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of the

House

of Burgesses
of Virginia

176

1--1

765

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JOURNALS
of the

House

of

Burgesses
of

VIRGINIA
1761-1765

Edited by

JOHN PENDLETON KENNEDY

RICHMOND,
M
C

Virginia
I

T^7

CONTENTS
Preface
Burgesses
Prorogations
.

Vll
3. 31. 45. 63, 169,

201, 225, 313

27. 42, 59, 166, 197, 222, 309,

364
5

Journal

1761,

November Session
January Session

Journal Journal
Journal

1762, 1762,
1762,

33
47
65

March Session
November Session
.

Journal 1763

171

Journal
Journal

1764, 1764,

January Session

203
227

October Session
.

Journal 1765
Index

315 367

Library Board
Virginia State Library

ARMISTEAD

C.

GORDON, Chairman

CHARLES
S. S. P.

V.

MEREDITH

PATTESON

JOHN W. FISHBURNE

THEODORE

S.

GARNETT

THE
of

new Affembly
During

of Virginia which

convened November
until

3''<*,

1761, continued
it

to

meet under various prorogations

this period the

June

i''',

1765,

when

was

dif-

folved.

Houfe of Burgeffes met eight times, though

meeting of 1764 adjourned to
to the 14"^

there were only feven diftincft feffions, meet on the i" of May following.

fince the October

The Journal of feffion beginning November f^, 1761 and continuing the fame month, contains twenty-eight pages, including the title page.
this Journal
is
is

printed

copy of
ufcript

located in the Virginia State Library, while the original

man-

on

file

in the Britifh Record Office in Londoti

The firft feffion of 1762 convened on January 14* and was prorogued on the 21" Two printed copies of this Journal are known to exift, though it of the fame month. One copy of the is not unlikely that others will be found located in private colledlions. Journal in queftion is in the Library of Congrefs and the other in the Virginia State Library. In each inftance the text of thefe copies commences on page three and ends
with page fourteen, which would indicate that title pages were printed though not preferved. The original manufcript for this and fucceeding feffions of 1762 contained in this volume are located in the Public Record Office in London.

The fecond
following.

feffion of 1762 met March 30* and was prorogued on the "j^^ of April Printed copies of this Journal have no title pages, the text beginning on

of this Journal known to exift In this and other Journals of the feffions of this particular Affembly, where the text begins on page three, bibliographers In this particular inftance this Journal is frequently record an erroneous pagination.

page three and ending on page

fixteen.

The only copy

in a public inftitution is in the Virginia State Library.

faid to contain thirteen pages, while in fadl the laft

due, no doubt, to infufficient

page of the text is fixteen. This is bibliographical information being fumifhed ftudents work-

ing on this

fubje(5l.

and laft feffion of 1762 met on November 2'* and continued until the 2^"^ December. The only printed copy of this Journal recorded at the following the of prefent time, is in the Virginia State Library, and like the preceding feffions the text begins on page three. This copy likewife contains no title page though perfect in every

The

third

The text ends with page one hundred and fixteen. i-efpedt. But one feffion of the affembly was held in 1763. The Burgeffes met during that year on May 19* and were prorogued on the 31^' of the fame month. Unlike other
other

Journals of this particular affembly the text begins on page one. This would indicate title page was printed in this particular inftance, and the Journal is apparently complete in thirty -one pages of printed matter. Printed copies of this Journal are to
that no

be fotmd in the Library of Congrefs and in the Virginia State Library. There were two feffions of the affembly in 1764, the firft extending from the i2" of January to the 21^' of the fame month. The Journal of this feffion evidently had 'a The only printed copy of this title page at one time as the text begins on page three.
Journal known at the prefent time tains twenty-five pages.
is

located in the Virginia State Library,

and

it

con-

The
The bibliographical information concerning the Journals herein printed, is bafed upon copies located in American libraries only. An effort is now being made to locate additional copies in foreig^n collections, and when this is accompUfhed the copies known to be in the Britifh Record Office will be lifted.
I

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1764 convened on October 30"' and continued in feffion until the 21" of December following. So far as is known there is not a complete printed copy The c^opy in the Virginia State Library begins on page three of this Journal extant.

The fecond

feffion of

and ends on page feventy-eight, which carries the feffion through Thurfday, December There is likewife an imperfed copy in the Library of Congrefs, which con13* only.
tains eighty-eight pages of printed matter, including the records of the meeting of

was publifhed in full is indicated by a continuous pagination covering this feffion and the feffion which convened on May i", 1765, the copy in queftion ending on page feventy-eight and the feffion of 1765 beginning on page This would indicate twenty pages miffing, as the text of all feffions begin ninety-nine. on the redlo page. It was neceffary, therefore, to have a tranfcript of this Journal made from the original in the Britifh Record Office in London, which not only gives a complete f' record of this feffion, but determines that it was prorogued on the 21 day of December,
December
18'''.

That

this Journal

1764.

The final feffion of this Affembly met on May i'\ 1765 and continued until the firft As noted in the preceding paragraph the paging of this of June of the fame year. Journal commences with page ninety -nine and ends with page one hundred and fiftyThere are two printed copies of this Journal in public inftitutions, one being in four. the Virginia State Library, and the fecond in the Library of Congrefs. The latter copy
reported as being imperfe(5l. Hening, in his "Statutes At Large," records the adls of this feffion of the Affembly as paffed in Odober, 1765. Stanard' hkewife affumes that two feffions were held durBoth are in error, however, as the adts recorded by Hening under date ing that year. of Odober, 1765, were adttually paffed at the May feffion of the fame year. This is attefted by the Journal of the feffion in queftion, which fhows clearly the a6ts referred to were paffed at that time. That no feffion of the Affembly was held in Odober, 1765,
is

is

attefted

by

the fadl that the

lution proclamation of

June

new Affembly, which followed as the refult of the diffo" 1765, did not take the oath of office until Thurfday the
was
to effedl a thorough

fixth of November, 1766.

The

great problem of Virginia in 1761

and complete under-

ftanding with the various Indian nations along the frontier. The Cherokees in the South and Southweft had always been a fource of great alarm, efpecially to the promoters of the Weft ward Movement, as were the Six Nations who claimed a large portion
of

what

is

now Weft

Virginia.

To

thefe Indians, was, therefore, not only the defire of the

neceffity for Virginians.

bring about complete and fatiffadtory treaties with Mother Country, but an abfolute

and but for numerous treaties with the Cherokees from 1661 to 1772 could have been effe(5led. After confiderable difcuffion of the plans of procedure, which was calculated to bring about an early and fatiffacftory peace between the Indians and the Colonies, it was determined that Pennfylvania and New Jerfey fhould make an effort to treat with the Six Nations, while to Virginia and the Carolinas was left the tafk of bringing the Cherokees to terms. This was not an eafy imdertaking, as the tribes in queftion covered an enormous territory, and poffeffed feveral thousand warriors.
In order to thoroughly appreciate the extent of the country occupied at various times by the Cherokees, it is interefting to know that in 1693 they inhabited the well watered regions of the Carolinas, including the valleys of the Catawba, Broad, Saluda, Keowee, Tugaloo, Savannah and the Coofa Rivers, on the Eaft and South, and various This was pradlically an unlimited tributaries of the Tenneffee on the North and Weft. between any two Indian Nations as to treaties exifted territory at that time, and as no Charles C. Royce^ in his their territorial limits, much ftrife and bloodfhed refulted. "Cherokee Nation of Indians" ftates " that the Indians had no definite and concurrent underftanding with their furrounding favage neighbours as to where the poffeffions of one left off and thofe of the other began. The ftrength of their title to any particular tradt of country ufually decreafed in proportion to the increafe of the diftance from
their
I

The Carolinas occupied a fimilar pofition to that of Virginia, co-operation upon the part of thefe colonies, it is doubtful whether the

Virginia Colonial Regifter, p. 170.

Fifth

Annual Report, Bureau

of Ethnology, p. 140.

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their villages; and it commonly followed as a refult that a confiderable ftrip of territory between the fettlement of two powerful tribes, though claimed by both, was pradlically confidered as neutral ground, and the common himting ground of both. As has already been ftated, the extreme Eaftem fettlements of the Cherokees in South Carolina in 1693 were in the diftricJt lying between the Catawba and Broad Rivers, and no claim has been found fhowing the exiftence at any time of any affertion of territorial right in their But, neverthelefs, on Bowen's map of (obbehalf to the Eaft of the former ftream. vioufly copied from early maps) there is laid down the name of 'Keowee' or 'Old Town.' The location of townn was on Deep River in the vicinity of the prefent town oi Afhborojigh, N. C. It was a favorite name of the Cherokees among their towns, and affords a ftrong evidence of at leaft a temporary refidence of a portion of the tribe in that vicinity. A map executed by John Senex in 1721 defines the Indian boundary in this region as following the Catawba, Wateree and Santee Rivers as far down as the moft wefterly bend of the latter ftream, in the vicinity of the boundary line between Orangeburg and Charleftown diftridls, whence it purfued a fouthwefterly courfe to the Edifto River, which it

followed to the fea.

of limits

The fouthem portion of this boundary was, of courfe, a definition between Carolina and the Creeks, or rather of certain tribes that formed com-

ponent parts of the Creek Confederacy.

No

evidence has been difcovered tending to

fhow an extenfion of Cherokee limits in a fouthem diredtion beyond the point mentioned above on the Edifto River, which, as near as can be afcertained, was at the jtmdlion of the North and South Edifto. Following from thence up the South Edifto to its fource the boundary purfued a fouthwefterly courfe, ftriking the Savannah River in the vicinity of the mouth of Stevens Creek, and proceeding thence northwardly along the
Savannah."

"On the borders of Virginia and North Carolina, the ancient limits of the Cherokees feem to be aKo fhrouded in more or lefs doubt and confufion. In general terms, however, it may be faid that after following the Catawba River to its fource in the Blue Ridge the courfe of thofe mountains was purfued until their interfedlion with the continuation of the Great Iron Moutain range, near Floyd Court Houfe, Virginia and thence to the waters of the Kanawha or New River, whence their claim continued down that ftream to the Ohio. At a later day they aKo fet up a claim to the coimtry extending from the mouth of the Kanawha down the Ohio to the ridge dividing the waters of the Cumberland from thofe of the Tenneffee at the mouth of thofe ftreams, and thence following that ridge to a point northeaft of the mouth of the Duck River thence to the mouth of Duck River on the Tenneffee, and continuing up with the courfe of the latter river to Bear Creek; thence along the faid Creek to a point cal'ed Flat Rock, from there to the Ten Iflands in Coo fa River. Another accoimt of the poffeffions of the Cherokees is given by Adair in his " American Indians." This famous trader traveled for forty years among the Cherokees, and as a refult of the obfervations outlines the boundary of their cotmtry as it exifted in 1750: "The country lies in about 30 degrees north latitude at the diftance of 340 computed miles to the north weft of Charlefton, 140 miles fouthweft from the Katawba Nation, and about 200 miles to the North of the Mufkohge or Creek Coimtry. They are fettled nearly in an eaft and weft courfe about 140 miles in length from the lower towns, where Fort Prince George ftands, to the late imfortunate Fort Loudoun. The natives make two divifions of their cotmtry which they term 'Ayrate' and 'Otarre, the one fignifying the 'low' and the other 'mountainous.' It will be feen from the botmdaries herein given that the portion of the country claimed by the Cherokees in 1760, comprifed a large part of what is now Southweftem, Virginia, Weft Virginia and Kentucky, which the Six Nations alio claimed by right of conqueft. This vaft territory gave the Cherokees a wide range of influence which enabled them to be the moft prominent of frontier fadtors. This Virginia recognized and in confidering the acquifition of territory fully realized the power of the enemy, and the magnitude of any undertaking that contemplated fubduing them.
;
,

'

The

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The Cherokee nation as early as 1716, when a cenfus of the Indian tribes of the Adair alleges Carolinas' w.is taken, numbered 11,210, of whom 4,000 were warriors.
this

that there were 6,000 warriors in 1735, but that three years later small-pox reduced number fully fifty per cent. No other corredl eftimate of the number of warriors

of this tribe feems to

clofe of the Revolution, with the whites they numbered only 2,300 when, It is, therefore, fafe to prefume that in 1761 there were at leaft 5,000 fightwarriors. ing men in the Cherokee nation, and this force was to be reckoned with by Virginia Unfortunately for the Colonies troops, which feldom numbered over i ,500 fighting men. the French effedled a treaty with the Cherokees in 1760, which refulted in a union of This treaty, however, was of forces of the two nations in their war with Great Britain. fhort duration, as Governor Littleton of South Carolina, recognizing the neceffity for immediate adtion, marched againft the Indians and after defeating them concluded a

have been made until about the time of the

as a refult of their

many

conflid:s

whereby the Cherokees agreed to annul the Cherokee-French agreement and pledge This adlion upon the part of South Carolina faved their fupport to Great Britain. much bloodfhed along the borders and made poffible the treaty of Charles Town in 1761. By this treaty an agreement was reached, whereby the boundaries between the Indians and the Colony of South Carolina was declared to be the fources of the great rivers emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. This feries of fucceffes caufed Virginia to examine into the condition of its frontier, and aroufed a determination to effedl an underftanding with the Cherokees that would The troops raifed by Virginia in the infure peace and contentment to weftem fettlers. Spring of 1 761, to ad; in conjunction with the troops of North Carolina under Colonel Grant were available for this purpofe. Governor Fauquier, however, was evidently inclined to relieve the Colony of the burden of maintaining a regiment in the time of peace, though in his opening addrefs on Thurfday, November 3'''' 1 761, he fuggefts that the queftion of difbanding the regiment muft be confidered by the Affembly " as you were the moft competent Judges of the Condition of the Frontiers." But having received a letter from Sir Jeffrey Amherft diredling that the regiment be maintained until peace had been concluded with the Cherokee Indians, it was his duty to effedl fuch a refult as the Colonial Secretary recommended. This plan was agreed to by the Burgeffes at a time when Colonel Stephen, upon whom the command of the regiment had devolved, was camped on Big I (land in the main branch of the Holfton River. The prefence of Virginia troops at this point had had the effedl of quieting the Indians and giving rife among them of a general feeling for peace, and had the regiment been difbanded at that time much difcontent would have been felt throughout the Colony. Colonel Stephen had advifed Governor Fauquier, that various Indian chiefs had vifited the camp on Big I (land early in Jannary with articles of peace, urging at the fame time that an agreement be effedled between Virginia and the Cherokees, that would eftablifli a firm and friendly basis of underftanding. Nothing, however, was accomplifhed as the refult of thefe vifits, though the prefence of troops in clofe proximity to the Indian lands had a falutary effedl. There was nothing to do, therefore, but to await the refults of the peace conference then being held in South Carolina. Big I (land being an undefirable location for troops, the governor iffued orders to Colonel Stephen to march to Stahlnaker's, where the regiment could be more eafily reached and provided for than at the camp on the Holfton. This order was obeyed and the troops remained at Stahlnaker's until Colonel Stephen advifed Governor Fauquier, that articles of peace had been figned between Governor Bull and the chiefs of the Cherokee nations, when he was ordered to march to Fort Lewis and difband his regiment. This order being iffued, the affembly was at once called together to be acquainted with the adlion of the Governor, which it approved fhortly aftreaty,
ter convening.

Having reached an imderftanding with the Cherokees, which unfortunately proved

to be of fhort duration. Governor Fauquier at once turned his attention to the Six Nations, he having written to Governor Hamilton of Pennfylvania fome months before
for information concerning

them.

In this communication the Governor afked for a

full

account

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account of what had paffed between the king's officers and the Indians, in relation to 22'"i 1761, Governor lands weftward of theAlleghanies. Replying, under date of June Hamilton fet forth in detail fuch information as he had at his command, and at the fame time called particular attention to fuch treaties as had been promulgated from 1758 to 1 7 61. In this letter the fears of the Colony of an uprifing of the Six Nations were at once fet at reft, the Governor being advifed that General Anther ft had fatiffied
the Indians that no attempt would be

made

to take

away any

of their lands

A NARRATIVE' OF WHAT HATH PASSED BETWEEN THE KING'S GENERALS, GOVERNORS, ETC., AND THE INDIANS: IN RELATION TO LANDS; BEING DESIGNED AS AN ANSWER TO GOV FAUQUIER'S LETTER OF THE 22 OF JUNE 1761.
In Odober 1758 Peace was confirmed between His Maj'^y'' Subjeds, and Delawares and their Allies' the Minifinks, Mohickons, Opies and other the Nations living on the Sufquehannah, in the prefence of the Deputies of the Six
Nations.

In this Treaty the Proprietors of Pennfylvania releafed all the Lands within Weftward of the Allgeheny hills to the Indians of the Six whom they had before purchafed them, and folemnly engaged Nations, from
their province to the
"

That no white people fhould make Plantations or Settlements on the Lands " to the Weftward of thofe Hills. In Decetnber 1758 Gen' Forbes took poffeffion of Fort dti Quefne, but being fick, he was obliged to depart before the Indians could affemble to treat with him. Col. Bouquet was left in the Command there, who received the Indians and confirmed the Peace made at Eafton, and further expreffly affured them: " That the King did not fend his Generals to hurt the Indians, or to take their lands from them." In the beginning of January 1759, Nine Chiefs of the Six Nations Shawanefe and Delawares, with forty of their people living at and in the neighborhood of Baccaloone an Indian Town near the head of the Ohio, came to Pittfburg, fent, as they faid on purpofe to be informed of the Terms of the Peace, which they were told had been made between the Englifh and the Indians.
Col. Mercer then having the Command at Pittfburg, fent them forward to Philadelphia, in order that they might receive an anfwer from Gen' Forbes but he being ftill extremely indifpofed and unable to receive them, defired Gov

Denny, after the Indians had made him acquainted with their bufmefs, which was as above fet forth to return them an anfwer to lay before them the con;

tents of the late treaty at Eafton

and

to affure

intention to
Hills; unlefs

make Settlements

in their

That the Englifh had no Hunting Cotmtry beyond the Allegheny

;

them

"

they fhould be defired, for the conveniency of the Indians, to eredt Store houfes in order to eftablifh and carry on the Trade. Thefe Deputies ftay'd in Philadelphia till April, when Gen' Amherft coming thither on a vifit to M"' Forbes, conferred with them, and with one Thomas King an Oneida Chief, who had affifted in the Weftem Campaign, and was lately come from Pittfburg, and in thofe Conferences M' Amherft affured thofe Deputies " That the King's Generals would continue to adl up to all the engagements His Maj'*^'' fubje(5ls had entered into with the Indians." Governor Denny took an opportunity of commtmicating to Thomas King, the anfwer of Gov Fauquier to the enquiries which had been made by the Six Nations at Eafton about one Squeffatego, and accompanied it with proper Belts
:

and

and defired Thomas King to deliver all to the Cotmcil at Onandago. In July 1759 there was a very great meeting of Indians at Pitfburg, and many of the Chief Men of the Delawares, Shawanefe and Wyondots, who had
Strings,

powers from the Chippawas, Ottaws, Putewatimies, Twightwees, Cufcufkies,

Kecopes
I

Bancroft Tranfcripts

Library of Congrefs.

[xii]
Kecopes, Spocky's, and Mufquakes, were of the Company. The late Treaty at Eaftan had been fent to thofe Nations, by a folemn deputation from the

who were prefent at that Treaty. To which Deputation M"^ Poft and Cap" Bull were joined on the part the Govern'. The Treaty was read and explained to them in their Councils Kufknfky, Sawkung and Lcgftown, and thofe Indian Chiefs were now come
Indians confirm
it.

of

at
to

General Forbes, being dead, and Gen' Stanwix, who fucceeded to the Command, not being arrived, M' Croghan Deputy- Superintendent of Indian affairs

imder Sir W"" Johnfon, was obliged to hold the conferences, in which all the agreements made at Eafton, together with the peace were confirmed and the Article relating to Lands was expreffly mentioned in thefe words.

CROGHAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SIX NATIONS.

Brethren,

"The complaint which your

people, three years ago

made

to the Gov. of

Pennfylvania about their Lands, (meaning the lands to the Weftward of the Allegheny Hills) was fettled at the Treaty of Eafton, and a line fettled by your people and the Six Nations to their fatiffadlion and you may depend on it, that your Brethren the Englifh will never violate their engagement; and that the King's General and all the Governors on this continent will ratify and confirm " it, in the firft General meeting you fliall have with them. It was further laid, that the General was on his way to build a Trading Hoiife
;

to fecure the goods, brought

the Englifh Traders, for the ufe of the Indians, from the Infults of the French. And they were affured, that as foon as the Enemy were driven out of their Covmtry, in which they were defired to be
affifting,

by

the General would depart their Coimtry, after having feciu-ed our
otu-

Trade with them and

Brethren to the Weftward. In Odober 1759 General Stanwix held a Treaty with the Delawares, Shawanefe, Wyondots and Six Nations at Pittfburg wherein he made the following
fpeech

among others

ADDRESS OF GENERAL STANWIX TO THE INDIANS.

Brothers.

"No Nation could ever charge the English with a breach of Treaty; every thing relating to the peace made between us has been performed on our The Original draught of the Boundary line fettled between us and the parts. Six Nations at the Treaty at Eafton was delivered to them, and here is a copy fent by Gov. Denny to fhew to the Delawares and Shawanefe to prevent any
difputes hereafter arifmg

Pit fburgh: letting the Indians

upon that head." Then he opened the Road to know, that his Maj^y had been at a confiderable

expence to eftablifh a Trading Hoiofe there. In April 1760 Gen. Amherft (by Frederick Poft, then propofmg to go to the Ohio) sent the Indians there a Meffage to quiet their minds, which had been much difturbed on fome ftories being propagated among them, as if the Englifh intended to take their lands from them, and fettle quite up to the Ohio. M"' Poft being prevented from going, the Meffage of Genl Amherft was fent to Gen'

Moncton who then commanded at Pitfburgh and was by him delivered to the Indians at a great Council in Auguft 1760 in thefe Words:

ADDRESS OF GENERAL MONCTON TO THE INDIANS.

Brethren Kings Captains and Warriours. " I mean not to take away any of yoiar Lands but as the neceffity of His Maj'ty'^ Service obliges me to take Poft, and build Forts in fome parts of your
;

Country

"

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Country, to protedl our Trade with you, and prevent the Enemy from taking poffeffion of your Lands, and hurting both you and us, as you are fenfible, that In that cafe I affure you, that no part if we do not build Forts the French will.

any

whatever of your Lands adjoining the faid Forts fhall be taken from you, nor of our people be permitted to Hunt or Settle upon them, but they fhall remain in your abfolute property and I will even promife you fome prefents as a confideration for the Lands, where fuch Forts or Trading Houfes are or may
;

be built. And as it is expenfive & inconvenient for us to carry provifions for our Warriors, from our fettlements to thofe Forts, and alfo to fupply our Brethren the Indians, when they come to fee us, if, you will lay out a fpace of ground adjoining every Fort to raife Com, in that cafe, fix yourfelves the limits of that part of your lands fo appropriated to us, and you will receive fuch a confideration for it, as will be agreed between you and us to your fatiffadlion.
There being no danger of immediate war with the Six Nations, the attention of the Governor was direcfted to the claim of thefe federated tribes to a large territory on the Greenbrier and New Rivers, which lands were alfo claimed by the Cherokees. This condition of affairs the Governor at once commtmicated to the Board of Trade \ander

Having made known fimilar information in December 1760, date of Align ft 29"^ 1761. Governor Fauquier was at once ordered to convene the Council and confider the claims
of the Indians for the territory in queftion.

Coimcil during the

Not being able to get a quorum in the fummer months, Governor Fauquier further advifed the Board of

Trade that the meeting would have to be poftponed until after the meeting of the General Court in November:
W'"'burg'" Aug. 2g"'

iy6i.

My Lords,
to your Lord''" letter of the 17"' Febr-^ which was received by me June, / immediately confulted His Maj''"' Council in relation to the claims of the Indians on the Lands Green Bryar and New River or Woods River, which fall into the Ohio the confideration of this was poftponed till the General

In obedience
2"''

on the

Court in Odlober, when all the Members of the Council ufually attend, when all agreements with the Indians and all their claims will be enquired into; and in the meantime I was de fired to apply to Gov.' Hamilton of Pennfylvania, for copies of all treaties and agreements made with the Indians inhabiting the Country in the neighborhood of Fort Pitt, by Generals Forbes and Stanwix, while they co^n-

manded

there,

which I have accordingly done;

time no

that

your Lord""

may

have

all the

information and in fight into this affair which we

may

be capable of giving
till

you

And

in the

mean

new

patents will be granted for thofe lands,

.

I receive

your Lord"" diredions thereon.

I

am

with the greateft refped

My
Your

Lords,

Lord''" moft obedient, obliged

and devoted

fervant.

FRAN: FAUQUIER.
In the meantime Governor Hamilton of Pennfylvania was again communicated with and requefted to fumifh copies of all treaties and agreements with the Indians in and

aroimd Fort Pitt. This he did and fuch papers as were received were forwarded to the Board of Trade on November 30* 17 61. In the communication of Governor Hamilton, attention was called to the treaties dating from 1744 and 1752, in conjundlion with other letters and data on the fubjedl, which was to be ufed by the Home Government in determining the attitude of Virginia in the matter in queftion

My
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W'"^burgh' Nov' jo"" iy6i.

My

Lords,

In obedience
ij"' Febr->'

to

your

Lord''''

commands

fignified to

me

in your

letter of the

lydi received by
to

me

on the 2"^

communicated

His

Maj''^'' Council,
all the

June following, and immediately after who put off the confideration thereof till

the next general

Court when

Councillors attend {as fignified by

to

me

in a for-

mer

letter to

your R.'

Hcnt'''^

Board) I now proceed

to

give your Lord"" all the

information, I have been able

obtain relative

to the

agreements

made with

the

Indians about the fettlement of Lands.

December i'^43 Commiffions were made out to the Hon^'' Thomas Lee Efq" of His Maj'^'' Council and W" Beverly Efq" a Member of the Houfe of Burgeffes, to treat with the Indians of the Six Nations; and inftrudions were

On

the 14""

On the 22"'' June iy44 conferences for a peace were opened at Lancafter under the meditation of Gov. Thomas of Pennfylvania, our Commiff" and Commiff"' from Maryland being prefent. All thefe proceedings at large have been heretofore fent to your Lord'''' as I am informed, and are now, I
accordingly given them.

imagine among the papers of your Office; but left they fhould not be eafily come at, I have inclofed to your Lord'*" a copy of the Treaty itfelf which is the only material part of thofe tranfadions; and which I find was figned by no lefs than 27 of
their

Sachems

& Chief Men

In April 1752 Commiffions and Inftrudions were given to Meff" Jofhua Fry, Lunfford Lomax, ad James Patten, to treat with the Six United Nations on the River Ohio, which proceedings at large were alfo, as I am informed fent home, to your R-' Hon'''" Board. But the reafons above-mentioned, have induced me to fend to your Lord"" a copy of that agreement made the 73"' June 1752 at Shanapins Town, and which I find was figned by feven of their Chiefs. Since thefe Tranfadions, this Colony in partictdar have had no meeting with any Indians on the affair of lands. The Hon'''' Peter Randolph, and W Byrd Efq" were Commiffioned to go into the Cherokee Country to prevail on them to March a number of their Warriors to join His Maf'^'' forces before Fort du The irregularity of thefe Indians in their Marches, and the Revenge Quefne. taken of their Infults by our Inhabitants, and the fatal Scalping Law {which I got
repealed foon after
I too
fore feeing and dreading the confequence) have been, immediate caufe of the Cherokee War. No mention was made of the fettlement of Lands, or any complaints made about it in this expedition of Col. Randolph and Col. Byrd. / have alfo inclofed to your Lord"" a copy of paper I received from Gov.' Hamilton in my late excurfion to the Northward, which your Lord"' will find very

my arrival,

much

fear, the

full

agreements made with the Indians by the Commanders of his Maj-''^'' Forces, and the promife and affurances given the Indians in relation to
as
to all the late

on their hunting grounds. Thefe papers will I imagine give your Lord"' all the fatiffadion you require, but if you fhould have occafion for anything further I will immediately on receiving your orders, tranfmii all you Defire to your R' Hon'''" Board.
fettling

I muft

now

obferve to your Lord"', thai no complaints, have ever been

made
the

as I have been informed, and as your Lord"' will fee by the minutes of the Council

which I have inclofed lands due Weftward

believe

to

you, from any Indians whatever, or any claim

made on

of this
to the

Colony, tho the Indians about Pittlburgh have I

White people's fettling on lands to the Weftward of the Allegany Hills. It may not be improper on this occafion to fignify to our Lord"' that the Two Proprietors of Maryland Pennfylvania, have appointed Comto run their By the conline, which they are now adually about. divifion miff" verfation I had with two of thofe Commiff' at Philadelphia, / find the proprietor of Pennfylvania expeds to gain a good deal of the Land always fuppofed to be in this province. I was afked what I fhould do in that cafe; to which I anfwered it was time enough for the Colony of Virginia to interfere when they had run their line the

made objcdions

&

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But I fubutmoft extent of their proprietors grant. proper His Maj''^ would not he for mit it to your Lord''" confideration, whether it to appoint a Commiff' to attend the running of this line, fo as to a [certain the
length of

Maryland and

to the

Quit Re>!ts

to the

Crown.

Applications have been

made

to

me

in Council for Patents of

Lands on Hol-

fton's and Clinche's Rivers which form part of the waters of the Miffiffippi, behind the Cherokee Country, hut all thefe petitions I have poftponed the confideration
of, till

I am informed of His Maj-'"''' am with the greateft refped

]\Iy Lords,

pleafure relating thereto.

Your

Lord''" moft obedient

and devoted Serv'

FRAN: FAUQUIER.
brier

After due confideration of the claims of various Indian tribes for lands on the Greenand New Rivers, it was determined that no adlion fhould be taken by Virginia at

This refulted in the matter coming up for confideration at various times By thefe agreeuntil the treaties of Hard Labor and Fort Stanwix^ became effedlive. ments all claims fet forth by the Indians to the territory in difpute were at an end, and Virginia had no further dealings with either the Six Nations or the Cherokees, whereby
that time.

was acquired, except in 1772 when a large tra(5l of land in what is now fouthweft Virginia, Weft Virginia and eaft Kentucky was acquired, and again in 1775 when the laft tradl, now lying in Kentucky, Virginia and Tenneffee, was purchafed. Having thus effeftively dealt with the Indian queftion, it was hoped that a general
territory

peace could be maintained throughout the Colonies. This condition of affairs, however, was deftined to be of fliort duration, as war had already been declared by Great Britain againft Spain. This adl upon the part of Great Britain, gave rife to the queftion of

whether or not Virginia would be willing to raife a new regiment, fince the old one which had been the pride of the colony, was difbanded againft the wifhes of the people. The uncertainty of the adlion upon the part of the Affembly had been expreffed by Governor Fauquier in various letters to the Lords of Trade, he maintaining that there was every reafon to believe that great difficulty would be encountered in bringing about fuch a refult. In his opening addref s to the Houf e of Burgeffes on Tuefday, March 30''', 1 7 62 he fet forth in detail the necef fity for concerted acfbion upon the part of the Colonies, and made a formal demand in the name of the Crown for a Virginia regiment, to be incorporated into the regiment on the "British Capitol Eftablifhments now in America." The following day the Houfe of Burgeffes, in reply to the Governor's addrefs, made it at once apparent that there would be no difficulty encountered in getting fatiffadtory legiflation
,

through that body. In the Council, however, a different condition of affairs exifted, four gentlemen of that body maintaining that it would be impoffible to defray the expenfes of a regiment without the ufe of paper currency. This at once gave rife to a renewed effort to again emit paper money, which privilege had been denied the Colony by Parliament. It was maintained that the exiftence of war was a fufficient reafon for iffuing this grade of currency, which in time of peace was not thought to be effential to the progrefs of the Colony. So it was when the matter came to an adlual vote in the Council, the meafure creating the regiment was only carried by a fmgle vote. The bill' was finally paffed, however, and provided for recruiting 1,000 men and appropriated 30,000 potmds to pay and clothe them. This amount was raifed by a tax of one fhilling on every tithable perfon in the colony. Governor Fauquier in his communication of April 8* 1762 to the Board of Trade, fet forth the various circumftances furroimding the paffage of the Regiment Adt, he maintaining that the paper money queftion was a mere pretenfe, though it was
a plaufible argument againft the
bill:

My Lords,
It is

Wilhamfburgh^ Apr:

8.

1J62.

with the greateft fatiffadion I

3

am

able to inform your R' Hon''''

Board
that

"

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that the doubts expreffed in

'"'''

my

letter of

24, Feb'' fent by Capt"

Adams

in His

Maj-

fhip Diana, in relation to the Affembly's raifing a new Regiment after difbanding the old one, were ill founded; for to the honour of this Colony, the Affembly which I called on the receipt of His Maj-''^'' requifitions made known to me by
his Secretary of State, no fooner met than the Burgeffes immediately voted a Regiment of 1,000 Men be fides the quota demanded of them by Sir Jeffery Amherft to This almoft recruit the Regiments on the Britifh eftablifhment now in America.

unexpeded condud of His Maj-''^'' moft loyal and dutiful fubjeds of the Colony and Dcnninion of Virginia, / make no doubt will be reprefented by your Lord''" to His Maj-''" and his Miniftry in the favorable light which it really deferves. I paffed an Ad yefterday for this purpofe and then, prorogued the Affembly, which

ad

I fhall tranfmit to your Lord"" as foon as I can get

it

out of the

office fairly

tranfcribed.

The
5, but
it

Bill paffed in the houfe of Burgeffes by fo great a majority as

difficulties
it

66 againft
its

pafpaffed by one voice only viz' 5 ag" 4. When the Bill was ready for the Council, there were but fix Councillors in Town, who, I was informed were fuppofed to be equally divided in opinion; if fo, the Bill muft have
fage thro' the Council, where

met with great

{which your Lord''" would not exped) in

dropH

want of a majority to carry it. I therefore de fired the Speaker to ftop the Bill in his Houfe till I could fummon the Gentlemen of the Council who were in the Colony to attend, which I did accordingly, and by that means I am of opinion I carryed the Bill. The difficulty with the Council lay about a new Emiffion of paper money neceffary to fupply me for the recruiting fervice, which the four Genfor
the Bill made a foundation for a proteft a copy of which I your Lord'*" with the Ad. For fome reafoiis which appeared to me, I think the paper money was a pretence, as it was a plaufible argument againft the Bill, and that they would have oppofed it at any rate; for the three Gentlemen who pufhed me to difband the Regiment before I received his Maj''^'' requifitions, and even before I had that notice from Gov' Boone, which the Burgeffes had addreffed me to procure {to withftand which meafure, I was obhged to have recourfe to all my firmnefs) were the fame who joined in

tlemen

who were againft

fhall fend to

this proteft; trufting that if they could

once get the Regiment difbanded, the Coun-

try

would not confent

to the

raifing of a

new

one.

But in

this their expectations

When your Lord"" confider their were fruftrated, to the credit of the Colony. addrefs at the opening this feffion, I am inclined to think that your Lord"'^ will be
induced
to

be of

my

opinion; and when this is joined

to the ftruggle

they made, that

it

I fhould immediately difband the Regiment at the clofe of the laft Seffion, almoft puts it beyond doubt.
It is neceffary for

me

to

obferve to your Lord''" that on this occafion, I have

and poffibly the great earneftnefs which whole behavior, might have induced fome Gentlemen, who have always fhewn great regard to m,e to vote for the Regiment. What I would infer from, this is, that attempts of this nature will generally fail of fuccefs, when they come to
ftretched

my

influence to the utmoft pitch,

appeared in

my

be repeated; therefore, I hope, I fhall not have occafion to try

for myfelf, that

it

again;

for, the'

I can

promife fail, I cannot promife for others that it fhall I inclofe to your Lord"'^ a Duplicate of the paper I rec.'' from Gov.' Hamilton, which I had not by me when I have the honor to fend the other Duplicates to your
for

my zeal

His Majefty's fervice fhall never have the fame happy effed.

Right Hon''" Board.

I

am

with the greateft refped

My

Lords
obedient

Your Lord"' moft

and

obliged

humble

fervant.

FRAN: FAUQUIER
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The war with Spain being

as a matter of prudence.
at Stahhiaker's until the

pradlically over

the Governor argued that the regiment created

when the November Affembly convened, by the preceding affembly be maintained

Affembly agreed, the regiment remaining

To
firft

this fuggeftion the

day of May 1763, when it was to be marched to Fort Lewis, of and difbanded. Indian matters, however, continued to enAngnfta, in the County gage the attention of the Colony, and various delegations from the Cherokee Nation vifIt was evident that a feeling of diffatiffa(5lion ited Williamfburg from time to time. prevailed among the Indians, which finally refulted in much bloodfhed, and was not fully and fatiffa(5lorily fettled vmtil the treaty at Hard Labor, in South Carolina, on Odober 13*'' 1768. At this time a large fedlion of land, what is now fouthweft Virginia, Kentucky and Weft Virginia, was ceded to Virginia, which, in conjunction with the treaty at Fort Stanwix on November 5"' 1768, eftablifhed the claim of the Colony to the territory extending from the Alleghany moimtains to the Ohio River.

communication to the Board of Trade under date of May i^' 1762, calls particular attention to the vifit of one of the various delegations which journeyed to Williamfburg that year. It is apparent from the tenor of this communication, that fome doubt exifted in the mind of the Governor as to the refult to be derived from fuch an intercourfe with the Indians, though every precaution was taken to pleafe them and their ideas were carefully confidered
Governor Fauquier
in his
:

W"''burgh'

May

i,

iy62.

My

Lords.

In the

letter

I had the honor

to

write

formed you as

to the

name
on

Road

to this place, for

of the Chief his arrival, I

to your Lord^'" of the j6"' ulf I inifinWarrior of the Cherokees who was on the found it was not Conogotocko who is old,

who came here to confirm the peace lately concluded between his Maj'^'' fubjeds and their Nation. This Chief is a man of great influence among them being reputed the boldeft warrior of the Nation, and a Man of Integrity, not talking, as they exprefs themfelves with a double tongue. He and the Little Carpenter have ufually been heads of different parties, and was for that reafon one of the laft who acceded to the Treaty, tho' he has been the foremoft to treat our prifoners with humanity, and to releafe them. By the Belts of White Wampum, his talk, and his whole manner, he appears to me, to be more to
but their Chief Warrior Skiagufta Oconefta,

upon than his antagonift, though he has not his parts, nor fuch command of words. As the Little Carpenter had formerly been in England, he moft earneftly folicited me and the Council that he might have permiffion to go to England to fee the great King his Father, and judge whether the Little Carpenter had not told them lies, on whofe veracity I found he did not much depend. On deliberating upon this, it was the advice of His Maj''^'' Council, that I fhonld reprefent the inconveniences and dangers he would be expo fed to on the fca, by the Enemy and by This precaution was taken left any accident befalling diftempers in Europe. him might inflate his people imagining it might be done by Treachery. In the prefbe depended

ence of many of his followers he heard this, perfifted in his refolution of going The Council conceiving it might be of very great utility if he might be permitted.
to the

&

Colonies, for
of our

Grandeur
they were

him to King and

more

likely to

number of our people the Warlike powers ive had at Command, by which be kept in order by us, than if they ivere ignorant of our
be perfonally informed of the
the great

ftrength, advifed mc to fend him and to fupply to Capt" Blake of His Maj''^'' Sloop L'Epreuve now ready to fail with a few fhips under his convoy to take him on board, which he very readily confented to do. I have accordingly put him, two

Capt" Blake's Sloop, to be England. I am confcious, ^Ty Lords, that fuch guefts are troublefome to His Maj''^'^ Minifters, but it appears to me to be of fo much moment to the peace and intereft The of the Colonies, that I hope I fhall ftand excufed for having taken this ftep.
of his followers

and a

faithful Interpreter on board

tranfported

to

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Indians will be accompanyed by M' Timberlake an Enfign in our Regiment, who has been in the Cherokee Over Hill Tmvns, and is much refpeded by the Indians; he

went from our Camp down HoKton's River and up the lanaffee, and has found it navigable for Batteaus ivhich draw lo or 12 inches water, all the way, by which we find, that we have a good convenience for Men Stores or Merchandize into the very
heart of their Country.

He

River, a fair copy of which is by

It

has made a draught of the courfes bearings of the my order preparing for Sir Jeffery Amherft.

&

may

be proper to inform your Lord"" that

my

condud towards

thefe

and

all

other Indians has varied a

I have never courted little from that of my predeceffors. much, but have always behaved to them with the utmoft good faith; and in my conferences, with great firmnefs and an affeded fuperiority as the Governor of a great King; which feems to me to have the effed I propofes from fuch a Condud. This very Man was here in Gov' Dinwiddie's time much careffed and courted, having the Gov''' Coach to attend him and his Squah; but this treatment he has not received from me, yet I apprehend, I am as much in his good efteem as the late Gov-

them

fo

ernor was.
I

am

with the greaieft refped

My Lords,
Your Lord"" moft
obedient

& devoted fervant

FRAN: FAUQUIER.
of the officials at William-jburg

That a

feeling of itnreft exifted

upon the part

was

clearly eftabHflied early in 1764,

when the Home Government determined

to fubdue the

Northern Indians, who had been conftantly haraffmg the border fettlements during the Sir Jeffrey Amherft in advifing Governor Fauquier of this intention upon the part of the Crown, diredted him to require the Colony to form a regiment of 500 men to adl in concert with His Majefty's forces in this campaign. He maintained that the weftem border of Virginia was being haraffed, and that a vaft fedlion of land which now comprifes the State of Weft Virginia, was not only claimed by the Six Nations, but aKo by the Cherokees, and that the time had arrived for Virginia to affert its rights and effedt a permanent underftanding as to the ownerfliip of the lands in queftion. Upon receipt of this letter the Governor at once called the Affembly to meet on January 12^^ 1764, at which time he made known the demands oi Great Britain and requefted immediate adlion in the matter. The affembly, however, failed to comply with this requeft and adjourned after being in feflion only nine days. The reafons for not carrying the wifhes
preceding year.
of the

Crown

into

eflfedl

are fet forth in the following addrefs of the Burgeffes to the

'

Gov-

ernor, in reply to his opening ftatement

Sir,

on the condition of

affairs in the

Colony

Having conlidered with

ferious Attention that Part of

your Honour's

Speech, enforcing the Requifition of his Excellency General Amherft, repeated by the Honourable Major General Gage, we are concerned to find that Meafures
fo wifely calculated to ftop the Progrefs of thofe Cruelties practifed by our favage Enemies on the Frontiers of this and the other Colonies cannot receive Aid from us, under our prefent Circumftances. The difficulty of raifmg Men to aflift the common Caufe during the late War made it expedient to difpofe of large Bounties to encourage their entering into the Service, which, with the Expenfe of fublifting them, involved us in the dif agreeable Neceffity of emitting Treafury Notes, to circulate for a limited Time in Lieu of ready Money, of which none could at that Time be obtained. Troops now to be raifed would expedt the like Boimty, and be attended .with the like Expenfe and as we cannot purfue the former Method of providing for them without raifmg the Clamours of the Britifh Merchants trading to this Colony, and thereby incurring minifterial Cenfure, we are compelled, from the Neceffity of the Cafe, to decline a Meafure that would otherwife have met with our Approbation and Affiftance. This
;
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This, Sir, obliges us to reft the Defence of the Frontiers

upon our

Militia

which, tmder your Honour's wife Diredlion, we have reafon to hope, from the Experience of laft Summer, will prove effedlual.

On
to the

Feb. i^^^ 1764, Governor Fajtg/wer

communicated the

decifion of the Burgeffes

little

Board

of

Trade, and ftated that the feffion had proved of

a(5ls

importance,

and that only a few

of

minor note had been paffed

W"''bHrg}n Feb'^' jj. 1764.

My Lords,
Soon after my arrival in this Colony from affifting at the Congrefs held at Augufta in Georgia with the Southern Indians, by His Maj''^'^ Commands, I rec'd a letter from Sir Jeffrey Amlierft requiring joo Men from this Colony to Ad in concert wtth His Majefties forces on the Britifh Eftablifhment, to bring the Northern Indians to reafon, who were become extremely troublefome to His Maj'/y'" fubjeds This requifition was repeated by of this and the neighboring Colonies. On the receipt of thefe letters, by the advice of His the Hon'''^ Major Gen' Gage. Mafy'' Council, I called an affembly to meet on the 12"' Jan''', who after fitting nine days broke up without complying with the requifition, and entering into the meafures propofed to them by the Commander in Chief of His Maj''^'^ forces. On the feventh day of their feffion, the Houfe of Burgeffes prefented an addrefs to me
giving their reafon

why

they did not think

it

advifable for them in the prefent fitua-

tion of their affairs to enter into this meafure.

This addrefs together with

my

fpeech at the opening

it

the feffion

and

the addrefs of the Council

I have the honor to enclofe to your Lord^^^.

and Burgeffes upon They paffed fome Ads, but none of

any

great importance which I fhall tranfmit to your Lord^''' as foon as tranfcribed.

It

was agreed among the Governors for His Maj''^' before we parted at Augufta, and Treaty fhould be printed, this was done at Charles Town. / have not yet received any copies tho' I have expeded them for fome days, as foon as
that the conferences

they arrive I will do

I

my felf

the

honor

to

tranfmit a copy

to

your R' Hon'''' Board.

am

with the greateft Refped,

Lord^''^

My

Lords

Your

moft obedient

&

devoted Servant.

FRAN: FAUQUIER.
Again on July 23'''^ 1764, the Governor advifed the Board of Trade that the were becoming very troublefome to the inhabitants on the frontier. He aKo called attention to the fad; that the reception given the Cherokee delegation when in England, had caiifed others to feek to indulge in the fame pleafures, and that he had referred thofe applying for this privilege to John Stuart, Supt. of Indian affairs of the Southern distridt
Indiavts

My

W^'burgh' July 23"' 1^64.

Lords.
I

am

forry to inform your Lordfhips that the Indians continue to be very trou-

blefome

to the

inhabitants on our frontiers, tho'

we have a

large body of militia {the

to

only forces the Affembly would allow

me

to

employ) out on fervice

proted them

and annoy the enemy wherever they appear. The reception given to the Cherokees who were laft in England has incited fome others of the Nation to apply to me for a liberty to gratify their curiofity, and make themfelves of more confequence to their Nation by fo doing. But as I faw no immediate occafion for troubling His Majefty's Minifters with a fecond vifit from guefts of that fort, I have put them by, and
told

them on all occafions in which their bufinefs did not immediately concern the Colony under my government, they muft apply to M'' Stewart whom His Majefty had appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs for fuch purpofes.
.
. .

I have nothing further to trouble

your Lordfhips with but

that I

am

with great

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refped

My

Lords
obed.' obliged

Your Lord fhips mo ft

and devoted Sew.'

FRAN: FAUQUIER.
Stuart refufing the requeft of the Indians to vifit England, cauf ed
of difcontent

no uncertain degree
affairs,

among

the Cherokees on the,Virginia border.

of feveral Indians in Augnfta

This condition of

affociated with the

refulted in

murder

County early

in 1765, nearly

an uprifmg of the Cherokees, and but for the timely

certainly refulted.

efforts of Colonel

Lewis

war would have

The circumftances furrounding the killing of thefe Indians, is fet forth in a clear manner in a letter from Colonel Lewis to Governor FauIn this communication the Governor was quier, dated Augufta County, May 9"" 1765. advifed that a party of friendly Indians en route to Winchefter were attacked by the whites and maffacred. He further advifed the Governor that he would make every effort pof fible to prevent an uprifmg and that j uf tice would follow when the murderers
were brought to
Hon'''' Sir,
trial

Augusta County,^

May

the

9*

1765.

if

Yefterday a very unhappy affair was tranfaded near Staunton, which may, On the fifth of this not timely guarded again ft, prove very fatal to this Colony.

came from our frontiers to Staimton, fame of them I was perfedly acquainted with; they gave me to under ftand that they were defigned for Winchefter and would be glad of a pafs, as they were from thence to go to war
inftant a party of Cherokees
to meet fame other warriors beyond Fort Cumberan Interpreter prevented my making them fenfible that their travelling thro' our country, even with a pafs, where they might not be known, would be attended with danger on their part. However on finding them determined to go, after they had refrefhed themfelves two nights, they were provided with proper colours and a pafs. There was ten in number their two principal men's names was Nocoknowa and Choconantee. They marched about five miles and lodged in an outYefterday morning as foon as houfe on the plantation of one John Anderfons. it was light a party of villianous bloody minded rafcals, notwithflanding they knew they were Cherokees and had a pafs, attacked them in the mo ft treacherous manner, killed their Chief and four more on the fpot, and wounded two more. The five poor creatures that made their efcape has taken the woods and will undoubtedly reach their Nations as quick as poffible they can, or at leaft fame of them will get home. In order to quiet the Chiefs of the Cherokees and if poffible to reftrain the whole Nation from taking fatiffadion at their own hands I have wrote to the Chiefs of the Over Hill Towns, from whence this party came, and has fent it to the hand In of Col. Chifwell, defiring him to find means of fending it as quick as poffible.

againft the Ohio Indians, and was

land.

The want

of

my

letter to their

Chiefs, I have endeavoured to perfuade them that your

Honour

them fatiffadion by ordering the murderers to be apprehended and put to death, and defire them to take no rafh fteps, as they may be affured your Honour will loofe no time in writing to them by exprefs. From what I can learn the number of the villians that committed this murder is between 20 and jo; the names of the two ringleaders is William Cunningham and John King one of the party was wounded by an arrow, to wit James Clendening; he was taken afterwards re fcued by the others before he reached the gaol. No doubt but it will be your Honour's pleafure that thofe fellows may be brought to juftice, and will fend me inftrudions what fteps to take, with warrants figned by your Honour. Inclofed you have a copy of the letter I fent to the Chiefs of the Over Hill Towns.
will undoubtedly take every juft
to give
;

means

&

I am,

Your Honours mo ft obed' & very hum. Serv'

AND'" LEWIS.
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Replying to this communication five days later, Governor Fauquier ftated that he had laid the matter before the Council and the Houfe of Burgeffes, which were then in feffion, and that immediate fteps would be taken to make amends for the adtion of the

A uguft militia
Wilkamfburg'
Sir

May

14"'

1765.

Your meffenger which brought your

of the barbarous attack

letters

containing the melancholy account

on the Cherokee Indians arrived here yefterday. I immediately laid them before the Council and the Houfc of Burgeffes who were then You can better conceive than I defcribe the fhock they received at the news, fitting.

and the abhorrence and

deteftation they expreffed of fo

all poffible

inhuman an adion.

They

dread bad confequences and have taken

meafures in their power to avert young condud your men, with what face can they complain this is the them. of If Can they produce greater inof Indians ivho are more than Indians them felves?

and perfidy among the moft barbarous Nations? Yet I imagine any Indians fhould appear on our frontiers they would be among the firft to call for protedion, and by militia to put this Colony to the expence of twenty or thirty thoufand pounds to defend them. I would afk themfelves whether they deferve protedion? and if hereafter they fhould be left to fight their own quarrels with the Indians without the lower parts of the Colony interfering in their difputes, they have no one to blame hut themfelves. I wifh your County were made fenfible of the rifque they run of lofing their property if not their lives by following and permitting But it is time to quit the difagreeable part of this affair, thefe atrocious pradices. and fee what is to be done to ftop the impending dangers which threaten us. The prudent meafures you have already taken meet with an univerfal approbation and yon are hereby required to ufe your utmoft endeavors yourfelf and fpirit up all the other Magiftrates to ufe theirs, to apprehend the reft of thefe villians, and when an examining Court {as the law direds) has been held upon them, to raife and arm as many men as you can fafely depend upon, and as are neceffary to efcorte them down to this gaol, to prevent a rifque. By the Proclamations I have fent you {which you muft difperfe) and by the Refolve of the Houfe of Burgeffes, you fee how much the country is in earneft to apprehend thefe cruel, and I may add, cowardly murderers. I have fent for Abraham Smith whom I defign to fend exprefs into the Cherokee Country with a letter to their Chiefs, and feveral of the Proclamations, to confiances of brutality
if

vince them,

if poffible, that

am

taking every ftep

to

bring the criminals

to juftice,

and

to

give them fatiffadion.

God grant

the endeavors of myfelf

and

the

body
to

of

the country

may

have the defired good effed.

I further defire you will fpeak

M'

Hart the prefent High Sheriff, & let him know that it is my earneft defire that he would himfelf impannel a jury to try thefe Criminals, out of the Gentlemen of the County which are moft diftinguifhed by their property knowledge impartiality and integrity; and not leave it to the Under Shei'if, who may probably fummon ignorant men who have little or no property to lofe, and of courfe have lefs reafon to dread as they have lefs ability to forefee confequences. I have only to add that I have nothing more to wifh for from you than the continuance of that zeal which you have exerted on this occafion, and for which I am much obliged to you. I am Your humble Servant
Silas

FRAN: FAUQUIER.
After forwarding his letter to Colonel Lewis, the Governor at with theCherokees, announcing at the fame time the regret expreffed Williamfburg upon being advifed of the murders in Augufta, and Lewis would at once take fuch fteps as were neceffary to bring

once communicated by the authorities at

ftating that Colonel

about a fatiffadlory

ending of the unfortunate

aflfairs

My
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W'"'biirgh'May

i6, 1765.

My Dear Friends and

Brothers.
to tell

I have the melancholy news

you which

grieves

me

to the heart,

having the

fame concern for what happens to my brothers the Cherokees as jar the white men under my government. I have been informed by one of my great Captains Colonel

Andrew Lewis whom many

entertained by

of

you know;

that ten of

your Nation

after being kindly

of our young men, who, contrary to the laws of this country and the treaties of friendfhip fubfifting between us, have killed five of your people. Col. Lewis tells me he has already fent a meffenger into your Toivns to inform you

a much

larger

him as number

brothers for two nights, were moft barbaroufly fet

upon by

of this

difmal

affair.

ing
they

to take the reft.

He has already taken two of the murderers and is endeavorWhen his letters came to me our Affembly of wife men were
and
deteftation of this

fitting,

who fhew came to, and

their abhorrence

adion by

the Refolutions

the

Proclamation they defired

me

to iffue,

copies of which I here-

The with fend you, that you may fee what part this country takes in your caufe. great rewards offered in the Proclamation will I hope be a means of taking the reft
leaftmany of them. It isthe commandof the great King George, and it is my fmcere wifh and defire, that we fhould live in perpetual friendfhip with our brothers the Cherokees. And when you cooly confider the fteps I have taken in this affair, I hope you will be fully convinced that it has been owing to the ardor of fome hot headed inconfiderate young men whom yourfelves own you cannot
of the criminals or at

given them by

fometimes reftrain from mifchief, and not to any countenance or incouragement Your people were kindly me or any body in authority under me.
entertained by

my great warrior
to

Col. Lewis.

march through the country as brothers and friends.

murders he went
nals.

bewail his beloved brothers.

He gave them a pafs and colours to When he was informed of the He apprehended two of the crimiof this

He was
it.

the firft to give

you informaticni

unhappy

affair.

We

have

taken the fault wholly on ourfelves and have not charged the Cherokees with any
fhare in
I have iffued a Proclamation offering great rewards for taking the reft
of the offenders, being willing to give

my

Brothers all the fatiffadion in

to live

Are not
promife
as
if

tliefe

the

adions of friends who defire

in peace?

my And I

power.
hereby

to

do you the ftridefi juftice on the

offetuiers, in the

fame manner exadly

had killed white men. Having in this open candid and friendly manner fet the whole affair before you without concealing or difguifing any part of the truth; I hope the cool wife men of your Nation will ad in the fame manner and reftrain their young men from taking any revenge, till further events convince them of the fincerity of our intentions I hope to do them jtiftice and give them, ftdl fatiffadion for the injuries done you. you will take pains to keep the path clean between our people and your Nation, that meffengers may pafs freely and fafely between us that we may jointly ufe our endeavours to prevent an effufion of blood between brothers. I fhall fend two copies of this letter by different meffengers into your Nation, being defirous you fhould receive one as foon as poffible, to convince you of my good intentions to you, who
they

has never yet deceived you.

I fhall now take my leave of you with wifhing that the chain may be held faft by both and kept bright as long as the fun fhall fhine or the rivers run. Given under my Hand and Seal the fixteenth day of May, one thoufand feven

hundred and

fixty five.

FRAN: FAUQUIER.
1765, the Governor advifed the Board of Trade of the information forwarded him by Colonel Lewis, and ftated that he feared that the people on the frontier of Virginia were more anxious for war than for peace, he believing that the increafed pay to militiamen was a diredl refult of the border troubles of the time. Furthermore

On May

2 6"

he
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he recommended to the affembly that they repeal the claufe in the Militia A(fl that augmented the pay of foldiers, and that until this was effecfted, one of the ftrongeft forces in favor of war with the Indians would remam in full force and effedt. In the meanwhile Colonel Lewis was exerting every effort at his command to apprehend the murderers of the Indians, and after having fucceeded in arrefting three of them, one was refcued and two given their freedom by the jailor, in whofe cuftody they were entrufted. This information Colonel Lewis conveyed to the Governor on June 3"^
1765:
Aitgufta County,'
Sir,

June

y'

y'

1765.

In my laft letters to your Honor I mentioned the taking of James Clendening and Patrick Dtiff y, two of the murderers of the Cherokees. Clendening was refqued Duffy was in prifon three nights; on the 4"' a numbefore he reached the prifon. ber {as is believed by the Gaoler and fome others) not lefs than one hundred armed men pofted themfelves round the prifon, fome of them entered the houfe of the gaoler and demanded the key of the prifon; it being refiifed them, they, after ufing fome violence and many threats, with axes broke the Prifon door and carried off the faid Duffy, declaring at the fame time that they had moft of the County to back them, and that they would never fuffer a man to be confined or brought to juftice for killing of
Savages.

Since I received your Honor's letter with the Proclamation, M' Jones who is King's Attorney, and I, had the Depofitions of feveral perfons taken, in order to difcover the murderers; by which it appears that William Ciminghame and John King was the ringleaders, that William Young, James Clendening, Alexander Robertfon, Patrick Dtiffy, Charles Bafkins, Hugh Bafkins and William Anderfon, were of the number that committed the murder. Upon which warrants were made out and put in the hands of the Sherifs for apprehending them; but none of them is yet taken. The Gaoler being fworn declared that he knew but two of the men that broke the prifon; there is warrants out for the apprehending them. From what has happened and from what I am able to judge of the number and difpofitions
of the banditti;
it

will be impoffible {if

any

of the

murderers be taken)

to

confine

can be brought to juftice by the ordinary mehtods of law; for unlefs the perfons that might take them were enabled to carry them down to Williamfburg as foon as apprehended by fome authority from your Honor, they ivill undoubtedly be refqued. Near the place where the murder was committed is found dead another of the Cherokees from what I can learn it is the young fellow called Choconante, fon of the Standing Turke, who was for fome time Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Every thinking perfon efpecially thofe that are moft expofed to the depredations of the
this
it likely that they
;

them in

Country, nor is

Cherokees, dread the confequences of this unhappy affair, as it is too likely the injured Cherokees will look for fatiffadion in their own way; and with what face can we plead with the Government for affiftance when an ad of our own {and I am forry I have it to fay fo generally approved of us amongft us) fhould be the caufe

However in juftice to the people that live on our frontiers I muft fay they had no hand in it. When they firft difcovered the Indians they colleded fome armed men, whoe went to the Indians, and on their
of all the diftreffes that

may

befal us.

finding them to be by all likelyhood Cherokees, they not only fuffered them
to

to pafs Staunton, but fent from place to place a white man with them. Some days after the murder was committed, a poor unhappy blind man and his wife was killed by two of the Indians that made their efcape. This indeed is no more than what I expeded, that they would leave behind them, a mark of refentment.

am
Your Honors moft obed'. and very humble Serv'. AND^^'

LEWIS
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Lewis to bring the guilty parties to juftice met with much indignation in Augnfta County, and on June 4**' 1765, a body of men ftyling themfelves " Augnfta Boys" iffued a proclamation offering a reward of 1,000 pounds to anyone arrefting Colonel Lewis, and fetting forth at the fame time another verfion of the murder, which they maintained was juftified, owing to the fadl that the Indians conftituting the party were not Cherokees,hut belonged to the Shawanefe and Delaware tribes

The

efforts of Colonel

PROCLAMATION^ OF THE AUGUSTA BOYS

JUNE
Anguftas'

4 1765.

A PROCLAMATION.
Augnfta Boys in heart are and do profefs ourf elves His prefent Majefty's (King George the Third) true and leige fubjeds, and unhappy we being on this very verge of His Majefty's Dominion, have, by the unparaled deceit of an infidious and cruel heathen enemy been repeatedly diftreffed, and find it impracticable to maintain the legal rights granted us by His Majefty, and think it expedient to adl in the offenfive when any of thofe our known enemies prefumes \mder the pretence of friends (without a warrantable pafs) to pafs among us. And as there was a party of Indians to the number of ten, which lately travelled into our territories, fome of which was known and proved to be of the Shawnee and Dellaware Nations, and a few of them endeavored (as we fuppofe) to fhade their fpecious defigns under the appellation of their being our friends viz', the Cherokees, and as the faid Indians obtained a pafs from Col. Lewis for reafons we fuppofe only known to himfelf it appears and is apparent to to us that he the faid Colonel Lewis is not attached in heart to his prefent Majefty
,

We

or his liege fubjecfts

out of our fmcere love to our Sovereign and his intereft, and our candid love to jtiftice, do promife a reward of one thoufand poimds for the taking of the faid Col. Lewis, that he may be brought to jviftice, and for Dodl''. William Fleming and Captain William Crow of Staunton five hundred poimds

We therefore,

And we do further Luke Bowyer if they, each for offer a pardon to Lieu' Michael Thomas and himfelf provide a ftring of beads &c. that they may live as formerly without depending alone on the fmiles of Col. Lewis, otherwife let them inftantly repair out of our Sovereign's Dominions to that of their defired French King. Our hearts are true unto our Kings. And means all rebels down to bring.
each, as

deemed by us Dupes and

Parafites in faid cafe.

This information Governor Fauquier commimicated to the Board of Trade on June admitting at the fame time that the Colony did not poffefs ftrength enough to He further ftated that the wifer enforce obedience to law in the mountain region. courfe to purfue was to be extremely prudent, rather than attempt vigorous adtion in Augufta County. This determination upon the part of the Governor, was no doubt due to the ahnoft imiverfal feeling in that fedlion that the prefence of any Indian was
14"' 1765,

obnoxious to the fettlers in that region. He aKo ftated that a band of men calling themfelves " Paxton Boys of Pennfylvania, " had fent a meffage to the people of Augufta County, that if they were not ftrong enough to refcue perfons arrefted for murdering This conIndians that affiftance would at once be forwarded from Pennfylvania. wholly eliminated was not which afpedt, gloomy created a naturally affairs of dition until the end of 1775, when all of the territory that had occafioned a difpute between
the Colony and the Indians for years became Crown lands. Such was the condition of the Indian affairs in Virginia at the time of the Refolutions againft the "Stamp Acft. " The feeling or unreft which feemed to be the moft

prominent fubjedl for difcuffion on the border, was admitted to permit of but one folution and that the complete conqueft of all of the territory now conftituting the States
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of

was everj'where proclaimed that war with the was averted from time to time, by the various treaties already alluded to, the ultimate refult was the fanguine and bloody encounter In this memorable battle the triumph of the whites over of 1774 at Point Pleafant. the red man in Virginia was fettled for once and for all, and, while roving bands of Indians committed many depredations along the borders for )'ears thereafter, no efTort So it was that the great to prevent the fupremacy of the whites was ever attempted. queftion of the acquifition of /)/t/m lands by Fir^znia was finally and eflfedlively fettled, and the beautiful valleys of the Shenandoah and the Ohio opened up for fettlement.
It

Weft Virginia and Kentucky.

Cherokees was inevitable, and while

it

During the period between 1760 and 1765, the queftion of the Colony's credit was
a matter of

and the

neceffity for the emiffion of paper

bid fair to

The conftant flucJluation in the value of gold and filver, money, had created a condition of affairs that bankrupt the Colony. Owing to a law then in force, gold and filver coins had
deliberation.
in this

much

a value far beneath their real worth, which pradlically eliminated fuch fpecie from circula-

country were unable to meet their obligations to merchants little afide from the adlual neceffities of life being imported. In order to effedl a change in the money fyftem of the Colony and bring about a fatiffadlory adjuftment of this queftion, the Virginia merchants prefented a remonf trance to the Board of Trade, fetting forth their indebtednefs to foreign merchants and calling As it was for an eftabliflied bafis upon which money values could be determined. riot thought that Governor Fauquier was favorable to the theories advanced by the merchants at this time, he was not made acquainted with the provifions of the petition, which related in part to the queftion of future emiffions of paper money. This remonftrance to the Board of Trade was followed early in 1763, by a petition of the London merchants to the fame body, in which they fought an adjuftment of the differences between them and the merchants in Virginia. Thefe petitions being favorably received at once made the queftion an iffue which remained in an unfettled ftate until 1764. Governor Fauquier in his communication of July lo"' 1762, called attention to the remonftrances of the Virginia merchants which he claim^ed to be a mere fubterfuge, and that the real purpofe of the Colony was to be free from the expenfe of maintaining This statement, however, is not upheld by the refolution a regiment in Virginia. adopted by the Burgeffes on Saturday, May 28*'' 1763, when they maintained that Treafury Notes had always been accepted by London merchants in payment of sterling debts, and that the holders of fuch notes, having accepted them under a law making them legal tender except in payment of quitrents, should and muft be protected
tion.

Merchants

abroad, which refulted in

W^'burgh,

"

July loth Tj62.

My Lords,
I have been informed, that feveral of the Merch'' of this Colony have figned a Remonftrance to be prefented to your R' Hon'''' Board in relation to the future

paper money; but I am utterly ignorant of its contents, any more it having with great induftry been concealed from me, fo I believe it has been confidently that I have never been able to get at a fight of it. faid, even by fame of the Remonftrants themfelves, that the drift and aim of it was to get quit of the expence of the Regiment, which the Legiflature has fo cheerfully given for His Majefty's fervice; well knowing that the Regiment cannot be fupported without Emiffions of paper money; there being neither gold nor filver in the Colony, owing to a Law now in force, which fets a value upon Cold and filver coins, far This inconvenience beneath their real worth according to the prefent exchange. is fo fenfibly felt, and the caufe now fo generally allowed, that it is fupported an all
Emiffions
of

than the public Rumour,

hands, that fame regulations and alterations will be

made

Affembly, which will meet to fit Lord^''^ are the moft competent Judges, what degree of encouragement ought to be given to any particular fet of Men, who remonftrated again ft the Ads of the Legiflature; which is a pradice feemingly getting foot in this Colony, fince the example
1

on

the Country's bufinefs

in the enfuing feffion of on the 2"^ Nov; your

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to

fet

by the Reverend the Clergy, who could not be brought

remonftrate againft the ad, after

make any

application
but chofe

for the redrefs of their grievances to the General

to
it

Affembly while
. .

fitting,

was paffed.
ob' Se:'vant,

Your moft

FRAN: FAUQUIER.
Again on November 3'''' 1762, Governor Fauquier advifed the Board of Trade, that if any iffue was to arife during the Affembly then in feffion, that it would be entirely due to the queftion of paper money. He aKo alludes to the great rife in the exchange value of currency, which he attributes to the increafe of imports, and further ftates that the tobacco crop of the year will not fuflfice to meet the indebtednefs of Virginia merchants
:

W'"'burgh' Nov'

y'

1762.

