-
mediate Demand be made of the Rights for the same which ought to
have been & were not paid at the time of the Grant excepting always such
of the said Lands as have been since lapsed & granted to other Patentees
where his Majesty hath been satisfied for the rights thereof
That in like manner where the first Patentees have Continu'd
hitherto in Possession of their several Tracts the Quit Rents for the
same be demanded from the first day of May 1728 but for as much as
the sd Patentees have been already recommended to his Majesties favour
in relation to the Arrears accrued before the said first day of May
It is resolv'd that the Demand of the Arrears be Suspended until
his Majesties pleasure be known.
Commissions of the Peace for the Counties of Westmoreland and
Norfolk were this day Ordered to be Issued with the addition of several
new Justices.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 209
Whereas the Cattabow Indians have by some of the Indian traders
signified their Desire to enter into a Treaty of Friendship with this
Government It's the Opinion of this Board that the sd Indians be
encouraged in this their good Inclination and for that purpose be in-
vited to repair hither at the next General Court But in Case the sd
Treaty take Effect it be insisted on that the sd Cattabaw Indians shall
undertake for the peaceable behaviour of the Sapony Indians who have
lately deserted their Settlement in this Colony & Join'd themselves to
the sd Cattabaw Indians.
Ordered that the General Assembly be further prorogu'd till
Thursday the 12th of Febry next & a Proclamation was prepared ac-
cordingly.
Octr 25th 1729
Present
The Governour
Rob4 Carter John Carter
James Blair Rd Fitzwilliam
John Robinson John Grymes
Wm Dandridge Esq"
On reading at this [Board] Lre from Colo Montgomery Governour
of New York with a Transcript of a Conference held the 21st July last
between the Commissioners for Indian Affairs at Albany & some of the
Chiefs of the Oneides wherein the sd Indians Complain of that a Con-
siderable number of their nation have been lately killed & taken prisoners
by the Virginia Indians & designing reparation But it appearing to this
Board by several late accounts brought by the Indians Traders that
the Attack defeat given to the said Oneydes was by the Cattabaw
Indians on whose Towns the sd Oneydes had made a Secret Attack and
in the retreat were fallen upon by the Cattabaw Indians without the
Intervention of any of the Indians of this Colony Its ordered that the
same be signifi'd to the Governor of New York to prevent any Mis-
understanding with the six Nations But forasmuch as the Oneyades
seem principally concern'd to recover their prisoners out of the hands
of the Cattabaws It is Ordered that a Message be sent to the Cattabaws
to desire that the sd Prisoners be deld'd up to this Government as the
Surest means for their obtaining a Peace with the six Nations in which
this Governm' will employ this Mediation
On the petition of John Carter Esqr Leave was granted him to
take up in one Tract Six thousand Acres of Land in the North branch
of James River joyning on the land of Colo. Thos Randolph called
the Indians Field & extending thence so as to include the lands called the
Buffalo low grounds.
On the petition of George Webb Gent leave was granted him to
take up twelve thousand Acres of Land in Hanover County begining
at a white Oak markd G. W & another B on the Northside of the third
Northfork of James River at the foot of the Second Mountains comonly
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called the great Mountains & extending on both sides this said fork
provided always that this present the Survey to be made
thereof do not interfere with or prejudice the Grant this day made to
John Carter Esq'.
Novr the 1st 1729
Present
The Governour
Rob* Carter John Robinson
James Blair Rd Fitzwilliam
Wm Byrd John Grymes &
Wm Randolph Esq"
Robert Carter Junr Esqr having resign'd his place of Naval of-
ficer of Rappahanock river & the Governour having thereupon Signified
to divers of the G[entlemen] of the Council occasionally met at the Con-
vocation of the Visitors of the College his Intention to Constitute Mr
Charles Carter in his Room & no objection being there now offered
against the Sufficiency of the sd Charles Carter for that Employm1
the Governour was pleasd to declare the said Charles Carter Naval
Officer of the afsd District.
Whereas by Several Acts past last Session of Assembly the
Counties of Caroline & Goochland were Erected whereby the free
holders are entitl'd to the Priviledges of Electing Burgesses for the sd
respective Counties & whereas. Since the last Session of Assembly
the Trustees for erecting the College of Wm & Mary have by good &
Sufficient Deeds in Law transfer'd the said College with all the rents
revenues & perquisites thereunto belonging unto the President &
masters whereby the sd President & Masters or professors are become
one Body Politick & Corporate with power to chuse a Representative
to serve in the General Assembly of his Dominion Its ordered that
writ issue for electing Burgesses for the said County of Caroline &
Goochland & for the sd College of Wm & Mary to serve in the next
Session of Assembly which now stands prorogu'd until the 12th day
of Febry next.
On the Application of the Officers of his Majesties Revenues
It is Ordered that they be & they are hereby Impowr'd to Issue Rights
for taking up land for any Sum not exceeding five hundred pounds
sterl the rights formerly Issued being already disposed of :
Wm Dandridge Esq' present.
The account of Contingent Charges for the late half year ending
the 25th of October the Acco' of Sundry expences about the Governours
House & an acco' of Sundry charges of the Imprisonm' Tryals & Con-
demnation of divers pirates were laid before the board examin'd &
ordered to be pd out of his Majesties Revenue of two Shillings per hogs-
head.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 211
Nov' 5th 1729
Present
The Governour
Rob* Carter Rd Fitzwilliam
James Blair John Grymes
John Robinson Wm Dandridge
John Carter Wm Randolph Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out
of his Majesties Revenues were this day Sign'd by the Governour in
Council (viz) Out of the two shillings per hogshead Port Duties & Head
money.
To the Governour 1/2 years Salary ending the 25 th
of Oct' last £1000—0—
To the Gentlemen of his Majesties Council for the
same time 175 — 0 —
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer &
Terminer held last June 100 — 0 —
To the Auditor General of the plantations half a
years Salary ending as above 50 : —
To the Sollicitor of the Virginia Affairs for the
same time 50
To the Atty Gen1 Salary for the same time 20
To the Clerk of the Council for his Salary the same
time 50
To the Gunners of the Several Batterys for the like
Salary 20
To the Ministers preaching before the General
Court 6
To the Armourers Salary for the same time 6
To the Adjutant for his Salary the same time. ... 75
To Wm Prentis for Sundry Charges about the Gov-
ernours House 29 :18 : 9*4
To the Same for Sundry Expresses & other Con-
tingent Charges 61 :12 : 7%
To the Same for the Charges arising on the Tryal
of divers Pirates 58:13:10
And out of the Quit Rents.
To Mr Com7 Blair 1/2 years Salary £ 50
To the Atty General 1 /2 years additional Salary . . 30
The acco1 of his Majesties Revenue of two shillings per hogshead
port Duties & Head mony receiv'd by virtue of the late Kings Comis-
sion & by Comission from his present Majesty were Severally presented
in Council by the Recr Gen1 who made Oath thereto & being examin'd
by the auditor were certified as usual by the Governour.
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Sundry petitions for leave to take up wast Land were presented
read & granted (viz)
To John Sandland four hundred Acres on the branches of Long
Creek & Beverdam Swamp in Caroline County formerly Survey 'd in
1719 for Thos Thomason who hath consented to relinquish his preten-
tions to the petr.
To Michael Holland for one thousand acres of Land on the
branches of Licking Hole Creek in Goochland County adjoyning to his
Patented land.
To Rob' Boiling Gent for 1000 acres adjoyning to his patented
land on Horse pen Swamp on Appamatox River & on Prince George
County with leave to include both Tracts in a new patent.
To the sd Rob' Boiling for ten thousand Acres of land including
that already granted him on Namosine Creek in Prince George County.
To Alexander Bollin for 1000 Acres of Land on the S° side of
Buckskin Creek in Prince George County
To Rob' Bevel for 1500 acres on Winticomacke Creek in Prince
George County.
To Abraham Jones for one thousand Acres of Land in Prince
George County beginning on the upper Side the house Creek three
quarters of a Mile below the Pet" Mile & running thence up the
Creek & round his patented land thence cross the sd Creek & down the
Same until it joyns on the land of Coleman
On reading at this Board the pet" of Daniel Pugh Gent late Sheriff
of Nansamond County. It is Ordered that his Majesties Recr Gen-
eral pay to the petr two pounds Seventeen shillings Curr' Money &
four hundred forty five pounds of Tob° or the Curr' price thereof
out of his Majesties Revenue of 2s per hogshead it being for one half of
the Costs & Charges expended by the petitioner in defending a Suit
brought ag' him for Seizing Six hogsheads of Tob° of one John Cotton
deced pursuant to an Act of Assembly the one half of the sd Seizure
having been long Since pd by the pef to his Majesties Use.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 15th day of April 1730
Present
The Governour
James Blair John Grymes
John Carter John Custis &
Rd Fitzwilliam Wm Randolph Esq"
A Warrant under his Majesties Royal Sign Manual bearing date
the 6'" of October 1729 was read at the Board empowering the Gov-
ernour to use a new Seal sent him by his Majesty for this Colony &
directing that the old Seal be return'd in Order to be defeated in his
Majesties presence in his privy Council and thereupon the Governour
deld'd the new Seal to be kept as usual in the Secretaries Office & the
old Seal was delivered up to the Governour in Order to be return'd
pursuant to his Majesties pleasure.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 213
The Queens most excellent Majesty Guardian of the Kingdom
having been pleas'd by Order in his Majesties most honourable privy
Council bearing date the .... day of May 1729 to signify her dis-
allowance & disapprobation of an Act past in the General Assembly in
the Year 1705 Entitld an Act declaring how long Judgments Bonds
Obligations & Accounts Shall be in force for the Assignmts of
Bonds & Obligations directing what proof shall be sufficient in such
Cases & ascertaining the Damage upon protested Bills of Exchange It is
Ordered that a Proclamation Issue declaring the sd Act of Assembly
to be repeal'd.
An attested Copy of his Majesties Warrant directed to the
Recorder of London for inserting in the pardon granted to the New-
gate Criminals the name of Sarah Williamson who at a Gen1 Court
held in October 1727 was Convicted of the Murther of her Child was
read at the Board & ordered to be recorded in the Secretary's Office
& the sd Sarah Williamson was thereupon discharged.
April 29th 1730
Present
The Governour
Rob* Carter Rd Fitzwilliams
James Blair John Grymes
Cole Digges Wra Dandridge
John Robinson John Custis &
John Carter Wm Randolph Esq"
A Warrant under the Sign Manual of the Queens most Excel-
lent Majesty Guardian of the Kingdom Dated 24th of July 1729 was
read at the Board whereby her Majesty is pleas'd to order & direct the
paym' of one thousand pounds out of the Revenue of Quit Rents for
defraying the charges of running and Sett'ing the Boundaries between
this Colony & North Carolina in Such manner as his Majesties Lieut
Governour shall think fit to direct and thereupon the Governour laid
before the Board an Account of the Application of the said One thou-
sand pounds & desired their Opinion whether he had not therein justly
proportioned the rewards to the Several Commissioners employed in
that Service The Council declared their Opinion that the rewards to the
Commissioners according to the time of their attendance on that Service
is a just & equal distribution pursuant to her Majesties Warr' afore-
mentioned.
But Mr Fitzwilliams desiring to be heard & to offer his Reasons
why he left the other Comissioners before they had finished the line
by them run It is the Opinion of the Board that it is improper to enter
into that matter it appearing by her Majesties Warrant that the pro-
ceedings in running the sd line are well approv'd & that the Gover-
nour is a proper Judge of the Service perform'd therein
214 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Whereas his Majesty by Order in his privy Council bearing date
the 19"1 day of Novr MDCCXXIX having been graciously pleasd to
declare & order that the remission of Rights which by Order in Council
on the 6th of Aug' MDCCXXIII was granted to the two new Counties
of Brunswick & Spotsilvania for Seven Years be understood to extend
to all Grants of Land in the County of Spotsilvania not exceeding 6000
Acres including therein the 1000 Acres allowed by the afsd Order in
Council & that the Grantees be permitted to hold the Same upon Con-
dition that they do pay the Seven years Quit Rents now in Arrear but
that whoever shall be desirous to hold more than Six thousand Acres
shall be oblig'd to pay both the Same Rights & Quit Rents for over
and exceeding that Number as Lands in any other part of Virg" are
liabel to It is Ordered that the Officers of his Majesties Revenue
demand as well the Quit Rents now in Arrear as the Mony due for the
Rights of all Tracts of Land exceeding the Quantity of Six thousand
Acres held by any one Patentee in the sd County pursuant to his
Majesties Pleasure signified on the above recited Order And it is
further Ordered that the former Order of this Board for Demanding
the Mony due for Rights for the sd Tracts of Land be as it is hereby
revok'd and that all Bonds given in the Secretary's Office for paym'
of the Rights for any Tracts of Land not exceeding the Quantity of
Six thousand Acres be vacated.
Rich" Fitzwilliams Esqr absent
On reading at this Board a Report from R' Hicks & Daniel Hicks
who at the instance of the Governour of New York were sent to the
Cattabaw Indians to demand the liberty of Certain Prisoners of the five
Nations taken by them It appearing to the Board that the sd Rob'
& Daniel have diligently performed the Service reqd of them It is there-
upon Ordered that there be pd to each of them out of his Majesties
Revenue of 2s per hogshead the Sum of thirteen pounds Curr' Money
for their Trouble in the sd Service
An Acco' of Sundry Disbursments made by Peter Lehemp [Le-
heup] Esqr on the Service of this Colony amounting to the sums of
twenty pounds Sixteen Shillings & Six pence and also an acco' of his
Charges in Obtaining the Pictures of the King & Queen was sent in
amounting to Seventy nine pounds three Shillings were Severally
examin'd & allowed.
On the Application of the Sheriffs of the Counties of Hanover
& Spotsilvania for a more suitable allowance to enable them to collect
& make convenient the Quit Rent tob° arising in these Counties many
of the Plantations lying some Sixty & Eighty Miles distant from Water
Carriage It is ordered that they be allowed 30 per Cent on all the
Tob° they receive.
The Receiver Gen1 representing that he hath a Considerable Sum
of mony in his hands recd for his Majesties Quit rents for the last Year
& that the Difference of Exchange may be Setled & Certified by
this Board in Order to enable him to pass his Accounts & make remit-
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 215
tances of the sd Money It is accordingly agreed by this Board that five &
five eighths per Cent be allow'd the Recr Gen1 to enable him to turn
the money reed for his Majesties Quit Rents into Bills of Exchange
wch is hereby certifi'd to be the present Differences of Exchange in
this Colony
On reading at this Board a Report from the auditor & Receiver
General upon the petition of Wm Rostow* Exec1" of the last Will &
Testament of James Rostow deced late Recr Gen1 of his Majesties
revenues it appearing to this Board that the sc James Rostow did in
his life time Account to his Majesty for nine pounds two Shillings
& Eight pence farthing as due for fines recd in the Northern Neck
wch fines was never paid to him but retain'd in the hands of the Sheriffs
of Westmoreland & Richmond Counties until the Determination of the
right thereto claim'd by the proprietor of the Northern Neck & have
since been paid to the sd proprietors Agent It is Ordered that the Recr
Gen1 pay to the sd Wm Rostow the sd Sum of nine pounds two Shillings
& eight pence farthing & that his Majesties Atty General be directed
to prosecute the persons who were Sheriffs of the afsd County in 1720
for recovery of the sd Fines
The following persons were this day nominated & Appointed by
the Governour to be Sheriffs of the Several Counties for the Year
ensuing.
For the County of
New Kent Rd Richardson
King William James Fountain
Prince George James Munf ord
Accomack George Parker
James City Wm Brown
York Rob* Armistead
Caroline Jn° Talliaferro
EIiz- City Jos Banister
King & Queen Sam1 Smith
Charles City Samle Harwood
Essex Silvester Musto
Princess Anne Francis Mosely
Norfolk Nathaniel Newton
Middlesex George Harding
Richmond Newman Brockenboro
Lancaster Wm Bawl
Nansemond Theophilus Pugh
Spotsilvania Edwin Hickman
Hanover Charles Hudson
Gloucester Philip Todd
A New Comission of the peace for the County of Richmond is
ordered to Issue & That Tho8 Beal Thomas Barber Wm Glassock &
Samle Glassock Gent be added to the sd Comission.
*"Rostow" should be Roscow. The copyist evidently mistook a "c" in the
original for a "t."
216 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Also a new Comission of the peace for the County of Middlesex
is ordered to Issue & that Charles Carter James Read & Thos Price
be added thereto & the said Charles Carter appointed of the Quorum
for avoiding any Controversies that may arise concerning the Limits
of the Counties of Brunswick & Goochland It is Ordered that the
line of the sd County of Brunswick do extend to Appamatox River &
no farther & from thence the sd River to be the Boundary between the
sd two Counties.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 6th day of May 1730
Present
The Governour
Rob' Carter [Mann] Page
James Blair John Carter &
John Grymes Esq"
A Warrant for replacing to the Acco* of 2s per hogshead the Sum
of four hundred & fifty pounds Eighteen Shillings & nine pence out
of the money Ordered by the Queens Warrant for defraying the
Charges of running the Boundaries between this Governm' & North
Carolina was Sign'd per the Governour it being for the like Sum paid
out of the said Revenue of two Shillings per hogshead for furnishing
provisions & payment of the Men employ'd in the sd Service
The following Warrants to be paid out of his Majesties Revenue
of two s per hogshead for Duties & head money was this day Sign'd by
the Governour & Council (viz1) —
To the Governour for his half years Salary ending the
25th of April last £ 1000,, 0„0
To the Gentlemen of the Council for the Same time. . 175,, 0,,0
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer &
Terminer held last December 100,, 0,,0
To the Auditor General of the plantations half years
Salary ending as above 50,, 0„0
To the Solicitor of Virginia Affairs half years Salary
ending the same time 50,, 0.,0
To the Atty General half years Salary for the same
time 20„ 0„0
To the Clerk of the Council half years Salary for
same time 50„ 0„0
To the Ministers attending the General Court last half
year 6„ 0„0
To the Adjutant General of the Militia half years
Salary ending as above 75„ 0„0
To the Armourer half years Salary for the same time. 6,, 0,,0
To the Gunners of the Several Battery's half years
Salary 20„ 0„0
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 217
To Wm Prentis for Sundry repairs about the Gov-
ernours House 17, ,19, ,5
To Wm Prentis for other Expenses & contingent
charges • 105„10„5
To Peter Lehup Esqr for sundry disbursments in pro-
curing the pictures of their present Majesties sent
into this Colony 79 „ 3,,0
And out of the Quit Rents
To Mr Comissary Blair half years ending the 25th of
April 50„ 0„0
To Mr Atty General half years additional Salary for
the same time 30„ 0,,0
The Acco' of the Revenue of 2s per hogshead Port Duties & head
Money receiv'd by Virtue of a Comission from his late Majesty
And the Acco* of the sd Revenue received by Vertue of his present
Majesties Comission, And also the acco* of his Majesty's Revenue of
Quit Rents received for the year 1729 as Setld the 25th of April last
being examin'd by the Auditor were Severally sworn to by the Receiver
General & Certified by the Governour
Whereas for the encouragem' of James Pappaw to discover his
Secret for the cure of certain diseases there was promis'd him besides
his freedom a pension of twenty pounds Curr* mony per Annum &
forasmuch as the Medicines discovered by the sd Pappaw have been
tryed & found effectually [effectual] It is ordered that the sd Pension
be paid him to commence from Lady Day 1729 & that the Same be
added to the Contingent Charges of the Governm4.
On the Petition of James Nevil Setting forth that about Twenty
year ago one Benjamin Watkins entr'd for eight hundred Acres of
Land on the S° side James River near to the Pet" Land but hath never
Su'd out any Patent for the Same & praying a Grant of the sd Land
It is Ordered that the sd Watkins be Sumoned to appear before this
Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to shew Cause why the
prayer of the said petr should not be granted
On the Petition of Nathaniel Bassett praying a Grant of four
hundred Acres of Land lying on the head branch of Jones Creek &
joining on the land of Edward Maxwell Senr & Edwd Maxwell Junr
wch was Surveyed in the Year 1724 for Jn° Woodson the Younger
since deceas'd & is now possess'd by Jos Woodson the Father of the
sd John but no Patent Sued out by either of them It is Ordered that
the sd Jos Woodson be Sumoned to appear before this Board at the
next Court of Oyer & Terminer to shew cause why the said Land ought
not to be granted to the Petitioner.
On the Petition of Thomas Walker praying a Grant of Sixteen
hundred acres of Land on Maheek Creek in Goochland County Sur-
veyed for Bartholomew Cocke — in the Year 1727 & no Patent Sued
out for the same It is Ordered that the Petr give the sd Cocke notice
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to appear before this Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer
after such Notice to answer the sd Petition.
Sundry Petitions for taking up wast Lands were read & granted
as follows. Viz'.
To Edward Stott for 350 Acres adjoyning on his own patented
Land on the Land he purchased of John Fooley on little licking hole
Creek in Goochland County with liberty to include the Same in one
patent with his said former patented & purchased Land
To Warham Easty 1200 Acres joyning on his patented Land on
the main deep Creek in Goochland County with Liberty to take an
Inclusive Patent for both Tracts.
To Rob' Adams 2000 Acres on Buck Island Creek on the South
side of the N° fork of James River begining at a white Oak marked
R A on the Side of sd Creek to compleat that quantity To Isham
Randolph Gent 1200 Acres in Goochland County on the N° side of
James River between the lines of John Boiling Leonard Ballow Tarle-
ton Fleming Thos Ballow Jackson & the Pet" own Land.
To Henry Cary eight thousand Acres on both sides the Creek
of Willis in Goochland County & between Horn Quarter & the Moun-
tains of the sd Creek to be laid of in one or more Surveys
To Charles Goodall 1000 Acres in Caroline County on both sides
Long Creek 400 Acres thereof being already Surveyed & assigned him
by Thomas Carr & Thomas Thomason who first entred for the same
& the Residue taken up by the Petitioner
To Wm Canon 1600 Acres in Goochland County beginning on Rd
Cox lower line on the S° side James River 1200 there of being already
Surveyed
To Abraham Childers 800 Acres in Henrico County joyning on
the lines of Coll Tho" Randolph deced Rob' Mosely and Jacob Robert-
son & on the Branches of the deep Run of Tuckahoe
To Sam' Burk 536 Acres lying on the East side of the Byrd &
Joyning on Capt Tho" Massey & the pet" own Land in Goochland
County.
To Wm Jones 500 Acres on the N° side of Notaway River Prince
George County including a former Survey of the Petitioners for part
of the sd Land.
To Charles Hudson 1000 Acres of Land lying on Rockey Creek
in Hanover County.
To John Woodson 1700 Acres on the S° Side James River and on
Stovals Creek in Goochland County including 300 Acres already
patented in the Pet" Name.
To Abraham Venable 1500 Acres of Land on the Southfork of
Hardware River in Goochland County & on the West Side of the little
Mountains
To John Woodson 3000 Acres on the branches of Deep Creek &
Appamatox River in Goochland County already Survey 'd in eight
Sev' Dividends, but now to be included in one Patent.
To John Woodson & Tho" Massy 4000 Acres in Goochland County
lying on the Byrd & joyning on the Lands late of Colo. Wm Cole deced
purchased of Stephen Hughs & John Woodson
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 219
To Abraham Jones 3000 Acres of Land in Prince George County
begining on the upper Side of the Sweat House Creek so up the sd
Creek & Crossing the Same to Colemans line
On the Petition of James Pitillo for 1000 Acres of Land in Prince
George County between the Lines of Nicholas Butterworth Wm Short
Rd Scoggen George Williams & Mottoso Neck Road including the Land
lately possessed by Roger Archer deced four hundred acres of the
afsd Tract being already entred by the Petitioner Leave is granted him
to take up all the above Tract except that possess'd by the sd Archer
& as to that It is Ordered that the Heir of the sd Roger Archer deced
be Sumoned to appear before this Board at the next Court of Oyer &
Terminer to shew cause why the Land claim'd by him ought not to be
granted to the Petitioners —
On the Petition of David Woodroof setting forth that Christopher
Smith deced about thirteen Years ago Surveyed 400 Acres of Land
lying on East North East River in Spotsilvania County but the sd
Christopher never in his life time nor his Son Ambrose Joshua Since
his decease sued out any Patent for the sd Land & praying that he may
have Leave to enter for the Same It is ordered that Ambrose Joshua
Son of the sd Christopher deced have Notice to attend this Board at the
next Court of Oyer & Terminer to shew cause why the Petr ought not
to be admitted to an Entry for the sd Land.
On the Petition of David Woodroof Setting forth that Thomas
Hill about five years ago Survey'd 400 Acres of Land joyning on the
Land of Zachary Lewis & the petitioner in Hanover County but the
sd Tho* Hill never Sued out any Patent for the said Land & praying
that he may have Leave to enter for the said Land It is hereby
Ordered that the said Thomas Hill have Notice to attend this Board
at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to shew cause why the Pef
ought not to be admitted to an Entry for the sd Land.
On the Petition of John Stubblefield Setting forth that James
Skelton about three Years ago Surveyed 600 Acres of Land lying in
Goochland County upon the S° side of James River opposite to the
middle of Elk Island & between the Lands of Joseph Mayo & those
of Mr Benjamin Harrison but the sd James Skelton never sued out any
Patent for the sd Land and praying that he may have Leave to enter
for the sd land It is hereby Ordered that the Sd. James Skelton have
Notice to attend this Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to
shew Cause why the Pef ought not to be admitted to an Entry for the
said Land
On the Petition of Stephen Hughs setting forth that John Stevens
some time ago Surveyed four hundred Acres of Land in Prince George
County that the sd Stevens is since dead & has left no Heir & praying
a Grant thereof
It is hereby Ordered that the Widow of the said John Stevens
have notice to attend this Board at the next Court & [of] Oyer &
Terminer to shew cause why the Petr ought not to be admitted to an
Entry for the sd Land
220 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
At a Council held at the Capitol May the 29th 1730
Present
The Governour
Mr Commissary Blair Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis &
John Grymes Wm Randolph Esqr
The Governour laid before the Board his Majtles Lre under his
Royal Signet & Sign Manual bearing date the 22d day of Janry 1729"30
Signifying his royal pleasure for the restitution of all Ships & Effects
taken as prize from the Spaniards Since the day of June 1728 &
directing the manner of obtaining the like Restitution of the prizes
taken by the Spaniards from his Majesties Subjects conformable to the
Cedulas issued by the King of Spain for that purpose which said Lre
of his Majesties being read together with a Lre from his grace Duke
of Newcastle his Majesties principal Secretary of State to the like
Effect It is hereby Ordered that a Proclamation issue Signifying his
Majesties Royal Pleasure to all his Subjects of this Dominon to the
end Such of the Inhabitants of this Colony as have Suffered the
Seizure of their Goods or Effects by the Spanish Privatees may know
where to apply for restitution persuant to the Treaties between his
Majesty & the King of Spain
His Majesties Additional Instruction to the Gov' for assisting the
Officers appointed in persuance of a late Act of Parliament for collect-
ing the Six pence per M° on all Seamans Wages for the Support of
Greenwich Hospital was read & Ordered to be entred in the Council
Books
At a Council held at the Capitol June 11th 1730
Present
The Governour
James Blair John Robinson
Wm Byrd John Carter
Cole Digges John Grymes &
John Custis Esq"
On reading at this Board the Pet" of Daniel Hornby & Thomas
Beal Son of Tho' Beal the Elder praying that David Bray Gent may
be Ordered to pay them the respective Sums of money allowed by a
former Order for their Improvements on the lands recovered from them
by the sd David Bray
The Board taken into Consideration that the petr did not deliver
possession of the sd Land until twelve Months after they were directed
to yield the Same & during that time had the Use of the Land &
the Improvements & that Mr Bray was put to great Charges & lost the
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 221
Opportunity of making a Crop on the Said Land & at last was oblig'd
to sue out Ejectments against the Pet"
It is therefore Ordered that an Abatement be made out of the
money formerly directed to be paid for the said Improvements & that
Mr Bray pay to the said Hornby twenty five pounds Curr' Money in
full of his Demand & to the Sd Beal thirty five pounds of like money
in full of his Demand & no more.
On hearing this Day at the Board the Petition of John Garner for
a Grant of Seven hundred Acres of Land in the County of Isle of
Wight & the Caveat of James Garner against the Same and it appear-
ing that the Father of the Petitioner was possess'd of the Land afsd
& was said to have a Patent for the Same which is now lost & that
in the Year 1684 he Demised part of the Sd Tract for the Term of
ninety nine Years unto his Brother John Garner who now Claims the
Same.
It is therefore Ordered that a Patent be granted to the Petitioner
John Garner for the Land afsd upon his Securing to his said Uncle
John Garner so much of the Land demised & let by his Father as is
included within his present Survey for the Residue of the Term of 99
Years yet unexpir'd
Present Rd Fitzwilliam Esqr
Mosely Battely & Elizabeth his Wife late the Relict of R' Tal-
liafarro deced in behalf of themselves & of Mary & Eliz the Daughters
of the sd Rob' having petitioned for stopping sev1 patents Sued out by
James Dyer Tho8 Edins & Dennis Linsey for Land lying in the first
fork of Rappedan River in the County of Spotsilvania Nineteen hun-
dred thirty two Acres of wch said Land was formerly Survey 'd by the
sd Rob' Talliafarro in his life time on hearing the Parties It is this
Day Ordered by the Governour with the advice of the Council that the
sd Nineteen hundred Eighty two acres of Land formerly Surveyed for
the said Talliafarro be granted to his Widow & Daughters (viz) 500
Acres thereof to Eliz now the Wife of the sd Mosely Battely & 1400
Acres the residue to Mary & Elizabeth Daughters & Heirs at Law of the
sd Robert and that the Patents prepared for the said Dyer Edins &
Linsey be stopt Nevertheless reserving power to them to Sue out new
Patents for so much of the respective Tracts as shall not be included
within the bounds of the Patents hereby Ordered to Issue to the sd
Widow & Daughters of the sd Rob' Talliafarro
On reading this Day at the Board the petition of Ambrose Mad-
dison & Thomas Chew praying that a former Order made upon the
Petition of Wm Todd of the County of King & Queen Gent may be
set aside & the Petitioners discharg'd from paym' of the Expence of
the Survey made on the Lands in Controversy between them & the sd
Todd the Several Parties being now present & fully heard by their
Council & the Pet" refusing to Submit to the paym' of any part of the
Charge of the sd Survey their Petition is therefore dismist & the sd
Wm Todd left to his remedy at Law for the Charge he hath expended
ascertaining the Bounds of the Lands Claimed by him & the Petitioners.
222 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Humphry Pope & John Edy having Severally entr'd Caveat for
Stopping any Patents Sued out by Henry Willis Gent for 1500 Acres
of Land lying in the little fork of Rappahanock River the sd Pope this
day appeared & by his Council declaring that as the 300 Acres of
Land which he claims was in the Year 1717 granted by a Deed of
the Proprietor of the Northern Neck he would insist on his Title under
that Deed & by the Same at Law whereupon it is Ordered that his Said
Caveat be dismist & that the other entred by the above named John Edy
be continu'd to be heard at this Board the next Court of Oyer &
Terminer
Abraham Abney & Thomas Clayborne having petitioned for a
Grant of five hundred Acres of Land lying on the head of the South
fork of Gilliet Creek in Henrico County which was Surveyed upwards
of fourteen years ago for one John Robertson who neglected to Sue
out any patent for the Same : It appearing to this Board by affidavit
that the sd Robertson hath been duly Sumoned & failing to appear It
is Ordered that the sd Land be granted to the Petitioners
The Caveat entr'd by Richard Hickman Edwin Hickman and
Dennet Abney for Stopping Patents sued out by Robert Adams on
two Several Surveys for 400 Acres of Land each lying on the Branches
of Licking Hole Creek in the County of Goochland is continu'd for the
pet" to make appear that the sd Surveys was made upon Entries pos-
terior to theirs & within the Bounds described in their sd Entry
The Several Caveats entred by Thomas Randolph Gent deced and
Richard Hickman & Dennet Abney for Stopping of patents sued out
for Nicholas Merriweather Gent for lands lying at the Chestnut Moun-
tains in the County of Hanover by consent of the Exec" of the sd
Thomas Randolph & the said Hickman & Abney are withdrawn And
it is Ordered that the sd Nicholas Merriweather have his Patent for the
land therein mentioned
On reading this Day at the Board the petition of Susannah the
Relict of Anthony Matton late of the Manittaw [Manikin] Town & of
Gideon Chamber setting forth that the sd Anthony being Seiz'd in Fee of
two Several parcels of Land part of the Land assign'd for the French
Refugees and having five Sons devised the sd Land amongst his sd
Children & soon after departed this life that in a short time after his
decease all his Children also dyed & his sd Widow being possess'd of
the afores" Land for a valuable Consideration conveyed fifty three
Acres thereof to y* Petitioner Gideon Chamber, that one Thomas Jef-
ferson hath lately sued out an Inquisition whereby the sd Land is found
to Escheat to his Majesty & praying that they may be preferred to the
sd Jefferson in the Grant of the said Land & the sd Thomas Jefferson
being heard thereupon & it appearing that the Petitioners have the most
equitable pretentention to his Majesties Favour the Governour is pleas'd
with advice of the Council to order as it is hereby ordered that the
sd Gideon Chamber & the Widow of the sd Anthony have patents for
the sd respective Quantities of Escheated Lands now in their posses-
sions they paying the Composition due to his Majesty & reimbursing
to the sd Jefferson all necessary Charges in prosecuting the sd Escheat
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 223
At a Council held at the Capitol the 17th day of June 1730
Present
The Governour
Rob* Carter John Carter
James Blair Rd Fitzwilliam
Wm Byrd John Grymes
John Robinson Wm Dandridge &
John Custis Esq"
Several Petitions being this Day offered to the Board for leave
to take up Land on the River Sherrando on the North West Side of
the great Mountains Rob* Carter Esq1" Agent for the Proprietors of
the Northern Neck moved that it might be entr'd that he in behalf
of the sd Proprietors Claimed the land on the sd River Sherrando as
belonging to the sd Proprietors & within the Limits of their Grant &
that it belonged Solely to the Proprietors to grant the sd Lands wch
Motion at his request is entred & then the Board proceeded to the hear-
ing the sd Petitions.
On reading at this Board the Petition of John Vanmeter Setting
forth that he is desirous to take up a Tract of Land in this Colony on
the West side of the great Mountains for the Settlement of himself
& Eleven Children & also that divers of his Relations & friends living
in the Governm* of New York are also desirous to remove with their
families & Effects to Settle in the same place if a Sufficient Quantity
of Land may be assign'd them for that purpose & praying that ten
thousand Acres of Land lying in the fork of Sherrundo River including
the places called by the Names of Cedar Litch & Stony Lick and run-
ning up between the branches of the sd River to Compleat that Quan-
tity & twenty thousand Acres of the land not already taken up by
Robert Carter & Mann Page Esq" or any other lying in the fork be-
tween the sd River Sherundo and the River Cahongaroota & extending
thence to Opeckon & up the south branch thereof may be assign'd for
the Habitation & Settlem' of himself his family & friends The Gov-
ernour with the advice of the Council is pleas'd to give leave to the
sd John Vanmeter to take up the sd first mentioned Tract of ten thou-
sand Acres for the Settlemen4 of himself & his family and that as
Soon as the petitioner Shall bring on the last mentioned Tract twenty
Families to inhabit or that this Board is Satisfied so many are ready to
remove thither Leave be & it is hereby granted him for Surveying the
last mentioned Tract of twenty thousand Acres within the Limits above
describ'd in so many Several Dividends as the petr & his sd partners
shall think fit and it is further ordered that no person be permitted to
enter for or take up any part of the af sd Land in the meantime provided
the sd Vanmeter & his family & the said twenty other Families of his
Relations and Friends do Settle thereon within the Space of two Years
according to his proposal.
Isaac Vanmeter of the Province of West Jersey having by his
petition to this Board Set forth that he & divers other German Families
224 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
are desirous to settle themselves on the West Side the Great Mountains
in this Colony he the Petitioner has been to View the lands in those
parts & has discovered a place where such Settlement may Conveniently
be made & not yet taken up or possess'd by any of the english In-
habitants & praying that ten thousand Acres of Land lying between
the Lands Surveyed for Rob' Carter Esqr the fork of Sherundo River
& the River Opeckon in as many Several Tracts or Dividends as shall
be necessary For the Accomodation & Settlement of ten Families (in-
cluding his Own) which he proposes to bring on the sd Land The Gov-
ernour with the Advice of the Council is pleas'd to order as it is hereby
Ordered that the sd Isaac Vanmeter for himself & his Partners have
Leave to take up the sd Quantity of ten thousand Acres of Land within
the Limits abovedescrib'd & that if he brings the above Number of
Families to dwell there within two Years Patents be granted him &
them for the same in Such Several Tracts & Dividends as they shall
think Fit & in the Mean time that the Same be reserv'd Free from the
entry of any other person.
Whereas Jacob Stover a Native of Switzerland hath by his Peti-
tion made humble Suit to this Board for Leave to take up ten thou-
sand Acres of Land on the West side the great Mountains and on the
Second fork of Sherundo River on both sides the Branches thereof for
the Settlement of himself & divers Germans & Swiss Families his As-
sociates whom he proposes to bring thither to dwell in two Years Space
It is Ordered by the Governour with the advice of the Council that
ten thousand Acres of Land lying within the bounds above Described
be assigned the Petitioner to be laid of in Such Tracts as he shall think
Fit for the Accomodation of himself & his Partners provided that one
Family for each Thousand Acres do come to inhabit there within the
time propos'd And in the mean time that no person be permitted to enter
for or take up the same other than the Petr & his Associates
Sundry Petitions for taking up wast Lands were read & granted
as follows (viz)
To Wm Chamberlain 2600 Acres of Land on Cary Creek in Gooch-
land County including 400 Acres of Land already patented.
To Stephen Hughs 1000 Acres of Land in Goochland County being
at the beginning of Wm Mayo and Bowler Cocks lands on deep Creek
To Rd Jones Junr 1500 Acres of Land in Prince George County on
Wests Creek being a Branch of Deep Creek including his last Survey.
To Wm Beverly 12000 Acres of Land in Spotsilvania County on
Fox River Cannons Rivers by the Branches of Elk River red Oak
Mountains & foot of the great Mountains
To Wm Mayo 2800 Acres of Land on Willis's Creek survey'd in
Several Surveys lying Contiguous & adjoyning to Benj" Harrisons
Land & Mary Webbs with Liberty to joyn the Same in one Patent.
To Rd Williams & Christ' Reynolds a parcell of Low grounds con-
taining 1000 Acres or thereabouts lying in the upper Parish of Nanse-
mond beginning at a red Oak on the N° Side of Nittaway River &
running down Nittaway River to the mouth thereof & thence up black
Executive Journals, Councils of- Colonial Virginia 225
water to a pine on the River Side & thence crossing the Neck to the
beginning
To Wm Chamberlayne 1200 Acres lying on Cubb Creek in Hanover
County & the Surveyor to lay of the Same accordingly
To Wm Swift Clk 2000 Acres lying on the N° Side James Church
on the branches of the Deep Creek of Licking Hole in Goochland
County & bounded on the S° by the Land of Leonard Ballow on the
S° west by the Land of Cap' Tho" Massy on the west by Samle Burks
land & on the other Sides by the land of Dudly Diggs George Souther-
land Wm Spurlock & Joseph Parsons
To Baldwin Rooks for 2000 Acres of Land in Henrico County lying
on Peters Branch & Booths branch John Ellis & Richard Randolphs
lines 800 Acres thereof being already entr'd on two distant Entries
Survyr & leave to include the whole in one Patent
At a Council held at the Capitol July the 9th 1730
Present
The Governour
James Blair John Grymes
Cole Digges John Custis &
John Robinson Wm Randolph Esq"
On reading at this Board a Memorial of Coll Spotswood late Lieut
Governour of Virginia Setting forth that in the Year 1722 at the In-
stances of both Houses of Assembly he undertook a Journey upwards
of twelve hundred Miles to treat with the Northern Indians at Albany
at Conestogo that upon his representing to the House of Burgesses
how the kings Revenue given for the Support of the Governm' was
that Year so burthened with extraordinary Charges that it would
hardly be able to bear the Expense of the intended Treaty without some
Assistance from them they gave one Thousand pounds for that Service
which Sum fell short of the Expences more than Six hundred pounds
& which exceedings Governour Drysdale promised to lay before the
next Assembly but nothing being done in that behalf he applyed by a
petition in England for a reimbursement of the sd Expences but was
answer'd he should first apply to the Governm' here for the Same that
before his Arrival in this Colony his Atty had given in that Claim to
the House of Burgesses that the House had thereupon come to a Resolu-
tion which doth not reject the Charge but only declares that they have
already paid as far as they had engaged to assist the Revenue & add-
ing divers Reasons why he conceived his said Claim to be a Debt which
this Governm1 ought in Honour & Justice to see discharg'd the Council
took the sd Memorial into Consideration and are thereupon of Opinion
that tho it is reasonable that Colo Spotswood should be paid all neces-
sary Disbursements expended by him for the Service of the Governm1
yet the Services mentioned in his Said Memorial having been performed
Eight years ago and no Demand for the Charges thereof made till now
226 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
it is fit to wait for Directions from great Britain before any Deter-
mination thereof here & to that purpose that the Governour be pleas'd
to represent the Case to the Lords Commission" of Trade & planta-
tions & to transmit a Copy of Colo Spotswoods Memorial and of the
Account exhibited by him to the House of Burgesses requiring their
Lordships directions thereon
Sundry Accounts of persons inhabiting in the County of Nanse-
mond for the Charges & Expences of conveying thro' that County
divers Pirates taken in North Carolina in the Year 1727 having been
Presented to the house of Burgesses & rejected were now exhibited to
this Board & ordered that the same be referr'd to the Officers of his
Majesties Revenue to examine & report whether the same have not been
paid to the Marshall of the Court of Admiralty who brought the Said
Pirates from Carolina
Augustine Smith of the County of Caroline Gent by his Petition
Setting forth that in the Year 1709 in Order to obtain a Patent for
1500 Acres of Land as lapsed From one John Bowsey he purchased
of the then Receiver General 30 Rights and that the sd Land being
afterwards recovered from him & granted to Henry Willis Gent by
reason of the Petr not suing out his Patent in due time he hath de-
manded the said Rights out of the Secretary's Office but upon search
the same are not to be found & praying relief therein It is Ordered
that it be referred to the Officers of his Majesties Revenue to examine
the Allegations of the sd Petition & report their Opinion thereupon
Comissions of the Peace for the County's of Accomk New Kent
& King William were this day ordered to Issue with the Addition of
Sundry persons recomended to be Justices of the peace in the sd respec-
tive Counties.
Also Coroners for the Counties of King & Queen & Prince George
were appointed by the Governour in Council
On the Petition of Winifred Stevens Widow of John Stevens late
of the County of Prince George deced Setting forth that her said
Husband in his life time Surveyed 400 Acres of Land in the sd County
the Survey whereof was duly return'd into the Secretary's Office to-
gether with the rights in Order to obtain a Patent but dy'd before same
was made out that the sd John Stevens having no Issue did on his Death
bed make his Will & Devise his Right to the said Land to the Peti-
tioner & one Edward Sanders who had liv'd with him many Years that
Since the sd John Stevens Death one Stephen Hughs hath petitioned
for the sd Land Suggesting that the Petitioners late Husband had neg-
lected to sue out a Patent according to the Orders of the Governm*
Whereas in Truth the sd John Stevens had before his Death strictly Com-
ply'd with the Orders of the Government to entitle him to a Patent for
the said Land & the Issuing the sd Patent only prevented by his Death
& praying that the sd Land may now be granted to the Petr & the said
Edward Sanders to whom the sd John Stevens designed it The Gov-
ernour with the Advice of the Council is pleas'd to Order as it is
hereby Ordered that a Patent be prepared & Issue for the Land afore-
mentioned in the name of the said Winifred Stevens Edward Sanders
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 227
It appearing by the Surveyor Certificate & Duty of the Rights in the
Secretary's Office that the sd John' Stevens had in his life time done all
that was incumbent on him for obtaining a Grant of the sd Land &
it is further Ordered that the Petition lately preferred by the said
Stephen Hughs for a Grant of the Same Land be as it is hereby re-
jected
Sundry Petitions for taking up Waste land were read & granted as
follows (viz1)
To Stephen Cox eight hundred Acres in Goochland County lying
on Appamatox River
To John Mayo One thousand Acres in Prince George County on
Deep Creek including his old Land already patented
To Wm Eaton one thousand five hundred Acres on Butterwood
in Prince George County including his two plantations there
To Rd Herbert one thousand five hundred Acres in Prince George
County on the Southside Rowanty Swamp including his own Land al-
ready patented
To Wm Crawly one thousand Acres in Prince George County in-
cluding his two Surveys on the Northside of Nottoway with Liberty
of Joyning the whole in one Patent To Thomas Booth two thousand
Acres in Prince George County on both Sides the Sweat House branch
of Deep Creek including his old Land already Patented.
To John Jackson one thousand five hundred Acres in Prince George
County on the Burthen Swamp
To Benj Harrison One thousand five hundred Acres lying in
Goochland County near Willis's River & bounded by the land of Wm
Mayo Ashford Hughs & the Petitioners own Land & that he may have
leave to join the Same in with his other Land in one Patent
To Rob* Boiling & James Mumford two thousand Acres in Bruns-
wick County on the N° side of Roanoke above Blew Stone Creek
To Adam Rutherford eighteen hundred Acres in Hanover County
on falling Creek with the Land he has already patented & Surveyed in
the said County
To George Alvis one thousand five hundred Acres in Hanover
County on Maudlins folly Run
On the petition of John Mitlue Leave is hereby granted him to
joyn in one Patent eight hundred acres of land in Hanover County
already surveyed in two Surveys lying in Harris's Creek in the said
County.
To Rd Randolph Gent Leave to joyn in one Patent 1450 Acres of
Land joyning to 2700 granted to him by patent in
228 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
At a Council held at the Capitol the 28th day of Octr 1730
Present
The Governour
Rob* Carter John Robinson
James Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge &
Cole Diggs Wm Randolph Esq"
Ordered that the General Assembly which now Stands prorogu'd
to the twelfth day of November be further prorogu'd to Thursday the
20th of May next and a proclamation was proclaimed accordingly
Whereas notwithstanding the Several prohibitions in the Acts of
Assembly now in force for preventing the unlawful Meetings & Com-
binations of Negro's & other Slaves Divers Meetings of great num-
bers of Slaves of late have been held in Several parts of this Colony
whereby they have had Opportunity of framing Conspiracies against
the publick peace of this Colony & the Lives & properties of his
Majesty's good Subjects For preventing the like Dangers for the future
The Governour with the advice of the Council is pleas'd to order that
a Proclamation be forthwith prepared & Issue requiring a More Strict
Execution of the Laws against the unlawful Assembly of Negro's and
for prosecuting Such as shall Suffer or permit the Same to be held on
any of their Plantations or do not perform their Duty in dispersing
the Same with Directions to the Chief Officers of the Militia in the
respective County's to order out parties of the Militia to Patrol
at such Times & places as they Shall see fit And that all persons repair-
ing to their respective Churches or Chappells on Sundays or Holy Days
do carry with them their arms to prevent any Surprize thereof in their
Absence when the Slaves are most at Liberty & have greatest Op-
portunity for that purpose
Sundry accounts and Contingent Charges for the last half Year
and also an Account of Charges & Reparations about of the Gover-
nours house were Severally laid before the Board examined & allowed.
Whereas his Majesty by order in his Privy Council bearing date
the 19th day of Novr 1729 was graciously pleas'd to declare his Pleas-
ure that the remission of Rights formerly granted to the of
Lands in the Counties of Brunswick & Spotsilvania should be extended
to all
Land not exceeding Six thousand Acres in the said County of
Spotsilvania divers persons entituld to his Majesty's bounty
have purchased the Rights lands granted them by Patent
& have now made application for repayment of the Same It is Ordered
that for all Tracts of Lands taken up under the Encouragement of Re-
mission of Rights for the first of May 1721 to the first of May 1728
and for which Rights have been purchased by his Majesties Receiver
Gen1 the like number of Rights be returnd to the said Patentees so
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 229
as the quantity of Land for which the same are to be return'd do not
exceed Six thousand Acres and the Officers of his Majesties Revenue
are hereby empowr'd to deliver out Rights accordingly to Such persons
as are entitul'd thereto
Alexander Ross & Morgan Bryan of the province of Pensilvania
having by their petition to this board set forth that they & divers other
Families of the sd Province amounting to one hundred are desirous to
remove from thence & Settle them Selves in the Government & pray-
ing that 100000 Acres of land lying on the west & North Side of the
River Opeckan & extending thence to a Mountain called the North
Mountain & along the River Cohongaruton & on any part of the River
Sherundo not already granted to any other person may be granted them
in as many Tracts or Dividends as shall be necessary for the Accomoda-
tion of the afsd Number of families The Governour with the advice of
the Council is pleased to order as it is hereby Ordered that the said
Alexander Ross & Morgan Bryan the Petitioners in behalf of them-
selves and their partners have liberty to take up the said quantity of
100000 Acres of Land within the Limits abovedescrib'd and that upon
the above Number of families coming to dwell there within two years
Patents shall be granted them in Such manner as they shall agree to
divide the same and in the mean time it is Ordered that the said lands
be reserved free from the Entry of any other person
Upon presenting the aforementioned Petition R* Carter Esqr agent
for the proprietor of the Northern Neck desired that it might be here
entred that he in behalf of the said Proprietor claimed the said lands
now petitioned for as within the limits of the said proprietors Grant.
John Cosby & Benjamin Hinson having Severally petition'd for
800 Acres of Land lying on a branch of little River in the County of
Hanover Surveyed for William Weatherford in the year 1722 and no
patent Sued out for the Same It is ordered that the Consideration of
the said petition be refer'd until the meeting of the Council at the next
Court of Oyer & Terminer & that the Parties concerned have notice to
attend
John Cosby & Charles Barret having petitioned for 800 Acres of
land Surveyed for Thomas Carr of the County of Caroline Gent 400
Acres thereof lying on the S° Side of the South fork of little River in
the County of Hanover and the other 400 Acres lying on both sides
the said fork It is Ordered that the said Carr have notice to appear
before this Board to shew cause why the said Lands ought not to be
granted to the pet"
On the Application of the Officers of his Majesty's Revenue It
is ordered that a Number of Rights not exceeding 500 £ sterl be made
to enable them to repay the Rights which by his
Majesty's bounty are remitted to patentees in the new erected
frontier County's
A new Comission of the Peace was ordered this Day for King
William County and Mr Cornelius Lyde and Mr Humphry Hill were
added to the said Comission
230 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
The Several petitions of Benj. Hinson for a grant of 1000 Acres
of Land formerly Survey'd for John Ragland lying on the lower side
of East Creek and on South River in Hanover County.
And for 1200 Acres of land in two Tracts lying on both sides
Cubb Creek in the said County Surveyed for Thomas Rice & Edward
Bullock And for 400 Acres lying on both sides of Cubb Creek above
Adams Tract in the county af sd
And for other 400 Acres of land lying on the north Side of the
South fork of the said Cubb Creek in the County afsd Surveyed for
the said Tho8 Rice
And for 400 Acres Surveyed for Wm Harloe & Thomas Hender-
son lying in the said County of Hanover on the North side of a Branch
of South river called Tarapin Branch — And for a parcel of Land ly-
ing on both sides Bever Creek in the said County of Hanover Sur-
veyed for Rd Clough Gent all which said Lands the pef Suggests have
long since been taken up & Surveyed but no Patents ever sued out for
the Same Whereby the Petr insists that the said Surveys are become
void It is Ordered that the Several parties concerned be here before
this Board the next Court of Oyer & Terminer and that the Pef give
Notice thereof accordingly
On the petition of Charles Goodall praying a grant of 400 Acres
of Land lying on the branches of Long Creek in the County of Han-
over Surveyed about 8 years ago for one James Terry who neglected
to sue out any patent for the same It is Ordered that the Said petr
give the said Terry Notice to attend this Board at the next Court of
Oyer & Terminer in Order to a Determination of the pretentions of
the parties to the sd Land
Matthew Issuet having petitioned for a grant of 400 Acres of
Land in Hanover County Surveyed some Years ago for John Reglin
who hath neglected to Sue out any patent for the Same It is Ordered
that the Parties be heard on their pretentions to the said land at the next
Court of Oyer & Terminer and that the pet" do give Notice to the
said Ragland to attend accordingly
Matthew Issuet having petitioned for a Grant of 800 Acres of
Land lying between the lines of Thomas Rice &
White on both Sides Cattle branch in Hanover County Surveyed
for Thomas Ford who hath neglected to Sue out any patent for the
Same It is Ordered that the said parties be heard on their pretentions
to the said land at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer & that the
said petitioner do give Notice to the sd Ford to attend accordingly
On the petition of John Sersey praying a Grant of 400 Acres on
Cubb Creek in Hanover County long since Survey'd for John Harris
who hath neglected to Sue out a patent for the Same It is Ordered
that the Parties be heard on the Subject matter at the
next Court of Oyer & Terminer and that the sd Petr do give the s"
Harris notice to attend accordingly
Sev1 Petitions for leave to take up new Land were read & granted
as follows
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 231
To Henry Willis Gent for 3000 Acres of Land in Spotsilvania
County lying between Haxle River & the furthermost North river and
along the Side of the Mountains called the Battle and Red Oak Moun-
tains.
To Francis Conway 1000 Acres of land lying on the River Rap-
padan on the branch thereof in Spotsilvania County near the great
Mountains & Joyning on the land of Francis Kirkly Thomas Stanton
& others
To Wm Byrd Esqr for 3000 Acres of land lying on Licking Hole
Creek in Roanoke River in the County of Brunswick
To William Jackson 600 Acres of Land in Henrico lying between
the lines of Henry Randolph Gent deced Thomas Jeffers & Ralph
Jackson and a Survey made by Henry Anderson for an Iron Work
To John Hopson 2400 Acres of Land in Goochland County begin-
ning at a place called Snow quarter on Deep Creek & extending up
both sides of the sd Creek over the Ridge to the Branches of Appama-
tox 400 Acres thereof being already survey'd & to include the whole in
one Patent
To George Wilson for 800 Acres of Land in Prince George County
beginning on the lower line of the Land of William Worshan on Smaks
Creek and between the sd Worshans land & the land of Thos Webster
On reading at this Board the Petition of Colo George Braxton
Rob* Brooke Wm Brooke Humphry Brooke Ambrose Madison & George
Braxton Junr setting forth that by an Order of this Board Dated the
Second day of May 1729 there was granted to James Taylor Gent
10000 Acres of land lying in the County of Spotsilvania formerly
Surveyed for Wm Parker deced & joining on a Tract of Land Comonly
called by the name of Octuna That the said James Taylor soon after
obtaining the said Grant fell sick & by his last Will & Testament Devised
all his Interest therein to his Wife & soon after dyed And that the
Widow of the sd Taylor hath by an Instrument under her hand relin-
quish'd her right to the said pet" and praying a Grant thereof in their
Names It is ordered that a patent be granted the Pet" for the sd
Lands they entring rights with the Survey hereof in the Secretary's
Office
At a Council held at the Capitol the 4th day of Novr 1730
Present
The Governour
Rob* Carter John Robinson
James Blair John Carter
Wm Byrd John Grymes
Cole Diggs John Custis Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver Gen1 to be paid out
of his Majesties Revenues were this Day Sign'd by the Gov1" in Coun-
cil (viz')
232 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Out of the 2s per hogshead Port Duty's & head Money.
To the Govr 1/2 years Salary ending the 25th of
October £ 1000,,—
To the Gentlemen of the Council for the same time 175,, —
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer &
Terminer held in June 100,, —
To the Auditor General of the Plantations 1/2
years Salary ending 25th of October 50,, —
To the Solicitor of the Virginia affairs for the same
time 50,, —
To the Atty Genl. for the same time 20„ —
To the Clk of the Council for the same time 50,, —
To the armourer for the same 6„ —
To the Gunners of the Several Battery's for the
same 20„ —
To Sundry Ministers attending the Genl Court &
Assembly 20„ —
To the Adjutant for the same time 75„ —
To Wm Prentice for Sundry Disbursments about
the Governours House 54„ 7
To the Same for Sundry Expresses & other Con-
tingent Charges 67,, 12,, 11 V
And out of the Quit Rents
To Mr Comy Blair 1/2 years Salary £ 50„ —
To Mr Atty General 1/2 years Additional Salary. 30„ — ,
The Acco* of his Majesties Revenue of 2s per hogshead port Duties
& Head Money ending the 25th of October was presented to by his
Majesty's Receiver Gen1 who made Oath thereto & having been first
examin'd by the Deputy Auditor was certified by the Governour
Whereas divers persons have taken out patents for great Tracts
of Land in Spotsilvania County for which they purchased no Rights
but gave bond for the payment thereof when his Majesty's pleasure
should be known And his Majesty having now Signified his pleasure
for omitting the Rights 6000 Acres to each Patentee It is
therefore Ordered that the Officers of his Majesty's Revenue do de-
mand of the Several Patentees holding larger quantities than Six
thousand Acres the mony due to his Majesty for the Rights of such
Surplus Land & upon refusal of such payment to cause their Bonds
to be put in Suit
Wm Dandridge & Wm Randolph Esq" present
On the petition of William Beverly Joseph Smith & Joseph Clap-
ham Gent Leave is granted them to take up twenty thousand Acres of
Land upon Cohongaratoon beginning at the Mouth of Conecachigh
River and up both sides thereof and along the Bank of Cohongaratoon
to include that quantity.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 233
On the Petition of Aug Moore & John Robinson Gent leave is
granted them to take up thirty thousand Acres of Land upon the River
Cohongaratoon beginning at the Mouth or Andictan River & extending
thence to within three Miles of the Mouth of Conecahigh River.
Joseph Smith Gent having petitioned for twenty thousand Acres
of Land lying on the north side of the River of Opeckan It is Ordered
that the sd Petition be refer'd until the return of Alexander Ross &
Morgan Bryan & their Partners from Pensilvania in order to discover
whether the Lands mentioned in the sd petition interfere with the Land
granted to them
At a Council held at the Capitol the 10th day of Decr 1730
Present
The Governour
Mr Comry Blair John Carter
Will"1 Byrd John Grymes
Cole Diggs Wm Dandridge
John Robinson John Custis &
William Randolph Esq"
Sundry Petitions for leave to take up his Majesty's land were this
Day read & granted as follows (viz1)
To Charles Burgess of the County of Lancaster five thousand
Acres of Land in the County of Spotsilvania bounding Southerly &
Westerly on the Battle Run Mountains & on the Lands of George
Proctor Edward Price & Robert Cave & Northerly on the land of John
Price & on a main branch of the N° River of Rapahanock
To Abraham Venables fifteen hundred Acres of Land lying on
both sides the South River of Pamunky including 400 Acres of Land
already patented in the Pet" Name
To Wm Chamberlayne Merchant 1400 Acres of land on the S°
Side of the Rivanna in Goochland County joyning to the land of Mr
Rd Cocke including 400 Acres thereof already patented.
To Adam Rutherford 1500 Acres of Land on both sides of falling
Creek in Hanover County part thereof already patented in the Pet"
Name with Liberty to take out a new Patent for the whole.
To Wm Swift Clerk 2000 Acres of Land lying upon the branches
of Deep Creek near licking hole in the County of Goochland — and
bounded by the Lands of Capt Tho8 Massie George Southerland Andrew
Spurlock & John Hodges
To James Quarles having petitioned for a grant of one Thousand
Acres of Land lying in Spotsilvania County near the great Mountains
& joining to the lands of Wm Banks Surveyed for Gilbert Pattison
about three years ago & no Patent Sued out for the Same It is Ordered
that the sd Pattison have notice to appear at the Council to be held
at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to answer the sd petition
234 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
To Edmd Powell 1000 Acres in P. George County joyning to
the Land of Ball* Herbert Thomas Gent & John Smith including the
Pet" land already patented.
To Michael Holland for 3000 Acres in Henrico lying on the
Branches of Chickahomony & Deep Run & joyning in the Pet" Own
land with leave to take an inclusive patent for the whole.
To Chr Degraffenreed for 2000 Acres on Brunswick County on
the N° Side of Maherrin River beginning at a white Oak markd I F
at the Mouth of a large Creek called Switz Creek & up the sd River
& Creek for the quantity
To John Syme Ambrose Joshua Smith & Lawrence Statham 4000
Acres on Gold Mine Creek and the branches thereof on Hanover County
including an Entry made by Benj Brown & Assign'd to the pet"
To Abraham Venable 4000 Acres on the Branches of the Byrd
in Goochland County.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 16th day of April 1731
Present
The Governour
James Blair Com" John Carter
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
John Robinson John Custis &
Wm Randolph Esq"
Pursuant to the Act of Assembly for amending the Staple of
Tob° & preventing frauds in his Majesty's Customs The Governour in
Council was pleasd to nominate & appoint Commissioners in the Several
Counties of this Colony for directing the building the Warehouses
established by the sd Act & Settling the Rents thereof and a form of the
Comissions for the purposes afsd being prepared was read & approv'd
At a Council held at the Capitol the 19th day of April 1731
Present
The Governour
James Blair Comrr John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Diggs John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
John Carter Hen Harrison Esq"
Hen Harrison Esqr presenting his Majesty's Lre bearing date the
19th of Nov' 1730 directing his being admitted one of his Majesties
Council of this Colony this Day took the Oaths appointed by Act of
parliament to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance & Supremacy
the Abjuration Oath mentioned in the Act of Parliament made in the
first year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the first
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 235
Entitul'd an Act for the further Security of his MajT" person & Gov-
ernm' and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Prin-
cess Sophia being protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the
pretended prince of Wales & his open & Secret Abettors subscribed the
Test and was accordingly Sworn & admitted one of the Council
April the 24th 1731
Present
The Governour
Rob1 Carter Jn° Carter
James Blair Jn° Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Diggs John Custis
Jn° Robinson Wm Randolph &
Hen Harrison Esq"
The following persons were this Day nominated & appointed by
the Governour Sheriffs of the undermentioned Counties for the ensuing
Year viz For the County of
Essex Nicholas Smith
Charles City Sam11 Harwood
Nansemond Thomas Godwin
Surry Rob4 Wynn
Westmoreland Andrew Monro
Spotsilvama YVm Johnson
Norfolk Nath1 Newson
Henrico Hen Anderson
Princess Anne Fran" Mosely
Prince George jam8 Mumford
Middlesex Geo Harding
York R' Armistead
James City Wm Brown
Lancaster "Wm Bale
Isle of Wight Tho8 Applewhaite
Hanover Chr Clark
Accomack Geo Parker
Caroline jn° Talliaferro
Eliz City Joseph Banister
King & Queen Sam1 Smith
Richmond Newman Brokenborough
New Kent Rd Richardson
King William James Fontain
Northumberland Jn° Waughop
King George John Champ
Stafford Tho8 Grigsby
236 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Ordered that the persons following be appointed Justices of the
Peace for the County of James City Rd Booker Wm Brodnox Wm
Marable Willis Wilson Michael Sherman Lancelot Woodward &
Joseph Marston Gent and that a new Comission issue for the sd County
with the Addition of the Justices afsd
A new Comission of the Peace for the County of Caroline is
ordered to be prepared and John William Talliaferra
Rob1 Fleming John Taylor James Taylor & John Roy Gent added to
the Justices in the former Comission
A new Comission of the peace for the County of Spotsilvania
Ordered to be prepared & John Chew James Barber & John Finlason
Gent added to the former Justices for that County
A new Comission of the peace for the County of Stafford Ordered
to be prepared & John Lee Wra Brine Henry Washington Rob' Massie
James Carter & James Markham added to the former Justices for that
County.
A new Comission of the peace for the County of King George
Ordered to be prepared & Lansford Lomax & John Champ Gent added
to the former Justices for that County
A new Comission of the peace for the County of Surry ordered
to be issued & Rd Cocke John Chapman Thos Edmond & William Sim-
mons Gent added to the former Justices for that County.
And also A New Comission of the Peace for the County of
Lancaster Ordered to be issued & Henry Carter in his former Rank &
Henry Lawson Gent added to the former Justices for that County.
On reading this Day at the Board a Memorial of Will™ Mayo
Surveyour of Goochland County complaining of the Inconveni-
ences daily arising to the Inhabitants by means of the incertainty
of the lands between that County & Hanover For remedying
whereof It is ordered that the Surveyors of the sd two Counties
do as soon as may be cause the dividing line to be run & markd
from the place where the former Surveyours left of in a due N°
west Course for [far] westward as the Courts of the respective
County's shall judge necessary for ascertaining the Boundary be-
tween the sd two Counties.
April the 27th 1731
Present
The Governour
Robert Carter John Carter
James Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis &
Wm Randolph Esq"
For the better putting in Execution the Act of Assembly for
amending the Staple of Tob° and preventing frauds in his Maj-
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 237
esties Customs The Governour with the advice & Consent of the
Council this Day nominated & appointed Inspectors for the Sev11
Warehouses established by the sd Act as follow (vizt)
To the Warehouses at
{James Holman
Arthur Mosely
John Radford
{Joseph Royal
Wm Worsham
John Povall
{Daniel Walker
Wm Poythres
Peter Jones
{Thos Cocke
Moses Johnson
Wm Simmons
{Benj Edwards
John Simmons Junr
Arthur Smith Junr
fjohn Soan
Swineheards & Soans -{Sam1 Harwood Junr
[Wm Royal
{Joseph Godwin
Sam1 Davis
Tho3 Swan
fjohn Milner
Constancy & Sleepy hole < Joseph Godwin Jun'
[Tho8 Brewer
{George Newton
Sawyer
John
{John Tabb
Harlow Harwood
Daniel Moor
fSam11 Reid
York & Gloucester \ Rob1 Sheild
[Coleman
Williamsburgh, Tackanack & fRob1 Goodrech
Hogneck -j Wm Morris
[Matt Peirce
{Peter Richardson
Robert Throckmorton
Mordecai Cook
[Ralph Crutchfield
Crutchfields & Merriweathers jjohn Tally
[Chr Smith
238 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
fChr Beverly
Wm Lawson
Wm Byrd Richards
{Tho" Threshly
John Griffin
Wm Beal
{Wm Glassook
Wm Downman
Wm Ball Junr
fTho8 Stark
Quarles's, Mantepoke & Shepherds. . . .-jjohn Quarles
[John Collier
{Walter Clopton
John Baily
Wm Cradock
{John Curtis
John Robinson
Geo Harding
[Hen Willis
Falmouth & Fredericksburgh JBenj Strother
[John Chew
{Jos Carter
Hen Fleet
David Ball
Cherrystones, Nasswadox & [Peter Bowdoin
Hungars < James Forse
[Rob1 Nottingham
(Newman Brockenborough
Tho8 Wright Belfield
Sam11 Peachy
fjohn Martin
Laytons, Brays & Maddox -j Wight
[Wm Strother
(John Champ
Francis Conway
John Roy
{John Hack
Thos Berry
Charles Pellin
Nominy & Yeocomico $Jartlick SPence
(Geo Eskredge Junr
{John Washinton
Townsend Dade
Rd Barner
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 239
{Francis Awbry
Benj Strother
Cadwalladr Dade
fRd Drumond
Pungoteague, Pitts & Guilford JW™ Andrews
[Hancock Nichols
The Governour with the advice of the Council was pleas'd to
nominate Justices of the Peace for the new erected County of
Prince William viz Thomas Harrison Dennis MCcCarty Wm Lin-
ton Francis Awbry Rob' Jones Burr Harrison & Moses Quarles
of the Quorum & Leonard Barker Wm Harrison Valentine Barker
John Wright John Allen Wm Hackney & Joseph Hudnall Gent.
And also to appoint Rob1 Jones Gent Sheriff of the said County
of Prince William for the ensuing Year
Joachim Michael Gent was this Day nominated & appointed
Sheriff of the County of Northampton
Whereas the Court House of Stafford County was lately burnt
down & Application made to the Governour for fixing a place
where a new Court House for the said County shall be erected
It is the Opinion of this Board that the sd new Court House be
built where the late Court House stood
And the Justices of the sd County are directed to cause the
Same to be done with all Convenient Speed
On the Application of the Inhabitants of Prince William
County for settling the place where the Court of the said County
might be held It is ordered that the Court of the said County be
held on the upper Side of Occaquan River near the ferry Landing
And that the Justices of the sd County take care that a Court
House prison Pillory & Stocks according to Law be ordered at
that place with all convenient speed.
Ordered That the Surveyor of Prince William County do
as Soon as conveniently may be run & mark the dividing Line
from Chappawansuck to Deep run to ascertain the Bounds be-
tween the said County & those of Stafford & King George
pursuant to the directions of the Act of Assembly.
On the application of his Majesties Receiver General for
ascertaining what is the present Course of Exchange whereby
he may be enabl'd to remit into his Majesty's Exchequer the
money he hath receivd for his Majesty's quit Rents It is Certified
that 22 1/3 per Cent is the present difference between Current
money & Sterl : And the Recr Gen1 is allowed to charge so much
in his Accounts for reducing the money receiv'd by him for quit
Rents into Sterl.
240 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
April 29th 1731
Present
The Governour
Rob' Carter John Grymes
James Blair Wm Dandridge
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Diggs Wm Randolph &
John Robinson Hen Harrison Esq"
The accompt of Disbursements for Sundry Reparations about
the Governours House and Also the account of Expresses and
other Contingent Charges for the last half Year were Severally
examin'd & allowed.
On the Application of Giles Cook of the County of Gloster
& Ambrose Addison of the County of Caroline for reimbursm1
of the money paid by them for the purchase of Rights to Lands
in Spotsilvania County before his Majesties pleasure was Signified
for remitting to each Patentee the Rights of 6000 Acres It is
Ordered that the Rights to their Respective Tracts not exceed-
ing 6000 Acres each be return'd to them pursuant to his Maj-
esties Royal bounty to the Inhabitants of the County.
John Grymes Esqr his Majesty's Recr Gen1 producing to
this Board a Copy of his Security's Petition to the honle the Lds
Com" of his Majesty's Treasury And the Order thereupon for
delivering up the Bond given there for the Execution of his
Office as Receiver Gen1 to his late Majesty & moving that the
Bond he entr'd into here may also be delivered up & the Se-
curity Vacated seing he hath given fresh Security upon his re-
ceiving his present Majesty's Commission It appearing' that the
Recr gen1 hath duly accounted for & paid all Moneys receivd
by him by Virtue of his late Majesty's Commission It is Ordered
that this Bond be delivered up & Vacated and the Same was de-
livered up accordingly.
The Governour was pleas'd to Constitute & appoint Comm"
for directing the Building & Settling the Rent of the Ware-
houses in the new erected County of Prince William pursuant
to the Act of Assembly for amending the Staple of Tob° &c.
Mr Tho" Booth was this Day nominated & appointed Sheriff
of the County of Gloucester for the ensuing Year
On reading at this Board the petition of Henry Harrison
Esq' Leave is granted him to take up two thousand acres or any
greater Quantities he shall find on the back lines of the lands
Assign'd for the Benefit of the late of Virginia India Comp7 &
the Lands of Mr Tho8 Cocke within the bounds formerly laid
out for the Saponie Indians & that he have a Patent for the
Same distinct from the other Lands formerly granted him within
the sd Indian bounds
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 241
Sundry Petitions for Leave to take up his Majesty's lands
not already patented were read & granted (viz)
To Charles Hudson Jonathan Crutchley & Charles Linch
for 6000 Acres in Goochland County beginning near or upon the
first great Creek that makes out of the South branch of the N°
Branch of the N° fork of James River & heads Ag* the ragged
Mountains & running towards the great Mountains for that
quantity.
To Charles Hudson 1060 Acres to be included in one patent
lying on both Sides Hardware Run in Goochland County &
now laid out on two Several Surveys being part of a Larger
Tract granted to John Carter Esqr & the petr & others
To Joel Terrill & David Lewis for 3000 Acres in Goochland
County beginning on a Creek known by the name of Moors
Creek on the South side of James River of the first Creek that
runs into the sd River above the first Mountains including both
sides the sd Creek to the foot of a piney Mountain.
To John Evans for 1000 Acres on Sapony Creek on P.
George County including his plantation there & joyning on the
land of Mr Wm Starke.
To Lewis Delony for 2000 Acres on Flatt Cocke Creek on
Roanoke River in the County of Brunswick including a Survey
of 790 Acres purchased by him for Mr Thos Cocke
To George Wharton for 1000 Acres in Brunswick County
beginning at a Corner of Rd Leadbetters on Quarrell Swamp
and running up both Sides of the Swamp to include that Quan-
tity.
On the petition of Joseph Dabbs for a grant of 400 Acres
of Land lying on Boilings Creek on the N° Side of James River
in Goochland County survey'd about four Years ago for John
Hawkins & Thomas Edwards or one of them who have never
sued out any patent for the Same It is Ordered that the said
Hawkins & Edwards have notice to attend this Board to answer
the said petition
Joseph Dabbs petitioning for a Grant of three Several Tracts
of Land containing four hundred Acres each lying on Appamatox
River in Goochland County Surveyed about four Years ago by
Thomas Rocket & no patent Sued out for the Same It is Ordered
that the sd Rocket have notice to attend this Board to answer
the sd petition
On the Application of Joseph Temple Gent Leave is granted
him to sue out an Inclusive patent for two Contiguous Tracts
of Land in Spotsilvania County the one Containing One Thou-
sand Acres granted him by patent bearing date the 14th of Sep'
and the other for 250 Acres by patent bearing date the 28th of the
sd M° 1728
242 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
May the 6th 1731
Present
The Governour
James Blair Jn° Grymes
Cole Digges Wm Dandridge
Jn° Robinson John Custis
John Carter Wm Randolph &
Hen Harrison Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver Genl. to be paid
out of his Majesties Revenues were this day Sign'd by the
Govr in Council (viz4)
Out of the 2s per hhd Port Duty's & head Money.
To the Governour y2 years Salary ending the
25th of April £ 1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of the Council for the same
time 175,, — ,, —
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of
Oyer & Terminer held in December 100,, — ,, —
To the Auditor General of the plantations y2
years Salary 50„ — ,, —
To the Solicitor of the Virginia Affairs for the
Same time 50,, — „ —
To the Attorney Gen1 for the Same time. . . . 20,, — „ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time . 50„ — „ —
To Sundry Ministers preaching before the gen-
eral Court 8„ — „ —
To the Armourer for his Salary for the time
above 6„ — ,, —
To the Gunners of the Several Batterys 20„ — ,, —
To Wm Prentis for Sundry disbursments about
the Governours House 40„ 7,, Sl/>
To the Same for Sundry Expresses & other
contingent Charges 32„ 6,, 2y2
To the Adjutant y2 years Salary 75,, 0,, —
And out of the Quit Rents
To Mr Comry Blair l/2 years Salary 50,, — ,, —
To the Atty General y2 years additional Salary 30,, — ,, —
The Acco' of his Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd Port
Dutys & head money ending the 25th of April last examin'd by
the Deputy auditor was presented by his Majesties Receiver
Gen' who made Oath thereto And it was thereupon Certified by
the Governour as usual
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 243
The acco' of his Majesties Revenue of Quit Rents & Com-
positions for Escheated lands examind per the Auditor was pre-
sented by his Majesties Recr General who made Oath thereto
And was Certified by the Govr in the usual Form.
On the Application of the Officers of his Majesties Revenue
It is Ordered that they be and they are hereby impowr'd to Issue
a Number of Rights not exceeding the value of £500 Sterl for
the Supply of such as have Occasion to take up his Majesties
Lands
Whereas Mary Aggie a Christian Slave belonging to Anne
Sullivan of the City of Williamsburgh Widow was at a Court
of Oyer & Terminer held in York County convicted of Felony
for which if she was a Free woman She ought to have the Benefit
of the Statute made in the 3d & 4th of King William & Queen
Mary It is Ordered that a pardon be prepar'd for her upon con-
dition that she be transported out of this Colony to Some other
of his Majesties plantations there to be sold as a Slave.
For recording all Doubts & Questions which may hereafter
arise whether Negro Mulatto or Indian Slaves
It is ordered that Mr Attorney Genl. Mr Holloway Mr Ran-
dolph and Mr Hopkins do meet & prepare a State of the Case
agreeable to the Laws & Constitution of this Colony together
with their Reason for & against the said priviledge in order to
be transmitted home for the Opinion of his Majesties Atty. &
Sollicitor General or such others as his Majesties principal Secre-
tary of State or the Lds Commissioners for Trade & Plantations
shall think fit to Consult thereon and that the Charge thereof be
defray'd out of his Majesties Revenue
The Justices of Accomack County having transmitted a
Complaint agl Mr Wm Andrews for misdemeaning himself in
his Office as a Justice of the Peace It is ordered that a Copy of
the said Complaint be sent to the said Andrews and that he do
return his Answer thereto with all Speed
Ordered that the Genl. Assembly be prorogu'd to Thursday
the 24th day of June next and a proclamation was prepared ac-
cordingly
Whereas the Battery's at York and Tindales Point are be-
come very ruinous & their Platforms much decayed It is ordered
that the said Batterys As well as the other Batterys in the
Colony wch shall be found to require the same be forthwith put
in good repair and that the Charge thereof be defray'd out of
his Majesty's Revenue of 2s per hhdd.
John Carter keeper of the publick Goal by his petition repre-
senting that by means of the many Criminals committed to the
sd Goal he has been at a Considerable charge and is like to be
at a far greater before the next Meeting of the Assembly &
praying that a Sum of Money may be advanced him out of his
Majesties Revenue on the Condition of what is already become
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due to him from the Publick to enable him to defray that Charge
It is accordingly Ordered that the Sum of fifty pounds Curr'
money be advanced to the said Carter he giving the Receiver
General an Assignm1 for so much out of what is due to him
from the Assembly for repaym1 of the same And it is further
Ordered that his Salary be paid him half Yearly the better to
enable him to Support the Charges of the said Office.
Wm Randolph Esqr & Rd Randolph Gent by their Petition
setting forth that Sometime ago they obtained a Grant of ten
thousand Acres of Land in the fork & on the Branches of
Appamatux but upon further enquiry into the Scituation of the
sd Land they find it extends into three Several Counties whereby
they have been disabled from getting Surveyed thro the inter-
fering pretentions of the Several Surveyors & praying that they
may have Liberty to employ which of the said Surveyors they
shall think fit to lay out the sd Tract It is accordingly Ordered
that the Surveyor of either of the Counties of Henrico Bruns-
wick or Goochland On the Application of the Pet" be & he is
hereby empowered and required to lay of the said Tract of Land &
return a Survey thereof notwithstanding the same may Run into
either of the adjacent Counties.
On the petition of Wm Chamberlayn Merch* Leave is granted
him to take up fourteen hundred Acres of wast Land adjoyning
to a Tract of four hundred Acres granted by patent bearing
date the 26th of Octr 1725 Ebenezer Adams & by him sold to
the Petr lying in the County of Goochland And the petr is al-
low'd to Sue out an Inclusive patent for both the sd Tracts.
On the Petition of Charles Burgess Merch' setting forth
that on December last he obtain'd an the Leave of this Board
to take up 5000 Acres of Land in Spotsilvania County bounding
on the battle Run Mountain & the Lands of George Proctor
Edwd Price & John Price & that Since obtaining that Order he
hath purchased the adjacent Land of the sd Proctor & Edwd &
John Price viz 1000 Acres of each granted to them by patents
bearing date the 28th of Septr MDCCXXVIII & praying he may
have an inclusive patent for the sd eight thousand Acres It is
Ordered that upon the Return of the Survey of the sd Land the
Petr have leave to take out an inclusive patent for the sd eight
thousand Acres according to the prayer of his petition.
Sundry petitions for Leave to take up his Majtle* Lands
were read & granted (viz*)
To David Walker for 1000 Acres joyning to the pet" land
on Buckskin Creek in Prince George County & bounded by the
lines of Rob1 Munford Joseph Stroud John Lines and Israel
Robertson
To W'n Cabbell for 3200 Acres in one or more Dividends in
Goochland County lying on both sides the Fluvanna (but exclud-
ing the said River out of the quantity) below the second Fork &
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beginning at the Mouth of a Creek on the North side of the
River near an Island called Buffalo Island
To Booth Napier for 1200 Acres in Goochland County be-
gining at the mouth of a Branch that falls into the upper side
of the Byrd above the Fork of that River
To Francis Epes Gent for 2000 Acres on Swift Creek in
Henrico County to Wm Bass for 400 Acres in Henrico County
adjoyning to a Tract of the like Quantity already Surveyed for
him with Leave to Sue out an inclusive patent for both Tracts.
Henry Edlo by his petition praying a Grant of 292 Acres
of Land in Brunwick County Surveyed For James Nibbell of
Surry County in the Year 1728 but no patent Sued out for the
Same It is Ordered that the sd Nibbell have notice to attend this
Board to answer the sd petition And in the Meantime that no
patent be granted him for the sd land.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 10th day
of June 1731
Present
The Governour
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis
John Carter Wm Randolph &
Hen Harrison Esq"
This Day being appointed for hearing & determining the
pretentions of Sundry persons to Grants of Land upon Surveys
returnd into the Secretary's Office & Caveats entred ag* the Same
the Several parties were called in & heard And upon hearing
Council on the Matter in dispute between Thomas Butt & John
Simmons of the County of Surry Gent concerning the Right
to a piece of Land called Ranson Island It appearing to the
Board that the Petr Butts hath not any pretence to the said
land as within the natural Bounds of his Patent nor is entitl'd
thereto under the Denomination of Sunken Grounds thereto ad-
joyning in regard the sd Island contains 300 Acres of Plantable
land It is Ordered that his Caveat be vacated & that a patent
be granted for the sd Island to the said John Simmons who pur-
chased the Right of the Nattoways Indians thereto by the Licence
& Approbation of the Governm'.
Nathaniel Bassett having petition'd for a grant of 400 Acres
of Land lying on the head branch of Jones Creek & joyning on
the lands of Edward Maxwell the elder & younger Survey'd for
John Woodson Junr in 1727 & Since his Death possessed by his
Father Joseph Woodson but no patent sued out by either It
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appearing that the sd Joseph Woodson had due notice to attend
& failing to appear It is ordered that the said Land be granted
to the petr.
Ann Parnell Widow having entred a Caveat agl a Patent sued
out by John Garner for land in Isle Wight County and Suggest-
ing that the said Garner hath in his late Survey exceeded his An-
'cient bounds & run within the bounds of her Patent & taken away
Lands whereof she has been long in possession It is ordered that
the said Garner do at his own Charge cause the said Parnells land
to be Surveyed according to the ancient Bounds of her patent
And that the said Survey be return'd to this Board to the end a
final Determination may be made between the said Parties.
John Cosby & Benj Hinson having Severally petitioned for
800 Acres of Land Surveyed for Wm Wetherford in 1722 and by
him Assigned to Rl Jennings & by the sd Jennings assigned to
Hugh Owen deced but no patent ever sued out by either of
the sd parties And now the Pet" appearing Benjamin Hinson
declared he relinquished all pretensions to the said Land but
the petr Cosby insisting on a Grant thereof to be made to him
since the Entry & Assignm1 were all become void for not suing
out a Patent pursuant to the orders of Governm'. Where-
upon John Syme Gent appeared & in behalf of Anne Daugh-
ter & heir of the above named Hugh Owen informed the
Board that soon after Wetherford Surveyed the said Land he
Assigned his Entry & Survey to Rob' Jennings who in a very
Short time exchanged the sd Land with Hugh Owen father of
the said Anne for a tract of Land whereof the said Hugh was
Seiz'd in fee & imediately was possess'd thereof That the sd
Hugh Owen soon after departed this life leaving the said Anne
his Heir then not above three Years of age that his Widow mar-
ried one Craghill who being much in Debt remov'd out of this
Colony into North Carolina Sev1 years ago carrying with him
the said Anne Owen who has been out of this Colony ever Since
and forasmuch as the said Anne by reason of her tender Years
& her being destitute of friends to assist her was incapable to
Sue out her patent he prayed that a Patent might be now granted
in her name offering to advance for her the purchase money for
the Rights & all other Charges of this Patent & Sealing rather
than the sd Orphan should be defeated of the only recompence
she is like to have for the loss of her Inheritance conveyed by
her Father in lieu of the lands now in dispute Whereupon the
Board taking the whole matter into Consideration have thought
fit to Order as it is hereby ordered that a Patent issue in the name
of the said Anne Owen if the said Mr Syme will take out the
Same within the space of six Mos from this date paying down
the purchase of the Rights & all other Charges according to his
proposal, and he is also to pay to the petr Cosby his expenses in
prosecuting this petition And if he fails to take out the said
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 247
Patent Ordered that the Land be granted to the sd Cosby And
it is the opinion of this Board that the sd Anne Owen or who-
ever else in her Right shall take benefit of this Patent ought to
pay Mr Syme all his Disbursements & Charges thereon
John Cosby having petitioned for a grant of 400 Acres of
Land formerly Surveyed for Mr Thos Carr Junr on which the
said Carr was ordered to be Sumoned but the Petr not making
it appear that the said Carr had due Notice It is ordered that
he give the said Carr Notice to attend this Board at the Council
to be held at next Court of Oyer & Terminer to shew cause
why the said Land ought not to be granted to the petr.
On hearing the Parties on the Caveat entr'd by Benj Hen-
son for stopping a Patent to Richd Clough for Land in Hanover
County It appearing by the Oath of Mr Syme the Surveyor that
he tendered the Survey made for Mr Clough within six Months
of its Date at the Secretary's Office & that the same was refus'd
because he had no Directions from the sd Clough to pay for the
parchment on which it was to be engross'd And that soon after
the petition & Caveat of the sd Henson was entr'd It is ordered
that the sd Richd Clough have leave to take out his Patent for
the sd Land he paying the said Henson the Expenses of prosecut-
ing this Petition.
The Caveat entred by Dennit Abney & Edwin Hickman for
stopping the Patents sued on Surveys made by Tho3 Randolph
deced Wm Dandridge Esqr & Rob' Adams for Land in the County
of Goochland is continued to be heard at this Board on the 5th
day of the next General Court at which time all the Parties con-
cern'd together with Mr Mayo & Mr Woodson Surveyor of Gooch-
land County are Ordered to attend
On the motion of the Heirs of Rd Kendale deced It is Or-
dered that the Dispute arising on the Escheat of the Lands of
Joseph Chermeson deced be heard & determin'd at the next Court
of Oyer & Terminer and that Wm Marable & all others con-
cern'd do attend accordingly
On hearing the petition & Caveat of James Harris against
the Granting a patent to John Peter Bilbo for 200 Acres of land
in Goochland County The petr failing to make out the Allegations
of his Pet" the same is therefore dismist and the sd Bilbo allow'd
to take out his patent for the 200 Acres of Land entered for by
him but if there be found any greater Quantity untaken up than
the two hundred Acres aforesaid It is ordered that the Petr have
a Grant thereof he returning a Survey thereof in due time.
Whereas it was Ordered on the pet" of James Pitillo for a
Certain piece of Land lately possest by one Roger Archer Deced
lying in the County of Prince George that the Widow of the sd
Archer should have notice to attend & make out her pretentions
to the said Land and it now appearing that the sd Roger Archer
at the time of his Death left a Son who is since dead leaving a
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Widow & one Daughter an Infant It is Ordered that the petr
give notice to both the said Widows to attend this Board at the
Council held at next Court of Oyer & Terminer to shew cause
if any they have why the sd Land ought not to be granted to
the Petr.
The Several Caveats entr'd by Benj Henson for Stopping the
grant of two several Tracts of Land in Hanover County sur-
vey'd long Since by Tho" Rice are Ordered to be heard at the
next Court of Oyer & Terminer
In the Caveat entr'd by Burnett ag' a patent su'd
out for Chicholine for Surplus land found in a Deed granted to
one Thos Petit It is ordered that the partys have leave respectively
to take the Affidavits of Witnesses before any one or more Jus-
tices of the Peace of the County or Counties where the sd Wit-
nesses reside giving due notice to the adverse party of the Time
& Place of Such examination and that the matter in Dispute be
heard at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer.
On the Petition of Benj Henson for stopping a patent sued
out by John Ragland for 1000 Acres of Land in Hanover County
Oath being made by the sd Henson that he gave due notice to
the said Ragland to attend this day who answered that he would
not for the Land was lost It is Ordered that a patent be granted
the Petr for the sd Land.
Matthew Jouett having entred a Petition & Caveat ag1 grant-
ing a Patent to Benj Brown for 400 Acres of Land on on Con-
trary River in Goochland County and the sd Brown having been
duly Sumoned & not appearing It is Ordered that the sd land
be granted to the petr.
The Caveats entr'd by Benj. Henson ag' Thomas Rice are
continued to be heard at the Council held next Court of Oyer
& Terminer
The Caveat entr'd by Tho" Walker ag' Bartholomew Cox
for 1600 Acres of Land in Goochland County is continued to be
heard at the Council held next Court of Oyer & Terminer
David Woodroof having petitioned for 400 Acres of land in
Spotsilvania County Surveyed for Chr Smith deced in
MDCCXVIII and no patent Sued out It appearing that Ambrose
Joshua Smith Son of the Said Christopher hath had due Notice to
attend & not appearing It is Ordered that the land afsd be granted
to the Petr.
The matter in Dispute between Tho8 Jefferson & Gideon
Chamber touching the Grant of Land found to Escheat from
Matton is referr'd to be heard in April next the Heir
of the sd Matton being in England as is Suggested & intending
to traverse the said Escheat.
The petition & Caveat of Will™ Brown Gent ag' W" Natt for
stopping the sd Natts patent for 385 Acres of Land in Brunswick
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County is ordered to be heard at next Court of Oyer & Terminer
& the Petr to attend accordingly.
Ordered that the General Assembly which now stands pro-
rogu'd to the 24th be further prorogu'd to Thursday the 18th of
Novr next
Whereas Matt. Inglish & John Fitzpatrick try'd & convicted
at last Court of Oyer & Terminer for Burglary & Felony in break-
ing the Storehouse of John Washington Gent & stealing there out
divers Goods and it being represented by the Judges of the sa
Court that the said persons being very Young are fit objects of
Mercy It is the Opinion of the Council that the said Inglish &
Fitzpatrick be pardoned & transported out of this Colony into
some other of his Majesties Plantations for the Term of Seven
Years.
On reading at this Board the petition of Mujaiah [Micajah] Perry
Esq' Alderman of London Setting forth that in the year MDCCXXIX
he sent into this Colony a Ship called the Princess Carolina
whereof Wm Holliday was Master to load Tob for acco' of the
Petr that the sd Ship took on board 540 hhdds of Tob° for the
Duties of which & the port Duty's the sd Master drew Bills of
Exchange on the petr for £65„14„3 which he hath pd. That the
sd Ship in her Voyage home was cast away in a violent Storm
& all the Lading entirely lost and praying that he may be repd the
said Sum of £65„14„3 out of his Majesties Revenue of 2s per
hhd port Duty's & head money or that he may be allowed to ship
the like quantity of Tob0 with the like Allowance of Tonnage free
from paym4 of Duty's It is the Opinion of this Board that the
port Duties being due upon the first entry of the Ship in this
Colony cannot be drawn back or abated on any subsequent loss
or accident hapning after her departure from hence and that the
2s per hhd are due from & may be recovered of the respective
Freighters & ought not to be pd out of his Majesty's Revenue nor
any allowance for shipping the like quantity duty free there being
no Precedent for any Such allowance.
The Governor laid before the Council the Copy of a Memorial
presented to the R' Honle the Lords Com" for Trade & plantations
in answer to certain Objections offered by the Com" of his Maj-
esty's Customs ag' the Act of Assembly for amending the Staple
of Tob° & preventing frauds in his Majesty's Customs & the said
Memorial was read and there upon resolv'd that Mr. Leheup hath
done an acceptable Service to this Colony in presenting the said
Memorial and that not only his necessary Disbursments in favour
of the sd Act be repaid him but that all [att] the making up the
next Account of the Revenue a Suitable gratification be made him
for his personal trouble and care in Sollicking the Approbation of
the Same.
On reading at this Board the petition of Willm Beverly of
the County of Essex Gent, Joseph Smith of the County of King &
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Queen Gent Joseph Clapham Tho" Watkins & Simon Jeffries
Setting forth that they are desirous to take up & Seat a large
Tract of Land beyond the Mountains within this Dominion upon
the Same Terms & Conditions as Lands have been granted to
John & Isaac Vanmeter Morgan Bryan & others and praying a
Grant of twenty thousand Acres of Land lying Westerly of the
blew Ridge of Mountains in the Main fork of Opeckan & up the
Northern Branch in fork thereof to it's head & from thence to
Conai als the lost River & up the Southerly Side thereof for the
northerly bounds of the sd Tract & for the Southerly bounds to run
up the Southern branch of the said fork of Opeckon to the head
thereof and from thence to Cedar Creek which issues out of the
Northern branch or fork of Sherundo River thence up the Southern
Side of the said Creek & the most Southerly Branches thereof to
its head & from thence westerly to a branch of the afsd River
Conai or the lost River It is Ordered that the pet" have leave to
take up the afsd quantity of twenty thousand Acres of Land within
the bounds above described not being already granted to any
other person Upon Condition nevertheless that the petr do within
two years from the Date of this present Order bring twenty
families to inhabit the said Tract or otherwise this present Grant
to be void and it is further Ordered that as soon as the pet"
shall have settled the said Land with twenty families a Patent
be granted them for the same upon the like Reservation of Quit
Rents & Conditions of seating & planting as other Lands held of
his Majesty within this Dominion
On the petition of John Fishback Jacob Holtzklow Henry
Setler Jacob Senzaback Peter Reids Michael Shower John Vainde-
hoase George Wolf W,n Carpenter & John Richler in behalf of
themselves & other German Protestants for leave to take up fifty
thousand Acres of Lands on the Westerly side of the great Moun-
tains It is Ordered that Leave be granted the petr to take up the
said quantity of Land on the East side the second fork of the
River Sherundo & running up that fork & crossing the Neck of
the sd fork above the Land of Jacob Stober & his partners upon
Condition that the Petitioners do within two Years from this
Date bring fifty Families to inhabit the sd land Otherwise this
present Grant to be void and if upon their performing the sd Con-
dition Patents be granted them for the sd Land under the Same
Conditions of Cultivation & planting and paym* of quit Rents as
other Lands held of his Majesty within this Dominion.
Sundry Petitions for Leave to enter for & Survey his Majesties
Wast Lands were read & granted as follows (viz')
To Henry Walthall for 1500 Acres in Henrico County joyning
on the Lines of Wm Moseley Jn° Harlow John Ralph Blankinship
Wm & John Pride John Parkinson Ralph & Wm Jackson & on
the Pet" own Land with Liberty to sue out an Inclusive patent
for that Tract & 500 Acres thereto adjoyning.
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To John Phelphs for 800 Acres in Goochland County lying
on deep Creek of James River
To Rl Ashurst for 1200 Acres on the Southside of Swift Creek
& on both Sides the Turkey Branch on Henrico County
To Charles Lewis & Rl Lewis Gent for ten thousand Acres
of Land lying on Ivy Swamp on the S° Side of the N° Branch of
James River in Goochland County
To Rd Stewart for 1200 Acres in Prince George County on the
N° Side Moccosoneck Creek between the Lines of James Pitillo
Wm Toby Rd Cocke John Butler & James Bank & the Road
called Rowantie Road
To Thos Ravenscraft Gent for 10,000 Acres lying on a Creek
of Maherrin River called Pigeon-West Creek & the branches of
Roanoke River which lock in with the sd Creek in Brunswick
County
To Wm Edwins for one thousand Acres in Spotsilvania County
joyning to the plantation whereon the petr now dwells and to have
an Inclusive Patent for the whole.
To Henry Willis Gent for 1000 Acres in Spotsilvania County
adjoyning to the Lands of Buckeror Rowston Rowland Thornton
& Augustine Smith.
To Michael Holland for 7000 Acres in one or more Tracts
lying on the Branches of the Byrd & Licking Hole Creek in
Goochland County.
On the petition of Robert Brooke Gent Leave is granted him
to Sue out an inclusive patent for three Tracts of Land lying
contiguous in Spotsilvania County One whereof containing 331
Acres lately found to Escheat from Wm Thomas & Since granted
to the Petr One other Tract containing 400 Acres conveyed to the
petr by John Catlett to whom it was granted by Patent and the
third containing two hundred & twenty Acres adjoyning to the
two former & bounded as in the sd petition is describ'd.
Thomas Bassett by his Petition praying a Grant of eight hun-
dred Acres of Land on Deep Creek in Goochland County Survey'd
above two years ago for David Lyles & no patent sued out for
the Same It is Ordered that the Petr & the sd Lyles be heard there-
on before this board & that they attend accordingly at the next
Court of Oyer & Terminer
Abraham Abney praying a Grant of 400 Acres of Land long
Since Surveyed for Hugh Hogon lying in Hanover County &
joyning to the Land of Tho8 Prustwood & Paul Harrolson who
hath failed to Sue out a Patent for the same in due time It is
Ordered that the Parties be heard before this Board at the next
Court of Oyer & Terminer & that they have notice to attend
accordingly
The Petition & Caveat of Abraham Abney ag' John Wooley
for stopping the granting a Patent to the sd Wooley upon a Sur-
vey made four Years ago of 400 Acres of Land in Hanover County
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lying on Beverdam Creek & no patent being Sued out in time is
referr'd till next Court of Oyer & Terminer at which time both
parties are Ordered to attend.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 21" of
October MDCCXXXI
Present
The Governour
James Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
John Carter Henry Harrison Esq"
The Governour this Day communicated to the Board a Lre
from Mr Alderman Perry dated the 8th of May last signifying that
upon a Petition of the Merchants and Inhabitants of Barbado's a
Bill had been prepared & passed the House of Comons prohibiting
all Trade between his Majesty's Plantations on the Continent &
the foreign Sugar Islands in the West Indies & likewise a Lre
from Mr Leheup advising that a Petition was prepared & intended
to be presented to the House of Comons next Session of Parliam1
for prohibiting by Act of Parliament the passing any Laws in
the Plantations which may affect the Trade & Navigation of great
Britain for Subjecting Lands here to the paym' of Debts & for al-
lowing Appeals from the Judgment of the General Court here for
any matter or Sum of the Value of one hundred pounds, Which
sd several Letters together with the papers therein Mentioned were
read and the Governour also laid before the Board a Copy of his
Lre & Observations Sent to the Rl hon,e Ld8 Com" for Trade &
Plantations in relation to both the afsd Subjects whereupon the
Council after returning his Honr thanks for his Care & Vigilance
in Opposing those measures projected by the Bristol & West
India Merchants to the great prejudice of his Majesties Subjects
of this Colony as well as of the other Plantations on the Con-
tinent Resolv'd that an humble representation from this Board be
prepared & transmitted to the Right honle the Lords Com" for
Trade & plantations Setting forth as well the Injustice of what
is pray'd by the Barbadoes Merchants & Inhabitants as the hard-
ships attending this Colony in Case such an Act of Parliament
should pass as by the Bristol Merchants is petitioned for
Ordered
That the General Assembly be prorogued to Thursday the 18tfc
day of May next.
New Comissions of the Peace for the Counties of Henrico and
Charles City were this Day ordered to be Issued with the addition
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 253
of the Several persons recomended by the Courts of the said respec-
tive Counties
On the petition of Rob' M°Kay Joost Heyd of the Province
of Pensilvania setting forth that they & divers others Families to
the number of one hundred are desirous to remove from thence &
seat themselves on the back of the great Mountains within this
Colony & praying that one hundred thousand Acres of Land lying
between the Lines of the Land granted to John Vameter Jacob
Stover John Fishback & others may be assigned them and that the
Residue of the sd one hundred thousand Acres may be assign'd upon
& including the Several Branches of Sherundo River above the
Lands of the said Stover & Fischback and his Partners The Gov-
ernour with the advice of the Council is pleas'd to order as it is
hereby Ordered that the pet" in behalf of themselves & their Part-
ners have leave to take up the sd quantity of 100,000 Acres of Land
within the Limits above described & that upon the above Number
of Families coming to dwell there within two Years Patents shall
be granted them in such manner as they shall agree to divide the
same
John Cosby & Charles Barrett having petitioned for four hun-
dred Acres of Land in the County of Hanover on the South side of
the S° fork of Little River & four hundred Acres more on both sides
the sd Fork survey'd for Thomas Carr of the County of Caroline
Gent & now producing an Instrument of Writing under the hand
& Seal of the sd Carr relinquishing his pretensions to the sd Land
It is ordered that the Same be granted to the Pet"
Novr the 2d 1731
Present
The Governour
Rob* Carter John Grymes
James Blair Wm Dandridge
Wm Byrd John Custis &
John Robinson Wm Randolph Esq"
A Representation from the Council to the R* Honle the Board
of Trade being prepared pursuant to the resolution of this Board
the 21" of last Month was now read & approv'd & Ordered to be
fairly transcrib'd & Signed by all the Council
Whereas by his Majesties Instructions to the Governours of
this Dominion a Mapp of this Colony hath been requir'd to be
prepared & transmitted to his Majesty for the better complying
with his Majesty's Commands It is resolved that John Robinson
Esq1- be & he is hereby appointed to have the Dierection and Care
of preparing a General Map of this Colony from the Sea to the
utmost extent thereof now inhabited & that as Soon as conveniently
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may be he lay before this Board a Scheme for the better accom-
plishing this Work together with a Computation of the Expence
thereof.
The Governour informing the Board that the Battery erected
at York being built upon the Beach & thereby Subject to inunda-
tions by which means it is greatly decayed & proposing to remove
the sd Battery to a more Convenient Scituation upon the Bank of
the River the Same is approv'd & recommended to the Governour
to give the necessary directions therein
The Ace1 of Contingent Charges & for Repairs about the Gov-
ernours House were examin'd in Council & allowed.
John Gay of London Merchant by his Petition setting forth
that a Ship Chartered by him called the Thomas & Elizabeth of
Whitby laden with two hundred & fifteen hogsheads of Tob° for
the Duties of which Wm Clark the Master drew Bills of Exchange
upon the Petr & Sail'd out of York River about the latter end of
last July
That the sd Ship before her departure out of the Capes was
Cast away on a Place called the Middle Ground & the sd Lading
of Tob° entirely lost & praying that he may be discharg'd from
the payment of the Duties on the sd Tob° or that he may be al-
lowed to ship of a like quantity of Tob° duty free Upon Considera-
tion of the sd Petition & of the Act of Assembly for raising a
publick Revenue It is the Opinion of this Board that the s* Act
having made no provision for refunding the sd Duty of 2s per hhd
in case of an accidental loss after clearing and that the sd Duty is
payable to the Master of the Ship by the Freighter & whereby
neither he nor the Owner can incur any prejudice — Wherefore the
said Petition is rejected.
On reading at this Board the Petition of William & Margaret
Stamps Infants by Marg' Stamps their Mother & next Friend set-
ting forth that Timothy Stamps the Father of the Pet" having in
his life time Surveyed a Tract of four hundred Acres of Land in
Spotsilvania County in the Main Fork of Rappahanock joyning
upon the Lands of John Ashly & Christ: Simmerman & having
returned the Survey thereof into the Secretary's Office in order to
obtain a patent & Supposing the same to have been passed in his
life time did by his last Will & Testament bearing date the 25th of
febr 1726/7 devise the sd four hundred Acres of Land to be
equally divided between his two Children Wm & Marg' Stamps
the now Pet" in Gen' Tail whereas in Truth the said Patent did
not pass the Seal till some time after the Death of the sd Timothy
& therefore praying that a new Patent may be granted them for
the sd Land in such manner as this Board shall think fit It is
accordingly Ordered that upon Surrender of the Patent granted
to the sd Timothy a New Patent be granted in the Name of the
Pet" for the sd 400 Acres of Land pursuant to the prayer of
their Petition :
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Novr the 4th 1731
Present
The Governour
Rob' Carter John Carter
James Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Will Dandridge
Cole Diggs John Custis &
John Robinson Wm Randolph Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid
out of his Majesty's Revenue of 2s per hhd port Duties & Head
Money were this day Sign'd by the Gov1- in Council (viz)
To the Governour ]/2 Salary ending the 25th
of Octr last £1000,—, —
To the Gent of the Council for the Same time. 175,, — „ —
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer
& Terminer 100,, — „ —
To the Auditor Gen1 of the Plantations ^
years Salary ending as above 50„ — „ —
To the Sollicitor of the Virg" Affairs the like
Salary 50„ — „ —
To the Atty Genl for the like Salary 20„ — „—
To the Clk of the Council for the same 50„ — ,, —
To Sundry Ministers attending one Gen1 Court. 6„ — „ —
To the Armourer 6„ — ,, —
To the Gunners of the Sev1 Battery's 20„ — ,, — ■
To Wm Prentis for Sundry Expresses & other
Contingent Charges 115,, 7,, 2J4
To the Same for Sundry Disbursements abl the
Gov" house 53„11„ 7>4
To the Adjutant Gen1 }4 years Salary 75„ — „ —
And out of the quit Rents
To Mr ComrT Blair one half years Salary 50„ — „ —
To the Atty Gen1 ^ years Additional Salary . . 30„ — „ —
The acco" of his Majtles Revenue of 2s per hhd port Duties &
Head Money ending the 25th of Obr last was Presented by the
Recr Gen1 who made Oath thereto & being examin'd by the Depty
Auditor were Certified by the Governour as Usual
Whereas John Robinson Esqr is appointed to have the Care
& Direction of Surveying & preparing a Gen1 Mapp of this Colony
It is Ordered that for his Trouble therein he be allowed the Salary
of one hundred & fifty pounds Sterl. per Annum to commence from
the 25th of Obr last & that the same be paid out of his Majesty's
Revenue of 2s per hhd.
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On hearing this day in Council the Matters in dispute between
the Naval Officers of the upper & lower Districts of James
River touching the right to receive the Port Duties of Ships
& Vessells entring in one District & loading in the other It is
ordered by the Govr in Council That for the future when any
Ship or Vessell shall arrive in any District of this Dominion with
intent to unlade there any part of the Merchandize on board &
thereafter to go into another District to lade Tob° or other Comodi-
ties chargeable with a duty, the Naval Officer of the District
where such Ship or Vessell shall enter shall not demand the Port
Duties or Governours Dues but the same shall be recd together
with the other Duties by the Officer where the sd Ship or Vessel
shall take in her Lading who is in Order to measure her Provided
always that if any Ship or Vessell shall unload in one District
& there take in any part of her outward bound loading the Naval
Officer of that District is hereby directed to receive the Port
Duties & the 2s per hhd for so much Tob° as shall be laden in
that District and if such Ship shall proceed to any Other District
to compleat her Loading the Naval Off' of that District shall be
entitl'd to receive the Duties of so much as shall be taken in there
& no more but the sd Naval Officers are hereby directed & re-
quired to take care that all Ships & Vessells entring & unlading
any goods in their Districts & bound for any other Plantation or
Colony do pay their Tonnage & other Dues before their Departure
Ordered that a new Commission of the Peace issue for the County
of Prince Will1" & that Charles Broadwater Willm Godfrey Benj
Grayson & Rd Osborne be added to the present Justices in the s4
Commission.
Whereas it has been represented to this Board that the Jus-
tices of Spotsilvania County have neglected to apoint Commis-
sioners to lay out & Ascertain the dividing line between that
County & Hanover notwithstanding the frequent application made
by the Justices of the sd County of Hanover for that purpose It
is ordered that the Justices of the sd County of Spotsilvania do
with all convenient Speed appoint Commissioners on their part
to meet those of the County of Hanover & at such time & place
as shall be agreed on by both Courts & proceed to lay out the
sd dividing Line as near as may be agreeable to the Act of As-
sembly for establishing the sd County of Spotsilvania
Sundry Petitions for Land were read & granted as follows To
Abraham Venable for 1500 Acres of Land lying on both Sides the
River Southanna below the round about Tract including four hun-
dred Acres already patented by the Petitioner in Hanover County.
To Joel Terrill & David Lewis for 3,000 Acres in Goochland
County beginning on a Creek known by the name of Moors
Creek on the South side of James River or the first Creek that
runs into the sd River above the first Mountains including both
sides the said Creek to the foot of a Piney Mountain.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 257
To Sam11 Nichols for 2,000 Acres in Goochland County be-
ginning at the mouth of Maple Swamp on the S° side James river
running up Stephen Hughs Line & up Muddy Creek to Walton's
& up that line & the head line of Stephen Hughs & John Merryman
to include that Quantity in two Surveys
To Nathan Hoggard for 1500 Acres beginning on Chamber-
layn's Bed & joyning on the Lands of Jones & Lewis there up-
wards for that Complem' in Prince George County
To Miles Cary for 2,400 Acres lying on Cary Creek & the
River Rivanna & adjoyning to 1600 Acres already patented by the
Petr in Goochland County & to have an inclusive patent for both
On the Petition of Charles Hudson for 800 Acres of Land in
Hanover County on both sides of Bever Creek survey'd in Octr
1730 for John Dashpar (in two distinct tracts) who hath neglected
to sue out a patent for the same It is ordered that sd Dashpar have
notice to attend this Board at the Court of Oyer & Terminer to
be held in June to answer the sd petition.
This day the representation from the Council to the board of
Trade being sign'd by the whole Board together with a Lre to
Horatio Walpole Esqr & another to Alderman Perry were presented
to the Govr with their humble request that he would be pleas'd
to transmit the same by the first opportunity.
At a Council held at the Capitol Decr 15th 1731
Present
The Governour
Wm Byrd John Grymes
John Robinson Wm Dandridge
John Carter John Custis &
Wm Randolph Esq"
The Governour communicated to the Board Lre from the
Right honIe the Lds Commission" for Trade & Plantations dated
the 27th of May 1731 inclosing a report of their Lordships to his
Majesty on the Act for amending the Staple of Tob° & preventing
frauds in his Majesty's Customs with an Order of his Majesty in
Council approving of their Lordships Report for suffering the s*
Act to ly probationary and their Lordships think fit therefore to
recommend an Impartial Extion of the sd Act so as it may answer
the Ends propos'd thereby.
An Order of his Majesty in his privy Council dated the 12th
of Aug' 1731 declaring his Majesty's Disapprobation of the Act
passed last Session of Assembly for continuing the Act for laying
a Duty on Liquors with sundry alterations was read at the Board
& thereupon resolv'd that a proclamation issue declaring the s4
Act to be repeal'd.
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Sundry Petitions for Land were read & granted as follows
To Wm Rowlet for 2500 Acres (four hundred acres thereof
being already Survey'd) on the Beaver Pond branch joyning on
the Pet" own lines & those of John Tally Geo. Stegall Ralph Jack-
son & Tho8 Neal in Prince George County
To Francis Willis for 5,000 Acres beginning at Ripping Hick-
man & Goughs Corner in the line that divides the Counties of
Hanover & Spotsilvania so down the s" line on each side For that
Compliment.
To Charles Chiswell for 5,000 Acres on the branches of the
Robinson & adjoining to the Land taken up by the Germans in
Spotsilvania County
To Charles Chiswell for 10,000 beginning at the upper line of
Rob' Beverly's land called the Octuna to a South branch or fork
of Rappidan River & to go Southwards to the Branches of the
N° Fork of James River in the Counties of Spotsilvania & Hanover.
To Edwd Booker for 3,000 Acres in Prince George County
To Edwd Booker for 1,000 Acres beginning on Sailors Creek
or in Sandy river in Prince George County & extending thence
Such Courses as will include that quantity.
To Peter Wynn For 1,000 Acres on the N° Side of Butterwood
called the old Fields including a Survey of the Pet" of 150 Acres
beginning at the upper Corner of the sd Survey thence along Mr
Woodliffs Entry to the road from thence down to Wm Bowmans
Land & from thence to Fras Colemans line for the Complement
On the petition of Roger Quarles setting forth that 400 Acres
of Land in Caroline County were long since surveyed for Buckner
& Bullard & by them lapsed about four years ago & granted to
John Martin who hath neglected to sue out a Patent for the same
& praying a Grant thereof It is Ordered that the sd Martin do at-
tend this Board at the next Court of Oyer & Termr to shew
cause why the sd Land should not be granted to the Pet".
On the petition of Thomas Ballard Smith for a grant of 400
Acres of Land lying in Hanover County on the branches of Tailors
Creek Survey'd long since for Rd & W,n Wetherford who have not
return'd the Survey thereof nor sued out a Patent for the Same It
is ordered that the sd Rd & Wni have notice to attend this Board
at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to shew Cause why the sd
Land should not be granted to the petr.
The Govr Communicated to the Council a Scheme projected in
Great Britain for putting the Tob° under an Excise instead of the
present method of paying the Duties thereof & desir'd their
Opinion thereon, Whereupon the Board are of Opinion that the
Scheme proposd would be greatly for the Interest of his Majesty
in securing his Customs prevent the running of Tob° prove very
beneficial to the Inhabitants of this Country But forasmuch as
this Matter is of very great Moment & divers of the Members of
this Board being absent the Council are of Opinion that if the
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 259
Weather will permit a full Council be called to meet hereon the 23d
instant or Otherwise that the Govr will be pleas'd to send Copies
of the Scheme afsd to the several absent Members & receive their
Sentiments thereon & accordingly transmit his answer to the person
from whom he rec'd the said project
At a Council held at the Capitol the 6th
day of March 1731
Present
The Govr
James Blair Cole Digges &
John Custis Esq"
Whereas the Counties of Stafford & King George were by an
Act made last Session of Assembly divided & a new County
erected called by the Name of Prince William County which Sd
County is now entitul'd to the priviledge of chusing two Burgesses
to represent them in the Gen1 Assembly
Ordered That a Writ issue for electing two Burgesses for
the said County to serve in the next Session of Assembly wch is
to meet the 18th of May & a Writ was prepared & Sign'd by the
Govr accordingly
At a Council held at the Capitol the 17th
day of March 1731
Present
The Governour
Mr ComT Blair John Carter
Wm Byrd John Custis &
Cole Digges Will. Randolph Esq"
The Governour Comunicated to the Board the advices he late-
ly receiv'd that the Publick Warehouses at Deep Creek in the
County of Lancaster were last Week in the night Time set on fire
& burnt down by Some malicious & evil dispos'd persons as yet
unknown & desiring the Opinion of the Board in what manner
the Authors of so great a Villany may be detected & brought to
punishment & the like Attempts prevented for the Future It is
the opinion of this Board & accordingly Ordered that a Proclama-
tion issue offering a Reward of one hundred pounds Curr' money
to any one that shall discover the person or persons concern'd in
burning the Sd Warehouses & that if any of the Actors in that
Felony shall make such Discovery of their Accomplices Such Dis-
cover [er] shall have his Majesty's most gracious pardon and be also
entitl'd to the said Reward of one hundred pounds so as the persons
260 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
accused be thereof Convicted And to the end the Ignorant may
be inform'd of the Penalties inflicted by Law for such Offences
It is ordered that Notice be given in the sd Proclamation that by an
Act made last Session of Assembly, the malicious burning of Tob°
Houses or other Houses is deced [decreed] to be Felony & the Of-
fenders ousted of all benefit of Clergy & that the Justices of the
Peace in the sevl. Counties do Cause to be Secur'd & bound to the
good behavior all such as they shall Find going about to stir up
the People to any Acts of Violence in Opposition to the Estab-
lished Laws, And it is further Ordered that the Inspectors do ap-
point some trusty person to keep watch at the respective Ware-
houses at Such times as they do not attend themselves.