My Lords,
As the Gofport, fhip of War is now arrived to take under her Convoy the homeward bound Trade to Europe, / fhall take the opportunity of tranfmitting to your R' Hon'''" Board the Box of Ads and other public papers which has been long
ready waiting for fuch a fafe conveyance. My Affembly met yefterday in good humor, greatly fatiffied with His Maj''^'' approbation, of their conduA fignified to me by Sir Jeffery Amherft, fo that I am in
favour.
to merit His Maj''^'' any obftrudion to the meafures propofed to them, it will arife altogether from the Clamour ab' Emiffions of paper, without which I do not The great fee how we could poffibly have reaifed a Man for His Maj''^'' fervice. rife of Exchange is altogether attributed by fome Men to the Emiffions of paper currency, but I am entirely of opinion there is a much more fundamental caufe for

hopes, they will do every thing in their power to continue

If there fhould be

this rife, to wit, the Increafe of the Imports, to

fuch a height, that the crops of Tobacco

will not

for them, fo that the Colony is fo far from having money to draw for in England, that they are greatly in debt already to the Mother Country, which debt

pay

is daily increafing

truth,

which fome

of the

as the Merchants of Grat Britain too fenfibly know. This is a moft thinking Gentlemen of the Colony fee and ackyiowledge,
is fo difagreable
it,

but at the

fame time

a truth

to the generality, that they obftinately

fhut their eyes againft

are not prudent enough to quit

and what is to be done to remedy it, I know not, I fear they any one article of luxury, till fmart obliges them.
your Lord"'^

I thought

it

neceffary

to give

my

fentiments on the true caufe of the

of this

prefent high exchange of which I fear your Lord"" will hear from the Merchants of

London, who, as I

before wrote

your Lord'^^ are aded upon by Gentlemen

Country, for they had fat down quiet imder the prefent Laws of the Colony, by which their Sterling Debts are adually fecured to them. There is fuch a warmth at prefent
in this Colony about this; that I thought
it

abfolutely neceffary to take notice of

it

in

my

fpeech at the

opening

this feffion, to
it

recommend

cool deliberation

on the I have

fubjed, which I thought the importance of

demanded.

For

thefe reafons

herewith troubled your Lord"'^ with a copy of confequent upon it are not yet prepared.
I

my fpeech on the occafion;

the addreffes

am

with the greateft refped

My
Your

Lords

Lord^f" moft obliged

and devoted
9"^ of

fervant,

FRAN: FAUQUIER.
The Affembly meeting on the
1

May,

1 7

63 Governor Fauquier called particular

,

attention to the queftion of the Sterling debts of the Colony and urged that fome
diate adlion be taken to bring about liquidation.

imme-

time the fituation had become very acute, the Burgeffes having refented the a(5tion of the merchants in attempting to fettle their differences without fubmitting their plans to the Affembly for confideration. This body had already given the queftion much time and thought, and while they were

At

this

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willing to enadt fatiffadlory laws, they maintained that fuch a courfe

was impoffible

This the merchants doubted and in aid of Great Britain, which at fought the once eflfedled a rupture and refulted difagreeing in an indefinite poftponement of the final fettlement of the queftion
unlefs fpecie could be fecured for circulation.

GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, Mr SPEAKER, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES,

have called you together before the Time to which you ftood prorogued, on Bufmefs of the greateft Importance to the trading Intereft of this Colony but to that of our Mother Country. You may remember that on a former Application of the Merchants of Great Britain trading to Virginia, I was honoured with an Inftrudlion from his Majefty that I fhould recommend it to your Confideration in what Manner you could better provide for their Security in recovering Sterling Debts due from this Colony to them Your Negledl of that Inftrudtion has now drawn on you the Cenfure of the Right Honourable the Board of Trade, for that Behaviour. On a frefh Application of the Merchants to their Lordfhips, they have come to feveral Refolutions on that Head, which I fhall immediately lay before you. I have never yet deceived you, and I will not now attempt it but, in plain Language, inform you that all Endeavours to evade their Force will prove fruitlefs, and plunge you ftill deeper in his Majefty 's Difpleafure. It is abfolutely neceffary that fomething fhould be done to give the Merchants that Satiffadtion for which they call upon you, and for which, in Cafe of the Integrity of your Hearts, and of your Defire that every Man fhould receive full Payment and Satiffadtion for the Debts due to him, whether contradled in Sterling of current Money, whether he be an Inhabitant of Great Britain or Virginia, I am fully perfuaded you will immediately do every Thing in your Power to do them the The Means of effedting this I fhall ftridleft Juftice, and remove their Fears. leave to the Refult of your own Deliberations, after recommending two Points to your Confideration. As the Support of public Credit is of the moft urgent Importance to a trading Cotmtry, I muft prefs you to take Care that the Paper Money now in Currency may be effedlually redeemed at the Times ftated in the Adts of Affembly paffed for that Purpofe, either by better providing for the Colledlion of the prefent Taxes, if fuflficient for the End propofed, or laying fome additional Tax, if the prefent are found infufficient for the Purpofe, that the Periods for redeeming the fame may not be protradted. Another Point I would recommend to you is the repealing the infolvent Law, paffed laft Seffion of Affembly, before it can take Place and have any This Meafure muft fully convince his Majefty, his Minifters, and even Eflfedl. the Merchants of Great Britain themfelves, of your upright Intentions, and your Defire of doing Juftice to all Mankind for upon your reconfidering that Law you will find that the Advantages to the Debtor and Creditor arifing from it are not mutual; and that a Debtor has it in his Power to adl with great Partiality, by paying particular Creditors before he is reduced to give up the Whole for the Satiffadtion of the others. This is a Point which you may be fure cannot be overlooked, and which muft neceffarily turn to your Difadvantage, if you do not put a Remedy to it yourfelves. After thus reprefenting to you the Situation of your Affairs with the Right Honourable the Board of Trade, I fhould not do Juftice to their Lordfhips who compofe that Board were I not to point out their Lenity in poftponing any Obfervations on your Condudl, or any Report to his Majefty in your Diffavour, until they had communicated their Refolutions to you, to give you Time to reconfider thefe Matters coolly, and remedy the Evils complained of. For this
I
, :
;

Purpofe

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Purpofe they have not only fent them in to me, but have given Copies to M-Abercrombie and M' Montague, to be by them tranfmitted to every Branch of
the Legiflature.

perfuaded I have faid enough to convince you of the Utility and Neceffity of your engaging heartily in the Meafures enforced by the Refolutions of the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade and as the leaft Appearance of Reproach muft fenfibly affedl feeling Minds, I fliall quit this vmpleafmg Subjed;, to enter upon one which muft communicate Joy to all true Lovers of their Country, I mean the Conclufion of a moft glorious and honourable Peace between his Majefty and all his Enemies, of which happy Event I take this Opportunity
I

am

American Colonies is a further Proof of his Attention to their Intereft and Security, and demands the ftrongeft Returns of Loyalty, Obedience and Aflfedlion, from us.
to congratulate with you.

The Care

his Majefty has taken of his

Mr speaker, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES,

This glorious Profpedl of a folid and lafting Peace will afford you an Opportimity of particularly attending to the Finances of this Colony, and of putting them on a Footing which may tend to the Advancement of the Trade and Credit of the Colony, and the Security and Satiffadlion of the Merchants trading to it, and which may correfpond with the Sentiments of the Britifh Miniftry as to the

Eftablifhment of the Currency of the Colonies; for the anfwering all which good Purpofes, I doubt not you will provide with your ufual Prudence and
ImpartiaHty.

GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES

have recommended to your Confideration call upon you for your moft ferious Reflexion, and I hope you will enter upon them with that Degree of Eameftnefs and Harmony which the Nature of them requires from

The Points

you.

Replying to the Governor's addrefs on Friday 20*^ May, 1763, the Burgeffes maintained that they did not think it equal or juft to circulate notes without giving them the
value of

money by making them

legal tender

SIR,

We his Majefty 's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Burgeffes of
now met
in

Virginia,

General Affembly, humbly beg Leave to reprefent to your Honour

that as our feveral Emiffions of Treafury Notes, fo loudly complained of, were made in Confequence of his Majefty's Requifitions, when it was impoffible to procure Specie for thofe Exigencies; and there being no other Succedanemn

than Paper within otu" Knowldege, we could not expedl what we then did would be confidered othei-wife than as A(5ls of Duty to our Sovereign and we hoped that Expedient, not indeed in itfelf always eligible, was juftified by Neceffity: And we do not think it equal or juft to circulate fuch Notes without giving them the effential Quality of Money, by making them a legal Tender in Payment of all Debts, except for his Majefty's Quitrents, and would not have emit;

ted them at

upon any other Conditions. That after the Courts were empowered to diredl at what Difference of Exchange Judgments for Sterling Debts fliould be dif charged, which Power had never been abufed to the Difadvantage of any Creditor, and as the Notes were redeemable by Funds fufficient, in our Opinion, for that Purpofe, if the Taxes impofed were duly colle(5led, for regulating and enforcing which Colledlion the moft effedual Methods have from Time to Time been eftabhfhed, and that none of them could fuffer, except from the fluduating Nature of Exchange, which no Laws can guard againft; and therefore we did not apprehend we fhould
all

deferve Cenfure as negledling the royal Inftrudlion, the Spirit of which, humbly conceived, had been complied with.

we
Under

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Under fuch Circumftances, we cannot help confidering it as an Inftance of Weaknefs or Caprice in the Britifh Merchants, ftill to infift on Satiffadlion in thefe Points, efpecially when the E\'il they complain of, the exceffive Rife of Exchange, will be fufficiently balanced by the Advantage they muft inevitably receive from its prefent declining State. We, Sir, are fo confcious of the Reditude of our Intentions with refpedt to all Creditors, and of our having done, as we conceived, the ftricftcft Juftice to them, that we cannot help feeling very fenfibly the leaf t Appearance of Reproach on this Account but left we may have been miftaken in our Conceptions, and as well to convince the World of our Integrity and Inclination to do Juftice to all Mankind, as to pay that Regard which is due to your Honour's Recommendation, of whofe Sincerity we have had too many Inftances to doubt it upon this Occafion, and to whom we own ourf elves obliged for that Freedom with which you have warned us of our Danger, we will reconfider this Subjedl with the Coolnefs and Attention the Importance of it deferves, and affure your Honoiu: that every Thing in our Power fhall be done for the Support of publick Credit And although our Condudl herein may not entirely remove the Fears of all the Merchants, permit us to hope it may prevent his Majefty's Difpleafure, which we fhould lament as our greateft Miffortune, and fhall ever moft ftudioufly
;

endeavor to avoid.

aKo take the infolvent Law under our Confideration and remove all Caufes of Complaint on that Head, if poffible. We do moft heartily rejoice with your Honour on the Conclufion of the Peace, an Event not more glorious to his Majefty than it will be happy for us, whiKt with that is continued the additional Bleffing of his princely Attention to our Intereft and Security, which fhall ever meet with the warmeft Returns of Gratitude, Loyalty and Affection.
will

We

The Governor in his communication of Aiay 24*'', 1763, to the Board of Trade, notes the apparent diffatiffadlion exifting in the Affembly, and urges that no notice be taken of fuch parts thereof as indicate the difpleafure of that body
W^^burgh^

May 24""

My Lords,
In the addrefs of fome warmth againft
the Burgeffes there appears, as the

1763

Merchants

of

your Lord'*" will obferve Great Brittain, whom they think they

fupport by their confignments of Tobacco to them, and by whom they think they have been ill ufed on that account; but by the pains I have taken, I, with the concurrence of the moft reafonable part of the

Members

of that

body I have now fome

into every thing

reafon

to believe that they will to

cooly ccnfider matters

and come

recommended
it

advifable to

them or expeded from them. In my anfwer to this addrefs I thought take no notice of the warm parts of it, but pin them down to fuch af-

furances and Refolutions as I thought would beft anfwer the prefent purpofe. Lords, I am with the Greateft refped.

My

Your Lord'^' moft obedient and devoted

fervant

FRAN: FAUQUIER
As the
refult of the

Governor's efforts to adjuft the finances of the Colony, the

Affembly appointed a committee on Monday 2^^ May, 1763, to inquire into the funds for the redemption of paper currency, the matter being referred to Meffrs. Bland, Richard Henry Lee, and Benjamin Harrifon. This committee reporting on Tuefday 24"^ of May, it was refolved that the notes eftablifhed for the redemption of the treafury notes at the feveral ftated periods were fufficient for the purpofe, and if a deficiency occurred it fhould be met by a new and adequate tax. It was further refolved that a committee be appointed to take the Governor's addrefs into confideration. This committee after feveral days confultation prefented a report for the confideration of the Houfe on Saturday

Bancroft Tranfcripts

Library of Congrefs.

XXX

Saturday 28"^ of May. M'' Charles Carter, Chairman of the committee appointed to prepare this addrefs prefented the fame, whereupon it was read and agreed to by the
Houfe. In this addrefs the Affembly declared that the poffeffors of treafiiry notes had received them with the underftanding that they were legal tender, except for his Majefty's quitrents, and that any law contrary to fuch an underftanding would be an
injuftice to the people

SIR,

Your Honour having, with your accuf tomed Candour and Goodnefs, communicated to us the Complaint of fome London Merchants trading to this Colony to the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade and Plantations, and their Lordfhips Refolutions thereupon, we took the fame under our ferious Confideration, and find ourfelves tinder the Neceffity of vindicating the Integrity and Uprightnefs of our Proceedings, every Way, in our Opinion, confiftent with our Duty to our King, and the true Intereft of our Coiintry. Our Dependence upon Great Britain we acknowledge and glory in as our greateft Happinefs and only Security; but this is not the Dependence of a People fubjugated by the Arms of a Conqueror, but of Sons fent out to explore and fettle a new World, for the mutual Benefit of themfelves and their common Parent: It is the Dependence of a Part upon one great Whole, which, by its admirable Conftitution, diffufes a Spirit of Patriotifm that makes every Citizen, however diftant from the Mother Kingdom, zealous to promote its Majefty and the public Good. By fuch a Spirit, and by fuch Principles, Sir, hath our Condudt ever been influenced and we hope we may, without Arrogance, take this Character to ourfelves, fince our late and prefent Sovereigns have been pleafed frequently to beftow it upon us for the Part we took in the late War, when we did, as far as we were able, contribute to the Succefs of the Britifh Arms. This Condudt, though it hath received the royal Approbation, a Reward adequate to our warmeft Wifhes, hath neverthelef s involved us in a great Debt
;

which, as
if

it

was created

for the nobleft Purpofe,

we fhould

cheerfully fuftain,

the Merchants had not raifed a moft unreafonable Clamour againft our Paper

Bills of Credit: In the

Emiffions of which, when a true and particular State

of the Fadts fhall be laid before you, and the Matter rightly underftood, we doubt not a Zeal fo well intended will rather be imputed to us as meritorious

than
of

liable to any Exception. The Memorial, we are concerned to find, is fupported by a Proteft of fome We would leave this Proteft to its Repofe, imtil his Majefty 's Cotmcil here.

have been defigned, fhould think it worth a Peiiifal, had it not been commtmicated by the Authors of it with a View to alarm the trading Intereft, and applied to Purpofes, and produced Effedls, which we hope the Protefters themfelves did not intend; but fince that hath raifed the Apprehenfions of the Memorialifts, and inftigated them to folicit the Interpofition of the Right Honourable the Board of Trade, we muft do Juftice to It is alleged " that the Want of a ourfelves by examining the Grounds of it. fufficient Quantity of circulating Money was at firft the Pretence of iffuing Paper Bills of Credit. " This is fuppofed to have meant, as it was tmderftood, to infinuate that thefe Emiffions were to anfwer private Purpofes; but, if it be remembered that all our neighbouring Colonies had long before adopted, and moft of them repeated, the Expedient of Paper to fupply the Want of Specie in Time of Peace, but that we did not follow their Example before the laft War, after all our Treafure was anticipated, and that even then we chofe at firft to borrow ;^io,ooo granted for his Majefty's Service, at the high Intereft of fix per Centum, and never, until after that Refource failed, went into a Meafure fo
Pofterity, for
it is

whom

faid to

little

"

[
little reliflied,

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and always, except

in

one Inftance of
:

trifling

Confequence, con-

Amoimt of the Notes to the Money granted If thefe notorious Truths are admitted, we leave it to the Judgment of the Difinterefted whether at fuch a Crifis, when an adlual Invafion threatened, if not timely and vigoroufly opfined the

pofed, our total Extermination, the powerful Principle of Self Prefervation,

co-operating with the Requifitions of a moft gracious Sovereign, are not cient to acquit us of any fordid or unjuft Motives.
It is faid in

fuffi-

the Proteft

"

that the Apprehenfions of the Mifchiefs that muft

be the Confequence of iffuing more Paper

Money were
it

fufificiently

warranted by
iffued, a Defi-

the acknowledged Deficiency of the Taxes for finking

what had

ciency fo alarming to a preceding Affembly that

aftonifhed the

Warmeft

Advocates for Paper Money." By whom this acknowledgment was made, or what Part of the Affembly was alarmed at it, we know not but this we know, and do affert, that there are no warm Advocates for Paper Money among us, further than to preferve the Credit of what hath been iffued, and prevent the evil Confequences of ftopping its Circulation at this Time and that no fuch Deficiency ever appeared, or was alarming to, or acknowledged by us. Indeed, upon Examination of the Treafurer's Accoimts, it appeared that many Sherifi's had not paid in the Taxes received by them, and therefore fo much Money was not annually burnt as was intended by the Laws. This railed the Refentment of the Houfe againft thefe Officers, and confiftently with their uniform Intentions to ufe every Method for enforcing regular Colledlions of the Taxes, and finking annually the due Proportion of this Paper they ordered the Sheriffs in Arrears to be profecuted on their Bonds, which, as our Laws have provided a fpeedy Remedy againft them, and they give fufficient Security, hath already brought in a confiderable Part of thofe Arrears, and will, we hope, remove all Caufe of Complaint on that Accoxmt. But this Negledl in the Officers is very diftinguifhable from an Infufficiency in the Taxes, which we never doubted were fufficient, if properly colledled, to eflfedt the Purpofe of Redemption and we are now confirmed in this Opinion, by a full State of the Notes in Circulation, and of the Taxes, which we have catifed to be truly drawn, and annexed hereto, for the Satiffadlion of your Honour, and every Perfon
; ;

concerned.

From this it will appear that the diffenting Members of the Cotmcil were betrayed into a too hafty Affertion of thefe Fa(5ls, by a Warmth arifing from a Difference of Opinion about the Utility of the Law whereto their Proteft related of which we will now take Leave, and proceed to the Confideration of
;

itfelf and the Refolutions of the Right Honourable the Board of Trade thereupon. Our Reafons for not providing at this Time for the fuppofed Deficiency in our Taxes, will appear from what is before fet forth but to exprefs, what we always conceived, that our publick Faith is engaged to fupply any accidental Failure in thofe Taxes, we have upon this Point come to the following Refolu-

the Memorial

tion:

"Refolved, That

it

appears that the Funds eftablifhed for the Redemp-

tion of the Treafury Notes, at the feveral ftated Periods, will be fufficient to

but that if, by any Accident, they fhall happen to fail, any Deficiency ought to be fupplied by a new and adequate Tax. The next Thing pointed out to us is the declaring thefe Notes not a legal Tender in Payment of Sterling Debts, but that they may be received by fuch Creditors only as are willing to accept them, and then not at their nominal Value, but according to the real Difference of Exchange between fuch Paper Bills and Sterling Money at the Time of Payment. In entering upon this Confideration we encotmter a Charge which very deeply affedls us, that we have been wanting in a proper Refpedt to the Crown,
effedl

that Purpofe

as

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what was recommended by his late Majefty's Intru6lion of the 31 '' of January, 1759 When that Inftru(5tion was communicated to us by your Honour, we confidered it with the Attention and Regard due to whatever comes from the Throne but, as we muft be allowed to judge for ourfelves, fo far as our Sandlion is neceffary to any Law, and could not be convinced that the Meafure propofed was proper, we did indeed decline to pafs fuch a Law, but at the fame Time, in an humble Addrefs and Reprefentation to his Majefty, modeftly fet forth the Reafons of our Condudl, which we prefumed to hope would preferve us from the Imputation of Difrefpedl to the Crown, and from royal Difpleafure. And as we heard of no further Complaints from the Britifh Merchants on this Subjedl, from that Time until the Meeting of this Seffion, we concluded they were fatiffied of our Intentions to do them Juftice and we can venture to fay that had we known our Reafons were not fatiffa(5tory, it would have prevented feveral fubfequent Emiffions, and particularly the laft, which gave Rife to the prefent Complaint. The MemoriaUfts allege that Exchequer Bills and Notes of the Bank of England were not made legal Tender in Payment of Debts, although they are upon a better Eftablifhment than our Notes, and deduce an Argument from
; ;

as well as in Juftice to the Britifh Merchants, in reftifmg to comply with

thence againft ours being declared fuch Tender, not confidering, as we conceive, the true Diftindtion in the Cafes, The Notes of the Bank of England, circulated

upon Stocks of Specie, depofited to anfwer Payments when demanded, were not forced upon any Perfon, nor was it neceffary There was no Doubt of their anfwering every local Purpofe of Money; and when the Cafe of Remittance to foreign Countries Specie became neceffary, as they could obtain that for their Notes, no poffible Fears could prevent the willing Receipts of them, and make a Law to compel an Acceptance proper. We cannot deny but this makes that Kind of Paper preferable to ours, and we fhould gladly have purfued fo eligible a Plan, if our Circumftances would have admitted it; but when it is confidered that the Want of Specie, which had been drawn away by the Armies to the Northward, was the fole Caufe of iffuing our Notes, there will require no other Reafon to be affigned for our not circulating them upon the Footing of Bank and Exchequer Notes. We had, therefore, no other Method than to emit thefe Notes to circulate their Return to the Treafury, or Gold and Silver fuffiAnd fmce we were to force them cient to redeem them by the Time appointed. as Money upon our Army, and thofe who fumifhed them with Neceffaries, we conceive it would have been very uiijuft to have left their Creditors at Liberty to take it of them or not and the fame Injuftice muft have happened wherever it had been f topped. We therefore thought ourfelves obliged not only to give it that effential Quality of Money, to make it a legal Tender in all Payments, but to add feveral other Reftridtions, to prefer\'e its Credit, and prevent the
; ;

Defigns of the Avaritious to depreciate it for their private Gain. But at the fame Time we confidered how the Intereft of the Britifh Mer-

if

chants might be affedled by this Money, and, at leaft as far as was in our Power, not effectually, fecured that from Injury.

We

ever confidered ourfelves as under an Obligation to difcharge our

Debts contracted in Great Britaifi, either in Sterling Money or foreign Coin, received by Confent of the Creditor, or his Attorney here, as fuch a Rate for the Difference of Exchange as would place the Money in Great Britain without If the Creditor and Debtor could not agree about this Difference, as lofs.
Reference to Arbitration, or to the Courts of Juftice, was the only regular Method of fettling it between them. But as the Demand, and in Confequence the Judgment, was for Sterling Money, and until the Year 1748 there was no

what Rate of Exchange Sterling Debts fliould be difcharged, the Confequence was that the Sheriffs, when they levied Money by Executions on Judgments for Sterling, demanded what Exchange they thought proper, to
dire(5ting at

Law

the

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and without any Advantage to the Creditor. Alfembly then thought proper The to put a Stop to fuch unjuft Proceedings, and, by the Adl, entitled. An Ad declaring the Law concerning Executions, and
the great Oppreffion of the Debtor
for Relief of infolvent Debtors, dire(5led for

fuch Executions for Sterling

Money

Centum, the real Difference of Money, and the then Difference of Exchange. The Britifh Merchants complained of this Adt, and reprefented that they might be confiderable Lofers when Exchange fliould rife above 25 per Centum, which the Affembly took into their Confideration, and endeavoured to provide a Remedy for. They knew that, as Exchange is fluctuating, they could not do Juf tice by fixing it to any certain Standard and therefore, by the fubfequent Law taken Notice of in the Memorial, they empowered the Courts, where Sterling Judgments fhould be obtained, to fettle at what Rate of Exchange the fame fhould be difcharged, which they conceived would enable the Britifh Creditor to place his Money there without Lofs, as it was not doubted but the Courts would be governed by the higheft Exchange given at the Time for Bills drawn payable in Britain. But the Memorialifts fay, this is not an ample Security of their Property againft the evil Confequences of Paper Money being declared a Tender for their Debts. We will beg Leave to confider their Reafons, in Support of this Affertion in the Order they have mentioned them
to be levied at 25 per
;

The

firft is,

they are advifed that the

Law

of 1748

is ftill

in Force,

having

amending Law could not obtain as the former remained imrepealed. This amending Law is not fufpended for his Majefty's Approbation, but, from the Terms of it agreeable to the royal Inftrudtions was in Force from the Time of its paffmg here until his Majefty fhall declare his Diffent and Repeal thereof; which not having happened, and the Courts here allowing the Force of that amending Law, and adling according to the Spirit thereof, we conceive it would have been more for the Intereft of the Memorialifts to have folicited his Majefty's Approbation of that Law, if they thought it neceffary, than to have founded Objedlions on its not being in Force and if the royal Diffent, or any Determination here, that the Law was not in Force, had turned to their Prejudice, they then might have complained with Reafon
received the royal Affent, which the
;

on

this

Head.

The next Objedlion to this Remedy is, that it is left to the Colony Judges to fettle the Exchange upon Sterling Judgments in fuch Manner as they fhall think reafenable and juft, which they fay is introducing a Mode and Form of We have before obferved that when Jtiftice unheard of in the Britifh Realm. we have not Sterling Money to pay Debts due in Great Britain, the Debtor is left to compound with his Creditor for Payment in foreign Coin, or Treafury Notes, at fuch Rate of Exchange as they can agree on if a Difpute fhall arife
;

on that Head, which they cannot adjuft between themfelves, to whom can it be referred, but as all other Difputes are, to the Courts of Juftice, the true conftitutional Refort? And we cannot difcover what the Memorialifts mean by calling this a new Mode of Jtiftice, tmlefs it be that the Point fhould be tried by a Jury, and not by the Courts, in which, if we erred, it was from a miftaken Opinion that the latter would prove in this Inftance the moft competent and impartial Judges. And as the Courts have conftantly, in the Exercife of this Power, allowed the higheft Rate of Exchange, as fettled by the general Confent of all the Traders, at which Bills of Exchange upon Great Britain were fold at the Time, we humbly infift that Sterling Debts are virtually paid in Treafury Notes, not according to their nominal Value, but according to the real Difference of Exchange between them and Sterling Money. But it is faid, Experience hath fhown, in many Inftances, this Mode to be infufficient, in as much as the Exchange hath rifen, between the Time of the Orders of Court and a Poffibility of the Creditors obtaining a Remittance, to his Difadvantage

xxxiv

Difadvantage. We allow there have been fuch Inftances, but we mtift be permitted to fay the Difadvantage hath hitherto been fmall and inconfiderable, of a cafual Nature, againft which no human Laws can provide, and for which therefore we cannot fuggeft a Remedy; and the Injuries fuftained will be fully compenfated by the Advantages the Creditors mxift inevitably receive, in the fame Proportion, from the prefent declining State of Exchange. By the Method propofed, inftead of this objedled to, the Creditor is at Liberty to refufe this Paper unlefs paid him at fuch Rate of Exchange as he is pleafed to demand and we fubmit to all Mankind to determine which is moft liable to Objedlion, to

under the Obligation of an Oath, to do equal and impartial juftice, or to the Creditor, under the Temptation of Intereft, to take Advantage of his Debtor's Neceffity, and extort fuch Differences as might be very oppreffive, which we conceive would diredtly tend to deftroy the Credit of our Paper Money, and introduce the greateft Mifchiefs. We hope we have fully explained the Jioftice and Neceffity of having made thefe Notes a Tender in all Payments, guarding as we did the Intereft of the Sterling Creditors; and if this was originally right, every Argument muft For, doubly militate againft an Alteration at this Time in this effential Point when thefe Notes have been allowed to circulate feveral Years, and the prefent Poffeffors have received them tmder the Faith of a Law which obliged their Creditors to take them in the fame Manner, to take away that Obligation, and to ftop the Paper in their Hands, would be an Adl of Injuftice, which, in our Opinion, bears no Proportion to any poffible Injury the Sterling Creditors ftiftained, or can receive, from continuing the Notes on their prefent Footing. For thefe Reafons, after the moft mattire Deliberation, we cannot alter our former Opinion, and have come to the following Refolution Refolved, That as the prefent Poffeffors of the Treafiiry Notes have received them vmder the Faith of a Law making them a legal Tender in all Payments, except for his Majefty's Quitrents, to alter that effential Quality of them now would be an A6t of great Injtif tice to fuch Poffeffors and that as the Britifh Merchants have conftantly received, and under the prefent Regularefer the Decifion to difinterefted Judges,
: ;

tions of our

Laws

will continue to receive

fuch Notes for their Sterling Debts,

according to the real Difference of Exchange between this Colony and Great Britain, at the Time of Payment, their Property is fo fecured as to make fuch
Alteration unneceffary with Refpedt to them.

In advifing the Board of Trade of the adtion of the Affembly, Governor Fauquier
ftated that he

was unable to comply

ftridlly

with

its

demands

" for

the better eftabhfh-

ing the credit of the Treafury Notes. "

He further ftated that the Burgeffes contented themfelves with fending him a long addrefs fetting forth their reafons in the Treafury
Note matter:
W^^burgh^ June
i''

i^dj.

My

Lords.

And now, My Lords, I am forry to fay I could go no further, for inftead of complying ftridly with the fatiffadion your Lord'''' demanded for the Merchants
Treafury notes, the Houfe of Burgeffes a very long Addrefs containing reafons for their condud with the ftate of the Treafury accounts, and the produce of the Taxes annexed; which I have enclofed to your Lord"" with my anfwer in the Box with
the better eftablifhing the credit of the

and for

contented themfelves with fending

me

Taxes would really Tax on Tithables is found to encreafe confiderably on the laying of every new Levy, I waved the preffing them on this article, and turned the whole force of my argument in all my converfations with any of the Members of the General Affembly, on the expediency and fafety of taking off the legality of the Tender for Sterling Debts. But the danger
this.

It

appearing

to

me

by the

ftate of the account, that the

fink the whole

paper money by

the

Time

prefcribed, efpecially as the

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danger of this meafure was by long prejudices fo deeply rooted in their minds, that I think I brought but four Gentlemen over to my opinion, to confider this matter in the light in which I confidered it; and this was done not by any general reafoning,
but by fuppofed cafe, I brought in order to illuftrate

my meaning

which was

this.

I fuppofed that A, a Gentleman of

of very fmall fortune fhould

known

great fortune (indeed I inftanced

M'

Nelfon) fhoidd give out promiffory notes for a large fum, and that B, a Gentleman

do the fame, and that the legiflature fhould give B's money by making them a legal Tender, W* they fhould refufe to A's notes, I afked whether any Man in his fences, would not more willingly take the notes of A without the fandion of a legality by Ad of Affembly, than the
notes, the effential property of

notes of

B with it.

But

like the deaf

Adder, they ftopped

their

Ears.

am

with the greateft refped and Regard

My Lords,
Your
Lord^*^

mo ft

obedient

& devoted fervant.

FRAN: FAUQUIER.

Being unable to accomplifh the wifhes of the Board of Trade in the Paper Money Governor determined that the Affembly fhould be prorogued, hoping therereceive a more favorable confideration of the Money queftion at another feffion. to by In his addrefs to the Burgeffes, at this time, he acknowledged that the taxes appeared to be fully fufficient to anfwer the ends propofed, but maintained that the Affembly fhould have provided for the full payment of all outftanding notes
queftion, the

GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, Mr speaker, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES,

When
I

called

you together,

to lay before

you the Refolutions

of the

Right Honourable the Lords Commiffioners for Trade and Plantation Affairs, fotmded on a Memorial of the Merchants of Great Britain trading to this Colony, prefented to their Lordfhips, I hoped and expedled that you would, by fome Adts or Refolves, have removed all future Caufe of Complaint from the Merchants, and given full Satiffadtion to their Lordfhips in all the Points recommended to your Reconfideration. By the State of the Accoimts of the Treafury, and the Taxes laid to fmk all the various Emiffions of Paper Money at the Times ftipulated in the feveral
Adls empowering the Treafurer to iffue fuch Notes, I muft candidly acknowledge that the Taxes do appear to me to be fully fuihcient to anfwer the Ends propofed but, let this be granted What Objection could there have been to your having bound yourfelves, by a formal Refolve of the whole Legiflatiire, to have provided for a full Payment of all the Notes outftanding, by fome additional Tax adequate to the Purpofe, in Cafe of any accidental or imexpedted Deficiency of thofe now in Being? This you might have done with the utmoft Safety; for if the Taxes already laid fhould prove fufficient, no new Burthen would have been laid on the People and if they fhould not, your Honour ftands engaged to make up all Deficiences, however occafioned And then it would have remained with you to have confidered whether the Legality of the Tender of Paper Notes, after fuch Stability and Security given them, might not have been taken off without rifking the Ruin and Deftrudtion of the Colony, fo much dreaded, as the Confequence of removing it. Having Nothing further to expedl from you in this Seffion, I fhall now prorogue you, and you are accordingly prorogued, to the third Tuefday in Auguft next.
; : ; :

Having prorogued the Affembly

to the third Tuefday in Auguft,

that the time was not propitious to difcufs the

Money

queftion, the Affembly

prorogued to Thurfday, January 12"', 1764. During this attempt was made to have the Affembly further provide for the maintenance of the regi-

and determining was again fhort feffion of nine days, an

ment

xxxvi

ment railed during the late war. This the Burgeffes refufed to do, upon the ground that fuch an ad; would again incur the difpleafure of the Britifh merchants, and poffibly Nothing, therefore, was done with the Money queftion at refult in minifterial cenfure. this feffion, though it was taken up and dif cuffed at length.
During the
feffion

addrefs, called attention to a

beginning the 30"' of Odober, 1764, the Governor, in his opening new propofition made by the merchants of Great Britain

trading in Virginia, to have their Sterling debts fecured to them by a payment in SterlHe reafoned that this was perfedlly juft and that it was the duty of the ing money.

Affembly to

eff edl

fuch a refult

GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, M^ SPEAKER, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES,

You
are

now met

in General

Affembly, after a long Recefs, to confider of

and go through the Bufinefs of the Country, and fuch other Points as may be In the Courfe of this Seffion many Matters of offered for your Deliberation.
Importance
will

come under your Confideration and by the long previous

;

Notice you have had of the Time of your affembling, I hope I now meet you prepared to undergo with Patience and Cheerfulnefs the Fatigue which a long Seffion unavoidably brings with it. Befides the ordinary Bufinefs of the Seffion, I have it in Charge to lay before
you, and eameftly recommend to your moft ferious Attention, a Propofition made by the Merchants of Great Britain trading to this Colony to the Right
fecured to

Honourable the Board of Trade, relating to their having their Sterling Debts them by a Payment in Sterling Money This is reafonable on the Face of it and the Lords of Trade have left it to you to provide for it yourfelves, by any Means you fhall think moft expedient to effedl that Purpofe, before they referred the Complaints of the Merchants to the Britifh Parliament. This Lenity of their Lordfhips demands a fuitable Return from you: And that you may be the better enabled to anfwer their Expedlations, I fhall immediately lay before you a Minute of the Proceedings of that Right Honourable Board, and the Letter their Lordfhips have fent to me on that Head. By a now Long Experience, I have always found you difpofed to do Juftice to all Men and I hope this Difpofition will induce you to give that Juftice to the Merchants which fhall be fatiffadtory, not only to his Majefty and his Minifters, but to the Merchants themfelves. This Letter I have long fmce received; but being unwilling to give you an additional Trouble, and create an unneceffary Expenfe to the Country, I did not immediately convene you, but poftponed it to this Time, when it was thought proper you fhould meet, as I judged this would anfwer the Purpofe intended: But then, Gentlemen, I undertook to anfwer for you that you fhould enter upon this Matter immediately on your Meeting, that I might be enabled to tranfmit to their Lordfhips your Adts, in Confequence of the Propofition offered you. Time enough for their Lordfhips to make that Ufe of them which they fhould think proper. That I may perform this Engagement, which I have entered into on your Account, I make no Doubt but that you will, without Delay, proceed on this Bufmefs and that the Refult of your DeUberations will do Honour to yourfelves, Juftice to the Merchants,
:

and give

Satiffadtion to the Minif try

referred to by Governor Fauquier and which he tranfmitted to the that body to legalize the tender of paper money in payment of authorized Affembly, As this was in conflict with an act of Parliament, Governor Fauquier, under debts. date of November i6", 1764, ftated that acting under inftructions received from that

The

letter

"

body, he
it

felt it his

likewife ftated that he

duty to had

offer

and recommend that fuch a courfe be

emitted.

followed.

He

alfo received

inftructions to prolong the time in

which

would be

legal to tender

money already
2

Replying
I

Statutes at Large, VI. p. 560.

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Replying to the Governor's addrefs, under date of Friday, November g^^ 1764, the Biirgeffes declared that no Sterling fpecie being in circulation they could not fecure the debts in the manner fuggefted by the merchants, but ftating that they had " revifed the feveral laws authorizing the Paper Emiffions, and diredling the Rate of Exchange at

which Judgments for Sterling Money hould be difcharged:"

Sir,

Virginia, now met in General Affembly, have had imder moft ferious Confideration that Part of your Honour's Speech recommending the Re-examination of the Complaints of the Britifh Merchants to the Right Honourable the Board of Trade, relating to our Paper Money, with the And that we might proceed with a Refolutions of their Lordfhips thereupon

The Burgeffes of

their

Deliberation that fhould fully evince the Re<5litude of our Intentions,

revifed the feveral

we

Laws authorizing

the Paper Emiffions, and dire(5ling the

Rate of Exchange at which Judgments for Sterling Money fhould be difcharged and have aKo reviewed our Reafons, prefented to your Honour at a former SefThe prefent Propofition being fion, in Support of the Juftice of thofe Laws. only that we fhould fecure the Payment of Sterling Debts in Sterling Money, here, in Great Britain, we examined how either of thofe Payments might be effecfbed and as we have not Sterling Specie to pay here, which the Merchants well know, we could fecure the Sterling Creditors from Injury, in the Receipt of the Paper by no other Means, that we can fuggeft, except by direfting that they fhould be paid fo much Paper as would place their Money in Britain without
;

Lofs.

This,

we
all

are

ftill

of Opinion, the
;

Law

diredling the Courts to fettle the

Exchange on
rity,

Judgments

fully effe(5ls to

which we can add no greater Secu-

without altering our Currency in that effential Part that makes it a legal in all Payments, which we think, we cannot do without violating the Principles of natural Equity, in regard to the prefent Poffeffors. And as we conceive an Alteration unneceffary with Refpedl to the Creditors, and might be attended with Oppreffion as well as Injuftice to the Debtors, we can by no Means agree to that Meafure efpecially as a Payment in Paper is preferable to one in Sterling Specie here, if fuch we had to pay, fince that Specie could not be fent to Britain without a Lofs of Freight and Enfurance

Tender

....

This adlion upon the part of the Affembly was accepted by the merchants in Great
Britain as a satiffadlory adjtiftment of the differences exifting between

them and the

merchants in Virginia. By revifmg the feveral laws authorizing the emiffion of paper money, the long exifting harmony between Englifh and American trade was at once re-eftablifhed. The catifes which led to this rupture largely refulted from the ftringent laws of Parliament, which forbade a proper adjuftment of the finances of the Colony. This was due in no imcertain degree to the imtifual demands on the part of the Board of Trade, which not only was objectionable to Virginians, but would have refulted in the moft gigantic debt of Colonial times. The period from 1758 to the pafling of the refolutions againft the Stamp A(5t was, therefore, one of great financial trouble, and as a forerunner of the Revolution, was largely inftrumental in cementing the intereft of the
Colonies.

The action upon the part of the Board of Trade, in permitting the Affembly to on the Paper Money queftion, was a happy ending of the differences between the merchants in Great Britain and thofe in Virgima. By this act the trade fyftems of the Colony again became operative, and remained upon a fatiffactory bafis to the clofe of Britifh rule in America. The circtunftances which led to this rupture were varied and many, the moft important being the demand upon the part of the Board of Trade for the eftablifhment of the Colony upon a war bafis. Pat
revife the feveral laws

experience

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experience had shown the lack of neceffity for a ftanding army in Virgima, and fuch regiments as had been authorized had refulted in numerous debts, which the people

had to meet by heavy and unjuft taxation.

the Revolution

troubles of the Colony, was, therefore, one of great trouble,

The period covered by the financial and as a forerunner of

Virginia with

was

largely inftrumental in cementing the interefts of

thofe of the other Colonies.

Clofely affociated with the differences between the foreign merchants
Virginia, was the

and thofe

in

"Two Penny

Adl, " or

what

is

commonly known

as the "Parfon's

Caufe. "

As already noted one of the moft difficult problems of the Colony was to fecure money for any purpofe. Virginia had been denied the privilege of coinage, and as trade

with Great Britain brought no gold or filver into the Colony, it was, therefore, neceffary for the planters to have a medium of exchange wherewith to pay their bills, and as From time to time, tobacco was the chief produd; the planters ufed it for this purpofe. by an various adts were paffed to regulate this cuftom which was inaugurated in 1 63 2 adl providing for five warehoufes, in which all tobacco intended to be ufed as a medium Subfequent revifions of this law of trade fhould be ftored and properly infpedled. refulted in Infpedlors Certificates and Notes being given at legal warehoufes, which became the main currency of the Colony. Thefe notes were accepted, not only for private but pubHc debts, and the expenfes of the government were eftimated and taxes levied upon tobacco as the bafis of exchange. In 1696 the falary of the clergy of the Eftablifhed Church was fixed at 16,000 pounds of tobacco, which was to be levied by the feveral vef tries and parifhes through,

out the Colony. "Lawful perquifites" alfo exifted in the ufe of the glebes and the monopoly of mairiage and burial fees. This law which accafioned the difpute between the Colony and the Affembly, did not allow for fludluation in the price of tobacco, nor did it prefcribe for a redudlion in the falaries of the Clergy in event of a failure of the tobacco crops. As the abfence of claufes of this nature infured to the Clergy the fame income annually, whether the crops were gathered or not, the law was deemed unfatiffadlory and after being in force for more than fifty years, the Affembly determined to amend it, fo as to diftribute the burden refulting from a failure of the tobacco crop upon This adlion was bitterly oppofed by the Clergy, who mainall refidents of the Colony. tained that their rights as fet forth in the Adl of 1696 were inviolable, and that the Affembly in amending the Adl did fo in diredl oppofition to the Church of England:

AN ACT^ FOR THE BETTER SUPPLY AND MAINTENANCE OF

THE CLERGY.
Whereas a competent and fufficient provifion for the clergy will be the only means to fupply this dominion with able faithful and orthodox minifters whereby the glory of Ck)d may be advanced, the church propagated and the
people edified, and, whereas the law now in force entituled glebes to be laid out, in makeing fuch provifion, doth feem verry deficient and uncertain. Bee it enaded by the Governour, Councell and Burgeffes of this prefent genaffembly and the authority thereof, and it is hereby enaded. That the faid adl of affembly in the printed book entituled glebes to be laid out, and every claufe and article thereof be from henceforth repealed and made void, to aU intents
erall

conftrudlions and purpofes as

if

the faid adl had never been made, any thing in

the faid adl or in

any other

adl to the contrary in

And

be

it

enaded by the authority aforefaid,

in all

any wife notwithftanding. and it is hereby enaded, That all

and every minifter or minifters

dominion incumbent
minifter or minifters fhall

in the faid parifh or parifhes

and every parifh and parifhes in this and therein officiating as have and receive for his or their meantenance the
fimie

Hening,

I, p. 203.

Ibid., III. p. 151.

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fume of fixteen thotifand pounds of tobacco befides their lawful! perquifites, and that it fliall and may be lawfull for the veftry or veftryes of any parifh or parifhes and they are by vertue of this adl authorized and impowered to raife and levy the fame in their refpedlive parifh or parifhes, as alfo to levy five per cent for colledling and paying the faid tobacco convenient. And be it further enaded by the authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawfull for the veftry and veftries of all and every parifh and parifhes to appoint the church -wardens off whome they think fitt to colledt and receive the minifters or other parifh dues, and the faid perfon or perfons foe qualified as aforefaid, fhall be and are hereby impowered in cafe of non-payment to

make

diftrefs for the fame.

and every veftry and veftryes in this dominion fhall bee and are hereby authorized and impowered where the fame is not allready done to purchafe and lay out a tradl of land for the glebe att their difcretion and att the charge of their refpe(Jtive parifhes. And likewife to build and erredl a convenient dwelling hoiife for the reception and aboad of the minifter of fuch parifh or parifhes att the difcretion of fuch veftry or veftryes. Provided allwayes, and it is the true intent and meaning of this adl, that if any veftry or veftryes of any parifh or parifhes fhall find their parifhes to be fo fmall and poor and not to be able to allow and maintaine a
be
it

An

further enaded by the authority aforefaid,

That

all

minifter as aforefaid, that then application of the veftry or veftries to the gov-

emour

of the time being, that their refpeftive parifhes

folidated to the next adjacent parrifh or parifhes.

the regifters fee feems to be fo

truft,

may be tmited and conAnd, whereas the clerk of fmall an incouragement for an office of foe much

and it is hereby enaded. That every and may lawfully by vertue of this adl take and demand the fume of five pounds of tobacco or frxpence for recording and regiftering every birth, burial or marriage and the church wardens of the faid parifh or parifhes or any other perfon or perfons appointed by the veftry or veftryes are hereby authorifed and impowered to coUedl the fame, or in cafe of nonpayment to make diftrefs.
Bee
it

enaded by

the authority aforefaid,

clerk of the regifter fhall

In 1748 a revifion of this law was effedled which eftablifhed the value of infpedled tobacco at fixteen fhillings and eight pence per one hundred potmds. This was fifty per cent in excefs of the valuation of tobacco in 1696, when the law fixing the clergy's falary

pounds was enadled. It became neceffary, therefore, to effedl an underftanding whereby the annual allowance of the clergy fhould not exceed in aggregate the adtual value placed upon their fervices by this adl:
fixteen thotifand

AN ACT' FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CLERGY; AND FOR THE REGULAR COLLECTING AND PAYING THE PARISH LEVIES.
I.

Be

it

prefent General Affembly,

enaded, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Burgeffes, of this and it is hereby enaded by the authority of the fame,

That every minifter now preferred, or hereafter to be preferred to, or received into any parifh within this dominion, fhall have and receive an annual falary of fixteen thoufand pounds of tobacco, and cafk, with an allowance of four per cent, for fhrinkage, to be levied, affeffed, colledted and paid, in manner herein
after diredled.

That the veftry or every parifh within this dominion fhall, and they are hereby authorifed and required, at fome convenient time, before the firft day of December, in each year, to meet and lay the parifh levy whereof public notice fhall be given by
II.

And

be

it

further enaded by the authority aforefaid.

the
1.

Hening, VI,

p. 88.

[xl]
the minifter or reader, at each church in the parifh And every veftry is hereby authorifed and required to levy and affefs, upon the tithable perfons in their
:

refpe(5live parifhes, as well the minifter's falary aforefaid, as all other the parifh charges,

and
fix

alio the legal allowances for cafk,

where the tobacco due to any

parifh creditor fhall be contracted for to be paid with cafk, together with the

allowance of
III.

And

be

per centum for colledling the parifh levy. it further enaded by the authority aforefaid, That where any

parifh

is

or fhall

become vacant, by the death or removal

fome neighbouring or other

of their miniftry, the

veftry of fuch parifh fhall have power to levy the falary aforefaid, or any part
thereof, for fatiffying

minifter, or minifters, for

ferving in the cure of fuch parifh during the vacancy.

ther

and paying the parifh levies. Be it furThat the A^eftry of every parifh refpedlively fhall be, and is hereby authorifed and impowered, to nominate and appoint fuch perfon as they fhall think fit, to colle6l and receive their parifh levy,
IV.
for the better coUefting
the authority aforefaid,

And

enaded by

the perfon fo appointed giving bond, with fufficient fecurities, that he will duly colledl, pay, and fatiffy, unto the feveral parifh creditors, all tobacco for them

every fuch colledlor, for his trouble, fhall have the allowance herein before appointed, and fhall aKo have full power and authority, by virtue of this adt, upon refufal of payment of the faid levies, or any part thereof, by any perfon or perfons chargeable therewith, to diftrain the flaves, goods, and chattels, of the party refiifmg, and to make fale thereof, in the fame manner as And if the veftry of any parifh fhall negis by law diredled for other diftreffes ledl or refute to levy the tobacco due to the minifter, or other parifh creditors,
levied:
:

And

in fuch cafe, all

and every the veftrymen

of the parifh neglecting, or refxifing,

party grieved, his, or her executors, or adminfhall be iftrators, for all damages which he or fhe fhall fuftain by fuch refufal or neglecJt. V. And be it further enaded by the authority aforefaid. That in every parifh of this dominion, where a good and convenient glebe is not already purchafed
liable to the acftion of the

and appropriated, a good and convenient tracJt of land, to contain two himdred acres at the leaft, fhall be purchafed by the veftry, and affigned, and fet apart for a glebe, for the ufe of the minifter of fuch parifh, and his fucceffors, in all times hereafter; and where maniion, and other convenient out-houfes, are not
already
erecfted, for

the habitation of the minifter.

It is

hereby declared, and

enaded. That the veftry of every fuch parifh fhall have power, and they are hereby authorifed and required, to catife to be erec5led and built on fuch glebe,

one convenient manfion hotife, kitchen, bam, ftable, dairy, meat hotife, com houfe, and garden, well pailed, or inclofed with mud walls, with fuch other conveniencies as they fhall think fit, and to levy the charge of the glebe land, and buildings, on the tithable perfons in their refpecftive parifhes. VI. And to the end the buildings already eredted, or hereafter to be eredled upon every glebe, may be kept in good repair. It is hereby further enaded, That every parifli minifter within this dominion fhall, during the time of his being minifter of the parifh, keep and maintain the manfion houfe, and all other the out-houfes and conveniencies, erec5led, or to be erecJted on his glebe, in tenantable repair, and fhall fo leave the fame at his removal from his parifh, or death,
accidents
or tempteft, only excepted: And in cafe any minifter fhall fail o to do, fuch minifter, his executors and adminiftrators, fhall be liable to the acftion of the churchwardens of the parifh, for the time being, wherein the value of fuch repairs fhall be recovered in damages, with cofts of fuit, and the

by

fire,

damages fo recovered, fhlall be applied and laid out in making neceffary repairs upon the glebe And every veftry of a vacant parifh is hereby impowered and required, to put all the buildings upon the glebe of their parifh, into fuch good and fufficient repair, as that the fame may be fit for the reception of the fucceeding minifter: Provided neverthelefs. That any veftry, who fhall judge that the
:

minifter

[xli]
minifter has not wilfully committed

any wafte on

his glebe,

may make

fuch

neceffary repairs, at the charge of their parifh as they fhall think fit: And every minifter, received into any parifh as aforefaid, fhall be entitled to all the fpiritual and temporal benefits of his parifh, and may maintain an adtion of trefpafs againft any perfon or perfons whatfoever, who fhall difturb him in the
poffeffion

and enjoyment

thereof.

VII.
matter.

And whereas
it

it is

doubted,

how

long the right of prefentation of a

minifter to a parifh, remains in the veftries in this colony: For fettling that

That the fole right of prefentation fhall be, and remain, in the feveral veftries, for and during the term of twelve months next after a vacancy fhall happen in their refpedlive

Be

further enaded, by the authority aforefaid,

parifhes.

VIII.

And

he

it

further enaded, by

tite

authority aforefaid,

That one

a(5l

made

in the firft

the better fupport of the clergy of this

and paying
clatifes

the

year of the reign of his prefent majefty, intituled. An Ad for dominion; and for the more regular colleding parifh levies: And all and every other adl and adls, clatife and

heretofore made, for or concerning and matter or thing within the pur-

view of this ad;, fhall be, and are hereby repealed. IX. And be it further enaded, by the authority aforefaid. That this adt fhall commence and be in force from and immediately after the tenth day of June, which fhall be in the year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifty
one.

In Odober 1755, the Burgeffes finding that a great drought had cut fhort the crop of tobacco, which would make it impoffible for the people to meet their tobacco debts, they paffed an adt making it lawful for debtors to pay all debts, including taxes, in money, at
the rate of fixteen fhillings and eight pence per one hundred pounds of tobacco.

This

was at the
Adl."

rate of

two pence per poimd, hence the adt was known as "The
^

Two Penny

AN ACT TO ENABLE THE INHABITANTS OF THIS COLONY TO DISCHARGE THEIR TOBACCO DEBTS IN MONEY, FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR.
by reafon of the great drought a very fmall quantity of made, fo that the inhabitants of this colony are not able to pay their public, coimty and parifh levies, and the officers fees, and other tobacco debts
I.

WHEREAS
is

tobacco

in tobacco for this prefent year, according to the diredtions of the laws

now

in

remedy whereof, and to prevent the fheriff s and other colledtors of the public dues, from taking advantage of the neceffities of the people, and exadling exorbitant prices for tobacco, due or payable to them from the poor and needy. II. BE it enaded, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Burgeffes, of this
force for
;

and it is hereby enaded, by the authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for any perfon or perfons, from whom any tobacco is due by judgment, for rent, by bond, or upon any contradt, or for public, county and parifh levies, or for any fecretaries, clerks, fheriflfs, furveyors or other officers fees, or by any other ways or means whatfoever, to pay and
prefent General Affembly,
fatiffy the

fame, either in tobacco, according to the diredtions of the adb of

intitled.

amending the ftaple of tobacco, and preventing frauds in his majefty' s cuftoms, or in money, at the rate of fixteen fhillings and eight pence, for every hundred pounds of nett tobacco, and fo in proportion for a greater or leffer quantity, at the option of the payer: And the fheriffs and other colledtors fhall, and they are hereby required to receive the fame from any perfon or perfons, in difcharge of any fuch levies and officers fees aforefaid, fhall accoimt with, and pay to the perfons entitled to the fame, in proportion to their feveral demands, all tobacco and money which they fhall receive in payAffembly,
for
;

An ad

ment
'.

Hening, VI,

p. 568.

[ xlii ]

of fuch levies and fees, which fhall difcharge fuch fheriffs and colle<5lors from any other demand for fuch levies and fees, any law to the contrary thereof

ment

notwithftanding.

Provided always, That nothing herein contained fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to any public, county, or parifh levies, or officers fees now
III.

due or hereafter to become due, in any county where by law the inhabitants of fuch county, are now impowered to difcharge the fame in money. IV. And be it further enaded. That this adl fhall continue and be in force for the fpace of ten months, and no longer.

The paffage
"

of this law
rife

marked the beginning

of the breach between the Clergy

and

the Affembly, and gave

to one of the moft important events in the hiftory of Virginia.

was an effort to regulate a fiudluating currency, by one acknowledged to be the ftandard, and only diredled the value to be placed on that which had fludluated, which was in the minds of the parties to the contracSls involved, and of the legillature when the public taxes were laid, it was generally admitted to have been right and proper." As was anticipated, however, the value of tobacco rofe but the increafe in price did not keep
it

As

pace with

it.

This being advantageous to the clergy, they were tmwilling to be denied

the privilege of collefting their falaries in kind, and addreffed a letter 'to the Bifhop of

London, afking that the ad; be annulled by the King:

THE CLERGY OF VIRGINIA TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON.

Virginia,' 25, i75<J.

May

it

pleafe your Lordfhip,

the fubfcribers being of the Eftablifhed Clergy in the

We
lye

Colony

of Virginia,

leave to reprefent to your Lordfhip the great hardfhips we at prefent under by an ad of our legiflature, paft here in Nov laft (a copy of which is enclofed), which we humbly conceive is a breaking in upon our eftablifhment, an contrary to the liberty of the fubjed, as well tinfult upon he Royal Prerogative as to natural Juftice Equity. This, may it pleafe your Lordfhip, is a heavy candid reprefentation of the cafe, your Lordfhip charge; but yet, if upon a true fhall think as we do, we hope for your intereft interceffion at the proper board to have this law, fo far as it affeds us, your Lordfhips's clergy, repealed. That your Lordfhip may be fenfible of the hardfhips we complain of, be which pleafed to confider, that there ever has been a ftanding Law in this Colony has lately rec'' the Royal affent " that every beneficed Minifter of the Chh of Engl'' fhall receive an annual Salary of 16,000 lbs of Tobacco, patd by the refpedive Parifhioners, but this laft year, becaufe fmall Crops of Tobacco were made a high price confequently expeded; our legiflature in a new unprecedented manner, have altered the law confirmed by the fandion of royal affent, fo far as to make it which is ftill a greater optional in the people, to pay either Money or Tobacco; hardfhip upon us, they have valued out Tobacco at an under rate, viz: at 2d per lb., when the market is generally expeded to be jd if not 4d per lb. (of this Currency which is at leaft 25 per cent worfe than Sterl' When the fometimes more). market is low, which has been generally the cafe from 1724 till now, the Clergy are obliged to reft fatiffied with what they can get for their Salaries which are but too Scanty at beft, we therefore hope that your Lordfhip will think with us, that we ought in juftice to have the benefit of the rifing market, but when your Lordfhip is deprives us of a property pleafed to confider that this option law has a retrofped may be earnt due before it was a law, your Lordfhip fatiffied of this Retrofped in the Law complained of, we beg your patience while we inform you, that the Veftries (who have the Power by Law to Levy the Clergy's Salaries) take care not to Levy any Tobacco for their Parifh Minifter till it is due (i. e.) fuppofe we are rec^

humbly beg

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

into
I.

Perry: Hiftorical Collections, Vol.

I,

p. 440.

[ xliii ]

into a Parifh (for Inftitution

& Indudion we have none)

in the

fall,

when

the

Par-

ifh Levy ts laid by

Law; The
rec''

Veftries Levy no Tobacco for

Jis till

that time 12

is not demandable by Law till the laft of May months after that, fo that at our firft fetting fame for out in the world, in low circumftances, we are obliged to labor in our extenfive Parthe common extent of them jo ifhes (fonie of which are 100, many 60 Jo, 40 Miles in length) in extremeties of Weather both hot cold for a year a half at lea ft fometimes longer before we receive our Salaries: by which time many of us are obliged to run fo much in debt that we can hardly ever after retrieve our circumftanall this time the Law we complain of has a retrofped ces deprives us of a propa law too that has had the royal affent erty due by Virtue of a former law purfuant to his Majefty's inftrudions to the Gov^ cannot be altered or any other enaded

Months

following

& the Tobacco then & perhaps not

,

Levied

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

&

in

its place,

without a fufpending claufe,

is,

till

his Majefty's pleafure is

to

known
alter

{one

of which inftrudions

Law, in contradidion
or
till

to

pafs or materially to one that has obtained the Royal affent for a year

as

we are

affured, not

any
;

& a day

fuch time as his Majefty's pleafure fhall be known).

Our

legiflattire

were

Royal Prerogative Inftrudion would be repealed, fo foon as it was known at home; that to make fure work of it, they enaded it to be in force for 10 months only, which was long enough for their purpofe, as all Tobacco Payments would be
fo fenfible that their option
is contrary to
it

Law

&

&

withal fo apprehenfive were they that

over in that time;

muft needs be fame extraordinary reafons for pafflng fo extraordinary a Law, yet when your Lord fhip is pleafed to confider thefe reafons, they are fuch as will by no means, juftify the condud of the legiflators, for in the /" Place, the fmall quantity of Tobacco made (which feems to be their main argument) will by no means do it, for fmall Crops of Tobacco are fo far from being a lofs to the Country that in the opinion of the moft difcerning Judges, they are an advantage to it. To explain this your we beg leave to that by to Lordfhip, obferve, reafon of the great quantity of Tobacco commonly made, the Market is Overftockt; the low prices given are hardly able to fupport the Planters. But if there was lefs made, the market would the Planter would get as much for his fmall quantity, as he at rife in proportion would, his greater. This our legiflature are fo well aware of, that they any time for have made feveral attempts to leffen the quantity of Tobacco, by a Stint law & now when Providence has made a ftint to their hands by an uncommon Drought in the
is

Lordfhtp

a true

& yet a repeal could not be obtained. ftate of the cafe, & one would think

This

may

it

pleafe your

that there

&

&

Summer &

a Froft early in the

it.

fall, it is

very hard that the Clergy fhould be denied

The next reafon given for paffing the law is, to prevent frauds the benefit of But we humbly apprehend, that this law now comimpofitions in Colledors. plained of, will be fo far from anfwering this pretended good end, that it will open a door to greater frauds impofitions than any Law ever yet did, for as it leaves it the option the Payer, to pay either Money or Tobacco, the colledor will be fure to of to make his advantage by it pay to public Creditors what beft fuits his mtereft which in fuch a multitude of Payers, he may fafely do without the leaft rifk of being deteded. Another Scheme our Legiflators fell upon, to make their option law go

&

&

&

down

to tack our your Lordfhip pleafes to obferve, they do not ftrike at us diredly feparately, but covertly, in conjundion with Secretaries, Clerks, Sheriffs other Tobacco Creditors. 'Tis very true. May it pleafe your Lordfhip, that all Tobacco Creditors are fufferers by this law, but none fo much as the Clergy; as our all depends upon it the retrofped of the Law affeds us much more, than it does any other Tobacco Creditors. But the moft material thing in our favor is, that our Salaries have had the Royal affent and therefore cannot be taken from us or dimmifhed in any refped, by any Law made here without trampling upon the Royal Prerogative, furely there is a vaft difference between the eftabit to

& to glofs over the injury intended by

to

our eftabtifhment, was

Salaries

placemen's

fees, for if

&

&

&

&

&

lifhed

xliv ]

lifhed clergy's livings, fecured to us by

never had
flature

placemen's fees, which Royal Sandion, the legvariable difcretionary Sandion, hut are temporary law In the place, the is collaft according to the exigence of the Country.
that

&

& &

ored over with charity

& compaffion

to the

poor.
that

If this

was

really the defign of

the law, we beg leave

to

anfwer your Lordfhip

none are more ready

& willing &

to promote charitable defigns, than the Clergy are here according to our abilities. But if the more obvious defigns of the Law fhould appear to be a faving felf-

intereft to the rich

in its proper Colors,

& great, we hope the law will be ftript of this difguife & view'd & that this is really the Cafe, will we doubt not appear to your &

Lordfhip when you are pleafed to confider that all our public dues are paid in Tobacco at a certain proportion for every titheable (taxable), per fon {taxable perall negroes both male and female fons are all white males above i6 years of age the rich man who pays for inftance for loo that Now it is that age) manifeft, of tithables (& fome have feveral Hundreds) muft fave lOO times as much by tJte law many none at all. There is no Charity as the Poor man who has but one tithable therefore in the law, unlefs it be that Charity which of all others may moft truly properly be faid to begin at home, at the Legiflator's own home. Had the Law had them only, the Clergy would have cheerfully acquiefced in it, a refped to the poor but we think it hard that the whole Burden fhould be laid upon us; nay, that near
. ,

&

&

&

half a Salary fhould be taken

from us by law
,

great (which is really the cafe here)

& diftributed among the rich & the & not among the Poor. Thefe are the plaufible
As in
our humble opinion

reafons given for paffing this

the rights of the

ad

& we muft fubmit to your Lordfhip whether or not

they will juftify our Legiflature in what they have done.

King

& Church are ftruck at, we the eftablifhed Clergy who think
,

ourfelves inftrufted with the

duty

to

Patrimony of the Church reckon it our indifpenfable all we defire is to have the acquaint your Lordfhip with this encroachment

free ufe

& & difpofal of our properties & to hold our livings (fmall as they are)

Inde-

pendent of thofe who have hitherto fhewn us good will. If it fhould after all be objeded to the juftnefs of our complaint, that other Tobacco creditors are fufferers as yet they acquiefce under the law complained of; we anf that the reawell as we,

&

fon

why

they do not complain

is,

becaufe their fees are entirely difcretionary in the

had they not acquiefced. The we ought to receive next Jtine, purfuant to a former Law were due before the law we now complain of was made, & were we to receive them in due courfe we believe upon the beft computation, we fhould not receive the lo"' part of the Tobacco made this year even where the Crops are fmalleft, nor the 20"' part take the Crops upon an average all over the Country; & in other years one with another, not the 50"' part of what is commonly made. Our being deprived of the benefit of this rifing market, will ftill keep us in debt in & fo in a dependant State, a thing much aimed at by the great men of this Country & not only fo, but it will fink our Credit with our Mother Country, by putting it out of our power to fhip home our Tobacco,
Legiflature,

who would

furely have docked them

Salaries

towards difcharging our debts already contraded in Great Britain,

& for importing

from thence many neceffary

advance, at leaft double the

of

life,

firft coft.

which confequently we muft buy here at a high There is no doubt but thofe leading gentle-

who were principally concerned in paffing this ad, will or home have already fent fome juftification of their condud, & may Pofpbly reprefent both it & us in a light neither deferves. If it fhould be fo, as we are a poor helplefs fet of men, we have nothing to rely upon but the juftice of our caufe & your Lordfhip's favor & protedion, which we implore only upon condition, that it fhall appear to your Lordfhip that we are ill ufed & have reafon to complain; which furely is the cafe, fo long as we are both fubjeded to fuch laws as make property precarious & while the legiflature affume a power to take from us by one Law what

men

of the Legiflature,

they gave us by another as is notorioufly our cafe

fatiffied of,

& which your Lordfhip may be

the

by comparing the Clergy

Law

of

1748 which then had

Sandion

of

the

[xlv]
the Royal affent, with this option Law of 1755 which we hope never will obtain that Sandion. 'Tis with great concern that we are obliged to take this opportunity to acquaint your Lordfhip that the eftablifhed Church Clergy are upon a very pre-

&

carious footing in this Colony, but tho' often

deferted by every branch of the legiflature
fituation at prefent
till

ill

ufed yet they have never been totally now. And fince in this our unhappy

more need of a friend at court we humbly think, that we cannot apply fo properly to any friend as to your Lordfhip our worthy as we have already experienced your Lordfhip' s goodnefs in fupportDiocefan ing our caufe, when we were attacked in our title, by one great man, in the cafe of the late M^ Kay, we flatter ourfelves that we fhall have the continuance of your protedion, when we are now ftruck at in our properties by the whole legiflafavor tive body of this Domimon; who, we muft fay it, have diftinguifhed themfelves in For Virginia their mal-treatment of the Clergy. Maryland, are the only 2 Gov''
the

we have

&

&

&

&

where Tobacco

is the ftaple

& where the Clergy are paid in that commodity, & tho'

made there as here & tho' the Maryland Clergy receive yearly, near twice as much Tobacco as we do in Virginia, yet there there is no Option Law in that Gov' nor any attempt made to Subvert their Eftablifhment. As we are the
there are as fhort crops

have done Nothing moft numerous Clergy of any one of his Majefty's Colonies to forfeit the protection of the legiflature, 'tis very hard that we fhould be fingled out made the only fufferers. Were we not apprehenfive that we have already trefpaffed upon our Lordfhip's patience we could fet forth fundry other pernicious

&

&

confequences of this Law, particularly how prejudicial to religion the propagation of the Gofpel in this part of the world, fuch treatment of the Clergy muft be; for
furely
great
to

&

cannot but difcourage us in the difcharge of our Miniftenal duty tn a our power doing good among our who meafure defeat people are but too apt of
it

&

follow the example of their fuperiors in treating the Clergy with fcorn
It

&

con-

tempt.

muft

alfo have a threatening

afped upon

all

ufeful seminaries of Learn-

ing particularly the College of Will Mary in this Colony, founded by Royal Charter, in which Seminary our youth are educated in feveral ufeful branches of
learning
give his

&

&

fome trained up for

the minifiry.