Ordered that a new Writ Issue for electing a Burgess for the
County of Surry in the Room of Henry Harrison Esq1" now ap-
pointed by his Majesty to be one of his Council of this Colony
The Governour was pleas'd to acquaint the Board that Since
their last meeting he had been obliged to appoint two new In-
spectors in the Room of two lately dead (viz.) John Snead in the
Room of Rd Drumond one of the Inspectors in Accomk County &
Pelham Moore in the room of John Baily one of the Inspectors in
New Kent & King William Which Appointm' was approv'd
On reading a Representation from the Sheriff of the County
of King William setting forth that by reason of the Severity of
the Winter & other Accidents the Inhabitants of the sd County
had not obtain'd their Tob° to be inspected nor procur'd Inspectors
Notes for the paym' of his Majt,es quit rents & other dues arising
in the sd County whereby he is disabl'd to make up his Acco*9 &
praying that further time may be given him for collecting the pub-
lick dues of his County before he be discharged of his office. It
appearing to the Board that divers other Sheriffs labour under the
same Inconvenience It is therefore resolv'd that none of the sd
Sheriffs unless they desire it be discharg'd from their offices till the
Courts held for the respective Counties in the month of July to the
end they may be the better enabl'd to perfect their collection of
the publick Dues.
Whereas there was this day laid before the Board the Opinion
of his Majesty's Atty Gen1 upon a case stated touching the pay-
ment of six pence per M° to Greenwich Hospital by persons employ'd
in Sloops & other Vessells transporting Tob° cross the Bay or
into the province of Maryland to be there laden for Great Britain
& it appearing in the State of the sd Case there are divers Misrepre-
sentations of Matters of Fact the Governour is therefore requested
to cause a true State of the Case to be drawn up & transmitted
to the Com" for Greenwich Hospital, for satisfying them that
divers of the persons mentioned in the sd Opinion of his Majestys
Atty Gen1 cannot be chargeable with the payment of the sd six
pence per M° within the intent of the Act of Parliam' for the more
effectual collecting in Great Britain & Ireland & other parts of his
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 261
Dominions the Duty granted for the Support of the Royal Hos-
pital at Greenwich & particularly to represent the Case of the
People upon the Eastern Shore who are Oblig'd to transport their
Tob° over the Bay in order to it's being shipt for great Britain &
many of them to cross the Bay twice a year to attend their neces-
sary Affairs at the Gen1 Courts & have no other means to defray
their necessary Expences on these Occasions than by the Sale of
their grain & provisions which they frequently bring with them
for that purpose & that therefore it would be a hard Construction
of the sd Act of Parliam* to oblige them or such as they may have
Occasion to hire to assist them in their Shallops or other Vessells
to pay the like duty as Sailors employ'd in Voyages of a different
Nature.
Whereas Capt Joseph Younger of the Ship Nelson in his Voy-
age hither from London met with a dutch Ship called the Frow
Anna of Amsterdam at sea about 70 Leagues Westward of the
Western Islands and the sd Ship being then in great distress &
ready to sink the sd Cap* Younger took on board his Ship the
Master & 21 Men being the whole Crew of the sd Dutch Ship &
hath brought them in hither together with Some European & West
India Goods saved out of the sd Wreck And whereas Application
hath been made by Capt Peter Statama Mr of the sd Wreck'd Ship
for leave to land & dispose of the sd Goods for the Subsistance of
himself & his Crew until they can meet with a passage to Great
Britain It is the Opinion of this Board & accordingly Ordered
that Leave be given to the sd Joseph Younger to unlade & put
on shore the sd Wreck'd Goods & that Capt. Statama have Liberty
to sell the Same for the necessary Subsistance of himself & his
Crew.
Sundry Petitions for Leave to take up Lands under his Maj-
esty's Grant were read & allowed (viz:)
To John Woodson & Joseph Dabbs three thousand Acres of
Land in Goochland County lying on the back of Rock Castle &
Flemings park Creek between Licking Hole & the Byrd & joyn-
ing on the Lands of Carleton Fleming Bowler Cocke Stephen
Hughs Tho8 Massie Leonard & Tho8 Betlow Wm Cabbell John
Woodson Isham Randolph John Boiling Henry Webb & Tho'
Carter Junr.
To Thos Williams 1500 Acres of Land lying on Arthurs
Swamp, in Prince George County adjoyning to the lands of Per-
kins Thomson & Sam11 Chamberlayne.
To John Fitzgerald 5000 Acres of Land in Prince George
County beginning on his Land already Surveyed on the S° side
of Namasun Creek & including the Surveys made by Wm Rice &
John Hamlin assigned to the petr & so extending to Rob* Boilings
upper line on the sd Creek & to sue out an inclusive Patent for
the Same & his other Lands on both sides the afsd Creek.
262 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
To John Fitzgerald 3,000 Acres of Land beginning at a blaz'd
white Oak on the N° side of the middle Creek near a Pond of
Water running towards the main deep Creek thence to Hoods line
& so to the beginning for the Complement in Prince George
County.
To Francis Boiling 2,000 Acres of Land including two hun-
dred Acres survey'd in the Year 1728 for James Cole & by him
deserted adjoyning to the Pet" Land already patented with an
inclusive Patent for the whole
To John Syme & William Robertson for 6,000 Acres of Land
lying on round about Creek in Hanover County including four
thousand Acres formerly granted the pet" by order of Council &
four hundred Acres survey'd for Mary English Widow & as-
sign'd to them
To Adam Rutherford for 2,000 Acres of Land on falling Creek
including his former patented land in Hanover County.
To George Robertson Clk for 6,000 Acres of Land lying
on Flatt Creek in Prince George County & including several Sur-
veys already made for the petr in that place
To Willm Crawly for 1500 Acres of Land including an Entry
made by one Tobins & assign'd to the Petr in P George County
To Joseph Pritchett for 1000 Acres of Land including the
pet" old Land on Butterwood Swamp in Prince George County
To Will"1 Westbrook for 500 Acres of land lying up on the
Seller Fork of Deep Creek in Prince George County
To Tho° Jones for 4000 Acres of Land lying on the west
Creek of Deep Creek & the forks thereof & to include his old land
thereto adjoining in Prince George County.
To John Michie leave to joyn in one Patent two Surveys
containing 400 Acres each lying on Harris's Creek in Hanover
County.
On the petition of Geo Woodrooff setting forth that 400 Acres
of Land in Caroline County were about three years ago granted
by an Order of the Gen1 Court as lapsed to Jn° Martin who hath
not sued out a Patent for the same & praying for a grant thereof
It is ordered that the sd Martin do attend this Board the next
Court of Oyer & Terminer to Shew Cause why the sd Land may
not be granted to the Petitioner.
On the petition of Matthew Jouett for a grant of 300 Acres
of Land adjoyning to Jeremiah Glen Thomas Rice & John Blalock
in the Fork of Cubb Creek in Hanover County long Since Survey'd
for Benj Henson who hath neglected to sue out a patent for the
Same It is ordered that the sd Henson have notice to attend this
Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to answer the said
petition.
On the petition of Matthew Jouett for a grant of 1000 Acres
of Land joining on the Lands of Marmaduke Kimbrow John Horn
Tho* Rice John White & William Harrison both sides the upper
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fork of Cubb Creek in Hanover County surveyed six Months ago
for John Blalock who hath not taken out a patent for the same
It is ordered that the sd Blalock have notice to attend this Board at
the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to answer the sd petition
On the petition of George Freeman setting forth that about
Six Years ago there was Survey'd for Wm Spragg 400 Acres of
Land lying in Henrico County on Deep run & on the Lines of
John Waters Abraham Childers Tho3 Cotterell & Tho8 Randolph
deced for which the sd Spragg has never sued out any Patent It
is ordered that unless he (having due notice hereof) do appear
at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer & make out his pretensions
to the sd Land the same be granted to the petr.
On the petition of Joseph Dabbs & John Woodson for a
grant of two hundred Acres of Land lying in the fork of Fleming's
Park Creek in Goochland County survey'd about a Year ago for
R' Napier Junr & no Patent su'd out for the same It is ordered
that unless the sd Rl Napier (having due notice hereof) do ap-
pear at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer & make out his pre-
tensions to the sd Land the same be granted to the Pet'.
On the petition of Joseph Dabbs & John Woodson for a grant
of 384 Acres of Land lying agl the head of Amos's branch of the
deep Creek of Licking Hole in Goochland County Surveyed for
Leonard & Thomas (having due Notice hereof) do attend this
Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer, held in June & make
out their pretensions to the sd Land the same be granted to the
Pet".
At a Council held at the Capitol the
26th day of March 1732
Present
The Governour
Mr Com'7 Blair John Carter &
John Grymes Esq"
Whereas the Governour was this day pleas'd to comunicate to
the Members of his Majesty's Council now present a Lre sent
him by Express from Coll Tho8 Harrison of the County of Prince
William advising that a Number of the meaner sort of People of
that County consisting of fifty Men were got together in Arms de-
signing as they gave out to destroy the Publick Warehouses in that
& the adjacent Counties expecting to be joyn'd by other Male-
contents from the neighbouring Counties in the Northern Neck It is
the Opinion of this Board that for the more effectual Suppressing
the sd Insurrection it is necessary that Orders be forthwith Issued
to the Comanding Officers of the Militia in the Northern neck to
call together the several Troops & Companies under their re-
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spective Comands and cause to be read to them the Act of Assem-
bly for establishing the Militia & to acquaint them that this is
such an Insurrection as they are bound by that Act to suppress
under the Penalties therein mentioned & in Case the Mutineers
in Prince William County should presume to Continue in Arms
that they then march agl & endeavour to suppress them and that
the like Orders be issu'd to the Comanding Officers of the Militia
on this Side Rappahanock river to take all necessary Measures
for preserving the peace of their Counties & for obstructing the
Passage of any number of Men from the Northern Neck who shall
attempt to cross that River And in like manner to seize & secure
all such as they shall find going about to stir up the People to
mutiny or disobedience to the Laws sending from time to time
to the Govr accounts of their Proceedings to the end they may
receive his further directions therein
At a Council held at the Capitol the 18th day of April 1732
Present
The Governour
M' Comry Blair John Grymes
Will Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
Hen Harrison Esq"
Mr Auditor Blair representing to the Board that divers of the
Sheriffs who according to Order had been with him to acco* for
his Majesty's Quit Rents have inform'd him that partly through
the badness of the Weather & partly through the dilatoriness of
the People to bring their Tob° to be inspected at the public Ware-
houses they the sd Sheriffs have hitherto receiv'd very little of his
Majesties Quit Rents or other publick Dues & praying the Direc-
tions of this Board therein It is thereupon Ordered that the Sheriffs
of the respective Counties be & they are hereby directed (without
proceeding to distrain to accept & receive his Majesty's quit Rents
from all such persons as shall tender payment thereof in money or
Inspectors Notes at any time before the first day of June next
& that the sd Sheriffs do attend the Auditor sometime before the
tenth day of the s" Month to make up their Acco".
John Carter Esq' Present
On the Application of the Officers of his Majesty's Revenue
It is Ordered that a Number of Rights not exceeding the value
of five hundred pounds be isued by them for the use of such as have
Occasion to purchase the same for obtaining Grants of his Maj-
esty's Lands.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 265
The Governour was pleas'd to Comunicate to the Council an
Additional Instruction from his Majesty bearing date the 10th day
of December MDCCXXXI whereby his Majesty doth prohibit the
laying any Duty to be paid by the Importer on any Negro's brought
into this Country for Sale nor any Duty whatsoever on Felons im-
ported from Great Britain Which sd Instruction was read & or-
dered to be registr'd in the Council Books.
On reading at this Board a Lre from Rip Van Dam Esqr
President of his Majesty's Province of New York desiring the
Concurrence of this Governm4 in representing to his Majesty the
Encroachments made by the french from Canada in building a
Port at Crown Point on Corlaer's Lake within the Limits of the
sd Province & within three days journey of Albany The Council
did thereupon request the Governour to write to Mr Leheup to
be assisting to the Agent of New York in any Application which
shall be thought proper to be made to his Majesty for removing
the French from their said Settlem' at Crown Point & preventing
for the future any Encroachm" on his Majesty's Dominions on
this Continent
On reading at this Board sundry Depositions taken upon
an Information of Piracy ag* John Brown Master of the Brigan-
tine Three Brothers & John Sears Master of the Sloop Catharine
& Capt Rd Joel accused of plundering a Ship belonging to
Bristol at the Island of Henjago in the West Indies & it being
Suggested that one Thomas Hamlin now Mate of a Ship in
James River & John Ruffin of the County of Surry can give
Some Account of the plundering the afsd Ship It is the Opinion
of this Board that a further Enquiry be made into the matters
above complain'd of & that the sd Hamlin be forthwith sent for
& examin'd touching the Premises
April the 22d 1732
Present
The Governour
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
John Carter Hen Harrison Esq"
Capt. John Hutchins & Capt. Nath" Tatam Owners of the
Brigantine three brothers whose Master & Crew together with
John Sears Master of the Sloop Catharine were accused of pi-
ratically plundering a Bristol Ship in the West Indies this day
exhibited before this Board attested Copies from Jamaica whereby
it appears that upon a Counterfeit Lre written in the name of
266 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
one Jonathan Turner a foremast Belonging to the said Brigan-
tine & directed to Rear Admiral Stewart Capt Rd Joel now
Master of the said Brigantine had been taken up by the sd
Admiral at Jamaica & a full enquiry made into the pretended
piracy charged on him & others the Crew of the sd Brigantine
and Sloop Catharine & that it appear'd the Ship said to be plun-
dered was called the Windham of Bristol
Master who by accident run upon the rocks at Heniago &
was wreck'd & deserted by the Master & Crew Several days be-
fore the sd Brigantine & Sloop Saild out of Jamaica & that a
true Acco' had been given to the Agent at Jamaica for the
Owners of the sd Ship of all the Goods taken out thereof by the
said Brigantine & Sloop & after deducting the Salvage agreed
upon to be due, full satisfaction given to the said agent for all
the said Goods and also produced an Affidavit of the sd Jona-
than Turner wherein he positively denies that ever he wrote
any Such letter as is above mentioned to Rear Admiral Stewart
or was privy to the writing thereof But forasmuch as this Board
are desirous to examine all the parties mentioned in the said
papers now produced It is ordered that Capt Rd Joel Capt John
Sanders Mr Solomon Willson & Mr Joseph Hodges of Norfolk
County do attend this Board on Tuesday the 2d day of May in
Order to a further Examination of the matters above mentioned.
Edmund Scarburgh Gent Naval Officer of the District of
Accomk having resign'd that Office the Governour was this day
pleasd to nominate & appoint Henry Scarburgh Junr Gent Naval
Officer of the sd District
Whereas in pursuance of the Act of Assembly for erecting
the County of Brunswick a Court house for the said County is
now built & by the increase of Inhabitants the said County
judged in a Capacity to have Magistrates of its own It is ordered
that a Comission of the Peace be prepared for the sd County
& that Henry Fox Henry Embry John Wall John Irby George
Walton Rd Burch Nathaniel Edwards Wm Wynn Charles King
& William Mecklin Gent be appointed Justices for the said County
and the said Rd Burch is appointed Sheriff for the Sd County
for the ensuing Year
Ordered that a Writ issue for erecting [electing] two Bur-
gesses for the Said County of Brunswick to serve in the next Ses-
sion of Assembly appointed to meet the 18th of next Month
Ordered
That a new Comission of the peace Issue for the County
of Accomk & that the following persons be added to the Said
Commission (viz')
Henry Scarburgh Junr John Wise Edmund Baily Littleton
Scarburgh Major Thomas Teackle Abel Upshur Wm Bell Han-
cock Nichols & Griffith Savage.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 267
Ordered that a new Commission of the peace issue for King
Wm County with the addition of the following persons viz' Tho*
West Edmund Littlepage Joseph Temple Humphry Brooke Mat-
thew Mawry & Rd Gregory.
April 29th 1732
Present
The Governour
Robert Carter John Carter
James Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
Henry Harrison Esq"
Sundry Lre" from Mr Leheup & Capt Isham Randolph relat-
ing to their Negotiations in the Affairs of this Governm' were
read.
The Governour also comunicated to the Council a Lre from
the honle Commissioners of his Majesties Customs received by
George Phenny Esq1" Surveyor General of his Majestys Customs
in the Southern District of America which Letter is dated the
26th of January last intimating that a CompP had been made to
them that Mr Carter Naval Officer of Rappahanock was removed
to potomack fifty miles distant from the port where the Collector
resides to the great hindrance & delay of Masters of Ships in
their clearing This Board do declare that the Information given
to the Comm" of his Majesty's Customs in this Case is ground-
less Since upon Mr Carter's removal to Potomack another Naval
Officer was appointed in his Room for the District of Rappa-
hanock whose Office is kept in the same Port with that of the
Collector.
Sundry Acco" for Reparations about the Governours House
& also the acco' of Contingent Charges for Expresses & other
publick Services during the last half year were Severally examin'd
in Council & allowed.
Whereas John Grymes Esqr his Majesties Receiver Gen1 hath
this Day represented to the Board that he is charged by his
Correspondent in London for all the Bills remitted from hence
on Acco' of the Revenues of quit Rents two Shillings per hhd
port Duties & head Money y2 per Cent for his trouble in negoti-
ating & receiving the Same besides a considerable Charge for
the postage of the Letters wherein the sa Bills are remitted &
praying to be reimburs'd the said Charges This Board taking
the Same into Consideration have thought fit to Order as it is
hereby Ordered that the Recr Gen' be repaid out of the sd Reve-
268 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
nues whatever he hath heretofore been charged for Postage of
Letters relating thereto & that for the future he be allowed as
well the said Charge of postage as the ^ per Cent charged by
his Correspondent for Negotiating & receiving the money arising
due on the sd Bills remitted on Acco' of the afsd Revenues &
whereas for the better advancing that part of his Majestys Reve-
nue arising by the Sale of Rights the Receiver Gen1 hath been
at the Expence of keeping an Office in Williamsburgh & a per-
son constantly attending for the more convenient furnishing the
said Rights to such persons as have had occasion to purchase
the Same whereby that Branch of the Revenue hath been greatly
increas'd It is further Ordered that he be allowed for that Ser-
vice the Sum of ten pounds per annu. from the time of his first
entring upon his Sd Office to be pd out of his Majesties sd Reve-
nue and that the like allowance be continued hereafter until fur-
ther Order.
Ordered that there be pd to Peter Leheup Esq' fifty guineas
for his extraordinary Care & Diligence in Solliciting his Maj-
esty's Approbation of the Act for laying a Duty on liquors and
for other Services performed by him for this governm'.
May 2d 1732
Present
The Governour
R* Carter Esq' John Carter
Mr Com'y Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis &
Wm Randolph Esq"
His Majesty having been pleas'd by Order in his privy Coun-
cil bearing date the 25th of Nov' 1731 to declare his Disapproba-
tion of an Act of Assembly passed here in the year 1705 Entitl'd
an Act ag' Tob° from North Carolina & other places without the
Capes & by an other Order of the Same date declaring his dis-
approbation of an Act made in the Year 1726 entitl'd an Act for
the more effectual preventing the bringing Tob° from North
Carolina & the bounds in Controversy.
Ordered that a Proclamation issue to notifie the same & that
pursuant to his Majesty's pleasure the sd two acts are repealed
& made void.
Ordered that Henry Morrison Esq' Collector of his Majesty's
Customs in S° Potomack be added to the Commission of the
peace for Westmoreland County.
Whereas Cap1 Rd Joel Cap* John Sanders M'- Solomon Will-
son & M' Joseph Hodges of the County of Norfolk this day
attended the Board according to Order & were exam" touching
the Supposed Piracy committed on the Ship Windham of Bristol
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 269
by John Brown Master of the Brigantine three Brothers & John
Sears Masters of the Sloop Catharine of Norfolk & it appearing
upon the examination taken that the Accusation of piracy where-
with they are charg'd is groundless It is Ordered that they be
discharged from all further Prosecution
On reading the petition of James Bland John Shumach
Thomas Furr & others concern'd in the late Insurrection in Prince
William County humbly acknowledging their Offence and pray-
ing pardon for the same It is the opinion of the Council that
before the Pet" be receiv'd into the benefit of his Majesty's
pardon They ought to appear before this Board to answer such
Matters as they shall be interrogated on touching the design of
that Tumultous & unlawful meeting wherein they were engaged
and it is accordingly Ordered that the Sheriff of Prince Willm
County Sumon the said James Bland Thomas Furr & Thomas
Furr the younger together with Henry Filkins of the Same
County to attend this Board at the next Court of Oyer & Ter-
miner held the second Tuesday in June and that all the other
persons concerned in the said Insurrection upon their giving
Security for their good behaviour for one twelve month & one
day before the Court of the sd County of Prince William be
Discharg'd from all further prosecution for their afsd Offence and
the Justices of the said County of Prince William are to notifie
the Same & to take recognizance accordingly
May 5th 1732
Present
The Governour
M' ComrT Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph &
John Robinson Hen Harrison Esq"
Divers of the Sapony Indians being return'd into this Colony
from the Cattabaws this day attended the Govr & in behalf of
their Nation desir'd that they may have leave to settle again
under the protection of this Governm1 intimating also that the
Saraw Indians are willing to cohabit with them and it is there-
upon resolv'd That Leave be granted the sd Sapony Indians to
return into this Colony with such of the Saraws as shall think
fit to incorporate with them & to seat themselves on any Lands
they shall chuse not being already granted to any of his Maj-
esty's Subjects either on the River Roanoke or Appamatox &
that upon their notifying to the Governor the place they shall
chuse a Tract of Land be laid out for them equal to that they
formerly held at Christanna
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Ordered that a new Commission of the Peace issue for the
County of Isle of Wight & that Lawrence Baker Thomas Wood-
ley & Thomas Gale Junr be added to the sa Commission
The following petitions for leave to take up ungranted Lands
were this day read & granted as follows (viz.)
To John Robinson Esq' 20,000 Acres on Monocassie on the
north side Cohongaratoon River if the sd Lands appear to be
within the Bounds of this Colony.
To Wm Beverly Gent 15,000 Acres on the Northwest Side
of Sherundo River including a place called the Masanutting Town
provided the same do not interfere with any of the Tracts al-
ready granted in that part of the Colony.
To Wm Dandridge Esqr 5000 Acres on Aliens Creek & Turky
Creek in Hanover County.
To Henry Willis Gent 4000 Acres in Spotsilvania County
near & upon the Mountains on the s° side of the north river & up
the little fork to compleat that quantity
To John Woodson two hundred acres of land adjoining to
a Tract of 400 Acres already patented & 110 Acres granted by
Patent to Josiah & Stephen Woodson & assigned to the Petr
with liberty to take an inclusive patent for the whole the sd
Land lying on Genito Creek in Goochland County.
To Charles Barrett & John Cosby 800 Acres of Land in
Hanover County adjoyning to the petr8 lands on little River
To Hen Wyatt 1000 Acres of land lying on Butterwood
Creek in Prince George County beginning on Woodliff's lower
line & running down the Main Creek to Colemans line &
thence bounding on the old fields branch & Bowmans line & in-
cluding an Entry of 150 Acres made by Peter Wynn & Assigned
to the petitioner
To Augustine Smith Gent 4000 Acres on the head branches
of the Mountain run Meander run & difficult Run in Spotsil-
vania County.
To Francis Willis Gent John Lewis & Francis Kirkly 10,000
Acres in Spotsilvania County at Sherundo begining on the north
River about a Mile below Swifts Creek running up & down each
side of the River to compleat that quantity.
To R' Brooke & George Braxton Junr 10,000 Acres in Spotsil-
vania & part in Hanover Counties joyning to the Lands of Capt.
John Camm & along the Southside of Merry Mount to com-
pleat that Quantity.
To Francis Willis Jn° Lewis Gent & Francis Kirkly 10,000
Acres at Sherundo in Spotsilvania County beginning at the
mouth of Hawks Bill on the South River & running up the
River & on each side thereof to include that quantity.
To Wm Fleet 1500 Acres on the Head branches of muddy
Run in the fork of Rappahanock in Spotsilvania County
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 271
To Jonathan Cratchly & Marmaduke Kimbrow 2,000 Acres
on the lower fork of the first great Creek that runs out of Rock
fish River & on the west Side the little Mountains in Goochland
County
To John Williamson 2,000 Acres on the South side the
South Anna in Hanover County including his patented land
to Compleat that quantity
To Wm Worsham 1000 Acres on the upper side of Smacks
Creek in Prince George County & to have an inclusive patent
for that & his old land thereto adjoyning.
To Edwd Booker & Wm Towns 2000 Acres on Buckskin
Creek in Prince George County
To Edwd Booker & WilP Towns 2000 Acres on Flatt Creek
in P. George County.
To Abraham Cocke 2000 Acres in the County of Brunswick
beginning on Hound Creek a little above the fork & extending
upwards on both sides that Creek to compleat the quantity.
To Rd Kennon Junr 1000 Acres in Brunswick County on the
north side of Roanoke River beginning at a white Oak on the
Rivers Bank about a quarter of a mile below the upper end of
Thomason's low grounds & down the River to make up that
quantity.
To John Boiling 5000 Acres in one or more Tracts in Gooch-
land County on both sides the Southbranch of James River near
the great Buffalo lick beginning at Buffalo Island & extending
up the river to compleat that quantity
To James Baugh 1000 Acres in Prince George County ad-
joyning to & including his patented land on black Water
To Rd Jones 2000 Acres in Prince George County on Deep
Creek & the Deep branches thereof adjoyning to his former
patent to include both.
On the petition of Henry Willis Gent setting forth that by
order of Council bearing date the 13th day of June 1728 leave
was granted to Larkin Chew John Chew Wm Johnson Joseph
Smith Wm Russell & others to enter for & Survey 10,000 acres of
land lying on both side of Happy Creek & joining on the great
Mountains in Spotsilvania County and by an Order of the same
date there was also granted to Tho" Chew Wm Johnson & George
Home 6000 Acres of Land in the fork of Leanock river in the
sd County and by another Order of the Same date there was
granted to Larkin Chew Joseph Smith Thomas Chew Wm Rus-
sell Wm Johnson & George Home 10,000 Acres of Land lying
in the fork of Cape Leanock run in the afsd County of Spotsil-
vania That none of the sd parties have ever Sued out any Patents
for the sd Lands & Praying he may have a Grant of the same
It is ordered that the Sev1 parties be Sumoned to attend this
Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to shew Cause
why the Sev1 Tracts pray'd for Should not be granted to the
petr.
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At a Council held at the Capitol June 7th 1732
Present
The Governour
Mr Comr7 Blair John Carter
Wm Byrd John Grymes
Cole Digges John Custis &
John Robinson Wm Randolph Esq"
Capt Isham Randolph by his Letter of the 25th of March
last having represented to this Board the progress of his Negotia-
tions in opposing the Bill depending before the Parliament in
behalf of the Sugar Islands for prohibiting the Importation of
any Sugar or Mulassoes into any of his Majesty's Plantations
on the Continent and the Bill prosecuted by the Merchants for
the more easy Recovery of Debts in his Majesty's Plantations &
Colonies abroad and having also transmitted the printed Cases
published by him in Opposition to the said two Bills The Board
approving his Conduct therein It is Ordered that the Sum of two
hundred pounds Sterl. be paid him out of his Majesty's Revenue
of 2s per hhd, towards reimbursing the Charge & Expence of
his Solicitation in the affairs afsd & that the Same be remitted
him by his Majesty's Receiver General, with the first convenient
Opportunity
On reading at the Board a Letter from the Right Hon1* the
Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Ld high Treas-
urer of great Britain bearing date the 29th day of Febry last &
directed to the Governour & Council directing them to examine
the Demand of Coll Alexander Spotswood late Lieut. Governour
of this Dominion for the sum of six hundred pounds for defray-
ing the Charges he was at in a journey to treat with the Indians
at Albany & Conestogo & to report to their Ldships what may
be just & reasonable to allow in Satisfaction for the same. It
is ordered that a Copy of their Lordships said Lre be forthwith
sent to Col0 Spotswood & that he be desir'd as soon as convenient
may be to lay before this Board the Acco' of his Expences &
such Vouchers as he hath for proof thereof to the End this
Board may be the better enabled to make a Suitable Report
thereupon
A Petition of the greater part of the Freeholders & Inhabi-
tants of S' John's Parish in the County of King William com-
plaining that the Vestry of the sd parish lately passed an Order
for discontinuing the two Churches in the sd parish & for erect-
ing one Church in lieu thereof in the Centre of the s° Parish to
the great Grievance & Inconvenience of the Pet" & there being
at the same time laid before the Board a Survey & Map of the
sd Parish whereby it evidently apears that the Church propos'd
Executive Journals, .Councils of Colonial Virginia 273
to be built by the sd Vestry will be very inconvenient to the
greater part of the Inhabitants of that parish It is Ordered that
the sd Vestry do not proceed any further therein but that ac-
cording to their first Order they apply themselves to the erect-
ing two Churches in the most convenient places in the sd parish
for the general Ease of the Inhabitants
June 10th 1732
Present
The Governour
Mr Comry Blair John Carter
Wm Byrd John Grymes
Cole Digges Wm Dandridge
John Robinson John Custis &
Wm Randolph Esq"
The following persons were this Day nominated by the
Governour to be Sheriffs for the respective Counties for the
ensuing Year (Viz*)
For the Counties of
Goochland John Woodson
Henrico Henry Anderson
Prince George William Epes
Brunswick Rd Birch
Surry Nicholas Cocke
Isle Wight Jos Bridger
Nansemond Tho8 Godwin
Norfolk Willis Wilson
Princess Anne
Eliz City John Brodie
Warwick Henry Seasbrook
York Sam" Timson
James City Willis Wilson
Charles City Edward Cocke
New Kent Ebenezer Adams
Hanover Christopher Clark
Spotsilvania Wm Johnson
Caroline R' Fleming
King WilP Leonard Claiborne
Essex Nicholas Smith
King & Queen Geo Moore
Gloucester Tho' Booth
Middlesex James Reid
Lancaster John Selden
Northumberland Jn° Waughop
Richmond Tho9 Belfield
274 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Westmoreland Andrew Monro
Stafford Jn° Washinton
Prince Wm Rl Jones
King George
Accomack John Custis
Northampton Joachim Michael
A New Comission of the Peace for the County of Hanover
was this day ordered to be issued with the Addition of Several
Gentlemen recommended to be Justices of the said County. And
the like Commission for the County of King George.
For remedying the Inconveniences which often arise thro'
the interfering Entries for land made by the Leave of this
Board It is resolv'd & Ordered that where two or more persons
shall petition & obtain Orders for one & the Same Tract of
Land the Surveyors to whom Such orders shall be delivered Shall
return the Survey for the person who obtain'd the first Order
& if there be any Surplus land remaining for satisfying Subse-
quent Orders the persons obtaining the same be prefer'd thereto
according to the priority of their respective grants. And it is fur-
ther Ordered that all Licenses from this Board for the taking up
any Land & delivered to the Surveyors pursuant to the Orders of
the Governm' shall according to their respective Dates take place of
all Subseq1 Entries made with the Surveyors
John Grymes Esqr his Majesty's Recr Gen1 moving the Board
to certifie the present difference between Curr1 Money & Bills
of Exchange in order to enable him to Settle his Acco,s of his
Majesties Quit Rents & to remit the Ballance It is accordingly
hereby certified that 22 1/3 per Cent is the present Course of
Exchange between the Currency of this Country & Sterl. pay-
able in London.
June the 14th 1732
Present
The Governour
R1 Carter Esqr John Carter
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
Hen Harrison Esq"
Ordered That a New Comission of the peace issue for the
County of York & that Wm Barbar John Timson & Anthony
Robinson Gent be added to the Present Justices in the sd Com-
ission.
Thomas Walker having petitioned for a certain Tract of
Land in Goochland County survey'd Some Years ago for Bar-
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 275
tholomew Cox & no patent taken out the Parties this day ap-
peared at the Board & relinquished their several pretensions
thereto in favour of John Boiling Gent & on his Motion it is
Ordered that a Patent be granted him for the same.
Frances Boiling Widow having petitioned for a Grant of
two thousand Acres of Land in the County of Prince George
including a Survey of two hundred Acres made for one James
Cole in the Year 1728 & no patent sued out for the Same & it
having been directed by this Board on the 17th of March last
that the sd Cole should be sumoned to shew cause why the sd
two hundred Acres of Land should not be included in the petr"
grant the Sheriff of the sd County of Prince George this day made
return that the sd Cole is withdrawn out of this Colony & is
not to be found
Whereupon it is Ordered that Leave be granted to the Petr
to survey two thousand Acres of Land (including the sd Coles
Survey) adjoyning to her patented Lands in the County of Prince
George & that she have leave to Sue out an inclusive patent for
the whole.
The Caveat entr'd by Anne Parnell Widow ag' a Patent sued
out by James Garner for land in Isle wight County is hereby
vacated it appearing by the Report of the Surveyor that the sd
Anne Parnell hath no right to any lands within the Bounds
Survey'd for the sd Garnet.
Ordered that Mr Drury Stith Surveyor of the County of
Brunswick cause the line of the sd County to be run & mark'd
from that part of Bush river where he formerly left of to the
nearest place on Appamatox River as the Boundary between that
County & the County of Prince George
June the XVth MDCCXXXII
Present
The Governour
Mr Comy Blair Wm Dandridge
Wm Byrd John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
John Grymes Hen Harrison Esq"
On hearing this Day at the Board the petition & Caveat of
Thomas Bassett ag* David Liles it appearing that the sd David
Liles had taken all due means for obtaining a Patent for the
land petitioned for but that the Same was delay'd through the
negligence of the Surveyor It is therefore Ordered that the sd
Liles have a Grant of the said Land provided he sue out his
Patent within two months from this date & pay the Petr his
costs otherwise the sd Land is to be granted to the sa Petr
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Edwin Hickman & Dennit Abney having entr'd a Caveat for
stopping a Patent for Wm Randolph Son & Heir of Tho" Ran-
dolph Gent deced for two thousand four hundred Acres of Land
in the County of Goochland under pretence that the Same is
within the Bounds of an Entry made by them with the former
Surveyor of that County the Parties were this day heard by
their Council thereupon & it appearing that the sd Hickman &
Abney have not pursued the Directions of this Board in relation
to their Entry & that Tho° Randolph lately deceas'd in his life
time did regularly Survey the said twenty four hundred Acres
of Land pursuant to the licence given him for that purpose It is
ordered that the Caveat of the sd Hickman & Abney be vacated
& that a Patent be granted to Wm Randolph Son & heir of the
sd Thomas for the said two thousand four hundred Acres of land
according to the Survey therein made for his sd deced father
Edwin Hickman & Dennit Abney declaring they would no
longer insist on their Caveat entr'd against Rob1 Adams Patent
for four hundred acres of Land in Goochland County It is or-
dered that a Patent be granted to the sd Adams for the same
On hearing the matter in Controversy upon the petition of
Stephen Hughs agl Bowler Cocke & Wm Mayo for Land on deep
Creek in the County of Goochland Upon examination of sundry
Witnesses as well on the one part as on the other It is the
opinion of this Board that the said petition is frivolous & vexa-
tious & therefore Ordered that the same be dismist
James Pitillo having this day made Oath that he Serv'd the
Widow of Roger Archer deced & also the Widow of his deced
Son with a Copy of the Order made the 15th day of June last
on his petition & that the Sons Widow had answered him that
she would not have no Concern with any part of the sd Land
either on her own Account or her Daughters & that the Widow
of the sd Roger Archer had consented to his obtaining a Patent
he permitting her the Occupation of that part of the sd Land
possessd by her deas'd husband during her natural life It is there-
upon Ordered that the Surveyor of Prince George County do
survey the Land petitioned for by the sd James Pitillo including
the Plantation & houses late in the Occupation of the above
named Roger Archer & that upon such Survey a Patent be
granted him he giving Bond to leave the use of that part thereof
formerly in the possession of the sd Roger Archer to his sd
Widow during her natural life pursuant to the agreem' between
them
Joost Heid in behalf of himself & partners entr'd a Caveat
to stop the granting a Patent to William Russell for Land on
the western side of the River Sherundo granted by Order of this
Board in June 1730 to John Vanmeter It is ordered that the
pretensions of the Several parties be heard before this Board on
the second day of the next general Court & on the Motion of the
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 277
sd Wm Russell leave is granted him to take the depositions of
Witnesses in the province of West Jersey to be made use of
at the time of hearing he giving the said John Vanmeter & Joost
Heid timely notice when & where he will take the Examination
of the sd Witnesses.
On hearing the Parties upon the Petition of Benjamin
Wheeler ag* Capt Thos Dansie for Land in Hanover County it
appearing to this Board that the Survey of the land mentioned in
the sd Petition was never perfected by the Surveyor It is Ordered
that the sd Petition be dismissed & that the further time of six
Months be allowed the sd Dansie for perfecting his Survey & re-
turning the same into the Secretary's Office
On the petition of Joseph Fox & by the Consent of John
Horn It is ordered that the Land petitioned for formerly Sur-
vey'd for the sd Horn be granted to the petitioner
On the application of Thomas Jefferson praying that Gideon
Chamboon may be ordered to pay him his proportion of the
Charge for escheating the Land of Anthony Matton deced ac-
cording to the quantity of Acres granted to the said Gideon It is
accordingly Ordered that the sd Chamboon pay his proportion of
the sd Charge to be regulated and setled by the Clerk of the
Council But for as much as it is represented to this Board that
there is an Heir at Law of the said Anthony Matton now living
in Great Britain who intends to traverse the Escheat of the
sd Land It is ordered that Mr Jefferson do give the said Gideon
Chamboon Bond & Security to repay the sd Charges in Case the
Land be evicted from him
Matthew Jouett & Ambrose Joshua Smith having Severally
petitioned for a Grant of one thousand Acres of Land formerly
surveyed for John Ragland & afterwards granted to Benj Hinson
who hath neglected to sue out any Patent for the Same On hear-
ing the Arguments of both Parties it is Ordered that the sd
Land be granted to the sd Matthew Jouett & that the Surveyor
of Hanover County do return a Piatt & Certificate thereof in
his Name in Order to his obtaining a Patent.
The Caveat entr'd by Thomas Burnet agl Chishom is Contd
for the Parties to examine Witnesses in the Countrey touching
their pretensions to the Land therein mentioned
The Caveats entr'd by Matthew Jouett ag* Benjamin Hinson
& John Blalock are by Consent of the Parties continu'd for fur-
ther hearing as is also
The caveat entr'd by Tho" Williams agl John Finney &
Rob1 Anderson for Land in Hanover County.
Whereas Drury Stith Gent Surveyor of the County of Bruns-
wick hath represented to this Board that in pursuance of the
Orders he receiv'd from hence he did run & mark out the divid-
ing Lines between the sd County of Brunswick and those of Isle
of Wight & Surry & by a Subsequent Order hath also mark'd
278 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
out a line between the sd County & that of Prince George ex-
cept for a very small distance which he is now preparing to mark
out & praying the Directions of this Board where he is to apply
for Satisfaction for his trouble & Expence in that Service It is
the opinion of this Board that it is most reasonable that the
Expence arising by marking out the Boundaries of the sd Coun-
ties be equally born by the sd Counties as receiving an equal
benefit thereby And the sd Drury Stith is accordingly directed
to lay before the respective County Courts afsd the Account of
his trouble & Charge to the end each of the sd Counties may
contribute it's fourth part of the Same to be paid out of the
next County Levy.
June the 16th 1732
Present
The Governour
R' Carter Esq' John Grymes
Mr Comy Blair Wm Dandridge
John Robinson John Custis
John Carter Wm Randolph &
Hen Harrison Esq"
Coll" Spotswood this day attended the Board & pursuant to
the Directions of the R' hon,e the Ld9 Com" of his Majesty's
Treasury delivered in the acco1 of his Disbursments on the Treaty
with the Northern Indians at Albany in the Year 1722 He also
laid before the Board several Extracts of the Minutes of Council
& Assembly whereby he was requested to take the trouble of
presiding in the Negotiation of the sd Treaty & producing Some
Vouchers to shew the greatness of the Expence Submitted to
the Consideration of this Board whether it was possible to keep
a particular Account of every Sun disburs'd considering the Va-
riety of the Expence Whereupon this Board taking the Same
into Consideration & being Sensible that the keeping regular
Vouchers for every Article expended in that Service was im-
practicable from the Nature of the Thing thought fit to propose
that Coll Spotswood should make oath to what he believes in
his Conscience that Journey & Service cost over & above the one
Thousand pounds given by the Gen1 Assembly And accordingly
the said Coll Spotswood made Oath that he verily believes the
expence of the s" Journey & Treaty at Albany did not cost him
less than the sixteen hundred Pounds charged in his Acco' The
Governour & Council came to the following Resolution
That in as much as it appears that the said Journey to
Albany was undertaken by Coll. Spotswood at the joint Request
of the Council & House of Burgesses met in Assembly and that
it is generally acknowledged that his presence at the sd Treaty
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 279
was of Singular Service for the establishing that Peace with the
Indians which ever Since has kept the Frontiers of this Colony
in quiet it is highly reasonable his Expences on that Service
should be paid which appears to amount to Six hundred pounds
Virginia Currency at that time fifteen per Cent less in Value than
Sterl. But in regard he hath lain so long out of his Money &
hath been put to the trouble & expence of divers Journies to
Sollicit the payment thereof first from the Gen1 Assembly and
afterwards from this Board it is fit he should be repaid in Sterl.
as much as the sd Expences amount to
And whereas it also appears that, during Coll. Spotswoods
Absence on the Service afsd he was Superseded in his Gov-
ernm* by the Arrival of Coll Drysdale it seems unjust that he
Should serve this Governm* in so important a Negotiation at his
own expence when the Com" that attended him had an honour-
able Allowance from the time of their Departure till their return
and therefore it seems reasonable that Coll Spotswood on whose
Conduct the Success of that Treaty chiefly depended should at
least have double the allowance given to the first Comissioner
chosen out of his Majesty's Council which was six & twenty
Shillings per Diem & that a Report pursuant here to be pre-
pared to be sign'd by the Gov' & Council & transmitted to the
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury & to assure their Lord-
ships that if upon the whole they shall be of opinion that Coll
Spottswood ought to be paid out of his Majesty's revenues the
sd Sum of six hundred pounds the Ballance of his Disbursmts to-
gether with the aforemention'd Gratifications for his personal
Trouble & Services this Board will readily order the Paym'
thereof upon the first signification of their Lordships Pleasure.
June 26th 1732
Present
The Govr
Rl Carter Esqr John Grymes
Mr Com7 Blair Willm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis &
John Carter Hen Harrison Esq"
Whereas James Fontain Gent Sheriff of the County of King
William hath discovered 17500 Acres of concealed Lands in the
sd County which never heretofore pd quit Rents to his Majesty.
It is ordered that for a reward for his Service herein he be al-
lowed to retain in his hands the Quit Rents of the said Lands
for this Year according as hath been practised heretofore upon
the like discoveries
280 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
June 29th 1732
Present
The Governour
Robert Carter Esqr John Carter
Mr Comy Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis &
Hen Harrison Esq"
The following Warrants upon his Majesty's Receiver Gen1 to
be pd out of the Revenue of 2s per hhd port Duties & Head money
were this Day Sign'd by the Govr in Council (Viz')
To the Govr y2 years Salary ending the 25th of
April last £ 1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of the Council for the same
time 175,, — „ —
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer
& Terminer held in December last 100,, — „ —
To the Auditor Gen1 of his Majesty's Planta-
tions ending the 25th of April last 50„ — „ —
To the Sollicitor of the Virg" Affairs for the
same time 50„ — ,, —
To the Atty General for the same time 20„ — „ —
To the Clk of the Council for the same time . 50„ — „ —
To the Ministers for their Attendance one gen1
Court 6,, — ,, —
To the Armourer y2 years Salary 6„ — „ —
To the Gunners of the several Battery's y2
years Salary 20„ — ,, —
To the Adjutant for the like Salary 75„ — ,, —
To the Surveyor Gen1 appointed for making a
Map of the Colony y2 years Salary 75„ — ,, —
To Wm Prentis for Sundry Repairs about the
Gov" House 26„ 4,, —
To the Same for Sundry Expresses & other
Contingent Charges paid last half Year.. 681„19„ 9}£
And out of the Quit Rents.
To Mr Comry Blair half Years Salary 50„— „—
To the Atty Gen1 half Years additional Salary. 30„ — „ —
The acco* of his Majesties Revenue of Quit Rents for the
Year 1731 made up in April last being exam" by the Deputy
Auditor was this day presented by his Majesty's Receiver Gen-
eral who made oath thereto & was Certified by the Governour
as usual.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 281
The Acco1 of his Majesty's Revenue of 2s per hhd port Du-
ties & Head Mony ending the 25th of April last examd by the
Auditor & sworn to by the Recr Gen1 was this day Certified by
the Governour.
On the application of the Officers of his Majesty's Revenue
It is Ordered that they may be empowered to make out a Num-
ber of Rights not exceeding the value of £500 for Supplying
such as have occasion to purchase the same in taking up his
Majesty's Lands
John Taylor Esqr presenting his Majesty's Lre mandatory
bearing date the 29th of febry last for swearing & admitting him
one of his Majtles Council of this Colony & having taken the
Oaths appointed by Act of Parliam1 to be taken instead of the
Oaths of Allegiance & Supremacy & taken & Subscribed the
Abjuration Oath mentioned in the Act made in the first year
of his late Majesty King George the first together with the Test
was sworn one of his Majesty's Council & took his place at
the Board
John Taylor Esqr Present.
Ordered
That a proclamation for the more speedy discovery of the
person who burnt the publick Warehouse at Falmouth in the
County of King George & offering the reward of one hundred
pounds given by the house of Burgesses for making Such dis-
covery
July 1st 1732
Present
The Governour
Rl Carter Esqr John Carter
Mr Com7 Blair Cole Digges
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge &
John Taylor Esq"
A Report to the Lords of the Treasury in relation to Coll.
Spotswoods Services & Disbursements being prepared pursuant
to the Resolution of the Board the 16th of last month was this
day Sign'd by the Governour in Council
Ordered that new Comissions of the peace issue for the
Counties of Northumberland & Northampton & that the Several
Persons recomended be added to the former Justices in the s*
respective Com8
On reading at the Board a Petition of John Clayton Esqr his
Majesties Atty General representing that by the increase of
Criminals of late Years especially since the importation of Con-
282 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
victs from great Brittain his Trouble in the prosecution of them
at the General Court & Courts of Oyer & Terminer is greatly
increas'd & many of these Offenders being of low Circumstances
have for that reason been discharg'd by the sa Courts without
paying the usual Fees allowed on [to] the Atty General on the like
prosecutions.
That the Petr laid his Claim for the prosecution of Eight
such Criminals before the House of Burgesses who have refus'd
to make him any Allowance for that Service & praying Relief
therein The Council taking the Same into Consideration and being
sensible how greatly the Trouble of the Attorney General is
increas'd by the many Burglaries & Felonies committed chiefly
by imported Convicts do request the Governour to represent the
Pet" Case to the R' hon'e the Ld3 Commissioners for executing
the Office of Ld high Treasurer of great Britain that by their
Lordships Application to his Majesty the Salary allowed to the
General Attorney & paid out of his Majesty's Quit Rents may
be augmented to one hundred pounds Sterl. per Annu which with
the Allowance he hath out of the 2s per hhd may be a Suitable
Encouragem' for the Additional Trouble he is like to have in the
discharge of his Office.
Sundry Petitions for leave to take up his Majesties Lands
were read & granted as follows (viz*)
To R' Boiling Gent 1000 Acres adjoyning to his old Land
on Squirrell Level & to have an exclusive patent for the whole
To Thomas Westmorland 700 Acres in Prince George
County on the N° Side Nottoway River joyning on the Lands of
George Brooke John High Morgan McKenny Henry Green Joshua
Wall & Gabriel Hanison & on the Licking place Branch & Walls
Run with Liberty to include the same and the Pet" old Land
in one Patent
To Matthew Talbot 1000 Acres of Land lying upon Sturgeon
Run in Brunswick County.
To R' Munford Junr 1000 Acres lying on the North side
Roanoke River at the mouth of Cubb Creek on the upper Side
thereof & up the sd River & Creek for the Complement in
Brunswick County.
To Francis Epes Junr & Isham Epes 1000 Acres lying be-
tween the Gravelly Run & the Cattail joining on the petitioners
Lines in Prince George County.
To Will'" Hudson 486 Acres lying on Stony Creek joyning
on the Lines of Jones & Winagin above the mouth of Cedar
Island Branch in Prince George.
To Wra Kennon 2000 Acres on the Northside Roanoke River
beginning on the sd River half a mile below the Mouth of Lick-
ing hole Creek & up the River to compleat the sd quantity.
To W,n Kennon 2000 Acres on the s° side Roanoke river
opposite to Thomason's low Grounds in Brunswick County
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 283
To Abraham Venables 1500 Acres of Land on Hardware
river in Goochland County.
To Ambrose Joshua Smith 1000 Acres of Land in hanover
County lying upon Elk Creek.
To Samuel Spencer for Leave to include in one patent 1200
Acres of Land Survey'd in four Tracts lying on both sides the
S° Fork of James River & adjacent to the Sycamore Islands
On the petition of John Simmons Gent Setting forth that he
formerly patented two Tracts of Land the one containing 710
Acres & the other 350 lying in the County of Isle of Wight That
between & adjoining to these Lands & the Lands of the Nottoway
Indians & of John Arrington Wm Simmons & Jn° Doyle in that
County there is a quantity of Sunken grounds not yet entr'd for
& praying a Grant of the Same & to have it included with his —
sd other two Tracts in one Patent It is thereupon Ordered that
the sd John Simmons have leave to take up the said Sunken
Grounds & include that & his other two Tracts afsd in one Patent
according to the prayer of his Petition
On the Petition of Rob' Lewis setting forth that by Order of
Council bearing date the 10th day of June 1731 there was granted
to the Petr & Charles Lewis a Tract of Land containing 10000
Acres lying on Ivey Swamp on the S° Side the N° Branch of
James River in Goochland County.
That the sd Charles having quitted his part of the sd Grant
the Petr produced Rights for his Moiety thereof to the Surveyor
who refus'd to Survey the Same without receiving Rights for
the whole Tract & praying Relief therein It is Ordered that the
Surveyor of the sd County of Goochland lay of 5000 Acres of
the sd Land including the Noth Garden in one or more Surveys
as the Petr shall think fit.
Benj Hinson having petitioned for a Grant of 200 Acres lying
on the N° Side of James River at the mouth of Hardware River
in Goochland County Survey'd some Years ago for John Stevens
& Rob* Adams who have neglected to sue out a Patent for the
Same It is ordered that the sd Stevens & Adams be Sumoned to
appear before this Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer
& to shew Cause why the sd Land ought not to be granted to
the Pet'.
Joseph Fox having petitioned for a Grant of 800 Acres of
Land lying on the S° side of James River at the upper end of
the Seven Islands in Goochland County survey'd long since for
Thos Billow & Wm Kennon who have not taken care to patent
the Same It is Ordered that the sd Parties attend this Board at
the next Court of Oyer & Terminer in Order to a Determination
of the matter in Dispute.
Thos Bassett having petitioned for a Grant of 350 Acres of
Land lying on Deep Creek in Goochland County joining on the
Land of Bowler Cocke & George Stobal Survey'd about four
284 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Years ago for William Hughs & no patent sued out for the
Same It is ordered that the Sd Hughs do attend this Board at
the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to shew Cause why the sd
Lands should not be granted to the Petr.
Henry Cary having petitioned for a Grant of 800 Acres of
Land lying on the Byrd & on the lines of Coll. Wm Cole deced
Jonas Lawson John Bostwick & Ebenezer Adams survey'd in
two Surveys for George Payne who hath not Sued out a Patent
for the Same It is ordered that the Sd Payne be Sumoned to
appear before this Board at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer
to answer the Sd Petition
Ambrose Joshua Smith having petitioned for a Grant of
400 Acres of Land lying on the northside of Newford River &
joyning to the Lands of Capt. Crawford & Benja Saunders Sur-
vey'd in the Year 1727 for George Pemberton who hath neglected
to Sue out a Patent for the same It is ordered that the sd Pem-
berton be sumoned to attend this Board at the next Court of
Oyer & Terminer to answer the said Petition.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 20th day of
October. 1732
Present
The Governour
Mr Corn'7 Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
John Taylor Esq"
In pursuance of the Act of Assembly for preventing Frivol-
ous & vexations Suits & for regulating Attornies practising in
the County Courts John Clayton Esqr his Majt,es Atty Gen1 John
Holloway Esqr & Mr Wm Hopkins are appointed & each of them
is hereby authorized to examine into the Qualifications of the
several persons applying for Licences to practise as Attorneys
in the County Courts & to report their Opinions thereupon to
this Board.
Whereas the General Court has been hitherto attended only
by the under Sheriffs of the County of York who being often
changed & new ones appointed who know little of their business
and Duty many Inconveniences do thereby frequently arise For
preventing whereof It is resolved that a Standing Officer be ap-
pointed to attend each general Court to perform the Duty of
Cryer & such other Services as by the sd Court shall be appointed
him & that he be allowed the Sum of ten pounds Sterl for each
Court to be paid out of his Majesties Revenue of two Shillings
per hhd &
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 285
October the 22d 1732
Present
The Governour
Mr Corn' Blair Wm Dandridge
Wm Byrd John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
John Grymes John Taylor Esq"
The Governour with the advice of the Council was pleas'd
to nominate & appoint the following Persons to be Inspectors of
Tob° at the Several Warehouses within this Colony pursuant to
the late Act of Assembly, (viz') for
Shackoes — John Radford, James Holman
Warwick — Arthur Mosely, Joseph Wilkinson
Turkey Island — John Povale, Wm Royal Junr
Bermuda — Joseph Royal, Willm Worsha
Munfords — Pr Jones Junr, Rd Kennon
Appamatox — Wm Poythres, Peter Jones
Soane — Sam11 Harwood Junr, James Williams
Wainwright — Nich Parker, Tho" Applewhaite
Lawrences — Sam11 Davis, Thos Swann
Constances — Wright, Joseph Godwin Junr
Sleepy hole — Thos Brewer, Anthony Holiday
Norfolk — George Newton, Thomas Scott
Kemps — Arthur Sayer
Merch' Brandon — C* Thos Cook, Moses Johnson
Cabbin Point — Coll Tho8 Cocke, Wm Simmons
Grays Creek — Rd Cocke, John Simmons
Warixqueak — Arthur Smith, Thomas Hill
Swinyards — Wm Royal, James Epes
Gloucester — Thomas Coleman, John Stubbs
Wmburgh — Matthew Peirse, R* Goodrich
Tuskanask — Wm Morris, Wm Mckain
Hogneck — Wm Walker, Wm Broadnox.
Deacons Neck — Pr Richardson, R4 Throckmorton
Portoportank — John Royston, Tho8 Booth Junr
Crutchfields — Ralph Crutchfield, Christopher Smith
Hampton — Thomas Tabb, John Kirby
Rows — Dan1 Moore, Anthony Robinson
Warwick. — Wm Harwood, Miles Wills
York— R* Shield, Sam1 Read
Mantipike — Wm Ferguson, Thos Stark
Shepherds — John Collier, Rl Dudley
Chamberlayn's — Walter Clopton, Pelham Moor
Williams — William Cradock, James Mason
Urbanna — John Robinson, John Roads
286 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Kemps — George Hardin, John Curtis
Hobbs hole — James Griffin, Wm Roane
Bowlers — John Vass, Abr Mountague
Nailors— Tho9 Wright Belneld, Rd Barnes
Totuskey— Tho8 Nash, Henry Miskill
Quantico — John Turly, Tho8 Osborne
Meriweathers — John Tally, Tho8 Glass
Todds — Chrisr Beverly, W. Byrd Richards
Ayletts — Wra Lawson, Jos Birkley Junr
Quarles — John Quarles, Rd Gregory
Deep Creek — Joseph Chin, R' Mischell Junr
Laytons — R' Parker, Tho" Jones.
Brays — Wm Jett, Abraham Barns
Mattox — John Martin, John Elliot
Roys — John Roy, Rd Booker
Comways — John Taylor, Rice Curtis Junr
Falmouth — Francis Thornton, Anthony Strother
Fredsburgh — Zachary Taylor, Hancock Lee
Wicocomico — Tho8 Berry, Wm Betts
Glascock — Wm Downman, Martin Sherman
Hunting Creek — Lewis Elzey, John Awbry
Pohick — Edward Bepry, Francis Awbry
Boydshole — Townsend Dade, John Washington
Marlbro — Benj. Strother, Charles Brent
Nominy — Patrick Spencer, Wharton Randall
Nasswadox — Tho8 Marshall, Jonathan Stott
Cherry stones — Wm Scott, John Savage
Hungars — R' Nottingham, Wm Kendall
Guilford — Wm Andrews, John Snead
Pungoteague — Edwd Revell, Daniel Rogers
Yeocomico — Sam" Uskridge, Willoughby Newton
Pitts — Griffith Savage, John Kendall Or James Wishart
A new Comission of the peace for New Kent County is
ordered to issue & that Joseph Allen Rd Littlepage & Walter
Clopton Gent be added to the Present Justices in the sd Com-
ission
Also a new Comission of the Peace for Middlesex & John
Walker John Robinson & Wm Montague be added to the present
Justices in the sd Comission
The Inspectors of the Several Warehouses having made ap-
plication to this Board for paym' of the Watchmen appointed at
the sd Several Houses It is the opinion of this Board & accord-
ingly Ordered that where the said Watchmen have diligently
perform'd their Duty they be paid for the same after the rate
of 20s per M" for the time of their Attendance in that service
out of his Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 287
Whereas upon the Complaint of the Saponie Indians the
great Men of the Nottoways were ordered to attend here to
Justine themselves & their Nation of the murder of some of the
Saponie Nation with which they are charg'd & have neglected to
appear It is Ordered that the Comanding Officer of the Militia
in the County of Surry do fortwith cause the sd Nottoway Great
Men be seiz'd & brought under a Guard to Williamsburgh in
order to their Examination.
Octr 26th 1732
Present
The Governour
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
John Taylor Esq"
On reading at the Board a petition of divers of the Justices
& Inhabitants of the County of Prince William complaining of
the Inconvenience of the public Warehouse appointed by the Act
made last Session of Assembly to be built at Pohick & praying
that another House in Lieu thereof may be built at Ocoquan
It is the Opinion of this Board that the sd Petition be rejected
& thereupon it is Ordered that the Com" appointed for directing
the Building of the public Warehouses in the sd County of Prince
William do take care that a convenient Warehouse or Ware-
houses with all Suitable Accomodations thereunto belonging be
forthwith built at Pohick afsd pursuant to the directions of the
Act of Assembly.
On the petition of Ellison Armistead under Sheriff of York
County praying that a Fine impos'd on him by Order of the
General Court for returning on the Grand Jury a person who
was not a Freeholder & owning & acknowledging his offence It
is Ordered that the sd Fine be remitted.
Sundry Testimonials of the Qualifications of persons petition-
ing for Licences to practice as Attorneys in the County Courts
were this day read at the Board & Licences accordingly Ordered
to those reported qualified.
On reading at this Board sundry Letters from [to] the Gov-
ernour from Edwin Conway of the County of Lancaster Gent com-
plaining of the Misbehaviour of Joseph Carter & others the In-
spectors of Tob° in that County It is ordered that the matter of the
sd Compl' be heard before this Board on this day Sevnnight & that
Notice thereof be given as well to the sd Edwin Conway as to
the sd several Inspectors to bring with them such Witnesses as
288 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
they think fit on either Side for the better clearing the matter in
Controversy.
The acco' of Contingent Charges for the last half year was
this day laid before the Board & being examind was allow'd Also
an Acco' of Disbursements for Repairs about the Gov" House
was this day examd & allowed.
Ordered that 300 Copies of the Law concerning the Militia
be forthwith printed & dispers'd among the sev1 Officers for
their better direction in their duty & that Copies of the two Tob°
Laws be also printed for the Service of the sev1 Inspectors at
each Warehouse.
On reading at this Board the petition of Sarah Syme of the
County of Hanover Widow representing that in a Obedience to
an Order of this Board the pet" late husband Coll. John Syme
was at Considerable Charge in fitting himself & his Attendants
to run the dividing line between the sd County of Hanover & the
County of Goochland that after he had set out in order to Per-
form that Service he was taken ill of that Sickness whereof he
soon after died but nevertheless dispatch'd his Assistant with
necessary provisions & the like Accomodations as he had provided
for himself, but that Service was disappointed by the Nonat-
tendance of the Surveyor of Goochland County & praying the
Consideration of this Board in the Premises & a Reimbursment
of the Charges expended on that Service great part whereof she
hath paid since her Husbands death. It is the Opinion of the
Council & accordingly Ordered that it be recomended to the Jus-
tices of the County of Hanover to examine the pet" Acco' of
Disbursments on the Service afsd & to make her a Suitable
Allowance for the Same in the next County Levy as a Charge
which ought to be born by the sd County
October the 27th 1732
Present
The Governour
MT Com7 Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph &
John Robinson John Taylor Esq"
On hearing this day at the Board the matter in dispute on
the Caveat of Joost Heyd Assignee of John & Isaac Vanmeter
for Stopping a Patent sued out by Wm Russell for land on
Sherundo River It is ordered that the sd Joost Heyd have a Grant
of all that Tract of Land included in the Entries of John &
Isaac Vanmeter which lyes on the lower side of the first Western
Branch of Sherundo otherwise called Cape Leanock & the
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 289
Branches thereof including the Land between that & the Moun-
tains next to Opeckan & extending from Sherundo river along
the lines of the Land taken up by Rob' Carter Esqr deced to
the sd Mountains & thence Westerly as far as will include the
quantity of 20,000 Acres granted to the sd John & Isaac Van-
meter & that if the sd Wm Russell will take up the Quantity of
Land he pretends to claim by Vertue of his Entries & Surveys he
be permitted to make a new Entry for the same beginning over
against the Mouth of Happy Creek & running up the Western
side of the sd western branch but not to cross the same so as
to interfere with the grant hereby made to the sd Joost Heid But
for as much as during the dispute between him & the sa Russell
he hath been interrupted in seating the sd Land according to
the Condition on which the Same was granted to the sd Van-
meter further time is allowed him till the next General Court
for complying with the sd Condition & he is accordingly hereby
directed to have the number of Families on the sd Land by that
time on pain of forfeiting this Present Grant
On the petition of Wm Russell leave is granted him to Survey
20,000 Acres of Land in lieu of the 19,000 formerly Survey'd for
him lying on both sides of Sherundo River above Happy Creek
& in the fork of the sd River joining upon the land of Joost Heid
& others interested in the Entry of John Vanmeter as the same
is this day ascertain'd by the Board.
On the petition of Alexr Ross & others his partners for a
Grant of 20,000 Acres of Land joining on the S° side of the Line
of the Province of Pensilvania & on the west side of the Boundary
of my Lord Baltimores Grant for the province of Maryland &
joining to the Lands lately entr'd for by John Robinson Esqr
It is ordered that the Entry of the • Petitioners for the sd Tract
be received & that if upon Settling the Boundaries of Pensilvania
& Maryland the Said Land shall appear to be within this Govern-
ment the Pet" be prefer'd to a Grant thereof
Ordered That the surveying the several Grants made to John
Robinson Esqr Augustine Moore & John Robinson Junr Gent for
Lands on Conicachigah & Anditank be Suspended until the Bounds
of the province of Maryland be first settled.
Ordered That a new Commission of the Peace issue for the
County of Northampton & that the Sev1 Persons recomended by
the Court be appointed Justices for the sd County.
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Octr 28th 1732
Present
The Governour
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Will Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Will. Randolph &
John Carter John Taylor Esq"
The great Men of the Nottoway & Sapony Indians this day
attending the Governour in Council upon the Complaint of the
said Sapony Indians against the Nottoways for divers Murders
committed on their people since their return into this Government
& more particularly for joining with divers foreign Indians in an
attack made on the said Sapony Indians at their Fort in the
month of August last Contrary to the express Orders sent them
by the Governour & it appearing to the Board by the Testimony
of Mary Tatum that one Jeminy a Nottoway Indian on his re-
turn from the Sapony Fort own'd at her House that he & others
of that Nation had been that day fighting with the Saponies and
it also appearing that the said Nottoways have at their Town
four Prisoners of the Saponie Nation taken from the plantation
of Coll. R* Mountford It is ordered that the sd Nottoway Indians
for their Contempt in disobeying the Orders of the Governour
be fined in the sum of ten pounds to be paid to the Saponies or
the Value thereof in Goods, being the Compensation they agree
to accept for the loss they have sustain'd by means of the said
Nottoway Indians and that the same be accordingly paid before
the fifteenth day of April next. And it's further Ordered that the
sd Jemmy & two other of the great Men of the Notoway Indians
be committed to the Public Goal & there detain'd until the
Sapony Prisoners be delivered up to their Nation and for the
better preserving the Peace between the sd Nations for the fu-
ture It is ordered that neither of the sd Nottoway or Sapony
Indians do presume hereafter to disturb or Molest one another
in their Hunting and if either of them shall offend herein the
Indians found guilty of being the first Aggressours shall be
transported out of this Colony and if any Murder shall be com-
itted by either of the sd Nations on the other that Nation whose
Indians shall comit the Same shall be answerable for such Mur-
der unless they deliver up the Persons concern'd therein to be
tried & punishd according to Law and whereas the Nottoway
Indians frequently entertain at their Town parties of the Tuska-
rooro's inhabiting in N° Carolina & under Colour thereof do re-
ceive among them divers of the Six Nations under the Governm*
of North Carolina & under Colour thereof do receive amongst
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 291
them divers of the six Nations under the Governm' of New York
who by their Treaties of peace are bound not to pass through
any Part of this Country to the Eastward of the great Moun-
tains or to the Northward of Roanoke River without a Passport
from the Governour of New York and then not exceeding ten in
one Company the said Nottoway Indians are for the future to
forbear entertaining at their Towns or giving encouragement to
their coming into this Colony any of the said foreign Indians on
pain of being made accountable for any Mischief or Injury the
sd Tuskarooras or other foreign Indians shall do either to his
Majesties Subjects or to the Saponies and on the other hand the
Sapony Indians are to be accountable for any Injury or mischief
which shall be done to his Majesty's Subjects or to the Nottoway s
by any of the Cattabaw Indians their Confederates who shall
resort to their Town.
Which Orders & Injunctions aforementioned being Comuni-
cated & fully explained to the sd Nottoways & Sapony Indians
were by their respective great Men severally agreed & Submitted
to and it is Ordered that Copies hereof be deliverd to the Inter-
preters of the said Several Nations to be by them communicated
to all the Indians at their respective Towns.
On the Petition of Willm Byrd Esqr leave is granted him to
Survey & patent 3,000 Acres of Land on the S° side of Roanoke
River over against Occanecchy & Stewkanock Islands in Bruns-
wick County.
Novr 2" 1732
Present
The Governour
Mr Comry Blair John Grvmes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
John Carter John Taylor Esq"
The Governour acquainted the Council that he had appointed
the Several Naval Officers Collectors of the Duties on Liquors &
Slaves
Ordered That the General Assembly which stands prorogu'd
to the 16th instant be further prorogu'd to Thursday the 15th of
March next & that a Proclamation issue accordingly Several peti-
tions for Land were read & granted as follows (viz4)
To John Blalock leave to include in one patent one Thousand
Acres of Land lying contiguous on both sides of Cubb Creek in
Hanover already survey'd in three distinct Surveys
To Christopher Smith & John Snelson for 2400 Acres in
Hanover County joining on the land late of Coll John Syme on
Gold Mine Creek in the fork of pamunky
292 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
To Peter Jones Junr for 3,000 Acres on Deep Creek in the
County of Prince George adjoining to the Lands of Richd Jones
Junr & to the land already granted to the Petr by Patent with
Liberty to take out an Inclusive Patent for the whole.
To John Hamlin for 2,000 Acres in Brunswick County on
the southside of little Nottoway opposite to the Stone house run-
ning up to the Horse pond Creek, thence up the sd Creek about a
Mile & half thence across to great Nottoway thence down Not-
toway parallell with the beginning & thence across to the be-
ginning
On the petition of John Allen setting forth that about six Years
ago there was Survey 'd for a certain person whose Name the Petr can-
not learn, a Tract of Land containing 322 Acres or thereabouts in Hen-
rico County which said Land soon after the survey was assign'd over
to Tho" Boatwright who hath neglected to sue out any patent for the
same pursuant to the Orders of Governm* & praying the said Boat-
wright may be Sumoned to defend his Title to the said Land It is ac-
cordingly Ordered that a Sumons issue for the said Boatwright to
attend this Board at the Council to be held after the Oyer & Terminer
in June next to shew Cause if any he have why the said Land ought not
to be granted to the Pef
The following Warrants on the Recr Gen1 to be paid out of his
Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd &c were this day Sign'd by the Gov-
ernour in Council (viz4)
To the Governour 1/2 years Salary ending the 25th of
October £ 1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of the Council the like Salary. . . . 175,, — ,, —
To the Judges & Officers of the Oyer & Terminer
held in June last the like Salary 100,, — „ —
To the Auditor General of the Plantations for the
Same time 50„ — ,, —
To the Solicitor of the Virginia Affairs for the same
time 50,, — ,, —
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same time 20„ — „ —
To the Clk of the Council for the same time 50„ — „ —
To Sundry Ministers attending one gen1 Court &
Assembly 20,, — „ —
To the Armourer y2 years Salary 6,, — „ —
To the Gunners of the Sev1 Batterys for the same
time 20„ — „ —
To Wm Prentis for Sundry Repairs about the Gov"
House 125,, 1„—
To the same for Expresses & other Contingent
Charges 536,, 15„ 2
To the Adjutant one half Years Salary 75,, — ,, —
To the Surveyor Gen1 the like Salary 75„ — ,, —
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 293
And out of the Quit Rents
To Mr Comry Blair y2 years Salary 50„ — „ —
To the Atty Gen1 T/2 years additional Salary 30,, — „ —
The Acco4 of his Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd port Duties
& Head money ending the 25th of October last examd by the Deputy
Auditor was presented by the Recr Gen1 who made Oath thereto was
Certified by the Govr in the usual Manner
Novr 3d 1732
Present
The Governour
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
John Robinson John Custis &
John Carter Wm Randolph Esq"
On hearing this Day at the Board the Complaint of Edwin Con-
way Gent ag' Mr Carter Mr Ball & Mr Brent Inspectors of Tob° at the
Warehouses in Lancaster County & at Indian Creek 'tis the opinion of
this Board that the sd Complaint is vexatious & groundless & forasmuch
as it hath appeared upon the Examinations of divers Witnesses of Un-
doubted Credit that the sd Inspectors have honestly & diligently per-
form'd their Duty It is Ordered that they be Continu'd in their sd
Offices.
At a Council held at the Capitoll the 15th of December 1732
Present
The Governour
Cole Digges Wm Dandridge
John Grymes John Custis &
Wm Randolph Esq"
Whereas Information was this day given to the Board that the
Tuscorooro Indians in Conjuntion with divers Indians of the six
Nations under the Governm* of New York are now amongst the Frontier
plantations in the County of Brunswick lying in wait to cut of the
Sapony Indians for preventing the Mischiefs wch may happen as well
to the Inhabitants on the sd Frontier as to the sd Saponie Indians living
under the protection of this Government It is the opinion of this
Board & accordingly Ordered that the Comanding Officers of the Militia
in the Several Frontier Counties give immediate Orders to take up &
Secure all such of the Northern Indians as shall be found on the North
side Roanoke river & Eastsides of the great Mountains within the Limits
of this Colony not having Passports from the Governour of New York
294 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
conformable to the Treaty made with them in the Year 1722 & all
Tuscarooro Indians living within the province of North Carolina who
shall be found within the Bounds of Virginia without Licence & to
cause them & every of them to be Conveyed under a Guard to Wms-
Burgh there to be proceeded ag' according to the Directions of the Act
of Assembly in that Case made & provided.
On Consideration of the Claim & Demand of the Inspectors at
Roys Gibsons & Connoways Warehouses for Watchmen at the sa houses
It is ordered that there be paid to them one Moiety of their sd Demand
& that the paym' of the remr be suspended until they shall make appear
that the services therein mentioned were necessary & that they have paid
the Sums Charged for the Same.
Whereas it hath been represented to this Board that divers of the
Publick Warehouses being only Singly covered are become leaky &
unfit to secure from damage the Tob° brought thereto & that at other
prizes for the convenient packing thereof are wanting & the Wharfs
Cranes necessary for landing & Shipping of Tob° either entirely neg-
lected or so slightly built as to be of small use & it being necessary for
the Interest of the people & the advancement of the Trade that these
inconveniences should be speedily remedied It is Ordered by the Gov-
ernour in Council that the Comissioners appointed for directing the
Building of the publick Warehouses in the several Counties do as Soon
as conveniently may be make enquiry into the Condition of the sd respec-
tive Warehouses with the prizes Wharfs & Conveniences thereunto be-
longing & where they find any Deficiency therein that they cause such
Ware Houses to be immediately repair'd so as to secure the Tob° to be
lodg'd therein from all damage that may be Occasioned by the Weather
and where the same is not already to cause necessary prizes Wharfs &
Cranes to be set up & erected according to the Intent of the Act of
Assembly in case made & provided and if any of the proprietors of the
sd Warehouses shall refuse to make such Reparations and Conveniences
that then the sd Com" do direct the same to be made & the Charge there-
of deducted out of the rents payable by the Inspectors for the sd Ware-
houses respectively.
A New Comission of the Peace is ordered to be issued for the
County of Gloucester & that Henry Whiting John Washington Beverly
Whiting Gent be added to the said Comission according to their respec-
tive ranks
Ordered that a new Comission of the peace Issue for the County of
Spotsilvania & that Francis Thornton junr Francis Talliaferro John
Holiday & Rice Curtis junr be added to the sd Comission
Ordered that the General Assembly be further prorogu'd to Thurs-
day the 21st of June next and that a proclamation issue accordingly.
On reading at this Board the petition of John Griffin late one of
the Inspectors at Roys & Gibsons Warehouses Complaining of his
being misrepresented whereby he hath been displaced from his office
& producing sundry Testimonials of his good behaviour It is there-
upon ordered that the sd John Griffin be appointed an Inspector upon the
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 295
first vacancy that shall happen at either of the Warehouses that lye
covenient for him.
On reading at this Board a Representation from the Court of
Hanover County complaining that the dividing line appointed to be
run between the sa County & Goochland Upon the representation of
the Surveyor of Goochland County was made without their knowledge
or privity & greatly to the prejudice of the Sd County and praying that
the. said dividing line may be run parallel with that of Spotsilvania It
is ordered that a Copy of the sd Representation be sent to the Justices
of Goochland County & that if they have any Objection to what is
propos'd therein they be heard thereon on the third day of the next
General Court.
Sundry Petitions for Land were read & granted as follows (viz1)
To Nicholas Meriweather 1618 Acres of Land on round about
Creek in Hanover County survey 'd for Wm Robertson & by him as-
signed to the said Meriweather with leave to include the same in one
Patent with 800 Acres thereto adjoining already granted by Patents
to the petr.
To Christopher Clark Ambrose Joshua Smith & John Henry 3000
Acres of Land in one or more Tracts beginning on the S° Fork of the
North branch of James River above the mouth of Ivy Creek & running
up the lines of Lynch Hudson & Lewis & outwards towards the great
Mountains & crossing over the said South Fork to the N° fork & over
the said N° Fork to the Piney Mountain in Hanover County
To John Ragland all the Kings land upon the branches of Chicka-
homony Swamp & Stony run & joining on the Lands of Michael Holland
John Sutton Rd Wynne John Pulliam Francis Clark & others & to in-
clude in one Patent the sd Land & four hundred Acres already patented
by the Petitioner
To Francis Flourney 2,000 Acres in Henrico County on the South-
side of Swift Creek joining on the Lands of Jn° Woolridge, R* Ashurst
& Alexr Marshall
To R4 Beverly Wm Beverly & John Corrie fifty thousand Acres of
Land lying upon Sherundo River on both sides thereof & next above
a Tract formerly granted to the said Wm Beverly called the Massanut-
ting Town
To Wm Chamberlayne all the Kings land beginning on his own
line upon Locust Creek & joining on those of R* Hood & Pouncy
Anderson & running along his own Linds on Hinsons Creek & those of
Daniel Williams & the entry of Tho9 Maples & joining on the lands of
Matthew Sins on the sd Locust Creek with leave to take an inclusive
patent for that & two other Tracts of four hundred Acres each the
one granted by Patent to David Meriweather & convey'd to the sd
Chamberlayn & the other Patented by himself the sd Land lying in
Hanover County.
On the petition of Rd Randolph Gent setting forth that Stephen
Evans about the Year 1727 entered for 850 Acres of Land in Bruns-
wick County upon the encouragement of his Majesty's remitting the
Rights & quit rents & as Soon as the Surveyor of the County laid out
296 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
the Same assign'd his Right therein to the Petr who hath since made
divers Entries & Surveys adjoining to the said Evans's Entry amount-
ing to the Quantity of 4000 Acres including the Entry of the sd Evans
& praying to have an inclusive Patent for the sd 4000 Acres & also the
benefit of his Majesty's Bounty for the sd 850 Acres thereof as the sd
Evans was entitul'd unto It is ordered that the Petitioner have an in-
clusive Patent for the sd 4000 Acres but that he pay Rights & Quit rents
for the same as other Patentees.
Arthur Moseley by his Petition setting forth that by Patent bearing
date the 22d of Febry 1724 there was granted to him & one Samuel Han-
cock 500 Acres of Land at a place called Butterwood Swamp in the
County of Henrico which said Land is since Solely come to the Petr
who hath lately surveyed four hundred Acres more adjoyning thereto
& praying he may have an Inclusive patent for the whole Leave is ac-
cordingly granted him to include the said two Tracts in one patent ac-
cording to the prayer of his petition
On the petition of Benj Roberts setting forth that the Petitioners
Father John Roberts did in the Year 1724 enter for & Survey 400
Acres of Land in Spotsilvania County in the fork of Rappahannock
River & on both sides of the Mountain Run upon the Encouragement
of the Kings Bounty the Piatt whereof the said John returned into the
Secretary's Office & soon after departed this life & by his last Will &
Testament did devise the sd Land to the petr who was then an Infant &
by reason of his continuing a Minor for sev1 years thereafter & no
patent hath ever issued for the said Land & praying he may now have
a patent on the same Terms his father might have had for the same
It is Ordered that the said Benjamin Roberts have a patent for the sd
Land accordingly
On the petition of Simon Stubblefield setting forth that the Pet"
Brother John Stubblefield late of Gloucester County deced being in his
life time' seized in Fee of one thousand Acres of Land in Spotsilvania
County granted to him by Patent & having a Right to a Tract of five
hundred Acres of Land in the same County by a Certificate granted
him by the honle General Court the 20th of October last as lapsed from
Thomas Dimmock by his last Will & Testam1 did devise to his two
Sons 800 Acres of the said Lands & to the petr 700 Acres and foras-
much as the abovemention'd five hundred Acres was intended as part
of the seven hundred devis'd to the petr & that he is by the said Will
Obliged to have the other Tract devis'd to the deed Sons and praying a
Patent may Issue in his Name for the five hundred Acres lapsed from
the said Dimmock It is ordered that the sd Stubblefield have a patent
for the said five hundred acres as part of the Land devis'd to him
On the petition of Martha Taylor Widow & Executrix of James
Taylor late Surveyor of King William County setting forth that her
said Husband about the Year 1723 did survey for one Edward Arnold
four hundred Acres of Land & for one Thomas Allen two hundred
forty three Acres both in the sd County of King William & did return
the several Platts thereof to the Secretary's Office together with a Suf-
ficient Number of Treasury Rights for obtaining Patents thereon That
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 297
some time thereafter Enquiry being made for the sd Patents it hapned
the sd Platts could not be found Whereupon the Pet" Husband was
oblig'd to purchase new Rights & then obtain'd Patents for the sd two
Tracts & sometime after the first platts & Rights being found by the
Clks of the Secretary's Office new Patents were by them made out for
the same Lands as will appear by the Records of the sd Office & pray-
ing She may be reimburs'd the purchase Money which her Husband
paid for the Rights of the said six hundred forty three Acres of Land
It is Ordered that Mr Auditor Blair do examine the Allegations of the
sd petition & make report to this Board.
On the petition of John Netherland Gent leave is granted him to
take up 1200 Acres of Land lying on Licking hole Creek in Goochland
County & joining to the Lands of John Boiling John Fleming Ebenezer
Adams & Thomas Paterson.
Henry Willis Gent having petitioned for a Grant for 1000 Acres
of Land in Spotsilvania surveyed for Richard Maulden & the sd Maulden
being return'd Sumoned & not-appearing ordered that a patent for the
sd Land be granted to the petitioner
At a Council held at the Capitol the 26th of April 1733
Present
The Governour
Mr Comy Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Diggs Wm Randolph &
John Taylor Esq"
The following Persons were this day nominated & appointed by
the Governour in Council to be Sheriffs for the under mention'd
Counties for the ensuing Year (viz1) For the County of
Essex Alexr Parker
Prince Wm Thos Harrison Junr
Warwick Anthony Armistead
Hanover David Crawford
Spotsilvania Joseph Brock
Eliz. City John Brodie
York Sam11 Timson
Middlesex Armistead Churchill
Henrico Henry Cary
Northumberland Matt Kennor
Gloucester Sam" Buckner
Westmoreland Henry Lee
James City Willis Willson
Princess Anne Jacob Elligood
Surry Nich8 Cocke
Northampton John Stratton
298 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
On reading at the Board a Lre from the Right honle Horatio Wal-
pole Esqr Auditor Gen1 of his Majtles Plantations directed to the Gov-
ernour with the Copy of a Lre directed to the Deputy Auditor contain-
ing divers objections ag' allowing in the Accots of his Majesty's Rev-
enue of 2s per hhd the Salary's to the Surveyor General & Adjutant
& the charge of 5.5/8 per Cent for remitting in Bills of Exchange
that part of his Majesties Revenues which is received in Spanish Silver
& the half per Cent claimed per the Recrs Generals Correspondent for
negotiating the Bills of Exchange in England It is the unanimous re-
quest of the Council that the Governour will be pleas'd to represent
to the right honle the Lds Comrs of his Majesty's Treasury the Reasons
& Motives for appointing a Surveyor Gen" & Adjutant the first in
Compliance with his Majesty's Instructions so often repeated for caus-
ing an exact Map & Survey of this Colony to be prepared & trans-
mitted to his Majestie & the Lds Com™ for Trade & plantations & the
letter for modelling the Militia into one Uniform Order & Method of
Discipline without which it can be of little service if there should be
Occasion to draw together divers bodies to oppose the Invasion of
foreign Enemies or to Suppress Insurrection of Slaves & seeing the
Revenue of 2s per hhd &c was raised & appropriated as well for the
defence of the Country as for the Support of the Governm4 & con-
tingent charges thereof & that the Governour with the advice of the
Council has always been allowed the proper Judge of the Measures
Necessary for that purpose & the rewards to be given to such as act
in the publick Service It is therefore humbly hoped that the Lords
Com" of his Majestys Treasurey will be pleas'd to approve of the
Establishment of the Adjutants until the Militia be once regularly dis-
ciplind when it always was intended the Salary as well as the office
should cease & if their Lordships shall be of opinion that the Expences
of Obtaining a Mapp of this Colony pursuant to his Majesty's Instruc-
tions is too great that they will be pleas'd to move his Majesty to dis-
pence with the said Instructions for the future and it is also the opinion
of this Board that the paym' of the said Salarys be suspended till his
Majesty's pleasure be further known and as to the allowances of 5
& 5/8 per Cl to the recr gen1 for remitting by Bills of Exchange the
Several branches of his Majesties Revenue which are paid in Current
money this Board request the Governour to represent to the R' hon,e
the Auditor General & the necessity of
Ordered that fifty barrells of Gun powder be sent for, for the
Service of the Governm' & that his Majesty's Receiver General pay for
the Same out of his Majestys revenue of 2s per hhd for as much as the
quit Rents for this year were Collected before the Arrival of the auditor
General's Letter it is the further opinion of this Board that the same
Allowance of 5 & 5/8 per Cent to the Recr Gen1 must necessarily be
charged in the Account of the present years Revenue for Such money
as hath been already received which he cannot be enabled to remit the
same to England
Ordered that the General Assembly be further prorogu'd to
Thursday the 15th of Novr next & that proclamation issue accordingly
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 299
Ordered that a new Comission of peace issue for the County of
Prince George that Thomas Ravenscroft & Wm Stark Gent who were
formerly Justices of the peace be placed according to their former rank
& that John Bannister Rd Bland Edwd Booker & Theophilus Field be
added to the sd Comission
Ordered that New Comissions issue for the following Counties
(viz')
For the County of Norfolk & that John Phrip John Ellegood John
Hutchins Stephen Wright Lemuel Langley & Rd Church be added to the
said Comission
For the County of Surry & that John Cargill Charles Binns &
Sam" Thompson be added to the sd Comission.
For the County of Westmorland & that Willoughby Newton Wm
Stephenson John Rushroad John Ashton Wharton Rersdale Thomas
Chelton Benjamin Waddy Humphry Pope & James Hore be added to
the said Comission
For Spotsilvania County & that Joseph Thomas & John Minor be
added to the said Comission
For the County of Prince William & that John Colvil be put the
third in the Comission for the sd County
Sundry accots & Certificates for watching the Warehouses at Roys
Gibsons & Conways on Rappahanock River were this day laid before
the Board & allowed.
The ace' of Contingent Charges for the last half year & also the
Acco' of Work & Repairs about the Governours house were severally
examin'd & allowed.
John Colvil Merch' by his petn praying a remission of the port
Duty's of his Ship Tankervil which entred in potomack River with
intent to load Tob° but through the Scarceness of the Crop was obliged
to depart thence empty for Petapsco River in Maryland upon Con-
sideration whereof it is ordered that the sd Ship be discharged from the
payment of Port Duty's & that Coll Thos Lee the Naval Officer in Poto-
mack cause the Same to be repaid to the petr
May 4th 1733
Present
The Governour
James Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Diggs Wm Randolph
John Robinson John Taylor Esq"
Ordered that a new Comission of the peace issue for the County
of Nansemond & that David Mead Thomas Brewer and Thomas Jor-
dan be added to the sd Comission
Ordered that a new Comission of the peace issue for the County
of King & Queen & that Philemon Byrd Richd Tunstall John Bickerton
& John Maddison be added to the Present Justices in the sd Comission.
300 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
A Warrant under his Sign Manual dated the 25th of Janry last &
Countersign'd by the Lords Com" of his Majestys Treasury was this
day read in Council directing of the Payment of the Sum of nine
hundred thirty six pounds twelve Shillings to Coll Alexr Spotswood
out of the revenue of two shillings per hhd in full of all demands for his
Expences & Service in Negotiating a Treaty with the Indians at Albany
in the Year 1722 and it is accordingly ordered that a Warrant be pre-
pared for the Governors Signing for the Payment of the afsd Sum
pursuant to his Majesty's pleasure in that behalf.
The following Warrants on the Recr Gen1 to be paid out of his
Majesty's Revenue of 2s per hhd port duty's & head Money were this
day Signed by the Governour in Council (viz1)
To the Governour y2 years Salary ending the 25th
of April last £1000,,—
To the Gent of the Council for the Same time. . . . 175,,
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer &
Terminer held in December 100,, —
To the Auditor Gen1 of the Plantations y2 years
Salary ending the 25th of April 50„ —
To the Sollicitor of the Virginia Affairs for the
same time 50,, —
To the Atty Gen1 for the Same time 20,, —
To the Clk of the Council for the Same time 50,, —
To the Armourer for the Same time 6„ —
To the Gunners of the sev11 Battery's for the same
time 20„—
To the Ministers attending one Gen1 Court 6„ —
To Wm Prentis for Sundry repairs about the Gov"
house 41„ 4
To Wm Prentis for Sundry Expresses & other con-
ting* charges 662„10
, 1#
And out of the quit Rents.
To Mr Comy Blair y2 years Salary to the 25th Apr1
last £ 50„— „—
To the Atty Gen1 y2 years Additional Salary .... 30,, — ,, —
A Motion being made that for as much as the Salary allowed to
the Members of his Majesty's Council was Establishd in the Infantcy
of the Country & is now no ways proportionable to the trouble &
charge they are at in attending Gen1 Courts & Assembly's besides the
frequent Occasions that happen for calling them together for the Pub-
lick Service at other times for which no allowance is made that there-
fore his Majesty may be humbly moved to augument the Salary of
the Council to such Sum as he shall graciously think fit as well in Con-
sideration to their Trouble and Expence as for the Supporting the
Dignity of their office and the Council here present do request the
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 301
Govr to represent the same to his Majesty in the most favourable man-
ner & thereupon the Govr was pleased to declare he would do all the
Service in his power towards obtaining what they desire.
Whereas it has been represented to this Board that many Incoven-
iences arrive by persons living in one County & making Entries for
Land in an other for that the Surveyors cannot without very great
Trouble & Charge give personal notice of the Time they are ready to
Survey & when they send Notice in Writing the persons to whom the
Same is Sent often deny the receipt thereof & so keep the Entry's on
foot for a long time to the great prejudice of his Majesty's Revenue &
the Disappointm' of others who would Survey & take out patents for
the Same Land for prevention whereof It is ordered that the Sur-
veyors of the Respective Counties do cause a publick Advertisement
to be set up at the Door of the Court house where the Land lye on
two Successive Court Days expressing the Entry's they intend to Sur-
vey & the Time when & if within ten Days after the Second Court the
persons having Such Entry's do not attend the Surveyor fully prepared
to perfect the said Surveys then such Entry to be void & the Surveyor
shall be at Liberty to survey the Same for any other person and that
notice given as aforesaid shall be accounted as SufF to all persons
having Entry's as if the Surveyors had given the same in person.
At a Council held at the Capitol June 13th 1733
Present
The Governour
Mr Com'7 Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd Wm Dandridge
Cole Diggs John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
John Carter John Taylor Esq"
On a Representation from the Justices of Brunswick County
Ordered That a new Comission of the peace issue for the said County
& that John Duke Bartholomew Peterson & Nicholas Lanier be added
to the present Justices in the said Comission
On reading this Day at the Board a petition of the greater part
of the Inhabitants of the Parish of North Farnham in Richmond
County complaining of an Order made by the Vestry of the said Parish
for building a new Church near the lower end of the Parish to the
great Inconvenience of the pet" & an unnecessary charge to the
parish It is ordered that the sd Vestry do forbear any further proceed-
ings in the building of the said Church until both parties be heard before
this Board on the third day of the next General Court at which time
the said Vestry or such as they shall think fit to depute together with
such of the pet" as shall be thereunto appointed in behalf of the rest
are hereby ordered to attend
302 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Thomas Roberts of the County of York Gent having petitioned
for a Grant of a Small parcel of Land containing thirty Acres or there
abouts lying in Charles parish in the sd County survey'd above a Year
ago for one John Robinson who hath neglected to sue out a patent for
the same According to the orders of the Government & the said
Robinson having been Sumoned to appear & failing so to do It is
Ordered that the sd Land be granted to the Petr & that the Surveyor
of York County deliver him a Piatt thereof in order to his obtaining
a patent.
Joseph Mouhay having entr'd a Caveat & prefer'd a Petition for a
grant of 400 Acres of Land in Hanover County survey'd about five
years ago for Joseph Powell & by him assign'd to Joseph Bickley &
no patent yet sued out by either of them Geo Woodrooff this day ap-
peared & insisted on his Right to a Grant of the said Land by vertue
of a Caveat entred for the same Land It is ordered that the parties
be heard on their Sev1 pretentions before this Board on the third day
of the next General Court.
The former order for examining Witnesses in the Controversy
between Thomas Burnet, & Chisholm is continu'd &
a Return of the Depositions of the witnesses appointed to be made at
the next Court of Oyer & Terminer
On the petition of Benjamin Needier Gent It is Ordered that no
patent be granted on a Survey for Marish Land made for Christopher
Prior until the Petr be heard on his Pretentions to the same Land as
adjoining to his Patented Land in King & Queen County.
James Harris of the County of Surry having entr'd a Caveat for
stopping a patent sued out by Wm Collier for three hundred twenty eight
Acres of Land lying near the three Creeks in Brunswick County & it
being alledged in behalf of the sd Colliers that his Survey & Rights
were entr'd in due time in the Secretary's Office and that the Occasion
of the Delay in obtaining his Patent was owing to the Neglect of the
Surveyor It is ordered that Leave be granted the said Collier to take
Depositions of Witnesses in the Country before any Justice of the
peace giving lawful Notice to the sd Harris.
Thomas Bassett having petitioned for a Grant of 350 Acres of
Land lying above deep Creek in Goochland County Surveyed for
William Hughes & no patent sued out within the time limited by the
Orders of Government and the said Hughes having been Sumoned to
attend this day & not appearing It is ordered that the said Land be
granted to the petitioner.
John Allen having petitioned for a Grant of 322 Acres of Land in
Henrico County survey'd divers years ago & assign'd to Tho" Boat-
wright who hath neglected to Sue out any Patent for the same the sd
Boatwright this day appear'd & confess'd the Allegations of the petition
to be true & thereupon It is Ordered that the said Land be granted to
the afsd John Allen according to the prayer of his Petition & on the
Motion of the sd Boatwright It is Ordered that his Rights lodged with
the Survey in the Secretary's Office be return'd to him.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 303
Sarah Archer Widow having entr'd a Caveat for stoping a Patent
sued out by James Pitillo for Land in the County of Prince George &
praying leave to examine ancient Witnesses to make out her pretentions
It is ordered by Consent of the sd Pitillo that the sd Archer have leave
to examine Such Witnesses as she shall think fit giving legal notice to
the sd Pitillo of the time & place of such Examination.
The Indians of the Sapony & Nottoway Indians this day attended
the Govr in Council & represented that in Order to put an end to the
Hostilities between them they had entred into Terms of peace & amity
in which the Tuscarooro Indians were willing to be included & it is this
day agreed between them that the great Men of the Sapony & Nottoway
Nations meet at the Tuscarooro Town & there conclude a peace amongst
themselves & at the request of the Saponies Leave is granted them to
incorporate with the Tuscarooro's if they see fit upon this Condition
that Neither of the sd Nations do presume to hunt upon any Patented
Lands within this Government nor come amongst the Inhabitants in
any greater Number than three in a Company and Leave is also granted
the said Saponies to remain where they now are until their Corn be
gathered in and then if they do not cohabit with the Tuscarooro's that
they remove to some place without the Inhabitants between Roanoke &
Appamatox rivers where a Sufficient Tract of Land shall be assign'd
them according to the former directions of this Board. And it is ordered
that Mr R* Hix do attend the sd Saponies in their present Treaty with
the Tuscarooro's & report to this Board the Conditions of the peace
concluded between them.
Sundry Petitions for leave to take up land were read & granted
as follows (viz*)
To Thomas Bassett 1300 Acres beginning at Buck branch being
the next above Grooms Quarter & running up the S° Side of Willis
Creek & crossing the Same to Compleat that quantity in Goochland
County.
To Wm Hudson 1000 Acres lying on the Northside of Stony Creek
adjoining to Jones & Wininghams Lines & Cedar Island branch in
Prince George County.
To Thomas Williams 2000 Acres lying on the South side of
Hatchers run in prince George County joining on the lines of Wm
Mayes Tho3 Saterwhite & James Hudson
To Henry Cary leave to include in one patent 12000 Acres of land
already Survey 'd in Sundry Surveys with his patented Lands thereto
adjoyning on Willis's Creek in Goochland County—
To Wm Jones 500 Acres joyning to his patented Lands in Prince
George County beginning at Colvells line on the Road near Nottoway
River.
To Wm Byrd Esqr 4000 Acres in Brunswick County begining at
the mouth of a Creek at the falls of the South branch of Roanoke &
running up both sides of the sd Creek to the Country line so as to include
the sd quantity —
To Booth Napier 1200 Acres in Goochland County beginning at
the mouth of a Branch that runs into the upper side of the Byrd above
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the forks of the sa River & from thence Such Courses as will include that
quantity.
To Joseph Hix all the Kings Land joining on his own Land being
one hundred acres part of 400 patented by David Gwyn & on Adam
Rutherford the sd Gwyn & others in Hanover & to take an Inclusive
patent for the whole.
To Joseph Thomas & Ashford Hughs 1000 Acres lying on the
Southside of James River on the west side of Muddy Creek in Gooch-
land County with leave to take an inclusive Patent for the sd quantity
& 800 Acres already patented and thereto adjoining
To John Ragland 1000 Acres beginning near as ablaz'd Spanish
Oak on little Cawthorns Run & extending to great Cawthorns Run to
include that quantity in Hanover County.
To John Ragland 1000 Acres adjoining to his own patented Lands
on both sides the Southanna in Hanover County with Leave to take
an inclusive patent for the whole.
To Henry Wood Leave to include in one patent 1600 Acres of
Land survey 'd in divers Surveys on both sides Buck Island Creek in
Goochland County.
To Matthew Anderson Gent leave to include in one patent 1200
acres of Land survey'd in Sundry Surveys joining on the lines of Adam
Rutherford Wm Hayns Michael Holland & others in Hanover County.
To Buckley Kimbrough leave to include in one patent 728 Acres
of Land Surveyed in two Surveys lying between the lines of Drumond
Scot Lacy Lovell Holland & others in Hanover County
To George Rives 1000 Acres in Prince George County on the North
side of Jones's hole Swamp on the Cherry Orchard branch beginning
on the County line thence to Rd Blands line thence to Cuthbert Wil-
liamson's Line thence running along the Lines of Rd hills Rd Carlile
John Jennings & the Petr to include that quantity.
To Rd Randolph John Boiling & William Kennon 10,000 Acres in
Brunswick County beginning five Miles below the great Swamp on little
Roanoke & running up the sd River ten Miles including the Land on both
sides So as to compleat that quantity.
To Henry Anderson 500 Acres in Prince George County on both
sides the Beaver pond Branch joining to the lands of John Adams R'
Mann & Thomas Reems
To Joseph Mayo 2000 Acres joyning on Bowler Cocks land on the
East side Muddy Creek in Goochland County
To Dan" Stoner leave to include in one patent four hundred Acres
of land already patented with the land whereon he lives in Goochland
County.
To Charles Lynch 1000 Acres adjoining to the land of John Carter
Esqr & that of Charles Hudson at prospect & to the land of the sd Hud-
son on Hardware River in Goochland County
To Dan" Stoner 1500 Acres in Goochland County adjoining to his
land already Survey'd at great Guinea beginning on John Bostwicks line
& running Such Courses on both sides of the Creek as will include
that quantity with leave to have an inclusive patent for both Tracts.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 305
To Charles Fisher 1000 Acres on both sides Nottoway River begin-
ning three or four Miles above Capt. Evans quarter on the sd River
in Brunswick County.
To Stephen Chastain leave to include in one patent 513 Acres lying
in Several Tracts or Dividends but contiguous part of the Same being
within the bounds of the Manakin Town
To Joseph Wilkinson 1000 in the fork of Tally's horse pen branch
& running over the lower branch including his former Survey in Prince
George County.
To Samuel Glover 1200 Acres in one or more Tracts on Slate River
beginning upon the River about a Mile below the Fork at a white Oak
marked SG & running up both branches to compleat that quantity and
1000 more on the poison'd or Indian Field lying on both sides the path
leading from the fork of James River to Buckingham near the land of
Wm Kennon both being in Goochland County
June 14th 1733
Present
The Governour
Mr Com7 Blair John Robinson
Wm Byrd John Carter
Cole Diggs Wm Dandridge
John Custis Esq"
Whereas Certain Hogsheads or Casks of Tob° said to have been
passed by the Inspectors at Roys Gibsons & Conways Warehouses last
year have been sent back from Bristol as altogether unmerchantable &
unfit to be exported according to the Directions of the Act of Assem-
bly this Board being desirous to know the Condition of the sd Tob° &
by which of the sd Inspectors the Same was view'd & pass'd have thought
fit to order as it is hereby Ordered that John Robinson & John Taylor
Esq" Thomas Lee Nicholas Smith & Charles Grymes Gent or any three
of them do examine into the Quality & Condition of the sd Tob° & if
they find the same to be bad to enquire by whom & at what Warehouse
the Same was inspected & past & to make report thereof to this Board
together with what proofs they can find of it's being past in the Condi-
tion it now is.
The Account of his Majestys Revenue of 2s per hhd ending the 25th
of April last &
Also the account of his Majesty's Revenues of Quit rents ending
the same time being Severally examin'd by the Deputy Auditor were
presented by the Recr Gen1 all who made Oaths thereto & were Certified
by the Governour in the usual manner —
Whereas by Order of this Board bearing date the 15th of December
last upon a Representation from the Court of Hanover County concern-
ing the affixing the dividing line between that County & Goochland the
Justices of Goochland County were directed on the third day of last
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April General Court to signify their Objections (if any they had)
against uniting the sd Boundary as proposed in the sd representation
and whereas the sd Justices of Goochland County have hitherto taken
no Notice of the sd Order It is this day Ordered by the Governour
in Council that unless Sufficient cause be shewn on the part of the Jus-
tices of Goochland County on the third day of the next General Court
that then Directions be given for uniting the afsd dividing Line parallel
as that of Spotsilvania Pursuant to the desire of the Justices Inhabitants
of the sd County of Hanover
At a Council held at the Capitol the 17th day of October 1733
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Grymes
Cole Digges Will"1 Dandridge
John Robinson John Custis
John Carter Wil Randolph &
John Tayloe Esq"
On hearing this day in Council the Petition of divers of the In-
habitants of S' George's Parish in the County of Spotsylvania, complain-
ing that the Vestry of the said Parish have Ordered two new Churches
to be built neither of which are any way convenient to the upper In-
habit,s of the said Parish, and on Considering what was [said] on behalf
of the Vestry, it appearing to the Board, that no Complaint was offered
to [by] any of the Inhabitants, until a long time after the said Churches
were begun to be built, and that the same is now so far proceeded in, that
the work cannot be interrupted without puting the Parish to a very great
& considerable Charge It is the opinion of this Board That the said
Petition be rejected ; but Nevertheless that the said Vestry according to
the Proposal this day made in their behalf do with all Convenient Speed
cause a Chappel of Ease to be built for the Use of the upper Inhabitants
of the said Parish as shall be found most suitable for that Purpose
On hearing at this Board the matter in dispute between the In-
habitants & Vestry of North Farnham Parish in the County of Rich-
mond It is Ordered by the Governor with the Advice of the Council
that the new Church proposed by the said Vestry be built at the Place
already appointed but so as the Charge of such Building be raised &
Levyed in such manner and within such time as may be most for the
Ease of the People inhabiting the said Parish
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 307
October 22d 1733
Present
The Governor
James Blair William Dandridge
William Byrd John Custis
John Robinson Wil Randolph
John Carter John Tayloe &
John Grymes Phil Lightfoot Esq"
Pursuant to His Majesty's Warrant under his Roial Sign Manuel
bearing date the 9th day of April 1733 Philip Lightfoot Esqr having
first taken the Oaths appointed by Act of Parliament to be taken in-
stead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, the abjuration Oath
mentioned in the Act of Parliament made in the first Year of His late
Majesty's Reign and subscribed the Test, was this day Sworn & admited
one of His Majesty's Council
October 24th 1733
Present
The Governor
James Blair Wil Dandridge
William Byrd John Custis
John Robinson Wil Randolph
John Carter John Tayloe &
John Grymes Philip Lightfoot Esq"
Ordered
That the General Assembly be further prorogued to Thursday the
14th day of February next, and that a Proclamation issue accordingly
Present Cole Digges Esqr
Pursuant to His Majestys Warrant under his Roial Sign Manuel
bearing date the xth of April 1733 Thomas Lee Esqr having first taken
the Oaths appointed by Act of Parliament, to be taken instead of the
Oaths of Alegiance & Supremacy, the Abjuration Oath mentioned in the
Act of Parliament made in the first Year of His late Majesty's Reign,
and subscribed the Test was this day sworn and admitted one of His
Majesty's Council
Present Thomas Lee Esqr
Henry Lee Gentleman was this day appointed Naval Officer and
Collector of the Virginia Duties in the District of South Potowmack
in the Room of Thomas Lee Esq' now one of His Majesty's Council
Ordered
That John Taylor one of the Inspectors at Conway's Warehouse
be, for his Misbehaviour removed from his said Office, and
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That Mr William Johnson be appointed in his Room
William Fantleroy junr Gent is appointed Inspector at Nailor's
hole, in the Room of Richard Barnes
Francis Redford is appointed Inspector at Shokoes Warehouse in
the room of John Redford
October 27th 1733
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Grymes
William Byrd Wil Dandridge
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Wil Randolph
John Carter Phil Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
Charles Broadwater and George Harrison Gent are appointed In-
spectors at Hunting Creek, in the Room of Mr Ellsee and Mr Awbry
removed for their Misbehaviour in their Office
John Payne Gent is appointed Inspector at Brays Church Ware-
house in the room of Abrm Barnes
Samuel Harwood and James Williams Inspectors at Soans's Ware-
house having misbehaved themselves in their Office are therefore re-
moved, and Thomas Ballard and Dacy Southall are appointed in their
Room
Ordered
That a new Commission of the Peace be issued for the County of
Stafford, and that Mr Anthony Thornton be placed in the said Com-
mission according to his former Rank, and that Chaundler Fowke and
Hugh French be added to the said Commission
For the better ascertaining the bounds between the Counties of
Hanover and Goochland It is this day Ordered, upon the Representa-
tion of the Justices of the said County of Hanover that from the place
where the Bounds between the said Countys were formerly marked,
a Line be run Parallel with that of the County of Spotsylvania, and ex-
tending as far as the great Mountains, and that the same be run and
mark'd at the joint Charge of the said Counties of Goochland and
Hanover, at such time as the Courts of the said Counties shall think fitt ;
unless the respective Surveyors shall agree to run the same sooner at
their own Expence.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 309
October 29th 1733
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair Wil Dandridge
John Robinson John Custis
John Carter Wil Randolph &
John Grymes Thomas Lee Esq"
The Accounts of Contingent Charges for the last half Year and
also the Account for Repairs about the Governor's House were this day
Examined and allowed
Whereas Cap Robert Long of His Majesties Ship did in the Year
1729, retake a Sloop which had been Piratically seised and taken away
from this Colony and brought the Persons concerned therein, back to
this Colony; to be tryed for the said Offence, It is the opinion of this
Board and accordingly Ordered That His Majestys Receiver Gen1 do
send for a handsom peice of Plate not exceeding the Value of fifty
Pounds Sterling to be given to the said Cap Long as an Acknowledge-
ment from this Government for the said Service
Henry Fitzhugh Esqr representing to this Board That upon a late
Survey of a Tract of Land granted by Patent to one Motts being form-
erly in the County of Essex now Spotsylvania he hath discovered that
the said Tract doth contain seventeen Thousand Acres of Land within
the Lines thereof more than is expressed in the said Patent and praying
a new Grant of the said Tract according to the true Quantity and
bounds as the same is settled between him & Col0 Spotswood the adjoin-
ing Patentee, It is Ordered That a new Patent Be granted him accord-
ing to the Prayer of his Petition and that he be discharged of all Arrears
of Quit Rents for the said surplus Land, in consideration of his having
made the first Discovery thereof himself
November 1st, 1733
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Custis
Cole Digges Wil Randolph
John Grymes John Tayloe &
Thomas Lee Esq"
On reading at this Board the Petition of James Langton of the
Ship Trafford of Liverpoole, seting forth that having built the said
Ship in the lower district of James River in this Colony with intent to
proceed with her to Maryland in Ballast as soon as his Sails & Rigging
(which he daily expects) shall arive without taking in any other Goods
or Merchandizes here, and praying that as well the Ship Trafford as
that Ship which shall bring in the Sails and Rigging for her, may be
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exempted from the payment of Port Duties, and the other Charges due
upon Entry, and the said Sails and Rigging allowed to be landed by a
permit only It is this day Ordered by the Governor with the Advice
of the Council that the said Ship Trafford be exempted from the pay-
ment of the Port Duties and Governors Dues if she clears out only in
her Ballast, and That for such Ship as shall import the Sails Rigging
and Furniture of the Ship Trafford and unlade no other Goods or
Merchandize here, Permitt be granted by the Officers without oblidging
her to enter, and that no Port Duties be charged, except the Fee for
such permitt only.
Present
William Byrd & Will Dandridge Esq"
John Hayes of the County of Glocester being Examined before
this Board, touching his Knowledge of the transporting From that
County divers Hogsheads of Tobacco to be Inspected in Cherrystone's
Warehouse in Northampton County, declared That he carried twenty
five hogsheads belonging to sundry Persons in Order to be inspected &
passed at Cherrystones Warehouse, That the Tobacco therein was such
as would not have passed at any of the Warehouses in Glocester County,
but yet in his Opinion better than any he saw at Cherrystones, That the
Inspectors there only opened one head of each hogshead, & drew some
Samples, but did not strip off the Cask nor Examine into the Tare, That
he was informed by Cap Brookes of the Ship Haswell, That he like-
wise carried Tobacco to that Inspection and gave for a Reason that the
Inspectors there never uncased any Tobacco, by which means he could
have a quicker dispatch than at any of the other Houses ; On Considera-
tion of the Premises It is Ordered that Mr Scott and Mr Savage the
Inspectors of the said Warehouse of Cherrystones be suspended from
their said Office
Ordered
That Luke Milner and Thomas Samford Gent be appointed Inspec-
tors at Totuskie in the room of Thomas Nash and Henry Myseall who
for Neglect of their Duty are removed
Ordered
That Ralph Crutchfield one of the Inspectors at Page's Warehouse
be removed from his said Office for his Misbehaviour therein
John Justice is appointed Inspector at Pitts's Warehouse in the
Room of Griffith Savage who hath resigned
Ordered
That Burr Harrison late Inspector at Quantico Warehouse be re-
moved from his said Office for his Misbehaviour and that Mr John
Diskin be appointed in his Room.
Ordered
That Samuel Davis and Thomas Applewhite Inspectores at Wain-
rights Warehouse in the County of Isle of Wight be removed from
their said Office for their Misbehaviour therein
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 311
Mr John Lee is appointed Inspector at Marlebourough in the room
of Benjamin Strother who is hereby removed
Armistead Churchill Gent was this day appointed Naval Officer of
the District of Rappahanock in the Room of Charles Carter Gent who
hath resigned
Present Jn° Robinson Esqr
On reading this day at the Board a Report of John Tayloe and
Thomas Lee Esq" and Charles Grymes Gent appointed by Order of
this Board bearing date the XIVth day of June last to Examine the Con-
dition and Quality of certain Casks of Tob° said to be passed at Roys
and other Warehouses in Rappahannock and consigned to Mr Lyonel
Lyde Merch' in Bristol and by him returned as unmerchantable, It ap-
pearing to the Board That one hogshead of the said Tobacco Stamped
with the Mark of Conways Inspection was entirely rotten and unmer-
chantable occasioned by its being prized in too high Case, and that one
other Hogshead of Tobacco Stamped at Totuskie Warehouse is for the
most part small thin Scentless Tobacco, and unfit to have been passed,
which said two hogsheads of Tobacco being proved to be the same
Cask and Tobacco Ship'd from the above mentioned Warehouses in the
Richmond of Bristol and returned hither by the same Ship by the
Affidavits of John Washbourn and Josiah Cox Coopers in Bristol and
certified by the Mayor of the said City, It is the Opinion of this Board
and accordingly Ordered that unless John Roy late Inspector at Con-
ways and Thomas Right Belfeild late Inspector at Totuskie do justifie
themselves as to their part in passing the saidTobacco they be forthwith
removed from the Office they now hold as Inspectors and in Case the
persons concerned in passing the said Tobacco as well those already
removed as those yet emploied do not immediately make satisfaction
for the Damage Mr Lyde has sustained thereby the Bonds given by
them respectively for the due Discharge of their Office be put in Suit
A Complaint having been made against Townsend Dade and John
Washington Gent Inspectors at Boyd's Hole for irregular passing of
Tobacco, after the time limited by Act of Assembly for that purpose ;
They were this day heard at the Board, and upon their shewing suf-
ficient Cause of Excuse It is Ordered that they be continued in the
same Office.
Several Petitions for Land were read & granted as follows Viz*
To William Byrd Esqr three thousand Acres in Brunswick County
begining at the Dividing Line between this Colony and North Carolina
upon Sugar Tree Creek and running down the said Creek til it empty's
it self into Hico-otomony thence down Hico-Otomony to the Mouth
of it to make up that Quantity in one or more Surveys
And one thousand Acres more in the Fork of Roanoke in Bruns-
wick County runing up from the point of the said Fork up both the
North & South Branch of the River to include that Quantity
To Anthony Hoggat, John Cosby, Thomas Walker, John Phelps &
Joseph Dabbs Six thousand Acres on the Southside of James River
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begining on the South Fork of Willis's Creek at a small Beaver Pond
above the Mountains, including all the Land between the South and
Main fork and Branches of Appomattox, to compleat that Quantity
and two thousand acres more on the South side James River on State
Run or great Creek, begining on a large branch on the South side of
the Creek & runing on both sides the same, formerly known by the Name
of Cap Holman's Entry
To Richard Jones two thousand Acres on the lower side of West's
Creek, including his several Entrys already made in Prince George
County
To Samuel Temple five hundred Acres adjoining to the Lands
whereon he now lives, on the North side of Warwick Swamp in Prince
George County
To Thomas Haynes Gent twenty five hundred Acres in Prince
George County including the Land purchased by the Petr from Stephen
Eavans, & Theophilus Feilds on both sides Stony Creek
To John Hall two thousand acres on the North side Meherrin
River including his Land already granted him in Brunswick County
To Francis Bressie twelve hundred Acres lying between the Lines
of Henry Maynard Isham Eppes Wm Browder, Fra Eppes Edward
Smith & Thomas Hudson between Gravely Run and Stony Creek on
both sides Sapony Road in Prince George County
To Daniel Johnson Eight hundred Acres on the North side James
River, binding on the Lines of David Min Thomas Bolloco, Henry
Webb, Thomas Friend & Richard Dean in Goochland County
To Drury Stith Gent, two thousand Acres on the South side of
Allen's Creek & on the second Fork thereof in Brunswick County
To Daniel Stoner fifteen hundred Acres adjoining to his Land al-
ready surveyed at great Guinea in Goochland County begining on John
Bostock's Line, and runing such Courses on both sides of the Creek
as will include that Quantity and that he may have an Inclusive Patent
for the whole
To John Ragland one thousand Acres lying between the Lines of
Richard Harris, John Hudson, himself & others in Hanover County,
and that he may have an Inclusive Patent for the same with two hundred
Acres purchased by the Petr of Thomas Denton
To James Watson Eleven hundred Acres lying on the Branches
of Harris's Creek adjoining to Clough's line in Hanover County and
that he may have an Inclusive patent for the same with four hundred
Acres already patented by the Petitioner
To Thomas Nunnelly six hundred Acres on the South side of
Stoney Creek in Prince George County
To John Ragland one thousand Acres in Hanover County lying on
Poor Creek on the North side the Southanna adjoining to the Lands of
Robert Netherland John Smething Francis Smething, John Woodey &
Col° Nich° Merriweather
To Feild Jefferson Eight hundred Acres lying between Knibs and
Flatt Creek in Prince George County
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To George Marchbanks one thousand Acres on the South side
Appomattox River in Prince George County
To William Russel one thousand Acres in Prince George County-
including his other Land on the second Swamp of Black Water
To John Williamson one thousand Acres in Henrico County ad-
joining to his Land already Patented begining on the Ufnam Brooke of
Chikahominy Swamp thence down the said Brooke to the Nothern
Branch thence up the said Branch to the Lines of John Watson thence
on his Lines to the Lines of William Patman thence on Patman's Lines
to the Lines of Henry Stokes thence on the Lines of the said Stokes
to the Lines of John Langford thence on his Lines to the Lines of the
said Williamson thence on his Lines to the Lines of Price and so to the
said Ufnam Brook to include that Quantity and to have an Inclusive
Patent for the same with his other Land thereto adjoining
To Isham Randolph Gent fifteen hundred Acres lying between the
Lines of Joseph Jackson, Leonard Ballow, Thomas Carter, John Boiling,
Walter Clopton, Thomas Ballow & Tarleton Fleming, and that he may
have an Inclusive Patent for the same with the Land purchased of
Joseph Badly Thomas Pleasants and Thomas Friend lying on the North
side of James River on the Branches thereof and the Branches of Lick-
ing hole Creek als Treasurers Run and binding on the Lines of Daniel
Johnston in Goochland County
To Thomas Neal one thousand Acres of Land in the Beaver Pond
of Deep Creek in Prince George County
On the Petition of John Smith & Sarah his Wife, John Darracott
and Cecelia his Wife, James Massey William Massy, Thomas Pinch-
back & Elizabeth his Wife Mary Massy and Thomas Massy Devisees
of Thomas Massy late of the County of New Kent decd, seting forth,
That the said Thomas having sometime before his Death taken up &
surveyed four thousand Acres of Land lying on the little Bird in the
County of Goochland, and returned the Plan thereof with the Rights
into the Secretarys Office, and supposing that the patent for the same
had been then pass'd in due form, on the 12th day of January 1731 made
his last Will & Testament, and thereby did devise to the Petitioners
the said four thousand Acres of Land in Fee simple in the Proportions
following Viz1 To the said James Massy five hundred Acres, To Wil-
liam Massy one Thousand Acres, To each of his Daughters Eliza Pinch-
back Sarah Smith Cicelia Darracott and Mary Massy five hundred
Acres and the pet1" Thomas Massy his Nephew five hundred Acres the
residue of the said Tract, That after the Decease of the Testator it
came to be discovered that the Patent for the said Tract of Land was
not signed, 'til some daies after his Death ; And praying that for avoid-
ing any Disputes that may arise touching their Title to the said Lands,
They may be allowed to divide the said Tract, and to sue out separate
Patents for their respective shares thereof according to the Will of the
Testator It is thereupon Ordered that leave be given to the Pet" upon
there surrendering the Patent granted the said Decd Thomas Massy to
divide the said four thousand Acres and to take out Distinct Patents
for their respective Shares divised to them, according to the Prayer of
their Petition.
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Novr 2d 1733
Present
The Governour
Mr Com7 Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wil Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe &
Thomas Lee Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out of
His Majestys Revenues was this day signed by the Governor in Council
Viz* out of the 2s per hhd & c
To the Governor half a years Salary end* 25th of
Octr Last £1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of His Majesty's Council for the
same time 175,, — ,
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer
& Terminer 100,, — ,
To the Auditor Gen1 of the plantation's }4 years
Sallary 50,,-
To the Solicitor Gen1 of the Virginia Affairs for
the same time 50„ —
To the Attorney General for the same time 20,, —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time. . . . 50,, —
To the Ministers attending last General Court. . . . 4,, —
To the Armourer ]/2 Years Sallary 6„ — ,
To the Gunners of the several Batteries for the
same time 20,, —
To William Prentis for sundry Repairs ab* the
Govern3 House 43,, 1„ 9^4
To the same for Contingent Charges & sundry Ex-
presses 440,, 6„ \l/2
To Col0 Alexander Spotswood in full of his De-
mands for his Services & Expences in the
Treaty with the Northern Indians pursuant
to His Majesty's Warrant 936„12, —
And out of the Quit Rents
To Mr Com7 Blair ]/2 Year's Salary end* the 25th
October 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney General for the same time 30„ — „ —
The Account of His Majesty's Revenue of 2s per hhd port Duties
& Head money ending the 25th of October last being Examined by the
Deputy Auditor was this day laid before the Governor and Council
by His Majestys Receiver General who made Oath thereto and the
same was certified by the Governor as usual
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 315
On the application of the Officers of His Majestys Revenue Ordered
that they be impowered to issue a number of Rights not exceeding the
value of five hundred Pounds Sterl to be disposed to such persons as
shall have Occasion to take Grants of His Majestys Lands
On the application of the Exrs of the last Will & Testament of
Philip Ludwell Esqr decd praying the approbation of this Board for the
Manumiting of Johnathan Pearse a Slave belonging to the Estate of the
said decd in Consideration of his faithful Services as well before as
since the Death of his said Master, and of his having delivered to them
one other Slave pursuant to a Clause in the said Will of the Testator
impowering them to exchange any of his Slaves on Consideration of
the Premises This Board do approve of the said Johnathan's being
Manumitted & set free, of which all Persons whom it may concern are
hereby required to take Notice
Ordered
That a New Commission of the Peace issue for Brunswick County
and that Thomas Wilson and William Haywood Gent be added to the
present Justices in the said Commission
At a Council held at the Capitol Decr 12th 1733
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Custis
Cole Digges Wil Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Grymes Phil Lightfoot &
Wil Dandridge Thomas Lee Esq"
Ordered
That the General Assembly be further Prorogued to Thursday the
XIVth day of May next, and that a Proclamation be prepared and issued
accordingly.
Joseph Norfleet is appointed an Inspector at Lawrence's Warehouse
in the room of Nicholas Parker, who for Neglect of his Duty is removed
from that Office.
On reading at the Board a Letter from Col° Nicholas Smith of the
County of King George, complaining of Mr Richard Booker one of
the Inspectors at Roys and Gibson's Warehouses for Misdemeanours in
his Office, and the Certificate produced under the hands of the principal
Inhabitants of the Counties of King George & Caroline, testifying that
the said Richard Booker is not only a Person well qualified for that
Office, but diligent & impartial in the Discharge thereof, It is the Opinion
of this Board that the said Booker be Continued in his Office notwith-
standing the said Complaint
On hearing this day at the Board the Subject matter of the Com-
plaint of Charles Grymes Gent against Thomas Samford together with
what was alledged in behalf of the said Samford It is the Opinion of
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this Board that he be not removed from his said Office until it shall
appear that he hath misbehaved himself therein
Present
John Carter Esqr
William Beverly Gent having entered a Caveat for Stopping a
Patent sued out by Jacob Stover for a Tract of Land lying on both
sides Sherrando River, and in the second Fork thereof, On hearing the
Parties by their Council It is the Opinion of this Board and accordingly
Ordered That a Patent be granted the said Stover For ye Tract of Land
in dispute, pursuant to the grant thereof made to him in the year 1730,
and that the said Caveat be set aside
On hearing the Matter in Dispute between James Petillo and Sarah
Archer Widdow of Roger Archer decd for Land in the County of Prince
George surveyed for the said Petillo, It is Ordered that the said Petillo
have a Patent for the whole Tract of Land surveyed for him including
the Plantation in dispute he paying to Elizabeth the Daughter of the
said Archer the Sum of Five pounds Current Money in Consideration
of the Improvements made thereon
James Skelton having entered a Caveat for stopping a Patent sued
out by John Bacon Gent for Land in Hanover County found to Es-
cheat to His Majesty from Philip Livermore decd, On hearing this
day the Parties by their Council, It appearing that the said Skelton was
the first that discovered the said Land to be escheated, and hath already
obtained a Patent for the same as the Land of Barbara Livermore, hath
the most equitable pretention to His Majesty's Favour And it is there-
fore Ordered that his title thereto be Confirmed by allowing him to sue
out a new Patent upon the Inquisition now returned whereby the same
is now found to Escheat from Philip Livermore
For the better ascertaining the Limits of the Districts of South
Potowmack and Rappahannock It is Ordered That the Indian Creek
which Divides The County's of Lancaster & Northumberland be here-
after accounted & taken as Part of the District of Potowmack and that
all Vessels trading there, for the Future do enter & clear with the
Officers of the said District
Ordered
That Mr Elliot Mr McCarty & Mr Waddy be added to the present
Commissioners for the directing the Building & repairing the Ware-
houses in the County of Westmorland
Sundry Petitions for leave to take up Land were this day read and
granted as follows Viz'
< To Arthur Hopkins Gent two thousand Acres in Goochland County
begining on Col° Martin's Line on the great Bird Creek thence to Ber-
ringer's Tract & extending on both sides that Tract to Gum Creek and
the Branches of the Round about and down in the dry Branch of the
Bird to include that Quantity
To Henry Wood Gent three thousand Acres in Goochland Count
in one or more Surveys begining a Mile below the Line of Robert Adams
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 317
and William Adkins on Mychuck Creek runing into the Northside of
the North Branch of James River
To Stephen Hughes and Tarleton Fleming Six thousand Acres in
Goochland County on both sides of Willis's Creek and between the Lines
of Col° Benjamin Harrison, Mr William Mayo James Cunningham Jacob
Winfry, George Briggs and Mr Henry Cary including four hundred
Acres already surveyed for the Petitioners
To William Richards one thousand Acres upon the West side of
Gravelly Run on Edmund Browden's Line in Prince George County
To John Hall two thousand Acres adjoining to the petitioner's land
purchased of Daniel Hicks on the South Side of Meherrin River in
Brunswick County
To Joshua Fry on thousand Acres on the West side of his patented
Land in S' Mark's Parish (formerly S. George's) in Spotsylvania
County with Leave to take out an Inclusive Patent for the whole
To Thomas Carr three thousand Acres in the Fork of the North
Fork of James River above the little Mountains adjoining to the
Petitioner's former Surveys in Hanover County including Eight hun-
dred Acres already surveyed for the Petitioner
To Joseph Dabbs and Thomas Walker twenty five hundred Acres
begining on Randolph's Creek on the upper side of Willis's Creek thence
on both sides the said Creek including Eight hundred Acres already
survey'd for the Petitioners in Goochland county
To Stephen Gill one thousand Acres lying between the Second
Branch and West Branch of Swift Creek in Henrico County
To Joseph Wilkinson one thousand Acres adjoining to his former
Survey, and along the Lines of Benjamin Ward & extending up and
over the Branches of Nebb's Creek to include that Quantity
To Daniel Sturdivant & James Sturdivant Eight hundred Acres
between the Main Deep Creek, and the Seller Fork thereof in the
County of Prince George to include four hundred Acres formerly
granted Daniel Sturdivant one of the Petitioners
On the Petition of Samuel Cobbs representing that sometime ago
he obtained an Order of this Board for four thousand Acres of Land
lying on the Southside of Swift's Creek in Henrico County in the Year
1724 for Benjamin Bradly & Joshua Gee of London Merchants &
others, and by them deserted, and having now obtained the Original
Survey of the said Land from the Person who survey'd the same pray-
ing he may have a patent granted him according to the Bounds described
therein without being obliged to Resurvey the Same ; It is Ordered that
a Patent be granted him according to the Prayer of his said Petition
318 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
At a Council held at the Capitol the XXIII April 1734
Present
The Governor
Cole Digges Wil Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Grymes Phil Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
On reading this day at the Board a Memorial of John Colvil
Francis Awbry Dennis McCarty and Richard Osbourn Gen1 four of
His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Prince William
complaining of Divers Misdemeanors & Irregular Practices of John
Mercer an Attorney in the said Court, and praying Redress therein
It is Ordered (that for the more speedy Enquiry into the truth of the
Matters contain'd in the said Complaint) John Tayloe & Thomas Lee
Esq" do meet at the House of Henry Fitzhugh Esqr In Stafford
County on Munday the XIII of May next and there in Conjunction
with any other Member of His Majesty's Council who shall think fit
to be present, take the Examination of all such Witnesses as either the
Complainants or the said John Mercer shall desire to be sworn and
Examined in relation to the Premises so as such Examination do not
Extend to any Offence or Misbehaviour preceeding the time of the
said Mercer's being Lycensed to practice as an Attorney, And it is
further Ordered that all Persons who shall be served with this Order
to appear as Witnesses for either party at the time and place aforesaid
do accordingly give their attendance ; and that the Clerk of Stafford
County do also attend to take the said Examinations, And to the End
the Complainants may be the better enabled to prosecute their Charge,
The Clerk of the County of Prince William is hereby directed to permit
the Complts to have access to the Records of the said Court, and the
sd Clerk is also Ordered to Attend the Commissioners appointed to take
the aforesaid Examinations, and to bring with him as well the Record
Book of the Orders and Judgments of the said Court as the Minute
Book of the Orders since the time the said Mercer was sworn an At-
torney there, and after the Examination of the Witnesses on both sides
are finished The said Commissioners are to make Return thereof to the
Council Office and the Parties heard thereon at the Court of Oyer and
Terminer held in June next
Present
Mr Corn7 Blair, William Byrd & John Custis Esq"
On reading a Petition from the Inhabitants on the North West side
the Blew Ridge of Mountains, praying that some persons may be ap-
pointed as Magistrates to determine Differences and punish Offenders in
regard the Petitioners live far remote from any of the established
Counties within the Colony It is the Opinion of the Council that Joost
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 319
Hyte, Morgan Morgan, John Smith Benjamin Bourden and George
Hobson be appointed Justices within the Limits aforesaid, and that they
be added to the Com11 of the Peace for the County of Spotsylvania, until
there be a sufficient Number of Inhabitants on the North West side
of the said Mountains to make a County of itself, But that the Perons
above named be not Oblidged to give their Attendance as Justices of the
Court of the County of Spotsylvania
A Petition of the Inhabitants on Sherrando River in behalf of
themselves & others intending to settle there praying that an Address
may be made to His Majesty to remit to the sd Inhabitants the Quit
Rents of their Lands for a Tern not Exceeding Twelve Years as an
Encouragement for the more speedy peopleing that remote place of this
Dominion; and
Also a Petition of Vincent Pearse William Allen & Charles Chis-
well Gent in behalf of themselves & others praying a Grant of Sixty
Thousand Acres of Land on the West side the River Cohungorooton
and bounding Notherly on the East & West Lines of the Proprietors
of Pensylvania were severally read at the Board, and thereupon it was
resolved that Application be made to His Majesty for removing all
Obstructions to the Settlement of that part of the Country & for grant-
ing such Temporary Exemptions and Encouragements to such of His
Majesty's Subjects, and forreign Protestants as shall come to inhabit
there, as His Majesty shall judge most proper for the speedy Settlement
of that Frontier And a further Consideration of the said last mentioned
Petition is postponed
The Governor was pleas'd to Nominate & appoint the following
Persons to be Sherifs the ensuing Year Viz*
For the County of
Norfolk Matthew Godfrey
Isle of Wight Thomas Gale
Richmond Leroy Griffin
Nancemond Thomas Godwin
James City William Marrable
King & Queen John Camm
Charles City Edward Broadnax
Caroline Walter Chiles
Stafford Phil Alexander
King William Henry Webber
Prince George John Beard
Prince William Joseph Hudnall
Northampton John Stratton
Goochland George Paine
Surry Thomas Avant
York Franc8 Hayward
Brunswick George Walton
Middlesex Armistead Churchill
Hannover David Crafford
Lancaster Hugh Brent
320 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Ordered
That a New Commission of the Peace issue for the County of
Charles City, and that John Minns Jur James Eppes & Francis Dance
be added to the present Justices in the said Commission
Ordered
That a new Commission of the Peace issue for the County of
Lancaster, and that John Heal, Joseph Heal William Tayloe Joseph
Chinn, Joseph Carter, & William Steptoe Gent be added to the present
Justices in the said Commission
Ordered
That a New Commission of the Peace issue for the County's of
Middlesex & Richmond, and that a greater Number of Justices be added
to the Quorum in the said Commissions respectively
Ordered
That a new Commission of the Peace issue for the County of
Prince George, and that Richard Jones & Charles Irby Gent be added
to the present Justices in the said Commission
Ordered
That a new Commission of the Peace issue for the County of
James City & that the Quorum be enlarged & that Abraham Nicholas &
William Prentiss^ be added to the present justices in the sd Comission
Ordered
That the General Assembly be further prorogued to the fourth
Thursday in August next, & then to Meet to proceed on Business
Whereas Richard Booker, was upon Complaint of Sundry In-
habitants of King George County removed from his Office of Inspector
at Roy's & Gibson's Warehouses, and it appearing that the Complainants
were misinformed, and are now desirous to have him restored. It is
Ordered he be restored accordingly.
His Majesty's Warrant countersigned by the Right HonbIe the
Lords Com" of His Majesty's Treasury & bearing Date the 16th day of
December 1733 was this day read at the Board appointing an aditional
Salary of £250 per annum to the Members of His Majesty's Council
to commence from the 25th of October last, and also confirming to the
Adjutant for the time being the Sallary of £150 per annum and directing
the payment of the arrears thereof, And also Confirming the allowance
of five and 5/8 per C to the Receiver General for Enabling him to
remitt by Bills of Exchange the Money he is oblidged to Receive for
His Majesty's Quit Rents And it is Ordered that His Majesty's said
Warrant be entered on the Council Books
The Govern' was pleased to acquaint the Council that since their
meeting last December William Craddock one of the Inspectors at
Williams's Warehouse & John Roy one of the Inspect" at Roys &
Gibson's Warehouses are dead & that he had appointed James Quarles
in the room of the former & John Roy the younger in the room of the
latter.
A Warrant for an additional Salary of £40 per annum to be paid
to His Majesty's Attorney General was produced at the Board & Read,
and Ordered to be Lodged with the Receiver General of His Majestys
Revenues
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 321
April 30th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Custis
Wm Byrd William Randolph
Cole Digges John Tayloe
John Robinson Phil Light foot &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esq"
Ordered
That Mr Henry Fleet be appointed Coroner for the County of
Lancaster
On Reading of a Letter from Mr Robert Brooke Surveyor of the
Lands on Sherrando River, It is ordered That the said Robert Brooke
do prepare a Map of the Lands lying on the said River and attend this
Board with the same at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer for the
better Explaining what is contained in the said Letter.
Whereas the Sallary allowed to the Gunner at York is judged too
small & disproportioned to his Service it is Ordered that forty Shillings
Sterling Per Ann be aded to his former Salary and paid him for the
Future
The Account of Contingent Charges for the last half Year, and
also the Acount for Reparations about the Governors House to the
25 tn Instant, were this day regulated, and allowed.
A Petition of Thomas Nelson and other Creditors of William
Major a Prisoner in the Public Goal was read & ordered to be referr'd
'till his Majestys Pleasure be known concerning him
May 4th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Custis
William Byrd Wil Randolph
Cole Digges Phil Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out of
His Majesty's Revenues were this Day signed by the Governor in Coun-
cil Viz*
out of the 2s per hhd & c
To the Governor half a years Salary endg 25th April
1734 £1000,,—,,—
To the Gent" of the Council j/2 years Salary end8 the
same time 300,, — „ —
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To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer &
Terminer held in Decr last 100,,-
To the Auditor Gen1 half a year's Salary as above . . 50„-
To the Sollr of the Virg" Affairs for the same time . . 50„-
To the Kings Atty General for the same time 60„-
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time 50„ — ,
To the Ministers for their Attend" last Gen1 Court . . 4„-
To the Armourer y2 Years Salary 6,, — ,
To the Gunners of the several Batteries 20„ — ,
To Wm Prentis for Repairs abl the Governors House. 79„13,
To sundry Contingent Charges 401,, 1,
To the Adjutants Salary from 25th Octr 1732 to the
25th April 225,,— „-
And out of the Quit Rents
To Mr Comy Blair half a Years Salary 50„ — „ —
To the Atty General half a Years Salary 43„ 6„ 8
The Account of His Majesty's Revenue of 2s per hhd ending the
25th of April last, being examined by the Auditor was sworn to by the
Receiver General, and Certified by the Governor as Usual
Eliz" Major the Wife of William Major now a Prisoner in the
public Goal, and reprieved until His Majestys Pleasure be signified
having by her Petition represented the ill State of Her said Husband's
Health occasioned by his long Confinement, and that his Life is in
Eminent Danger unless he can be removed to a better Air, Which
Allegations being confirmed by the Report of Physicians It is the
Opinion of this Board and accordingly Ordered That the said William
Major be enlarged out of Prison for the Recovery of His Health upon
his entring into Bond with good & Sufficient Security to render his
Body to the sd Goal whenever the same shall be required
Charles Whitfeild of Leverpoole Mariner representing to this
Board that he hath lately built in Elizabeth River a Ship called the
Goodwin for Ace8 of divers Merchants resideing at the said Port of
Leverpoole and that he speedily expects the Rigging and tackle for
fiting the said ship to be sent into this Colony and Landed at Hampton
by a Vessel bound up the Bay to Maryland, and praying that the said
Rigging & takle may be allowed to be landed without obliging the
Vessel importing the same to make an Entry or to pay the Port Duties,
This Board taking the same into Consideration, and judging the desire
of the Petr to be reasonable hath Ordered as it is hereby Ordered That
the Tackle & Rigging of the said Ship Goodwin be allowed to be landed
by Permit without obliging the Master of the Vesel importing the
same to make an Entry or charging any other Fees or Dues than for
the Permitt only Provided no Goods or Merchandizes be landed out of
such Vessel other than the Tackle & Rigging of the Ship aforesaid.
Jesse de la Monteny Master of a Sloop belonging to Maryland
having put in to Hampton to repair his said Vessel being very leaky,
and finding since that she is incapable of performing the intended
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 323
Voiage, has been Oblidged to dispose of her Lading of Indian Corn,
On his Petition, he hath Liberty to depart on his return to Mary Land
without paying the Port Duties or other Fees at the said Port of which
the Officers of the said Port are to take Notice & to Conform themselves
accordingly
Robert Turner having been Examined and reported qualifyed on
his Petition hath Lycence granted him to practice as an Attorney at
the County Courts
On the application of John Simmons Gent in behalf of himself and
other Inhabitants of Isle of Wight County, Wednesday next following
the Court of Oyer & Terminer in June next is appointed for hearing
the said Inhabitants and the Justices of the said County on the Subject
Matter of their Petition formerly Exhibited to this Board touching the
fixing a Place near the Center of the County for holding their Courts
On the Petition of Richard Meux Son and Heir of John Meux
late of the County of New Kent decd Leave is granted him to sue out
an Inclusive patent for seven hundred Acres of Marsh and sunken
Grounds in the said County two hundred thereof being granted to the
said John Meux by Patent & 500 surveyed by him in his Lifetime ac-
cording to the Piatt & Certificate annexed to the said Petition
Sundry Petitions for leave to enter for & Survey uncultivated Land
were read & granted as follows Viz1
To William Moore one thousand Acres in Prince George County
at the Indian Swamp & joining to the County Line thence to Warico
Branch & John Floyds Line in the Fork of Beasely Branch and the said
Indian Swamp to compleat the said Quantity
To William Chamberlayne Anthony Hoggat & Joseph Dabbs six
thousand Acres in Goochland County adjoining to the Land entered for
by the said Hoggat and Dabbs, John Cosby Thomas Walker and John
Phelps, and extending along the back of that Tract Southerly and
Westerly to and upon Appomattox River to Compieat that Quantity
To George Reeves Eighteen hundred Acres of Land adjoining to
his own lands lying on both sides the Cherry Orchard Branch of Jones
Hole runing along the County line Richad Hills line, Cutbert Wil-
liamson's line, and Richard Carlisles Line in Surry County and that
he may have an inclusive patent to Compleat that Quantity.
To Isham Randolph Three Thousand acres of Land to joyn in
one patent lying Contigious part purchased and part lately Surveyed
in Goochland County
To William Blockly one thousand acres of Land begining at Wil-
liam Sammons's Corner Tree a Little below the flatt Rock on Wagner
Creek and down the said Creek as it meanders until it joyns Williams's
line and along his line to marked Trees out into the Woods to take its
Breadth joyning round the said Sammons's Marked Trees to Compleat
the Quantity in Brunswick County with liberty to include in one patent
the Said Land with the Tract lately purchased by him of William Symes.
To John Richardson one Thousand acres of Land in one or more
Surveys on Appomattox River begining at Mr Townses Line and Ex-
tending up to Sandy River to Compleat that Quantity in Prince George
County
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To Richard Bland an Inclusive Patent for Six hundred acres of
Land adjoining to and including his Patented Land in Meherrin River
in the Isle of Weight County.
To Edward Broadnax 1500 Acres of Land on the South Side
Roanoke River begining at the mouth of Grassy Creek runing up and
down the river to Compleat that Quantity in Brunswick County.
Richard Cocke Gent Setting forth that about fourteen years ago
there was Surveyed for one Amos Lad 300 acres of Land on Beverdam
Creek in Henrico now in Goochland County that soon after the said
Survey the said Amos Lad entred into agreement with Richard Cocke
the Pet" father to Convey the said Land to him as soon as a patent
Cou'd be obtained for the same which the said Ladd undertook to sue
out in a very short time and according Executed a Bond to the Peti-
tioners father to perfect the said Conveyance and soon after the Peti-
tioners father departed this life having first made his last Will and
Testament and thereby devised the said 300 acres of Land to the Peti-
tioner but the Survey having been made by Francis Eppes Gent Sur-
veyor of Henrico County and the Rights lodged in his Hands in order
to obtain that Patent the said Eppes has possessed himself of the afore-
said 300 acres of Land and tho the petitioner has often demanded the
said Survey and Rights to be delivered to him since his Coming of age
Yet he cou'd never obtain the same and praying that the said Francis
Eppes shou'd be summoned to appear before this Board to shew Cause
why he detained the said survey and Rights and that the Petitioner
may be releived in the premises it is accordingly ordered that the said
Francis Eppes be summoned to answer the said Petition at the Council
to be held on Wednesday next following the Court of Oyer and
Terminer in June next.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 12,h June 1734
Present
The honourable William Gooch Esqr Lieu' Governor.
Mr Comissary Blair William Dandridge
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot
John Grymes Thomas Lee &
George Pheney Esq"
Pursuant to a Warrant under the Sign Manual of the Queens
Majestie Guardian of the Kingdom bearing date the 31st of July 1732
George Phenney Esqr Surveyor General of his Majestyies Customs for
the Southern District of America having First taken and Subscribed the
oaths appointed to be taken instead of the oaths of allegeance and
Supremacy the abjuration oath mentioned in the act of Parliam' made
in the First year of the Reign of his late Majestie King George the
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 325
First and Subscribed the test was Sworne of his Majesties Council and
took his place accordingly.
Ordered that Mr Wilson Curie and Mr George Wray be added to
the Commission of the Peace for the County of Elizabeth City and that
a Commission Issue accordingly.
Ordered that a New Commission of the Peace Issue for the County
of Isle of Wight that Matthew Kinchin Samuel Daviss and Henry
Applewight Junr be added to the present Justices in the said Com-
mission.
William Harwood Junr one of the Inspectors at Denby Warehouse
desiring to resign that Office Mr Thomas Wills is appointed Inspector
in his Room.
Joost Hite having made proof of the Seating the Lands convey'd
to him by John & Isaac Vanmader on the western Side Sherrando River
by bringing there on to Dwell one Family for Each 1000 acres and also
part of the Land granted him & Robert Mackay and others thereunto
adjoining, It is Ordered that Patents be granted to the Several Masters
of Familys residing there for the Quantitys of Land surveyed for them
respectively pursuant to the Condition on which the sd Land was First
taken up and the Surveys now returned into the office.
On hearing this Day at the Board the matter in dispute Between
Henry Willis Gent and William Russell touching a Tract of Land
Lying in Spotsylvania County on the East side of Sherrando River first
taken up by the said Russell and diverse other his partners in the Year
1728. It is ordered that unless the said Russell do at the next Court of
Oyer and Terminer to be held in the month of December produ[c]e
proper assignments from the Persons who were first Petitioners for the
said Land and perfect his Survey of the 10000 acres granted him in
Spotsylvania County as part of the 20000 acres formerly allowed for him
to Survey on Sherrando River and be ready then to take out his patent
for the same he be Excluded from all benefit of his Former Grant so far
as Relates to the Land on the East Side Sherrando River and that the
Same be granted to the Said Henry Willis and it is Further Ordered
that the Survey shall not Extend above ten miles up the River from the
beginning at the mouth of Happy Creek.
On Consideration of the Petition of Richard Cocke presented to
this Board the Fourth Day of May Last against Amos Ladd & Francis
Eppes Gent the said Eppes now appearing being heard It is Ordered
that he deliver to the petitioner a Piatt and Survey of the 300 acres of
Land on Beverdam Creek in Goochland County Formerly Surveyed by
him for the aforementioned Amos Ladd and that upon the Petitioners
producing Rights he have a Patent granted him For the same.
326 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
At a Council held at the Capitol the 12th Day of June 1734
Present
The Governour in Council
On hearing this Day the matter in dispute Between Robert Mackay
Joost Hite and others their partners and William Russell touching the
right to Certain Lands on Sherrando River Claimed By the said Russell
and included within a Grant made to the said Mackay and Hite for
100000 acres It is ordered that Mr Rob4 Brooke do Survey the Ten
Thousand acres of Land Granted the said Russell in the Fork of Sher-
rando so as the said survey do not Extend nearer to the said Robert
McKay's present Settlem* then one mile nor above Ten miles along the
River from his begining place at the mouth of the Fork, and if within
these bounds he cannot have the aforesaid Quantity of Ten Thousand
acres that then the Survey be extended back in a Straight Course from
the River towards the north Branch to Compleat the Same And for as
much as during the Dispute Between the said partys the Settlement of
that Tract Granted to McKay and Hite hath been obstructed Further
time is hereby allowed them & their partners until Christmas 1735 to
Comply with the Terms of their grant and in the meantime they may
proceed to Survey the Same.
On the Petition of Susannah Carner late the wife of Matton for
setting aside the Caveat entered by Thomas Jefferson against her patent
for the Land of the Said Matton upon her paying her proportionable
part of the Charges of suing the Escheat of the said Lands It is ordered
that upon her paying to the said Jefferson Six Pounds for her propor-
tion of the said Charges or depositing that Sum in the Secretary's Of-
fice in case he refuses to accept thereof a Patent be granted her for
that part of her late husbands Land in her possession.
Francis Berkley humbly representing to this Board that in Sep-
tember 1728 he obtained a Patent for 1000 acres of Land in Spotsyl-
vania County but upon resurveying the Same hath discover'd that by
a mistake of the Surveyor the Courses mentioned in the Said patent
differ From the Courses mark'd upon the Land in that the Second
Course which in the said Patent is mentioned to Run North 15 Degrees
West ought to have been South 15 Degrees East according to the
marked line and the other Courses run upon the Land to Include the
quantity Granted him and praying that he may have a new Patent for
rectifying the said mistake It is accordingly Ordered that a new
patent be granted the said Berkley conformable to the true Courses of
his Survey and the Certificate of the Present Surveyor of Spotsylvania
County
On the Petition of Henry Willis Gent leave is granted him to take
up 10000 acres of Land in Spotsylvania County Begining at the mouth
of Happy Creek on the Line of the Land of William Russell and Run-
ning Northerly Between Sherrando River and the mountains to Com-
pleat that Quantity.
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On the Petition of William Beverly and Robert Brooke Leave is
granted them to take up 4000 acres of Land in Spotsylvania County
joining to the Land of Charles Burgess Deceased and the great Moun-
tains.
Whereas it hath been represented to this Board that Samuel Isaac
Junr and Thomas Williams have made it their practice for Some time
past to Steal Horses and Comitt other Robbery's among the Inhabitants
lately Settled on Sherrando River and after Such Robbery's Committed
Find means to conceal themselves in the Countys of Prince William
and Spotsylvania It is Ordered that a Reward of Five Pounds Current
money be given to any Person or Persons who shall apprehend Either
of them the said Isaac or Williams so as he or they be brought to Justice.
Whereas a barbarous Murder was Sometime Since Committed in
Spotsylvania County by Some of the Northern Indians and there being
just Cause to suspect that the same was done by the Indians of the
Nation of the Coonays under the Government of Pensylvania The
Governor is requested to write to the Governor of that province to
Enquire into the Truth of the Fact and to use his authority for deliver-
ing up the murderers that they may be punish'd for the Said Crime.
June 13th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comissary Blair William Dandridge
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Light foot &
John Grymes Thomas Lee Esq"
Whereas it appears to this Board that Burr Harrison Collector of
the Levies and other public dues in the County of Prince William hath
Exacted from diverse of the Inhabitants the 20 per Cent allowed them
by law for paying the said Levys and Dues by Inspectors Notes under
pretence that the Same were paid after the Tenth Day of April It is
Ordered that the Said Burr Harrison do forthwith repay to the Several
agreived Persons the Tobacco he hath exacted of them on pain of being
prosecuted for his Said offence.
Ordered
That there be paid to Major Robert Brooke for his Trouble in
preparing a Map of the Lands on the West Side Sherrando River and
attending to inform this Board of the Settlements made thereon the
Sum of Ten Guineas out of his Majesty's Revenue of 2s per hogshead
& c.
On reading at the Board a Petition of Richard Wood in behalf
of William Williamson an Infant setting forth that Joseph Williamson
Father of the said William Entered for and Surveyed 300 acres of Land
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in the County of Henrico but before he cou'd obtain a Patent for the
Same became depriv'd of his senses and is now maintained by the said
Richard Wood at his Charge having nothing of his own whereon to
Subsist and the said Richard proposing to keep the said Idiot for the
Space of Four Years if he so long live upon Condition that the said 300
Acres of Land be granted the said William Williamson his son who
would be Entituled thereto as heir at Law if the patent had been taken
out before the time of the Father's Idiousy this Board taking the said
Petition into Consideration & judging the same reasonable It is there-
upon Ordered that a Patent be granted in the name of the Said William
Williamson for the said Tract of Land according to the prayer of the
above Petition.
On hearing this Day at the Board the matter of Complaint of John
Colvil Dennis McCarty and others Justices of the Peace for the County
of Prince William against John Mercer Attorney in the Court of that
County the Several Depositions taken in behalf of Each party being
read & diverse Witnesses on both sides being Examined and the parties
heard by their Council and it appearing to this Board that the said John
Mercer has bin guilty of divers undue and unjust practices It is
therefore ordered that he be Suspended from practicing as an attorney
in any Court of this Dominion for the Space of Six months and that
thereafter he Continue so Suspended until he obtain a new Licence.
June 14th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Commissary Blair William Dandridge
William Byrd John Custis
John Carter William Randolph &
John Grymes Thomas Lee Esq"
Joseph Hudnall who was appointed Sheriff of the County of
Prince William not having given Security for the Execution of the said
Office Jeremiah Brinnaugh Gent is appointed in his stead to be sheriff
of the said County for the Ensuing Year.
Thomas Parrott having Entered a Caveat and preferred a Petition
for stopping a Patent sued out by John Tabb Gent for Land in Bruns-
wick County It is Ordered that it be referred to Col° Robert Boiling
to take the Depositions of such persons as either of the Party's shall
desire and make return of his proceedings to the Council Office before
the next Court of Oyer and Terminer.
On the Petition of Arthur Mosely setting forth that he obtained
an Order of this Board for an Inclusive patent for 900 acres of Land
at a place call'd Butterwood Swamp in Henrico County part of which
is already patented but upon his applying to the Surveyor of Henrico
County to join the two platts to avoid any mistake in describing the
Bounds he refused the same because part of the Land therein mentioned
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 329
is now in Goochland County It is Ordered upon the Prayer of the
Petitioner that either of the Surveyors of Goochland or Henrico Countys
do prepare a platt according to the Bounds described in the patent and
the Survey of the adjacent Tract of New Land and upon return thereof
into the Secretarys Office the Petitioner to have an Inclusive Patent for
the whole.
On the Petition of Thomas Ravenscraft Gent Leave is granted him
to take up the 10000 acres of Land Formerly granted him in Brunswick
County in one or more Distinct Surveys as he shall Find Convenient.
On the Petition of Charles Hudson and Michael Holland Assignee
of Jonathan Crutchley Leave is granted them to Survey in distinct
Tracts their proportion of 6000 acres of Land lying on Ivey Creek in
the County of Goochland Formerly taken up by leave from this Board
by the said Hudson & Crutchley and Charles Linch and the Surveyor
of Goochland County is to lay out the Same accordingly.
Sundry petitions for Land were read and granted as Follows vizt.
To John Hall 2000 Acres Contigous to a Plantation of his pur-
chased of Daniel Hicks on the South Side of Meherrin River in the
County of Brunswick.
To Joseph Granger 1000 Acres on the Beaver pound Branch of
Deep Creek beginning at Robert Taylors Corner tree runing down the
said Taylors line to Mr Crawley and Neals for the quantity in Prince
George County.
To Matthew Jouet 2214 Acres in Hanover County Lying on North
East Creek and on both Sides the Southanna, 1074 acres being already
Patented and the rest new Land with leave to Sue out an inclusive
Patent for the whole.
To Nicholas Davis leave to have an Inclusive Patent for 1500 acres
lying on the East Side Muddy Creek on the South Side James already
Surveyed for Joseph Mayo and 400 acres of Land bought of William
Bradly joining to the said Mayo's Survey and 500 acres of waste Land
Between the lines of Ashford Hughes Richard Powell Bowler Cocke
and the Said Mayo's Survey in Goochland County.
To James Vaughan 1000 acres in Goochland County Bounding on
William Holliday on the South Side Wallaces Creek upon bares branch.
To James Vaughan 5000 acres in Brunswick County begining on
the South Side of Appomattox River upon a branch Four or Five miles
below Vaughans Creek runing up the said Branch to the said Creek to
Compleat the Quantity.
To James Allen Thomas Anderson and Charles Anderson to in-
clude in one Survey 4000 acres in Goochland County already Entered
for on great guinea Creek begining on Wamocks line runing down-
wards on the licking Hole Branches and to Capt. Stoners Lines thence
up the aforesaid Creek and Branches of Appamattox River to include
the Quantity.
To Thomas Williams 1500 acres on the South Side Hatches Run
in Prince George County joining to William Mayo's & James Hudsons
lines.
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To William Moore 1000 acres in Prince George County lying on
the County line at the Indian Swamp then to Warricoi branch to John
Floyds line thence into the Fork of Beasleys Branch thence up the said
Branch and Indian Swamp for Complement.
To George Rives 1000 acres in Prince George County on the North
Side of James Holes Swamp on the Cherry Orchard Branch begining
on the County line thence to Richard Blands line thence binding on
Cuthbert Williamson's line Richard Hills Richard Carliles John Jen-
nings and his own line.
To Richard Randolph, John Boiling & William Kennon 10,000
acres in Brunswick County begining Five mile below the great Swamp
on little Roanoke runing ten mile up the said River including the Land
on both Sides the Said River to be Laid out in one or more Tracts.
To Peter Jefferson to have three Surveys lying on the North Side
of North River begining at the Secretary's Ford the north Side the
First Ledge of Mountains and Runing down the River and back to the
Secretarys line in Goochland County to be included in one patent.
To James Watson 1100 acres including 400 old patented Land and
the rest new Land in Hanover County.
To Charles Lynch 1000 acres in Goochland County joining the land
of John Carter Esqr & the Lands of Charles Hudson at prospect & the
Land of the said Hudson on Hardiware River.
To John Tally 1200 acres on the upper Side Deep Creek to include
Several Surveys in Prince George County.
At a Council held the 5th Day of September 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comissary Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot
John Carter Thomas Lee &
George Phenny Esq"
Thomas Green having been appointed during the indisposition of
Hancock Lee to be Inspector at Fredericksburg.
Ordered
That he be paid Ten Pounds for his Service
Ordered
That Sr John Randolph, Mr Lewis Burwell Mr William Armistead,
Mr John Smith and Mr Thomas Booth Junr be added to the Commission
of Peace for Gloucester County and that Mr Lewis Burwell be last in
the Quoram and that a Commission Issue accordingly.
A Letter from Patrick Gordon Esqr Governor of the Province of
Pensylvania and dated the Tenth Instant was read Signifying that the
Conai Indians had in Conferrence with him denyed their being any way
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 331
concerned in the Murther Committed in Spotsylvania County and it is
ordered that Further Enquiry be made into the Circumstances and time
of the said Murder.
The Cherikee Indians having Sent to the Governor by William
Bellew, an Indian Trader a Copy of the agreements Concluded by the
Lords Commissioners of Trade and their Deputys with a Message
desiring Leave to trade here It is the opinion of the Council that it is
for the Public Service and benefit of the Colony to preserve the Friend-
ship of the Said Indians and therefore that all due Encouragment be
given them to continue a Trade with this Colony.
Ordered
That Mr John Wall Charles King John Duke William McCain and
Nicholas Lancer Justices of Brunswick County be Sumoned to attend
this Board on this Day Fortnight to answer their Contempt in refusing
to Swear the Sherriff and breaking up the Court without doing any
business.
Whereas Thomas Harton has been missing for Some months past
and upon information that one of the Nottoway Indians Killed him and
that his Brother and a woman threw him into Mr John Simmons Mill
dam and thereupon the parties accused have been Committed to Goal
and it appearing that the Woman taken up is not the Person guilty,
Ordered that She be discharged out of Prison and that the Wife of the
Supposed Offender be sent for in Custody in order to her tryal, and
that John Simmons do drain his Mill Dam for the better discovery
of the said Murder.
Ordered
That Mr Charles Carter be added to the Comission of the peace
for King George County and be put next to Mr Thornton in the said
Comission.
Ordered
A New Commission of the peace be Issued for the County of
Westmorland and that William Fairfax Esqr be added to the Quoram.
Ordered
A New Comission of the Peace Issue for Richmond and that Lan-
den Carter be put in the Quoram and Gilbert Hamilton and William
Finchly Junr be added to the Present Justices.
September the 12th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comissary Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esq"
Complaint being made to this Board of diverse abuses Committed
by Mr Andrews Inspector at Guilford Warehouse ordered that the Said
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Andrews be Summoned to attend this Board to answer the Said Com-
plaint and that Mr Snead and Mr Rew have notice to attend to testifie
what they know Concerning the Same.
Ordered
That Robert Read of Gwins Island attend this Board Forthwith
to declare what he knows Concerning the Inspectors at Roys and Gib-
sons Warehouses Stamping Tobacco Contrary to their Duty and the
Directions of the Act of Assembly.
Whereas upon hearing the Subject matter of the Petition of the
Inhabitants of Isle of Wight County, on the South Side Black water
River together with the allegations of the Justices and others of the said
County, Inhabiting on James River, and the parts adjoining to the
present Court House it hath been fully made appear to this Board, that
the present Court House for the said County is most inconveniently
situated for the far greater part of the People.
It is therefore Ordered by the Consent of all Parties that for the
future Ease of the Inhabitants the Justices of Isle Wight cause a New
Court House to be Erected and built on the Land of Joseph Godwinns,
Commonly called Joseph Godwinn of Barrets Neck on the North Side
Blackwater River, near the place called Quinny's Bridge and that as
soon as the said Court House shall be Erected and Finished the Court
for the said County be Constantly held there and the Former Court
House disused and discontinued.
September the 14th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comissary Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
John Robinson Philip Light foot
John Carter Thomas Lee &
George Phenney Esq"
The Governor was pleased to lay before the Council a Letter from
Allured Pople Esqr Secretary to the Right Honoble the Lords Com-
missioners for Trade Signifying their Lordshipps pleasure that the
Governor Should transmit his opinion what new product and manufators
or Naval Stores may be produced in this Colony beneficial to the Trade
of Great Britain and what Encouragment may be proper to be given
to the Inhabitants for applying themselves to the making thereof which
Letter being read the Council are Humbly of opinion that besides Pitch
Tarr and Turpentine (For which a bounty is already allowed) Hemp,
Flax, and Iron may be produced here in good Quantities if a Suitable
Premiem were allowed on the Importation thereof into Great Britain
to Enable the People concerned therein to defray the Freight the Charge
of which has hitherto proved a great discouragm' to the making Such
Quantities as otherwise might have been produced here.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 333
Upon the Application of the officers of his Majesty's Revenue
Ordered that a Further Number of Rights not Exceeding the value of
Five Hundred Pounds Sterling be Issued for Supply the People who
may be desirous to take up his Majesties Lands
Ordered — That twelve Small Guns about three Hundred Each
be sent for to be placed on the Battery at York Town and that the three
Last Volums of the Statutes at Large together with twelve Common
Prayer Books for the use of the Council be provided and paid for out
of his Majesties Revenue of 2s per Hogshead and that his Majesties
Receiver General take care the Same be done accordingly.
September the 20th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comissary Blair John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot
John Grymes Thomas Lee &
George Phenney Esq"
Mr John Wall and the other Justices of Brunswick County accord-
ing to the order of the Fifth Instant this day attended the Board and
were Examined and heard Concerning their behavior upon presenting
the Last Commission of the peace and it appearing that the disputes
that have risen among the Justices of the said County have been
occasioned by admitting into the Commission Some Persons lately
recommended against the Inclinations of the Major Part of the Bench
for removing all Further Contests It is ordered that a New Commis-
sion of the peace Issue for the said County and that the Persons objected
against be left out of the Said Commission.
Ordered. That a new Commission of the Peace Issue for New
Kent and that William Chamberlayne Charles Massey and John Doran
be removed From Acting as Justices in the said County and that Daniel
Custis Gent be added to the Quoram in the Said Commission.
Whereas for the better discovering the Muder of Thomas Harton
It was directed by this Board that John Simmons Gent Shou'd drain the
water out of his Mill Dam where the Body of the Said Harton was
Suggested to be thrown, and Whereas in pursuance of the Said Order
the Said Mill Dam hath been drain'd and the Body of the Deceased
found. It is Ordered that for a Recompence to the Said Simmons for
the Loss of the profitts of his Mill there be paid him the Sum of Tenn
Pounds Current Money out of his Majesties Revenue and placed among
the Contingent Charges of the Government.
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September the 21st 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comissary Blair John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Light foot
John Grymes Thomas Lee &
George Phenney Esq"
Whereas it appears to this Board by the Examination of Southey
Rue and Griffith Savage of the County of Accomack Gent that William
Andrews Inspector at Guilfords Warehouse in that County Contrary to
the Duty of his Office did last Year purchase of Sundry Persons a
Considerable quantity of Trash Tobacco which he packt prized and
Stampt at the Said Warehouse without the previty of the other Inspec-
tor and afterwards Sold the Same It is Ordered that the Said Andrews
be Summoned to attend this Board the Second Day of the next General
Court to answer what shall be objected against him in relation to the
premises, the Said Savage together with Henry Hickman Joseph Hick-
man and William Parke be also Summoned to Testifie their knowledge
therein.
A Memorial of Thomas Lee Esqr was this day presented at the
Board humbly representing that during the time of his being Receiver
of his Majesties duty's of 2s per hogshead port duty's and head money
in the district of Potomack he remited to John Adamson late of London
Merchant Five Hundred Fifty Eight Pounds one Shilling and five pence
Sterling which at Sundry times he received on account of the said duty's
and drew on him his own Bill payable to his Majesties Receiver Generall
for that Sum but the said Adamson becoming a Bankrupt Soon after he
the said Thomas Lee not only lost the money so remitted but was obliged
to pay the damages arising on the protesting his own Bill and praying
Such recommendation of his Case to his Majesty and the Right Honor-
ble the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury as this Board shall judge
it deserves and the allegations in the said Memorial being duly proved
as well by the oath of the said Thomas Lee as by other authentick Evi-
dences The Governor and Council were pleased to Certifie the Same
with their humble opinion that the said Thomas Lee ought to be re-
leived out of his Majesties Revenues here for the Loss Sustained by
him.
The Governor was this Day with the advice of the Council pleased
to appoint the following Persons to be Inspectors to wit.
Robert Walton at Littlepages
William McKain & William Walker at Hogg Neck and Taskanask.
Thomas Harrison at Cabbin Point in the Room of Tho8 Cocke.
William Rookings at Greys Creek.
Lawrence Baker at Wainwrights in the Room of Tho8 Walton
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 335
Edward Cocke in the room of Dasey Southwell, at Soans's the
Said Southwell having Confessed himself guilty of Exacting Money
for prizing Tobacco and applying the Same to his own use is therefore
removed.
Southey Rue and John Justice at Guilfords & Pitts's.
Thomas Marshall and Charles Parker at Pungoteague and Nas-
wadox.
Robert Nottingham and William Kendall at Hungers and Cherry
Stones.
William Andrews an Inspector at Guilfords Warehouse being ac-
cused of purchasing Trash Tobacco and Stamping and Shiping it off
without the knowledge of his partner Contrary to the Duty of his
Office, was this day heard thereupon before this Board, together with
the Evidence of the witnesses against him (who were Examined upon
oath) and it appearing that the said Andrews is guilty of the matter
wherewith he is Charged, The Governor with the advice of the Council
is pleased to Order that the Said Andrews' Bond for Executing the
Office of an Inspector be put in Suit by His Majesties Attorney General
and that he be left out of the next Commission of the Peace for
Accomack County.
Ordered
That His Majesties Receiver General pay Grj frith Savage three
Pistoles, and Southey Rue Two pistoles out of the Revenue of Two
Shillings per Hogshead for their attendance at this Board as Wit-
nesses against William Andrews.
Upon an Information of diverse undue Practices of some of the
Inspectors in the upper parts of Rappahanock particularly in passing
and Stamping Tobacco without Inspecting the Same this Board being
Informed that Robert Read of Gloucester County is a material Witness
in this matter, It is this Day Ordered by the Governor in Council that
Hugh Gwyn Gent one of the Justices of that County together with the
Clerk of Said County do Forthwith go to the Said Read and take his
Deposition in relation thereto upon Oath in case he shall not be able to
travel hither, and that the Same be sent to this Board on Thursday
morning next by the said Clerk.
Upon a Complaint of William Lawson an Inspector at Aylets
Warehouse by his Letter to the Governor against Joseph Bickley Junr
the other Inspector there, It is ordered that the said Lawson and Bickley
have notice to appear before this Board on Thursday next in order to
be heard upon the matter of the said Complaint.
For Reasons appearing to this Board It is this Day Ordered by
the Governor in Council that the time Limitted to William Russell
by an order of Council the 21st Day of June last to Survey Lands on
the Eastern Side Sherrando River, be extended to the fifteenth Day
of April next.
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October 28th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comissary Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
John Robinson John Tayloe and
John Carter Philip Lightfoot Esq"
On a Complaint made by Mr Henry Cary against the Inspectors
at Shackoes Ordered that the parties be heard before this Board on
Friday next and that Notice be sent them accordingly.
Peter Jones Junr is appointed an Inspector att Appamattocks and
John Boilings in the Room of Peter Jones the Elder who is Indisposed.
John Grant is appointed an Inspector at Gibsons Warehouse.
Ezekiel Gilbert is appointed in the Room of William Ball to be
an Inspector at Curritomon and Davisses Warehouses.
The Accounts of Contingent Charges for the Last half Year and
also the account of Sundry Repairs about the Governors House were
this day laid before the Board Examined and allowed.
Ordered That for the Future the allowances to the Ministers at-
tending the General Courts and Assemblies and the Salaries of
Armourer and Gunners of the Several Battery's heretofore Settled in
Sterling money be hereafter paid in Current money with an advance of
15 per Cent thereon.
On Reading at the Board the Petition of John Tayloe and Thomas
Lee Esq" and William Beverly Gent praying a Grant for 60000 acres
of Land on the West Side the great Mountains on Sherrando River
beginning on Jacob Stovers upper Tract upon Condition of Seating
thereon one Familie for Each Thousand acres within two years It is
Ordered that Leave be granted the Petitioners to Survey and Patent
the Said Quantity of 60,000 acres of Land lying above the Said Stovers
upper Tract upon the Terms proposed by them or giving Bond to pay
to his Majesties the Usual purchase of Rights for so much thereof as
shall not be so Seated by them within the time before mentioned.
November the 1st 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Tayloe
John Robinson Phil Lightfoot and
Tho" Lee Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out of
His Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd Port Duties & Head Money were
sign'd by the Governor in Council Viz1
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To the Governor half a Years Salary ending the
25th of October last £ 1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of His Majesties Council for
the same time 300,, — „ —
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer &
Terminer 100,, — „ —
To the Auditor Gen1 half a years Salary ending
as above 50„ — „ —
To the Sollicitor of the Virginia Affairs half a
Years Salary ending as above 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney General half a years Salary 35„ — ,, —
To the Clerk of the Council half a Years Salary
endg as above 50,, — ,, —
To the Several Ministers attending one Gen1 Court
& Assembly 18„ — „ —
To the Armourer half a Years Salary endg as
above 6„ — „ —
To Repairs about the Governors House 64„15„ 4
To Sundry Contingent Charges 528,, 10„ 234
To the Adjutant half a Years Salary ending as
above 75,,—,—
And out of the Quit Rents
To the Commissary half a Years Salary 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney General 35,, — „ —
The Account of his Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd Port Duties
& head Money for the last half a Year were presented by his Majesties
Receiver Gen1 & having been Examined by the Deputy Auditor the
Account was this day Certified by the Governor
Whereas by the Act made last Session of Assembly, It is amongst
other things Enacted that any three Justices of the Peace (not being
Inspectors at any Public Warehouse) whereof two shall be of the
Quorum shall have power to hear all Complaints against any Inspectors
within their County & to take the Depositions of Witnesses upon the
matter of such Complaint on both sides which shall be transmitted by
them to the Governor & Council for their Determination & that for
taking the Depositions in the best manner the Clerk of the County or
some sufficient Person by him to be appointed shall attend the said
Justices for that purpose & be paid by the County the same Fee as is
Establishd for the examination of Witnesses upon a Dedimus Pro-
testatem. And Whereas Mr Henry Cary of the County of Henrico
Gent hath complain'd to this Board of diverse irregular Practices of
the Inspectors at Shockoes Warehouse in the said County, It is Ordered
that the Justices of the said County of Henrico do forthwith appoint
three of their Number to take the Depositions of Witnesses as well on
the behalf of the Complainant as of the said Inspectors pursuant to the
directions of the afore recited Act of Assembly which Depositions are
to be return'd by them to the Council Office at the next Court of Oyer
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& Terminer at which time the parties aforesaid are hereby Ordered to
attend this Board for a final Determination of the matter of the said
Complaint
And Whereas Complaint is made to this Board that the Inspectors
at Roys Warehouse in Caroline County have Contrary to the Duty of
their Office pass'd & Stampt Tobacco lying in Sloops & Flatts without
bringing the same into the Warehouse or Veiwing & Examining accord-
ing to the directions of the Act of Assembly in that case made & pro-
vided. It is Ordered that the Justices of Caroline County do with all
convenient Speed appoint three of their number to examine into the
matter of the said Complaint & particularly to take the Depositions of
Dudly Overseer to Col° Corbin at Port Tobacco Sam1 Hawes
& Hugh Croucher of the said County of Carline Planters touching their
knowledge of the Facts aforesaid together with the Examination of
such Witnesses as shall be desired by the said Inspectors proceeding
therein in all things Conformable to the directions of the afore recited
Act of Assembly & such Depositions & Examinations when taken to
return to the Council Office before the next Court of Oyer & Terminer
to be held in December at which time the said Inspectors are hereby
required to attend in Order to a final Determination of the Subject Mat-
ter of Complaint
Ordered that Robert Read be paid twenty Shillings out of his
Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd &c for his trouble & Expence in at-
tending this Board to give Information concerning the Charge against
the Inspectors at Roys Warehouse
On hearing this day at the Board the Complaint of Wm Lawson
against Franc8 Bickley, It appearing that neither of the parties during
the time of their being Joint Inspectors at Aylets Warehouse have dis-
charg'd their Duty as they ought to have done, It is therefore Ordered
that they be both remov'd from Acting any longer in that Office And
that Joseph Pollard & Rich" Gwathney be appointed in their Stead.
And whereas a considerable quantity of Tobacco remains still in the
said Warehouse which was received by the said Lawson & Bickley last
Year & it being Suggested that the sd Bickley hath Converted part there-
of to his own use, It's Ordered that the sd Lawson & Bickley do with
all convenient Speed cause the Tobacco in the said Warehouse to be
weighed in the presence of the new Inspectors & an Acco' thereof
taken by them
Ordered
That there be paid to Mr. Humphry Hill one Guinea for his trouble
& charge in attending this Board in relation to the behaviour of the late
Inspectors at Aylets Warehouse & that the Receiver General place the
same to the Account of the Contingent Charges
On the application of Tho' Cocke Gent It is Ordered that it be
an Instruction to the Trustees for Selling the Lands of the Nottoway
Indians pursuant to the late Act of Assembly to admit the said Tho"
Cocke to Survey the several Tracts sold by them & to receive the Fees
thereof from the respective Purchasers
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Ordered
That a new Commission of the Peace issue for the County of
Goochland & that Dudly Digges & Charles Lewis according to their
former Rank Wm Randolph John Netherland George Carrington Peter
Jefferson Thos Dickins & Tho8 Turpin Gent be added to the present
Justices in the said Commission
Also a new Commission of the Peace for the County of Prince
William to Consist of the following Persons Viz1 Tho3 Harrison, Den-
nis McCarty, John Colvil, Franc8 Awbry, Rob' Jones, Tho3 Harrison
Junr Wm Hackney, John Hudnal, Wm Godfrey, Rich4 Osbourn, John
Allen, Tho8 Osbourn Richd Blackburn, John Diskin, Lewis Elzy, Rob'
Alexander, Valentine Peyton, & Wm Payne Gent.
John Carter Esq1 Secretary of this Colony by his Memorial to this
Board seting forth that from the time of his being appointed to that
Office he has been put to a Considerable Expence for fire Candles &
Paper for the Public Service for which he has never receivd any allow-
ance tho' he did once Petition the General Assembly for it who rejected
the Petition being of Opinion that it was properly chargeable upon the
Revenue of two Shillings per hhd &c. And praying the Consideration
of the Board therein It is the Opinion of the Council that is reasonable
the Expence of Fire Candles & Paper for the Secretarys Office so far as
regards the Public Service of the Government shou'd be reimburs'd to
Mr Secretary for the ten years past in which he has defray 'd the same
And accordingly Ordered that the Sum of Two hundred Pounds Curr'
Money be paid him in Consideration of his past Expences out of his
Majesties Revenue of two Shillings per hhd & that for the future he be
allow'd out of the said Revenue Twenty Pounds Current Money per
Annum & his Majesties Receiver General is hereby directed to charge
the same accordingly among the Contingent Charges of the Government
Mr Tho3 Bryan is appointed an Inspector at Roys Warehouse in
Caroline County
Sundry Petitions for leave to take up his Majesties Lands were
Read & granted as follows Viz'
To John Dawson three thousand five hundred Acres already Entred
for with the Surveyor of Prince George County but now included within
the bounds of the new County of Amelia to be laid off in two distinct
tracts.
To John Henry twelve hundred Acres joining on his own Patented
Land on fork Creek & the head of Round about Creek & to include the
same in one Patent with fifteen hundred fifty four Acres patented by
Sarah Syme (now Sarah Henry) on both sides the said Round about
in Hannover County
To Tho3 Jones four thousand Acres on licking hole Creek of
Roanoke (by some called the little Roanoke) beginning below the great
licking place fork & up the South Branch to the fork of the same call'd
the Beaver Pond fork
To William Kennon Six hundred Acres in Henrico County on
both sides the Reedy Branch.
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To William Kennon One thousand Acres in One Tract in Henrico
County on the North side old Town Creek
To Henry Edloe Fifteen hundred Acres joining his own Land on
flatt Rock Creek in Brunswick County & to have an Inclusive Patent
To Joseph Thos & Ashford Hughes two hundred Acres joining to
Eight hundred Acres already Patented on little Muddy Creek on the
South Side James River in Goochland County to be included in one
Patent
To John Walker to have one Patent for Eight Hundred Acres
including two Entries in Goochland County beginning on the North
branch Fork Creek so running to the South Branch to Mr Abraham
Venables line
To Thos Carr three thousand Acres in the fork of the Northfork
of James River Joining to his own Patented Land in Hanover & to have
an inclusive Patent for the whole
To Stephen Hughes four hundred Acres joining to one thousand
Acres already Survey'd on the Main Branch of Deep Creek in Gooch-
land County to have an inclusive Patent for the whole
To Wm Mayo an inclusive Patent for Six hundred Acres already
granted him & Eight hundred Acres Survey'd in two Surveys between
Flatt Creek & Appamattocks in Prince George County
To George Booker two thousand Acres in Prince George County
Joining on his own line, Edward Booker, Sam1 Pinchum Majr Kennon
& Dunivanlines
To Peter Jefferson to have an inclusive Patent for twelve hundred
Acres Survey'd in three Surveys on the South side North River begin-
ning at the Secretarys Foard above the Mountains & so down to a
Cedar Tree standing at the Sandy Falls below the Mountains in Gooch-
land County
To Wm Dandridge Esqr Fifteen hundred Acres in Henrico County
beginning upon Nicholas Pryor & Tho" Conways lines Including all the
Waste Land between the above Nicholas Pryor, Thos Conway Tho8
Boatwright & John Martines lines
To Wm Edins One thousand Acres in the Fork of the Robinson in
Spotsylvania County
To Wm Edins an inclusive Patent for Seventeen hundred Acres in
Spotsylvania County Seven hundred & fifty Acres thereof being already
Patented & the rest new Land lying contiguous in Spotsylvania County
To Wm Starke three thousand Acres between the Branches of little
Nottoway & deep Creek adjoining to Barres Irby & Robinson lines
A Petition of Richard Wood recommended by the Vestry of the
Parish of Henrico was read seting forth that one Joseph Williamson
now a lunatick having whilst in his senses taken up three hundred Acres
of Land in the County of Henrico but by reason of his insanity of
mind never sued out any Patent for the same & is since fallen into so
bad Circumstances that he hath not wherewithal to Supply himself
with the necessarys of Life, and thereupon the said Richard Wood
hath propos'd to maintain the said Lunatic for a certain Term of Years,
On Condition the said Three hundred Acres of Land may be granted to
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 341
William Williamson the Heir at Law of the said Joseph & praying
a Grant thereof accordingly, It is thereupon Ordered that the aforesaid
three hundred Acres of Land be granted the said William Williamson
upon his paying the Purchase of the Rights for the same & discharging
all other Fees for the Survey
Upon the Petition of Edmund Hall seting forth that he Entred for
& Survey'd a Tract of Land in Brunswick County upon his late
Majesties Bounty but being entirely Ignorant of Sueing out a Patent
for the same kept the Survey by him & is now told upon his producing
the said Survey in the Secretarys Office he must purchase Rights, which
in his poor Circumstance he is not able to do praying [word illegible] A
Patent for the same upon the Terms on which it was first taken up,
It is Ordered that the Petitioner have a Patent for the said Land without
being Oblig'd to the Purchase of Rights he paying Quit Rents from
Michaelmus MDCCXXVIII Pursuant to his Majesties Pleasure Sig-
nified in relation to the Grants of Land in the Counties of Spotsylvania
& Brunswick
December the 11th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe &
John Carter Thoa Lee Esq"
A Letter from his Grace the Duke of New Castle dated the 13th
of June 1734 Inclosing an Attested Copy of a Warrant under his
Majesties Sign Manual for inserting in the General Pardon for the poor
Convicts of New gate William Major who at a General Court held at
Williamsburg on the 26th day of April in the Sixth Year of His
Majesties Reign was found guilty of the Murder of John Crochford
Marriner was this day read at the Board, And although, the said Major
is since dead, It is Ordered that the Copy of the said Warrant be
Entred in the Secretarys Office as a Testimony of his Majesties
Clemency to that Offender
The following Persons were appointed Inspectors at the Several
Warehouses hereafter mentioned Viz'
James Turner at Sleepy hole in the Room of Tho8 Brewer who has
resign'd
Rich* Lort Coleman at Todds in the Room of Chr Beverly who
has resign'd
Franc3 West at Quarls's Warehouse during the Indisposition of
John Quarles & to be continued therein in case of the Death or disability
of the s" Quarles
Rob' Jones at Wycocomico in the Room of Abner Neal
342 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Wm Taylor at Merriwethers in the Room of Mr Glass who has
resign'd
Michael King at Hampton during the Indisposition of Mr Kerby
& to be continued in case of his Death or disability
Tho8 Holes one of the Inspectors at Norfolk & Kemps Ware-
houses
Tho" Barber at Totuskee in Conjunction with Mr Millner but if
Mr Millner declines his Office then Mr John Hammon is appointed to
Succeed him
Aylwyn Mountjoy at Nalers Warehouse in the Room of Tho"
Wright Bellfeild who has resign'd
Edward Wilkinson in the Room of Mr Holeman at Shackhoes
Warehouse the said Holeman having desired to resign the said Office
On the Petition of John Allen Gent Surveyor of the County of
Isle Wight & Surry Seting forth that Tho" Cocke Gent having obtain'd
an Order of this Board on the first of November last appointing him
Surveyor of the Nottoway Indians Land to the great Injury of the
Petitioner to whose Office it belongs to Survey the same & praying
that the said Order may be revers'd, It is the Opinion of this Board
that the same be revers'd, accordingly the same being obtain'd by
Surprize & the Petitioner is hereby restor'd to his Right of Surveying
the said Land & that the said Cocke nor no other Person do presume
to Survey the same
On the Complaint of Tho8 Ravenscraft Gent against Chr Martin
one of the Inspectors in Prince George County, Ordered that the
Examinations of Witnesses relating to the fact alledg'd against him
be taken by the Justices of Prince George County & returnd to this
Board
On Reading at this Board the several Depositions of Witnesses
taken upon the Complaint exhibited against the Inspectors at Roys
Warehouse in Caroline County, It is the Opinion of this Board that
the said Complaint is Malicious & groundless
On hearing the Petition of Dasey Southal late Inspector at Soans's
Warehouse in Charles City County against Edward Cocke & Tho"
Ballard & the Examination of the Witnesses together with the Allega-
tions of the Several parties, It is the Opinion of this Board that the
said Petition is Vexatious & groundless & therefore is dismiss'd
Ordered
That a new Commission of the peace issue for Henrico County &
that Mr Beverly Randolph be added to the Quorum & Richd Kennon
junr Franc8 Epes, John Nash, Rich" Royal, James Cocke, & Nicholas
Daviss be added according to the Rank assign'd them by this Board
with the present Justices in the said Commission.
A Recommendation of Justices to be Added to the Commission of
Peace for the County of Stafford being read at the Board, Is referr'd
for further Consideration there appearing no immedeate necessity for
a greater Number of Justices in that County
Abraham Green having Entred a Caveat for Stopping a Patent
sued out by Joseph Simmons for Lands in the County of Brunswick
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 343
& hearing both Parties by their Counsel It is Ordered that the said
Simmons have a Patent granted him for the said Land he producing
Rights for the quantity contain'd in his Survey
Wm Kaw having Entred a Caveat for Stoping a Patent sued out
by Wm Drew upon Inquisition of Escheat for Lands & a Mill in the
County of Surry & it appearing to this Board that the same Wm Drew
is a purchaser for a Valuable Consideration & Sued out the said In-
quisition of Escheat for Corroborating his Title It is Ordered that a
Patent be granted him
George Woodroff having petitioned for a Grant of four hundred
Acres of Land first patented by Henry Armistead Gent in the Year
1721 & by him forfeited for want of Cultivation & Granted to John
Martin Gent, the twenty fifth of April 1726 who hath failed to take a
Patent for the same & the said Martin having been duly Sumoned to
appear this day to shew a cause why the said Land ought not to be
Granted to the Petitioner & failing to appear it is Ordered that a Patent
be Granted to the said George Wood [r] off of the said four hundred
Acres of Land lying on the South side the south fork of the South River
in the County of Caroline formerly King William he Entring Rights
in the Secretarys Office
Complaint being made to this Board by Sundry Inhabitants of
Prince George County against Christopher Martin one of the Inspectors
there. It is Ordered that the same be Examined into by the Justices of
the said County Pursuant to the Directions of the late Act of Assembly
in that case made & provided, In the presence of the parties or such
of them as upon Legal Notice given them shall think fit to attend &
such Depositions as shall be taken on either side to be returnd to the
Governor with all Convenient Speed
A Petition of Wm Turberville praying a Liscence to practice as an
Attorney in the County Courts within this Colony was Read & referred
to Mr Attorney General or Sr John Randolph Kn' to Examine the
Petitioners qualifications & to Report their Opinion therein to this
Board
Three of the Great Men of the Cherrikee Indians attended by di-
verse others of that Nation this day desired to be admitted to offer cer-
tain Proposals to the Governor and Council & being accordingly admitted
they said that all the Lands in this part of America once belong'd to
them but now it is King George's, & his Subjects may now use it as
freely as any of their Nation us'd to do that they look upon themselves
also to be King George's Subjects & to be as Brethren to the Saponies
Tuskaroroes Nottoways & other Indians living amongst the English that
he the person who spoke for them was told so by the King when he
went to England with Sr Alexander Cumming That they come hither
now to see the Governor of Virginia as their Friends & to propose a
nearer Correspondence with the People of this Colony & are therefore
desirous to Settle on a Branch of Roanoke River that from thence
they may enjoy the Conveniency of a free Trade with this Colony They
were answered that [they] may Trade here with all freedom so long as
they continue in Peace & Friendship with his Majesties Subjects but as
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to their removing to Roanoke it did not seem so convenient for the Hunt-
ing because they might frequently be disturbd by the Northern Indians
who Hunt Yearly thereabouts whereupon they Signified that they were
very desirous to make peace with the Northern Indians if they cou'd
find means to propose it, The Governor then told them he wou'd write
to the Governor of New York to treat of a peace with the Cherrikee
Nation & wou'd endeavour to procure a safe Conduct for their Agents
to Repair to the Northern Indians to that Purpose And then having
acquainted them that he had prepared presents for them as a Testimony
of the Friendship of this Colony toward their Nation they withdrew
Ordered
That the Interpreter who attendcd the Cherrikee Indians be paid
five Pistoles for his trouble & Service therein
January the 14th 1734
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Custis &
Philip Lightfoot Esq'
Robert Wharton one of the Inspectors at Littlepages being dead
the Governor acquainted the Council that he had appointed in his room
one Wm Hopkins who was recommended as a Person well qualified
but that he had since receiv'd a recommendation from Sundry Justices
of New Kent County in favour of Michael Hartfeild & desired their
Opinion which of the two was most fit for the Employment. On the
Consideration of the qualifications of both the said Persons It is the
opinion of the Council that Mr Hopkins is the fittest to Execute that
Office & he is accordingly appointed & Ordered to be continued In-
spector at the said Warehouse
April the 16th 1735
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
John Carter Phil Lightfoot &
Tho" Lee Esq"
On hearing the Parties on the Petition of the Inhabitants of St
Andrews Parish in Brunswick County Complaining against the Vestry
of the said Parish for revising an Order formerly made by them di-
recting the building two Chappels of ease in the said Parish & ap-
pointing one only to be built on the South side Meherrin River to the
great grievance & Inconveniency of the Petitioners & they as well as the
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 345
Vestry having Submitted the matter in difference between them to the
Determination of this Board. It is thereupon Ordered that the said
Vestry do cause One Chappel to be built on the South Side Meherrin
River & another on the North side the said River for the Conveniency
of the Petitioners & other the Inhabitants of that part the said Parish
Whereas a Petition was this day presented to the Board in the
Name of the Nottoway Indians complaining of diverse difficulties arise-
ing in the Sale of their Land pursuant to the Power given them by the
late Act of Assembly. For the more effectual removing all obstructions
to the Execution of the said Act according to the true intent & meaning
thereof. It is Ordered that the Trustees or the Major part of them
do direct the Surveyor of the County of Isle Wight to lay out the
Residue of the Lands which the said Indians are desirous to sell into
such & so many Lots as they think fitt having regard to the Quantities
& places which the said Indians have already agreed for, and set up
the same for Sale by Public Auction to the highest bidder, Provided
alwaise that the Persons who have already agreed with the Indians for
particular Tracts & have paid part of the purchase Money be preferr'd
if they will give as much as another bidder and that the Money rais'd
by Virtue of such Sale be in the first place applied to the Payment of
the Debts of the said Indians and to the end the said Debts may be
better ascertain'd & Justice done to all concern'd. It is Ordered that
the said Trustees cause Public Notice to be given for all Persons hav-
ing any Demand against the said Indians to attend them the said
Trustees at a certain place & time, for Stateing, Examining & proving
the respective Debts in the presence of the said Indians & for receiv-
ing payment of what shall be found due to them. And for preventing
all Disputes touching the Fees for Surveying the said Lots of Land.
This Board do declare that John Allen Gent the Surveyor ought to be
paid the same Fee as is allow'd by Law, for each Survey by him made
respectively. And it is Ordered that the same be paid accordingly by
the several purchasers thereof without any Defalcation out of the price
for which the same shall be sold
On the Motion of the Officers of His Majesties Revenue, It is
Ordered that a Number of Rights not exceeding the Value of Five
hundred Pounds Sterling be issued for Supplying such Persons as shall
be desirous to take up his Majesties Lands
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April the 23d 1735
Present
The Governor
Mr ComT Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
Thos Lee Esq"
On the Petition of Henry Willis Gent representing that he obtain'd
an Order of this Board for Surveying a Tract of Land containing ten
thousand Acres lying in Spotsylvania County now Orange County
formerly taken up by Edmund Jennings Esqr decd & by him deserted
that upon the Petitioners Surveying the said Tract he finds diverse
Persons have made Surveys & taken out Patents within the Bounds
thereof & have actually built & made Improvements thereon that the
Petitioner being very unwilling to injure the said Patentees or disturb
their possession only desires liberty to Survey & take a Grant of so
much of the said ten thousand Acres as remains yet unpatented. And
praying as the residue of the said Land cannot be included in one Sur-
vey that therefore he may have leave to Survey the residue of the said
Tract in diverse parcels. It is thereupon Ordered that he have
leave to Survey the same accordingly so as each Tract do not contain
less than One thousand Acres nor interfer with bounds of any former
Patentee
John Aylett of the County of King William having complain'd
against Jos. Pollard & Richard Gwathney Inspectors at Aylets Ware-
house in the said County for Misbehaviour in the said Office On
reading the several Depositions taken pursuant to the directions of the
late Act of Assembly, It is the Opinion of this Board that the said Com-
plaint is frivolous & Malicious
On the Application of John Tayloe & Thos Lee Esq" & Wm
Beverly Gent for Altering & Explaining an Entry made by them in
October last for Sixty thousand Acres of Land on the River Sherrando
& the Branches thereof, It is Ordered that the Petitioners have leave to
begin their Survey at any place not exceeding twenty Miles distant from
Jacob Stovers upper Tract & that they have liberty to take their
quantity of Land in three distinct Tracts Provided they do not ex-
tend further along the said River than forty Miles in a streight line
from their first beginning to Compleat that quantity
Whereas diverse Controversies have arisen amongst the Justices
& Inhabitants of the County of Orange touching the Choice of a place
for Erecting their Court House, and whereas upon hearing the parties,
It appears to this Board that on some part of the Land of Col" Spots-
wood on the South side the River Rappadann near Cedar Island Ford
will be a proper place for Erecting the said Court House. It is by the
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 347
Consent of the several parties refer'd to Charles Carter & Wm Beverly
Gent to treat with Col° Spotswood for a Suitable quantity of his Land
for the purpose aforesaid & if thereupon they can agree upon reasonable
Terms that then the Justices of the said County of Orange do with all
convenient Speed cause a Court House to be built there, But if such
agreement be not made the said Justices are hereby directed to Value
& set apart such a Proportion of the lower end of the Land of Edmund
Bagg decd as they shall judge necessary & to cause a Court House for
the said County to be Erected thereon & in the fixing of the said Court
House at either of the places aforesaid to have due regard to the Con-
veniency of good Springs of Water
Wm Russel by his Petition seting forth that upon his delivering to
the Surveyor the Order of this Board for laying out his ten thousand
Acres of Land on Happy Creek and the Eastside Sherrando River the
said Surveyor judg'd that by the said Order he was oblig'd to run the
Ten Miles mention'd in the said Order according to the Meanders of
the said River & did proceed to make his Survey but upon casting up
the quantity the same is found not to contain one half of what was for-
merly granted him & praying that the said Order may be explain'd so
as that Your Petitioners may have the full quantity of ten thousand
Acres. It is the Opinion of this Board that the true intent & meaning
of the aforementioned Order was that the Petitioner shou'd have leave
to extend his Survey from the mouth of Happy Creek ten Miles in a
Straight Line & not according to the Meanders of the River. And it
is therefore Ordered that the Surveyor do run the same accordingly
Provided the quantity to be included in the said Survey between the
River & the Mountains do not exceed the ten thousand Acres formerly
granted him
Alexander Ross & Morgan Bryan having this day made due proof
of their bringing upon & Setling Seventy Families on the Lands granted
them on Cohongarooton & Opeckon leave is granted them to Survey
in such manner as they shall think fitt One thousand Acres of Land for
each Family pursuant to the former Grant & to Sue out Patents for the
same & if within the Limits first Petion'd for by them they can find a
Sufficient quantity of Land to compleat their said former Grant they
are hereby allow'd to Survey the same upon the former Conditions and
further time is granted them for two Years from the date hereof for
the Seating the same Provided they dont encroach on any Land already
granted
Robert Brooke late Surveyor of the Lands on Sherrando River
by his Petition humbly representing the great Fatiegue & trouble he
hath undergone in Travelling beyond the Mountains in Order to Sur-
vey the Sixty thousand Acres of Land granted John Tayloe & Thos
Lee Esq" & Wra Beverly Gent & the disappointments he met with by
which he was disabled from perfecting the said Survey before that part
of the Colony was Erected into a County & a new Surveyor appointed
for the same And praying that he may be allow'd to finish that said
Survey & to receive the Fees for so doing this Board judging the same
reasonable & no waise prejudicial to the present Surveyor who is other-
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waise sufficiently employ 'd. Have thought fitt to allow & Authorize
the said Rob1 Brooke to Survey the aforesaid Tract of Land & to
return the Piatt & Survey thereof to the Secretarys Office in Order to
passing the Patent thereof to receive the dues for such Survey as a re-
compence for his past trouble of which all Persons concern'd are hereby
required to take Notice
John Mercer Gent by his Petition humbly acknowledging his Of-
fence for which he was Suspended from practicing as an Attorney &
praying to be restor'd. It is Ordered that he have a new liscence to
practice as an Attorney in any County Court within this Colony except-
ing the County Court of Prince William
The Commission of the Peace for the new County of Amelia was
this day regulated And Ordered to issue accordingly
A Petition of the Merchants Masters of Vessels & other In-
habitants of the Town of Norfolk was presented & read at the Board
complaining of the Inconveniences of Entring & clearing their Ves-
sels at Hampton & praying that the Custom House Officers of the lower
District of James River may reside at the said Town of Norfolk or
to appoint a Deputy there. It is Ordered that the Petitioners & the In-
habitants of the Town of Hampton be heard on the Subject matter
of the said Petition at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer
On the Petition of John Mercer for leave to Print an Abridgement
compil'd by him of all the Laws of this Colony & to have the benefit
of the Sale thereof. It is Ordered that the Petitioner deliver the said
Abridgement to be Examined by the Attorney General & Sr John
Randolph Knl & Mr Edward Barrdell & that they Report their Opinion
whether the same be fitt to be Printed
May the 1st 1735
Present
The Governor
Mr Corn7 Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
John Carter Phil Lightfoot &
Tho" Lee Esq"
The Governor was pleas 'd to appoint the following Persons Sherifs
for the ensuing Year Viz' For the County of
Henrico John Nash
Accomack Henry Scarbrough
Essex Richd Tyler
Hanover Peter Garland
Gloucester Conq' Wyatt
Middlesex John Robinson
Spotsylvania Jos Thomas
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 349
Amelia Jn° Burton
New Kent Jos Foster
Northumberland Leond Howson
Prince George Lewis Green
Warwick John Jones
Stafford Chandler Fowke
Westmorland John Footman
The following Commissions of the Peace were Ordered to issue
Viz*
For the County of King & Queen & Mr Beverly Whiting Rich4
Corbin, Mordecai Throgn[m]orton, Maurice Smith Thos Stark W"
Byrd Richards Wm Taliferro Rob* Armistead Bird to be added to the
present Justices
For the County of Spotsylvania Wm Robinson Gent to be of the
Quoram, John Green in his former place Hancock Lee Thos Hill, John
Walker Junr Larkin Chew & Richd Tutt to be added to the present
Justices
For the County of Nansemond Edward Wright Edward Norfleet
John Norfleet & Jethro Summer to be Added to the present Justices
For the County of New Kent John Doron & Wm Dangerfield junr
to be added to the present Justices
Whereas Information has been given to this Board that great
quantities of Rum & Wine are run into this Colony from the Province
of Maryland where the River Potomack is narrow for preventing where-
of for the future, It is Ordered that Henry Lee Gent Receiver of the
Duties on Liquors in Potomack River do appoint a fitt Person resideing
in the County of Prince William to receive the Duties of Liquors com-
ing from Maryland to that part of the Country and to Seize such as
shall be Clandestinely Imported without paying such Duty
On hearing of Counsel on a Memorial of Isham Randolph Gent
formerly presented to this Board for allowing him the Rights of taking
up fifty Acres of Land for each Person by him Imported into this
Colony. It is Ordered that the further Consideration of the said
Memorial be refer'd till the Court of Oyer & Terminer
Ordered that a new Commission of the peace issue for the County
of Caroline & that Head Lynch, John Gibson, Lawrence Battle, Nicholas
Battle, Richd Talliaferro George Goodloe, Robt Farish & George
Homes be added to the present Justices
Ordered
A New Commission of the Peace issue for the County of War-
wick & that Mattw Wills, Wm Harwood junr Henry Wythe, Thos Wills
junr & Wm Dudley be added to the present Justices
On hearing at the Board a Petition of Diverse Inhabitants of
Nottoway Parish in the County of Isle Wight complaining of the in-
convenient Scituation of the new Church now building in the said
Parish & on consideration of what was offer'd as well on the part of the
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Vestry of the said Parish as of the Petitioners It is Ordered the said
Petition be rejected
On reading at the Board an humble Representation of the In-
habitants of the upper precinct of Sl Andrews Parish between the
Rivers of Meherrin & Roanoke in the County of Brunswick seting forth
the inconveniences to which they are expos'd by their remoteness from
their Parish Church & every other place of Publico Worship The Gov-
ernor with the Advice of the Council is hereby pleas'd to recommend
to the Vestry of the said Parish of S1 Andrews to allow the People
in that part of the Parish a proper place convenient for their meeting
& to appoint a discreet sober man to be approv'd by the Minister to
read divine Service to them with a Suitable Salary for the same until
such time as they shall be able to support a Minister for themselves
Ordered that the General Assembly which now stands prorogued
to the Second Thursday in this Month be dissolved & that a Proclama-
tion issue declaring the same & that it is the Governors intention speedily
to issue Writs for calling a new Assembly
May the 5th 1735
Present
The Governor in Council
Mr Comy Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
John Robinson Phil Lightfoot &
John Carter Tho8 Lee Esq"
On the Petition of Charles Chiswell Gent seting forth that he
lately obtain'd an Order of this Board for a Survey of thirty thousand
Acres of Land on the Branches of Rock fish River & deliver'd the same
to Mr Mayo Surveyor of Goochland County who refus'd to Survey
the same without receiving the full Number of Rights for the whole
quantity which the Petitioner being ignorant of had not provided but
immedeately came to Wmsburg in Order to purchase Rights but was
told there was not such a quantity to be had during which time the
said Surveyor hath receiv'd Entries & made Surveys for a great part
of the Lands included within the Bounds of the Petitioners Grant tho'
for several of the said Surveys no Rights were ever produc'd, It is
Ordered that no Patent do issue upon the said late Surveys until the
Petitioner be heard & that the Clerk of the Council do write to Wm
Mayo Surveyor of Goochland County to receive no Entries for any
Lands as may be suppos'd to be within the Bounds of the Petitioners
Grant until the same be first satisfied
Charles Chiswell Gent in behalf of himself & his Partners seting
forth that they Petition'd this Board sometime ago for a grant of Sixty
thousand Acres of Land on the West side Conhongarooton River &
joining to the Pensylvania line which Petition was refer'd until the
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 351
Determination of the Bounds of the said Province of Pensylvania And
praying that forasmuch as there is not a sufficient quantity of Land
joining on the said Pensylvania line to complete the quantity of that
Grant that a Tract lying between the Rivers little Cacaper & great
Cacaper may be assign'd the Petitioners as part of the said Grant. It
is Ordered that the said Lands between these Boundaries be reserv'd
for the Petitioners to make up the former quantity Provided the same
be not already granted to any other Person
Benjamin Borden & Wm Robertson in behalf of themselves & divers
Masters of Families Inhabitants of East Jerseys seting forth that they
are desirous to Settle on the West Side the great Mountains on Sher-
rando River And praying a Grant of One hundred thousand Acres of
Land to be laid out for them in one or more Surveys beginning at or
near that part of the great Mountains which is intersected by the South
Branch of James River & running Southerly & Westerly to Compleat
that quantity It is Ordered that the Petitioners have a Grant for the
aforesaid quantity of Land at the place above describd upon Condition
they settle one Family for each thousand Acres on the said Land within
two Years from the date hereof & provided the same do not interfere
with the Grant made to John Tayloe & Tho8 Lee Esq" & Wm Beverly
Gent.
On the Petition of Humphry Brooke It is Ordered he be paid the
Sum of Fifteen Pounds three Shillings & Seven pence Current Money
for his Expences in pursuing and apprehending in North Carolina &
bringing to a Trial Christopher Hilliard accus'd for passing a forg'd
Note as a Crop Tobacco Note of the Inspectors at Little pages Ware-
house.
Matthew Anderson who as well for himself as for the King
prosecuted & recover'd Judgment against Isaac Winston upon the Act
of Assembly for taking excessive Usury having paid one half of the
penalty recovered to the Receiver General for his Majesties use It Is
Ordered that the Receiver General repay to him one half the Costs he
expended in the said Prosecution
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out of
His Majesties Revenues were this day Sign'd by the Governor in Coun-
cil Viz1
Out of the 2s per hhd
To the Governor y2 Years Salary end8 the 25th
of April last £1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of His Majesties Council for the
same time 300,, — „ —
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer &
Terminer 100,, — „ —
To the Auditor Gen1 of Plantations for }£ Years
Salary ending as above 50„ — „ —
To the Sollicitor of the Virginia affairs for the
same time 50„ — „ —
352 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
To the Attorney General for the same time 35„ — „ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time. . . . 50„ — „ —
To the Ministers attending the last General Court . 6„ — „ —
To the Armourer J/2 Years Salary ending the 25th
of April last 6„ — „
To the Gunners at the Batterys 22„ — „
To Repairs about the Governors House 27„13„ 8y2
To Wm Prentis for Contingent Charges 649„17,', 7y±
To the Adjutant l/2 Years Salary ending the 25th
April last 75m h
And out of the Quit Rents
To Mr Commissary l/2 Years Salary ending the 25th
of April last 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney General for the same time 35,, — „ —
The Accounts of His Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd Port Duties
& head Money Ending the 25th of April last being Examined by the
Deputy Auditor was this day laid before the Governor & Council by
his Majesties Receiver General who made Oath thereto and the same
was certified by the Governor as Usual
Ordered That a new Commission of the Peace for Gloucester
County do issue & that Franc8 Whiting & Herbert Haynes Gent be
added to the present Justices
On the Petition of the Devisees of Tho9 Massey late of New Kent
County dec" praying that John Woodson may be appointed to make a
partition among them of Four thousand Acres of Land lying in Gooch-
land County on little Bird according to their Respective Shares &
Interests therein & according to the Nature & quality of the Lands
& that upon his returning such Surveys that Patents be granted to them
respectively for their Several Shares It is the Opinion of this Board
that the Right of Surveying the said Land is in the Surveyor of the
County but if the said Surveyor will consent they may employ Wood-
son either by himself or in Conjunction with the said Surveyor for the
more equal Division of the said Lands amongst the sd Children
Several Petitions for taking up Land were this day read & granted
as follows
To Wm Worsham One thousand Acres on the upper side Smacks
Creek in Amelia County
To Wm Starke One thousand Acres on the North side Sapony
Creek between his own line & the Branch
To John Thomson leave to have an inclusive Patent for Eight hun-
dred Acres Surveyed in two Tracts in Hanover County
To John Woodson four thousand Acres above & below a Neck of
Land on the North side Roanoke River where Richard Ward has a
horsepen in one or more Surveys
To John Taylor One thousand Acres on the North side little Notto-
way River adjoining John Wallaces lower line in the County of Amelia
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 353
To John Woodson & Joseph Dabbs Leave to include in one Patent
three thousand Acres already granted them on the back lines of Tarl-
ton Flemming Bowler Cocke, Thos Massie Leonard Ballow, Wm Cable,
Dan1 Johnson, Thos Ballow, & Isham Randolph, on the back of Rock
Castle on each side Flemmings Park Creek with four hundred Acres
formerly Survey 'd for John Hankins for which Joseph Dabbs by Peti-
tion to this Board obtain'd a Grant & likewise four hundred Acres
already Survey 'd for John Woodson
To John Mitchel five hundred & fifty Acres on both sides the
Herrican in Prince George County
To Arthur Hopkins four thousand Acres on the Branches of
Willis's Creek & Muddy Creek in Goochland County in one or more
Surveys
To John Henry & John Moor two thousand Acres on the Branches
of Mechamp Creek, Camp Creek & Bunches Creek in Hanover County
in one or more Surveys
To John Henry One thousand Acres on the Branches of Fork
Creek & Round about Creek & to include in one Patent twelve hundred
Acres already Patented by the Petitioner on the said Fork Creek fifteen
hundred fifty four Patented in his Wifes Name while Sole & Eleven
hundred & ten acres purchased by the Petitioner of Mr William Robert-
son the two last mention'd Tracts lying on the said Round about Creek
in Hanover County
To Wm Packet five hundred fourteen Acres on Moss Fergussons
upper line thence up the sd Branch, thence on the said Fergussons line
thence on the Ridge & so up the said Ridge to Compleat the quantity
in Prince George County
To Wm Shannon four hundred & fifty Acres on the South Side
Appamattox River
To Wm Green One thousand Acres beginning at his own lower
Corner on the mouth of the Horsepen Swamp thence along Col0 Boi-
lings line to Wallers Entry & down Bell Branch for Compliment
To John Crawford three thousand Acres lying between flatt Creek
& the head of Sandy Creek & Taylor Creek & up the Ridge between
the said Creeks for Compliment in one or more Surveys
To Wm Robertson & John Henry Six thousand Acres in Hanover
County beyond the West Mountains joining to four hundred Acres
already Survey'd for the said Robertson & Joining upon some Sur-
veys of the said Henry in one or more Tracts
To John Dawson & James Quarles two thousand Acres on
Roanoke River beginning upon the main Branch on the North Fork of
Roanoke River at a white Oak branded ID. IQ below the mouth of a
Creek making out of the North side the North Fork & running thence
up the said North Fork & out for Compliment likewise upon the little
Roanoke at the Fork thereof beginning below the Fork at a white Oak
branded thus IQ. ID running up the said Fork on both sides & out for
Complement
To Rich" Green Nine hundred Acres between the Birchen Swamp
& Nottowav River
354 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
To Wm Green One thousand Acres joining on his own line Col°
Boilings line John Wallers Entry Abraham Greens Entry, down Col°
Boilings line to the lower Corner of his own Land already Patented
upon the mouth of Horsepen Swamp
To John Gunn Seven hundred Acres on the Branches of Shakoes
Creek Alias Johnstons Branch in Hanover County three hundred &
Ninety one Acres part of the said Land being formerly granted to him
To Rob* Lewis three thousand Acres in the North Garding in
Goochland County in one or more Surveys
To James Anderson five hundred & fifty Acres on Woody Creek
in Prince George County
To Wm Macklin Junr Six hundred Acres on Ising glass Creek on
Meherrin River in Brunswick County
To James Myse Six hundred Acres on Run Creek Meherrin River
in Brunswick County
To Lewis Delony Eight hundred Acres in Brunswick County in
the Fork of Flatt Rock Creek & Aliens Creek joining to five thousand
Acres of his own Land & to have an inclusive Patent for the whole
To John Fergus two thousand Acres upon Butterwood Road be-
tween Hatches Run & white Oak on both sides the Road Prince George
County
To Wm Westbourn two thousand Acres in Brunswick County be-
ginning at the mouth of falling River on Roanoke running down the
main River to a Creek called Turnip Creek
To Wm Clemments Seventeen hundred Acres in Amelia County
beginning at Appamattocks River at Mr Franklins Corner Mr Paul Piggs
Corner on the little Bent Creek thence up the said Piggs line over little
Bent Creek & up both sides for Compliment
To Charles Barrett for Sixteen hundred Acres on both sides the
South Fork of little River in Hanover County according to a Survey
now return'd to this Board
June the 11th 1735
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph &
John Robinson Phil Lightfoot Esq"
An Additional Instruction under His Majesties Sign Manuel &
Signet dated in November 1733 directing the Rank which the Surveyor
General of the Customs of the Southern District of Americo ought to
hold when appointed one of the Council extraordinary & allowing to
the present Surveyor General the place & privelege of one of His
Majesties Counsel in ordinary of this Colony was this day read at the
Board & Ordered to be Enter'd in the Counsel Books
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 355
The Governor was pleas'd to appoint the following Sherifs for the
ensuing Year Viz'
For the County of
Northampton Wm Smith
James City Joseph Marston
A New Commission of the Peace for the County of King & Queen
was Ordered to Issue consisting of the following Persons Viz*
Gowen Corbin Rich" Tunstall
George Braxton John Bickerton
Rob* Dudley Mordecai Throgmorton
Chr Beverly Maurice Smith
Phil Roots Thos Starke
John Camm Wm Bird Richards
Geo Braxton Junr Wm Talliaferro
Beverly Whiting Quo John Walker &
Phil Bird Rob1 Armistead Bird
A New Commission of the Peace to issue for the County of Essex
to consist of the following Justices Viz'
Wm Dangerfield Alexr Parke of the Quorum
Thos Warie Franc8 Smith
Salvator Musco Wm Neal
Rob' Brooke Tho8 Jones
James Garnet Benja Winslow
Nicholas Smith Wm Lowry
Rich" Taylor & Mongo Roy &
Isaac Scandret Gent
Ordered That the Commission of the Peace for the County of
Elizabeth City be altered & that John King Gent who is become in-
capable of serving as a Justice be left out of the said Commission &
that Tho8 Tabb Gent be added to the former Justices
The Governor desiring the advice of the Counsil which will be
the most proper time for Issuing Writs & for calling a General Assem-
bly On Consideration thereof It is the Opinion of this Board that the
Writs for the Election of the Burgesses be issued as soon as may be
& bear Test the 16th day of this Month but as there is no apparent
necessity for their meeting to do business before the last Thursday in
November after the Elections are made the Assembly may be Pro-
rogued till that time & if a further Prorogation be necessary the time of
their Meeting may be agreed on during the setting of the next General
Court
On the Petition of Wm Byrd Esqr seting forth that he Speedily
expects divers Families of Switzers to settle in this Colony & praying
a Grant for One hundred thousand Acres of Land for their Accomoda-
tion on both sides the South Branch of Roanoke River between Birches
Creek & the Irvin on the like Terms as have been allowed to other
Strangers coming in to Settle the Frontiers. It is accordingly Ordered
that leave be granted to the Petitioner to Survey in one or more Dis-
356 Executive Journals. Councils of Colonial Virginia
tinct Tracts the aforesaid quantity of Land within the bounds aforesaid
Provided he Settle one Family for each thousand Acres within two
Veurs from the last of October next
Whereas Information is this day given to the Board that a great
Number of the Cattawbaw Indians were now upon the Frontiers of this
Colony threatning to Attack the Nottoways It is Ordered that the
Officers of the Militia living in the Neighbourhood of the Nottoway
Indians be & are hereby required to raise the Troops & Companies un-
der their command for the better Protection of the said Nottoway
Indians in case any Attempt shou'd be made on them by the Cattawbaw
Indians
On hearing this day at the Board the Petition of the Merchants
Owners of Vessels & Principle Inhabitants of the Town of Norfolk
which was referr'd the first of May last to be consider 'd at this Council
& a Counter Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Hampton touch-
ing the removing the Officers of the Customs from the said Town of
Hampton to that of Norfolk or to appoint a Deputy to reside their to
Enter & Clear the Vessels belonging to the said Town the Several parties
being heard by their Counsel & due Consideration had of their Several
Arguments & Allegations It appearing to this Board that the Town of
Hampton being Scituated at the Mouth of James River is the most
convenient Place for the Residence of the Collector & Naval Officer of
the lower District of James River, And it is therefore Ordered that the
Petition of the Inhabitants of Norfolk be rejected
Sam1 Weldon having Petition'd for a Grant of a certain Island in
James River Survey'd for James Martin & Crawley Howlett and it
appearing to this Board that the Person under whom the said Martin
Howlett claim had a Patent for the said Island many Years ago, &
died thereof Seiz'd It is Ordered that the Petition of the said Weldon
be dismis'd & that he pay to the Defendants one Guinea for their Charges
& fifty Shillings for the Lawyers Fee
On hearing the Parties on the Petition of Robert Napier against
Miles Cary touching an Entry & Survey made by the Petitioner for
One hundred Acres of Land in Goochland County on the North side
North River & on both sides long Island Creek, It is the opinion of
this Board & accordingly Ordered that the Petitioner have a Patent
for the said Land according to his Survey he paying the said Miles
Cary the Surveyors Fee
Martin Nail of the County of Spotsylvania having Petition'd for
a Grant for four hundred Acres of Land lying in the said County
formerly Survey'd for Daniel Brown the Parties being this day heard
at the Board, it appearing that the said Brown hath the most equitable
pretensions It is Ordered that a Patent be granted him for the afore-
said Tract he paying to the said Martin Nail all his Charges for obtain-
ing a Survey thereof & if he fail so to do between this & next Christ-
mas that then the said Lands be granted to Martin Nail he paying the
said Brown for his Improvements he hath made on the sd Land accord-
ing to a Valuation to be made thereof by Persons to be appointed by
the Court of the County wherein the said Lands lie
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 357
June the 12th 1735
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
Philip Lightfoot Esq"
On the Application of Wm Russel Gent further time is hereby
allow'd him till the end of next General Court to perfect his Survey
of the Lands granted him on Sherrando River & if he fails so to do
& to return Platts thereof into the Secretarys Office within that time
that then he be excluded from any benefit of the said Grant
Whereas it hath been represented to this Board that divers of the
Sherifs in manifest neglect of their Duty have not yet accounted with
the Officers of his Majesties Revenues for the Quit Rents due for
last Year whereby they are disabled to pass their Accounts. It is
Ordered that unless the said Sherifs do before the tenth of next Month
perfect their Rent Roles & attend the Auditor & Receiver General & pass
their Accounts & pay in the Ballance of the Quit Rents in their hands
that then his Majesties Attorney General be & is hereby required forth-
with to bring Suit against the Sherif or Sherifs neglecting so to do &
their Securities And it is further Ordered that Notice hereof be sent to
each of them by Express at the Charge of the said Sherifs respectively
On hearing the parties on the Petition & Caveat of Thos Tinsly
against William Reynolds concerning the Grant of three hundred Acres
of Land in the County of Goochland, It appearing to this Board that
Wm Reynolds the Father died soon after he purchased the Entry for the
said Land his Children then under Age to whom he had devis'd the
same by his Will It is therefore Ordered that a Patent be granted to
Wm Reynolds Elizabeth Reynolds now the Wife of Salvator Alford &
Mary Renoylds the Children & Devisees of the said Wm Reynolds decd
& the Caveat of the said Tinsly is hereby Vacated
Col° Charles Carter having exhibited a Complaint against Tho9
Osbourn & John Diskin Gent Inspectors at Quantico Warehouse in
Prince William County & Divers Depositions of Witnesses taken by
Order of the County Court being read at the Board & the Complainant
as well as Thos Osbourn who appear 'd for himself & his Partner being
fully heard It is the Opinion of this Board that the said Inspectors
have fail'd in the discharge of their Duty but for as much as the In-
spection for this Year is near Expired It is Ordered that they be con-
tinued in their Office till the last of this Month & for delivering out
the Tobacco which shall then remain unship'd & that then they be re-
mov'd from their said Offices
John Scott Gent having Petition'd to be admitted an Attorney in
the County Courts of this Dominion & upon his Examination having
been found duly qualified It is Ordered that a Liscence be granted him
according to the Prayer of his Petition
358 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Several Petitions for Land were read & granted as follows Viz4
To James Allen Tho3 Anderson & Charles Anderson four thou-
sand Acres already enter'd for on great Guinea Creek in the County of
Goochland beginning on Womacks line & running downwards on the
licking hole Branches to Cap' Stqners line & thence up the aforesaid
Creek & the Branches of Appamattocks River for Complement
To Matthew Jouet three thousand Acres on Harris's & Beaver
Creek in Hanover County
To Richard Stewart twelve hundred Acres on the North side Moc-
cosoneck Creek & between the lines of James Pittillo, Richard Cocke,
John Butler, Jas Bank & the Road called Rowantee in Prince George
County
To Thos Harbour Sixteen hundred Acres part of it being already
Patented lying on Billengers Creek on the North side the Rivanna River
At a Council held the 9th day of July 1735
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Grymes
Cole Digges John Custis &
Philip Lightfoot Esq"
The Acco" of his Majesties Revenue of Quit Rents ending the
25tB of April last was this day laid before the Board by his Majesties
Receiver General & the same having been Examined by the Deputy
Auditor was now Sworn to by the said Receiver General & was Certified
by the Governor
Ordered
That the General Assembly called by Writt to meet the first day of
August be Prorogu'd to Thursday the 27th of November next & that
a Proclamation issue for that Purpose after the 25th Instant by which
time the E[l]ection of Burgesses in the several Counties will be made
And it is further Ordered that the Clerk of the Council Write circular
Letters to the Sherifs of the remote Counties Notifying the intended
Prorogation to the end they may acquaint the Burgesses therewith in
order to prevent their Attendance according to the direction of the
Writs.
Exam"
Wil Robertson Cls Con
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 359
At a Council held at the Capitol October 17th 1735
Present
The Governor
Mr Commissary Blair John Grymes
Willm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wra Randolph
Jn° Robinson John Tavloe
John Carter Phil" Lightfoot &
Thos Lee Esq"
On hearing this day at the Board the Several Parties concern'd on
the Representations of the Justices & Inhabitants of the new Erected
County of Amelia Relating to the Scituation of a Court House for the
said County. It is the Opinion of this Board & accordingly Ordered
that the Court House for the said County be Erected on the Land of
Col° Benj" Harrison as the most convenient place for that purpose
A Petition of divers Inhabitants of Bristol Parish in the County
of Prince George being presented & Read Complaining of an Order of
the Vestry of the said Parish for appointing a new Church to be built
at a place which the petitioners alledge to be inconvenient to the greater
part of the Parish & as well the Petitioners as the Vestry Men of the
said Parish being heard thereon. It is the Opinion of this Board that
the sad Petition is groundless, And tis therefore Ordered that the Vestry
do proceed in Building the said Church pursuant to their former
Order & Agreement.
On the Application of the Officers of His Majesties Revenue It is
Ordered that a Number of Rights not exceeding the Value of Five
hundred Pounds Sterling be issued
On the Petition of Wm Clemments, Leave is granted him to take
up twelve hundred Acres of Land Eight hundred thereof being already
entred for joining on the lines of Thos Franklin Paul Pikes Corner &
Appamattock River on the little Bent Creek & so running to the Great
Bent Creek for Compliment in the County of Amelia
On the Petition of John Edloe Leave is granted him to take up
two thousand Acres of Land in Brunswick County beginning at the
lower Fork of the Beaver Pond of Flatt Rock Creek so running up
the Neck & over Flatt Rock Creek between Kettle Stick & William Gills
line for Compliment
360 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
At a Council held at the Capitol Novr 1st 1735
Present
The Governor
Ja9 Blair John Custis
Wm Byrd Wm Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Grymes Phil Lightfoot &
Thos Lee Esq"
An Additional Instruction under His Majesties Royal Sign Manuel
& Signet dated the 30th day of November, 1733, was this day read
wherein His Majestie is pleased to signifie His Royal pleasure that the
respective Surveyors General of the Customs of the Southern District
of His Majesties Dominions in America be for the future Admitted to
sit & Vote in the Council of this Colony only as Councillors extra-
ordinary during the time of their Residence here, it being His Majesties
Royal Intention that if thro' any length of time such Surveyor General
shou'd become the Senior Councillor in the said Colony he shall not by
Virtue of such Seniority be ever Capable to take upon him the admin-
istration of the Government upon the death or Absence of the Gov-
ernor in Chief or Lieu' Governor but whenever such death or Absence
.shall happen the Government shall Divolve upon the Councillor next in
Seniority to such Surveyor General, unless His Majestie shall here-
after think it for his Service to Nominate such Surveyor General a
Councillor in Ordinary in any of the Governments within his Survey
& declaring that forasmuch as His Majesty hath already thought fitt
to appoint George Phenney Esq' the present Surveyor General a
Councillor in Ordinary in this Colony, It is His Majesties Will &
pleasure that the said George Phenny do & shall in this Colony enjoy
all the Priviledges that belong to a Councillor in Ordinary upon Con-
sideration of which Instruction. It appearing that the same has been
obtain'd contrary to what Mr Phenny agreed to before his last departure
from this Colony, It is thereupon Resolved, that an humble Representa-
tion be prepaired to be presented to the Right Honourable the Lords
Commissioners for Trade & Plantations seting forth the Inconveniencys
& inconsistency of the Surveyor General being Entituled to the Prive-
ledges of the Ordinary Council within this Colony, and that the Letter
formerly prepared & which was Stop'd at Mr Phennys request on his
Entring into that Agreement be sent to their Lordships together with
this Representation
His Majesties Warrant dated the 2d of April last for repaying to
Tho" Lee Esq' Five hundred Eighty Six pounds ten shillings & nine
pence out of the Revenue of 2s per hhd for so much remitted by him
On Account of the said Revenue & lost by the Bankrupcy of his Cor-
respondent was read & Ordered to be lodged with the Receiver General
& a Warrant thereupon prepared for the Governors signing for the said
payment
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 361
Present
Cole Digges & John Carter Esq"
The Accounts of the Contingent Charges & of the Disbursments
about the Governors House for the last half Year were severally
Examined & allowed
The Governor laid before the Board a letter from the Right
Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations inclos-
ing an Order of His Majesty in His Privy Council bearing date the
29" day of November 1733 directing the Lieutenant Governor of this
Colony to Nominate three or more Commissioners (not exceeding five)
who in conjunction with the like Number to be Named & diputed by
the Lord Fairfax are to Survey & settle the Marks & Boundaries of
that Tract of Land formerly granted to the Lord Culpepper agreeable
to the Terms of the Patent under which the Lord Fairfax Claims
within the Space of Two Years after the Arrival of the said Order &
also a Petition of the said Lord Fairfax praying that Commissioners
may be appointed pursuant to the said Order of His Majesty he being
ready to name Commissioners on his part for that purpose & the same
being severally read at the Board are referred for further Consideration
Mr John Bevil is Nominated Sherif for Accomack County in the
Room of Henry Scarbrough lately decd
Ordered That a New Commission of the Peace issue for the
County of Lancaster & that Wm Ball Junr Gent be left out of the sd
Commission
The following Persons were appointed Inspectors at the several
Warehouses hereafter mentioned Viz At
Fredericksburg. Joseph Hawkins & Rd Tutt
Conways Philip Cleyton & Tho8 Slaughter
Roys John Sutton & Peyton Smith
Boyds Philip Alexander & Rob' Massie
Ouantico Moses Hinton & Rob1 Jones
Yeocomico Dan1 Tibbs & Sam1 Oldham
Laytens John Stark & John Rowzee
Urbanna John Worsham in the Room of Mr Robinson
Hampton Wm Mallory during Mr Kirbys indisposition
Warwick James Cocke in the Room of Mr Arthr Moseley
Lawrences Geo. Lawrence in the Room of Thos Swann
Ordered That the General Assembly be prorogued to the first
Thursday in February next & that a Proclamation issue accordingly
On Reading at this Board the Petition of Robert McCay & Joost
Hyte in behalf of themselves & their Partners seting forth that they
have seated five Families on a certain Tract of Land lying on the
Eastern side Sherrando River below the Land of Jacob Stover & not
entred for by any other Person & upon their applying to the Surveyor
of Orange County to lay out the same as part of their Tract formerly
granted them he refused because no mention is made in the said Grant
362 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
of any Land lying on the Eastern side the said River & praying that
five thousand Acres of Land lying between the lines of Jacob Stover
& William Russel may be granted them as part of their Tract & upon
the Condition mentioned in their Grant, It is accordingly Ordered
that the Surveyor of Orange County Survey for the Petitioners the
said five thousand acres of Land & that the same be allowed as part of
their former Grant & that upon proving the Seating thereof within the
time heretofore limitted for that purpose Patents be granted for the
same
William Russel having laid before this Board a Survey of One
thousand Acres of Land on the Southside Sherrando River which to-
gether with the Eight thousand Six hundred Acres formerly Survey'd
for him is all the Land he can find within the limits of his former
Entries. And praying that in as much as he has Seated the same with
Persons brought into this Colony for setling & strengthning that
Frontier the said Nine thousand Six hundred Acres now Surveyed may
be granted him with the like privelege allowed to others seating the
Lands there. The Governor with the Advice of the Council is pleased
to Order as it is hereby Ordered that One thousand Acres for each
Family brought by the said Russel upon the Land aforementiond be
granted him & that he be discharg'd of the Payment of Rights, And
that he have a Patent accordingly upon his making Proof before the
Courts of Orange County or any Justice of Peace of the said County
of the Names & Numbers of Families setled thereon
November the 4th 1735
Present
The Governor
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
John Grymes Thos Lee Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out
of His Majesties Revenue of two Shillings per hhd Port Duties & head
Money were sign'd by the Governor in Council Viz
To the Governor for y2 a Years Salary ending the
25th of October last £1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of the Council for the same
time 300,,—,
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer
& Terminer held in June last 100,, — ,
To The Auditor Gen' of the Plantations for y2 a
Years Salary 50„ — ,
To the Solicitor of the Virginia Affairs for the
same time 50„ — ,
Executive Joitrnals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 363
To the Attorney General for the same time 35„ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time .... 50„ —
To Sundry Ministers attending the Gen1 Court . . . 6„ —
To the Armourer half a Years Salary 6„ —
To the Gunners of the several Batterys 22„
To Wm Prentis for Sundry Repairs abo' the Gov-
ernors House 107,, 12
To Wm Prentis for sundry Contingent Charges. . . 229„10
To Thos Lee Esq' pursuant to His Majesties War1 586,, 10
To the Adjutant Gen' y2 a Years Salary 75 „—
HJ4
6
9
And Out of the Quit Rents
To the Commissary ]/2 a Years Salary 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney Gen1 for the same time 35„ — „ —
The Acco' of His Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd Port Duties
& Head Money for the half Year ending the 25th of last of October
was presented by the Receiver General who made Oath thereto & hav-
ing been examined by the Deputy Auditor was this day Certified by
the Governor in Council
Sundry Petitions for leave to take up & Survey his Majesties lands
were this day read & granted as follows Vizt
To John Carter Esqr ten thousand Acres on the River Tie in
Goochland County beginning on the River next above Rock fish and
running along that River from the, mouth thereof & on both sides in
one or more Surveys
To Thos Chew Gent & Rob' Rose Clerk twenty thousand Acres
lying on both sides little River which is a branch of James River &
to the South West of Rock fish River about fifteen Miles in Goochland
County near the Great Mountains
To Thos Covington & Thos Croucher five thousand Acres upon the
Branches of Buxton Creek in Amelia County
To Edward Broadnax One thousand Acres on Miles Creek begin-
ning at his own upper Corner Tree running down the Creek & then up
the other side to the upper Corner Tree on the South side his own Land
in Brunswick County
To Sam1 Morgan five hundred Acres on the upper side Deep Creek
in Amelia County
To Rob' Stoker Eight hundred Acres on Beaver Pond Branch of
deep Creek in Amelia County
To Tho8 Denton twelve hundred Acres on Hamonds Branch in-
cluding four hundred Acres already Patented & to have an inclusive
Patent
To Tho8 Rice Eight hundred Acres joining on four hundred Acres
already Patented on Cubb Creek in Hanover County & to have an in-
clusive Patent for the whole
To Tho8 Basset leave to have an inclusive Patent for two Tracts
of Land already Surveyed for him the one of thirteen hundred Acres
364 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
& the other of four hundred Acres on both sides Willis's Creek in
Goochland County
To Isaac Winston John Henry & William Robertson Thirty thou-
sand Acres between the two Ledges of Mountains in Goochland County
To John Michie fourteen hundred forty two Acres on Harris's
and Beaver Creek including Eight hundred Acres patented in several
Patents & to have an inclusive Patent for the whole in Hanover County
To Thos Tabb Seven hundred Acres on either of the Branches of
Taylors' Creek in Amelia County in one or more Surveys
To Wm Carr John Waller junr & John Minor Six thousand Acres
on the Branches of the South Fork of James River on a River called
Tie, or little River, Alias Jason Buck beginning at a Tree mark'd Tie in
Goochland County in one or more Surveys
To Nicholas Davees two thousand One hundred Acres upon each
side Muddy Creek joining to fifteen hundred Acres he bought of Jos
May & four hundred Acres on the upper side the Creek he bought of
William Bradley lying in Goochland County & to have an inclusive
Patent for the whole
To John Price Sixteen hundred Acres most of it already Surveyd
on Rocky Creek & on both sides the Southanna in Hanover County
To Anthony Hoggat & Jos Dabbs Six thousand Acres on the
South Fork of Willis's Creek on Mr Carys line extending North South
& West to include the quantity in Goochland County two thousand four
hundred Acres being already Survey 'd & to have an inclusive Patent
for the whole
To Andrew Wade leave to have an inclusive Patent for Sixteen
hundred Acres of Land already Survey 'd for him in four Surveys in
Hanover County on the Branches of Hickory Creek
To Peter Marks two thousand Ninety Six Acres in the branches
of Cubb Creek Joining on Mr Chamberlains line in Hanover County
To George Thomason Sixteen hundred Acres already Survey 'd for
him on both sides Christophers Run in Goochland County
To Rob' Estis One thousand Acres on the Branches of North
East Creek & Contrary River Joining on four hundred Acres already
Patent" by him & to have an inclusive Patent for the whole
To Sam1 Lee fifteen hundred Acres beginning at John Ledbetters
line at a white Oak thence up cross over to the Reedy Branch thence
up the said Branch to his own line thence up Acocks line to Peter
Mitchels line thence down to Thos Rosers Corner & round his own line
for quantity in Prince George County
To John Ragland Eight hundred Acres joining four hundred Acres
already survey 'd on Great Cawthons Run & to have an inclusive Patent
To John Ragland four hundred Acres joining on two thousand Six
hundred Acres already Surveyed lying on the Branches of Harris's &
Chamberlayns Creek & on little Cawthons River & to have an inclusive
Patent for the whole
To John Jackson two thousand five hundred Acres on both sides
the Birchen Swamp in Prince George & Amelia County
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 365
To Eliz" Anderson five hundred Acres on both sides the Beaver
Pond Branch including the Mill Place in Amelia County
To Tarlton Flemming, Stephen Hughes, Sam1 Wilkinson John
Bryan, Wm Keith, James Geddy, John Taylor, Isaac Bee, Jn° Webb
Henry Webb, Alexr Moss, & David Lyle, thirty thousand Acres in
Brunswick County on the North side Roanoke River at the mouth of
Sandy Creek from thence on both sides Roanoke River in several Sur-
veys
Ordered That Col0 John Simmonds or the Commanding Officer
of the Militia in the County of Isle Wight be directed to raise such
part of the Militia as they shall think fit to Oblige the Tuskoror & other
Northern Indians to retire from the Nottoway Town & in case they
refuse then to apprehend & send them Prisoners to Williamsburg in
Order to be dealt with according to the Terms of their late Treaty
Whereas Robert Ball of Bostorn Marriner hath formed a project
for curing & manageing Tobacco of the Growth of this Colony so as to
render it of equal goodness & Value of that produc'd in Braziel & hath
been at some trouble & charge in making an experiment thereof, It is
Ordered that in Consideration of his loss of Time and Expence therein
he be paid Fifty pounds Current Money & that the Receiver General
place the same to the Account of Contingent Charges
On the humble Petition of John Carter Keeper of the Public Goal,
It is Ordered that His Majesties Receiver General do advance him
thirty Pounds Current Money taking his obligation to pay the same out
of the next Money or Tobacco which he shall receive from the General
Assembly
At a Council held at the Capitol December the 10th 1735
Present
The Governor
Wm Byrd Wm Randolph
Cole Digges Jn° Tayloe
Jn° Robinson Phil" Light foot &
John Grymes Thos Lee Esq"
Ordered That the General Assembly be further Prorogued till the
last Thursday in May next & that Proclamations issue accordingly
For the better & more speedy Determination & Settlement of the
Boundaries between His Majesty & the Lord Fairfax Proprietor of the
Northern Neck pursuant to his Majesties Commands signified by Order
in his privy Council the 29th of November 1733 The Governor this day
in Council was pleased to Nominate and appoint Wm Byrd, John Robin-
son & John Grymes Esq" Commissioners on the part of His Majesty
in Conjunction with the like Number to be deputed by the said Lord
Fairfax for Surveying & setling the said Boundaries & for that purpose
to meet at such time as they shall judge most suitable & convenient
with power to chuse and Employ one or more Surveyors with a con-
366 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
venient number of Markers & other Attendants necessary for that
Service & if the said Boundaries canot be finally adjusted upon the place
that then they have power to take Depositions of Witnesses & to cause
Maps & Descriptions of the Boundaries in dispute to be prepared & to
make Report of all maters relating thereto in order to the final Deter-
mination thereof in such manner as His Majestie shall hereafter direct
& then the Board being informed that Mr Edward Barradell attended
in behalf of the Lord Fairfax he was called in & declared that he
had Authority from the Lord Fairfax to Nominate the same Com-
missioners to Act in behalf of His Lordship he being well satisfied of
the Candour & Integrity of the Council which are now appointed Com-
missioners to do equal Justice in this dispute
William Whitaker is appointed Inspector at Denby Warehouse in
the Room of William Harwood who has resign'd
John Martin Gent having entred a Caveat for stopping a Patent
sued out by George Woodrof for lands in Caroline County & not
appearing to prosecute the same, It is Ordered that the same be dis-
solv'd & that the said Woodrof have his Patent
On Reading this day at the Board a Petition of many of the In-
habitants of the County of Hanover Complaining that the Justices of
that County have without any reasonable cause, Ordered a New Court
House to be built in the said County & assess'd the Inhabitants for the
Charge thereof though the present Court House be a good Substantial
building & capable of serving for that purpose for many Years, And
praying releif therein, It is Ordered that a Supersedees be granted to
stop the execution of the said Order of the Justices until all parties be
heard before the General Court
On Reading at this Board the humble Petition of Anne Alexander
Widow Residuary Legatee of John Smith late of Purton in the County
of Gloucestor dec" Representing that the said John Smith being pos-
sessed of a Negro man named Robin for whom he had a very great
affection did on his death Bed declare his mind & earnest desire to be
that the said Negro Robin for his fidelity and Diligent Service should
immedeately after his decease be free & discharg'd from all farther
Servitude, And the said Alexander being desirous that the good intent
of the said John Smith should take effect. Therefore humbly prayed
the Approbation of this Board therein pursuant to the Act of Assem-
bly in that case made & provided. The Governor and Council taking
the same into their Consideration have approv'd & hereby do approve
of the said Negro Robins being manumited & do accordingly hereby
declare the said Robin to be free of which all Persons whom it may
concern are hereby required to take Notice
The several Caveat entered by Doctor John Tennent for stopping
a Patent sued by John Vauter for Lands in the County of Spotsylvania
& also of John Mallory for stopping a Patent for Land Survey 'd for
Hugh Hogan in the County of Hanover are continued till the next
Court of Oyer & Terminer
Sundry Petitions for leave to take up & Survey His Majesties
Lands were this day read & granted as follows Viz1
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 367
To Sam1 Cobbs Six thousand Acres upon the Branches of Flatt
Creek & little Nottoway in Amelia County in one or more Surveys
To Robert Christian & David Patterson three thousand Acres on
Rock Fish River & Goose Creek in Goochland County in one or more
Surveys provided it do not inter fer with Mr Chiswells line or any former
Grant
To Abraham Venable two thousand Acres on the Branches of the
Byrd Creek in Goochland County joining on One thousand three hun-
dred Acres already Survey 'd for him & to have an inclusive Patent
for the whole.