For in our opinion no man

for the Miniftry

will

under fuch difcouraging circumftances, no Clergyman of worth learning will ever come from Britain to fettle here, where he will be fo far from meeting with due protedion, that he runs the rifk of being denied the rights privileges of a free born fubjed. We alfo humbly conceive that the making fuch a law efpectally at this time, is highly impolitic in a Church of Engl"i Legiflature. For of late, Diffenters of feveral denominations have fettled here and are gaining ground among us, who make it their
liberal education or bring

Son a

him up

&

&

&

bufinefs not only to divide our

Church

& feduce the

own
we beg

but mifs no opportunity of raifing their

eftablifhed clergy.

reputation

unwary from our communion, upon the ruin of that of the

to exult

Here then

is the beft

opportunity for them

& triumph.
grievan-

And now
the whole ces

to

conclude this long Epiftle,

this

leave to affure your Lordfhip, that

to heart the

body of the Clergy of

of

dominion, unanimoufly lay

fo

we complain

& the reafon why

it

few names are fubfcribed

to this, is chiefly

owing

becaufe your Lorda convention of the Clergy; but withal affured us that he would heartily efpoufe our caufe Second our addreffes to your Lordfhip, as he thinks that private reprefentations will better anf our purpofe, we have no other method left but to form ourfelves into fmall Brotherhoods in this way to fue for redrefs. So throwing ourfelves our caufe on your Lordprotedion fhip's favor in hopes that your Lordfhip will ufe your intereft with his Majefty the Miniftry that the evils we complain of may be redreffd fuch relief afforded to your Lordfhip's fuffering Clergy as his Majefty in his great wifto the great

diftance between our refpedive habitations

&

fhip's

Commiffary judged

unadvifable

to call

&

&

&

&

& &

&

&

dom

& goodnefs

fhall think

fit,

we beg

leave to fubfcribe ourfelves.

May

xlvi

May it
/iV^

pleafe your Lordfhip,

dutiful

Your Lordfhip's moft

&

obd'

Sons

&

Servants,

BRUNSKILL,

Sen/ in

HEN^ DUNBAR, PATRICK HENRY,

ALEX. WHITE, JN ROBERTSON, ALEX. FINNIE, THO^ WILKINSON, PETER DAVID, JN BARCLAY,

my Miniftry. my Miniftry. in the 24"' year of my Miniftry. in the 11"' year of my Miniftry. in the 11"' year of my Miniftry. in the 31 f year of my Miniftry in the 3"' year of my Miniftry. in the 5"" year of my Miniftry.
the 40"' year of

in the 30"' year of

in the Country.

W^

WILLIE,

in the 18"' year of

my

Miniftry.

In 1758 it was again apparent to the Affembly that a fhort crop of tobacco would be produced, and an adl funilar to the a<$l of 1755 was immediately paffed. This adt on upon the part of the Affembly renewed with much bittemef s, the feeling of diffatiffadion upon the part of the Clergy of the Colony, and was the diredl catife of uniting them in
oppofition to the wifhes of the people:

AN ACT' TO ENABLE THE INHABITANTS OF THIS COLONY TO DISCHARGE THEIR PUBLIC DUES, OFFICERS FEES, AND OTHER
TOBACCO DEBTS, IN MONEY, FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
being evident, from the prodigious diminution of our ftaple commodity occafioned by the imfeafonablenefs of the weather in moft parts of the colony, that there wiU not be tobacco made to anfwer the common demands of the coimtry and it being certainly expedient at all fuch time to prevent, as much
I.

It

as poffible, the diftreffes that muft inevitably attend fuch a fcarcity: Be it therefore ettaded, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Burgeffes, of this prefent General Affembly, and it is hereby enaded, by the authority of the fame.

That it fhall and may be lawful to and for any perfon or perfons, from whom any tobacco is due by judgment, for rent, by bond, or upon any contradl, or for public, cotmty, or parifh levies or for any fecretary's, clerks, fheriffs, furveyors, or other officers fees, or by any other ways or means whatfoever, to pay and fatiffy the fame either in tobacco, according to the dire(5lions of the adl of affemlby, instituled. An Ad for amending the ftaple of tobacco, and preventing frauds in his majefty's cuftoms, or in money, at the rate of lixteen fhilling and eight pence for every himdred poimds of nett tobacco, and fo in proportion for a greater or leffer quantity, at the option of the payer; and the fheriffs and other colledtors fhall, and they are hereby required to receive the fame from any perfon or perfons in difcharge of any fuch levies and officers fees and the fheriffs or other colledtors of the levies and fees aforefaid, fhall account with, and pay to the perfons entitled to the fame, in proportion to their feveral demands, all tobacco and money which they fhall receive in payments of fuch levies and fees, which fhall difcharge fuch fheriffs and coUedlors from any other demands for fuch levies and fees, any law to the contrary thereof notwith; ;

ftanding.

Provided always, That nothing herein contained fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to any public, cotmty, or parifh levies, or officers fees now
II.

due, or hereafter to become due, in any covin ty by law the inhabitants of fuch coimty are now impowered to difcharge the fame in money.

extend to any where the money or contract made greater rate than fixgoods given for fuch tobacco have been bona fide paid at a teen fhillings and eight pence per hvmdred, as aforefaid, but that all fuch conIII.

Provided

alfo.

That nothing herein contained

fhall

for tobacco before the paffing of this adt,

trac5ls
I

Hening, VII,

p.

240

[ xlvii ]

trafts fhall be difcharged in tobacco according to the terms of fuch contracts, or in money according to the price really given for fuch tobacco, together with

the lawful intereft arifmg on the fame to the time of paying the fame, at the option of the perfon or perfons from whom the tobacco would have been due,

had
for

this ad;

never been paffed.

be
it

IV.

And

further enaded,

That

this adl fhall continue

and be

in force

one year, and no longer.

As neither this acft or the a(5l of 1755, had the claufe fufpending its operation until was fecured, they at once became operative, which refulted in the Affembly being affailed by the Rev. John Camm and other clergy of the Virginia Diocefe. On this queftion the clergy were divided, many of them declaring that they preferred to
royal fanftion
fhare the miffortunes of the Colony, rather than reap the additional revenues refulting to them under the adl ftipulating that their falary fhould be paid at the rate of fixteen thoufand pounds of tobacco annually.

In 1 759 it was found neceffary to pafs a law explaining the adl of 1758. This adl determined that nothing contained in the adl referred to fhould be conftrued as applying to any fheriff or other colledtors of levies and office fees, who had received fuch levies and fees and had not paid them into the public treafury.
'

clergy,

on this fubjedl and the great difcontent of the that their rights had been placed in jeopardy, various fuits followed. None, however, attradled fuch intereft as did the fuit of the Rev. James Maury of the
refult of the various adls

As the

who claimed

Parifh of Frederick fville, in Louifa Coimty.

fuit in the

On

April

i'*

1762, this gentleman brought

Thomas Johnfon and Tarlion Brown, coUedlors of the parifh levies and the fureties on their official bond. The legal talent in this famous cafe confifted of Peter Lyons, a ftrong and able lawyer, who later became Prefident of the Virginia Court of Appeals and Patrick Henry, the original defender of Colonial rights and author of the refolutions againft the Stamp Adl. The defendants were firft reprefented by John Lewis, a covmfel of confiderable ftanding, who relied entirely upon the adl of September 14'h 1758, to fuf tain the caufe of his cHents. The plaintiff demurring to this plea upon the grotmd of being infufficient, the queftion of the validity of the adl was at once raifed. On November ^^^ 1763, the demurrer was argued and fuftained, the court declaring the adl to be null and void. This decifion left nothing to be afcertained by the jury but the amovmt of the damages, which confifted of the differences between the money adlually paid the Rev. James Maury and the value of the tobacco to which he was entitled. This turn of affairs affumed a very favorable afpedl for the clergy, who fully expedled that the jury would give them the amount of damages claimed. At this jimdlure Patrick Henry's fervices were fecured by the defendants and the cafe fet for trial for the December term of court, which began on the firft day of that month. At this trial the fheriff feledled a jury that was not fatiffadlory to the plaintiff there being only two members of it in the clafs known as gentlemen. Henry, however,
of the veftry of his Parifh, againft
infifted that they were honeft men, and, therefore, unexceptionable. This point being upheld by the court the following jurors were fwom and ferved; Benjamin Anderfon, John Wingfield, George Dabney, John Thornton, Samuel Morris, Brewfter Sims, William Claybrook, Stephen Willis, Jacob Hundly, Roger Shackelford, John Blackwell, and Benja-

name

min

Oliver.

The

plaintiffs counfel after introducing

other teftimony, offered in evidence the

bonds of the defendants, as colledtors, and the order of the veftry diredling a levy to be made for the falary of M"' Maury, in 1759. BeUeving this to be all the evidence that was neceffary for them to produce the plaintiffs refted their cafe. The only evidence introduced by the defendants was M'' Maury's receipt for 144, the fame being the receipt for the tobacco due him as conamuted by the adl of the Affembly. The line of argument taken in this celebrated cafe has been preferved in part by William Wirt Henry, in his " Life of Patrick Henry, " [ Vol .1, p. 36 ] and in a letter from
the
I.

Hening, VII, p, 277

"

[ xlviii ]

the Rev. John Maury, plaintiff in the cafe, to the Rev. "Memoirs of a Huguenot Family" by Fontaine.

John Camm,

printed in

It having been determined that the adl was null and void, it only remained for the jury to fettle the amount of damages to be received by the plaintiff. The court had upheld that the jury muft return a verdidt in favor of the plaintiff, but they need not After confidering the matter for five minutes, find more than one farthing damages.

to confider a motion for a

the jury returned a verdidt in favor of the plaintiff for one penny, and as the court refufed new trial, one of the greateft cafes of Colonial times ended.

early as 1755 the differences between the Affembly and the Clergy in the cafe Numerous pamphlets were aKo juft narrated became a fubjedl of general difcuffion.

As

firft being the work of Landon Carter of Sabine Hall, an This pamphlet, ardent advocate of the people's rights and a clofe ftudent of economy. which was printed in 1759, did not appear under Carter's name, he ufing the pfeudonym,

written upon the fubjedt, the

"A Member of the Church of CARTER, LANDON.

England:"
Right Reverend Father in God
to the

A
I

Letter
|

to the

The Lord
\

B[ifho]p of

L[ondo]n.
the

Occafioned by a Letter of his Lord fhip's

of the
|

L[or]ds

of Trade,

on

Subjed

enable the
in

Ad of Affembly, paffed in the Year 1758, intituled. An Adl to Inhabitants of this Colony to dif charge their pub lick Dues, &c.
|
|

Money

for the enfuing Year,

from Virginia.
\

[1759.]

Title page.

Corredtions, pp. 1-2

Text, pp. 3-56; 21.5 X14'"".

Carter in this publication ftrongly upholds the Affembly in creating the Adls of 1755 and 1758, and argues that the clergy of Virginia fancied themfelves aggrieved. He likewife comments freely upon the Remonftrance of the clergy, and calls the Bifhop of London to account for his views expreffed in his letter to the Board of Trade under

date of June 14"" 1759. The next important publication bearing on this fubjedl was written by Richard Bland in 1760, under the following title:

BLAND, RICHARD
in which. The Condudl of the to the Clergy of Virginia, General-Affembly is vindicated, Againf t The Reflexiona contained in a Letter By to the Lords of Trade and Plantations, from the Lord-Bifhop oi London, in Ay/embly for Reprefentatives the of the Coimty of Richard Bland, Efq ;one Williamfburg: Vrmiedhy William Hunter. MDCCLX. Prince-George. "Copy of a Letter from the Lord-Bifhop of London, to the Title page. Lords of Trade and Plantations," (dated Fidham, June 14, 1759.) pp. iii-vi

Letter >

Text, pp. 3-20.

Bland's letter

is

dated at the end,

"

Jordan's,

March

20,

760.

19

12

cm.

In this publication Bland repUed, as did Landon Carter, to the following letter written This communication Bifhop of London to the Lords of Trade and Plantations. the by part of upon the the Colony to the views oppolition determined which occafioned fuch
of the clergy,

was written at Fulham, June

14*''

1759:

Ftdham,3 June

14"'

My Lords,
I have confidered the
of

175g

Ad from Virginia, referred to me:

It

feems

to be the
it

Work

Men

confcious

to

themfelves that they were doing wrong:

for,

though

is very

known that the Intention of the Ad is to abridge the Maintenance of the Clergy, yet the Framers of the Ad have ftudioufly avoided naming them, or properly defcribwell

ing them, throughout the Ad; fo that it may be doubted whether, in a legal ConftrucBut, to take the Ad as they meant it, and as every tion, they are included or not. Body underftands it, we muft firft confider by what Authority the Affembly aded,
in paffing fuch a Law; and, in the next Place, how inconfiftent the-Provifion of the Ad was with Juftice and Equity: The Subjed-Matter of the Ad, as far as the

Clergy are concerned, was

'

fettled before

by the

Ad

of

Affembly; which

Ad has the
Royal
;

Virginia State Library. Bofton Athenaeum. Perry: Hiftorical Collections, Vol. I, p. 461

'

Boston Athenaeum.

xlix

Royal Affent and Confirmation, and could not be repealed by a leffer Power than it; and, to make an Ad to fufpend the Operation of the Royal Ad, is an Attempt which in fome Times would have been called Treafon, and I do not know any other Name for it in our Law. If they had brought in an Ad of Repeal, to take Place from the Time they could obtain the King's Affent to the faid Ad of Repeal, they would have been blamelefs; but, to affume a Power to bind the King's Hands, and to fay how far his Power fhall go, and where it fhall ftop, is fuch an Ad of Supremacy as is inconfiftent with the Dignity of the Church of England, and manifeftly tends to draw the People of the Plantations from their Allegiance to the King, when they find they have a higher Power to proted them: Whether or not fuch an Effcd be produced, I know not; but,

made

furely
the

it is

Time

to look

about us, and

to

confider the feveral Steps lately taken

to

and Influence of the Crown; lately taken, I fay: Becaufe, within a few Years paft, Virginia was a well-ordered and well-regulated Colony, and lived in Submiffion to the Power fei over them; they were all Members of the Church of England, and no Diffenters amongft them; the Clergy refpeded, and well ufed by the People; but thefe Days are over, and they feem now to Imve nothing more at Heart than to leffen the Influence of the Crown and the Maintenance
Diminution
of the Prerogative
of the Clergy, both

which ends will be effedually ferved by the

Ad now under

our

Confideratton.
It was not till the Year 1^48 that this Spirit began to fhow itfelf, at which Time an Ad of Affembly paffed, by which the Patronage of all the Livings in the Colony were taken from the Crown, and given the Veftry in the feveral Par iflies; and yet this Ad received the Royal Affent, upon what Inducements, I know not: But it was obfervable, that the Affembly did not care to attack the Rights of the Crown, and that of the Clergy, at the fame Time; and therefore, m the fame Ad of

1748, there is the ftrongeft Confirmation of the Clergy's Right to their full Proportion of Tobacco, without
to filence the

they
the

had

to

any Diminution whatfoever, which Provifion was meant Complaints of the Clergy againft the other Part of the Ad; and Reafon Complain, when, inftead of the Royal Authority, they were put under and made fubjed
to the

Power

of the Veftry

Humours

of the People.

That no Good luas finally intended the Clergy, is manifeft from hence, that no fooner were they in Poffeffion of the Patronages, but they wanted alfo to be abfolute afters of the Maintenance of the Clergy; in which Attempt, they proceeded warily, and endeavoured to bring in the Scheme by Degrees; and accordingly, in the Year

their Tobacco,

1755, the Clergy in the Counties of Princefs Anne and Norfolk were deprived of and forced to accept of a Compenfation in Money, very much to

their Lofs.

The fame Year produced a general Ad, but a temporary one, and was followed by a very extraordinary Refolution of the Council; the Cafe was this: The Affembly had paffed the Ad; when it came to the Governor for his Affent, he boggled at it; and, for his own Secvmty, thought proper to advife with the Council, tltat is, with the very Perfons who Jtad been the Promoters of it; he tells them, he apprehended it interfered with the Law confirmed by his Majefty in regard to the Allowance
provided for the Clergy.

Here

the

Cafe

is fully ftated: It is admitted,

that the

Maintenance

of the

Clergy had the King's Confirmation; and that the Governor, by his Inftrudions, is reftrained from altering it; but it feems the Ad confirmed by his Majefty, appointed

16,000 Pounds of Tobacco to each Clergyman. The Ad upon which this Advice was afked took no Notice of the Quantity of Tobacco allowed to the Clergy, but made it fubjed to a Compenfation in Money, which was to be rated by the very Perfons who were liable to the Payment of the whole: Upon this Circumftance the Council gave their Judgment, and declared it was the Opinion of the Board, that this Bill was not contradidory to that Law, infomuch as it by no Means leffened the

Quantity of Tobacco allowed the Clergy, but only afcertained the Price thereof

to

be

paid

[1]
paid in Money for all Dues, as well to Officers as to the Clergy. This Declaration is a formal Judgment in the Cafe, ftated between the Authority of the Crown and the Power of the Affembly, and fubjeded the Laws eftablifhed by the Royal Affent to be altered corrected or ftifpended, by a Vote of the Affembly. The Lieutenant-Governour wanted fomething of an Excufe for what he was
ftrongly inclined to do,

and a very fad one they furnifhed him

with.

What made
Change

him

fo zealous in the Caufe, I pretend not to judge; but furely the great

which manifeftly appears in the Tempers and Difpofition of the People in that Colony, in the Compafs of a few Years, deferves highly to be confidered; and the more fo, as the Deputy-Governour and Council feem to ad in Concert with the People, to lend their Authority to fupport their unreafonable Demands: But one would think, upon Confideration of fome late Tranfadions there, that the DeputyGovernours thought themfelves obliged, upon their fir ft Entrance, to make a Prefent
to the Veftries of the

and
is

Maintenance of the Clergy, the Jurifdidion of the Prerogative Supremacy and Rights of the Crown. As to the Want of Juftice and Equity fhewed in the Ad to the Clergy, the Cafe too plain to admit of any Reflexion upon it: If the Crown does not or cannot fupthe
it

port itfelf in fo plain a Cafe, as is before us,

would be in vain

for the Clergy to

fall,

plead the

Ad

confirmed by the King; for their Rights muft ftand, or

with the

Authority of the
I am,

Crown.

my

Lords,
obedient humble Servant, T.

Your moft

LONDON.

The next publication bearing on the queftion at iffue between the Clergy and the Affembly, was a pamphlet by the Rev. John Camm, printed at Annapolis, Md., in 1763. So far as is known not a copy of this publication is extant, though Sabin records it in In this publication Camm endeavoured his " Bibliotheca Americana" Vol. 3, p. 254.
to

comment diredlly upon the adl in queftion and farcaftically refers to its " beneficial and wholefome effedl in York-Hampton Parifh." He likewife replies, as the title indicates, to the juftice

and charity exhibited by London Carter, in, " A Letter to the Right and to Bland's "A Letter Reverend Father in God, The Lord Bishop of London.". pamphlets already referred to as bearing on this subjedt: to the Clergy of Virginia,"
.

CAMM, REV. JOHN

-

A Single and Diftindl View of the A($l, Vulgarly entitled, Three-Penny Ac5l
Containing an Account of its beneficial and wholefome effedl in York-Hampton In which is exhibited A Specimen of Col. London Carter's Juftice and Parifh. By the Reverend Charity; as well as of Col. Richard Bland's Salus Populi. Annapolis, 'Prm.te^.hy Jonas Green, ior the Axiithor. 1763. John Camm.
.
. .

4to.

55 pp. to the Hterature

The next contribution Landon Carter, under the

Carter imdertakes to juftify

on this fubjedl was publifhed in 1764, by In this pamphlet Redor Deteded" ... title of the Two Penny Acft, and boldly ftates that the Rev. John
the "

Camm

mifreprefented fadts relative to the queftion at iffue

'

CARTER, LANDON
Being a Juft Defence of the Two-penny Adl, Reverend /o/jm Cawm, Redlorof of the Mifreprefentations artful the Againft View. Containing aKo a plain ConDiftindl York-Hampton, in his Single and

The

Redor Detected
\ |

futation of his feveral

Hints, as a Specimen of the Juftice and Charity

. . .
\ |

of

Colonel Landon Carter. By Landon Carter, of Sabine Hall. MDCCLXIV. burg: Vrmtedhy Jo feph Royle. Errata, Text, p-p. ssg. Introduction, pp. 3-4. Title-page.
| I

Williamf17.5

[i] p.

X 15 cm. The Rev. John Camm reviewed the "Redor Deteded"

in print,
his

fhortly after

it

appeared

pamphlet being the

'

laft

publication of note bearing on the queftion.

Coming
<

No copy fotmd

Bofton Athenaeum

[li]
Coming
phlets,

at a time

when the

iffues

between the clergy and the people had been

is

fettled,

the pamphlet attradled

little, if

any, attention.

however, confiderable light

Affociated with the foregoing pamthrown upon the caufe of the clergy, and as fuch

conftitute a diftindt clafs of literature which clearly denotes, not only the exiftence of iffue, but a very marked exhibition of perfonal opinion and difpleafure

an

CAMM,' JOHN

A Review
'i

of
.
|

The Redlor Deteded

|

or the

Colonel

Reconnoitered.
|

Vvintedhy J ofephRoyle, UBCCLXIY Title page. Text, pp. 3-29 19x15.5 cm. The arguments the clergy fet forth to maintain their pofition created intenfe feeling throughout the Colony, and was a prime fa(5lor in bringing about the feparation of the Church and State. The influence exercifed by the clergy prior to their attempt to didtate to the Affembly was very marked. Their caufe, however, was put to a very
Part of the
Firft.
.

Williamfburg:

and the defeat adminiftered them by the various juries to which were fubmitted, was a blow from which they never fully recovered. The Rev. John Maury in reciting to the Rev. John Camm the incidents of the trial of this caufe, gives a very entertaining account of this cafe, and fo far as is known it is the moft prominent expreffion of M'' Maury on the fubjedt:
fevere teft at this time,
their caufes

December^
To the Rev. John Camm. Dear Sir:

12"',

176^.

Now that I am fomewhat at leifure, than when I wrote to you by Major Winfton, from Hanover, fome few days ago, I have fat doivn to give you the beft account I can of the moft material paffages in the trial of my caufe againft the Collodors in that Court, both to fatiffy your own curiofity, and to enable the lawyer, by whom
managed in the General Court, to form fome judgment of its merits. you were advifed from Nov'r Court, that the Bench had adjudged the twopenny ad to be no law; and that, at the next, a jury, on a writ of inquiry, were to examine whether the Plaintiff had fuftained any damages, and what. Accordingly, at December Court, a feled jury was ordered to be fumnioned; but, how far they who gave the order, wifhed or inteded it to be regarded, you may judge from the fequel. The Sheriff went into a public room, full of gentlemen, and told his errand. One excnfed himfelf (Peter Robinfon of King William) as having
it is to

be

I believe,

fir,

already given his opinion in a fimilar cafe.

told

On

this,

as a perfon then prefent

there.

me, he immediately

left

the room, without

fummoning any one perfon

afterwards met another gentleman (Richard Sq. Taylor) on the green, and, on his faying he was not fit to ferve, being a churchwarden, he took upon himfelf to

He

made no further attempts to fummon You'll fay, were but feeble endeavors to comply with the diredions of the Court in that particular. Hence, he went among the vulgar herd After he had feleded and fet down upon his lift about eight or ten of thefe, I met
excufe htm,
too,

and, as far as I can learn,

gentlemen.

Thefe,

him with

to him that they were not being people of whom I had never heard before, except one, whom, I told him, he knew to be a party in the caufe, as one of the Colledor's Securities, and, therefore, not fit for a juror on that occafion
it
it,

in his hand, and on looking over

obferved

fuch jurors as the Court had direded

him

to get,

Yet

this

man's name was not era fed.

He was

not excufed himfelf, would probably have been admitted.

that the

even called in Court, and, had he For, I cannot recoiled

been fummoned.

Court expreffed either furprife or diflike that a more proper jury had not Nay, though I objeded againft them, yet, as Patrick Henry

{one of the Defendant's lawyers) mfifted they were honeft men, and, therefore, unexceptionable, they were immediately called to the book and fworn. Three of

them, as I

was afterwards

nation called

New

muft have known.

.
t

told, nay, fome faid four, were Diffenters of that denomiLights, which the Sheriff, as they were all his acquaintance Meffrs. Gift and McDowall, the two moft confiderable purchaf-

ers

Bofton Athenaeum.

Lenox Library.

'

Fontaine Memoirs of a Huguenot Family.

[Hi]
ers in that county,

were

nmv called in

to

prove the price of tobacco, and (worn.

The

teftimony of the former imported, that, during the months of May and June, /75P, tobacco had currently fold at ^o s. per hundred, and that himfelf, at or about the
latter

end

of the laft of thofe months,

reft,

had

fold

and, amongft the

one hundred
till

to be

delivered in the
. '

however, were not delivered

September.

fame hundreds of hhds. at that price, month of Auguft, which, That of the latter only proved, " That
'

0
of

s.

was

for the Plaintiff.

my

This was the fum of the evidence Againft him, ivas produced a receipt to the Colledor, to the beft remembrance in thefe ivords: " Received of Thomas Johnfon, Jun'r, at this
the current price to tobacco that feafon

and fame former payments, 144, current money, by James Mauiy. " After the laxvyers on both fides had difplayed the force and weight of the evidence, pro and con to their Honors, the furors, and one of thofe who appeared for the Defendants had obferved to them that they muft find, {or if thay must find, I am not fure which, but think the former) for the Plaintiff, but need not find more than one farthing;
they went out, and, according to inftrudion {though whether according to evidence

or not, I leave you to judge), in lefs than five minutes brought in a verdid for the

was contrary to was taken of it, and He then moved to have the the verdid admitted without hefitation by the Bench. His next evidence of Meffrs. Gift and McDowell recorded, with as little effed. motion, which ivas for a new trial, fhared the fame fate. He then moved it might be admitted to record, " that he had made a motion for a new trial, becaufe he confidered the verdid contrary to evidence, and that the motion had been rejeded;" He laftly moved for an appeal, which, which, after much altercation, was agreed to. This, fir, as well as I can remember, is a juft and impartial too, was granted. One occurrence narrative of the moft material occurences in the trial of that caufe.
Plaintiff, one

penny damages.

M"'

Lyons

urged, as the verdid

evidence, the jury ought to be fent out again.

But no

notice

more,

tho' not effential to the caufe,

I can't help mentioning, as a ftriking inftance

M""

in particular, and

of the Bench to the Church of England Henry, m-entioned above {who had been called in by the Defendants, as we fufpeded, to do what I fame time ago told you of), after M'' Lyons had opened the caufe, rofe and harrangued the jury for near an This harangue turned upon points as much out of his own depths, and hour. that of the jury, as they were foreign from the purpofe; which it would be impertinent to mention here. However, after he had difcuffed thofe points, he labored to prove " that the ad of ly^H had every charaderiftic of a good law; that it was a law of general utility, and could not, confiftently with what he called the original com pad betxveen King and people, ftipulating protedion on the one Jiand and obedience on the other be annulled. " Hence, he inferred, " that a King, by difallowmg Ads of this falutary nature, from being the father of his people, degenerated into a Tyrant and forfeits all right to his fubjeds' obedience. " He further urged, " that the only ufe of an Eftablifhed Church and Clergy in fociety, is to enforce obedience to civil fandions, and that the obfervance of thofe which are called duties of imperfed obligation; that, when a Clergy ceafes to anfwer thefe ends, the community have no further need of their miniftry, and may juftly ftrip them of their appointments;

of the loyalty, impartiality

and attachment

to religion at large.

that the Clergy of Virginia, in this particular inftance of their refufing to acquiefce

in the law in queftion, had been fo far from anfwering, that they had moft notorioufly counteraded, thofe great ends of their inftitution; that, therefore, inftead of
ufeful

members

of the ftate, they ought to be confidered

and

that,

in the cafe

now

before them,

M^ Maury,
to be

inftead of countenance,

as enemies of the community; and profeverity. "

tedion and damages, very juftly deferved

punifhed with fignal

And

then he perorates to the following purpofe, "that excepting they {the jury) were

difpofed
flip the

to rivet the

chains of bondage on their

opportunity which

now

offered, of

own necks, he hoped they would not let making such an example of him as might,
to

hereafter, be

a warning

to

himfelf and his brethren, not

have the temerity, for the

future, to

difpute the validity of fuch laws, authenticated

by the only authority, which

liii

which, in his conception, could give force

laws for the government of this Colony, the authority of a legal reprefentative of a Council, and of a kind and benevolent and patriot Governor." You'll obferve I do not pretend to remember his words,
to

but take this to have been the

fum and

fubftance of this of his labored oration.

to affert, " that

When

he came

to that

part of

it

where he undertook

or difallowing

ads

of fo falutary

a nature, from being the

a King, by annulling Father of his people

degenerated into a Tyrant,

and

forfeits all right to his fubjeds' obedience;" the

more fober part of the audience were ftrud with horror. Lyons' called out aloud, and with an hone ft warmth, to the Bench, " That the gentleman had fpoken treafon," and expreffed his aftonifhment " that their worfhip could hear it without emotion, or any mark of diffatiffadion. " At the fame inftant, too, amongft fome gentlemen in the crowd behind me, was a confufed murmur of Treafon, Treafon! Yet M' Henry went on in the fame treafonable and licentious ftrain, without interruption from the Bench, nay, even without receiving the leaft exterior notice of their One of the jury, too, was fo highly pleafed with thefe dodrines, difapprobation. that, as I was afterwards told, he every now and then gave the traitorous declaimer a nod of approbation. After the Court was adjourned, he apologifed to me for what he had faid, alleging that his fole view in engaging in the caufe, and in faying what he had, was to render himfelf popular. You fee, then, it is fo clear a point
in this perfon's opinion, that the ready road to popularity here,
is, to

trample under

if

foot the inter efts of religion, the rights of the church, and the perogative of the crown. " affumption of a power to bind the King's hands," If this be not pleading for the " it be afferting fuch fupremacy in provincial Legiflatures" as is

inconfiftent

with the dignity of the Church of England, and manifeftly tends to draw the people of thefe plantations from their allegiance to the King, tell me, my dear fir, what is

M' Cootes, merchant on James River, after Court, faid "he fo, if you can. would have given a confiderable fum out of his own pocket, rather than his friend
Patrick fhould have been guilty of a crime, but little, tf any thing inferior to that which brought Simon Lord Lovatt to the block;" and juftly obferved that he exceeded the moft feditious and inflammatory harangues of the Tribunes of old

Rome.

My
little elfe

warmeft wifhes and prayers ever attend you.

in the power
of,

And

be fides thefe there is

my dear Camm,
affedionate,

Your

J.

MAURY

Jury in this Cafe, fettled the queftion for once and for all, as was made thereafter by the clergy to fecure the rights accorded them imder the Adl of 1698. They did appeal to the Governor upon the ground of oppreflion, and while he contented to grant the appeal the matter was never brought prominently before the people again. This cafe, which attained fuch prominence, likewife awarded to Patrick Henry, the pofition of the leading couiifel in the Colony, which is attefted by the fadt of the exiftence of his fee books now depofited at Red Hill, in Charlotte Coimty, where this great lawyer and orator is buried. Thefe books fhow beyond a doubt that M' Henry had a large pradlice prior to 1763, but after figuring fo prominently in the "Parson's Cause," his labors increafed to fuch an extent that he was comlittle effort

The

verdi(5l of the

pelled to decline to be affociated with

many

cafes which he would, under other circum-

ftances have

become

identified.

nies.

Following the treaty of Paris, in 1763, great joy was manifeft throughout the ColoBy this treaty the poffeffions of Great Britain had increafed to fuch an extent as to

advance her to the higheft place among the nations of the earth. In no part of the Britifh poffeffions was joy more genuine than in America, as in the language of James Otis, "We in America have abundant reafon to rejoice. The heathen are driven out and the Canadians conquered. Britifh dominion now extends from fea to fea and from the great rivers to the end of the earth liberty and knowledge, civil and religious, will co;

extend

"

Hv

extend, improve and preferve, to the lateft pofterity.

tinited let

What God

in his providence has

no man dare to pull afunder. Bright as the future feemed to be for America at this time, the Colonies were deftined to a reftridtion of the liberty extended to them by the various charters under which they were created. The vaft expenfes attending the Colonial wars, determined Great Britain The rigid enforceto renew the tax on fugar and molaffes imported into the Colonies. ment of the Navigation Adls was aKo decided upon and all officers, civil and military, received inftrudlions to put an end to illicit traffic and to fubmit all queftions of this kind to the Courts of Admiralty rather than to the American juries. In order to ftimulate adlion, officers making feizures were given emoluments in cafes of forfeiture, which at once affirmed the form of an oppreffion in the higheft degree, as there was no appeal fave that granted by the Privy Council in England. The decifion of the Courts of Admiralty were, to all intents and purpofes final, as the cofts attending fuch an adlion made Information was aKo conveyed to the it impoffible to carry a cafe to the higher court. Colonies by their Agents, that an attempt had been made to alter the Colonial charters It was alfo the intent of the fo as to deftroy the influence of the various affemblies. Crown to create a ftanding army to be ftationed in America, and to impofe a tax on the Such was the outlook at the clofe of 1 763, and the general feeling Colonies to fupport it. pervaded the Colonies that almoft anything detrimental to their interefts could be
expected.

George Grenville, who had fucceeded to the miniftry, realizing that nothing could be accomplifhed by changing the charters of the refpedtive Colonies, informed all Colonial agents that this plan would be abandoned. He was fully determined, however, to impofe a stamp tax, unlefs the Colonies could fuggeft an equally efficient method of taxation. No adlion of this kind being poffible in America in fo fhort a time, it was determined to pafs a fet of declaratory refolves, which were adopted on March g*^, 1764. Thefe Refolutions were agreed to on the 17* of the fame month, and heartily approved by the King, who maintained that the regulations which had been eftablifhed were wife,

and that
terefts of

it

was right and proper to augment the public revenues, and to " imite the inthe moft diftant poffeffions of the Crown, and to encourage and fecure their
Britain.

commerce with Great

"

Thefe refolves greatly aroufed America and public meetings were held in every Colony. The opponents of the tax were called " Whigs" and "Patriots, " while thofe in favor of it were termed "Loyalifts," "Tories" and "Friends of Government." Protefts from nearly all the Colonies againft the propofed tax were forwarded to Great Britain, and in reply, the miniftry declared that they had only afked the Colonies to indicate an acceptable tax, and did not defire them to fubmit reafons why they fliould not defray a part of the expenfes of the Home Government. The Colonies were alfo advifed that the tax had been determined upon, and that the various protefts had had the effedl of

promoting

legiflation of this kind.

upon in Virginia, an addrefs to his Majefty, Memorials to the Lords and Commons and to the Agent of this Colony were adopted on Tuefday
Oppofition being determined

the 18"^ of December, 1764.

In thefe Memorials the Burgeffes maintained the loyalty of

where taxes were laid upon a or their legal reprefentatives. It was aKo thought fuch their confent by without people an adlion would create an additional burden upon the Colony as well as being deftrucVirginia, but fet forth that freedom could not exift
tive to the interefts of Great Britain.

TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN.

your Majefty's dutiful and loyal Subjedls, the Council and Burgeffes and Dominion of Virginia, now met in General Affembly, beg Leave to affure your Majefty of our firm and inviolable Attachment to your facred Perfon and Government and as your faithful Subjedls here have at all Times
of your ancient Colony
;

We

[Iv]
Times been zealous to demonftrate this Truth, by a ready Compliance with the Royal Requifitions during the late War, by which a heavy and oppreffive Debt of near Half a Million hath been incurred, fo at this Time they implore Permiffion to approach the Throne with humble Confidence, and to intreat that your Majefty will be graciously pleafed to protedt your People of this Colony in the Enjoyment of their ancient and ineftimable Right of being governed by fuch Laws refpedting their internal Polity and Taxation as are derived from their own Confent, with the Approbation of their Sovereign or his Subftitute A Right which as Men, and Defcendants of Britons, they have ever quietly poffeffed fince firft by Royal Permiffion and Encourgagement they left the Mother Kingdom to extend its Commerce and Dominion. Your Majefty's dutiful Subjects of Virginia moft humbly and unanimoufly hope that this invaluable Birthright, defcended to them from their Anceftors, and in which they have been protedled by your Royal Predeceffors, will not be fuffered to receive an Injury under the Reign of your Sacred Majefty, already fo illuftrioufly diftinguifhed by your gracious Attention to the Liberties of the
:

People.
er of your faithful Subjects, the Council

That your Majefty may long live to make Nations happy is the ardent Prayand Burgeffes of Virginia.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED:
The Memorial
Affembly,
of the Council

and Burgeffes

of Virginia,

now met

in General

Htunbly reprefents.

That your Memorialifts hope on Application to your Lordfhips, the fixed and hereditary Guardians of Britifh Liberty, will not be thought improper at
Time, when Meafures are propofed fubverfive, as they conceive, of that Freedom which all Men, efpecailly thofe who derive their Conftitution from Britain, have a Right to enjoy and they flatter themf elves that your Lordfhips will not look upon them as Objects fo im worthy your Attention as to regard any Impropriety in the Form or Manner of their Application, for your Lordfhips Protedlion of their juft and undoubted Rights as Britons. It cannot be Prefumption in your Memorialifts to call themfelves by this diftinguifhed Name, fince they are defcended from Britons who left their native Country to extend its Territory and Dominion, and who happily for Britain, and as your Memorialifts once thought for themfelves too, eft'edled this Purpofe. As our Anceftors brought with them every Right and Privilege they could with Juftice claim in their Mother Kingdom, their Defcendants may conclude they cannot be deprived of thofe Rights without Injuftice. Your Memorialifts conceive it to be a fundamental Principle of the Britifh Conftitution, without which Freedom can no Where exift, that the People are not fubjedt to any Taxes but fuch as are laid on them by their own Confent, or by thofe who are legally appointed to reprefent them Property muft become too precarious for the Genius of a free People which can be taken from them at the Will of others, who cannot know what Taxes fuch People can bear, or the eafieft Mode of raifing them and who are not under that Reftraint, which is the greateft Security againft a burthenfome Taxation, when the Reprefentatives themfelves muft be affecfted by every Tax impofed on the People. Your Memorialifts are therefore led into an humble Confidence that your Lordfliips will not think any Reafon fufficient to fupport fuch a Power in the Britifh Parliament, where the Colonies cannot be reprefented a Power never before conftitutionally af fumed, and which if they have a Right to exercife on any Occafion mioft neceffarily eftablifh this melancholy Truth, that the Inhabitants of the Colonies are the Slaves of Britons, from whom they are defcended,
this
;

and

[ Ivi ]

and from whom they might expedl every Indulgence that the Obligations of Intereft and Affedlion can entitle them to. Your Memorialifts have been invefted with the Right of taxing their own People from the firft Eftablifhment of a regular Government in the Colony, and Requifitions have been conftantly made to them by their Sovereigns on all Occalions when the Affiftance of the Colony was thought neceffary to preferve the Britifh Intereft in America; from whence they muft conclude they cannot now be deprived of a Right thev have fo long enjoyed, and which they have
never
forfeited.

The Expenfes incurred during the laf t War, in Compliance with the Demands Colony by our late and prefent moft gracious Sovereigns, have involved us in a Debt of near Half a Million a Debt not likely to decreafe under the conon
this
;

tinued Expenfe

we

are at in providing for the Security of the People againft the

Incurfions of our favage Neighbors, at a

Commodity, the

total

Want of Specie, and

Time when the low ftate of our Staple the late Reftridlions upon the Trade

of the Colonies, render the Circumftances of the People extremely diftreffful,

and which, if Taxes are accumulated upon them by the Britifh Parliament, will make them truly deplorable. Your Memorialifts cannot fuggeft to themfelves any Reafon why they fhould not ftill be trufted with the Property of their People, with whofe Abilities, and the leaft burthenfome Mode of taxing (with great Deference to the fuperior Wifdom of Parliament) they muft be beft acquainted. Your Memorialifts hope they fhall not be fufpecfted of being adtuated on this Occafion by any Principles but thofe of the pureft Loyalty and Affe<5lion as they always endeavoured b)^ their Condudl to demonftrate that they confider their

Connexions with Great Britain, the Seat of Liberty, as their greateft

Happinefs.

The Duty they owe to themfelves and their Pofterity lays your Memorialunder the Neceffity of endeavouring to eftablifh their Conftitution upon its proper Foundation and they do moft humbly pray your Lordfhips to take this Subjedl into your Confideration with the Attention that is due to the Well being of the Colonies, on which the Profperity of Great Britain does in a great Meafure
ifts
;

depend.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE KNIGHTS, CITIZENS, AND BURGESSES OF GREAT BRITAIN. IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED:
The Remonftrance of the Council and Burgeffes of Virginia. It appearing by the printed Votes of the Hoiife of Commons
tain in Parliament affembled that in a

of Great Bri-

Committee

of the whole Hotife, the

17*

laft, it was refolved that towards defending, protedling, and Day of fecuring the Britifh Colonies and Plantations in America, it may be proper to charge certain Stamp Duties in the faid Colonies and Plantations and it being apprehended that the fame Subjedl, which was then declined, may be refumed and further purfued in a fucceeding Seffion, the Council and Burgeffes of Virginia, met in General Affembly, judge it their indifpenfable Duty, in a refpedlful Manner, but with decent Firmnefs, to remonftrate againft fuch a Meafure,
;

March

that at leaft a Ceffion of thofe Rights, which in their Opinion mioft be infringed by that Procedure, may not be inferred from their Silence, at fo important a
Crifis.

They conceive it is effential to Britifh Liberty that Laws impofing Taxes on the People ought not to be made without the Confent of Reprefentatives chofen by themfelves who, at the fame Time that they are acquainted with the Circtimftances of their Conftituents, fuf tain a Proportion of the Burthen laid on them. This Privilege, inherent in the Perfons who difcovered and fettled thefe Regions, could not be renovmced or forfeited by their Removal hither, not as Vagabonds
;

; ;

[ Ivii ]

Vagabonds or Fugitives, but licenfed and encouraged by their Prince and animated with a laudable Defire of enlarging the Britifh Dominion, and extending On the contrary, it was fecured to them and their Defcendants, its Commerce with all other Rights and Immunities of Britifh Subjects, by a Royal Charter, which hath been invariably recognifed and confirmed by his Majefty and his Predeceffors in their Commiffions to the feveral Govemours, granting a Power, and prefcribing a Form of Legiflation according to which, Laws for the Adminiftration of Juftice, and for the Welfare and good Government of the Colony, have been hitherto enadted by the Govemour, Council, and General Affembly, and to them Requifitions and Applications for Supplies have been directed by the Crown. As an Inftance of the Opinion which former Sovereigns entertained of thefe Rights and Privileges, we beg Leave to refer to three A(5ls of the General Affembly paffed in the 32'* Year of the Reign of King Charles II (one of which is entitled An Adt for raifing a Publick Revenue for the better Support of the Government of his Majefty's Colony of Virginia, impofmg feveral Duties for that Purpofe) which they thought abfolutely neceffary, were prepared in England, and fent over by their then Govemour, the Lord Culpeper, to be paffed by the General Affembly, with a full Power to give the Royal Affent thereto and which were accordingly paffed, after feveral Amendments were made to them here Thus tender was his Majefty of the Rights of his American Subjedls and the Remonftrants do not difcem by what Diftin(5lion they can be deprived of that facred Birthright and moft valuable Inheritance by their Fellow Subje(fts, nor with what Propriety they can be taxed or affedled in their Eftates by the Parliament, wherein they are not, and indeed cannot, conftitutionally be repre: ;

fented.

And if it were proper for the Parliament to impofe Taxes on the Colonies at
which the Remonftrants take Leave to think would be inconfiftent with the fimdamental Principles of the Conftitution, the Exercife of that Power at this Time would be ruinous to Virginia, who exerted herfelf in the late War it is feared beyond her Strength, infomuch that to redeem the Money granted for that Exigence her People are taxed for feveral Years to come This, with the large Expenfes incurred for defending the Frontiers againft the reftlefs Indians, who have infefted her as much fmce the Peace as before, is fo grievous that an Increafe of the Burthen will be intolerable efpecially as the People are very greatly diftreffed already from the Scarcity of circulating Cafh amongft them, and from the Httle Value of their Staple at the Britifh Markets. And is it prefumed that adding to that Load which the Colony now labors imder will not be more oppreffive to her People than deftrudlive of the Intereft of Great Britain For the Plantation Trade, confined as it is to the Mother Country, hath been a principal Means of multiplying and enriching her Inhabitants and, if not too much difcouraged, may prove an inexhauftible Source of Treasure to the Nation. For Satiffadlion in this Point, let the prefent State of the Britifh Fleets and Trade be compared with what they were before the Settlement of the Colonies and let it be confidered that whilft Property in Land may be acquired on very eafy Terms, in the vaft uncultivated Territory of North America, the Colonifts will be moftly, if not wholly, employed in Agriculture whereby the Exportation of their Commodities of Great Britain, and the Confumption of their Manufadlures fupplied from thence, will be daily increafing. But this moft defirable Connexion between Great Britain and her Colonies, fupall,
:

ported by fuch a happy Intercourfe of reciprocal Benefits as is continually advancing the Profperity of both, muft be interrupted, if the People of the latter,

reduced to extreme Poverty, fhould be compelled to manufafture thofe Articles they have been hitherto fumifhed with from the former.

From thefe Confiderations, it is hoped that the Honourable Houfe of Commons wiU not profecute a Meafure which thofe who may fiiffer tmder it cannot
but

[ Iviii ]

but look upon as

fitter for

Exiles driven from their native Country after ignomi-

and Protedlion, than for the Profperity of Britons Times been forward to demonftrate all due Reverence to the Mother Kingdom, and are fo inftrumental in promoting her Glory and Felicity and that Britifh Patriots will never confent to the Exercife of anti-conf titutional Power, which even in this remote Comer may be dangerous in its Example to the interiour Parts of the Britifh Empire, and will certainly be detrimental to its Commerce. Six days after thefe Memorials had been adopted, Governor Fauquier advifed the Board of Trade of the adlion of the Affembly, and ftated that while he had not feen the Memorials in queftion, he was fatiffied they would not be acceptable to Great Britain:
nioufly forfeiting her Favours

who have

at all

W"''bnrg' Dec' 24"' 1764.

My
to

Lords,

my letter to your Right Hon'''' Board of the 16''' Ult. I did myfelj the honor tranfmit to your Lordfhips my fpeech at the opening of the Seffion, and the
In
I have

Addreffes of the Council and Burgeffes.

of

now adjourned them

made a

to the

i" day

May

next.

The approach

of the holidays

and

the almoft neceffary pre fence of

the Burgeffes at

home

to look after their

own

plantations,

recefs

from bufi-

nefs expedient, and a prorogation would have defeated all the progrefs they have made in the bufinefs before them, particularly the Tobacco Law, the confideration

which had taken them up a fortnight in the Committee of the whole Houfe. I am informed they have jointly ordered an addrefs to His Majefty and a memorial to the Houfe of Peers, with another to the Houfe of Commons, to their Agent, to be by him promptly recommended to be prefented as direded. In the refoof

Burgeffes the terms are very warm and indecent as Your Lordfhips will obferve in their Journals; but I have been told by fome Gentlemen of the Committee appointed to draw them up, that their whole ftudy has been to endeavlutions of the

Houfe

of

our

to

mollify them,

and

they have reafon to hope there is nothing

now

in them

which

will give the leaft offence.

I have not yet feen them, but when they are fairly

and the difpatches made up for their Agent, I apprehend they will be communicated to me, as all other difpatches are. The Subjed matter of them is praying to be permitted to tax themfelves. I thought it my duty to give your Lordfhips the moft early intelligence of this matter in my power.
tranfcribed
. . .

am

with great refped

My Lords
Your Lordfhips moft
obedient

and devoted Servant

FRAN: FAUQUIER.
Without confideration
of the various Memorials of the Colonies protefting againft

taxation, Grenville offered fifty-five refolutions, embracing the Stamp A(?t details, on February 6* 1765. In his addrefs, prior to delivering the refolutions in queftion, he main-

tained that the Colonies being afforded prote(?tion by Parliament, that Parliament had the right to lay a revenue upon them that fuch prote(5lion meant a ftanding army, and that in order to maintain this body of men it was neceffary to levy taxes that the debt
; ;

hundred and forty millions fterling, while the Colonial of debt did not exceed eight hundred thoufand pounds, and that the Colonies paid but feventy-five thoufand pounds annually for the fupport of their refpedlive governments He likewife declared that the charters interpofed no obftacle in the form of a parliamentary tax, and that the Colonies were conftrudtively reprefented in Parliament. A lengthy debate in the interefts of the Colonies refulted, but without avail, as the aft was paffed on February 27**^, 1765. At the time of this difcuffion an effort was made to read the protefts of the various Colonies, but this privilege was denied, and on March 8* folGreat Britain amounted
to one

lowing, the Houfe of Lords, without a fingle diffenting voice agreed to the a<5l in queftion. On March 22"^ royal affent was fecured, but it was determined that the law fhould not

become operative

until

November

" following

Whereas
Bancroft Tranfcripts Library of Congrefs.

[lix]

STAMP ACT.
Whereas,

by an adl made in the

laft feffion of

Parliament, feveral duties were

and appropriated towards defrajang the expenfes of defending, protedting, and fecuring the Britifh colonies and plantations in America; and whereas it is firft neceffary that provilion be made for railing a further revgranted, continued,

enue within your Majefty's dominions in America, towards defraying the faid expenfes; we, your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjedts, the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament affembled, have therefore refolved to give and grant unto your Majefty the feveral rights and duties hereinafter mentioned; and do moft humbly befeech your Majefty that it may be enadted. And be it enadled by the King's moft excellent Majefty, by and with the advice and con-

and temporal, and commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, that from and after the firft day oi N ovemher one thovd.a,n<l feven hundred and fixty -five, there fhall be raifed, levies, colledted, and paid unto his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, throughout the colonies and plantations in America, which now are, or hereafter may be, imder the dominion of his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors
tent of the lords fpiritual
,

For every fkin of piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed written, or printed any declaration, plea, replication, rejoinder, demurrer, or other pleading, or any copy thereof in any court of law within the Britifh colonies and plantations in America, a ftamp duty of three pence. 2. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall he engroffed, written, or printed any fpecial bail, and appearance upon fuch bail in any fuch court, a ftamp duty of two fhillings. 3. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which may be engroffed, written, or printed any petition, bill, or
1.

anfwer, claim, plea, replication, rejoinder, demurrer, or other pleading, in

coiut of chancery or equity within the faid colonies
of one fhilling
4.

any and plantations, a ftamp adb

and

fix

pence.

For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any copy of any petition,
bill

anfwer, claim, plea, replication, rejoiner, demurrer, or other pleading, in any fuch court, a ftamp duty of three pence.
5.

For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of

paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed

any monition,

libel,

anfwer, allegation, inventory, rentmciation, in ecclefiaftical matters, in any ocourt f probate, court of the ordinary, or other court exerciling ecclefiaftical
jurifdiction
fhilling.

within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of one

For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of any copy of any will (other than the probate thereof), monition, libel, anfwer, allegation, inventory, or renunciation, in ecclefiaftical matters in any fuch court a ftamp duty of fix
6.

paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed

pence.

For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any donation, prefenta7.

tion, collation or inftitution, of or to

the like purpofe, or any regifter, entry, teftimonial, or certificate of

any benefice, or any writ or inftrument for any degree

taken in any univerfity, academy, college, or feminary of learning, within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of two pounds. 8. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper on, which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any monition, libel, claim, anfwer, allegation, information, letter of requeft, execution rentmciation,
,

inventory

[be]
inventory, or other pleading, in any admiralty court within the faid colonies

ftamp duty of one fhilling. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which any copy of any fuch monition, libel, claim, anfwer, allegation,

and

plantations, a
9.

information, letter of requeft, execution, renunciation, inventory, or other

pleading fhall be engroffed, written, or printed, a ftamp duty of fix pence. 10. For every fkin or price of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of
paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written or printed any appeal, writ of error,
writ dower, ad quo
ing, in

tation, or certificate,

damnum, certiorari, ftatute merchant, ftatute ftaple, attefby any officer, or exempUfication of any record or proceedany court whatfoever, within the faid colonies and plantations (except
and exemplications, any proceedings from before a fmgle juftice of

appeals, writs of error, certiorari, atteftations, certificates,

lor,

or relating to the removal of

the peace) a ftamp duty of ten fhillings.

For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any writ of covenant for levying fines, writ of entry for fuffering a common recovery or attachment iffuing out of or returnable into any court within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of five fhillings. 12. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any judgment, decree, or fentence, or difmiffion, or any record of nifi prius or poftea, in any court within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of four fliillings. 13. For ever>' fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet of paper, on which fliall be engroffed, written, or printed any affidavit, common bail, or appearance, interrogatory, depofition, rule, order or warrant of any court, or any dedimns poteftament, capias subpoena, fummons, compuKory citation, commiffion, recognizance, or any other proceeding therein whatfoever, or any copy thereof, or of any record not hereinbefore charged, within the faid colonies and plantations (except warrants relating to criminal matters, and proceedings thereon, or relating thereto) a ftamp duty of one fhilling 14. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any note or bill of lading, which fhall be figned for any kind of goods wares or merchandife, to be exported from, or any cocket or clearance granted within the faid colonies and plantation a ftamp duty of four pence. 15. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed letters of mart or commiffion for private fl:ips-of-war, within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of twenty fhillings. 16. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall he engroffed, written, or printed any grant, appointment, or admiffionof or to any public beneficial office or employment, for the fpace of one year, or any leffer time, of or above twenty pounds per annum fterling money, in falary, fees, and perquifites, within the faid colonies and plantations except commiffions and appointments of officers of the army, navy, ordnance, or militia, of judges, and of juftices of the peace), a ftamp duty of ten fhillings. 17. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which any grant, of any liberty, privilege, or franchife, under the feal or fign manual of any governor, proprietor, or public officer, alone or in confejundlion with any other perfon or perfons, or with any council, or any council and affembly, or any exemplification of the fame, fhall be engroffed, written, or printed within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of fix pounds. 18. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or flieet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any licenfe for retailing
1 1

paper,

fpirituous

[Lxi]
any perfon who fhall take out the fame, within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of twenty fhillings. 19. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of
fpirituous liquors, to be granted to

paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed

of wine, to

any

licenfe for retailing

retail-

be granted to any perfon who

fhall

not take out a licenfe for

ing of fpirituous liquors, within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of four pounds.

For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any licenfe for retailing of fpirituous liquors, within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of
20.

three potmds.

For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any probate of will, letters of adminiftration, or of guardianfhip for any eftate above the value of twenty pounds fterling money, within the Briiifh colonies and plantations upon the continent of America, the iflands belonging thereto, and the Bermuda and Bahama iflands, a ftamp duty of five fhillings. 22. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fliall be engroffed, written, or printed any fuch probate, letters of adminiftration or of guardianfhip, within all other parts of the Britifh dominin America, a ftamp duty of ten fhillings. 23. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any bond for fecuring the payment of any fum of money, not exceeding the fum of ten pounds fterling money, within the Britifh colonies and plantations upon the continent of America, the iflands belonging thereto, and the Bermuda and Bahama iflands, a ftamp duty of flx pence. 24. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written or printed any bond for fecuring the payment of any fum of money above ten pounds and not exceeding twenty pounds fterling money, within fuch colonies, plantations, and iflands, a ftamp duty of one fhilling. 25. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any bond for fecuring the payment of any fum of money above twenty pounds and not exceeding forty po\md fterling money, within fuch colonies and plantations and iflands, a ftamp duty of one fhilling and flx pence. 26. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written or printed any order or warrant for furveying or fetting out any quantities of land not exceeding 100 acres, iffued by any governor, proprietor ,or any public officer, alone or in conjundlion with any other perfon or perfons, or with any council, or any council or affembly, 27. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any fuch order or warrant for furveying or fetting out any quantity of land above 100 and not exceeding 200 acres, within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of one
21.
fhilling.

28. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper on which fhall be engroffed, written or printed any fuch order-or warrant for furveying or fetting out any quantity of land above 200 and not exceeding 320 acres, and in proportion for every fuch order or warrant for furveying or fetting out every other 320 acres, within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of one fhilling and fix pence. 29. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written or printed any original grant or any deed

[ Ixii ]

deed, mefne conveyance, or other inftrument whatfoever, by which any quantity of land not exceeding loo acres fliall be granted, conveyed, or affigned, with-

belonging thereto,

and plantations upon the continent of America the iflands and the Bermuda and Bahama ifllands (except leafes for any term not exceeding the term of twenty-one years) a ftamp duty of one fhilling and fix pence. 30. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any fuch original grant, or any fuch deed, mefne, conveyance, or other inftrument whatfoever, by which any quantity of land above 100 and not exceeding 200 acres fhall be granted, conveyed, or affigned, within fuch colonies, plantations, and iflands, a ftamp duty of two fhillings. 31. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any fuch original grant, or any fuch deed, mefne, conveyance or other inftrument whatfoever, by which any quantity of land above 200 and not exceeding 320 acres fhall be granted, conveyed, or affigned, and in proportion for every fuch grant, deed, mefne, conveyance or other inftrument, granting, conveying, or affigning every other 320 acres, within fuch colonies, plantations, and iflands, a ftamp duty of two fhillings and fix pence. 32. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or flieet or piece of paper, on which fliall be engroffed, written, or printed any fuch original grant, or any fuch deed, mefne conveyance, or other inftrument whatfoever, by which any quantity of land not exceeding 100 acres fhall be granted, conveyed, or affigned, within all other parts of the Britifh dominion in America, a ftamp duty
in the Britifh colonies
,

of three fhillings.

For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any fuch original grant, or any fuch deed, mefne conveyance, or other inftrument whatfoever, by which any quantity of land above 100 and not exceeding 200 acres fhall be granted, conveyed, or affigned within the fame parts of the faid domains, a ftamp duty
33.

of four fhillings.

For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any fuch original grant, or any fuch deed, mefne conveyance, or other inftrument whatfoever, by which any quantity of land above 200 and not exceeding 320 acres fhall be granted, conveyed, or affigned, and in proportion for every fuch grant, deed, mefne, con34.

veyance, or other inftrument, granting, conveying, or affigning every other 320 acres within the fame parts of the faid dominions, a stamp duty of five fhillings. 35. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any grant, appointment,
or admiffion of or to any beneficial office or employment, not hereinbefore charged, above the value of twenty poimds per annum fterling money, in falar^^
nies

and perquifites, or any examplification of the fame within the Britifh coloand plantations upon the continent of America, the iflands belonging thereto, and the Bermuda and Bahama Iflands (except commiffions of the officers of the army, navy, ordnance, or militia, and of juftices of the peace), a ftamp duty of four pounds. 36. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any fuch grant, appointment, or admiffion of or to any fuch public beneficial office or employment, or any exempUfication of the fame within all other parts of the Britifh dominions in America, a ftamp duty of fix pounds. 37. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed any indenture, leafe confees,

veyance

. .

::

[ Ixiii ]

veyance, contradl, ftipulation, bill of fale, charter party, proteft, articles of apprenticefhip or covenant (except for the hire of fervants not apprentices, and

matters as hereinbefore charged), within the Britijh colonies and plantations in America, a ftamp duty of two fhillings and fix pence. 38. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which any warrant or order for auditing any public accounts, beneficial warrant, order, grant, or certificate, under any public feal, or tmder the feal or fign manual of any governor, proprietor, or public officer, alone or in conjunction with any perfon or perfons, or with any cotmcil, or any council and
alfo except fuch other
office,

affembly, not hereinbefore charged, or any paffport or letpafs, furrender of or policy of affurance, which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed,

within the faid colonies and plantations (except warrants or orders for the fervice of the army, navy, ordnance, or militia, and grants of offices under twenty

annum, in falary, fees, and perquifites) a ftamp duty of five fhillings. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment or fheet or piece of 39. paper, on which fliall be engroffed, written, or printed any notarial a(5l, bond,
potinds per
,

deed, letter of attorney, procuration, mortgage, releafe, or other obligatory

inftrument, not hereinbefore charged, within the faid colonies and plantations,

a ftamp duty of two fhillings. 40. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written or printed any regifter, entry, or enrolment of any grant, deed, or other inftrument whatfoever, hereinbefore charged, within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of three pence. 41. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper, on which fhall be engroffed, written, or printed grant regifter, entry, or enrolment of any grant, deed, or other inftrument whatfoever, not hereinbefore charged, within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of two fhillings. 42. And for and upon every pack of playing cards, and all dice, which fhall be fold or ufed within the faid colonies and plantations, the feveral ftamp duties
following (that
43.
is

to fay)

For every pack of cards, one fhilling. 44. For every pair of fuch dice, ten fhillings. 45 And for and upon every paper called a pamphlet, and upon every newfpaper containing pubHc news or occurences, which fhall be printed, difperfed, and made public, within any of the faid colonies and plantations, and for and upon fuch advertifements as are hereinafter mentioned, the refpedlive duties
following (that
46.
is

to fay)

For every fuch pamphlet and paper, contained in a half fheet or any leffer piece of paper, which fhall be fo printed, a ftamp duty of one half -penny for every printed copy thereof. 47. For every fuch pamphlet and paper (being larger than half a fheet and not exceeding one whole fheet) which fhall be printed, a ftamp duty of one penny for every printed copy thereof. 48. For every fuch pamphlet and paper, being larger than one whole fheet and not exceeding fix fheets in odlavo, or in a leffer page, or not exceeding twelve fheets in quarto, or twenty fheets in folio, which fhall be fo printed, a duty after the rate of one fhilling for every fheet of any kind of paper which fhall be contained in one printed copy thereof. 49. For every advertifement to be contained in any gazette, newf paper, or other paper, or any pamphlet which fhall be fo printed, a duty of two fhillings. 50. For every almanac, or calendar, for any one particular year, or for any time lefs than a year, which fhall be written or printed on one fide only of any one fheet, fkin, or piece of paper, parchment, or vellum, within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of two pence. For every other almanac or calendar, for any one particular year, which 51
fhall

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hall be written or printed within the faid colonies and plantations, a ftamp duty of four pence. And for every almanac or calendar, written or printed in the faid col52 onies and plantations, to ferve for feveral years, duties to the fame amount refpedtively fhall be paid for every fuch year. 53. For every fkin or piece of vellum or parchment, or fheet or piece of paper on which any inftrument, proceeding, or other matter or thing aforefaid fhall be engroffed, written, or printed, within the faid colonies and plantations, in any other than the Englifh language, a ftamp duty double the amoimt of the refpedtive duties before chaged thereon. 54. And there fhall be aKo paid, in the faid colonies and plantations, duty of fix pence for every twenty fhillings, in any fum not exceeding fifty poimds fterling money, which fhall be given, paid, contradled, or agreed for with or in relation to any clerk or apprentice, which fhall be put or placed to or with any mafter or miftrefs, to learn any profeffion, trade, or employment. II. And aHo a duty of one fhilling for every twenty fhillings, in any fum not exceeding fifty pounds, which fhall be given, paid, contradled, or agreed for, with or in relation to, any fuch clerk or apprentice. Finally, the produce of all the aforementioned duties fhall be paid into 55 his Majefty's treafury, and there held in refer\^e to be ufed from time to time by
.

the Parliament for the purpofe of defraying the expenfes neceffary for the
defence, protedlion,

and

fecurity of the faid colonies

and plantations.

As this Adl was not to take effedt until November i f' 1765, the time intervening became memorable in the hiftory of the Colonies. In Virginia the people were prepared They decided to to fubmit, but were no lefs defpondent upon reaching fuch a decifion. luxury ufe as few articles of of manufacture as was frugal and to Englifh be extremely The Burgeffes meeting on May i^* no attempt at poffible under the circumftances. Burk defcribed the conrefiftance was offered nor was a further proteft even fuggefted. dition of the Colonies when he enquired of the miniftry " what one charadteriftic of liberty the Americans have, and what one brand of flavery are they free from, if they are bound in their property and induftry by all reftraints you can imagine on commerce, and at the fame time are made pack horfes for every tax you impofe, without the leaft fhare Such was the feeling of Virginia, yet the Affembly, from whom in granting them. " much, had apparently determined to acquiefce without further expedled fo the people remonftrance againft the Adt. This condition of inadlivity, however, proved to be of fhort duration, and ended abruptly in the famous refolutions againft the Stamp Adt introduced by Patrick Henry on May 29"' 1765:

RESOLUTIONS AGAINST THE STAMP ACT:

Refolved, That the firft adventurers and fettlers of this his Majefty's colony and dominion brought with them, and tranfmitted to their pofterity, and all

other his Majefty's fubjedls fmce inhabiting in this his Majefty's faid colony, all the privileges, franchifes, and immvmities that have at any time been held,
enjoyed, and poffeffed
Refolved,

by

the people of Great Britain.

charters, granted

That by two royal

by King James the

Firft

the colonifts aforefaid are declared entitled to all the privileges, liberties, and immunities of denizens and natural-bom fubjedls, to all intents and purpofes as
if

they had been abiding and

bom within the reakn of England.

Refolved,

That the taxation

fen

by themfelves

to reprefent them,

and the eafieft themfelves, is the diftinguifhing charadleriftick of Britifh freefuch taxes by dom, and without which the ancient Conftitution cannot fubfift.
are able to bear,

by themfelves, or by perfons chowho con only know what taxes the people mode of raifmg them, and are equally aflfedled
of the people

Refolved
Speech on American Taxation

Ixv

Refolved, That his Majefty's leige people of this moft ancient colony have uninterruptedly enjoyed the right of being thus governed by their own Affembly in the article of their taxes and internal poHce, and that the fame hath never

been forfeited or
nized

in any other way given up, but hath been conftantly by the kings and people of Great Britain.

recog-

That the General Affembly of this colony have the only and fole exclufive right and power to lay taxes and impofitions upon the inhabitants of this colony, and that every attempt to veft fuch power in any perfon or perfons whatfoever, other then the General Affembly aforefaid, has a manifeft tendency to deftroy Britifh as well as American freedom.
Refolved, therefore,

The famous
writing of
M"'

tranfcript of thefe Refolutions, (frontifpiece)

is

Henry,

while not in the handendorfed on the back of the paper by him as follows

"The within refolutions paffed the Houfe of Burgeffes in May, 1765. They formed the firft oppofition to the Stamp A(5l and the fcheme of taxing America by the Britifh Parliament. All the colonies, either through fear, or want of opportunity to form an oppofition, or from influence of fome kind or other, had remained filent. I had been for the firft time eledled a Burgefs a few days before, was young, inexperienced, unacquainted with the forms of the Houfe, and the members that compofed it. Finding the men of weight averfe to oppofition, and the commencement of the tax at hand and that no perfon was likely to ftep forth, I determined to venture, and alone, unadvifed, and unaffifted, on a blank leaf of an old law-book wrote the within. Upon offering them to the Houfe violent debates enfued. Many threats were uttered, and much abufe caft on me by the party for fubmiffion. After a long and warm conteft the refolutions paffed by a very fmall majority, perhaps of one or two only. The alarm fpread throughout America with aftonifliing quicknefs, and the Minifterial party were overwhelmed. The great point of refiftance to Britifh taxation was univerfally eftablifhed in the colonies. This brought on the war which finally feparated the two countries and gave inedpendence to ours. Whether this will prove a bleffing or a curfe, will depend upon the ufe our peopeople make of the bleffmgs which a gracious God hath beftowed on us. If they are wife, they will be great and happy. If they are of a contrary charadler, they will be miferable. Righteoufnefs alone can exalt them as a nation. Reader! whoever thou art, remember this; and in thy fpliere pradlice virtue thyfelf and encourage it in others.
,

P.

HENRY.

Thomas

Jeff erfon, in f peaking of

the refolutions againft the

"

Stamp

Acft,

the circumftances furrounding the paffage of gives an interefting account of the adlion

" Henry moved and M'' Johnfton feconded thefe refolutions fucceffively. They were oppofed by Meffrs. Randolph, Bland, Pendleton, Wythe, and all the old members, whofe influence in the Houfe had, till then, been unbroken. They did it, not from any queftion of our rights, but on the ground that the fame fentiments had been, at their preceding feffion, expreffed in a more conciliatory form, to which the anfwers were not yet received. But torrents of fublime eloquence from Henry, backed by the folid reafoning of Johnfton, prevailed. The laft, however, and ftrongeft refolution was carried but by a fmgle vote. The debate on it was moft bloody. I was then but a ftudent, and ftood at the door of communication between the Houfe and the lobby (for as yet there was no gallery) during the whole debate and vote and I will remember that, after the members on the divifion were told and declared from the chair, Peyton Randolph (the Attorney-General) came out at the door where I was ftanding, and
;

faid

HenryLife of Henry, Vol.

I,

p. 80.

"

[ Ixvi ]

faid, as

he entered the lobby: 'By God, I would have given 500 guineas for a lingle vote'; for one would have divided the Houfe, and Robin fon, was in the chair, who he knew would have negatived the refolution. M'' Henry left town that evening, and the next morning, before the meeting of the Houfe, Colonel Peter Randolph, then of the Council, came to the Hall of Burgeffes, and fat at the clerk's table till the Houfe-bell rang, thumbing over the volumes of journals, to find a precedent for expunging a vote of the Houfe, which, he faid, had taken place while he was a member or clerk of the Houfe, I do not recolle<5t which. I ftood by him at the end of the table a confiderable part of the time, looking on, as he turned over the leaves, but I do not recolledl whether he foimd the erafure. In the meantime, fome of the timid members, who had voted for the ftrongeft refolution, had become alarmed; and as foon as the Hotife met, a motion was made and carried to expunge it from the journal. There being at that day but one printer, and he entirely under the control of the Governor, I do not know that the refolution ever appeared in print. I write this from memory, but the impreffion made on me at the time was fuch as to fix the fadls indelibly in my mind. I fuppofe the original journal was among thofe deftroyed by the Britifh, or its obliterated fae might be appealed to. And here I will state, that Burk's ftatement of M'' Henry's confenting to withdraw two refolutions, by way of compromife with his opponents, is entirely erroneous.

Paul Carrington, a member of the Houfe of Burgeffes from Charlotte County, fuftains event, and declares that the fifth refolution was erafed from record. The recolletftions of thefe gentlemen on this fubjedt is fupported by the Journal of the Burgeffes under date of May 29"' 1765. It was in connexion with the paffage of this fifth refolution that M'' Henry gave utterance to his famous declaration " Tarqiiin and Ccsfar had each his Brutus, Charles the Firft his Cromwell, and George the " "Treafon!" fhouted the Speaker. "Treafon! Treafon!" echoed from Third every part of the Houfe. Without faltering for an inftant, but rifmg to a loftier attitude and fixing on the Speaker an eye which feemed to flafh fire, M'' Henry added, with the "may profit by their example! If this be treafon, make moft thrilling emphafis the moft of it.>"
M'' Jejfer fan's recollections of this

by

Henry to have all feven of his refolves paffed was fotmd to be impoffible, it was determined that they fhould be printed for the benefit of the Colonies. They therefore appeared in the " Newport Mercury" tmder date of June 24* and were later copied in the Bofton papers of
It

was the

original intention of Patrick

the Burgeffes, but,

when

this

July

".

Full text

is

herewith given

Whereas, The Honorable Houfe of Commons, in England, have of late draw into queftion how far the General Affembly of this colony hath power to enadt laws for laying of taxes and impofing duties payable by the people of this, his
Majefty's moft ancient colony; for fettling and afcertaining the fame to all future times, the Houfe of Burgeffes of this prefent General Affembly have come
to the following refolves.
Refolved, That the firft ad^'enturers, fettlers of this his Majefty's colony and dominion of Virginia, brought with them and tranfmitted to their pofterity, and all other his Majefty's fubjecfts, fince inhabiting in this his Majefty's colony, all the privileges and immunities that have at any time been held, enjoyed, and

poffeffed

Refolved,

by the people of Great Britain. That by two royal charters, granted by King James
and
entitled to all privileges

the Firft, he

colony aforefaid are declared

natural

and

bom fubjeds, to all intents and bom within the realm of England.

purpofes as

if

and immimities of they had been abiding,

Refolved, That his Majefty's liege people of this ancient colony have enjoyed the right of being thus governed by their own Affembly in the article of taxes

Henry

Life of Henry, Vol.

i.

p. 86.

IxvH

taxes and internal police, and that the fame have never been forfeited, or any

other

way

yielded up, but have been conftantly recognized

by

the King and

people of Great Britain.

Refolved, Therefore, that the General Affembly of this colony, together with his Majefty or his fubftitutes, have, in their reprefentatives capacity, the only exclufive right and power to lay taxes and impofts upon the inhabitants of this colony and that every attempt to veft fuch power in any other perfon or perfons whatever than the General Affembly aforefaid, is illegal, vmconftitutional, and unjuft, and has a manifeft tendency to deftroy Britifh as well as
;

American
are not

liberty.

Refolved,

That

his Majefty's liege people, the inhabitants of this colony,

bound to yield obedience to any law or ordinance whatever, defigned to impofe any taxation whatfoever upon them, other than the laws or ordinances
of the General

Affembly aforefaid. Refolved, That any perfon who

fhall,

by fpeaking or writing,

affert or

main-

any perfon or perfons, other than the General Affembly of this colony, have any right or power to impofe or lay any taxation on the people here, fhall be deemed an enemy to his Majefty's colony.
tain that

ginia the oldeft of the Colonies, they were looked

an intenfe excitement. Coming from Virupon as raifmg a ftandard of refiftance The government party pronotmced them as treafonable, but this to the A(5t in queftion. only fenced to bring them more prominently to the confideration of the people. Henry was hailed as a leader, and fecret focieties pledged to refift the Adt by all lawful means, were formed. They were known as " The Sons of Liberty, " and the firft fociety feems to have originated in Bofton, early in July, 1765. That thofe who were oppofed to the new A(5l reprefented the people, was attefted by the fadt that, for the moft part, they were of

The publication

of thefe refolves caufed

the laboring claffes. Thefe focieties determined to correfpond with the various Colonies with the idea of uniting them and prefenting a determined oppofition to the A6t. It was likewife decided to encourage home manufadtures and to difcontinue importations, and, in facfl, put every obftacle poffible in the way of the enforcement of the law. Governor Fauquier in his letter to the Board of Trade, under date of June 5"^ 1765, ftates that he enclofes four refolutions as adopted by the Affembly, but refrains from giving the text of the fifth, which was accepted, but later ordered expunged from the record. In the fame communication he aKo ftated that there were only thirty -nine members of the Houfe of Burgeffes prefent and that the vote on the fifth refolution ftood 20 to 19:

Williamfburg June'

"'

iy6j.

My Lords,
On Saturday the i" tnftant I
except one, which were ready for
diffolved the

my

affent.

Affembly after paffing all the Bills, The four Refolutions which I have

now

your Lordfhips, will fhew Your Lordfhips the reafon of my condud, and I hope juftify it. I will relate the whole proceeding to Your Lordfhips in as concife a manner as I am able.
the

honor

to inclofe to

On Wednefday
members had
of Burgeffes
left the

the 29'^ of

May,

juft at the

end

of the Seffion

Stamp Ad, a copy of which had crept into the Houfe, and in a Committee of the whole Houfe five refolutions were propofed and agreed to, all by very fmall majorities. On Thurfday tlie jo"' they were reported & agreed to by the Houfe, the numbers
conflfts,

now

town, there being but jp prefent out of 116 of a motion was made to take into confideration the

when moft of the which the Houfe

being as before in the Committee; the greateft majority being 22

Refolution, 20 to ig only.
ation in the

to

ly; for the 5'*

alter-

On Friday

the

ji"

there having

happened a fmall

The

5""

Houfe there was an attempt to ftrike all the Refolutions off the Journals. which was thought the moft offenflve was accordingly ftruck off, but it did
I

not fucceed as to the other four.

am informed the gentlemen

tions in their pocket, but finding the difficulty they

had two more refoluhad in carrying the 5'* which

was

Bancroft Tranfcripts

Library

of Congrefs.

[ Ixviii ]

was by a

fingle voice,

and knowing them

to be

more virulent and inflammatory;

The moft ftrenuous oppofers of this rafh heat were the they did not produce them. late Speaker, the King's Attorney and M^ Wythe; but they were overpowered by and giddy members. In the courfe of the debates I have heard that was ufed by a M' Henry a young lawyer who had not been a month a Member of the Houfe; who carryed all the young Members with him;
the

young

hot

very indecent language

fo that I hope I am authorifed in faying there is caufe at leaft to doubt whether this would have been the fenfe of the Colony if more of their Reprefentatives had done their duty by attending to the end of the Seffion. The Bill I refufed was the Cattle Bill, a copy of which I fent to your right Hon^'' Board on the adjournment in Dec/ to know whether His Majefty would give me leave to pafs it; which was now prefented to me in form with the other Bills. In this Seffion an Ad was pa ffed to eftablifh a regular trade with the Cherokee Indians, a meafure more likely to keep them in good humor than atl the fteps we had taken, of which your Lordfhips have aftdl ace' in my other letter by this conI have yet had no frefh news from Augufta relating to the perpetrators of veyance. that horrid villany.

If M' Robinfon fhoiild be again chofen Speaker in the next Affembly I hope your Lordfhips will agree with me, that it will be good policy as well as ftrid Juftice to a gentleman who has always affifted me in carrying on the King's fervice to pafs the Ad to appoint him Treafurer, as I am coafident the Burgeffes will always appoint their own Speaker to that office. And as there is, with me, a great doubt whether the eledions in the New Affembly to be called will fall on cool reafonahle

men, and confequently a doubt whether M^ Robinfon will be re-chofen Speaker. I fhould he glad to know your Lordfhips fentiments whether I fhould agree to the appointment of any gentleman to be Treafurer who fhall be chofen Speaker, whether I fhoidd refufe all indifcriminately or fhew this fovor to M^ Robinfon particularly,

who has

deferved fo well.

am

with the greateft regard

My Lords
Your Lordfhips moft obed.' and devoted Serv.'

FRAN. FAUQUIER
The Adl being fcheduled to take effect November i", 1765, everybody awaited the arrival of the Stamps for the tife of the colony, and rumors were everywhere circulated That fuch rumors were well to the effedl that they would be feized and deftroyed. founded, is fhown by the letter of Governor Fauquier to the Board of Trade, imder date of December y^ 1765. In this communication the Governor calls attention to the arrival of Colonel Mercer, cuftodian of the stamps, and gives a very thorough and interefting accoimt of what tranfpired at that time
W'"^burgh' Nov.'
j''

1765.

My Lords,
The pre fent unhappy ftate of this Colony, will, to my great concern, oblige me We were for to trouble Your Lordfhips with a long and very difagreeable letter. fame time in almoft daily expedations of the arrival of Colonel Mercer with the Stamps for the ufe of this Colony, and rumours were induftrioufly thrown out that at the time of the General Court parties would come down from moft parts of the At thofe Courts per fans country to feize on and deftroy all Stamped Papers. engaged in bufinefs of any kind conftantly attend as well as thofe who have fuits depending before the Court; it being the time when all accompts of tranfadions of moment are fettled, payments made and bills of exchange on Great Britain are drawn; fo that there is always a vaft concourfe of people then in town. Thefe rumours were little regarded or credited. The firft difagreeable thing that happened was the application to me, in Council

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Library of Congrefs.

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that I would order new Commiftheir Counties, made out refpedive as the prefent Juftices were deterfions to be for mined not to ad after the day the Ad direding Stamp'd Papers to he ufed in the
c-il,

from two Counties, by Memorials or Petitions

proceffes of their Courts, took place.

Thefe were ordered

to lie

on the Table.

In

order for your Lordfhips to judge of the propriety of that

will be neceffary to obferve to you, that in

condud in
if

the Council, it

few Counties there are gentlemen enough

Therefore

properly educated and qualified,

to

execute that truft.

any

notice

had

been taken of thefe papers, the prefent fet of Juftices muft have been removed; the confequence of which would have been either that the Courts muft have been filled

with a meaner fort of people or there cotdd have been no Courts at all; the laft of which was to be expeded, for if the firft gentlemen of the Counties refufed to ad, it

would have become a fafhion for the others to follow their examples; indeed they would hardly have dared to have done otherwife. And if thefe gentlemen had been
removed, without a proper fubmiffion they could never have been reinftated: which fubmiffion was not to be expeded, and a general refolution was taken not to iffue

Peace till affairs were better fettled and peace fhould and confufion; as we had the greateft reafon to believe that many gentlemen who are qualified under the Commiffions now fubfifting, would In which cafe the Benches take the advantage of new Commiffions not to qualify. would not be filled and the inferior courts of Juftice ftop'd. To remedy thefe evils and to prevent this dreadful calamity from falling on the country as much as lay in our power, we took the meafures above related. Very unluckily, Colonel Mercer arrived at the time this town was the fulleft of On Wednefday the jo"' Odlober he came up to town. I then thought Strangers.

any new commiffions

of the

take place of diforder

proper

to

go

to the

Coffee houfe (where I occafionally fometimes go) which is fituated

in that part of the town which is calVd the Exchange, tho' an open ftreet where all particular reafon for going then was that I money bufinefs is tranfaded.

My

what did really pafs, and not receive it by relation from people were all affemhled as ufual. mercantile The The firft word I heard others. " was One and all" upon which, as at a word agreed on before between themfelves, they all quitted the place to find Colonel Mercer at his father's lodgings where it was known he was. This concourfe of people I fhould call a mob, did I not know that it was chiefly if not altogether compofed of gentlemen of property in the Colony, fame of them at the head of their refpedive Counties, and the merchants of the country whether Englifh, Scotch or Virginian, for few abfented themfelves. They met Colonel Mercer on the way, juft at the Capitol: there they ftop'd and demanded of him an anfwer whether he would refign or ad in this office as Diftributor of the
might he an eye witnefs
of

Stamps.
friends,
that place.

He

faid

it

was an
to give

affair of great

moment
at

to

him, he muft confult his

and promifed

them an anfwer

lo o'clock on Friday morning at

This did not fatiffy them, and they followed him to the Coffee houfe, in the porch of which I had feated myfelf with many of the Council and the Speaker, who had pofted him felf between the crowd and myfelf. We all received him with
the greateft

marks

of welcome; with which, tf one

may

be allowed to judge by their

countenances, they were not well pleafed, tho' they remained quiet

Now

and were filent. and then a voice was heard from the rcowd, that Friday was too late; the Ad wotdd take place, they would have an anfwer tomorrow. Several meffages were brought to M'^ Mercer by the leading men of the crowd, to whom he conftantly anfwered he had already given an anfwer and he would have no other extorted from him. After fome little time a cry was heard, "let us rufh in." Upon this we that were at the top of the fteps, knowing the advantage our fituation gave us to repell thofe who fhould attempt to mount them, advanced to the edge of the Steps, of which number I was one. I immediately heard a cry, "See the Governor, take care of him." Thofe who before were pufhing up the fteps, immediately fell back, and If your Lordfhips will not accufe me of left a fmall fpace between me and them. vanity I would fay that I believe this to he partly owing to the refped they bore to my
charader

Ixx

charadcr and partly

foiiif of

to the love

they bore to

my

perfon.

After

much

entreaty of

upon to The crowd did not yet difperfe; it was growing dark, and I did not think it fafe to have M^ Mercer hchi)id me, fo I again adj^anced to the edge of the fteps and faid aloud I believed no man there would do me any hurt, and turned to M' Mercer told him if he would walk ivith me through the people I believed I could condud him fafe to my houfe; and we accordingly walked fide by fuie through the thickeft of the people, who did not nu'left us, Iho' there was fomc little muviiuirs. By me thus taking him under I believe him being my protcdion, I faved infulted at Icaft. When we got from home we had much difcourfe on the fubjed. He afked me what he fhould do; in return I afked him whether he was afraid for his life, if he was, it was too tender a point for mc to advifc him; if not, his honor and intcreft both denmndcd he fhould hold the Ojfu'c; and if that fhould be his refolution he muft tuH regard the rcafonings of his father and brother, two laivyers attending the Court who were both
bis friends,
ap^ainft his

M' Morcer was,

own

inclination, prevailed
five.

proniifc thcni an anfwcr at the Capitol the next evening at

&

friglitcncd out of their fcnfcs for Iiim.

He left me that night in a

5,

ftate of

uncertainty

ivhat part he fhould ad.

Accordingly M'' Mercer appeared at the Capitol at

as he had promifed.

The number
them
the

of people

affcmbled there ivas

much

increafed, by meffengers having

Colonel Mercer then read to anfwcr %vhich is printed in the Supplement of the Gazette, of which I enclofe your Lordfhips a copy, to ivhich I beg leave to refer. 0)1 Frid;iy the firft Inftant the Judges of the General Court met according to Proclamation was made and the lawyers not appeartheir adjournment as ufual. ing at the Bar to do any bufinefs, except the King's Attorney who ivas at his place

been fcnt into the neighborhood for that purpofc.

fome time and then ordered proclamation to be made again, once in the Cryer's place, ami once at the door; and upon no fuitors appearing I called for Colonel Mercer ei' afked him in open Court whether he could fupply the Court with proper Stamps that the bufinefs might be carried on, according to laiv. He replied he could not, and gave the fubftance of the anfwcr he had
at the table within the

Bar;

1 waited

given the evcni>ig before.

nefs ivithout them.
ties

I then afked the Clerk whether he could carry on the bufinot, without
to.

He faid he could

fubjeding himfclf

to

fuch penal-

I then took the opinions of my brother Bcuili. Seriatim, tvhether ive might not legally adjourn to the 10"' of the on Judges as he would not expofe himfelf

April next, as there icas no bufinefs before us.

men

ivhetlier

I had received
I
to

this occafion.

might adjourn

I was afked by one of the gentleany particular inftrudions or diredions how to ad on Then the Court were unanimous tliat we replyed I had not. the ne.vt Court in courfe. which was accordingly done.
to refign his

Before the adjournment Cohvu'l Mercer offered

commiffion

to

me.

I did not exped this; but thinking myfelf obliged to give fome anfwer, I faid I did )u^t tliink myfelf authorized to accept it, a>td that I thought all commiffions and

appointments ought to be refigned into the hands of thofe from whom they ivere reThat I thought I ought to accept refignations of all appointments made by ceived. I tvas taken by myfelf, but not of thofe of His Majefty or his minifters at home.
furprize,

and

the reafons that then occurred to

me

befides that

which I thought
if

proper

to gii'c in
I

public (for the Court ivas

filled icitJi
I

people) were, that

I accepted

the refignation.
o>ie to

muft appo-int anotlwr, and

it,

ivas well convinced I could not find

accept of
if

in thofe circumfta)u-es, ivhich

Befides

left

M^ Mercer

in poffeffion of the place Iw

would render the office cheap. would be always ready to

difiribute the
fluiuld

Stamp'd papers, ivhoui'cr peoples eyes fhould be open'd and they come to their fenfes, fo as to receive them. The firft and moft obvious co)ifequences of all this muft be, the fhuttiug up all A moft melantfie parts, ami ftopping all proceedi>igs in the Courts of Juftice. choly profped at firft view; for what ideas can be well formed of a more miferable
condition than a ftate of general outlawry.

What

otlwr confequences tnay follow

from

[ Ixxi ]

from

thefe, are fo buried in obfcurity that it requires

a fagaciiy and judgment

much

fuperior to

my

own, even
to

to gttefs

at them,

certainty.

But

it

feems

me

that diforder,

any the leaft degree of confufion and mifery are before us,
'tvith

unlefs this poor

their plan.

unhappy deluded people

of (peaking

in the Colonies in general, fhould change

I had

an opportunity

my

feniiments on this point

to

many

of the

merchants who came

dity of their conduct

to me for regifters for their

(hipping.

I repre(ented the ab(ur-

and had large debts owing to them, which they could not now recover; but the (lame had (pread (o univer(ally through the Colonies, and every man was (o heated thereby, that no rea(ons could
in (hipping

who were concerned

find admittance.

On
were

the

Saturday evening

the

Naval

Officers

came

to

me for my adviee how they

being before apprized of this, I had an an(wer ready prepared in my pocket, which I have them in writing in the(e words: "Gentlemen; I have been
to act;

(worn in Council to u(e my be(t endeavors to put in executioit an Act pa((ed in this la(t Se(fion of Parliament of Great Britain, directing what Stamps are to be u(ed in your offices in carrying on the bu(lne(s thereof, from the l'' Inftant; that Ad therefore is to be your guide, and I have no advice to give you but that you ad in
conformity thereto.

Every deviation from

it

mu(t be

at

your peril."

FRAN: FAUQUIER.
Colonel Mercer has informed

me

that he propo(es to

being the place of the greateft if not the only (ecurity for them: for I am. convinced, as well as himfelf, that it would be extremely dangerous
it

His Majefty's (hips His Majefty's (eroice;

of

of

War,

to

take the

apply to the ComtnarAers Stamp'd Papers on board their (hips for

to

attempt

to

land them during the pre(ent fermented

ftate of the

Colony.

If the(e

Gentlemen (hould refu(e (hould to take charge of them, attd .V/'' Mercer (hould apply to me, I will do my duty to His Maje(ty and (ave them from being de(troyed, to the
be(t of

my power, tho' I can by no means an(wer for the (ucce(s of my endeavors. my Lords I have in a candid and undi(gui(ed manner (et the naked truth before you, and (ubmit my condud through this whole affair to your Lord(hips judgment. I mu(t confefs that I have never in the cour(e of my life been in a
Thus

(ituation which required (o much circum(pedion. I have often been at a lo(s to form a judgment for myfelf how to proceed, and have often been di((ati(fyed with my determinations, and (hould have been glad of your Lordfhips (uperior abilities to a((i(t me in my condud. If I (hall be (o fortunate as to have gone through this very difficult affair with a tolerable share of prudence, I (hall think myfelf happy indeed. But if my condud (hcmld meet with the di(approbation of my royal Ma(ter or his Mini(ters, I mu(t rely on your Lord(hips candor, and beg leve to repre(ent to you that I was left to myfelf without any inftrudicms or diredions from your right honourable Board, to guide me through this wildernefs. Your LordfJiips will I hope forgive me in saying that I even had not the common notice of there being (uch an Ad, as it has never been (ent to me: but my zeal to promote His Maje(ty's
(ervice never let

me
I

take this into confideration.

am

with the greate(t re(ped

&

e(teem,

my

Lords

Your Lord(hips mo(t obed.'

and devoted
Serv.'

FRAN. FAUQUIER.
upon the part of the people of the Colony caufed Captain Ster"Rainbow," to take the entire collection of Stamps brought into the colony by Colonel Mercer on board his veffel. Governor Fauquier calls attention to this act in his letter to the Board of Trade under date of November 8*^ 1 765
refult of this act
ling, of his

The

Majefty's fhip

My

[ Ixxii ]

W" 'burghMy
Lords,

Nov/ 8*

1765.

it my duty to inform Your Lordfhips that fiuce my long letter of the 5'' Captain Stirling has vnth great readinefs taken all the Stamp'd Papers inftant brought in by Colonel Mercer on board the Rainbow for their fecurity, till the madAnd it is with fome degree of pleafure I can inform nefs of the people fhall abate. Your Lordfhips that I am not altogether without hopes that the diftrefs the country will feel on a total ftagnation of bufinefs, will open their eyes and pave the way for

I think

Ad's executing itfelf. For I am very credibly informed that fome of the moft bufy men in oppofi-ng the reception of the Stamps are already alarmed at the confequences of the imprudent fteps they have taken. God grant my information may
the

prove true.
I

am

with the greateft efteem and regard

My

Lords

Your Lordfhips moft obed.' and devoted Servant

FRAN. FAUQUIER.
was clofely followed by what courfe fhould be purfued to defeat the purpofe of stamp legiflation. This body claimed that the Aft extending the jurifdi(5tion of the Courts of Admiralty was unjuft, as was the abolition of They declared the Adl to " have a manifeft tendency to fubvert the rights trial by jury. and liberties of the colonifts. " This pofition was maintained in an addrefs to the King and Parliament, and the views of the colonies were fo ftrongly expreffed that it was
This
fpirit of refiftance as

fhown by the people

of Virginia

the other Colonies, and delegates were elecfted to meet and difctifs

difficult to fecure

the fignature of the delegates to the addrefs in queftion.

Aft, however, gave rife to
little

This oppofi-

tion to the

Stamp

hope of

effefting

Colonies were convinced, that, owing to the unfriendly attitude of the

land,

an annulment. The Duke of Cumbercaufe

who was Prime

Minifter at that time, nothing favorable to America's

could be expefted.

Their rights were not to be overridden, however, without prefent-

The Magiftrates throughout the Colony determined that they would not enforce the Stamp Aft, and declined to further ferve as This movement was probably ftarted in Weftmoreland county, officers of the Colony. determined fpirit expreffed by the Magiftrates in that coimty, it was at and, from the once apparent that the fucceffful operation of the Stamp Aft in Virginia was anything but affured. That fuch an affociation ^ was formed is noted in the following refolutions^ paffed at Leedftown, on the 27*'' day of February 1766:
ing the ftrongeft poffible oppofition.

"Roufed by danger, and alarmed at attempts,

foreign

and domeftic, to

reduce the people of this country to a ftate of abjeft and deteftable flavery, by deftroying that free and happy conftitution of government, under which they

have hitherto

lived.

We, who

fubfcribe this paper, have affociated,

and do bind

ourfelves to each other, to God,

and to our country, by the

firmeft ties that reli-

gion and virtue can frame, moft facredly and punftually to ftand by, and with our lives and fortunes, to fupport, maintain, and defend each other in the obfer-

vance and execution of thefe following articles. Firft. We declare all due allegiance and obedience to our lawful Sovereign, And we determine to the utmof t of our George the third King of Great Britain power to preferve the laws, the peace and good order of this Colony, as far as is confiftent with the prefervation of our Conftitutional rights and liberty. Secondly. As we know it to be the Birthright privilege of every Britifh Subjeft, (and of the people of Virginia as being fuch) founded on Reafon, Law, and Compaft that he cannot be legally tried, but by his peers and that he cannot be
. ;

Bancroft Tranfcripts
Ibid, Vol. 8. p. 257.

Librar>' of Congrefs.

"

Southern Literary Meffenger, Vol.

8. p.

258.

[ Ixxiii ]

be taxed, but by confent of a Parliament, in which he is reprefented by perfons chofen by the people, and who themfelves pay a part of the tax they impofe on
others.
If therefore,

any perfon or perfons fhall attempt, by any adlion or pro-

ceeding, to deprive this Colony of thofe fundamental rights,

him or them, as the moft dangerous enemy of the go to any extremity, not only to prevent the fuccefs of fuch attempts, but to ftigmatize and pimifh the offender. Thirdly. As the Stamp Adt does not abfolutely diredl the property of the people to be taken from them without their confent expreffed by their reprefenregard
;

we will immediately community and we

will

tatives,

and as

in

many
;

cafes

it

deprives the Britifh American Subjecft of his

by jury we do determine, at every hazard, and, paying no regard to danger or to death, we will exert every faculty, to prevent the execution of the faid Stamp Adl in any inftance whatfoever within this Colony. And every abandoned wretch, who fhall be fo loft to virtue and public good, as wickedly to contribute to the introdudlion or fixture of the Stamp Adt in this Colony, by ufmg stampt paper, or by any other means, we will, with the utmoft expedition,
right to trial

fuch profligates that immediate danger and difgrace fhall attend their proftitute purpofe.

convince

all

Fourthly.

That the

laft article

may moft furely and effequally be executed,

it

we engage
tion, that

to each other, that

whenever

fhall

be known to any

this affocia-

is fo conducting himfelf as to favor the introdudlion of the Stamp Adt, that immediate notice fhall be given to as many of the affociation as poffible and that every individual fo informed, fhall, with expedition, repair to a place of meeting to be appointed as near the fcene of adtion as may be.
;

any perfon

Fifthly.

Each

affociator fhall

do

his true

endeavor to obtain as

many

figners to this affociation, as he poffibly can.

Sixthly. If

affociator for

any attempt fhall be made on the hberty or property of any any adtion or thing to be done in confequence of this agreement,
ourfelves

we do moft folemnly bind

into, at the

by

the farced engagements above entered

utmoft

rifk of

liberty,

and

to protedl

In teftimony of
ciation

we have

this

and forttmes, to reftore fuch affociate to his enjoyment of his property. the good faith with which we refolve to execute this affo27"' day of Febriiary 1766, in Virginia, put our hands and
our
lives

him

in the

feals hereto."

Richard Henry Lee

Will. Robinfon

William Sydnor

John Monroe
William Cocke Willm. Grayfon Wm. Brockenbrough Saml. Selden Richd. Lee Daniel Tibbs Francis Thornton, junr.
Peter Ruft

Lewis Willis Thos. Lud. Lee Samuel Wafhington Charles Wafhington Moore Fauntleroy Francis Lightfoot Lee

Thomas Jones

Rodham Kenner
Spencer

M.

Ball

John

Lee,

jr.

Richard Mitchell

Francis Waring

Jofeph Murdoch Richd. Parker Spence Monroe John Watts

Robt. Lovell

John Upfhaw Meriwether Smith Thos. Roane Jas. Edmondfon

Jas. Webb, junr.

John Blagge Charles Weeks

Willm. Booth

John Edmondfon Jas. Banks Smith Young

Geo.

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Geo. Turberville

Laur. Wafhington

Alvin Moxley

W. Roane
Rich. Hodges

Wm.
John

Flood
Ballantine, junr.

William Lee
Thos. Chilton

J as. Upfhaw J as. Booker

A. Montague
Richd. Jeffries

Richard Buckner
Jos. Pierce
Will. Chilton

John Williams John Blackwell Winder S. Kenner Wm. Bronangh

John Suggett John S. Woodcock Robt. Wormeley Carter John Beale, junr. John Newton
Will. Beale junr.

Wm.

Pierce

Chs. Mortimer

John Berryman John Dick fon John Broone Edwd. Sanford

Charles Chilton

John Edmondfon,
Charles Beale
Peter Grant

jr.

Thompfon Mafon
Jona. Beckwith J as. Sanford

Edward Sanford Daniel McCarty

Sufh Edwd. Ran fdell Townfhend Dade John Afhton
Jer.

John

Belfield

W. Smith
John Augt. Wafhington
Thos. Belfield

W.

Brent

Francis Foufhee John Smith, junr.

Wm.

Ball

Edgcomb Suggett Henry Francks John Bland, junr. Jas. Emerfon Thos. Logan
Jo. Milliken

Thos. Barnes
Jos. Blackwell

Ebenezer Fifher

Reuben Meriwether Edw. Mountjoy Wm. J Mountjoy Thos. Mountjoy John Mountjoy Gilbt. Campbell Jos. Lane
.

Hancock Euftace John Richards

Thos. Jett

Thos. Douglas

Max. Robin fon

John Orr

Such was the condition

of affairs in Virginia as the refult of the paffage of the

Stamp

" A6t, the cry being that taxation and reprefentation were co-equal with, and effentialto, " This was the pofition taken by Lord Camden, who reprefented the the Conftitution. This Statefman maincolonies in a moft prominent way on the floor of Parliament. tained that taxation and reprefentation were infeparable, and largely through his efforts

was the A6t

repealed.

Affociated with

him

in the catife of the Colonies

was

Pitt,

who

He maintained that "three millions of people fo gloried in the refiftance of America. volimtarily to fubmit to be flaves, would have been fit dead to all feeling of liberty as
inftruments to make flaves of the reft. Such argiunents were irrefiftable, and, largely due to the influence of Pitt and Caynden, Parliament put an end to taxation of the George the Third affixed his fignature to the Adl repealing this obnoxious Colonies. law on March 1 8"^ 1766, and no Adl of Great Britain during the hiftory of the Colonies

proved fo acceptable to Americans

in general:

An

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ACT REPEALING THE STAMP ACT.

An Ad'
tifh Colonies
to repeal

an

Ad made in the lafi Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An

and other Duties, in the Briand Plantations in America, towards further defraying the Expenfes of defending, proteding and fecuring the fame; and for amending fuch Parts of the feveral Ads of Parliament relating to the Trade and Revenue of the (aid Colonies and Plantations, as dired the Manner of determining and recovering the Penalties and Forfeitures therein mentioned. Whereas an Adl was paffed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Ad for granting and applying certain Stamp Duties, and other Duties, in the Colonies Britifh Colonies and Plantations in America, towards further defraying the Expenses of defending, protecting and fecuring the fame; and for amending fuch Parts of the feveral Ads of Parliment relating to the Trade and Revenues of the faid Colonies and Plantations, as direct the Manner of determining and recovering the Penalties and Forfeitures therein mentioned: And whereas the Continuance of the faid Adl would be attended with many Inconveniences, may be productive of Confequences greatly detrimental to the Commercial May it therefore pleafe Your Moft Excellent Interefts of thefe Kingdom's Majefty, that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's Moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That, from and after the firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-fix, the above mentioned Adt, and the feveral Matters and Things therein contained, fhall be, and is and are hereby repealed and made void to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever.
;

Ad for granting and applying certain Stamp Duties,

This adlion upon the part of Great Britain was made known to Virginians by a proclamation iffued by Governor Fauquier on the 6''' day of June 1766.

A PROCLAMATION.
VIRGINIA,
to wit:

Whereas, his Majefty has been graciotifly pleafed to give his affent to an adl copy of which is now in this colony) entitled An Ad to repeal an ad made in the laft feffion of Parliament, entitled An Ad for granting and applyof Parliament (a

ing certain

and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expenfe of defending, proteding, and fecuring the fame; and for amending fuch parts of the feveral ads of Parliament, relating to the trade and revenue of the faid colonies and plantations, as dired the
other duties, in the Britifh colonies

Stamp

Duties,

and

manner
tioned:

determining and recovering the penalties and forfeitures therein menhave thought proper, by and with the advice of his Majefty's Council, to iffue this proclamation, hereby notifying the fame to the end that all magiftrates, officers, and others whom it may concern, do proceed on bufmefs, and execute the refpedlive duties of their office in the tifual courfe. And for the more folemn fignification thereof, I do appoint this proclamation to be read and publifhed at the courthoufe of the feveral counties within this dominion. Given under my hand, and the feal of the colony, at Williamfburg, this 9* day of June 1766, and the 6* year of his Majefty's reign.
of
I
;

FRANCIS FAUQUIER.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

So ended the greateft of tax difputes in the hiftory of the Colonies. The repeal of confidered not only a happy deliverance from an unjuf t tax, but it at gave the Colonies once a pofition of prominence which they had never before held. They
the

Stamp Adl was

became
1

Statutes at Large, VI, p. 667.

Ixxvi ]
its

became important
mined upon

fadlors to

be confidered by Great Britain in the adminiftration of

colonial affairs, and, recognifing that they occupied fuch a pofition, the Colonies deterclofer relations

among themfelves than had heretofore exifted.

fimilar conditions, and, in fadl,

The various
laws paffed

Affemblies were wont to take adlion on any important queftion without knowing the
pofition others

had affumed under

many

by

thefe bodies were to all intents and pxirpofes national as well as of local importance.
Britain, in creating a law that
of Cumberland,

Such was the refult of the adlion of Great and advocated by fuch ftatefmen as the Duke

was framed Lord Townfend and others and, but for entrufting the deftinies of the Colonies to fuch men, Great Britain would undoubtedly have exercifed jurifdidlion over America much later than 1776.

John Pendleton Kennedy.

Richmond, June, igoy.

JOURNAL
of the

House of Burgesses
I

Burgeff es.
Accomac

[4]
Prince William* Henry Lee John Baylis

Surry
Suffex

Hartwell Cocke

Henry Browne
David Mafon John Edmunds

Anne Anthony Walke Edward Hack Mofeley *Landon Carter Richmond

Princefs

Warwick

John Woodbridge
Southampton Jofeph Gray Benjamin Symmons
Spotfylvania
Fielding Lewis

Benjamin Grymes
Stafford

William Fitzhugh Thomas L. Lee

William Digges William Harwood Weftmoreland Richard Henry Lee Richard Lee Williamfburg Peyton Randolph York Dudley Digges Thomas NeKon, Jr.

Not fhown by the Journal to have been prefent during the

Affembly.

JOURNAL
)f

the

OUSE House
^uesda^.

B OF of JDURGESSES
2
<Beo. Ill

l^e 3r6 of !^ovember,

I76t

IXTY FIVE Members

having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adt of

Parliament, inftead of the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, took their
Places in the Houfe. Walthoe.

A Meffage from the Govemour by M"'

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, The Governour commands your immediate Attendance in the Council Chamber.

The Hotife went up accordingly, and the Govemour was pleafed

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, You muft return again to your Houfe, and immediately proceed
Speaker.

to fay to

them

to the

Choice of a

Being returned,

M''

Bland reminded the Houfe of the Govemour's Commands to

proceed to the Choice of a Speaker, and he recommended John Robinfon, Efq; who had for many Years paft, and in many Affemblies, executed that important Truft, and had given undeniable Proofs of his Abilities and Integrity: And he was accordingly tmanimoufly elected Speaker, and in the ufual Manner conducted to the Chair; from whence he rettuned his Thanks to the Houfe for the Honour they had conferred on him, and expreffed the juft Senfe he had of the Obligation they laid him under. Ordered, That a Meffage be fent to the Govemour, to acquaint him that this Houfe, in Obedience to his Commands, have made Choice of a Speaker, and to know his Pleafure when they fhall attend to prefent him and that M"' Bland, and M'' Charles Carter, Jun. do wait on him with the faid Meffage. They accordingly withdrew; and being returned, M' Bland reported that the Governour was pleafed to fay he was then ready to receive them in the Council Chamber. And accordingly the Hotife went up with their Speaker ele(5l, and the Govemour was pleafed to declare he was particularly pleafed with their Choice. M"' Speaker then, in Behalf of the Houfe, petitioned the Govemour that they might enjoy their ancient Rights and Privileges, fuch as Freedom of Speech and Debate, Exemptions from Arrefts, and Protedlion for their Eftates; and for himfelf, he intreated that no Miftakes of his might be imputed to the Houfe. To which the Govemour anfwered, that he fhould take Care to defend them in all their juft Rights and Privileges. Being returned, M"^ Speaker reported that the Hotrfe had attended he Govemour in the Council Chamber, and prefented their Speaker; that he was pleafed to approve of their Choice, and then made a Speech to the Cotmcil and this Houfe, of which he had, to prevent Miftakes, obtained a Copy; which he read, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read, and is as follows:
;

Gentlemen

[6]
Gentlemen of the Council, M'' Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,
It

was neceffary

for

me

to

convene you at this Time, that you might take into your

Confideration the prefent State of the Regiment, and the

To prevent laying any unneceffary Burthen on you,

it

Time for which it ftands provided. was my Refolution to leave this

Matter entirely to yourfelves, as you were the moft competent Judges of the Condition of your own Frontiers; without requiring a fingle Man from you, tmlefs his Majefty had demanded any: But Sir Jeffrey Amherft, in a Letter I have received from him, in Anfwer to one I wrote to him on that Hecui, has given fuch Reafons for the Continuance of the Regiment, at Leaft until a folid Peace is concluded with the Cherokee Indians, as have had
great Weight with

me;

for

ations thereon, not doubtiitg but

which Reafon I fhall lay his Letter before yon for your Deliberyou will fee the Utility of purfuing the Meafures he

recommends
I wifh
refs

to

me.

it had been now in my Power to have given you any certain Intelligence of the Progmade towards a Peace with thofe Indians; but the laft Letter I have received from

South Carolina, in whofe Province thefe Negotiations are May laft. If any frefh Information fhould arrive, during your prefent Seffion, you may depend on my immediately communicating it to you. It is with great Pleafure I can acquaint you that Meff. John Chifwell and Thomas Walker, the two Gentlemen whom, authorized by you, I appointed my Contmiffioners to meet thofe Indians on our Frontiers, executed that Commiffion with Punduality and Expedition, to the Satiffadion of myfelf and his Majefty's Council; and I now recommend them to you, to make them fuch Recompenfe as their Service merits. I have received Letters from Colonel Stephen, who informs me that fince the Command of the Regiment had devolved on him he has proceeded as far as the Big Ifland, and encamped on the main Branch of HoKton River; where he has received fubmiffive Letters from fome
the Lieutenant

Governour

of

carrying on, was the 2$th of

Indian Chiefs who were fuppofed to be the moft averfe to Peace, Copies of which This Place Colonel Stephen points out as very proper to me, with his Anfwers. on which to ered a Fort and Storehoufe. As I am uncertain whether this Spot is adually within this Colony, or in North Carolina, and am utterly unacquainted with the Advantages
of thofe

he has fent

to be

of this

expeded from carrying on a Trade with thofe Indians, / fhall refer the Confideration Matter wholly to you, and have deferred giving him any Anfwer until I fhould have This Letter, and Papers, I fhall now lay before you. your Refolution thereon.

M'

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

to this

The Allotment made

liament for the Services

Colony out

of the

200,000 granted by the Britifh Par-

performed by the Colonies for the Year 1759, which is now, I am informed, in the Hands of your Agent, will be perhaps fufficient to anfwer the Expenfes of providing for the Regiment for a longer Time, without your being obliged to lay any additional Burthen on the Inhabitants of this Colony, or creating any new Emiffion of
avoided; yet, if found to be abfolutely neceffary, no Law. I have the greateft Confidence in your For, Neceffity has to be complied with: Prudence, that you will condud yourfelves in a Manner fuitable to your Duty to our moft gracious Sovereign, and the true permanent Intereft of your Country.

Paper Currency; a Thing,

if poffible, to be

Gentlemen

of the

Council and of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

Affembly took into their Confideration the Grievances, and provided for the Wants, of the Colony, by enading feveral wholefome Laws far the Benefit of the Community, there will confequently be but little Bufinefs for you to enter on this Seffion; and I fhall only recommend to you that Zeal, Unanimity and Defpatch, which I have fo fre-

As

the laft

and fo fatiffadorily experienced during the repeated Seffions of the laft General Affembly; and which I have not the leaft Room to doubt but I fhall find as adive through the Courfe of this, which I hope mil continue as long as our Conftitution, and the Example of our Mother Country, will permit.
quently

Refolved

[7]
That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Honour the Govemour, to return him the Thanks of this Houfe for his affecflionate Speech to affure him we
Refolved,
;

will ferioufly confider the feveral

Matters he has been pleafed to recommend to

us,

proceed therein with Zeal, Unanimity and Defpatch. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up the faid Addrefs; and it referred to M"' Attorney, M'' Pendleton and M'' Bland, to prepare and bring in the fame.

and

will

is

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will take the

Govemour's Speech

into Confideration

Tomorrow.
Speaker reported that the Govemour had delivered to him the feveral Letters mentioned in his Honour's Speech, with Direcftions to lay the fame before this Houfe. And the faid Letters were read, and ordered to lie on the Table. Ordered, That the Reverend M"" Yates be appointed Chaplain to this Houfe, and that he attend to read Prayers every Morning at Ten 'Clock. Ordered, That Thomas Broadrib, James Lavie, Thomas Francis and Nathaniel Hix,
M''

be appointed Doorkeepers to the Houfe, and that they give their Attendance accordingly. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning, Ten "'Clock.

>il^e6ne56ar. t^e 4tb of iflovember,

(Beo. Ill 1761.

ORDERED, That an
iffue for eledling

Addrefs be made to the Govemour to order a new Writ to a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Henrico, in the Room of William Randolph, Gentleman, deceafed,

and that M"' Bowler Cocke do wait on him with the faid Addrefs. That an Addrefs be made to the Govemour to order a new Writ to iffue for the eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimty of King and Queen, in the Room of George Braxton, Gentleman, deceafed, and that M'' Pendleton do wait on him with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Govemoxir to order a new Writ to iffue for eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the Covmty of Northumberland, in the Room of the Honourable Pre fly Thornton, Efq; appointed one of his Majefty's Council for this Colony, and that M"" Henry Lee do wait on him with the
Ordered,
faid Addrefs.

On
of

a Motion made.

Ordered, That all fuch Claims and Propofitions as fhall be certified to this Seffion Affembly be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For regulating the Fees and Charges of Perfons pradlifing Phyfick, Surgery and Midwifery, in this Colony and it is referred to M'' London Carter, and M'' Richard Henry Lee, to prepare and bring in the fame. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To empower the Veftry of the Parifh of Hanover, in the County of King George, to fell their prefent Glebe Lands, and to lay out the Money in the Purchafe of a more convenient Glebe; and it is referred to M'' Charles Carter, and M"' Charles Carter, Jimior, to prepare and bring in the fame. Several Petitions of Henry Orm, John Dony, William Chifam, John Fitzpatrick and Henry Moxom, late Soldiers of the Virginia Regiment, who have been difcharged as difabled and unfit for Ser\^ice, and praying Relief, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to M"" Wafhington, M"^ Bland, M'^ Wilfon and M'' Chriftian that they examine into the Allegations of the faid Petitions refpectively, and report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of Anther ft and Buckingham, fetting forth that before their Divifion from the Cotmty of Albemarle a complete Set
;

of

[8]
and Meafures of the Englifh Standard had been purchafed for the Ufe of that County, of which they paid their proportionable Part; and praying that the Inhabitants of the faid County of Albemarle may be obliged to reimburfe them, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion
of Weights
of Affembly.

On

a Motion made,

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For appointing a Treafurer, and it is referred to M'' Bland to prepare and bring in the fame. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to take into their Confideration the Govemour's Speech. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech. Ordered, That the feveral Letters mentioned in the faid Speech, and Yefterday
Ordered,

be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech and Letters and after fome Time fpent therein M'' Speaker refumed the Chair and M"' Charles Carter reported that the Committee had had the faid Speech and Letters under their Confideration, and had come to two Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the
laid before the Houfe,

And then

the Houfe refolved

Houfe, as follow
Refolved,

Refolved,

That the Regiment now in the Service of this Colony be further continued. That a Sum not exceeding 12,000 be raifed for the Pay and Maintenance

of the faid Regiment.

aKo reported that the Committee, not having Time to go through the faid Speech, had diredted him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech Tomorrow. On a Motion made. The Houfe immediately refolved itfelf into a Committee to confider of Ways and Means for raifing the Sum of 12,000, agreeable to the above Refolution; and after fome Time fpent therein M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Charles Carter reported that the Committee had had that Matter under their Confideration, and had come to a Refolution thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That the Sum of 12,000 be raifed by Bills of Exchange, to be drawn on Edward Montagu, Efq Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in, purfuant to the three foregoing Refolutions; and it is referred to M'' Charles Carter, M"' Attorney, M"" Pendleton, M' Grymes, M'' Walker and M'' Cary, to prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges and Elections be appointed of the followM''

Carter

ing Perfons

M'

Attorney.
M"-

W Charles W Bland.
Mr M' M' W^
London

Carter.

Dudley Digges.
Richard Henry Lee.
Whiting.

M' Wythe.
Carter.
M''

William Digges. Benjamin Harrifon. John Page.

are to

M"' Pendleton.
M''

M^ Baylor.
in the
firft

And they
Place
all

meet and adjourn from Day to Day, and examine

for eledling Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent

Returns of Writs
all

General Affembly

and compare the fame with the Form

Confideration
;

fuch Matters as fhall Eledlions and Privileges and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions thereon, And the faid Committee is to have Power to fend from Time to Time, to the Houfe for Perfons, Papers and Records, for their Information.
;

by Law; and to take into their or may come in Queftion touching Returns,
prefcribed

Refolved

[9]
Refolved,

That
That

five of the faid

Committee be a

fufficient

Niunber to make a Com-

mittee.
Refolved,
in all Cafes of controverted Elections to

be heard at the Bar of this

Houfe, or before the Committee of Privileges and Elections, the Petitioners do

Themfelves, or by their Agents, within a convenient Time, to be appointed either the Houfe or the Committee of Privileges and Ele(5lions, as the Matter to be heard fhall be before the Houfe or the faid Committee, deliver to the fitting Members, or their
Agents, Lifts of the Perfons intended by the Petitioners to be objedled to, who voted for the fitting Members, giving in the faid Lifts the feveral Heads of Objedlion, and diftinguifhing the fame, againft the Names of the Voters excepted to and that the
;

by by

fitting

Members do by Themfelves,

or their Agents, within the fame Time, deliver the

"'Clock.

like Lifts

And

on their Part to the Petitioners, or their Agents. then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning, Ten

Bburs6ar tb^

5l\)

of November. 2 (bao.

III.

176U

M
Seffion.
that

Attorney reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to the Govemour, which he read in his Place and

afterwards delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read,

and agreed

to,

and

is

as follows

SIR,

We his Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Burgeffes of Virginia, now met in General Affembly, return you our Thanks for your Speech at the Opening of this
Your affectionate and tender Manner of applying to this Houfe cannot but add to Efteem your Condud had before raifed very high. The Regard you have always fhown for the Welfare of the People, the Freedom and Sincerity we muft all have obferved in your Adminiftration, will ever keep up the fame Sentiments of Gratitude and Affedion to your Perfon and Government. We are fully fatiffied that you will never afk any Thing of this Affembly but what you are convinced will be agreeable to our Duty to his Majefty, and the true permanent Intereft of this Colony; and it will be with great Reludance we fhall ever deviate from thofe Meafures which you think will be produdive of thofe falutary Ends. You may be affured. Sir, we fhall take under our Confideration the feveral Matters you have been pleafed to recommend to us, with all poffible Zeal, Unanimity and Defpatch.
Ordered,

That the

faid Addrefs

be

fairly tranfcribed,

and prefented by the whole

to

Houfe.
Ordered, That the Committee who prepared the fame wait on the Govemour, know his Pleafure when this Houfe fhall attend his Honotu" to prefent it.
M''

urer;

Bland prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For appointing a Treafand the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Meffage from the Council by M"" Walthoe.

That they had fent down for the Confideration of this Houfe feveral Letters from Edward Montagu, Efq; Agent for this Colony, which had been laid before them by the Committee
of Correfpondence.

Ordered,
of this Houfe.

That the

faid Letters

do

lie

on the Table
of

for the Perufal of the

Members

Petition of M"'

James Wallace, complaining

an imdue

M' William Wager,

of Elizabeth City.

to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General

Ele(5lion and Return of Affembly for the Covmty

Alfo a Petition of M'' John Leigh, complaining of an undue Election and Return of M' Peter Legrand, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the Cotmty
of Prince Edward.

Alfo

[lo]
Alfo a Petition of M"' John Clack, complaining of an undue Ele<ftion and Return of M' Ifaac Row Walton, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Brnnfwick, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions; that they do examine into the Allegations thereof, and i-eport the fame,
as they fhall appear to them, with their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe.
M"'

Charles Carter, from the Committee appointed prefented, to the Houfe, accord-

ing to Order, a Bill For further continuing the Regiment in the Servce of this Colony

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. He alfo prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To empower the Veftry of the Parifh of Hanover, in the County of King George, to fell their prefent Glebe Lands, and to lay out the Money in the Purchafe of a more convenient Glebe and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of f\mdry Inhabitants of the Town of Staitviton, in the County of Augufta, fetting forth that the late Colonel Beverley had given to that Covmty 25 Acres of Land adjoining the faid Town, to be added to and made Part thereof, which are fmce laid out into Lots; and prajang that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to

and the fame was read the

firft

the Houfe and read.

be brought in pixrfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and and M'' Wilfon to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Bedford, fetting forth that William Callaway, Gentleman, had given 100 Acres of Land to the faid County, adjoining the Court Hotife, to be laid off into a Town and praying that an Adl may pafs to eftablifh the fame, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudtion to the Committee appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill For enlarging the Town of Staunton, in the County of Augufta, that they receive a Claufe or Claufes purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition. M'' Wafhington reported that the Committee appointed had had iinder their Confideration the feveral Petitions of Henry Orm, Henry Moxom, John Fitzpatrick, William Chifam and John Dony, late Soldiers of the Virginia Regiment, and difcharged
Ordered,

That a

Bill

it is

referred to M'' Chriftian

as urrfit for further Service, to them referred, and had come to two Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: Refolved, That the Allegations of the faid Petitions are true. Refolved, That the faid Henry Moxom ought to be allowed the Simi oi 25, and the faid Henry Orm, John Fitzpatrick, Williatn Chifam and John Dony, the Sum of 20 each, as a Satiffadlion for the Injuries they have fuftained in the Service of this Colony, to be paid by the Publick. A Petition of fundry Merchants on Rappahannock River, complaining that they are greatly impofed on by a Set of Men called Pilots, who exadl exorbitant Fees and praying that a late Adt of Affembly For eftablifliing the Rates of Pilotage, which expired fome Time ago, may be revived, was prefented to the Hotife and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion
;

of Affembly.

Petition of

Mann

Page, Efq

fetting forth that he

is

feized in

Tradl of Land in Hanover, whereon Page's and Crutchfield' s taining about 950 Acres; aKo of a Tradl in King William Count}*, of 2000 Acres; that
it would be greatly to the Advantage of himfelf and his Pofterity to dock the Entail of thofe Lands, on one of which he propofes to eftablifh a Town, and to fettle in Lieu thereof a Trad of Land of which he is feized in Fee in Effex, containing

Fee Taille of a Warehoufes ftand, con-

he conceives

about 1380 Acres, with 53 Slaves to be annexed thereto, to the fame Ufes; and praying that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M"' Charles Carter to prepare and bring in the fame.
Several

"

Several Claims of John Pulliam, Thomas Lane, Abel Stears, William Simfon, John
Chiles,

James Swain, Michael Thomas and Thomas

Fitzpatrick, for taking

up Slaves

therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the

to the Conlideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

Houfe and received, and referred

The Order of the Day being read. The Houfe again refolved itfelf into a Committee to take into their further Confideration the Govemour's Speech, together with the feveral Letters to the faid Committee referred and after fome Time fpent therein M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"" Charles Carter reported that tlie Committee had had the faid Speech and Letters under their further Confideration, and gone through the fame, and had come to a
;

it

Refolution thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows
Refolved,

That the

Sum

oi

150 be paid Meff. John Chifwell and

each, in Confideration of their Sendees as Commiffioners appointed

to

Thomas Walker by the Govemour

meet the Cherokee Lidians on the Frontiers of this Colony. Ordered, That the faid Refolve be engroffed, and that
to the Covmcil for their Concurrence.

M"'

Charles Carter do carry

it

Petition of Philip Whitehead Claiborne, fetting forth that the late Mrs. Unity

Dandridge being feized of two Tradls of Land, one of 800 and the other of 400 Acres, in Hanover, and alfo of a Tradl in King William of about 400 Acres, devLfed the fame to her Daughter Elizabeth, the Petitioner's Wife, for Life, with Power to difpofe thereof to her Children in Fee that he conceives it would be greatly to the Advantage of himfelf and Family if he was allowed to fell the two Tradls in Hanover, and to fettle a Tradl whereof he is feized in Fee in Amelia, with fome Slaves, to be difpofed of by his Wife according to the Power given her by the Will of the faid Unity Dandridge and praying that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe. Alfo a Petition of John Weft, fetting forth that he is feized in Taille male of about 4000 Acres of Land in King William, contiguous to the Town of Delawar, commonly called Weft Point, from which, as he has but few Slaves, he receives but little Profit, and is greatly burthened with the Payment of Quitrents and Taxes for the fame that it would be greatly to the Advantage of himfelf and his Pofterity, and aKo enable him to provide for younger Children, if he was permitted to difpofe of Part of the faid Land, and lay out the Money in the Purchafe of Slaves, to be annexed to the Refidue, to defcend and pafs therewith to the fame Ufes and praying that an A<fb may pafs for
; ; ;
;

that Purpofe.

Alfo a Petition of William Todd, fetting forth that he is feized in Taille male of Land in King and Queen, and has but a fmall Niunber of Slaves to work the fame that he has agreed with Bernard Moore, Gentleman, to fell him 390 Acres, Part of the faid entailed Lands, for 292-ios. with which he intends to purchafe Slaves and praying that an A6t may pafs to veft the faid 390 Acres in the faid Bernard Moore in Fee, and to lay out the Money in the Purchafe of Slaves, to be fettled to the fame
feveral Tra(fts of
;

Ufes as the faid entailed Lands, were feverally prefented to the Hotife and read. Ordered, That Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayers of the faid Petitions,
refpedlively
;

and

it is

referred to M"" Pendleton to prepare

and bring in the fame.

Colony was
faid Bill

On

a Motion made.
Bill

The

For further continuing the Regiment

in the Service of this

read a fecond Time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe.
Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will refolve itfelf into a

Committee on the

To-

morrow.

by the Death of M' Hunter the Office become vacant, and praying that he may be appointed to fucceed him therein; affuring the Houfe that he will exert himfelf on all Occalions to merit their Approbation, in defpatching the pub lick Bufmeis; was prefented to the Hovife, and read. Refolved, That the faid Jofeph Royle be appointed Printer to this Hoiife.
Petition of Jofeph Royle, fetting forth that
of Printer to the General

Affembly

is

Refolved

12]

Refolved,

That the

faid Jofeph Royle be allowed the Siim of

350 per Annum, to

continue to the

End

of the next Seffion of Affembly, as a full Confideration for printing

the Journals of the Hotife of Burgeffes, printing the

and fending boimd for the 13 Copies of them to every County Court Clerk, one of which Ufe of the Court; printing Infpedlors Notes and Books, Proclamations, and other
of each Seffion,

Laws

to be half

publick Advertifements. Ordered, That the faid Refolve be engroffed, and that M"" Attorney do carry it up to the Covmcil for their Concurrence. A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifli of St. Anne, in theCountyof Albemarle, fetting forth that before the Lines were run for dividing the faid Covmty, purfuant to

a late A6t of Affembly, and without any Notice given, the Sheriff of the faid County affembled a few of his Neighbours to eledl a Veftry for the faid Parifh, and accordingly they ele(5led a Veftry, feveral of whom were neither Freeholders nor Houfekeepers there and praying that the faid Veftry may be diffolved, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of the Affembly.

On
The

a Motion made,
Bill

To empower

the Veftry of the Parifh of Hanover, in the Coxmty of

King

George, to

fell

their prefent Glebe Lands,

and to lay out the Money

in the

Purchafe of

a more convenient Glebe, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time On a Motion made. Ordered, That M'' George Davenport be appointed Clerk to the Committee of Privileges

and

Eledlions.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning, Eleven

"'Clock.

lFrl6a^. t^e 6tb of November,

(Beo.

III.

1761,

MR
receive
it.

the

Attorney reported that the Committee had, according to Order, waited on Govemour to know his Pleafure when this Houfe fhould attend him
;

with their Addrefs and that he was pleafed to appoint this Day, and to fay that he wotdd lignify by a Meffage to the Houfe when he was ready to

M' Pendleton prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To veft certain Lands therein mentioned in Philip Whitehead Claiborne, Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' London Carter, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according Order, a Bill For regulating the Fees and Charges of Perfons pradlicing in Phyfick, to Surgery and Midwifery, in this Colony; and the fame was read the firft Time, and
ordered to be read a fecond Time. M' Pendleton prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John Weft, Gentleman, is feized, and veft them in Truftees to be fold, and for laying out the Money in the Pvirchafe of Slaves, to be fettled to the

fame

Ufes.
;

Alfo a Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Mann Page, Efq is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater Value to the fame Ufes; and the faid Bills were feverally read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

Coimty of Frederick, fetting forth that one Peter Stover had laid out a Parcel of his Lands in that Coimty into Lots and Streets for a Town and praying that an Aft may paf s for eftablifhing a To'wti on the faid Lands, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That it be an inftrudlion to the Committee appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill For eftablifhing the Town of Staunton, in the County of Augufta; that they
Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the
;

receive a Claufe or Claufes, purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition.

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fetting forth that, being a Lieutenant in

Petition of Alexander

Waugh, Junior,

the Frontier Battalion in 1759, he was by his Honoiu- the Govemour appointed to recruit Men for the Cherokee Expedition in 1760, and having raifed 40 able bodied Men

marched them to the Place of Rendezvous; but being much fatigued in their March, by the exceffive Heat of the Weather, and Major Lewis, then the Commanding Officer, being very ftrift in receiving Recruits, eight of the Men he had enlifted were refufed but on Colonel Byrd's Arrival at the Camp, and finding he received feveral Men refufed by Major Lewis, the Petitioner endeavoured to retake the eight Men refufed, but met That the other fix, to whom he had advanced with only two of them who were received the full Bounty of 10 each, befides being at the Expenfe of recruiting and fubfifting them to the Place of Rendezvous, got entirely off and praying that he may be reimburfed the faid Bounty and other Expenfes, deducting the Stmi oi 13, which has been fince returned him by thofe Men, and which is all he has any Profpedl of getting from them, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M' Pendleton, Richard Henry Lee Taylor; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, and M'
: ;

with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

Lynn, fetting forth that in the Year 1756, being one of the detached from Prince William he was wounded in an Engagement with a Party of Indians on the South Branch, which has rendered him incapable of Labour, and that he has moreover been at confiderable Expenfe in effedling a Ciu-e, was prefented to the
Petition of Michael
Militia

Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M'' Henry Lee and M"' William Cabell; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions
thereon, to the Houfe.

Several Claims of William Tomlenion and Benjamin Clark, for taking

therein mentioned, were prefented to the
fideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

up Rtmaways Houfe and received, and referred to the Con-

of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee For further continuing the Regiment in the Service of this Colony. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill Tomorrow. Ordered, That M'' Woodhridge be added to the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions. On a Motion made. The Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John Weft, Gentleman, is feized, and veft them in Truftees, to be fold, and for laying out the Money in the Purchafe of Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M"' Pendleton, 'W Braxton, Baylor, My Armiftead and M'' Richard Henry Lee. On a Motion made. The Bill To veft certain Lands therein-mentioned in Philip Whitehead Claiborne, Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Pendleton, M'' Moore, M' Braxton, M'' Wythe, M^ Syme and M"" Greenhill. A Meffage from the Govemour by M'' Walthoe.

The Order
Bill

on the

M^ Speaker,
I

am commanded
to receive their

ready

by the Govemour to acquaint this Houfe that his Honour Addrefs in the Council Chamber.

is

now

M"' Speaker with the Houfe went up accordingly, and being returned reported that with the Hotife, had attended the Govemour in the Council Chamber, and prefented the Addrefs of this Houfe to him, to which his Honour was pleafed to return the

he,

following

Anfwer

M'

; ;

14]
of Burgeffes,

M' Speaker, and Gentlemen

I return you

of the

my

moft fincere

Houfe Thanks

for your affedionate Addrefs.

To gain

the

of Mankind, I confider as the greateft Source of human Blifs; and if I have been as to attain this, it fhall be my conftant Endeavours to preferve it, by a uniform happy fo Condud of Integrity and Sincerety in my Adminiftration of your Affairs: And you may be affured that I -fhall never afk any Thing of you but what I fhall think conducive to his Majefty's Service and the Welfare of this Colony the two great Points I have chiefly at

Efteem

Heart.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning, Eleven

"'Clock.

SoXMxha^.

lb<^

7tb of !5tovember,

<Beo.

III.

1761.

MR
Time.

Pendleton prefented to the Hoiofe, according to Order, a Bill To veft certain entailed Lands therein mentioned in Bernard Moore, Efq in Fee Simple,
;

and for laying out the Value thereof in Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes;and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond

John Bay lis, fetting forth that by an Adl paffed the laft Seffion of Affembly, For enlarging the Town of Dumfries, in the County of Prince William, Part of the Lands contiguous thereto, in the Poffeffion of M"' Bertrand Swell, were taken into the Limits of the faid Town, and vefted in the Truftees, and they were diredled to pay the Money arifmg from the Sale thereof to the faid Ewell; that he had purchafed thofe Lands of one George Hancock, and mortgaged them to him for the Payment of the Purchafe Money at a certain Day, who had affigned the faid Mortgage to the Petitioner for a valuable Confideration paid him; and that the faid Ewell, having failed paying the Money, the Petitioner had before the paffmg of the faid Adl brought his Bill in the General Court to foreclofe the Equity of Redemption; and praying that, as he has no other Secvirity for his Debt, an Adt may pafs directing the faid Truftees either to retain the Money arifing from the Sale of the faid Lands in their own Hands, or put it out at Interef t on good Security imtil the Determination of the faid Suit in Chancery was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M"' Landon Carter to prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Pendleton reported that the Committee to whom the Petition of Alexander Waugh, Junior, was referred had examined into the Allegations thereof, and foimd them to be true, and had agreed on a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame were again twice
Petition of M''

read,

and agreed to by the

Hotife, as follow

his Petition

appears to yovir Committee that the faid Alexander Waugh paid the fix Men in mentioned the Stun oi lo each for the Bounty allowed by Law, and that the Sum of 13 for the Expenfe of recruiting them, and for their Subfifadvanced he tence from the Time of their Enliftment until they arrived at the Place of Rendezvous that the faid Alexander Waugh hath fince received ; 13 in Part of the faid Bounty
It

Money from fome of the faid fix Men, who neverthelefs Money fo returned, infifting they are entitled to the fame, and were refufed by the Commanding Officer. Refolved, That the faid Alexander Waugh ought to be
Publick.

threaten to fue

him

for the

as they were willing to ferve,

paid the

Sum

of ;6o

by the

M'' Attorney, from the Committee of Privileges and Elections, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration the Petition of M'' John Clack, to them referred, complaining of an undue Eledtion and Return of M'' Ifaac Row Walton to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Brunfwick, and had

15]

had come to feveral Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table; where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as
follow

That the Perfons who voted at the faid Ele(5lion, whofe Freeholds are by the Petitioner or the fitting Member, be examined on Oath before John Willis, Nathaniel Edwards, Nicholas Edmunds, Driiry Stith and John Maclin, of the faid Cotmty of Brunfwick, Gentlemen, or any three of them, whether they be Freeholders or not, except fuch of them as did fwear to their Freeholds at the faid
Refolved,

queftioned either

Ele(5lion.