To Tho8 Eldridge all the Waste Land lying on his own Tract in
Prince George County joining on the Lands of Henry Gee, Wm Halley
Michael Rorser John Livesay, James Gee, Wm Williams & Henry Ivy
dec" and to have an inclusive Patent for that with his own Land already
vSurveyed
To Thomas Banks One thousand Acres on the Branches of Byrd
Creek in Goochland County in one or more Surveys
To James Garnet three thousand Acres on the head Branches of
Mattopony in Spotsylvania County near the Land of Col0 Gowen Corbin
To Isham Epes fifteen hundred Acres beginning on his own line
on Cellar Fork of Deep Creek thence adjoining his own & Chappels
Lines on little Nottoway for Compliment in Amelia County
To Isham Eppes fifteen hundred Acres beginning on John Naws
line thence on James Jones & Joseph Hawkes lines for Compliment in
Amelia County
To Thomas Harbour fourteen hundred & Sixty three Acres al-
ready Survey'd for him in four Surveys on Boilings Creek in Gooch-
land County
To William Hatcher two thousand Acres Surveyed for Mr Chis-
well in the Year 1722 (he having made no Improvement thereon) lying
between falling Creek & Swift Creek in Henrico County the said Chis-
well having relinquish'd his Right to it.
At a Council held at the Capitol April 22a 1736
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Ph Lightfoot &
Tho8 Lee Esq"
Mr John Marshall is appointed one of the Inspectors at Cherry
Stones Warehouse in Northampton County
368 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
The Governor was pleas'd to Nominate the following Persons
Sherifs for the respective Counties hereafter mentioned Viz1
Charles City Tho8 Epes
Brunswick Wm Wynne
Nansemond Wm Baker
Lancaster Wm Tayloe
Prince George Lewis Green
Isle Wight Tho8 Jarrel
Caroline George Goodloe
King William Tho8 West
Northampton Wm Smith
King & Queen Phil" Roots
Joseph Foster Gent being recommended Sherif for the County of
New Kent for the ensuing Year and Information being given against
him by a Letter from Mr William Macon one of the Justices of the
said Court. It is Ordered that a Copy thereof be sent him to the end
he may have an Opportunity to Justine himself of the matters therein
laid to his Charge
Whereas Information hath been given to this Board that the
Northern Indians in great Numbers have lately pass'd through the
Frontiers of this Colony under pretence of going to War with the
Cattawbaws & by their Insolent behaviour given great Disturbance to
the Inhabitants, It is Ordered that the Consideration of proper
Measures for preventing the like for the future be refer'd to the last
day of the General Court
Ordered That the General Assembly be further prorogued till
Thursday the fifth day of August next & that Proclamations be issued
accordingly
Ordered That a New Commission of the Peace be issued for the
County of Orange & that William Russel Gent, be appointed a Justice
in the said Commission
On the Application of the Officers of His Majesties Revenue It is
Ordered that a Number of Rights for taking up His Majesties Land
not exceeding the Value of Five hundred Pounds Sterling be issued
for the Accomodation of such Persons who shall have occasion to pur-
chase the same
At a Council held at the Capitol May the 5th 1736
Present
The Governor
James Blair Clk John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe &
John Carter Philip Lightfoot Esq"
The Acco" of Contingent Charges & other Disbursments about the
Governors House was severally Examined & allowed
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 369
On the Petition of Charles Carter Esqr Leave is granted him to
Survey & Patent so much of the Beach at York Town as lies between
his Lot & the River & doth not interfere with the Land of Philip Light-
foot Esqr or any other Pryor Grant
Ordered That the Naval Officer of York River do not demand
The Tunnage & head Money of the Ship George of Bristol who entred
in that District & is since Sailed for Maryland
The following Persons were appointed by the Governor in Council
to be Sherifs of the respective Counties hereafter mentioned for the
ensuing Year Viz4
For the County of
York Edmund Smith
Norfolk Thomas Wright
Princess Anne Wm Robinson
Surry John Ruffin
Goochland John Netherland
Richmond Thos Barber
Prince William John Allen
Stafford John Washington
Ordered
That Mr Edward Barradell, Mr Hudson Allen & Mr Richard
Taliafero be added to the Commission of Peace for James City County
the first of which to be last in the Quoram
Ordered That Mr John Harmer & Mr Walter King be added to the
Commission of Peace for the County of York
On the Application of His Majesties Receiver General for ascer-
taining the difference of Exchange at which he is to remit Money Re-
ceived for His Majesties Quit Rents. This Board do hereby Certifie
that the Current Rate of Exchange at present is twenty five per Cent
& that therefore the Receiver General be allowed to charge in his Ac-
count so much as will make the Money remitted by him for His
Majesties Quit Rents Sterling according to that Rate unless he can
procure Bills of Exchange cheaper
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out
of His Majesties Revenue of two Shillings per hhd Port duties & head
Money were Sign'd by the Governor in Council Viz'
To the Governor J^ a Years Salary endg the 25th of
April last £1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of the Council for the same time . . 300,, — „ —
To the Judges of the Court of Oyer & Terminer in
December last 100,, — „ —
To the Auditor General of the Plantations half a
Years Salary 50„ — „ —
To the Solicitor of the Virginia Affairs for the same
time 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney General for same time 35„ — „ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time 50„ — „ —
370 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
To the Ministers attending the General Court 8„ — „ —
To the Armourer y2 a Years Sallary 6„ — „ —
To the Gunners of the Several Batterys 22,, — „ —
To Repairs to the Governors House 58„ — „ —
To Pd Wm Prentis for Contingent Charges 162„18„—
To the Adjutant General y2 Years Salary 75„ — „ —
To Costs & Shiping Charges for 50 Bar'8 Gun
powder 179,, 9„10
And Out of the Quit Rents
To Mr Commissary y2 a Years Salary 50,, — ,, —
To the Attorney General for the same time 35„ — „ —
On Consideration of the dangers which may happen to the In-
habitants of this Country by the Northern Indians Marching through
the Frontiers of this Colony it appearing that the Occasion of their
frequent passing this Way is in Order to Attack the Cattawbaws, &
other Southern Indians with whom they were at War. It is therefore
Ordered that the Southern & Northern Indians be severally Invited to
meet here next April for setling a peace between those Nations as the
best way for securing the quiet of Our Frontier Inhabitants from their
future Incursions
At a Council held at the Capitol June the 9th 1736
Present
The Governor
James Blair Clk John Carter
William Byrd John Grymes
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph &
Philip Lightfoot Esq"
Whereas Leonard Whiting hath undertaken to build & finish the
Fort at Point Comfort according to a Scheme prepaired and approved
by the Governor & hath already received part of the Consideration
Money & now moving for a further Sum of One hundred & fifty
pounds to be Advanced him ; It is accordingly Ordered that the said
Sum of One hundred & fifty Pounds be Advanced & paid him by His
Majesties Receiver General upon his Entring into Bond with good
Security for finishing the said Fort according to the Scheme propos'd
by him & aproved by the Governor
Ordered That it be refer'd to Mr Attorney General to consider in
what manner the Importation of Rum & other Liquors by land from
Pensylvania may be best prevented or the Importers made liable to the
payment of the Duty & to bring Suit against such as Export Skins &
Furrs out of this Colony by Land without paying the Duties laid thereon
by Act of Assembly & appropriated to the Support of the College of
William & Mary
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 371
Whereas Joseph Foster Gent was accused before this Board for
several Immoralities which if duly proved would have been sufficient
cause to have removed him from his Office of Justice of the Peace for
the County of New Kent And the said Foster now appearing & offering
in his Justification an affidavit of his Wife together with the Testimony
of two Justices of the Peace his near Neighbours, Whereby it appears
that the said Accusation is groundless. It is the Opinion of this Board,
And accordingly Ordered that the said Foster be continued in his Office
of Justice of the Peace & be appointed Sherif for the said County of
new Kent for the ensuing Year
John Buchanan of the Province of Maryland Merchant by his
Petition praying to be Reimburs'd the Duties of One hundred & Seventy
hhds of Tobacco Ship'd by him in this Colony in the Ship Industry
which happened to Founder at Sea. It is thereupon the Opinion of
this Board that as no such Allowance hath ever yet been made in the
like Cases, That therefore the said Petition be rejected
On the motion of Matthew Jouet, It is Ordered that the matter in
dispute between him & John Ragland touching the Grant of a Tract of
Land in Hanover County Surveyed for the said Ragland be heard at
the next Court of Oyer & Terminer. And leave is granted to either
party to Examine John Smithy before any Justice of the Peace of that
County
John Tennent of the County of Spotsylvania Gent having entered
a Caveat for stopping the issuing a Patent to John Vauter of Essex
County for four hundred Acres of Land Surveyed for him in the Year
MDCCXXXIV. And it appearing to this Board that the said Vauter
hath not complied with the Orders of Government, It is thereupon
Ordered that the said four hundred Acres of Land be granted to the
said John Tennent he puting in Rights for the same
The Petition of James Harriss against William Collier for Land in
Brunswick County continued to be heard on the XIIth day of August
next
Jones Irwinn having Petitioned for a Grant of One thousand Acres
of Land in the County of Prince George Survey'd divers Years agoe
for Henry Maynard & no patent yet sued out for the same It appearing
that Alexander Mackenzie Gent Attorney for the heir of the said
Maynard hath been duly Summoned to shew cause why the said Tract
ought not to be granted & he failing to appear, It is Ordered that the
said One thousand Acres of Land be granted the Petitioner he entring
Rights according to Law
On hearing the matter in dispute between Timothy Dalton &
Richard Hamock touching the Grant of a Tract of Land in the County
of Hanover, It is Ordered that the said Hamock have a Grant of two
hundred Acres of the said Land including his Dwelling House &
Plantation & that the Residue of the said Tract be granted the said
Dalton if he will accept thereof
On reading this day at the Board a Petition of the Minister & five
of the Vestry of St Martins Parish in Hanover County complaining of
an Order madq by the Major Part of the said Vestry for building a
372 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
New Church at a place very inconvenient for the far greater part of
the Inhabitants of that precinct of the Parish for whose use it is in-
tended And on hearing as well the Petitioners as the Persons appointed
on behalf of the Major part of the Vestry. It is the Opinion of this
Board, And accordingly Ordered that if it be the meaning of the said
Vestry that the Chappel at Aliens Creek should still be kept up together
with the two Churches mentioned in their Order, That then the place
appointed by the said Order be the Place for building the said new
Church But if the Intent of the said Vestry be to discontinue the said
Chappel, Then it is Ordered that the said New Church be built on the
South Side New found River at the intersection of the Roads which
lead to the respective Plantations of Mr Charles Chiswell and Mr
Richard Clough or as near thereto as a convenient Spring of Water
can be found, as being the Center of the lower precinct of the said
Parish & most convenient for all the Inhabitants thereof to attend the
Public Worship. And the said Vestry are hereby required to take
Notice hereof & to conform themselves accordingly
On hearing this day at the Board the parties on the Caveat entered
by John Mallory against Hugh Hogan for two hundred ninety three
Acres of Land in Hanover County surveyed for the said Hogan in
MDCCXXXIV no Patent ever sued out by him It appearing that the
said Hogan hath not complyed with the Orders of Government. It is
Ordered that the said John Mallory have a Grant for the said Land
according to the Prayer of the Petition
Wm Mallory having Petitioned for a Grant of four hundred Acres
of Land in Hanover County formerly Surveyed for Hugh Hogan who
failed to Sue out a Patent for the same in due time the said Hogan &
the Petitioner being now heard & the Allegations of the Petitioner being
found true It is Ordered that he have a Grant for the said four hun-
dred Acres of Land upon his producing Rights for the same
A Petition of Dan1 Burford of the County of King William for
a Liscence to practice as An Attorney, Is refer 'd to Mr Attorney Gen1
or Sr John Randolph to Examine the Petitioners qualifications & to
make Report thereof to this Board
At a Council held at the Capitol Aug* the 9th 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Comissary Blair John Grymes
John Robinson John Custis
John Carter Wm Randolph &
John Tayloe Esq"
His Majesty having been pleased by Order in his Privy Council
dated the 4,h of March 1735 to Ratify & Confirm the two following
Acts of the last Session of Assembly Viz1
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 373
An Act for Amending the Act Entituled An Act for setling the
Titles & Bounds of Land & for preventing unlawf ull Shooting & Range-
ing thereupon &
An Act for the better Support & Encouragement of the College of
William & Mary in Virginia
It is Ordered that His Majesties said Order in Council be entered
in the Secretarys Office
An Acco1 of the Fees & Charges paid by Peter Leheup Esqr for
obtaining His Majesties Approbation of the two Acts of Assembly
aforementioned amounting to the Sum of £32,,11„4 being laid before
the Board & read, It is Ordered that His Majesties Receiver General
do pay the same together with the Sum of Fifty Pounds Sterling for
his particular care in soliciting the said Approbation.
August the 10th 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph
John Carter John Tayloe &
John Grymes Philip Lightfoot Esq"
A Petition of Franc8 Allen Gent and also a Petition of John Sel-
den Gent were severally read praying Lyscences to practice as Attor-
neys in the County Courts of this Dominion and refer'd to Mr Attor-
ney General for his Examination into the qualifications of the Peti-
tioners & to make Report thereof to this Board
August the 11th 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph
John Carter John Tayloe
John Grymes ' Phil Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
Ordered That a new Commission of the Peace issue for the County
of Norfolk & that Thomas Wright Robert Tucker John Taylor, Sam1
Smith Junr James Ivy, Wm Portlock Caleb Wilson & Solomon Wilson
the elder be added to the present Justices of the said County
Also a new Commission for the County of Essex & that Joshua
Fry, Wm Dangerfield Philip Jones & Wm Roan be added to the present
Justices & that Mr Fry be placed in the same Rank which he held in the
Commission of the Peace for James City County
374 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Ralph Justice Gent is appointed Inspector at Pocomoke and Guil-
fords Warehouses in the Room of John Justice who has resignd that
Office
A Commission to Wm Byrd John Robinson & John Grymes Esq"
appointing them Commissioners on the part of His Majesty for setling
marking & determining the Boundaries between His Majesty & the
Right HonMe Thomas Lord Fairfax Proprietor of the Northern Neck
together with a draught of Instructions for the better performing that
Service being prepared were read & approved And it is Ordered that a
fair Copy thereof be delivered to Mr Barradell His Lordships Attorney
& that he be desired to Transmit the same to His Lordship & to Signify
to him that if he continues in the same mind he was formerly to com-
mit! his Interest to the Determination of the same Commissioners ap-
pointed for the King it is necessary he prepare a proper Instrument
under his hand Authorizing them thereto that the Commissioners may
proceed without delay in the performance of the Duty required of them
August the 12th 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Corn" Blair Wm Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Custis Phil Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
On hearing this day at the Board the matter in dispute between
James Harris & William Collier touching the Right of 328 Acres of
Land in Brunswick County Surveyed for the said Collier & no Patents
sued out by him in time It is the Opinion of this Board & accordingly
Ordered that the said William Collier be admitted to Sue out his Patent
for the said Land he producing Rights for the same so as he take out
his Patent before the end of next General Court & also to pay to the
said James Harris ten pounds Current Money for his charge & Ex-
pences in prosecuting his said Petition And it is further Ordered that
Mr Drury Stith Surveyor of Brunswick County repay to the said James
Harris the money paid him for the purchase of Rights for the said 328
Acres of Land
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 375
August 23d 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Carter Tho8 Lee Esq"
John Grymes Esqr His Majesties Receiver General laid before the
Board an Account of Sundry Arrears of Quit Rents due the 25th of
April 1735 & also the Account of His Majesties Revenue of Quit Rents
received for the last Year ending the 25th of April last Examined &
pass'd by the Auditor of His Majesties Revenues & having made Oath
thereto the same were severally certified by the Governor as usual
On Reading at the Board the humble Petition of Matthew Kemp
Clerk of the General Court seting forth the great increase of his
trouble occasioned of late Years by the number of Criminals brought
to that Court for Trial And praying an Allowance out of His Majesties
Revenue in consideration of that extraordinary service, This Board
being sensible of the truth of what is Suggested in the said Petition
have thought fit to Order as it is hereby Ordered that the Receiver
General of His Majesties Revenues do pay to the said Matthew Kemp
the Sum of twenty Pounds Sterling per Annum for the five Years
wherein he hath served in the Office aforesaid & the like Sum annually
for the future & place it to the Account of the Contingent Charges of
the Government.
Wm Beverly Gent Representing to this Board that in pursuance of
the Order Granted to him John Tayloe & Thomas Lee Esq" for taking
up Sixty thousand Acres of Land beyond the great Mountains on the
River Sherrando he had caused the same to be Surveyed as by the
Piatt thereof now produced may appear, but that by some mistake in
the Surveyor he had included a far greater quantity than the said Sixty
thousand Acres of which Eighteen thousand are Mountains lying in
the midst of the said Tract & a great part of the rest Barrens. That
the said John Tayloe & Thos Lee Esq" had thereupon relinquished
their pretensions to the said Land That the said Beverly having at his
great Charge Imported Sixty seven Families to cultivate the same who
are already setled within the Bounds of the said Tract is willing to take
a Grant thereof in the name of himself Sr John Randolph Kn' & John
Robinson Gent now his partners if they may have further time for seat-
ing the Surplus Land with such exemption from the payment of Quit
Rents for the said Mountains & Barrens as to this Board shall seem
reasonable. The Governor in Council taking the same into considera-
tion was pleased to Order as it is hereby Ordered that a Patent be
granted to the said William Beverly, Sr John Randolph & John Robin-
son for the whole quantity contain'd in the Survey now return'd by
376 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Rob* Brooke Surveyor upon their giving Bond in the Secretarys Office
for the Payment of Rights for so much of the Surplus Land over &
above the Sixty Seven thousand Acres already prov'd to be seated, as
they shall fail to seat Families on. That is to say one Family for each
thousand Acres within two Years from the date of this Order. But as
to that part of the Petition for an exemption from the payment of Quit
Rents for the Mountanous & Barren Lands contained in the said Tract
the same is rejected
At a Council held at the Capitol Sept' 1st 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Grymes
Cole Digges John Custis &
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot Esq"
The Governor laid before the Board a Letter from James Ogle-
thorp Esqr dated at Savannah in Georgia the 26th of July last intimating
that the Trustees for that Colony had pass'd an Act which His Majesty
had ratified & confirmed for regulating the Trade with the Indians and
likewise desiring that the bearer Mr Sweney may have leave to treat
with such persons here as are accustomed to the Climate to go with him
for building their Forts to defend themselves against the Spaniards
& on reading the said Letter
It is Ordered that the Act aforesaid be printed & sent to the In-
dian Traders, and Mr Sweney was called in and acquainted that he
may Treat & agree with any persons he shall find willing to go with
him provided he take not any Servants nor secretly convey away any
persons in debt without Satisfying their Creditors
Whereas upon reading the Petitions of Wm Macklin & Sampson
Lanier in behalf of themselves & many other the free Holders & In-
habitants of the Parish of S' Andrew in the County of Brunswick, It
appears to this Board that the Vestry of the said Parish have in Con-
tempt of the Order made the 16th of April 1735 to which the said Vestry
did submit directed two Chappels to be Erected in the said Parish
greatly to the inconveniency of the Inhabitants. And now upon hearing
Majr John Wall in behalf of the said Vestry as well as the Petitioners
& due Consideration had of the Scituation of the said Parish according
to a Map thereof laid before this Board by the Surveyor of the said
County of Brunswick It is Ordered by the Governor by & with the
Advice & consent of the Council that the said Vestry of S' Andrews
Parish laying aside all excuse & delays do forthwith proceed to order
& direct One Chappel of ease to be Erected & built for the conveniency
of the Inhabitants on the North side Meherrin River near the Plantation
of James Lofton upon the three Creeks at a place where a School House
now stands & that the other Chappel for the Conveniency of the In-
habitants on the South side the said River Meherrin be Erected & built
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 377
at a place commonly called Strowds Old Feild, & that all other places
directed by the said Vestry to be appointed for the said Chappels be
hereby disallowed
And Whereas the said Vestry did heretofore Order a Chappel to
be built for the conveniency of the Inhabitants on Roanoke contrary
to the Intentions of this Board. It is Ordered that the said intended
Chappel be not proceeded in, but that a House be hired & a Reader
appointed at the charge of the Parish for performing divine Service
as far as such a Reader is capable until the said Parish shall be in a
Condition to build a Chappel for the said Inhabitants which at present
are but few & inconsiderable
At a Council held at the Capitol Septr the 7th 1736
Present
The Governor
John Robinson John Grymes
John Carter John Custis &
Philip Lightfoot Esq"
This Board being informed that the Right Honourable Thomas
Lord Fairfax notwithstanding what was declared in his name on the
9tn of December last by Mr Barradell, now declines giving any authority
under his hand either to the Commissioners appointed on his Majestys
behalf or to any other to determine and Settle his Boundarys but only
to Survey & report their Opinions thereon This Board considering that
the Order of His Majesty in his Privy Council made on the Petition
& proposal of the said Lord Fairfax doth expressly enjoyn the mark-
ing settling & determining the said Boundaries, are therefore of Opinion
that the Commission & Instructions as they are now prepared be forth-
with signed, And that John Robinson & John Grymes Esq" two of His
Majestys Commissioners do wait on the Lord Fairfax to know his
final resolution in what manner his Lordship proposes to have his
Boundarys setled conformable to the said Order of His Majesty in his
Privy Council
A draught of a Charter for encorporating the Inhabitants of the
town of Norfolk into a Borough upon their Petition to the Governor
being prepared by His Majestys Attorney General was this day laid
before the Council & referr'd to the consideration of a fuller Board
On reading this day at the Board a Petition of the Free holders and
Inhabitants of Isle of Wight County whose names are thereunto sub-
scribed complaining that the Justices of the said County have directed
the Standard Weights & Measures purchased for the use of the said
County to be lodged at a place very inconvenient for the greater part
of the Inhabitants & praying relief therein The Governor & Council
taking the same into consideration & being of Opinion that the said
Weights & Measures ought to be kept near the center of the County
to which all the Inhabitants may most conveniently repair to have their
378 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Weights and Measures Stampt & sealed, Have thought fitt to Order,
As it is hereby Ordered that the Justices of the said County of Isle of
Wight do cause the Standard Scales Weights & Measures of the said
County to be lodged with some fit Person living as near as conveniently
may be to the Court House of the said County as being most agreeable
to the Act of Assembly in that case made & provided
A Petition of Lemuel Reddick Gent praying a Liscence to practice
as an Attorney was read & Referd to Mr Attorney General to examine
the Petitioners qualifications & make Report thereof to this Board
At a Council held at the Capitol Septr the 10th 1736
Present
The Governor
Cole Digges John Grymes
John Robinson John Custis
John Carter Philip Lightfoot and
Tho3 Lee Esq"
John Robinson & John Grymes Esq" two of the Commissioners
appointed for setling the Boundarys of the Territory claimed by the
Lord Fairfax Reported that (according to order) they had waited on
his Lordship and acquainted him with their being Commissionated in
behalf of His Majesty for that Service and had agreed to meet at
Fredericksburg on the 25th instant in order to proceed to the surveying
& setling the said Boundarys in conjunction with such persons as his
Lordship should think fit to appoint on his behalf : That his Lordship
was pleased to say he would give them an Answer in the Afternoon ;
That last night he deliverd to them an Instrument of Writing which
he said was a Commission to the same Gentlemen appointed Commis-
sioners- on the part of the King to act also for him telling them that
he would give no other or fuller power to any Commissioners if he was
to nominate others for himself. That they the Commissioners received
the said Instrument acquainting his Lordship at the same time that they
would consider it and let him know their Resolution. And now they
desired the Opinion of the Board thereupon. And the said Commis-
sion being read it appearing that the same is not conformable to the
Order of his Majesty in his Privy Council, nor to the proposal made
by the said Lord Fairfax in his petition to this Board in December last
in that it gives no authority to the said Commissioners to mark &
settle the said Boundarys It is the unanimous opinion of this Board
that the said Commission as it is thus Limitted ought not to be ac-
cepted nor executed by his Majesties Commissioners but that they
proceed to execute the Commission on the part of his Majesty in the
manner most agreeable to his Majestys pleasure signified in the afore-
mentioned Order in his privy Council
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 379
Ordered
That whatever expences shall acrue on the Service of setling the
Boundarys between his Majesty and the Lord Fairfax be advanced by
the Receiver General out of His Majesties Revenue & an Account
thereof laid before this Board
At a Council held at the Capitol September the 22d 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Carter
Cole Digges John Custis &
Philip Lightfoot Esq"
On reading at this Board the petition of Elinor Flitter of Stafford
County widow seting forth. That about six Years ago a poor woman
came to her house very sick & big with child of which she was soon
after delivered and that upon application to the Church wardens they
ordered the Petitioner to take care of the said Woman & child promis-
ing to make her Satisfaction for the same, That the mother of the said
Child after continuing ill several months died & the Church wardens
paid for her accomodations & Ordered the Petitioner to keep the Child
which prov'd to be a Mulatto girl to whom she had stood Godmother
that the Petitioner had maintained the Child at her own charge ever
since in hopes to be recompensed by its labour when it should come to
be usefull but that in May last one John Hunt of the said County
pretending Authority from the Church wardens had taken away the
said Child from the Petitioner and praying releif therein It is Ordered
that the said Petition be refer'd to the Justices of Stafford County to
examine into the facts alledged therein & to take care that Justice be
done the Petitioner therein or otherwise to make report of their pro-
ceedings to this Board
Several Petitions for Land were read & granted as follows Viz*
To Wm Worsham One thousand Acres beginning on three hundred
Acres already Survey 'd for him on the upper side of Deep Creek in
Amelia County Joining Mr Robertsons line and on Rogermans Survey
down little Creek towards Robert Boilings upper line for quantity &
to have an inclusive Patent for the whole
To Michael Woolf leave to have an inclusive Patent for twelve
hundred Acres on Angolo Creek in Goochland County
To Thomas Williams twelve hundred Acres on the South side of
Hatches Run in Prince George County joining on the lines of William
Mayo, James Hudson & Joseph Hawkes
To Edward Scott, Joseph Bonny & John Rolf four thousand Acres
in Goochland County beginning on Mr John Boilings line on Totero
Creek in the Fork of James River & to be laid off in one or more
Surveys
380 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
To Joseph Scott Seventeen hundred Acres in Goochland County
lying on the branches of Angolo & great Guinea Creeks & joining on
Mr Stoners lines
To Richard Adams One hundred & seventy four Acres on both
sides the Rivanna including four hundred Acres already Patented &
the rest Surveyed in Goochland, County
To Charles Chiswell, Mattw Kemp, Wm Robertson, John Henry
Patrick Henry & Charles Lynch thirty thousand Acres on the South
side James River upon the first Creek below the great Mountains and
running downwards upon the Branches & of both sides the said Creek
part in Amelia & part in Goochland Countys in one or more Surveys
To George Carrington Leave to Add two thousand One hundred
& fifty Acres to his Patent of two thousand eight hundred & fifty Acres
on both sides of Willis's River in Goochland County
To Obadiah Woodson Six thousand Acres beginning at the great
low grounds on falling River running on both sides the said River in
Brunswick or Amelia County for Complement.
To Benjamin Harrison fifteen hundred Acres adjacent to his land
on Willises Creek in Goochland County
To Rowland Wade five hundred Acres in Amelia County on both
sides of Tally's Horse Pen Branch & adjoining to the Lands of Joseph
Wilkinson Thomas Jones & George Avery
To Benjamin Ruffin five hundred & fifty Acres in Prince George
County on the upper side of Sailors Creek adjoining to Jeffersons line
& to include the Ridge & head of Woods Creek
To John Boiling five thousand Acres in Goochland County near the
Mountains of Willises Creek on both sides the Rocky Ridge in one or
more Surveys
To Charles Hudson, Abraham Venable, Michael Holland, Nowel
Burton & David Harriss Eight thousand Acres in Amelia County on a
Creek known by the name of Vaughns Creek on the South side of
Appamattock River
To Robert Davees & Charles Hudson two thousand Acres on the
branches of Tye River in Goochland County joining near upon the
Land of John Carter Esqr
To Abraham Venable Six hundred Acres on the Branches of Byrd
Creek in Goochland County joining to eleven hundred Acres & another
Tract of Seven hundred & eighty Acres already granted him & to
have an inclusive Patent for the whole
To Peter Jones & Dorothy his Wife & Henry Batts & Elizabeth
his Wife Nine hundred Acres joining on their own lands they had by
their Wives in Henrico County & to have an inclusive Patent
To Charles Williamson fifteen hundred Acres on the lower side
of Rocky Run in Prince George County joining his own land
To William Bradshaw eight hundred Acres to be added to four
hundred Acres already Patented on the North Branch on Deep Creek
& to have an inclusive Patent for the whole
To William Watson two thousand Acres in Amelia County on the
lower side of Flatt Creek on both sides the Hunting Path beginning
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 381
at the mouth of a branch near Lewis Roblets Woolf Trap thence up &
down the Creek & cross the Ridge towards the little Creek for Com-
pliment in one or more Surveys.
To Robert Boiling fifteen hundred Acres adjoining to Herbert
Jones & Moreland including Geneto Pond
To John Young Six hundred & forty Acres in Amelia County
within two Miles of flatt Creek
To George White Eight hundred Acres in Brunswick County Join-
ing on his own Patented land of one hundred & forty Acres on Waqua
Creek & on William Blakeleys Land
To George White One thousand Acres on both sides Stony Creek
in Prince George County Joining on One hundred & fifty Acres he
bought of John Warning & to have an inclusive Patent
To Head Lynch & James Cocke Eight hundred Acres of Land
formerly granted to Richard Fitzwilliams & William Robertson Esqr
on the North side the Northanna in Spotsylvania County it appearing
to this Board that the said Richard Fitzwilliams & Wm Robertson did
not take a Patent for the said land in time
To Daniel Stoner three thousand Seven hundred & thirty Acres
on great Guinea & Angolo Creeks being Branches of Appamattock River
in Goochland County Joining on five hundred & Eighty Acres already
Patented & to have an inclusive Patent
To Henry Cary twelve hundred Acres in Goochland County join-
ing on four hundred Acres already patented on Hatchers Creek & to
have an inclusive Patent
To John Lyles One thousand Acres in Prince George County being
waste Land between Moodys, Edward Holloways, Irael Robinson &
other lines on Buck Skin Creek
To Tarlton Flemming Stephen Hughes, John Webb Henry Webb,
Alexander Moss, Isaac Bates, William Keith James Geddy, William
Booker, David Lyles & Richard Booker junr thirty thousand Acres
beginning at the mouth of falling River on the North Fork of Roanoke
River in Brunswick County from thence on both sides the River for
Compliment in one or more Surveys
To William Green two thousand Acres joining on John Wallers
& Col0 Boilings lines his own land already Patented Pattersons line Sam1
Cobbs Entry Dan1 Colemans line in Amelia County & so out for
Compliment & to have an inclusive Patent
To William Green one thousand Acres joining on Col° Boiling
Abraham Green & a Tract of four hundred Acres he bought of Talley
in Amelia County & to have an inclusive Patent for the whole
To Abraham Green One thousand Acres joining on his own line,
John Waller, William Green, Joseph Simmons Rich3 Ransey & John
Brown on Rocky Run & deep Creek in Amelia County & to have an
inclusive Patent for the whole
To Robert Rose & Thomas Chew twenty thousand Acres on both
sides of little River which is a branch of James River & to the South
West of Rock fish River about fifteen Miles in Goochland County near
the great Mountains in one or more Surveys
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At a Council held at the Capitol the 22a of October 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot and
Thomas Lee Esq'8
The following Persons were this day appointed Inspectors at the
Public Warehouses under mentioned Viz1 At
Greys Creek Wm Clench in the Room of Wm Rookins
Falmouth Enoch Evans
Cabbin point Wm Short in the Room of Mr Simmons
Wainwrights Jn° Somervell & John Wills
Warixqueak James Ranson & Baker
Mumfords Tho9 Martin & James Sturdivant
Maycocks Tho8 Short & Jos Wilkinson
Roys John Miller in the Room of Mr Smith
Bowlers Franc8 Smith in the Room of Mr Mountague
Ware or Dea-
cons Neck Cha8 Debnam in the Room of Mr Richardson
Warwick Edwd Wilkinson in the Room of Jos Wilkinson
Shachoes Rob' Burton in the Room of Edwd Wilkinson
A new Commission of the peace is Ordered to issue for the County
of Middlesex and that Ralph Wormeley Lewis Berkley Wm Blackburn
Patrick Cheap & Henry Whiting Gent be Added to the former Justices
in the said Commission
Also The like Commission of the peace for the County of Henrico
& Wm Gay, Wm Kennon junr John Archer Tho8 Brench & Joseph
Turner Gent be Added
And
For the County of Prince George the like Commission & Mr Nath1
Harrison to be Added to the Quorum
A new Commission of the peace for the County of King George
is likewise ordered to issue & Hancock Lee, Richd Edwards & Enoch
Innes Gent be Added
For the better regulating & setling the Commission of the peace
for the County of Northampton. It is Ordered that a new Commission
issue & that the persons following be the Justices for the said County
Viz' John Robins, Thomas Marshall, Ralph Piggot, Joachim Michael,
John Custis, Robert Nottingham, John Stratton, Custis Kendall Hillary
Stringer, Peter Bowden, Matthew Harmanson, Wm Burton Peter Nor-
ley Ellegood, Thomas Preeson Littleton Eyre, & Neech Eyre Gent
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 383
The Council this day unanimously requested the honble The Lieu-
tenant Governor to use his interest & good offices towards obtaining
His Majesties Approbation of the Act passed last Session of Assembly
for confirming the Titles to Lands held under the Lord Fairfax in the
Northern Neck upon which the quiet of so great a Number of His
Majesties Subjects doth depend
October the 29th 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Custis
Wm Byrd Wm Randolph
Cole Digges John Tayloe
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Grymes Thomas Lee Esq"
Ordered That Thomas Tabb, William Watson & Joseph Scott
Gent be appointed Justices of the Peace in the County of Amelia & that
a new Commission issue accordingly
Whereas it hath been represented to this Board that the Northern
Indians passing frequently through the Frontier Inhabitants behave
themselves with great insolence to the terror of the People & discourage-
ment of the Settlements It is the Opinion of the Council that the Gov-
ernor use his endeavours to bring some of the Cheifs of the Northern
Indians to a Conference in order to a peace between them & the Cat-
tawbaws & Cherikees, that they may have no pretence of passing through
this Colony hereafter to make War on those Nations And it is further
Ordered that directions be given to the Nottoway Indians to forbear
travelling through the Frontier Inhabitants to or from the Northern
Indian Towns without a pass port from the Governor or such person
as he shall appoint for granting the same under the pain of being taken
up & punished if any of them are found travelling without a Pass or
having such Pass shall be found in company with any Foreign Indians
or giving any disturbance to the Inhabitants
Sundry Accounts for publick Services & other contingent Charges
& also for repairs about the Governors house were examined & allowed
Ordered
That a proclamation issue for enforcing the due execution of the
Laws for regulating the Militia & appointing Patrols for the better
preventing the Insurrections of Negroes
John Ford is appointed an Inspector at Naylors hole Warehouse
in the room of Aylwin Mount joy
John Quin having been examined by Mr Attorney General & found
duly qualified is Licenced to practice as an Attorney in the County
Courts of this Colony
384 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
November the 2d 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Com7 Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
Jn° Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
On hearing this day at the Board the Petition & Complaint of the
greater part of the Vestry & Inhabitants of Charles Parish against Mr
Theodosius Hoge their Minister for not doing his duty in administring
the Sacrament of Baptisin & other misdemeanors. It appearing that
the differences which have arisen between the parties have proceeded
from some groundless Scruples of the said Mr Hoge & he having now
upon the Governors admonition promised to conforme to his duty for
the future the said Complaint is thereupon dismiss'd
November the 4th 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges John Tayloe
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Carter Thos Lee Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out of
his Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd Port dutys & head money were
signed by the Governor in Council. Viz'
To the Governor for half a Years Salary ending
the 25th of October £ 1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of the Council for the same half
Year 300,,—,,—
To the Judges & Officers of the Court of Oyer &
Terminer held last June 100,, — „ —
To the Auditor General of the Plantations for half
a Years Salary ending as above 50„ — ,, —
To the Sollicitor of Virginia affairs for the same
time 50,,—,,—
To the Attorney General for the same time 35„ — „ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time. . . . 50„ — „ —
To Sundry Ministers attending one General Court
& Assembly 20,, — „ —
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 385
To the Armourers Salary for the same half Year. . 6„ — ,, —
To the Gunners of the several Batterys 22„ — „ —
To Sundry Repairs about the Governors House. . 61„ 5„10
To Sundry Expresses & other contingent Charges. 683„19, Sy2
To the Adjutant for the like Salary 75„ — „ —
And out of the Quit Rents
To the Reverend James Blair Comissary to the
Lord Bishop of London for half a Years
Salary ending as above 50„ — „ —
To his Majesties Attorney General half a Years
Additional Salary for the same time 35„ — ,, —
The Account of his Majestys Revenue of two shillings per hhd
Port dutys and head money ending the 25th of October last was
presented by his Majestys Receiver General who made Oath thereto
And having been examin'd by the Auditor was certified by the Gov-
ernor in Council
Present
William Randolph Esq1
Whereas it hath been questioned whether persons convicted in
Great Britain for Capitol Crimes and admitted to Mercy upon condi-
tion of Transportation to his Majesties Plantations for the respective
times limitted & directed by the Act of Parliament made in the fourth
Year of his late Majesties Reign ought to be admitted as legal Wit-
nesses in any Court of Judicature here until the time of their servitude
for which they were so Transported be expired, And whereas it is
highly necessary for the dispatch of Justice that this point be settled. It
is therefore the Opinion of the Council & they do therefore humbly re-
quest the Honourable the Governor to write to the Right Honourable
the Lord cheif Justice of England for his determination how the Law
ought to be taken in that case, or to take such other method for setling
the point in question and avoiding all future doubts & disputes therein
as to his Lordship shall seem most effectual
William George is appointed one of the Inspectors at Currotomon
Warehouse
Thomas Plummer is appointed an Inspector at Totuskey Ware-
house in the Room of Mr Barber
Whereas upon an Information exhibited last General Court by
Field Jefferson who as well for Our Lord the King as for himself
prosecuted against the several Justices of the County of Henrico for
neglecting to appoint processioners of the Lands in that County ac-
cording to the directions of the Act of Assembly in that case made &
provided Judgment was recovered against each of the Justices severally
for One thousand pounds of Tobacco one Moiety to his Majesty &
the other to the Informer. And for as much as upon the Trial of the
Information it appeared that the said Justices had appointed proces-
386 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
sioners tho' not within the precise time limitted by Law for that pur-
pose occasioned more by the inadvertency of the Clerk then any will-
full neglect in the said Justices It is therefore the Opinion of the
Council And accordingly Ordered that the said penalty of five hundred
pounds of Tobacco being his Majesties Moiety of the Forfeiture afore-
said be remitted
At a Council held at the Capitol the 15th of December 1736
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair John Grymes
Wm Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
Ordered
That Mr Beverly Whiting be restored to his former place in the
Commission of Peace for the County of Gloucestor & that a new
Commission issue accordingly
Ordered
That a new Commission of the peace issue for the County of New
Kent & that John Power, Wm Hockidy & Rd Meux Gent be added to the
present Justices in the said Commission
John Tyler is appointed an Inspector at Hobses hole Warehouse
Wm Payne Gent is appointed an Inspector at Ockoquan Warehouse
in the Room of Edward Barry who is removed
On Reading the Complaint of John Grigg of the County of Prince
William Gent against Edward Barry & John Turley Inspectors at
Ockoquan for divers misdemeanors in their Office the said Barry hav-
ing resign'd his Office, John Turley the other Inspector this day ap-
peared & offering to Justifie his conduct by the Testimony of Evidences
so far as the said complaint concerns him. It is Ordered that the
Justices who took the Depositions upon the said Complaint or any two
of them be and are hereby impowered & required to take the Deposi-
tions of such Persons as the said John Turley shall desire for his
Vindication giving due Notice to Mr Grigg the Complainant & that
they return the said Depositions to the Council Office with all con-
venient speed
On hearing the matter in dispute between Booth Wood Infant
who claims by Virtue of a Deed from one Allen Buttery & Sam1 Birlc
who intermarried with the widow of the said Buttery touching the Right
to One hundred & twenty Acres of Land in the County of Goochland
the said Birk alledging that the Deed aforesaid is forged. It is
Ordered that the said Booth Wood be at liberty if he thinks fit to
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 387
Try his Title at Law upon the said Deed & in the meantime that no
Patent issue to the said Birk upon the inquisition of Escheat
Matthew Jouet having entered a Caveat for stoping the Granting
of a Patent to John Ragland upon a Survey made for him of four hun-
dred Acres of land lying on Harrises Creek in the County of Hanover
& complaining that since the entring the said Caveat the said Ragland
hath surreptitiously obtained a Patent, On hearing both parties by their
Council & the Testimony of Divers Witnesses. It appearing to this
Board that the said Raglands Entry for the Land in question was
prior to the Entry of the said Jouet & his Patent thereupon regularly
obtained. It is Ordered that the said Caveat be Vacated & the said
Jouets Complaint be dismiss'd as Vexatious
Ambrose Joshua Smith being Summoned an Evidence for John
Ragland on the Petition exhibited against him by Matthew Jouet &
having attended one day in June last & one day at this Court of Oyer
& Terminer. It is Ordered that the said Ragland pay him for the
same according to the directions of the Act of Assembly & for going
& returning each time One hundred Miles to be repaid by the said
Matthew Jouet who has been found to have given the said Ragland
unjust Vexation
John Henry for the like Attendance & going & returning Sixty
Miles each time
" John Smithing the same Attendance & for going & returning One
hundred & thirty Miles each time
On the Petition of Robert Tucker seting forth that George Tucker
late of the Town of Norfolk deceased was at the time of his death
seiz'd in Fee of a small parcel of Land near Norfolk Town purchased
of one Sam1 Boush Gent & died without heir or making any disposi-
tion of the same that John Tucker Uncle to the Petitioner did there-
upon Sue out a Warrant & cause an Inquisition to be taken at his own
expence whereby the said Land was found to Escheat to his Majesty
but died before any Grant thereof was made to him. And praying that
as he is heir at Law to the said John Tucker to whom the said Land
would have descended in case the said John had lived to have obtained
a Patent. It is therefore Ordered that a Patent be granted the Peti-
tioner for the said Land he paying ye Composition to his Majesty for
the same
Whereas the Collectors of the Dutys of 2s per hhd Tunnage &
head Money in the lower District of James River have complain'd that
the Masters of Vessels have of late refus'd to pay the said Dutys in
Bills of Exchange as hath been customary ever since the said Dutys
were impos'd but tender Money at a lower rate then the difference be-
tween this Country Currency & Sterling which way of payment being
greatly prejudicial to his Majestys Revenue & contrary to the intent &
meaning of the Act of Assembly It is therefore Ordered that the Col-
lectors of the said Dutys in the several Districts of this Colony do not
hereafter allow the ten per C* heretofore given them to any Master
of a Ship who shall not pay down the whole dutys of his Ship in Bills
388 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
of Exchange or in Money of the same Value to the Satisfaction of the
said Collectors as by the said Act of Assembly is directed & appointed
Sundry Petitions for leave to take up His Majesties Lands were
read & granted as follows Vizt
To David Bingley Eight hundred acres lying between the Manikin
Creeks in Goochland County
To Francis Poythres forty hundred Acres lying on the North side
Butterwood Creek including an Order he obtained before of two thou-
sand & a Survey of two hundred Acres & to have an incluse [inclusive]
Patent
To Nicholas Merriwether & Charles Lynch four thousand Acres
in one or more Surveys joining on Abraham Venables line on hardway
& Col° Epes's lower line between Totero & Hardway in Goochland
County
To Edward Winfeild all the Waste Land lying between the lines of
Joseph Tucker Gent John Evans Paul Sears's line thence along John
Moorlands Franc3 Moorlands Thomas Wilkinsons & Wm Mallons not
exceeding two thousand Acres in Prince George County
To William Jones three hundred Acres adjoining his own land
already Patented in Prince George County & to have an inclusive Patent
To Joseph Harper One thousand Acres on both sides of Tom-
maheton in Prince George County joining his own Land & to have an
inclusive Patent
To John Freeman One thousand Acres beginning on Abraham
Aliens Line lying on the South side black Water in Prince George
County
To James Robertson Leave to have an inclusive Patent for four-
teen hundred & ninety Acres lying on Hickory Creek & the Northanna
in Hanover County already Survey 'd & four hundred Patented by the
Petitioner adjoining to the said fourteen hundred & ninety
To Nicholas Davees Six thousand Acres on both sides James
River in Goochland County joining to Major John Boilings Land at
the Bufflo Lick in one or more Surveys
Exd
Wil Robertson Cls Con
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 389
At a Council held at the Capitol the 18th day of March 1736.
Present
The Governor
Mr Comy Blair William Randolph
John Carter John Tayloe &
John Custis Thomas Lee Esq"
Whereas by the Advices lately Received from the Lieu1 Governor
of South Carolina it Appears that the Spaniards are fitting out a
Squadron of Men of War with a Considerable body of Land forces at
Havannah in Order to make a Descent on His Majs Province of
Georgia which may probably draw on a War between his Majesty and
the Crown of Spain and it being Necessary for all his Majs plantations
to provide for their defence in case of such an Event The Governor
with the Advice of the Council is pleased to Order as it is hereby
Ordered that the Lieu* or Chief Commanding Officer of the Millitia in
the Several Countys do forthwith give directions to the Officers of the
Several Troops and Companys under their Command to Examine how
the said Troops and Companys are Armed and provided with ammuni-
tion and to Require every person oblig'd to serve in the Millitia to
furnish himself with such Arms and Ammunition as the Law Enjoyns
and also to be in a readiness upon the first Notice of an Invasion to
parade to a Convenient place in each County to be appointed by such
Lieu1 or Chief Commanding Officer thence to March where the ap-
pearance of danger shall require Observing the Several Rules, Orders
& Directions Mentioned in the Act of Assembly made in the first Year
of his present Majs Reign Entituled An Act for makeing more Ef-
fectual provision against Invasions and Insurrections
And for the greater Ease and Encouragement of the people of the
Several Countys, It is Ordered that one Bar1 of Powder be Delivered
for Each of the Countys, Nansemond, Norfolk, Princess Anne, and
Elizabeth City by the Keeper of His Majesties Stores at Point Com-
fort and that the like quantaty be delivered by the keeper of his Maj3
Stores at York to the Countys of York, Warwick, Gloucester and
Northampton to be distributed According to the Directions of the
Commanding Officers of the said Several County's And it is further
Ordered that the Fort at point Comfort be with all Convenient Speed
finished and that Mr Samuel Baron be Appointed Captain and Store-
keeper there
The office of Treasurer of the Dutys on Liquors & Slaves being
Vacant by the death of Sr Jn° Randolph The Governor with the
Advice of the Council was pleased to Nominate and Appoint Coll°
Richard Randolph to Succeede him in that office, and Ordered that he
Enter into Bond in the Secretarys office for the due discharge of that
Trust
David Stokes is Appointed an Inspector at Soans's Warehouse in
the roome of Mr Cocke deceas'd
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Sundry petitions for Land were read and granted as follows Viz1
To John Boiling five thousand Acres in Goochland County on the
three forks of Willis's Creek, Buffelow Creek and Hatchers Creek near
the Mountains of the said Creeks in One or more Surveys
To Joseph Tucker one thousand Acres on the Beaver pond branch
of Nottoway River joyning on his own line already Surveyed within
the bounds thereof and to have an Inclusive Patent
To William & Thomas Fitzpatrick two thousand Acres in Gooch-
land County between the Lands of Abraham Venable and Robert
Davis being in the South Garden on the South branch of Hardware
River
To Anthony Haynes Eight hundred Acres in Amelia County, in-
cluding a Survey of Two hundred & four Acres on the North side to
Von Maheton Swamp
To Thomas Haynes Twelve hundred Acres on the South side
White Oak Swamp in Prince George County Including Robert Moodys
Survey of One hundred & fifty Acres and Christopher Robinsons of
One hundred and three Acres purchased by the petitioner and to have
an Inclusive patent for the whole
To Joseph Harper One thousand Acres on both sides Tommahet-
ton Swamp joining on his Own Land already Surveyed and to have
an Inclusive Patent
To Hysham Randolph leave to have an Inclusive Patent for Eight
hundred Acres he bought of Mr John Boiling joining his own Tract in
Goochland County called Dungeness
Henry Barradell Gent having petitioned for a Licence to practice
as an Attorney in the County Courts of this Collony. It is Ordered
that it be referred to Mr Attorney Gen1 to Examine into the qualifica-
tions of the petitioner and if upon such Examination the petitioner
shall appear to him to be fitly quallified for that Employment, that then
(without waiting an other Meeting of this Board) It is the Opinion
of the Council that the Governor grant him a Licence According to the
prayer of his petition
At a Council held April the 27th 1737
Present
The Governor
James Blair Com" John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
Whereas two Gentlemen going by the names of Mr Hubert &
Mr Mackircher lately arrived here under pretence of traveling through
his Maj" Plantations on the Continent, but have produced no Letters
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 391
or other Credentials to Manifest what their business is, and whereas
at this time when His Maj8 plantations on the Continent are threatned
with an Invasion by the Spaniards it may prove of dangerous Conse-
quence to Admit Strangers to too easy an Access whereby they may
have oppertunity to Discover the Strength and Scituation of our ports
& Harbours, It is therefore Ordered that William Byrd and John
Robinson Esq" take the first Oppertunity to discourse with the said
Two Strangers and Endeavour to find out their Quality their business
here and to what place they are bound & to make Report thereof to this
Board
Alexander Mekenzie Gent having made Application to this Board
for Repayment of the Duty of Tonage for a Sloop lately Laden by
him and lost before her departure out of the Capes, It is the Opinion
of this Board that the said Motion be Rejected
Daniel Tibbs junr is appointed an Inspector at Yeocomico Ware-
house in the room of his father who hath Resigned
Charles Palmer is appointed an Inspector at Quarles's Warehouse
in the room of Mr West who hath resign'd
Ordered
That a New Commission of the peace Issue for the County of
York and that Robert Davidson be added to the said Commission
Ordered
That a Commission of the Peace Issue for the County of Han-
nover and that William Merriwether Gent be appointed Chairman and
that John Chiswell John Henry, James Skelton, John Bickerton, Willm
Johnson, William Winston Junr, Charles Barret & Pouncy Anderson be
added to the present Acting Justices
Ordered
That a Commission of the Peace Issue for the County of King
William and that Augustine More junr Francis West, John Aylet,
George Seaton, James Elliot, John Dixon, Anthony Walk, James Quar-
les & Benjamin Hubbard be added to the present Justices and that
Joseph Temple be Coroner
Ordered
That a Commission of the peace Issue for the County of Prince
George and that Frances Poythres, Isham Epes, John Hall, John
Ravenscroft, John Peterson & Anthony Pennington be Added to the
present Justices
Also a New Commission of the peace for the County of Charles
City and that Richard Kennon & Benjamin Harris be added to the
present Justices.
The Governor was pleased to Appoint the following persons to be
Sheriffs for the Several County s for the Ensuing Year (Viz')
For the County of
New Kent George Webb
Amelia John Dawson
York Edmund Smith Conta
Northampton Hillary Stringer
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Stafford Henry Washington
Accomack William Bevins
King George John Edwards
Essex Francis Smith
Middlesex Churchil Jones
Northumberland John Hack
Spotsilvania John Chew
Prince George Lewis Green
Westmorland Patrick Spence
James City Lancelot Woodward
Surry John Ruffin
Hanover James Overton
Henrico John Boiling
On Reading this day at the Board the petition of Thomas Minson
Executor of the last Will and Testament of Ann Whiting widow Set-
ting forth that Leonard Whiteing late Husband of the said Anne being
Employed in Erecting and finishing the Fort at Point Comfort and
having a prospect of being Continued in the office of Gunner and Store
keeper there, he did in his life time Expend Considerable Sums of
Money in building a Convenient House at the said Fort for his own
Habitation and in Makeing and Molding a Great Number of Bricks
for finishing the said Fort According to a Plan prepared by him and
Approved by this Board, That dureing the time of his being Emploied
in that Service he happened Unfortunately to be Seized with the
Smallpox of which hee the said Leonard & Anne his Wife and Ten
of his Negroes died, That the said Whitings Estate being thereby
Greatly diminished & many Debts Appearing to have been Contracted
by him in his life time and yet undischarged besides a Considerable
Sum due to his Majesty which was advanced towards finishing the
said Fort, it is become Impossible for the petitioner to discharge the
Debts of the said Whiteing unless the Government here shall be pleased
to Accept of the House built on his Majesties Land & and the Bricks
already Moulded with such Wood as hath been provided for the burn-
ing thereof at a Reasonable Valluation, And praying the Consideration
of this Board therein, It is the opinion of this Board and Accordingly
Ordered that the said House & the Bricks and other Materials for the
burning thereof be Accepted According to such Valluation as shall be
made of the same by persons to be Appointed by the Governor and the
said Minson
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 393
At a Council held May the 3d 1737
Present
The Governor
James Blair Comry John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
Tho9 Lee Esq"
The Governor was pleased to Nominate and Appoint the following
Persons Sherifs of the Several Countys for the Ensuing Year (Viz4)
For the County of
Orange Thomas Chew
Prince William John Allen contd
Warwick William Harwood jr
Essex Thomas Jones
Complaint being made to this Board in behalf of divers of the
Inhabitants of the County of Brunswick that Sundry Strange Indians
Under pretence of Accompanying a Woman one of the same Nation
now the Wife of Bellow an Indian Trader having lately
come into the said County giving great Uneasiness to the said People
by hunting on their Lands and disturbing and destroying their Stocks,
It is Ordered that the said Bellow be and he is hereby required to Ac-
quaint the said Indians that they forthwith remove themselves from
amongst the Inhabitants and forbear for the future to Hunt on the
Patented Lands in the said County of Brunswick or other the Fronteer
Settlements leting them know at the same time that this Government
doth not mean to Restrain them from Tradeing on the Frontiers or
coming amongst the Inhabitants to furnish themselves with such British
Commodities as they shall have Occasion to Purchase so as they behave
themselves in a Peaceable Manner without Injuring the persons or
effects of His Majesties Subjects
On the Recommendation of the Justices of Lancaster County, It
is Ordered that William Ball junr Gent be Restored to his former place
in the Commission of Peace for the said County
Ordered
That a new Commission of the Peace Issue for the County of
Orange and that the Several persons Recommended by the Court ex-
cept Mr Edward Spencer be Added to the said Commission
On the Motion of the Officers of his Majesties Revenue, It is
Ordered that a Number of Rights not Exceeding the Vallue of Five
Hundred pounds Ster be Issued for Supplying the Inhabitants that
have Occasion to take up his Majesty's Lands
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The Accounts of Contingent Charges & Disbursments for Repair-
ing the Governors house were Severally Examined and Allowed
Ordered
That His Majesties Receiver General do Discharge the several
Expences about runing the bounds between his Majesty and the Lord
Fairfax proprietor of the Northern Neck so far as Concerns His
Majestys proportion thereof and that if the same be not allowed out
of the Quit Rents he be Repaid out of the Two Shillings per Hogshead
Whereas Information is given to this Board that Colo Thomas
Harrison of Prince William County may be a Material Witness to
prove the boundarys between His Majesty and the Lord Fairfax as
the same have been Constantly held and reputed since the Granting of
the Northern Neck It is Ordered that the Clerk of the Council do
Write to the said Thomas Harrison to Attend this Board the next day
after the Court of Oyer and Terminer to be held in June & to Assure
him that his Expence and trouble shall be Amply paid him
On the petition of John Carter keeper of the Publick Goal, It is
Ordered that the Sum of Thirty five pounds Curr' Money be Advanced
him by the Receivr General on the Credit of what is due to him from
the General Assembly
On Reading at this Board the petition of John Martin, Henry
Armistead, Lewis Burwell Esq" and Edmund Berkley Gent which
were Referred the fifteenth of December last for further Consideration
was this day read at the Board praying a Grant for Fifty thousand
Acres of Land lying between the South branch of James River and
the River Tye and between or above the Entrys of, John Carter Esq'
Robert Rose, Thomas Chew and George Carrington in Two or More
Surveys Upon Condition of Seating One family for Each thousand
Acres within two Years and paying Usual Quit Rents, It is Accord-
ingly Ordered that leave be Granted to the pet" to Survey the quantaty
of Land above mentioned in One or more Surveys within the Limits
before described on the Terms proposed by them
On Reading the Several Depositions of the part of John Turley
one of the Inspectors at Ockoquon Warehouse, It is the Opinion of
this Board that the said Turley hath fully Justifyed himself from any
Misbehavour in his Office and therefore Ordered to be Continued
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 395
At a Council held the 5th day of May 1737
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
William Byrd William Randolph
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
Ordered
That the General Assembly be prorogued to the last Thursday in
July and that proclomation Issue Accordingly
Ordered
That there be paid to Bertam Proby in Consideration of the Hurt
and Injury he Received in Scaleing the Guns at Point Comfort the
Sum of Ten pounds for his present Support Untill he [it] shall be Con-
sidered how to dispose of him in the Service of the said Fort
On the Petition of Edward Barradell and John Lewis Gent Setting
forth that there is a Large Tract of Uncultivated Land lying between
the two Ridges of Mountains called the North Mountains and upon a
River running to the South South West of another called Kackapa on
part of which Land they intended to Setle Several Families now Reside-
ing in the province of Pensilvania, and praying a Grant for Thirtv
Thousand Acres of Land to be taken up in one or more Tracts at the
place above mentioned Including a Certain place called the Calf pasture
lying to the Westward of the Land of William Beverly Upon Condi-
tion of Seating one family for Each Thousand Acres within two Years
and paying Usual Quit Rents It is Accordingly Ordered that leave be
Granted to the Petition" to Survey the quantaty of Land above men-
tioned in One or more Surveys within the Limits before described on
the Terms proposed by them provided that the said Lands be not within
the Boundarys Claimed by the Lord Fairfax nor heretofore Granted
to any other person
On the Petition of James Mountford leave is granted him to take
up four thousand Acres of Land in Amelia County begining at Thomas
Booths Upper line on the Swethouse Creek and Runing upon both sides
the said Creek Including the Land he bought of One William Coleman
and the Fork of the Creek
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out of
his Majs Revenue of 2s per hhd were Signed by the Governor in Council
as follows, (Viz*)
To the Governor half a Years Sallary Endg Apl
25th £1000,,— ,—
To the Gent" of the Council for the same time .... 300,, — „ —
To the Judges and Officers of the Court of Oyer
& Termr 100,,—,,—
,11
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To the Auditor of the plantations 50„ —
To the Sollicitor of the Virg" Affairs 50,,
To the Attorney General 35„ —
To the Clerk of the Council 50„ —
To the Ministers attending the Gen1 Court 6„ —
To the Armourer 6„ —
To the Gunners of the Several Batterys 22„ —
To Sundry Repairs about the Gov" House 119,, 1
To Sundry Contingent Charges for the last half
Year 520„H
To the Adjutants Sallary 75„ —
And out of the Quit Rents
To Mr. Comry Blair half a Years Salary 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney Gen' for the same time 35„ — „ —
At a Council held the 16th day of June 1737
Present
The Governor
William Byrd John Grymes
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esqrs
The Governor was pleased to Appoint Sheriffs for the Ensuing
Year (Viz1)
For the County of
Goochland Ant0 Hoggat
Orange Charles Curtis
Nicholas Minor junr is Appointed an Inspector at Nominy in the
room of his Father who has resign'd
Ordered
That Francis Poythres and Isham Epes be put in the Commission
of the Peace for Prince George County next after John Hall
On hearing the Parties on the petition of John Chiswell and
others the Upper Inhabitants of Hanover County for Superseeding
an Order of the Justices for building a New Court house, It appear-
ing to this Board that there is no reason to Reverse the said Order it
is therefore rejected
The Commissioners Appointed in behalf of his Majesty for Setting
the Boundarys with the Lord Fairfax Reported that they had Received
from some of the Surveyors the plans of their Surveys of the said
Boundarys together with the Accounts of the Charges and Expences
on the said Service which said Accounts they laid before the Board
and the same being Considered were Allowed as follows (Viz')
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 397
To William Mayo one of the Surveyors for traceing
out the River Cohongorooton £150,, — ,, —
To Robert Brooke the other Surveyor for the same
service '■ 150,, — „ —
To Sundry Chain Carriers & Attendance 52„ 2„ 6
To Sundry Expences for provisions & ca 26„ 7„10
To John Geam for Surveying the Rippadan from it's
Confluence with Rappahannock River to it's head
Spring for himself & Assistant 40„ — „ —
To his two Journeys to Williamsburgh 4„ — „ —
To the Expence of Chain Carriers 12„ 9„ —
To other Expences in that Service 6„10„ 3
To Wm Wood for Surveying Rapp" River 30„ — ,, —
To his two Journeys to Williamsburgh 4„ — „ —
To the Expence of Chain Carriers & ca 22,,17„ 4
To George Home for himself and Sundry Baggage
Horses 5„10„ —
To Colo William Ball for Surveying the Countys of
Lancaster and Northumberland bounding on the
Bay of Chesapeak and part of Rappahanock and
Potomack Rivers agreed to be Equally between
the King and Lord Fairfax his Majesties half . . . 10,, — „ —
To the Chain Carriers 5„12„ 6
To Expences in that Service 1„11„ 3
To Robert Brooke for Surveying Potomack River the
Boundary of Prince William County 10„ — „ —
To the Expence for Chain Carriers 5„10„ 6
Ordered
That there be paid Colo Thomas Harrison for Attend-
ing at Williamsburgh as an Evidence in Relation
to the Lord Fairfax's bounds on Potomack River 5„ 7„ 6
Whereas it hath been Represented to this Board by the Com-
missioners on his Majestys behalf for Setling the Boundaries of the
Lord Fairfaxes Grant notwithstanding the Agreement of his Lordships
Commissioners that the Respective Surveyors of the Countys of West-
morland and Stafford, King George and Richmond should Survey the
Courses of the Rivers Potomack & Rappahannock along the Extent of
the said Countys at the joynt Charge of his Majesty and the said Lord
Fairfax the said Surveyors upon a private Letter from William Fair-
fax Exqr one of the Lord Fairfax's Commissioners had neglected to
perform that Service whereby a Compleat Mapp of the Territory claimed
by the Lord Fairfax cannot be prepared, It is Ordered that the said
Commissioners do forthwith give Orders to the Surveyors of the said
County's without further loss of time to proceed in Surveying the
Rivers of Potomack & Rappahanock so far as the said Countys Extend
and that their trouble and Expence in that Service be Setled by the
Commissioners on both sides and One half paid by his Majesties Re-
ceivr General According to the former Agreement
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On Reading at this Board the Petition of Mess" How & Kelsick
of Whitehaven Merch'9 representing that three Ships belonging to them
being last Year laden with Tobacco in this Colony were in their pass-
age home cast away and lost at Sea And praying to be Reimbursed the
Duties for the said Ships and Tobacco or that they may be alowed to
Ship the like quantaty discharged of the payment of port Dutys and
Two Shillings per hhd, This Board takeing the said Petition into Con-
sideration and finding that no such liberty is allowed by the Act of
Assembly Imposeing the said Duties and that the like Indulgence hath
been often heretofore denied are therefore of opinion the Petition be
Rejected
Whereas the Mayor Aldermen and Common Council of the Borough
of Norfolk have by their Petition Humbly applied to this Board that
during the Contagion of the Small pox at the Town of Hampton the
Officers of the Customs there Residing for the lower district of James
River may Either be directed to Reside at the said Town of Norfolk
for the Conveniency of the Trade or to Appoint a Deputy to Act for
them, It is Ordered by the Governor with the advice of the Council
that the Collector and Naval Officer of the said Lower District of James
River do forthwith appoint a Sufficient Deputy or Deputies to Reside
in the Town of Norfolk to Enter and Clear all Ships and Vessels trad-
ing to that port and to Receive all duties Arrising thereon during such
time as the small pox shall be in the said Town of Hampton or in the
Neighbourhood and that such Deputy or Deputies be Sworn to the
due Execution of their Office before the Mayor of Norfolk who is
to transmit a Certificate thereof to the Council Office
The Governor this day Acquainted the Board that pursuant to
the desire of the Cherrike & Catawbaw Indians he had Writ to the
Lieut Governor of New York and president of Pensilvania proposing
a Meeting of some Deputies of the Northern Indians to treat of a
peace with the said Cherrikees and Cattawbaws at Williamsburgh, That
in Answer thereto he had received a Letter from the Leiu1 Governor
of New York that the said Northern Indians refuse to treat any where
but at Albany and another from the President of Pensilvania giving
an Account that the said Indians Seem'd very Inclinable to enter into
a Treaty with the Southern Indians but that it was believed the New
York Interpreter had disweaded them from treating any where out of
that Government, That thereupon he the Governour had Dispatched
a Messenger to the said Southern Indians to dispose them to send their
Deputies to Albany as soon as possible and in the mean time to cease
all Hostillities against the said Northern Indians which he hoped they
might be induced to do
Whereas the Reverend William Dawson Clerk hath for Several
Years past Attended the Criminals Condemned at the General Court
and Courts of Oyer and Terminer and hath for that time Constantly
preached before the said Courts of Oyer and Terminer without any
other Allowance then that Established for his preaching. And whereas
it is found that the Number of Criminals doth greatly Increase so that
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 399
it seems Reasonable to Encrease the Salary proportionable to the
Trouble, It is the opinion of this Board and Accordingly Ordered for
the Several Years in which Mr Dawson hath heretofore Attended the
Condemned Criminals his allowance be made Equal to Twenty five
pounds Curr1 Money and that hereafter the like Salary of Twenty five
pounds be paid him Yearly for preaching at the Courts of Oyer and
Terminer and Attending Criminals Condemned at the said Courts and
the General Court and that the Receiver General place the same among
the Contingent Charges of the Government
Ordered
That the General Assembly be further prorouged to the last Thurs-
day in November next and that a Proclomation Issue Accordingly
June 17th 1737
Present
The Governor
William Byrd John Grymes
John Robinson John Custis &
John Carter Philip Lightfoot Esq"
Abraham Cocke having Entered a Caveat for Stoping a Patent
Sued out by John Dawson for Twelve hundred Acres of Land in the
County of Amelia, On hearing the parties by their Council It is
Ordered that the said Caveat be Vacated and that a Patent be Granted
the said John Dawson for the said Land
On hearing the Parties on the Petition & Caveat of Abraham
Cocke for Stoping a Patent for Land in the County of Amelia Sued
out by Thomas Pruit It appearing to this Board that at the time the
Fees for the said Patent ought to have been paid and Until the said
Caveat was Entered the said Pruit was a prisoner for Debt in the
County Goal, It is Ordered that the said Caveat be Vacated and the
said Pruit at Liberty to Sue out his Patent
John Taylor and James Hembree having jointly Surveyed Eight
Hundred Acres of Land in Goochland County against which a Caveat
was entered by William Warberton Claiming the said Land Under
an Assignment from the said Tabor and Hembree, On hearing the
Parties It appearing to this Board that the said Warberton hath a Title
only to the said Hembree's part who is now gone out of this Colony
and the said Tabor Under taking to pay for the Survey of the Whole
Tract It is therefore Ordered that a Patent be Granted to the said
Tabor and William Warberton jointly for the said Eight Hundred
Acres of Land or in case they are desireous to have Seperate Patents
that the said William Warberton have four hundred Acres of the
said Land joining on James Elliots line & that the Residue be Granted
the said Tabor
On hearing the parties on the Petition & Caveat of Stephen Hughes
against John Wall & John Ellis junr for Eight Hundred Acres of
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Land in the County of Brunswick, It appearing to this Board that
the Surveyor of the said County hath laid off the said Land in an
Irregular Manner contrary to the Orders of Government It is Ordered
that the said Surveyor do Survey the Land of the said Ellis in
such Manner as by the Orders of Government is directed and that the
Residue be Granted to the petitioner Hughes
John Tennent having enter'd a Caveat against a Patent Sued out
by John Landrum for Six hundred Acres of Land joining on the
Devils Run in Orange County and the said Landrum not appearing
It is Ordered that Unless he appear on the Second day of the next
General Court and Shew Sufficient cause a Patent shall be Granted to
the said Wade
John Brodie of the County of Elizabeth City Gent having enter'd
a Caveat for Stoping a patent to Henry Wilson for a Certain Tract
of Land in the County of Brunswick and it being alledged by the said
Wilson that he delivered the Rights and paid the Fees for obtaining
a Patent for the said Land to Mr Druery Stith Survey' of the said
County a Considerable time before the said Caveat was Enter'd, It is
Ordered that the said Stith do Attend this Board on the Second day of
the next General Court to Answer such Matters as shall be objected
against him on the part of the said Wilson and the further Considera-
tion of the Matter in dispute between the parties is referred 'till that
time
Henry Willis Gent by his petition to this Board having Set forth
that he Obtained a Grant of Fifteen Thousand Acres of Land in
Spotsilvania County now Orange which Land was formerly taken up
and Surveyed for William Basset Esqr and Gowin Corbin Gent
divers Years before and by them deserted that Upon the petitioners dis-
covering that the far greater part of the said Land had been Granted
and Seated by other persons who had made Entrys for the same, He
the said Petitioner did Apply to this Board for a Patent for so much
only of the said Land as then remained Ungranted and did obtain an
Order for Surveying the same with directions that the Surplus of his
Rights which were then Lodged in the Secretarys Office should be re-
turned to him, That the petitioner hath Accordingly Surveyed Three
thousand four hundred Acres being all that remained of the said
Tract Unpatented and Upon returning the said Survey to the Secretarys
office and demanding his Surpluss Rights he came to be informed that
According to the Custom of the said office upon Granting the first
Patent the said Rights were destroyed, Except only Sixty Rights which
the Petitioner has Assigned over to divers persons whereby he the
petitioner had lost the benefit of Two hundd and forty Rights which
he Actually paid for into his Majesties Treasury and praying Relief
therein It is Ordered that upon the Certificate of the Clerk of the
Secretarys office of the Number of Rights lodg'd by the said Henry
Willis for the patent of the said Fifteen Thousand Acres of Land of
which he hath had no Benefit a like Number of Rights be deliver 'd
him by the Officers of his Majesties Revenue
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 401
On Reading at this Board a petition of Henry Willis Gent Seting
forth that he purchased of John Henry his Right to Four thousand &
twenty Acres of Land in Spotsilvania & now Orange County found to
be Lapsed from Richard Fitzwilliams Esqr & Willm Robertson Gent
that being informed that said Land had never been Surveyed he had
Caused the bounds thereof to be run by the Surveyor of the said County
Whereby it Appears that Four hundred thirty Seven Acres of the said
Land is Included in a Patent Granted to Colo Alexander Spotswood
and long since Seated and Saved and praying that for avoiding any
further disputes A Patent may be Granted him for the Remaining Three
thousand five hundred Eighty three Acres According to the bounds
laid down and described by George Home Surveyor of the County of
Spotsilvania and now produced to this Board It is Accordingly Ordered
that a Patent be Granted the Petitioner for the said Three Thousand
five hundred & Eighty three Acres According to the Bounds following
Viz' begining at a White Oak on the lower side of the Mine Run and
Runing thence West North West Six hundred And Seventy Poles
to Two White oak Saplins, thence North North East Six hundred thirty
two poles to Colo Alexander Spotswood line thence along Colo Spots-
woods line North Seventy five Degrees East five hundred thirty Eight
pole thence East South East Two hundred forty three pole to a Marked
Pine thence South South West Nine hundred and Sixty Pole to the
begining
Ordered
That the Receiver General do pay to Mr Samuel Baron Capt of
the Fort at point Comfort a Sum not Exceeding Two hundred pounds
towards finishing the said Fort takeing Security to be Accountable for
the same
The Petition of Joycot Hyte & Robert McKay praying that Patents
for their Land may be Granted them is referred 'till the Differance
with the Lord Fairfax Concerning his boundaries be finally Setled and
Adjusted
The Complaint of Danil McCarty against Samuel Oldham One
of the Inspectors at Yeocomoco Warehouse is Referred to be heard
the Second day of the next General Court
At a Council held at the Capitol August 5th 1737
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Robinson
William Byrd John Grymes
Cole Digges John Custis &
Philip Lightfoot Esq"
The Accounts of His Majesties Revenues of 2s per hhd ending
the 25th of April last and also the Account of His Majesties Quit Rents
for the year 1736 Accounted for in April last were Severaly presented
402 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
by His Majesties Receiver General and having been Examined by the
Auditor the said Receiver General made oath thereto in Council and
the same were Severally Certified by the Governor
Whereas through a Continuance of Unseasonable weather there is
great reason to fear a Scarcity of Indian Corn and other Grain, It is
therefore resolved and Ordered that from and after the 10th of this
Month no Indian Corn, Wheat, pease, Beans or other Grain whatso-
ever be Exported out of this Dominion or Ship'd in or for Exportation
unto the last day of October next and that a Proclomation Issue Ac-
cordingly
William Simmons Gent is appointed Sheriff of the County of Surry
for the Ensuing Year
On reading at the Board the Petition of the Minister Church War-
dens and three of the Vestry of the parish of Suffolk in the County of
Nansemond complaining that Mr Edmund Godwin & Mr Thos Godwin
Junr two of the Vestry men Appointed to treat with Workmen for
building a New Church in the said parish Refuse to perform their duty
whereby the building of the said New Church is greatly delayed, It is
Ordered that the said Edmund Godwin and Thomas Godwin together
with the other Vestrymen of the said Parish do attend this Board on
the third day of the next General Court to shew cause why they have
not Complied with the former Order of the said Vestry
Ordered
That there be paid to Edward Daughty the Sum of Fifty Shil-
lings Curr' Money in full of his demand for Entertainment of the
Martial of the Court of Vice Admiralty and his Guard in bringing
Certain pirates to Williamsburgh
The Petition of George Holden for a License to practice as an
Attorney in the County Courts is refer'd to Mr Attorney General to
Examine the petitioners qualifications and make report thereof to this
Board
The Petition of Robert Brooke for Patents for two Tracts of
Land on Cohungeruton River Surveyed for Thomas Havert and Isaac
Walker who have neglected to pay him for the said Surveys is refered
untill the boundarys between His Majesty and the Lord Fairfax be
determined it Appearing the said Land is within disputed bounds
Benjamin Allen & Davis having made Application for
patents to be Granted them for two Tracts of Land on the West side
Sherrando River It appearing by the Testimonial of Robert Brooke
the Surveyor that the said Land is clear of any pretentions of the Lord
Fairfax It is Ordered that patents be granted them accordingly
Mr Gunn is appointed an Inspector at Swineyards
Warehouse in the roome of Mr Royal who is Removed to be an In-
spector at Turkey Island Warehouse in the room of his brother lately
deceased
Several petitions for leave to take up His Maj8 Lands were read
and Granted as follows Viz'
To William Randolph John Harmer, Walter King, Nicholas Mer-
ri wether Junr John Cale and Peter Jefferson Fifty thousand Acres
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 403
begining at a place called the Crab Orchard near the Ridge of Moun-
tains on the head of Springs of Sherrando River & runing South
Westerly between the Blue Ridge and third Ridge
To George Walker One thousand Acres begining at the main fork
of Cubb Creek about four Miles from the mouth thence up both sides
of both forks and out on the Main Ridge between Cubb Creek and
Turnip Creek & three thousand Acres on the Branches of Roanoake in
Brunswick County-
Stephen Hughes and John Alexander leave to Joyn Two thousand
and fifty Acres Surveyed for them to four hundred Acres Surveyed
for William Kennon and to take up as much Kings Land as will make
the whole three thousand Acres on both sides Randolphs Creek on
the South side James River in Goochland County
To Alexander Marshall three thousand Acres on the North Fork
of Slate River on the North side of the said Fork in Goochland County
or Else Where on the said River where it is not already Enter'd to
Compleat the quantaty
To William Hatcher Two thousand Acres on Swift Creek in
Henrico County
To Joseph Foster Seven thousand Acres in Hanover County begin-
ing at Several Trees marked IF on the head branches of the North
Fork of James River near the blue Ridge of Mountains
To Michael Holland, Henry Chiles, Alexr Tynson James Walker
& Joseph Walker Ten thousand Acres in Brunswick County on the
head of falling River to begin at the said Tynsons Camp in One or
more Tracts
To Philip Thurmond one thousand Acres of land in Goochland
County joining A Patent he has on Philip Birts and to have an In-
clusive patent
To Samuel Lee Twelve hundred Acres begining at John Led-
betters line at a White Oak thence a Cross over to the Reedy branch
thence up the said Branch to his own line up Acocks line to Peter
Mitchels line thence down to Thomas Rosers Corner and round his own
line for quantity in Prince George County
To William Jones Eight Hundred Acres joining a Tract of Two
hundred and Seventeen Acres already patented by him lying on the
great Creek of Notoway River and joining William Colwells Land in
Prince George County and to have an Inclusive patent for the whole
To Robert Lewis leave to have an Inclusive Patent for five thou-
sand Acres of Land lying Contiguous in Goochland County which was
laid of in Several Surveys
To Henry Wood leave to have an Inclusive Patent for three Several
Surveys of Two hundred Two Hundred and fifty and four hundred
Acres joining to Sixteen hundred Acres already patented
To John Robinson leave to have an Inclusive Patent for Eighteen
Hundred and Ninety Acres of Land on Deep Creek in Goochland
County already laid of in Several Surveys
404 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
To William Taylor leave to have an Inclusive Patent for four
hundred Acres he bought of Charles Lynch lying in Goochland County
with Eight hundred Acres Surveyed for himself on Moores Creek
On Reading at the Board the Petition of Charles Hudson and
Michael Holland in behalf of Themselves and others their partners
Setting forth that they had formerly obtained a Grant of this Board
for Eight Thousand Acres of Land on Vaughns Creek in Amelia
County and that forasmuch as Upon Examining into the bounds of the
said Land there is not that quantaty contained therein and praying leave
may be Granted them to take up the Remainder below Vaughns Creek
and on the Head of Cubb Creek a branch of Roanoake in One or more
Surveys It is Ordered that the Surveyor of Amelia lay of the same
According to the prayer of their petition
At a Council held at the Capitol October 17th 1737
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
John Robinson John Tayloe &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esq"
On Reading this day at the Board a Letter from Ja" Logan Esqr
dated the Twenty first of the last Month proposing that further Meas-
ures be taken to induce the Catawbaw Indians to make peace with the
Six Nations Under the Government of New York It is the opinion of
this Board and Accordingly Ordered that a Message be sent to the
Catawbaws inviting them to a treaty and in the Mean time to diswade
them from any Hostilities on the said Six Nations or their Allies
John Howard by his Petition Setting forth that he together with
divers other Inhabitants on Sherrando River are willing at their own
Charge to go Upon Discoveries on the Lakes and River Mississippi
and praying a Commission for that purpose It is Accordingly Ordered
that a Commission be granted the said Howard to Command such men
as shall be willing to Accompany him upon such Discoveries but with
this Caution that he don't offer any Hostility to any Indians or others
he may happen to meet with nor go to any Fort or Garison possessed
by the French on any the sd lakes or River
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 405
October the 18th 1737
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges John Tayloe
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esq"
On hearing this day the Complaint of Daniel McCarty Gent against
Samuel Oldham one of the inspectors at Yeocomoco, It Appearing by
the Several Depositions taken in the County as well as the Examina-
tion of divers Witnesses now present that the said Oldham has been
Guilty of divers Evil practices and Misdemeanours in his said Office
of Inspector, It is therefore Ordered that the said Samuel Oldham be
from henceforth removed from Acting any longer in that office
At a Council held at the Capitol October 26th 1737
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges John Tayloe
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esq"
This Board takeing into Consideration the Extroardinary trouble
and Attendance of the Gunner at York Fort for which his present
Salary is no Ways a proportionable Recompence It is Ordered that
there be paid him for the future fifteen pounds per Annum
On Consideration of the Several Demands of the Surveyors Em-
ployed in Runing the Courses of the Rivers Potomack and Rapahan-
nock, It is Ordered that there be Allowed to them the following Sums
Viz1
To Mr John Warner of the County of King George. . . £15,, — „ —
To Chain Carriers and other Expences 10„ 5„ 6
To Mr Jn° Thomas Surveyor of Westmorland 15„ — „ —
To Chain Carriers and other Expences 5„10„ —
To Mr Barber Surveyor of Richamond County 15„ — „ —
To Chain Carriers and other Expences 8„17„ 8
To Mr Savage Surveyor of Stafford County 15„ — „ —
One half of all which Charges above mentioned are to be defrayed
out of his Majesties Revenue and the other half to be paid by the
Right Hon"" the Lord Fairfax pursuant to the Agreement of the Com-
missioners Appointed for Ascertaining the Boundaries
406 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Whereas Sr John Randolph was in his life time retained and gave
his Advice in preparing the Commission for Ascertaining the Boun-
daries of the Northern Neck, It is Ordered that there be paid to his
Executors for the said Service the Sum of Ten pounds
Ordered
That the like Sum of Ten pounds be paid to William Robertson
for the like Service and Advice & for preparing Instructions for the
said Commissioners
Ordered
That there be paid to Mr Joseph Davenport the Sum of Two
pounds three Shillings and to Mr Bedford Davenport the Sum of Five
pounds Seven Shillings & Six pence for their trouble in Transcribing
the Report of the Commissioners for Setling the Boundaries and the
Several papers Annexed thereto and Transmitted to his Grace the
Duke of New Castle His Majs principal Secretary of State and to the
Right Honble Lords Commissioners for Trade and plantations
On the Application of Mr John Gram It is Order'd that an addi-
tional Allowance of Ten pounds be made him for his trouble in Sur-
veying the River Rappadan over and above what hath been paid him
already
The Account of Contingent Charges for the last half Year and
also an Account of Expences about the Governors House was Sev-
erally Examined and Allowed
The Governor and Council was pleased to Nominate the follow-
ing persons to be Sherifs for the Ensuing Year Viz*
For the County of
Charles City Sam1 Harwood
Prince George William Epes
The following persons were Appointed Inspectors of Tobacco at
the Several Warehouses herein after mentioned Viz'
At
Hunting Creek John Minor
Swineyards David Royster
Cherry Stones Geo. Kendall in the room of Mr Notingham
Deep Creek Martin Shermer in the room of Mr Chin
Glascocks Rawleigh Chin in the room of Mr Shermer
Totuskey Henry Diskin in the room of Mr Plumer
Greys Creek The/ Holt in the room of Mr Simmonds Ded.
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Ordered
That a New Commission of the peace Issue for the County of
Gloucester and that Mr Lawrence Smith be kept in his former Rank
and that Charles Debnham, John Smith, Robert Throgmorton, Mor-
decai Cooke Junr, Ambros Dudley, Thomas Hayes, Robert Bernard
and James Hubard be added to the Acting Justices in the said Com-
mission
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 407
Ordered
That a New Commission of the Peace Issue for the County of
Goochland and that Mr Miles Cary and Arthur Hopkins be added
to the Acting Justices in the said Commission
Ordered
That a New Commission of the peace Issue for the County of
Westmorland and that Francis Whiteing Gent George Lee, Sam1 Esk-
ridge and Jn° Watts be added to the present Acting Justices
On Consideration of the present Condition of the Colony with
Respect to the Scarcity of Indian Corn, It is the Opinion of this Board
that the further Continuance of the Prohibition of the Export of that
Comodity is absolutely Necessary for Supplying the Wants of the In-
habitants, but in regard there is a greater quantaty of Wheat and
Pease now in the Country then the Necessities of the People Require,
It is Ordered that the Exportation of Indian Corn and Meale made
thereof be prohibited until the Twentieth day of June next but that
Wheat and all other Grain be permitted to be Exported as Usual and
that a proclomation Issue Accordingly
Ordered
That the General Assmelby be further prorogued Until the Second
Thursday in January next and that a Proclomation Issue Accordingly
The Matter in dispute between the Minister & Church Wardens
and others of the Vestry of the parish of Suffolk in the County of
Nansemond touching the building a New Church in the said Parish
is referred to be heard at the Next Court of Oyer and Terminer and
that the Several parties have notice to Attend by themselves or such
as they shall depute for that purpose
Whereas Mr Charles Green on his Application to the Governor
obtained some time Agoe a Letter of Recommendation to the Vestry
of Truro parish to Admit him to Officiate as their Minister until fur-
ther Order, but upon his presenting the said Letter hath behaved him-
self in a very Unbecoming Manner as Appears by two of the Vestry
of the said parish, It is Order'd that the said Green Attend this Board
at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer to Answer what shall be then
objected to him
On hearing the Matter in dispute on the petition of John Brodie
against Henry Wilson for Land in the County of Brunswick, It is
the opinion of this Board and Accordingly Ordered that the said Wil-
son have a patent for the said Land and that if the Survey be not al-
ready returned that then Mr Drury Stith Surveyor of the said County
do attend this Board at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer and
bring with him the said Survey and that he further come prepared
to Sitisfie this Board why he did not return the said Survey in due time
it appearing by the Testimonial of Theophilus Field that the said Stith
was paid Several Years agoe both for the said Survey and had a Con-
sideration for his trouble in Suing out the Patent
408 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
At a Council held at the Capitol Nov' 3d 1737
Present
The Governor
Mr Com'7 Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges John Tayloe
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esq"
The following Warrants on his Maja Receiver General to be paid
out of his Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd Port duties and head money
were this day Signed by the Governor in Council Viz'
To the Gov' half a years Salary ending the 25th of
Oct' last £1000,,—,,—
To the Council for the same time 300,, — „ —
To the Judges and Officers of the Court of Oyer &
Terminer in June last 100,, — „ —
To the Auditor of the plantations half a Years Sallary
as above 50,, — „ —
To the Sollicitor of the Virginia affairs for the same
time 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney General for the same time 35„ — ,, —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time 50,, — „ —
To the Ministers attending One General Court 6„ — „ —
To the Armourer 6„ — „ —
To the Gunners of the Several Batterys 22„ — „ —
To William Prentis for the Governors House 77 „ 9„ —
To D° for Contingent Charges 643, ,16,, 4
To the Adjutant half a years Salary endg as above . . 75„ — „ —
And out of the Quit Rents
To M' Commissary Blair half a Years Sail7 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney Gen1 half a Years Sallary 35„ — ,, —
The Account of His Majesties Revenue 2s per hhd & ca ending
the 25** of last Month being Examined by the Auditor were presented
and Sworne to by his Maj8 Receiver General and Certified by the Gov-
ernor as Usual
On the petition of William Byrd Esq' It is Ordered that he have
further time allowed him for one Year from this date for Seating his
Land on Roanoake River and the Branches thereof
On Reading at this Board the petition of Benj" Borden and Wil-
liam Robertson in behalf of themselves and their partners seting forth
the Unforeseen Accidents & difficulties which have prevented their
Seating the One hundred thousand Acres of Land Granted them on the
West side the Blew Ridge of Mountains on the Branches of James
River by a former order of this Board and praying further time for
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia ' 409
Setling the said Tract It is Accordingly Ordered that further time be
granted the petitioners for the purpose aforesaid for one year from the
date hereof and that upon their bringing a Sufficient number of families
to Settle upon the said Land within that time patents be Granted them
According to the terms of the former Order of this Board
Ordered
That Joseph Temple, Anthony Walke & James Elliot be Appointed
Coroners for the County of King William
Ordered
That William Eustice be Appointed a Coroner in the County of
Northumberland
Ordered
That Edwin Dangerfield be added to the Commission of Peace for
the County of Newkent
Ordered
That there be furnished to Mr John Howard 40lb of Powder and
A proportionable quantaty of bullets out of His Majs Stores and four
Kettles for the better enabling him to perform the Service in making
discoveries towards the River Missisippi
The following petitions for leave to take up His Majs Lands were
read and Granted as follows Viz4
To Edward Booker, John Nash, George Walker, & Sam1 Cobbs
Twenty thousand Acres of Land in Amelia County begining on Capt
Isham Randolphs line on the north fork of Buffilow River so up the
Branches of the same in Several Surveys not Exceeding five in all
To William Watson & Joseph Morton Two thousand Acres lying
on the Ridge between the Branches of Sandy River and Nottoway
River in Amelia County begining on Sandy River Branches thence up
for Compliment
To William Batts five hundred Acres on the North side little
Nottoway River in Amelia County begining at his fathers lower line
thence down for Compliment
To George Walker Two thousand Acres upon the Ridge between
Sandy River and Bush River joyning the land he bought of Mathew
Talbott in Amelia County in one or more Surveys
To Edward Beddingfield one thousand Acres in Brunswick County
joining a Tract he bought of Edward Beddingfield
To Isham Randolph leave to have an Inclusive patent for Eight
Hundred Acres of Land he bought of Jn° Boiling in Goochland County
with the Land he now lives on
To Frances Bracy two Thousand Acres begining at a blazed white
Oak on Butterwood Road and Hatches Run in Prince George County
and so out for Compliment
To Frances Bracy Twelve hundred Acres lying between the lines
of Henry Maynard, Isham Epes, Wm Bowden Francis Epes, Edward
Smith & Thos Hudson between Gravelly Run and Stoney Creek on
boath sides Sapony Road in Prince George County
410 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
To James Churchill Eight hundred Acres on or near upon the
Round about Creek in Hannover County
To Daniel Fore leave to have an Inclusive Patent for two Tracts
of Eight hundred Acres of land he bought of John Nash on the Byrd in
Goochland County
To Samuel Cobb Two thousand Acres begining at Joseph Mortons
upper line on the South Fork of Buffilow River in Amelia County in
One or more Surveys
To Stephen Dewey One thousand Acres in Amelia & Brunswick
Counties begining upon the line of Majr Jas Mountfords to run up
Nottoway River and Crossing the River so down the River for Com-
pliment
To John Epes Two thousand Acres on Georges Branch Wigg
Island and Bares Swamp joining his own land already patented and to
have an Inclusive patent
To William Mayo, Tarlton Fleming, & Stpehen Hughes leave to
Include four thousand three hundred Acres of Land in One Patent
To Nicholas Merriwether fifteen hundred Acres in the North
Garden near or adjoining to his own Survey at Poplar Camp in Gooch-
land County
To Henry Wythe fifteen Hundred Acres on Chamberlains bed
Run in Prince George County including a former entry made by
Francis Bracy for four hundred Acres & to have an Inclusive patent
for the whole
To Isham Epes fifteen hundred Acres begining on Thos Nancies
Corner thence towards the lines of James Jones, Sam1 Tental, and
Joseph Hawkes for Compliment in Prince George County
At a Council held at the Capitol Decr 15th 1737
Present
The Governor
Cole Digges John Custis
John Carter John Tayloe &
John Grymes Thos Lee Esq"
Whereas information is given to this Board that diverse Masters
of Vessels Secretly take on board Indian Corn Contrary to the proc-
lomation prohibiting it's Exportation for the more Effectual preven-
tion whereof, It is Ordered that the Naval officers of the Several Dis-
tricts do forthwith nominate proper persons to be Commissioned by
the Governor to go on Board the Several plantation Vessels and from
time to time Search Seize and bring on Shoar all Indian Corn or Meale
made thereof which shall be found on Board any Ship or Vessel above
the quantaty of Ten barrels (which is hereby allowed to each Vessel
for Sea Store) and where any such Seizure shall be made the said
Naval officers are hereby required to cause the offenders to be prosecuted
According to Law
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 411
The Account of Materials delivered by Mr Minson Administrator
of Leonard Whiteing in discharge of his Debt to the Government to-
gether with the Valluation of the House built by the said Whiting at
the Fort at point Comfort was this day laid before the Board, And
it is Ordered that the said several Materials be delivered to and Charged
in the Account of Mr Baron the present Gunner and Store Keeper of
the said Fort and that the Surplus of the Vallue of the said Materials
over and above the payment of the said Whitings Debt be paid to Mr
Minson out of his Maj9 Revenue of 2s per hhd
Thomas Harris and Thomas Mosely are Appointed Inspectors at
Warwick Warehouse in the room of Francis Redford and Edward
Wilkinson
On hearing the Parties on the Petition and Caveat enter'd by James
Pittillow against George Tillman & Robert Abernathy Junr for a Tract
of Land lying in Prince George County Survey 'd for the said Tillman
above Six Years agoe and by the said Tillman sold to the above Aber-
nathy and no Patent yet Sued out by either of them, It appearing by
the Evidence of Robert Boiling Gent Surveyor of the said County that
the Occasion of the said Abernathys not Suing out a Patent was Owing
to the Neglect of the said Surveyors Deputy who received Money for
the Rights and patent Fees from the said Abernathy, It is therefore
Ordered that the Caveat aforesaid be disolved and that a Patent be
granted for the Land therein mentioned to the said Abernathy, But
forasmuch as it Appears to this Board that George Tillman hath for a
long time held the said Land without taking a Patent whereby His
Majesty hath been defrauded of his quit rents divers Years, It is
Order'd that the said Tillman pay the petitioner James Pittillow the
Sum of Fifty Shillings Curr' Money for his trouble and Expence in
prosecuting his Caveat and petition and that Robert Abernathy do
produce a Receipt for that Money before any Patent be granted him
by Vertue of this Order
On the Petition of Richard Tunstall, Benjs Winslow, Jn° Coril
leave is granted them to take up and Survey Thirty Thousand Acres of
Land on the North West side Sherrando River below Jacob Stovers
Upper Tract upon Condition of Seating the same with one family for
Each thousand Acres within two Years from this date it being Certified
by William Beverly Gent one of the Lord Fairfaxes Commissioners
for runing the boundarys of his Grant that the Land now petitioned
for is not within any part of the Land claimed by his Lordship
The Caveat Enter'd by Edmund Carrol, David Pitts & William
Thomas for Stoping an Escheat Patent Sued out by Elizabeth Hudson
Widdow on a Motion of the said Widdow by her Council is Vacuated
and a Patent Ordered her shee paying the Composition due to his
Majesty and other Charges Accruing thereon
Whereas upon the petition of the Vestry of Chuckatuck parish
and of the lower parish of Nansamond representing their inability
Seperately to Support the Charge of Maintaining A Minister in each
of the said Parishes or the other parocial Charges, The Governor was
412 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
pleased to Consolidate and Unite the said two parishes into One by
the name of Suffolk Parish and to Continue the then Vestry men Until
by death or a removeal out of the parish the said Vestrymen should
fall Under the Number of Twelve, And whereas upon Examination
and proof of the ruinous Condition of the Church built on the south
Side Nansamond River in that part formerly called the lower parish,
It was in a full Vestry held the 16th of May 1737 Resolved and Agreed
to build a new Brick Church at a place Called Jordans Mill Hill as more
Convenient for the people on both sides Nansemond River then the
Old Church was and persons were Chosen and authorized by the said
Vestry to agree with Workmen for building the same, Yet by the Com-
bination of some of the persons so Entrusted therein refusing to Act
and Enfluencing others of the said Vestry to dissent from what was
formerly agreed on by them no progress hath yet been made towards
Erecting the said Church, And whereas upon the humble petition of
the Minister and Church Wardens of the said United parish the Gov-
ernor was pleased to order all parties Concerned to Attend the Board
this day in order to a final determination of the Controversys between
them touching the building of the said Church and now upon hearing
the arguments and allegations of both parties it evidently Appearing
to this Board that the old Church on the South side Nansemond River
is so much decayed and in such a Ruinous Condition that the people
Cannot without Eminent Danger Attend the divine worship therein
and that the said Order of Vestry for building the said New Church
was a just and reasonable appointment both in respect of the Scituation
and the Ease of the parishoners whose Expence will be greatly lessened
by Applying thereto a Considerable donation left for that purpose by
John Yates deceas'd, It is therefore the opinion of this Board and Ac-
cordingly ordered that the Vestry of the said United parish do with
all Convenient Speed meet at the lower Church of the said Parish and
take care that their said former Order be complyed with either by ap-
pointing other persons in the room of Mr Edmund Godding and Thomas
Goddin junr (if they refuse still to Accept that trust) to be joyned with
the other trustees heretofore by them named to agree for the speedy
Erecting the said New Church as they will Answer their Contempt in
a Matter wherein the Honour of Religion the respect due to His
Majesties Royal Instructions in this behalf and the Safety and Con-
veniencys of the parishoners are so greatly Concerned, And whereas
it hath been represented to this Board that the said Vestry having now
got a Majority on the North side the said River and determined to chuse
none of the Inhabitants on the south side the said River whereby as is
Suggested they intend to Continue & encrease the hardships of the said
Lower Inhabitants which is Contrary to that Justice and Equality upon
which the Consolidation of Two parishes was first established, It is
Ordered that in the future Choice of Vestry men none of the Uper
Inhabitants be chosen until there be an Equal Number of Vestry men
on each side the said Nansemond River and that this Order be enter'd
in the Vestry book of the said parish
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 413
On the Caveat and petition of Thomas Bibb & Nath1 Dickenson
for a Grant for four hundred Acres of Land in Hannover County
Surveyed long since for the said Dickinson and no patent Sued out
the said Dickinson having been Summoned and not Appearing, It is
Ordered that a patent be Granted the petitioner
James Nowling having enter'd a Caveat for Stoping a patent to
John Lad and Amos Lad for two hundred Acres of Land in Goochland
County some time agoe Surveyed for them and no patent Sued out the
said John & Amos Lad having been Summoned and not Appearing It
is Ordered Upon the petition of the said James Nowling that a patent
be granted him for the said Land
On the petition of Joseph Randolph against Clement Reid for a
Tract of Land Surveyed for the said Clement in Brunswick County
by Consent of the said Reid It is Ordered that a patent be granted the
said Randolph for the said Tract of Land
Mr Charles Green Clerk this day appearing before the Board
According to Order and being heard what he had to Offer in relation
to the Charge against him for speaking disrespectfully of the Governors
recommendation to the Vestry of Truro parish to admit him to officiate
as Minister of that parish until he had a Licence from the Biship of
London and now Acknowledging his Error in Insisting upon the Lord
Fairfaxes Right of presentation to the said parish being so perswaded
hy his Lordship and not out of any disrespect to the Governor to
whom he now understands the right of Such presentations is entrusted
by his Majesties Instructions and the Laws of the Colony and promis-
ing a more decent regard to the Laws & Constitutions of this Colony
for the future he was thereupon dismiss'd
Alexander Traquare having petitioned for a Grant of four hun-
dred Acres of Land in Hannover County formerly Surveyed for Wil-
liam Smith who hath Neglected to Sue out a patent for the same the
said Smith having been Sumon'd and not Appearing It is Ordered that
the said Land be granted the petitioner
Ordered
That there be paid to Mr James Skelton the Sum of Ten pounds
Current Money for his trouble in going to point Comfort to View and
Vallue the house built at the Fort there by Mr Leonard Whiteing dec"
Ordered
That there be paid to Mr Philip Finch the Sum of Ten pounds
for laying and planting the Avenue to the Governors House
Ordered
That the General Assembly be further prorogued to the last thurs-
day in May next and that proclomation Issue Acordingly
A New Commission of the peace for the County of James City
and that the following persons be appointed Viz' Edward Barradel,
Edward Jaquelin, Lewis Burwell, Thomas Bray, Philip Ludwell, Henry
Power, Rich" Booker, Robert Goodrich, John Eaton, Carter Burwell,
of the Quoram, William Marrable, Willis Wilson, Lancelot Woodward,
Joseph Marston, Abraham Nicholas, William Prentis, Hudson Allen,
Richard Talliaferro & Ja3 Bray
414 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
At a Council held at the Capitol April the 22d 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges John Tayloe
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esq"
Ordered
That the General Assembly which now stands prorogued to the
last Thursday in May be further prorogued 'till the Second thursday
in August next and that a proclomation Issue Accordingly
Whereas the Inhabitants on Sherrando River by their petition have
represented that the Northern Indians frequently passing through their
plantations Commit frequent Outrages and have lately killed one of
their men, And have prayed for a Supply of Arms & Ammunition for
their defence, It is the Opinion of this Board and Accordingly Ordered
that out of His Majesties Stores there be delivered to John Lewis Gent
who is hereby Approved to be a Capt over such of the Inhabitants as
live in Beverly Mannor, Thirty Muskets & Eight pair of Pistols with
a proportionable quantaty of Powder and Ball, But that it should be
an Instruction to the said Cap* Lewis that neither he nor any of the
men Under his Command do on any pretence whatsoever offer any
Violence to any of the said Indians passing quietly throug their planta-
tions nor to any Indians whatsoever unless the said Indians do first
Commit Hostillities on the said Inhabitants in which case only they are
at liberty to defend themselves and to Act offencively
The Governor acquainted the Council that he had lately received
a Letter from the president of Pensilvania which he caused to be read
at the Board wherein the said President proposed to delay the Meeting
of the Cherrikie and Cawtawbaw Indians with the Northern Indians
until the begining of August next and that Accordingly he had sent
a message to the said Cherrikie & Cattawbaw Indians desireing them
that they should postpone their Journey to Albany 'till that time
The following persons are appointed Inspectors
Ellis Gill at Wiccocomico during the Indisposition of Mr Jones
Anthony Haynes at Gibsons
Thomas Cobbs at the Colledge Land* .in the room of Cap1 Pierse
deed
Peter Hack at Andersons in the room of Mr Parker deed.
William McWilliams & Jn° Parish at Fredericksburgh
Ordered
That a new Commission of the Peace Issue for the County of
Stafford and that the following persons be Added to the present Acting
Justices Viz' James Hoe, Richard Bernard, Townsend Washington,
Richard Foot, William Harrison, John Waugh, & Mott Donaphan
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 415
On the application of the Officers of His Majesties Revenue, It is
Ordered that Rights be Issued to the Vallue of Five hundred pounds
Ster
His Majesty having been pleased to ratify and Confirm an Act
passed at a Session of the General Assembly held the twenty sixth day
of August MDCCXXXIV in the Eighth Year of his Majesties Reign
Entituled an Act for Docking the Intail of Certain Lands in the Countys
of Gloucester and Elizabeth City and Vesting the same in Henry Willis
in Fee simple and for Setling other Lands & Tenements and Several
Slaves to the Uses, The Order of His Majesty in his privy Council is
Ordered to be recorded in the Secretarys Office
Charles Carter Esqr having represented to this Board that he had
lately purchased from Abraham Bledsoe & Benjamin Cave a Tract of
Land lying upon Beverdam Run of Hedgmans River in Orange County
Granted to them by Patent bearing date the Eighth day of September
MDCCXXXIII and that he Apprehends there is Contain'd within the
said Bounds a greater quantity then is Express'd in the said Patent
praying leave to resurvey and take a New Patent for the whole quantaty
within the bounds It is Ordered that the Consideration of the said
Petition be refered until it be made Appear that the said Land doth
not lie within the Bounds claimed by the Right Honble the Lord Fairfax
On Reading at the Board the petition of Joseph Brocke Gent Set-
ting forth that in the Year MDCCXXXII he purchased of Larkin Chew
Gent deed Seven thousand four hundred and fifty three Acres of Land
being the Residue of Nine thousand four hundred Acres lying in the
County of Spotsilvania and granted to the said Chew by Patent bearing
date the fourth of June MDCCXXXII that the said Larkin Chew
having Sold Several parsels out of the said Patent before the peti-
tioners purchase pretended that the residue had been Exactly Sur-
veyed and gave the petition1, A paper Under the hand of James Taylor
then Surveyor of the said County wherein he Alledged the Several
Courses of the Land remaining Unsold were truly Set down & Ex-
prest but after the petitioner had got his Conveyance for the said Land
and had Seated thereon he found that the Bounds Exprest in the said
Chews Conveyance were Erroniouse, some of the Courses runing into
Elder Grants and others into pryor Sales and leaving out a very great
part of the Land intended to be Conveyed to the petitioner and that
there was a Mistake in the Number of Pole in one of the Courses in
the said Patent but that the petitioner apprehends the full quantity of
Land intended to be Conveyed to him is still remaining & praying that
the Surveyor of the said County of Spotsilvania may be Ordered to
Survey the Land intended to be Conveyed to the petitioner by the said
Larkin Chew within the Bounds of the said Patent for Nine thousand
four hundred Acres not interferring with the Elder Grants or pryor
Sales and Includeing Eight hundred Acres of Land formerly Granted
by two Several Patents to the said Larkin Chew, Joseph Chew, Richard
Buckner and Joseph Sutton and Comprehended within the Bounds of
the said Chew's Patent and that the Course of the said Patent runing
416 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
South 65 degrees East may be Extended One hundred Poles further
to reach the Corner therein Mentioned and that he may have a New
patent According to Such Survey without paying for New Rights he
having already paid the Rights According to his late Majesties Direc-
tions in that behalf, The Governor with the Advice of the Council
takeing the same into Consideration is pleased to Order as it is hereby
Ordered that the Surveyor of the said County of Spotsilvania do Sur-
vey the Lands Mentioned in the petitioners Conveyance from Larkin
Chew deed within the bounds of his aforementioned Patent not inter-
fering with Elder Grants or pryor Sales and the Course of the said
Patent 65 Degrees East be Extended 100 Poles further and that there-
upon a Patent be granted the petitioner According to the prayer of his
petition
On the Application of John Carter Esqr It is Ordered that Char-
les Lynch be Summoned to Appear at the next Court of Oyer and
Terminer to shew Cause why a Certain Tract of Land long since Sur-
veyed for the said Charles Lynch lying on Hardway River in Gooch-
land County should not be Granted to the said John Carter for default
of the said Linches suing out a Patent for the same pursuant to the
Orderes of Government
The Several Petitions of Mr Benjamin Waller and Mr Abraham
Nicholas Junr Gent for leave to practice as Attorneys in the County
Courts were read & refered to Mr Attorney Gen1 and Mr Benjamin
Needier or either of them to Examine their qualifications and Report
the same to this Board
At a Council held at the Capitol Ap1 27th 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges John Tayloe &
John Robinson Thomas Lee Esq"
The Account of Contingent Charges aboute the Governors House
were Examined and Allowed
Ordered
That a New Commission of the peace Issue for the County of
Prince William and that Norwood Hatt, John Hudnall (in the room
of Joseph Hudnall) Thomas Pierson, Joseph Blackwell, Sam1 Earle,
Thomas Stripling, Anthony Seal, Dan1 Tilbae, John Minor, John Aw-
bry, Henry Terril be added to the present Acting Justices
Ordered
That a New Commission of the peace Issue for the County of
York and that George Gilmer, Dan1 Moore, Samuel Reid, John Ballard,
John Goodwin Thomas Cobbs, James Barber, Ellison Armistead and
Arthur Dickenson be Added
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 417
Ordered
That a New Commission of the peace Issue for the County of
Surry and that Benjamin Harrison, Wm Seaward, Kenneth McKenzie,
Edward Ruffin, James Chappel, William Harper and Howell BrWes
be Added ss
The Several petitions of Gilbert Buchannan and John OSheal Gent
to practice as Attorneys in the County Courts were Read and referred
to Mr Attorney General and Mr Benja Needier or either of them to
Examine their qualifications and make report to this Board
At a Council held at the Capitol May 5"1 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Com'7 Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges John Tayloe
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esq"
The following Warrants to be paid by the Receiver General out
of his Majs Revenue were this day Signed by the Governor in Council
as follows Viz*
To the Governor half a Years Sallary ending the
25th Ap1 last £1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of the Council for the same time . . 300,, — „ —
To the Judges and Officers of the Court of Oyer &
Terminer 100,, — „ —
To the Auditor General half a Years Salary 50,, — „ —
To the Sollicitor for the same time 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney General for the same time 35„ — „ —
To the Clerk of the Council for the same time 50„ — „ —
To the Ministers for preaching one Gen1 Court 6,, — „ —
To the Armourer 6„ — „ —
To the Batterys 22„— „—
To Repairs about the Governors House 78„14„10
To paid William Prentis for Contingent Charges. . . . 354„19„ —
To the Adjutant 7S„—„—
And out of the Quit Rents
To the Commissary 50„ — „
To the Attorney General 35M — M —
Ordered
That a Commission of the peace Issue for the County of Accomack
and that Southey Rue, Willaim Gore, Thos Parrimore, Robert and
Ralph Justice be added to the present Just"
418 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
The petition of Andrew Giles Gent for leave to practice as an
Attorney in the County Courts of this Dominion was read at the Board
and referred to Mr Attorney General and Mr Benjamin Needier to
Examine the petitioners qualifications and make report thereof to this
Board
Philip Morgan having obtained a Survey for one thousand Acres
of Land in Brunswick County in the Year MDCCXXXVII Upon the
Encouragement of His Majesties Bounty and Drury Stith Gent Sur-
veyor of the said County having this day made proofe that he returned
a platt and Certificate for the said Land which were afterwards in the
Secretarys Office whereby the said Morgan hath been hitherto disap-
pointed in taking out his Patent, It is Ordered on the petition of the
said Morgan that a Patent be now Granted without any Rights
The following Petitions for leave to take up his Majesties Lands
were read and granted as follows Viz1
To Henry Robertson One thousand Acres joining John Nance,
Thomas Yarbrough & Stith Hardways Lands on both side little Notto-
way River
To John Ormsby Clerk four thousand Acres on both sides Not-
toway Road to the branches of Mamazeen Creek joining Lee, West-
brook & Boiling in Amelia County
To Richard Eckolds Twelve hundred Acres in Amelia County on
a branch of Nottoway River called by the name of the Harrican Creek
begining at a small pine marked R E about a quarter of a Mile below
Duglas's path runing down the Creek for quantaty
To John Williamson Twelve hundred Acres already laid off in
Several Surveys lying on the branches of the North Fork of James
River called the Meadow Creek near Charles Lynch in Goochland
County and to have an Inclusive Patent for the whole
To Samuel Pincham Nine hundred Acres in Amelia County joining
his own land and to have an Inclusive Patent
To Charles Moreman and Charles Mills four thousand Acres begin-
ing on a branch of Meachom River and on the North side Meachoms
River in Goochland County in one or more surveys
To George Braxton Senr George Braxton junr Humphry Brooke,
Robert Rose and Thomas Chew Forty thousand Acres lying on both
sides the Fluvania and on both sides pedlar River in Goochland County
below the great Mountains
To John Jackson Fifteen hundred Acres joining his own land on
the Burchen Swamp in Amelia County and to have an Inclusive patent
for the Whole
To David Walker One thousand Acres lying in Prince George
County joining his own land on Buckskin Creek and bounded by the
Lines of Robert Mountfort & Joseph Stroud
To Thomas Chew and Robert Rose Clerk four thousand Acres
(being chiefly barrens) lying between their three Surveys in Goochland
County and to have an Inclusive patent for the whole
To Benjamin Burrow Eight hundred Acres in Prince George
County begining on the line of Colo Robert Mountford deed thence
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 419
down Harry's Swamp to the line that divides Surry and Prince George
County's thence along the said line to the line of Thomas Hunt thence
along his line to the line of Thomas Butler, thence along his line to
the line of Thomas Stroud thence along his line to the line of Joseph
Tucker thence along his line to the line of Dan1 Tucker thence to the
said John Borrows line and to the beginning
To William Cary Eight hundred Acres in Prince George County
begining on Charles Pistols Upper Corner on the South side great
Catt Tayle
To William Watson Nine hundred Acres on both sides the little
Creek of Deep Creek joining Boilings, Robertsons & Worshams lines
in Amelia County
To William Crawley Three thousand Acres on both sides the great
branch of Winticomiack Creek joining Tuckers and Boilings lines in
Amelia County
To William Watson Two thousand Acres on the lower side of flatt
Creek joining his own and Mayes line in Amelia County
To Edward Twheat Eight hundred Acres on both sides the Falls
branch joining his Own and Deweys line in Amelia County
To William Cary One thousand Acres in Prince George County
joining on Joseph Worshams line at the Upper flatt branch and down
to Cap* Richard Jones's line and so to the lower flatt branch to Mr
Herberts line on the Fox branch
To Tarleton Fleming, William Mayo, & Stephen Hughes Eight
hundred Acres of high barren land bounding on four thousand three
hundred Acres of low land on both sides Willis's Creek in Goochland
County and to have an Inclusive patent
To Wintworth Webb leave to have an Inclusive Patent for Twelve
hundred Acres already Surveyed joining Thomas Christians Land on
Phelps Creek and Bare Garden Creek in Goochland County
To William Randolph, John Harmer & Walter King Ten thou-
sand Acres on the branches of Roanoke begining at a Mountain called
the Wart to Extend Northward Under the blew ridge of Mountains
in one or more Surveys
To Joseph Mayo Eight hundred Acres in Henrico County lying
between his own land Alexander Robinsons, Abney's and the head of
White Oak Swamp and to have an Inclusive patent
To William Cable leave to have an Inclusive patent for four thou-
sand Eight hundred Acres on James River in Goochland County al-
ready laid off in Several Surveys
To William Bedshaw leave to have an Inclusive patent for Twelve
hundred Acres in Goochland County already Survey'd for him in
Several Surveys
To William Mackain three thousand Acres begining at Capt Richard
Cocks lower Corner in the Fork of James River and thence on the
River branches to little breemer Creek to Compleat the quantity
To William Randolph, John Harmer & Walter King Twenty
thousand Acres on Tye River and Rockfish River begining at Ties &
420 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Roses South or South East line to Extend towards the Mouth of
Rock Fish River in One or more Surveys so as it interfere not with
any former Grant
To Anthony Relhan, Thomas Cade, James Relhan, Richard Ken-
non, William Kennon junr & Frances Kennon, Sixty thousand Acres
on Cubb Creek begining on Thomas Ridleys Bark Camp and towards
the Mountains between the Main River Roanoake & Appomattocks in
Brunswick County
Whereas John Hyde Saunders hath humbly represented to this
Board that on the Nineteenth day of July MDCCXXXV he obtained
a patent for four hundred Acres of Land in the County of Goochland
as lapsed from George Stover and John Saunders and that Upon
Examining the Courses of the said Patent it appears by a Mistake of
the Surveyor that the first Course instead of Runing West is described
to run East Seventy Chain whereby the petitioners land is quite left out
and his Course runs into an Elder patent, And praying that the same
may be Rectified and a New patent Granted him According to the
bounds of the said Land Viz' begining at the back line of the land
formerly Granted to Bartholomew Stover now in the possession of
Allin Howard on Stovers branch thence on the said Howards line and
Capt Isham Randolphs line to a Corner Ooak of the said Randolphs
Tract, thence South on the Lands of the said Randolph John Taylor
and William Mayo to a Corner Ooak, then East to a Corner poplar on
the aforesaid Branch, The Governor with the Advice of the Council
is pleased to Order As it is hereby Ordered that upon the petitioners
returning a new platt and Survey into the Secretarys Office According
to the true bounds of the lands intended to be granted him and Sur-
rendering his former patent a New one be granted According to the
prayer of his petition
At a Council held at the Capitol June 15th 1738
Present
The Governor
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
John Grymes Thomas Lee Esq"
Whereas William Mayo Gent Surveyor of Goochland County was
Employed to prepare Maps of the Boundaries between His Majesty
and the Lord Fairfax proprietor of the Northern Neck and having
Accordingly finished Several of the said Mapps sent to England and
one to be kept in the Council Office, It is Ordered in Consideration of
His Expence of time and the trouble he hath been at in this Service
that there be paid him One hundred and twenty pounds Currant Money
out of His Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 421
It being Represented to this Board by the officers of His Majesties
Revenue that divers of the Sheriffs have neglected to perfect their Ac-
counts of His Majesties Quit Rents, It is Ordered that Unless the
said Sheriffs do Complete their Rent Rolls and pay to the Receiver
General the Several Sums of Money Received by them for the said
Quit Rents on or before the Twentieth day of the next Month that
then his Majesties Attorney General be and is hereby Directed to
bring Suit against such delinquents and their Securities in the General
Court and the Clerk of the Council is ordered to give the said Several
Sheriffs Notice hereof
The Governor in Council was pleased to Nominate the following
persons to be Sheriffs for the Ensuing Year Viz*
For the County of
Nansemond Lemuel Reddick
Lancaster Joseph Chin
Brunswick Nichs Lanier
Richamond Wm Jordan
Isle of Wight Thos Jarrel junr
Elizth City Wilson Curie
Prince George Isham Epes
King & Queen Philemon Bird
Middlesex Churchil Jones
York William Nelson
Norfolk Wm Portlock
Caroline Rob* Farrish
Hanover Richd Clough
Princess Ann Char5 Malbon
Accomack Jas Withart
Dudly Digges Gent on his application is Appointed to Supply the
vacancy of Surveyor of the Customs at Cape Charles in the room of
Mr Griffith Bowen deed
On reading at the Board Sundry Letters from James Logan Esqr
President of Pensilvania and also a letter from the Lieu* Governor of
New York inclosing a representation from the Commissioners of
Indian affairs at Albany whereby it appears that the Government of
New York Expects that this Colony should be at the Expence of
maintaining the Cherekee and Catawbaw Indians during the time of
their Treaty with the Six Nations at Albany & of presents to the said
Nations It is the Opinion of this Board that such a demand from this
Government is very Unreasonable in Regard those Nations live at a
great distance from hence within the Province of South Carolina or
Georgia and that this Government is no other ways Concerned in the
Quarrel between the said Nations then to Mediate a peace between
them which is Solely for the Interest of the Province of New York
& Carolina to which they respectively belong and since the Government
of New York thinks fitt to insist on these terms and that it appears
the said Indians of the Cherekee and Cattawbaw Nations may Negoc-
422 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
iate a peace Upon much easier terms with the Six Nations (who are
desireous of the same) without the Intervention of either Government,
It is therefore Resolved that no further Application be made to the
Government of New York on that Subject but that an Interpreter be
Sent with the Cherrekee & Cattawbaws to Conestogow, there to meet
the Interpreter of Pensylvania who According to Mr Logans Letter
will procure them a Conferrence with the Deputies of the Six Nations
and Assist them in Setling Terms of Peace between them
On reading at this Board the humble petition of divers Merchants
tradeing to the West Indies representing that they have great quan-
tities of Indian Corn lying in their Warehouses which they have offered
to Sell at a reasonable rate but can find no purchasers and that if the
same Continues on their hands Until the heat of the Summer en-
creases it will be in danger of Spoiling and praying that the prohi-
bition on the Exportation thereof may be discontinued, It is the
Opinion of this Board and Accordingly Ordered that from and after
the twentieth of this month no further restraint on the Exportation
of Corn be Continued
On the Application of Mr Samuel Baron Commander of the Fort
at Point Comfort, It is Ordered that a further Sum of One hundred
pounds be advanced him towards finishing the said Fort
Ordered
That the General Assembly which now stands prorogued to the
Second thursday in August next be further prorogued to Wednesday
the first of November at which time it is intended to proceed on business
The Several petitions of Dudley Digges & Philip Prescot Gent for
Licenses to practice as Attorneys in the County Courts are referred to
Mr Attorney General or Mr Benjamin Needier to Examine the peti-
tioners qualifications and make report thereof to this Board
Ordered
That a New Commission of the Peace Issue for James City County
and that Mr Richard Booker who has refus'd to Act be left out and
that Mr Edmond Walker and Mr Leonard Henley be Added
Andrew Wade having Enter'd a Caveat & preferred his petition
for a Grant of Fourteen Hundred Acres of Land Surveyed divers
Years Agoe for John Smithings as is Suggested, on hearing the parties
it Appearing to this Board that the Defendant hath obtained a patent
for one thousand Acres and that the Other four hundred Acres being
a Seperate Entry hath not yet been Surveyed, It is ordered that the
said Caveat be dismis'd
The Caveat Enter'd by Richard Wood against Rob' Childers
for four hundred Acres of Land in Henrico County is dismis'd it
appearing that the return of the Survey of the said land hath been
delayed by the death of the Surveyor and not through any default
of the defendant And it is Ordered that the said Childers have a
patent for the said Land
The Petition and Caveat enter'd by Gilbert Elam against Wil-
liam Moore and Benjamin Branch for Seven hundred Acres of Land
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 423
in Henrico County on hearing the Parties It is Ordered to be dis-
mis'd
Gilbert Elam having petitioned for a Grant of four hundred
Acres of Land lying on Deep Creek in Henrico County Surveyed
for John Atkins upwards of Six Years agoe and no patent Sued out
for the same the petitioner having proved his Allegations It is Ordered
that a Patent be granted him for the said Land
Gilbert Elam having petitioned for a Grant of four hundred
Acres of Land lying on Deep Creek in Henrico County Surveyed
long since for James Hill and no Patents Sued out for the same
pursuant to the Orders of Government the said Hill this day Ap-
peared by his Council and Insisted that he ought not to Answer this
petition because he Acknowledges he hath no Patent nor was the
land ever Surveyed for him and therefore he is not within the
Meaning of the Orders of Governm1 but is an Intruder on His
Majesties Land and ought to be prosecuted as such, But forasmuch
as it was this day made Appear to the Board that the said Land
hath been Survey 'd and the Boundarys thereof plainly Marked, It is
Ordered that the petitioner have a patent for the same Upon his
producing in the Secretarys Office a Coppy of the Survey & Entring
Rights
On hearing this day at the Board the Matter in dispute be-
tween Richard Moseby and William McCay for four hundred Acres
of Land in the County of Goochland Survey'd for the said McCay
two years and a half agoe but the Surveyors Fee not paid by him
and thereupon re-enter'd by the said Richard Moseby and a Debate
arising whether a Surveyor is bound to deliver a platt and Survey
Untill he has Received his Fee or Security for the Same, It was
Resolved upon the question, That where a Surveyor has laid out &
Surveyed a Tract of Land and made A platt thereof he is not bound
to deliver such plott to the person employing him in Order to the
obtaining a Patent without payment for such Survey or Good Security
tendered him for the payment thereof
On Reading at this Board the petition of Benjamin Walker
Gent, in behalf of himself and many other Inhabitants of S* Margrets
parish Complaining that John Brunskill Clerk Minister of the said
Parish hath Neglected to perform Divine Service at a Chapel of
Ease built Several Years agoe for the Conveniencie of a Great Num-
ber of Families living remote from the Church of the said parish and
refusing to preach or Read prayers there as by Law he is obliged,
It is Ordered that Mr Brunskill attend this Board on the Second
day of the next General Court to Answer the said Complaint
Benjamin Walker Gent having Complained to this Board that
the Inspectors at Roys and Conways Warehouses in Caroline County
have greatly Neglected their duty, that they refuse to give transferr
Notes for Stem'd Tobacco and make Sale thereof or Oblige the
persons who receive it to allow them Ten, fifteen and Sometimes
twenty per Ct That the Inspectors at Roys take little care of Tobacco
424 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
either before or after it is passed and that One Inspector Commonly
passes the Tobacco that is brought thither & praying Redress therein,
It is Ordered that the Court of Caroline County forthwith Appoint
two or more of their Number to meet at such time and place as they
judge most Convenient to Examine into the Several Matters Contained
in the said Complaint and make report of their proceedings to this
Board
At a Council held at the Capitol July the 319t 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Custis &
John Grymes Philip Lightf oot Esq"
The Account of His Majesties Revenue of Quit Rents received
for the Year MDCCXXXVII being prepared by the Receiver General
and Examined by the Auditor was Sworne to by the Receiver General
and Certified by the Governor in Council
Mr Benjamin Edwards hath leave of this Board to purchase of
the Nottoway Indians a Tract of five hundred Acres of Land in As-
samousack part of the Land appointed to be sold for the payment of
their Debts
The following petitions for leave to take up his Majesties Lands
were read and granted as follows Viz1
To William Taylor Twelve hundred Acres on the North Fork of
Hardway River joining on Mr Robert Lewis's line to Extend towards
Poplar Camp Under the foot of the Mountains
To Richard Clough, John Key, & John Ragland Six Thousand
Acres of Land lying in Goochland County on the South Fork of James
River on Buffillow Creek
To Isaac Bates and John Cannon Two thousand Acres of Land
lying in Goochland County joining on Wintworth Webbs line on
Cannons Creek in One or more Surveys
Examd
Wil Robertson Cls Con
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 425
At a Council held at the Capitol the 26th day of October
MDCCXXXVIII
Present
The Honourable William Gooch His Majesties Lieu* Governor
Mr Commissary Blair Wm Dandridge
William Byrd Jn° Custis
Cole Digges Wm Randolph
Jn° Robinson Jn° Tayloe
Jn° Carter Phil Lightfoot &
Jn° Grymes Tho8 Lee Esq"
His Majesties Warrant for Granting to Edward Barradale Esqr
the Office of Attorney General was this day Read in Council and
Ordered to be Entered in the Secretarys Office
The Governor was pleased to Nominate and Appoint the follow-
ing persons to be Sheriffs of the Undermentioned Countys for the
Ensuing Year Viz*
For the County of
Brunswick Willm Macklin
Isle Wight Thomas Jarrel
King William Joseph Temple
John Robinson Gent is appointed an Inspector at Kemps Ware-
house in the room of Mr Curtis deceased and Anthony Sidnor an In-
spector at Indian Creek in the room of William Steptoe who hath Re-
signed
Captain Goodwin Master of the Ship Betty of Leverpoole lately
built in Elizabeth River, Representing that the said Ship was built for
the Maryland Trade and that he is bound thither as soon as shee is
Rigged without Carrying hence any Goods or Merchantdizes whatso-
ever and praying that he may have liberty to Sail thither without paying
port duties, It is Accordingly Ordered by the Governor in Council that
if the said Ship proceeds out of this Colony without takeing on Board
any Goods or Merchantdizes, No Port duties be demanded for her, Of
which the Officers of the Customs in the Lower District of James River
are hereby Required to take Notice
Daniel Stoner Gent is Appointed one of the Coroners for the
County of Goochland
Mr Thomas Howard having been sent to the Alliganie Indians
upon Occasion of the Murders Committed by the Indians last Summer
on the people setled beyond Sherrando this day made Report of his
Negotiation there and brought in Writeing an Answer from the said
Indians wherein they Alledge that the said Murder was Committed by
the French Indians living on the Lakes with a promise to bring in the
persons Guilty of that crime, And upon Consideration of the Account
of Expences Exhibited by the said Howard on this Service, It is
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Ordered that there be paid out of His Majesties Revenue the Sum of
Twenty pounds for his personal trouble Eight pounds to Each of the
five Men that Accompanied him besides his Expences and for a Horse
lost Amounting in all to Sixteen pounds Ten Shillings
The Account of Disbursments for the Governors House and the
Ace' of Contingent Charges for the last half Year were Severally
Examined and Allowed
Mr Samuel Baron having laid before this Board the Ace1 of
Charges about the Fort at Point Comfort, It is ordered that there be
paid him at present Two Hundred pounds and that the Sum of Two
hundred & Six pounds to Compleat the Whole of his Expences in
Erecting the Breast Work and Parapet of this Fort be paid him at the
Oyer & Terminer Court in June Next
On reading this day at the Board the petition of William Byrd
Esqr praying further time for Seating and Saveing the Land Granted
him on Roanoke River for the Settlement of a Number of Swiss pro-
testants who he is Advised are now at Sea, further time for One Year
is Accordingly Granted him for bringing the said Switzers upon the
said Land since it may be Impracticable for them to go thither to
dwell during the Ensuing Winter
Whereas it Appears to this Board that the Inspectors at Roys
Warehouse have pass'd a Hogshead of Tobacco which is Unmer-
chantable and doth not Contain the quantaty Stamped thereon, and
divers other Complaints being made against them for misdemeanors
in their office, It is Ordered that the said Inspectors be removed from
Acting any longer in that Office
Whereas Mr David Bell this day represented to the Governor and
Council that one Mr Jn° Willson Merchant some time last Summer
purchased of Mr Daniel Hornby of Richamond County a Considerable
quantity of Tobacco lying at Wicocomoco Warehouse and pass'd by
the Inspectors there, That upon sending for the said Tobacco in Order
to be Ship'd in James River the said Willson discovered that the said
Tobacco was Unfit for any Market being nothing but meer Trash and
thereupon Ordered the same to be landed at Maycocks Warehouse on
James River where it yet lies, And praying Relief therein, It is this
day Orderd that said Tobacco be Viewed and Examined by the In-
spectors at Maycocks Warehouse on the Tenth of November Next and
that the said Inspectors at Wicocomico Warehouse have Notice to At-
tend by themselves or such as they shall depute to be present on their
behalf at the said Examination And that a Report be made by the said
Inspectors at Maycocks Warehouse in what Condition they find the
said Tobacco and Whether the same be Merchantable or not to the end
this Board may be enabled to judge whether the Inspectors at Wicoco-
mico have been Guilty of a breach of their duty and that the person
Injured may be put in a proper way to obtain a Recompence for his
damages
On reading this day at the Board the Complaint of Jas Wood
Gent Surveyor of Orange County Setting forth that Major Robert
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 427
Brooke hath lately taken upon, him to Survey Divers great Tracts of
Land on the other side the great Ridge of Mountains within the bounds
of the said Woods Commission to his great prejudice and Loss in his
office, It is Ordered that the Clerk of the Secretarys Office Receive no
Surveys made by the said Brooke or any other person beyond the great
Ridge of Mountains in Order to make out Patents thereon and that
no person whatsoever other then the proper Surveyor do presume to
make and Return any Surveys of Land lying out of the precincts
whereof he is Constituted Surveyor
At a Council held at the Capitol the 7th day of November 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Commissary Blair John Custis
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Grymes Philip Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
The Several following Warrants on the Receiver General for pay-
ment of the Established Salarys and Contingent Charges were Signed
by the Governor and Council Viz*
To the Governor for half a Years Salary Ending
the 25th of October last £1000,,—,,—
To the Gentlemen of the Council for same time . . . 300,, — „ —
To the Judges and Officers of the Court of Oyer
and Terminer in June 100,, — „ —
To the Auditor General of the plantations half a
Years Salary 50„ — „ —
To the Sollicitor of the Virginia Affairs for the
same 50,, — ,, —
To the Attorney General for the same 35„ — „ —
To the Clerk of the Council 50,, — „ —
To the Ministers Attending last Gen1 Court 6,, — ,, —
To the Armourer 6„ — ,; —
To the Guners of the Several Batterys 23,,10„ —
To William Prentis for Repairs about the Gov-
ernors House 77 „ 11, ,10
To the same for Contingent Charges last half Year 734,, 6,, — 34
To John Grymes Esqr for Ballance of the late Ad-
jutant Generals Salary 53,, 16,, 8
And out of the Quit Rents
To Mr Commissary Blair half a Years Salary. . . . 50„ — „ —
To the Attorney General half a Years Additional
Sallary 35„ — „ —
428 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
The Account of His Majesties Revenue of 2s per hhd, Port Duties
and head Money being Examined by the Auditor was this day Sworn
Unto by the Receiver General and Certified by the Governor in Council
Ordered
That a New Commission of the peace Issue for the County of
Westmorland and that Dan1 McCarty Gent be restored to his former
place in the said commission
Whereas upon hearing the Memorial of Henry Willis Gent in
behalf of Franciscus against Jacob Stover for Stoping a
Patent for One thousand Acres of Land Sued out for the said Stover
Adjoining to a former Tract Surveyed for him on Sherrando River in
the County of Orange It appears by the of James Wood Sur-
veyor of the said County that the former Surveyor being Interrupted by
a fresh flood of Water while he was Surveying the said Stovers Land Set
a Course at a Venture to Include the dwelling House and plantation of
the said Stover and Upon a Resurvey the said Dwelling House and
plantation Adjoining is not Comprehended within the Bounds of that
Survey, but the said Stover being Ignorant thereof did Convey to the
said Franciscus Three Thousand Acres of Land Including the said
House and plantation which upon Examination are found to ly out of
the bounds thereof Yet that the said Stover being desireous to Convey
his said dwelling house and plantation to the said Franciscus According
to his Agreement made a New Entry for a Tract to Include the said
House and plantation to the End he might be Enabled to pass the
Fee Simple thereof to the said Franciscus According to his Agreement
against which the said Franciscus by Coll Henry Willis his Attorney
hath Caused a Caveat to be Entered, It Appearing to this Board that
the said Stover hath Acted honestly and Candidly in the sale Aforesaid
It is Ordered that he have a Patent for the said One Thousand Acres
of Land, Upon his Conveying or Giving Bond to Convey unto the said
Franciscus the said Dwelling house and plantation and as much of the
Land Contained in his former patent as Will make the Whole Three
thousand Acres includeing the said dwelling plantation pursuant to the
agreement with the said Franciscus
On Reading this day at the Board the Humble pet° of William
Thompson Setting forth that some time agoe he with his family and
three other Families of his Relations Entered with the Surveyor of
Orange County for Sixteen Hundred Acres of Land in four Enty's
and made Considerable Improvements thereon Intending as soon as
he could procure a Survey thereof to take out patents for the same,
but having been long Vissited with Sickness was Unhappily prevented
Until One Richard Tunstal Gent Obtained A Grant for a large quantity
of Land Adjoining to the Lands of William Beverly Gent threatning
to Include the petitioners Settlement within his New Grant whereby
he and the other three families will be deprived of all their Settle-
ments and Improvements to their Utter Ruin and praying relief therein
It is therefore Ordered that the Case of the petitioner be referred to
the Surveyor of Orange County to Enquire if the Sixteen hundred
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 429
Acres of Land above mentioned be Entered for by the said Tunstall or
any other person and if not, that then he return a Survey thereof for
the petitioner and his other partners and that Patents be Granted them
thereon
At a Council held at the Capitol November the 9th 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
John Grymes Thomas Lee Esq"
Francis Stern is Appointed an Inspector at Roys Warehouse
The Office of Adjutant General being Vacant by the death of Majr
Abraham Nicholas and the Board being Sensible of what Use the
Continuance of that Office will be towards the Training and Disciplin-
ing of the Militia, It is therefore Resolved that Capt Isham Randolph
a Gentlema well known and Universally Acceptable in the Country Be,
and is hereby Appointed Adjutant General in the room of the said
Nicholas
Present
John Custis Esqr
A Petition of David Mossom Junr praying a Licence to practice
as an Attorney in the County Courts of this Colony being read at the
Board is Referred to Richard Francis Esqr Barrister at Law to Examine
the petitioners qualifications and make report thereof to this Board
A Petition of John Chapman praying a Licence to practice as an
Attorney in the County Courts of this Colony being read at the Board
is referred to Mr Attorney General to Examine the petitioners Quali-
fications and make report thereof to this Board
Sundry petitions for Land were Read and Granted as follows
Viz'
To Henry Childs Two thousand Acres in Amelia County about
Two Miles above the Mountains
To Michael Holland, Henry Childs, Alexr Tynson, Ja3 Walker
and Joseph Walker Ten Thousand Acres in Brunswick and Amelia
Counties on the head of falling River to begin at the said Tynsons Camp
To Christopher Clark and Charles Lynch Three Thousand Acres
on Towtea Creek joining on Majr John Boilings line to Extend North-
ward towards Hardaway River
To John Pleasants Ten thousand Acres on the head Branches of
Appomattock River in Amelia County joining to an Entry already
Entered for with the Surveyor of Amelia County and to have an In-
clusive patent for the whole
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To John Ganaway four Thousand Acres begining at a White
Oak on Vaughs Creek in Amelia County Marked IG thence up the
said Creek and over the Ridge to the Branches of Cubb Creek
To Philip Thurmer One Thousand Acres on Phils Creek include-
ing One Hundred Acres already patented by him and to have an In-
clusive patent for the Whole in Goochland County
To Henry Childs Eighteen Hundred Acres on Appamattock River
in Goochland County about Two Miles above the Mountains already
laid off in Several Surveys and to have an Inclusive patent for the
whole
To James Nevil Two thousand Acres begining at a great Hill
about half a Mile above Elk Island joining on the Lines of Joseph
Mayo, Hooper, George Carrington, his own line, James Daniels,
William Cannons and Samuel Glovers and to have an Inclusive patent
for the whole
To Nowel Burton Sixteen Hundred Acres joining four hundred
Acres already patented being the plantation where he now lives on
Willis's Creek in Goochland County joining the lines of Thomas
Basset, Jacob Michaux and Joseph Dabbs and to have an Inclusive
patent for the whole
To Richard Clough, John Key and Jn° Ragland Six Thousand
Acres in Goochland County on the South Fork of James River and
pedlar River
To Robert Lewis One Thousand Acres on the branch of Ivy Creek
in Goochland County joining his own line and the lines of Mr Holland
and Cap4 Hudgson
To John Mayes Eight Hundred Acres Adjoining John Ellis's
Upper line Runing on both sides flat Creek in Amelia County and so
up the Creek fo[r] Complement
To William Watson fifteen Hundred Acres on both sides Mallorys
Creek begining at some Marked Trees at the Mouth of a Branch
thence up and down the Creek for Compliment
To Nicholas Davies leave to have an Inclusive patent for Three
Tracts of Land Sixteen hundred and Twenty
Eight Hundred Acres to be joined together by One Hundred Acres
of Land of Richard parsons on Muddy Creek in Goochland County
To Charles Burk Two thousand Acres lying on a Branch of Sandy
River begining at William Ligings line and Runing up the pole branch
for Compliment in Amelia County
To William Hudson Twelve Hundred Acres on the head branches
of Mountain Creek at Gravelly Horse pen in Amelia County
Whereas notwithstanding the repeated Orders of the Government
that no person not having Licence of this Board should be admitted
to Enter for more then four hundred Acres of His Majesties Lands,
Yet divers persons of small Substance in Combination with the Sur-
veyors have made Seperate Entries for large quantities of Land lying
Contiguous to one Another without such Licence and frequently keep
the same on foot for a long time to the Exclusion of other His
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 431
Majesties Subjects who would take up and Cultivate the same, And
whereas all such Entries made without the Orders of the Government
are Illegal and Void It is therefore Ordered by the Governor by and
with the Advice and Consent of His Majesties Council the Several
Surveyors within this Colony do Observe as a General Rule to Admit
of no Entrys for any greater quantity of His Maj3 Lands lying Con-
tiguous to One another then four Hundred Acres for any person what-
soever nor Survey any Entries already made for any greater quantity
without the Licence of this Board for so doing as they will Answer
their Contempt in a Matter which so much Concerns His Majesties In-
terest and the Improvement of this Country
November 13th 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
William Byrd William Randolph
Cole Digges John Tayloe
John Robinson John Custis &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esq"
Pursuant to an Order of this Board the 26th of October last Wil-
liam Wilkins and Thomas Short Inspectors at Maycocks Warehouse
this day reported they had Viewed & Examined Upwards of Sixty
Hogsheads of Tobacco brought thither from Wicocomico on the Ac-
count of Jn° Wilson Merchant which was Owned by the Inspectors at
Wicocomico to have been passed at that Warehouse and that they had
brought Samples of Several Hogsheads thereof which they produced
at this Board and it Appearing that the said Tobacco is Very bad and
Unfit to have been pass'd, It is therefore the Opinion of the Council
and Accordingly Ordered that the said Inspectors at Wicocomico for
Neglect of their duty in passing the said Tobacco be and are hereby re-
moved from Acting any longer in the Office of Inspectors
November 18th 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
William Byrd William Randolph
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson John Tayloe &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esq"
Ordered
That Elias Gill and Rostin Bates be Appointed Inspectors at
Wicocomico in the room of the former Inspectors who for their Mis-
behaving themselves in their office were Removed
432 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
November 23d 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esq"
On hearing this day at the Board the petition of Samuel Tscheffely
praying a Grant for Twenty thousand Acres of Land on some of the
Main branches of James River next adjoining to the Lands Already
Granted for the Settlement of divers famillies of Swiss and German
protestants which he proposes to Import in Order to make provision
for a larger Number, It is Ordered that leave be granted the petitioner
to Enter for Twenty Thousand Acres of Land not already Granted
on any of the branches of James River & that he have a patent for the
same Upon his bringing into this Colony within Two Years from this
date One person for Each fifty Acres otherwaise to pay Rights for the
same as Usual, And it is further Ordered that after the petitioner has
Chosen the said quantity of Land no other person presume to Enter for
the same until the Expiration of the said Two Years, but in Case the
petitioner shall not Import in that time the full Number of persons in-
tended, or purchase Rights for the Surpluss then this Grant to be Void.
November 27th 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Custis
William Byrd William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
John Grymes Thomas Lee Esq"
Mr John Mercer Attorney at Law making Humble Suit to this
Board to be Restored to the Liberty of practising at Prince William
County Court in Consideration of his having much Business of his Own
to Attend there and Several of his former Clients Requesting his As-
sistance in their business, It is the opinion of this Board and Accord-
ingly ordered that the said Mercer be Restored to his practice in the
said County he beheaving himself with that decency towards the Jus-
tices and Uprightness in his practice as becomes him, but if any Mis-
demeanor shall hereafter be proved against him that then he be Sus-
pended practising as an Attorney in that or any other Court in this
Dominion
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 433
On Reading this day at the Board a Representation from the In-
habitants of Lancaster County Complaining of the Inconvenient Scitua-
tion of their Court house which is Inaccessable to most of the In-
habitants Except by Water, and that too Under the disadvantage of
a very bad Landing and praying Relief therein, The Governor with
the Advice of the Council was pleased to Order as it is hereby Ordered
that the Justices of the said County do with all Convenient Speed cause
a New Court House to be Errected and built in the old field where the
General Muster of the Millitia in that County have been Usually Con-
vened and that when the same shall be so Erected the Monthly Courts
for the same County be thereafter held at that place
December 13th 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair William Dandridge
William Byrd John Custis
John Robinson William Randolph
John Grymes Philip Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
On the Application of John Tayloe Esqr in behalf of himself and
other Adventurers in Iron Mines praying leave to Import from Mary-
land some of the Iron, Oar of that province for the more Easy flux-
ing of the Oar in their Mines without being obliged to pay the Port
duties or other Fees Chargeable on Vessels Importing Goods and Mer-
chandize, It is Accordingly Ordered that the Naval Officers of the
Several Districts into which any Oar shall be Imported do not require
the port Duties or other Fees (except for a permit only) for any
Vessels Importing Iron Oar from Maryland for the Use of the Iron
Works here so as such Vessels do not Carry any other Goods or Mer-
chandizes
December 14th 1738
Present
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph
John Carter John Tayloe &
Philip Lightfoot Esq"
On Consideration of a dispute between Mr Charles Carter and
Mess" Harmer and King Merchants touching the Right to a Sum of
Money given to Doctor Jn° Tennent by the General Assembly and
Claimed by Each party as Creditors to the said Tennent, It is the
opinion of this Board that the most Equitable way is to divide the
Money between them if they will Acquiess in such a determination
434 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
December 19th 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
John Robinson Wm Randolph
John Carter John Tayloe &
Thomas Lee Esqrs
Ordered
That a New Commission of the Peace Issue for the County of
Princess Ann
Also a New Commission of the peace Issue for the County of
Orange with the Addition of the persons recommended for the said
Countys Respectively
Sundry Petitions for leave to take up His Majesties Lands were
read and granted as follows Viz1
To Thomas Gilliam One Thousand Acres in Brunswick County on
both sides Meherrin River joining to the Land of Henry Briggs
To George Waiting Fifteen Hundred Acres on Rattle-Snake in
Brunswick County
To David Walker One Thousand Acres in Prince George County
joining his own Land on Buckskin Creek and bounded by the Lines of
Robert Mount ford & Jos Stroud
To Richard Jones One Thousand Acres in Amelia County joining
the Land he now lives on, begining on his Lower line next the Sweet
house Branch
To Samuel Ridgway One thousand Acres in Goochland County
joining to Henry Cary, Anthony Sharoon and Jn° Paines Land on or
near Willis's Creek
To Samuel Cobbs Two Thousand Acres upon Camp Creek in
Amelia County
To Edward Broadnax fourteen hundred & fourteen Acres lying
on both sides Willis's Creek in Brunswick County
To Anthony Hoggat leave to Add four hundred Acres for the
Conveniency of Building A Valluable Mill to Six Hundred Acres Sur-
veyed for him and Joseph Dabbs on Appamattock River
To Robert Mountfort Two Thousand Acres on Finny Wood
begining at Mr Ravenscrofts Corner in the County of Brunswick joining
his own Survey
To James Mountford Four Thousand Acres on the South Side
Appamattock River Includeing the Lands he bought of Thomas Ellis,
Nicholas Overby, William Bowen John West, Richard Ally and to take
up all the Waste land joining on William Crawley and Laugh Flinns
line & to have an Inclusive patent for the Whole
To Nowel Burton Sixteen Hundred Acres in Goochland County
begining on Mr Henry Carys line on the North side Willis's Creek and
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 435
Extending thence to the lines of Digges and such other Courses as
makes up the Complement in One or two Surveys
To William Cannon and William Radford Two thousand Acres in
Goochland County joining on John Boiling
To John Boiling five thousand Acres in Brunswick County on
the Branches of falling River and Rack Island Creek in One or More
Surveys
To Peter Jefferson Two thousand Acres upon Davis's Creek be-
gining near the great pass that opens upon the Tent branch in one or
more Surveys in Goochland County
To Isham Randolph Twelve thousand Acres joining to the Twenty
Thousand Acres lately granted to William Randolph, John Harmer &
Walter King on the Branches of Rockfish and Tye Rivers in One or
more Surveys
To Ann Johnson Twelve hundred Acres Adjoining to the Lands
of Colo Merriwether and Love Statham in Hannover County
To William Randolph John Harmer & Walter King Twenty four
Thousand Acres begining at a Mountain Called the Wart to Run West
and North West Under the Blew Ridge of Mountains in One or more
Surveys
Ordered
That a New Commission of the peace Issue for the County of
King and Queen and that John Robinson be plac'd in his former Rank
next to Colo George Braxton and Mr Humpry Hill next after Mr Philip
Rootes
Ordered
That a New Commission of the peace Issue for the County of Mid-
dlesex and that Mr Richard Corbin be Ranked next after Mr Ralph
Wormely in the Quoram, that Mr Mountague be Next to the quoram
and Doctr John Mitchel Added to the said Commission
Ordered
That a New Commission Issue for the County of Lancaster and
that Mr Jesse Ball and Mr Richard Chichester be Added to the said
Commission
Luke Smith is appointed an Inspector at Shachoes Warehouse
December 21st 1738
Present
The Governor
Mr Comry Blair John Custis
William Byrd John Tayloe
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Grymes Thomas Lee Esq"
On Reading this day at the Board the Petition of Divers Merchants
& Traders Inhabitants of the Borough of Norfolk Representing that
the greatest part of their dependance and Support Arises from their
436 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Trade Caried on in Ships and other Vessels Entirely belonging to that
Town and that they are Under great Hardships by reason of the
Residence of the Custom House Officers on the North side James
River, whereby they are Under a Necessity to Employ Boats and Hands
to Repair to Hampton to Enter and Clear out their Vessels & even for
a Single permit to Export their Commodities from One District to
Another, And praying a Deputy may be Appointed to Reside in the
said Borough with power to Enter and Clear their Vessels and grant
them permits It is this day Ordered by the Governor in Council that
the Collector of the Lower District of James River do appoint a fit
person to Reside at the Borough of Norfolk to grant permits for the
Lading and Unlading all Ships and Vessels belonging to the said
Borough and to take bonds for the Dutys on Liquors Imported during
the present Winter Season and Until further Order be given therein
Upon a full hearing of the petitioners and the Officers of the said Dis-
trict in Council at the Next General Court
Whereas by an Act passed this Session of Assembly there is Vested
in the Feofees of the Town of York a Small parcel of Land lying on
the River Side to be Used as a Common for the said Town Upon pay-
ment of One Hundd Pounds Current Money to Mr Gwyn Reide which
is to be Raised by Taxing the Several proprietors of Land in the said
Town, And whereas part of the said Common hath been Appropriated
for Errecting a Fort and Batterry for the defence of the Road and Port
of the said Town, It is Ordered that the Sum of Twenty pounds being
proportionable to the Vallue of the Lands so Appropriated besides the
charge of passing the Act out of the Revenue of 2s per hhd be paid to
the Feoffees to Enable them to Satisfie the said Gwyn Reid in full
Satisfaction for the Land afforesaid pursuant to the Act of Assembly
Maurice Smith is Appointed an Inspector at Mantipike in the
Roome of James Fergusson who upon a Trial in the General Court is
found Unworthy to hold the said Office
The following Petitions for leave to take up His Majesties Lands
were Read and Granted Viz'
To Charles Lewis One Thousand Acres on Green Creek and Rock
fish River already Surveyed in Goochland County
To Christopher DeGraffenreid Two Thousand joining his Own
Land in Brunswick County
Exd by
Wil Robertson Cls Con
To Charles Lewis one thousand acres on Green Creek and Rock
Fish River already Surveyed in Goochland County
To Tscharner DeGraffendreit Two thousand Acres joining his own
Lands in Brunswick and Amelia Counties
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 437
April the 21 8t 1739
Present
The Governor
Mr Comissary Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
His Majestys' Approbation of an Act of Assembly passed in the
Year one thousand seven hundred and thirty six for confirming Titles
to certain Lands in the Northern Neck being Read was Ordered to be
Recorded in the Secretary's Office
Present
John Carter & John Tayloe Esq"
On Hearing this Day the Complaint of Charles Carter Esqr and
Thomas Turner against Arthur Strother one of the Inspectors of
Tobacco at Falmouth It is the Opinion of the Board that both the said
Strother and the other Inspector be removed for not Destroying Trash
Tobacco and for Strothers Selling Liquor at his Office
On the Motion of the Officers of his Majestys Revenue they are
impowered to Sign Rights to the Value of five hundred Pounds and the
Receiver General is to Issue them as usual
Ordered
That a New Commission of the Peace Issue for Orange County
May 1st 1739
Present
The Governor
Mr Commissary Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges William Randolph
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
The Board this Day taking into Consideration of Peter Leheup
Esqr for Expences in Sollicking and obtaining His Majesty's Approba-
tion of an Act of Assembly passed in the year 1736 for confirming
Titles for certain Lands in the Northern Neck Ordered That the Ac-
count be allowed
The Account of Contingent Charges and for Repairs of the Gov-
ernors House beinsr laid before the Board was Examined and allowed
438
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Ordered
That Samuel Baron be appointed to give Security for finishing the
Works and Fort now under his direction at Point Comfort before any
more Money be advanced to him and that the Clerk of the Council
take Bond of him for the performance thereof And that the Brick
Work is to be paid for after the Rate of Forty shillings per Thousand
At a Council held at the Capitol the 5th Day of May 1739
Present
The Governor
Mr Commissary Blair
William Byrd
John Robinson
John Carter
John Grymes
William Dandridge
John Custis
William Randolph
John Tayloe
Philip Light foot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
The following Warrants on the Receiver General to be paid out
of his Majestys Revenue of two Shillings per Hhd Port Duties and
Head Money were this Day Signed by the Governor
For half a Years Salary to the Governor £ 1000,,
For half a Years Salary to the Council 300,,
To the Judges and other Officers of the Court of
Oyer & Terminer 100,,
For half a Years Salary to the Auditor of the
Plantation
For half a Years Salary to the Sollicitor for Virginia
Affairs
For half a Years Salary to the Attorney General. . . .
For half a Years Salary to the Clerk of the Council . .
To the Ministers for attending one General Assembly
& one General Court
For half a Years Salary to the Armourer
For half a Years Salary to the Gunners of the Bat-
terys
To Repairs done to the Governors House
To the Contingent Charges 607,, 18
For half a Years Salary to the Adjutant 75„ —
50„—
50„—
35„—
50„-
22,—
6„—
23„10
50„ 7
On the Revenue of Quit Rents
For half a Years Salary to Mr Commissary Blair. . . . 50„-
For half a Years Salary to the Attorney General. . . . 35,,-
The Accounts of his Majestys Revenue of Quit rents and of two
Shillings per Hhd Port Duties were this Day produced in Council and
Examined by the Deputy Auditor and Sworn to by the Receiver Gen-
eral and were accordingly Certified by the Governor in the usual Man-
ner
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 439
Samuel Earle and John Colborn are Appointed Inspectors at Fal-
mouth Warehouse in the Room of the former Inspectors who were re-
moved for Neglect of their Duty.
At a Council held at the Capitol the 13th of June 1739
Present
The Governor
Mr Commissary Blair William Dandridge
William Byrd John Custis
John Robinson William Randolph
John Carter John Tayloe
John Grymes Philip Light foot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
Ordered
That the Sheriffs of the respective County's who have not ac-
counted for his Majestys Quit rents do attend the Officers of the
Revenue before the last Thursday in July next to pass their Accounts
Ordered
That William Mallory be appointed an Inspector at Hampton in
the Room of Mr Tebb who hath resigned
And that Thomas Laughton be appointed to Execute the Office of
an Inspector at Urbanna in the Absence of John Worsham
The Governor was pleased to Nominate the following persons
Sherifs for the respective Countys hereafter Mentioned Viz'
Essex Benjamin Winslow
Westmorland Wharton Ransdon
Caroline Head Lynch
Princess Ann John Wishart
King William Matt Mouray
Middlesex Ralph Wormeley
Accomack James Wishart
New Kent John Bacon
Northampton Joshua Mitchell
Prince William Francis Awbry
Amelia Charles Irby
Warwick Matthew Wallis
Charles City John Williams
Prince George William Hawk
Henrico John Nash
Surry Richard Cocke
Goochland George Carrington
Gloucester Henry Whiting
Orange Robert Green
King George Jesse Murdock
Spotsylvania Larkin Chew
Hanover James Skelton
440 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Ordered
That the General Assembly be prorogued 'till the day of
November next
On Reading at this Board the Petition of divers of the Vestry
men and others Inhabitants of the Parish of Sl Margerets in the
Countys of King William and Caroline Complaining of an irregular
Order of Vestry made in the said Parish the twenty fourth of April
last by seven Members of the said Vestry making Void a former Order
of the second of October preceeding where Ten Vestryman were
present for the building of a Church in the said Parish whereby the
Inhabitants of the same are like to be greatly oppressed It is Ordered
that the several Parties do attend this Board on the Tenth Day of the
next General Court in order to a full hearing of this matter and in
the mean Time all further proceedings towards erecting the said Church
be suspended which the Churchwardens and Vestrymen of the said
Parish are hereby required to take notice
Several Petitions for Land were Read and granted as follows,
Viz1
To Charles Fisher two thousand Acres of Land on Staunton River
high up Roanoke River beginning on Otter Creek on the South side
and running on both sides Staunton River.
To William Marrable two thousand Acres in Goochland County
beginning at a White Oak marked WM. on Hardway River about a
Mile above Benjamin Woodsons upper Entry and running thence up
the River on both sides thereof to compleat that Quantity
To William Eppes eight hundred Acres in Prince George County
beginning at his own Corner on the South side of Josephs Swamp thence
along his own Line to a place called Cottens Branch to the Fork thence
up the South Fork to Richard Carshleys line and his own Line includ-
ing two former Surveys one of one hundred and the other of one hun-
dred and seventy two Acres and to have an Inclusive Patent for the
whole
To Edward Cianton one thousand Acres of Land in Brunswick
County joining on the Lands of Henry Beddingfield including seven
hundred and sixty Acres already Patented and to have an Inclusive
Patent for the whole
To Thomas Harding one thousand three hundred Acres on both
sides Falling Creek off Buffelo River adjoining to Randolphs Lines
To Edward Thweat, Henry Thweat, and John Mitchell four thou-
sand Acres of Land in Brunswick County joining to Richard Stokes's
Lines on both sides Creek and on the Branches of Dry
Creek in one or more Surveys
To John Bagley nine hundred Acres on the South side of Boush
River joining on the Lines of Haskin and Randolph in Amelia County
To William Wynch & John Gannaway six thousand Acres begin-
ning at a White Oak on Vaughans Creek in Amelia County marked IG
thence up the said Creek and over the Ridges to the Branches of Cubb
Creek
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 441
To Thomas Dickson one thousand Acres including a former Sur-
vey of four hundred Acres beginning at a Corner Red Oak of John
Whitfields and his own Lines thence along Winkfields Line to a
Branch thence down the branch to a blazed Poplar thence to a blazed
White Oak in Col0 Robert Munfords Line where Martha Alexander
Lives thence along his Line to the Church Road and Round to the
Beginning
To John Goodwyn eight hundred Acres in Surry County begin-
ning on William Sanders's Line on Pidgeon Creek Swamp in the North
side thereof thence up the said Swamp to Benjamin Harrison Line
taking in all the Waste Lands between the said Lines for Compliment
including his Plantation where he now Lives being a survey of four
hundred and twenty five Acres and to have an Inclusive Patent for
the whole
To the Reverend John Ornsby two thousand Acres of Land the
one part upon the first Fork of the first Fork of Little Roanoke alias
Licking Hole beginning at the said Fork the other beginning at the
North West Corner of Cargills second Uppermost Survey on Staun-
ton River Running downwards along and off from that and the ad-
joining Lines for Compliment
At a Council held at the Capitol July the thirty first 1739
Present
The Governor
Cole Digges John Custis &
John Grymes Philip Lightfoot Esquires
The Account of his Majesty s Revenue of Quit Rents to this Time
being laid before the Board, Examined by the Auditor and Sworn to
by the Receiver General was Certified and Passed by the Governor in
Council as usual.
A Memorial of John Grymes Esqr to the Lords of the Treasury
being read and approved by the Board ordered to be sent to Mr Leheup
to be presented to their Lordships
Ordered
That a New Commission of the Peace do issue for the County of
Northumberland and that Traverse Colston Samuel Blackburn and
Robert Jones be added to the said Commission
Ordered
That a New Commission of the Peace do issue for Charles City
County and that Hardemento be left out and Samuel Har-
wood junr of Wyanoke Edward Eppes Benskin Marston and David
Stokes be added to the said Commission
The Governor was pleased to appoint John Tabb an Inspector at
the Public Warehouse at Hampton in the Room of Mr Kirby deceased.
and Hudson Allen be appointed Sherif of James City County
Matthew Juitt appointed Sherif for Northumberland County and
John How Sherif for Stafford County
442 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
At a Council held at the Capitol October 23 1739
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Grymes
William Byrd John Custis
Cole Digges John Tayloe
John Robinson Philip Lightfoot &
John Carter Thomas Lee Esquires
The Governor having been pleased to appoint Benjamin Needier
Gentleman to be Clerk of the Council in the room of William Robert-
son Esqr deceased he was admitted accordingly and the Oath of his
Office was administred to him
The Governor was pleased to Communicate to the Board his
Majesty's Instruction under his Roial Signet & Sign Manuel authoriz-
ing and impowering the Governor to grant Commissions of Marque
& Reprisal
Also a Letter from his Grace the Duke of New Castle Dated
June 15th 1739.
And a Letter from Sir Yelverton Peyton Commander of his
Majesty's Ship the Hector
Which being severally read and considered It is the Opinion &
Advice of the Board That a Proclamation Issue for apprehending Sea
Men belonging to his Majesty's Ships of War who shall be found
travelling without a Certificate of leave from their respective Com-
manders
The Governpr was pleased to appoint the Persons herein after
mentioned to be Sherifs of the following Counties viz
for
King William Augustine Moore
Princess Anne James Kemp
and also to appoint Coroners for these following Countys viz
for
Amelia Henry Anderson
Princess Anne Nathaniel Newton
Then the Governor acquainting the Board the [that] he designed
to appoint Mr William Gooch Naval Officer of York District in the
Room of William Robertson Esquire deceased He was approved of by
the Council
The Several Quantitys of Land herein after mentioned were
granted to the following Persons upon consideration of their respec-
tive Petitions paying Rights, to wit,
To Samuel Givens one thousand Acres in Orange County
To James Cathey One thousand Acres in the same County
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 443
Upon Consideration of the Petition of William Eaton setting forth
that he has Hazarded his life among the Catauba Indians by pressing
them to Execute some of their own People for a Murder committed
by them on the Fronties of this Colony who at his Instance were ac-
cordingly put to death & that he had been at Sundry Charges and great
Trouble in that Affair in which he was employed by the Government ;
and he having exhibited his Account which [with] his said Petition the
same was allowed And It is Ordered that the said Account be paid by the
Receiver General and that he be allowed the same in his Account of
contingent Charges
At a Council held at the Capitol Octr 28th 1739
Present
The Governor
James Blair John Grymes
Cole Digges John Custis
John Robinson John Tayloe
John Carter Philip Lightfoot &
Thomas Lee Esq"
William Byrd Esqr having obtained an Order of this Board the
11° Day of June 1735 to Survey 100,000 Acres of Land on both sides
the South Branch of Roanoke River between Birches Creek & the
Irvin in one or more distinct Tracts; settling thereon one Family for
each 1000 Acres within two Years from the last of October then
next: For which longer time was allowed him by two several Orders
of the third of November 1737 & twenty sixth of October 1738 And
the said William Byrd having this Day pref ered his Petition setting forth
several Matters which have prevented him hitherto from the said Land
Upon Consideration thereof Twelve Months time is allowed him from
this Day to settle the said Land according to the Terms of the said
first mentioned Order.
His Majestys approbation and Ratification of an Act of the
General Assembly of this Dominion To Dock the Entail of certain
Lands whereof Lewis Burwell Esquire is seised and for settling other
Lands and Slaves of greater Value to the same Uses being Read
Ordered That the same be Recorded in the Secretarys Office
The Petition and Complaint of John Colvil Gent against John
Mercer Gent being this Day heard and divers Witnesses examined
Whereupon It appearing That the said John Mercer has behaved him-
self very insolently to the Justices of the County Court of Prince Wil-
liam and excited the People to condemn them and their Authority It
is the Opinion of the Board & accordingly ordered that the said John
Mercer be forever disabled to Practice as an Attorney in the County
Court of Prince William and he is hereby disabled accordingly
The several Persons hereafter named were appointed Inspectors at
the following Public Warehouses viz1 at
444 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Pungoteague James Gibson & Smith
Pitts & Guilfords Ralph Justice & Jervice Pitts
Cherrystones & Hugers Edward Robins & John Kendall
Nailors John Dean & John Foard contd
Ordered that Col John Simmonds be Summoned to answer the
Petition of the Nottoway Indians
The several Quantitys of Land herein after mentioned were
granted to the following Persons upon Consideration of their respec-
tive Petitions Viz*
To John Robinson Esqr William Gooch the younger Esqr Henry
Robinson Thomas Lewis & Andrew Lewis 30,000 Acres in Orange
County lying to the South South West & North West of the Calves
Pasture heretofore granted to Edward Barradall & John Lewis
To William Rand 2000 Acres in Goochland on the upper side of
Shipsons Creek on the North side of James River & so running up to
include the said Number of Acres.
APPENDIX
Proclamations
[P. R. O., C. O. 5, Vol. 1319, No. 21 (IM)]
Virginia Ss
By His Maties Ll Governor & Commander
in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation
Whereas His most sacred Maty hath by His Royal Commis-
sion under His Signet and Sign Manual bearing date at St. James's
the third day of April 1722 in the Eighth year of His Reign con-
stituted and appointed me to be L* Governor of this His Colony
and Dominion and to execute & perform all and Singular the
powers & authorities contained in His Majesties Commission
granted to the R' Honble George Earl of Orkney His Maties L*
& Governor General of the said colony in case of the death or dur-
ing the absence of the said chief Governor now to the end that the
peace of this His Maties Dominion may be the better secured and
all proceedings at Law continued and that the ordinary course of
Justice may not be interrupted I have thought fit by and with the
advice of His Maties Council in this Colony in His Maties name
to publish and declare that all magistrates and officers both Civil
& Military do continue & remain in all and Singular their powers
authorities and Jurisdictions until further order be taken therein
Hereby requiring them to proceed in the Execution of the Several
duties and all His Maties Subjects within this Colony are to be
aiding and assisting to them therein and to yield all due obedience
to this proclamation. Given at the Council Chamber in Williams-
burgh the 27th day of September 1722 in the Ninth year of His
Maties Reign.
Hugh Drysdale
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1319, No. 21 ('") contd]
Virginia Ss
By His Maties L' Governor & Commander
in Chief of this Dominion
A proclamation declaring the General
Assembly to be dissolved.
Whereas it is the opinion of His Majesties Council that by
my arrival here and entring upon the administration of the Govern-
446 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
ment the General Assembly called by the Honoble Alexander Spots-
wood late His Maties L* Governor and Commander in Chief of this
Colony is dissolved : Therefore I Hugh Drysdale Esqr His Maties
L* Governor & Commander in Chief of the said Dominion do Sig-
nifie to all persons whatsoever that the said General Assembly of
this Dominion which was prorogued to the fifteenth day of No-
vember next is hereby declared to be dissolved of which I do re-
quire all persons to take notice and accordingly I do hereby dis-
charge all members of the said Assembly and other persons
whatsoever from attending thereupon — And forasmuch as I am
desirous upon all occasions for His Maties Service to have
the advice and assistance of a General Assembly I do there-
fore hereby publish and make known unto all His Maties good
and loving Subjects within this Dominion that I have given direc-
tions for issuing writts for a new assembly to begin and be holden
at his Maties Royal Capitol in the City of Williamsburgh on the
fifth day of December next. Given at the Council Chamber in
Williamsburgh the 16th day of October 1722 in the Ninth year of
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George.
Hugh Drysdale
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1319, No. 21 ('") contd]
Virginia Ss
By His Maties L* Governor & Commander
in Chief of this Dominion
A proclamation proroguing the General Assembly.
Whereas the General Assembly by my writts for Election of
Burgesses bearing date the 16th day of October last past is to meet
on the fifth day of December next And whereas I have advised
with His Maties Council and find no urgent occasion for the said
Assembly's meeting so soon I do therefore by virtue of the
powers and authorities derived to me by His Maties Royal
Commission by this proclamation in His Maties name pub-
lish and declare that I have prorogued the said Assembly and it
is hereby prorogued to thursday the ninth day of May next at
which time I do require every respective member that they fail
not to give their attendance accordingly. Given at the Council
Chamber in Williamsburgh this third day of November 1722 in
the Ninth year of His Maties Reign.
Hugh Drysdale
God Save the King
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 447
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1319, p. 341 or fo. 171]
Virginia Ss
By his Majestys Lieut Governor and
Comander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation prorogueing the General Assembly
Whereas the General Assembly sumoned to be held at the
Capitol the Fifth day of December 1722 and by Writt of proroga-
tion begun and holden on the ninth day of May last stands pro-
rogued to the 7th day of November next. And whereas I have ad-
vised with his Majesties Council and find no urgent Occasion for
the said Assemblys Meeting so soon I do therefore by virtue of
the powers and authorities derived to me by his Majesties Royal
Comission by this proclamation in his Majesties Name publish
and declare That I have prorogued the said assembly and it is
hereby prorogued to Thursday the Fifteenth day of May next at
which Time I do require every respective Member That they fail
not to give their Attendance accordingly. Given at the Council
Chamber in Williamsburgh the Nineteenth day of October 1723 in
the Tenth year of his Majesties Reign
Hugh Drysdale
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1319, p. 343 or fo. 172]
By his Majesties Lieut Govr and Comdr in Chief
of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
A Proclamation for publishing the Repeal of the Act of Assembly
past in 1722 Entituled an Act for amending the Act con-
cerning Servants and Slaves and for the better Gov-
ernment of Convicts imported and for the fur-
ther preventing the clandestine Trans-
portation of persons out of
this Colony.
Whereas all Laws Statutes and Ordinances made and past in
the General Assembly of this Dominion and according to the Con-
stitution of this Government by his Majestys Letters patents un-
der the Great Seal of Great Britain to be transmitted to his Maty
for his Royal Approbation or disallowance and such of the said
Laws Statutes and Ordinances as shall be thereupon disallowed or
disapproved and so signified by his Majesty under his sign manuel
and Signet or by Order in his privy Council and from thenceforth
to cease determine and become utterly void And whereas their
Excellencies the Lords Justices of Great Britain in Council have
been pleased to signifie their disapprobation & disallowance of one
Act passed in the year 1722 Entituled An Act for amending the
Act concerning Servants and Slaves and for the better Governm*
448 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
of Convicts imported and for the further preventing the Clandes-
tine Transportation of persons out of this Colony I do therefore
in pursuance thereof by this proclamation publish and declare that
the said Act of Assembly is repealed and utterly void and of none
Effect And for the more solemn signification thereof I do appoint
this proclamation to be read and published at the Courthouses of
the Several Counties within this Dominion and the Sheriffs are
to take care the same be done accordingly. Given at the Council
Chamber at Williamsburgh this 18th day of January 1723 In the
Tenth year of his Maties Reign
Hugh Drysdale
God Save the King
[On p. 411 of Vol. 1319 of C. O. 5 is a proclamation proroguing
the Assembly to Thursday, July 9, 1724. Its date is April 16,
1724. Its form is exactly similar to that of the proclamation of
October 19, 1723, given above. Hence it is not printed here.]
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1319, p. 411 or fo. 206]
By his Maties Lieut Govr & Comdr in Chief
of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
A Proclamation prohibiting the Exportation of
Indian Corn or Wheat
Whereas the Badness of the last years crop of corn and the
great Export already made thereof hath given Just apprehensions
of a scarcity if timely care be not taken to prevent the further
Exportation thereof I have therefore by and with the advice of
his Majesties Council thought fitt to issue this proclamation hereby
strictly prohibiting from and after the date hereof all maner of
persons to Export out of this Colony Either by Land or Water
any Indian corn or wheat or meal or Flower made of the same
until the First day of August next and for the more effectual pre-
vention of such Exportation contrary to the Intent and meaning
hereof I do hereby strictly charge and require the collectors and
Naval Officers that they do not until the said First day of
August Clear any Ship or Vessel which hath on board any
Such Indian Corn or Wheat Meal or Flower for Exportation
Hereby also requiring all persons within this Colony to take
Notice hereof and to conform themselves accordingly under
pain of suffering such punishments as may be justly inflicted on
them for their contempt in a matter so necessary for the Welfare
of his Maties Subjects here. Given at the Council Chamber in
Williamsburgh the Sixth day of May in the Tenth year of the
Reign of Our Sovereign Lord King George
Hugh Drysdale
God Save the King
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 449
[On p. 412 of Vol. 1319 of C. O. 5 is a proclamation dated June
10, 1724, proroguing the Assembly to Nov. 12, 1774. Its printing
seems to be superfluous as it also follows the form already given.
On p. 433 of the same volume is a proclamation dated October
17, 1724, further proroguing the Assembly to Jan. 14, 1724/25.]
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1319, p. 433]
By his Majesties Lieut Governr and Com' in
Chief of the Colony & Dominion of Virginia
A Proclamation for publishing the Repeal of the Act of
Assembly past in 1723 Intituled An Act for
Laying a Duty on Liquors and Slaves
Whereas all Laws Statutes and Ordinances made and past
in the General Assembly of this Dominion and according to the
Constitution of this Government by his Majesties Letters patents
under the Great Seal of Great Britain to be transmitted to his
Majesty for his Roial approbation or Disallowance and such of
the said Laws Statutes and Ordinances as shall be thereupon dis-
allowed or disapproved and so signified by his Majesty under his
Sign Manual and Signet or by Order in his privy Council are from
thenceforth to cease determine and become utterly void. And
whereas his Majesty by Order in his privy Council hath been
pleased to Signify his Disapprobation and disallowance of One
Act passed in the Year One Thousand Seven hundred Twenty
Three Entituled an Act for Laying a Duty on Liquors and slaves
I do therefore in pursuance thereof by this proclamation publish
and declare That the said Act of Assembly is Repealed and utterly
void and of none Effect and for the more solemn signification
thereof I do appoint this proclamation to be read and published at
the Courthouses of the Several Counties within this Dominion and
the sheriffs are to take care the same be done accordingly. Given
at the Council Chamber in Wm9burgh this Twenty Seventh day
of October 1724 in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of Our Sover-
eign Lord King George
Hugh Drysdale
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1319, p. 435]
By his Majesties Lieut Govr & Comdr in Chief
of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
A Proclamation prohibiting the Exportation of Indian
Corn or Meal made of the same and pease
Whereas the support of many of the meaner sort of People
as well as of the Servants and Slaves within this Colony doth de-
450 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
pend upon the produce of the crops of Indian corn and pease Of
which great Part hath been damaged and Spoiled by the Violence
of the late Storms and a long continuance of unseasonable weather
and it being therefore necessary for the better Supplying the
Wants of the Inhabitants to prevent the Exportation of such Kind
of Grain I Have by and with the Advice of His Majesties Council
thought fitt to Issue this proclamation hereby Strictly prohibiting
from and after the First day of November next ensuing the date
hereof all maner of persons to Export out of this Colony Either
by Land or Water any Indian Corn or Meal made of the Same
or any kind of pease until the Twenty Fifth day of April which
shall be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred
and Twenty Five and for the more Effectual prevention of Such
Exportation contrary to the Intent and meaning hereof I do hereby
strictly charge and require the Collectors and Naval Officers That
they do not until the said Twenty fifth day of Aprill clear any
Ship or Vessell which hath on board any such Indian Corn Meal
or pease for Exportation hereby also requiring all persons within
this Colony to take Notice hereof and to conform themselves ac-
cordingly under pain of Suffering such punishments as may be
Justly inflicted on them for their Contempt in a matter so neces-
sary for the Welfare of his Majesties subjects here. Given at the
Council Chamber in Wmsburgh the Twenty Seventh day of October
1724 in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord
King George
Hugh Drysdale
God Save the King
[On p. 436 of Vol. 1319 is a proclamation dated December 9,
1724, for a further prorogation of the Assembly to May 13, 1725.]
[On pp. 459-462 of Vol. 1319 are duplicates of the proclamations
of October 17 and 27, 1924, a memorandum of the proclamation of
December 9, 1724 — proroguing the Assembly to May 13, 1725 — and
then the following memorandum : 19th April 1725 A Proclamation
issued (as before) proroguing the General Assembly to Thursday
the Eighth day of July 1725.
On p. 157 of Vol. 1320 is a proclamation dated June 10, 1725,
proroguing the Assembly to November 18, 1725.]
Virginia S8
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1320. p. 157]
By his Majestys L* Govr and Comdr
in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation for Apprehending Henry Irby
John Dennet & Palister Bowles
Whereas Henry Irby late of the County of Charles City
Labourer being Comitted to the Goal of that County for Felony
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 451
hath Since broke prison and fled from Justice and John Dennet
late of the County of New Kent Labourer being also Comitted to
the Goal of that County for Felony hath in like maner made his
Escape Against both which persons Bills of Indictment for the
Felonies aforesaid have been found by the Grand jury for the Body
of this Colony And Whereas Palister Bowles of the County of
James City Labourer being an Accomplice with the said Irby and
Dennet apprehending himself in Danger of a Legal prosecution
hath also absconded from the place of his habitation and together
with the said Dennit and Irby been seen upon the Borders of this
Colony toward North Carolina For the more Effectual bringing
the Said Offenders to Condign punishment I have thought fit by
and with the Advice of his Majestys Council to Issue this procla-
mation Hereby in his Majestys Name Strictly charging and re-
quiring all his Majestys Officers Civil and Military as well within
the Frontier Counties bordering on Carolina as within any other
County to which this proclamation shall come and whether the
said Offenders or either of them may hereafter happen to resort
that they use their Utmost diligence to discover apprehend and
secure the said Henry Irby John Dennet and Palister Bowles and
them or either of them having So taken Safely to Convey to the
publick Goal at Williamsburgh And for the more Effectual ap-
prehending and Securing the Said Offenders I do hereby require
and Comand all his Majestys Officers and Especially the Sherifs
of ye respective Counties upon discovery of the said Offenders to
raise and take with them such power of the County as they shall
think sufficient and therewith to pursue the said Offenders and
every of them hereby Certifying all such as shall Neglect their
Duty herein or shall refuse to be aiding and assisting when there-
unto required for apprehending and Securing the said Offenders
That I will give Directions for prosecuting them with the utmost
Severity And to the End the Said Offenders may be more Effectu-
ally discovered by the following Description of their persons tho'
they should pass under other Names The said Henry Irby is a
Man of Middle Stature, of a dark brown Complexion and wears a
Wigg and is about Six and Twenty Years of age John Dennit is
a Young Fellow about Twenty Three Years of age Tall and Slen-
der of a Sallow Complexion and wears a Wigg And Palister
Bowles is about Thirty Five Years of Age of a low stature well
sett a pale Complexion and has dark brown hair And for the
Encouragement of Such as shall apprehend and secure any of the
Said Offenders so as they be brought to Justice I do hereby with
the Advice aforesaid promise a Reward of Twenty pounds Cur-
rant Mony for Each of the persons aforenamed to be paid to the
person or persons that shall apprehend and secure them or either
of them Imediately upon their respective Comitments to the pub-
lick Goal at Wmsburgh And I do appoint this proclamation to
be read and published at all Churches Chappells and Court houses
452 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
and that the Sherrifs of the several Counties do take Care the
Same be done accordingly Given at the Council Chamber in Wil-
liam sburgh the Tenth day of June 1725 In the Eleventh Year of
the Reign of Our Soverain Lord King George
Hugh Drysdale
God Save the King
[On p. 161 of Vol. 1320 of C. O. 5 is a proclamation dated
October 19, 1725, proroguing the Assembly to May 12, 1726. On
p. 317 of the same volume is a proclamation dated February 1,
1726/27, proroguing the Assembly to May 11, 1727. On p. 317 of
the same volume is a proclamation dated April 21, 1721, proroguing
the Assembly to September 6, 1727.]
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1320, p. 319]
Virginia Ss
By the president and Comander in Chief
of this Dominion
A Proclamation for a Fast
Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God for the punishment
of Our Sins to afflict this Colony with a long and violent Sickness
and Grievous Mortality and to the End all persons may be Excited
to a speedy Repentance that So the Almighty may be moved to
avert his Judgments I have thought fitt by and with the Advice
and Consent of the Council to appoint That Wednesday the Tenth
day of May next be observed and kept throughout this Colony and
Dominion as a Day of public Fasting and Humiliation hereby in
his Majestys Name requiring and Comanding all his Majestys
Subjects That laying aside all Secular Employment and Bodily
Labour they Religiously attend Divine Service at their respective
Churches and Chappels And I do require the Ministers of the re-
spective parishes That on the Said Day they preach sermons Suit-
able to the Occasion And that in all Churches and Chappels where
there are no Ministers Divine Service and a proper Homily be
read by the Clerk or Reader And I do further comand and re-
quire all persons whatsoever to Observe and keep the said Day of
Fasting and Humiliation with all due Devotion as they tender the
Favour of Almighty God and on pain of suffering such punish-
ments as may be Justly Inflicted on them for their Neglect of so
Religious and Necessary a Duty hereby Comanding the Sherifs
of the respective Counties to Cause this Proclamation to be read
and Published in all Churches and Chappels within this Dominion
Given at the Council Chamber in Williamsburgh the Twenty First
Day of April 1727 In the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of our
Soverain Lord King George
Robert Carter
God Save the King
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 453
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1320, p. 321 or fo. 161]
Virginia Ss
By the President and Comander in Chief
of this Dominion
A Proclamation for apprehending John Prowse
Whereas Information hath been given to me that John Prowse
late of the County of Hanover being some time about the Month
of November last past at a Horse race on Maherine River did then
and there assault a Saponie Indian and the said Indian did so
grievously Scorch and burn by Setting Fire to his Cloaths while
he was asleep that of the said Burning and other Injuries then
received from the said prowse the Said Indian in a few days there-
after died To the End therefore the said prowse may be brought
to Just punishment for the Crime aforesaid I have thought fitt by
and with the Advice of his Majestys Council to Issue this proclama-
tion hereby in his Majesty's Name Commanding & requiring all
his Majesty's Officers Civil and Military and all other his Maj-
esty's Subjects within this Dominion to make diligent Search after
the Said John Prowse and him having found to apprehend and
Secure and safely to Convey or Cause to be Convey'd by the sherif
of the County where he shall be so apprehended unto the publick
Goal at Williamsburgh And I do hereby promise a Reward of
Ten Pounds Current Money to any person or persons who shall
apprehend the Said prowse to be paid upon his Comitment to
the Said public Goal And I do appoint this proclamation to be
read and published by the Sherifs in their respective Counties
Given at the Council Chamber in Williamsburgh the Twenty Sixth
day of April 1727 In the Thirteenth Year of his Majestys Reign
Robert Carter
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1322, p. 44]
By the honble William Gooch Esqr Lieutenant Governor
and Comander in Chief of the Colony and
Dominion of Virginia
A Proclamation
Whereas his present Majesty our Sovereign Lord George the
second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland
King Defender of the Faith &c hath been pleased to issue a procla-
mation declaring his Majestys pleasure for Continuing the officers
in his Majestys plantations till his Majestys pleasure shall be
Further Signified in these words
"George R
Whereas by one act of parliament in the sixth year of the
"late Queen Anne of blessed memory Intituled an Act for the Se-
curity of her Majestys person and Government and of the Sue-
454 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
cession to the Crown of Great Britain in the protestant line It
was Enacted (amongst other things) that no office place or Em-
ployment Civil or military within any of her said late Majestys
plantations should become Void by reason of the demise or death
of her said late Majesty her heirs or successors Kings or Queens
of this Realm, but that the person and persons in any of the
Offices places or Employments aforesaid should Continue in their
respective offices places and Employments for the space of six
months next after such death or demise unless sooner removed and
discharged by the next in succession to whom the Crown of this
Realm should come remain and be according to the Several Acts
of parliament for Limitting and settling the succession of the
Crown as by the Said recited act may appear And in regard it
may happen that our pleasure may not Within the said time be
declared touching the Said Offices places and Employments in
our Forreign plantations which will at the end of the said six
months become Voide We for preventing the Inconveniences
that may happen thereby in our princely Wisdom and Care of the
state reserving to our Judgment hereafter the Reformation and
(redress of any abuses in the Execution of any such Offices places
and Employments upon due knowledge and Examination thereof)
have thought fit with the advice of our privy Council to issue this
Roial proclamation and do hereby order Signifie and declare that
all persons that at the time of the decease of our late Royal Father
King George the first of Glorious Memory were duely and Law-
fully possessed of or Invested in any office place or Employment
Civil or Military in any of our plantations and which have not since
been removed from Such their Offices places or Employments
shall be and shall hold themselves Continued in the said Offices-
places and Employments as Formerly they held and Enjoyed the
same untill our pleasure be Further known or other provision be
made pursuant to the Comission and Instructions of our said Late
Royal Father to his Governors and Officers of the plantations
aforesaid and that in the mean time for the preservation of the
peace and Necessary proceedings in matters of Justice and for the
Safety and Service of the State all the said persons of whatsoever
degree or Condition do not fail every one Severally according to
his place office or Charge to proceed in the performance of and
Execution of all duties thereunto belonging as Formerly apper-
tained unto them during the life of our said late Roial Father And
Further we do hereby Will and Comand all and Singular Sub-
jects in the said plantation of what Estate or Degree they or any
of them be to be aiding helping & assisting at the Comandment
of the said Officers in the performance and Execution of the said
offices & places as they tender our displeasure and will answer
the Contrary at their utmost perils Given at our Court at St
Jamess the Fifth day of July 1727 In the First Year of our Reign.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 455
I have thought fit with the advice of his Majesties Council of
this Dominion to publish the said proclamation throughout this
Colony To the end the same may be made known to all his Maj-
esty's Subjects residing therein and that all due obedience may
be given thereto. Given at the Council Chamber in Williamsburgh
the Fourteenth day of December In the First Year of his Majesty's
Reign
. . William Gooch
God Save the Kins:
Virginia S3
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1321, p. 97 or fo. 48]
By his Majestys Lieut Governor and
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation prohibiting the Entertainment of Sailors
belonging to his Majestys Ships of War and
preventing the Desertion of such Sailors
Whereas The Safety of the Trade of this Dominion requires
that his Majestys Ships of War appointed for the protection thereof
be kept Compleatly mann'd And Whereas divers Evil disposed
persons do not only frequently Seduce the Sailors in his Majestys
pay to depart the Service and take Employment in the Trading
Ships and Vessels And many of the said Sailors are tempted to
desert by the Entertainment and reception they meet with in di-
verse disorderly houses on shore in Violation of the Laws made
to prevent such practices for the better putting a Stop to these
Evil practices I have thought fit by and with the advice and Con-
sent of his Majestys Council to Issue this proclamation in his
Majestys Name hereby Strictly charging and requiring all Masters
of ships and Vessels Trading within the Colony that they do not
upon any pretence whatsoever presume to hire receive or Enter-
tain any Sailor whatsoever which shall not have a sufficient dis-
charge on pain of suffering such prosecution and penaltys as by
the Laws now in Force are inflicted on such offenders And I do
hereby further command and require all Ordinary keepers and
other persons that they do not receive harbour or Entertain in
their houses any Sailor belonging to any of his Majestys ships of
war without the Licence or permission of the Captain or Com-
manders of the Ships to which they respectively belong And to
the end such Sailors as may attempt to desert his Majestys Service
may be the better detected and Secured and such persons as har-
bour and protect them more Effectually punished I do hereby Strict-
ly charge & require all his Majestys Officers Civil and Military And
all other his Majestys Loving Subjects within this Dominion to
apprehend Examine and Secure all such Seamen as they shall find
travelling about the Country and who cannot give a good account
456 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
of themselves or of their being Employed in Lawfull Business and
to cause such Seamen to be conveyed to the Ship to which they or
any of them belong according to the directions of the Act of As-
sembly prohibiting Seamen being harboured & Entertained on
Shore hereby promising that the rewards given by the said Act
for taking up & Conveying such Seamen shall be duly answered
& paid And I do further Command the several persons deputed
to prosecute for the King in the respectve Countys within this
Dominion that they duly prosecute all such persons as shall be
found to have Offended in any of the premisses And that none
may pretend Ignorance hereof I do appoint this proclamation to
be read and published by the Sherifs at the Court houses of
their respective Countys and to cause Copys hereof to be afhxed
at such places therein where the greatest Number of ships usually
ride Given at the Council Chamber in Williamsburgh the Seven-
teenth day of April 1728 In the first Year of his Majestys Reign
William Gooch
God Save the King
Virginia Ss
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1321, folio 49]
By his Majestys Lieut Governor &
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation for prohibiting the Exportation of
Grain Flower and Meal
Whereas the Scarcity of Corn in diverse parts of this Colony
hath already raised the same to an Excessive price and a much
greater Dearth and scarcity may be fear'd if timely care be not
taken to prevent the Exportation thereof I have therefore thought
fit by and with the advice and consent of his Majestys Council to
Issue this proclamation hereby in his Majestys Name Strictly
forbiding and prohibiting all persons whatsoever to Export out
of this Dominion from and after the date hereof any Wheat Indian
Corn pease or other Grain whatsoever or Flower or Meal made
of the same until further directions be given therein by proclama-
tion on pain of Forfeiture of double the value of all such Wheat
Corn pease or other Grain Flower or Meal which shall be Laden
or put on board any Ship or Vessel in Order for Exportation dur-
ing the Continuance of this prohibition as by an Act made last
Session of Assembly Entituled an Act for prohibiting the Exporta-
tion of Grain in times of Scarcity is Enacted & declared And I
do further in pursuance of the said Act require the Naval Officers
& other Officers of his Majestys Customs in the Several ports or
Districts within this Dominion to seize and Secure all such wheat
Indian Corn pease or other Grain which at any Time during the
Continuance of this prohibition shall be laden or put on board any
Ship or Vessel for Exportation Excepting as in the said Act is
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 457
Excepted And I do appoint this proclamation to be read and
published at the Court houses of the Several Countys And in all
Churches and Chappels within this Dominion And that the Sherifs
Of the Several Countys take Care the same be done accordingly
Given at the Council Chamber at Williamsburgh this Twenty
Seventh day of April 1728 In the first Year of his Majestys Reign
William Gooch
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1321, p. 101 or fo. 50]
Virginia Ss
By his Majestys Lieut Governor and Commander
in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation for a Fast
Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God in a very Surprizing
and unusual manner to Overspread this Dominion with vast Multi-
tudes of Catterpillars which Threaten Destruction to the fruits of
the Earth and which we have just cause to fear are brought upon
us as a punishment for our many Sins & Impieties And foras-
much as a Sincere and unfeigned Repentance with a speedy Appli-
cation to the Throne of Grace will be the surest Means to avert
the Impending Judgment I have therefore thought fit by and with
the advice and Consent of his Majestys Council And do by this
proclamation Strictly charge and Command that a day of General
and publick Fasting & humiliation for the purposses aforesd be
strictly kept and observed throughout this Dominion on Friday
the seventeenth day of May next and for the better Solemnizing
the same I do hereby require the Ministers of the respective par-
ishes to preach Sermons Suitable to the Occasion and that in all
Churches and Chappels having no Minister Divine Service and a
proper homily be read by the Clerk or Reader And I do Strictly
charge and Command that the said day of Fasting and humiliation
be religiously Observed by all his Majestys Loving Subjects
throughout this Dominion as they tender the Favour of almighty
God and on pain of suffering such punishment as may be justly
inflicted for the Contempt or Neglect of so Religious and Neces-
sary a Duty And I do appoint this proclamation to be read &
Published in all Churches and Chappels within this Dominion And
that the Sherifs of the respective Countys take Care for the timely
dispersing thereof Given at the Council Chamber in Williams-
burgh this Twenty Seventh day of April 1728 In the first Year
of Matys Reign
William Gooch
God Save the King
458 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1321, p. 229 or fo. 114]
Virginia Ss
By his Majestys Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation permitting the Exportation of
Wheat and Flower
Whereas the present happy prospect of a plentifull Crop of
Indian Corn and other Grain which in a short time will be ready
to Supply the wants of the people Makes it unnecessary any longer
to continue the Restraint on the Exportation of Wheat whereof a
greater Quantity hath been produced than the Necessitys of the
Colony require I have therefore thought fit by and with the advice
and consent of his Majestys Council to publish and Declare that
from and after the issuing of this proclamation all Merchants and
others have hereby Free Liberty and permission to Ship Lade and
Export Wheat and Flower made thereof from any port or place
of this Dominion in the same manner as they might have done
before the late prohibition was laid which said prohibition is Never-
theless to continue in Force as to all the other kinds of Grain therein
mentioned untill further Order be given therein And to the end
the Liberty hereby allowed may be speedily made known I do ap-
point and direct the sherifs of the respective Counties to cause this
proclamation to be read' and published at the Court houses and in
all Churches and Chappells in their said Several Counties and also
to give immediate Notice hereof to the Officers of. the Customs in
the Counties where any such shall be resident Given at Williams-
burgh this Twentieth day of September One Thousand seven hun-
dred and Twenty Eight In the second year of his Majestys Reign
William Gooch
God Save the King
[On p. 229 of Vol. 1321 of C. O. 5 is a proclamation dated
October 24, 1728, proroguing the Assembly to May 15, 1729.]
By his Majestys Lieutenant Governor and Commander in
Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
A Proclamation permitting the Exportation of
Corn and other Grain
Whereas by proclamation bearing date the Twenty Seventh
day of April last the Exportation of Corn and other Grain was
prohibited upon the apparent Scarcity thereof to supply the wants
of the Inhabitants since which it has pleased God of his Goodness
by the continuance of Seasonable weather to bless the Fruits of the
Earth with their wonted Increase so as there seems no Occasion
to continue the said prohibition I have therefore thought fit by
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 459
and with the advice of the Council hereby to declare that all Mer-
chants and others have from hence forth full Liberty to Export
out of this Dominion Indian Corn or any other kind of Grain
whatsoever or Meal or Flower made of the same in like manner
as they might have done before the said former proclamation
was issued of which the Officers of his Majestys Customs and
all others concerned are hereby required to take Notice And for
the more speedy Signification hereof I do appoint this proclamation
to be published by the Sheriffs of the respective Countys within
this Colony. Given at the Council Chamber in Williamsburgh the
Second day of November one Thousand seven hundred and Twen-
ty Eight In the second year of his Majestys Reign
William Gooch
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1322, pp. 41, 42]
By his Majesties Lieutenant Governor and Commander
in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
A Proclamation for a day of Fasting & humiliation
Whereas This Colony hath for these Two years past been
Threatned with an unusuall multitude of Catterpillars and now
again in a more Surprizing manner by the Vicible increase of
those Distructive Insects to the apparent hazard of the Fruits of
the Earth Which Impending Calamity can only be averted by that
almighty power Who it is Justly to be feared has sent the same
for the punishment of an offending people. I therefore Seriously
Considering that such publick Calamities call for a speedy repent-
ance of our Sins and a fervent application to the Throne of Grace
for Imploaring allmighty God to turn from us this Threatning Judg-
ment have thought fit by and with the advice of his Majestys
Council to order and appoint that Friday the Twenty Fifth of this
present month of april be kept and observed throughout this
Colony as a day of publick Fasting and humiliation for the pur-
poses aforesaid And for the more Solemn observation of the said
Fast I do further order and direct that in all parishes Within this
Colony where there are Ministers Divine Service be performed
and prayers herewith Sent used which the Sherifs of the Several
County's are required forthwith to transmit to the said Ministers
and that Sermons Suitable to the Solemnity of the day be preached
by such ministers respectively and that in all other Churches and
Chappells where there are no ministers the service be performed
and a proper homily read by the Clerks or readers hereby Strictly
Charging and requiring all his majestys good Subjects that abstain-
ing from all Servile and bodily Labour they repair to the respective
Churches and Chappells and religiously observe the said day of
Fasting with a becoming Devotion as they tender the Favor of
460 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
almighty God and on pain of suffering such punishment as may
Justly be inflicted on them for their Neglect of So religious and
Necessary a duty And I do appoint this proclamation to be read
and published in all Churches and Chappells within this Colony
and that the sherifs of the respective Counties take care the Same
be done in Convenient Time. Given at the Council Chamber in
Williamsburgh the First day of April One Thousand Seven hun-
dred and twenty Nine In the second Year of his Majestys Reign.
William Gooch
God Save the King
[On p. 43 of Vol. 1322 of C. O. 5 is a proclamation dated April
19, 1729, proroguing the Assembly to November 20, 1729.]
[On pp. 143-148 of Vol. 1322, of C. O. 5 are four proclamations.
The first two are duplicates of the proclamations of April 1 and
19, 1729. The next is dated October 22, 1729, proroguing the As-
sembly to February 12, 1729/30. The next is dated January 24,
1729/30, and prorogues the Assembly to May 21, 1730. This
omits the words found in almost all proclamations of prorogation
"have advised with his Majesty's Council" and reads merely
"Whereas I find no urgent." This shows that the governor did
not always think it necessary to consult the Council on a question
of prorogation.]
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1322, p. 149]
Virginia Ss
By his Majestys Lieutenant Governor and
Comander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation for publishing the Repeal of the act of Assembly
past in One Thousand Seven hundred and five Intituled an
Act declaring how long Judgments Bonds obligations
and accounts shall be in force for the assignment of
Bonds and Obligations directing what proof
shall be Sufficient in Such Cases and asser-
taining the Damage upon protested
Bills of Exchange
Whereas all Laws Statutes and ordinances made and past in
the General Assembly of this Dominion are According to the Con-
stitution of this Government by Letters patents under the Great
Seal of Great Britain to be transmitted to his Majesty for his
Roial Approbation or disallowance and Such of the said Laws Stat-
utes and ordinances as shall be thereupon disallowed or disap-
proved and So Signified by his Majesty under his Sign Manual
and Signet or by order in his privy Council are from henceforth to
Cease Determine and become utterly void And whereas the
Queens most Excellent Majesty Guardian of the Kingdom of Great
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 461
Britain and his Majesty's Lieutenant within the Same by Advice
of his Majesty's privy Council hath been pleased to Signify her
disapprobation and disallowance of one Act passed in the year One
Thousand Seven hundred and five Intituled an Act declaring how
long Judgments Bonds Obligations and accounts shall be in force
for the assignment of Bonds and Obligations directing what proof
shall be Sufficient in Such Cases and Assertaining the Damage
upon protested Bills of Exchange I do therefore in pursuance of
her Majesties Roial Comands by this proclamation publish and
declare that the said Act According to her Majestys pleasure is re-
pealed and utterly Void and of none Effect And for the more
solemn Signification of her Majestys pleasure herein I do appoint
this proclamation to be Read and published at the Court houses
of the several Countys within this Dominion and the Sherifs are
to take Care the same be done accordingly Given at the Council
Chamber in Williamsburgh this Fifteenth day of April One Thou-
sand Seven hundred and Thirty in the Third year of his Majestys
Reign
William Gooch
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1322, p. 151]
Virginia Ss
By his Majestys Lieutenant Governor and
Comander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation Notifying the peace and Cessation
of hostilities between his Majesty and the
King of Spain
Whereas I have received his Majestys Comand to make known
to all his good Subjects of this Colony that a Treaty of peace is
happily Concluded between his Majesty and the most Christian
King of the one part and the King of Spain on the other to which
the State General of the united provinces have since acceeded and
that in Consequence of the said Treaty all acts of hostilities are to
Cease on the one part and the other and all prizes which have
been taken on either Side since the Arrival of the King of Spains
orders for a Cessation of arms at Cartagena the 11/22 of June One
Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Eight are to be punctually
Restored upon application to the Governors of the respective places
to which Such prizes were Carried or in default thereof the Just
Value of the said prizes and their Cargoes at the time when they
were taken and Reparation according to Justice also given for
any further Damage Occasioned by the Detention thereof till the
time of their being delivered up Excepting seizures made on ac-
count of Illegal Trade in the places and Limitts prohibited by the
Laws and the Treatys of peace and Commerce I have therefore in
462 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Obedience to his Majestys Comands Thought fitt to issue this
proclamation hereby in his Majestys Name Charging and requir-
ing all officers and other his Majestys Subjects within this Colony
that they forbear all Acts of hostilities against the Subjects of
the King of Spain their Ships Vessells or Effects And to the End
his Majestys subjects [in] this Colony whose Vessells or Effects
have been taken by any of the Subjects of Spain Since the said
11/22 of June One Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Eight
may be the better .enabled to Seek and obtain Reparation for the
loss and Damages sustained thereby I do hereby Notify and make
known that an Authentic copy of the Schedule Sent by the King
of spain to the Viceroyes of Peru and New Spain and other the
Governors and Officers of the Spanish Dominions of America for
the purposes aforementioned is now in my hands of which any of
his Majestys Subjects having Occasion to make use thereof in any
of the Spanish Governments in the West Indies may be furnished
with attested Transcripts and for the better Notification of this
his Majestys pleasure I do hereby order and require the Sherifs of
the several Counties to Cause publication hereof to be made at
their respective Court houses. Given at the Council Chamber in
Williamsburg the Twenty Ninth day of May One Thousand Seven
hundred and Thirty In the Third year of his Majestys Reign
William Gooch
God Save the King
[On p. 405 of Vol. 1322 of C. O. 5 is a proclamation dated
October 28, 1730, proroguing the Assembly to May 20, 1731.]
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1322, p. 405]
Virginia Ss
By his Majesties Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation for preventing the unlawful Meetings and
Combinations of Negro's and other Slaves
Whereas by an Act made at a General Assembly begun and
held at the Capitol the Ninth day of May one Thousand Seven
hundred and Twenty three Entituled an Act directing the Tryal
of Slaves committing Capital Crimes and for the more Effectual
punishing Conspiracies & Insurrections of them and for the better
Government of Negro's Mulatto's and Indians Bond or Free di-
verse prudent and usefull Regulations are Established for pre-
venting the Meetings of Slaves at other plantations than those to
which they belong and for punishing as well such as shall assemble
together in Unusual Numbers as the persons who shall suffer or
permit such Meetings Notwithstanding whereof great Numbers
of Negro's and other Slaves have of late not only been suffered
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 463
to assemble But diverse wicked Conspiracies have been framed
amongst them to the Manifest endangering the publick peace of
the Government and the lives and properties of his Majesties Sub-
jects For preventing the like for the Future I have thought fit by
and with the advice of his Majesties Council to issue this proclama-
tion hereby in his Majesties Name requiring all Justices of the
peace Sherifs Constables and other Officers diligently to put in
Execution the several powers and Authorities to them given by the
aforementioned Act of assembly for dispersing all unusual and
Unlawful Meetings of Slaves and bringing the Offenders to Speedy
and Exemplary punishment And the said Justices of the peace in
their respective County Courts are hereby Strictly enjoined to
give in Charge to the Grand Jurys to enquire of and present all
persons who either by Connivance encourage or by Negligence
Suffer any such unlawfull Assemblys of Slaves at their plantations
or who knowing of such unlawfull Meetings Neglect to suppress the
same and to cause the penalties inflicted by Law to be duly levyed
on the Offenders And whereas Notwithstanding the plain and pos-
sitive Directions for publishing the aforementioned Act of As-
sembly And one other Act made in the year one Thousand seven
hundred and five Entituled an Act concerning Servants and slaves
at certain times of the Year by the Sherifs at the County Courts
and by Ministers and Readers at their respective Churches and
Chappells Yet the same hath been greatly neglected in Sundry
places of the Country whereby it is probable the slaves have taken
Occasion to meet together with greater boldness imagining the said
Laws were no longer Subsisting I Do therefore with the advice
aforesaid hereby strictly charge and Command all persons whose
Duty it is to cause the said Laws to be duly read and published
according to the Directions therein contained that none may pre-
tend ignorance of what is enjoined them thereby And I Do further
require that the Grand Jurys in the respective Counties be directed
by the Justice to present all persons that have or hereafter shall
Neglect their Duty in the reading and publication of the said
several Acts of Assembly or the Churchwardens neglecting to pro-
cure Copies thereof in Order to such publication And forasmuch
as by one Act made at a General Assembly begun and held the
First day of February One Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty-
Seven Intituled an Act for making more Effectual provision against
Invasions and Insurrections It is amongst other things Enacted
that for preventing the Danger which may happen to the Inhab-
itants by the unlawfull Concourse of Negro's during the Christmas
Easter and Whitsuntide holydays the County Lieutenant or other
Commanding officer of the Militia in every County Be and they
are hereby impowered to appoint and direct such and so many of
the Militia in the respective Counties as such Commanding Officer
shall think fit to patrol in such places as shall be Directed and cause
the same to be relieved from time to time for dispersing all un-
464 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
lawful Concourse of Negro's and other slaves I have in pursuance
of the said Act with the advice aforesaid thought fit to direct the
County Lieutenant or other Commanding Officer of the Militia
in the respective Counties That not only during the said holydays
but at such other times as they shall find Occasion they do ap-
point sufficient parties of the Militia to patrol in the several pre-
cincts of their said Counties for the purposes in the said Act men-
tioned And for further preventing the Dangers which may happen
from the Secret Combinations of Negro's or other slaves I do here-
by Order and Direct that as well all persons serving in the Militia
as all Overseers having Arms Do at such time as they repair to
their Several Churches or Chappells constantly appear with their
Arms and the Officers of the Militia are required to take Care the
same be done accordingly until they shall receive my further
Orders therein And I Do appoint this proclamation To be read and
published by the sherifs at the respective County Courts and by
the Ministers or Readers of all Churches & Chappells within this
Dominion Given at the Council Chamber in Williamsburgh the
Twenty Eighth day of October One Thousand seven hundred and
Thirty in the Fourth Year of his Majesties Reign.
William Gooch
God Save the King
[On p. 407 of Vol. 1322 is a proclamation dated May 6, 1731,
proroguing the Assembly to June 24, 1731, and following this is
a proclamation dated June 10, 1731, proroguing the Assembly to
November 18, 1731.]
[On p. 101 of Vol. 1323 is a proclamation dated October 21,
1731, proroguing the Assembly to May 18, 1732.]
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1323, p. 101]
Virginia S9
By his Majestys Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation for publishing the Repeal of the Act of Assembly
Made at a General Assembly begun and holden at the Capitol
the Twenty first day of May One Thousand Seven Hun-
dred and Thirty Entitled an Act for continuing
part Of an Act for laying a Duty on
Liquors with some Alterations
and Amendments
Whereas all Laws Statutes and Ordinances made and past in
the General Assembly of this Dominion are according to the Con-
stitution of this Government by his Majesty's Letters patents un-
der the Great Seal of Great Britain to be Transmitted to his
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 465
Majesty for his Royal Approbation or Disallowance and such of
the said Laws statutes and Ordinances as shall be thereupon dis-
allowed or Disapproved and so Signified by his Majesty under his
Sign Manual and Signet Or by Order in his privy Council are
from thenceforth to Cease Determine and become Utterly Void
And Whereas his Majesty by Order in his privy Council hath been
pleased to Signify his Disapprobation and Disallowance of an Act
made at a General Assembly begun and holden at the Capitol the
Twenty first day of May One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty
Entitled An Act for continuing part of an Act for laying a Duty on
Liquors with some Alterations and Amendments I Do therefore
in pursuance thereof by this proclamation publish and declare that
the said Act of Assembly is Repealed and Utterly Void and of
none Effect And for the more Solemn Signification hereof I Do
appoint this proclamation to be read and published at the Court
Houses of the Several Counties within this Dominion And the
Sherifs are to take care the same be done accordingly. Given at
the Council Chamber in Williamsburgh this Fifteenth day of De-
cember One Thousand Seven hundred and Thirty one In the fifth
year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord King George the Second.
William Gooch
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1323, p. 103]
Virginia Ss
By his Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation for the more speedy Detecting and punishing the
Felonious burning of certain Tobacco Warehouses And
for preventing Rioutous and Seditious prac-
tices tending to the Disturbance of
the public peace
Whereas the Ware Houses appointed by Law for receiving
and Inspecting Tobacco at Coan in the County of Northumber-
land and Deep Creek in the County of Lancaster have been lately
burnt with the Tobacco therein And there being great reason to
Suspect that the same was contrived and executed by some wicked
and Licentious persons in those Counties And whereas by an Act
passed last Session of Assembly the Malicious burning such Houses
is declared to be Felony And the Offenders Ousted of all benefit
of Clergy To the end therefore that the persons concerned in the
Felony aforesaid and their Accomplices, Aiders and Abettors may
be brought to Speedy and Condign punishment I have thought fit
by and with the advice and Consent of his Majestys Council to
issue this proclamation hereby promising a Reward of One Hun-
dred pounds Current mony of Virginia to any person or persons
466 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
who shall discover such as are guilty of burning either of the said
Warehouses in Northumberland or Lancaster Counties so as such
Offender or Offenders be thereof Lawfully Convicted And I do
further promise his Majestys most Gracious pardon to any one of
the Accomplices in the said Felonies who shall discover the other
person or persons concerned with him so as he or they be thereof
Lawfully Convicted as aforesaid Together with the like Reward
of one Hundred pounds to be paid to such discoverer immediately
upon such Conviction And Whereas I am Informed that diverse
loose and disorderly persons particularly in the Frontier Counties
and other remote places have by affixing Notes dropping of Anoni-
mous Letters and other Seditious Means made it their business to
Stir up his Majesty's Subjects to a dislike and Opposition to the
Act of Assembly for amending the staple of Tobacco tho' appar-
ently Calculated for the General Good of this Colony by reviving
its decayed Trade and some of those evil disposed persons have
been so daring as to appoint places for the people to Assembly [e]
and Consult about obstructing the Execution of the said Act of
Assembly For preventing his Majestys good Subjects from being
deluded into unlawful Courses by the Vile practices and Insinua-
tions of such Turbulent and Seditious Spirits I Do with the advice
and Consent aforesaid hereby Strictly charge and require all Jus-
tices of the peace Sherifs and other his Majestys Officers Civil and
Military to use their utmost endeavours to detect Discover and
apprehend the Authors of all such papers as have been or shall
be hereafter spread abroad tending to the Disturbance of the pub-
lic peace or to pervert the Minds of his Majestys Subjects from
their Obedience to the Laws and also all such persons as shall go
about to Stir up the people to any Rioutous or Seditious practices
Contrary to the established Laws To the end the Offenders herein
may be duly prosecuted and punished And in the mean time to
cause such Offenders to be bound to their good Behaviour And
whereas all meetings and Assemblys of the people (not being called
together by Lawfull Authority) on which any Disturbance of the
peace may ensue are punishable by Law the said Justices and offi-
cers are further required to Suppress all such unlawfull Assemblys
taking an Account of the Names of the persons so met which they
are forthwith to Transmitt to his Majesty's Attorny General
that so the Offenders may be brought to an open and Exemplary
punishment Saving always to his Majestys good Subjects of this
Dominion their Right and privilege of Assembling at the Courts
held for proof of public Claims in their Several Counties to present
their just Grievances in which they are in no wise to be Molested
So as they behave themselves there in a peaceable and Orderly
manner And for the better preventing any future attempts which
may be made to burn or distroy the Tobacco Ware Houses I Do
hereby with the advice aforesaid Order and direct the Inspectors
of the several Ware Houses within this Colony that they provide
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 467
one or more honest and Trusty persons constantly to watch at the
respective Warehouses under their Care at all such times as they
are not attending there themselves assuring them of being paid
by the public for their Trouble and Service and that none may
pretend Ignorance in the premises I Do appoint this proclamation
to be read and published at all Churches Chapels and Courthouses
within this Colony and the Sherifs of the respective Counties are
to take care that the same be done accordingly. Given at the
Council Chamber in Williamsburgh the Seventeenth day of March
One Thousand Seven hundred and Thirty one In the fifth year
of his Majesty's Reign.
William Gooch
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1323, p. 105]
Virginia Ss
By his Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation for publishing the Repeal of an Act of Assembly
made at a General Assembly begun and holden at the Capitol
in the year One Thousand seven Hundred and five En-
titled an Act against Importing Tobacco from Caro-
lina and other parts without the Capes of Virginia
And also one other Act of Assembly made at
a General Assembly held at the Capitol
in the year One Thousand Seven hun-
dred and Twenty six Entitled an Act
for the more Effectual preventing
the bringing Tobacco from
North Carolina and the
bounds in Controversy
Whereas all Laws Statutes and Ordinances made and past in
the General Assembly of this Dominion are according to the Con-
stitution of this Government by his Majestys Letters patents under
the Great Seal of Great Britain to be Transmitted to his Majesty
for his Royal Approbation or Disallowance and such of the said
Laws Statutes and Ordinances as shall be thereupon Disallowed
or Disapproved and so signify'd by his Majesty under his Sign
Manual and signet or by Order in his Privy Council are from hence-
forth to Cease Determine and become Utterly Void And whereas
his Majesty by Order in his privy Council hath been pleased to
Signify his Disapprobation and Disallowance of one Act made at a
General Assembly begun and holden at the Capitol in the Year
One Thousand Seven hundred and five entitled an Act against Im-
porting Tobacco from Carolina and other parts without the Capes
of Virginia And also one other Act made at a General Assembly
468 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
held at the Capitol in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Twenty Six Entitled an Act for the more Effectual preventing the
bringing Tobacco from North Carolina and the bounds in Con-
troversy I Do therefore in pursuance of his Majestys pleasure
signify'd to me by this proclamation publish and declare that the
said Acts of Assembly are Repealed and Utterly Void and of none
Effect and for the more Solemn Signification hereof I Do appoint
this proclamation to be read and published at the Court Houses of
the several Counties within this Dominion and the Sherifs are to
take Care The same be done accordingly Given at the Council
Chamber in Williamsburgh this second day of May One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Thirty two In the fifth year of the Reign of
Our Sovereign Lord King George the second
William Gooch
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1323, p. 107]
Virginia S9
By his Majestys Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation giving a Reward for discovering the
person or persons who burnt the parish Church
of Saint Mark in the County of Spotsylvania
Whereas the parish Church of S* Mark in the County of Spot-
sylvania built at the public charge was lately by some wicked and
evil Disposed persons Maliciously set on fire and burnt And
whereas the House of Burgesses now met in Assembly out of a just
Detestation of so horrid and unparralleled a Crime have Voted the
sum of One Hundred pounds Current mony to be paid by their
Treasurer to any one who shall discover the person or persons who
Committed that Fact so as he or they be thereof Convicted I Do
therefore by and with the advice and Consent of his Majestys Coun-
cil And at the Request of the said House of Burgesses hereby pub-
lish and declare that the said Reward of One Hundred pounds
shall be duly answer'd and paid to any one who shall discover the
person or persons concerned in burning the said Church of S' Mark
So as such person or persons be thereof Convicted And I Do
further by and with the advice and Consent aforesaid hereby in his
Majesty's Name promise and declare that if any of the persons
concerned in burning of the said Church other than the principal
Actor therein shall discover his Accomplices so as they be thereof
Convicted such discoverer shall besides the Reward aforesaid have
and receive his Majestys most Gracious pardon And I Do ap-
point this proclamation to be read at the Court Houses and in the
several Churches and Chappels within the Several Counties And
the Sherifs thereof are to take Care the same be done accordingly.
Given at the Council Chamber in Williamsburgh the Twenty third
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 469
day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two In
the sixth year of his Majesty's Reign.
William Gooch
God Save the King
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1323, p. 107]
Virginia S"
By his Majestys Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation giving a Reward for discovering the per-
sons who burnt the Ware House at Falmouth
in the County of King George
Whereas one of the Warehouses at Falmouth in the County
of King George hath been lately burnt down with a Considerable
Quantity of Tobacco therein And it being greatly Suspected that
the said Warehouse was Maliciously set on fire by some wicked
and evil designing person And whereas the House of Burgesses
for the better discovery of the Offender or Offenders therein have
Voted the sum of One Hundred pounds in the Treasurers hands
to any person or persons who shall discover the Actors in that
Felony So as he or they be thereof Convicted I have therefore
thought fit by and with the advice and Consent of his Majesty's
Council to issue this proclamation hereby promising that whoever
shall discover the person or persons who set fire to the said House
so as he she or they be thereof Convicted shall be duly paid the
said Reward of One Hundred pounds immediatly upon such Con-
viction And I Do hereby in his Majestys Name further publish
and declare that if any persons concerned in the Felonious burn-
ing the said Warehouse other than the principal Offender therein
shall discover his or her Accomplices such discoverer shall not
only have the Reward aforesaid but shall also receive his Majestys
most Gracious pardon for the said Offence And I Do strictly
charge and require all Magistrates and all other his Majestys good
Subjects to do their Utmost to detect and discover the persons
guilty of the Felony aforesaid So as they might be brought to
Condign punishment for the said Crime very Injurious to the per-
sons whose Tobacco was burnt and which has Occasioned a great
Charge to the public for the Repayment whereof every one in the
Government is to have a Share in the Burden And ought the more
Zealously to endeavour the discovery of those who have Occasioned
the same and I do appoint this proclamation to be read and pub-
lished at the Court Houses Churches and Chappels of the several
Counties And that the Sherifs take care the same be done Accord-
ingly. Given at the Council Chamber in Williamsburg the Twenty
Ninth day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two
In the Sixth year of his Majesty's Reign
William Gooch
God Save the King
470 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1324, p. 19]
By his Majesties Lieutenant Governor, & Commander
in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia
A Proclamation, Dissolving the General Assembly.
Whereas the General Assembly begun at his Majesty's Royal
Capitol the First Day of February, One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Twenty seven, stands Prorogued to Thursday, the Eighth Day
of this Instant May: And Whereas I have thought fit, for divers
Considerations regarding his Majesty's Service, to Dissolve the said
Assembly; I have therefore, by and with the Advice of the Council
issued the Proclamation, declaring the said Assembly to be dis-
solved, and it is hereby accordingly dissolved ; of which all his
Majesty's Subjects within this Colony are required to take Notice.
And Whereas I am desirous, upon all Occasions, to have the
Advice of a General Assembly, for his Majesty's Service, and the
Good and Prosperity of his Subjects I Do hereby further Publish
and Declare, that I intend speedily to issue Writs for the Election of
Burgesses to serve in a New Assembly, at such Time, as by the
Advice of his Majesty's Council, shall be judged most fit and con-
venient. Given at the Council Chamber in Williamsburgh, the
First Day of May, One Thousand seven hundred and Thirty Five,
In the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King
George the second.
William Gooch
God Save the King
[On p. 91 of Vol. 1324 of C. O. 5 is a proclamation dated No-
vember 1, 1735, proroguing the Assembly to February 5, 1735/36.
This is followed by another dated December 10, 1735, proroguing
the Assembly to May 29, 1736; and another dated April 22, 1736,
proroguing the Assembly to August 5, 1736.]
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1324, p. 93]
Virginia S3
By His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor, and
Commander in Chief, of this Dominion
A Proclamation for the more effectual putting in Execution the
Laws concerning the Militia: And for preventing the un-
lawful Concourse of Negros, and other slaves
Whereas, it is necessary, for the Safety and Defence of this
Colony, that the Militia be kept in a due Discipline, and well pro-
vided with Arms and Ammunition, and in a readiness to oppose
and Suppress, as well Foreign Invasions of Indians, as Intestine
Insurrections of Slaves : I have thought fit, by and with the Advice
and Consent of His Majesty's Council, to issue this Proclamation,
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 471
hereby requiring, in his Majesty's Name, all and every the County
Lieutenants, as well as other Subordinate Officers of the Militia,
to cause private Musters to be made, of the several Troops and
Companies under their Command, at such Times and Places as
they shall judge most convenient, for the Listing, Training, and
Exercising all such Persons as by Law ought to serve therein.
And, to the End all Persons oblig'd to serve in the Militia, and
who ought to be furnished with Arms and Ammunition, as the
Law directs, may no longer be excused from this necessary part
of their Duty, I do, with the Advice aforesaid hereby further Order
and Direct, That the County Lieutenant, or other Chief Command-
ing Officer, residing in each County, within this Colony, do take
care, that a Court Martial be appointed and held, at the Time and
Place appointed for holding the same; and to cause to be fined, all
Persons whatsoever, who shall have absented themselves from
General or Private Musters, or shall have appeared there not Armed
and Accoutred as the Act of Assembly doth direct and require.
And, for preventing the Dangers which may happen from the un-
lawfull Concourse of Negros, I do further Charge and Command
every County Lieutenant, or other Commanding Officer of the
Militia, at such Times as they shall judge necessary, to appoint and
direct such and so many of the Militia, of their respective Counties,
to be drawn out, and to Patrol in all convenient and necessary
Places ; and from Time to Time to cause the said Parties or De-
tachments to be relieved by others, as Occasion shall require, for
dispersing all unusual Concourse of Negros, and other Slaves, and
preventing any dangerous Combinations amongst them, especially
during the Holy-Days, wherein they are exempted from Labour.
And for further preventing the Dangers which may happen,
from Insurections of Slaves, I do hereby with the Advice aforesaid,
strictly Charge and Command, That all Persons serving in the Mili-
tia, who shall during the said Holy-Days, repair to their Parish
Churches or Chappels, do take with them their Arms, Ammunition,
and Accoutrements ; and the Captains and Subaltern Officers, of
the Militia, are to take Care the same be done accordingly.
And, I do appoint, that the Proclamation be read and Pub-
lished, at the Court-House of each respective County, within this
Colony by the Sherifs of the said Counties, respectively. Given
at the Council Chamber, in Williamsburgh, the 29th Day of Octo-
ber 1736 In the Tenth Year of his Majesty's Reign.
William Gooch
God Save the King
Test
Matt Kemp C. S. O.
472 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
[C. O. 5, Vol 1324, p. 281]
Virginia Ss
By his Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation Proroguing the General Assembly*
Whereas the General Assembly summoned to be held at the
Capitol the first Day of August One thousand seven hundred and
thirty five And by Writ of Prorogation begun and holden on Thurs-
day the fifth Day of August last past stand Prorogued on Thurs-
day the twelfth Day of January next. And Whereas I have
advised with his Majesty's Council and find no Urgent Occasion
for the sd Assembly's meeting so soon I do therefore by Virtue of
the Powers and Authorities to me Granted by his Majesty by this
Proclamation in his Majesty's Name Publish and Declare that I
have Prorogued the said Assembly and it is hereby Prorogued to
Thursday the Twelfth Day of May next At which time I do require
every respective Member that they fail not to Give their Attend-
ance Accordingly. Given at the Council Chamber in Williams-
burgh the xvith Day of December MDCCXXXVI In the Tenth
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the second
William Gooch
God Save the King
Memorandum that another Proclamation Issued the 5th Day
of May 1737 Proroguing the said Assembly Until the 28th Day of
July Next following
Memorandum that another Proclamation Issued the 16th Day
of July 1737 Proroguing the said Assembly Until the 24th Day of
November Next following
Memorandum that another Proclamation Issued the 26th Day
of October 1737 Proroguing the said Assembly Until the 12th Day
of January Next following
Memorandum that another Proclamation Issued the 15th Day
of December 1737 Proroguing the said Assembly until the 25th
Day of May next following
Memorandum that another Proclamation issued the 22d Day
of April 1738 Proroguing the said Assembly until the tenth Day
of August next following
Memorandum that another Proclamation issued the 15th Day
of June 1738 Proroguing the said Assembly until the l8t Day of
November
*This proclamation, though similar to other proclamations of prorogation
which have been omitted, is printed entire because of the attached memoranda.
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 473
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1324, p. 282]
Virginia Ss
By his Majestys Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation for Prohibiting the Exportation of Grain
or Flower or Meal made of the same
Whereas by repeated Advices from all parts of this Dominion
it appears there are great Apprehensions of a General Scarcity of
all manner of Grain and that if speedy care be not taken to prevent
the Exportation of such Corn Wheat and other Grain of the last
Crop yet remaining in the Country the Inhabitants will be greatly
distressed I have thought fit by and with the Advice and Consent
of his Majesty's Council to issue this Proclamation hereby strictly
Prohibiting all Persons whatsoever to Export out of this Colony
after the tenth Day of this Present Month of August Any Wheat
Indian Corn Pease or other Grain whatsoever or Flower or Meal
made of the same until the last Day of October next Under the
Penalties & Forfeitures mentioned & contained in the Act of As-
sembly in the first Year of his Present Majesty's Reign Intituled
"an Act for Prohibiting the Exportation of Grain in times of
Scarcity" and I do hereby strictly charge and Command the Naval
Officers and other Officers of the Customs within this Dominion
that they cause to be Seised all such Ships or Vessels in which
such Grain or other Commodities aforesaid shall be laden in Order
for Exportation and to Prosecute the Owner or Owners of such
Wheat Corn or other Grain & Commodities aforesaid for the Penal-
ties & Forfeitures imposed by the said Act of Assembly unless the
Owner or Owners of the same shall in Convenient time after the
Publication hereof reland or cause to be relanded and disposed of
in this Colony And to the end none may pretend Ignorance herein
I do appoint this Proclamation to be forthwith Read and Published
at the several Court Houses Churches & Chappels within this
Dominion and that the sherifs of the respective Counties take care
the same be done accordingly Given at the Council Chamber in
Williamsburgh the 5th Day of August 1737 In the Eleventh Year
of his Majesty's Reign.