Refolved,

neffes before the

That the Petitioner and fitting Member be at Liberty to examine Witfame Perfons as to the Freehold of any Perfon who voted at the faid
;

Eledlion, although fuch Perfons fwore to their Freeholds at the Eledlion, or fhall fwear

Examination and that it be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons before whom fuch Examinations are taken to examine how long fuch Voters have been in Poffeffion of, and paid Quitrents for, the Lands or Tenements in Right of which they voted at the Eledlion, and that they return the Depofitions they fhall take to the next Seffion
to

them

at the

of Affembly.

Refolved, That the Petitioner give to the fitting Member ten Days Notice of the Time and Place when and where he intends to examine his Witneffes, alfo a Lift in

Writing of the

Names

of the Voters he intends to except to, diftinguifhing againft each

Name

the feveral Heads of Exception, and that the fitting

Member do

the like to the

Petitioner.

Refolved,

That the further Confideration

of the faid Petition be referred to the next

Seffion of the Affembly.

had under their Confideration the Petition of M'' John Leigh, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M'' Peter Legrand, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the County of Prince Edward, to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: Refolved, That the Perfons who voted at the faid Eledlion, whofe Freeholds are queftioned either by the Petitioner or fitting Member, be examined on Oath before John Nafh the elder, Thomas Scott, John Morton, Henry Watkins and Abner Nafh, of the faid County of Prince Edward, Gentlemen, or any three of them, whether they be Freeholders or not, except fuch of them as did fwear to their Freeholds at the Eledlion. Refolved, That the Petitioner and fitting Member be at Liberty to examine Witneffes before the fame Perfons as to the Freehold of any Perfon who voted at the faid Eledlion,
M''

Attorney alfo reported that the faid Committee had

although fuch Perfons fwore to their Freeholds at the Eledlion, or fhall fwear to the fame at the Examination; and that it be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons before whom
fuch Examinations are taken, to examine
of,

how long fuch Voters have been in Poffeffion and paid Quitrents for, the Lands or Tenements in Right of which they voted at the Eledlion, and that they return the Depofitions they fhall take to the next Seffion of Af-

fembly.
Refolved, That the Petitioner give to the fitting Member ten Days Notice of the Time and Place when and where he intends to examine his Witneffes, aKo a Lift in

Writing of the

Names

of the Voters

he intends to except

to, diftinguifhing againft

each

Name

the feveral

Heads

of Exception,

and that the

fitting

Member do

the like to the

Petitioner.

Refolved,

That the further Confideration

of the faid Petition be referred to the

next

Seffion of Affembly.
M"'

Confideration the Petition of

Attorney aKo reported that the faid Committee had like wife had under their M'' James Wallace to them referred, complaining of an

undue Eledlion and Return of M'' William Wager to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Elizabeth City, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then deHvered in at the Table, where the fame were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow:
Refolved

i6]

That the Perfons who voted at the faid Eledlion, whofe Freeholds are queftioned either by the Petitioner or fitting Member, be examined on Oath before John Tabb, Cary Selden, Charles Jennings, George Wray and James Balfour, of the faid County of Elizabeth City, Gentlemen, or any three of them, whether they be Freeholders or not, except fuch of them as did fwear to their Freeholds at the Ele<5lion. Refolved, That the Petitioner and fitting Member be at Liberty to examine Witneffes before the fame Perfons as to the Freeholds or other Qualifications of any Perfon who
Refolved,

voted at the faid Election, although fuch Perfons fwore to their Freeholds at the Eledlion, or fhall fwear to the fame at the Examination; and that it be an Inftru(5lion to the Perfons before whom fuch Examinations are to be taken to examine how long fuch Voters have been in Poffeffion of, and paid Quitrents for, the Lands or Tenements in Right of which they voted at the Eledlion, and that they retiim the Depofitions they
fhall take to the

next Seffion of Affembly.

That the Petitioner give to the fitting Member ten Days Notice of the Time and Place and when and where he intends to examine his Witneffes, aKo a Lift in Writing of the Names of the Voters he intends to except to, diftinguifhing againft each Name the feveral Heads of Exception; and that the fitting Member do the like
Refolved,

to the Petitioner.

That as well the Petitioner as the fitting Member be at Liberty to examine the fame Perfons as to the Sheriff's Agreement to defer clofing the Pole before Witneffes by the Confent of the Candidates, and afterwards to poftpone it tmtil Simfetting and as to his being informed, before he clofed the Pole, that two Freeholders were then on
Refolved,
;

their

Way to the Cotirt Houfe, and the Diftance they were from the Court Hotife when was clofed, and as to the Time when the Pole was clofed and aKo to examine Pole the the Reverend M'' Warrington, and the two Freeholders above mentioned, and any other Witneffes, on Oath, as to their Intentions and Declarations to vote for any and which of
;

the Candidates.
Refolved,

That the further Confideration

of the faid Petition

be referred to the

next Seffion of Affembly. The Order of the Day being read, The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For further continuing the Regiment in the Service of this Colony and after fome Time fpent therein M' Speaker
;

refumed the Chair, and

M"'

Charles Carter reported that the Committee had had the faid

Bill tinder their Confideration,

and had made

feveral

Amendments

thereto,

which he

read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third

Time.
Petition of the Honoxirable Robert Carter, Efq fetting forth that he is feized in male of a Tradl of Land called Hudfon's of 500 Acres, on the Head of Nomony River, in the Cotinty of Weftmor eland, on which he has made confiderable Improve ments and that he is aKo feized in Fee of 6030 Acres of Land on Bull Run, in Prince William and Loudoun Covmties: That it will be greatly to the Advantage of himfelf and Family to be enabled to feU the faid Land called Hudfon's, thereby to raife Money to difcharge fome Encumbrances on that and other entailed Eftates of the Petitioner's,
;

Taille

and

to fettle fo

much

of the faid Bull

Run

Tradl in Lieu thereof as

is

of greater Value,

pofe,

exclufive of the faid Improvements; and praying that an Adl was prefented to the Hoxafe and read.

may

pafs for that Pur-

That a Bill be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M'' Wythe to prepare and bring in the fame. A Bill For appointing a Treafxirer was read a fecond Time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe immediately.
Ordered,

The

[17]
itfelf into the faid Committee, and after fome Time M' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M' Charles Carter reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, but, not having Time to go through the fame, they had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill on Monday next. A Petition of M'' Henry Peyton, complaining of an imdue Eletftion and Return of John Baylis and M' Henry Lee, to ferve as Burgeffes in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Prince William, was prefented to the Hoiife and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee of Privileges and Elec$lions; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with

The

Hovife accordingly refolved

fpent therein

their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

Several Claims of

Thomas Chew, William

Bell

Runaways
M''

therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the

and John Mallory, for taking up Houfe and received, and

referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Town of Staunton, in the County of Augufta, and New London, in the Coimty of Bedford, and Strafburg in the Covmty of Frederick; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Wythe prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Robert Carter, Efq; is feized, and to fettle other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a
Order, a Bill For eftablifhing the
;

Chriftian from the

fecond Time.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Monday Morning,

Eleven "'Clock.

5lton6ap. t^e 9lb of November, 2 (Beo.

III.

1761.

AN

of Militia draughted out of the

Account and Claim of Captain Robert Brakenridge, for the Pay of a Company Coimty of Augufta, under his Command, was

prefented to the Houfe and received.

Ordered, That the fame be referred to M'' Wilfon and M' Sym^; that they examine the feveral Articles thereof by the proper Vouchers, and report the fame,

with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. M'' Landon Carter prefented to the Hotife, according to Order, a

Bill

To

explain and

amend an Adt, entitled An Ad

Prince William
;

for further enlarging the

firft

and the fame was read the

County of Time, and ordered to be read a fecond

Town

of Diunfries, in the

Time.
recruiting Inftrudlions
Clarke, fetting forth that the laft Year he enlifted (under from his Honour the Govemour) upwards of 40 Men, to each of whom he advanced the ;io Bounty allowed by Law that two of the faid Recruits were reftifed, and five others deferted, for whom the Paymafter reftifed to reimburfe him the faid Botmty Money and praying the Confideration of this Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M"" Attorney and M'' LeGrand; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions
Petition of
;

James

thereon, to the Houfe.

M'' Pendleton, from the Committee to whom the Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John Weft, Gentleman, is feized, and veft them in Truftees, to be fold, and for laying out the Money in the Purchafe of Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes, was committed, reported that the Committee had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, but had made no Amendments thereto, and he delivered the

faid Bill in at the Table.

Ordered
Hening, VII, p. 424.

I]

That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To empower the Common Hall of the City of Williamfhurg to affefs fuch Taxes, from Time to Time, on the Inhabitants thereof, as fhall be fufficient to anfwer all Charges and Expenfes for publick Buildings and other Conveniencies and it is referred to M'' Attorney to prepare and bring in the
Ordered,
;

fame.

a Motion made, Ordered, That M'' Jacob Wray be added to the Commiffioners, named in Saturday's Refolution from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, for taking Depofitions relative to M'' James Wallace's Petition, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M'' William Wager to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the

On

County

of Elizabeth City.

The Order of the Day being read. The Houfe again refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For appointing a Treafurer; and after fome Time fpent therein M'' Speaker refumed the Chair and M"'
Charles Carter reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill under their further Confideration, and gone through the fame, and had made an Amendment thereto, which

he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendment engroffed and read a third Time. A Meffage from the Govemour by M'^ Walthoe.

M^ Speaker,
The Governour has commanded me
in
Officers of the Virginia Regiment, relative to their

May 1760; alfo the Letters that his General Sir Jeffrey Amherft; together with two Letters from Colonel Stephen, enclofing a Talk of fome of the Headmen of the Cherokee Indians, which came to Hand Yefterday.
Ordered,
this Hotofe.

your Houfe an Addrefs from the Memorial prefented to the laft Affembly Honour has received this Fall from his Excellency
to deliver to

That the

faid Letters

lie

on the Table,

for the Perufal of the

Members

of

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning, Eleven

"'Clock.

I3ues6aY.

tl)e

lOt^ of !^ovember. 2 (Beo.

III.

176L

A
and

For regulating the Fees and Charges of Perfons practifmg in Phyfick, Surgery and Midwifery, in this Colony, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Landon Carter, M'' Richard Lee, M^ Richard Henry Lee and M"' Walker. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To enhance and more effedlually to Colony and it is referred to M' Richard fecure the Credit of the Paper Currency of this Henry Lee and M"' Wythe to prepare and bring in the fame. A Claim of John Camp, Executor of George Camp, deceafed, for Provifions fumifhed bv the Teftator for fundry tributary Indians, was prefented to the Houfe and received,
Bill
;

referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that the M"' Attorney, from the Committee
their Confideration the

Committee had had under

Retvuns of feveral Writs for eledling

come

Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General Affembly, and had agreed on a Report and feveral Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at
to

read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: the Table where they were again twice the Return of the Sheriff of Norfolk, that he could It appears to your Committee, by for the faid County on the Day appointed for Btu-geffes of Eledlion not proceed to the the very heavy Rains which fell about that by therein that Purpofe, being obftrudled over the Runs and Swamps in the faid Coimty, Time which carried away many Bridges

And

19]

and thereby prevented the Inhabitants thereof from attending at the Time and Place
appointed for the faid Election. Refolved, That an Addrefs be
of Norfolk. of the feveral Writs for eledting Burgeffes for the CounAmelia, Augufta, Amherft, Accomack, Bedford, Buckingham, Chefterfield, Cumberland, Culpeper, Caroline, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Effex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Gloucefter, Goochland, Hanover, Hampfhire, Halifax, Henrico, I fie of Wight,

made

to the

Govemour

to order a

new Writ

to iffue

for the eledling Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General

Affembly

for the faid

County

Refolved,

That the Returns

ties of Albetnarle,

James

New

City, King William, King and Queen, Louifa, Lancafter, Lunenburg, Middlefex, Kent, Nanfemond, Northumberland, Nortliampton, Prince George, Prince William^

Prince Edward, Richmond, Stafford, Southampton, Surry, Spotfylvania, Suffex, and York, and the Returns of the Writs for eledling Burgeffes for James Town and the

Borough

of Norfolk,

and the Return

in the

of the

Writ

for eledting a Citizen for the City of

Williamfburg, are
Refolved,

made

Form

prefcribed

by Law.

That the Returns of the feveral Writs for eledting Burgeffes for the CounKing George, Loudoun, Orange, Princefs Anne, Warwick and Weftmoreland, and the Return of the Writ for eledting a Burgefs for the College of William and Mary, are not made in the Form prefcribed by Law. Ordered, That the Returns of the feveral Writs mentioned in the laft Refolution be amended by the Clerk at the Table. A Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Mann Page, Efq; is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater Value to the fame Ufes was read a fecond Time, and committed to M"' Attorney, M'' Syme, M"' Grymes, M'' Upfhaw, and the Members for King William. My Attorney prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To empower the Common Hall of the City of Williamfburg to affefs fuch Taxes, from Time to Time, on the Inhabitants thereof, as fhall be fufficient to anfwer all Charges and Expenfes for publick Buildings and other Conveniencies and the fame was read the firft Time, and
ties of Brunfwick, Elizabeth City,
;

ordered to be read a fecond Time.

The feveral Letters Yefterday Govemour, were read.

laid before the

Houfe, by

Command

of his

Honour the
the Service

An

ingroffed Bill, entitled

An Ad

for further continuing the

Regiment in

of this Colony,

was read the third Time. That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Charles Carter do carry up the
Refolved,

faid Bill to the Coimcil for their

Concxirrence.

Claim of John Caldwell,

for fix

Days Hire

of his

Wagon and

Horfes, employed in

the Service of the Publick, was prefented to the Houfe and received.
Ordered, That the faid Claim be referred to M' LeGrand and M'' Tabb; that they examine into the Juftice thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to

the Houfe.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning Eleven

"'Clock.

'^e6ne56aY.

ll)e

Utl) of !>tovember.

(5eo.

III.

1761.
Runaway
referred

A
and
"

Claim

of Levin Powell, Affignee of

William Atterbury, for taking up a

received,

therein mentioned,

was prefented to the Houfe and

Lands therein mentioned

and

to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

Bernard Moore, Efq in Fee Simple, and for laying out the Value thereof in Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M"" Richard Henry Lee, M' Adam
Bill

To

veft certain

in

M"'

Armiftead.

M'
Hening, VII,
p. 463.

[20]
M' Richard Henry Lee, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To enhance, and more effedluaUy to fecure, the Credit of the Paper Currency of this Colony and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be
;

read a fecond Time.

M"' Landon Carter, from the Committee to whom the Bill For regulating the Fees and Charges of Perfons praftifing in Phyfick, Surgery and Midwifery, in this Colony, was committed, reported that the Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto, which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time_ A Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Robert Carter, Efq; is feized, and to fettle other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Wythe and the Members of Weftnioreland, Loudoun, Fauquier and

Prince William.
M"' Attorney, from the Committee of Privileges and Elections, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration the Petition of M'' Henry Peyton to them referred, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M"" John Bay lis and M"" Henry Lee to ferve as Burgeffes in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Prince William, and had come to two Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then deUvered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe,

as follows

That the faid Petition be examined into before the Committee of the next Seflion of Affembly, and that the Petitioner do fome Time before the next Seffion of Affembly give to the fitting Members a Lift in Writing of the Names of the Voters he intends to except to, diftinguifhing againft each Name the feveral Heads of Exception, and that the fitting Member do the hke to the Petitioner. Refolved, That the further Confideration of the faid Petition be referred to the next
Refolved,

Seffion of Affembly.

Attorney alfo reported that the Committee to whom the Petition of James Clark was referred had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had come to two Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in
M''

at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: Refolved, That the faid James Clark ought to be allowed for John Blunt and Jofeph

mentioned, who were refufed, the Sum of io each, being the Boimty advanced by him to them, and the further Sum of 30s. each, being the Money allowed by Law for fubfifting them to the Place of Rendezvous. Refolved, That the faid James Clark ought to apply to his Honour the Govemour for the Bounty Money and Expenfes he was at in recruiting the five other Soldiers in the faid Petition mentioned, who deferted before they arrived at the Place of Rendezvous. Ordered, That M'' Hatchings wait on his Honour the Govemour with the Addrefs of this Houfe, to delire he will order a new Writ to iffue for the elecling of Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Norfolk, purfuant to the Refolution of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, agreed to by the Houfe Yefterday. A Petition of James Gait, Keeper of the publick Gaol, praying that the ufual Salary

Owen, two of the Recruits

in the faid Petition

for the

Maintenance of Criminals committed to the faid Gaol, which will expire at the End of this Seffion of Affembly, may be continued, was prefented to the Houfe and
Refolved,

jj

read.

That the additional Sum of 15 be paid to the faid James Gait every Year, his ufual Salary of 25. above over and Refolved, That 10 lb. of Tobacco per Day be allowed the faid James Gait for every Criminal committed to the faid Gaol, during fuch Criminal's Imprifonment, from this Time to the End of the next Seffion of Affembly. M"' LeGrand reported that the Committee to whom the Claim of John Caldwell was referred had examined into the fame, and fovmd it to be juft, and had come to a Refolution

[21

tion thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows:
Refolved,

it

was

That the faid John Caldwell ought to be allowed the Sum of 3. i8s. for the Service of his Team, to be paid by the Publick. A Memorial of the Officers of the Virginia Regiment, to the fame Purport as that prefented to the Houfe at a Seffion of Affembly the 7*^ of March, 1760, and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and that a Provifion may be made for their Support when the Regiment fhall be difbanded. Alfo a Memorial of M'' William Peachey, fetting forth that he entered into the Service of this Colony as an Officer in the Regiment in September 1755, and continued in the Service imtil February 1760, during which Time, and efpecially for the two laft Years, he {pent a great Deal more Money than the whole Amount of his Pay, which was not fufficient to fupport him in the Rank of the Commiffion he bore, and praying the Confideration of the Hoiofe therein, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Memorials be referred to the Confideration of the next
Seffion of Affembly.

An

engroffed Bill, entitled.

is feized,

An AA^
veft

Weft Gentleman,

and

to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John them in Truftees, to be fold, and for laying out the

Money in the Purchafe of Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Richard Henry Lee do carry up the faid Bills to the Council for their
Concurrence.

That M"- Tabb be added to the Committee to whom the Bill To veft certain Lands therein mentioned in Philip Whitehead Claiborne, Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for fettUng other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof, is committed. A Bill For eftablifhing the Towns of Staunton, in the County of Augufta, and New London, in the County of Bedford, and Strafburg, in the County of Frederick, was read a
Ordered,

fecond Time.
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill be engroffed,

An

engroffed

Bill, entitled.

An Ad'

to

in the County of King George, to fell their in the Purchafe of a more convenient Glebe,
Refolved,

and read a third Time. empower the Veftry of theParifh of Hanover, prefent Glebe Lands, and to lay out the Money was read the third Time.
faid Bill to the Council for their

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M"' Charles Carter carry up the

Con-

currence.

Bill

Taxes, from

To empower the Common Hall of the City of Williamfburg to affefs fuch Time to Time, on the Inhabitants thereof, as fhall be fufficient to anfwer all

Charges and Expenfes for publick Buildings and other Conveniences. Alfo a Bill To explain and amend an Adt for further enlarging the Town of Dumfries, in the County of Prince William, were feverally read a fecond Time.
Ordered,

And

then the

That the faid Bills be engroffed, and read a third Time. Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning, Eleven "'Clock.

'G^r56ar.

tb<i

12 tb of !5tovember.

(Beo. Ill

176U

MR
come
>

Wilfon reported that the Committee to whom the Claim of Robert Brackendridge, late a Captain of a Company of Militia of the Coimty of Augufta, ordered out in adlual Service, in behalf of himfeH and the Officers and private

Men
Table, where
it

of the faid

Company, was
read,

to a Refolution thereon, which he read in his Place

was again twice

had examined into the fame, and and then dehvered in at the and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows:
referred,

Refolved
Hening, VII,
p. 488.
a

Ibid.yi\,-p. 471

22

Refolved, That the Sum of 2$i-i8f. is due to the faid Company of Militia, at the Rate allowed by Law, for the Time they continued in adtual Service, which ought to be

paid

by the

Publick.
M"'

Meffage from the Council by

Walthoe.

That they have agreed

Alfo

to the Bill, entitled,

An Adl

for further continuing the

Regiment

in the Service of this Colony.

the Coimty of

An Adt to empower the Veftry of the Parifh of Hanover, in King George, to fell their prefent Glebe Lands, and lay out the Money in the Purchafe of a more convenient Glebe. Alfo to the Bill, entitled, An Adl^ to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof /o/tw Weft, Gentleman, is feized, and veft them in Truftees, to be fold, and for laying out the Money in the Purchafe of Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes.
to the Bill, entitled,

Alfo
of
,

to the feveral

Refolves of this Houfe for paying Jofeph Royle, Printer, a Salary

350 per

Annum.
paying Meff. John Chifwell and Thomas Walker the
Bill, entitled.

And for

Sum

oi

150 each, for

the Services therein-mentioned.

An

engroffed

An Ad*

to

empower
to

Williamfburg
cies,

to affefs

fuch Taxes, from

Time

the Common Hall of the City of Time, on the Inhabitants thereof, as fhall

be fufficient to anfwer all Charges

and Expenfes

for publick Buildings

and

other Convenien-

was read a
Refolved,

third Time.

Ordered,
rence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Attorney do carry up the

faid Bill to the Coimcil for their Concur-

Wythe reported that the Committee to whom the Bill To veft certain Lands therein mentioned in Philip Whitehead Claiborne, Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof, was committed, had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and he delivered the faid Bill in at the Table and an Amendment being propofed to the faid Bill, and agreed to. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendment, be engroffed, and read a third
M''
;

Time.
M"' Henry Lee reported that the Committee to whom the Petition of Michael Lynn was referred had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had come to a Refolution thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to, as follows; Refolved, That the faid Michael Lynn ought to be allowed the Sum of ; 1 5 to be paid by the Publick, as a full Satiffadtion for the Wounds he received in an Engagement with the Indians on the South Branch of Potomack, in the Year 1756, and for the Expenfe he was at in ciiring the fame. M"' Attorney reported that the Committee to whom the Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Mann Page, Efq; is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater Value to the fame Ufes, was committed, had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and he delivered the Bill in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad^ to explain and amend an Ad, entitled. An Ad for further enlarging the Town of Dumfries, in the County of Prince William, was read the
,

third Time.
Refolved,

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' London Carter do carry up the
for taking

faid Bill to the Cormcil for their

Concvurence.

A Claim of Richard Oglefby,

to the Houfe

up a Slave

therein mentioned,

was prefented

and received, and

referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of

Affembly.

The
Hening, VII,
"

p. 463.

Ibid., VII, p. 488.

Ibid..

Ibid..

VII, p. 472.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 471.

VII, p. 469.

23

Sub

Sheriff, of the

The Honfe being informed that Hmvfcm Hooe, Gentleman, Sheriff, and Levin Powell, County of Prince William, did in the Execution of their 0;^ce, at the

late Eledlion of Burgeffes for the faid County, behave in moft Inftances of their Condudl throughout the whole Eledion illegally and unjioftly, contrary to the Truft repofed in them, and adled with the greateft Partiality in taking the Poll:

Ordered,
of Privileges

That the faid Information be referred to the Confideration of the Committee and Eledlions that they examine into the Matter thereof, and report the
;

fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Bill To enhance, and more effedlually to fecure, the Credit of the Paper Currency of this Colony, was read a fecond Time.

and read a third Time. for eftablifhing the Towns of Stavmton, tn //t^ County of Augufta, and New London, in the County of Bedford, and Strafburg, in the County of Frederick, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, Tliat M"" Attorney do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their ConOrdered,
faid Bill be engroffed,

That the

An

engroffed Bill, entitled.

An Ad'

currence.

Meffage from the Council by M"^ Walthoe. That they have agreed to the Bill, entitled, An Adl' to empower the Common Hall of the City of Williamfburg to affefs fuch Taxes, from Time to Time, on the Inhabitants thereof, as fhall be fufficient to anfwer all Charges and Expenfes for publick Buildings and other Conveniences, with fome Amendments, to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe.

And
entitled.

that they

have agreed

to the Bill, entitled

An

Adl^ to explain and

amend an A<5t,
of Prince

An

A(5l for further

enlarging the

Town

of Dumfries, in the

County

William,

ivithout

any Amendment.

The Houfe immediately proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council to the Bill above mentioned, and the fame being read were agreed to.
Ordered, That them therewith.
M"^

Attorney do go up with a Meffage to the Coimcil, and acquaint

On

Ordered,

Motion made, That Leave be given to bring

in a Bill

Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, and it Carter, Jimior, to prepare and bring in the fame.

For paying the Burgeffes Wages in is referred to M'' Cary and M'' Charles

An

engroffed Bill, entitled.

An Ad*
up.

for appointing a Treafurer,

was read a

third

Time, and the Blanks therein

Refolved,

filled

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M"^ Charles Carter do carry up the Houfe adjourned
until

faid Bill to the Council for their

Concurrence.

And

then the

Tomorrow Morning, Eleven

"'Clock.

l-riba^, t^e I3tl) of ^flovember,

<Beo.

III.

1761.

A
>

Petition of fiondry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Truro, in the

in oppofition to a Petition for dividing the faid Parifh,

County of Fairfax, was prefented to the

Houfe and

read.

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the

next Seffion of Affembly.

therein mentioned,

Several Claims of John Gladdin and Nathaniel Crawley, for taking up Runaways were prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the

Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

_
Hening, VII,
p. 473.
'

M^
ibid., VII, p. 469.
'

Ibid.,

VII, p. 472.

Ibid.,

VII,

p. 466.

[24]
M' Wythe, from the Committee to whom the Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Robert Carter, Efq is feized, and to fettle other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes, was committed, reported that the Committee had examined into the Allegations of the faid Bill, and found them to be true, and had made feveral Amendments thereto, which he read in his Place, and then deUvered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by
;

the Hotife.
Ordered, That the Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. M' Richard Henry Lee reported that the Committee to whom the Bill To veft certain entailed Lands therein mentioned in Bernard Moore, Efq in Fee Simple, and for laying out the Value thereof in Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes, was committed, had examined into the Allegations of the faid Bill, and found them to be true, and he
;

delivered the faid Bill in at the Table.

Ordered,

That the

faid Bill be engroffed,

and read a

third Time.

An

engroffed

Bill, entitled.

An Ad'

to

dock the Entail of certain Lands whereofMann

to the

Page, Efq; is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater Value Ufes, was read a third Time.
Refolved,

fame

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Charles Carter do carry up the
M''

faid Bill to the Council for their

Concurrence.

Cary prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For paying the Burgeffes Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad' to enhance, and more effedually to fecure, the credit of the Paper Currency of this Colony, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein

Wages

in

filled

up.

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Richard Henry Lee do carry up the

faid Bill to the Coimcil for their

Concurrence.

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

M""

Walthoe.
m

M' Speaker,
from

The Governour has commanded me to deliver the Honourable William Byrd, Efq;

to

your Houfe a Letter he had juft received

And

the faid Letter

was

read,

and ordered to

lie

on the Table.

A Petition of John Broadrib, eldeft Son of Benjamin Broadrib, deceafed, to be Doorkeeper to this Houfe, praying that he may be appointed to fucceed his faid Father in that Office, was prefented to the Houfe and read; and thereon Ordered, That the faid John Broadrib be appointed a Doorkeeper to this Houfe, and that he give his Attendance accordingly. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad^ to veft certain Lands therein mentioned in Phi]ip

Whitehead Claiborne, Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Wythe do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to examine the enrolled Bills of the following Perfons: M' Carrington, M' Claiborne, M'' Cabel, and M'' Henry Lee. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad* to veft certain entailed Lands therein mentioned in Bernard Moore, Efq; in Fee Simple, and for laying out the Value thereof in Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M^ Richard Henry Lee do carry up the faid Bill to the Coimcil for their
Conciurence.

On

a Motion made,
Refolved
p. 480.
>

Hening, VII,

Ibid..

VII,

p.

465.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 486.

* Ibid.,

VII, p. 483.

[ Refolved,

as]

following be paid to the feveral Officers of the General Affembly, refpedlively To John Randolph, Efq Clerk of the Houfe of Burgeffes ;9o To Nathaniel Walthoe, Efq Clerk of the General Affembly 40 To the Reverend M'' Yates, Chaplain 20 To M"' George Davenport, Clerk of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions 30
feveral
; ;

That the

Sums

To M"' Francis Eppes, Sergeant at Arms To the Doorkeeper of the Council To John Broadrib To James Lavie. .. tt ^ ^t. to the Houfe ^ rr Doorkeepers ^ Thomas Francis To %,, To Nathaniel Hix
. .

30
6 6 6 6
6
M"'

j-

Ordered,

That the

faid Refolve

be engroffed, and that

M""

Richard Henry Lee do

carry

it

up

to the Council for their Concurrence.

Meffage from the Council by

Walthoe.

That they have agreed

fecure, the Credit of the

to the Bill, entitled.

An

A(5l

to enhance,

and more effedlually to

Paper Currency of

this Colony.

Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl' to veft certain Lands therein mentioned in Pfet/i/? Whitehead Claiborne, Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves
in

Lieu thereof, without any Amendments.

And

that they have agreed to the Bill, entitled,

An

Acfts for eftablifhing

the Towns of

Staunton, in the County of Augufta,

Strafburg, in

and New London, in the County of Bedford, and the County of Frederick, with an Amendment, to which they defire the Con-

currence of this Houfe.

The Houfe immediately proceeded

the fame being read was agreed to.

to the Confideration of the faid

Amendment, and
and acquaint

Ordered, That M' Attorney do go up with a Meffage them therewith.

to the Coimcil,

An engroffed
a third Time.

Bill, entitled,

An Ad*

to

dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Kohert

of greater

Carter, Efq; is feized,

and

to fettle other

Lands

Value

to the

fame Ufes, was read

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Wythe do carry up the faid Bill to the Cotmcil for their Concurrence. A Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Richard Henry Lee and M'' Cary. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning, Eleven "'Clock.
Refolved,

Ordered,

Saturday, t^e I4t^ ba^ of ^lovember. 2 (Beo. Ill 1761.

A
'

Meffage from the Council by M^ Walthoe.

That they have agreed to the Bill, entitled, An Adl' for appointing a Treafurer. Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl* to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Mann Page, Efq; is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater

Value to the fame Ufes.

Alfo
to the Bill, entitled.
is

An

Robert Carter, Efq;

feized,

and to

Adt' to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof fettle other Lands of greater Value to the
Alfo

fame Ufes.

Hening, VII,
Ibid.,

p. 465.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 473p. 478.

Ibid.,

'

VII, p. 486.

Ibid.yn.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 466. VII, p. 480.

'

Ibid.,

VII, p. 478.

. .

[26]
Alfo to the Bill, Bernard Moore, Efq
fettled to the
entitled.
;

An

A<51

>

to veft certain entailed

for laying out the

Lands therein mentioned in

in Slaves, to

in

Fee Simple, and

Value thereof

be

fame

Ufes.
Officers Salaries for this prefent Seffion of

Alfo

to the

Refolve For paying the

Affemhly.

Meredith, for taking

Several Claims of Charles Reeve, William Symmonds, Jofeph Warwick and Samuel up Runaways therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the

Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. M"" Cary, from the Committee to whom the Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, was committed, reported that the Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto, which he read in his Place and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Hotife. Ordered, That the Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad' for paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Cary do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. On a Motion made, Refolved, That the Burgeffes for the County of Amherft be allowed for fix Days, for Buckingham five, and for Fauquier four Days, for travelling to and from the General
Affemblies.

27

A
Money

Meffage from the Council by

M"'

Walthoe.

That they have agreed

to the Bill, entitled,

An

A(5l^ for

paying the Burgeffes Wages in

for this prefent Seffion of Affembly.

M""

Carrington reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order,

Bills,

examined the enrolled

were truly enrolled.
Ordered,
Infpecflion.

and

redlified

fuch Miftakes as were found therein, and they

Bills to

That M' Carrington do carry up the enrolled

the Council, for their

Meffage from the Council by M' Walthoe.

the enrolled Bills,

That they have infpeded

and are

fatiffied they are truly enrolled.

A
M''

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

M"'

Walthoe.

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

that

The Govemour commands your immediate Attendance in the Council Chamber, and you bring with you fuch Bills and Refolves as are ready for his Affent.
M"'

Speaker with the Houfe went up accordingly, and the

Govemour was

pleafed

to give his Affent to the following Bills

1.

*An
5

Ad for

further continuing the Regiment in the Service of this Colony.

2
3.

For appointing a Treafurer.

effedually to fecure, the Credit of the

^To enhance, and more

Paper Currency of

this

Colony.

7For eftablifhingthe Town of Staunton, in the County of Augufta; and New London, in the County of Bedford; and Strafbxirg, in the County of Frederick. ^To empower the Common Hall of the City of Williamfburg to affefs fuch Taxes, 5 from Time to Time, on the Inhabitants thereof, as fhall be fufficient to anfwer all Charges and Expenfes for publick Buildings and other Conveniencies. For
4.
'

Hening, VII,
Ibid.,

p. 483.

Ibid.,

'

VII,

p. 476.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 476 VII, p. 463

5 "

Ibid..
Ibid.,

VII, VII,

p. 46O. p. 465.

Ibid., Ibid..

VII, p. 473.

VII, p. 469.

[
6.
7.

27

'For paying 'To empower

the Burgeffes

Wages in Money

the Veftry of the

fell their

prefent Glebe Lands,

and

to

for this prefent Seffion of Affembly. Parifh of Hanover, in the County of King George, to lay out the Money in the Purchafe of a more convenient

Glebe.

^To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Robert Carter, Efq; is feized, and to Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes. 9. *To veft certain entailed Lands therein mentioned in Bernard Moore, Efq; in FeeSimple, and for laying out the Value thereof in Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes. 10. 5 To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Mann Page, Efq; is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater Value to the fame Ufes. 11. ''To veft certain Lands therein-mentioned in Philip Whitehead Claiborne, Gentleman, in Fee-Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof. 12. 'To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John Weft, Gentleman, is feized, and veft them in Truftees, to be fold, and lay out the Money in the Purchafe of Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes. 13. ^ To explain and amend an Ad, entitled. An Ad for further enlarging the Town of Dumfries, in the County of Prince William. The Govemour alfo gave his Affent to the following Refolves 1. A Refolve For paying the Officers Salaries for this prefent Seffion of Affembly. 2. A Refolve for paying Jofeph Royle, Printer, a Salary of 350 per Annum. 3. A Refolve For paying Mefs. John Chifwell and Thomas Walker the Sum of ;ii5o
8. fettle

other

each, for the Services therein-mentioned.

And then
Gentlemen

his

Honour was pleafed

to clofe the Seffion with the following Speech

of the Council,

M'

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

that I will difpofe of the

Having given my Affent

you; after giving you

to all the Bills

my

Affurance

now paffed
the

for that Purpofe.

to be got

I fhall

you have prepared for me, I fhall now difmifs Regiment agreeably to the Ad order the Accounts of the Provifion and Carriage for
to

Year 1760

ready for Colonel Byrd

prefent to the General, as he propofes;

and

fhall write to

Them

both to endeavor to procure the

Payment

thereof.

M'
the

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

explain a Part of my Condud towards your Houfe, which was the Letters I had received from Sir Jeffery Amherit relating to this

It is neceffary for

me

to

fending down
after

all

you had taken the Matter of his laft Letter into your Confideration. I did this to obviate a falfe and fcandalous Rumour, which has too much prevailed without Doors, that I had received a Letter from Sir Jeffery Amherft, in which he had given up our Regiment, as having no more Ufe for it, though I did not think proper to produce the Letter. For Fear this fhould have any Influence on your Deliberations, and obftrud your good Intentions to comply with the Defires of the General, I thought it proper to take this Step. Reports of fuch a Nature tend to alienate the Minds of his Majefty's Subjeds from him and his Government, and are of a moft pernicious Confeqtience: I therefore hope you will always difcourage and difcountenance the Authors and Propagators of fuch falfe News. And I can with Juftice appeal to yourfelves whether you have, at any Time, found me backward in communicating any Thing to you which could give you any Infight into the Bufinefs I recommended to your Confideration.
Gentlemen
There
prorogued
'

Campaign,

of the

Council and of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

left

is
to

Nothing

for

me now
VII,

to

do but

to

prorogue you, and you are accordingly

Thtirfday the
3

lo'* of
Ibid., Ibid..

December
p. 478.

next.
s

Ibid.,

Hening, VII, p. 476. VII, p. 471.

Ibid.,

"

VII, p. 483.

6 Ibid.,

VII, p. 480. VII, p. 486.

Ibid.,

ibid..

VII, p. 488. VII, p. 472.

JOURNAL
of the

House of Burgesses
1762
January Seflion

Burgeffes.
Accomac
Albemarle

Thomas Parramore
Southey Simpfon

Hanover
Henrico
of

John Syme Nathaniel Weft Danridge

Philip

Thomas Walker
John Fry

Mayo

Bowler Cocke
Ifle

Amelia

David Greenhill

Wight

James Bridger
Jofeph Bridger

Thomas Tabb
Amherft
Augiifta

William Cabell
Cornelius

James City Jameftown

Thomas
King & Queen King George

Lewis Burwell Philip Johnfon

Krael Chriftian

Edward Champion Travis

*John Robinfon John Pendleton
Charles Carter
Charles Carter,
Jr.

John Wilfon
Bedford

William Callaway John Talbot

Bnmfwick
Buckingham
Caroline

Kaac Rowe Walton

William Thornton

King William
Lancafter

Robert Boiling Jofeph Cabell

* Edmund

Bernard Moore Carter Braxton

Charles Carter

Pendleton

Richard Mitchell

John Baylor
Charles City

Loudoun
Louifa

Francis Lightfoot Lee

Benjamin Harrifon
William Kennon

James Hamilton
William Johnfon Thomas Johnfon

Chefterfield

Archibald Car>' Richard Eppes

Lunenburg
Middlefex

Clement Reade

The College
Culpeper

Mann Page
James Barbour John Field
* George

Henry Blagrave John Smith *Ralph Wormeley

Leonard Riddick Willis Riddick
.

Cumberland
Dinwiddie

Carrington

Nanfemond

*John Fleming

Robert Boiling Leonard Claiborne,

*George Wythe *William Wager

New Kent
Jr.

Gill

Armiftead Richard Adams

Elizabeth City

Norfolk

William Bradley Thomas Veal

Effex

John Upfliaw John Lee

George Johnfton

Norfolk Borough Jofeph Hutchings

Northampton

Fairfax

John Harmanfon Thomas Dalby

Spencer Ball

John Weft
Fauquier

Northumberland Richard Hull

Orange
Prince

Thomas Marfhall Thomas Harrifon

George Wafhington * George Mercer

Frederick

James Taylor James Walker

Peter I^egrand

Edward

Gloucefter

John Page Thomas Whiting

Abner Nafh
Prince George

Richard Bland
Richard Bland,
Jr.

Goochland
Halifax

John Payne Jolias Payne

Nathaniel Terry

Prince William

Henrj' Lee

Robert
Hampfliire

Wade

Princefs

Anne

John Baylis Anthony Walke

James Keith

Thomas Rutherford
Not fhown
by

Richmond

Edward Hack Mofeley Landon Carter

John Woodbridge

the Journal to have been prefent during the Affembly.

[32]
Southampton Jofeph Gray Benjamin S. Symmons
Spotfylvania
Fielding Lewis

Warwick

*William Digges William Harwood

*Benjamin Grymes
Stafford

Weftmoreland *Richard Henry Lee Richard Lee

Williamfburg

William Fitzhugh Thomas L. Lee

Hartwell Cocke

*Peyton Randolph

York

Surry
Suffex

Dudley Digges Thomas NeKon,

Jr.

Henry Browne
David Mafon John Edmunds
to

*Not fhown by the Journal

have been prefent during the Affembly.

Changes

in the

Perfonnel, 1762
Seffion.

January
Henrico

King & Queen Northampton

Philip Mayo succeeded William Randolph John Pendleton fucceeded George Braxton Richard Hull fucceeded Prefley Thornton

JOURNAL
of the

B OF OURGESSES House OUSE of

T5l)ttrs6ar, tht t4tb of Hartuarif.

2 6eo.
Walthoe.

III.

1762.

A
the

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

M"'

M^ Speaker, and Gentlemen

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes, of

The Govemour commands Council Chamber.

the

immediate Attendance

your Houfe in

Accordingly M"" Speaker, with the Houfe, went up to attend the Govemour. And being returned, reported that he, with the Hotife, had attended the Govemour in the Council Chamber, where his Honour had been pleafed to make a Speech to the Cotmcil and this Houfe, of which he had, to prevent Miftakes, obtained a Copy which he read to the Houfe, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read,
;

and is as follows
Gentlemen of the Council,
M''

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

My
this
to call

Duty

to his

Majefty, whofe Servant I am, and

my

Attention to the Welfare of

to

Colony, over which I have the

Honour

to prefide,

have jointly confpired

induce

me

Time; that I might make you acquainted with the Steps I have taken towards the difbanding the Regiment, agreeably to the Ad of Affembly paffed laft Seffion for that Purpofe, and at the fame Time communicate to you fame Letters I have received on that Subjed.
together at this

you

On

the Rifing of the laft Seffion of Affembly, I

to

Stephen, the Officer Commandant,

I thought the
at the of the

immediately fent Orders to Colonel march the Regiment inwards to Stahlnaker's, where
for,

Men

could be more eafily and plentifully provided

to

than at their

Camp

Big Ifland, there

that

wait for the authentick Account I every

the

Day expeded
Warriour

to receive

Conclufion of the Peace; and on the Receipt of a Letter from Colonel Stephen, giving

me an Account
kees,

Conocotocho, or

Standing Turkey,

the great

of the

Chero-

was arrived in his our Bull and the Chiefs

of white

with the Articles of Peace agreed on by Lieutenant-Governof the Cherokee Nation, and had fent down to me a Belt of Peace
that this

Camp

Wampum;
had not

I took the Advice of the Honourable the Council affigned

Majefty,

who agreed with me in Opinion

then, nor

was

fufficient

Authority for

me by his me to ad

on, though I

have

yet, received the

Confirmation of the Peace from Gov-

emour Bull. In Confequence of this Advice, I immediately fent Orders to Colonel Stephen to march the whole Regiment to Fort Lewis, where he fhould meet the Orders to difband it, according to the Time thofe Orders went from me; and by the Hardnefs of the Seafon the
Regiment cannot yet have reached that Poft, fo that not a Day has been yet loft, or the Colony put to any Expenfe which could be faved. Sir Jeffery Amherft, in a Letter I have received from him on the Subjed of our Regiment, has fully convinced

me

that I fhould not

do

my Duty

to his

Majefty, in promoting
to

[34]
to the

utmoft of
if

my Power

his Service,
it to

recommended

to

me by

his

in thefe Parts,
the Regiment.

I fhould not refer

your Confideration before I

Commander in Chief took on me to difband

His Reafons why that Meafure fhould not be haftily entered on carry fuch a Degree of Weight and Solidity with them as deferve your moft ferious Attention; which I hope, and make no Doubt, but you will give them. The Letters and Papers which can give you any Information on this Matter I fhall

now

lay before you.

M^ Speaker, and Gentlemen

In
the providing for the

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

Continuation of any Expenfe you may judge neceffary for the Security of the Colony, and the Honour of his Majefty, I can only point out to you that Care and Tendernefs for the People which you have hitherto always fhown, in an exemplary

Manner, on

fimilar Occafions.
of the

Gentlemen

Council and of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

to

I have Nothing more

recommend

to

you

at prefent;

and

that

you may proceed with

Defpatch, I fhall very willingly difpenfe with any Forms, which regard myfelf only, that may detain you from immediately entering on the Bufinefs now referred to you, and for
the Confideration of
M"'

which you are now

called together to meet in this General

Affembly.

Speaker aKo reported that the

Govemour had delivered to him the feveral Letters

Amherft and Colonel Stephen mentioned in his Speech, alfo a general State of M'' Abercrombie's Accotmt with this Colony to be laid before the Hotife; and the faid Letters were read, and ordered to Ue on the Table. Refolved, That this Hotife will take the Govemour 's Speech into Conlideraton

from

Sir Jeffery

Tomorrow.
William Yates be continued Chaplain to this Houfe, and that he attend to read Prayers every Morning at Ten o 'Clock. Ordered, That the feveral Doorkeepers be continued in their refpedlive Offices, and that they give their Attendance accordingly. A Petition of ftmdry Inhabitants of the upper Part of the County of King and Queen, praying that the faid County may be divided, and Part thereof added to the County
Ordered,
M''

That the Reverend

of Caroline,

by certain Lines therein particularly expreffed, was prefented referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. and and And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning Eleven "'Clock
read,

to the

Houfe

lFri6a^, t^e I5l\) of

3anuar2. 2

(Beo, III

1762.

Two

Members returned on new Writs, having taken the Oaths appointed by Adt of ParHament to be taken inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oaths of Abjuration, and aHo fubfcribed
the Teft, were admitted to their Places in the Houfe.

Humphrey Burdett, Martin Vaughan, John Miller, Jimior, Jofias Smith, Ambrofe Bidlard, Samuel Allen, Thomas Loyd, Charles Burton Thomas Plunket, and Jeffe Burton, for taking up Rtmaways therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of
Several Claims of

Affembly. The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Govemour 's Speech. Ordered, That the feveral Letters Yefterday laid before the Houfe, and ordered to lie on the Table, be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee.

Then the Houfe

{pent therein,
M''

refolved itfelf into the faid Committee; and after fome Time Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Speech and Letters

[35]
Letters under their Confideration, and gone through the fame,
olution thereon, which he read in his Place,

and had come to a Reand then delivered in at the Table, where

for

the fame

was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the Adt paffed the laft Seffion of Affembly, entitled. An Ad'
Regiment in
Bill or Bills

further continuing the

the Service of this Colony,

ought to be amended.

Ordered,
it is

That a

be brought

in,

referred to M'' Richard

in the fame.

Henry Lee, M' Bland, M' Fleming and M' Pendleton,

purfuant to the faid Refolution; and to prepare

and bring

Keeper of the pubhck Gaol, praying that hisufual Allowance for maintaining the Prifoners committed to the faid Gaol, which will expire at the End of this Seffion of Affembly, may be further continued, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and thereon Refolved, That the additional Stun of 1 5 be paid to the faid James Gait every Year, over and above his tifual Salary of 2 5 Refolved, That 10 lb. of Tobacco per Day be allowed to the faid James Gait for every Criminal committed to the faid Gaol, during fuch Criminal's Imprifonment, from this Time to the End of the next Seffion of Affembly.
Petition of

James

Gait,

A Petition of Richard Johnfton, praying to be reimburfed by the Publick for the Botmty-Money and Expenfes by him paid for enlifting and conveying to the Place of Rendezvous three Men by him recruited for the Frontier Battalion, who were refufed by the Commanding Officer, amoimting in the Whole to sj. 1$ s. was prefented to the Hotife and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M"' Pendleton, M^ Grymes and M' Mercer; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their
Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning, Eleven "'Clock.

Saturday* t^e I6t^ of lanuav^. 2 (Beo.

III.

1762.

A
of the
M''

Claim of William Keeling, Sheriff of Princefs Anne Cotmty, for tranfporting a Runaway Slave from the Cotmty acrofs the Bay to Northampton County. Alfo feveral Claims of Almorene Bryan and Conftantine Rock, for taking

up Runaways therein mentioned.

Alfo a Claim of John Vance, for a Mare and Bridle, valued at ; ii. 5. o impreffed into his Majefty's Service by Order of Colonel Byrd, and which were never returned him were feverally prefented to the Hotife and received, and referred to the Confideration

next Seffion of Affembly. Richard Henry Lee, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To amend an Adl entitled, Aw Ad' for further continuing the Regiment in the Service of this Colony; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

M' Pendleton reported that the Committee to whom the Petition of Richard Johnfton was referred had, according to Order, examined into the Allegations thereof, and had agreed on a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the
Houfe, as follow:

appears to your Committee that the faid Richard Johnfton recruited the three named, and paid them the Botmty Money of 10 each, and marched and fubfifted them to the Place of Rendezvous, for which he has received no Satiffadlion,
It

Men

in his Petition

Men were refufed by Major Lewis; that the faid three Men were ablebodied young Men, and as fit for the Service as many others that were received by Colonel Byrd, after being refufed by Major Lewis.
as the faid three

Refolved
Hening, VII,
p. 463.
'

Ibid.,

VII, p. 463.

[36]
Refolved,

That the
15. o for

Sum

of

; 37.

faid Richard Johnfton ought to be allowed by the Publick the the Bounty paid the faid three Men, the Trouble and Expenfe

of enlifting them,

and

their Subfiftence to the Place of

Rendezvous.

Petition of William Jenkins, fetting forth that he has been

employed

in the

Pubhck as an Exprefs from the Begininng of the War to this Time, and has difcharged his Duty therein with his utmoft Care and Fidehty that in the Courfe of that Time he has loft a great Number of Horfes of confiderable Value, and although he was by Agreement (when he firft engaged in that Service) to fumifh his own Horfes, yet he hopes the Hotife will make him fome Allowance for his Loffes, efpecially as he was often fent to Places far remote from Winchefter, which was to be his furtheft Stage out; and praying alfo fome Provifion for his future Support and Maintenance, being now old and infirm, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M'' Richard Henry Lee and M'' Attorney; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion
Service of the
;

thereon, to the Houfe.

On

a Motion made,
Bill

The
faid Bill

To amend an

Adl, entitled.

An

Ad^^ for further continuing the Regiment in

;

the Service of this Colony,

was read a fecond Time and the Queftion being put, that the

be engroffed and read a third Time,

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Bill be rejected.

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the

pafs for eftablifhing a

in the faid

Town on

the

Land

County, was prefented to

County of Effex, praying that an Adt may Thomas Ley, near Layton's Warehoufe, the Houfe and read.
of one

Ordered,
of Affembly.

That the

faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

On a Motion made,
That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Honour the Govemour, to return him the Thanks of this Hotife for his affedlionate Speech at the Opening of this Seffion to exprefs the grateful Senfe we have of his conf tant Attention to the Welfare of this Colony, and in particular for the adlive Care he has taken towards having the Regiment difbanded when he fhould receive authentick Intelligence of a Peace being concluded with the Cherokee Indians, agreeable to the Intention of the Adl of Affembly but at the fame Time humbly to give it as our Opinion that the Regiment fhould not be difbanded, until he fhall receive a Notification of fuch Peace from the Govemour of South Carolina, which we do not doubt but he will endeavour to procure by the moft fpeedy and effedtual Method. Ordered, That an Addrefs be drawn up purfuant to the faid Refolution and it is referred to M"" Bland, M"" Richard Henry Lee and M"' Pendleton, to prepare and bring in
Refolved,
;

the fame.

On

a Motion made,
Hotife proceeded to the Confideration of the Memorial of the Officers of the

The

7*'' Day of March, 1760, and has been referred over by the feveral Seffions of Affembly fmce that Time to the Confideration of this Seffion and the fame being read, Refolved, That the faid Memoral be referred to the Confideration of a Committee of the whole Hotife. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Memorial

Virginia Regiment, which was prefented to the Hotife the

on Monday next. On a Motion made. Ordered, That all fuch Claims and Propofitions as were referred from the laft of Affembly, and alfo all fuch Claims and Propofitions as fhall be certified to this
of Affembly, be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of

Seffion

Seffion

further, that all

Affembly; and Depofitions of Witneffes taken or to be taken, in Purfuance of feveral Orders

'

Hening, VII,

p. 463.

[37]
concerning any controverted Eledlion, and which were returnable to this Seffion, be returned to the next Seffion of Affembly. On a Motion made, Ordered, That M'' David Wilfon Curie be added to the Commiffioners appointed

Orders of the Hotife at the

laft Seffion,

on the Petition of M'' James Wallace, complaining of an imdue Eledion and Return of M'' William Wager to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Elizabeth-City. On a Motion made. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in, to revive the feveral A<5ls of Affembly of this Colony, For preventing Mutiny and Defertion; and it is referred to M*^ Cory and M'' Pendleton to prepare and bring in the fame. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of M"' Abercrombie's Accotint againft this Colony, which was laid before the Houfe by the Govemour's Command on Thurfday laft and the feveral Articles thereof being read, it was thereon Refolved, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee appointed to correfpond with the Agent for this Colony in Great Britain, to defire him to fettle the faid Account with M"' Abercrombie, and to allow him only One and a Half per Cent, for his Commiffions on the Receival and Difburfement of the Money he received at the Exchequer for the Ufe of this Colony, and to difallow the Article mentioned in the faid Account, as fo much retained by him for Expenfes of having his two Accounts paffed at the different Offices, and for obtaining a Quietus. And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning, Eleven "'Clock.
to take Depofitions of Witneffes
;

!fllott6ar. t^e

ISt^ of 3attuarY, 2 <Beo. Ill 1762.

Claim of Daniel Coleman, for taking up a Rtinaway therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. M'' Bland reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to the Govemour, purfuant to the Refolution of the Houfe on Saturday laft which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and with an Amendment agreed to, and is as follows
;

Sir.

We

his Majefty's dutiful

General Affembly, return your

and loyal Subjeds, the Burgeffes of Virginia, now met in Honour our Thanks for your affedionate Speech at the
of

Opening of this Seffion. The Experience we have had

your conftant and vigilant Attention to the Welfare of this Colony, fo eminently diftinguifhing your Adminiftration, demands from us the moft fincere Returns of Duty and Gratitude; and the Meafures you have taken towards difbanding the Regiment, agreeably to the laft Ad of Affembly, by which the Colony will be relieved from the great Expenfe of fupporting a military Force, are only frefh Inftances that the Happinefs and true Intereft of the People are the governing Motives of your Condud. At the fame Time that we make thefe Acknowledgments, permit us. Sir, humbly to lay before you our Opinion that although the Neceffity of keeping up the Regiment will not
fubfift longer

yet

it

than the Ratification of the Peace with the Cherokee Indians is certainly known, ought not to be difbanded until you fhall receive a Notification that fuch Peace is fully

confirmed; which,
effedual Methods.

we doubt

not,

you

will endeavour to procure

by the moft fpeedy and

prefented

That the faid Addrefs with the Amendment be fairly tranfcribed, and by the Committee who prepared the fame. M"" Richard Henry Lee reported that the Committee to whom the Petition of William Jenkins was referred had, according to Order, examined into the Allegations thereof, and
Ordered,

;;

[38]
and agreed on a Report and come to a Refolution thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by
the Houfe, as follow It appears to your Committee that the faid William Jenkins has been engaged in the Service of the Publick, as an Exprefs, from the Beginning of the War to this Time

and has, during that Time, been often charged with large Sums of the publick Money, which he had faithfully delivered, and in every Inftance difcharged his Duty with Care and Fidelity. It aKo appears to your Committee, by the Oath of the faid William Jenkins, that in the Courfe of his faid Service he has loft 1 1 Horfes and Mares, valued in the Whole
to

77. 145.
Refolved,

That the faid William Jenkins ought to be allowed fome Compenfation for his faid Loffes, and for his Fidelity in the Execution of his Office. On a Motion made, Refolved, That the Sum of 100 be paid by the Publick to the faid William Jenkins, as a Compenfation for his Loffes and Services in the faid Report mentioned. Ordered, That the faid Refolve be engroffed, and that M'' Richard Henry Lee carry it up to the Coimcil for their Concurrence. M'' Cary, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Hotife, according to Order, a Bill For reviving and further continuing the feveral A(5ls of Affembly of this Colony for preventing Mutiny and Defertion, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

The Order of the Day being read. The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee,

to confider of the Memorial of the

Officers of the Virginia Regiment; and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Memorial under their Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame they had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Memorial Tomorrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning, Eleven "'Clock.

"Duesda^. t^e I9t^ of 3anuar^. 2 <Beo.

III.

1762.

For reviving and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for preventing Mutiny and Defertion, and for other Purpofes thereinmentioned, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Claim of Zachariah Taylor, for taking up a Rtmaway therein mentioned, was prefented to the Hoiife and received, and referred to the Confideration of the next
Bill

Seffion of Affembly.

Petition of Jofeph Royle, praying that his Salary as Printer to this

Houfe which

will expire at the

End

of this Seflion of Affembly,

may

be continued, was prefented to

the Houfe and read, and thereon Refolved, That the Sum oi
Printer, to continue to the

t,$o

per

Annum

be allowed to the faid Jofeph Royle,

End

of the next Seffion of Affembly, as a full Confideration

Houfe of Burgeffes, printing the Laws of each Seffion County Court Clerk, one of which to be half boimd every them to thirteen of fending and Notes and Books, Proclamations, and other Infpedlors for the XJfe of the Court, printing
for printing the Journals of the

publick Advertifements. Ordered, That the faid Refolve be engroffed, and that to the Council for their Concurrence.

M''

Attorney do carry

it

up

of

The Order of the Day being read, The Houfe again refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Memorial of the Officers the Virginia Regiment and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the
;

Chair

[39]
and M^ Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Memorial under their further Confideration, and had come to two Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow Refolved, That fome Recompenfe fhould be made to the Officers of the Virginia Regiment for their Bravery, and the Hardfhips they have undergone in the Sendee
Chair,
of the Publick.

Refolved,

That on difbanding the

That a
Bill or Bills

faid

Regiment each commiffioned

in

Officer fhall

receive a

Sum equal to one Year's Pay.

be brought

Ordered,
is

referred to M'' Attorney,

M' Pendleton,

M''

purfuant to the faid Refolutions, and it Richard Henry Lee, Wormeley and M''

Bland, to prepare and bring in the fame.

be an Inftrudtion to the faid Committee to receive a Claufe or much Money now remaining in the Hands of the Treafurer, or that may hereafter come into the Treafury, arifing from Bills of Exchange drawn or to be drawn in Purfuance of the Adl for appointing Perfons to receive the Money granted or to be granted by the Parliament of Great Britain to his Majefty for the Ufe of this Colony, as will be fufficient to anfwer the Purpofes mentioned in the faid Refolutions. An engroffed. Bill entitled, An Ad' for reviving and further continuing the feveral Ads of Affembly of this Colony for preventing Mutiny and Defertion, was read a third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Gary do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. M"' Bland reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, waited on the Govemour with the Addrefs of this Houfe, to which his Honour was pleafed to fay he would return an Anfwer Tomorrow. M' Attorney, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Hovife, according to Order, a Bill For giving a Recompenfe to the Officers of the Virginia Regiment and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, and it is referred to M'' Pendleton to prepare
Ordered,

That

it

Claufes for appropriating fo

and bring

in the fame.

On a Motion made,
Bill For giving a Recompenfe" to the Officers of the Virginia Regiment was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Wythe and M'' Richard Henry Lee.

The

that in the Year 1759, he being then a Soldier of the Virginia Regiment, was taken Prifoner by a Party of Indians, amongft
Petition of
Baillie, fetting forth

Thomas

whom

he remained a Captive near two Years, and at Length made his Efcape; and praying to be allowed his Pay, as well before as after his being taken, and fome Recompenfe for the Hardfhips he endtu-ed during his Captivity, was prefented to the Houfe

and

read.

Ordered,

And then

That the faid Petition lie on the Table. the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning, Eleven

"'Clock.

>^<ibmsba^. t^e 20tb of IFanuari?. 2 (Beo.

III.

1762.
him
to lay

MR
"

Attorney informed the Houfe that the

before

Govemour had

defired

them an Account

of Lieutenant William Woodford's, for conducting a

Party of Cherokee Indians to this City, amounting to ;2 5. i. 6, and he where, being read, it was Refolved, That the Treafurer of this Colony be directed to pay the fame to the faid William Woodford. On a Motion made,
delivered the fame in at the Table
;

Refolved
Hening, VII,
p. 491.

[4o]
That a Sum, not exceeding 200, be paid by the Treafurer of this Colony Hands of his Honour the Govemour, to be laid out in Prefents for the Cherokee Indians, if his Honour fhall think proper to make them any. M"' Wythe reported that the Committee to whom the Bill For giving a Recompenfe to the Officers of the Virginia Regiment, was committed, had made an Amendment
Refolved,

into the

thereto,

in at the Table,

which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendment where the Amendment was again twice read, and agreed to. Ordered, That the Bill with the Amendment be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Meffage from the Council by M'' Walthoe,
That they have agreed
to the Bill, entitled,

the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for preventing

for

and further continuing Mutiny and Defertion, and other Purpofes therein mentioned, with an Amendment, to which they defire the
A(5t' for reviving
this

An

Concurrence of

Houfe.

The Houfe immediately proceeded to the Confideration of the faid Amendment, and the fame being read was difagreed to. Ordered, That M"' Cary go up with a Meffage to the Cotmcil, and acquaint them that this Houfe cannot agree to the Amendment by them propofed to the faid Bill, and defire they will pafs the Bill without the faid Amendment. On a Motion made, Refolved, That the feveral Sums following be paid to the feveral Officers of the
General Affembly, refpedlively

To John Randolph, Efq Clerk of the Houfe of Burgeffes, To Nathaniel Walthoe, Efq Clerk of the General Affembly, To the Reverend M'' Yates, Chaplain, To M"' Francis Eppes, Sergeant at Arms, To M'' George Davenport, for his Services this Seffion, To the Doorkeeper of the Council, To James Lavie,. ] f To Thomas Francis, Doorkeepers to the Houfe. J To Nathaniel Hix,.. f To John Broadrib,.. J L To Mrs. Gait, for cleaning the Houfe of Btu-geffes
;

50
25
15

20
10
5

5 S
^

<!

S
S

Ordered,

That the

said Refolve be engroffgd,

for their Concurrence.

and that

M''

Richard Henry Lee do

carry

it

up to the Council

A Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by M"'

That his Honour had commanded him
to their

Walthoe.

to deliver to the

Houfe

his

Anfwer in Writing

Addrefs.
12

And the fame was read, and is as follows

M''

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

I return you my hearty Thanks for your kind Addrefs, and you may rely cm my taking moft fpeedy Methods of procuring authentick Intelligence of the Ratification of the Peace fuppofed to be made with the Cherokee Indians; and as I am extremely defirous of anfwering the Expedations of your Houfe, in every Inftance which does not interfere with my Duty to his Majefty, it would have been very agreeable to me if you had explained yourfelves more
the

fully as to

what Information you fhould think fatiffadory and

full to the

Point on which

I might difband the Regiment.

M' Pendleton, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For paying the Btirgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time and On a Motion made, The faid Bill was accordingly read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time.
; ;

An

Hening, VII,

p.

491

[41]
An
engroffed
Bill, entitled,

An Ad'

for giving

a Recompenfe

to the Officers of the

Virginia Regiment,
Refolved,

was read a

third Time.
faid Bill to the Councirfor their

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"^ Attorney do carry up the

Con-

currence.

An

engroffed Bill, entitled,

this prefent Seffion of

paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for Affembly, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.
for

^m Ad'

Refolved,

Ordered,
currence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M"" Pendleton do carry up the

M''

faid Bill to the Council for their

Con-

Meffage from the Covmcil by

Walthoe.

That they have agreed to the Bill, entitled. An Adt^ for giving a Recompenfe to the Regiment. Alfo to the Bill, entitled, An Adl* for paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly. Alfo to the Refolve of this Houfe for paying the Officers Salaries for this prefent Seffion
Officers of the Virginia
of Affembly.

Alfo to the Refolve for paying William Jenkins the Sum of loo, for the Services therein mentioned. Alfo to the Refolve for continuing the Printer's Salary. And that they infift on the Amendment by them propofed, and difagreed to by this Houfe, to the Bill, entitled. An Adls for reviving and further continuing the feveral Adts
of

Affembly of

this

Colony for preventing Mutiny and Defertion, and for other Purpofes

therein mentioned.

The Houfe proceeded

the Cotincil to the

to take into Confideration the

Amendment

infifted

on by

Bill, entitled.

An

At^ for reviving and further continuing the feveral

13

Colony for preventing Mutiny and Defertion, and for other purpofes and the fame was read, and again difagreed to. Refolved, That this Hotife do infift on their Dif agreement to the faid Amendment. Ordered, That M"' Cary do go up with a Meffage to the Coimcil and acquaint them therewith, and that this Houfe defire they will pafs the Bill without the faid Amendment. Ordered, That the Petition of Thomas Baillie, Yefterday prefented to the Houfe, and ordered to lie on the Table, be referred to M"' Mercer and M"" Richard Henry Lee; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions

Ads

of

Affembly

of this

therein-mentioned;

thereon, to the Houfe.

A Meffage from the Council by M^

That they adhere
to their

Walthoe,
difagreed
to

Amendment

by this Houfe

to the Bill, entitled.

Adl7 for reviving and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for preventing Mutiny and Defertion, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.

An

On

a Motion made.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For preventing Mutiny and Defertion, and other P\u-pofes, and it is referred to M'' Attorney to prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Attorney accordingly prefented the faid Bill; and the fame was read the firft time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time immediately. The faid Bill was accordingly read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. And the faid Bill was immediately engroffed, and read a third Time. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Attorney do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their ConOrdered,
currence.

And then
Hening, VII,

the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning, Eleven

"'Clock.

^I)ur56ay
p. 492.
3

Ibid.,

VII, p. 493.

Ibid., Ibid.,

VII, p. 492. VII, p. 493.

'

Ibid., VII, p. 491. Ibid., VII, p. s^-

'

Ibid.,

VII, p. 491.

[42]
^l)urs6aY.
tb<^

2Ut

of ^anuar^.
M"'

(Beo*

III.

1762.

A
follows

Meffage from the Council by

That they have agreed
Defertion,

Walthoe,

to the Bill, entitled,

An Adl

for preventing

Mutiny and

and other Purpofes.

That a Committee be appointed to examine the enrolled Bills of the followCarrington and M'' Fleming. M'' William Digges, M"" Mercer reported that the Committee to whom the Petition of Thomas Baillie was referred had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had come to a Refolution thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as
Ordered,

ing Gentlemen

ought to be allowed the Arrears of Pay due to him to the Time of his being taken and carried into Captivity by the Indians, to be paid by the Paymafter of the Virginia Regiment, and that he ought aKo to be allowed the Sum of 35, as a full Compenfation for the Hardfhips he endured during his Confinement amongft the Indians, and the Refidue of his Pay. M"" William Digges reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, examined the enrolled Bills and rectified fuch Miftakes as were found therein, and that they were tnily enrolled. Ordered, That M'' Digges do carry up the enrolled Bills to the Council for their
Refolved,

That the

faid

Thomas

Baillie

Infpedtion.

A Meffage from the Council by M'' Walthoe,

That they have infpeded
the enrolled Bills,

and are

fatiffied they are truly enrolled.

A Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by M'

M''

Walthoe,

Speaker and Gentlemen of

the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

The Governour commands the immediate Attendance of your Houfe in the Council Chamber, and that you bring with you fuch Bills and Refolves as are ready for his Affent.

'W Speaker with the Houfe went up accordingly, and the Govemour was pleafed
to give his Affent to the following Bills 1. An Ad^ for preventing Mutiny and Defertion, and other Purpofes.

^For giving a Recompenfe to the Officers of the Virginia Regiment. 3. '^For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion Alfo to the following Refolves For paying the Salaries of the Officers of the General Affembly.
2.

of

Affembly.

For continuing

the Printer's Salary.

And for paying William Jenkins the Sum of 100, for the Services therein mentioned. And then his Honour was pleafed to prorogue the Affembly to the 2d Tuefday in April
next.
'

Hening, VII,

p. 502.

'

Ibid.,

VII,

p. 502.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 492-

* ^bid.,

VII, p. 493.

JOURNAL
of the

House of Burgesses
1762
March
Seflion

Burgeffes.
Accomac
Albemarle

Thomas Parramore
Southey Simpfon

Hanover
Henrico
lae of Wight

John Syme
Nathaniel Weft Dandridge

"Thomas Walker
*John Fry

Mayo Bowler Cocke

Philip

Amelia

David Greenhill

James

Bridger

Amherft
Augufta
Bedford

Thomas Tabb William Cabell Cornelius Thomas

Ifrael Chriftian

Jofeph Bridger

James City
Jameftown

Lewis Burwell
Philip Johnfon

Edward Champion Travis

John Wilfon
William Callaway John Talbot
Ifaac

King

& Queen

John John

Pendleton

Robinfon

King George
King William
Lancafter

Charles Carter
Charles Carter, Jr.

Brunfwick

Rowe Walton

WilHam Thornton
Buckingham
Caroline

Bernard Moore
Carter Braxton

Robert Boiling
*Jofeph Cabell

*Edm\md Pendleton
John Baylor

Charles Carter Richard Mitchell

Francis Lightfoot Lee

Loudoun
Louifa

Charles City

Benjamin Harrifon
William Kennon

James Hamilton

Chefterfield

Archibald Cary Richard Eppes

WilUam Johnfon Thomas Johnfon

Clement Reade

Lunenburg
Middlefex

The

College

Mann Page
James Barbour John Field

Henry Blagrave
John Smith Ralph Wormeley

Culpeper

Cumberland
Dinwiddie
Elizabeth City

George Carrington
*John Fleming

Nanfemond

Lemuel Riddick
Willis Riddick
Gill Armiftead Richard Adams

Robert Boiling

New Kent
Jr.

Effex

Leonard Claiborne, George Wythe William Wager John Upfhaw

John Lee

Norfolk

William Bradley Thomas Veal

John Harmanfon Thomas Dalby
Spencer Ball

Norfolk Borough Jofeph Hutchings

Northampton

Fairfax

George Johnfton
John Weft

Northumberland Richard Hull

Orange
Prince

Fauqtiier

Thomas Marfhall Thomas Harrifon

George Wafhington George Mercer

Frederick

James Taylor James Walker

Edward

Gloucefter

John Page Thomas Whiting John Payne Jofias Payne

Nathaniel Terry

Peter Legrand Abner Nafh

Prince George

Goochland
Halifax

Richard Bland Richard Bland, Jr.

Prince William

Henry Lee John Baylis

Anthony Walke Edward Hack Mofeley

Robert

Wade

Princefs

Anne

Hampfhire

James Keith

Thomas Rutherford Not fhown

by the Journal
to

have been prefent during the Affembly.

[46]
Richmond
Southampton
Spotfylvania

*Landon Carter John Woodbridge *Jofeph Gray Benjamin Symmons

Fielding Lewis

Siiffex

David Mafon John Edmunds

Warwick
Weftmoreland
Williamfburg

William Digges WiUiam Harwood Richard Henry Lee

Richard Lee

Benjamin Grymes
Stafford

William Fitzhugh Thomas L. Lee

*Hartwell Cocke

*Peyton Randolph

York

Dudley Digges

Stirry

Thomas
during the Afembly.

Nelson, Jr.

Henry Browne

Not fhown by the Journal to have been prefent

JOURNAL
of the

House OUSE
Bus6ar, tb

of B OF OURGESSES
2
M"'

301;^ of 5llarcb.

<Bco.
Walthoe.

III.

1762.

A
is

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

M''

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

the

The Governor commands Council Chamber.

Accordingly
M''

immediate Attendance of your Houfe in the

Speaker, with the Houfe, went

up

to attend the

Govemour.

And being returned, reported that the Hoiife had attended the Govemour in the Cotmcil Chamber, and that he was pleafed to make a Speech to the Covmcil and this Hotife, of which he had, to prevent Miftakes, obtained a Copy; which he read to the Houfe, and afterwards delivered it in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and
as follows

Gentlemen

of the Council, M"' Speaker,

and Gentlemen

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

The great Regard I pay to every Act of General-Affemhly, and the earneft Defire I had of eafing this Colony from the Expenfes neceffarily attending a State of War (as foon

made me take the fir ft Opportunity of difbanding This Opportunity was afforded me by a Letter I received from hts Excellency Thomas Boone, Efq; lately appointed by his Majefty to the Government of South Carolina, to advife me of his having taken the Adminiftration of the Affairs of that Province
as I thought
it

could be done with fecurity)

the Regiment.

into his

Hands, and

of his

he arrived in the Colony.

having found the Peace with the Cherokee Indians ratified when Without waiting for the return of my Meffenger, fent into Caro-

lina for this very Purpofe, I immediately fent

up Orders and Money

to

pay

the

Men,

accord-

ing

paffed for the Provifion of them; though I muft at the fame time confefs, that I moft ardently wifhed to have been able to have kept the Regiment on Foot, until his Majefty' s Pleafure was made known to me, as to what Affiftance he fhould require
to the

Senfe

of the laft

Ad

from his Colonies

Requifition is

to

profecute the

now come; and

making

with Vigour for the enfuing Campaign. This I fhall immediately lay before you for your Deliberation the
of

War

Egremont, one of his Majefty's principal Secreand from Major-General Sir Jeflfery Amherft, This is the Bufinefs on which I have called you together; and I moft earneftly enforcing it. hope that you will not fuffer my Attention to the Intereft of this Colony, and my Eagernefs to take that Burthen from off your Shoulders, of the Weight of which you have fo long complained, to become a Caufe of impeding or obftriiding his Majefty's Service at this Crifis. I too well know that the Expenfes of War are grievous, and burthenfome; but fuch is the prefent Condition of Mankind, that this unhappy State muft on fame Occafions be entered into, to procure future Safety and Security, by an honourable and lafting Peace. All this I fhall refer to your Confideration; with only adding, that I have the ftrongeft Reafons to
Letters I have received
taries of State,

from the Earl

this Requifition;

affure you. Gentlemen, that his Majefty's Service requires I fhould be particularly urgent

with you on the prefent Occafion.

Over

[48]
Troops required from you to be kept in the Pay of the Colony, his demand a certain Quota of Men to be raifed by this Colony, to be incorporated into the Regiments on the Britifh Eftablifhment now in America, in Order to The number demanded from you, the Terms on which recruit and fully complete the fame. they are to be enlifted, and the Encouragement they will receive, are fully explained to you in a Letter from his Majefty's Commander in Chief, which will now be laid before you.
Over and above Majefty has direded
the

me

to

His Majefty has

this

on a refpedable Footing,

Meafure fo much at Heart, as abfolutely neceffary to put his Forces and enable them to ad on the Offenfive, and has recommended it

by his Secretary of State in fo forcible Terms, that, convinced as I am of your fteady Zeal, Loyalty and Attachment, to his royal Perfon and Government, it would be the higheft Prefumption in me to attempt to add weight thereto, by any Arguments of my own: And I cannot doubt but that you will exert yourfelves to the utmoft,
faithful

and

fo

approve yourfelves thofe

and

loyal

An

artful

Man

Subjeds the be ft of might perhaps have witholden

Monarchs expeds

to find

you.

this laft Requifition until

you have com-

Kind have never made any Part in now applying; I know that Sincerity, Openknow to whom I am Government: I Plan my of you would deny to Cunning and Connefs and Candour, will obtain that from you which trivance; fuch is the Condud which I have always obferved to you, and which I have always found returned to me in the moft ample, grateful and fatiffadory Manner.
plied with, or refufed, the former; but Artifices of this

M' Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, I can never recommend to you the granting Supplies without refieding on the large Sums this Colony has already granted, and feeling for the People whenever I have Occafion to make any Demands on them, however neceffary they may be; but I hope the Example of our Mother-Country, annually raifing many Millions to fupport a War at fir ft entered into, and now profecuted, for the Defence and future Security of her Colonies, will influence you to
tread in her Steps as far as your Ability will give

you Leave.

Let us for a

Moment

refled

what would have been

have this Satiffadion

the State of this

left

Colony
fure,

if

she had pleaded Poverty

and Inability.

from paft Experience, you will provide for what and expedient on the eafieft Terms. you judge fhall neceffary Expenfes
that I

me

am

Gentlemen

of the

Council and of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

In order to proted the Trade of this Colony, I have the Pleafure to inform you that William Manwaring, Efq; Commander of his Majefty's Ship Arundel, is ftationed on this Coaft, to defend it from the Infults and Attacks of any Enemy whatfoever. Nothing now remains for me to fay but to recommend to you Adivity, Unanimity and Defpatch, which I do with great Fervency and Sincerity; for, whether we confider the advancing Seafon of the Year, the doubtful Situation Sir Jeffery Amherft muft be in, from which
he would be glad
eral Court, all
to

be relieved, or whether

we

confider the approaching Bufinefs of the Gento

Reafons concur, both publick and private, general and particular,

render

Expedition neceffary. The Declaration of

War

againft Spain, which has been brought into this Colony by the

one of his Majefty's Sloops of War, and was fent to me Yefterday in the Evening, will explain to you my Motives for preffing you to comply with all that his Majefty requires from you, on which Subjed I could not fpeak plain until fome fuch document

Commander

of

authorized

me

fo to do.

Honour, to return him the Opening of this Seffion to acknowledge that we are particularly obliged to him for the Sincerity, Opennefs and Candour, with which on this, as on every other Occafion, he has treated us to reprefent to him that we are truly fenfible that it is our Duty to exert ourfelves at this critical Conjundlure, and that we will give all the Def patch to the feveral Matters recommended to us that the Importance of them will admit of.
Refolved,

That an humble Addrefs be prefented

to his

Thanks

of this Hotife for his affedlionate Speech at the

Ordered

[49]
Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Addrefs to the Govemour^ purfuant to the faid Refolution and it is referred to M'' Attorney and M' Bland to prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Speaker informed the Houfe that the Govemour had delivered to him feveral Letters from the Earl of Egremont, one of his Majefty's principal Secretaries of State, Major General Sir Jeffery Amherft, Thomas Boone, Efq Govemour of South Carolina
; ;

and one from Colonel Bouquett, and defired him to lay them before the Hotife. And the faid Letters were read, and ordered to lie on the Table. Refolved, That this Houfe will take the Governour's Speech into Confideration Tomorrow. Ordered, That the Reverend M"" William Yates be continued Chaplain to this Houfe, and that he attend to read Prayers every Morning at Ten o'Clock. Ordered, That James Lavie, Thomas Francis, Nathaniel Hicks and John Broadrib, be continued in their refpedlive Offices of Doorkeepers to this Hoxxfe, and that they give their Attendance accordingly. On a Motion made, It was ordered that all fuch Claims and Propofitions as were referred from the laft to this Seffion of Affembly, and aKo all fuch Claims and Propofitions as fhall be certified to this Seffion of Affembly, be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of
Affembly.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning Eleven

"'Clock.

We6tte$6ar, t^e 3Ut of ^avc\). 2 (Beo. Ill 1762.

M
Sir,

Attorney reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to the Govemour which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and
;

agreed to by the Houfe, and

is

as follows

We
the

his Majefty's moft dutiful

and

loyal Suhjeds, the Burgeffes of Virginia, return

the

your Honour our fincere Thayiks for your kind Speech at

Opening

of this Seffion:

fame Time we are more particularly obliged

to

you

for the Sincerity,

At Opennefs and Can-

dour, with which, on every Occafion, you have treated us;

affured, will

and fuch a Conduit, you may he

always meet with a due Return of Gratitude and Affection. The quiet Enjoyment of our Liberties, which we had a fair Profped of having fecured to us, by an honourable and lafting Peace, is again obfcured by the Perfidy, Folly and ChiWe are truly fenfible that this Event makes it cane, of the Crowns of France and Spain.
our felves in Support of the common Caufe, left a War begun for the Prefervation of his Majefty's Colonies may prove fatal to them: You may therefore. Sir, depend that you fhall find our Condud, on this important Crifis, fuch as you might exped from
neceffary
to exert

Subjeds the moft

Majefty.

loyal,

and moft warmly attached

to

the

Perfon and Government

of his

We"^ fhall immediately take the feveral Matters

tion,

and proceed with

Ordered,

all the

Defpatch the

recommended to us under our ConfideraImportance of them will admit of.

That the

faid Addrefs be fairly tranfcribed,

and prefented by the whole

Houfe.
Ordered,

That the Committee who prepared the fame wait on the Govemour, to

know
line

his Pleafure

when they

fhall attend his

Honour

to prefent

it.

A Petition of fimdry

Inhabitants of the Parifh of Dryfdale, in the Covmties of Caro-

and King and Queen, fetting forth that their prefent Glebe is fituated below their lower Church, and at leaft 30 Miles from the upper End of the Parifh, which makes it
very

[5o]
very inconvenient, and in bad Weather impoffible for the Minifter to attend the upper Church and other parochial Duties and praying that an Adl may pafs to empower the Veftry of the faid Parifh to fell the faid Glebe Land, and purchafe one more convenient in Lieu thereof, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M' Pendleton to prepare and bring in the fame. On a Motion made. Ordered, That it be an Inf trudlion to the Committee to whom it is referred to bring in a Bill purfuant to the Prayer of the above Petition that they receive a Claufe or Claufes to empower the Veftry of the Parifh of St. Stephen, in the Coxmty of King and Queen, to fell their prefent Glebe, and to purchafe one more convenient. A Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Cotmty of Prince William, praying that the Court Day of the Covmty may be altered to the firft Monday in every Month, was
;

prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Peti-

and it is referred to M' Henry Lee The Order of the Day being read, the Govemot^s Speech.
tion,

to prepare
for the

and bring in the fame. Houfe to take into their Confideration

That the Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech. Ordered, That the feveral Letters laid before the Houfe by Defire of his Honour the
Refolved,

Govemour Yefterday, be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. And then the Hotife refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech and letters after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Charles Carter and
to feveral Refolutions thereon, which they

reported that the Committee had had the fame under their Confideration, and had come had diredled him to report to the Houfe
in his Place,

and then delivered them in at the Table, where they and agreed to by the Houfe, with fome Amendments, as follow: Refolved, That looo Men be raifed, and kept in the Pay of this Colony. Refolved, That 268 Men be recruited, at the expenfe of this Colony, to be joined to his Majefty's Forces tmder the Command of Major General Sir Jeffery Amherft. Refolved, That a Sum, not exceeding ;^3o,ooo, be raifed for defraying the Expenfe of buying, paying and clothing, the 1000 Men, and the recruiting the 268 Men. On a Motion made. The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee to confider of Ways and Means for railing the Sum of ;3o,ooo agreeable to the above Refolution; and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M' Charles Carter reported that the Committee had come to a Refolution thereon, which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe and he read the fame in his Place, and then delivered it in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That the Sum of 30,000 be raifed by a Tax of one Shilling on every and he read the fame
were again twice read,
;

tithable Perfon in this Colony, to be paid in the Years 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768,

and

1769.

That a Bill or Bills be brought in, purfuant to the aforefaid Refolutions; M' Charles Carter, M.^ Attorney, M' Bland, M' Pendleton and^M' Lemuel and it is Riddick, to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of the Churchwardens, and fundry Inhabitants, of the Parifh of A mherft, in the Coimty of Amherft, fetting forth that by an Adl made in the firft Year of his Prefent Majefty's Reign, entitled. An Ad for dividing the counties of Albemarle and Louifa, and Parifh of St. Aime, and for other purpofes therein mentioned, the Churchwardens of the faid Parifh of St. Anne were empowered to fell and convey the Glebe-Land of the faid Parifh, with the Improvements thereon, for a valuable Confideration, and the Money arifing thereby to be difpofed of in fuch Manner, and to fuch Ufes, as by the faid Adt is diredted That the faid Churchwardens of the faid Parifh of St. Anne have pretended to
Ordered,
referred to
:

fell

C
fell

51 ]

but not giving due notice of fuch Sale, few Perfons attended thereat, and the Churchwardens by that Means became the Purchafers for the Ufe of the faid Pariih for23i-ios. current Money, which is not more than Half the Value of the faid Lands, whereby the Proportion to be received by the faid Parifh of Amherft is greatly leffened; and praying that an Adl may pafs to fat afide the faid pretended Sale, was prefented to the Houfe, and read.
the Glebe
;

Ordered,
tion,

That a

Bill or Bills

and

it is

referred to M'' Cabbel,

be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid PetiM' Walker and M"' Carrington, to prepare and bring
until

in the fame.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

Tomorrow Morning Eleven

''Clock.

I3burs6a^

t^e \sXo\lkipxil
the

<Beo.

III.

1762.
to

MR

Pendleton, from

Committee appointed,

prefented

the

Houfe
of Dryf-

according to Order, a Bill

dale, in

the Counties of

To empower the Veftries of the Parifhes Caroline and King and Queen, and of St.
;

Stephen,

County of King and Queen, to fell their prefent Glebe, and to lay out the Money in purchafmg more convenient Glebes and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made, Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee to whom it was referred to bring in a Bill For granting an Aid to his Majefty, and for other Purpofes therein menin the

tioned, to receive a Claufe or Claufes for emitting Treaftuy Notes for the

Sum of ;^3o,ooo,

and to empower the Treafurer to apply all fuch Siuns as he fhall receive, which have been or may hereafter be granted by the Parliament of Great Britain to this Colony, and the Monies due from the Crown for Provilions towards the Redemption of the faid
Notes.

A Petition of William Seward, fetting forth that he is feized in Fee Taille of 1780 Acres of Land in the Parifh of Southwark, in the Coimty of Surry, under the Will of one Robert Canfield; that the greater Part of the faid Land is poor and yields him but
inconveniently fituated, being divided by a Creek which nms almoft through the fame; that it will be greatly to his Advantage, and that of his Pofterity, if he was empowered to difpofe of 1530 Acres, Part of the faid Tradl, and lay out the
is

fmall Profit, and

Money

arifing

Slaves, to

from fuch Sale in the Purchafe of fome other more valuable Lands and be annexed thereto, and fettled to the fame Ufes; and praying that an Adl
purpofe, was prefented to the Hoixfe and read.
Bill or Bills

may pafs for that

Ordered,
tion,

be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petiand bring in the fame. M'' Charles Carter, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill for granting an Aid to his Majefty, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Henry Lee prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill for altering the Court Day of the County of Prince-William; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Claim of Rogers, for taking up a Rimaway therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Claim be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. M'' Cabbell prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill to declare void the pretended Sale of the Glebe Land of the Parifh of St. Anne, in the County of Albemarle, and diredling a new Sale thereof, which was read the firft Time, and the Queftion being put that the faid Bill be read a fecond Time,

That a

and

it is

referred to M"" Riddick to prepare

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Bill be rejedled.

[52]
a Sergeant in the Virginia Regiment, praying fome Satifby Captain Bullet, appraifed to i$, and afterwards taken by the Enemy, and aKo for Services done as a Tailor to feveral Soldiers in the faid Regiment, was received and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M'' Mercer and M' Pendleton, that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion
Petition of

John

Cole,

fadlion for a Horfe preffed into the Ser^'ice

thereon, to the Houfe.

M' Attorney reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, waited on the Govemour to know his Pleafure when the Houfe should attend him with their Addrefs and that he was pleafed to appoint this Day, and to fay he would fend a Meffage to the Houfe when he was ready to receive it. A Petition of Thomas Gift, fetting forth that he hath been a Lieutenant in the Virginia Regiment fix Years, during which Time he hath always behaved himfelf well; that in 1758, in Colonel Grant's Engagement with the Wyondotes he was wovmded in his right Hand, which has rendered it ahnoft lafelefs that he was afterwards taken Prifoner by the faid Indians, and detained by them in Captivity one Year and praying the Confideration of this Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M'' Pendleton and M'' Gary; that they do examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions there; ;

on, to the Houfe.

Several Glaims of Thomas Toombs and William Hicks, for taking

therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the
Ordered,
of Affembly.

up Runaways

That the

faid Claims

Houfe and received. be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by M' Walthoe.

M' Speaker, I am commanded by

to receive their

the

Govemour

to

acquaint this Houfe that his

Honour is now ready

Addrefs in

the

Council Chamber.
;

M' Speaker, with the Houfe, went up and being returned, reported that he had, with the Houfe, attended the Govemoiu- in the Council Chamber, and prefented the Addrefs of this Hotife to him, to which he was pleafed to anfwer.
Houfe of Burgeffes, I receive the higheft Pleafure from the Marks of Zeal for the Service of his Majefty, and and Attachment to his Perfon and Government, teftified in your affedionate AdLoyalty of which I return you my fincere Thanks; and I have the greateft Reliance that your drefs, for Condud, on this important Crifis, will anfwer the Expedations you have raifed in the Breafts of the warmeft Friends of his Majefty and the Miniftry. Sincerity and Candour are the ftrongeft Cement of Friendfhip and Affedion, which I truft will never be broke through on either Side; It fhall be my conftant Endeavour to preferve it on mine, as tlie Returns I meet with from them fo amply repay me.
of the

M' Speaker, and Gentlemen

A Bill for granting an Aid to his Majefty, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the fecond Time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe immediately. And then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill; and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Charles Carter reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill tmder their Confideration, and made fome Amendments thereto, but, not having Time to go through the fame, they had directed him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill
to morrow.
line

A Bill To empower the Veftries of the Parifhes of Dryfdale, in the Counties of Caroand King and Queen, and of St. Stephen, in the Cotmty of King and Queen, to fell
their

53

their Glebes,

and to lay out the Money

in

purchafing more convenient Glebes, was read

a fecond Time.

The aid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. Riddick prefented to the Hoiife, according to Order, a Bill to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof William Seward is feized, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.
Ordered,
M''
;

10

On

a Motion made,
faid Bill

was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Riddick, M' Gray, M' Hartwell Cocke and M'' Bridger. A Bill For altering the Court Day of the Coimty of Prince William was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Johnfon, M' Henry Lee, M*^ Walker and M"" Fry. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee to receive a Claufe or
Claxifes for altering the

The

Court

Day

of Louifa County.
until

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

Tomorrow Morning, Eleven

''Clock.

Trldar. tbe 2n6 of T^prll 2

(Bco. Ill

1762,

Claim of William Hicks, for taking up a Runaway therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Claim be referred to the Confideration of the

next Seffion of Affembly. M' Riddick reported that the Committee to whom the Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands, whereof William Seward is feized, and for other purpofes therein mentioned, was committed, had made feveral Amendments thereto, which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. On the Petition of Jofeph Royle, Printer, praying the Continuance of his Salary. Refolved, That the Sum of 3$ P^ Annum be allowed to the faid Jofeph Royle, to continue to the End of the next Seffion of Affembly, as a full Confideration for printing the Journal of the Houfe of Burgeffes, printing the Laws of each Seffion and fending 13 of them to every County Court Clerk, one of which to be half botmd, for the Ufe of the Covirt, printing Infpedlors Notes and Books, Proclamations, and other publick Advertifements.

Ordered,

That the

faid Refolve

be engroffed, and that M' Attorney do carry

it

to the

Coimcil for their Concurrence.

On

the Petition of James Gait, Keeper of the Publick Gaol, praying a Continuance

of his former Salary.

Refolved,

That the additional

Sum

of

,xt)

be paid to the faid James

Gait,

over and

above

his ufual Salary of ;^25 per

Annum.

Refolved, That 10 lbs. of Tobacco per Day be allowed to the faid James Gait, for every Criminal committed to the faid Gaol diuing fuch Criminal's Imprifonment, from this Time to the End of the next Seffion of Affembly.

Motion made, That the Simi of ;i^ioo be given, to be laid out in Clothes and Prefents for Indians, as a Reward for their Attachment and faithful Services to this Tufkarora the
Refolved,

On a

Colony.
Ordered,

That the

faid Refolve

be engroffed, and that M' Attorney do carry

it

to the

Council for their Concurrence. The Order of the Day being read.

Aid to

The Houfe again refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill For granting an his Majefty, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and after fome Time
fpent

[54]
fpent therein, M"" Speaker refumed the Chair, and M' Charles Carter reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill under their further Confideration, and gone through the fame, and had made feveral Amendments thereto, which they had diredted him to report to the Houfe and he read the fame in his Place, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. M' Pendletmt reported that the Perfons to whom the Petition of Thomas Gift was referred had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, with an
;
;

Amendment,
Refolved,
;ioo, as

as follows

That the faid Thomas Gift ought to be allowed by the Publick the Sum of a Recompenfe for his Bravery, the Wound he received, and the Hardfhips he fuftained, in the Service of this Country. M' Thomas Johnfon reported that the Committee to whom the Bill For altering the Court Days of the Counties of Prince William and Louifa, was committed, had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
;

Time.
Pendleton reported that the Perfons to whom the Petition of John Coles was rehad examined into the Allegations thereof, and foimd them to be true, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: It appears to your Committee that the Horfe in the Petition mentioned was taken Bullet into his Majefty's Service, being firft appraifed to 1$ ciurent Money, Captain by was afterwards taken by the Enemy, and never returned to the Petitioner. It aKo appears that the Petitioner, being a Tailor, did, by Diredtion of Colonel Stephen, while the Troops were in South Carolina, perform Work in his faid Trade, and fumifh Neceffaries for feveral Soldiers in the faid Stephen's Company, to the Amount of $-14-6, for which he has received no Satiffadlion but whether the faid Stephen ftopped the Money out of the Pay of the feveral Soldiers for whom the faid Work was done, or
M*^

ferred

not, does not appear. Refolved,

faid,

That the Petitioner ought to be paid the Siun

of

1$

for his Horfe afore-

by

the Publick.

Refolved,

That the Refidue of the Petitioner's Claim ought to be

referred to the Con-

fideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

to empower the Veftries of the Parifhes of Dryfdale, and King and Queen, and of St. Stephen, in the faid County of King and Queen, to fell their Glebes, and lay out the Money in purchafing more convenient Glebes, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Pendleton do carry the faid Bill to the Coimcil for their Conciu"-

An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad

in the Counties of Caroline

rence.

On
it is

a Motion made.
referred to

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To prevent Mutiny and Difertion, M' Gary and M'' Bradley to prepare and bring in the fame. and And then the houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning Eleven "'clock.
Ordered,

Hening, VII,

p. 513-

55

Saturday.

tl)e

3r6 of '^prll, 2 (Beo.

III.

1762.

AN
currence.

engroffed Bill, entitled, An AA' for altering the Court Days of the Counties of Prince William and Louifa, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein
filled

up.

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M' Henry Lee, do carry up the
Refolved,

faid Bill to the Council for their

Con-

an Aid to his Majefty, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up; and the Queftion being put that the faid Bill do pafs, the Houfe divided. Yeas go forth Yeas, coimted by M' London Carter, 63. Noes, counted by M' Charles Carter, 3. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Charles Carter do carry the faid Bill to the Coimcil for their Conengroffed Bill, entitled.
for granting

An

An Ad'

currence.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Monday Morning,

Eleven ''Clock.

5tlon6aY. t^e

5tl)

of

'ZA.prll.
to

(Beo.

III.

1762.

engroffed Ei7/, entitled.

William Seward
Refolved,

is

dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof feized, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read
filled

An Ad^

a third Time, and the Blanks therein

up.

That M"^ A Meffage from the Council by

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. Cocke do carry the faid

M''

Bill to the

Council for their Concurrence.

Walthoe.

That they have agreed to the Bill, entitled, An A&,* for altering the Court Days of the Coimties of Prince William and Louifa. Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adls to empower the Veftries of the Parifhes of Dryfdale, in the Counties of Caroline and King and Queen, and of St. Stephen, in the Coimty of King and Queen, to fell their prefent Glebes, and lay out the Money in purchafing more
convenient Glebes. Alfo to the Refolve of
this

Houfe for paying Jofeph Royle,

Printer, a Salary of

^$0

a Year.

And to
mentioned.

the

Refolve for paying Lieutenant

Thomas

Gift

100, for the

Services therein

M' Cary prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill, To prevent Mutiny and Defertion and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond
;

Time.

On a Motion made.
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To amend and Adt, entitled. An Adfi explain the Charter, and enlarge the Privileges, of the Borough of Norfolk, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; alfo one other Adl, entitled. An for enlarging and afcer.
to

Ad

Purpofes therein mentioned; and it is referred to M"' Attorney and M"' Bradley to prepare and bring in the fame. Several Claims of Henry Collier and Thomas May were feverally prefented to the
for other

taining the Limits of the Borough of Norfolk,

and

Hovife,

and

received.

Ordered

Hening, VII,
Ibid.,

p. 509.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 495.

* Ibid.,

VII, p. 514. VII, p. 509.

'

Ibid VII, p. 513. Ibid. VII, p. 510.

[56]
Ordered,
of Affembly.

That the

aid Claims

be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

On

a Motion made,
Bill, entitled,

u
to

The

An Ad'

prevent

Mutiny and Defertion, was read a iecondTime,

and ordered

to

be engroffed and read a third Time.

A Meffage from the Council by M' Walthoe.

That they have agreed to the Bill, entitled, An Adl to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof William Seward is feized, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.

On a Motion made,
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly and it is referred to M"' Gary to prepare and bring in the fame. M' Gary prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made. The faid Bill was read a fecond Time, and ordered to be engroffed and read a third
Ordered,
;

Time.
Attorney prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To amend the Adt, entitled. An Ad' to explain the Gharter, and enlarge the Privileges of the Borough of Norfolk, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; aKo one other Adt entitled. An Ad for enlarging
M*^

and afcertaining the Limits of the Borough of Norfolk, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made. The faid Bill was read a fecond Time, and'ordered to be engroffed and read a third
Time,

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning Eleven

"'Glock.

^ues6ar. t^e 6tb of TAprll 2

<Beo, IIU

1762.

AN

engroffed Bill, entitled.

An Ad*

to

prevent

Mutiny and Defertion, was read a

third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Gary do carry the faid

Bill to the

Council for their

Conciurence. An engroffed

Bill, entitled.

An Ad^

to

amend an Ad,

entitled.

An Ad to explain

the Gharter, and enlarge the Privileges of the Borough of Norfolk, and for other Purpofes for enlarging and afcertaining therein mentioned; alio one other Adt, entitled. An

Ad

Borough of Norfolk, and for other Purpofes therein-mentioned; was read the Blanks therein filled up. and Time, a third Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Bradley do carry the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad^ for paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, was read a third Time.
the Limits of the

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Gary do carry the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. Several Glaims of John Pride, Richard Jones, William Pegrem, Thomas Munday and Amhrofe Greenhill, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received.
Refolved,

Ordered

Hening. VII,
Ibid..

p. 502.

Ibid..

YIl.

p. 510.

VII, p. 514-

^^*^- VII. P- S-

* il>i<i-

761U, VII. p. 310. VII, p. 508.

; ;

[57]
Ordered,
of Affembly.

That the

laid Claims

be referred to the Confideration of the next Selfion

On a Motion made,
Refolved, That the feveral Svmis following be paid to the feveral Officers of the General Affembly, refpedlively To John Randolph, Efq Clerk of the Hoiife of Burgeffes ; 60 To Nathaniel Walthoe, Efq Clerk of the General Affembly 30 To the Reverend M"^ William Yates, Chaplain 15 To M' Francis Eppes, Sergeant at Arms 30
; ;

To M' George Davenport, for his Services To the Doorkeeper of the Coimcil To James Lavie, To Thomas Francis, Doorkeepers to the Houfe To Nathaniel Hix, To John Broadrib,
.
. .
.

5 5

'

::::::;:::::::::::::::::;
i

I
it

Ordered, That the

faid Refolve

be engroffed, and that M' Gary do carry

up

to the

Council for their Concurrence. A Meffage from the Coimcil was delivered

by M'

Walthoe.

That they have agreed

Alfo

to the Bill, entitled,

An

Adt for granting an Aid to his Majefty,

and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.

to the Bill, entitled,

An Adt

to

amend an Adt, to explain the Charter, and enlarge

the Privileges, of the

alfo one other

Borough

of Norfolk,

Ad, entitled. and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.

and for other Purpofes therein mentioned An Adl for enlarging and afcertaining the Limits of the Borough
of Norfolk,

Alfo
Alfo Alfo

to the Bill, entitled.

An

A<5t* for

paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this

prefent Seffion of Affembly.

to

Bill, entitled.

An A6t*
this

to the

Refolve

0/

for preventing Mutiny and Defertion. Houfe, For paying the refpedive Officers of the General

Affembly

the feveral Sums of Money therein mentioned. And to the Refolve, For giving 100 to the Tufkarora Indians.

Ordered,

ing Perfons: M'' William Digges, M'' Carrington,

Cabbell

That a Committee be appointed to examine the enrolled Bills of the followM' John Fleming, M' Henry Lee, M'

and
is

M"' Claiborne.

Petition of Robert Willis, fetting forth that

that he

he hath been a Soldier many Years very infirm, and unable to provide for himfelf and Family; and praying the

Confideration of this Hovife, was prefented to the Houfe and read;

and the Queftion

being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,

It paffed in the Negative.

Ordered,

And

then the

That the faid Petition be rejedted. Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning, Eleven

'Glock.

Xil?e6ne56aY. Ih^ 7tl) of

^AprlL 2

<Beo. Ill

1762,
in 1760 he,

A
Fund

Petition of Leonard Price, fetting forth that during the

Campaign

by Colonel Byrd's
tiers
;

Orders, adted as Adjutant to the 700 additional Forces raifed for the Rehef of Fort Loudoun and Protedlion of the fouthem Fron-

that as the faid Additionals were

;

Difcharge of his Office very troubleome

ef tablifhed

that as your Petitioner

by Adt
'

of

Affembly

for

raw and undifcipUned, he found the is advifed there is no Payment of fuch an Officer, humbly prays
all

this
Hening, VII,
p. 495.
Ibid.,

VII, p. 510.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 508.

4 Ibid.,

VII, p. 502.

[58]
Houfe will take his Services into Confideration, and allow him the ufual Pay of an Adjutant for the Time he did that Duty was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Leonard Price be allowed the Sum of , 36-8-0. M'' William Digges reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, examined the enrolled Bills, and redtified fuch Miftakes as were found therein; and
this
;

is

that they were truly enrolled. Ordered, That he carry the faid Bill to the Council for their Infpedlion.

A Meffage from the Council by M' Walthoe.

That they have infpeded the enrolled
Bills,

and

are fatiffied they are truly enrolled.

A Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by M' Walthoe.

M^ Speaker
The Governour commands the immediate Attendance of your Houfe in the Council Chamber, and that you bring with you fuch Bills and Refolves as are ready for his Affent.

M' Speaker with

1
tioned.

the Houfe

went up accordingly, and the Govemour was pleafed

to his

to give his Affent to the following Bills:

An Ad'
'

for granting

an Aid

Majefty, and for other Purpcfes therein men-

Mutiny and Defertion. the Court Days of the Counties of Prince William and Louifa. 4 *To amend an Ad, entitled, An Ad to explain the Charter, and enlarge the Privileges, of the Borough of Norfolk, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; alfo one other Ad, entitled. An Ad for enlarging and afcertaining the Limits of the Borough of Norfolk, and
2

To

prevent

J For altering

for other

Purpofes therein mentioned.

To empower the Veftries of the Parifhes of Dryfdale, in the Counties of Caroline and King and Queen, and of St. Stephen, in the faid County of King and Queen, to fell their Glebes, and to lay out the Money in purchafing more convenient Glebes. 6 ^To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof William Seward is feized, and for
5
s

other

Purpofes therein mentioned. f 7 For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly. His Honour Ukewife gave his Affent to the following Refolves: / For paying the fever al officers of the General Affembly the refpedive Sums
therein mentioned.

of

Money

2 For paying Lieutenant Thomas Gift the Sum of 100. 3 For paying Jofeph Royle, Printer to the Publick, a Salary of 4 For paying the Sum of 100 to the Tufkarora Indians.

350 a

Year.

And then

his Honotu"

was pleafed

to

make

the following Speech

of the

Gentleman of the Council,

M"' Speaker,

and Gentlemen

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

The Cheerfulnefs and Alacrity with which you have

fo generoufly provided for the

raifing another Regiment for his Majefty's Service, immediately after the difbanding the old One, and entered into every Meafure recommended to you, muft at once convince the

your Judgment and Spirit; confirm the Charader the Virginians have long born of being loyal, faithful and dutiful, Subjeds; and render you dear to your royal Sovereign. This Condud, which I fhall not fail to reprefent in its true Light to his Minifters, demands my Thanks in the Name of my moft gracious Mafter; which, from this Seat, where more particularly than elfewhere I have the Honour to be his Reprefentative, I now publickly

World

of

^^

give

you with

great Cordiality.

The
I

'

Hening, VII, p. 495. Ibid., VII, p. 502. Ibid., VII, p. 509.

Ibid.,
5

Ibid.,

VII, p. 510. VII, p. 513.

<>

Ibid.,

'

Ibid.,

VII, p. 514. VII, p. 508.

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The Harmony that fubfifts between us is a Source of great Satiffadion to me, on which I could expatiate largely, were this a proper Place or Time for it; and may God increafe it in our Hearts, for the Service of our King, the Intereft of our Country, and the Happinefs of us all. As I propofe to call you together towards the End of the Year, to confider of the State of this Colony, and to provide for the future Well being of it, by enading fuch wholefome Laws as may tend to the well governing and Improvement thereof, I fhall not now detain you here, to the Detriment of your own private Affairs, but fhall prorogue you, and you
are accordingly prorogued, to the laft Tuefday in

June

next.

JOURNAL
of the

House of Burgesses
1762
November
Seflion

Burgeffes.
Accomac
Albemarle

Southey Simpfon Thomas Parramore

Hanover
Henrico
of

Nathaniel Weft Dandridge

Thomas Walker

John Fry
Amelia

John Syme Bowler Cocke PhiUp Mayo

David Greenhill

Ifle

Wight

Thomas Tabb
Amherft
Augufta
Bedford

James Bridger Jofeph Bridger

Lewis Burwell Philip Johnfon

William Cabell Cornelius Thomas

James City
Jameftown

John Wilfon
Ifrael

Edward Champion Travis

John Pendleton John Robinfon
Charles Carter Charles Carter, Jr.

Chriftian

King

& Queen

WiUiam Callaway

John
Bninfwick
Ifaac

Talbot

King George

William Thornton

Rowe Walton
Jr.

King William
Lancafter

Buckingham
Caroline

Robert Boiling,
Jofeph Cabell

Bernard Moore Carter Braxton

Charles Carter

John Baylor

Richard
Loudoim
Loiiifa

Mitchell

Edmimd
Charles City

Pendleton

Francis Lightfoot Lee

Benjamin Harrifon
William Kennon
Archibald Cary

James Hamilton
William Johnfon

Chefterfield

Richard Eppes

Lunenburg
Middlefex

Thomas Johnfon Henry Blagrave

Clement Reade

The

College

Mann Page
John
Field

Culpeper

James Barbour
Cumberland
Dinwiddle
Elizabeth City

John Smith Ralph Wormeley

Willis Riddick

George Carrington John Fleming

Nanfemond

Lemuel Riddick

Robert Boiling

New Kent
Jr.

Burwell Baffett

Leonard Claiborne, William Wager George Wythe

John Lee John Upfhaw
George Johnfton

Norfolk

Richard Adams WiUiam Bradley Thomas Yeal

John Harmanfon Thomas Dalby

Effex

Norfolk Borough Jofeph Hutchings

Northampton

Fairfax

John Weft
Fauquier
Frederick

Northiunberland Richard Hull

Thomas Harrifon Thomas Marfhall

George Wafhington George Mercer

Spencer
Orange
Prince

Ball

James Taylor James Walker

Edward

Peter Legrand

Gloucefter

Thomas Whiting
John Page
Prince George

Abner Nafh
Richard Bland Richard Bland,
Jr.

Goochland
Halifax

John Payne Jofias Payne

Nathaniel Terry

Prince William

John BayHs Henry Lee

Robert Wade
Hampfhire

Princefs

Anne

James Mercer

Edward HackMofeley Anthony Walke

Thomas Rutherford
*Not fhown by the Journal
to

have been prefent during the Affembly.

[64]
Richmond
Southampton
Spotfylvania

John Woodbridge Landon Carter

Jofeph Gray

Sufex

David Maion John Edmtmds

William Harwood William Digges

Warwick
Weftmoreland
Williamfbxirg

Benjamin Symmons
Fielding Lewis

Benjamin Grymes
Stafford

Richard Henry Lee Richard Lee

William Fitzhugh Thomas L. Lee

Hartwell Cocke

Peyton Randolph

York

Dudley Digges

Suny

Thomas

Nelfon, Jr.

Thomas

Bailey
to

Not fliown by the Journal

have been prefent during the Affembly.

Changes

in the

Perfonnel, 1762
Sefion

November
Hampfliire

James Mercer fucceeded James Keith

New Kent
Surry

Thomas

Burwell Baffett fucceeded Gill Armiftead Bailey fucceeded Henry Browne

JOURNAL
of the

House OUSE
^ues^a^.
tl)e

B of OURGESSES OF
of

2nb

November. 3
M""

(Beo.

III.

1762.

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

M''

Walthoe.

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the

the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,
of

The Govemour commands

Council Chamber.

immediate Attendance

your Houfe in the

up to attend the Govemour And being returned, reported that the Houfe had attended the Govemour in the Council Chamber and that his Honour was pleafed to make a Speech to the Council and this Houfe, of which he had (to prevent Miftakes) obtained a Copy, which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and is as follows
Accordingly
M''

Speaker, with the Houfe, went

Gentlemen of the Council,

M""

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes.

to

I have called you together piirfuant

my

la ft Prorogation, that

you may now enter

upon

the

thereof,

ufual Buflnefs of the Country, and provide for the future Safety and Well being by enading fuch Laws as to you fhall feem moft expedient for that falutary Purpofe.

It is the

Duty
it:

of every

Member

of the Legiflature,

to confider the prefent State of the Colony, to

and

during the Receffes of General Affembly, the Means which may be further neceffary

Truth not to be controverted, it becomes more particularly the Duty whofe Care his Majefty has entrufted the Adminiftration of the Affairs Government in his Provinces; and while I have the Honour of fitting in this Seat, I hope I fhall never think that any Thing can abfolve me from the Difcharge of this important Part of my Office. The firft Thought which, under our prefent Circumftances, will naturally prefent

improve

If this is a

of thofe

Men

to

itfelf to

every

Man

who has tn

the leaft refleded

on thefe Matters, in the Scarcity

is

of Bullion,

both Gold
is

and
to

owing
of

moft notorioufly prevalent at this Time in this Colony. the Operation of any Law now adually in Force, or whether it
Silver,

Whether this owing to the

Want
it

fome new
to call

Law

to

feems

upon you

for

remedy this Evil and produce the de fired Effed, in either Cafe your moft ferious Confideration; and I reccnnmend it to you

in this Light, but with this very neceffary Precaution, of which I hope you will never lofe Sight, that it is not to be done in Hafte, upon loofe unconfidered Principles, or without the

moft mature Deliberation.

feel

Inconveniences we at prefent undergo the moft ftrid Examination, and fever e Scrutiny; for, by long Experience of Men much converfant in thofe Speculations, it has been found that the meddling with the Mediums of Trade and Commerce, whether it be Bullion or Paper, is of a moft delicate Nature, and is often attended with a long Train of very diftant Confequences, not always obvious to a Man of the greateft Sagacity
It is even better to fuftain the

than

to

attempt

to feek Relief

by Remedies which are not

to

at the

Time

of

making Laws

relating thereto.

Another

[66]
Another Thing I would recommend to you is the preparing fome Bill to regulate the Trade with the Cherokee Indians. Governour Boone has reprefented this to me in fo judicious and equitable a Light, in a Letter which I fhall now lay before you, and fent me in the Copy of an Ad paffed in his Affembly, which appears to me to be fo well calculated to anfwer the Purpofe, that I cannot do better than wifh you to follow fuch an Example.
This Meafure, in
all

human

Probability, will prevent the trading

to be

J ealoufies too

apt to arife

between neighbouring Colonies, and the Dangers

of private Traders.

feared from the imprudent

Condud

To
Advice

of his

take Care of the Intereft of the Colony during the Shimmer, I have, by and with the Majefty's Council, provided for it in the beft Manner I Have been able, by

laying an

Embargo on Ships loaded with

the
fir ft the

Tobacco and prohibiting the Exportation of

Property of the Planters has been endeavoured to be fecured, Indian Corn: By until fome Ship of Force belonging to his Majefty fhould arrive to fupply the Place of thofe which the Neceffity of the Times called from us, and to protcd it {which Event has now

happened) by the fecond the Cries

of the

Poor have been flopped, and

the exorbitant Price

Sloop has alfo been hired and to which that Grain feemed fitted out to proted the Shipping within the Capes from the Infiilts of fmall Privateers, which owed their Security to their Size: This prevented their being followed into fhoal Waters in
likely to rife been checked.

which they could

fail

Manwaring, Efq;

ftationed on this Coaft.

with Safety, by his Majefty's Ship under the Command of William In juftice to this Gentleman, it is requifite I
to affift

fhould inform you of his Readinefs which we fhould not have been able

us on

this Occafion,

by lending Men, without

to

have manned our Sloop.

As

the

Fund

of

s.

per

Hogfhead for mine whether

be great, of a

the

the

Support of Government is in a low State, I fhall leave it with you to deterCountry will not take upon itfelf the Payment of the Expenfe, which cannot
into for the

Meafure entered

Good

of the

whole Community.

Gentlemen,
with the higheft Degree of Satiffadion that I have it in my Power to acquaint you that I ftand charged to communicate to you his Majefty's Appi-obation of the Condud of this Colony, and his gracious Acceptance of your Zeal and Attachment to his Service, tranf.
It is

mitted to me in Letters from one of his principal Secretaries of State, and his Commander From my own Feelin Chief on this Continent; which I fhall immediately lay before you. done yoti very Honour now that the muft fenfibly affed every convinced thoroughly ings, I am acknowledge King ready to it, and a the Service fo of Man who had a Share in promoting
infpire

him with a

ftrong Defire to continue to merit the royal Approbation.

to

This affords

me

make Mention of the Regiment, which ftands provided for but for Men are now extremely well clothed, and are vidualled by the Crown, the As -jhort Time: a fo that the Pay for a few Months is the only Objed, I fhould recommend it to you, merely as
a proper Occafion a Matter of Prudence,
to

inviolable Attachment to his Majefty

keep them on Foot; as I have now, by frequent Experience of your and his Service, found, that you would raife them at

a much larger Expenfe, if his Majefty fhould earneftly require it. Such an Opinion has your conftant and uniform Condud raifed in me of your Zeal to fupport the Good of the common Caufe; and when you confider the Letters from Sir Jefifery Amherft on this Subjed, I make no Doubt but you will agree with me in the Prudence of this Step. I have alfo the Plea fur e to inform you that the Account with the Crown of the Expenfes of this Colony for the Year iy6o has been fettled with Sir Jeffery Amherft, and the Balance found due to the Colony by the Attditors of the Crown Accounts fettled at, 18, 6iy 4s. i d. into the Treafury i8,jji 4 s. 9 d. and of which Sum I have already received and paid daily exped the Payment of the fmall Balance remaining now due. To complete the Happinefs of the Britifh Nation, Heaven has been gracioufly pleafed to fend us an Heir to his Majefty's Crown and Virtues; which has been notified to me by
Earl of Egremont, with the pleafing Circumftances that her Majefty and the young Prince were in as perfed Health as can be expeded or wifhed, of which happy Event I mo ft
the

fincerely congratulate you.

[67]
M''

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

leaft

From the pleafing Profped which now begins to open itfelf to our View, there is at Room to hope that the Expenfe of every Article now recommended to you, if they fhould
ivill

meet with your Concurrence,

for them, I

not he great, or of long Duration;

and in

the providing

am

firmly perftiaded that you will take the

Means

leaft liable to

Exception, and

leaft prejudicial to the Inhabitants.

Gentlemen

of the Council,

and

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

The Honour you have

let

already acquired is great; and for the Regard I bear the Colony,

to be

me recommend it to you to purfue your Courfe, until you arrive at the Goal which feems now in your View. The Bufinefs I have mentioned to you will require much Attention,
it

therefore

will be rcquifite

you fhould

fet

about

it

with Diligence, and Unanimity; which

make no Doubt

but you will do, as fuch a

Condud muft meet

with the Approbation and

Praife of your Country.

That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Honour the Governour, to him our Thanks for his kind Speech at the Opening of this Seffion to congratulate with him on the Birth of an Heir to the Throne of Great Britain, and the Dominions
Refolved,

return

thereunto belonging

to exprefs our Satiffadlion that his Majefty has been pleafed to

accept our Services in a Manner fui table to our Intentions, and to affure and Loyalty will influence all our future Adlions.
Ordered,

him that Affedlion

That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Addrefs to the Governour, purfuant to the faid Refolution and it is referred to M'' Attorney and M'' Gary to prepare and bring in the fame. Refolved, That this Houfe will take the Govemour's Speech into Confideration Tomorrow. M"' Speaker reported that the Governour had delivered to him the feveral Letters mentioned in his Speech, which he had defired him to lay before the Houfe. And the faid Letters were read, and ordered to lie on the Table. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Governour to order a new Writ to iffue for eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for Hampfhire, in the Room of M"' Keith, who, fmce his Election, hath accepted of the Office of Clerk of a County and that M'' Richard Henry Lee do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Governour, to order a new Writ to iffue for the elecSling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimty of New Kent, in the Room of M"" Armiftead, deceafed; and that M"' Benjamin Harrifon do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Governour, to order a new Writ to iffue for the eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Surry, in the Room of M' Brown, deceafed; and that M'' Hartwell Cocke do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That the Reverend M'' William Yates be continued Chaplain to this Houfe, and that he attend to read Prayers every Morning at lo "'Clock. Ordered, That the feveral Doorkeepers be continued in their refpedlive Offices, and that they give their Attendance accordingly. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning ii "'Clock.
;

^ahxKi^ba^f

tl)e

3r6 of ^tovember, 3 <Beo.

read, for the

III.

1762.

HE

Order of the
Refolved,

Day being

Houfe

to take into Confideration

the Govemour's Speech,

That this Hovife will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech Tomorrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning ii "'Clock.
TD}c)\xxsba'2

[68]

^^rsda^.

tl)e 4tl)

of November,

(Beo.

III.

1762.

M
Sir,

Attorney reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order,

prepared an Addrefs to the Govemour; which he read in his Place, and then dehvered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to

by the Houfe, and

is

as follows

We his Majefty's nioft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Burgeffes of Virginia, now met General Affembly, return your Honour our fincere Thanks for your kind Speech at the in
Opening
of this Seffion.

We
Britain
:

heartily congratulate with

]\Iay the Sceptre,

his Anceftors, to

you on the Birth of an Heir to the Throne of Great when it fhall defcend into his Hands, be ufed as it has been by obtain Glory and Felicity to the Crown and his People.
to

Permit us, Sir,

our Services in a

exprefs our SatiffaAion that his Majefty has been pleafed

fo fuitable to our Intentions,
all

to

accept

Manner

and

to

affure you that the warmeft

Affedion and Loyalty fhall influence

Ordered,

our future Adions.

fairly tranfcribed,

That the

faid Addrefs

be

and prefented by the whole

Houfe.

That the Committee which prepared the fame wait on the Govemour, to when the Houfe fhall attend his Honour to prefent it. of William Talbot, fetting forth that in the Year 1755 he lifted in the Petition A Virginia Regiment, and ferved as a Sergeant therein imtil the Year 1758, when in Col. Grant's Engagement, near Fort Duquefne, he received a Wound in his right Arm, which has rendered him incapable of hard Labour; that he was then taken Prifoner, and carried by the Indians to Fort '''Etroit, where he endured a fevere Captivity of 15 Months when he was deUvered up by the Indians, and rejoined the Regiment, in which he continued faithful in Duty until March laft, when the Regiment was broke, and among others was difcharged and praying the Confideration of the Hotafe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M'' Pendleton and M'' Richard Henry Lee; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their
Ordered,

know his

Pleafure

Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

Ordered,

That a Committee

of Privileges

and Elections be appointed,

of the follow-

ing Perf ons

M""
M--

Bland,
M"M'' M''

Attorney,

M''

William Digges,

Wythe, Richard Henry Lee,

My Benjamin Harrifon, M' John Page,

Edmund

Pendleton,

M' Whiting,

W Dudley

Digges,

W Mann Page.

M''

Lemiiel Riddick,

And
firft

that they are to meet and adjotim from Day to Day, and to examine in the Place all Returns of Writs for electing Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General

Affembly, and to compare the fame with the Form prefcribed by Law; and to take into their Confideration all fuch Matters as fhall or may come in Queftion touching Returns, Ele6tions and Privileges and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions And the faid Committee are to have Power thereon, from Time to Time, to the Houfe. their Information. for Records, to fend for Perf ons. Papers and
;

Ordered

; :

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Ordered,

That a Committee

of Propofitions

and Grievances be appointed of the

following Perfons

W Bland, W Gary,
M' Edmund Pendleton, M' William Digges, M"' Benjamin Harrifon,
M"'

M"'

Attorney -General,

W Lemuel Reddick, W Fitzhugh,

Mj Mofeley,
M''
M"'

Francis Lee, George Johnfton,

Boiling,

Wythe,
Burwell,

M' Robert
M"' M'' M'' M''

M''

M""
M"' M"'

Charles Carter {King George.),

Philip Johnfon, Mann Page,

Robert Boiling, Lewis,
Jtin.,

Richard Henry Lee, John Page, My Dudley Digges,

M''

M'' M""
M'' M--

Richard Bland, Jun.,

Fleming,

John Smith,
Dandridge,
Mercer,

M''
M''

James

Taylor,

Whiting,

M"'

Kennon.

they are to meet and adjourn from Day to Day, and to take into their Confidand Grievances that fhall come legally certified to this Affembly and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions thereon, from Time to Time, to the Hoiife. And all fuch Propofitions and Grievances are to be delivered to the Clerk of the Houfe, and by him to the faid Committee of Courfe; and the faid Committee are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers and Records, for their Information. Ordered, That a Committee of Publick Claims be appointed, of the following Perfons
eration all Propofitions
M"' M''

And

Archibald Gary.
M"" Willis M'' M"'
M"' M"'

Richard Lee,
Thornton,

Reddick,

M' Wilfon,
M''

John
Hull,

Lee.

M' Hartwell Cocke,

M"'

Walton,
Callaway,
Bradley,

Trams,
Chriftian,

M"

M'' M'M"'

W Weft,
M'' J.

Payne,

Upfhaw, Harmarfon, M' Harwood.

And they
all

are to

meet and adjourn from Day to Day, and to take into

;

their Confid-

eration all publick Claims referred from the laft to this Seffion of Affembly,

and aKo

fuch Claims as fhall be regularly certified and prefented to this Seffion and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe, when they have gone

through the faid Claims.

And

all
;

to the faid Committee, of Courfe

Perfons that have any Claims are to deliver them and they are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers
for Courts of Juftice

and Records,
Ordered,

for their Information.

That a Committee

be appointed, of the following

Perfons

W Wythe, W Le Grand,
M'' M''

M''

Edmund

Pendleton,

W
M""

M'

Field,

J. Pendleton,

Thomas Harrifon, James Taylor,

Mayo,
.

My J Bridger, M^ James Walker.

they are to meet and adjourn from Day to Day, and to take into their Confideration all Matters relating to Courts of Juftice, and fuch other Matters as fhall from

And

Time

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them; and report their Proceedings, with their Opinions the faid Committee are to infpecft the Journals of the y**" Seffion of the laft General Affembly, and the I'S 2<* and 3<*, Seffions of this prefent General Affembly and draw up a State of the Matters then depending and undetermined, and the Progress that was made therein, and report the fame to the Houfe: That they do alfo examine what Laws have expired fince the laft Seffion, and infpe(5l fuch temporary Laws as will expire with the End of this Seffion, or are near expiring and report the fame to the Houfe, with their Opinions which of them are fit to be revived and continued. Ordered, That a Committee of Trade be appointed of the following Perfons M'' Benjamin Harrifon,

Time

to

Time be

referred to

thereon, to the Houfe.

And
;

M'-

Mofeley,
Chriftian,

M-" M""

W
M''

Marfhall, Hamilton,
Hutchings,
Veal,

Upfhaw,
Whiting,

M'' Blagrave,

M''

W Simpfon, W GreenhiU,
And
eration
all

M' Lemuel Riddick,

W
M''

M''

Bradley,

M""
M''

Lewis,

John Smith.

they are to meet and adjourn from Day to Day, and to take into their ConfidThings relating to the Trade of this Colony, and all Matters that fhall be from Time to Time to them referred and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. And the faid Committee are to have Power to fend for Perfons,
;

Papers and Records, for their Information. Ordered, That M'' George Davenport be continued Clerk to the Committees of Privileges and Ele(5tions, and Proportions and Grievances; M"' Miles Cary, Clerk to the Committee of Claims M'' Thomas Everard, Clerk to the Committee for Courts of Juftice and M'' Hind Ruffell, to the Committee of Trade and that they give their Attendance
; ;

accordingly.

On a Motion made.
Ordered, That the Letters received by the Committee of Correfpondence from Edward Montague, Efq; and all their Proceedings, be laid before the Houfe. A Petition of Sarah Lovell, fetting forth that in the Year 1748 her Hufband Richard Lovell enlifted as a Soldier in the Virginia Regiment; in which Service he was taken fick and died, leaving her and two Children in a very deftitute Condition that whiKt fhe was able fhe ufed the utmoft of her Power to maintain them, but being feized with a Diftemper in her Mouth, by which fhe has loft the whole of her under Jaw, is rendered
;

entirely incapable of continuing that Support as formerly

that fhe applied to the Veftry

and praying that this which fhe Uves for Relief, but Houfe will take her forlorn Condition into Confideration, and grant her fuch Relief as fhall be thought reafonable, was prefented to the Houfe and read; and the Queftion
of the Parifh in

without Effedl;

being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee, It paffed in the Negative.
Refolved,

That the faid Petition be

rejedled.

may be eftabhfhed on his Land, over the New River, near the Diinkers Bottom that the faid Ferry will be very convenient to the Inhabitants beyond the New River, and to all Perfons concerned in trading with the Cherokees from this Colony. Alfo a Petition of William Tyler, fetting forth, by an Adl of Affembly made in the 33** Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George II, a publick Ferry was appointed to be kept by the faid Tyler, from his Landing, in the Coimty of Weftmoreland, over

Petition of William Ingles, praying that a Ferry

;

Potowmack, to Cedar Point, in the Province of Maryland, at the Rates in the faid Adl mentioned; that the Petitioner hath ever fince fupported the faid Ferry at a great Expenfe

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Expenfe, but finds it impradlicable to continue it any longer at the low Rates allowed by the aid Adl and praying the Confideration of this Houfe. Alfo a Petitton of Johit Bailey, Guardian of Jeremiah Garland Bailey, Son and Heir of Stephen Bailey, deceafed, and fundry Inhabitants of the County of Weftmoreland, fetting forth that the Ground whereon Yeocomico Warehoufes now ftand being originally one Acre, the Property of the faid Infant, is now by the wafhing of the Shore fo reduced that there fcarcely remains Room enough to place new Houfes, which are immediately wanting, as the old ones are entirely gone to Decay, and by the faid wafhing of the Land the Water is become fhallow, and the Landing thereby greatly injured; and praying that an Ad; may pafs to enable the faid Bailey to build new Warehoufes at a Place called the New Landing, which is the Property of the faid Infant were feverally prefented
; ;

Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
to the

report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

Petition of

John Gatewood and

others. Legatees, claiming

1

under the Will of John

Gatewood, deceafed, fetting forth that in /awztary

to the faid Legatees,

761 Tom, a Negro

Man

Slave belonging
the Fadl,

was apprehended and committed

to the Gaol of the faid County,

with another Negro for Burglar}':

On

the Trial the other Fellow confeffed

and faid Tom was with him aiding and affifting, he was condemned and fuffered Death but Tom artfully denied the Whole, and there being no ftifficient Proof againft him, efcaped with only corporal Punifhment, but by the Inclemency of the Weather while in Prifon was fo froft bitten, notwithftanding all poffible Care was taken of him, that his Legs were cut ofT, and he in a fhort Time after died and praying the Confideration of the Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe, and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
;

their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

Several Claims of John Coombes, Robert Long, Benjamin Burchen, Charles Harris, William Hammond, James Breedlove, Tandy Dix, William. Wright, Benjamin Collier, William Perkinfon, William Bates and Samuel Faucet, for taking up Runaways therein mentioned. Alfo a Claim of John Hickie, for Provifions found by him for Capt. Wade's Company and feveral Indians, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received, and refeiTed to the Confideration of the

Committee of Claims. That the Confideration of the Govemour's Speech be put off And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11 "'clock.
Ordered,

until

Monday.

Jrviba^,

i\)<L

5tl)

of !^ovember,

(5eo.

III.

1762.

A
M""

Petition of

in Augufta, inftead of the

John Buchanan, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed on his Land Land of William Ingles, was prefented to the Houfe,

and

read.

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. Two Claims of John James, for taking up Rtmaways therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Com-

mittee of Claims.

whom the Petition of William Talbot was have examined into the Allegations thereof, and find them to be true, and have come to the following Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows
Pendleton reported that the Perfons to
referred

Refolved

72

Refolved,

That the

faid

Publick, in Confideration of the

William Talbot ought to be paid the Stun of 60 by the Wounds he received in the Service of this Colony, and

the Hardfhips he endured in his Captivity. Ordered, That it he an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Claims to

make an Allowance to the faid Talbot in the Book of Claims, purfuant to the faid Refolution. M"' Attorney reported that the Committee had, according to Order, waited on the Govemour to know his Pleafure when this Houfe fhould attend him with their Addrefs and that he was pleafed to appoint this Day; and to fay he would fignify by a Meffage
to the

Houfe when he was ready to receive it. M'' Edmund Pendleton, from the Committee of Courts of Juftices, reported that the faid Committee had, according to Order, infpedled the Journals of the y**" Seffion of the laft General Affembly, and the i^S z'' and 3"*, Seffions of this prefent General Affembly; and have prepared, and drawn up, a State of the Matters then depending and undetermined, and the Progreis that was made therein; and had agreed on a Report, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again read, and is as follows: That a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Hampfhire, praying that an Adl may be paffed for eftablifhing a Town on the Land of the Right Honourable the Lord Fairfax, in that County, called Tucker's Plantation, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. That it appears to this Committee that the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Coimties of James and Charles City, praying that the Warehoufes for the Infpedlion of Tobacco at Hog Neck may be difcontinued, being very inconvenient to Navigation, and that new Warehoufes in the Stead thereof may be eftablifhed at Barrett's Ferry on the Mouth of Chickahomony River. Alfo a Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of James City County, in Opposition theretoAlfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of James City and Snrry, and other Places on James River, praying that publick Warehoufes for the Infpedlion of Tobacco may be eftablifhed at James Town, on the Land of John Ambler, Efq; as a Place very convenient to the Planter and Shipper, and particularly in Cafe of relanding Tobacco after Infpe(5lion and fhipping, which frequently happens there. Alfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Accomack, in the County of
Accomack, praying that the faid Parifli may be divided. Alfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, in Oppofition thereto. Alfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Frederick, in the County of Frederick, praying that the faid Parifh may be divided. Alfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the lower End of St. Mary's Parifh, in the County of Caroline, praying that part of the faid Parifh may be added to the Parifh of
St. David's, in

the County of

King William.

Alfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the faid Parifh of St. David's, to the same Purpofe. Alfo a Petition of ftmdry Inhabitants of the Cotmty of King and Queen, praying that a Town may be eftablifhed at Todd's Warehoufes, in the faid Coimty, were referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to examine into the Allegations thereof and report the fame, with their Opinions thereon that the faid Committee reported,
;

and which was agreed to by the Houfe, that the

faid Petition ought to

be referred to

the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. That a Petition of fundrv Inhabitants of the Counties of Amherft and Buckingham, fetting forth that before their Divifion from the Coimty of Albemarle, a complete Set of Weights and Meafures of the Englifh Standard had been purchafed for the Ufe of the

Cotmty, of which they paid their proportionable Part; and praying that the Inhabitants of the faid County of Albemarle may be obliged to reimburfe them, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. That a Petition of fundry Merchants on Rappahannock River, complaining that they are greatly impofed on by a Sort of Men called Pilots, who exadl exorbitant Fees and praying
;

[73]
praying that a late Adl of Affembly fome time ago, may be revived.
for eftiiblifhing the

Rates of Pilotage, which expired

Alfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of St. Anne, in the County of Albemarle, fetting forth that before the Lines were run for dividing the faid County purfuant to a late A(5l of Affembly, and without any Notice given, the Sheriff of the faid

Cotmty affembled a few of

there;

his Neighbors to

elecfl

ingly they elecfted a Veftry, feveral of

and praying that the faid were prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. That a Petition of M'' James Wallace, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M"' William Wager to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Elizabeth City. Alfo a Petition of M'' John Leigh, complaining of an imdue Eledlion and Return of M'' Peter Le Grand to ferv-e as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County
of Prince

whom were neither Veftry may be diffolved,

a Veftry for the faid Parifh, and accordFreeholders or Houfekcepers

Edward.

Alfo a Petition of M"' John Clack, complaining of an imdue Eledlion and Return of M' Isaac Row Walton to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Brunfwick. Alfo a Petition of M'' Henry Peyton, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return John Baylis and M'' Henry Lee to ferve as Burgeffes in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Prince William were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read
of M''
;

and referred to the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, to examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe: That the faid Committee reported they had had imder their Confideration the Petition of the faid M"" Wallace to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon, which were read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: That the Perfons who voted at the faid Eledlion, whofe Freeholds are queftioned either by the Petitioner or fitting Member be examined on Oath before John Tabb, Cary Seldon, Charles Jennings, George Wray, James Balfour, Jacob Wray and David Wilfon Curl, of the faid Coimty of Elizabeth City, Gentlemen, or any 3 of them, whether they be Freeholders or not, except fuch of them
as did fwear to their Freeholds at the Eledlion.

That the Petitioner and fitting Member be at Liberty to examine Witneffes before the fame Perfons as to the Freeholds or other Qualifications of any Perfon who voted at the faid Eledlion, or fhall fwear to the fame at the Examination and that it be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons before whom fuch Examinations are to be taken to examine
;

how

long fuch Voters have been in Poffeffion

in

of,

and paid Quitrents

for,

the Lands or

Right of which they voted at the Eledlion, and that they return the Depofitions they fhall take to the next Seffion of Affembly. That the Petitioner give the fitting Member 10 Days Notice of the time and Place when and where he intends to examine his Witneffes, aKo a Lift in Writing of the Names of the Voters he intends to except to, diftinguifhing againft each Name the feveral Heads of Exception, and that the fitting Member do the like to the Petitioner. That as well the Petitioner as the fitting Member be at liberty to examine Witneffes before the fame Perfons as to the Sheriff's Agreement to defer clofing the Poll by the Confent of the Candidates, and afterwards to poftpone it imtil Svmfetting, and as to his being informed before he clofed the Poll that 2 Freeholders were on their Way to the Courthoiife, and the Diftance they were from the Courthoiife when the Poll was clofed, and

Tenements

Time when the Poll was clofed and aKo to examine the Reverend M'' Warringand the 2 Freeholders above mentioned, and any other Witneffes, on Oath, as to their Intentions and Declarations to vote for any and which of the Candidates and that
as to the
ton,
; ;

the further Confideration of the faid Petition fhould be referred to the next Seffion of affembly.