William Gooch
God Save the King
474 Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1324, p. 283]
Virginia Ss
By his Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Com-
mander in Chief of the Colony & Dominion of Virginia
A Proclamation for continuing the Prohibition of the
Exportation of Indian Corn or Meal made
of the same
Whereas by Proclamation bearing Date the 5th Day of August
last the Exportation of Corn & other Grain was Prohibited until
the 30th Day of this Present Month And Whereas upon Con-
sideration of the shortness of the Present Crop of Indian Corn it
is found necessary to continue the same Prohibition as to Indian
Corn for a longer time but to Allow the Exportation of Wheat
Pease and Beans as less necessary for the support of the Inhabitants
I have therefore thought fit by and with the Advice of his Majesty's
Council to Issue this Proclamation hereby strictly Prohibiting the
Exportation of Indian Corn or Meal made of the same until the
20th Day of June next Under the Penalties contained in the Act
of Assembly made in the First Year of his Present Majestys Reign
Intituled "An Act for Prohibiting the Exportation of Grain in
times of Scarcity" and I do hereby require the Officers of his
Majestys Customs in the several Districts and all others whom it
may concern to use their utmost diligence to Detect & Prosecute
the Offenders for the said Penalties inflicted by Law and I do
appoint this Proclamation to be Read and Published at the Court
Houses Churches and Chappels in each respective County within
this Colony and that the Sherifs take care the same be done ac-
cordingly. Given at the Council Chamber in Williamsburgh this
26th Day of October 1737 In the Eleventh Year of his Majesty's
Reign.
William Gooch
God Save the King
[On p. 1 of part 7 of Vol. 1325 of C. O. 5 is a proclamation
dated May 5, 1739, proroguing the General Assembly from May
15, 1739, to July 12 next. This proclamation omits the words
"Whereas I have advised with his Majestys Council of State &
find," reading simply : " I find no urgent occasion." This is followed
by a proclamation dated June 13, 1739, proroguing the General As-
sembly from July 12, 1739, to November 22 next. This proclama-
tion omits the same words as above.]
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia 475
[C. O. 5, Vol. 1325, part 7]
Virginia S3
By his Majestys Lieutenant Gov' and
Commander in Chief of this Dominion
A Proclamation for apprehending- Seamen Absenting them-
selves from their Duty on Board his
Majesty's Ships of Warr
Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of this Colony
made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majesty Queen
Anne Intituled An Act prohibiting seamen being Harbour'd or
Entertained on Shore It is Enacted That every Seaman that shall
run away or absent himself unlawfully from the Ship or Vessel
he belongs to Shall be and is thereby liable to be taken up and
secured by any person or Persons and upon a warrant from a Jus-
tice of the Peace of the County where he is taken up Conveyed
from Constable to Constable till he be put on Board the Ship or
Vessel he belongs to and that if any ordinary Keeper or other Per-
son shall entertain Harbour or Conceal any Sea man except he be
able to give a good account that he is about his Lawfull Business
Such Ordinary Keeper or Person shall forfeit and pay Five Hun-
dred Pounds of Tobacco to him her or them that will Inform or
sue for the same in any Court of Record in this Colony and Do-
minion And Whereas the Absence of Seamen from their Duty
on Board his Majesty's Ships of War Especially at this Juncture
may be attended with many Dangerous and Evil Consequences I
have therefore thought fit by and with the Advice of his Majesty's
Council of State to Issue this Proclamation in his Majesty's Name
thereby strictly Charging and Commanding all Sheriffs Constables
Officers and Ministers of Justice and other his Majesty's Liege
Subjects that they Diligently intend the putting the said Act in
due Execution by apprehending any Such seaman or seamen as by
the said Act is Directed who shall be found Travelling or going
about from Place to Place unless he or they shall produce a Cer-
tificate From the Capt. or Lieutenant of the Ship to which he be-
longs expressing that he or they have Leave to be absent with the
Cause or reason thereof and that no ordinary Keeper or other Per-
son or Persons do presume to receive Harbour or Entertain any
Such Seaman or Seamen without such Certificate upon any pretence
whatsover Given at the Council Chamber in Williamsburgh this
23d Day of October [1739] in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of
our Sovereign Lord King George the second.
William Gooch
[On pp. 3 and 4 of part 7 of Vol. 1325 is a proclamation dated
November 1, 1739, proroguing the General Assembly from Novem-
ber 22, 1739, to January 31 next [1739/40]. This reads as usual.
There follows a proclamation dated January 9, 1739/40, proroguing
the General Assembly from January 31, 1739/40, to May 22 next
[1740]. This reads like the proclamation dated May 5, 1739.]
INDEX
Abernathy, Robert, jr., land patented
by, 411.
Abney, , mentioned, 419.
Abney, Abraham, petitioner, 194, 251 ;
land patented by, 202, 222.
Abney, Dennett, land patented by, 123.
202 ; caveat entered by, 222, 247 ;
caveat entered by, vacated, 276.
Accomac County, mentioned, xxiii, xl ;
sheriff of, 12, 34, 66, 86, 100, 130, 171,
200, 215, 235, 274, 348, 361, 392, 421,
439 ; new commission of the peace is-
sued for, 16, 172, 226, 266, 417; Guil-
ford Creek, 179; Muddy Creek, 179;
complaint against one of the justices
of, 243 ; tobacco inspector appointed
for, 260 ; complaint against inspector
at Guilford Warehouse in, 334.
Accomac District, naval officer ap-
pointed for, 266.
Accoquan, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Occoquan, xxv.
Accounts, act concerning, repealed, 213 ;
proclamation for publishing the repeal
of the act concerning, 460.
Ackree (Aerell), William, sheriff of
Charles City County, 12, 34. [This
name ought probably to be Aerell (or
Acrill), William.]
Acree (or Atree), Alexander, land pat-
ented by, 104.
Acock, , mentioned, 403.
Acts, instructions for passing private,
61.
Adams, Ebenezer, mentioned, 1 (50 of
preface), 244, 284, 297; sheriff of
New Kent County, 273.
Adams, John, mentioned, 304.
Adams, Jonas, murderers of, pardoned,
31.
Adams, Richard, land patented by, 380.
Adams, Robert, land patented by, 218,
276 ; caveat for stopping patent sued
out by, 222, 247 ; summoned to court
to answer a petition, 283 ; mentioned,
316.
Adamson, John, London merchant, bank-
rupt, 334.
Addison, Ambrose, given in English
copy as Ambrose Maddison, 1 (50 of
preface).
Addison, Ambrose, reimbursed money
paid for land rights, 240.
Addison, William, mentioned, xvi.
Aderson, Charles, given in Virginia copy
instead of Anderson, Charles, xxxi.
Aderson, David, given in Virginia copy
instead of Anderson, David, xxxii.
Adjutant General, appointed, 189; war-
rants for salary of, 203, 211, 216, 232
242, 255, 280, 292, 322, 337, 351, 363,
370, 385, 396, 408, 417, 438; auditor
general objects to salary paid to, 298;
salary of, confirmed, 320; office of'
to be continued, 429.
Admiralty, High Court of, Hugh Drys-
dale commissioned by, 21.
Adkins, William, mentioned, 317.
Aerell (Ackree), William, sheriff of
Charles City County, 12, 34. [This
name should probably be Aerell (or
Acrill), William.]
Akin, James, land patented by, 143;
mentioned, 181.
Alarm guns, firing of, to be discon-
tinued, xx.
Albany, Indian conference to be held at,
13, 15, 22; Indian conference to be
held at, postponed, 414; Virginia re-
fuses to bear expenses of Indians at-
tending conference in, 421.
Aldersey, Nicholas, appointed sheriff, xl.
Alexander, Anne, petitioner, 366.
Alexander, John, land patented by, 78.
403.
Alexander, Martha, mentioned, 441.
Alexander, Philip, sheriff of Stafford
County, 319; tobacco inspector, 361.
Alexander, Robert, one of the justices
of Prince William, 339.
Alford, Salvator, mentioned, 357.
Allen, Abraham, mentioned, 388.
Allen, Benjamin, land patented by, 402.
Allen, Francis, applies for license to
practice law, 373.
Allen, Hudson, one of the justices for
James City County, 369, 413 ; sheriff
of James City, 441.
Allen, James, land patented by, lv, 32°,
358.
Allen, John, petitioner, xlix, 292, 342;
land patented by, 26, 37, 92, 96.
302; mentioned, 104; surveyor, 149,
167, 345 ; one of the justices for Prince
William, 239, 339; sheriff of Prince
William, 369, 393.
Allen, Joseph, petitioner, xlix ; one of
the justices for New Kent County,
286.
Allen, Thomas, land surveyed for, 296.
Allen, William, petitioner, 319.
Aliens Creek, mentioned, 270, 354, 372.
Allerton, W., mentioned, xxix.
478
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Alletts, given in English copy as Ay-
letts, 1 (50 of preface).
Ally, Richard, mentioned, 434.
Alvis (Alves), George, land patented
by, 79, 95, 227; summoned to court
to 'answer a petition, 179.
Ambler, Richard, land patented by, 18.5,
Amelia County, patents granted for land
in 339, 352, 354, 359, 363-365, 367,
379-381, 390, 395, 404, 409, 410, 41b,
419, 429, 430, 434, 436, 440; new com-
mission of the peace issued for, 348,
383; sheriff of, 349, 391, 439; court-
house to be erected in, 359; coroner
for, 442. .
Ammunition, Indians can obtain, at
Christanna, 1 ; members of militia re-
quired to furnish, 389. _
Anderson, Charles, given in Enghsn
copy instead of Aderson, Charles,
Anderson, Charles, land patented by, lv,
329, 358. . .
Anderson, David, given in English copy
instead of Aderson, David, xxxii.
Anderson, Elizabeth, land patented by.
365. , . ..
Anderson, Henry, coroner for Amelia,
442.
Anderson, Henry, sheriff of Henrico
County, 12, 235, 273; land patented by,
82, 93, 143, 162, 182, 304; land rights
renewed, 188; survey made by, for
iron works, 231.
Anderson, Henry, jr., land patented by,
162.
Anderson, James, land patented by, 354.
Anderson, John, land patented by, 39,
162, 163 ; complainant, 52.
Anderson, Matthew, land patented by,
304; petitioner, 351.
Anderson, Paulin, land patented by, 193.
Anderson, Pouncy, mentioned, 295 ; one
of the justices for Hanover, 391.
Anderson, Richard, jr., land patented
by, 193.
Anderson, Robert, caveat against, 277.
Anderson, Roger, land patented by, 193.
Anderson, Thomas, land patented by,
lv, 163, 329, 358.
Anderson, William, appointed sheriff,
xxiii.
Andersons Branch, mentioned, 83.
Andersons Ford, mentioned, 7.
Andersons Warehouse, inspector ap-
pointed for, 414.
Andrews, William, tobacco inspector,
239, 286 ; complaint against, 243, 331 ;
bond of, put in suit, 335.
Andictan (Anditank) River, mentioned,
233, 289.
Angolo Creek, mentioned, 379, 380, 381.
Annapolis, mentioned, 10.
Anne, Queen, proclamation continuing
military and civil offices in case of
the death of, 453.
Appeals, method of proceeding in, 187;
House of Commons, petitioned to pass
law allowing, 252.
Applewhite, Henry, mentioned, xvii.
Applewhite (Appiewhaite), Thomas,
sheriff of Isle of Wight County, 235 ;
tobacco inspector, 285 ; removed from
office, 310.
Applewight, Henry, jr., one of the jus-
tices of Isle of Wight County, lvi,
325.
Appomattox Warehouse, inspector ap-
pointed for, 237, 285, 336.
Appomattox (Appamattock, Appamat-
tocks, Appomattock, Appomattocks,
Appomatuck, Appomatux) River,
mentioned, 7, 58, 70, 74, 104, 143, 162,
163, 181, 312, 313, 323, 329, 340, 353,
354, 358, 359, 380, 381, 420, 429, 430,
434.
Archer, Elizabeth, mentioned, 316.
Archer, John, one of the justices for
Henrico, 382.
Archer, Roger, mentioned, xlvii, 316;
heirs of, summoned to court to an-
swer a petition, 219, 247; widow of,
permitted to occupy certain land, 276.
Archer, Sarah, caveat entered by, for
stopping a patent, 303, 316.
Armistead, Anthony, petitioner, 94;
sheriff of Elizabeth City County, 129 ;
member of Warwick County peace
commission, 156; sheriff of Warwick
County, 297.
Armistead, -Ellison, fine of, remitted,
287; one of the justices for York, 416.
Armistead (Armestead), Henry, one of
the justices for Gloucester, 53; men-
tioned, 343 ; petitioner, 394.
Armistead, John, justice of the peace
for Gloucester County, 158; sheriff of
Gloucester County, 200.
Armistead, Robert, sheriff of York
County, 215, 235.
Armistead, Robert, jr., summoned to
court to answer a petition, 185.
Armistead, William, mentioned, 184 ;
one of the justices for Gloucester, 330.
Armorer, warrants for salary of, 4, 23,
41, 57, 69, 76, 85, 101, 120, 153, 174,
192, 203, 211, 216, 232, 242, 255, 280,
292, 300, 314, 322, 337, 351, 363, 370,
385, 396, 417, 438; salary of, to stop if
Index
479
work is neglected, 32 ; salary of, to be
paid in current money, 336.
Arms, Indians can procure at Christ-
anna, 1 ; members of militia required
to furnish, 389.
Arnold, Abr., petitioner, 62.
Arnold, Anne, petitioner, 74 ; copy of
survey surreptitiously obtained by,
157 ; claimant, 162.
Arnold, Benjamin, mentioned, 157.
Arnold, Edward, land surveyed for, 296.
Arnold, Francis, mentioned, 157.
Arnold, Rachel, land devised to, 157,
162.
Arrington, John, mentioned, 283.
Arthurs Swamp, mentioned, 261.
Ashly, John, mentioned, 254.
Ashton, John, one of the justices for
Westmoreland, 299.
Ashurst, Rt., land patented by, 251 ;
mentioned, 295.
Assamousack, in English copy for Assa-
moasock, xi.
Assamousack (Assamoosick), Indian
lands in, sold, 424.
Atkins, James, petitioner, xxxiv.
Atkins, John, land forfeited by, 423.
Atree (or Acree), Alexander, land pat-
ented by, 104.
Attorney-General to prepare a procla-
mation, xxi ; to prepare a pardon,
xxi ; warrants for salary of, 4, 23, 40,
57, 69, 76, 85, 91, 101, 120, 137, 174,
192, 203, 211, 232, 242, 255, 280, 292,
300, 314, 322, 337, 351, 363, 369, 370,
384, 396, 408, 417, 427, 438 ; warrants
for additional salary of, 23, 41, 57,
69. 85, 91, 101, 120, 137, 154, 192, 203,
211, 217, 232, 242, 255, 280, 293, 300.
337, 385, 427 ; one of the commission-
ers for recording doubts and questions
concerning negro, mulatto or Indian
slaves, 243 ; opinion of, regarding tax
for support of Greenwich Hospital,
260 ; petitioner, 281 ; increase in sal-
ary of, asked for, 282 ; salary of, in-
creased, 320 ; to examine applicants
for attorney's license, 343, 372, 373,
378, 402, 416, 417, 418, 422, 429; to
examine an abridgment of the laws
of the Colony, 348 ; to formulate plan
to prevent smuggling of liquors, 370;
authorized to sue delinquent sheriffs,
421 ; appointed, 425.
Attorney-General. See also Clayton,
John ; Randolph, John ; and Barradall,
Edward.
Attorneys-at-law, act for regulating,
284 ; committee to examine, 284 ; li-
censed to practice, 287, 323, 357, 383 ;
applicants for license required to pass
examination, 372, 373, 378, 390, 402,
416, 417, 418, 429.
Auditor General. See Walpole, Horatio.
Auditor of Revenues. See Blair, John.
Avent (Avant), Thomas, land patented
by, 51, 201 ; witness in case against
Nottoway Indians, 185, 186; sheriff,
319.
Avery, George, mentioned, 380.
Awbrv, , removed from office,
308.
Awbry, Francis, tobacco inspector, 239,
286; one of the justices for Prince
William, 239, 339; complainant, 318;
Sheriff of Prince William, 439.
Awbry, John, one of the justices for
Prince William, 416.
Axton, Robert, mentioned, 177.
Aylett, John, complainant, 346 ; one of
the justices for King William, 391.
Aylett, Maj. William, grounds and tim-
ber for courthouse furnished by, 9.
Ayletts, given in English copy instead
of Alletts, 1 (50 of preface).
Ayletts (Alletts, Aylets) Warehouse,
inspectors appointed for, 238, 285,
338 ; complaint against one of the in-
spectors at, 335 ; complaint against in-
spectors at, dismissed, 346.
B
Bacon, John, petition in behalf of, 44;
land patented by, 96 ; caveat to stop
patent sued out by, 316; sheriff of
New Kent, 439.
Badly, Joseph, mentioned, 313.
Bagg, Edmund, devisee and executor of
John Bagg, 121 ; land belonging to
estate of, selected as site for Orange
courthouse, 347.
Bagg, John, pretentions of cevisee and
executor of, to certain land, 121.
Bagley, John, land patented by, 440.
Baily, Edmund, justice of the peace for
Accomac County, 266.
Baily, John, tobacco inspector, 238 ; suc-
cessor to, appointed, 260.
Baily. Sec also Baylie.
Baker, James, petitioner, 87.
Baker, , tobacco inspector, 382.
Baker, Lawrence, one of the justices of
the peace for Isle of Wight, 270 ; to-
bacco inspector, 334.
Baker, William, land patented by, 181 ;
sheriff of Nansemond, 368.
Bale, William, given in Virginia copv
instead of Wm. Ball, 1 (50 of pref-
ace).
Ball, , complaint against, dis-
missed, 293.
480
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Ball, David, tobacco inspector, 238.
Ball, James, sheriff of Lancaster Coun-
ty, 129.
Ball, Jesse, one of the justices for Lan-
caster, 435.
Ball, Robert, method of curing tobacco
devised by, 365.
Ball, William, given in Virginia copy
as Wm. Bale, 1 (50 of preface).
Ball (Eawl), William, sheriff of Lan-
caster, 215, 235; mentioned, 336; sur-
veyor for Northern Neck boundary
commissioners, 397.
Ball, William, jr., tobacco inspector,
238; name dropped from Lancaster
County peace commission, 361 ; re
stored to place in Lancaster peace
commission, 393.
Ballamy, Richard, mentioned, 5.
Ballard, John, land patented by, 208;
one of the justices for York, 416.
Ballard, Thomas, tobacco inspector, 308 ;
complaint against, dismissed, 342.
Ballow, Leonard, mentioned, 218, 225,
313, 353.
Ballow, Thomas, mentioned, 313, 353.
Banister, Joseph, sheriff of Elizabeth
City County, 215.
Banister. See also Bannister.
Bank, James,, mentioned, 251, 358.
Banks, Thomas, land patented by, 367.
Banks, William, mentioned, 233.
Bannerman, Katharine, land patented
by, 141.
Eannerman, Mark, caveat entered by,
dismissed, 140; petitioner, 141.
Bannister, John, land patented by, 83 ;
mentioned, 103 ; a justice of the peace,
299.
Panmster. See also Banister._
Baptism, complaint against minister for
not administering sacrament of, 384.
Barbar, William, one of the justices for
York County, 274.
Barber, , surveyor, paid for ser-
vices, 405.
Barber, James, one of the justices for
Spotsylvania County, 236; one of the
justices for York, 416.
Barber. Thomas, commissioner of peace
for Richmond County, 215 ; tobacco
inspector, 342; sheriff of Richmond,
369; mentioned, 385.
Bare Garden Creek, mentioned, 419.
Bares Branch, mentioned, 329.
Bares Swamp, mentioned, 410.
Barker, Leonard, justice of the peace for
Prince William County, 239.
Barker, Valentine, justice of the peace
for Prince William County, 239.
Barkhouse Branch, mentioned, 180.
Barner, Rd., tobacco inspector, 238.
Barnes (Barns), Abraham, tobacco in-
spector, 286 ; successor to, appointed,
308.
Barnes, Richard, tobacco inspector, 286 ;
successor to, appointed, 308.
Barnet, Thomas, mentioned, 183.
Baron [Barron], Samuel, captain and
storekeeper at fort at Point Comfort,
389 ; to continue work on the fort,
401 ; gunner and storekeeper at Point
Comfort, 411; commander of the fort
at Point Comfort, 422, 426; required
to give security for finishing fort at
Point Comfort, 437.
Barradall (Barradale, Barradell, Barra-
del, Barrdell), Edward, abridgment
of the laws examined by, 348 : attor-
ney for Lord Fairfax, 366, 374 ; one
of the justices for James City. 369,
413; land patented by, 395; attorney-
general, 425 ; mentioned, 444.
Barradell, Henry, petitioner, 390.
Barrett (Barret), Charles, petitioner,
xiv, 145, 164, 176, 229; case of, agaimt
John Svme. 194: land patented by,
177, 253, 270, 354; one of the jus-
tices for Hanover, 391.
Barrets Neck, mentioned, 332.
Barrow, Edward, appointed sheriff,
xxiii.
Barry, Edward, removed from office,
386.
Bartell, James, given in Virginia copy
instead of Burtell, James, xxxvi.
Bass. William, land patented by, 121,
245.
Bassett, , mentioned, vii.
Bassett, Nathaniel, petitioner, 217; land
patented by, 245.
Bassett ("Basket), Thomas, petitioner,
251, 275, 283; land patented by, 302,
303, 363: mentioned. 430.
Bassett, William, mentioned, xiv; mem-
ber of Council, xxxix, xlii, 1 passim
to 45.
Bates, Isaac, land patented bv, 381. 424.
Bates, Rostin, tobacco inspector, 431.
Bathard. given in Virginia copy instead
of Path'irst. xvi.
Battaile (Battail), John, summoned to
court, 98: entry of. for land, trans-
ferred to William Todd. 105 : defraud-
ed of land, 188: land patented by,
193 : mentioned, 195.
Battails. John, one of the justices for
Caroline County, 172.
Batteley (Battely), Mrs. Elizabeth,
caveat entered by, 207; petitioner, 221.
Batteley (Battely), Moseley, caveat en-
tered by, 207; petitioner, 221.
Index
481
Batteries, to be erected, 3 ; warrant to
pay cost of erecting, 4 ; salary fixed
for gunners and storekeepers at, 16 ;
salaries of gunners at, 23 ; erected on
the Rappahannock River, 35, 41; re-
paired, 75, 243 ; at York, to be re-
moved, 254 ; guns ordered for, at
Yorktovvn, 333.
Batterwood Creek, mentioned, 143.
Battle, Lawrence, caveat to stop patent
applied for by, 72; one of the justices
for Caroline, 349.
Battle, Nicholas, one of the justices for
Caroline, 349.
Battle Mountain, mentioned, 142, 231.
Battle Run Mountain, mentioned, 233,
244.
Batts, Elizabeth, land patented by, 380.
Batts, Henry, land patented by, 380.
Batts, William, land patented by, 409.
Baugh, James, land patented by, 271.
Bayes, Peter, mentioned, 193.
Bavlie, Thomas, required to leave the
Colony, 89.
Baylie. See also Baily.
Baylor, powder lent to owners of, 7.
Baylor, John, surveyor, 2 ; land for-
feited by, 127; case against appealed,
183.
Baylor, Robert, land patented by, 19 ;
guardian of son of John Baylor, 127 ;
petitioner, 183.
Beal, William, tobacco inspector, 238.
Beale, Thomas, petitioner, 105 ; land for-
feited by, 118, 121, 124, 125; charges
against, 127, 131 ; refuses to deliver
possession of certain land, 157; com-
missioner of peace for Richmond
County, 215.
Beale, Thomas, jr., petitioner, 105, 220.
Bean Creek, mentioned, 104.
Beans, exportation of, prohibited, 402.
Beard, John, sheriff of Prince George
County, 319.
Beasleys Branch, mentioned, 323, 330.
Beaver (Bever) Creek, mentioned, 230,
257, 358, 364.
Beaver Dam (Beverdam) Creek, men-
tioned, liv, 29, 74, 193, 252, 324, 325,
415.
Beaverdam Swamp, mentioned, 212.
Beaver Pond, mentioned, 202, 313, 359.
Beaver Pond Branch, mentioned, 58,
181, 182, 258, 304, 329, 339, 363, 365,
390.
Beddingfield, Edward, land patented by,
409.
Beddingfield, Henry, mentioned, 440.
Bedford, John, sheriff of Henrico Coun-
ty, 100.
Bedshaw, William, land patented by.
419.
Bee, Isaac, land patented by, 365.
Belfield, James, sheriff of Richmond
County, 100.
Belfield, Joseph, sheriff of Richmond
County, 129.
Belfield, Thomas, sheriff of Richmond
County, 273.
Belfield (Bellfeild), Thomas Wright, to-
bacco inspector, 238, 286 ; successor
to, appointed, 342.
Bell, given in English copy instead of
Dell, xxvii.
Bell, David, representation of, 426.
Bell, Mary, petitioner, 35.
Bell, Robert, mentioned, 35.
Bell, William, justice of the peace for
Accomac County, 266.
Bell Branch, mentioned, 353.
Bellew, William, an Indian trader, 331.
Benbridge, Thomas, given in English
copy instead of Nichola, Matthew,
xxviii.
Bent Creek, mentioned, 193, 354, 359.
Beringer, , mentioned, 316.
Berkley, Edmund, one of the justices
for Middlesex, 91 ; land patented by,
103; petitioner, 394; successor to, ap-
pointed, 205.
Berklev, Francis, new patent granted
to, 326.
Berkley, Lewis, one of the justices for
Middlesex, 382.
Bermuda (Bermudas) Warehouse, in-
spector appointed for, 237, 285.
Bernard, Richard, one of the justices
for Stafford, 414.
Bernard, Robert, one of the justices fcr
Gloucester, 406.
Berry, Edward, tobacco inspector, 286.
Berry, Thomas, tobacco inspector, 238,
286.
Betlow, Thomas, mentioned, 261.
Betts, William, tobacco inspector, 286.
Betty (a ship), mentioned, xxxiv ; not
required to pay port duty, 425.
Beverley (Beverly) Christopher, sheriff
of King and Queen County, 171, 200;
tobacco inspector, 238, 286; men-
tioned, 341 ; one of the justices for
King and Queen County, 355.
Beveriey, Harry, caveat for stopping a
patent to, 36 ; mentioned, 29 ; com-
plaint against, 35 ; petitioner, 108, 206.
Beverley, Peter, member of Council,
xiv, xlii, xliii, 2 passim to 187 ;
forfeits land, 180; mentioned, 183;
oath of office administered to, 190.
Beverley (Beverly), Robert, mentioned,
xxxi, 258.
482
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Beverley (Beverly) William, mentioned,
11, 157, 224, 232, 249, 250, 270, 295,
327, 336, 375; caveat entered by, for
stopping a patent, 72; petitioner, liv,
249, 375; caveat entered by, set aside,
316; entry of, for land, altered, 346;
land surveyed for, 347 ; member of
Orange County courthouse committee,
347; mentioned, 351, 428; one of the
commissioners for determining bound-
aries of the Northern Neck, 411.
Beverley Manor, captain of militia
appointed for, 414.
Bevil, John, sheriff of Accomac, 361.
Bevil (Bevel), Robert, land patented
by, 207, 212.
Bevins, William, sheriff of Accomac,
392.
Bibb, Thomas, land patented by, 413.
Bickerton, John, one of the justices for
King and Queen, 299, 355 ; one of the
justices for Hanover, 391.
Bickley, Francis, removed from office,
338.
Bickley, Joseph, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 302.
Bickley (Birkley), Joseph, jr.,_ tobacco
inspector, 286 ; complaint against, 335.
Biddijord, to convoy fleet, 170.
Biggers (Biggars), William, mentioned,
142, 181.
Bignal, given in English copy instead
of Bigner, xxviii.
Bilbo, John Peter, land patented by, 247.
Billengers Creek, mentioned, 358.
Billew, Leonard, summoned to court to
answer a petition, Hi.
Billew, Thomas, summoned to court to
answer a petition, Hi.
Billow, Thomas, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 283.
Bills of exchange, difference between
current money and, 35, 82, 99, 215,
274, 320; act concerning, repealed,
213; auditor general objects to charge
for remitting, 298; masters of vessels
refrse to pay duties in, 387.
Bingley. David, land patented by, 388.
Binns, Charles, one of the justices for
Surry County, 299.
Birches (or Bunches) Creek, mentioned,
353, 355.
Bird. Ebron, caveat for stopping a pat-
ent tn, 179.
Bird, Philemon, one of the justices for
King and Queen, 355; sheriff of King
and Queen, 421.
Bird, Robert Armistead, one of the jus-
tices for King and Queen, 349, 355.
Bird. See also Byrd.
Bird Creek, mentioned, 316, 352.
Birkley. See Bickley.
Birt, Philip, mentioned, 403.
Bishop of London, commissary in
Virginia appointed by, 146.
Blackburn, Richard, one of the justices
of Prince William, 339.
Blackburn, Samuel, one of the justices
for Northumberland, 441.
Blackburn, William, one of the jus-
tices of Middlesex, 382.
Blackiston, Nathaniel, solicitor general,
salary of, paid, xxix, xxxi, xli, 4;
successor to, appointed, 19 ; mentioned.
26, 30.
Biackwater River, mentioned, 181, 271,
332, 388.
Biackwater Swamp, Surry courthouse
to be located on north side of, 170;
mentioned, 313.
Blackwell, Joseph, one of the justices
for Prince William, 416.
Blackwell, Samuel, added to Northum-
berland County peace commission, 82.
Blackwell Island, Henrico County, men-
tioned, 93.
Blair, Archibald, security for John
Grymes, 10, 182; store of, robbed, 17;
to deliver message of sympathy to
Mrs. Drysdale, 114.
Blair, Henry, appointed sheriff, xl.
Blair, Commissary James, mentioned,
xix ; member of Council, xx, xxii,
xxxix, xlii, xliii, xlvi, lv, lvi, 20
passim to 443 ; salary of, xxix, xli, 23,
41, 57, 69. 76, 85, 91, 101, 137, 154,
192, 203, 211, 217, 232, 242, 255, 280,
293, 300, 314, 337, 351, 370, 385, 396,
408, 438 ; appointed Commissary of
Virginia, 146 ; administers oath to the
governor, 146 ; to make certain
changes in prayers for royal family,
147 ; member of the committee to pre-
pare address to king, 147 ; oath of
office administered to, 190.
Blair, John, naval officer, 160 ; deputy
auditor of revenues, 180, 184; oath of
office administered to 182; time ex-
tended for sheriffs to report to, 264.
Blakeley, William, mentioned, 381.
Blalock, John, mentioned, 262; sum-
moned to court to answer a petition,
263 ; caveat against, 277 ; land patented
by, 291.
Bland, James, petitioner, 269 ; required
to give security for good behavior,
269.
Bland, Richard, paid money advanced
to ministers, xxix; a justice of the
peace, 299; mentioned, 304, 330; land
patented by, 324.
Bland, Theodoric, land patented by, 182.
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Blankinship, John Ralph, mentioned, 250
Blathwayte, William, auditor general of
America, viii ; salary of, paid, xxix,
xxxi, xli.
Bledsoe, Abraham, mentioned, 415.
Bledsoe, William, sheriff of Spotsyl-
vania Co., 34 ; charges against, 63,
64 ; case against, dismissed, 68.
Blockly, William, land patented by, 323.
Blount, chief of the Tuscarora Indians,
xl, 139.
Blount, given in English copy instead
of Blunt, xliv.
Blue (Blew) Stone Creek, mentioned,
227.
Blue (Blew) Ridge Mountains, men-
tioned, 250, 403, 419, 435 ; petition of
inhabitants on the north west side of.
318.
Blunt, given in English copy instead of
Blount, xliv.
Blunt, Thomas, mentioned, xi.
Boatwell, William, given in English
copy for Boatevell, William, xii.
Boatwright, Thomas, summoned to
court to answer a petition, 292 ; for-
feits right to land, 302 ; mentioned,
340.
Bolitho, Jonathan, sheriff of Princess
Anne, 67.
Bollin, Alexander, land patented by, 212.
Boiling, , mentioned, 418, 419.
Boiling, Drury, land patented by, 84 ,
given in Virginia copy instead of
Bowling, Drury, xxxvi.
Boiling, Frances, land patented by, 262,
275.
Boiling, John, petition in behalf of John
Stewart presented by, 80; land pat-
ented by, 104, 120, 271, 275, 304, 330,
380, 390, 435; mentioned, 218, 261,
297, 313, 379, 409; tobacco inspector,
336; mentioned, 388, 429; sheriff of
Henrico, 392.
Boiling, Robert, discharged from pay-
ment of certain quit rents, 13 ; land
patented by, 58, 103, 212, 227, 282, 381 ;
mentioned, 261, 353, 354, 379, 381 ; to
take depositions, 328 ; surveyor for
Prince George, 411.
Boiling, Stith, land patented by, 104.
Boilings Creek, mentioned, 241, 367.
Boilings Island, mentioned, 123.
Bolloco, Thomas, mentioned, 312.
Bollow, Thomas, given in English copy
instead of Thomas Bolloco, liv.
Bonam, Samuel, one of the justices for
Northumberland, 82.
Bonds, act concerning, repealed, 213 ;
proclamation for publishing the repeal
of the act concerning, 460.
Bonny, Joseph, land patented by, 379.
Booker, Edward, land patented by, 93,
258, 271, 409; mentioned, 162, 182,
340; a justice of the peace, 299.
Booker, Edward, given in English copy
as Richard Booker, liv.
Booker, George, land patented by, 163,
340.
Booker, Ralph, given in English copy
instead of Brooker, Ralph, xxxvii.
Booker, Richard, justice of the peace
for James City County, 236, 413; to-
bacco inspector, 286 ; complaint
against, 315; restored to position &f
tobacco inspector, 320; dropped from
James City peace commission, 422.
Booker, Richard, given in English copy
instead of Edward Booker, liv.
Booker, Richard, jr., land patented by,
381.
Booker, William, land patented by, 381.
Booth, George, land patented by, 79,
103.
Booth, James, petitioner, 189, 197.
Booth, Thomas, land patented by, 227;
sheriff of Gloucester County, 240,
273 ; mentioned, 395.
Booth, Thomas, jr., tobacco inspector,
285; one of the justices for Glou-
cester, 330.
Booths Branch, mentioned, 225.
Borden, Benjamin, petitioner, 351, 408.
Borrows, John, mentioned, 419.
Boston (Bostorn), mentioned, 365.
Bostwick (Bostock), John, mentioned,
284, 304, 312.
Bott, Thomas, land patented by, 162.
Boush, Samuel, sheriff of Norfolk
County, 12; mentioned, 387, 440.
Bowden (Bowdoin), Peter, tobacco in-
spector, 238, 382.
Bowden, William, mentioned, 409.
Bowen, Griffith, mentioned, 421.
Bowen, William, mentioned, 434.
Bowlers Ferry, warehouse established
at, 238.
Bowlers Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 286, 382.
Bowles, John, petitioner, xxxiii.
Bowles, Palister (Pallister), reward
offered for the arrest of, 88 ; procla-
mation for apprehending, 450.
Bowling, Drury, given in English copy
instead of Boiling, Drury, xxxvi.
Bowman, , mentioned, 270.
Bowman, William, mentioned, 258.
Bowsey, John, forfeits land, 158; men-
tioned, 226.
Boyds Hole, warehouse established at,
238.
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Boydshole Warehouse, tobacco inspec-
tors appointed for, 286, 361 ; complaint
against inspectors of, 311.
Bracy, Frances, land patented by, 409.
Bracy, Francis, mentioned, 410.
Bracy, Francis, given in English copy
instead of Francis Bressie, liv.
Bradley (Bradly), Benjamin, attorney
for, summoned to court, 207; land de-
serted by, 317.
Bradley (Bradly), William, mentioned,
329, 364.
Bradly, Thomas, patent for land given
to, xxxiii.
Bradshaw, William, land patented by,
380.
Braggs, Hugh, mentioned, 180.
Branch, Benjamin, caveat against, dis-
missed, 422.
Braxton, George, land patented by, 71,
231, 418; one of the justices for King
and Queen County, 355, 435.
Braxton, George, jr., mentioned, 135;
land patented by, 231, 270, 418; one
of the justices for King and Queen,
355.
Bray, David, petitioner, 98, 105; sign-
ing of patent for, postponed, 118;
land patented by, 121, 156; reimburses
Beal and Hornby money expended for
seating land, 124 ; accuses Hornby and
Beale of deception in valuation of im-
provements on land, 127; required to
pay for improvements on land pat-
ented, 131 ; time limited in which to
obtain patent, 180 ; summoned to court
to answer a petition, 205.
Bray, James, one of the justices for
James City, 413.
Bray, Thomas, one of the justices for
James City, 413.
Brays, tobacco warehouse established at,
238.
Brays Warehouse, tobacco inspectors
appointed for, 286, 308.
Brench, Thomas, one of the justices for
Henrico, 382.
Brent, Charles, tobacco inspector, 286 ;
complaint against, dismissed, 293.
Brent, Hugh, sheriff of Lancaster Coun-
ty, 319.
Brent, William, given in English copy
instead of Wm. Brine, 1 (50 of pref-
ace).
Bressie, Francis, given in English copy
as Francis Bracy, liv.
Bressie, Francis, mentioned, 120; land
patented by, 312.
Brewer, Sackville, given in English
copy instead of Brewer, Lackville,
xxvi.
Brewer, Thomas, caveat for stopping
a land patent to, 36; caveat against,
referred to court, 79 ; sheriff of Isle
of Wight County, 85, 100; tobacco
inspector, 237, 285; one of the justices
for Nansemond, 299; mentioned, 341.
Bricks, accepted in partial payment of
a debt, 392.
Bridger, Joseph, sheriff of Isle of Wight
County, 273.
Bridger, William, land patented by, 104.
Brigges, Howell, one of the justices for
Surry, 417.
Briggs, given in English copy instead
of Griggs, x.
Briggs, George, mentioned, 317.
Briggs, Henry, mentioned, 434.
Brine, William, Wm. Brent given in
English copy instead of, 1 (50 of pref-
ace).
Brine, William, justice of the peace for
Stafford County, 236.
Brinnaugh, Jeremiah, sheriff of Prince
William, 328.
Bristol Parish, petition from, concern-
ing location of church building, 359.
Broadnax, Edward, sheriff of Charles
City, 319; land patented by, 324, 363,
434.
Broadnax (Broadnox, Brodnox), Wil-
liam, justice of the peace for James
City, 236; tobacco inspector, 285.
Broadwater, Charles, justice of the
peace of Prince William, 256 ; tobacco
inspector, 308.
Brock (Brocke), Joseph, sheriff of
Spotsylvania, 297; petitioner, 415;
land patented by, 416.
Brockenborough (Brockenboro, Broken-
borough), Newman, sheriff of Rich-
mond County, 215, 235 ; tobacco in-
spector, 238.
Brodhurst, John, given in English copy
instead of Robins, Ed., xxviii.
Brodie, John, member of Elizabeth City
peace commission, 151 ; sheriff of
Elizabeth City County, 273, 297;
caveat entered by, for stopping a pat-
ent, 400; petition of, rejected, 407.
Broken Islands, mentioned, 123.
Bronaugh, Jeremiah, given in English
copy instead of Jeremiah Brinnaugh,
lv.
Brooke, Christopher, prosecuted for
concealing felony, 198.
Brooke, George, mentioned, 282.
Brooke (Brooks), Humphry, mentioned,
135; land patented by, 231, 418; jus-
tice of the peace for King William,
267; petitioner, 351.
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Brooke (Brook, Brooks), Robert,
sheriff of Essex, 12, 34 ; mentioned,
135 ; surveyor, 195, 203, 326, 376, 397.
402 ; report of, on a survey made in
King and Queen County, 203 ; land
patented by, 231, 251, 270, 327; to
prepare a map, 321 ; paid for making
map, 327 ; petitioner, 347, 402 ; one
of the justices for Essex County, 355;
complaint against, 426.
Brooke, William, land patented by, 231.
Brooker, Ralph, given in Virginia copy
instead of Booker, Ralph, xxxvii.
Brookes, , captain of the Haswell,
310.
Brooks, George, given in English copy
instead of George Brooke, lii.
Brothers, Richard, caveat for stopping
a patent to, 179.
Browden, Edmund, given in English
copy as Edmd. Browder, liv.
Browden, Edmund, mentioned, 317.
Browder, William, mentioned, 312.
Brown, Benjamin, summoned to court
to answer a petition, xiv, 145, 164 ;
justice of the peace for Brunswick,
lvi ; relinquishes right to land, 177 ;
mentioned, 194, 234, 248.
Brown, Daniel, land patented by, 356.
Brown, John, accused of piracy, 265 ;
unjustly accused of piracy, 268; men-
tioned, 381.
Brown, Samuel, land patented by, 103.
Brown, William, sheriff of James City
County, 215, 235; petition and caveat
of, 248.
Brown, William, jr., land patented by,
191.
Brunskill, John, land patented by, 177;
complaint against, 423.
Brunswick County, surveyors of, in-
structed to lay off land for patentees,
xlix ; Prince George given in English
copy instead of, lii ; new commission
of the peace issued for, lvi ; formed,
9; patents granted for, 11, 51, 83, 87,
227, 231, 234, 241, 251, 271, 282, 291,
292, 295, 303, 304, 305, 311, 312, 317.
323, 324, 329, 330, 340, 342, 354, 359,
363, 365, 380, 381, 400, 403, 409, 410,
413, 418, 420, 429, 434, 435, 436, 440;
remission of rights and quit rents for
land in, 26, 27, 28, 61 ; boundaries of,
56, 216, 275, 277 ; Ising Glass Creek
in, 60 ; certain land in, not exempt
from payment of quit rents, 62 ; en-
tries for land in, restricted to 1,000
acres, 62, 63 ; representation concern-
ing the granting of land in, 70 ; men-
tioned, 70, 245, 328; petitions for land
in, 83, 371 ; form of patent to be
granted for land in, 92 ; patentees al-
lowed one thousand acres of land free
from purchase rights or payment of
quit rents, 92 ; collection of quit rents
on tracts exceeding one thousand
acres, postponed, 94, 97 ; letter regard-
ing grants of land in, 99 ; exemption
from purchasing rights granted to
persons taking up land in, 166 ;
church and courthouse erected in, 173 ;
Fountains Creek in, 177; Cat Tail
Creek in, 179 ; Sturgeons Run, 179 ;
instructions for collecting quit rents
in, 190 ; inhabitants of, anticipate
trouble from Saponie Indians, 198;
sheriff of, 198, 273, 319, 368, 421, 425;
remission of rights granted patentees
of land in, 214, 228; surveyor for, 244,
277, 374, 418; writ for electing bur-
gesses for, 266 ; commission of the
peace appointed for, 266 ; new com-
mission of the peace issued for, 3C1,
315, 333; justices of, to be tried for
contempt of court, 331 ; dispute among
justices of, investigated, 333 ; St. An-
drews Parish, 344, 350, 376 ; Indians
trespass on patented land in, 393 ; com-
plaint of inhabitants of, 393 ; com-
plaint against surveyor of, 400.
Brush, John, paid for services, 34.
Bryan, John, land patented by, 365.
Bryan, Morgan, land reserved for, 229 ;
mentioned, 233, 250 ; land patented by,
347.
Bryan, Morgan, given in English copy
instead of "others his partners," liii.
Bryan, Thomas, tobacco inspector, 339.
Buchanan, John, petitioner, 371.
Buchanan, Gilbert, applies for attorney's
license, 417.
Buck Branch, mentioned, 303.
Buck Island, mentioned, 104, 218, 304.
Buckner, , mentioned, 258.
Buckner, Richard, mentioned, xxix, 415 ;
one of the justices for Caroline Coun-
ty, 172.
Buckner, Samuel, sheriff of Gloucester
County, 297.
Buckner, Thomas, appointed sheriff,
xxiii ; one of the justices for Caro-
line County, 172.
Buckner, William, mentioned, xvi.
Buckskin Creek, mentioned, 93, 103,
182, 212, 244, 271. 381. 418, 434.
Buffalo (Buffelo, Buffelow, Buffilow)
Creek (River), mentioned, 390, 409,
410, 424, 440.
Buffalo Island, mentioned, 245, 271.
Buffalo (Bufflo) Lick, mentioned, 271,
388.
Bullard, , mentioned, 258.
Bullock, Edward, summoned to court
to answer a petition, 230.
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Bunch, John, mentioned, 123.
Bunches Camp Creek, mentioned, 123.
Bunches (or Birches) Creek, mentioned,
353, 355.
Burch, Rd., one of the justices of the
peace for Brunswick, 266; sheriff of
Brunswick, 266, 273.
Burchen (Birchen, Burthen) Swamp,
mentioned, 182, 227, 353, 364, 418.
Burdon, Benjamin, justice for the sec-
tion on the northwest side of the Blue
Ridge Mountains, 319.
Burford, Daniel, applies for attorney's
license, 372.
Burge, George, mentioned, 37, 206.
Burgess, Charles, land patented by, 233,
244 ; mentioned, 327.
Burgess, George, sheriff of Norfolk,
34.
Burgesses, to be elected by counties re-
cently formed, 9 ; concur with Coun-
cil in sending the governor to Indian
conference, 13 ; one member of to at-
tend Indian conference in Albany, 15;
writs for election of, 20, 156, 210, 260,
266, 355, 358 ; instructed regarding
the passing of acts which may affect
trade and shipping, 40; bills for pi-
rates' expenses rejected by, 226.
Burglary, two boys sentenced for, 249.
Burk (Birk), Charles, land patented by,
182, 430.
Burk (Birk), Samuel, land patented by,
218; mentioned, 225; dispute of, con-
cerning title to land, 386.
Burnet (Burnett), Thomas, caveat en-
tered by, 248 : hearing of caveat of,
postponed, 277 ; examination of wit-
nesses in case of, postponed, 302.
Burnet, William, governor of New
York, 23, 125.
Burrington, Col. George, governor of
North Carolina, 65.
Burros, Jacob, mentioned, 142.
Burroughs, Christopher, appointed
sheriff, xl.
Burrow, Benjamin, land patented by,
418.
Burtcll, James, given in English copy
instead of Bartell, James, xxxvi.
Burtcll, James, given in English copy
instead of Burwell, James, xxxiii.
Burton, Abraham, mentioned, 163.
Burton, John, sheriff of Amelia, 349.
Burton, Nowel, land patented by, 380.
430, 434.
Burton, Robert, tobacco inspector, 382.
Burton, William, sheriff of Accomao
County, 12, 34; one of the justices
for Northumberland, 382.
Burwell, Carter, one of the justices for
James City, 413.
Burwell, James, given in Virginia copy
instead of Burtell, James, xxxiii.
Burwell, Lewis, naval officer, 184; one
of the justices for Gloucester, 330;
petitioner, 394; one of the justices for
James City, 413 ; act to dock the in-
tail of certain lands of, 443.
Bush, John, caveat entered by, 72.
Bush River, mentioned, 275, 409.
Bushroad, John, given in English copy
instead of John Rushroad, liii.
Butler, John, mentioned, 251, 358.
Butler, Pierce, land patented by, 193.
Butler, Thomas, mentioned, 419.
Butt, Thomas, disputes concerning land,
245.
Butterwood Creek, mentioned, 120, 227,
258, 270, 388.
Butterwood Road, mentioned, 354, 409.
Butterwood Swamp, mentioned, 191,
262, 296, 328.
Butterworth, Nicholas, mentioned, 219.
Buttery, Allen, dispute of heir of, con-
cerning title to land, 386.
Butts, John, petitioner, 71 ; sheriff of
King William, 100, 129.
Butts, Peter, petitioner, 71 ; complainant,
77.
Buxton Creek, mentioned, 363.
Byrd, Philemon, one of the justices for
King and Queen, 299.
Byrd, William, auditor, viii ; makes oath
to accounts, xvi ; land patented by, 5,
193, 231, 291, 303, 311, 443; proposed
by the governor for appointment to
office, 19 ; applicant for the position
of Solicitor of Virginia Affairs, 30;
member of Council, xx, xxii, xxxix,
xlii, xliii, lv, lvi, 98 passiui to 442;
memorial of, mentioned, xxxviii ; ad-
ministers oath to governor, 146 ; mem-
ber of the committee to prepare ad-
dress to the king, 147; 'member of
the Virginia and North Carolina
boundary commission, 148, 155, 166;
reimbursed money advanced for sal-
aries, 193; petitioner, 355, 408, 426;
member of commission for settling
boundaries of the Northern Neck, 365.
374 ; investigates business of two
strangers in Colony, 391.
Byrd, William, Cole Digges given in
English copy instead of, liv.
Byrd. Sec also Bird.
Bvrd Creek (River), mentioned, 7, 103,
120, 163, 207, 218, 234, 245, 251, 261,
284, 303, 367, 380, 410.
Bvrn, Andrew, a plea for clemency in
behalf of, 206.
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487
Cabbin Branch, mentioned, 104.
Cabbin Point Warehouse, inspector ap-
pointed for, 237, 285, 334, 382.
Cabell, William, land patented by, 207,
244; mentioned, 261.
Cable, William, mentioned, 353 ; land
patented by, 419. [This is probably
simply another spelling of "Cabell."]
Cacaper River, mentioned, 351.
Cade, Thomas, land patented by, 420.
Cahongaroota River, mentioned, 223.
Calabar (a vessel), mentioned, 5.
Cale, John, land patented by, 402.
Calves Pasture River, mentioned, 444.
Camm, John, summoned to court to an-
swer a petition, 178; complaint
against, 194; forfeits land, 204; men-
tioned, 270 ; sheriff of King and Queen
County, 319; one of the justices for
King and Queen County, 355.
Camp Creek, mentioned, 70, 79, 123,
353, 434.
Canada, French from, encroach upon
British domain, 265.
Candles, money appropriated to pur-
chase, 339.
Cannon, John, land patented by, 424.
Cannon (Canon), William, land pat-
ented by, 218, 435 ; mentioned, 430.
Cannon Creek (River), mentioned, 224,
424.
Cape Charles, surveyor of the customs
at, 421.
Cape Leanock Run, mentioned, 180, 182,
206, 271, 288.
Capes [of Virginia], English man-of-
war to cruise about, xx.
Capital crimes, admissibility of evidence
of persons convicted of, 385.
Cargill, — — — , mentioned, 441.
Cargill, John, one of the justices for
Surry County, 299.
Carlisle (Carlile), Richard, mentioned,
304, 323, 330.
Carner, Matron, mentioned, 326.
Carner, Susannah, petitioner, 326.
Caroline County, formed from part of
Essex Countv, 172; justices for, 172;
sheriff of, 172, 200, 215, 235, 273. 319.
368, 421, 439; sheriff of, paid for
services, 197, 198; writ for electing
a burgess for, 210; patent granted for
land in, 212, 218, 343 ; new commis-
sion of the peace issued for, 236, 349 ;
mentioned, 253, 258, 262 ; complaint
against inspector for, 338, 342, 423 ;
St. Margaret's Parish. 440.
Carpenter, William, petitioner, 250.
Carr, Thomas, sheriff of King William
County, 12, 34 ; summoned to court
to answer a petition, xlv, 164, 178,
229 ; land transferred to, 74 ; land pat-
ented by, 79, 123, 142, 181, 317, 340;
one of the justices for Caroline Coun-
ty, 172; denies making entry for land,
177; land surveyed for, subject of
controversy, 194; mentioned, 218, 253.
Carr, Thomas, jr., petitioner, 74; sum-
moned to court to answer a petition,
247.
Carr, William, land patented by, 364.
Carrington, George, one of the justices
for Goochland, 339 ; land patented by,
380; mentioned, 394, 430; sheriff of
Goochland, 439.
Carrol, Edmund, caveat entered by, va-
cated, 411.
Carshley, Richard, mentioned, 440.
Carter, Charles, appointed naval officer,
210 ; commissioner of peace for Mid-
dlesex County, 216 ; a groundless com-
plaint against, 267 ; successor to, ap-
pointed, 311; one of the justices for
King George, 331 ; member of com-
mittee to secure site for Orange
courthouse, 347 ; complainant, 357,
437; petitioner, 369, 415; one of Dr.
Tennent's creditors, 433.
Carter, Mrs. Elizabeth, petition con-
cerning land inherited by, 96 ; men-
tioned, 183.
Carter, Giles, land patented by, 182.
Carter, Henry, justice of the peace for
Lancaster County, 236.
Carter, James, justice of the peace for
Stafford County, 236.
Carter, John, appointed solicitor of Vir-
ginia affairs, 19 ; commissioned secre-
tary of Virginia, 20 ; warrant for sal-
ary of, as solicitor of Virginia affairs,
23 ; General Assemblies petition re-
garding Brunswick and Spotsylvania
sent to, 28 ; office of solicitor of Vir-
ginia affairs vacated by, 29 ; oath of
secretary of Colony administered to,
30, 146 ; member of Council, lv, lvi,
xx, xxxix, xlii, 66 passim to 443 ;
oath of councillor administered to, 66,
190 ; petitioner, 96, 416 ; member of
the committee to prepare address to
the king, 147 ; case of, against Bay-
lor, John, 183 ; land patented by, 191,
209, 363; mentioned, 304, 330; reim-
bursed the cost of supplies for secre-
tary's office, 339.
Carter, John, jailer, petitioner, 243, 365,
394 ; salary to be paid semi-annually,
244.
Carter, Joseph, tobacco inspector, 238 ;
complaint against, 287 ; complaint
against, dismissed, 293 ; one of the
justices for Lancaster County, 320.
488
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Carter, Landon, one of the justices of
Richmond County, 331.
Carter, Robert, member of Council, 1
passim to 107, 145-281 ; commissioned
escheator of the Northern Neck, 4;
complaint against, as agent for the
proprietors of the Northern Neck, 15 ;
president of Council, 113 passim to
144; renews oath upon becoming
president of the Council, 115; war-
rants for salary of, 119, 136, 153;
land patents signed by, 120 ; appoint-
ment of, approved by secretary of
state, 125 ; administers oath to the
governor, 146 ; oath of office admin-
istered to, 190 ; agent for the proprie-
tors of the Northern Neck, 205, 206.
223, 229 ; proclamation by, proclaim-
ing a day of public fasting and hu-
miliation, 452 ; proclamation by, offer-
ing reward for capture of a murder-
er, 453.
Carter, Robert, jr., appointed naval offi-
cer, 128; resigns from position of
naval officer, 210.
Carter, Thomas, appointed sheriff, xl ;
mentioned, 313.
Carter, Thomas, jr., mentioned, 261.
Cary, Henry, paid for services, 18, 34,
85, 91; petition of, rejected, 117; re-
signs as keeper of the magazine, 117;
to attend to repairs on governor's
house, 134; member of Warwick
County peace commission, 156; men-
tioned, 162, 317, 434; land patented
by, 163, 218, 303, 381 ; petitioner, 284;
sheriff of Henrico County, 297; com-
plainant, 336, 337.
Cary, Miles, land patented by, 257; pe-
tition of, for land, rejected, 356; one
of the justices for Goochland, 407.
Cary, William, land patented by, 419.
Cary, Wilson, naval officer and receiver,
99.
Cary Creek, mentioned, 224, 257.
Catawba Indians, frontiers to be pro-
tected against incursions of, 144; in-
vited to attend the General Court for
the purpose of making a treaty, 209;
northern Indians plan an attack on,
370 ; Northern Indians refuse to send
representatives to Williamsburg to
make treaty with, 398; invited to
make treaty with the Six Nations,
404; conference of, with the Northern
Indians, postponed, 414; Virginia re-
fuses to bear expenses of, attending
conference in Albany, 421.
Caterpillars, proclamation fixing a day
for fasting and supplication for de-
liverance from, 172, 196, 457, 459.
Catherine, given in English copy in-
stead of Susannah, xlvii.
Catherine, master of, accused of piracy,
265, 269.
Cathey, James, land patented by, 442.
Catholics, Roman, liberty of conscience
allowed to all Christians except, 86.
Catlett (Catlet), John, one of the jus-
tices for Caroline County, 172 ; men-
tioned, 251.
Catlett, Thomas, one of the justices of
Caroline County, 172.
Cattail Branch, given in English copy
instead of Cattle Branch, xlviii.
Cattail (Cat Tail, Catt Tayle) Branch,
mentioned, 179, 282, 419.
Cattle Branch, mentioned, 230.
Cave, , caveat entered to stop the
issuing of land patent to, 36.
Cave, Benjamin, mentioned, 415.
Cave, Robert, mentioned, 233.
Caveats, entered to stop the issuing of
land patents, 36, 57, 71, 72, 106, 137,
157, 179, 206, 207, 245; instructions
for entering, 88.
Cawthorns Run, mentioned, 304.
Cedar Creek, mentioned, 250.
Cedar Island Branch, mentioned, 282,
303.
Cedar Island Ford, mentioned, 347.
Cedar Lick, given in English copy in-
stead of Cedar Litch, xlvii.
Cedar Litch, mentioned, 223.
Cellar Fork of Deep Creek, mentioned,
191, 367.
Cetalones Branch, mentioned, 143.
Chain carriers, paid for services, 397,
405.
Chalton, Thomas, given in English copy
as Thomas Chelton, liii.
Cham, John, added to King William
County commission of the peace, 94.
Chamben, Gideon, given in English copy
instead of Chamber, Gideon, li.
Chamber, Gideon, mentioned, 222; dis-
pute of, with Thomas Jefferson, con-
cerning land, 248.
Chamberlain, , mentioned, 364.
Chamberlayne, Samuel, mentioned, 261.
Chamberlayne (Chamberlain), William,
land patented by, 224, 225, 233. 244,
295, 323 ; removed from office, 333.
Chamberlayns (Chamberlains) Bed
Run, mentioned, 120, 257, 410.
Chamberlayns Creek, mentioned, 364.
Chamberlayns Warehouse, established,
238 ; inspector for, 285.
Chambers, Richard, land patented by,
71.
Chambon, Gideon, given in English copy
instead of Gideon Chamber, xlvii.
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489
Chamboon, Gideon, to pay portion of
charge for escheating land, 277.
Champ, John, sheriff of King George
County, 235; justice of the peace for
King George County, 236 ; tobacco
inspector, 238.
Chandler, Joel, land patented by, 96.
Chandler, Robert, mentioned, 142.
Chapels, men required to carry arms to,
228; proclamations to be read in, 457,
458, 460, 464, 467, 468, 469, 474.
Chapels of ease, to be erected in St.
Andrews Parish, 344; two to be built
in St. Andrews Parish, 376.
Chaplain, to accompany boundary com-
missioners, 156.
Chapman, John, justice of the peace
for Surry County, 236 ; applies for
attorney's license, 429.
Chappel, James, one of the justices for
Surry, 417.
Charles City County, mentioned, xxiii,
xl ; sheriff of, 12, 34, 66, 86, 100, 129,
171, 200, 215, 235, 273, 319, 368, 406,
439 ; new commission of the peace
issued for, 43, 127, 252, 320, 391, 441 ;
Westover Parish, 119; Quakers in,
fined for not attending musters, 150;
Soans Warehouse, 342.
Charles Parish, mentioned, 302; petition
and complaint of the vestry of, 384.
Chastain, , mentioned, 163.
Chastein, Stephen, petitioner, 177, 195 ;
caveat entered by, 179; land patented
by, 205, 305.
Cheap, Patrick, one of the justices for
Middlesex, 382.
Cheetman, Henry, mentioned, xxx.
Chelton, Thomas, given in English copy
as Thomas Chalton, liii.
Chelton, Thomas, one of the justices for
Westmoreland, 299.
Chermeson, Joseph, dispute concerning
the lands of, 247.
Cherokee Indians, desire to continue
trade with Virginia, 1 ; great men of,
presented with gun and ammunition,
2; expense of entertaining deputies
of, approved, 3 ; trade with, encour-
aged, 331 ; proposals of, 343 ; inter-
preter paid for services, 344 ; presents
to, as a testimony of friendship, 344;
Northern Indians refuse to send
representatives to Williamsburg to
make treaty with, 398; conference of,
with Northern Indians, postponed,
414 ; Virginia refuses to bear expenses
of, attending conference in Albany,
421.
Cherry Orchard Branch, mentioned, 304,
323, 330.
Cherrystones Warehouse, established,
238 ; inspector, 286, 335, 367, 406, 444 ;
fraudulent practices of inspectors in-
vestigated, 310.
Chestnut Mountain, mentioned, 222.
Chew, John, land patented by, 120, 180 ;
petitioner, 142 ; caveat for stopping a
patent to, 206; justice of the peace
for Spotsylvania County, 236 ; tobacco
inspector, 238 ; summoned to court to
answer a petition, 271.
Chew, Joseph, mentioned, 415.
Chew, Larkin, land patented by, xxxiii,
19, 120, 123, 180, 181 ; caveat entered
by, for stopping a patent, 36 ; caveat
for stopping a patent to, 36, 206 ; peti-
tioner, 142 ; sheriff of Spotsylvania
County, 173, 392, 439; summoned to
court to answer a petition, 271 ; one
of the justices for Spotsylvania, 349;
mentioned, 415.
Chew, Larkin, jr., land patented by, 120,
180; petitioner, 142; caveat for stop-
ping a patent to, 206.
Chew, Thomas, sheriff of Spotsylvania
County, 66, 86 ; land patented by, 120,
181, 203, 204, 363, 381, 418; petitioner,
142, 221 ; summoned to court to an-
swer a petition, 188, 271 ; assignee of
James Taylor, 195 ; caveat for stop-
ping a patent to, 206 ; sheriff of
Orange, 393 ; mentioned, 394.
Chews Point, mentioned, xviii.
Chicahominy Swamp, mentioned, xxxiii.
Chichester, Richard, sheriff of Lancas-
ter County, 12, 34; one of the jus-
tices for Lancaster, 435.
Chicholine, , caveat for stopping
patent sued out for, 248.
Chicholine, James, given in English copy
as Chisholm, James, li.
Chickahominy River, mentioned, 234.
Chickahominy Swamp, mentioned, 207,
295, 313.
Chickasaw Indians, discontinuance of
trade with, explained, 1 ; great men
of, presented with gun and ammuni-
tion, 2; expense of entertaining depu-
ties of, 3.
Childen, Abraham, given in English
copy instead of Abra. Childers, xlvii.
Childers, Abraham, land patented by,
218; mentioned, 263.
Childers, Robert, land patented by, 422.
Chiles, Eleanor, caveat entered by, 36.
Chiles (Childs), Henry, caveat for
stopping a patent to, 36 ; land patented
by, 403, 429, 430.
Chiles, John, mentioned, 36.
Chiles, Walter, one of the justices for
Caroline County, 172; sheriff of Caro-
line County, 319.
490
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Chin, Joseph, tobacco inspector, 286 ;
one of the justices for Lancaster
County, 320; sheriff of Lancaster,
421.
Chin, Rawleigh, fined for contempt of
court, 169; tobacco inspector, 406.
Chisholm (Chishom), , caveat
against, 277 ; examination of witnesses
in case of, postponed, 302.
Chisholm, James, given in English
copy instead of Chicholine, li.
Chiswell, — , mentioned, 367.
Chiswell, Charles, land patented by, 27,
83, 128, 258, 380; petitioner, 179, 319,
350 ; summoned to court to answer a
petition, 207 ; mentioned, 372.
Chiswell, John, one of the justices for
Hanover, 391 ; petition of, rejected,
396.
Chopawamsic (Chappawansuck) Creek,
mentioned, 239.
Chowan River, mentioned, xxxiv.
Christanna, trade with Chickasaw In-
dians, carried on at, 1 ; conference of
Indians held at, 33 ; fortifications at,
repaired, 43.
Christian, Robert, land patented by, 367.
Christian, Thomas, mentioned, 419.
Christopher Run, mentioned, 364.
Chuckatuck Parish, lower parish of
Nansemond consolidated with, 411.
Church, Rd., a justice of the peace, 299.
Church, men required to attend, armed,
228, 471 ; built in Nottoway Parish,
349 ; location of, in St. Martins Par-
ish, objected to, 371 ; work on, in
Suffolk Parish, delayed, 402, 407, 412.
Church Landing, Yorktown, mentioned,
184.
Church of England, Protestant Dissent-
ers from, exempt from penalties of
certain laws, 86.
Churches, money appropriated to build
two, 173 ; proclamations read in, 457,
458, 460, 464, 467, 468, 469, 474.
Churchill, , mentioned, vii.
Churchill, Armistead, added to Middle-
sex County commission of the peace,
91 ; sheriff of Middlesex County, 297,
319 ; naval officer of Rappahannock
District, 311.
Churchill, James, land patented by, 410.
Churchill, William, member of Coun-
cil, xx.
Civil offices, proclamation continuing,
in case of the death of the queen, etc.,
20, 445, 453.
Claiborne, Leonard, sheriff of King Wil-
liam County, 273.
Claiborne,_ Nathaniel, recommended for
the position of surveyor, 204.
Claiborne, Thomas, petitioner, 194.
Claiborne, William, sheriff of King Wil-
liam County, 171, 200.
Clanton, Edward, land patented by, 440.
Clapham, Joseph, land patented by, 232;
petitioner, 250.
Clark, Capt. , mentioned, 123.
Clark (Clarke), Christopher, appointed
justice of the peace, xliii ; mentioned,
94 ; land patented by, 123, 163, 295,
429 ; sheriff of Hanover County, 235,
273.
Clark, Francis, mentioned, 295.
Clark, Jonathan, petition of, 78.
Clark, William, master of the Thomas
and Elisabeth, 254.
Clay, Henry, mentioned, 181.
Clayborne, Thomas, land patented by,
222.
Clayton, John, attorney-general, salary
of, paid, xxxi, xli ; judge of the High
Court of Vice Admiralty, 5 ; attorney-
general, granted a leave of absence,
97 ; John Randolph to substitute for,
148 ; petitioner, 21 ; to examine attor-
neys applying for license, 284.
Clements, Francis, mentioned, xiv.
Clements, Henry, mentioned, xiv.
Clemments, William, land patented by,
354, 359.
Clench, William, tobacco inspector, 382.
Clerk, Chr., land patented by, 10.
Cleyton, Philip, tobacco inspector, 361.
Clifton, Captain, commander of the
Khigsate, xx.
Clopton, Walter, tobacco inspector, 238,
285; one of the justices for New Kent
County, 286 ; mentioned, 313.
Cloush, Richard, land patented by, 163,
247, 424, 430 ; summoned to court to
answer a petition, 230 ; mentioned,
372; sheriff of Hanover, 421.
Clowder, Jeremiah, land patented by,
29, 51.
Coan Warehouse, established, 238 ;
proclamation for detecting and pun-
ishing the felonious burning of, 465-
467.
Cobb, Samuel, given in English copy
instead of Saml. Cobbs, liv.
Cobbs. Samuel, keeper of magazine at
Williamsburg, 117; land patented by,
120, 191, 317, 367, 409, 410, 434.
Cobbs, Thomas, tobacco inspector. 414;
one of the justices for York, 416.
Cocke, , mentioned, xlix, 389.
Cocke, Abraham, land patented by, 271 :
caveat entered by, vacated, 399.
Cocke, Bartholomew, summoned to
court to answer a petition, 217.
Cocke, Bowler, land patented by, 89,
105, 118, 202; petitioner, 141; men-
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491
tioned, 142, 224, 261, 283, 304, 329,
353 ; petition against, dismissed, 276.
Cocke, Edward, sheriff of Charles City
County, 273 ; tobacco inspector, 335 ;
complaint against, dismissed, 342.
Cocke, James, one of the justices for
Henrico, 342 ; tobacco inspector, 361 ;
land patented by, 381.
Cocke, James Powell, land patented by,
142; mentioned, 162.
Cocke, John, reimbursed traveling ex-
penses, 144.
Cocke, Nicholas, sheriff of Surry Coun-
ty, 273, 297.
Cocke, Richard, petitioner, liv ; men-
tioned, 233, 251, 358, 419; justice of
the peace for Surry County, 236 ;
tobacco inspector, 285 ; petitioner, 324 ;
platt and survey of land delivered to,
325 ; sheriff of Surry, 439.
Cocke, Thomas, petitioner, xlix ; sheriff
of Surry County, 12; mentioned, 1 (50
of preface), 240, 241, 334; tobacco in-
spector, 237, 285 ; surveyor, 338 ; or-
der for appointment as surveyor of
Nottoway Indian land, reversed, 342.
Cocke, Thomas, given in English copy
instead of Thos. Cook, liii.
Cocke (Cock), William, mentioned, xi ;
member of Council, xxxix.
Cockes Creek, Brunswick County, men-
tioned, 79.
Cohongarooton (Cohongaratoon, Cohon-
garuton, Cohongorootan, Cohungeru-
ton, Cohungorooton, Conhongarooton)
River, mentioned, 229, 232, 233, 270,
319, 347, 350, 397, 402.
Colborn, John, tobacco inspector, 439.
Cold Water, mentioned, 143.
Cole, James, mentioned, 262.
Cole, William, memorialist, 14 ; sheriff.
100, 129; land patented bv, 120, 207;
mentioned, 143, 219, 284.
Coleman, , tobacco inspector, 237 ;
mentioned, 270.
Coleman, Daniel, mentioned, 381.
Coleman, Francis, mentioned, 258.
Coleman, James, given in English copy
instead of simply Coleman, 1 (50 of
preface ) .
Coleman, Richard Lort, tobacco in-
spector, 341.
Coleman, Thomas, tobacco inspector,
285.
Coleman, William, mentioned. 395.
Collectors, to give notice of time of de-
parture of the convoy, xx ; appointed
justices of the peace, 97.
College Landing Warehouse, inspector
appointed for. 414.
College of William and Mary, men-
tioned, 147; professor of mathematics
in, 167 ; surveyor-general of, 204 ;
writ issued for electing a burgess for,
210 ; duties on skins and furs appro-
priated to the use of, 370; act for
the better support and encouragement
of, 373.
Collier, John, tobacco inspector, 238,
285.
Collier, John, James Ferguson given in
English copy instead of, 1 (50 of pref-
ace).
Collier, Thomas, appointed sheriff, xl.
Collier, William, caveat to stop a pat-
ent sued out by, 302 ; petition against,
371 ; time of, extended for taking out
patent, 374.
Colony. See Virginia.
Colston, Traverse, one of the justices
for Northumberland, 441.
Colvil, John, one of the justices of
Prince William, 299, 339; port du-
ties remitted to, 299 ; complainant,
318, 328; petitioner, 443.
Colwell, Edward, mentioned, 105.
Colwell, William, mentioned, 403.
Commissioners for trade and plantations,
letter from, xxi.
Common, land purchased for the pur-
pose of making a common, 436.
Comrie, William, surveyor, 204.
Conai River, mentioned, 250.
Conai (Coonay) Indians, suspected of
murder, 327 ; deny being involved in
murder in Spotsylvania, 330.
Conder, John, one of the executors of
Thomas Crook's estate, 73.
Conecachigah, given in English copy
instead of Conecachigh, xlviii.
Conecahigh (Conecachigh, Conicachi-
gah) River, mentioned, 232, 233, 289.
Conner, Lewis, caveat entered by, 72.
Constances (Constancy) Warehouse, in-
spector for, 237, 285.
Constances, given in English copy in-
stead of Constancy, 1 (50 of preface).
Contrarv River (Run), mentioned, 179,
248, 364.
Convicts, act concerning, repealed, 61 ;
imported from Great Britain, 282 ;
proclamation repealing act concerning,
447.
Convoy, vessels required to sail under,
201.
Conway, Edwin, complainant, 287, 293.
Conway, Francis, one of the justices for
Caroline County, 172; land patented
by, 231 ; tobacco inspector, 238.
Conway, Thomas, mentioned, 340.
Conways Warehouse, established, 238 ;
inspectors appointed for, 286 ; in-
spector at, claims pay for services,
294 ; watchman for, 299 ; purchasers
492
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
refuse to accept tobacco from, 305 ;
inspector at, removed from office, 307 ;
inspector appointed for, 308, 361 ; re-
port of committee in reference to,
311; complaint against inspectors at,
423.
Cook, Giles, petitioner, 135 ; reimbursed
money paid for land rights, 240.
Cook, Mordecai, tobacco inspector, 237.
Cook (Cooke), Mordecai, jr., one of
the justices for Gloucester, 406.
Cook, Richard, mentioned, 163.
Cook, Thomas, tobacco inspector, 285.
Cook, Thomas, given in English copy as
Thos. Cock, liii.
Coopers, affidavit of two, in Bristol, 311.
Corbett, Nath., devisee of Randall Piatt,
71.
Corbin, Gawin (Gowen), mentioned, 3,
38, 367; one of the justices for King
and Queen County, 30, 355; land pat-
ented by, 81, 104.
Corbin, Richard, one of the justices for
King and Queen, 349.
Corbin, Richard, one of the justices for
Middlesex, 435.
Coril, John, land patented by, 411.
Corlaers Lake, French erect fort on,
265.
Corn, exportation of, prohibited, 70, 75,
173, 402; exported contrary to direc-
tions of proclamation, 80, 410; em-
bargo on, discontinued, 187, 192, 422;
plantation vessels to be searched for,
410; proclamation prohibiting the ex-
portation of, 448, 449, 456, 473 ; proc-
lamation permitting the exportation
of, 458.
Coroners, appointed, 226, 321, 409, 425.
442.
Corrie, John, land patented by, 295.
Corrituck Inlet, mentioned, 156.
Corotoman, salary of gunner and store-
keeper at, 17.
Corotoman (Corrotomen, Curritomon,
Currotomon) Warehouse, established,
238; inspector appointed for, 336, 385.
Cosby, John, petitioner, xiv, 145, 164
176, 177, 229, 246, 247; land patented
by, 177, 253, 270, 311 ; case of against
John Syme, 194; mentioned, 323.
Cottens Branch, mentioned, 440.
Cotterell, Thomas, mentioned, 263.
Cotton, planting of, xii, xiii.
Cotton, John, mentioned, 212.
Council, members, salary of, paid, xxix,
xxxi, xli ; opinion of, as to holding
courts of oyer and terminer, xxxv;
warrants for salary of clerk of, 4, 23,
40, 57, 69, 76, 85, 91, 101, 120, 137,
153, 174, 192, 203, 211, 216, 232, 242,
255, 280, 292, 300, 314, 322, 337, 351,
363, 369, 384, 396, 408, 417, 427, 438;
warrants for salary of members of,
4, 23, 40, 57, 69, 76, 85, 91, 100, 119,
136, 153, 174, 192, 202, 211, 216, 232.
242, 255, 280, 292, 300, 314, 321, 337,
351, 362, 369, 384, 395, 408, 417, 438;
concur with Burgesses in sending gov-
ernor to Indian conference, 13 ; one
member of, to attend Indian confer-
ence in Albany, 15; minutes of, read
and approved, 38, 45, 70, 77, 160;
communication to, from agent of pub-
lic affairs, 53 ; acquainted with gov-
ernor's intentions to go to England,
101 ; meeting of, held at governor's
home, 103 ; discussion in, regarding
the administration of government dur-
ing the governor's absence, 107 ; re-
port to, on condition of Edmund Jen-
ings, 108; Robert Carter becomes
president of, 113; Edmund Jenings
suspended from, 113, 114; oath of
office administered to president of,
115; warrant for salary of president
of, 119; patents for land signed by
president of, 124; substitute appointed
for clerk of, 144, 148; oaths adminis-
tered to members of, 146, 149, 150;
message of, to the king, 147, 148;
clerk of, resumes duties, 156; king's
commission to governor-general and
lieutenant-governor read in, 165 ; sal-
ary of messenger and keeper of cham-
ber, 173; account of contingent
charges examined by, 173; Richard
Fitzwilliam omitted by the king in
naming members of, 190; refuses to
refund port duties, 249, 254 ; repre-
sentation to the Board of Trade signed
by, 253, 257 ; scheme for laying ex-
cise duty on tobacco presented to,
258 ; prepares for insurrection in the
Northern Neck, 263, 264 ; increase in
salary of members of, asked for, 300 ;
salary of members of, increased, 320 ;
English statutes ordered for the use
of, 333 ; prayer-books ordered for the
use of, 333 ; rank of the survevor-gen-
eral in, 354, 360; clerk of, 358, 436,
442. _
Council, Hardy (Hardey), petitioner,
82; sheriff of Isle of Wight County,
129, 171.
Council, Hodges, petitioner, 82.
.County courts, attorneys applying for
license to practice in, to be examined,
284.
Court martial, to be held in each coun-
ty, 471.
Court of Vice Admiralty, board bill of
martial of, 402.
Index
493
Courthouse, some inhabitants of Nanse-
mond oppose site selected for, 22 ; peti-
tions for and against removal of, 167 ;
money appropriated to build, 173 ; to
be erected in Isle of Wight County,
332 ; to be erected in Orange County,
346 ; to be erected in Amelia, 359 ;
inhabitants of Hanover object to
building a new courthouse, 366 ; peti-
tion for superseding order for build-
ing, in Hanover, rejected, 396; to be
erected in Lancaster, 433.
Courthouses, proclamations posted at,
458, 461, 465, 467, 468, 469, 471, 474.
Covill, given in Virginia copy instead
of Sevil, xxxv.
Covington, Richard, appointed sheriff,
xxiii.
Covington, Thomas, land patented by,
363.
Cox, Bartholomew, land patented by,
121 ; caveat against, 248 ; mentioned,
275.
Cox, Josiah, affidavit of, 311.
Cox, Matthew, land patented by, 123.
Cox, Nicholas, mentioned, 72.
Cox, Richard, mentioned, 218.
Cox, Stephen, land patented by, 227.
Crab Orchard, mentioned, 403.
Craddock, John, petitioner, 59 ; caveat
entered by, 71.
Craddock (Cradock), William, land pat-
ented by, 78; petitioner, 157; case of,
against Richard Philips, 161, 195 ;
examines witnesses, 176; tobacco in-
spector, 238, 285 ; death of, mentioned,
320.
Craghill, , leaves Colony on ac-
count of debts, 246.
Cratchly, Jonathan, land patented by,
271.
Crawford, Capt. , mentioned, 284.
Crawford, David, appointed justice of
the peace, xliii.
Crawford (Crafford), David, sheriff of
Hanover, 297, 319.
Crawford, John, land patented by, 353.
Crawford, William, sheriff of Norfolk
County, 86.
Crawley, , mentioned, 329.
Crawley, David, mentioned, xviii, 93.
Crawley,. Robert, land patented by, 207.
Crawley, William, land patented bv,
196, 207, 227, 262, 419; mentioned,
434.
Crease, Thomas, paid for services, 118.
Creek Warehouse, tobacco inspector at,
237.
Crochford, John, murderer of, par-
doned, 341.
Crook, Thomas, petition of the cred-
itors of, 4; petition of executors of,
73.
Croucher, Hugh, deposition of, 338.
Croucher, Thomas, land patented by,
363.
Crowder, Bartholomew, land patented
by, 104.
Crown Point, fort built at, by the
French, 265.
Crustwood, Thomas, given in English
copy instead of Thomas Prustwood,
li.
Crutchfield, Ralph, land patented by,
163 ; tobacco inspector, 237, 285 ; re-
moved from office, 310.
Crutchfields Warehouse, inspectors, 237,
285.
Crutchley, Jonathan, land patented by,
241 ; assignee of Michael Holland,
329.
Cryer, appointed for the General Court,
284.
Cubb Creek, mentioned, 163, 225, 230,
262, 263, 282, 291, 363, 364, 403, 404,
420, 430, 440.
Culpeper, Lord, boundaries of land
granted to, 361.
Cumming, Sir Alexander, mentioned,
343.
Cunningham, James, mentioned, 317.
Cura§oa, illegal trade with, xxi.
Curd, Edward, petitioner, 74.
Curie, Joshua, sheriff of Elizabeth City
County, 34, 66, 171, 200.
Curie, Wilson, one of the justices for
Elizabeth City County, 325 ; sheriff
of Elizabeth City, 421.
Currency, difference between bills of
exchange and, 35, 99, 274.
Curtis, , mentioned, 425.
Curtis, Charles, sheriff of Orange, 396.
Curtis, John, tobacco inspector, 238,
286.
Curtis, Rice, jr., tobacco inspector, 286;
one of the justices for Spotsylvania,
294.
Custis, Daniel, one of the justices for
New Kent, 333.
Custis, John, member of Council, xlvi,
lv, 147 passim to 443 ; oath of office
administered to, 190.
Custis, John, sheriff of Accomac Coun-
ty, 274.
Custis, John, one of the justices for
Northampton, 382.
Customs, act for preventing frauds in,
234, 257; memorial in answer to ob-
jections against the act for preventing
frauds in, 249 ; surveyor-general of,
324, 421.
494
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Customs house, not to be removed, 356.
Cypress Swamp, mentioned, 95, 104.
D
Dabbs, Joseph, petitioner, Hi, 241, 263;
land patented by, 261, 311, 317, 323,
353, 364 ; mentioned, 430, 434.
Dade, Cadwallader, tobacco inspector,
239.
Dade, Townsend, sheriff of Stafford
County, 67, 85 ; tobacco inspector, 238,
286; complaint against, 311.
Dalton, Timothy, land patented by, 37i.
Damerons Point, mentioned, xviii.
Dance, Francis, one of the justices for
Charles City County, 320.
Dance, Francis, given in English copy
as Francis Dansie, liv.
Dandridge, William, mentioned, 122 ;
land patented by, 124, 163, 270, 340;
appointed a member of the Council,
146 ; member of council, 148 passim
to 439 ; member of the commission
to settle boundary line between Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, 155, 166 ;
oaths of office administered to, 205 ;
caveat for stopping patent to, 247.
Dangerfield, Edwin, one of the justices
for New Kent, 409.
Dangerfield, William, right of, to cer-
tain land, disputed, 135 ; representa-
tion presented by, 117; petitioner, 141 ;
one of the justices for Essex County,
355, 373.
Dangerfield, William, jr., one of the
justices for New Kent, 349.
Daniels, James, mentioned, 430.
Dansie, Francis, given in English copy
instead of Francis Dance, liv.
Dansie, Thomas, land patented by, 207 ;
time of, for perfecting survey, extend-
ed, 277.
Darracott, Cecelia, petitioner, 313.
Darracott, John, petitioner, 313.
Dashpar, John, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 257.
Daughty, Edward, paid for services,
402.
Davenport, Bedford, paid for services,
406.
Davenport, Joseph, paid for services,
406.
Davidson, Robert, one of the justices
for York County, 391.
Davis, given in English copy instead
of Dennis, xvii.
Davis, , land patented by, 402.
Davis, Daniel, indicted for murder, 69.
Davis, John, mentioned, xxxv ; caveat
entered to stop the issuing of patent
to, 36; land patented by, 58, 78, 140;
petition to stop patent applied for, 71 ;
mentioned, 201.
Davis (Davees, Davies, Daviss), Nich-
olas, land patented by, 329, 364, 388,
430; one of the justices for Henrico,
342.
Davis (Davees), Robert, land patented
by, 380 ; mentioned, 390.
Davis (Daviss), Samuel, justice of the
peace for Isle of Wight, lvi, 325.
Davis (Daviss), Samuel, tobacco in-
spector, 237, 285 ; removed from office,
310.
Davis, William, land patented by, 78 ;
caveat for stopping a patent to, 179.
Davis Warehouse, established, 238 ; in-
spector appointed for, 336.
Davis's Creek, mentioned, 435.
Dawson, John, land patented by, 339,
353, 399; sheriff of Amelia, 391.
Dawson, Rev. William, salary of, in-
creased, 398, 399.
Deacons Neck Warehouse, inspector for,
237, 285, 382.
Dean, John, tobacco inspector, 444.
Dean, Richard, mentioned, 312.
Debnam (Debnham), Charles, tobacco
inspector, 382; one of the justices for
Gloucester, 406.
Debts, law subjecting land to payment
of, 252 ; bill for the more easy re-
covery of, 272.
Deep Creek, mentioned, lii, 58, 79, 82,
105, 123, 128, 143, 163, 179, 182, 191,
196, 202, 218, 224, 225, 227, 231, 233,
234, 251, 262, 263, 271, 283, 292, 302,
313, 329, 330, 340, 363, 367, 379, 380,
381, 403, 419, 423.
Deep Creek, Henrico County, mentioned,
95, 118.
Deep Creek, Prince George County,
mentioned, 84.
Deep Creek Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 238, 286, 406 ; warehouses
at, burned, 259 ; proclamation for the
more speedy detecting and punishing
the felonious burning of, 465-467.
Deg Creek, Henrico County, mentioned,
93.
DeGraffendreit, Tscharner, land patent-
ed by, 436.
De Graffcnreid (Degraffenreed), Chris-
topher, land patented by, 234, 436.
De la Monteny, Jesse, petitioner, 322.
Dell, given in Virginia copy instead of
Bell, xxvii.
Delonv, Lewis, land patented by, 241,
354.
Denbv Warehouse, inspector appointed
for, 325, 366.
Dennct (Donnet), John, reward offered
for the arrest of, 88 ; governor ad-
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vised to pardon, under certain condi-
tions, 92; proclamation for appre-
hending, 450.
Dennis, given in the Virginia copy in-
stead of Davis, xvii.
Denton, Thomas, mentioned, 312; land
patented by, 363.
Devils Run, mentioned, 400.
Dewey, , mentioned, 419.
Dewey, Stephen, land patented by, 410.
Diamond (a ship), mentioned, xix.
Dibdall, John, mentioned, 39, 60, 70.
Dibdall, Margaret, petitioner, 39; cer-
tain land granted to, 70.
Dibdall, Mary, a petition to stop patent
sued out by, 60.
Dickason, Thomas, petitioner, 74.
Dickenson, Arthur, one of the justices
for York, 416.
Dickenson, Nathaniel, forfeits land, 413.
Dickenson, Thomas, summoned to court
to answer a petition, 179.
Dickins, Thomas, one of the justices of
Goochland, 339.
Dickson, Thomas, land patented by, 441.
Dickson. Sec also Dixon.
Difficult Run, mentioned, 270.
Digges, Cole, member of Council, xliii,
xlvi, lv, lvi, 3 passim to 443 ; men-
tioned, 10; forfeits land, 180; oaths
administered to, 196; land patented
by, 207.
Digges, Cole, given in English copy
instead of William Byrd, liv.
Digges, Dudley, member of Council,
xx, xxii ; one of the justices of Glou-
cester, 119, 339; mentioned, 225; sur-
veyor of the customs, 421 ; applies for
attorney's license, 422.
Dimmock, Thomas, mentioned, 296.
Dinwiddie (Dinwiddy), John, sheriff of
King George, 12 ; complaint against,
21 ; trial of, postponed, 25.
Diskin, Henry, tobacco inspector, 406.
Diskin, John, appointed tobacco inspec-
tor, 310; one of the justices for Prince
William, 339; removed from office,
357.
Dissenters, petition of, referred to suc-
ceeding Council, 81 ; exempt from pen-
alties of certain laws, 86.
Dixon, John, one of the justices fcr
King William, 391.
Dixon. Sec also Dickson.
Dobbins, given in English copy for Dob-
bin, xi.
Dog Point, mentioned, 123.
Donaphan, Alex, given in English copy
instead of Donapham, Alex, xxxi.
Donaphan, Alexander, appointed as
coroner, xxi.
Donaphan, Mott, one of the justices for
Stafford, 414.
Doran (Doron), John, removed from
office, 333; one of the justices tor
. New Kent, 349.
Douglas, George, summoned to court
to answer a petition, 179.
Douse, Richard, mentioned, 59.
Dove, hired to transport tobacco, 59;
mentioned, 72.
Dover, Henrico Co., mentioned, 105.
Downman (Uowman), William, sheriff
of Richmond County, 12, 34 ; tobacco
inspector, 238, 286.
Doyle, John, mentioned, 283.
Drew, William, land patented by, 343.
Drumond, , mentioned, 304.
Drummond (Drumond), Richard, sheriff
of Accomac, 171, 200; tobacco inspec-
tor, 239 ; successor to, appointed, 260.
Drury, Charles, sheriff oi Nansemond
Co., insolvent, 12, 35.
Dry Creek, mentioned, 440.
Drysdale, Hugh, commissioned governor
of Virginia, 19 ; commissioned vice
admiral of Virginia, 21 ; warrant for
salary of, 40, 57, 69, 76, 85, 91, 100.
136 ; tells Council of intention to go
to England for his health, 101 ; signi-
fies intention of adjourning the1 As-
sembly, 102 ; representation trans-
mitted to the king by, 102 ; meeting
of Council held at home of, 103 ; dis-
cussion in Council regarding the ad-
ministration of government during
absence of, 107 ; letter to, from Edmd.
Jennings, 110; death of, mentioned,
113; secretary of state notified of the
death of, 114; furniture belonging to,
purchased by Colony, 115; General
Assembly not dissolved by death of,
116; guns fired at funeral of, 117;
warrant for salary paid to executrix
of, 119; mentioned, 225; proclamation
continuing civil and military officers,
445 ; proclamation dissolving the Gen-
eral Assembly, 445, 446 ; proclama-
tion proroguing the General Assem-
bly, 446, 447 ; proclamation repealing
act concerning servants, slaves and
convicts, 447, 448 ; proclamation pro-
hibiting the exportation of Indian corn
or wheat, 448 ; proclamation for pub-
lishing the repeal of the act for laying
duty on liquors and slaves, 449 ; proc-
lamation prohibiting the exportation
of Indian corn or meal and pease,
449, 450 ; proclamation for apprehend-
ing three fugitives, 450, 451.
Drysdale, Mrs. Hugh, message of sym-
pathy sent to, 114; bill for furniture
496
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
sold to Colony, approved, 118; war-
rant to, for the governor's salary, 119.
Dudley, Ambrose, one of the justices
for Gloucester, 406.
Dudley, George, sheriff of Gloucester
County, 12.
Dudley, Richard, sheriff of King and
Queen County, 66.
Dudley, Robert, sheriff of King and
Queen County, 85 ; tobacco inspector,
285; one of the justices for King and
Queen County, 355.
Dudley, William, one of the justices for
Warwick, 349.
Dudly, , deposition of, 338.
Dugdales Run, given in English copy
instead of Duglasses Run, xliv.
Duglass's Path, mentioned, 418.
Duglass's Run, mentioned, 128.
Duit, Charles, caveat to stop patent's
being issued to, 178; date set for
hearing case of, 194.
Duke, James, appointed sheriff, xl.
Duke, John, one of the justices for
Brunswick, 301 ; tried for contempt
of court, 331.
Dulcit, , mentioned, 163.
"Dungeness," Goochland County, pat-
ented by H. Randolph, 390.
Dunivanlines, , mentioned, 340.
Dunnifant, William, land patented by,
180.
Dupuy, Francis, mentioned, 195.
Duties, treasurer of, on liquors and
slaves, appointed, 389.
Dutoy, Peter, mentioned, 195.
Duty, act for laying, on liquors and
slaves, repealed, 257, 449 ; exporters
of skins and furs required to pay, 370 ;
importers of liquors required to pay,
370 ; on lost vessel, 391 ; proclama-
tion for publishing the repeal of the
act for continuing part of an act for
laying duty on liquors, 464.
Dyer, James, caveat for stopping patent
sued out by, 207, 221.
Earle, Samuel, one of the justices for
Prince William, 416 ; tobacco inspec-
tor, 439.
Easly, Warham, given in English copy
instead of Warham Easty, xlvii.
East, Thomas, mentioned, 194.
East Creek, mentioned, 230.
East Jerseys, petition on behalf of some
inhabitants of, 351.
Eastern Shore, naval officer of, 103.
Easty, Warham, land patented by, 218.
Eaton, John, one of the justices for
James City, 413.
Eaton, William, land patented by, 227;
petitioner, 443.
Eccles, given in English copy instead
of Eceles, xlvi.
Eceles, Abraham, land patented by, 193.
Eceles, Joseph, land patented by, 193.
Eceles, Richard, land patented by, 193.
Eceles, William, land patented by, 193.
Eckolds, Richard, land patented by, 418.
Eden, Colonel, governor of North Caro-
lina, letter from, xxxix.
Edins, Thomas, petition for stopping
patent sued out by, 221.
Edins (Eddings, Edings, Edwins), Wil-
liam, caveat entered by, vacated, 71 ;
caveat for stopping a patent to, 180 ;
land patented by, 251, 340.
Edins, William, given in English copy
as Edwins, William, li.
Edloe (Edlo), Henry, petitioner, 245;
land patented by, 340.
Edloe, John, land patented by, 359.
Fdmond, Thomas, justice of the peace
for Surry County, 236.
Edmond, Thomas, Thos. Edmunds given
in English copy instead of, 1 (50 of
preface).
Edmunds (Edmonds), Howell, land pat-
ented by, 11, 79; sheriff of Surry, 129,
171; mentioned, 170; Surry court-
house to be erected on land owned by.
176.
Edmunds, Thomas, given in English
copy instead of Thos. Edmond, 1 (50
of preface).
Edwards, , land assigned to, xlix.
Edwards, Benjamin, petitioner, xlix;
land patented by, 37 ; sheriff of Surry
County, 85, 100; petition of, rejected,
180; tobacco inspector, 237; pur-
chases land from Indians, 424.
Edwards, John, sheriff of Isle of Wight,
34, 67 ; petitioner, 68 ; sheriff of King
George, 392.
Edwards, Nathaniel, one of the justices
of the peace for Brunswick, 266.
Edwards, Richard, one of the justices
for King George, 382.
Edwards, Thomas, summoned to court
to answer a petition, 241.
Edwards, William, sheriff of Surry Co.,
34, 67; land patented by, 79.
Edwins, William, given in English
copy as Edins, William, li.
Edy (Eidy), John, petitioner, 178; date
set for hearing case of, 194 ; caveat
entered by for stopping a patent, 222.
Edy, John, given in English copy in-
stead of John Eidy, xlvi.
Elam, Gilbert, caveat entered by, dis-
missed, 422 ; land patented by, 423.
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Eldridge, Thomas, land patented by, 79,
367.
Elizabeth City County, mentioned, xxiii,
xl ; sheriff of, 12, 34, 66, 85, 100, 129,
171, 200, 215, 273, 297, 421 ; commis-
sion of the peace for, xi, 151, 175
201, 325; coroner of, 140; Sawyers
Swamp, 184; changes made in the
peace commission for, 355 ; gunpowder
sent to, 389 ; mentioned, 400 ; act for
docking the entail of certain land in,
415.
Elizabeth City Parish, complaint against
vestrymen of, 94 ; date set for trial
of vestry of, 97 ; vestry of, authorized
to build new church in Hampton, 151.
Elk Creek (River) mentioned, 164, 178,
194, 224, 283.
Elk Island, mentioned, 58, 219, 430.
"Elkwood," name of a tract of land, 11.
Ellegood, John, a justice of the peace,
299.
Ellegood, Peter Norley, one of the jus-
tices for Northumberland, 382.
Elligood, Jacob, sheriff of Princess
Anne County, 297.
Elliot, James, one of the justices for
King William, 391 ; mentioned, 399 ;
coroner for King William, 409.
Elliot (Elliott), John, sheriff of West-
moreland, 86, 100 ; tobacco inspector,
286 ; one of the commissioners for
building and repairing warehouses hi
Westmoreland, 316.
Ellis, John, mentioned, 225, 430.
Ellis, Joseph, mentioned, 97.
Ellis, Thomas, mentioned, 434.
Ellis, William, petitioner, 59.
Elzey (Ellsee, Elzy), Lewis, tobacco
inspector, 286 ; removed from office,
308; one of the justices for Prince
William, 339.
Embargo, laid on vessels, 170, 201 ; dis-
continued, 183 ; masters of vessels vio-
late orders concerning, 183.
Embry, Henry, one of the justices for
Brunswick, 266.
English, Mary, mentioned, 262.
Epes, Francis, appointed sheriff, xxiii ;
land patented by, 7, 58, 83, 142, 143,
181, 191, 245 ; sheriff of Prince George
County, 34, 67 ; summoned to court to
answer a petition, liv ; caveat entered
by, 71; mentioned, 74, 312, 388, 409;
surveyor for Henrico County, 80 ;
sheriff of Henrico County, 85, 171 ;
summoned to court to answer a peti-
tion, 324 ; required to deliver up plat
and survey of land, 325 ; one of the
justices for Henrico, 342.
Epes, Francis, jr., land patented by,
282.
Epes (Eppes), Isham, land patented by,
282, 367, 410; mentioned, 312, 409;
one of the justices for Prince George,
391, 396 ; sheriff of Prince George,
421.
Epes, Isham, given in English copy in-
stead of Josham Epes, xliii.
Epes (Eppes), James, land patented by,
1 1 ; tobacco inspector, 285 ; one of the
justices for Charles City County, 320.
Epes, John, land patented by, 11, 191,
410.
Epes, Josham, given in Virginia copy
instead of Epes, Isham, xliii.
Epes, Littlebury, land patented by, 142.
Epes, Thomas, sheriff of Charles City,
368.
Epes (Eppes), William, sheriff of
Prince George County, 273, 406 ; land
patented by, 440.
Eppes, Edward, one of the justices for
Charles City, 441.
Eppes, Lewellin, appointed sheriff, xl.
Escheator, appointed for the Northern
Neck, 4.
Escridge, Thomas, given in Virginia
copy instead of Etheridge, Thomas,
xxxv.
Eskredge, George, jr., tobacco inspector,
238.
Eskridge (Uskridge), Samuel, tobacco
inspector, 286; one of the justices for
Westmoreland, 407.
Eskridge, Samuel, given in English copy
instead of Sam. Uskridge, liii.
Essex County, sheriff of, 12, 34, 66, 86,
100, 129, 171, 200, 215, 235, 273, 297,
348, 392, 393, 439; mentioned, xxiii,
xl, 81, 121, 249, 371 ; controversy be-
tween justices and inhabitants of,
concerning location of courthouse, 116,
117; new commission of the peace
issued for, 130, 355, 373 ; complaint
against one of the justices of, 154;
patent issued for land in, 157; Caro-
line County formed from, 172; court-
house for, to be erected at Tappahan-
nock, 172; no surveys to be made or
entries received for land in, 183 ; prop-
erty of felon seized by court of, 189 ;
report from justices of, 197.
Estis, Robert, land patented by, 364.
Etheridge, Thomas, mentioned, xxx ;
petitioner, xxxiii.
Etheridge, Thomas, given in English
copy instead of Escridge, Thomas,
xxxv.
Eustace, William, sheriff of Northum-
berland County, 200 ; coroner for
Northumberland, 409.
498
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Eustall, William, added to Northumber-
land peace commission, 82.
Evans, Charles, right of, to land, dis-
puted, xxxiv.
Evans, Enoch, tobacco inspector, 382.
Evans, John, mentioned, 51, 304, 388;
land patented by, 241.
Evans (Eavens), Stephen, land patented
by, 121, 295 ; mentioned, 312.
Evans, Stephen, given in English copy
instead of Stephen Eavans, liv.
Evans's Run, mentioned, 58.
Everard, Sir Richard, governor of
North Carolina, 144, 152, 155, 159.
Eyre, Littleton, one of the justices for
Northumberland, 382.
Eyre, Neech, one of the justices for
Northumberland, 382.
Fairfax, Rt. Hon. Thomas, Lord, com-
missioners to settle boundaries of ter-
ritory of, 361, 374; committee to wait
on, concerning boundaries of the
Northern Neck, 377 ; declines to
give authority to settle boundaries
of the Northern Neck, 377 ; car-
ries on controversy regarding the
power of the commissioners for
settling boundaries of the Northern
Neck, 378 ; act confirming titles to
lands held under, 383 ; Colony's por-
tion of cost for determining bound-
aries of territory of, ordered to be
paid, 394 ; surveys of boundaries sent
to commissioners, 396 ; one-half of
the cost of determining the boundary
of the Northern Neck to be paid by,
397, 405; mentioned, 401.
Fairfax, William, one of the justices
for Westmoreland, 331.
Falling Creek (River), mentioned, 227,
233, 262, 354, 367, 380, 381, 403, 429,
435, 440.
Falmouth, tobacco warehouse established
at, 238 ; warehouse at, burned, 281 ; in-
spector appointed for, 286, 382, 439;
inspector at, removed from office for
passing trash tobacco and selling
liquor, 437 ; proclamation giving re-
ward for capture of the persons guilty
of the burning of, 469.
Fauntleroy, William, plate claimed by,
131 ; tobacco inspector at Nailors
Warehouse, 308.
Farlce, Martha, traveling expenses of,
paid by the Colony, 144.
Farmor, Joseph, attorney for, sum-
moned to court to answer a petition,
207.
Farrel, given in English copy instead
of Farrall, xiv.
Farrell, Thomas, jr., justice of the peace
for Isle of Wight, lvi.
Farrish (Farish), Robert, one of the
justices for Caroline, 349; sheriff of
Caroline, 421.
Farrow, Abraham, sheriff of Stafford
County, 200.
Farrow, William, given in English copy
instead of Farrar, William, xxv.
Farse, James, given in English copy in-
stead of Forse, James, xliii.
Fasting, day set aside for, 129, 172, 452,
457.
Felons, reward offered for capture of,
259 ; duty on imported, prohibited,
265.
Felony, personal estate forfeited by con-
viction of, 189 ; master of vessel to
be prosecuted for concealing, 198 ;
two boys sentenced for, 249 ; burning
of tobacco warehouses declared to be,
260, 465.
Fergus, John, land patented by, 354.
Ferguson, James, given in English copy
instead of John Collier, 1 (50 of pref-
ace).
Ferguson, John, land patented by, 181.
Ferguson, William, tobacco inspector,
285.
Fergusson, James, removed from office,
436.
Fergusson, Moss, mentioned, 353.
Ferret, Captain, given in English copy
instead of Ferrill, Captain, xiii.
Ferrill, Captain, given in Virginia copy
instead of Ferret, Captain, xiii.
Fiall, mentioned, xvii.
Field, Theophilus, given in English copy
instead of Theophilus Feilds, liv.
Field (Feilds), Theophilus, a justice of
the peace, 299; mentioned, 312, 407.
Fighting Creek, mentioned, 29, 80, 143,
181.
Finch, Philip, paid for services, 413.
Finchly, William, jr., one of the justices
for Richmond County, 331.
Fine Creek, mentioned, xxxvii, 58, 93,
104, 207.
Fines, arising by virtue of any act of
Assembly, due to the king, 169 ; cer-
tain fines collected in the Northern
Neck due to the proprietors, 168.
Finlason, John, justice of the peace for
Spotsylvania County, 236.
Finney, John, caveat against, 277.
Finney, William, land patented by, 29;
clerk. 58.
Finny Wood Creek, mentioned, 434.
Fischback, John, given as John Fish-
back in English copy, li.
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Fishback, John, petitioner, 250; men-
tioned, 253.
Fisher, Charles, land patented by, 305,
440.
Fitzgerald, John, land patented by, 143,
206, 261, 262; petitioner, 177.
Fitzhugh, Henry, land patented by, 309 ;
to investigate complaint against John
Mercer, attorney, 318.
Fitzpatrick, John, sentenced for burg-
lary and felony, 249.
Fitzpatrick, Thomas, land patented by,
390.
Fitzpatrick, William, land patented by,
390.
Fitzwilliam, given in English copy in-
stead of Fitzwilliams, xlvii.
Fitzwilliam, Richard, member of Coun-
cil, xlvi ; member of the council of
Virginia, South Carolina and Jamaica,
93, 190 ; surveyor-general of the cus-
toms in Southern America, 93, 190 ;
member of Council, 96 passim to 223 ;
land patented by, 123 ; oath of office
of surveyor-general administered to.
149 ; member of the commission to set-
tle boundary line between Virginia and
North Carolina, 155, 166; omitted by
the king in naming the members of the
Council, 190 ; surveyor-general of the
customs for the southern district of
America, 190; petitioner, 207; refused
a hearing, 213 ; land rights forfeited
by, 381 ; mentioned, 401.
Five Nations (Indian), mentioned, 2,
11 ; expense of entertaining deputies
of, allowed, 3 ; Indians tributary to
Virginia accused of murdering depu-
ties of, 8 ; conference held by, in Al-
bany, 13; treaty made with, 22;
treaty obligations of, 24 ; arrest and
punishment of, for crimes, insisted
upon, 125, 126.
Flatt Cocke Creek, given in English
copy as Flatt Rock Creek, 1 (50 of
preface).
Flatt Creek, mentioned, 70, 96, 120, 128,
163, 182, 191, 262, 271, 312, 340, 353,
367, 380, 381, 419, 430.
Flatt Rock Creek, given in English copy
instead of Flatt Cocke Creek, 1 (50
of preface).
Flatt Rock (Cocke) Creek, mentioned,
241, 340, 354, 359.
Flax, planting of, xii, xiii ; can be ex-
ported to Great Britain if given prop-
er encouragement, 332
Fleet, Henry, sheriff of Lancaster Coun-
ty, 173, 200; tobacco inspector, 238;
coroner of Lancaster County, 321.
Fleet, William, land patented by, 270.
Fleets, to sail under convoy, 138 ; vessels
formed into, for mutual defense, 201.
Fleming, Charles, mentioned, 89 ; peti-
tion of devisees of, 141.
Fleming, John, one of the justices for
Goochland County, 172; mentioned,
201, 297.
Fleming, Robert, justice of the peace for
Caroline County, 236 ; sheriff of Caro-
line County, 273.
Fleming, Tarleton, given in English
copy instead of Carleton Fleming, li.
Fleming (Flemming), Tarleton (Carle-
ton), land patented by, 89, 317, 365,
381, 410, 419; petitioner, 141; one
of the justices for Goochland Countv,
172; mentioned, 218, 261, 313, 353.
Fleming, William, appointed justice of
the peace, xliii ; sheriff of Hanover
County, 129, 171; mentioned, 178,
194.
Flemings Park Creek, mentioned, 261,
263, 353.
Flinn, Laugh, mentioned, 434.
Flishman, Zeriechias, petitioner, 64.
Flitter, Elinor, petitioner, 379.
Flour, exportation of, prohibited, 173 ;
embargo on, discontinued, 187; proc-
lamation prohibiting the exportation
of, 456, 473 ; proclamation permitting
the exportation of, 458.
Flourney, Francis, land patented by, 295.
Flournoy, John James, land patented by,
84.
Flowers, Jeffrey, sheriff of Gloucester
County, 86.
Flowers, Thomas, petitioner, 29.
Floyd, John, mentioned, 323, 330.
Fluvanna River, mentioned, 244, 418.
Fo River, mentioned, 58.
Fontain, James, given in English copy
instead of Jas. Fountain, xlvii.
Fontain (Fountain), James, sheriff of
King William, 215, 235, 279.
Fontaine (Fountaine), Peter, chaplain,
156; summoned to court to answer a
petition, 177; fails to defend claim to
land, 195 : land patent surreptitiously
obtained by, 205, 206.
Fooley, John, given as Jno. Tooley in
English copy, xlvii.
Fooley, John, mentioned, 218.
Foot, Richard, one of the justices for
Stafford, 414.
Footman, John, sheriff of Westmore-
■ land, 349.
Ford (Foard), John, tobacco inspector,
383, 444.
Ford, Thomas, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 230.
Ford, William, fine remitted, 169.
Fore, Daniel, land patented by, 410.
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Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Fork Creek, mentioned, 79, 95, 179, 339,
340, 353. . .
Forse, James, given in Virginia copy
instead of Farse, James, xliii.
Forse, James, tobacco inspector, 238.
Fort, erected by French at Crown Point,
265; built at Point Comfort, 370;
work on, at Point Comfort, to be
completed, 389; contractor for erec-
tion of, dies of smallpox, 392; work-
man injured scaling guns in, 395; to
be completed, 401 ; gunner and store-
keeper at, 411; money advanced for
completing, at Point Comfort, 422;
breastworks and parapet erected at
Point Comfort, 426; to be built at
Yorktown, 436; contractor required to
give security for finishing, at Point
Comfort, 437.
Fort Christanna, abandoned, 180.
Fort York, salary of gunner at, in-
creased, 405.
Forts, to be erected, 376.
Fortune, petition of the master of, 134.
Foster, John, appointed sheriff, xxxyii.
Foster, Joseph, appointed sheriff, xxiii ;
sheriff of New Kent, 349, 371 ; com-
plaint against, 368 ; acquitted of bad
conduct in office, 371 ; land patented
by, 403.
Fountain, James, given in English copy
as Jas. Fontain, xlvii.
Fountains Creek, mentioned, 177.
Fowke, Chandler (Chaundler), one of
the justices for Stafford, 308; sheriff
of Stafford, 349.
Fowler (Flower), William, complaint
against, 2.
Fox, Henry, sheriff of King William
County, 66, 86; one of the justices of
Brunswick County, 266.
Fox, John, a petition to stop a patent to,
44 ; title of, to certain land, con-
firmed. 45.
Fox, Joseph, petitioner, 277, 283.
Fox Branch (River), mentioned, 224,
419.
Francis, Richard, to examine applicants
for attorney's license, 429.
Franciscus, , memorial of, for
stonning a patent, 428.
Franklin, . mentioned, 354.
Franklin, Edward, caveat for stopping
a patent to, 72.
Franklin, Thomas, mentioned, 359.
Frazer, Andrew, given in English copy
as Andrew Freasure, xlv.
Frazer, Andrew, reimbursed traveling
expenses, 144.
Freasure, Andrew, given in English
copy instead of Andrew Frazer, xlv.
Freck, should be Frook, ix.
Fredericksburg (Fredsburgh), ware-
house established at, 238; inspectors
appointed for warehouse at, 286, 330,
361, 414; commissioners for settling
boundaries of the Northern Neck to
meet at, 378.
Freeman, George, petitioner, 263.
Freeman, John, land patented by, 388.
French, Hugh, one of the justices for
Stafford County, 308.
French, Mason, convicted of manslaugh-
ter and pardoned, 31.
French, encroach upon British domain,
265.
French Indians, murders committed by,
425.
French Refugees, mentioned, 222.
Friend, Thomas, mentioned, 312, 313.
Frook, erroneously printed as Freck, ix.
Frow Anna (a vessel), wrecked, 261.
Fry, John, mentioned, 60.
Fry, Joshua, land patented by, 317; one
of the justices for Essex, 373.
Fuller, Anthony, mentioned, xxvii.
Furniture, purchased for use in gov-
ernor's house, 115.
Furr, Thomas, sr., required to give se-
curity for good behavior, 269.
Furr, Thomas, jr., required to give se-
curity for good behavior, 269.
Furs, exporters of, required to pay duty
on, 370.
Gains, Henry, land patented by, 51.
Gale, Thomas, justice of the peace for
Isle of Wight County, 270; sheriff
of Isle of Wight County, 319.
Gambrell, Thomas, rights to certain
land released by, 94.
Ganawav (Gannaway), John, land pat-
ented by, 430, 440.
Garland, Peter, sheriff of Hanover, 348.
Garner, , given in English copy
instead of Garnet, Hi.
Garner, James, caveat entered by, 221 ;
patent sued out by, 275.
Garner, John, land patented by, 201 ;
petitioner, 221 ; caveat for stopping a
patent to, 246.
Garnett, James, sheriff of Essex Coun-
ty, 171, 200; one of the justices for
Essex County, 355 ; land patented by,
367.
Gay, John, petitioner, 254.
Gay, William, one of the justices for
Henrico, 382.
Geddv, Tames, land patented by, 365,
381.
Gee, Henry, mentioned, 367.
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Gee, James, mentioned, 367.
Gee, Joshua, attorney for, summoned to
court to answer a petition, 207; land
deserted by, 317.
Geiphings, Andrew, mentioned, 188.
General Assembly, called to meet at
Williamsburg, October 25, 1710, xx ;
prorogued, lvi, 16, 27, 45, 52, 63, 70,
75, 80, 81, 88, 90, 103, 116, 125, 129,
144, 170, 187, 197, 209, 228, 243, 249,
252, 291, 294, 298, 307, 315, 320, 358,
361, 365, 368, 395, 399, 407, 413, 414,
440; dissolved, 20, 21, 151, 350; min-
isters paid for attendance on, 23, 57,
120, 174, 292; acts passed by disap-
proved, 60 ; instructions to, for pass-
ing private acts, 61 ; not dissolved by
death of the governor, 115, 116; date
fixed for meeting of, 156; proclama-
tion dissolving, 445, 446, 470; writs
issued for a new, 446 ; notes concern-
ing proclamations proroguing, 449,
450, 452, 460, 462, 464, 470, 472, 474,
475 ; proclamation proroguing, 472.
General Court, ministers paid for attend-
ance on, 4, 23, 41, 57, 85, 101, 120,
137, 154, 174, 192, 202, 211, 216, 232,
255, 280, 292, 300, 314, 322, 351, 363,
370, 384, 396, 408, 417, 427, 438; case
of revenue officers vs. agent for pro-
prietors of Northern Neck to be heard
by, 16; fines imposed by, upon inhabi-
tants of the Northern Neck, due _ to
the king, 169 ; instructions directing
the method of proceeding in appeals
from judgment in, 187; Catawba In-
dians invited to attend, 209 ; House
of Commons petitioned to pass law
allowing appeals from the judgment
of, 252; cryer appointed for, 284;
ministers attending to be paid in cur-
rent money, 336 ; salary of clerk of,
375 ; minister paid for services to
criminals condemned by, 398.
Geneto Pond, mentioned, 381.
Genito Creek, mentioned, 270.
George (a vessel), required to pay ton-
nage and head money, 369.
George I, death of, mentioned, 146.
George II, proclamation issued by, 146 ;
alterations made in prayer for, 147 ;
proclaimed King of England, 147 ;
address to, read and approved, 148 ;
act for the further security of his
majesty's person and government, 165,
182, 190, 193; portrait of, 214; war-
rant to pay for portrait of, 217.
George, William, tobacco inspector, 385.
Georges Branch, mentioned, 191, 410.
Georgia, act for regulating trade with
Indians passed by, 376; Spaniards
prepare to make war on, 389.
Germans, petition of, 64, 250; land re-
served for, 223, 224, 432 ; take up land
in Spotsylvania, 258.
Gibson, James, tobacco inspector, 444.
Gibson, John, one of the justices for
Caroline, 349.
Gibson, Jonathan, sheriff of King
George Co., 34, 67.
Gibsons, tobacco warehouse established
at, 238.
Gibsons Warehouse, petition of a former
inspector of, 294; watchman for, 294,
299 ; purchasers refuse to accept to-
bacco from, 305 ; complaint against
one of the inspectors at, 315, 332;
inspector restored to office, 320 ; in-
spector appointed for, 320, 336, 414.
Gilbert, Ezekiel, tobacco inspector, 336.
Giles, Major, , mentioned, 201.
Giles, Andrew, applies for attorney's
license, 418.
Gill, Elias (Ellis), tobacco inspector,
414, 431.
Gill, Stephen, land patented by, 317.
Gill, William, mentioned, 359.
Gilleys (Gilliet) Creek, mentioned, 194,
222.
Gilliam, Thomas, land patented by, 434.
Gillies Creek, given in English copy in-
stead of Gilliet Creek, xlvii.
Gilmer, George, one of the justices for
York, 416.
Givens, Samuel, land patented by, 442.
Glanocks, given in English copy as
Glascocks, 1 (50 of preface).