The
;

faid Committee alfo reported that they

Petition of the faid M"' Leigh to

them
to

referred,

had had tmder their Confideration the and had come to feveral Refolutions thereThat

on which were

read,

and agreed

by

the Hovtfe, as follows

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That the Perfons who voted at the faid Eledlion, whofe Freeholds are queftioned by the Petitioner or fitting Member, be examined on Oath before John Nafh the Thomas Scott, John Morton, Henry Watkins and Abner Nafh, of the faid County of elder, Prince Edward, Gentlemen or any 3 of them, whether they be Freeholders or not, except fuch of them as did fwear to their Freeholds at the Eledlion. That the Petitioner and fitting Member be at Liberty to examine Witneffes before Perfons as to the Freehold of any Perfon who voted at the faid Eledlion, or fame the fhall fwear to the fame at the Examination and that it be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons before whom fuch Examinations are taken to examine how long fuch Voters have been in Poffeffion of, and paid Quitrents for, the Lands or Tenements in the Right of which they voted at the Eledlion and that they return the Depofitions they fhall take
either
;

to the next Seffion of Affembly.

Place
eral

That the Petitioner give to the fitting Member 10 Days Notice when and where he intends to examine his Witneffes, alfo a Lift
of Exception
;

of the
in

Time and
the fev-

Writing of the

Names

of the Voters he intends to except to, diftinguifhing againft each

Name

Heads

that the fitting

Member do

the like to the Petitioner, and that

the further Confideration of the faid Petition fhould be referred to the next Seffion of

Affembly.

had had under their Confideration the Petition of the faid M"' Clack, to them referred; and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon, which were read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows That the Perfons who voted at the faid Eledlion, whofe Freeholds are queftioned either by the Petitioner or fitting Member, be examined on Oath before John Willis, Nathaniel Edwards, Nicholas Edmunds, Drury Stith and John Maclin, of the County of Brunfwick, Gentlemen, or any three of them, whether they be Freeholders or not, except fuch of them as did fwear to their Freeholds at the faid Eledlion That the Petitioner and fitting Member be at Liberty to examine Witneffes before the fame Perfons, as to the Freehold of any Perfon who voted at the faid Eledlion, although fuch Perfons fwore to their Freeholds at the Eledlion, or fhall fwear to them at the Examination and that it be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons before whom fuch Examinations are taken to examine how long fuch Voters have been in Poffeffion of, and paid Quitrents for, the Lands or Tenements in Right of which they voted at the Eledlion and that they return the

The

faid Committee alio reported that they

Time and Place Writing Witneffes, alfo a Lift in of the Names examine his intends to he where when and each Name diftinguifhing againft the feveral Heads of the Voters he intends to except to, of Exception that the fitting Member do the Hke to the Petitioner, and that the further Confideration of the faid Petition fhould be referred to the next Seffion of Affembly. And the faid Committee aKo reported that they had had imder their Confideration the Petition of the faid M"' Peyton to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon, which were read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: That the faid Petition be examined into before the Committee of the next Seffion That the Petitioner do fome Time before the next Seffion of Affembly Affembly: of
;

Depofitions they fhall take to the next Seffion of Affembly. That the Petitioner give to the fitting Member 10 Days Notice of the

give to the fitting

a Lift in Writing of the Names of the Voters he intends to except to, diftinguifhing againft each Name the feveral Heads of Exception that the fitting Member do the like to the Petitioner, and that the further Confideration of the

Member

be referred to the next Seffion of Affembly. of M'' William Peachey, fetting forth that he entered into the SerMemorial That a vice of this Colony as an Officer in the Regiment in September 1755, and continued in the Service tmtil February 1760, during which Time, and efpecially the 2 laft Years, he fpent a great deal more Money than the whole Amount of his Pay, which was not fufficient to fupport him in the Rank of the Commif fion he bore and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Hotife and read, and referred to the Confaid Petition fhould
;

fideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

That

[75]
That the Houfe being informed that Howfon Hooe, Gentleman, Sheriff, and Levin Sub Sheriff, of the County of Prince William, did, in the Execution of their faid Office, at the late Eledlion of Burgeffes for the faid County, behave in moft Inftances of their Condudl, throughout the whole Eledtion, illegally and tinjuftly, contrary to the Tnift repofed in them, and a(5led with the greateft Partiality in taking the Poll the faid Information was referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, to examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe and that no Report has been made thereon. Alfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Truro, in the County of Fairfax, in Oppofition to a Petition for dividing the faid Parifli, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. That a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the upper Part of the County of King and Queen, praying that the faid County may be divided, and Part thereof added to the County of Caroline, by certain Lines therein particularly expreffed. Alfo a Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Coxmty of Effex, praying that an Adl may pafs for eftablifhing a Town on the Land of Thmnas Ley, near Leyton's Warehoufe, in the faid County; were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the
Powell,
; ;

Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

That the feveral Claims of William Tomlinfon, Benjamin Clark, John Ptdliam, Thomas Lane, AbelStears, William Simp fon, John Chiles, James Swain, Michael Thomas, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Thomas Chew, William Ball, John Mallory, Levin Powell, Affignee of William Atterbury, Richard Oglefhy, John Gladdin, Nathaniel Crawley, Charles Reeves, William Symmonds, Jofeph Warwick, Samuel Meredith, Humphrey Burdett, Martin Vatighan, John Miller, Jimior, Jofias Plunket, Thomas Smith, Ambrofe Bullard, Samuel Allen, Thomas Lloyd, Charles Burton, Jeffe Burton, Almorene Bryan, Conftantine Rock, Daniel Coleman, Zachariah Taylor, Thomas Toombs, William Hicks Rogers, William Hicks, Henry Collier, Thomas May, John Pride, Richard Jones, William Pegram, Thomas Monday, Ambrofe Greenhill, William Keeling, John Vance, John Camp, Executor of George Camp, and John Coles, for taking up Runaways, and for fundry publick Services, were prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

appears to this Committee that all fuch Propofitions and Claims as were certified to the 3 laft Seffions of Affembly were referred to the Confideration of this prefent General-Affembly. Ordered, That the Petition of James Wallace, complaining of an undue Election and Return of M'' William Wager to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for
It alfo

the County of Elizabeth City; aKo the Petition of M'' John Leigh, complaining of an tindue Eledlion and Return of M'' Peter Legrand to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General-

Affembly for the County of Prince Edward; alfo the Petition of M"" John Clack, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M^Ifaac Row Walton to serve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Brunfwick ; and the Petition of M'' Henry Peyton complaining of an undue Election and Return of M'' Henry Lee to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Prince William; feverally mentioned in the faid Report, be referred to the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions That all publick Claims referred from the feveral Seffions of Affembly, in the faid Report expreffed, to the Confideration of this Seffion of Affembly alfo the Petition of M"' William Peachey, therein fet forth be referred to the Committee of Claims. That the Petition of fundry Merchants on Rappahannock River, praying that a late Adl of Affembly for eftablifhing the Rates of Pilotage, which expired fome Time ago, alfo mentioned in the faid Report, be referred to the Committee of Trade and that the feveral Propofitions therein mentioned, referred to the Confideration of this Seffion of Affembly, be referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Southampton, fetting forth that it will be very convenient for great Part of the Inhabitants of the faid County, Nanfe, ;

mond

76]
Number
of the Inhabitants of

mond and
lina,

I fie of Wight, as well as to a great

if

North Caro-

a Bridge was erected over Nottoway River, at Colonel Landing; and praying that an A6t may pafs for that Purpofe. Jeffe Brown's Alfo a Petition of the Infpe(5lors of Conftance Warehoufe, in the County of Nantrading to this Colony,

femond, fetting forth that at the firft Eftablifhment of that Infpedtion their Salaries were fettled at ;30 per Annum, fince which Time their Bufmefs is greatly increafed; and praying the Hoiofe to make them fuch Satiffa(5lion as fhall feem reafonable. Alfo a Petition of the Infpedlors at Blandford Warehoufe, in the Cotinty of Prince George, fetting forth that their prefent Salary is not fufhcient to enable them to perform the Duty of their Office and praying fuch further Allowance may be made them as to
;

appear reafonable. Alfo a Petition of Thomas Wood, fetting forth that he lately contradted with the Veftry of St. Patrick's Parifh, in the County of Prince Edward, to build a Church for the faid Parifh, and had carried on the Building to a confiderable Amount, when by Accident it was burnt down, and totally deftroyed, which has reduced the Petitioner to great Diftrefs that the Veftry would very willingly relieve him, by making his Lofs a parochial Charge, were they empowered fo to do and prayng that an A<5t may pafs for that
this

Houfe

fhall

Purpofe.

and fundry Inhabitants, of the Town praying that an Adt may pafs to enlarge the Bovmds of the faid Town.
That a
Petition of the Truftees,

of Alexandria,

Alfo a Petition of the Infpe(5lors at Colonel Robert Boiling's Warehoufe, in the County fetting forth that the Quantity of Tobacco brought to the faid Warehoufe Dinwiddie, of and praying that is of late greatly increafed, and their Trouble of Courfe augmented
;

their Salaries

may be

enlarged.

Alfo a Petition of the Proprietors and Inhabitants of the Town of Blandford, in the County of Prince George, fetting forth that the faid Town fince its Eftablifhment, hath been confiderably improved, and would more and more improve, and the Trade thereof be greatly increafed, if Truftees were appointed for diredling and regulating the faid Town; the Proprietors obliged to build on their Lots, and the Inhabitants pre-

vented from railing and keeping Hogs at large within the Limits of the faid Town and praying that an Adt may pafs for that Purpofe, were feverally prefented to the Houfe,
;

and

read.

That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee of Propofitions and they examine into the Allegations thereof refpedlively and report the that Grievances fame, with their Opinions thereon to the Houfe. A Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by M"" Walthoe.
Ordered,
;

M''

Speaker,
the

am commanded by

Govemour

to

acquaint this Houfe that his

Honour is now ready

to receive their Addrefs in the Council Chamber.

Accordingly M"' Speaker, with the Hotife, went up; and being returned, reported that he, with the Houfe, had attended the Govemour in the Council Chamber, and prefented the Addrefs of this Hotife to him, to which he was pleafed to anfwer
M''

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

Expreffioirs of Loyalty

and Fidelity to his Majefty give me the greateft Satifhearty Thanks; and I make no Doubt but your Affurmy you return which I fadion, for ances that your futtire Adions fhall be influenced by thefe Motives will be produdive of frefh Proofs of that Zeal in his Service for which your former Condud has obtained fo much Reputation and Honour.

Your

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning

1 1

"'Clock.

77]

5atur6a?,

tl)e 6tl)

of

November, 3

(Beo,

III.

1762.

A
A

New A [ember having taken the Oaths appointed to be

inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance

the Oath of

taken by Adl of Parliament, and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed Abjuration, and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted to his Place

in the Hoiife.
M'' London Carter be added to the Committee of Privileges and Elecand Grievances, and Courts of Jtiftice M'' Parramore and M"' Thomas John foil to the Committee of Claims M"' N elfon to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances M'' Henry Lee to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, and Courts of Juftice and M"' Btirwell to the Committee of Privileges and Ele(5lions. Several Claims of Gibb Chavis, Henry Batte, Jim. Thomas Harrifon, Robert Reeves and Ifaac Anderfon, for taking up Runaways therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Committee of Claims.

Ordered,

That

tions, Propofitions

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of Elizabeth City County, in Oppofition to a Peti-

Back River, at the Place in the faid Petition mentioned and praying that the faid Petition be rejedled, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report
tion for building a Bridge over
;

the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. A Petition of Robert Hunnicutt, of the County of Prince George, fetting forth that a Slave belonging to the Petitioner having committed a Murder was outlawed, and after-

wards

killed

by the

Nottozvay Indians

and praying to be allowed

for the faid SlaA-e,

was

prefented to the Houfe and read.

Ordered,

Claims

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report their Opinions there-

on to the Houfe. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For the more effedtual keeping the pubHc Roads and Bridges in Repair and it is referred to M'' Bland and M' Landon Carter to prepare and bring in the fame. A Claim of John Williams, for taking up a Runaway therein mentioned. Alfo fundry Accounts from divers Perfons of the County of Bedford, for Provifions fumifhed the Militia drawn out into adtual Service, and for other Pttfpofes therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the Hotife and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. A Petition of James Callaway, of the County of Bedford, fetting forth that in the Year 1758 a Party of Cherokee Indians, on their Return Home from Winchefter, came into his Houfe, and forcibly took from thence a Rifle G\m, of the Value of 4, together with a Shot Bag, Powder Horn and a SnafBe Bridle, to the Value of 7 6s. and hath never received any Satiffadlion for the fame and praying the Houfe to take his Cafe into Confideration, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report their Opinion
;
.

thereon to the Houfe.

A Petition of Nicholas Davis, of the County of Bedford, praying that a Ferrj^ may be eftablifhed acrofs the Fluvannah River, from the Petitioner's Land, near the Mouth of Tuckahoe Creek, in the County of Bedford, to his Land on the Oppofite Shore, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations of the faid Petition, and report their Opinion thereon to the Hotife.
Ordered

78]
and Grievances be difcharged from

Ordered,

That the Committee

of Propofitions

proceeding any further in their Inquiry into the feveral Infpedlors Petitions for Increafe
of their Salaries,

and the Petitions do lie on the Table. Three Petitions of fundry Inhabitants of the Cotmties of Chefterfield, Dinwiddie, Amelia and Cumberland, fetting forth that they have laboured under the greateft Hardfhips from the Scarcity of Grift Mills, tm til they were relieved by the few lately built on the main Stream of Appomattox River; and as the late Adl of Affembly concerning Mill Dams, &c. has a Tendency to deprive the Petitioners the Advantage attending the Situation of the faid Mills, by obliging the Owners to cut their Dams, fo that in dry Weather they will be ufelefs, and deterring others from building Mills thereon, that no Fifh can be caught in the faid River but by Slopes or Mill Dams and fhould they be deftroyed, no Benefit can be obtained from the few Fifh in the faid River and praying that every Perfon keeping a Mill Dam, or Slope, may keep a Lock, to facilitate the Navigation of the faid River, allowing the Proprietors of the fame to take fuch Toll from loaded Canoes as may repay the Expenfes thereof, and that the former law may be repealed, was pre; ;

fented to the Houfe and read.

Ordered,
of Propofitions

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee and Grievances that they examine the Allegations thereof refpedlively,
;

and report

their Opinion thereon to the Houfe.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Monday Morning

1 1

"'Clock.

ytionba'2,

tl)e Stl)

of November,

<Beo.

III.

1762.

ORDERED, That
tions,

M'' Woodbridge be added to the Committee of Privileges and Elecand Propofitions and Grievances. Several Claims of Peter Harwood, William Rankins and Henry Williams for taking up Runaways therein mentioned. Alfo fundry Accounts of William Ramfay, for Provifions fvunifhed the Militia drawn out into adlual Service; were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. A Petition of Jofeph Stewart and Michael Robin fon, Infpedlors at Royfton's Warehoufe, in the Town of Frederickfbiirg, praying that their Salaries may be augmented, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and ordered to lie on the Table. A Petition of Chriftopher Law fmi, of the County of Richmond, praying to be allowed for a Slave who was outlawed and killed, was prefented to the Hotife and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with

their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

On

made to his Honoiu" the Govemour that the Guard appointed for the Magazine in the City of Williamfburg be difcontinued, it being at this Time, in the Opinion of this Houfe, an unneceffary Expenfe to the Coimtry and that M"" Bland do wait on him with the faid Addrefs. Sundry Accounts from divers Perfons of the Counties of Augufta and Lancafter, for Provifions fumifhed the Militia drawn out into adlual Service, were feverally prefented
Ordered,
;

a Motion made, That an Addrefs be

to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For regulating the Fees and Charges
of Perfons practifing in Phyfick, Surgery and Midwifery, in this Colony; and it is referred to M"' Landon Carter and M'' Richard Henry Lee, to prepare and bring in the fame.

On

a Motion made.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For fettling the Boimds between the Parifhes of Martin Brandon and Briftol, in the County of Prince George; and it is referred to M' Bland to prepare and bring in the fame.
Ordered,
M*-

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M"" Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration feveral Propofitions and Petitions from feveral Counties to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and are as follow Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of William Ingles, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed from his Land over the New River, in the County of Aiigufta, near the Dtmkers Bottom, to the oppofite Shore is reafonable. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that fo much of the Petition of John Buchanan in Oppofition thereto, and praying that a Ferrs' may be eftablifhed from his Land over the faid River, about one Mile and a Half higher up than the Land of the

faid Ingles, in the faid County, be rejedled.

That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Refidue of the Petition of the faid Johi Buchanan, praying that Ferries may be eftablifhed over the faid River, as well from his own Land as the Land of the faid William Ingles, and that they may both be obliged to clear and keep in Repair the Roads leading thereto refpedlively, at
Refolved,
their

own Expenfe, be

rejedled.

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of Thomas Wood praying that an Ad; may pafs to empower the Veftry of the Parifh of St. Patrick, in the County of Prince Edward, to levy Money on the Parifhioners of the faid Parifh, to make

him Satiffadlion for the Expenfes he has been at in building a Church, which was burnt down before it was finifhed, is reafonable. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Coimties of Southampton, Nanfemond and I fie of Wight, praying that an Adl may pafs to appoint and empower Truftees to take and receive Subfcriptions for building a Bridge from the Land of Jeffe Brown, in the County of Southampton, over
Nottoway River,
Refolved,
is

reafonable.

it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of John Bailey, Guardian of Jeremiah Garland Bailey, Son and Heir of Stephen Bailey, deceafed, and other Freeholders and Hoiofekeepers in the County of Weftmoreland, praying that an Aft may pafs for removing the publick Warehotifes on Yeocomico River, from the Place where they now ftand, to a Place called the New Landing, on the faid River is reafonable. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of fvmdrj' Inhabitants of the Cotmty of Hampfhire, praying that an Adl may pafs for eftablifliing a Town on the Land of the Right Hon. the Lord Fairfax, at a Place called Tucker's Plantation, in the faid Cotmty, is reafonable. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Effex, praying that an Adl may pafs for eftablifhing a Town on the Land of Thomas Leigh, an Infant, near Layton's Warehoiofe, in the faid County, be rejedted. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Memorial of Colonel William Peachey, praying that he may be allowed fome Compenfation for the Expenfes of keeping a Table while he had the Command of the Frontier Battalion, in the Service of this Colony, is reafonable; and that he ought to be allowed the Sum of ;35o, as a

That

Satiffadtion for his faid Expenfes.

Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that fo

much

of the Petition of

fundry Inhabitants of the Covinties of A^ew Kent and Charles City, praying that the Adl of Affembly, entitled. An Ad' concerning Strays, may be amended, is reafonable. The fix firft Refolutions being read a fecond Time, and the Queftion feverally put
that the Houfe agree thereto, Refolved in the Affirmative.

The

five laft

Refolutions being aKo read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that

the Houfe agree thereto, It paffed in the Negative.

Ordered,

That the fame be recommitted to the

faid

Committee
Ordered

Hening, VI,

p. 133.

[8o]
in a purfuant to the and Refolutions. Ordered, That the Confideration of the Governor's Speech be put of until Tomorrow. A Petition of John Carlyle, fetting forth that Robert Dinwiddie, Efq late Govemour of this Colony, by Commiffion under the Seal of the Colony, bearing the Date the 27*^ Day of January, 1754, appointed the Petitioner Commiffary of Provifions and Stores for an Expedition then intended to the River Ohio, with full Power and Authority to appoint fuch and fo many Deputies to be aiding and affifting, for the more expeditious tranfporting the faid Provifions and Stores to the aforefaid Fort, as fhould be found expedient for the Service That he took on him the faid Office of Commiffary, and appointed one William Cox of Winchefter one his Deputies that the faid Cox ferved as fuch

Ordered,

That

it

be an

Inftru(5lion to the faid

Committee to prepare and bring

Bill or Bills

i", 4"^, 5"*

6'^,

until his ordinary

Wages amounted

to ;^35, which the Petitioner

hoped would have been

;

paid him by the Committee appointed to fettle and adjioft fuch Claims but by fome Means or other the Payment was negledled, and the faid Cox hath fmce brought Suit in the General Court, and recovered a Judgment againft him for the faid 35, and Cofts

amounting to 470 lbs. of Tobacco, and 505. and praying the Confideration of the Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. M' Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledtions, reported that the Comm,ittee had had under their Confideration the Petition of M'' Henry Peyton, to them referred, complaining of an undue Eleftion and Return of M'' John Baylis and M'' Henry Lee to ferve' as Burgeffes in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Prince
of Suit,
;

William; and had come to the following Refolution thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Matter of the faid Petition be examined into before the Committee on Tuefday the 30''' Inftant, and that in the mean Time as well the Petitioner as the fitting Member, be at Liberty to examine and take the Depofitions of fuch of their Witneffes refpe(5tively as are fick, infirm, or imable to travel, giving each other reafonable Notice of the Time and Place appointed for taking
the fame.

Bland alfo reported that the faid Committee had had imder their Confideration the Complaint againft Howfon Hooe, Sheriff, and Levin Powell, Sub Sheriff, of the faid County of Prince William, for Mal-Pradlices in the Execution of their Offices at the Election of Burgeffes for the faid County of Prince William, and had come to a Refolution
M''

thereon.
Refolved, That the Matter of the faid Information be heard before the Committee on Tuefday the 30''' Inftant. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11 "'Clock.

Buesda]?.

tl)e 9tl)

of November. 3 (Beo. Ill 1762.

Claim of Martin Harding, of the County of Fauquier, for Provifions fumifhed fundry tributary Indians. Alfo 2 Accounts of James Gunn, for the fame Service. Alfo an Account of John Camp, Executor of George Camp, deceafed, for Provifions fumifhed by the Teftator for fimdry tributary Indians, by Order of his Honour the Govemour, were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and received. Ordered, That the faid Claim and Accoimts be referred to the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

Sundry

[8i

Sundry Claims of George Murrell and William Trotter, Hugh Mofs, Gerard Ellyfon, John Carter, Zachariah Allen, Edward Cary, William Harrifon and Mofes Dorden, for taking up feveral Runaways therein mentioned, were prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. A Petition of Henry Williams, fetting forth that in the Year 1760 he enhfted (under recruiting Inftrucftions from his Honour the Govemour) 20 Men, to each of whom he advanced the Botmty of ,\o, allowed by Law; that 4 of the faid Recruits were refufed, for whom the Paymafter hath refufed to reimburfe the Botmty, and the Charges attending the raifing and fubfifting the faid 4 Men and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
;

their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

A
may

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the

eftabliflied

be

Coimty of Amherft, praying that a Ferry over the Fluvannah River, from the Land of Cornelius Thomas, near

Mill Creek, on the North Side of the faid River, to the

oppofite Shore.
Ordered,
of Propofitions

Land

of Nicholas Davis,

on the

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and

report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

On

a Motion made.

Ordered,

ers of Veffels, taking in

That Leave be given to bring Tobacco or Freight

fail

in a Bill

in this Colony, to

To oblige all Captains or Commandmake Publication of the

;

Freight they fhall

at before their Loadings fhall be obtained

and

it is

referred to M""

London Carter to prepare

and bring

in the fame.

Keepers and Freeholders of the Town of York, fetfor regulating Ordinaries, and Reftraint of Tippling Honfes, as it now ftands, is becoming grievous and burthenfome, laying the Petitioners under a Neceffity either of affronting their beft Cuftomers, and thereby lofing their Bufinefs, or being in Danger of Ruin by the Lofs of their Debts, which they can neither hinder others from contradting with them, nor afterwards receive by a due Cotufe of Law and praying that the faid Adl may be amended, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they do examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. Simdry Accounts for Provifions and other Neceffaries fumifhed the Forces in the Service of this Colony, and for tributary Indians, in their marching through the Coimtry, were prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee
Petition of feveral Ordinary

ting forth that the A(5t, entitled,

An Ad

'

of Claims.

be allowed for a Horfe fhot by the Cherokee Indians in the Year 1759, on their March down to Fort Cumberland, valued at
"],

Petition of Urfilla Rogers, praying fhe

may

of

was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Claims that they do examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
;

their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

Petition of Robert

M'Coun,

late a Soldier in the Virginia

Regiment, praying an

Allowance

may be made him

for the Lofs of his

Arm,

in the Service of this Colony,

was

prefented to the Houfe and read.

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of M'' Cary and M'' Fleming; that they do examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Ordered,
their Opinions thereon, to the Hovife.
M'' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had tmder their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions from

feveral

Hening, VII,

p. 595.

[82
feveral Counties, to
;

them referred and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice
and are as follows Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the County of Effex, praying that an A<5t may pafs for eftablifhing a Town on the Land of Thomas Lee, an Infant, near Layton's Warehoufe, in the faid County, be
read,
reje6ted.

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of the Committee that fo much of the Petition of fimdry Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Counties of Chefterfield, Dinwiddie, Amelia and Cumberland, praying that every Perfon keeping a Mill Dam or Slope on the River Appomattox may be obhged to keep a Lock therein, to facilitate the Navigation of the faid River and that the Adl of Affembly made in the firft Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, entitled. An Ad' to oblige the Owners of Mills, Hedges, or Stone Stops, to make Openings or Slopes therein, for the Paffage of Fifh, may be repealed, be rejedled. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Refidue of the faid Petition, praying fuch other Relief as may be moft for the Advantage of the Publick, and their Eafe, is reafonable; and that the faid Adt, entitled, An Ad' to oblige the Owners of Mills, Hedges, or Stone Stops, on fundry Rivers therein mentioned, to make Openings or Slopes therein, for the Paffage of Fifh, ought to be amended. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that fo much of the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of New Kent and Charles City, praying that the Adt of Affembly, entitled, An Ad^ concerning Strays, be amended, is reafonable. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Accomack, praying that the faid Parifh may be divided, by a Line to be run acrofs the Middle of the Covmties, from Sea to Bay, is reafonable. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of fundry other Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, in Oppofition thereto, be rejedled. M'' Attorney aKo reported that the faid Committee had had under their further Confideration the Memorial of Colonel William Peachey, to them recommitted, reprefenting That he had been engaged in a military Life, in the Service of this Country, from September in the Year 1755, which was foon after the tmhappy Defeat of General Sraddock; from which Time, imtil February 1760, he faithfully ferved, for the Truth of which he appeals to his Commanding Officers And that it was not his Fault that he did not continue in the Service, having offered his Service as foon as he imderftood that 700 Men were to be raifed for the Cherokee Expedition but being told there would be no Vacancy above a Captaincy, he could not accept of fuch a Commiffion, having ferved in a much
;

higher Rank. That during the Time he was in the Service his Affairs fuffered much at home, either through Negligence or Mifmanagement. That the Nature of the Service in which he was generally engaged, efpecially the 2 laft Years, was fuch as made it impoffible for him to fubfift on his Pay, and appear in the

Rank he bore.
That
of his faid Service

Time

for his following Ref olution thereon

was confiderably impaired, and he fuffered great Loffes, dixringthe and praying fuch Reparation of his Loffes, and Compenfation extraordinary Expenfes, as may be thought reafonable and have come to the
his Eftate
; ;

as

That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid William Peachey the Stmi of 350, for extraordinary Services and Expenfes. allowed ought to be The fix firft Refolutions being read a fecond Time, and the Queftion feverally put that the Hotife agree thereto,
Refolved,

Refolved in the Affirmative.

The
"

Hening, VII,

p. 409.

J^id.,

VII, p. 409

'

Ibid.,

VI, p. 133.

[83]
The
laft

Refolution, refpedling Colonel William Peachey's Allowancce being alfo

read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that the Houfe agree thereto, It paffed in the Negative.

On

Refolved,

a Motion made, That the faid Colonel William Peachey be allowed

Year's Pay, in Concarry-

fideration of his paft Services.

Ordered,
it

That the

faid Refolve

be engroffed, and that

M"'

Landon Carter do

up

to the Council for their Concurrence.

Cary, from the Committee of publick Claims, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration the Petitions of Robert Hunnicutt and Chriftopher Lawfon, to them referred and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed
M*;

to

by

the Houfe, as follows

That the Allegations of the Petition of the faid Robert Hunnicutt are true, and that he ought to be allowed the Simi of 4$, for the Slave in his faid Petition menRefolved,

tioned.
Refolved,
true,

That the Allegations of the Petition of the faid Chriftopher Lawfon are and that he ought to be allowed the Stmi of ;8o, for the Slave in his faid Petition

mentioned.
Ordered,

That

it

be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Claims to make the feveral

Allowances in the Book of Claims, agreeable to the faid Refolutions. A Petition of fvmdry Inhabitants of the Counties of Dinwiddie, Amelia, Brunfwick, Lunenburg and Halifax, praying that a new Infpedlion of Tobacco may be eftablifhed on the Land of Robert Boiling, Gentleman, between the Towns of Peterfburg and Blandford, which will have every poffible Advantage of a fine Situation, a good Road, and very convenient to a fafe Landing, and that an Adt may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented
to the
of

Houfe and read. That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
Ordered,

report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

The Order
Ordered,

of the

Day

being read for the Houfe to take into Confideration the Govoff until

emour's Speech.

And

then the

That the Confideration of the faid Speech be put Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 1 1

Tomorrow.

"'Clock.

W^bmsba^,

tl)e

lOtb of November, 3 (Beo. Ill 1762.

Member returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of ParHament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. Two Claims of James Tomlinfon and William Hunter, for taking up Runaways therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe and received, and ordered to be referred

Committee of Claims. Alfo an Account of Cary Seldon, for 4 Years Pay as a Lookout, was prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Accoimt be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their
to the
;

Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. On a Motion made, Ordered, That M"" Lee have Leave to withdraw his Petition, complaining of an imdue Eledlion and Return of M"- LeGrand, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Prince Edward; and that the Committee of Privileges and Elections be dif charged from proceeding any further on the faid Petition.

M'

84]

M'' Bland prefented to the Hoiife, according to Order, a Bill For the more effedlual keeping the pub lick Roads and Bridges in Repair; and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M"'
all

London Carter

alfo prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill

To

oblige

Captains or Commanders of Veffels, taking in Tobacco on Freight in this Colony, to make Publication of the Freight they fliall fail at before their Loadings fhall be obtained
firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. the Infpedlors Three at Rocky^ Ridge, John Boiling's and Ofhome's Warehoufes, praying that their Salaries may be increafed, was prefented to the Houfe

and the

faid Bill

was read the

Petitions of

and

read.

Ordered,

That the
of the

faid Petitions

do

lie

The Order

Day

being read for the

on the Table. Houfe to take into Confideration the Gov-

emour's Speech, Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech. Ordered, That the feveral Letters laid before the Houfe, by the Governour's Direction, be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech and Letters; and after fome Time fpent therein M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Speech and Letters tmder their Confideration, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon, which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the fame in his Place, and then delivered it in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: Refolved, That the Gold Coin of the Empire paffing in this Colony ought to be regulated. Refolved, That the AA of Affembly made in the 4'^ Year of the late Queen Anne, entitled, An Ad' declaring the Negro, Midatto and Indian Slaves, within this Dominion, to he real Eftate, which was afterwards explained by one other Adt, paffed in the i '' Year of the late King's Reign, entitled. An Ad' to explain and amend the Ad for declaring the Negro, Mulatto and Indian, Slaves, within this Dominion, to he real Eftate, oaght to be
repealed.
Refolved,

declaring
Eftates,

That the Adl, entituled. An Ad^ for the Diftrihution of Widows Rights to their deceafed Hufhands Eftates, and for That a
Bill or Bills

Inteftates Eftates,

fecuring Orphans

ought to be amended.

Ordered,
it is

referred to M"' Attorney, M'' Wythe,

in the fame.

be brought in purfuant to the faid Refolutions and 'W Bland and M"' Richard Henry Lee, to prepare
;

and bring
M''

Attorney aKo informed the Houfe that the Committee, not having
fit

Time

to go

through the Governour's Speech, had direded him to move for Leave to
Refolved,

again.

That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Tomorrow. Speech M'' Gary, from the Perfons to whom the Petition of Robert M'Coun was referred, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and fotmd the fame to be true, and have come to the following Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then deUvered it in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the
;

Houfe, as follows

That the faid Rohert M'Coun be allowed by the Publick the Sum of 10, and the further Sum of $ per Annum during Life, in ConfideraArm, and in Reward for his Services. of his Lofs tion of the Ordered, That M"' Wilfon and M'' Baffet be added to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, M'' Gray and M'' Baylis to the Committee of Claims, and M'' Baylor to the Committees of Privileges and Eledlions, and Propofitions and Grievances. A Claim of Adrian Anglin, for taking up a Rimaway therein mentioned. Alfo feveral Militia and Indian Accoimts, from the County of Buckingham, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the
Refolved,
for his prefent Relief,

Committee

of Claims.

And
"

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning

1 1

"'Clock.

Hening,

III, p. 333.

'

Ibid.,

IV, p. 222.

Ibid.,

IV, p. 222.

[85]
Bl)ur56ar.
tl)e

UtI) of

November. 3

(Beo.

III.

1762.

MR
by
for

Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration feveral Petitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to
;

the Houfe, as follows

Refolved, That the Petition of John Carlyle, Commiffary of Provifions and Stores an Expedition to the Ohio, to be reimburfed a Judgment and Cofts recovered againft him by William Cox, his Deputy, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Petition of Henry Williams is reafonable and that he ought to be allowed the Sum of ^?>. its. to reimburfe him the Bovinty Money and Subfiftence of 4 Recruits enlifted by him for the Cherokee Expedition, and delivered at the Place of Rendezvous, where they were refufed by the then Commanding Officer it appearing to this Committee the faid Recruits were agreeable to the faid Officer's recruiting
;

Inftrudlions.

Refolved,

Cherokee Indians,
faid Horfe.

That the Petition of Urfilla Rogers, to be allowed for a Horfe fhot by the is reafonable and that fhe ought to be allowed the Simi of 'j for the
;

Refolved, That the Petition of James Callaway, to be allowed for Goods ftolen from him by the Cherokee Indians, be rejedled. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Claims to make the feveral Allowances in the Book of Claims, purfuant to the 2"^ and 3^* Refolutions. M'' Benjamin Harrifon, from the Committee of Trade, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration the Petition of fundry Merchants on Rappahannock River, to them referred, complaining that they are greatly impofed on by Pilots exadling exorbitant Fees, and praying that an Adl may pafs for regulating the Rates of Pilotage, and had come to the following Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the
;

Houfe, as follows

That the faid Petition is reafonable. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the faid Refolution, and it is referred to the Committee of Trade to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of John Buchanan, praying to be allowed fome Compenfation for his Services in purchafmg Provifions in the Year 1759, by Order of Capt. Read, for a Niimber of Cherokee Indians then coming down to Augufta, having never received any Satiffadlion
Refolved,
for the fame.

for Provifions

Alfo feveral Claims of fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of Bedford and Amelia, and other Neceffaries fumifhed the Militia of the faid Counties, ordered out into adlual Service, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received.
Ordered,

That the

faid Petition

Committee

of Claims; that they

and Claims be referred to the Confideration of the examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the

fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee, to take into their further Confideration the Govemour's Speech.
Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will again refolve itfelf into the faid

Committee on Tuef-

day next.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning

11 "'Clock.

[86]
IFviba^, t^e I2tl) of !5tovember.

<Beo.

III.

1762.

Bland prefented to the Hoiife, according to Order, a Bill For fettling the Boiinds between the Pariflies of Martin's, Brandon and Briftol, in the County of Prince George; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Attorney, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe according to Order, a Bill To empower the Veftry of the Parifhes of St. Patrick, in the Cotmty of Prince Edward, to levy for Thomas Wood a reafonable Satiffadion for his Expenfes in building a Church there, which was burnt down before it was finifhed; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M"" Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Elections, reported that the Committee had had tmder their further Confideration the Petition of M'' James Wallace, complaining of an tmdue Eledtion and Return of M'' William Wager to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimty of Elizabeth City, and had fully heard as well the Petitioner as the fitting Member by his Counfel and had agreed on a Report,
;

MR

and come to feveral Refolutions thereon, as follow Your Committee beg Leave to inform the Houfe that
Parifh,

it

appears to them that Signe

who voted

for the fitting

Member

at the faid Elections,

on the

3"^

Day

of

May,

1759, held 25 Acres of Land in the faid Coimty, but had on that Day agreed to convey to Edward Parifh about 6 Acres thereof, for the Confideration of 40, and gave his Bond to the faid Edward Parifh, in the Penalty of 80, for that Purpofe, and put him in Poffef fion thereof and it was at the fame Time agreed between them that the faid Signe Parifh might take Poffeffion of the faid 6 Acres of Land, at any Time within 3 Years, on making good Title to the faid Edward of any other 6 Acres of the faid Land, or forfeiting the Penalty of his Bond whenever he oufted the faid Edward Parifh: That the faid Edward Parifh paid 10, Part of the faid 40, the Confideration Money, and lived in a Houfe on the faid Land 2 Years, and had been in Poffeffion near 3 Years before the faid Eledtion but that the faid Signe Parifh hath conftantly paid the Quitrents It aKo appears that the faid Signe Parifh hath fwom that he for the whole 25 Acres.
; ;

27

would not have taken the Oath prefcribed by Law at the Time of his giving his Vote at the faid Eledlion, giving his Reafon that as he had agreed to convey 6 Acres of the faid Land to the faid Edward Parifh, he was dubious whether he had a Right to vote, having received ; 10 of the Confideration Money as aforefaid, and allowed 3 Years for

Payment

of the Refidue.

Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Signe Parifh had

no Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Election. It alfo appears to your Committee that Samuel Dewberry, Father of Samuel Dewberry,

who voted for the fitting Member at the faid Eledlion, held a Tradl of Land in the faid County of Elizabeth City, in Right of his Wife, Mother of the faid Samuel the younger, on whom it was entailed, containing about 190 Acres; and that a few Years before the faid Eledtion, on the Marriage of the faid Samuel the younger, his faid Mother
Jimior,

being then dead, his Father made him a verbal Gift, and put him into Poffeffion of about 145 Acres, Part of the faid 190 Acres, on Condition that he would build on and improve the fame, which he had accordingly done, and has ever fmce paid Quitrents for the fame, and hath aKo leafed out a Tenement on Part of the faid Land, and received the Rents for the fame That the faid Samuel Dewberry the elder had no other Lands in the faid County, and that both he and his faid Son voted at the faid Eleftion in Right of their
;

refpe(5live

Parts of the faid 190 Acres. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Samuel Dewberry the yoimger had no Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledtion. It likewife appeared to your Committee that James Cunningham-, who voted for the fitting

Member

at the faid Eledtion, gave his Vote in Right of his Wife's

Dower

of

and

[87]
and in a certain undivided Tradl of Land, of which her former Hufband Bertrand Servant had died feized and poffeffed: That James Servant, Father of the faid Bertrand died
County, the Quantity whereof is unknown, which defcended to the faid Bertrand Servant, his Heir, who afterwards intermarried with Elizabeth, now the Wife of the faid James Cunningham; and in his Lifetime he fold 95 Acres, Part of the faid Lands, to Robert Brough; and loo Acres of her Part thereof, to Gary Seldon; and 40 Acres, of her Part of the fame Traft, to one John Bennet; and died feized of the Remainder, having by his Will ordered it to be fold by his Widow and
in the faid

inteftate, feized of a Tradl of

Land

and fhe having renoimced the Will, Adminiftrawas committed to the faid Robert Brough, who fold 48 Acres of the faid Land to one William Naylor, at two different Times, and the Remainder he refer\xd for the faid Widow's Dower, the faid Land not being then divided and that the faid Elizabeth, the Widow having afterwards intermarried with tlie James Cunningham, ever fmce hath lived, and ftill doth hve, in the Manfion Hoiofe on the faid remaining Part of the faid Land, but how many Acres that Remnant may contain is uncertain, though it appears that on an Inquiry made by the faid Robert Brough of the Surveyor of the faid County, what Number of Acres he thought was left, the Surveyor was of Opinion there were as many Acres left as had been laid off for the faid Naylor: It further appears that the Under Sheriff of the faid County being afked, fome fmaU Time before the Eledlion, how many Acres the faid Servant had paid Quitrents for, he anfwered 73, as appeared by the Rent-Roil; and it being thereon remarked by a By Stander that then there were but 23 Acres left for the Widow, the faid Robert Brough replied there were 25 remaining for her Dower, which for that Purpofe he had referved, and of which the faid Cunningham and his Wife were then poffeffed, though it alfo appears that the faid Robert Brough afterwards acknowledged that the faid Widow's Dower was never laid off, and that he judged of the Quantity by Guefs. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid James Cunningham had a good Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. It ftuther appeared to your Committee that David Davis, who alfo voted for the fitting Member at the faid Eledlion, was in Poffeffion of Part of a Lot which had been given him about fifteen Years before by his Brother William Davis, on Condition of his good Behaviour to him and his Family, with a Piece of Writing (but what it was, doth not appear) which the faid William Davis faid he only intended to fecure him if he complied with the faid Condition, but that he never had it recorded, giving for Reafon that the faid David had not complied with the faid Condition That the faid David had built a Hotife on the faid Groimd, which coft about SS' ^^'^ had been in Poffeffion thereof about 15 Years; but the faid William Davis fwears it was againft his exprefs Defire and Diredlions from 4 or 5 Years after Poffeffion, having frequently ordered him out, if he did not pay Rent for it It aKo appears to yoiir Committee that the faid David Davis was for fome Years before the faid Eledlion in Poffeffion of a Piece of a Lot in the faid Town, which was conveyed to him by one Thomas Cooper, adjoining the abovementioned Houfe and Lot he then lived on, whereon is a little Houfe 6 Feet by 4, not framed, but pofted in the Ground, having Rafters on one Side only, and covered in, but the Boards on the Sides of it are moftly torn off, and it is in a ruinous Condition It alfo appears that the faid David Davis had built a Shed to his Houfe, which flood on the Groimd he purchafed of the faid Cooper, which on the Day of the faid Eledlion was
Executrix, for
of his

Payment

Debts

tion of his Eftate, with his faid Will annexed,

in a ruinous Condition.

That it is the Opinion of this Committe that the laid David Davis had a vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. Right to good It aKo appeared to your Committee that William Skinner, who likewife voted for the fitting Member at the faid Eledlion, was in Poffeffion of a Half of a Lot in the faid Town; and that on the Saturday before the faid Eledlion he purchafed a fmall tight framed Houfe, of the Dimenfions of 10 feet by 8, and had the fame removed and placed on his faid Groimd, on Purpofe (as he acknowledged) to quaUfy him to vote at that Eledlion, and was to pay for it, whatever it fhould be valued to It further appears that
Refolved,
:

the

[88]
remains on the faid Ground, and is now tifed by one William Mitchell as a Stable, and that when he purchafed it he faid he intended to fettle and build on his faid Lot; and that as Ward (the Perfon of whom he had bought the faid Houfe) owed him fome Money, the Price of the Houfe fhould be difcoimted out of it on a Settlement and that when he bought it, he intended to make ufe of it as a Kitchen, Smoke Houfe, or fome other neceffary Houfe It alfo appears that the faid Ward and his Wife faid they expedled the Houfe would be returned them to fmoke their Meat in, and that the faid Skinner has, fmce the Eleftion, publickly faid he had lent the faid Ward 2 s. which he had repaid him, and that it was done vmder a Sham. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid William Skinner had a good Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. It further appears to your Committee that Thomas Payne, who likewife voted for the fitting Member at the faid Eledtion, was poffeffed of a Part of a Lot in the faid Town and that on the Saturday before the Ele(5lion he purchafed of one Mary Almond, for the Value of 10 s. a fmall Houfe, about 4 and Half Feet Pitch, 4 or 5 Feet long, and 2 or 2 and a Half Feet wide, floored or laid with Plank in the midft of its Height, to put MiUcpans, or other Things, on and that he had the fame removed in a Cart, with one Horfe, with the Affrftance of 7 or 8 Men, and placed on his faid Lot, on Purpofe (as he acknowledged) to qualify him to vote at that Eledlion, and that he held no other Land in the faid County: It further appears that the faid Thomas Payne, fome Time afterwards, went to Sea and that the faid Mary Almond, being in Doubt whether fhe fhould get her Money of him for the faid Houfe, had the fame removed home again. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Thomas Payne had
the faid Houfe
ftill
;
: ; ;

no Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. It alfo appears to your Committee that William Tucker, who likewife voted
fitting

for the

Member

at the faid, Eledlion, was, at the

Time

of his giving in his Vote, in his

perfedl Senfes,

which

is

plain from his inquiring of the Perfon that

was fent

for

him

to attend the Eledtion who was ahead, and being anfwered that the fitting Member was behind, he immediately called for his Stick, and on his Way to the Court Houfe, having dropped one of his Shoes, he defired to be fet down in the Chair in which he was

put on again, and that when at the Court Houfe he gave his Vote Member and one John Jones, and repeated it, though in a low Voice; and that his Vote was not then objedled to, although it does appear, from the Teftimony of 3 feveral Witneffes, that for 7 or 8 Years palt the faid Tucker has been generally reputed not to have been in his proper Senfes, and incapable of buying, felling, or making any Contradl that he hath fometimes met with his old Acquaintances, whom he hath not known, and particularly met with one William Face in the Street, invited him home with him, and when he was there afked him who he was. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid William Tucker had a good Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. It ftirther appears to your Committee that John Buck, who voted for the Petitioner at the faid Eledtion, held 133 or 134 Acres of land in the faid Coimty, in Right of his Wife and that he had before the faid Eledtion fold about 100 Acres of the fame, more or lefs, to one Mary Roberts, and afterwards fold 1 5 Acres more of the fame Land to his Father Benjamin Buck, and received Part of the Confideration Money, but never made any Deed to him for the fame That the faid Benjamin Buck, the Father, built a Houfe on the faid Land, and had been in Poffeffion thereof about 3 Years which was afterwards
carried to

have

it

diftindlly for the fitting

burnt down, about 12 Months before the Month of Jamiary laft: That the faid 133 or 134 Acres of Land were laid off in the Widowhood of the faid John Buck's Wife, as her third Part of her former Hufband's Eftate: That after the faid Benjamin Buck's Houfe was burnt down, he removed off the faid Land, and then the faid John Buck agreed to fell the faid 15 Acres to one Charles Jennings, and received of him 3, in Part of the Confideration, having often before offered it for Sale, although his faid Father objedted to it, alleging he had a Deed for it: That the faid John Buck always paid the Quitrents for the whole Land, but was repaid by William Mallory the Quitrents of that Part he

had

"

[89]
had
30

fold to the faid

Mary

Roberts, the

Mother of the

faid William Mallory; but never

31

had fold to his Father: John Buck was in Poffeffion of the faid 15 Acres fome Time before laft Chriftmas twelve Months, about which Time his faid Father left the fame: It further appears that the faid John Buck acknowledged he would not at the faid Eledlion have taken the Oath prefcribed by Law, if it had been required of him. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid John Buck had no Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. It further appears to your Committee that Edward Year gain, who aKo voted for the Petitioner at the faid Eledlion, was poffeffed of 18 Acres and a Half of Land in the faid County, where he then lived and alfo of another Tradl of 50 Acres, which is feparated from the Land he lives on by another Perfon's Land nmning between them, and on which there is no Hoiife, nor any Cultivation, except the clearing of a fmall Part of it; and that he had no other Land in the faid County. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Edward Yeargain had a good Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Ele(5lion. Your Committee aKo beg Leave to inform the Houfe that it appears to them that the Reverend M'' Thomas Warrington, Redlor of the Parifh of Elizabeth City, in the faid County of Elizabeth City, having been in full Poffeffion of his Glebe for fome Years, containing by Computation about 100 Acres, with competent Buildings thereon, appeared at the faid Eledlion, and offered to vote for M"' Wythe and the Petitioner, but refufing (as being dubious of his Right to vote) to take the Oath prefcribed by Law, which was required of him, he was not allowed to vote at the faid Eledlion, but that his Name was put on the Back of the Poll. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Thomas Warrington had a good Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion, and that his Vote ought to be added to the Petitioners Poll. It further appears to your Committee that on the Day of the faid Eledlion, on the Application of the Petitioner and fome of his Friends, and particularly of one Dodlor John Brodie, and with the Approbation and Confent of all the Candidates at the faid Eledlion, the Sheriff of the faid County did agree to poftpone clofing the Poll until Simfetting; and that thereon the faid Dodlor Brodie, with fome other Freeholders, went out of Town, in Order to bring in 2 other Freeholders, their Names Johnfon Mallory and John Lowry the elder, to give their Votes at the faid Eledlion, who thereon immediately prepared to fet out for the Court-Houfe, but were told they need not hurry themfelves, as it was agreed that the Poll was not to be clofed until Svmfet It appears that the faid Sheriff having, foon after the faid Agreement among the Candidates and himfelf received and polled two Voters for the fitting Member, and i for the Petitioner, clofed the Poll, which was about an Hour and a Half before Sunfet, notwithftanding the eameft Intreaties of the Petitioner and fome of his Friends, and particularly of M'' John Tabb (now deceafed) who defired him to defer clofmg the Poll, as fome of the Petitioner's Friends were then on their Way to the Court Houfe, and would be there in a fhort Time to whom the faid Sheriff made Anfwer, " that he knew his Duty, and fhould not be diredled by him, and that he fhould clofe the Poll when he thought proper And that the faid Sheriff, being told by the faid John Tabb, "that the Reafon of his making that Application to him was, knowing if he clofed the Poll, before the Petitioner's Voters came in, it would occafion a Complaint elfewhere, or above;" he anfwered, with Warmth, "he did not value him, or he might do as he pleafed. " It further appears that, at the Time clofmg the Poll, the faid Johnfon Mallory was fo near the Court Hotafe as to be able to diftinguifh the fitting Member carried off through the Streets by the Populace, and that he arrived at the Court Houfe a few Minutes after; and that the faid John Lowry was not more than a Mile and a Half diftant from the Cotirt Houfe at the fame Time where he was flopped by a Meffenger fent to infom him that the Poll was clofed, when he expreffed his Uneafinefs that he fhould return without being of Service to his Friends, naming M'' George Wythe and the Petitioner It alfo appears from
received, or expecfted to receive, the Quitrents of the 15 Acres he

That the

faid

the

[9o]
the Oaths of the faid Johnfon Mallory and John Lowry, that had they been polled at the faid Eledlion they would have voted for the faid George Wythe and the Petitioner. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Names and Votes of the

and John Lowry ought to be added to the Petitioners Poll. appears to yoiir Committee, on Examination of a Copy of the Poll taken at the faid Eledtion, that the fitting Member had 2 Votes more than the Petitioner but that 3 of the Perfons who voted for the fitting Member, namely, Signe Parifh, Samuel Dewberry, Jtm. and Thomas Payne, it is the Opinion of your Committee had no Right to vote at the faid Eledlion And your Committee are aKo of Opinion that i of the Perfons who voted for the Petitioner at the faid Eledlion, namely, John Buck, had no Right fo to do but that by adding the Votes of the faid Thomas Warrington, Johnfon Mallory and John
faid Johnfon Mallory
It
;
:

Lowry, to the Petitioner's Poll, he hath a Majority of legal Votes. And therefore Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid M'' William Wager is not duly eledled to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County
of Elizabeth City.

Refolved,

Wallace

is

That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petitioner M' James duly eledled to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the
Refolution being read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that the Hoiife

faid Cotmty.

The

firft

agree thereto, It paffed in the Negative.

The

fecond, third, fourth,

fifth, fixth,

and

feventh Refolutions being alfo read a fecond

Time, and the Queftion put that the Houfe agree thereto.
It paffed in the Affirmative.

That the eighth, ninth, tenth eleventh, twelfth, and i/tir/eewi/i Refolutions be recommitted to the faid Committee. M"' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions to them referred, and had come to the following Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read and agreed to by the Houfe as follow Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Proprietors of Lots in, and Inhabitants of, the Town of Blandford, in the Coimty of Prince George, praying that an Adl may pafs
Ordered,
;

For appointing Truftees for diredling, carrying on, maintaining and regulating the faid Town, and to prevent Hogs running at large, therein, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Proprietors and Inhabitants of the Town of Alexandria in the Coimty of Fairfax, praying that an Adl may pafs For enlarging faid town, agreeable to a Plan to the faid Petition annexed, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of William Tyler, praying that the Rates of Ferriage may be enlarged at the Ferry eftablifhed from his Land, over Potowmack River, to Cedar Point, in Maryland, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Ordinary Keepers in York Town, praying that the Adl of Affembly, entitled, An Ad' for regulating Ordinaries, and Reftraints of Tippling Houfes, may be amended, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants in, and adjoining to, a Place called Shepherd's Town, in the Coimty of Frederick, praying that an Adl may pafs For Eftablifhing

32

Town

at that Place

is

reafonable.

is

That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the faid Refolutions, and it referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances to prepare and bring in the
Ordered,

fame.
M'' Landon Carter prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For regulating the Fees and Charges for Perfons pradlicing in Phyiick, Surgery and Midwifery, in this Colony; which was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

Hening, VI,

p. 7

[91

Petition of divers Inhabitants of the Cotinty of Lunenburg, praying that the faid

divided into three diftindl Counties, and that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
Cotinty
report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

may be

Claim of William Cromwell, for taking up a Deferter belonging to the

firft

Vir-

ginia Regiment.

Alfo feveral Accounts and Claims of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Frederick, and other Neceffaries fumifhed the Forces in the Service of this Colony, and for tributary Indians, in their marching through the Country, and for Expreffes; were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of
for Provifions

the Committee of Claims.

County of Hampfhire, fetting forth that the has laid Lord off Fairfax Right Hon. the 50 Acres of Land at a Place called Pear fall's Level, in the faid County, and praying that a Town may be eftablifhed thereon, and that
of fundry Inhabitants of the

A Petition
may

they

enjoy the ufual Privileges with other

Towns

in this Colony,

was prefented to
it is

the Houfe and read.

be brought in purfuant to the faid Petition, and referred to M'' Mercer and M'' Rutherford to prepare and bring in the fame. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 1 1 "'Clock
Ordered,

That a

Bill or Bills

Saturday.

tl)e I3tl)

of ^Jlovember. 3 6eo. Ill 1762.

of Propofitions

33

Tobacco from Yeocomico to New Landing, on Yeocomico River, in the County of Weftmoreland; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Bill To empower the Veftry of the Parifh of St. Patrick, in the County of Prince Edward, to levy for Thomas Wood a reafonable fatiffadtion for his Expenfes in building a Church there, which was burnt down before it was finifhed. Alfo a Bill For fetting the Bounds between the Parifhes of Martin's Brandon and Briftol, in the County of Prince George. Alfo a. Bill For regulating the Fees and Charges of Perfons pradlicing in Phyfick, Surgery, and Midwifery, in this Colony, were feverally read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Petition of divers Inhabitants of the Parifh of Hampfhire, in the County of Hampfhire, fetting forth that the late Eledlion of Veftrymen for the faid Parifh was illegal, and praying that the fame may be diffolved, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
for the Infpedtion of
;

MR

Attorney, from the

Committee

and Grievances, prefented to

the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For removing the publick Warehoufes

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Monday Morning

1 1

"'Clock.

5llott6a^

tb<i

I5tb of ^tovember. 3 6eo.

III.

1762.

A
of

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the

County of Fauquier, praying that a Town be eftabliflied on the Land of Richard Henry Lee, Efq whereon the Court Houfe for the faid County now ftands, was prefented to the Houfe and

may

read.

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
Ordered,

report their Opinion thereon to the Houfe.

An

[92]
Boat Hire and extra Expenfes in the condudling feveral Soldiers to Frederickfburg, was prefented to the Hotife and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. An engroffed Bill For fettling the Bounds between the Parifhes of Martin's Brandon and Briftol, in the Coimty of Prince George, was read a third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Bland do carry the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. On a Motion made, Ordered, That the Treafurer be empowered and diredled to difcharge the feveral Sheriffs againft whom he hath received Judgment for the Penalty of their Bonds, upon receiving the Sums actually due from them, and their paying the Cofts occafioned by his Motion againft them. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad' to empower the Veftry of the Parifh of St. Patrick, in the County of Prince Edward, to levy for Thomas Wood a reafonable Satiffadion for his expenfes in building a Church there, which was burnt down before it was finifhed,
for

An Account oi John Robin fon,

was read a

third Time.
faid Bill to the Cotmcil for their Concur-

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney do carry up the
Refolved,
rence.

A Petition of John McDonald, late a Soldier in the Virgtma Regiment, fetting forth that he has been in the Service 3 Years that he was wounded in his Thigh in General Braddock's Engagement, which has rendered him incapable of getting a Livelihood as formerly; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe
;

and

read.

be referred to the Confideration of M'' Edmund Penthat they examine into the Allegations thereof Wafhingtan; dleton, and report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. And then the Houfe adjourned tmtil Tomorrow Morning 1 1 "'Clock.
Ordered,

W Baylor and

That the

faid Petition
M''

I3ues6aY t^e I6t^ of !^ovember. 3 (Beo. Ill 1762.

AN

engroffed Bill, for regulating the Fees and Charges of Perfons pradlicing in Surgery and Midwifery, in this Colony, was read the third Time; and the

Queftion being put that the faid Bill do pafs.

It

paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Bill be rejedled. M"" Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration as well the Petition of M"^ John Clack, complaining of an imdue Eledlion and Return of M"" Ifaac Rowe Walton to ferve as a Biirgefs in this prefent General Affembly, for the Cotmty of Brunfwick, to them referred, as aKo the Report made by the Committte who were appointed to take the Depofitions of Witneffes in Behalf of both Parties, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to, with an Amendment, as follow: Refolved, That the faid Commiffioners have not fully executed the Orders of this Houfe made on the faid Petition, as on the 6"' Day of November, 1761; and that the faid Report is infufficient for the Hovife to proceed thereon. Refolved, That the Petitioner and fitting Member be at Liberty to examine Witneffes before John Willis, Nathaniel Edwards, Drury Stith, John Maclin, Nicholas Edmunds, James Wall and William Edwards, or any 3 of them, as to the Freeholds of any Perfon who voted at the faid Eledtion, although fuch Perfon did fwear at the Eledlion, or fhall fwear to the fame on their Examination; and that they be at Liberty to examine
Ordered,
'

Hening, VII,

p. 6ii.

[93

examine how long fuch Voters have been in Poffeffion of, and paid Quitrents for, the Lands or Tenements in Right of which they voted at the faid Eleftion and that they return fuch Depofitions to this Houfe, on or before Tuefday the 7''' Day of December
;

next.
Refolved,
until the
7""

That the further Confideration

of December next. of the

of the faid Petition

ought to be put oH
into a Committee,

Day

The Order
Refolved,

Day being

read for the Hoiife to refolve

itfelf

to take into their further Confideration the

Govemour's Speech.

And

then the

That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee Tomorrow. Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11 "'Clock.

Wa^btKisba^,

ll)e I7tl)

of ^ftovember,

<Beo,

III.

1762.
Court

ON
An
William
Hotife
M''

a Motion made,
Ordered,

That Leave be given to bring

it is

in a Bill

To

alter the

Day of

the County of Prince Edward, and

referred to M""

Le Grand

to prepare

and bring
Militia,

in the fame.

Account of William Cunningham, for Provifions for the life of the Prince when ftationed at Oreftes Fort, in the Year 1758, was prefented to the

33

and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. Landon Carter, from the Committee of Courts of Juftice, reported that the Committee had, according to Order, examined what Laws have expired fmce the laft Seffion of Affembly, and infpedled fuch Laws as will expire at or foon after this Seffion of Affembly; and had agreed on a Report, and come to feveral Refolutions thereon, which he read in his place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to, and are as follow: Refolved, That the Adt of Affembly made in the 22'* Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George II, entitled. An Ad' for infpeding Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch and Turpentine, which was revived and amended by another Adt, made in the 29**^ Year of his faid Majefty's Reign, and which expired on the 14*^ Day of November, 1761, ought to be revived. Refolved, That the Adl of Affembly made in the 30*^ Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George II, entitled. An Ad' for better regulating and difciplining the Militia, which was continued by another Adl made in the 32<* Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, and which will expire the S^'^ Day of June, 1763, ought to be further continued, with Amendments. Refolved, That the Adt of Affembly made in the 30''' Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George II, entitled. An Ad^ for reducing the feveral Ads for making Provifion againft invafions and Infurredions into one Ad, which was continued by the two other Adts, one in the 32*^ Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, and the other in the i'* Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, and which wiU expire on the 8* Day of June, 1763, ought to be further continued. Refolved, That the Adt of Affembly made in the 19*'' Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George II, entitled, An Ad* for better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, which was continued and amended by another Adt made in the i'' Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, and which will expire the 12* Day of April, 1764, ought to be further continued, with Amendments. Refolved, That the Adl of Affembly made in the 22'^ Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George II, entitled. An Ad^ for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, together with three other Adts made in the 25*^, 27'!' and 28*, Years of his faid late Majefty's Reign, alfo one other Adl made in the i'* Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, for continuing and amending the fame, which
will
I

Hening, VI,

p. 146.

Ibid.,
Ibid.,

VII,

p. 106.

Ibid. ,Y1, p. 154.

'

Ibid., VII, p. 93.

V, p. 326

[94]
will expire at the

End

of the Seffion of Affembly, to he held next after the lo"'

Day

of

i '' Refolution, and it is Committee of Trade to prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the 2^ and 3"^ Refolutions, and it is referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances to prepare and bring

April, 1764, ought to be further continued, with Amendments. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the

referred to the

in the fame.

That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the 4'^ Refolution, and it is referred to the Committee for Courts of Juftice to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of John Cocke, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed from his Land, known by the Name of Scotland Neck, in the Coimty of Surry, over James River, to James Town, on the oppofite Shore, was prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
Ordered,

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

A
James

Petition of

Thomas

Bullett,

John Blagg and William Fleming, Captains, and

34

Regiment, fetting forth that they were appointed to enlift Recruits for the faid Regiment, and did feverally enlift a Number of Men; and purfuant to their Inftrudtions, and the Adl of Affembly for that Purpofe, did advance them the Bounty Money allowed by the faid Adl, and were at a great Expenfe for their Subfif tence That feveral Men fo enlifted deferted from them refpedlively before they
Walker, Enfign, in the Virginia
;

arrived at the Place of General Rendezvous, or had been examined or received by any Field Officer belonging to the faid Regiment for which Reafon as well the Paymaf ter of
;

the Regiment, as the Commif fioners appointed to examine and fettle the Accoionts of the Expenfes of raifmg and maintaining the fame, do refufe to make them any Allowance And praying the Confideration of this Houfe, was prefented to theHotife and read.
Ordered,
of Claims; that they

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with

their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe.

from the Perfons appointed to whom the Petition of John M' Donald was referred, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to by the
M'' Pendleton,
;

Houfe, as follows It appears that the faid M'Donald was a Soldier in Captain Dagworthy's Company, in the Service and Pay of Maryland, from the Year 1754 until the Year 1756, when he was difcharged, having in General Braddock's Engagement received the Woimd in his Petition mentioned, and that he was not in the Service or Pay of this Colony.

That the faid Petition be rejedted. Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Elections, reported that the Committee had had imder their further Confideration that Part of their Report made on Friday laft, relating to the Petition of M"" James Wallace, complaining of an vmdue
Refolved,
M"'

and Return of M'' William Wager to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimty of Elizabeth City, which was recommitted to them, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to feveral Refolutions thereupon, which he read in his Place, and then deUvered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and
Eledlion

agreed to by the Houfe, as follows It appears to your Committee that John Buck, who voted for the Petitioner at the faid Eledlion, held 133 or 134 Acres of Land in the faid County, in Right of his Wife; but before the faid Eledtion he fold 100 Acres, more or lefs. Part of the faid Land, to one Mary Roberts, and alfo 15 Acres, other Part of the faid Land, to his Father Benjamin Buck, and made a Deed for the fame to the faid Benjamin, for the Life of his the faid John's Wife, which Deed was never recorded, but is now in the Poffeffion of one Lockey
Collier:

That the

faid

Poffeffion thereof

Benjamin built a Houfe on the faid 15 Acres of Land, and was in upwards of three Years, when the faid Houfe was burnt down about
the

[95]
were laid off in the Widowhood of the faid John Buck's Wife, being her Dower in her former Hufband's Eftate: That after the -faid Benjamin Buck's Houfe was burnt down he removed, and the faid John Buck his Son then fold the faid 15 Acres to one Charles Jennings, of whom he received ; 3, in Part of the Confideration Money, but never made him any Deed for the fame That the faid John Buck, often before his faid Father's Removal, offered the faid 1 5 Acres of Land for Sale but his Father obje($led to it, alleging he had a Deed for the faid Land from his Son That the faid John Buck always paid the Quitrents for the whole 133 or 134 Acres of land, and was repaid for the 100 Acres he fold to Mary Roberts by her Son William Mallory but never received, or expedled to receive, the Quitrents for the 1 5 Acres he had fold to his faid Father That after the Houfe which Benjamin Buck had btiilt was burnt down, the faid Benjamin removed from the faid Land and the faid John Buck, fome Time before Chriftmas, 1760, took Poffeffion of the fame,
the
i''

of November, 1760:

That the

faid 133 or 134 Acres

38

without his Father's Confent, and was in Poffeffion thereof at the Time of the faid ElecAnd that at the Time of the faid Eledlion the faid Parties were all living. It tion further appears to your Committee that the Land in Right of which the faid John Buck voted was Part of a Tradl of Land belonging to Lockey Collier, an Infant, and that no
:

other Perfon voted in Right of the faid Land and that he would not have taken the Oath prefcribed by Law if it had been required of him.
;

That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid John Buck had no Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. vote for Right to Your Committee further beg Leave to inform the Houfe that Edward Yeargain, who aKo voted for the Petitioner at the faid Eleftion, was poffeffed of 18 Acres and a Half of Land in the faid County, where he then lived, and alfo of another Tradl of 50 Acres, which is feparated from the Land he hves on by one James Prieft's Land: That there is no Houfe on the faid 50 Acres of Land, and that he always paid Quitrents for both the Tradls, amounting together to^68 Acres and a Half.
Refolved,

That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Edward Yeargain Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. had a good Yotir Committee aKo beg Leave to inform the Houfe that it appears to them that the Reverend M'' Thomas Warrington, Redtor of the Parifh of Elizabeth City, in the faid County of Elizabeth City, having been in Poffeffion of his Glebe for fome Years, containing by Computation about 100 Acres, with competent Buildings thereon, appeared at the faid Eledlion, and offered to vote for M'' Wythe and the Petitioner; but refufing to take the Oath prefcribed by Law, which was required of him, he was not allowed to vote at the faid Eledlion, but his Name was endorfed on the Back of the Poll. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Thomas Warrington had a good Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion, and that his Vote ought to be added to the Petitioner's Poll. It fvuther appears to your Committee, by the Teftimony of Dodlor John Brodie, M' John Tabb (now dead) William Read, John Selden and John Cafey, that on the Day of the faid Eledlion, on the Application of the Petitioner and fome of his Friends, and particularly of the faid Dodlor Brodie, and with the Approbation and Confent of all the Candidates at the faid Eledlion, the Sheriff of the faid Cotmty did agree to poftpone clofing the Poll imtil Sunfetting and that thereupon the faid Brodie, with fome other Freeholders, went out of Town, in Order to bring in two other Freeholders, by Name Johnfon Mallory and John Lowry, the elder, to give their Votes at the faid Eledlion, who thereupon immediately prepared to fet out for the Coiut Houfe, but were told they need not hurry themfelves, as it was agreed that the Poll was not to be clofed imtil Sunfet. It alfo appears to your Committee that the faid Sheriff, having after the faid Agreement received and polled two Voters for the fitting Member, and one for the Petitioner, clofed the Poll about an Hour and a Half before Sunfet, although the Petitioner and fome of his Friends, and particularly of the faid John Tabb, eameftly defired him to defer clofing the Poll, as fome of the Petitioner's Friends were then on their Way to the Courthoufe, and would be there, as he expedled, in a fhort Time to whom the faid
Refolved,
;
;

Sheriff

[96]
Sheriff

made

anfwer,

"

That he knew

his Duty,

and fhould not be directed by him and

;

jg

that the faid Sheriff being " Application was, that making that told by the faid John Tabb That the Reafon of his knowing if he clofed the Poll before the Petitioner's Voters came in, it would occafion a
that he fhould clofe the Poll
proper. "

when he thought

And

Complaint elfewhere, or above," he anfwered with Warmth, "He did not value him, or he might do as he pleafed. " It further appears that at the Time of clofing the Poll the faid John fori Mallory was within the Town, and fo near the Courthoufe as to be able to diftinguifh the fitting Member carried off through the Streets by the Populace and that he was at the Courthoufe within five Minutes after the Poll was clofed, and that the faid John Lowry was not more than a Mile and a Half diftant from the Courthoufe at the fame Time, and would have been there in a Quarter of an Hour, but was ftopped by a Meffenger, fent to inform him that the Poll was clofed, when he expreffed his Uneafinefs that he fhould return without being of Service to his Friends, naming M"' Wythe and the Petitioner. It doth alfo appear to your Committee, by the Teftimony of Henry King, John Bullock, Gary Selden, the faid George Walker the Sheriff, and Robert Brough, that the faid Sheriff had agreed to defer clofmg the Poll for three Hours only from the Time he was firft apphed to by the Petitioner and his Friends, and that he called for a Watch, which was lent to him by one of the By Standers, in order to fix the Expiration
;

Hours and that when the Poll was clofed the Sheriff ordered pubHck Proclamation to be made, and declared he had exceeded the three Hours about ten Minutes. It aKo appears that when appUcation was made as aforefaid, and it was propofed to keep the Poll open vmtil Stmfet, the fitting Member objedled to it, and faid they might as well keep the Poll open imtil the next Day as imtil Simfet, becaufe he could by that Time get Voters from Norfolk, and that the Petitioner aKo faid he could get Voters from thence by that Time but the faid Sheriff refufed to adjourn the faid Poll until the next Day, faying he had never known nor heard of fuch a Precedent in the Coimtry. It further appears to your Committee that the faid John Brodie, on his Examination before
of the faid 3
;
;

the Commiffioners appointed to take the Depofitions in this Difpute in the Country, did refufe to anfwer feveral pertinent and material Queftions that were put to him by the Your Committee fitting Member, relative to the Time agreed on for clofmg the Poll.

beg Leave to inform the Houfe that it appears, from the Oaths of the faid Johnfon Mallory and John Lowry, that had they been polled at the faid Eledlion, they would have voted for M'' Wythe and the Petitioner and that the faid Sheriff declared before your Committee that had the Ntmiber of Voters at the clofing the faid Poll been equal, he fhould have returned the fitting Member. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Names and Votes of the faid Johnfon Mallory and John Lowry ought not to be added to the Petitioner's Poll. It appears to your Gontmittee, on Examination of a Copy of the Poll taken at the faid Eledtion, that the fitting Member had two Votes more than the Petitioner; but that two of the Perfons who voted for the fitting Member, to wit, Samuel Dewberry, Jun. and Thomas Payne, it is the Opinion of your Committee, had no Right to vote at the
alfo
;

faid Eledtion

and that one of the Perfons who voted for the Petitioner at the faid Election to wit, John Buck, had no Right fo to do and that the Vote of the faid Thomas Warrington ought to be added to the Petitioner's Poll; and that the fitting Member and the Petitioner have an equal Number of legal Votes and therefore Refolved, That the faid M"" William Wager is duly eledled to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Elizabeth Gity. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To explain and amend one Adl of Affembly, made in the 4* Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, entitled. An Ad for regulating the Eledion of Btirgeffes, for fettling their Privileges, and for afcertaining their Allow; ;

37

ances.

who

Alfo one other Ad made in the tenth Year of George II. entitled, An Ad" to declare fhall have a Right to vote in the Eledion of Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly
for
'

Hening,

III, p. 236.