Glascock, given in English copy instead
of Glassock, xlvii.
Glascock, Thomas, forfeits estate, 169.
Glascock, William, given in English
copy instead of William Glassook,
(50 of preface).
Glascocks, given in English copy in-
stead of Glanocks, 1 (50 of preface).
Glascocks Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 238, 286, 406.
Glass, Thomas, tobacco inspector, 286;
successor to, appointed, 342.
Glassock, given in English copy as
Glascock, xlvii.
Glassock, Samuel, commissioner of
peace for Richmond County, 215.
Glassock (Glassook), William, justice
of the peace for Richmond County,
215 ; tobacco inspector, 238.
Glassook, William, given in English
copy as William Glascock, 1 (50 of
preface).
Glen, Jeremiah, mentioned, 262.
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Globe (a vessel), acts of trade violated
by, 67, 68. .
Gloucester County, mentioned, xxin, xl ;
commission of the peace for, xl ;
sheriff of, 12, 34, 67, 86, 100, 114,
129, 134, 173, 200, 215, 240, 273, 297,
348, 439; appointee fined for refusing
to accept office of sheriff of, 31 ; new
commission of the peace issued for,
53, 75, 119, 158, 170, 294, 330, 352,
386, 406 ; gunpowder sent to, 389 ; act
for docking the entail of certain lands
in, 415.
Gloucester Warehouse, tobacco inspec-
tors appointed for, 237, 285.
Glover, Samuel, land patented by, 305 ;
mentioned, 430.
Goddin, Thomas, jr., complaint against,
412.
Godding, Edmund, complaint against,
412.
Godfrey, Matthew, sheriff of Norfolk
County, 319.
Godfrey, William, one of the justices
for Prince William, 256, 339.
Godwin, Edmund, complaint against,
402.
Godwin, Joseph, appointed sheriff, xl ;
tobacco inspector, 237 ; courthouse to
be built on land of, 332.
Godwin, Joseph, jr., tobacco inspector,
237, 285.
G o d w i n, Thomas, mentioned, xiv ;
sheriff of Nansemond County, 235,
273, 319.
Godwin, Thomas, jr., complaint against,
402.
Gold Mine Creek (Run), mentioned,
177, 234, 291.
Golden Creek, mentioned, 177.
Gooch, Wm., governor, xlvi ; appointed
governor of Virginia, 145, 146 ; oath
of office administered to, 146, 165,
190; warrants for salary of, 153, 174,
192, 202, 211, 216, 232, 242, 255, 280,
292, 300, 314, 321, 337, 351, 362, 369,
384, 395, 408, 417, 427, 438; trans-
portation and other expenses of, paid
by the Colony, 154; life of, threat-
ened by Indian, 189 ; opinion of, con-
cerning the encouragement of trade
with Great Britain, 332 ; letter from,
388 ; minister apologizes to, 413 ; re-
port on quit rents certified by, 424;
proclamation declaring his majesty's
pleasure for continuing the officers in
the plantations, 453 ; proclamation
prohibiting the entertainment of sail-
ors, 455, 456 ; proclamation prohibit-
ing the exportation of grain, flour
and meal, 456, 473, 474; proclamation
fixing a day for fasting and prayer
for deliverance from destruction by
caterpillars, 457, 459 ; proclamation
permitting the exportation of wheat
and flour, 458; proclamation for pub-
lishing the repeal of the act concern-
ing judgments, bonds, obligations and
accounts, 460 ; proclamation proclaim-
ing the cessation of hostilities between
Great Britain and Spain, 461 ; procla-
mation for preventing the unlawful
meetings of negroes and other slaves,
462-464 ; proclamation for publishing
the repeal of the act for continuing
part of an act for laying a duty on
liquors, 464; proclamation for the
more speedy detecting and punishing
the felonious burning of certain to-
bacco warehouses, 465-467; proclama-
tion publishing the repeal of two acts
concerning tobacco, 467, 468; procla-
mation giving reward for capture of
person or persons who burnt St.
Marks Parish church, 468; proclama-
tion giving a reward for capturing the
persons who burnt warehouse at Fal-
mouth, 469 ; proclamation dissolving
the General Assembly, 470; proclama-
tion for the more effectual putting in
execution the laws concerning militia
and for preventing the unlawful con-
course of negroes and other slaves,
470; proclamation proroguing the
General Assembly, 472; proclamation
for apprehending seamen absenting
themselves from their duty on board
ships of war, 475.
Gooch, William, jr., naval officer of
York District, 442; land patented by,
444.
Goochland, given in English copy in-
stead of Caroline, xlvi.
Goochland County, patent granted for
land in, lv ; mentioned, lii ; justices
for, 172; sheriff of, 172, 197, 198, 200,
273, 319, 369, 396, 439; Licking Hole
Creek, 179; Willis's Creek, 180; pat-
ents granted for land in, 181, 191, 193,
201, 202, 205, 207, 212, 218, 224, 225,
227, 231, 233, 234, 241, 244, 245, 247,
248, 251, 256, 257, 261, 270, 271, 274,
276, 283, 297, 302, 303, 304, 305, 312,
313, 316, 317, 323, 329, 330, 340, 353,
354, 356, 357, 358, 363, 364, 367, 379-
381, 388, 390, 399, 403, 404, 409, 410,
413, 418, 419, 420, 424, 430, 434, 435,
436, 440, 444; mentioned, 187, 195,
217, 222, 263, 324, 416; new commis-
sion of the peace issued for, 201, 339,
407 ; writ issued for electing a bur-
gess for, 210; boundary of, 216, 236,
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308; surveyor for 236, 247, 283, 350,
420; complaint against surveyor of,
244, 295 ; dispute concerning land in,
247; Seven Islands, 283; time ex-
tended for justices of, to signify ob-
jections to boundary line, 305 ; cor-
oner for, 425.
Good, Samuel, petitioner, 74; land pat-
ented bv, 143; mentioned, 181.
Goodall, Charles, land patented by, 218 ;
petitioner, 230.
Goodloe, George, land patented by, 120 ;
petitioner, 142; one of the justices
for Caroline, 349; sheriff of Caro-
line, 368.
Goodrich (Goodrech), Robert, sheriff
of James City, 100, 129; tobacco in-
spector, 237, 285; one of the justices
for James City, 413.
Goodzvin, tackle and rigging for, 322.
Goodwin, Capt. , petitioner, 425.
Goodwin (Goodwyn), John, one of the
justices for York, 416; land patented
by, 441.
Goose Creek, mentioned, 367.
Gordon, Patrick, governor of Pennsyl-
vania, 330.
Gore, William, one of the justices of
Accomac, 417.
Gough, , mentioned, 258.
Governor. See Spotswood, Alexander ;
Drysdale, Hugh ; Gooch, William.
Governor's Dues, vessel exempt from
pavment of, under certain conditions,
310.
Governor's House, repairs on, paid for,
18, 34, 41, 56, 57, 69, 75, 91, 99, 101,
120, 134, 137, 151, 154, 173, 174, 1Q2,
200, 203, 210, 217, 228, 232, 240. 242,
254, 255, 267, 280, 288, 292, 299^ 300,
309, 314, 321, 322, 336, 337, 351, 361,
363, 368, 370, 383, 385, 394, 396, 406,
408, 416, 417, 426, 427, 437, 438; cus-
todian and gardener employed for,
114; Mrs. Drysdale offered the use
of. 114; furniture purchased for, 115:
bill for furniture for, approved, 118;
garden belonging to, put in order, 118;
committee appointed to attend to re-
pairs on, 134; avenue made to, 413.
Gradwell, Capt. Alexander, representa-
tion in behalf of, 3.
Grain, embargo on, discontinued, 192,
407 ; exportation of, prohibited, 402 ;
proclamation permitting the exporta-
tion of, 458; act for prohibiting the
exportation of, in times of scarcity,
473, 474; proclamation prohibiting the
exportation of, 456, 473.
Gram (Geamf, John, surveyor, paid for
services, 397, 406.
Grand Tyre, given in English copy for
Grand Tyrs, xi. [The correct spell-
ing is Grand Terre. It is a small
island, one of the Lesser Antilles, as
is Marie Gallant, mentioned with it
on page 93 of vol. 3 of the "Execu-
tive Journals of the Council of Colo-
nial Virginia."]
Granger, Joseph, land patented by, 329.
Grant, John, tobacco inspector, 336.
Grassy Creek, mentioned, 324.
Gravelly Horse Pen, mentioned, 430.
Gravelly Run, mentioned, 11, 282, 312,
317, 409.
Graves, Thomas, land patented by, 202.
Gray, Joseph, justice of the peace for
Isle of Wight, lvi.
Grays Creek, given in English copy in-
stead of simply "Creek," 1 (50 of
preface).
Grayson, Benjamin, justice of the peace
for Prince William County, 256.
Great Britain, at war with Spain, 138 ;
preliminary articles of peace ratified
by, 183 ; laying of duty on slaves im-
ported from, prohibited, 265 ; sug-
gestions for encouragement of trarlf»
with, 332; cessation of hostilities be-
tween Spain and, proclaimed, 461.
Great Cawtbon Run, mentioned, 364.
Great Guinea Creek, mentioned, 304,
380.
Great Mountains, mentioned, 363.
Grecian, given in English copy instead
of Gresham, xxv.
Grecian, James, heirs of, summoned to
court to answer a petition, 177, 206.
Green, Abraham, caveat entered by, 342 ;
mentioned, 354; land patented by, 381.
Green, Charles, complaint against, 407 ;
apologizes for offense to the governor,
413.
Green, Henry, mentioned, 282.
Green, John, one of the justices for
Spotsylvania, 349.
Green, Lewis, sheriff of Prince George,
349, 368, 392.
Green, Richard, land patented by, 353.
Green, Robert, sheriff, 439.
Green, Thomas, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 190, 191 ; land pat-
ented by, 204; substitute for tobacco
inspector, 330.
Green, William, land patented by, 353,
354, 381.
Green Creek mentioned, 162, 436.
Greenwich Hospital, seamen required to
contribute towards the support of,
220, 260.
Gregg, given in Virginia copy instead
of Gregory, xiv.
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Gregory, Rd., justice of the peace for
King William County, 267; tobacco
inspector, 286.
Gresham, given in Virginia copy instead
of Grecian, xxv.
Gresham, Charles, mentioned, 121.
Gresham, Mary, petitioner, 121.
Greys (Grays) Creek Warehouse, in-
spector appointed for, 285, 334, 382,
406.
Grifnce, Thomas, mentioned, 84.
Griffin, James, tobacco inspector, 286.
Griffin, John, tobacco inspector, 238 ;
petitioner, 294.
Griffin, Lerov, sheriff of Richmond
County, 319.
Griffin, Michael, reimbursed traveling
expenses, 144.
Grigg, John, complainant, 386.
Grigsby, Thomas, sheriff of Stafford
County, 235.
Grills, Richard, mentioned, 36.
Grills, William, petitioner, xxxiv.
Grills's Mill, mentioned, 27.
Grooms Quarter, mentioned, 303.
Grymes, Charles, sheriff of Richmond
County, 66, 85 ; to investigate cause
of tobacco being refused by Bristol
merchants, 305 ; report of, on unmer-
chantable tobacco passed by inspectors,
311; complainant, 315.
Grymes, John, member of Council, xlvi ;
name omitted in English copy, lv;
member of Council, lv, lvi ; deputy
auditor of revenues, 5 ; receiver gen-
eral, 10, 26, 35, 82, 99, 168, 182, 274,
375 ; settles account of piratical ef-
fects with Spottswood, 35; mem-
ber of Council, 99 passim to 443:
to employ gardener for governor's
home, 114; to purchase furniture for
the governor's house, 115; oath of
office administered to, 146, 182, 190;
bond delivered to, 240; reimbursed
certain charges, 267; salary of, 268;
remits by bills of exchange money
received for quit rents, 320; to pur-
chase Statutes at Large and praver
books for the use of the Council, 333 ;
member of the Northern Neck bound-
ary commission, 365 ; warrant to, for
balance of the late adjutant-general's
salary, 427; memorialist, 441.
Guerles, John, given in Virginia copy
instead of Quarles, John, xxxvi.
Guilford Creek, mentioned, 179.
Guilford, tobacco warehouse established
at, 239.
Guilford Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 286, 335, 374, 444 ; com-
plaint against inspector at, 331, 334.
Guinea (Guinie) Creek, mentioned, lv,
95, 142, 312, 329, 358, 380, 381.
Gum Creek, mentioned, 316.
Gunn, , tobacco inspector, 402.
Gunn, John, land patented by, 354.
Gunner, at James City, warrant for sal-
ary of, 4 ; position of, discontinued,
91 ; salary of, increased, 321 ; at York
Fort, salary of, increased, 405.
Gunners, warrants for salary of, 23, 41.
57, 69, 76, 85, 91, 101, 137, 153, 174,
192, 203, 211, 216, 232, 242, 255, 280,
292, 300, 314, 322, 351, 363, 370, 385,
396, 408, 417 427, 438; salaries of, to
be paid in current money, 336.
Gunpowder, ordered, 298 ; warrant to
pay shipping charges of, 370.
Guns, ordered for battery at Yorktown,
333; workman injured in scaling, at
Point Comfort, 395.
Guuldman, given in English copy for
Guildman, xi.
Gwathmey, Richard, tobacco inspector,
338 ; complaint against, dismissed, 346.
Gwins Island, mentioned, 332.
Gwyn, David, mentioned, 304.
Gwyn, Hugh, one of the justices of
Gloucester County, 335.
H
Hack, John, tobacco inspector, 238;
sheriff of Northumberland, 392.
Hack, Peter, tobacco inspector, 414.
Hackney, William, one of the justices of
Prince William, 239, 339.
Hall, Edmund, petitioner, 341.
Hall, Isaac, land patented by, 51.
Hall, John, land patented by, 312, 317,
329; one of the justices for Prince
George, 391, 396.
Hall, William, right of, to land, dis-
puted, xxxiv; petitioner, 59; caveat
entered by, 71.
Halley, William, mentioned, 367.
Ham, Thomas, sr., mentioned, 177.
Hamilton, Gilbert, one of the justices
for Richmond County, 331.
Hamlin, given in English copy instead
of Hamlon, xiv.
Hamlin, Anne, petitioner, 84.
Hamlin, Hubbard, land patented by, 84.
Hamlin, John, mentioned, 84 ; caveat for
stopping a patent to, 179; surveyor,
261 ; land patented by, 292.
Hamlin, Richard, given in English copy
instead of Hemlin, Richard, xxxi.
Hamlin, Thomas, witness, 265.
Hamlin, William, caveat entered by, 71 ;
land patented by, 84.
Hammon, John, tobacco inspector, 342.
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Hamonds Branch, mentioned, 363.
Hampton, John, mentioned, xxvii.
Hampton, church to be built in, 151 ;
mentioned, 322 ; inhabitants of, to be
heard concerning a petition, 348 ;
customs house to remain in, 356 ;
smallpox in, 398.
Hampton, Thomas, land owned by, re-
verts to Colony, 97.
Hampton Roads, mentioned, 201.
Hampton Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 237, 285, 361, 439, 441.
Hancock, George, appointed sheriff,
xxiii ; mentioned, xxxvii.
Hancock, Richard, land patented by,
371.
Hancock, Samuel, mentioned, 296.
Hanie, given in English copy instead
of Hainie, xi.
Hankins, John, mentioned, 353.
Hannah, a negro woman, executed, 141.
Hanover County, mentioned, xlv; given
in English copy instead of Spotsyl-
vania, li; writ for election of burgess
for, 9; mentioned, 10, 39, 79, 194,
219, 229, 230, 248, 251, 258, 262, 263;
sheriff of, 12, 34, 66, 85, 100, 129,
171, 200, 215, 235, 273, 297, 319, 348,
392, 421, 439; patents granted for land
in, 29, 83, 106, 120, 123, 128, 163, 196,
202, 207, 209, 218, 222, 225, 227, 233.
234, 247, 248, 253, 256, 258, 262, 270,
271, 277, 283, 291, 295, 304, 312, 317,
329, 330, 339, 340, 352, 353, 354, 358,
363, 364, 371, 372, 387, 388, 403, 41C,
413, 435 ; new commission of the peace
issued for, 33, 103, 124, 134, 274, 391 ;
Camp Creek, 70 ; representation from,
in behalf of John Dennet, 92 ; petition
concerning land in, 108 ; dividing line
between Spotsylvania and, 125, 136,
137, 256 ; six members of the peace
commission decline to serve, 140 ;
boundary of, 142; Elk Creek, 178;
Rocky Creek, 178; Contrary Run,
179; allowance to sheriff of, for col-
lecting quit rent tobacco, 199, 214;
dividing line between Goochland and,
236, 288, 295, 305, 308 ; time extended
for perfecting survey of land in, 277 ;
P i n e y Mountain, 295 ; complaint
against the justices of, 366; St. Mar-
tins Parish, 371 ; petition of inhabi-
tants of, 396.
Happy Creek, mentioned, 10, 206, 271.
289, 325, 326, 347.
Harbour, Thomas, land patented by, 358.
367.
Hardemento, , dropped from
Charles City peace commission, 441.
Harding (Hardin), George, sheriff of
Middlesex, 215, 235; tobacco inspec-
tor, 238, 286.
Harding, Thomas, land patented by,
440.
Harding, William, mentioned, 181.
Hardware (Hardiware) River (Creek,
Run), mentioned, 142, 191, 218, 241,
283, 304, 330, 390.
Hardway (Hardaway) River, men-
tioned, 388, 416, 424, 429, 440.
Hardway, Stith, mentioned, 418.
Hardyman, Fran., sheriff of Charles
City County, 100, 129.
Hardyman, John, appointed sheriff, xl.
Hare, John, sheriff of Norfolk County,
100, 129.
Harlc, William, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 230.
Harlow, John, mentioned, 250.
Harmanson, Matthew, one of the jus-
tices for Northumberland, 382.
Harmantson, George, given in English
copy instead of Harmonson, George,
xxxvii.
Harmer, John, one of the justices for
York County, 369; land patented by,
402, 419, 435.
Harmer and King , dispute of, with
Charles Carter, 433.
Harmonson, George, given in Virginia
copy instead of Harmantson, George,
xxxvii.
Harper, Joseph, land patented by, 388,
390.
Harper, William, one of the justices for
Surry, 417.
Harrican Creek, mentioned, 418.
Harrild, Dr. Luke, given in Virginia
copy instead of Haveild, Dr. Luke,
ix.
Harris, Benjamin, one of the justices
for Charles City, 391.
Harris, Christopher, right of, to land
disputed, xxxiv.
Harris (Harriss), David, land patented
by, 380.
Harris (Harriss) James, petition and
caveat of, dismissed, 247 ; caveat en-
tered by, 302 ; petitioner, 371 ; reim-
bursed cost of prosecuting petition,
374.
Harris, John, summoned to court to an-
swer a petition, 230.
Harris, Richard, mentioned, 312.
Harris, Thomas, land patented by, 104;
tobacco inspector, 411.
Harris, Timothy, land patented by, 83.
Harris Creek, mentioned, 262, 312, 358,
364, 387.
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Harris (Harrys) Swamp, mentioned, 51,
71, 419.
Harrison, Benjamin, mentioned, xvm ;
sheriff of Charles City County, 171,
200; land patented by, 181, 227, 380;
mentioned, 219, 224, 317, 441 ; Amelia
County courthouse to be erected on
land belonging to, 359.
Harrison, Burr, justice of the peace for
Prince William County, 239; re-
moved from office, 310; complaint
against, 327.
Harrison, Fairfax, prints lent by, vi,
xliv.
Harrison, Gabriel, mentioned, 282.
Harrison, George, tobacco inspector,
308.
Harrison, Henry, petitioner, xlviii, 83 ;
land patented by, 83, 240; member
of Council, 234 passim to 280.
Harrison, Nathaniel, in English copy
instead of simply "Harrison," xi ;
Carolina boundary commissioner, xxi ;
member of Council, xxxix, xlii, xliii,
1 passim to 154; deputy auditor of
revenues, 10, 13, 26, 94, 148, 151 ; to
attend Indian conference at Christ-
anna, 33 ; land patented by, 37, 84,
93, 143 ; petitioner, 75 ; supervisor of
Nottoway Indians, 121 ; appeals to
Council in behalf of Saponie Indians,
126 ; one of the commissioners to run
dividing line between Virginia and
North Carolina, 148; report of, re-
garding tributary Indians, 152 ; death
of, mentioned, 155; mentioned, 158.
Harrison, Nathaniel, one of the jus-
tices for Prince George, 382.
Harrison, Thomas, one of the justices
for Prince William, 239, 339; letter
from, 263 ; witness in Northern Neck
controversy, 394 ; paid for services,
397.
Harrison, Thomas, tobacco inspector in
Surry County, 334.
Harrison, Thomas, jr., sheriff of Prince
William County, 297.
Harrison, William, sheriff of Prince
George County, 100, 129.
Harrison. William, one of the justices
for Prince William, 239 ; mentioned,
262.
Harrison, William, one of the justices
for Stafford, 414.
Harrolson, Paul, mentioned, 251.
Hart, Henry, given in English copy in-
stead of Hartwell, Henry, xix.
Hartfeild, Michael, recommended for a
position, 344.
Harton, Thomas, supposed to have been
murdered, 331 ; body of, found in mill
pond, 333.
Hartwell, Henry, given instead of Hart,
Henry, in Virginia copy, xix.
Harwood, Harlow, given in English
copy as William Harwood, 1 (50 of
preface) ; tobacco inspector, 237.
Harwood, Humphrey, appointed sheriff,
xxiii.
Harwood, Samuel, one of the justices
for Charles City, 43, 441 ; sheriff of
Charles City County, 215, 235, 406;
tobacco inspector, 237, 285 ; removed
from office, 308.
Harwood, William, appointed sheriff,
xl ; given in English copy instead of
Harlow Harwood, 1 (50 of preface) ;
tobacco inspector, 285 ; resigns from
position, 325; one of the justices for
Warwick, 349 ; mentioned, 366 ; sheriff
of Warwick, 393. ;
Haskin, , mentioned, 440.
Haszvell, mentioned, 310.
Hatcher, William, land patented by, 367
403.
Hatchers Creek, mentioned, 162, 381,
391.
Hatches Run, Prince George County,
mentioned, 60, 83, 103, 303, 329, 354,
379, 409.
Hatchets, imported contrary to the acts
of trade, 67, 68.
Hatt, Norwood, one of the justices for
Prince William, 416.
Haveild, Dr. Luke, given in English
copy instead of Harrild, Dr. Luke, ix.
Havert, Thomas, complaint against,
402.
Haward, given in English copy instead
of Howard, xviii, xxvi.
Hawes, Samuel, deposition of, 338.
Hawk, William, sheriff of Prince
George, 439.
Hawkes, Joseph, mentioned, 367, 379,
410.
Hawkins, John, mentioned, 142, 202;
summoned to court to answer a peti-
tion, 241.
Hawkins, Joseph, mentioned, 163 ; to-
bacco inspector, 361.
Hawkins, Philemon, mentioned, 142.
Hawks Bill Creek, mentioned, 270.
Haxle River, given as Hazle River in
English copy, xlviii ; mentioned, 231.
Hayes, John, witness, 310.
Hayes, Thomas, one of the justices for
Gloucester, 406.
Haynes, Anthony, land patented by, 390 ;
tobacco inspector, 414.
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Haynes, Herbert, one of the justices for
Gloucester, 352.
Haynes, Thomas, sheriff of Princess
Anne County, 129, 171 ; land patented
by, 312, 390.
Hayns, William, mentioned, 304.
Hayward, Francis, sheriff of York
County, 319.
Haywood, William, one of the justices
of Brunswick County, 315.
Haywood, Henry, appointed sheriff,
xxxvii.
Hazle River, given in English copy in-
stead of Haxle River, xlviii.
Head money, salaries paid out of, 23,
57, 76, 85, 153, 174, 202, 211, 216, 232,
242, 255, 280, 300, 336, 362, 384, 408,
438; report on, certified by the gov-
ernor, 26, 41, 57, 69, 76, 137, 154,
175, 203, 211, 217, 232, 242, 255, 281,
293, 314, 337, 352, 363, 385, 428; re-
pairs on governor's house paid for
out of, 56 ; masters of vessels refuse
to pay in bills of exchange, 387.
Head nails, imported contrary to the
acts of trade, 67, 68.
Heal (Heale), George, sheriff of Lan-
caster County, 67, 86.
Heal, John, one of the justices for Lan-
caster County, 320.
Heal, Joseph, one of the justices for
Lancaster County, 320.
Heale, George, appointed coroner, xxi.
Hearney, Michael, given in Virginia
copy instead of Kerney, Michael,
xxxii.
Heath, Samuel, one of the justices for
Northumberland, 82.
Hector, letter from the commander of,
442.
Hedgmans River, mentioned, 416.
Heid, Joost, mentioned, 289.
Heid. See also Hite.
Hembree, James, mentioned, 399.
Hemlin, Richard, given in Virginia copy
instead of Hamlin, Richard, xxxi.
Hemp, can be exported if given proper
encouragement, 332.
Henderson, Thomas, summoned to court
to answer a petition, 230.
Hen i ago Island, mentioned, 265.
Henley, Leonard, one of the justices for
James City, 422.
Henrico County mentioned, xv, xxiii,
xxxiv, xl, 7, 29, 79, 195, 263, 324;
sheriff of, 12, 34, 66, 85, 100, 129, 171,
200, 235, 273, 297, 348, 392, 439; pat-
ents granted for land in, 27, 82, 83, 84,
95, 96, 103, 104, 105, 120, 121, 122,
123, 124, 128, 142, 143, 162, 163, 181,
207, 218, 222, 225, 231, 234, 245, 250,
251, 295, 296, 302, 317, 339, 340, 367,
380, 403, 419, 422, 423; Elk Island,
58 ; Wintopack, 58 ; surveyor of, 80 ;
Blackwell Island, 93 ; Nibs Creek, 93 ;
Willis's Creek, 93 ; new commission
of the peace issued for, 97, 188, 252
342, 382; Deep Creek, mentioned, 118
boundary of, 142; Guinie Creek, 142
Quakers in, fined for not attending
musters, 150; Tottero, 180; com-
plaint against surveyors of, 244, 328;
fine remitted to justices of, 385, 386.
Henrico Parish, mentioned, 340.
Henry, John, petitioner, 178 ; land pat-
ented by, 295, 339, 353, 364, 380 ; paid
for services, 387 ; one of the justices
for Hanover, 391 ; mentioned, 401.
Henry, Patrick, land patented by, 380.
Henry, Sarah, mentioned, 339.
Henry, William, given in English copy
as Wm. Kenney, xlv; sheriff of New
Kent County, 171.
Henson, Benjamin, given in English
copy as Hinson, Benj., li; caveats en-
tered by, 247, 248; land patented by,
248; summoned to court to answer a
petition, 262.
Herber, Richard, given in Virginia copy
instead of Herbert, Richard, xliii.
Herbert, , mentioned, 419.
Herbert, Richard, given in English copy
instead of Herber, Richard, xliii ; land
patented by, 227.
Herd, John, master of the Taylor, 126,
131.
Herrican Creek, mentioned, 353.
Hey Dock, representation in behalf of
commander of, 3.
Heyd. See Hite.
Heydt, Joost, given as Joost Heyd in
English copy, li.
Hickman, Edwin, land patented by. 123,
202; sheriff of Spotsvlvania County,
200, 215 ; caveat entered by, 222, 247,
276.
Hickman, Henry, sheriff of King and
Queen County, 12, 34 ; summoned as a
witness against tobacco inspector, 334.
Hickman, Joseph, summoned as a wit-
ness against tobacco inspector, 334.
Hickman, Richard, custodian of the
governor's house, 114; land patented
by, 123. 202 ; caveat entered by, 222.
Hickory Creek, mentioned, 364, 388.
Hicks, Daniel, paid for services, 214 ;
mentioned, 317, 329.
Hicks, Robert, land patented by, 83 ;
paid for services, 214.
Hicks. See also Hix.
508
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Hico-otomony River, mentioned, 311.
Higginson, given in English copy in-
stead of Higgason, xxviii.
High, John, mentioned, 282.
Hill, Edward, swears to accounts, xiii ;
caveat entered by executors of, 36, 79 ;
mentioned, 96, 183.
Hill, Humphry, commissioner of the
peace for King William, 229 ; paid
for services, 338; one of the justices
for King and Queen, 435.
Hill, John, mentioned, 93.
Hill, Richard, mentioned, 93, 304, 323,
330.
Hill, Robert, mentioned, 93.
Hill, Robert, jr., mentioned, 93.
Hill, Thomas, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 219 ; tobacco in-
spector, 285; one of the justices for
Spotsylvania, 349.
Hilliard, Christopher, accused of forg-
ery, 351.
Hinman, Bailey, caveat entered by, 179.
Hinson , Benjamin, given in English
copy instead of Henson, Benjamin, li ,
petitioner, 229, 230 ; relinquishes pre-
tentions to certain land, 246 ; caveat
against, 277 ; petitioner, 283.
Hinsons Creek, mentioned, 295.
Hinton, Moses, tobacco inspector, 361.
Hispaniola, mentioned, xxxii.
Hite (Heid, Heyd, Hyte), Joost (Joy-
cot), petitioner, 253, 361, 401; caveat
entered by, 276, 288; appointed a jus-
tice for the section on the northwest
side of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
318, 319; land conveyed to, properly
seated, 325, 326.
Hix, Daniel, justice of the peace for
Brunswick, lvi.
Hix, Joseph, land patented by, 304.
Hix, Robert, given in English copy in-
stead of His, Robert, xviii; justice
of the peace for Brunswick, lvi; to
attend Indian conference, 15, 303.
Hobbs Hole, salary of gunner and store-
keeper at, 17; Alexander Parker gun-
ner and storekeeper at, 69; tobacco
warehouse at, 238.
Hobbs Hole Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 286, 386.
Hobson, George, justice for the section
on the northwest side of the Blue
Ridge Mountains, 319.
Hockidy, William, one of the justices
for New Kent, 386.
Hodges, John, mentioned, 233.
Hndges, Joseph, witness, 266, 268.
Hoe, James, one of the justices for
Stafford, 414.
Hoge, Theodosius, complaint against,
dismissed, 384.
Hogan (Hogon), Hugh, summoned to
court to answer a petition, 251 ; caveat
for stopping a patent sued out by, 366 ;
forfeits right to land, 372.
Hoggard, Nathan, land patented by,
257.
Hoggat, Anthony, land patented by, 311,
323, 364, 434; Anthony, sheriff of
Goochland, 396.
Hogneck (Hogg Neck) Warehouse, in-
spector at, 237, 285, 334.
Holdcraft, Henry, given in English
copy instead of Holdercraft, Henry,
xli.
Holdcroft, Henry, commissioner of the
peace for New Kent, 32.
Holden, George, petitioner, 402.
Holdercraft, Henry, given in Virginia
copy instead of Holdcraft, Henry, xli.
Holes, Thomas, tobacco inspector, 342.
Holiday, Anthony, tobacco inspector,
285.
Holiday, John, one of the justices for
Spotsylvania, 294.
•Holland, Michael, caveat entered by, 72;
land patented by, 163, 212, 234, 251,
329, 380, 403, 404, 429; mentioned,
295, 304, 430.
Holliday, William, master of the Prin-
cess Carolina, 249 ; mentioned, 329.
Hollier, Simon, petitioner, 94.
Holloway, Edward, mentioned, 381.
Holloway, John, paid for services, 86 ;
Holloway, John, report of on condition
of Edmund Jenings, 111, 112; to de-
liver message of sympathy to Mrs.
Drysdale, 114; land patented by, 122,
124, 180 ; one of the commissioners for
recording doubts and questions con-
cerning negro, mulatto or Indian
slaves, 243 ; to examine attorneys ap-
plying for license, 284.
Holly Bush Branch, mentioned, 39.
Holman (Holeman), James, tobacco in-
spector, 237, 285 ; mentioned, 312, 342.
Holmes (Homes), George, sr., peti-
tioner, 2; caveat for stopping a pat-
ent to, 106.
Holmes (Homes), George, jr., petition-
er, 2 ; George, mentioned, 120.
Holmes, Robert, mentioned, 142.
Holt, David, mentioned, xiv, 39.
Holt, John, given in English copy in-
stead of Holt, Joseph, x.
Holt, Thomas, tobacco inspector, 406.
Holtzklow, Jacob, petitioner, 250.
Holy Days, men required to carry arms
to church on, 228.
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Home, George, given in English copy
as Geo. Hume, xlv ; surveyor for
Spotsylvania County, 175, 178, 194,
401 ; land patented by, 181 ; caveat for
stopping a patent to, 206 ; summoned
to court to answer a petition, 271 ;
paid for services, 397.
Homes. See Holmes.
Homes, George, one of the justices for
Caroline, 349.
Homes, George, jr., caveat for stopping
a patent to, 106.
Hood, Rt., mentioned, 295.
Hooper, , mentioned, 430.
Hooper, Thomas, appointed sheriff, xl.
Hopkins, , one of the commission-
ers for recording doubts and questions
concerning negro, mulatto or Indian
slaves, 243.
Hopkins, Arthur, petitioner, 70 ; land
patented by, 316, 353; one of the jus-
tices for Goochland, 407.
Hopkins, William, to examine attorneys
applying for license, 284; tobacco in-
spector, 344.
Hopson, John, land patented by, 231.
Hore, James, one of the justices of
Westmoreland, 299.
Hore. John, given in English copy in-
stead of James Hore, liii ; mentioned,
262 ; relinquishes right te land* ,277.
Horn Quarter, mentioned, 218.
Hornby, Daniel, petitioner, 105, 205,
220 ; controversy concerning land for-
feited by, 118, 121, 124, 125, 127, 131,
157, 220, 221 ; complaint against, 426.
Horse Pen Branch, mentioned, 120.
Horsepen Swamp, mentioned, 212, 353,
354.
Horse Pond Creek, mentioned, 292.
Horse race, mentioned, 453.
Hospital, seamen required to contribute
towards support of, 220, 260.
Hound Creek, mentioned, 271.
House Creek, given in English copy as
Sweet House Creek, xlvii.
How, , petitioner, 398.
How, John, sheriff of Stafford, 441.
Howard, given in Virginia copy instead
of Haward, xviii, xxvi.
Howard, Allen (Allin), land patented
by, 51 ; one of the justices for Gooch-
land County, 172; mentioned, 420.
Howard, Benjamin, land patented by,
73.
Howard, John, commissioned to go
upon expedition, 404 ; furnished pow-
der and bullets for use on expedition,
409.
Howard, Jonathan, reimbursed travel-
ing expenses, 144.
Howard, Thomas, report of, on negotia-
tions with Indians, 425.
Howcott, Edward, paid for services,
144.
Howlett, Crawley, land claimed by, 356.
Howson, Leonard, sheriff of Northum-
berland, 349.
Hubard, James, one of the justices for
Gloucester, 406.
Hubbard, Benjamin, one of the justices
for King William, 391.
Hubert, , presence of, in the Col-
ony investigated, 390.
Hudnall (Hudnal), John, one of the
justices for Prince William, 339, 416.
Hudnall, Joseph, justice of the peace for
Prince William County, 239 ; sheriff
of Prince William County, 319 ; neg-
lects to give security for execution of
office, 328 ; mentioned, 416.
Hudson (Hudgson), Capt. , men-
tioned, 123, 295, 430.
Hudson, Charles, land patented by, 79,
96, 123, 142, 191. 218, 241, 329, 380,
404; sheriff of Hanover County, 200,
215; petitioner, 257; mentioned, 304,
330.
Hudson, Elizabeth, caveat for stopping
a patent to, 411.
Hudson, James, mentioned, 303, 329.
379.
Hudson, John, mentioned, 312.
Hudson, Thomas, mentioned, 312. 409.
Hudson, William, land patented by, 207.
282, 303, 430.
Hughes (Hughs), Ashford, mentioned,
180, 227, 329; land patented by, 304,
340.
Hughes, Isaac, mentioned, 201.
Hughes, John, mentioned, 96.
Hughes, Robert, land patented by, 201.
Hughes (Hushis), Stephen, land pat-
ented bv, 142. 201, 224. 317, 340. 365,
381, 400, 403, 410, 419; mentioned,
181, 219, 257, 261; petitioner, 219,
227, 276. 399.
Hughes (Hughs), William, summoned
to court to answer a petition, 284, 302.
Hull George, reimbursed traveling ex-
penses. 144.
Hume, George, given in English copy
instead of Geo. Hume, xlv.
Humphreys, given in English copy for
Humphrey, xi.
Humphreys, John, witness, 185, 186.
Humphreys, Robert, mentioned, 51.
Hungars ((Hugers, Hungers), tobacco
warehouse established at, 238.
510
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Hungars Warehouse, inspectors appoint-
ed for, 286, 335, 444.
Hunt, John, mulatto child taken by, 379.
Hunt, Thomas, mentioned, 419.
Hunter, William, member of Elizabeth
City peace commission, 151.
Hunting Creek, tobacco warehouse
established at, 239.
Hunting Creek Warehouse, inspectors
appointed for, 286, 406; inspectors at
removed from office and new inspec-
tors appointed, 308.
Hurt, John, petition of heir of, 80.
Hurt, William, land patented by, 80.
Hutchins, John, a justice of the peace,
299.
Hutchins, Capt. John, one of the own-
ers of the Three Brothers, 265.
Hyte. See Hite.
I
Importation rights, Isham Randolph re-
fused the benefit of, lv.
Importer, laying of duty on slaves to be
paid by, prohibited, 265.
Indian affairs, communication from com-
missioners of, 8 ; representation from
commissioners of, 421.
Indian corn, exportation of prohibited,
173, 402, 407, 410, 448, 449, 450, 456,
473, 474 ; imported, 323 ; embargo on,
discontinued, 422, 458.
Indian Creek, dividing line between
Lancaster and Northumberland, 316.
Indian Creek Warehouse, established,
238 ; complaint against tobacco in-
spector at, 293 ; inspector appointed
for, 425.
"Indian Field," mentioned, 209.
Indian slaves, commission appointed for
recording doubts and questions con-
cerning, 243.
Indian Swamp, mentioned, 323, 330.
Indian Trade, act for regulating, passed
by South Carolina, 17, 19.
Indian Traders, copy of act regulating
trade with Indians sent to, 376.
Indians, governor and two members of
the Assembly to attend conference of,
15 ; act destructive to trade and friend-
ship with, passed by South Carolina,
17; treaty made with Northern, 22,
24 ; hold conference at Christanna for
the purpose of making treaty, 33 ; ex-
penses of Col. Spotswood's trip to Al-
bany to treat with, 225, 272 ; plans for
making peace between the Northern
and Southern, 370; act for regulating
trade with, 376 ; trespass on patented
lands in Brunswick, 393.
Indians, tributary, ordered not to enter-
tain the Tuscarora Indians, xvii ; land
of, not to be taken by whites, xxvii;
accused of murder, 8.
Indians. See also Catawba, Cherokee,
Chickasaw, Five Nations, Meherrin,
Nansemond, Nottoway, Oneida, Sa-
ponie, Saraw, Seneca, Six Nations,
Tuscarora.
Inglish, Matt., sentenced for burglary
and felony, 249.
Innes, Enoch, one of the justices for
King George, 382.
Innes, Robert, petitioner, 7.
Insurrection, militia in the Northern
Neck prepare to resist, 263, 264 ; peti-
tion of some of the participants in
269 ; laws for preventing, to be en-
forced, 383 ; act for making more
effectual provision against, 389.
Interpreter, increase in salary of, recom-
mended, 174.
Invasions, act for making more effectual
provision against, 389.
Irby, Barres, mentioned, 340.
Irby, Charles, one of the justices for
Prince George County, 320 ; sheriff
of Amelia, 439.
Irby, Edmund, mentioned, 163.
Irby, Henry, reward offered for the ar-
rest of, 88, 119, 450.
Irby, John, one of the justices of the
peace for Brunswick, 266.
Irby, William, given in English copy
instead of Toby, William, li.
Iron, imported contrary to the acts of
trade, 67, 68 ; can be exported to
Great Britain if given proper encour-
agement, 332.
Iron Mine Tract, mentioned, 36.
Iron Mines, iron ore imported for use
in, 433.
Iron Works, mentioned, 231.
Irvin Creek, mentioned, 355.
Irwin, Alexander, professor of mathe-
matics in College of William and
Mary, 167.
Irwin, Henry, governor repaid money
advanced to, 19; petitioner, 39, 42;
dismissed from office, 98 ; imprisoned,
186.
Irwin, Jones, land patented by, 371.
Irwin, Tom, imprisoned, 186.
Isaac, Samuel,, jr., reward offered for
the arrest of, 327.
Isingglass Creek, mentioned, 60, 354.
Isle of Wight County, mentioned, xxiii,
xl, 2, 26, 36, 52, 120, 177, 246; new
Index
511
commission of the peace issued for,
lvi, 14, 170, 201, 270, 325; order con-
cerning the granting of controverted
land in, 3; sheriff of, 12, 34, 67, 85,
100, 129, 171, 200, 235, 273, 319, 368,
421, 425 ; petition of inhabitants of,
38, 167, 323, 377; petition of the
sheriff of, 68; Newport Parish, 89;
certain inhabitants of, advised to have
entries surveyed and to sue out pat-
ents, 92; patents granted for land in,
93, 103, 104, 120, 186, 201, 206, 221,
283, 324; map to be made of, 168;
Raccoon Island, 176; boundary line,
277 ; inspectors at warehouse in, re-
moved, 310; new courthouse to be
erected in, 332 ; surveyor for, 342,
345 ; Nottoway Parish, 349 ; militia
of, to repel Tuscarora Indians, 365.
Issuet, Matthew, given in English copy
as Matt. Jouet, xlviii.
Ivy, Henry, mentioned, 367.
Ivy, James, one of the justices for Nor-
folk, 373.
Ivy (Ivey) Creek, mentioned, 295, 329,
430.
Ivy (Ivey) Swamp, mentioned, 251, 283.
Izard, Mrs. Frances, mentioned, 96.
Jackson, Ambrose, mentioned, 93.
Jackson, Christopher, land patented by,
3 ; petitioner, 3.
Jackson, John, land patented by, 39,
227, 364, 418; mentioned, 182.
Jackson, Joseph, mentioned, 313.
Jackson, Ralph, mentioned, 231, 250,
258.
Jackson, Thomas Ballow, mentioned,
218.
Jackson, William, land patented by, 231 ;
mentioned, 250.
"Jackyoke," mentioned, 180.
Jacquelin (Jaquelin, Jaqueline), Ed-
ward, appointed sheriff, xxiii ; men-
tioned, xxix; one of the justices for
James City, 413.
Jailer, petitioner, 243, 365, 394; to re-
ceive salary semi-annually, 244.
James City, warrant for salary of gun-
ner at, 4, 23 ; position of gunner at,
discontinued, 91.
Jamaica, Richard Fitzwilliam a mem-
ber of the council of, 93.
James City County, mentioned, xxiii,
xxix, xl ; oath administered by court
of, 5; sheriff of, 12, 34, 66, 85, 100,
129, 171, 200, 215, 235, 273, 297, 319,
355, 392, 441 ; justices of the peace
for, 19, 134, 137, 236, 320, 369, 413,
422 ; Warrany, 191 ; patent granted
for land in, 204; surveyor for, 204.
James Hole Swamp, mentioned, 330.
James River, lower district of, list of
vessels trading from, to be furnished
Governor, xxi ; mentioned, 10, 142,
191, 201, 202, 219, 271, 283, 295, 304,
305, 317, 340, 363, 364, 379, 380, 381,
394, 403, 418, 419, 424, 430 ; receiver of
Virginia duties in lower district of,
98 ; naval officer of the upper district
of, 160, 184, 256; complaint of the
collectors of duties in the lower dis-
trict of, 387.
Jamie, given in English copy instead of
Jamice, xvi.
Jarnagens Bridge, selected as location
for Nansemond County courthouse,
38.
Jarvel, Thomas, sheriff of Isle of Wight,
368, 421, 425.
Jason Buck River, mentioned, 364.
Jeffers, Thomas, mentioned, 231.
Jefferson, , mentioned, 380.
Jefferson, Field (Feild), land patented
by, 312; gets judgment against jus-
tices of Henrico County, 385.
Jefferson, Peter, land patented by, 330,
340, 402, 435; one of the justices for
Goochland, 339.
Jefferson, Thomas, caveat entered by,
36, 326; inquisition sued out by, 222,
248; to be repaid charge for escheat-
ing land, 277.
Jeffries, Simon, petitioner, 250.
Jenkins, Henry, mentioned, 184.
Jennings (Jenings), Edmund (Ed-
mond), member of Council, xx, xxii,
xxxix, xlii, xliii, 1 passim to 20 ; un-
able to attend meetings of Council,
101 ; incapable of acting in absence of
the governor, 107 ; survey of land for,
declared void, 108 ; John Randolph's
report on condition of, 108 ; letter
from, to Gov. Drysdale, 110; opinion
of John Holloway concerning condi-
tion of, 111, 112; opinion of William
Robertson concerning condition of,
112; suspended from the Council, 113,
114; suspension of, approved by sec-
retary of state, 125 ; mentioned, 135,
346.
Jennings, John, mentioned, 304, 330.
Jennings (Jenings), Robert, right of to
land disputed, xxxiv; appointed jus-
tice of the peace, xliii ; sheriff of Han-
over, 12; exchanges land with Hugh
Owen, 246.
512
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Jennings (Jenings), William, mentioned.
135.
Jett, William, tobacco inspector, 286.
Jewett. See Jouet.
Joel, Capt. Rd., accused of piracy, 265,
266, 268.
John and Betty, case of, against Chris-
topher Robinson, 130; exempt from
payment of duty on rum, 140.
Johnson, Ann, land patented by, 435.
Johnson, Arthur, to be pardoned, xxi.
Johnson, Benjamin, right of, to land,
transferred, 163.
Johnson, Daniel, given in English copy
instead of Daniel Johnston, liv.
Johnson (Johnston), Daniel, land pat-
ented by, 312 ; mentioned, 313, 353.
Johnson, George, mentioned, xxvii.
Johnson, Moses, tobacco inspector, 237,
285.
Johnson, William, land patented by, 120,
181 ; petitioner, 142 ; caveat for stop-
ping a patent to, 206 ; sheriff of
Spotsylvania County, 235, 273 ; sum-
moned to court to answer a petition,
271 ; inspector at Conways Ware-
house, 308; one of the justices of
Hanover, 391.
Johnstons Branch, mentioned, 354.
Joiner, Theophilus, mentioned, 201.
Joiner, Thomas, mentioned, 201.
Jones, , mentioned, 282, 303.
Jones, Abraham, land patented by, 212,
219.
Jones, Ann, given in English copy in-
stead of Jones, Elizabeth, xxiv.
Jones, Churchill (Churchil), sheriff of
Middlesex, 392, 421.
Jones, Daniel, armorer, salary of, paid,
xxix, xxxi, xli.
Jones, Dorothy, land patented by, 380.
Jones, Edward, member of Elizabeth
City peace commission, 151.
Jones, Francis, justice of the peace for
Isle of Wight, lvi.
Jones, Herbert, mentioned, 381.
Jones, Hugh, mentioned, 3.
Jones, Humphry, added to Middlesex
County commission of the peace, 91.
Jones, James, land patented by, 84 ; men-
tioned, 367, 410.
Jones, John, member of Warwick Coun-
ty peace commission, 156; mentioned;
181 ; sheriff of Warwick, 349.
Jones, Maurice, appointed sheriff, xxiii.
Jones, Peter, land patented by, 58, 181,
380; petitioner, 84; tobacco inspector,
237, 285.
Jones, Peter, sr., successor to, ap-
pointed, 336.
Jones, Pr., jr., tobacco inspector, 285,
336 ; land patented by, 292.
Jones, Philemon, mentioned, 58.
Jones, Philip, one of the justices for
Essex, 373.
Jones, Richard, land patented by, 11,
12, 51, 78, 271, 312, 434; one of the
justices for Prince George County,
320; mentioned, 419.
Jones, Richard, jr., land patented by,
83, 103, 191, 224; mentioned, 292.
Jones, Robert, sheriff of Prince William
County, 239, 274; justice of the peace
for Prince William County, 239, 339;
tobacco inspector at Quantico, 361.
Jones, Robert, tobacco inspector at
Wicomico, 341 ; substitute appointed
for, 414; one of the justices for
Northumberland, 441.
Jones, Roger, sheriff of Middlesex Coun-
ty, 85.
Jones, Thomas, petitioner, xlv, 43, 164;
land patented by, 51, 106, 177^ 178,
262, 339 ; tobacco inspector, 286 ; one
of the justices of Essex County, 355;
mentioned, 380 ; sheriff of Essex, 393.
Jones, William, charges against, xxxix ;
land patented by, 29, 181, 218, 303,
388, 403; caveat entered by, 106.
Jones's Creek, mentioned, 179, 217, 245.
Jones's Hole, mentioned, 201, 323.
Jones's Hole Swamp, mentioned, 304.
Jordan, Joseph, petitioner, 13.
Jordan (Journdan), Robert, petitioner,
13, 150; defames the established
church and the laws of the Colony,
67.
Jordan, Thomas, one of the justices for
Nansemond, 299.
Jordan, William, sheriff of Richmond,
421.
Jordans Mill Hill, selected as site for
a church, 412.
Josephs Swamp, mentioned, 440.
Jouet, Matthew, given in English copy
instead of Matt. Issuet, xlviii.
Jouett (Issuet, Jouet, Juitt), Matthew,
land patented by, 248, 277, 329, 358;
petitioner, 230, 262 ; caveat entered by,
277, 387; time set for hearing case
of, 371 ; required to pay part of wit-
ness's expenses, 387 ; sheriff of North-
umberland, 441.
Joyeaux, James, appointed sheriff, xxiii.
Judgments, instructions regarding meth-
od of proceeding in appeals from,
187; act concerning, repealed, 213, 460.
Justice, John, tobacco inspector, 310,
335 ; mentioned, 374.
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513
Justice, Ralph, tobacco inspector, 374.
444; one of the justices for Accomac,
417.
Justice, Robert, one of the justices for
Accomac, 417.
Justices of the Peace, appointed for Ac-
comac, 266, 417; for Amelia, 383; for
Brunswick, 266, 301, 315, 333; for
Caroline, 172, 236, 349; for Charles
City, 320, 391; for Elizabeth City,
325; for Essex, 355, 373; for Glou-
cester, 294, 330, 352, 386, 406; for
Goochland, 172, 339; for Hanover,
391; for Henrico, 342, 382; for Isle
of Wight, 270, 325; for James City
236, 320, 369, 413, 422; for King
and Queen, 299, 349, 355, 435;
for King George, 236, 331, 382;
for King William, 267, 391; for
Lancaster, 236, 320, 435; for Mid-
dlesex, 286, 382, 435; for Nanse-
mond, 299, 349; for New Kent,
286, 333, 349, 386; for Norfolk,
299, 373; for Northampton, 382; for
Northumberland, 441 ; for Orange,
368, 393, 434, 437; for Prince
George, 299, 320, 382, 391; for
Prince William, 239, 299, 339, 416;
for Princess Anne, 434 ; for Richmond,
331; for Spotsylvania, 116, 236, 294,
299, 349; for Stafford, 308, 414; for
Surry, 236, 299, 417; for Warwick,
349; for Westmoreland, 299, 331;
for York, 274, 369, 391, 416; for
the section on the northwest side
of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 318;
collectors of customs to be appointed
justices, 97; three removed from office,
333 ; to hear complaints against in-
spectors, 337 ; penalized for not ap-
pointing processioners of land accord-
ing to the law, 385.
K
Kackapa Mountains, mentioned, 395.
Kannon, William, given in English
copy instead of Kannow, William,
xxxvii.
Kaw, William, caveat entered by, 342.
Kearney, Barnaby, sheriff of Nanse-
mond, 100.
Keith, Cornelius, land patented by, 5.
Keith, James, land patented by, 105,
143.
Keith, William, land patented by, 365,
381.
Kelsick, , petitioner, 398.
Kemball, Charles, interpreter, 77.
Kembro, John, land patented by, 5.
Kemp, James, mentioned, xxix ; sheriff
of Princess Anne, 442.
Kemp, Matthew, clerk of the secre-
tary's office, lv, 471 ; sheriff of Mid-
dlesex County, 12, 200, 205; added to
the commission of the peace for Mid-
dlesex, 107 ; clerk of the General
Court, 375 ; land patented by, 380.
Kemps, tobacco inspectors appointed for,
237, 238, 285, 286, 342, 425.
Kendale, Rd., motion of the heirs of,
247.
Kendall, Custis, one of the justices for
Northumberland, 382.
Kendall, George, tobacco inspector,
406.
Kendall, John, sheriff of Accomac
County, 100, 130 ; tobacco inspector,
286, 444.
Kendall, Richard, given in English copy
instead of Kendale, Rich., li.
Kendall, William, tobacco inspector,
286, 335.
Kennedy, Alexander, petitioner, 184.
Kenney, William, given in English copy
instead of Wm. Henry, xlv ; land pat-
ented by, 123 j sheriff of New Kent
County, 200.
Kennon, Maj. , mentioned, 143,
340.
Kennon, Frances, land patented by, 420.
Kennon, Richard, land patented by, 7,
420 ; mentioned, 96 ; tobacco inspec-
tor, 285; one of the justices for
Charles City, 391.
Kennon, Richard, jr., land patented by,
271 ; one of the justices for Henrico,
342.
Kennon, William, appointed sheriff, xl ;
land patented by, 162, 282, 304, 330,
339, 340; mentioned, 163, 180, 305,
403 ; summoned to court to answer a
petition, 283.
Kennon, William, jr., one of the jus-
tices for Henrico, 382 ; land patented
by, 420.
Kennor, Matt, sheriff of Northumber-
land County, 297.
Kennyon, Roger, reimbursed traveling
expenses, 144.
Kerby, , substitute appointed for,
342.
Kerby, John, mentioned, 163 ; land pat-
ented by, 196.
Kerney, Michael, given in English copy
instead of Hearney, Michael, xxxii.
Kerny, Barnab., sheriff of Nansemond
County, 85.
Kerr, Alexander, petitioner, 190, 204.
Kettle Stick, mentioned, 359.
514
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Key, John, land patented by, 202, 424,
430.
Kimball, Charles, increase in salary of,
recommended, 1 74.
Kimbrough, Buckley, land patented by,
304.
Kimbrow, John, summoned to court tc
answer a petition, 179.
Kimbrow, Marmaduke, mentioned, 262 ;
land patented by, 271.
Kinchen, Matthew, justice of the' peace
for Isle of Wight, lvi, 325.
Kinchin, William, sheriff of Isle of
Wight County, 200.
King, Charles, one of the justices for
Brunswick, 266; to be tried for con-
tempt of court, 331.
King, John, sheriff of Elizabeth City
County, 12; dropped from Elizabeth
City County peace commission, 355.
King, Joseph, convicted of manslaughter
and pardoned, 31.
King, Michael, tobacco inspector, 342.
King, Peter, land patented by, 123, 163.
King, Robert, land patented by, 120;
petitioner, 142.
King, Walter, one of the justices for
York County, 369 ; land patented by,
402, 419, 435.
King William County, mentioned, xxiii.
King and Queen County, mentioned,
xxiii, xxxiii, xxxiv, xl ; sheriff of,
12, 34, 66, 85, 100, 129, 171, 200, 215,
235, 273, 319, 368, 421 ; new commis-
sion of the peace issued for, 30, 299,
349, 355, 435 ; patent granted for land
in, 157; mentioned, 164, 188, 250, 302;
no surveys to be made or entries re-
ceived for land in, 183; surveyor for,
204; coroner of, 226.
King George County, writ for election
of burgess for, 9; sheriff of, 12, 34,
67, 86, 100, 129, 173, 200, 235, 392, 439,
new commission of the peace issued
for, 16, 26, 236, 274, 331, 382; com-
plaint against sheriff of, 21, 25; men-
tioned, 239; public warehouse at Fal-
mouth burned, 281 ; complaint against
one of the tobacco inspectors of, 315;
surveyor for, to assist the Northern
Neck boundary commissioners, 397;
surveyor for, 405; proclamation giv-
ing reward for capture of the persons
who burnt Falmouth warehouse, 469.
King William County, new courthouse
built in, 9; new commission of peace
issued for, 10, 94, 172, 226 229 267
296. 391 ; sheriff of, 12, 34, 66, 86, 10o'
129, 171, 200, 215, 235, 273, 279, 319,
368, 425, 439, 442; patents granted for
land in, 19, 96, 142, 181, 296; men-
tioned, 35, 157, 159, 164, 195, 343;
surveyor for, 36, 71, 77, 204; petition
of inhabitants of, 74; St. Johns Par-
ish, 80, 272 ; fine imposed by court of,
remitted, 169; Pole Cat Swamp, 179;
representation regarding the collec-
tion of public dues in, 260; tobacco
inspector appointed for, 260; com-
plaint against inspectors at Ayletts
Warehouse dismissed, 346; coroner
of, 391 ; St. Margarets Parish, 440.
Kingsale, to touch at Virginia, xx.
Kiquotan, mentioned, xx.
Kirby, John, tobacco inspector, 285;
substitute appointed for, 361; death
of, mentioned, 441.
Kirkly, Francis, mentioned, 231 ; land
patented by, 270.
Kirks Branch, mentioned, 121.
Knapper, Robert, caveat entered by, 36.
Knibs Creek, mentioned, 312.
Lacy, , mentioned, 304.
Ladd (Lad), Amos, mentioned, liv ;
land patented by, 142, 193 ; caveat for
stopping a patent to, 180; complaint
against, 324, 325; land forfeited by,
Lad, John, land forfeited by, 413.
Lady Day, mentioned, 217.
La Force, Rene (Renela Force), caveat
for stopping a land patent to, 36 ; land
patented by, 163; one of the justices
for Goochland County, 172.
Lancaster County, mentioned, xxiii, xl ;
sheriff of, 12, 34, 67, 86, 129, 173,
200, 215, 235, 273, 319, 368, 421 ; new
commission of the peace issued for, 16,
124, 236, 320, 361, 435; certain fines
collected by the court of, due to the
proprietors of the Northern Neck,
169; mentioned, 233; warehouse at
Deep Creek in, burned, 259, 465-467;
complaint against tobacco inspectors
of, 287, 293 ; dividing line between
Northumberland and, 316; coroner of,
321 ; Wm. Ball restored to place on
peace commission of, 393 ; surveyed
for Northern Neck boundary com-
missioners, 397; new courthouse to
be built in, 433.
Lancer, Nicholas, to be tried for con-
tempt of court, 331.
Land, Francis, sheriff of Princess Anne
County, 34.
Land, granting of proclamation as to,
xxii; laid off and assigned for the
Index
515
benefit of persons interested in the
Virginia Indian Company, xlix; no
entries, surveys, or grants to be made
for, within controverted bounds, 2,
53, 160; patents granted for, 7, 19,
39, 51, 58, 60, 74, 79, 82, 84, 103, 122,
123, 128, 137, 140, 142, 162, 180, 181,
182, 191, 193, 196, 201, 207, 212, 218,
219, 224, 225, 227, 231, 232, 233, 241,
244-251, 253, 256, 258, 261, 262, 270,
275, 282, 289, 291, 292, 295-297, 303,
305, 311, 312, 316, 317, 323, 325, 327,
339, 352, 353, 354, 358, 363, 364, 367,
379, 380, 381, 388, 390, 394, 402, 403,
409, 410, 418-420, 424, 429, 430, 434-
436, 440-442, 444 ; patentee required to
give bond for payment of rights to
take up, 11, 26; regulations for sur-
veying and patenting, 54, 55 ; date set
for hearing caveats concerning, 57;
patentees of, in Brunswick and Spot-
sylvania, exempt from purchasing
rights, 61, 92, 166, 190, 208, 228, 240;
fraudulent practices in obtaining pat-
ents for, prevented, 88; certain inhab-
itants of Isle of Wight advised to sue
out patents for, 92; seal affixed to
patents for, signed by the governor,
117; patents for, signed by the presi-
dent in Council, 120, 124; act to con-
firm Richard Randolph's title to cer-
tain, 149 ; all fees must be paid before
patents for, are presented for the gov-
ernor's signature, 204; petition of the
proprietors of the Northern Neck re-
garding patents for^ 205 ; patent for,
surreptitiously obtained and signed,
205, 206 ; some inhabitants of New
York take up, 223 ; reserved for Ger-
mans, 223, 224, 432 ; reserved for
Swiss families, 224, 426, 432 ; reserved
for emigrants from Pennsylvania,
claimed by proprietors of the North-
ern Neck, 229 ; compositions for es-
cheated, certified by the governor,
243 ; petitions and caveats for stop-
ping patents for, 245-248 ; German
protestants petition for leave to take
up, 250 ; House of Commons peti-
tioned to pass law subjecting land to
payment of debts, 252 ; order concern-
ing entries for, 274; surveyors re-
quired to advertise entries they intend
to survey, 301 ; belonging to the Not-
toway Indians, to be sold at public
auction, 345 ; patented by Wm. Byrd,
to be settled by the Switzers, 355 ;
boundaries of land granted to Lord
Culpeper, 361 ; act to amend an act
for settling titles and bounds of, 373 ;
act confirming titles to, sent to Eng-
land for approval, 383; Henrico jus-
tices neglect to appoint processioners
of, 384; patented for the purpose of
seating emigrants from Pennsyl-
vania, 395; act for docking the in-
tail of certain, 415, 443; entries for
more than four hundred acres of,
without order of the government, de-
clared illegal and void, 430, 431 ; act
for confirming titles to, in the North-
ern Neck, 436 ; owners of, in York-
town, taxed, 436.
Land rights, issued to revenue officers
for convenience of persons desiring to
purchase, 4, 82, 100, 119, 151, 183,
197, 210, 229, 243, 264, 281, 315, 333,
345, 368, 393, 415, 437; renewed for
Henry Anderson, 188; Alexander
Spotswood required to produce, 208 ;
office maintained in Williamsburg for
the purpose of furnishing, 268; memo-
rial asking for rights on account of
persons imported, 349.
Landrum, John, caveat to stop patent
sued out by, 400.
Langford, John, mentioned, 313.
Langhorn, John, sheriff of Warwick
County, 134, 171.
Langley, Lemuel, a justice of the peace,
299.
Langley, William, applicant for the posi-
tion of solicitor of Virginia affairs,
26, 30.
Langton, James, petitioner, 309.
Lanier, Nicholas, one of the justices for
Brunswick, 301 ; sheriff of Brunswick,
421.
Lanier, Sampson, petitioner, 376.
Larriere, given in English copy instead
of Lawriere, xiv.
Latham, John, given in Virginia copy
instead of Letham, John, xliii.
Laughton, Thomas, tobacco inspector,
439.
Lawriere, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Larriere, xiv.
Law, tobacco, to be printed and dis-
tributed, 288 ; militia, to be printed
and distributed, 288 ; attorneys apply
for license to practice, 417, 418, 429;
right to practice, restored to an at-
torney, 432.
Lawnes Creek Parish, minister of, ac-
cused of notorious immoralities and
other offenses, 89, 90.
Lawrence, George, tobacco inspector,
361.
Lawrences Warehouse, tobacco inspec-
tors appointed for, 237, 285, 361 ; in-
spector at, removed from office, 315.
516
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Laws, a petition regarding the printing
of, 125, 348.
Lawson, Henry, justice of the peace for
Lancaster County, 236.
Lawson, Jonas, mentioned, 284.
Lawson, William, tobacco inspector,
238, 286; complainant, 335; removed
from office, 338.
Laystoff, given in English copy instead
of Laystaff, xvii.
Laytons Warehouse, established, 238 ;
inspectors appointed for, 286, 361.
Leadbetter (Ledbetter), John, men-
tioned, 364, 403.
Leadbetter, Rd., mentioned, 241.
Leanock Run. See Cape Leanock Run.
Lear, John, sheriff of Nansemond Coun-
ty, 34, 67; mentioned, 97; caveat en-
tered by, 179.
Lee, , mentioned, 418.
Lee, Charles, sheriff of Northumber-
land County, 86, 100.
Lee, George, one of the justices for
Westmoreland, 407.
Lee, Hancock, tobacco inspector, 286,
330; one of the justices for Spotsyl-
vania, 349.
Lee, Hancock, one of the justices for
King George, 382.
Lee, Henry, appointed sheriff, xl ;
sheriff of Westmoreland County, 297 ;
naval officer and collector of Vir-
ginia duties, 307, 349.
Lee, John, caveat entered by, 36; jus-
tice of the peace for Stafford County,
236; tobacco inspector, 311.
Lee, John. See also Leigh, John.
Lee, Samuel, land patented by, 364,
403.
Lee, Thomas, omitted in English copy,
lv ; member of Council, lvi ; petitioner,
lvi ; naval officer, 169, 299 ; dwelling
of, robbed and burned, 196; investi-
gates cause of tobacco being refused
by Bristol merchants, 305 ; member
of Council 307 passim to 443 ; report
of, on unmerchantable tobacco passed
by inspectors, 311; investigates com-
plaint against John Mercer, attorney,
318; memorial of, 334; land patented
by, 336; entry of, for land altered,
346; land surveyed for, 347; men-
tioned, 351 ; reimbursed money lost
by bankruptcy of correspondent. 360,
363 ; relinquishes right to land, 375.
Leheup, Peter, substitute for solicitor
of Virginia affairs, 2S : appointed
solicitor of Virginia affairs. 30: war-
rants for salary of, 40. 57, 60 76 8^
91, 101, 120, 128, 137, 153, 174, 192,'
203, 211, 216, 232, 242, 255, 280, 292,
300, 314, 322, 337, 351, 362, 369, 384,
396, 408, 417, 427, 438; to repori
from time to time on money expended
in service of the government, 53 ; let-
ters from, 97, 99; repaid money ex-
pended in service of the government,
99, 152, 214, 217, 373, 437; rewarded
for his care and extraordinary trouble,
152, 249, 268; assists agent of New
York, 265; memorial to the Lords of
the Treasury sent to, 441.
Leigh (Leegh), John, sheriff of King
and Queen, 100, 129.
Leigh. See also Lee, John.
Leighton, Mrs., given in English copy
instead of Lughton, xiii.
Leonard, Thomas Massie, mentioned,
261.
Letham, John, given in English copy
instead of Latham, John, xliii.
Levingston, William, mentioned, xxxix.
Levistone, John, caveat entered by, 36.
Lewis, , mentioned, 295.
Lewis, Abraham, forfeits bond, 183.
Lewis, Andrew, land patented bv, 444.
Lewis, Charles, sheriff of New Kent
County, 12, 34; land patented bv, 251,
436 ; neglects to take out patent, 283 ;
one of the justices for Goochland, 339'.
Lewis, David, land patented by, 241,
256.
Lewis, John, given in English copy in-
stead of Smith, John, xxxiv.
Lewis, John, member of Council, xx,
xxii, xxiii, xlii, xliii, 10 passim to
91 ; land patented by, 39.
Lewis, John [of Gloucester], fined for
refusing to accept office of sheriff, 31 ;
added to Gloucester commission of the
peace, 158.
Lewis, John [of Augusta], land patent-
ed by, 270, 395; captain of militia,
414; mentioned, 444.
Lewis, Robert, land patented by, 251
354, 403. 430; petitioner, 283; men-
tioned, 424.
Lewis, Thomas, land patented by 120
444.
Lewis, Zachary, mentioned, 219.
Liberty of the subject, proclamation on,
to be prepared, xxi.
Licking Hole Creek (Branch), men-
tioned, 179. 187. 195. 202, 207 ?12
218. 222, 225, 231, 233, 251. 261, 263!
282. 297. 313, 329, 339, 358. 441.
Licking Place Branch (Fork), men-
tioned, 282. 339.
Lightfoot, Francis, death of, mentioned,
160.
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517
Lightfoot, Goodrich, sheriff of Spotsyl-
vania County, 100, 129.
Lightfoot, Philip, member of Council,
lv, lvi, 307 passim to 443.
Liging, William, mentioned, 430.
Ligon, Matthew, caveat to stop the is-
suing of a land patent to, 36 ; land
patented by, 207.
Lindsay (Linsey), Dennis, caveat for
stopping a patent to, 180 ; petition for
stopping patent to, 221.
Lines, John, mentioned, 244.
Lingen, Capt. , commander of the
Ludlow Castle, 201.
Linton, William, justice of the peace
for Prince William County, 239.
Liquor, tobacco inspector removed from
office for selling, 437.
Liquors, Burgesses consider laying a
duty on, 40 ; shipped contrary to act
of Assembly, 72; act for laying a
duty on, repealed, 75, 257, 449, 464;
Commissioners for Trade and Planta-
tions ask for report on money col-
lected by laying duty on, 116; rum
imported not liable to duty, 141 ; act
laying a duty on, 149, 152, 268; re-
ceiver of duties on, appointed, 291,
349, 389 ; smuggling of, prevented,
370.
Lister, John, paid for services, 41.
Lister, William, paid for services, 35.
Little Breemer Creek, mentioned, 419.
Little Cawthon River, mentioned, 364.
Little Creek, mentioned, 83, 379, 381.
Little Muddy Creek, mentioned, 340.
Little River, mentioned, xlv, 83, 145,
176, 177, 194, 229, 253, 270, 354, 363,
364, 381.
Littlepage, Edmund, justice of the peace
for King William County, 267.
Littlepage, Mrs. Frances, cure for yaws
discovered by slave belonging to, 199.
Littlepage, Rd., one of the justices for
New Kent County, 286.
Littlepage Warehouse, inspector ap-
pointed for, 334, 344; a crop tobacco
note of the inspectors at, forged, 351.
Livermore, Barbara, mentioned, 316.
Livermore, Philip, mentioned, 316.
Liverpool (Leverpool), mentioned, 3.
Livesay, John, mentioned, 367.
Lockett, Thomas, land patented by, 120 ;
mentioned, 181.
Locust Creek, mentioned, 39, 83, 295.
Lofton, James, mentioned, 376.
Logan, James, letter from, 404; presi-
dent of Pennsylvania, 421.
Lomax, John, justice of the peace for
Essex County, 40; complaint against,
130; one of the justices for Caroline
County, 172.
Lomax, Lunsford, one of the justices
of Caroline County, 172; justice of
the peace for King George County,
236.
Long, Lyonell, given in Virginia copy
instead of Loyd, Lyonel, xxxv.
Long, Richard, caveat entered by, 157.
Long, Capt. Robert, rewarded for ser-
vices, 309.
Long Creek, mentioned, 212, 218, 230.
Long Island Creek, mentioned, 356.
Lookouts, advised to present claims to
the General Assembly, 21.
Lord, William, sheriff of Westmoreland
County, 200.
Lost (or Conai) River, mentioned, 250.
Lotto Jack, given in English copy in-
stead of Sotto Jack, xvi.
Lovell, , mentioned, 304.
Loves Encrease (a vessel), mentioned,
67.
Lowry, William, one of the justices for
Essex County, 355.
Loyd, Lyonel, given in English copy in-
stead of Long, Lyonell, xxxv.
Ludlow Castle, to convoy fleet, 201.
Ludwell, Philip, mentioned, xiv ; Caro-
lina boundary commissioner, xxi ;
member of Council, xxii ; given in
Virginia copy instead of Smith, John,
xxx ; member of Council, xxxix, xlii,
xliii, 1 passim to 133 ; land patented
by, 10, 37 ; security for John Grymes,
10 ; certain land reverts to, 35 ; rights
of, to certain land transferred to
Nicholas Meriwether, 94.
Ludwell, Philip, slave belonging to, set
free, 315; one of the justices for
James City, 413.
Lughton, Mrs., given in Virginia copy
instead of Leighton, xiii.
Lyde, Cornelius, added to King William
commission of the peace, 229.
Lyde, Lyonel, report of committee ap-
pointed to inspect tobacco rejected by,
311.
Lyles (Lisle. Liles, Lyle), David, men-
tioned, 105 ; land patented by, 202,
275, 365, 381 ; summoned to court to
answer a petition, 251.
Lyles, John, land patented by, 381.
Lyme, given in English copy instead of
"the Lynne," xv.
Lyme, John, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Syme, John, xxxviii.
Lynch, , mentioned, 295.
Lynch (Linch), Charles, land patented
by, 241, 304, 330, 380, 388, 429; men-
518
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
tioned, 329, 404, 418; summoned to
court to answer a petition, 416.
Lynch, Head, one of the justices for
Caroline, 349 ; land patented by, 381 ;
sheriff of Caroline, 439.
Lynnhaven Bay, English man-of-war to
cruise in, xx ; mentioned, 59.
Lyon, Martin, complaint against, 133.
M
McCain (McKain), William, tobacco
inspector, 285, 334; to be tried for
contempt of court, 331.
McCarty, Daniel, appointed sheriff,
xxiii ; one of the commissioners for
building and repairing warehouses in
Westmoreland, 316; complainant, 401,
405 ; restored to place on Westmore-
land County peace commission, 428.
McCarty, Dennis, sheriff of Stafford
County, 173 ; one of the justices of
Prince William, 239, 339 ; complain-
ant, 318, 328.
McCay (McKay, Mackay), Robert,
land patented by, 253 ; disputes with
William Russell concerning land, 326 ;
petitioner, 361, 401.
McCay, William, disputes concerning
surveyor's fee, 423.
McGehee (Mackgee), William, peti-
tioner, 74; mentioned, 142, 181.
Mackain, William, land patented by,
419.
McKenny, , in English copy in-
stead of McKinie, xi.
McKenny, Morgan, mentioned, 282.
Mackenzie (McKenzie), Alexander, at-
torney-at-law, 371 ; petition of, re-
jected, 391.
McKenzie, Kenneth, one of the justices
for Surry, 417.
McKenzie, William, mentioned, 122.
Mackie, John, land patented by, 95;
summoned to court to answer a peti-
tion, 179.
Mackircher, , presence of, in the
Colony investigated, 390.
McLenahan, David, mentioned, Hi.
Macklin (Mecklin), William, land pat-
ented by, 60 ; one of the justices of the
peace for Brunswick, 266; petitioner,
37C>; sheriff of Brunswick, 425.
Macklin, William, jr., land patented by.
354.
Macon, William, sheriff of New Kent
County, 66, 85; one of the justices
of New Kent, 368.
McWilliams, William, tobacco inspector.
414.
Maddison, Ambrose, given in English
copy as Ambrose Addison, 1 (50 of
preface).
Madison (Maddison), Ambrose, one of
the justices of Caroline County, 172;
summoned to court to answer a peti-
tion, 188 ; assignee of James Taylor,
195; land patented by, 203, 204, 231;
petitioner, 221.
Madison (Maddison), John, one of the
justices for King and Queen, 300.
Magazine, repaired, 18; salary of keep-
er of, to cease if work on arms is
neglected, 32; keeper of, to serve as
gunner, 117.
Maheek Creek, given in English copy as
Mahook Creek, xlvii.
Maheek (Mahock) Creek, mentioned,
121, 217.
Mahook Creek, given in English copy
instead of Maheek Creek, xlvii.
Mahoopmack (Mahuponnock) Creek,
mentioned, 60, 104.
Maidstone, to touch at Virginia, xx.
Major, Mrs. Anne, petitioner, 122, 157;
land patented by, 161.
Major, Mrs. Elizabeth, petitioner, 322.
Major, William, petition of widow and
devisees of, 161.
Major, William, petition of creditors of,
321 ; released from prison, under bond,
322; pardoned after death, 341.
Makemie, Francis, erroneously printed
Mackennie, Francis, vii.
Malbon, Charles, sheriff of Princess
Anne, 421.
Mallory, John, caveat entered by, 366;
land patented by, 372.
Mallons, William, mentioned, 388.
Mallory, Roger, given in English copy
instead of Mallore, Roger, xxxvi ;
tobacco inspector, 361, 439; patent
granted to, 372.
Mallorys Creek, mentioned, 430.
Malone (Mallone), Nath., land patent-
ed by, 39, 104.
Manakin (Manican) Creek, mentioned,
93, 177, 195.
Manakin (Manittaw) Town, mentioned,
222, 305. 388.
Manican Upper Creek, mentioned,
xxxvii.
Mann, Robert, mentioned, 304.
Mantipike (Mantepoke), tobacco ware-
house at, 238 ; inspectors appointed
for, 285 ; inspector at, removed from
office. 436.
Map, to be made of Surry County, 167;
to be made for the king, 253 ; John
Robinson to be paid for making, 255;
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salary of surveyor-general for work
on, 280; objection raised to salary
paid surveyor-general for making
298 ; of west side of Sherrando River,
327; of Northern Neck, 397, 420.
Maple Swamp, mentioned, 142, 257.
Maples, Thomas, mentioned, 295.
Marable (Marrable), William, justice
of the peace for James City County,
236, 413; mentioned, 247; sheriff of
James City County, 319; land patent-
ed by, 440.
Marchbanks, George, land patented by,
313.
Marian, given in Virginia copy instead
of Meriam, xxviii.
Markham, James, justice of the peace
for Stafford County, 236.
Marks, Peter, land patented by, 364.
Marlbrough (Marlbro, Marlebourough),
Warehouse, established, 238 ; inspec-
tors appointed for, 286 ; inspector ap-
pointed in room of one removed, 311.
Marocosuck Swamp, given in English
copy instead of Masocosick, xxxi.
Marol, given in Virginia copy instead
of Marot. ix.
Marque and reprisal, governor author-
ized to grant commissions of, 442.
Marshall, Alexander, land patented by,
143, 181, 403; mentioned, 295.
Marshall, Humphry, appointed sheriff,
xxiii.
Marshall, John, tobacco inspector, 367.
Marshall, Thomas, sheriff of North-
ampton County, 34, 66 ; tobacco in-
spector, 286, 335; one of the justices
for Northampton, 382.
Marston, Benskin, one of the justices
for Charles City, 441.
Marston, Joseph, justice of the peace
for James City County, 236, 413 ;
sheriff of James City County, 355.
Marston, Thomas, decision of Council
concerning certain land claimed by,
39 ; petitioner, 60 ; claim of, to cer-
tain land rejected, 70.
Martin, Col. , mentioned, 316.
Martin, Christopher, complaint against.
342, 343.
Martin, James, land claimed by, 356.
Martin, John, land patented by, 7, 96;
petitioner, 43, 394; one of the justices
for Caroline County, 172; tobacco in-
spector, 238, 286; summoned to court
to answer a petition, 258, 262.
Martin, Capt. John, mentioned, 103, 340,
343.
Martin, Robert, land patented by, 120;
petitioner, 142.
Martin (Marten), Thomas, land trans-
ferred to, 74; petitioner, 74; tobacco
inspector, 382.
Mary Aggie, a slave, convicted of fel-
ony, 243.
Maryland, letter to the governor of,
113; letter from governor of, 116;
mentioned, 289, 322 ; iron ore imported
from, 433.
Mason, French, sheriff of Stafford
County, 12, 34.
Mason, James, tobacco inspector, 285.
Mason, John, sheriff of Surry County,
200.
Masocosick Swamp, given in Virginia
copy instead of Marocosuck, xxxi.
Massanutting Town, mentioned, 270,
295.
Massey, Charles, removed from office,
333.
Massey, James, petitioner, 313.
Massie, Robert, justice of the peace for
Stafford County, 236; tobacco inspec-
tor. 361.
Massie (Massy, Massey), Thomas, pays
Indians certain amount of Roanoke to
insure himself against injury, 52; land
patented by, 143, 207, 219 ; mentioned,
218, 225, 233, 353; petition of de-
visees of, 313, 352.
Massy, Mary, petitioner, 313.
Massy, William, petitioner, 313.
Mattaponi (Mattapony) River, men-
tioned, xxxiii, 9, 195, 367.
Matthews, Samuel, appointed sheriff,
xxiii.
Matton, Anthony, mentioned, 222, 277.
Matton, Stephen, mentioned, lv.
Matton, Mrs. Susannah, petitioner, 222.
Mattone, Anthony, given in English
copy instead of Anthony Matton, lii.
Mattox (Maddox) Warehouse, inspec-
tors appointed for, 238, 286.
Maudlins Folly Run, mentioned, 227.
Mauldin (Maulden), Richard, men-
tioned, 142, 181 ; one of the justices
for Caroline County, 172; fails to an-
swer summons to court, 297.
Maury (Mawry, Mouray), Matthew,
justice of the peace for King William
County, 267 ; sheriff of King William,
439.
Maxwell, Edward, jr., mentioned, 217.
Maxwell, Edward, sr., mentioned, 217,
245.
May, Joseph, mentioned, 364.
Maycocks Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 382, 431 ; mentioned, 426.
Maye, , mentioned, 419.
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Mayes, John, deposition of, 25 ; land pat-
ented by, 430.
Mayes Mathew, land patented by, 11,
60; deposition of, 25.
Mayes, William, land patented by, 11;
mentioned, 303.
Maynard, Henry, land patented by, 120 ;
mentioned, 312, 409; heirs of, forfeit
land, 371.
Mayne, Covel, commander of the Biddi-
ford, 170, 171.
Mayo, John, land patented by, 227.
Mayo, Joseph, land patented by, 58,
304, 419; mentioned, 219, 329, 430.
Mayo, William, mentioned, xlvii, 224,
227, 317, 329, 379, 420; land patented
by, 104, 105, 128, 163, 224, 340, 410,
419; boundary commissioner, 149; one
of the justices for Goochland Coun-
ty, 172; surveyor for Goochland, peti-
tioner, 236, 247, 350 ; petition against,
dismissed, 276 ; paid for services, 397,
420.
Mays, John, given in English copy in-
stead of John Mayo, xlviii.
Meachom (Mechamp) Creek (River),
mentioned, 202, 207, 353, 418.
Mead, David, one of the justices for
Nansemond, 299.
Meadow Creek, mentioned, 418.
Meal, exportation of, prohibited, 75,
173, 407, 448, 449, 456, 473, 474;
exported contrary to proclamation,
410 ; proclamation permitting the ex-
portation of, 458.
Meander Run, mentioned, 270.
Measures, petition of the inhabitants of
Isle of Wight concerning, 377.
Mecon, given in Virginia copy instead
of Micou, xix.
Meherrin (Maherrin, Maherine) In-
dians, order concerning land assigned
to, 3 ; complaint of, 32 ; inhabitants of
North Carolina encroach upon lands
belonging to, 53 ; North Carolina
promises to discontinue the granting
of land claimed by, 59 ; expect retribu-
tion for damage by hostile Indians,
152.
Meherrin (Maherin, Maherine) River,
mentioned, 36, 39, 56, 79, 143, 177,
234, 251, 312, 317, 324, 329, 350, 354,
376, 434 ; petition asking that a naval
officer be appointed for, 38 ; chapels of
ease to be built on, 345.
Mercer, John, complaint against, 318;
suspended from practicing in any court
for six months, 328; petitioner, 348;
right to practice law restored to, 348,
432 ; privilege of practicing in Prince
William court withdrawn from, 443.
Merchant, Willoughby, sheriff of Prin-
cess Anne County, 100 ; unable to pro-
cure security, 128.
Merchants, petition of, 422.
Merchants Brandon, tobacco inspector
at, 237, 285.
Meredith, Joseph, appointed sheriff,
xxiii, xl.
Meriam, given in English copy instead
of Marian, xxviii.
Meriwether ( Meriweather ) , David,
sheriff of Hanover County, 85, 100 ;
mentioned, 295.
Meriwether (Merriweather, Meri-
weather), Nicholas, land patented by,
10, 124, 196, 295, 388, 402, 410; men-
tioned, 79, 123, 194, 202, 312, 435;
petitioner, 94 ; survey made for, de-
clared void, 108 ; caveats for stopping
a patent to, withdrawn, 222.
Meriwether (Merriweather, Merri-
wether), William, one of the justices
for Hanover, 391.
Meriwethers (Merriweathers, Merri-
wethers, Meriweathers), Warehouse,
tobacco inspector at, 237, 286, 342.
Merry Mount, mentioned, 270.
Merryman, John, mentioned, 257.
Meux, John, prosecutor of escheats,
122; mentioned, 158; inquisition of
escheat sued out by, 161 ; petition of
heir of, 323.
Meux, Richard, land patented by, 323 ;
one of the justices for New Kent,
386.
Michael, Joachim, sheriff of Northamp-
ton County, 239, 274; one of the jus-
tices for Northampton, 382.
Michaux, Jacob, mentioned, 121, 430.
Michie, John, given in English copy in-
stead of Jno. Mitlue, xlviii.
Michie, John, land patented by, 227, 262,
364.
Micou, given in English copy instead of
Mecon, xix.
Micou, John, mentioned, 1 (50 of pre-
face ) .
Middle Creek, mentioned, 7, 74, 262.
Middle Deep Creek, given in English
copy instead of Middle Creek, li.
Middle Ground, mentioned, 254.
Middlesex County, mentioned, xiii, xxiii,
xxvi, xl : commission of the peace
to be issued for, xxii ; sheriff of, 12,
34, 66. 85. 100. 128. 129. 171, 200,
205, 215. 235, 273, 297, 319, 348, 392,
421, 439; new commission of the
peace issued for, 33, 91, 107, 128, 216,
286, 320, 382, 435; coroner of, 134.
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521
Miles Creek, mentioned, 363.
Military officers, proclamation continu-
ing, in case of the death of the queen,
etc., 20, 445, 453.
Militia, adjutant appointed to exercise,
189 ; act for establishing, read to offi-
cers of, 264; objections raised to sal-
ary paid to adjutant general of, 298;
laws for regulating to be enforced,
383 ; prepared for war, 389 ; members
of, required to furnish arms and am-
munition, 389 ; proclamation for the
more effectual putting in execution the
laws concerning, 470 ; persons serv-
ing in, required to attend church
armed, 471.
Militia law, to be printed and distrib-
uted, 288.
Mill Creek, mentioned, 105.
Mill Place, mentioned, 365.
Miller, John, tobacco inspector, 382.
Mills, Charles, land patented by, 418.
Milner, John, tobacco inspector, 237.
Milner (Millner) Luke, appointed to-
bacco inspector, 310, 342.
Min, David, mentioned, 312.
Mine Run, mentioned, 401.
Minge, Valentine, mentioned, 84.
Ministers, paid for attendance on Gen-
eral Court, 4, 23, 41, 69, 85, 91, 101,
120, 137, 154, 174, 192, 202, 211, 216,
232, 242, 255, 280, 292. 300, 314, 322,
337, 351, 363, 370, 384; 396, 408, 417,
427, 438 ; salary to be paid in current
money, 336.
Minns, John, jr., one of the justices for
Charles City County, 320.
Minor, John, one of the justices for
Spotsylvania, 299 ; land patented by,
364 ; tobacco inspector, 406 ; one of
the justices of Prince William, 416.
Minor, Nicholas, jr., tobacco inspector,
396.
Minson. Thomas, administrator for Ann
Whiting, 392 ; administrator for
Leonard Whiteing, 411.
Mischell, Rt., jr.. tobacco inspector, 286.
Miskill (Myseall), Henry, tobacco in-
spector, 286.
Mitchel. Dr. John, one of the justices
for Middlesex, 435.
Mitchell. John, caveat entered by, for
stopping a patent, 36 ; land patented
bv, 51, 120, 353, 440; petitioner, 71,
78.
Mitchell, Joshua, sheriff of Northamp-
ton, 439.
Mitchell (Mitchel), Peter, mentioned,
364. 403.
Mitlue, John, given as Jno. Michie in
English copy, xlviii.
Moccoso Neck, given in English copy
instead of Mottoso Neck, xlvii.
Moccosoneck Creek, mentioned, 196,
251, 358.
Moccoso Neck Road, mentioned, xlvii.
Molasses, bill to prohibit importation
of, 272.
Money, current rate of exchange, 35,
82, 214, 239, 369 ; salaries to be paid
in current, 336 ; duties not to be paid
in, 387.
Monks Neck Creek, mentioned, 39.
Monocassie Creek, mentioned, 270.
Monro, Andrew, sheriff of Westmore-
land County, 235, 274.
Monro, John, justice of the peace for
Isle of Wight, lvi.
Montague, William, one of the justices
for Middlesex County, 286, 435.
Montgomery, Col. , governor of
New York, 209.
Moody, , mentioned, 381.
Moody, Robert, mentioned, 390.
Moor, James, governor' of South Caro-
lina, xl.
Moor, John, land patented by, 353.
Moore (Moor, More), Augustine, peti-
tioner, 35 ; complainant, 36 ; men-
tioned, 123, 142, 181; guardian, 127;
land patented by, 233 ; surveying of
land granted to, postponed, 289 ; one
of the justices of King William, 391 ;
sheriff for King William, 442.
Moore (Moor), Daniel, tobacco in-
spector, 237, 285; one of the justices
for York, 416.
Moore, George, sheriff of King and
Queen County, 273.
Moore, John, appointed sheriff, xxiii.
Moore (Moor), Pelham, tobacco in-
spector, 260, 285.
Moore, Richard, land patented by, 51.
Moore, William, mentioned, 58 ; land
patented by, 323, 330; caveat against,
422.
Mooreland (Moreland), , men-
tioned, 381.
Moorland, Francis, mentioned, 388.
Moorland, John, mentioned, 388.
Moors (Moores) Creek, mentioned, 241,
256, 404.
Morattuck River, mentioned, xxii.
More, Adam Topley, mentioned, 181.
More, Richard, mentioned, 201.
Moreman, Charles, land patented by,
418.
Morgan, Morgan, justice for the sec-
tion on the northwest side of the Blue
Ridge Mountains, 319.
Morgan, Philip, land patented by, 418.
Morgan, Samuel, land patented by, 363.
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Mortar Branch, mentioned, 51.
Morris, William, land patented by, 95,
123; summoned to court to answer
a petition, 179; tobacco inspector, 237,
285.
Morrison, Henry, added to Westmore-
land peace commission, 268; collector
of customs in South Potomac, 268.
Mortimer, master of, forfeits bond, 183.
Morton, Joseph, land patented by, 409 ;
mentioned, 410.
Moseley, Arthur, mentioned, 120, 361 ;
land patented by, 143, 296; petition
to stop patent sued out by, 158; to-
bacco inspector, 237, 285 ; petitioner,
328.
Moseley (Mosely), Francis, sheriff of
Princess Anne County, 200, 215, 235.
Moseley (Mosely), Hilary, sheriff of
Princess Anne County, 12, 128.
Moseley, Richard, disputes concerning
surveyor's fee, 423.
Moseley, Robert, mentioned, 218.
Moseley, William, mentioned, 250.
Mosely, Thomas, tobacco inspector, 411.
Moss, Alexander, land patented by, 365,
381.
Mossom, David, jr., applies for attor-
ney's license, 429.
Mosson, given instead of Mosser in Eng-
lish copy, xvi.
Motson, William, given in Virginia copy
instead of Moyor, William, xii.
Mott, Warner, mentioned, 36.
Mottoso Neck, given in English copy
as Moccoso Neck, xlvii.
Mottoso Neck Road, mentioned, 219.
Mouhay, Joseph, given in English copy
as Joseph Moutray, liii.
Mouhav, Joseph, caveat and petition en-
tered by, 302.
Moutray, Joseph, given in English copy
instead of Joseph Mouhay, liii.
Mountague, Abr., tobacco inspector,
286 ; mentioned, 382.
Mountain Run, mentioned, 270, 296,
430.
Mor.ntford, James, land patented by,
395, 434; mentioned, 410.
Mountford (Mountfort), Robert, men-
tioned, 418, 434; land patented by,
434.
Mountjoy, Aylwyn (Alywin), tobacco
inspector, 342 ; mentioned, 383.
Moverlcy, , forfeits estate, 169.
Moyon, William, given in English copy
instead of Motson, William, xii.
Muddy Creek (Run), mentioned, 105,
142, 179, 201, 202, 270, 304, 329, 353,
364, 430.
Mulattoes, commission appointed for re-
cording doubts and questions concern-
ing, 243.
Munford (Mumford), James, sheriff of
Prince George County, 215 ; land pat-
ented by, 227.
Munford, Robert, land patented by, 39,
282 ; petitioner, 73, 78 ; mentioned, 79,
193, 244, 441; sheriff of Prince
George County, 85.
Munfords (Mumfords) Warehouse, in-
spectors appointed for, 237, 285, 382.
Murdock, Jesse, sheriff of King George,
439.
Musco, Silvester, given in English copy
instead of Silvester Musto, xlvii.
Muscoe (Musto), Salvator (Silvester),
complaint against, 154, 156; sheriff of
Essex County, 215 ; one of the jus-
tices for Essex County, 355.
Musters, persons absenting themselves
from general or private, to be pun-
ished, 471 ; persons not properly armed
and accoutered for, to be punished,
471.
Mychurch Creek, mentioned, 317.
Myse, James, land patented by, 354.
Myseall, Henry, removed from office,
310.
N
Nail, Martin, petitioner, 356.
Namassine Creek, given in English
copy instead of Naonassine Creek,
xxxvi.
Namosine (Mamoseen) creek, men-
tioned, xxx.
Namozine (Namazeen, Namasum, Nam-
osine, Namazine) Creek, mentioned,
143, 212, 261, 418.
Nance, John, mentioned, 418.
Nance (Nancie), Thomas, mentioned,
410.
Nansemond County, mentioned, xxiii,
xl ; order concerning the granting of
controverted land in, 3 ; sheriff of,
12, 34, 67, 85, 100, 129, 171, 200, 212,
215, 235, 273, 319, 368, 421 ; Quakers
committed to jail by court of, 13;
some inhabitants of, oppose site se-
lected for courthouse, 22; mentioned,
26, 226; quit rents of, in danger of
being lost, 35 ; location selected for
courthouse for, 38; new commission
of the peace issued for, 39, 299, 349;
patent issued for land in, 95, 97, 123,
181 ; Quakers in, fined for not attend-
ing musters, 150; Orapeak, 179; up-
per parish of, 224; powder sent to,
389; Suffolk parish, 402, 407; lower
i
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523
parish of, consolidated with Chucka-
tuck Parish, 411.
Nansemond Indians, complaint of,
against North Carolina, 2, 3, 32, 53,
59, 82.
Napier, Booth, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 179 ; land patented
by, 245, 303.
Napier, Robert, petitioner, 356.
Napier, Rt., jr., summoned to court to
answer a petition, 263.
Nash, John, one of the justices for Hen-
rico, 342 ; sheriff of Henrico, 348, 439 ;
land patented by, 409; mentioned, 410.
Nash, Thomas, tobacco inspector, 286 ;
removed from office, 310.
Nassaponax Creek, mentioned, 158.
Nasswadox Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 238, 286, 335.
Natt, William, caveat for stopping pat-
ent to, 248.
Naval officers, to give notice of time of
departure of convoy, xx ; reappointed,
27; appointed for lower district of
James River, 99 ; appointed for the
Eastern Shore, 103 ; appointed for up-
per district of James River, 160; ap-
pointed for Rappahannock River, 210 ;
appointed collectors of duties on
liquors and slaves, 291 ; appointed for
south Potomac district, 307 ; appoint-
ed for York District, 442 ; to seize
grain put on board of vessels for the
purpose of exportation, 456, 473.
Naws, John, mentioned, 367.
Naylors (Nailors, Nalers) Hole Ware-
house, inspectors appointed for, 238,
286, 305, 342, 383, 444.
Neal, , mentioned, 329.
Neal, Abner, mentioned, 341.
Neal, Christopher, appointed sheriff, xl.
Neal, Thomas, mentioned, 258 ; land
patented by, 313.
Neal, William, one of the justices for
Essex County, 355.
Nebblet, James, given in English copy
instead of Nibbell, James, li.
Neble, William, and Company, men-
tioned, 83.
Nedderton, Henry, given in Virginia
copy instead of Netherton, Henry,
XXX.
Needier, Benjamin, petitioner, 302; to
examine applicants for attorney's
license, 416, 417, 418, 422; appointed
clerk of the Council, 442.
Negro, rewarded for disclosing his cure
for yaws and other diseases, 199 ;
overseer convicted of murder of, 206.
Negroes, tried for misdemeanor, 20;
confined in public jail, 29, 31 ; unlaw-
ful assembling of, prohibited, 228,
462-464, 470 ; commission appointed
for recording doubts and questions
concerning, 243 ; laying of duty on, to
be paid by importer, prohibited, 265 ;
laws for preventing the insurrection
of, to be enforced, 33 ; die of small-
pox, 392.
Nelson, Thomas, sheriff of York Coun-
ty, 12, 34, 421 ; petitioner, 184, 321.
Nelson, crew of the Frow Anna rescued
by, 261.
Netherton, Henry, given in English
copy instead of Nedderton, Henry,
xxx.
Netherland, John, sheriff of James City
County, 12 ; land patented by, 297 ;
one of the justices for Goochland,
339; sheriff of Goochland, 369.
Netherland, Robert, mentioned, 312.
Nevil, James, petitioner, 179, 217; land
patented by, 430.
Nevil, William, given in English copy
instead of Newit, William, xix.
New Castle, Duke of, secretary of
state, 114, 125; letter from, 341, 442;
mentioned, 406, 442.
Newford River, Newfound River given
in English copy instead of, Hi ; men-
tioned, 284.
Newfound River, given in English copy
instead of Newford River, lii ; men-
tioned, 83, 372.
New Hope, mentioned, 143.
Newit, William, given in the Virginia
copy instead of Nevil, William, xix.
New Kent County^ mentioned, xxiii,
xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxvii, xl ; patent
granted for land in, 5, 161 ; sheriff
of, 12, 34, 66, 85, 100, 129, 171, 200,
215, 235, 273, 349, 371, 391, 439; new
commission of the peace issued for, 28,
32, 226, 286, 333, 349, 386; men-
tioned, 44, 323 ; representation from,
in behalf of John Dennet, 92; cure
for yaws discovered by slave living
in, 199 ; tobacco inspector appointed
in, 260 ; three justices of, removed
from office, 333 ; Edwin Dangerfield
added to peace commission of, 409.
Newport Parish, minister of, accused
of notorious immoralities and other of-
fenses, 89.
Newson, Nathaniel, given in English
copy as Nath. Newton, 1 (50 of pref-
ace) ; sheriff of Norfolk County,
235.
Newson, Thomas, one of the executors
of Thomas Crooks's will, 73.
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Newton, George, sheriff of Norfolk
County, 171, 200; tobacco inspector,
237, 285.
Newton, Henry, property of orphan of,
seized by court, 189; orphans of, de-
frauded by guardian, 197.
Newton, Lemuel, mentioned, xxix.
Newton, Nathaniel, given in English
copy instead of Nath. Newson, 1 (50
of preface) ; sheriff of Norfolk Coun-
ty, 215; coroner for Princess Anne,
442.
Newton, Thomas, sheriff of Westmore-
land County, 34, 67.
Newton, Willoughby, petitioner, 188;
fine imposed upon, remitted, 188 ; to-
bacco inspector, 286; one of the jus-
tices for Westmoreland, 299.
New York, governor of, 23, 125, 209,
398, 421 ; some inhabitants of, take
up land in Virginia, 223 ; governor of,
complains of the encroachments of the
French, 264.
Nibbell, James, given in Virginia copy
instead of Nebblet, James, li ; sum-
moned to court to answer a petition,
245.
Nibbs (Nebbs) Creek, mentioned, 93,
120, 142, 162, 163, 182, 317.
Nichola, Matthew, given in Virginia
copy instead of Benbridge, Thomas,
xxviii.
Nicholas, Maj. Abraham, adjutant of
militia, 189; one of the justices for
James City County, 320, 413; death
of, mentioned, 429.
Nicholas, Abraham, jr., applies for at-
torney's license, 416.
Nicholas, Dr. George, petitioner, 178;
land patented by, 194, 204.
Nicholas, Matthew, mentioned, xxx.
Nicholis, Thomas, given in Virginia
copy instead of Nichols, Thomas,
xxxviii.
Nichols, , land of, xxxiii.
Nichols, Hancock, tobacco inspector,
239; justice of the peace for Acco-
mac County, 266.
Nichols, Samuel, land patented by, 257.
Nichols, Thomas, given in English copy
instead of Nicholis, Thomas, xxxviii.
Nominv Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 238, 286, 396.
Norfleet, Edward, one of the justices
for Nanscmond, 349.
Norfleet, John, one of the justices for
Nanscmond, 349.
Norfleet, Joseph, tobacco inspector, 315.
Norfolk (Town), petition of the mer-
chants, owners of vessels and prin-
cipal inhabitants of, 348, 356 ; inhab-
itants of, ask to be incorporated into
a borough, 377 ; mentioned, 387 ; dep-
uty customs officer appointed for, 398,
436 ; petition of merchants and trad-
ers of, 435.
Norfolk County, mentioned, xxii, xxxiii,
xl; sheriff of, 12, 34, 67, 86, 100,
129, 171, 200, 215, 235, 273, 319, 369,
421 ; new commission of the peace
for, 70, 188, 208, 299, 373 ; powder sent
to, 389.
Norfolk Warehouse, inspector appointed
for, 237, 285, 342.
Norris, William, fined for contempt of
court, 169.
Northampton County, mentioned, xxiii,
xl ; commission of the peace for, xlii ;
sheriff of, 12, 34, 66, 86, 100, 130, 171,
200, 239, 274, 297, 319, 355, 368, 391,
439 ; new commission of the peace
issued for, 51, 172, 281, 289, 382;
fraudulent practices of inspectors in,
investigated, 310; Cherry Stones
Warehouse, 367; gunpowder sent to,
389.
Northanna River, mentioned, 10, 94, 103,
123, 178, 194, 381, 388.
North Carolina, boundary of, xxi ; gov-
ernor of, accused of issuing grant for
controverted land, 2 ; agreement with
Virginia regarding controverted land
violated by, 32; warned by Virginia
against encroaching upon lands be-
longing to certain Indians, 53 ; prom-
ises to discontinue the granting of
controverted lands, 59 ; boundary dis-
pute between Virginia and, 65, 82,
148, 150, 152, 155, 159, 165, 166; ac-
cused by Nansemond Indians of en-
croaching upon their lands, 82 ; cer-
tain expenses of pirates to be paid by,
144 ; solicitor-general paid for ob-
taining order for settling boundary
between Virginia and, 152; act pro-
hibiting the exportation of tobacco to
Virginia from, repealed, 268 ; procla-
mation publishing the repeal of two
acts against importing tobacco from,
467.
North East River (Creek), mentioned,
94, 219, 329, 364.
Northern Indians, insolent behavior of,
368, 383 ; refuse to send representa-
tive to Williamsburg, 398 ; confer-
ence of, with Catawba and Cherokee
Indians postponed. 414; outrages com-
mitted by, 414.
Northern Neck, escheator appointed for,
4; complaint against agent for pro-
prietors of, 15; fines and forfeitures
claimed by proprietors of, 85, 159;
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certain fines collected in, due to the
proprietors of, 168 ; certain fines col-
lected in, due to the king, 169 ; in-
convenient for sheriffs of, to attend
revenue officers, 169 ; petition in be-
half of the proprietors of, 205 ; caveats
issued on behalf of proprietors of, 206 ;
proprietors of, claim land on Sher-
rando River, 223 ; proprietors of, pro-
test against reservation of certain
land, 229 ; officers of militia in, pre-
pare to resist insurrection, 263, 264 ;
boundary controversy, 365, 374, 377,
378, 379, 394, 397, 401, 402, 405, 406;
act confirming titles to land in, sent to
England for approval, 383 ; expense
account of commissioners for settling
boundaries of, 396, 397 ; map of, 397,
420 ; act for confirming titles to land
in, 436.
North Farnham Parish, petition of some
of the inhabitants of, 301 ; dispute be-
tween inhabitants and vestry of, set-
tled, 306.
North (Noth) Garden (Garding), men-
tioned, 283, 354, 410.
North Mountains, mentioned, 395.
North River, mentioned, 124, 128, 231,
270, 330, 340, 356.
Northumberland County, mentioned,
xxiii, xl; sheriff of, 12, 34, 67, 86,
100, 129, 173, 200, 235, 273, 297, 349,
392, 441 ; inhabitants of, petition for
permission to erect a Presbyterian
church, 65 ; new commission of the
peace issued for, 82. 170, 281, 441 ;
Indian Creek dividing line between
Lancaster and, 316 ; surveyed for the
Northern Neck boundary commission-
ers, 397; coroner for, 409.
Notingham, , mentioned, 406.
Nottingham, Robert, tobacco inspector,
238, 286, 335 ; one of the justices for
Northumberland, 382.
Nottoway Indians, complaint against,
52 ; peace offering made to, 52 ; ac-
cused of assaulting and robbing in-
habitants of Spotsylvania County, 87 ;
required to have passports, 121, 383;
charges against, dismissed, 139; as-
sured of the good will of the Meherrin
Indians, 152; Raccoon Island used
as a cemetery by, 176; complain
against the Saponie Indians, 185, 186 ;
complaint against, 287 ; fined for con-
tempt of the governor's orders, 290 ;
forbidden to entertain foreign Indians,
291 ; enter into treaty with Saponie
and Tuscarora Indians, 303 ; a mem-
ber of the tribe, suspected of murder,
331 ; land belonging to, to be sold,
338, 345 ; order concerning surveyor
of land of, reversed, 342 ; mentioned,
343 ; petition of, 345 ; threatened by
the Catawba Indians, 356 ; sell land
to pay debts, 424; Col. John Sim-
monds summoned to answer petition
of, 444.
Nottoway Parish, petition of the inhab-
itants of, rejected, 349.
Nottoway River, mentioned, xxii ; pat-
ent issued for land on, 26 ; petition
asking that a naval officer be ap-
pointed for, 38 ; mentioned, 39, 56,
58, 79, 104, 120, 163, 181, 182, 207,
218, 224, 282, 292, 303, 305, 340, 352,
353, 367, 390t 403, 409, 410, 418.
Nottoway Road, mentioned, 418.
Nottoway Town, mentioned, 185.
Nowling, James, land patented by, 413.
Nunnelly, Thomas, land patented by,
312.
O
Oaths, administered to members of
Council, 146, 149, 150, 190, 193.
Obligations, act concerning, repealed,
213, 460.
Occanecchy Island, mentioned, 291.
Occoquan, given in English copy in-
stead of Accoquan, xxv.
Occoquan (Ockoquan, Ockoquon, Oco-
quan), petition regarding a ware-
house, at, 287 ; complaint against in-
spectors at warehouse, 386, 394.
Occoquan (Occaquan) River, men-
tioned, 239.
"Octuna," name of land owned by Rob-
ert Beverly, 231, 258.
Officeholders, proclamation continuing,
147.
Ogilby (Ogelby), Richard, caveat en-
tered by, 180; land patented by, 193,
202.
Oglethorp, James, letter from, 376.
Oldham, Samuel, tobacco inspector, 361 ;
complaint against, 401 ; removed from
office, 405.
Old Shells Ford, mentioned, 181.
Old Town Creek, mentioned, 340.
Oliver, Drury, land patented by, 83.
Oneida Indians, complaint of, against
Virginia Indians, 209.
Onondago, given in English copy in-
stead of Ovendago, xxxviii.
Opeckan (Opeckon) River, mentioned,
223, 224, 229, 233, 250, 289, 347.
Oquca Creek, given in Virginia copy
instead of Oquia Creek, xli. [This
should be Aquia Creek.]
Orange County, courthouse to be built
in, 346; surveyor for, 361, 426, 428;
526
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
new commission of the peace issued
for, 368, 393, 434, 437; sheriff of,
393, 396, 439; mentioned, 400, 415;
patents granted for land in, 442, 444.
Orapeak, Nansemond County, men-
tioned, 179.
Orkney, George, Earl of, lieutenant and
governor-general of Virginia, 19, 145,
165 ; letter from, 26 ; mentioned, 30 ;
warrant for salary of, 119.
Ormsby, Rev. John, land patented by,
418, 441.
Osborne (Osbourn, Osburn), Richard,
one of the justices of Prince Wil-
liam, 256, 339 ; complaint of, against
John Mercer, attorney, 318.
Osborne (Osbourn), Thomas, tobacco
inspector, 286 ; one of the justices
for Prince William, 339 ; removed
from office, 357.
O'Sheal, John, applies for attorney's
license, 417.
Otter Creek, mentioned, 440.
Otterdam Swamp, mentioned, 51, 58,
201.
Ouds, George, petitioner, 64.
Ovendago, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Onondago, xxxviii.
Overby, Nicholas, mentioned, 434.
Overton, James, sheriff of Hanover,
392.
Owen, Anne, land patented by, 246.
Owens Creek, Hanover County, men-
tioned, 79, 83.
Oyer and Terminer Court, warrants for
salary of officers of, 41, 76, 100, 119,
153, 174, 192, 202, 211, 216, 232, 242,
255, 280, 292, 300, 315, 322, 337, 351,
362, 369, 384, 395, 408, 417, 427, 438;
Council opposed to changing date for
holding, 42; caveats referred to, 57,
71, 72, 79, 179, 207; petitions re-
ferred to, 71, 73, 78, 80, 108, 122, 161,
178, 188, 194, 206, 219, 229, 233, 371;
minister paid for services to criminals
condemned by, 398.
Pace, Richard, mentioned, 51, 201.
Packe, Graves, sheriff of York County,
100, 129.
Packet, William, land patented by, 353.
Page, Mann, member of Council, xxxix,
xlii, 1 passim to 216; oath of office
administered to, 190.
Pages Warehouse, one of the inspectors
at, removed, 310.
Paine, George, sheriff of Goochland
County, 319.
Paine, John, mentioned, 434.
Paine. See also Payne.
Palmer, Charles, tobacco inspector, 391.
Pamunkey River, mentioned, 29, 123,
233.
Paper, to be purchased in England, xiii.
Papists, liberty of conscience allowed
to all Christians except, 86.
Pappaw (Papaw), James, a slave, re-
warded for disclosing his cure for
yaws and other diseases, 199, 217.
Parish, John, tobacco inspector, 414.
Parke, Alexander, one of the justices
for Essex County, 355.
Parke, William, summoned as a witness
against tobacco inspector, 334.
Parker, , mentioned, 414.
Parker, Alexander, gunner and store-
keeper at Hobbs Hole, 69; sheriff of
Essex County, 297.
Parker, Charles, tobacco inspector, 335.
Parker, George, mentioned, 135 ; sheriff
of Accomac County, 215, 235.
Parker, Nicholas, tobacco inspector,
285; removed from office, 315.
Parker, Richard, mentioned, 93.
Parker, Rt., tobacco inspector, 286.
Parker, William, mentioned, 141, 202,
231.
Parkinson, John, given in English copy
as Perkinson, John, li ; mentioned,
250.
Parks, William, asks for permission to
print laws, 125.
Parnell, Ann, caveat entered by, 246 ;
caveat of, withdrawn, 275.
Parnell, John, mentioned, 201.
Parrimore, Thomas, one of the justices
for Accomac, 417.
Parrott, Thomas, caveat entered by,
328.
Parsons, Jesper, charges against, de-
clared illegal and void, 127.
Parsons, John, land patented by, 93.
Parsons, Joseph, mentioned, 225.
Parsons, Richard, mentioned, 430.
Passports, Nottoway Indians required to
have, 383.
Patents, land, fraudulent practices in ob-
taining, prevented, 88.
Paterson, John, land patented by, 103.
Paterson, Thomas, mentioned, 297.
Paterson. See also Patterson, Pattison.
Patman, William, mentioned, 313.
Patridge, stranded near Willoughby
Point, 59.
Patrols, laws for regulating the militia
and appointing patrols to be enforced,
383.
Patterson (Pattison), David, mentioned,
202 ; land patented by, 367.
Patterson. See also Paterson, Pattison.
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527
Pattin, Charles, given in English copy
instead of Charles Pellin, 1 (50 of
preface).
Pattison, Gilbert, summoned to court
to answer a petition, 233.
Pattison. See also Paterson, Patterson.
Pattiver, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Pettiver, xxvii.
Payne, George, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 284.
Payne, John, tobacco inspector, 308.
Payne, William, one of the justices for
Prince William, 339; tobacco inspec-
tor, 386.
Payne. See also Paine.
Peachey, Samuel, sheriff of Richmond
County, 173, 200; tobacco inspector,
238.
Pearse, Jonathan, a slave, freed, 315.
Pearse, Capt. Vincent, commander of
the Tartar, 136 ; offers to convoy
fleets, 138; petitioner, 319.
Pearse. See also Peirce.
Pearson, Richard, petitioner, 134.
Pearson, William, acts of trade violated
by, 67, 68.
Pearson. See also Pierson.
Pease, exportation of, prohibited, 75,
173, 402, 407, 449, 456, 473.
Pedlar River, mentioned, 418, 430.
Pegot, Ralph, sheriff of Northampton
County, 12.
Peirce (Pierse), Matthew, tobacco in-
spector, 237, 285.
Peirce. See also Pearse.
Pellin, Charles, Charles Pattin given in
English copy instead of, 1 (50 of
preface).
Pellin, Charles, tobacco inspector, 238.
Pemberton, George, summoned to court
to answer a petition, 284.
Pendar, Paul, caveat to stop the issuing
of land patent to, 36.
Pennington, Anthony, one of the justices
for Prince George, 391.
Pennsylvania, families emigrate from,
to Virginia, 229, 253, 395 ; mentioned,
289 ; Indians tributary to, suspected
of murder, 327 ; governor of, 330, 421 ;
letter from the president of, 414.
Pension, given as a reward, 217.
Perkinson, John, given in English copy
instead of Parkinson, John, li.
Perrin, , mentioned, xiv.
Perrin, Thomas, added to Gloucester
commission of the peace, 158.
Perry, Micajah, merchant in London,
28; suit of the executors of, 102;
petitioner, 249 ; letter to, signed by
the Council, 257.
Perry, Richard, representation relating
to judgment on an appeal in a suit
o£ the executors of, 102.
Petapsco River, mentioned, 299.
Peters Branch, mentioned, 225.
Peterson, Bartholomew, one of the jus-
tices for Brunswick, 301.
Peterson, John, one of the justices for
Prince George, 391.
Petit, Thomas, mentioned, 248.
Pettiver, given in English copy instead
of Pattiver, xxvii.
Peyton, Valentine, one of the justices
of Prince William, 339.
Peyton, Sir Yelverton, letter from, 442.
Phelps, Capt., , mentioned, 29.
Phelps, John, given in English copy in-
stead of Phelphs, John, li.
Phelps (Phelphs), John, land patented
by, 251, 311; mentioned, 323.
Phelps Creek, mentioned, 419.
Phenney, George, surveyor-general of
customs for the southern district of
America, 267 ; oath of office admin-
istered to, 324; member of Council,
324, 330, 333, 334.
Philip and Eliza, hired to transport to-
bacco, 59.
Philips, Richard, dispute of, concerning
land, 157, 161, 176, 195.
Philips, William, given in English copy
instead of Richard Philips, xlv.
Philipson, Robert, sheriff of Warwick
County, 86.
Philipson, Thomas, sheriff of Warwick,
66.
Phillips, Richard, given in English copy
as William Philips, xlv.
Phils Creek, mentioned, 430.
Phrip, Capt. John, proclamation vio-
lated by, 80.
Phrip, John, a justice of the peace, 299.
Pidgeon Creek Swamp, mentioned, 441.
Pigeon-Roost Creek, given in English
copy instead of Pigeon-West Creek, li.
Pierse. See Pearse and Peirce.
Pierse, Capt. , mentioned, 414.
Pierson, Thomas, one of the justices
for Prince William, 416.
Pierson. See also Pearson.
Pigeon Roost Creek, mentioned, 251.
Pigg, Edward, caveat entered by, for
stopping a patent, 36.
Piggol, Ralph, given in Virginia copy
instead of Piggott, Ralph, xliii.
Pigot, Ralph, given in English copy in-
stead of Ralph Rigot, xlv.
Pigot (Piggot) Ralph, sheriff of North-
ampton, 130, 171 ; one of the justices
for Northampton, 382.
Piggott, Ralph, given in English copy
instead of Piggol, Ralph, xliii.
528
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Piggs, Paul, mentioned, 354.
Pike, Paul, mentioned, 359.
Pillory, to be built in Prince William
County, 239.
Pincham (Pinchum), Samuel, men-
tioned, 340; land patented by, 418.
Pinchback, Elizabeth, petitioner, 313.
Pinchback, Thomas, petitioner, 313.
Piney Mountain, mentioned, 256, 295.
Pinhard, Thomas, appointed sheriff,
xxiii.
Piracy, two masters of vessels unjustly
accused of, 269.
Pirate, pardon of, asked for, 149 ; par-
doned, 150.
Pirates, memorial concerning the money
arising from the sale of the effects
of, 5; Virginia refuses to bear the
cost of apprehending and examining,
144; expenses of trial of, ordered to
be paid, 210; warrant to pay charges
of trial of, 211; bills for expenses in
connection with, referred to revenue
officers, 226 ; captors of, rewarded,
309.
Pistol, Charles, mentioned, 419.
Pitch, bounty allowed on, 332.
Pitillo (Petillo, Pittillo, Pittilow),
James, land patented by, 163, 219,
276, 316; petitioner, 247; mentioned,
251, 358; caveat for stopping a pat-
ent to, 303, 316; caveat entered by,
dissolved, 411.
Pitts, David, caveat entered by, va-
cated, 411.
Pitts, Jervice, tobacco inspector, 444.
Pitts Warehouse, inspectors appointed
for, 239, 286, 310, 335, 444.
Piatt, Randal, given in English copy in-
stead of Piatt, Randolph, xli.
Piatt, Randall, mentioned, 71.
Pleasant, Turpin, mentioned, 93.
Pleasants, John, land patented by, 429.
Pleasants, Thomas, mentioned, 313.
Plentiful River, mentioned, 178.
Plummer (Plumer), Thomas, tobacco
inspector, 385 ; mentioned, 406.
Po River, mentioned, 7, 38, 104.
Pocomoke Warehouse, inspector ap-
pointed for, 374.
Pohick Warehouse, tobacco inspectors
annointed for, 286 ; petition regarding,
287.
Point Comfort, salary of gunner and
storekeeper at, 16; battery at, to be
completed, 33 ; fort built at, 370 ; work
on fort, to be completed, 389 ; work-
man injured scaling guns at. 395;
Leonard Whiteing's property at, 411,
413 ; money advanced for completing
fort at, 422 ; breastworks and parapet
erected in fort at, 426 ; contractor re-
quired to give security for finishing
fort at, 437.
Pokein (Indian name), mentioned,
xxxii.
Pole Branch, mentioned, 430.
Pole Cat Swamp, mentioned, 179.
Pollard, John, caveat of, dismissed, 78.
Pollard, Joseph, tobacco inspector, 338;
complaint against, dismissed, 346.
Pollard, Robert, petitioner, xxxiv.
Poor Creek, mentioned, 312.
Pope, Humphry (Humphrey), caveat
entered by, 178, 194; caveat of, dis-
missed, 222; one of the justices of
Westmoreland, 299.
Pope, William, mentioned, 201.
Poplar Camp, mentioned, 410, 424.
Popple (Pople), Allured (Alured), sec-
retary to the Lords Commissioners for
Trade, 130, 332.
Poropotank (Portoportank) Warehouse,
inspector for, 237, 285.
Port duties, salaries paid out of, 23,
57, 76, 85, 153, 174, 202, 211, 216,
232, 242, 255, 280, 300, 336, 362, 384,
408, 438; report on, certified by the
governor, 26, 41, 57, 69, 76, 137, 154,
175, 203, 211, 217, 232, 242, 255, 281,
293, 314, 337, 352, 363, 385, 428, 438;
repairs on governor's home paid out
of, 56 ; Council refuses to refund, 249 ;
vessel exempt from payment of, un-
der certain conditions, 310; vessels
importing iron ore exempt from pay-
ment of, 433.
Port Tobacco, mentioned, 338.
Portens, William, given in English copy
as Wm. Porteus, xlv.
Porter, William, mentioned, 142.
Porteus, William, given in English copy
instead of Wm. Portens, xlv.
Porteus, William, mentioned, 181.
Portlock, William, one of the justices
for Norfolk, 373; sheriff of Norfolk,
421.
Potato Quarter Branch, mentioned, 207.
Potomac River, mentioned, 3, 299 ; re-
ceiver of duties on liquors in, 349 ;
surveyed for the Northern Neck
boundary commissioners, 405.
Potter, John, sheriff of Northampton
County, 200.
Povall (Povale), John, tobacco in-
spector, 237, 285.
Powder, sent to counties for the use
of the inhabitants, 389.
Powell, Charles, caveat entered by, for
stopping a patent, 36.
Powell, Edmd., land patented by, 234.
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529
Powell, Edward, given in English copy
instead of Edmd. Powell, xlix.
Powell, John, appointed sheriff, xxiii ;
right of to land, called in dispute,
xxxiii.
Powell, Joseph, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 164, 178; mentioned,
302.
Powell, Meriam, wife of John Powell,
xxxiii.
Powell, Richard, mentioned, 329.
Powell, Robert, mentioned, 78.
Powels Creek Warehouse, inspector at,
237.
Power, Henry, land patented by, 123 ;
sheriff of James City County, 171,
200; one of the justices for James
City, 413.
Power, John, one of the justices for
New Kent, 386.
Poythres, given in English copy instead
of Pothres, xxviii.
Poythres, Francis, land patented by,
191, 388 ; one of the justices for Prince
George, 391 ; place in Prince George
peace commission designated, 396.
Poythres, William, sheriff of Prince
George County, 171, 200; land pat-
ented by, 202; tobacco inspector, 237,
285.
Prayer, day set aside for, 172.
Prayer-books, ordered for use of the
Council, 333.
Prayers, alterations made in, for the
royal family, 147.
Preed, Halcot, given in Virginia copy
instead of Pride, Halcot, xxxvii.
Preed, John, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Pride, John, xxxvii.
Preeson, Thomas, one of the justices
for Northumberland, 382.
Prentis (Prentice), William, warrants
to, for sundry contingent charges and
repairs on the governor's house, 23,
76, 101, 154, 174, 192, 203, 211, 217,
232, 242, 255, 280, 292, 300, 314, 322,
351, 363, 370, 408, 417, 427; warrants
to, for gunner's salary, 91, 101, 137,
153; one of the justices for James
City, 413.
Presbyterian Church, inhabitants of
Northumberland County ask permis-
sion to erect, 65.
Prescot, Philip, applies for attorney's
license, 422.
Price, Edward, given in English copy
as Edwd. Rice, xlix ; mentioned, 233,
244.
Price, John, mentioned, 233, 244; land
patented by, 364.
Price, Richard, land patented by, 180.
Price, Thomas, commissioner of the
peace for Middlesex County, 216.
Pride, Halcot, given in English copy in-
stead of Preed, Halcot, xxxvii.
Pride, Holford, given in English copy
instead of Hotford Pride, xlv.
Pride, Hotford, mentioned, 181.
Pride, John, given in English copy in-
stead of Preed, John, xxxvii ; men-
tioned, 181, 250.
Pride, William, mentioned, 162, 163,
250; land patented by, 181.
Prides Lower Horsepen, given in Eng-
lish copy instead of Reides Lower
Horsepen, xxxvii.
Prince Eugene, condemned for illegal
trading, 7 ; petition of the master of,
10.
Prince George County, given in Eng-
lish copy instead of Brunswick, lii;
mentioned, xxiii, xl ; patents granted
for land in, 7, 11, 82, 83, 84, 96, 103,
104, 105, 120, 121, 123, 128, 142, 143,
162, 163, 181, 182, 191, 196, 201, 202,
207, 212, 218, 219, 224, 226, 227, 231,
234, 241, 244, 251, 257, 258, 261, 262,
270, 271, 275, 282, 292, 303, 304, 305,
312, 313, 317, 323, 329, 330, 340, 353,
354, 358, 364, 367, 371, 379; sheriff
of, 12, 34, 67, 85, 100, 129, 171, 197,
198, 200, 215, 273, 319, 349, 368, 392,
406, 421, 439; mentioned, 39, 79, 247;
Beaver Pond Branch, 58; Saponie
Creek, 58 ; Mahoopmack ( Mahupon-
nock) Creek, 60, 104 ; Smacks Creek,
70; Buckskin Creek, 93, 103, 244;
Guinea Creek, 95 ; new commission of
the peace issued for, 101, 170, 299,
320, 382, 391, 396; coroner of, 226;
boundary line of, 277 ; complaint
against one of the inspectors for, 342 ;
complaint of some of the inhabitants
of, 343 ; Bristol Parish, 359 ; patents
granted for land in, 380, 381, 388,
390, 403, 409, 410, 418, 419, 434, 440.
Prince William County, boundary of,
239 ; site selected for courthouse of,
239; sheriff of, 239, 274, 297, 319,
328, 369, 393, 439 ; tobacco warehouses
established in, 240 ; new commission
of the peace issued for, 256, 299, 339,
416 ; petition of some of the partici-
pants in insurrection in, 269 ; petition
of justices and inhabitants of, 287;
complaint of the justices of, against
John Mercer, attorney, 318, 328;
horse thieves conceal themselves in,
327 ; complaint against collector of
levies for, 327; John Mercer cannot
practice in court of, 348 ; Quantico
Warehouse, 357 ; Occoquan Ware-
530
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
house, 386; mentioned, 394; right to
practice in court of, restored to John
Mercer, 432; justices of, insulted by
John Mercer, 443.
Princess Anne County, mentioned, xxiii,
xl ; sheriff of, 12, 34, 67, 86, 100, 128,
129, 171, 200, 215, 235, 297, 369, 421,
439, 442; lookouts for, advised to
present claims to General Assembly,
21 ; new commission of the peace is-
sued for, 75, 97, 168, 434; gunpowder
sent to, 389 ; coroner for, 442.
Princess Carolina, a vessel, 249.
Prior, Christopher, a petition to stop a
patent to, 302.
Prior. See also Pryor.
Pritchett, Joseph, land patented by, 262.
Privateers, country protected from, xx ;
Colony warned of, 170.
Proby, Bertam, injured in scaling guns
at Point Comfort, 395.
Processioners, justices penalized for not
appointing, 384.
Proclamation, on liberty of the subject,
to be prepared, xxi ; as to granting of
land, xxii ; dissolving the Assembly,
20, 21, 151, 350, 445, 470; continuing
all officeholders, 20, 114, 146, 147, 155,
445 ; proroguing the General Assem-
bly, 27, 52, 63, 70, 75, 80, 81, 88, 90,
116, 125, 129, 144, 187, 197, 209, 228,
243, 291, 294, 298, 307, 315, 358, 361,
365, 368, 395, 399, 407, 413, 414, 446,
447, 472 ; repealing act concerning
servants, slaves and convicts, 61, 447;
prohibiting the exportation of grain,
75, 80, 173, 402, 448, 449, 450, 473,
474 ; repealing an act laying duty on
liquors and slaves, 75, 257, 449, 464;
for apprehending three fugitives from
justice, 88, 119, 450, 451; proclaiming
a dav for public fasting and humilia-
tion, 129, 172, 196, 452, 457, 459; pro-
claiming George II king of England,
147 ; prohibiting the entertaining and
harboring of seamen, 171, 455 ; dis-
continuing embargo on grain, 187,
192, 458 ; repealing an act concerning
judgments, bonds, obligations and ac-
counts, 213, 460 ; in reference to re-
turn of goods taken by Spanish pri-
vateers, 220 ; prohibiting the unlaw-
ful assembling of negroes and other
slaves, 228, 462-464; offering a re-
ward for arrest of incendiary slaves,
259, 281 ; repealing two acts concerning
tobacco, 268, 467, 468: for enforcing
the laws regulating the militia and
preventing insurrections, 383 ; prohib-
iting the exportation of Indian corn,
407; concerning exportation of corn,
violated, 410 ; for apprehending sea-
men, 442 ; proroguing the General As-
sembly, 449, 450, 452, 460, 462, 464,
470, 472, 474, 475; continuing mili-
tary and civil offices in case of the
death of the queen, her heirs or suc-
cessors, 453 ; proclaiming the cessa-
tion of hostilities between Great
Britain and Spain, 461 ; for the more
speedy detecting and punishing the
felonious burning of certain tobacco
warehouses, 465-467 ; in regard to
burning of St. Marks Parish church,
468 ; in regard to the burning of the
warehouse at Falmouth, 469 ; for the
more effectual putting in execution the
laws concerning the militia, 470.
Proctor, George, mentioned, 233, 244.
Proctor, William, mentioned, 93.
Proser, given in English copy instead of
Proster, xxxviii.
Prospect, mentioned, 304, 330.
Proster, given in Virginia copy instead
of Proser, xxxviii.
Protestant Dissenters, petition of, 81 ;
exempt from penalties of certain laws,
86.
Prouse, John, given in English copy as
John Prowse, xliv.
Prowse, John, proclamation for appre-
hending, 133, 453.
Pruit, Thomas, land patented by, 399.
Prustwood, Thomas, given as Thomas
Crustwood in English copy, li.
Prustwood, Thomas, mentioned, 251.
Pryor, Nicholas, mentioned, 340.
Pryor. See also Prior.
Pugh, Daniel, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Pugh, John, xliii ; land pat-
ented by, 72 ; application of, for
drawback on rum, etc., 72 ; sheriff of
Nansemond County, 129, 171 ; peti-
tioner, 212.
Pugh, John, given in English copy in-
stead of Pugh, Daniel, xliii.
Pugh, Theophilus, sheriff of Nansemond
County, 200, 215.
Pulliam, John, mentioned, 295.
Pungoteague Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 239, 286, 335, 444.
Purton, Gloucester County, 366.
Q
Quaker, refuses to enter bond with se-
curity for good behavior, 67.
Quakers, imprisoned for refusing to take
oath, 13 ; petition of two, 13 ; fined for
not attending musters, 150.
Quantico Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 239, 286, 361j inspectors
at, removed, 310, 357.
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531
Quarles, James, mentioned, xlix; peti-
tioner, 233 ; tobacco inspector, 320 ;
land patented by, 353 ; one of the jus-
tices for King William, 391.
Quarles, John, given in English copy
instead of Guerles, John, xxxvi ;
tobacco inspector, 238, 286 ; substitute
appointed for, 341.
Quarles, Moses, justice of the peace for
Prince William County, 239.
Quarles, Roger, petitioner, 258.
Quarles Warehouse, inspectors appoint-
ed for, 238, 286, 341, 391.
Quarrell Swamp, mentioned, 241.
Queen Anne, portrait of, 214, 217;
proclamation continuing military and
civil offices in case of the death of,
453.
Quin, John, licensed to practice as an
attorney, 383.
Quinnys Bridge, mentioned, 332.
Quiocosine House, an Indian place of
burial, 176.
Quit rents, Robert Boiling discharged
from payment of certain, 13 ; rate of
exchange for, 14, 369 ; payment of, on
old patents, postponed, 27 ; of Nanse-
mond County in danger of being lost,
35; salaries paid out of, 41, 57, 85, 91,
101, 120, 128, 137, 154, 192, 203, 211,
217, 232, 242, 255, 280, 292, 300, 314,
322, 337, 351, 363, 370, 385, 396, 408,
417, 427, 438; report on, certified by
the governor, 41, 85, 101, 137, 175,
203, 217, 243, 280, 305, 358, 375, 401,
424, 438, 441 ; fraud practiced in pay-
ment of, 54 ; ancient method of dis-
posing of tobacco received for, re-
vived, 59 ; patentees of land in Bruns-
wick and Spotsylvania granted a re-
mission of, 61, 92, 94, 190; persons
patenting more than one thousand
acres in Brunswick and Spotsylvania,
not entitled to exemption from pay-
ment of, 62 ; date set for payment of,
62 ; tobacco collected for, sold by pub-
lic outcry, 81 ; allowance to sheriffs
for collecting, 197, 198, 199, 214;
Alexander Spotswood required to pay,
208 ; money received for, reduced to
sterling, 239 ; petition asking for
temporary exemption from, 319 ;
money received for, remitted by bills
of exchange, 320 ; report on arrears
of, 375 ; cost of settling boundaries of
the Northern Neck to be paid out of,
394; sheriffs neglecting to report on,
to be sued, 421.
R
Raccoon Island, used by Nottoway In-
dians as a cemetery, 176; Indians re-
linquish right to, 186.
Raccoon Swamp, mentioned, 193.
Rack Island Creek, mentioned, 435.
Radford, John, sheriff of Henrico Coun-
ty, 129; tobacco inspector, 237, 285.
Radford, William, land patented by, 435.
Ragland, John, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 230; petition for
stopping patent sued out by, 248 ; men-
tioned, 277; land patented by, 295,
304, 312, 364, 387, 424, 430; time set
for hearing case of, 371.
Raines, Shanes, land patented by, 201.
Rand, William, land patented by, 444.
Randall, Wharton, tobacco inspector,
286.
Randolph, Beverly, one of the justices
for Henrico, 342.
Randolph, Elizabeth, land patented by,
142.
Randolph, Henry, sheriff of Henrico
County, 34, 66 ; land patented by, 58 ;
mentioned, 162, 182, 231.
Randolph, Isham (Hysham), petitioner,
lv; land patented by, 218, 313, 323,
390, 409, 435; mentioned, 261, 353, 409,
420; letter from, 267; paid for ser-
vices, 272; memorial of, 349; adju-
tant-general, 429.
Randolph, John, assists the attorney-
general, 20; paid for services, 86;
substitutes for the attorney-general,
97; counsel for vestry of Elizabeth
City Parish, 97; report of, on men-
tal and physical condition of Edmund
Jenings, 107, 108; acting attorney-
general, 140; substitutes for clerk of
council, 144; oaths of office adminis-
tered to, 148; one of the commission-
ers for recording doubts and questions
concerning negro, mulatto or Indian
slaves, 243; one of the justices
for Gloucester County, 330; men-
tioned, 343 ; examines an abridgement
of the laws of the Colony, 348; to
examine applicants for license to prac-
tice law, 372; granted land on which
to seat families, 375 ; successor to,
appointed, 389; executors receive
money due to, 406.
Randolph, Joseph, land patented by,
413.
Randolph, Richard, land patented by,
118, 227, 304, 330; act to confirm
title of, to certain entailed lands, 149 ;
petitioner, 158, 244; mentioned, 163,
532
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
181, 225; treasurer of duties on
liquors and slaves, 389.
Randolph, Thomas, administrator of the
estate of Thomas Crook, 4; land pat-
ented by, 58, 79, 93, 104, 123, 143,
162, 164; petitioner, 73, 124; men-
tioned, 124, 209, 218, 263, 276; one
of the justices for Goochland County,
172; caveat withdrawn by executors
of, 222; caveat for stopping patent to,
247.
Randolph, William, a suit of the execu-
tors of, 102.
Randolph, William, member of Council,
lv, lvi, 192 passim to 438; land pat-
ented by, 118, 142, 276, 402, 419, 435;
mentioned, 181 ; petitioner, 244 ; one
of the justices for Goochland, 339.
Randolphs Creek, mentioned, 162, 317,
403.
Ranger, a sloop, mentioned, 43.
Ransdon, Wharton, sheriff of West-
moreland, 439.
Ransey, Richard, mentioned, 381.
Ranson, James, tobacco inspector, 382.
Ransone, given in English copy for
Ransome, xi ; given in English copy
instead of Ranson, xii.
Rappidan (Rappadan, Rappadann, Rap-
pidan, Rippadan) River, mentioned,
180, 231, 258, 347, 397; surveyed, 406.
Rapin, Anthony, caveat for stopping a
patent to, 179.
Rappahannock, master of, forfeits bond,
183.
Rappahannock County, mentioned, 158;
tobacco inspectors in upper part of,
accused of fraudulent practices, 335.
Rappahannock District, limits of, 316.
Rappahannock River, batteries erected
on, 35, 41; naval officer of, 128, 210;
complaint against late naval officer of,
130; mentioned, 158. 178, 194, 233,
254, 270, 296 ; complaint concerning
location of naval officer of, 267 ; sur-
veyed, 397, 405.
Rattle Snake Creek, mentioned, 434.
Ravell, Edward, sheriff of Accomac
County, 66.
Ravenscraft (Ravenscroft), ,
mentioned, xlix, 434.
Ravenscraft (Ravenscroft"), Thomas, pe-
titioner, xlix; sheriff of James City
County, 34; land patented by, 251,
329; one of the justices for Prince
George County, 299 ; complainant,
342.
Ravenscroft, John, one of the justices
for Prince George, 301.
Ray, John, witness in case against
Saponie Indians, 185, 186.
Raybourn, John, land patented by, 83.
Read, Dyer Colston, land patented by,
7.
Read, James, given in English copy as
Jas. Reed, xlvii ; commissioner of the
peace for Middlesex County, 216.
Read, Robert, witness in case against
tobacco inspectors, 332, 335 ; paid for
services, 338.
Read, Samuel, tobacco inspector, 285.
Read, Thomas, jr., added to the com-
mission of the peace for Gloucester,
53.
Receiver-General, land rights issued by,
437.
Receiver-General. See also Grymes,
John.
Red Oak Mountains, mentioned, 224,
231.
Reddick, Lemuel, required to pass bar
examination, 378 ; sheriff of Nanse-
mond, 421. [The name is now usually
spelled "Riddick."]
Reddihoe, Mrs. Richard, in English
copy instead of Reddihoe, Richard, xi.
Reddihoe, Richard, mentioned, x.
Redford, Francis, tobacco inspector, 308 ;
mentioned, 411.
Redford, John, successor to, appointed,
308.
Redly, given in Virginia copy instead
of Ridley, xxviii.
Reed, James, given in English copy in-
stead of Jas. Read, xlvii.
Reedy Creek (Branch), mentioned, 56,
120, 163, 339, 364, 403.
Reems, Thomas, mentioned, 304.
Reeves, George, land patented by, 323.
Reglin, John, summoned to court to an-
swer a petition, 230.
Reid, Clement, consents to transfer of
a land patent, 413. [The name is
usually spelt "Read."]
Reid, Gwyn, government purchases land
from, 436.
Reid, Tames, sheriff of Middlesex Coun-
ty, 273.
Reid, Samuel, tobacco inspector, 237 ;
one of the justices for York. 416.
[This should be "Read, Samuel."]
Reides Lower Horsepen, given in Vir-
ginia copy instead of Prides Lower
Horsepen, xxxvii.
Reids, Peter, petitioner, 250.
Reidt, Peter, given in English copy in-
stead of Reids, Peter, li.
Relhan, Anthony, land patented by, 420.
Relhan, James, land patented by, 420.
Rene la Foree, given in English copy
instead of Rent La Foree, xxxv.
Index
533
Reprisal and marque, governor author-
ized to grant commissions of, 442.
Rersdale, Wharton, one of the justices
for Westmoreland, 299.
Revell, Edward, tobacco inspector, 286.
Reves, Thomas, given in English copy
instead of Reevis, Thomas, xxxii.
Rew, , witness in case against
tobacco inspector, 332.
Reynolds, given in English copy instead
of Reynoles, xi.
Reynolds, Christopher, mentioned, 201 ;
land patented by, 224.
Reynolds, Elizabeth, land patent by,
357.
Reynolds (Renoylds), Mary, land pat-
ent granted to, 357.
Reynolds, William, mentioned, 201 ; land
patent granted to devisees of, 357.
Rice, Edward, given in English copy
instead of Edwd. Price,, xlix.
Rice, Thomas, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 230 ; caveat for
stopping a patent to, 248 ; mentioned,
262; land patented by, 363.
Rice, William, surveyor, 261.
Richards, William, land patented by,
317.
Richards, William Byrd (Bird), to-
bacco inspector, 238, 286 ; one of the
justices for King and Queen, 349, 355.
Richardson, , mentioned, 382.
Richardson, John, land patented by, 323.
Richardson, Peter, tobacco inspector,
237, 285
Richardson, Rd., sheriff of New Kent
County, 215, 235.
Richardson, William, petitioner, 37, 71.
Richil, Archibald, convicted of burglary
and felony and pardoned, 88.
Richler, John, petitioner, 250.
Richmond County, coroners appointed
for, xxi ; mentioned, xxiii, xl ; sheriff
of, 12, 34, 66, 85, 100, 129, 173, 200,
215, 235, 273, 319, 369, 421 ; com-
plaint of justices and militia officers
of, 37, 38 ; new commission of the
peace issued for, 44, 175, 215, 320,
331 ; representation from Protestant
Dissenters in, 81, 86; sheriff of, to be
prosecuted for recovery of fines, 215 ;
North Farnham Parish, 301, 306;
surveyor for, to assist Northern Neck
boundary commissioners, 397; sur-
veyor for, paid for services, 405.
Richter, John, given in English copy in-
stead of Richler, John, li.
Ridgway, Samuel, land patented by,
434.
Ridley, , given in English copy
instead of Redly, xxviii.
Ridley, Nathaniel, justice of the peace
for Isle of Wight, lvi.
Ridley Bark Camp, mentioned, 420.
Rigot, Ralph, given as Ralph Pigot in
English copy, xlv.
Rigot, Ralph. See Pigot, Ralph.
Ripping, , mentioned, 258.
Rivanna River, mentioned, 233, 257,
358, 380.
Rivell, Edward, sheriff of Accomac
County, 86.
Rives, George, land patented by, 304,
330.
Roads, John, tobacco inspector, 285.
Roan (Roane), William, tobacco inspec-
tor, 286; one of the justices for Essex,
373.
Roanoke (Roanoak), River, mentioned,
37, 51, 79, 180, 227, 231, 241, 251,
271, 282, 291, 311, 324, 330, 350, 352,
353, 355, 365, 377, 381, 403, 404, 408,
419, 420, 440, 441; four islands lying
in, patented by Wm. Byrd, 193 ;
Cherokee Indians desire to settle on a
branch of, 343 ; land reserved on, for
Swiss Protestants, 426.
Roberts, Benjamin, land patented by,
296.
Roberts, John, mentioned, 296.
Roberts, Thomas, mentioned, xvi ; land
patented by, 302.
Robertson, George, land patented by,
70, 96, 128, 191, 262.
Robertson, Henry, land patented by,
418.
Robertson, Israel, mentioned, 244.
Robertson, Jacob, mentioned, 218.
Robertson, James, land patented by, 388.
Robertson, John, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 194; mentioned,
222.
Robertson, William, clerk of the Coun-
cil, v, x ; mentioned, xiv ; salary of,
paid, xxix, xxxi, xli ; paid for sundry
services, xxxvi ; opinion of, concern-
ing the condition of Edmund Jenings,
112; land patented by, 123, 202, 262,
353, 364, 380; petitioner, 127, 351,
408; substitute appointed for, 144, 148;
resumes duties as clerk of Council,
156; forfeits land rights, 180, 381;
mentioned, 295, 401 ; clerk of Coun-
cil, 358, 388, 424, 436; paid for ser-
vices, 406 ; death of, mentioned, 442.
Robin, a slave, freed, 366.
Robins, Ed, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Brodhurst, John, xxviii.
Robins, Edward, tobacco inspector, 444.
Robins, John, one of the justices for
Northampton, 382.
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Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Robinson, Captain
to stay in
Virginia only ninety days, xx.
Robinson, Alexander, mentioned, 419.
Robinson, Anthony, justice of the peace
for York County, 274 ; tobacco inspec-
tor, 285.
Robinson, Benjamin, sheriff of Essex
County, 66, 86; representation pre-
sented by, 117.
Robinson, Christopher, mentioned, xxix ;
sheriff of Middlesex County, 34, 66,
100; naval officer of Rappahannock
River, 67; death of, mentioned, 128;
complaint against, 130; mentioned,
141, 390.
Robinson, Mrs. Christopher, given in
English copy instead of Robinson,
Mr. Christopher, xxvi.
Robinson, George, mentioned, 162.
Robinson, Henry, land patented by, 444.
Robinson, Israel, mentioned, 381.
Robinson, Jacob, caveat for stopping a
patent to, 72.
Robinson, John, member of Council, lv,
lvi, 1 passim to 443 ; caveat for stop-
ping a patent to, 36 ; land patented by,
37, 233, 270, 403, 444; administrator
for Christopher Robinson, 141 ; oath
of office administered to, 150, 190;
surveyors recommended by, 204 ; to-
bacco inspector, 238, 285, 425 ; to make
map of Virginia, 253 ; to be paid a
salary while preparing map, 255 ; one
of the justices for Middlesex County,
286 ; surveying of land granted to,
postponed, 289 ; neglects to sue out
patent for land, 302 ; to investigate
cause of tobacco being refused by
Bristol merchants, 305 ; sheriff of
Middlesex, 348; member of commis-
sion for settling boundaries of the
Northern Neck, 365, 374, 378 ; granted
land on which to seat families, 375 ;
investigates business of two strangers
in Colony, 391 ; restored to former
rank in King and Queen peace com-
mission, 435.
Robinson, John, jr., surveying of land
granted to, postponed, 289.
Robinson, Tully, appointed sheriff, xxiii.
Robinson, William, one of the justices
for Spotsylvania, 349 ; sheriff of Prin-
cess Anne, 369.
Robinson Creek, mentioned, 258, 340.
Roblet, Lewis, mentioned, 381.
Rock Castle, mentioned, 104, 261, 353.
Rocket, Baldwin, petitioner, 179, 195.
Rocket, Thomas, summoned to court to
answer a petition, 241.
Rocky (Rockev) Creek, mentioned, 79,
123, 178, 218, 364.
Rockfish Island, mentioned, 191.
Rockfish River, mentioned, 191, 271,
350, 363, 367, 381, 419, 420, 435, 436;
Rocky Ridge, mentioned, 380.
Rocky Run, mentioned, 380, 381.
Rogerman, , mentioned, 379.
Rogers, Daniel, tobacco inspector, 286.
Rolf, John, land patented by, 379.
Rookins (Rookings), William, tobacco
inspector, 334; mentioned, 382.
Rooks, Baldwin, land patented by, 225.
Roots (Rootes), Philip, one of the jus-
tices for King and Queen, 355, 435 ;
sheriff of King and Queen, 368.
Rorser, Michael, mentioned, 367.
Roscow, given in English copy instead
of Rostow, xlvii.
Roscow, , bonds given by securi-
ties of, cancelled, 41.
Roscow, James, memorial regarding ac-
counts of, 14 ; memorial of executors
of, 17 ; petition of executor of, 86, 215.
Roscow, William, executor of James
Roscow, 17, 86, 215; sheriff of War-
wick County, 200.
Rose, Robert, land patented by, 363, 381,
394, 418.
Roser, Thomas, mentioned, 364, 403.
Ross, Alexander, land reserved for, and
other families from Pennsylvania, 229 ;
petitioner, 289 ; mentioned, 233 ; land
patent granted to, 347.
Ross, Edward, gunner, salary of, paid,
xxix, xxxi, xli.
Roubiere, given in English copy instead
of Rouvioze, xxviii.
Round About Creek, mentioned, 202,
262, 295, 316, 339, 353, 410.
Rowante (Rowantee, Rowantie) Road,
mentioned, 163, 251, 358.
Rowanty Swamp, mentioned, 227.
Rowlet, William, land patented by, 258.
Rows Warehouse, inspector at, 237, 285.
Rowston, Buckner, given in English
copy instead of Rowston, Buckeror,
li.
Rowston, Buckeror, mentioned, 251.
Rowzee, John, tobacco inspector, 361.
Roy, John, justice of the peace for Caro-
line County, 236 ; tobacco inspector,
238, 286 ; required to pay damages
caused by passing unmerchantable to-
bacco, 311 ; death of, mentioned, 320.
Roy, John, jr., tobacco inspector, 320.
Roy, Mongo, one of the justices for
Essex County, 355.
Roval, Joseph, tobacco inspector, 237,
285 ; sheriff of Henrico County, 200.
Royal, Richard, one of the justices for
Henrico, 342.
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535
Royal, William, tobacco inspector, 237,
285, 402.
Royal, William, jr., tobacco inspector,
285.
Royal Hospital, seamen taxed to sup-
port, 261.
Roys Warehouse, inspectors appointed
for, 238, 286, 320, 339, 361, 382, 429;
inspectors at, claim pay for services
of watchman, 294 ; petition of a for-
mer inspector of, 294 ; watchman for,
299 ; purchasers refuse to accept to-
bacco from, 305, 311 ; complaint
against inspectors at, 315, 320, 332,
338, 342, 423 ; inspectors at, removed
from office, 426.
Royster, David, tobacco inspector, 406.
Royston, John, tobacco inspector, 285.
Rue, Southey, testifies in complaint
against a tobacco inspector, 334 ; to-
bacco inspector, 335 ; paid for ser-
vices, 335 ; one of the justices for
A.ccomac, 417.
Ruffin, Benjamin, land patented by, 380.
Ruffin, Edward, one of the justices for
Surry, 417.
Ruffin, John, testifies in case of piracy,
265 ; sheriff of Surry, 369, 392.
Rum, shipped contrary to act of As-
sembly, 72; dispute concerning duty
on, 130; imported before a certain
date, exempt from duty, 141 ; smug-
gled into Colony, 349; smuggling of,
to be prevented, 370.
Run Creek, mentioned, 354.
Rushroad, John, given in English copy
as John Bushroad, liii.
Rushroad, John, one of the justices for
Westmoreland, 299.
Russell (Russel), William, a petition to
stop patent sued out by, 60 ; caveat
for stopping a patent to, 71, 206, 276,
288 ; caveat of, dismissed, 78 ; land
patented by, 180, 181, 313, 362; sum-
moned to court to answer a petition,
207, 271 ; granted leave to survey
land, 289 ; disputes with Henry Willis
concerning land, 325 ; disputes with
Robt. Mackay and Joost Hite con-
cerning land, 326 ; time extended for
perfecting survey, 335, 357 ; petitioner,
347; one of the justices for Orange,
368.
Rutherford, Adam, land patented by,
227, 233, 262; mentioned, 304.
S
Sailors, proclamation concerning, 455.
Sailors Creek, mentioned, 258, 380.
St. Andrews Parish, petition of in-
habitants of, 344; representation of
some of the inhabitants of, 350;
to build two chapels at places
designated by the Council, 376, 377.
St. Augustine, mentioned, 43, 138.
St. Georges Parish, mentioned, 180,
317; petition of some of the in-
habitants of, 306.
St. James's Parish, mentioned, 177,
195.
St. Johns Parish, King William
County, 80; petition of inhabitants
of, 272; vestry of, required to
build two churches, 273.
St. Margarets Parish, complaint
against the minister of, 423; peti-
tion of vestrymen and inhabitants
of, 440.
St. Marks Parish, mentioned, 317;
proclamation giving reward for
capture of person or persons who
burnt church in, 468.
St. Martins Parish, petition of the
minister and five Vestrymen of,
371.
St. Michael, quit rents to be paid at
feast of, 62.
St. Thomas, illegal trade with, xxi.
Salaries, warrants for, 76, 91, 100,
119, 136, 153, 174, 192, 202, 211,
216, 232, 242, 255, 292, 300, 314,
321, 337, 351, 362, 369, 384, 395,
408, 417, 427, 438; of messenger
and keeper of Council Chamber,
173; objections raised to salaries
paid surveyor-general and adjutant-
general, 298.
Samford, Thomas, tobacco inspector,
310; complaint against, 315.
Sammon, William, mentioned, 323.
Sammons's, given in English copy
as Simmons's, liv.
Sanders, Edward, mentioned, xlviii;
land patented by, 226.
Sanders, Capt. John, witness, 266,
268.
Sandland, John, land patented by,
212.
Sandy Creek (River), mentioned,
258, 323, 353, 365, 409, 430.
Sandy Falls, mentioned, 340.
Sanerton Creek, mentioned, 181.
Saponie (Sapony) Creek, mentioned,
58, 103, 104, 162, 241, 352.
Saponie (Sapony) Indians, desert
land assigned to, xlviii; settle at
Christanna, 73; a member of the
tribe imprisoned, 77; charges
against, dismissed, 80; murdered
by Tuscarora Indians, 126, 132,
139; charges of, against John
Prowse, 133; rum sold to, 133; ac-
cused of attacking the Meherrin
Indians, 153; interpreter to, 174;
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Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
mentioned, 180, 240, 343; complaint
of, 185, 186, 287; inhabitants of
Brunswick anticipate trouble from,
198; become tributary to Virginia,
269; Nottoway Indians fined for
contempt of order concerning, 290;
enter into treaty with Nottoway
and Tuscarora Indians, 303; re-
ward offered for murderer of one,
453.
Saponie (Sapony) Road, mentioned,
312, 409.
Saraw Indians, become tributary to
Virginia, 269.
Saterwhite, Thomas, mentioned, 303.
Saunders, Benjamin, mentioned, 284.
Saunders, John, mentioned, 420.
Saunders, John Hyde, petitioner, 420.
Savage, , suspended from of-
fice, 310.
Savage, , surveyor, paid for
services, 405.
Savage, Griffith, justice of the
peace for Accomac County, 266;
tobacco inspector, 286; successor
to, appointed, 310; witness, 334;
paid for services, 335.
Savage, John, tobacco inspector, 286.
Sawney, a Saponie Indian, charges
against, dismissed, 80.
Sawyer, , tobacco inspector,
237.
Sawyer, Chas., given in English
copy instead of simply Sawyer, 1
(50 of preface).
Sawyers Swamp, mentioned, 184.
Sayer, Arthur, tobacco inspector,
285.
Scanderet, Pitman, agent for the
owners of John and Betty, 141.
Scandret, Isaac, one of the justices
for Essex County, 355.
Scarborough (Scarburgh), Edmund*
appointed sheriff, xl; naval officer,
103; successor to, appointed, 266.
Scarborough, Edward, mentioned, 93.
Scarbrough, Henry, sheriff of Ac-
comac, 348; mentioned, 361.
Scarburgh, Henry, jr., naval officer
of Accomac District, 266; jus-
tice of the peace for Accomac
County, 266.
Scarburgh, Hugh, mentioned, xxix.
Scarburgh, Littleton, justice of the
peace for Accomac County, 266.
Scasbrook, given in English copy
instead of Seabrook, xi.
Scasbrook, Henry, added in English
copy, 1 (50 of preface).
Scasbrook, Henry, given in English
copy instead of Henry Seasbrook,
lii.
Scasbrook (Seasbrook), Henry, jus-
tice of the peace for Warwick
County, 156; sheriff of Warwick,
County, 273.
Schuyler, Colonel, president of the
Council of New York, xxxix.
Scilater, John, given in Virginia
copy instead of Silater, John,
xxxvi.
Sclater, John, sheriff of New Kent
County, 100, 129.
Scoggen, Rd., mentioned, 219.
Scott, , suspended from of-
fice, 310.
Scott, Edward, given in English
copy instead of Edwd. Stott, xlvii.
Scott, Edward, land patented by,
142, 379; one of the justices for
Goochland County, 172.
. Scott, John, given in English copy
instead of simply John, 1 (50 of
preface).
Scott, John, sheriff of Prince George
County, 12; land patented by,
142; attorney-at-law, 357.
Scott, Joseph, land patented by, 380;
one of the justices for Amelia, 383.
Scott, Thomas, tobacco inspector,
285.
Scott, William, tobacco inspector,
286.
Seabrook, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Scasbrook, xi.
Seager, Oliver, given in English
copy as Oliver Segar, xlv.
Seager, Oliver, sheriff of Middlesex
County, 128, 129, 171.
Seal, for use of Colony, 212.
Seal, Anthony, one of the justices
for Prince William, 416.
Seal, David, convicted of manslaugh-
ter and pardoned, 31.
Seamen, entertaining and harboring
of, prohibited, 171, 475; taxed to
support Greenwich Hospital, 220,
260; proclamation for apprehend-
ing, 442, 475.
Sears, John, accused of piracy, 265;
unjustly accused of piracy, 269.
Sears, Paul, mentioned, 388.
Seasbrook, Henry, Henry Scasbrook
given in English copy instead of,
lii.
Seaton, George, one of the justices
for King William, 391.
Seaward, William, one of the jus-
tices for Surry, 417.
Secretarys Ford (Foard), mention-
ed, 330, 340.
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537
Secretary's Office, money appropriat-
ed to purchase supplies for, 339.
Segar, Oliver, appointed sheriff,
xxxiii.
Segar, Oliver, given in English copy
instead of Oliver Seager, xliv, xlv.
Selden, James, sheriff of Elizabeth
City County, 100.
Selden, John, sheriff of Lancaster
County, 273; applies for license to
practice law, 373.
Selden, Joseph, sheriff of Elizabeth
City County, 85.
Seller, Henry, given in English copy
instead of Setler, Henry, li.
Seller Fork of Deep Creek, men-
tioned, 262.
Seneca (Senequa) Indians, treaty
violated by, 25.
Senzaback, Jacob, petitioner, 250.
Sersey, John, petitioner, 230.
Servants, act concerning, repealed,
61; proclamation repealing act
concerning, 447.
Sessums, Thomas, land patented by,
60; mentioned, 83.
Setler, Henry, given in English copy
as Seller, Henry, li.
Setler, Henry, petitioner, 250.
Seven Islands, mentioned, 283.
Sevil, given in English copy instead
of Covill, xxxv.
Seymour, James, master of the
Fancy from Antigua, 170.
Shannon, William, land patented by,
353.
Shapleigh, John, given in English
copy instead of John Shopleigh,
xliv.
Shapley, John, added to Northum-
berland County peace commission,
82.
Sharoon, Anthony, mentioned, 434.
Shaw, John, given in English copy
instead of Snow, John, xxvii.
Sheild (Shield), Robert, tobacco in-
spector, 237, 285.
Sheldon (Shelden), William, sheriff
of York County, 66, 85.
Shepherds Warehouse, tobacco in-
spectors appointed for, 238, 285.
Sheriff, appointee fined for refusing
to accept office of, 31.
Sheriffs, appointed, 12, 34, 66, 85,
100, 129, 171, 173, 200, 215, 235,
239, 240, 266, 273, 297, 319, 328,
348, 355, 368, 369, 391, 393, 396,
402, 406, 421, 425, 441, 442, 439;
bond required of, 87; paid for col-
lecting quit rent tobacco, 197,
198; commissions issued to, 114;
time for collecting public dues
extended, 260, 264; to be punished
for neglect of duty, 357; notify
burgesses of the prorogation of
the General Assembly, 358; delin-
quent, to be sued, 421; time set
for presenting accounts, 439; to
publish proclamations, 464, 465, 467,
468, 469, 471, 474.
Sherman (Shermer), Mai tin, tobacco
inspector, 286, 406.
Sherman, Michael, justice of the
peace for James City County, 236.
Sherando (Sherrando, Sherundo)
River, proprietors of the Northern
Neck claim land on, 223; mention-
ed, 224, 229, 250, 253, 270, 276,
288, 289, 295, 316, 325, 326, 335,
336, 346, 347, 351, 357, 361, 375,
402, 403, 404, 411, 425; petition of
the inhabitants on, 319, 414; map
made of land on, 321, 327; horse
thieves operate among inhabitants
on, 327; arms and ammunition
sent to inhabitants on, 414.
Sherrando, given in English copy
instead of Sherundo, xlviii.
Sherundo, given in English copy as
Sherrando, xlviii.
Shinner, , spelled Skinner in
English copy, xi.
Shipquarter Creek, mentioned, 143.
Ships of war, proclamation for ap-
prehending seamen belonging to,
442, 475; proclamation prohibiting
the entertainment of sailors be-
longing to, 455.
Shipsons Creek, mentioned, 444.
Shockoe (Shakoe) Creek alias John-
stons Branch, 354.
Shockoe (Shachoe, Shackhoe, Shac-
koe, Shakoe, Shokoe) Warehouse,
inspectors appointed for, 237, 285,
308, 342, 382, 435; complaint
against inspectors at, 336, 337.
Shopleigh, John, sheriff of Northum-
berland County, 129.
Short, Thomas, tobacco inspector,
382, 431.
Short, William, mentioned, 219;
tobacco inspector, 382.
Shower, Michael, petitioner, 250.
Shumach, John, petitioner, 269.
Sidnor, Anthonv, tobacco inspector,
425.
Sike, Edmund, convicted of felony
and pardoned, 70.
Silater, John, given in English copy
instead of Scilater, John, xxxvi.
Simmerman, Christ., mentioned, 254.
Simmonds, Col. John, raises militia
to repel Tuscarora Indians, 365;
538
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
summoned to answer petition of
Nottoway Indians, 444.
Simmonds, , mentioned, 406.
Simmonds, William, given in Eng-
lish copy instead of Wm. Sim-
mons, 1 (50 of preface).
Simmons, given in English copy in-
stead of Summons, xxxviii.
Simmons, given in English copy in-
stead of Simons, xxx.
Simmons, , mentioned, 382.
Simmons (Simmonds), John, land
patented by, 39, 186, 245, 283;
petitioner, 72, 176, 323; tobacco
inspector, 237, 285; mill pond be-
longing to, to be dragged, 331;
paid for time mill was closed dur-
ing search for Thomas Harton's
body, 333.
Simmons, Joseph, land patented by,
342, 343; mentioned, 381.
Simmons, William, given in English
copy as Wm. Simmonds, 1 (50 of
preface).
Simmons, William, justice of the
peace for Surry County, 236;
tobacco inspector, 237, 285; men-
tioned, 283; sheriff of Surry, 402.
Simmons's, given in English copy
instead of Sammons's, liv.
Simons, given in English copy in-
stead of Summons, xxv.
Simons, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Simmons, xxx.
Simpson, Thomas, petitioner, 141.
Sims, Matthew, given in English
copy instead of Matthew Sins, liii.
Sims. See Symes.
Simson, William, given in the Vir-
ginia copy instead of Timson, Wil-
liam, xix.
Sins, Matthew, mentioned, 295.
Six Nation Indians, found in Vir-
ginia without passports, to be ar-
rested, 293; Catawba Indians in-
vited to make treaty with, 404;
Virginia refuses to bear expenses
of Indians attending conference
with, 421.
Skaife, John, caveat entered by, 206.
Skelton, James, land patented by, 58,
123, 142, 316; summoned to court
to answer a petition, 219; one of
the justices for Hanover, 391; paid
for services, 413; sheriff of Han-
over, 439.
Skctowass, an Indian, 9.
Skinner, , given in English
copy instead of Shinner, , xi.
Skinquarter (Skinquetter) Creek,
mentioned, 7, 181.
Skins, exporters required to pay duty
on, 370.
Slale Hill, given in Virginia copy
instead of Slate Hill, xli.
Slate Hill, given in English copy in-
stead of Slale Hill, xli.
Slate River, mentioned, 305, 403.
Slaughter, Robert, caveat entered to
stop patent to, 72.
Slaughter, Thomas, tobacco inspec-
tor, 361.
Slave, freed as a reward for disclos-
ing his cure for yaws and other
diseases, 199; overseer convicted
of the murder of, 206; convicted of
felony, 243.
Slaves, Burgesses consider laying a
duty on, 40; act for laying duty on,
repealed, 61, 75, 449; report on
money collected by laying duty on,
116; unlawful assembling of, pro-
hibited, 228, 462-464,, 471; naval
officers appointed collectors of
duty on, 291; treasurer of duty on,
appointed, 389; act concerning,
415; act for amending the act con-
cerning, repealed, 447.
Sleepy Hole Warehouse, inspectors
appointed for, 237, 285, 341.
Slippery Run, mentioned, 51.
Smacks (Smaks) Creek, mentioned,
70, 162, 182, 201, 231, 271, 352.
Smacks Nibs Creek, mentioned, 82.
Smallpox, twelve people die of, 392;
deputy customs officer appointed
for Norfolk on account of epi-
demic, 398.
Smething, Francis, mentioned, 312.
Smething. See also Smithing.
Smith, , mentioned, 382.
Smith, , tobacco inspector, 444.
Smith, Ambrose Joshua, petitioner,
74, 179, 284; summoned to court
to answer a petition, 219; land
patented by, 234, 283, 295; men-
tioned, 248; petition for land re-
jected, 277; paid for services, 387.
Smith, Arthur, tobacco inspector,
237, 285.
Smith, Augustine (Augustin, Aus-
tin), appointed sheriff, xl; men-
tioned, 135, 251; caveat entered by,
36; caveat for stopping a patent
to, 72; summoned to court to
answer a petition, 158; land for-
feited by, 166; surveyor, 175, 194;
charges against, 178; petitioner,
226^ land patented by, 270.
Smith, Charles, surveyor, xxxiii.
Smith, Christopher, mentioned, 219,
248; tobacco inspector, 237, 285;
land patented by, 291.
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539
Smith, Edmund, sheriff of York
County, 369, 391.
Smith, Edward, mentioned, 312, 409.
Smith, Francis, one of the justices
for Essex County, 355; tobacco in-
spector, 382; sheriff of Essex, 392.
Smith, John, given in Virginia copy
instead of Lewis, John, xxxiv.
Smith, John, given in English copy
instead of Ludwell, Philip, xxx.
Smith, John, member of Council,
xxii, xxiii; petitioner, 313; justice
for the section on the northwest
side of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
319; one of the justices for Glou-
cester, 330, 406; slave freed by,
366.
Smith, Joseph, removed from office,
40; petitioner, 154, 233, 249; com-
plaint against Salvator Muscoe,
156; land patented by, 180, 181,
232, 249, 250; mentioned, 183;
caveat for stopping a patent to,
206; summoned to court to an-
swer a petition, 271.
Smith, Lawrence, place on Glouces-
ter peace commission designated,
406.
Smith, Luke, tobacco inspector, 435.
Smith, Maurice, one of the justices
for King and Queen, 349, 355;
tobacco inspector, 436.
Smith, Nicholas, appointed coroner,
xxi; caveat for stopping a land
patent to, 36; sheriff of Essex
County, 235, 273; investigates
cause of tobacco being refused by
Bristol merchants, 305; complain-
ant, 315; one of the justices for
Essex County, 355.
Smith, Peyton, tobacco inspector,
361.
Smith, Philip, sheriff of Northum-
berland County, 34, 67.
Smith, Richard, mentioned, 181.
Smith, Samuel, summoned to court
to answer a petition, 178; com-
plaint against, 194; forfeits land,
204; sheriff of King and Queen
County, 215, 235.
Smith, Samuel, jr., one of the jus-
tices for Norfolk, 373.
Smith, Sarah, petitioner, 313.
Smith, Thomas Ballard, petitioner,
258.
Smith, William, appointed sheriff, xl;
petitioner, 74; land patented by,
94; sheriff of Northampton County,
355, 368; land forfeited by, 413.
Smithing (Smething, Smithy), John,
mentioned, 312; witness, 371; paid
for services, 387.
Smithing. See also Smething.
Smithings, John, land patented by,
422.
Snead, , witness, 332.
Snead, John, tobacco inspector, 260,
286.
Snelson, John, land patented by, 291.
Snow, John, given in Virginia copy
instead of Shaw, John, xxvii.
Soan, John, tobacco inspector, 237.
Soane, John, given in English copy
instead of Soans, John, xliii.
Soans, given in English copy in-
stead of Soane, lii.
Soans, John, given in Virginia copy
instead of Soane, John, xliii.
Soans (Soane) Warehouse, inspec-
tors appointed for, 237, 389; in-
spectors removed from office, 308,
335; petition of a former inspec-
tor, 342.
Solicitor of Virginia Affairs. See
Carter, John, and Leheup, Peter.
Somervell, John, tobacco inspector,
382.
Sophia, Princess, act concerning suc-
cession to the crown in the heirs
of, 165, 182, 190, 193.
Sotto, Jack, given in English copy
instead of Lotto, Jack, xvi.
South America, surveyor-general of
the customs in, 93.
South Carolina, act destructive to
trade and friendship with Indians
passed by, 17; General Assembly
of, casts unjust and untrue reflec-
tions upon Virginia, 18; solicitor
appointed by, 19; letter to the
governor of, approved by the
Council, 19; Richard Fitzwilliam,
appointed a member of the Coun-
cil of, 93; message from governor
of, 389.
South Garden, Goochland County,
mentioned, 390.
South Potomac District, naval officer
and collector of duties appointed
for, 307; dividing line determined,
316.
South River, mentioned, 142, 230,
270, 343.
Southal, Dasey, given in English
copy instead of Dasey Southwell,
lvii.
Southale, Dansie, given in English
copy instead of Dacy Southale, liii.
Southall, Dacy, tobacco inspector,
308; petition of, dismissed, 342.
Southanna River, mentioned, 10, 79,
94, 123, 163, 256, 271, 304, 312,
329, 364.
540
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Southerland, George, mentioned, 22o,
233.
Southwell, , caveat for stop-
ping a patent to, 180.
Southwell, Dacey, given in English
copy as Dacey Southal, lvii.
Southwell, Dasey, removed from of-
fice, 335.
Sowel, John, mentioned, 96.
Spain, at war with Great Britain,
138; Colony warned of privateers
from, 170; cessation of hostilities
between Great Britain and, pro-
claimed, 461.
Spaniards, preparing to make war
on Georgia, 389.
Spanish privateers, property seized
by, to be returned to owners, 220.
Spann, Richard, sheriff of Northum-
berland County, 12.
Speight, Thomas, given in English
copy instead of Spight, Thomas,
xxxv.
Spence (Spencer), Patrick, tobacco
inspector, 238, 286; sheriff of
Westmoreland, 392.
Spencer, Abram, petitioner, 159.
Spencer, Edward, recommended for
a place in Orange commission of
the peace, 393.
Spencer, John, given in Virginia
copy instead of Spicer, John, xliii.
Spencer, Samuel, land patented by,
191, 283.
Spevie, Matt, given in English copy
instead of Spivy, Matt, xi.
Spicer, John, given in English copy
instead of Spencer, John, xliii.
Spight, Thomas, given in Virginia
copy instead of Speight, Thomas,
xxxv.
Sponsbury Brook, mentioned, 94.
Spotswood, Alexander, governor, xx,
xxii, xxxix, xliii; paid for house
rent, xxix, xxxi; salary of, paid,
xli; warrant for salary of, 4, 23;
report on revenue of 2s per hhd
certified by, 4; defends himself for
detaining piratical effects, 5; at-
tends Indian conference at Albany,
13, 15; entitled to salary and per-
quisites while attending Indian
conference, 17; repaid money ad-
vanced to Henry Irwin, 19; reports
on Indian conference in Albany,
22; asks for testimonial of service
rendered in subduing pirate, 28;
reimbursed money paid out for
public service, 34; certain mort-
gages assigned to, 35; complaint
against, 64, 72; mentioned, 108,
401; regranted land held by defec-
tive title, 208; expenses of trip to
Albany to treat with Indians, 225,
272, 278, 279; report concerning
services and disbursements of, 281;
warrant in payment of expenses of
trip to Albany, 300, 314; land
owned by, selected as site for
Orange courthouse, 347.
Spotsylvania County, given in Eng-
lish copy as Hanover, li.
Spotsylvania County, mentioned, 2,
3, 7, 29, 35, 38, 39, 81, 120, 164, 219,
244, 325, 346; recently erected, 9,
56; patents granted for land in,
11, 51, 104, 120, 123, 142, 163, 181.
193, 202, 204, 224, 231, 233, 241,
248, 251, 254, 258, 270, 296, 297,
309, 317, 326, 327, 340, 356, 367,
381 ; remission of rights and quit
rents for land in, 26, 27, 28, 61 ;
sheriff of, 34, 66, 86, 100, 129, 173,
200, 235, 273, 297, 348, 392, 439;
certain land in not exempt from
payment of quit rents, 62; new
settlers in restricted to a certain
amount of land, 62, 63; charges
against sheriff of, 63, 64; case
against sheriff of, dismissed, 68;
new commission of the peace is-
sued for, 64, 99, 116, 175, 236, 294,
299, 349; representation concerning
the granting of land in, 70; com-
plaint of justices of, against Col.
Spotswood, 72; inhabitants of,
robbed and assaulted by Indians,
87; form of patents to be granted
for lands in, 92; patentees allowed
one thousand acres of land free
from purchase rights or payment
of quit rents for a certain period,
92; collection of quit rents of tracts
exceeding one thousand acres,
postponed, 94; Sponsbury Brook,
94; letter from the solicitor of Vir-
ginia affairs regarding grants of
land in, 99; petition concerning
land in, 108; dividing line between
Hanover and, confused by cutting
down trees, 125; committee ap-
pointed to run dividing line be-
tween Hanover and, 136, 137, 256;
Battle Mountain, 142; formerly
Rappahannock County, 158; ex-
emption from purchasing rights
granted to persons taking up land
in, 166; a church and courthouse
erected in, 173; surveyor for, 175,
178, 194, 204, 215, 401, 415; com-
plaint against surveyor of, 188;
instructions for collecting quit
rents in, 190; petition regarding
land in, 194; date set for hearing
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541
dispute concerning land in, 194;
charges against surveyor of, 195;
allowance to sheriff of, for collect-
ing quit rent tobacco, 197, 198,
214; caveat for stopping patents
for land in, 206; patentees of large
tracts in, required to produce
rights, 208; Alex. Spotswood re-
granted land in, held by defective
title, 208; remission of rights
granted to, for seven years, 214,
228; patentees holding more than
6000 acres of land required to pur-
chase rights, 232; St. Georges
Parish, 306; justices appointed for
the section northwest of the Blue
Ridge added to the commission of,
319; murder committed in, by In-
dians, 327; horse thieves conceal
themselves in, 327; Conai Indians
deny being involved in murder in,
330; petition concerning land in,
371; proclamation giving reward
for capture of person or persons
who burnt St. Marks parish
church in, 468.
Spragg, William, summoned to
court to answer a petition, 263.
Spring Swamp, mentioned, 191.
Spurlock, Andrew, mentioned, 233.
Spurlock, William, mentioned, 225.
Squirrel Level, mentioned, 282.
Stafford County, mentioned, xxiii, xl;
sheriff of, 12, 34, 67, 85, 100, 173,
200, 235, 274, 319, 349, 369, 392,
441; new commission of the
peace issued for, 53, 134, 170, 236,
308, 414; justices neglect to recom-
mend sheriffs for, 134; new court-
house to be built in, 239; not
necessary to enlarge commission
of, 342; surveyor for, to assist the
Northern Neck boundary commis-
sioners, 397; surveyor for, paid for
services, 405.
Stamps, Margaret, land patented by,
254.
Stamps, Timothy, mentioned, 254.
Stamps, William, land patented by,
254.
Stanard, William, given in English
copy instead of Standard, William,
xxvii.
Stanard, William, land patented by,
51.
Standard, William, given in Virginia
copy instead of Stanard, William,
xxvii.
Stanton, Thomas, mentioned, 231.
Stark, John, tobacco inspector, 361.
Stark (Starke), Thomas, tobacco in-
spector, 238, 285; one of the jus-
tices for King and Queen, 349,
355.
Stark (Starke), William, sheriff of
York County, 171, 200; mentioned,
241; one of the justices for Prince
George County, 299; land patented
by, 340, 352.
Statama, Capt. Peter, authorized to
dispose of goods, 261.
State Run, mentioned, 312.
Statham, Lawrence, land patented
by, 234.
Statham, Love, mentioned, 435.
Stationery, money appropriated to
purchase, 339.
Statutes at large, ordered for the
use of the Council, 333.
Staunton River, mentioned, 440.
Stegall, George, mentioned, 258.
Stephenson, William, one of the jus-
tices for Westmoreland, 299.
Steptoe, William, one of the justices
for Lancaster County, 320; suc-
cessor to, appointed, 425.
Stern, Francis, tobacco inspector,
429.
Stewart, John, mentioned, 29.
Stevens, John, widow of, summoned
to court to answer a petition, 219;
mentioned, 226. '**
Stevens, John, summoned to court
to answer a petition, 283.
Stevens, Joshua, mentioned, 163.
Stevens, Winifred, mentioned, xlviii;
petitioner, 226.
Stewart, Rear Admiral , letter
with forged signature addressed to,
266.
Stewart, John, land patented by, 58;
petition on behalf of, 80.
Stewart, Richard, land patented by,
251, 358.
Stewkanock Island, mentioned, 291.
Stith, Drury (Druery), land patented
by, 51, 103; sheriff of Charles City
County, 66, 86; to be appointed
surveyor if necessary. 167; survey-
or for Brunswick County, 275, 277,
374, 418; complaint against, 400,
407.
Stobal, George, mentioned, 283.
Stober, Jacob, mentioned, 250.
Stocks, to be built in Prince William
County, 239.
Stocks's Creek, mentioned, 193.
Stoker, Robert, land patented by,
363.
Stokes, David, tobacco inspector,
389; one of the justices for Char-
les City, 441.
Stokes, Henry, mentioned, 313.
Stokes, Richard, mentioned, 440.
542
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Stokes, Sylvanus, land patented by,
104.
Stoner, Capt. , mentioned, 329,
358, 380. t t .
Stoner (Stonar), Daniel, land
patented by, 95, 142, 304, 312, 381;
one of the justices for Goochland
County, 172, 200; mentioned, 181;
coroner for Goochland, 425.
Stony (Stonie) Creek (Run), men-
tioned, 39, 103, 104, 105, 120, 143,
223, 282, 295, 303, 312, 381, 409.
Stork, William, sheriff of Stafford
County, 100.
Stott, Edward, given in English
copy as Edwd. Scott, xlvii.
Stott, Edward, land patented by, 218.
Stott, Jonathan, tobacco inspector,
286.
Stovals Creek, mentioned, 218.
Stover, Bartholomew, mentioned,
420.
Stover, George, mentioned, 420.
Stover, Jacob, mentioned, lvii; land
assigned to, for use of Germans
and Swiss, 224; mentioned, 253, 336,
346, 361, 411; land patented by,
316; granted patent for land upon
giving bond to carry out an agree-
ment, 428.
Stranger, Hellany, given in Virginia
copy instead of Stringer, Helary,
xxxi.
Stratton, John, sheriff of Northamp-
ton County, 297, 319; one of the
justices for Northampton, 382.
Stretton, Joseph, petitioner, 10.
Stringer, Helary, given in English
copy instead of Stranger, Hellany,
xxxi.
Stringer, Hillary, given in English
copy instead of Stringer, Henry,
xviii.
Stringer, Hillary, one of the justices
for Northampton, 382; sheriff
of Northampton, 391.
Stringer, Jacob, sheriff of Northamp-
ton County, 100.
Stringer, Joe, sheriff of Northamp-
ton County, 86.
Stripling, Thomas, one of the jus-
tices for Prince William, 416.
Strother, Anthony (Arthur), tobacco
inspector, 286; removed from of-
fice, 437.
Strother, Benjamin, William Strother
given in English copy instead of,
1 (50 of preface).
Strother, Benjamin, tobacco inspec-
tor, 238, 239, 286; removed from
office, 311.
Strother, Joseph, sheriff of King
George County, 129, 173.
Strother, Robert, sheriff of King
George County, 86.
Strother, William, given in English
copy instead of Benjamin Strother,
1 (50 of preface).
Strother, William, sheriff of King
George County, 100; tobacco in-
spector, 238.
Stroud, Joseph, mentioned, 244, 418,
434.
Stroud, Thomas, mentioned, 419.
Strowds Old Field, mentioned, 377.
Stubblefield, John, petitioner, 219;
mentioned, 296.
Stubblefield, Simon, land patented
by, 296.
Stubbleson, Stubble, mentioned, xxv.
Stubbs, John, tobacco inspector, 285.
Stukannoes, given in Virginia copy
instead of Stukannox's xlii.
Stukannox's, given in English copy
instead of Stukannoes, xlii.
Sturdivant, Daniel, land patented by,
317.
Sturdivant, James, land patented by,
317; tobacco inspector, 382.
Sturgeons Run, mentioned, 179, 282.
Suckanox, given in Virginia copy in-
instead of Tuckanox, xlii.
Suffolk Parish, petition of minister,
churchwardens, and three vestry-
men of, 402, 407; formed by con-
solidation of Chuckatuck and the
lower parish of Nansemond, 411;
complaint against the vestry of,
412.
Sugar, bill to prohibit importation
of, from Sugar Islands, 272.
Sugar Islands, bill to prohibit im-
portation of sugar or molasses
from, 272.
Sugar Loaf Mountain, mentioned,
196.
Sugar Tree Creek, mentioned, 311.
Suits, act for preventing frivolous
and vexatious, 284.
Sullivan, Mrs. Anne, slave belong-
ing to, convicted of felony, 243.
Sullivan, Daniel, mentioned, 97.
Sumerskill, Solomon, given in Eng-
lish copy for Summers, Solomon,
xi.
Summer, Jethro, one of the jus-
tices for Nansemond, 349.
Summer, Joseph, appointed sheriff,
xxiii.
Summers, Solomon, given in Vir-
ginia copy for Sumerskill, Sol-
omon, xi.
Summons, given in Virginia copy
instead of Simons, xxv.
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543
Summons, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Simmons, xxviii.
Sumner, William, land patented by,
97.
Sundays, men required to carry
arms to church on, 228.
Surry County, mentioned, xxiii, xl;
commission of the peace for, xl;
sheriff of, 12, 34, 67, 85, 100, 129,
171, 200, 235, 273, 297, 319, 369,
392, 402, 439; new commission of
the peace issued for, 30, 187, 236,
239, 417; mentioned, 36, 39, 120,
179, 245; patents granted for land
in, 51, 83, 84, 93, 96, 103, 104, 120,
181, 182, 191, 193, 201, 323, 343,
441; Otterdam Swamp, 58; Harris
Swamp, 71; Lawnes Creek Parish,
89, 90; petitions for and against
removal of courthouse, 167; site
for courthouse decided upon, 170;
site for courthouse changed, 176;
writ for electing a burgess for, 260;
boundary line, 277; surveyor for,
342.
Surveyor-General, warrants for
salary of, 280, 292; objections
made to salary paid to, 298; to
rank as councillor in ordinary,
354; to rank as councillor extra-
ordinary, 360.
Surveyor-General. See also Fitz-
william, Richard, and Phenney,
George.
Surveyors, instructions to, for sur-
veying lands to be patented, 54,
55; for running dividing line be-
tween Virginia and North Caro-
lina, 167; for Goochland County,
236; complaint against the survey-
ors of Henrico, Brunswick and
Goochland, 244; required to adver-
tise land entries they intend to sur-
vey, 301; with Northern Neck
boundary commissioners, paid for
services, 397; employed in run-
ning the courses of the Potomac
and Rappahannock, paid for serv-
ices, 405; for Brunswick, 418;
complaint of, for Orange, 426;
servicee of, restricted to precincts
for which they are appointed, 427.
Susannah, given in English copy as
Catherine, xlvii.
Sutherland, William, appointed
sheriff, xl.
Sutton, John, one of the justices of
Caroline County, 172; mentioned,
295; tobacco inspector, 361.
Sutton, Joseph, to be paid for ser-
vices, 173; mentioned, 415.
Swain, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Swan, xix.
Swan, given in English copy instead
of Swain, xix.
Swann (Swan), Thomas, tobacco
inspector, 237, 285; mentioned,
361.
Swans Creek, mentioned, 143.
Sweat (Swet, Sweet) House Branch
(Creek), mentioned, 219, 227, 395,
434.
Sweet House Creek, given in English
copy instead of House Creek, xlvii.
Swem Creek, Henrico County, men-
tioned, 93.
Sweney, , to employ persons
to build forts, 376.
Swift, William, land patented bv,
225, 233.
Swift Creek, mentioned, 27, 60, 143,
181, 245, 251, 270, 295, 317, 367,
403.
Swineyards (Swinyards, Swine-
heards) Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 237, 285, 402, 406.
Swiss Protestants, land reserved
for, 224, 355, 426, 432.
Switz Creek, Brunswick County,
mentioned, 234.
Sycamore Island, mentioned, 283.
Syme, , surveyor, 247.
Syme, John, given in English copy
instead of Lyme, John, xxxviii.
Syme, John, land patented by, 79,
83, 95, 163, 194, 202, 234, 262; com-
missioners of the peace for Han-
over refuse to serve with, 140;
petitioner, 177, 194; summoned to
court to answer a petition, 179;
petition of, in behalf of Anne
Owen, 246; expenses incurred by,
to be paid by Hanover County,
288; mentioned, 291.
Syme, Sarah, petitioner, 288; men-
tioned, 339.
Syme Creek, mentioned, 207.
Symes, John, land patented by, 39.
Symes (Sims, Sins), Matthew, land
patented by, 39.
Symes, William, given in English
copy as Wm. Syms, liv.
Symonds, John, allowed to take up
land, xxii.
Syms, William, given in English
copy instead of Wm. Symes, liv.
Tabb, John, land patented by, 123;
tobacco inspector, 237, 441; caveat
and petition for stopping a patent
to, 328.
544
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Tabb, Thomas, tobacco inspector,
285; one of the justices for Essex
County, 355; land patented by,
364; one of the justices for Amelia,
383.
Tabor (Taylor), John, land patent-
ed by, 399.
Tack, Edward, given in English
copy instead of Thack, Edward,
xxxvi.
Tack, Edward, given in English
copy instead of Thatch, Edward,
xxxvii.
Tackanack, given in English copy
as Taskanask, 1 (50 of preface).
Tailors Creek, mentioned, 258.
Talbot, given in English copy in-
stead of Tilbot, xxvii.
Talbot (Talbott), Matthew, land
patented by, 282; mentioned, 409.
Taliaferro, Elizabeth, caveat entered
by, 180; caveat on behalf of, 207;
petition on behalf of, 221.
Taliaferro (Talliaferro), John, rob-
bed by Indians, 87; to appear be-
fore the court of Oyer and Termi-
ner, 98; mentioned, 105, 188, 195;
one of the justices of Caroline
County, 172; sheriff of Caroline
County, 215, 235.
Taliaferro, Lawrence, appointed
sheriff, xl.
Taliaferro, Mary, caveat on behalf
of, 207; petition on behalf of, 221.
Taliaferro (Talliaferro), Richard,
one of the justices for Carolino,
349; one of the justices for James
City County, 369, 413.
Taliaferro (Talliaferro), Robert,
overseer for David Bray, 157;
mentioned, 180, 207, 221.
Taliaferro (Taliferro, Talliaferro),
William, justice of the peace for
Caroline County, 236; one of the
justices for King and Queen, 349,
Talliaferro, Francis, one of the jus-
tices for Spotsylvania, 294.
Tally (Talley, Tallys), John, land
patented by, 82, 330; tobacco in-
spector, 237, 286; mentioned, 258,
381; land patented by, 330.
Tallys Horse Pen Branch, mention-
ed, 380.
Tammaheton Creek, mentioned, 202.
Tankcrvil, port duties remitted to
owner of, 299.
Tanner, Thomas, mentioned, 181.
Tappahannock, county seat of Essex
County, 172.
Tar, bounty allowed on, 332.
Tarent, given in English copy in-
stead of Taret, xxviii.
Taret, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Tarent, xxviii.
Tarpley, John, appointed sheriff, xl;
complaint against, 37; removed
from office, 38.
Tartar, commander of, offers to con-
voy fleets, 136, 138.
Taskanask, given in English copy
instead of Tackanack, 1 (50 of
preface).
Taskanask (Tackanack, Tuskanask)
Warehouse, inspectors appointed
for, 237, 285, 334.
Tatam, Capt. Nathaniel, one of the
owners of the Three Brothers, 265.
Tayloe, , given in English
copy instead of Taylor, , xi.
Tayloe, crew of, accused of murder,
126; crew of, freed from charge
of piracy or other offense, 127.
Tayloe, John, given in English copy
instead of John Taylor, Hi.
Tayloe (Taylor), John, petitioner,
lvi; member_ of Council, lv, lvi;
memorial of justices and militia of-
ficers of Richmond County pre-
sented by, 37, 38; member of
Council, 281 passim to 443; in-
vestigates cause of tobacco being
refused by Bristol merchants, 305,
311; investigates complaint against
John Mercer, attorney, 318; land
patented by, 336; entry for land
altered, 346; land surveyed for,
347; mentioned, 351; relinquishes
right to land, 375; iron ore im-
ported by, 433.
Tayloe, William, one of the justices
for Lancaster County, 320; sheriff
of Lancaster, 368.
Taylor, Edmd., land patented by, 19.
Taylor, Ethelred, appointed sheriff,
xxiii.
Taylor, Henry, given in Virginia
copy instead of Tyler, Henry,
xxxi.
Taylor (Tayler), James, mentioned,
2, 135, 163; land owned by, trans-
ferred to Thos. Dickason, 74; sur-
veyor of King William County, 36,
71, 77; complaint against, 37, 77;
complainant, 77; petitioner, 125;
surveyor for Spotsylvania County,
137, 188; summoned to court to
prove claim to land, 164; accused
of fraudulently surveying and
patenting land, 188, 195; land
patented by, 202; exonerated, 203;
justice of the peace for Caroline
Index
545
County, 236; surveyor for Spotsyl-
vania, 415.
Taylor, James, widow of, relinquish-
es right to land, 231; petition of
executrix of, 296.
Taylor, John, justice of the peace
for Caroline County, 236; tobacco
inspector, 286; removed from of-
fice, 307; land patented by, 352,
365, 399; one of the justices for
Norfolk, 373; mentioned, 420.
Taylor, Martha, petitioner, 296.
Taylor, Richard, one of the justices
for Essex County, 355.
Taylor, Robert, mentioned, 329.
Taylor (Tayler), Thomas, caveat en-
tered by, 71.
Taylor, Timothy, mentioned, 39.
Taylor (Tayler), William, petitioner,
74; tobacco inspector, 342; land
patented by, 404, 424.
Taylor, Zachary, tobacco inspector,
286.
Taylors Creek, mentioned, 106, 353,
364.
Teackle, Maj. Thomas, justice of the
peace for Accomac County, 266.
Tebb, , mentioned, 439.
Temple, Joseph, land patented by,
241; justice of the peace for King
William County, 267; coroner of
King William, 391, 409; sheriff of
King William, 425.
Temple, Samuel, land patented by,
312.
Tenements, act concerning, 415.
Tennent, Dr. John, caveat entered
by, 366, 400; land patented by,
371; dispute among creditors of,
433.
Tent, purchased for use of boundary
commissioners, 156.
Tent Branch, mentioned, 435.
Tental, Samuel, mentioned, 410.
Terrapin (Tarapin) Branch, men-
tioned, 230.
Terraro, form given in English
copy, xi.
Terrell (Terrel, Terrill), Joel, men-
tioned, 142, 181; land patented by,
241, 256.
Terrell, William, mentioned, 142, 181.
Terril, Henry, one of the justices for
Prince William, 416.
Terry, James, land patented by, 5,
84; summoned to court to an-
swer a petition, 230.
Terrys Run, mentioned, 36, 163.
Thach, Edward, a pirate, 28.
Thack, Edward, given in Virginia
copy instead of Tack, Edward,
xxxvi.
Thacker, Edwin, coroner of Middle-
sex County, 134.
Thacker, Henry, land patented by,
29.
Thatch, given in English copy in-
stead of Thack, xxvi.
Thatch, Edward, given in Virginia
copy instead of Tack, Edward,
xxxvii.
Thomas, Daniel, mentioned, 128.
Thomas, John, surveyor, paid for
services, 405.
Thomas, Joseph, one of the justices
for Spotsylvania, 299; land patent-
ed by, 304, 340; sheriff of Spotsyl-
vania, 348.
Thomas, William, mentioned, 251;
caveat entered by, vacated, 411.
Thomas and Elizabeth, a vessel, 254.
Thomason, , mentioned, 271.
Thomason, George, land patented by,
364.
Thomason, Thomas, mentioned, 212,
218.
Thompson, James, land patented by,
142.
Thompson, Roger, sheriff of Han-
over County, 34.
Thompson, Samuel, one of the jus-
tices for Surry County, 299.
Thompson, William, petitioner, 428.
Thomson, given in English copy in-
stead of Thompson, xii.
Thomson (Thompson), Col. ,
mentioned, 123.
Thomson, John, land patented by,
352.
Thomson, Perkins, mentioned, 261.
Thomson, Roger, sheriff of Han-
over County, 66.
Thomson, S., attorney-general, x.
Thomson, Stephens, given in Eng-
lish copy instead of Thompson,
Stephens, xv.
Thornton, , given in English
copy instead of Thomson, ,
xi.
Thornton, , one of the jus-
tices for King George, 331.
Thornton, Anthony, given in Eng-
lish copy, xliv.
Thornton, Anthony, one of the jus-
tices for Stafford County, 308.
Thornton, Francis, one of the jus-
tices of Caroline County, 172;
tobacco inspector, 286; one of the
justices for Spotsylvania, 294.
Thornton, John, land patented by,
79.
Thornton, Robert, petitioner, 4.
Thornton, Rowland, mentioned, 251.
546
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Three Brothers, master of, accused of
piracy, 265, 268.
Threshlv, Thomas, tobacco inspec-
tor, 238.
Throckmorton (Throgmorton), Rob-
ert, tobacco inspector, 237, 285;
one of the justices for Gloucester,
406.
Throgmorton, Mordecai, one of the
justices for King and Queen, 349,
355.
Thurmond (Thurmer), Philip, land
patented by, 403, 430.
Thweat (Twheat), Edward, land
patented by, 419, 440.
Thwayt, given in English copy in-
stead of Thweat, xxv.
Thweat, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Thwayt, xxv.
Thweat, Henry, land patented bv,
440.
Tibbs, Daniel, tobacco inspector,
361, 391.
Tie River, mentioned, 363, 364.
Tilbac, Daniel, one of the justices
of Prince William, 416.
Tilbot, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Talbot, xxvii.
Tillman, George, to pay charges for
prosecution of a caveat, 411.
Tillman, John, mentioned, 163.
Timson, John, one of the justices
of the peace for York County,
274.
Timson, Samuel, sheriff of York
County, 273, 297.
Timson, William, given in English
copy instead of Simson, William,
xix.
Timson, William, appointed sheriff,
xxiii.
Tindalls (Tindales) Point, salary of
gunner and storekeeper at, 16;
battery at, to be repaired, 243.
Tinsly, Thomas, caveat of, vacated,
357.
Tobacco, low price of, xiii; reasons
for passing the bill for the better
and more effectual improving the
staple of, 45-51; ancient method
of disposing of quit rent tobacco,
revised, 59; quit rent tobacco sold
by public outcry, 81; letter to the
governor of Maryland regarding
laws for regulating the manufac-
ture of, 113; letter from the gov-
ernor of Maryland relating to the
acts for improving staple of, 116;
allowance to sheriffs for collect-
ing quit rent tobacco, 197, 198,
199, 214; act for amending staple
of, 234; warehouses established,
234, 237, 238, 239, 240; inspectors
appointed, 237, 238, 239, 285, 334,
335, 341, 342, 361, 382, 391, 406,
414, 425, 431, 439, 444; Council re-
fuses to refund port duties paid
on, 249, 254, 371, 398; objections
against act for amending staple
of, answered, 249; act for amend-
ing staple of, to be impartially
executed, 257; scheme for laying
excise duty on, 258; warehouses on
Deep Creek burned, 259; burning
of warehouses declared to be
felony, 260; people slow about
bringing in, for inspection, 264;
act prohibiting the importation of,
repealed, 268; salary of warehouse
watchmen, 286; complaints against
inspectors of, 293, 334, 336, 337,
338, 342, 343, 346, 386, 423, 426;
Bristol merchants refuse to ac-
cept, 305; inspectors accused of
fraudulent practices, 310, 311, 335;
inspectors removed from office,
320, 335, 338, 426, 431, 436, 437;
collector of levies for Prince Wil-
liam required to return, 327; in-
spectors stamp contrary to law,
332; justices to hear complaints
against inspectors of, 337; plan for
curing and managing, discovered,
365; inspectors refuse to give
transfer notes for stemmed, 423;
proclamation publishing the repeal
of two acts concerning, 467, 468;
reward offered for discovering
person who burnt warehouse at
Falmouth, 469.
Tobacco laws, to be printed and
distributed, 288.
Tobins, , mentioned, 262.
Toby, William, given in English
copy as Irby, William, li.
Toby, William, mentioned, 251.
Todd, Christopher, added to Glou-
cester commission of the peace.
158.
Todd, Philip, land patented by, 19;
sheriff of Gloucester County, 215.
Todd, William, land patented by, 19,
105; summoned to court, 98; peti-
tioner, 187, 195, 203, 221.
Todds Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 238, 286, 341.
Toleration Act, dissenters petition for
permission to have place for pub-
lic worship in accordance with, 81.
Tomkins, Cha., sheriff of Glouces-
ter County, 67.
Tomlinson, Thomas, caveat sued
out by, 179.
Index
547.
Tommahetton (Tommaheton)
Swamp, mentioned, 388, 390.
Tonnage Duty, masters of vessels
refuse to pay, in bills of exchange,
387; on lost vessels, cannot be re-
funded, 391.
Tooley, John, given in English copy
instead of John Fooley, xlvii.
Torse, James, resigns as naval of-
ficer, 103.
Totero Creek, mentioned, 379.
Tottero King, house belonging to,
mentioned, 37; son of, killed, 185;
imprisoned in Williamsburg, 189.
Totuskey (Totuskee, Totuskie)
Warehouse, inspectors appointed
for, 238, 286,' 342, 385, 406; in-
spectors removed, 310; report of
commission appointed to inspect
tobacco passed by inspectors of,
311.
Towns, , mentioned, 323.
Towns, William, land patented by,
271.
Towtea Creek, mentioned, 429.
Trade, illegal, between Virginia and
Curacoa and St. Thomas, xxi;
with Chickasaw Indians for arms
and ammunition, discontinued, 1 ;
House of Commons petitioned to
prohibit the passing of laws
which may affect, 252; with Chero-
kee Indians, encouraged, 331;. sug-
gestions for encouragement of,
with Great Britain, 332; act for
regulating, with Indians, 376.
Trafford, exempt from payment of
port duties, 309.
Traquare, Alexander, land patented
by, 413.
Tray Creek, mentioned, 12.
Treasurers Run, mentioned, 313.
Treasury Rights, on which patents
have issued, cancelled, 41; instruc-
tions regarding the use of, 41 ;
made out for the convenience of
patentees, 197.
Treaty, entered into by Sapony,
Nottoway and Tuscarora Indians,
303.
Truchett, given in English copy in-
stead of Trukitt, xxiv.
Trukitt, given in Virginia copy in-
stead of Truchett, xxiv.
Truro Parish, complaint against ap-
plicant for position of minister of,
407; governor's recommendations
to vestry of, criticized, 413.
Tscheffely, Samuel, petitioner, 432.
Tuberville, George, sheriff of West-
moreland County, 12.
Tuckahoe (Tuckahee) Creek, men-
tioned, 72, 88, 218.
Tuckanox, given in English copy in-
stead of Suckanox, xxvi.
Tucker, Daniel, mentioned, 419.
Tucker, George, mentioned, 387.
Tucker, James, land patented by, 11.
Tucker, John, mentioned, 387.
Tucker, Joseph, mentioned, 388, 419;
land patented by, 390.
Tucker, Robert, paid for use of
sloop, 10; one of the justices for
Norfolk, 373; petitioner, 387; land
patented by, 387.
Tulbitt, John, given in Virginia copy
instead of Tullet, John, xxxii.
Tullet, John, given in English copy
instead of Tulbitt, John, xxxvii.
Tully, John, land patented by, 11.
Tunstall (Tunstal), Richard, one of
the justices for King and Queen,
299, 355; land patented by, 411,
428.
Turberville, William, petitioner, 343.
Turkey Creek (Branch, Run), men-
tioned, 207, 251, 270.
Turkey Egg Creek, mentioned, 79,
163.
Turkey Island Warehouse, inspec-
tor appointed for, 237, 285, 402.
Turley (Turly), John, tobacco in-
spector, 286; complaint against,
386; exonerated, 394.
Turner, James, tobacco inspector,
341.
Turner, Jonathan, name of, forged
266.
Turner, Joseph, one of the justices
for Henrico, 382.
Turner, Joshua, land patented by,
143.
Turner, Robert, attorney-at-law, 323.
Turner, Thomas, complainant, 437.
Turnip Creek, mentioned, 354, 403.
Turpentine, bounty allowed on, 332.
Turpin, Thomas, one of the justices
of Goochland, 339.
Tuscarora (Tuscaruro, Tuskaruro)
Indians, not to be traded with or
entertained, xvii; to be protected
from attacks by Northern In-
dians, 30; hold conference at
Christanna for the purpose of
making a treaty, 33; Saponie In-
dians bring charges against, 126,
139; deny charges made by
Saponie Indians, 132, 133; found
in Virginia without passports to
be arrested, 293; enter into treaty
with Saponie and Nottoway In-
dians, 303; mentioned, 343; militia
raised to repel, 365.
548
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Tutt, Richard, one of the justices
for Spotsylvania, 349; tobacco in-
spector, 361.
Tye River, mentioned, 380, 394, 419,
435.
Tyler, Francis, land patented by, 51.
Tyler, Henry, given in English copy
instead of Taylor, Henry, xxxi.
Tyler, John, appointed to attend to
repairs on the governor's house,
134; tobacco inspector, 386.
Tyler, Richard, sheriff of Essex, 348.
Tyler, Thomas, land patented by,
163.
Tyndals Point. See Tindalls Point.
Tynson, Alexander, land patented
by, 403, 429.
U
Ufnam Brook, mentioned, 313.
Unety, mentioned, 72.
Upshur, Abel, justice of the peace
for Accomac County, 266.
Urbanna Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 238, 285, 361, 439.
Uskridge, Samuel, given in English
copy as Sam. Eskridge, liii.
Usury, excessive taking of, prohibit-
ed, 351.
Uttley, Thomas, summoned to court
to answer petition, 187; forfeits
land, 195.
V
Vaden, Hen., land patented by, 60.
Vaindehoase, John, petitioner, 250.
Valescr (a ship), given in Virginia
copy instead of Valeur, xxx.
Vameter, John, mentioned, 253.
Van Dam, Rip, president of the prov-
ince of New York, 264.
Vandehoase, John, given in English
copy instead of Vaindehoase,
John, li.
Vanderhood, Henry, land patented
by, 181.
Vanmeter (Vanmader), Isaac, land
reserved for, and other German
families, 223, 224; mentioned, 250;
caveat of assignee of, 288; land
conveyed to Joost Hite by, 325.
Vanmeter (Vanmader), John, grant-
ed land for himself and relatives,
223; mentioned, 250; summoned to
court to answer a petition, 276,
277; caveat of assignee of, 288;
land conveyed to Joost Hite by,
325.
Van Pelt, Aurt, given in English
copy instead of Van Pelt, Aure,
xxxvi.
Vass, John, tobacco inspector, 286.
Vasser, John, land patented by, 103.
Vaughan, James, mentioned, 93; land
patented by, 329.
Vaughan, William, land patented by,
181.
Vaughans (Vaughs) Creek, men-
tioned, 329, 380, 404, 430, 440.
Vauter, John, caveat sued out by,
366; forfeits right to land, 371.
Venable, Abraham, land patented by,
218, 233, 234, 256, 283, 367, 380;
mentioned, 340, 388, 390.
Venereal Diseases, slave rewarded
for disclosing cure for, 199.
Vessels, sail under convoy, 138, 171;
embargo laid upon, 170, 201; em-
bargo on, discontinued, 183; taken
from Spaniards, to be returned,
220; masters of, required to pay
duties in bills of exchange, 387;
petitions for refund of duty on
lost, 391 ; deputy customs officer
appointed to clear, 398; duty on
vessels lost at sea cannot be re-
funded, 398; plantation vessels
to be searched for Indian
corn, 410; importing iron ore,
exempt from payment of port
duties, 433; proclamation for ap-
prehending seamen belonging to
ships of war, 442; proclamation
prohibiting the entertainment of
sailors belonging to ships of war,
455; proclamation for apprehend-
ing seamen absenting themselves
from duty on ships of war, 475.
Vice Admiralty Court, John Clay-
ton, one of the judges of, 5; ves-
sel condemned by, 7; board bill
of marshall of, paid, 402.
Vidal, John, pardon asked for, 149;
pardoned, 150.
Virginia, Indians desire to continue
trade with, 1; Indians tributary to,
accused of murdering deputies of
Five Nations, 8; reflected upon by
South Carolina, 18; letter from, to
South Carolina approved by the
Council, 19; treaty with Five Na-
tion Indians, 22; requirements im-
posed upon Indians of, by treaty
with Northern Indians, 24; agree-
ment regarding controverted
bounds violated by North Caro-
lina, 32; warns North Carolina
against encroaching upon lands
belonging to certain Indians, 53;
act for preventing the clandestine
transportation of persons out of,
repealed, 61 ; proposals concerning
boundary between North Carolina
Index
549
and, rejected, 65; Edmund Jenings
incapable of governing, 107; visited
by epidemic, 129; proclamation
continuing all officeholders, 146;
committee appointed to run
boundary line between North
Carolina and, 148; letter from
North Carolina regarding bound-
ary line, 150; solicitor-general
paid for obtaining order for set-
tling boundary between North
Carolina and, 152; transportation
and other expenses of Gov. Gooch
paid by, 154; boundary dispute be-
tween North Carolina and, 155,
159; minister to accompany bound-
ary commissioners, 156; tent pur-
chased for use of commissioners,
156; no entries to be allowed for
land lying in contraverted bounds,
160; instructions to commissioners
for running boundary line, 165,
166: expenses of boundary com-
missioners, 173, 174, 193, 199, 203,
213, 216; portraits of King and
Queen secured for, 217; Spanish
privateers required to return prop-
erty of inhabitants of, 220; some
inhabitants of New York take up
land in, 223; land reserved in, for
Swiss, 224; House of Commons
petitioned to prohibit trade be-
tween West Indies and, 252; map
of, to be made for the king, 253;
gives presents to Cherokee Indians,
344; wine and rum smuggled into,
349; business of two strangers in,
investigated, 391; refuses to bear
expenses of Indians attending con-
ference in Albany, 421; proclama-
tion repealing act for preventing
the clandestine transportation of
persons out of, 447.
Virginia affairs, agent for. Sec
Leheup, Peter.
Virginia currency, difference be-
tween bills of exchange and, 99.
Virginia Indian Company, land laid
off and assigned for the benefit of
persons interested in, xlix; petition
on behalf of, 43; mentioned, 240.
Visitors, business of, investigated,
390.
Vivian, Thomas, sheriff of King
George County, 200.
Vivion, John, appointed sheriff, xl.
Von Maheton Swamp, mentioned,
390.
W
Waddy, Benjamin, one of the jus-
tices of Westmoreland, 299; one
of the commissioners for building
and repairing warehouses in West-
moreland, 316.
Wade, Andrew, land patented by,
364; caveat of, dismissed, 422.
Wade, Rowland, land patented by,
380.
Waggoner, Benjamin, disputes con-
cerning land patent, 78, 124; caveat
against, dismissed, 140.
Wagner Creek, mentioned, 323.
Wainwrights, given in English copy
as Wainwright, lii.
Wainwright (Wainwrights) Ware-
house, inspectors appointed for,
237, 285, 334, 382; inspectors re-
moved from office, 310.
Waldrobe, given in English copy in-
stead of Waldrobs, xxvii.
Walke (Walk), Anthony, one of the
justices for King William, 391;
coroner for King William, 409.
Walker, Anthony, sheriff of Prin-
cess Anne County, 86.
Walker, Benjamin, petitioner, 179,
423; complainant, 423.
Walker, Daniel, tobacco inspector,
237.
Walker, David, land patented by,
93, 163, 244, 418, 434.
Walker, Edmond, one of the jus-
tices for James City, 422.
Walker, George, gunner and store-
keeper at Point Comfort, 33; negro
woman belonging to, executed,
141; land patented by, 403, 409.
Walker, Isaac, complaint against,
402.
Walker, James, land patented by,
403, 429.
Walker, John, one of the justices for
Middlesex County. 286; land
patented by, 340; one of the jus-
tices for King and Queen County,
355.
Walker, John, jr., one of the jus-
tices for Spotsylvania, 349.
Walker, Joseph, appointed sheriff, xl;
land patented by, 403, 429.
Walker, Thomas, petitioner, 217,
274; caveat entered by, 248; land
patented by, 311, 317; mentioned,
323.
Walker, William, tobacco inspector,
285, 334.
Wall, John, land patented by, 79;
caveat entered by, 179; one of
the justices of the peace for
Brunswick, 266; to be tried for
contempt of court, 331 ; examined
regarding the dispute among the
justices of Brunswick County, 333;
550
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
attorney, 376; caveat for stopping
a patent to, 399.
Wall, Joshua, mentioned, 282.
Wall, Matthew, justice of the peace
for Brunswick, lvi.
Wall, Michael, land patented by, 79.
Wallace, John, mentioned, 352.
Wallace Creek, mentioned, 329.
Waller, Benjamin, applies for attor-
ney's license, 416.
Waller, John, mentioned, 353, 354,
381; land patented by, 364.
Wallis, Matthew, sheriff of War-
wick, 439.
Walls Run, mentioned, 282.
Walpole, Horatio, warrants for
salary of, as auditor-general of
Virginia, 4, 23, 40, 57, 69, 76, 85,
91, 101, 119, 136, 153 174, 192, 203,
211, 216, 232, 242, 255, 280, 292,
300, 314, 322, 337, 351, 362, 369,
384, 396, 408, 417, 427, 438; audi-
tor-general of plantations, 10, 182;
letter to, signed by the Council,
257; letter from, 298.
Walthall, Henry, land patented by,
250.
Waiting, George, land patented by,
434.
Walton, George, one of the justices
for Brunswick, 266; sheriff of
Brunswick County, 319.
Walton, Robert, tobacco inspector,
334.
Walton, Thomas, sheriff of Isle of
Wight County, 12; mentioned, 334.
Waqua Creek, mentioned, 381.
Warberton, William, land patented
by, 399.
Ward, Benjamin, mentioned, 317.
Ward, George, petition of, referred
to Oyer and Terminer Court, 78.
Ward, Mary, mentioned, 78.
Ward, Richard, mentioned, 352.
Ward, Seth, land patented by, 162.
Ware Warehouse, inspector appoint-
ed for, 382.
Wareek, mentioned, 84.
Warehouses, to be built at York-
town, 184; commissioners appoint-
ed for directing the building of,
234; inspectors appointed for, 237,
285, 382; at Deep Creek, burned,
259; to be repaired and wharfs and
cranes set up, 294.
Warico, given in English copy in-
stead of Warricoi, lv.
Warico Branch, mentioned, 323.
Waring (Warie), Thomas, sheriff of
Essex County, 100, 129; one of
the justices for Essex County,
355.
Warixqueak (Warrexqueak) Ware-
house, inspectors appointed for,
237, 285, 382.
Warkman, Mark, mentioned, 122.
Warner, John, surveyor, paid for
services, 405.
Warning, John, mentioned, 381.
Warrants, for salaries and other con-
tingent charges, 4, 23, 40, 57, 69,
76, 85, 91, 100, 119, 136, 153, 174,
192, 202, 211, 232, 242, 255, 280,
292, 300, 314, 321, 351, 362, 369,
384, 395, 408, 417, 427, 438.
Warrany, in James City County, 191.
Warricoi Branch, mentioned, 330.
Warring, Thomas, given in English
copy instead of Thomas Waring,
xliv.
Wart Mountain, mentioned, 419, 435.
Warwick County, mentioned, xxiii,
xl; sheriff of, 12, 34, 66, 86, 100,
129, 134, 171, 200, 273, 297, 349,
393, 439; new commission of the
peace issued for, 62, 156, 349; gun-
powder sent to, 389.
Warwick Swamp, mentioned, 312.
Warwick (Warruck) Warehouse, in-
spectors appointed for, 237, 285,
361, 382, 411.
Warwick (Town) Warehouse, in-
spectors appointed, 237, 285.
Washbourn, John, affidavit of, 311.
Washington, Augustine, sheriff of
Westmoreland County, 130, 173.
Washington, Henry, justice of the
peace for Stafford County, 236;
sheriff of Stafford, 392.
Washington, John, tobacco inspector,
238, 286; storekeeper of, robbed,
249; sheriff of Stafford County,
274, 369; one of the justices for
Gloucester County, 294; complaint
against, 311.
Washington, Townsend, one of the
justices for Stafford, 414.
Washington, William Cooper, men-
tioned, 93.
Watchmen, salary of, 286; tobacco
inspectors claim reimbursements
for services of, 294.
Waters, John, mentioned, 263.
Waters, Walter, mentioned, 201.
Watkins, Benjamin, summoned to
court to answer a petition, 179,
217.
Watkins, Thomas, petitioner, 250.
Watson, James, land patented by,
312, 330.
Watson, John, mentioned, 313.
Watson, Joseph, mentioned, 207.
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551
Watson, Richard, right to certain
land transferred to Michael Hol-
land, 163.
Watson, Thomas, right to certain
land transferred to Michael Hol-
land, 163.
Watson, William, land patented by,
380, 409, 419, 430; one of the jus-
tices for Amelia, 383.
Watson. See also Whatson.
Watts, John, one of the justices for
Westmoreland, 407.
Waugh, John, one of the justices for
Stafford, 414.
Waughop, John, sheriff of Northum-
berland County, 235, 273.
Weatherford (Wetherford), William,
summoned to court to answer a
petition, 229, 258.
Weatherford. See also Wetherford.
Webb, George, sheriff of New Kent,
391.
Webb, Henry, mentioned, 261, 312;
land patented by, 365, 381.
Webb, John, land patented by, 365,
381.
Webb, Mary, mentioned, 224.
Webb, Merry, land patented by, 207.
Webb, Wentworth, land patented
by, 419; mentioned, 424.
Webber, Henry, sheriff of King
William County, 319.
Webber, Philip, land patented by, 88.
Webster, Thomas, land patented by, 70 ;
mentioned, 231.
Weights, petition of the inhabitants of
Isle of Wight concerning, 377.
Welden, Benjamin, sheriff of James
City County, 66, 85.
Weldon, Samuel, petition of, rejected,
356.
Weldy, William, mentioned, 202.
Wells, Miles, mentioned, xxix.
West, Francis, tobacco inspector, 341 ;
one of the justices of King William,
391.
West, John, mentioned, 434.
West, Nathaniel, added to the commis-
sion of the peace for King William,
94.
West, Thomas, justice of the peace for
King William County, 267 ; sheriff of
King William, 368.
Westbourn, William, land patented by,
354.
Westbrook, , mentioned, 418.
Westbrook, William, land patented by,
262.
West Creek, mentioned, 181, 224, 312.
West Indies, House of Commons peti-
tioned to prohibit trade between Vir-
ginia and, 252.
West Jersey, land reserved in Virginia
for some inhabitants of, 223, 224.
West Mountains, mentioned, 353.
Westmoreland, Thomas, land patented
by, 282.
Westmoreland County, mentioned,
xxiii, xl; sheriff of, 12, 34, 67, 86,
100, 130, 173, 200, 235, 274, 297, 349,
392, 439; mentioned, 86; new com-
mission of the peace issued for, 127,
208, 299, 331, 407, 428; fine imposed
on sheriff of, remitted, 188 ; home of
Col. Thomas Lee in, robbed and
burned, 196 ; sheriff of, to be prose-
cuted for recovery of fines, 215 ;
Henry Morrison added to peace com-
mission, 268 ; commission appointed
to repair and build warehouses in,
316; surveyor for, to assist Northern
Neck boundary commissioners, 397 ;
surveyor for, paid for services, 405.
Westover Parish, Charles City County,
mentioned, 119.
Westwood, William, coroner of Eliza-
beth City County, 140; member of
Elizabeth City peace commission, 151.
Wetherford, Richard, summoned to
court to answer a petition, 258.
Wetherford, William, mentioned, 246.
Wetherford. See also Weatherford.
Wharton, George, land patented by, 241.
Wharton, Robert, death of, mentioned,
344.
Whately, John, mentioned, 163.
Whatson, Joel, petitioner, 4 .
Whatson. See also Watson.
Wheat, exportation of, prohibited, 173,
420, 448, 456, 473; embargo on, dis-
continued, 187, 407, 458. _
Wheeler, Benjamin, petition of, dis-
missed, 277.
Whiskey, tobacco inspector removed
from office for selling, 437.
Whitaker, William, caveat entered by,
dissolved, 366 ; tobacco inspector, 366.
Whitby, mentioned, 254.
White, George, land patented by, 381.
White, John, mentioned, 262.
White Oak Swamp, mentioned, 390, 419.
Whitehead, Arthur, land patented by,
104.
Whitehead, Lazarus, land patented by,
120.
Whiteing, Francis, one of the justices
for Westmoreland, 407.
Whiteing, Leonard, residence and build-
ing material offered government in
payment of debt, 392, 411 ; property
of, appraised by James Skelton, 413.
552
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Whitfeild, Charles, petitioner, 322.
Whitfield (Winkfield), John, mentioned,
441.
Whiting, Ann, petition of executor of,
392.
Whiting, Beverly, one of the justices
for Gloucester County, 294 ; one of
the justices for King and Queen, 349,
355 ; restored to his former place in
Gloucester commission of the peace,
386.
Whiting, Mrs. Elizabeth, robbery com-
mitted by slaves belonging to, 198.
Whiting, Francis, caveat against, set
aside, 5; one of the justices for Glou-
cester, 352.
Whiting, Henry, sheriff of Gloucester
County, 34, 439; one of the justices
for Gloucester County, 294 ; one of
the justices for Middlesex, 382.
Whiting, Leonard, fort at Point Com-
fort built by, 370.
Whiting, Peter, one of the justices of
Gloucester County, 119; sheriff of
Gloucester County, 134, 173.
Whitmore, John, mentioned, 201.
Whitson, Mark, forfeits bond, 183.
Wicocomico (Wiccocomico, Wycoco-
mico) Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 238, 286, 341, 414, 431;
complaint against inspectors at, 426 ;
inspectors at, removed from office, 431.
Wigg Island, mentioned, 410.
Wiggins, Richard, mentioned, 93.
Wight, , tobacco inspector, 238.
Wight, James, given in English copy
instead of simply Wight, 1 (50 of
preface).
Wight, John, given in English copy in-
stead of John Wright, 1 (50 of pref-
ace).
Wilcox, given in Virginia copy instead
of Wilson, xvii.
Wilkins, William, tobacco inspector,
431.
Wilkinson, Edward, tobacco inspector,
342, 382; mentioned, 411.
Wilkinson, Joseph, tobacco inspector,
285. 382; land patented by, 305, 317;
mentioned, 380, 382 ; tobacco inspector,
382.
Wilkinson, Samuel, land patented by,
365.
Wilkinson, Thomas, mentioned. 388.
Williams, Daniel, mentioned, 295.
Williams, George, mentioned, 219.
Williams, James, mentioned, 163; to-
bacco inspector, 285; removed from
office, 308.
Williams, John, sheriff of Charles City,
439.
Williams, Rice, petitioner, 78; men-
tioned, 120.
Williams, Richard, petitioner, 95 ; men-
tioned, 104; land patented by, 123,
224.
Williams, Thomas, land patented by,
261, 303, 329, 379; caveat entered by,
277.
Williams, Thomas, reward offered for
the arrest of, 327.
Williams, William, mentioned, 367.
Williamsburg, conveniently situated,
xxiv ; mentioned, xxxix ; represented
in the General Assembly, 21 ; charter
of, read before the Council, 21 ; maga-
zine keeper appointed for, 117; keep-
er of magazine in, to serve as gun-
ner, 117.
Williamsburg Warehouse, inspectors ap-
pointed for, 237, 285.
Williamson, Charles, land patented by,
380.
Williamson, Cuthbert, mentioned, 304,
323, 330.
Williamson, John, land patented by, 271,
312, 418.
Williamson, Joseph, land surveyed for,
granted to son, 327; of unsound mind,
340.
Williamson, Sarah, petitioner, 168; par-
doned, 213.
Williamson, William, netition on behalf
of, 327; land patented by, 328, 341.
Williams's Warehouse, inspector ap-
pointed for, 238, 285, 320.
Willis, Francis, sheriff of Gloucester
County, 100, 114, 129; petitioner, 108;
neglects to prosecute petition, 124 ; se-
curity for John Grymes, 182 ; land
patented by, 258, 270.
Willis, Henry, petitioner, 108, 135, 158,
174, 180, 271, 346, 400, 401; land
patented by, 135, 141, 142, 166, 231,
251, 270. 297, 326; deputy auditor pro
tern, 175; caveat entered by, 178;
caveat for stopping a patent to, 178,
222 ; date set for hearing case of, 194 ;
mentioned, 226 ; tobacco inspector,
238; disputes with William Russell
concerning land, 325 ; act for docking
the entail of certain lands owned by,
415 ; memorial of, 428.
Willis, John, land to be patented by, re-
surveyed, 175.
Willis, Miles, sheriff of Warwick Coun-
ty, 12.
Willis, Robert, land to be patented by,
resurveyed, 175.
Willis's Creek (River), mentioned, 93,
123, 162, 163, 180, 207, 218, 224, 227,
Index
553
303, 312, 317, 353, 364, 380, 390, 419,
430, 434.
Willoughbys Point, mentioned, 59.
Wills, John, tobacco inspector, 382.
Wills, Matthew, one of the justices for
Warwick, 349.
Wills, Miles, sheriff of Warwick Coun-
ty, 34; tobacco inspector, 285.
Wills, Thomas, tobacco inspector, 325 ;
one of the justices for Warwick, 349.
Willson, Solomon, witness, 266, 268.
Willson, Willis, sheriff of James City
County, 273, 297.
Wilson, given in English copy instead
of Wilcox, xvii.
Wilson, Caleb, one of the justices for
Norfolk, 373.
Wilson, George, land patented by, 201,
231.
Wilson, Henry, complainant, 400;
granted land patent, 407.
Wilson, James, appointed sheriff, xxiii,
xl.
Wilson (Willson), John, complainant,
426, 431.
Wilson, Solomon, one of the justices
for Norfolk, 373.
Wilson, Thomas, mentioned, 181 ; one
of the justices for Brunswick County,
315.
Wilson (Willson), Willis, sheriff of
Norfolk County, 67, 273 ; one of the
justices for James City, 236, 413.
Windham, witnesses examined concern-
ing piracy committed on, 268.
Windmill Point, mentioned, xviii
Wine, shipped contrary to act of as-
sembly, 72 ; smuggled into Colony,
349.
Winfeild, Edward, land patented by,
388.
Winfree, Charles, mentioned, 207.
Winfry, Jacob, mentioned, 317.
Winingham (Winagin), , men-
tioned, 282, 303.
Winslow, Benjamin, recommended for
the position of surveyor, 204 ; one of
the justices of Essex County, 355 ;
land patented by, 411; sheriff of
Essex, 439.
Winston, Isaac, land patented by, 95,
364; summoned to court to answer
a petition, 179; judgment against, 351.
Winston, William, petition of, referred
to Oyer and Terminer Court, 78 ;
hearing of dispute between Benj.
Waggoner and executors of, post-
poned, 124.
Winston, William, jr., caveat entered
by, dismissed, 140; one of the jus-
tices of Hanover, 391.
Winterpoke, mentioned, 143.
Winterton, William, petitioner, 39, 42.
Winticomacke (Winticomaick, Winti-
commiack) Creek, mentioned, 207,
212, 419.
Winton, William, mentioned, 59.
Wintopack (Wintecopack) Creek, men-
tioned, 7, 58, 74.
Wise, John, justice of the peace for Ac-
comac County, 266.
Wishart (Withart), James, tobacco in-
spector, 286; sheriff of Accomac, 421,
439.
Wishart, John, sheriff of Princess Anne,
439.
Witnesses, question of whether crimi-
nals transported to Virginia should be
admitted as, referred to Lord Chief
Justice of England, 385 ; paid for ser-
vices, 387.
Wolf, George, petitioner, 250.
Wolfs Branch, mentioned, 180.
Womack, , mentioned, 358.
Womack (Womock), Richard, men-
tioned, 74, 143.
Wood, Booth, disputes concerning title
to land, 386.
Wood, Henry, land patented by, 162,
304, 316, 403.
Wood, James, surveyor, complainant,
426.
Wood, Richard, petitioner, 327, 340 ;
caveat entered by, dismissed, 422.
Wood, William, Rappahannock River
surveyed by, 397.
Woodbridge, William, appointed cor-
oner, xxi.
Woodford, William, one of the justices
of Caroline County, 172; sheriff of
Caroline County, 172, 200.
Woodlev, Thomas, justice of the peace
for Is'le of Wight County, 270.
Woodlie, Andrew, given in English copy
instead of Woodley, Andrew, xxv.
Woodliff, , mentioned, 258, 270.
Woodriffe, George, given in English
copy instead of Woodroff, George,
xxxvii.
Woodroff, George, given in Virginia
copy instead of Woodriffe, George.
xxxvii.
Woodroff (Woodrof), George, land
patented by, 343, 366.
Woodroof, David, petitioner, 219 ; land
patented by, 248.
Woodroof (Woodrooff), George, land
patented by, 29 ; caveat entered by,
106, 302; granted patent upon cer-
tain conditions, 162; petitioner, 157,
262.
554
Executive Journals, Councils of Colonial Virginia
Woods, given in Virginia copy instead
of Woodson, xxxii.
Woods Creek, mentioned, 380.
Woodson, given in English copy instead
of Woods, xxxii.
Woodson, , surveyor for Gooch-
land County, 247.
Woodson, Benjamin, petitioner, 187 ;
land patented by, 195 ; mentioned, 440.
Woodson, John, given in English copy
instead of Woodson, Joseph, li.
Woodson, John, petitioner, Hi ; land pat-
ented by, 105, 143, 218, 261, 270, 352,
353; mentioned, 120, 217, 261; one
of the justices for Goochland County,
172; petitioner, 263; sheriff of Gooch-
land County, 273 ; surveyor, 352.
Woodson, John, jr., mentioned, 245.
Woodson, Joseph, summoned to court
to answer a petition, 217; forfeits
right to land, 245.
Woodson, Josiah, mentioned, 270.
Woodson, Obadiah, land patented by,
380.
Woodson, Stephen, mentioned, 270.
Woodward, Lancelot, justice of the
peace for James City County, 236,
413; sheriff of James City, 392.
Woodwards Ford, mentioned, 71.
Woody (Woodey), John, rights to cer-
tain land transferred to Michael Hol-
land, 163; mentioned, 312.
Woody Creek, mentioned, 354.
Wooley, John, caveat for stopping a
patent to, 251.
Woolf, Michael, land patented by, 379.
Woolfolk, Robert, one of the justices for
Caroline County, 172.
Woolridge, John, mentioned, 295.
Worden, John, minister, accused of no-
torious immoralities and other of-
fenses, 89; required to leave the Col-
ony, 90.
Workman, Daniel, mentioned, 161.
Wormeley, Ralph, to be added to quo-
rum of Middlesex County, xxii ; one
of the justices for Middlesex, 382, 435;
sheriff of Middlesex, 439.
Worsha, William, given in English copy
instead of William Worsham, Hi.
Worsham, , mentioned, 419.
Worsham, John, tobacco inspector, 361 ;
substitute appointed for, 439.
Worsham, Joseph, mentioned, 419.
Worsham (Worsha), William, men-
tioned. 182, 231 ; tobacco inspector,
237, 285; land patented by, 271, 352,
379.
Wray, George, one of the justices for
Elizabeth City County, 325.
Wright, , tobacco inspector, 285.
Wright, Edward, one of the justices for
Nansemond, 349.
Wright, John, given in English copy as
John Wight, 1 (50 of preface).
Wright, John, justice of the peace for
Prince William County, 239.
Wright, Stephen, justice of the peace
for Norfolk County, 299.
Wright, Thomas, sheriff of Norfolk,
369 ; one of the justices for Norfolk,
373.
Writs, for calling a new Assembly, 350.
Wyanoke, mentioned, 441.
Wyatt, Conquest, sheriff of Gloucester,
348.
Wyatt, Henry, land patented by, 270.
Wych, William, mentioned, 93.
Wynch, William, land patented by, 440.
Wynn, Peter, land patented by, 258;
mentioned, 270.
Wynn, Robert, sheriff of Surry County,
235.
Wynn (Wynne), William, one of the
justices of the peace for Brunswick,
266 ; sheriff of Brunswick, 368.
Wynne, James, given in Virginia copy
instead of Wynne, Thomas, xxv.
Wynne, Joshua, appointed sheriff, xxiii.
Wynne, Rd., mentioned, 295.
Wynne, Solomon, mentioned, 163.
Wynne, Thomas, given in English copy
instead of Wynne, James, xxv.
Wyth, Thomas, appointed sheriff, xl.
Wythe, Henry, one of the justices for
Warwick, 349; land patented by, 410.
Yarborough, Richard, summoned to
court to answer a petition, 135.
Yarbrough, Thomas, mentioned, 418.
Yates, Bartholomew, land patented by,
51.
Yates, John, Suffolk Parish one of the
beneficiaries of the will of, 412.
Yaws, slave rewarded for disclosing
cure for, 199.
Yeocomico (Yeocomoco) Warehouse,
inspectors appointed for, 238, 286, 361,
391 ; complaint against one of the in-
spectors, 401 ; one of the inspectors
removed, 405.
York, Sir Philip, attorney-general, 130.
York County, mentioned, xxiii, xxxvii,
xl ; new commission of peace issued for,
10, 70, 101, 274. 391, 416; sheriff of,
12. 34, 66, 85, 100, 129, 171, 200, 215,
235, 273, 297, 319, 369, 391, 421 ; peti-
tion of under sheriff of, 287; patents
issued for land in, 302; Charles Par-
ish, 302; salary of gunner at, in-
Index
555
creased, 321 ; justices appointed for,
369 ; gunpowder sent to, 389.
York Fort, salary of gunner at, in-
creased, 405.
York River, mentioned, xviii.
York River District, naval officer ap-
pointed for, 442.
York Warehouse, inspectors appointed
for, 237, 285.
Yorktown, salary of gunner and store-
keeper at, 16; warehouses to be built
in 183, 184, 207, 208; battery to be
repaired, 243 ; battery to be removed,
254 ; guns ordered for battery at, 333 ;
patent issued for land in, 369 ; land in,
appropriated for a fort, 436 ; land pur-
chased for the purpose of making a
common, 436.
Young, John, land patented by, 381.
Younger, Capt. Joseph, crew of the
Frow Anna rescued by, 261.
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