Ibid.,

IV, p. 475-

[97
for Counties,

and for preventing fraudulent Conveyances, in Order to multiply Votes at fuch Eledion; and it is referred to M'' Richard Henry Lee, M"" Pendleton and M"' Bland, to prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That M"' Bowler Cocke, M'' Richard Eppes and M"' Wafhington, be added to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. An Account of James Patty, praying an Allowance for 30 Days loft Time of his Slave Gilbert, by being froftbitten during his Confinement in Caroline Gaol, whereto he was committed, on Stifpicion of Felony, and acquitted, was prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. M"' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by
;

the Houfe, as follow

That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Coimties of James City and Charles City, praying that the publick Warehoufes at Hog Neck may be difcontinued, and other Warehoufes eftablifhed at Barrett's Ferry, in the faid County be
Refolved,
rejected.

Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of James City and New Kent, in Oppofition thereto, and praying that the Warehoufes may be ftill

continued at

Hog

Neck,

is

reafonable.

That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of Surry and James City, praying that publick Warehoufes for the Infpecftion of Tobacco may be eftablifhed at James Town, on the Land of John Ambler, Efq be rejedled. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of Amherft and Buckingham, praying that they may be reimburfed by the Inhabitants of the County of Albemarle their proportionable Part of the Money expended in the Purchafe of Scales and Meafures of the Standard of England, for the publick Ufe of the faid County of Albemarle, before the fame was divided, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the upper Part of the County of King and Queen, praying that the faid County may be divided, according to the Lines and Bounds in the faid Petition particularly expreffed, and that that Part of the faid County lying above thofe Bounds may be united to, and made Part of, the County of
Refolved,
;

Caroline,

is

reafonable.

Refolved,

That the Petition That

fo

of fimdry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Nottoway, in the

County

of Southampton, praying that the faid Parifh

may be

divided,

is

reafonable.

Refolved,

much

of the Petition of fundry other Inhabitants of the faid

38

County and Parifh, praying that the faid Parifh may be divided as aforefaid, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Refidue of the faid laft mentioned Petition, praying that the faid County of Southampton may be divided, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Petition of ftmdry other Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, in Oppofition to the two other Petitions for dividing the faid Parifh, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Hampfhire, in the County of Hampfhire, complaining of the Illegality of the Sheriffs Proceeding in eledling the prefent Veftry of the faid Parifh, and praying that the fame may be diffolved,
is

reafonable.
Refolved,

That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Fauquier, praying that a Town may be eftablifhed on the Land of Richard Henry Lee, Efq contiguous to the Courthoufe of that County, or on the Land of William Edmunds, or John Hitt, adjoining thereto, be rejedted. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Juftices of the Peace of the Cotmty of Northumberland, in Behalf of themfelves, and all others his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace in this Colony, praying that they may be exempt from attending at the private and general
;

Mufters of the Militia in their refpedtive Counties,

is

reafonable.

Ordered

[98]
be brought in purfuant to the 4"', 5*, 6**^ and 9'^, Refolutions and it is referred to the Committee of Proportions to prepare and bring in the fame And that it be an Inftrudtion to the Committee to whom it is referred to prepare and bring in a Bill For amending and further continuing the Adl for the better regulating and difciplining the Militia, that they receive a Claufe or Claufes purfuant to the laft
Ordered,
;

That a

Bill or Bills

Refolution.

The Order
Refolved,

of the

Day being

to take into their further Confideration the

read for the Hotife to refolve Govemour's Speech.

itfelf

into a Committee,

That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee Tomorrow. That it be an Inftru(5tion to the Committee to whom it is referred to bring in a Bill For adding Part of the Covmty of Kirtg and Queen to the Coimty of Caroline, that they receive a Claufe or Claufes, To alter the Court Day of the faid County of King and Queen. Ordered, That M'' Wallace do pay tmto M"" William Wager his Expenfes occafioned by his Petition, and it is referred to the Committee of Claims to regulate and fettle the
Ordered,

fame.
Ordered,
Juftice,

That
M''

M""

Carrington be added to the Committee of Claims and Courts of

and

Rutherford to the Committee of Claims.

;

Efq fetting forth that he is feized as Tenant in Fee two fmall Tradls of Land, the one lying in Gloucefter County, containing 450 Acres, and the other lying in the Cotinty of Middlefex, containing 300 Acres, which Lands he can difpofe of at a Price very advantageous to his Family and at the fame Time, as they are detached from his other entailed Eftate, they will not be fo valuable to his Heir as other contiguous Lands, which may be fettled in Lieu thereof and praying that an A(5l may pafs To dock the Entail of the faid two Tradls of Land, and to fettle other Lands to the fame Ufes; was prefented to the Houfe, and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and referred to M"' Pendleton to prepare and bring in the fame. it is And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11 "'Clock.
Taille of
;

A Petition of Ralph Wormeley,

I3l)ur56ar. t^e 161^ of ^lovember,

<Beo.

III.

1762.

Broyle, and John Lowry, up Runaways therein mentioned. Alfo an Account of Jofeph Patterfon, to be allowed for a Horfe impreffed by John Miller, ]\xn. to carry a Criminal from the Coimty of Caroline to Williamfburg, which was detained from him three Days. Alfo an Account of Chefterfield Forge, againft the PubHck for 1991 Pounds of Tobacco were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. Several Accounts of Gerfham Keys, for Provifions fumifhed the Militia of Fairfax County, drawn out into adtual Service. Alfo an Account of Samuel Vance, for Powder and Ball purchafed by him of Alexfor taking
;

SEVERAL Claims of Adam Broyle, the Widow of Jacob

ander Sayers, for the Ufe of the MiUtia tmder his Command at Fort Ligonier, in 1758. Alfo an Account of Adolph Her, for a Beef fumifhed the Cherokees; were feverally
prefented to the Houfe, and received. Ordered, That the faid Accoimts be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their
;

Opinions thereon, to the Hotife. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To repeal fo much of the A6t of Affembly made in the 25'*' Year of his late Majefty 's Reign, entitled. An Ad 'for building

a
'

Hening, VI,

p. 293.

[99]
o Bridge over Appomattox River, by Subfcription, as relates to the prohibiting the Juftices of the Counties of Chefterfield and Dinwiddie from building a Bridge at the Place in the faid Adl mentioned at the Charge of their Counties and it is referred to M-- Bland, M"' Cary and M'' Eppes, to prepare and bring in the fame. M"- Attorney, one of the Members of the Committee of Correfpondence, named in the Ad for appointing an Agent, according to Order, laid before the Houfe the Regifter of the Proceedings of that Committee. Alfo a Bill from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances For dividing the Parifh of Accomack, in the County of Accomack, into two diftindt Parifhes. Alfo a Bill For building a Bridge over Nottoway River, from the Land of Jeffe Browfi, by Subfcription and the fame was feverally read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.
;
;

A
;

Petition of divers Inhabitants of the Parifh of St. Margaret's, in the

Coimty

of

remain in the State and Condition it is now in and that the Petition from the Parifh of St. David, in the faid Cotmty, praying that fome of the Tithables of St. Margaret's Parifh may be added to the Parifh of St. David, in Order to make the Number of Tithables in each Parifh equal, may be rejedled was
Caroline, praying that the faid Parifh
;

may

prefented to the Houfe, and read.

Ordered,
of Propofitions

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee and Grievartces; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and

report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

On

a Motion made.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For eftablifhing a more eafy and Method for the Trial of Criminals, and of Caufes depending in the General Court and it is referred to M"' Richard Henry Lee and M'' Bland to prepare and bring in
Ordered,

expeditious
;

the fame.
J

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had tmder their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions from feveral Counties to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and are as follow Refolved, That the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Dettingen and Hamilton, in the Counties of Prince William and Fauquier, praying that thofe two Parifhes may be divided into three diftindl Parifhes, according to the Lines and Boimds in the faid Petition particularly expreffed, be rejected. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Coimties of Fairfax and Loudoun, praying that the publick Warehoufes for the Infpedlion of Tobacco at Occoquan, in the faid County of FatV/a:*:, may be difcontinued, and that new Warehoufes may be eftabUfhed at the Town of Colchefter, in the faid Coimty, is reafonable. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances to whom it is referred to prepare and bring in a Bill For amending and further continuing the Adl for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's
M'' Attorney,

faid

Cuftoms, that they receive a Claufe or Claufes purfuant to the 2^ Refolution. M' Attorney aKo reported that the faid Committee had had under their further Confideration the Petition of ftmdry Inhabitants of the Cotmty of Hampfhire to them recommitted, praying that a Town may he laid off and eftablifhed at a Place called Tucker's

Plantation, on the

Land

of

Lord Fairfax,

in the faid Coimty,

and had come to a

Refolution thereon.

That the faid Petition be rejedted. Two from the Town of Dumfries, in the County of Prince William, praying that new Warehoufes for the Infpedtion of Tobacco may be built on Lots No. 172 and 174, in the faid Town, and to be under one and the fame Infpedtion; and that an Adt may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Alfo a Petition of feveral Merchants, Commanders of Ships, and others, trading to
Refolved,
Petitions

the

Town

of Dumfries, in Oppofition thereto.

Ordered

loo

That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof; and
Ordered,

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Hotafe. A Petition of Charles Carter, Efq fetting forth that he
;

Fee Taille of and and known by the in a Tradl of Land, containing about 300 Acres, Name of Norman's Ford, in the County of Culpeper; and that he is aKo feized in Fee Simple of a Tradl of Land, in the County of King George, containing about 700 Acres; and that it would be of great Advantage to the Petitioner, and the Heir in Taille, to dock the Entail of the faid 300 Acres of Land, and to fettle the faid 700 Acres, which is Purpofe. of greater Value, to the fame Ufes; and praying that an Adl may pafs for that Ordered, That a Bill be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and the fame. it is referred to M"' Bland to prepare and bring in M'' Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the Committee had had imder their Confideration the Petition of John Buchanan to them referred, and come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the Petition of John Buchanan, praying to be allowed for his Services in purchafing Provifions for the Cherokees, be rejedled. A Petition of feveral Merchants and others, in behalf of the Infpe(5lors at Shockoe and Byrd's Warehoufes praying that their Salaries may be augmented, adequate to their Trouble, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and ordered to lie on the Table. A Petition from the Coimty of Caroline, to alter the Execution Law and that the Proprietors of all publick Warehoufes for the Reception of Tobacco may be obliged conftantly to keep good and fufficient Skiets to raife the Tobacco fix Inches from the Ground, was prefented to the Houfe and read and the Queftion being put that the faid
is

feized in called

commonly

Petition be referred to a Committee, It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,
"

That the

faid Petition

be

rejedled.

Mercer prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For eftablifhing the Town of Romney, in the County of Hampfhire; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Bill To oblige all Captains or Commanders of Veffels, taking in Tobacco on Freight in this Colony, to make Publication of the Freight they fhall fail at, before their Loading fhall be obtained, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed and read a third Time.
M''

George Johnfon be added to the Committee for Courts of Juftice. The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee to take into their further Confideration the Govemours Speech. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on
Ordered,

That

M''

Monday

next.

Petition of the Juftices of the

County Court

of York, fetting forth that they

have

expended the Sum of 14 in repairing the publick Wharf at the Tobacco Infpedlion at York Town, that the Rents of the Warehoufes at the faid Infpedlion are infufficient to reimburfe the faid Sum, and praying they may be allowed the fame by the Publick, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
;

their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

Petition of Nathaniel Stedman, a Soldier in

left

Major Lewis' Company,

in the late

of Virginia Regiment, fetting forth that he was 9"^ of May following he 1758, and on the Capt. Waggoner, in the Month of into the Enemies Coimtry, where he carried and Indians, the Prifoner by taken was

at Fort Pitt, imder the

Command

remained in Captivity until the 7 of i4MgM/i!, in the Year 1761, when he made his Efcape from the Savages that on his Return back to his Regiment, he was taken fick at
'*>
;

Yawyawgania

loi

Yawyawgania, and continued there until he enlifted into the prefent Regiment; but many Hardfhips he underwent during his Captivity, which was the Caufe of his long Sicknefs, difabled him joining his Corps before it was difbanded and praying that this Houfe will take his Cafe into Confideration, and order him his Pay, and fome Satiffadlion for his Sufferings during his long Captivity among the Savages, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of M' Mercer and M'' Wafhiugton; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 1 1 "'Clock.
the
;

43

IFxiha^,

tl)e I9tl)

of ^ftovember, 3 (Beo.

III.

1762.

the Oaths appointed be taken by Adt of Parliament, inftead of the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo repeated and fubfcribed the Teft, took their Seats in the Houfe. Several Claims of Grief Randolph, William Jacket and John Galldhew, for taking up Rimaways therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received,
to

SEVERAL Members returned upon new Writs, having taken

and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. A Petition of William Purrel, praying that he may be allowed for going Exprefs to the fouth Branch of Potowmack, to the Captain of the Prince William Militia, by Order of the Commanding Officer of the faid County, and returning immediately back to the
faid Coimty.

he

may be

Alfo a Petition of John Pofey, a Lieutenant in the Virginia Regiment, praying that allowed for feveral Men enlifted by him, and deferted after being legally paffed,
;

and Charges, for all which he has proper Vouchers and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with and
his Ferriages
;

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Motion was made for Leave to bring in a Bill To oblige the Juftices of the County Court of Prince William to levy for the Inhabitants of Fauquier County their Proportion of a Sum of Money levied on the Tithables of the faid County of Prince William before it was divided, and laid out in the Purchafe of Arms, now retained for the Ufe of the faid Coimty at Prince William; and the Queftion being put there upon.
It paffed in the

Negative.

fundry Attorneys pradlifing in the feveral Courts of this Colony, praying An Ad^ for regulating the Pradice of Attornies, may be amended, entitled, thditth^ Ad, and that their Fees may be made diftrainable, and that they may receive fuch other
Petition of

Redrefs as this Hotife fhall think reafonable, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Petition of William Edwards and James Price, Infpedlors at Gray's Creek Warehoufe, in the

Coimty

of Surry, fetting forth that the Salary allowed

by Law

cient Satiffadlion for their Trouble;

fo as to

and praying that

their Salaries

may

is not a fuffi. be increafed,

be adequate to the Trouble they are at in the Execution of their faid Office, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and ordered to lie on the Table. M"' Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration two Petitions to them referred, and had come to two Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and are as follow
;

Refolved
>

Hening, VI,

p. 140.

;:

I02

That the Petition of John Gatewood, and others, Legatees, claiming tinder the Will of John Gatewood, deceafed, to be allowed for Tom, a Negro Man Slave who was apprehended and committed for Burglary and by Severity of the Weather during his imprifonment fo froftbitten that, though he was afterwards acquitted, his Legs were cut off, and he died foon after, is reafonable; and that they ought to be paid by the PubHck the Sum of ,^0 for the faid Slave, and alfo the Sum of ;^ii 165. to reimburfe
Refolved,
;

43

them

for fo

much

paid in endeavouring to cure the faid Slave.

That the Petition of Capt. Thomas Bullett, Capt. John Blagg, Capt. William Fleming and Enfign James Walker, Oflficers of the Virginia Regiment, to be reimburfed the Botmty Money and Subfiftence of feveral Recruits by them enlifted for the faid
Refolved,

Regiment, who deferted before they arrived at the Place of Rendezvous, is reafonable and that they ought to be allowed the Sums following, viz. The faid Thomas Bullett the Sum of 41 i6s. 8d. the faid John Blagg the Sum of ;^ 51 iis. 4d. the faid William Fleming the Sum of 20 8s. and the faid James Walker the Sum oi 6-j, being the Sums
feverally paid

by them

for the

Botmty and Subfiftence

of the Recruits enlifted

by the

faid Officers refpedlively.

The firft Refolution being read a fecond Time, was agreed to by the Houfe. The laft Refolution being aKo read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that the Houfe agree thereto,
It paffed in

the Negative.
fo

On

a Motion made.

Report as relates to the Petition of Capt. Thomas Bullett, and the other Officers therein mentioned, be recommitted to the faid Committee. M"' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the faid Committee had had tmder their Confideration fundry Propofitions and Petitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and are as follow Refolved, That the Petitions of fimdry Inhabitants of the Coimty of Prince William,
Ordered,

That

much

of the

and other Traders, Inhabitants of the Town of Dumfries, in additional Warehoufes may be eftabhfhed in the faid Town that praying Covmty, that for the Reception of Tobacco, on the Lots therein mentioned, and numbered 172 and 174, to be put tinder one Infpe(5lion with the prefent Warehoufes in the faid Town, be reand
of feveral Merchants,
je(5led.

Refolved,

That the Petition

of

fundry other Inhabitants of the faid Town, and of

is

divers Mafters of Ships trading thither, in Oppofition thereto,

Refolved,

reafonable.

That the Petition That the Petition

of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Frederick, in the

may be divided, be rejedled. fundry Merchants and Tradefmen of the County of Fairfax, praying that the Laws relating to Pedlars may be amended, and that they may be put under a better Regulation than they are at prefent, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Culpeper, praying that the Court Day of that County may be altered from the third Thurfday to the fourth Monday in every Month, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Cotmty of Lunenburg, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed from the Land of Richard Fox, over Roanoke
County
of Frederick, praying that the faid Parifh
of

Refolved,

River, to the

The

fourth

Land of James Blanton, oppofite thereto, is reafonable. and laft Refolution, being feverally read a fecond Time, were agreed
fecond

to

by

the Houfe.

The

firft,

and

fifth

Refolutions, being
thereto.

aKo read a fecond Time, and the Quef-

44

tion feverally put that the

Houfe agree

It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Refolutions of the faid Committee be rejedted. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee appointed to bring in a Bill For amending and further continuing the Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and
Refolved,

preventing

I03

preventing frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, that they receive a Claufe or Claufes purfuant to the
Ordered,
firft

Refolution.

That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the ^^ Refolution, and it is referred to the Committee of Trade to prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the laft Refolution of the faid Committee, and it is referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances to prepare and bring in the fame. Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had imder their Confideration an Accovmt of M"' Ifrael Chriftian againft the Publick, to them referred, and had come to three Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and are as follow On confidering the faid Accotint, and the Vouchers thereto, it appeared to your Committee that one Edmund Atkin, Efq; as Agent for, and Superintendent of, the

Affairs of his Majefty's Allies, the feveral Nations of Indians inhabiting the Frontiers

of Virginia, North

and South Carolina, and Georgia, and

their Confederates, did grant

5'*"

a Commiffion to one Ghriftopher Gift, deceafed, bearing Date the

Day

of July, 1757,

appointing him Deputy Agent for Indian Affairs in this Colony, with an Allowance los. Sterling, or 12s. 6d. Current Money of Virginia a Day, payable out of the Money appropriated, or to be appropriated, by the Government thereof to Indian Service thereby, alfo empowering him, the faid Gift, in Cafe of the Death, Refignation or Removal of either of the Condudlors, Interpreters, or other Perfons, appointed by him the faid
fit Perfon in his ftead. appears to your Gommittee, by Virtue of the faid Commiffion to the faid Ghriftopher Gift, he reciting the fame, did, on the i'' Day of January, 1758, by Commiffion, appoint the faid Ifrael Ghriftian to be Condudlor to the Indians employed in his Majefty's Service in this Colony, with an Allowance of 5s. a Day, payable out of the Money appropriated, or to be appropriated, to the fouthem Indian Service; and that during the faid Ghriftian' s ading under the faid Commiffion from the faid Gift, moft of the Articles and Charges in the faid Account now before your Committee accrued. It appears to your Gommittee that the faid Ghriftian always expedled a Settlement

Atkin, to appoint another

It

and Payment of the faid Accoimt from the faid Gift, who extradled thereout fundry Articles, amounting to the Sum of ;^ 162 i8s. 3d. which with the Vouchers for the fame were carried and prefented to Major General Amherft, who on Account of the Crown allowed and paid to the faid Ghriftian the Simi of 49. 13s. 3d. in Part of the faid Account fo prefented, the fame being for Goods and Merchandize, delivered the Indians by the faid Ghriftian; the Refidue of the faid Account being 113. 5s. for Cafh paid Condudlors of Indians, was difallowed.
It appears to your Gommittee that the faid Ifrael Ghriftian hath delivered Goods and Merchandize to the Indians, amoimting to 99. 14s. and a Halfpenny and that the Refidue of the faid Account now before yotu: Committee amounting to 182 15s. 6d. Halfpenny, is Part of it for Cafh paid by him for Horfes and Horfe Hire for Indians, to feveral Perfons, due before, though paid by him fince his Commiffion from Gift; and the Refidue of his Wages at 5s. a Day, as a Condudlor, and for Cafli paid other Condudtors
;

of Indians.

That the faid Ifrael Ghriftian ought to be paid by the Publick the Sum and a Halfpenny, for fundry Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, delivered by him to the Indians as by his faid Account appears. Refolved, That the Sum oi 132 ss. the faid Ghriftian' s Pay, as Condudlor to the
Refolved,
99. 14s.

of

Indians, be rejedled, not being a publick Charge.

Refolved, That the Sum of 50. los. 6d. Halfpenny (including;^ 22 difallowed by Major General Amherft) for fo much Cafh paid by the faid Ghriftian to feveral Indian Condudlors, and for Horfes and Horfe Hire, be rejedled, not being a publick Charge. A Petition of Henry Peyton, fetting forth that at a former Seffion of this prefent General Affembly he preferred a Petition to this Houfe, complaining of an undue Eledlion

and

I04

John Baylis and M"^ Henry Lee, to ferve as Burgeffes for the Coiinty of Prince William, and therein charged the Sheriff of the faid County with Malepradlices for clofing the Poll on the firft Day of the Eledlion, contrary to an Agreement entered into, with his Affent, by all the Candidates at that Elecftion, that the Poll fhould be adjourned, and not clofed \intil the fecond Day; and praying Leave of this Houfe to withdraw fo much of his faid Petition as relates to the Sheriff's Agreement aforefaid, and that he may be permitted to proceed with a Scrutiny of the Poll only, was prefented to the Houfe and read; and the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be

and Return

of M''

agreed
It

to,

paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition

be

reje(5ted.

County of Augufta, fetting forth that in March through that County, came to April 1758, a Party the Petitioner's Houfe, and violently took from him fvmdr}^ Goods, to the Value of 20, which he has never been able to recover and praying the Confideration of the Hotife therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Petition of Robert
of the of Cherokee Indians, in their
;

M'Mahan,

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning 11

"'Clock.

Saturday* t^e 20t^ of tiftovember. 3 <5eo.

III.

1762.

Two

Claims of James Brown and Charles Tinfley, for taking up Runaways therein mentioned, were prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred
to the Confideration of the

Committee

of Claims.

Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the feveral Parifhes in the

County

of

Lunenburg, fetting forth that the faid County is fo very large and extenfive that the Legiflature thought it expedient and neceffary to divide the fame into three diftindl

James and Cumberland; that in each of the faid Parifhes Number of Tithables to fupport and maintain the Expenfe of a ftifficient very is a each of the faid Parifhes may be eredled into a diftindl Coimty, County, and praying that
Parifhes, viz: Cornwall, St.

may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
and that an
A(5l

Ordered,

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

M'' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To oblige the Juftices of the County of Albemarle, to refund to the Counties of Amherft and Buckingham their juft Proportion of the Money paid for Weights and Meafures before the Divifion of the faid County of Albemarle; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. Alfo a Bill For diffolving the Veftry of the Parifh of Hampfhire, in the County of

Hampfhire, and eledling a new Veftry in the faid Parifh and the fame were feverally read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. The Hotife being informed that M"' Thomas Bailey, one of the Members for the
;

County
of

was at the Time of his Eledlion Sheriff for the faid County That the faid Information be refeiTed to the Confideration of the Committee Privileges and Eledlions that they examine into Matters thereof, and report the fame,
of Surry,

Ordered,

with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Bill For dividing the Parifh of Accomack, in the County Accomack, into two diftindl Pariflies, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time

X05]

Bill

For eftablifhing the

Town
M''

a fecond Time, and committed to

of Romney, in the County of Hampfhire, was read Richard Henry Lee and M' Henry Lee and
;

On

a Motion made,

That it be an Inftru(5lion to the faid Committee that they receive a Claufe add feveral Lots laid off by John Randolph, Efq adjoining to the City of Williamfburg, to the faid City and to exempt certain Perfons holding marfhy Lots in the Town of Dumfries from building thereon. Ordered, That M'' Dandridge have Leave to be abfent from the Bufinefs of this Houfe
Ordered,

or Claufes to

ten Days.

Account of William Sewell, Keeper of the Gaol of the County of Fairfax, praying to be paid his Fees for fundry Perfons committed to the faid Gaol in the Years 1754 and
1755, was prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. A Bill For building a Bridge over Nottoway River, from the Land of Jeffe Brown, was read the fecond Time. Subfcription, by Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning 11 "'Clock.

An

iHonday,

tl)e

22n6

of 5tovember,

(Bco.

III.

1762.

MR

Landon Carter, from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For further continuing and amending the Ad, entitled. An Ad, for the better regulating and colleding certain officers
fees

and

for other Purpofes therein mentioned

and the fame was read the

firf t

Time'

and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For Relief of infolvent Debtors '' for the effe(5lual Difcovery, and more equal Diftribution of their Eftatesand it referred to M"' Richard Henry Lee and M' Bland to prepare and bring in the fame A Petition of the Infpedlors at the feveral Warehotifes in the County of New Kent fetting forth that the Btifmefs at their refpedlive Warehoufes is of late Years very much increafed, and praying their Salaries may be enlarged, was prefented to the Houfe and
read.

faid Petition do lie on the Table. Infpedlors the of Guilford Warehoufe, in the Cotmty of A Petition of Accomack and fundry other Inhabitants of that County, fetting forth that the prefent

Ordered,

That the

in a niinous Condition,
;

and has been

fo often repaired that

it

will

Reparation and praying that a new One may be ereded at a Place called Point, on Hunting Creek, and that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe, was
the Hotafe and read.

Warehoufe is admit of no furth

Tinley's

prefented to

Ordered, That that the faid Petition be referred to the Committee of Proportions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame
;

with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

'

Petition of George Parker, fetting forth that Richard Bennet, late of

laft

Will and Teftament, bearing Date the 25'h Day of September, in the Year 1749, among other Bequefts, gives unto one George Parker of the County of Accomack, in this Colony, and his Heirs, all his Lands and Plantations, as well as thofe on Bennet's Creek, in Nanfemond County, as elfewhere in the faid Colony, and alfo all his Negro and Mulatto Slaves in the faid Colony, his Stock of homed Cattle, Sheep Hogs Horfes and Horfe Kind, and all other his perfonal Eftate, that at the Tiine of his Death fhould be upon his faid Lands, in Truft, for the raifmg the Sum of 30 Virginia Current Silver Money annually for ever, and paying the fame to the Churchwardens of the
Parifh
'

Efq; by his

Maryland

Hening, V,

p. 326.

io6]
called the lower PariXh of

Parifh wherein the faid Lands

lie,

now

Nanfemond; which

faid annual Stun is to be paid at the Church Door of the faid Parifh to the Churchwardens on the 25"" of March in every Year, and to be applied towards clothing fuch and fo many-

poor People as the Veftry and the Churchwardens of the faid Parifh fhould judge to be moft needy, and then to the further Ufe of the faid George Parker, and the Heirs of his Body, and for Want of fuch Iffue to the Ufe of the Teftator's right Heirs, for ever, fubjedt neverthelefs to the faid annual Payment of ;^ 30 That the Petitioner is Son and Heir at Law of the faid George Parker, and that fmce his Father's Deceafe Colonel Richard Bland, a Member of this Houfe, recovered from the Petitioner the faid Land on Bennet's Creek (which was all the Land left the Petitioner's Father by the faid Will) fo that the Petitioner, who now lives in the Cotmty of Accomack, on the Eaftem Shore of this Colony, has been obliged for fome Time paft, and without the Interpofition of the Legiflature, he apprehends, will ftill be obliged, to take a long Journey of 130 Miles once every Year to comply with the Diredlions of the faid Will, to pay the faid Annuity to the Churchwardens at the Church Door of the faid Parifh, which feems to be repugnant to the Intention of the Teftator, who thought he had, by giving his faid Father the Lands on Bennet's Creek, enabled him to perform the faid Bequeft with Convenience and praying that an A(5t may paf s to enable him to make one Payment of 600 to the Churchwardens of the faid Parifh, in Lieu of the faid perpetual Annuity of 30, and that the Churchwardens may be obliged to lay out the fame in Purchafe of Lands, or other fufficient Security for faid annual Payment and that the Petitioner may be empowered to difpofe of the Refidue of the faid Bequeft made to his Father, the better to enable him to make
: ;

the faid Payment, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, it and is referred to M'' Parramore to prepare and bring in the fame. M"- Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the

48

Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To amend the Adt, entitled. An Ad to oblige the Owners of Mills, Hedges, or Stone Stops, on fundry Rivers therein mentioned, to make Openings
or Slopes therein for the Paffage of Fifh,

and for

other Piirpofes therein mentioned.

County of Frederick. Alfo a Bill For Alfo a Bill For adding Part of the Coimty of King and Queen to the County of Caroline, and for altering the Court Day of King and Queen. Alfo a Bill For dividing the Parifh of Nottoway, in the County of Southampton.
eftablifhing the
of Mecklenburg, in the

Town

And
Time.

the faid Bills were feverally read the

firft

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond

Ordered, That M'lfrael Chriftian have Leave to be abf ent the Remainder of this Sef fion.

Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported, according to Order, that the faid Committee had had under their further Conlideration the Petition of Capt. Thomas Bullet, Capt. John Blagg, Capt. William Fleming and Enfign James Walker, Officers of the Virginia Regiment, to them recommitted, and had come to a Refolution thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read and agreed to by the Hotafe, and is as follows Refolved, That the Petition of the faid Officers, to be reimburfed the Bounty Money and Subfiftence of feveral Recruits by them enlifted for the faid Regiment, who deferted before they arrived at the Place of Rendezvous, is reafonable and that they ought to be allowed the Siims following, viz. The faid Thomas Bullett the Sum oi 41. 16s. 8d. the faid John Blagg the Sum of 51. lis. 4d. the faid William Fleming the Sum of 20. 85. and the faid James Walker the Sum of 67, being the Stmis feverally paid by them for the Boimty and Subfiftence of the Reci-uits enlifted by the faid Officers refpectively, to be paid out of the Money raifed in Purfuance of an A(5l of Affembly, entitled An Ad'' for granting an Aid to his Majefty, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. An Account of John Rofs for 674 lbs. of Pork for the Ufe of the Garrifon of was prefented to the Hovife and received. Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
M";

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

Ordered
I

Hening, VII,

p. 409.

'

Not

in

Hening.

I07

fitions and Grievances,

M""

That M' Wormeley, M^ Walker, be added to the Committee of Propo M"' Wormeley to the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, Read and M'' Walker to the Committee of Claims, and M'' Terry to the Committee of
Ordered,

Trade.

On
and

a Motion made.

Ordered,
it is

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For deftroying Crows and Squirrels referred to M'' Gary, M' Richard Henry Lee and M"' Henry Lee, to prepare and

bring in the fame.

M'
tions

Attorney, from the

Committee

of Proportions

and Grievances, reported, accord-

ing to Order, that the faid Committee

had had

iinder their Confideration divers Propofi-

and Petitions from

;

feveral Counties to

which he read in his where they were again read, and are as follow: Refolved, That the feveral Petitions of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Lunenburg, praying that the faid County may be divided into three diftindl Counties, according to the Boiuidaries of the three Parifhes therein, and that the faid three Parifhes may be feverally eredled into a diftindl Coimty are reafonable. Refolved, That fo much of the Petition of fundry Attomies as prays that their Fees may be enlarged, is reafonable. Refolved, That fo much of the faid Petition as prays that their Fees may be made
Refolutions thereon
dif trainable,
is

them referred, and had come to feveral Place, and then delivered in at the Table,

reafonable.

The firft Refolution being read a fecond Time, was agreed to by the Houfe. The fecond and laft Refolutions being aKo read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that the Houfe do agree thereto,
It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

Ordered,
Bill,

That the faid Petitions be rejedled. That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee to prepare and bring
firft

in a

purfuant to the

Refolution.
for dividing the

An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad

of

Accomack,
up.
Refolved,

into two diftind Parifhes,

Parifh of Accomack, in the County was read a third time, and the Blanks therein

filled

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Attorney do carry up the faid

Bill to

the Coimcil for their Con-

currence.

An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad'

the

Land
up.

of Jefife

for building a Bridge over Nottoway River, from Brown, by Subfcription, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein

filled

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Lemuel Riddick do

of the

carr}"-

up the

faid Bill to the Council for their into a Committee, to

Concurrence.

The Order
Refolved,

Day

being read for the Houfe to refolve

itfelf

take into their further Confideration the Govemour's Speech.

And

then the

That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee tomorrow. Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning ii "'Clock.

I3ues6a^, t^e 23r6 of November, 3 (Beo.

III.

1762.

Petition of

fundry Inhabitants of the County of Buckingham, fetting forth

that the Petitioners have heretofore experienced the great Utility of quarterly Courts, formerly eftabliflied in feveral Counties of this Colony, and foimd the

Method of carrying on Bufmefs in thofe Courts to have been much more convenient and expeditious, as well as lefs expensive, than the monthly Courts and praying that, inftead of the faid monthly Courts now held, quarterly Courts may be eftablifhed
;

in the feveral Counties of this Colony,

was prefented to the Hotife and

Ibid.,

read.

Ordered
Hening, VII,
p. 614.
=

VII, p. 623.

io8]

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Proportions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.
;

On a Motion made,
Ordered,

Parifh to

fell

the Poor of

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To empower the Veftry of Bruton three Lots in Williamfburg, and to lay out the Money for the Benefit of the faid Parifh and it is referred to M"' Attorney to prepare and bring in the ^
;

fame.

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the

County

of Cumberland, fetting forth that

the Profecution of Suits in the County Courts, under the prefent Regulation, is become burthenfome, not only from the Delay of Bufmefs, but aKo from the extraordinary

Expenfe attending fuch Delay and praying that fome Method may be eftablifhed by which Suits might be carried to iffue, and prepared for Trial in the Clerk's Ofihce, as is pradlifed in the General Court, was prefented to the Hoiife and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That M"" Bernard Moore be added to the Commmittees of Propofitions and Grievances and Privileges and Ele(5lions, and M"" Dalby to the Committee for Courts of
;

Juftice.

A Petition of George Heale, fetting forth that he is feized and poffeffed in Fee Taille, tmder the laft Will and Teftament of his Uncle John Heale, deceafed, of 67 Slaves, and of but four others of his own Purchafe that he is alfo feized in Fee of a Tradl of Land, containing about T130 Acres, in the County of Fauquier, which he ptirchafed of one Thomas Edwards; that having feveral Children, befides his eldeft Son and Heir apparent of his Body, it will not be in his Power to make any reafonable Pro\'ifion for his yoimger Children unlets he is enabled to difpofe of fome of his entailed Slaves and praying that an A(5l may pafs to dock the Entail of the faid Slaves, and to fettle the faid Tradl of Land, which will be of much more Advantage to the Heir in Taille, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and
; ;

and bring in the fame. M' Attorney, from the Conmiittee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For dividing the County of Lunenburg into three diftindl Counties and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Dinwiddie, fetting forth that there is an abfolute Neceffity for another Infpedlion of Tobacco on the River Appomattox; and praying that an Adl may pafs to eftablifh one at Fifher's Landing, on the faid River. Alfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Prince George, to the fame Effecft, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
it is

referred to M"' Attorney to prepare

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

James City County, fetting forth that the Proprietors of the publick Warehoufes at Hog Neck having, purfuant to their Orders, built a Wharf there for the Convenience of receiving and fhipping Tobacco infpe(5led at the faid Warehoufe, they levied on the Inhabitants of their faid County, and paid the faid Proprietors, the Sum of 6 for the fame and praying that, as the Rents of the faid Warehoufes are not fufficient to repay them, they may be reimburfed by the Publick, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and committed to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. A Petition of the Infpedlors of Tobacco at Colonel Robert Boiling's Warehoufe, in the County of Dinwiddie, praying that their Salaries may be increafed, equal to their Labour, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table.
Petition of the Juftices of
;

51

I09

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of Dinunddie, Amelia, Brunfwick^

Lunenburg and Halifax, praying that a new Infpedlion for Tobacco may be eftablifhed on the Land of Robert Boiling, Gentleman, between the two Towns of Peter fburg and Blandford, was prefented to the Hovife and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. M'' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration a Petition from the County of Accontack to them referred, praying that the publick Warehoufes at CwiW/ord may be dif continued and that new Warehoufes may be eftablifhed at Finley's Point, on Hunting Creek, in the fame County, and had come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the
;

Houfe, as follows

That the faid Petition be rejedled. Ordered, That the Commiffioners appointed by Aft of Affembly for fettling the Accoimts relating to the Regiment be diredled to allow the Officers who recruited the Regiment for fuch Men who were recruited by them and paid the enlifting Money, and deferted before they could be carried to the Place of Rendezvous. Ordered, That M"' William Johnfon be added to the Committee of Claims. A Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Albemarle, in the County of Suffex, in Oppofition to a Petition to be prefented for dividing the faid Parifh into two diftindl Parifhes, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof; and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.
Refolved,

An

engroffed

Bill, entitled,

An AA'

to oblige all

Captains or Commanders of Veffels

of the Freight they fhall

taking in Tobacco on Freight in this Colony, to

fail at, before their

make Publication

therein filled

up

Loadings fhall be obtained, was read a third Time, and the Blanks and the Queftion being put that the faid Bill do pafs,

It paf fed in the Negative.

That the faid Bill be rejedled. For the more eflfedlual keeping the publick Roads and Bridges in Repair was read the fecond Time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe Tomorrow. M' Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had imder their Confideration feveral Matters to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and are as follow Refolved, That the Petition of the Juftices of York County, to be paid the Sum of 14 by them expended in repairing the publick Wharf at the Infpedlion of Tobacco at York Town, in that Covmty, is reafonable; and that they ought to be allowed the faid Sum of 14, the Rents of the faid Warehoufe not being fufficient to reimburfe them the
Refolved,

Bill

fame.
Refolved,

That William Purcell ought to be allowed the

Sum of 2. 55. 8d.

as Affignee

of Giles Burdett, for the Exprefs in his Petition mentioned.

That the Claim of William Sewell, for the Prifon Fees of feveral Soldiers Years 1754 and 1755, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Petition of John Pofey, Lieutenant in the Virginia Regiment, to be allowed fundry Expenfes for enlifting and fubfifting feveral Recruits for the Virginia Regiment, and for the Bounty Money paid fome of the faid Recruits, and for Cafh paid,
Refolved,
in the

Reward and Prifon Fees paid for one of the faid Recruits who deferted, and alfo for a Dodlor for Medicines adminiftered to them when fick, is reafonable.
the
Refolved
'

Not

in

Hening

[no]
the Balance of the

That the faid John Pofey ought to be allowed the Sum of '/6. 14s. lod. Bounty Money and Subfiftence of the faid Recmits. That the faid John Pofey ought to be allowed the Sum of 8. 4s. gd. the Refolved,
Refolved,

Balance of the Dodlor's Account.

Refolved,

That the

faid

Ferriage for himfelf, Parties

in

John Pofey ought to be allowed the Sum of 22. js. id. for and Recruits, paid by him, the faid Recruits being enlifted

Maryland and Pennfylvania. Refolved, That the faid John Pofey ought to be allowed the Sum of 7. 14s. 4d. Halfpenny, paid by him for Prifon Fees, and the Reward for taking up John Berry, a That the feveral Sums allowed to the faid John Pofey ought to be paid out the Money railed in Purfuance of an Adl, entitled An Ad' for granting an Aid to
Refolved,

deferted Soldier.
of

his Majefty.

Ordered,

That

M''

Southy Simpfon have Leave to be abfent from the Bufmefs of this

Houfe
of

for 15 Days.

A Bill To obUge the Juftices of the County of Albemarle to refimd to the Counties Amherft and Buckingham their juft Proportion of the Money paid for Weights and Meafxires before the Divifion of the faid County of Albemarle, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill For further continuing and amending the Adl, entitled. An Ad' for the better regulating a>id colleding certain Officers Fees, mid for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe on Monday
next.

A
the

Bill

To amend

the Adl, entitled

An Ad^

to oblige the
to

Stone Stops, on futidry Rivers therein mentioned,

Owners of Mills, Hedges, or make Openings or Slopes therein for

Paffage of Fifh, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. A Bill For adding Part of the County of King and Queen to the County of Caroline, and for altering the Court Day of the faid County of King and Queen, was read the fecond

Time.

That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill For diffolving the Veftry of the Parifh of Hampfhire, in the County of Hampfhire, and electing a new Veftry in the faid Parifh, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill For eftablifhing the Town of Mecklenburg, in the County of Frederick, was
Ordered,

S3

read a fecond Time.

That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. For dividing the Parifh of Nottoway, in the Coimty of Southampton, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. The Order of the Day being read, for the Hotife to refolve itfelf into a Committee, to take into their further Confideration the Govemour's Speech. Refolved, That the Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Friday
Ordered,
Bill

next.

On a Motion made.
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To amend the Adl, entitled. An Ad* for encouraging Arts and Manufadures; and it is referred to M'' Wythe and M"' Attorney to prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Gary, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order a Bill For deftroying Crows and Squirrels; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11 "'Clock.
Ordered,

Not

in Hening.

Hening, V,

p. 326.

Ibid.,

VII,

p. 321.

Ibid.,

VII, p 288.

III

>i^e6ne56ar.

tl)e

24tl) of !5tovembcr.

(Beo.

III.

1762.

AN

engroffed

County
up.

of

7?^'//, entitled, An Ad' for dividing the Parifh of Nottoway, tw the Southampton, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Gray do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. Two Claims of William Barham and Anthony Robinfon, for taking up Runaways therein mentioned, were prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. Alfo a Claim of David Swilling, praying that he may be allowed for a Horfe impreffed by Order of Colonel Spotfwood, deceafed, for the Ufe of the Militia in the Year 1755, and for 16 Days Attendance as a Phyfician on William Wilmore, a Soldier, in a nervous Diforder, by the Diredlions of the faid Colonel Spotfwood, was prefented to the Hotife and read. Ordered, That the faid Committee be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Refolved,
their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.
M'' Attorney,

Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For enlarging the

of Fairfax.

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Town of Alexandria, in the County

County

Alfo a Bill For appointing Diredlors and Truftees for the Town of Blandford, in the of Prince George, and to prevent Hogs nmning at large therein and the fame
;

**

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of John Palmer, praying that he may be allowed for a Horfe and Bridle impreffed by Order of the Commanding Officer of Fairfax Militia in 1756, and for which he has received no Satiffadlion, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions thereupon, to the Houfe. A Memorial of Andrew Lewis, fetting forth that he entered into the Service of this Colony fo early as the Year 1754, when the Virginia Regiment was firft eftablifhed, and continued in it xmtil laft Spring, when it was reduced, dtmng which Time he flatters himfelf he has behaved well; that your Memorialift was taken Prifoner in 1758 by the Savages before Fort Du Quefne, and delivered over to the French, who committed him a clofe Prifoner in the Gaol of Quebeck, where he remained 16 Months; that his long Abfence from his domeftick Affairs, and the great and neceffary Expcnfes he was obliged to fubjecft himfelf to during his Captivity, in Order to fupport his Rank, has greatly impoverifhed his private Fortvme; and humbly praying this Houfe will take his Cafe

were read the

firft

was prefented to the Houfe and read. That the faid Memorial be referred to the Confideration of M"' Wafhington, M'' Wilfon, M'' Mercer, M'' Fitzhugh and M'' George Johnfton; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That M"' Walker have Leave to be abfent from the Bufinefs of this Houfe
into Confideration,

Ordered,

14 Days.
M'' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had imder their Confideration divers Propofitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and are as follow Refolved, That the feveral Petitions of fimdry Inhabitants of the Cotmties of Dinwiddie, Amelia, Brunfwick, Lunenburg, and Halifax, praying that Warehoufes for the

faid

Reception
"

Hening, VII.,

p. 6i8.

112]

Reception of Tobacco may be built, and a new Infpedlion eftablifhed, on the Land of Robert Boiling, Gentleman, on Appomattox River, between Blandford and Peterfburg,
are reafenable.
Refolved,

That the

feveral Petitions of ftmdry Inhabitants of the Counties of Suffex,

of

Prince George, Dinwiddie and Southampton, praying that Warehoufes for the Reception Tobacco may be built, and a new Infpecftion eftablifhed, at Fifher's Landing, on the
Ordered, That
it

faid River Appomattox,

be an be

rejedled.

who

are to bring in a Bill

Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, For further continuing and amending the Staple of Tobacco,
Inftru(5tion to the

That they receive a Claufe or Claufes purfuant to the firft Refolution. M' Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration two Petitions to them referred, and had come to two Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and are as follow: Refolved, That the Petition of Robert M'Mahan, to be allowed for Damages done him by the Indians, is reafonable, and that he ought to be paid the Sum of 20. 2s. for
;

the fame.

building a

That the Petition of the Juftices of James City County, to be paid for at Hog Neck Warehoufe, in that County, is reafonable and that they ought to be allowed the Sum of 6 for the fame, the Rents of the faid Warehoufe being infufficient to reimburfe them the Expenfe thereof. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Claims to make the faid
Refolved,

Wharf

Allowances in the Book of Claims, purfuant to the faid Refolutions. A Petition of Garter Henry Harrifon, and fundry other Inhabitants of the Counties of Cumberland and Buckingham, praying that an Adl may pafs to empower the faid Carter Henry Harrifon to build a Grift Mill over Willis's Creek, which nms through his Land, and to eredl a Dam acrofe the fame, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report their fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Motion being made, and the Queftion put that Leave be given to bring in a Bill To relieve fundry Perfons whofe Lands have been injured by cutting down their Timber to build Fort Loudoun,
It paffed in the Negative.

The Order
on the
next.
Bill

of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee For the more efTedlual keeping the publick Roads and Bridges in Repair. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Friday

An AA for diffolving the Veftry of the Parifh of HampCounty of Hampfliire, and eleding a new Veftry in the faid Parifh, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Attorney do carry up the faid Bill to the Coimcil for their ConAn
engroffed Bill, entitled,

fhire, in the

currence.

engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad' for adding Part of the County of King and Queen County to the of Caroline, and for altering the Court Day of the faid County of King and Queen, was read the third Time and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Pendleton do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Con-

An

currence.
M''

Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had

had

under their Confideration fimdry Accounts for Neceffaries fumifhed the Indians, and for Condudlors Pay for them, during the Campaign under General Forbes, in the Year
1758
'

Hening VII,

p. 616.

'

Ibid.,

VII, p. 620.

"3

1758, to

them

his Place,

referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and are as
;

follow
Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that

6s. gd.

to be allowed the

Sum of 61.

Thomas Rutherford ought Halfpeny, for Goods and Provifions ftimifhed the

Indians.

That the Balance of the faid Rutherford' s Account, being 12, for Condudlors Pay and Expenfes, be reje(5led. Refolved, That Everhart Deering ought to be allowed the Sum of 30. 15s. 9d. Halfpeny, for Provifions fumifhed the Indians. Refolved, That George Laiibinger ought to be allowed the Simi of 19. Qs. jd. Halfpeny, for Provifions fumifhed the Indians. Refolved, That the Claim of John Don, for a Quarter Cafk of Wine fumifhed the
Refolved,

Indians, be rejedled.

The

firft,

fecond, third

and

fourth Refolutions, being feverally read a fecond Time,

were agreed to by the Houfe. The laft Refolution being alfo read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that the Houfe agree thereto. It paffed in the Negative.
Ordered, That the fame be recommitted to the faid Committee, to value the Wine Refolution mentioned, and to report the fame to the Hoxofe. the in A Bill For deftroying Crows and Squirrels was read a fecond Time, and committed to^the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances.

And then

the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning 11

"'Clock.

I3burs6aY t^e 251^ of ^tovember. 3 (Bco.

III.

1762.

MR
It

Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration the Information referred to them concerning the late Ele(5lion of M' Thomas Bailey to ferve as a
faid

Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimty of Surry, and had agreed on a Report, and come to two Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then deHvered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow
;

of Surry,

appears to your Committee that John Peter, late High Sheriff of the faid County formed the Office of Sheriff to one Thomas Cocke, who employed the faid M'

Bay ley, upon ftanding Wages, to execute the Office of Under Sheriff with him for two Years That in the Month of Auguft laft Thomas Wilfon was appointed and fwom High Sheriff of the faid Cotmty, at which Time there was one Month remaining imexpired of the Time the faid M"^ Bayley had undertaken to execute the faid Office for the faid Thomas Cocke; and that, by Permiffion of the faid Thomas Wilfon, he fwore in as Under Sheriff, to enable him to complete the faid Term of two Years, according to his Agreement with the faid Thomas Cocke; but that he never executed any Writ, or other Procefs, from the Time the faid Thomas Wilfon was fworn High Sheriff as aforefaid. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid M' Thomas Bayley was not Under Sheriff of the faid Coimty of Surry at the Time of the faid Eledlion. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid M'' Thomas Bayley
:

is

duly eledted to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the faid County

of Surry.

For appointing Diredlors and Truftees for the Town of Blandford, in the and to prevent Hogs running at Large therein, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time.
Bill

County

of Prince George,

M'

114]

M' Attorney from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the faid Committee had had tmder their Confideration divers Propofitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe,
as follow
Refolved,

That the Petition

of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Albemarle, in

the County

of Suffex, praying that the faid Parifh

may be

divided, according to the

Lines in the faid Petition defcribed, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Petition of ftmdry Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, in Oppofition
thereto,
is

reafonable.

That the Petition of John Cocke, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed from the Town of Cobham, in the Coimty of Surry, over James River, to Jameftown, be
Refolved,
rejedled.
M''

Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had

imder

their Confideration feveral Matters to

them

referred,

and had come

to feveral

Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to, with an Amendment, as follow Refolved, That the Claim of John Rofs, for Provifions found at Pearfcall's Fort, in the Year 1756, be rejedled, not being regularly certified. Refolved, That the Claim of Gerfham Keys, for Provifions f\imifhed the Militia of Fairfax Covmty, be rejedled, it appearing that the laft Article in his Acco\mt has been

already allowed.

That the Petition of John Palmer, to be allowed for a Horfe and Bridle Ufe of the Fairfax MiUtia, be rejedled, it appearing that the faid Palmer was allowed for the fame in the laft Book of Claims. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For the better and more regular coUedling his Majefty's Quitrents, and the publick Taxes and it is referred to M' Bland, M' Richard Henry Lee and M' Landon Carter, to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of Charles Binns, Clerk of Loudoun Coimty, praying fome Alteration as to his Fees, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
Refolved,

impreffed for the

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad for eftablifhing the Town of Mecklenburg, in the County of Frederick, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.

Refolved,

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Mercer do carry up the faid Bill to theCoimcil fortheirConcurrence. A Bill For enlarging the Town of Alexandria, in the Cotmty of Fairfax, was read
Ordered,

the fecond Time.

That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11 "'Clock.

IFxihat.

tl)e

26tb of ^flovember. 3

(Beo,

III.

1762.

THE

Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee to take into their further Confideration the Govemotu-'s Speech and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M' Attorney reported that the
;

Committee had had the faid Speech, and the Letters to them referred, tmder their further Confideration, and gone through the fame, and had come to two Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, with an Amendment, as follow:
;

Refolved
1

Hening, VII, p. 600

"5]

That an Addrefs be prefented to his Honour the Govemour, to affure him of our inviolable Attachment to his Majefty and his Service, and at the fame Time to exprefs our Concern that the prefent unhappy Circimiftances of this Colony will not permit us to manifeft our Zeal for the Support of the common Caufe, by continuing the Regiment for a longer Time than it now f tands provided for The large Sums that we have been obUged to iffue in Treafury Notes, to enable us to comply with his Majefty's Requifitions, have already occafioned feveral Complaints, particularly from the Merchants of Great Britian trading to this Colony and as we have no other Means of defraying the Expenfe of the Regiment than by a new Emiffion of Treafury Notes, which will not only increafe thofe Complaints, but may greatly depreciate the Value of the Notes already iffued, to the manifeft Injury of the Trade and Credit of this Colony, we flatter ourfelves that our Refufal will not be looked upon as a Deviation from, but rather a Continuance of, that Affedlion and Loyalty which have hitherto influenced all our
Refolved,
:
;

Adlions.
Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be made to his Majefty, to congratulate him on Event of the Birth of an Heir to his Crown and Virtues. happy the Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up the feveral Addreffes ptirfuant Bland, M.' Richard Henry to the faid Refolutions and it is referred to M'' Attorney, Pendleton and M'' Wythe, to prepare and bring in the fame. Lee, A Petition of Richard Baker, for and in Behalf of his Brother James Baker, deceafed, late a Lieutenant in the Virginia Regiment, fetting forth that his faid Brother was fent out by Order of the late Govemour Dinwiddie to the Nottoway and Tufkarora Nations of Indians, to induce them to take up Arms in Defence of this Colony that his faid Brother did accordingly raife and march large Bodies of the faid Indians, feveral Times, to the Frontiers of this Colony that by f undry long and expenfive Joumies from Fort Cumberland to the faid Nations of Indians, and his Expenfes in procuring the faid Indians firft to march, he expended large Stmis of Money, befides going in Debt to fimdry Perfons in the Sum of ;i5o, or thereabouts; that he was foon after flain on the Banks of the
;

Ohio, near Fort DuQuefne, bravely fighting in Defence of his Country, without leaving

Demands; and praying that he may be allowed by the Publick a Sirni of Money fufficient to difcharge his faid Brother's Debts, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims.
fufficient to fatiffy the faid

On a Motion made.
Colony lay his Accoimts before the Houfe. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For the more effedlual keeping the publick Roads and Bridges in Repair; and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'^ Attorney reported that the Committee had gone through the faid Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereto which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the faid Amendments in his Place, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to, with fome Amendments. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be engroffed, and read a third Time.
Ordered,

That the

Treafvu-er of this

And then

the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning ii

''Clock.

Satur6ar. tb^ ^^^b of November. 3 (Beo.

III.

1762.

THE
(9

Treafurer, according to Order, laid his Accoimts before the Houfe.

Ordered,

That the

faid Accounts

do

lie

on the Table,

for the Perufal of the

Members

of this Houfe.

A
his
;

Petition of

Soldier in the Virginia

Abraham Lunderman, fetting forth that he hath been a Regiment upwards of five Years, during which Time he hath done

Duty that by extreme Colds in the Service he has contradled a rheumatick Diforder, which has taken away the Ufe of his Limbs, in which Condition he is like to remain the
Reft

"6

Reft of his Life

and praying fome Relief

for his Staff erings,

was prefented

to the

Houfe

and read

^'"

Ordered,

of Claims; that they

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with

their Opinion thereon, to the Hotife.

M' Richard Henry Lee, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To explain and amend one Adt of Affembly, made in the 4*'' Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, entitled. An Ad far regulating the Eledions of Burgeffes, for fettling their Privileges, and for afcertaining their Allowances; alfo one other A($t, made in the lo"* Year of George II. entitled, An Ad' to declare who fhall have a Right to vote in
'

the

Eledion of Burgeffes
firft

to ferve

in the General Affembly for Counties, and for preventing

fraudulent Conveyances in Order to multiply Votes at fuch Eledions;

and the fame was

read the

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill To amend an Adl, entitled. An Ad^ to oblige the Owners of Mills, Hedges, or Stone Stops on fundry Rivers therein mentioned, to make Openings or Slopes therein for the Paffage of Fifh, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed, reported that the Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
M'' Attorney,

Time.
M"' Attorney,

from the faid Committee, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order,

a Bill To amend an Adl, entitled An Ad* for regulating Ordinaries, and Reftraint of Tippling Houfes; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Attorney, alfo reported that the faid Committee had had tmder their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions from feveral Counties to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: Refolved, That the Petition of Nicholas Davies, praying that a Ferry may be eftabUfhed from his Land in the County of Bedford, near the Mouth of Tuckaho Creek, over the Fluvannah River, to his Land near the Mill Stone Quarry, in the County of Amherft, ought to be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the upper End of the County of Amherft, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed from the Land of Cornelius Thomas, at or near the Mouth of Mill Creek, on the north Side of the Fluvannah River, to the oppofite Land of Nicholas Davies, in the County of Bedford, ought to be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. Refolved, That the Petition of ftmdry Inhabitants of the Coimty of Albemarle, contiguous to the praying that a Town may be eftablifhed on the Land of Courthoufe of the faid County, is reafonable. Refolved, That the feveral Petitions of fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of Buckingham and Cumberland, praying that quarterly Courts may be eftablifhed in the feveral
;

Coimties of this Colony, are reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of Carter Henry Harrifon, Gentleman, and fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of Cumberland and Buckingham, praying that he may be empowered
to build a Mill
is

and

raife a

Dam

over Willis's Creek, in the faid County of Cumberland,

of ftmdry Inhabitants of the Parifhes of

reafonable.
Refolved,

and

Truro, in the Counties of Fairfax

Parifh of

Cameron and Loudoun, praying that fo much of the faid Cameron as lies below the Line dividing thofe two Cotmties may be added to the That the two Petitions
Ordered

Parifh of Truro, are reafonable.

Hening,

III, p. 236.

Ibid., Vll, p. 321.

* Ibid.,

Yl, p. yi.

'

Ibid., IV, p. 475.

117

Bill

Ordered, That it be an Inftru(5tion to the faid Committee to prepare and bring in a or Bills purfuant to the four laft Refolutions. An engroffed Bill, entitled, /In Ad' for enlarging the Town of Alexandria, in the

County

was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' George Johnfton do carry up the faid Bill to the Council
of Fairfax,

Refolved,

for their

Concurrence.

An
to

engroffed
to the

Bill, entitled

An Ad'

to oblige the

Juftices of the County of Albemarle

Counties of Amherft and Buckingham their juft Proportion of the Money paid for Weights and Meafures before the Divifion of the faid County of Albemarle, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.

refund

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"" William Cabbel do cany up the

faid Bill to the Council for their

Concurrence.

And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning ii

"'Clock.

yUonba^. tbe 29tb of !^ovember, 3

(Beo.
is

III.

1762.

Petition of
of

Henry Scarburgh,

fetting forth that he

feized in Taille of a Tradt

Cotmty of Accomack, containing Acres; that he has no Slaves to cultivate it, and therefore the Poffeffion 3050 of it has been rather a Dif advantage to him than otherwife; and that it would be greatly to his Advantage to difpofe of 1525 Acres, Part thereof, and lay out the Money arifmg from the Sale thereof in the Purchafe of Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes and praying that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M'' Lemuel Riddick to prepare and bring in the fame. M"' Wafhington, from the Perfons to whom the Memorial of Major Andrew Lewis> was referred, reported that they had had the fame under their Confideration, and had agreed on a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe,
lying in Pungoteagiie Creek, in the
; ;

Land

as follows

appears to your Committee that the MemoriaUft entered into the Service of this Colony in the Year 1754 that he continued therein imtil the Redudlion of the Virginia Regiment in January laft; that in the Year 1758 he was taken Prifoner before Fort
It
;

DuQuefne by the Savages, who ftripped and plimdered him of all his Clothes, &c. and that he was afterwards delivered up to the French, and carried to Quebeck, where he That during his Continuance in the remained in Captivity for the Space of 1 6 Months Service of his Cotmtry he very jtiftly acquired the Charadler of a prudent, brave, and
:

good
61

Officer.

Refolved,
for a

That the

faid

Major Andrew Lewis be allowed the

Sum

of ;^35o, as well

Recompenfe for the Hardfhips he fuffered dxuing his Captivity, and the great Expenfes he was obliged to fubje(5t himfelf to, in Order to fupport and maintain the Dignity of his Character as an Officer. Ordered, That the faid Refolve be engroffed, and that M'' Mercer do carry it up to
for his faithful Services to his Country, as a

Reward

the Coimcil for their Concurrence.

M' Attorney from the Committee of Propolitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had imder their Confideration a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Truro, in the Coimty of Fairfax, praying that the faid Parifh may be divided into two diftincft Parifhes, according to the Lines therein particularly defcribed; alfo
faid

a Petition of fundry other Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, in Oppofition to the faid Divifion
I

Hening, VII,

p. 6o4.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 625.

ii8]
;

fion

and had come to two Refolutions thereupon which he read

in his Place,

and then

delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Hotife, as follow Refolved, That the faid Petition, praying a Divifion of the faid Parifh, be rejedled.
Refolved,

That the faid Petition, in Oppofition thereto, is reafonable. M' Attorney alfo reported that the faid Committee had aKo had tmder

their

Con-

fideration a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the faid Parifh of Truro, complaining of

fundry illegal Pradlices of the prefent Veftry of the faid Parifh, and praying that the faid Veftry may be diffolved and had come to the following Refolution thereupon.
;

Refolved,

That the faid Petition is reafonable. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee to prepare and bring

in a

Bill or Bills purfuant to the laft Refolution.

M' Pendleton, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Hotife, according to To eftablifh a more eafy and expeditious Method for the Trial of Criminals, and of Caufes depending in the General Court and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.
Order, a Bill
;

Petition of William Sweene, a Soldier in the

2**

Virginia Regiment, fetting forth

that in the Adtion before Fort DuQuefne he received a Wound in one of his Arms, which has ever fince rendered him incapable of labouring fiafficient to fupport himfelf and Family; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe

and

read.

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Ordered,
their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

Claim of Thomas Cowles, for taking up a Rimaway therein mentioned, was pre-

fented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. Ordered, That M' Jofeph Cabbel have Leave to be abfent from the Bufinefs of the

Houfe this Remainder of this Seffion. M' Richard Henry Lee, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Hoidfe, according to Order, a Bill For the Relief of infolvent Debtors, for the more effeftual Difcovery and more equal Diftribution of their Ef tates and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For continuing and amending the Adl, entitled An Ad^ for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Friday next. Several Accounts from fimdry Inhabitants of the Coimty of Halifax, for Provifions and other Neceffaries fumifhed to the Militia, and for tributary Indians, in their marching through the County, were feverally prefented to the Hoiife and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning ii "'Clock.
;

Buesdar.

t^e

30t^ of !Jtovember 3

(Beo.

III.

1762.

Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration feveral Matters to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to, with fome Amendments, as follow Refolved, That the Petition of Abraham Lunderman, late a Soldier in the Virginia Regiment, for Relief, he being rendered incapable of getting his Livelihood, and a Cripple, by the Hardfhips he underwent in the Service of this Colony, is reafonable; and that he ought to be allowed the Siim of ;io for Relief in his prefent Neceffity, and the further Refolved Sum of ;io a Year during his Indifpofition.
;

MR

Hening, V, p. 326.

119]
for a

Refolved,

That the Petition of David Zwilling, to be paid

Horfe impreffed in

the Ser\'ice of this Colony, and for Medicines and Attendance for Soldiers when fick, is reafonable and that he ought to be allowed the Sum oi 2> for the faid Horfe, and the
;

further

Sum

of i. 75. for his Medicines

and Attendance on the

faid Soldiers.

Refolved, That the Claim of James Patty, to be allowed for the Lof s of the Labour of a Slave who was committed to the Gaol of Caroline Cotmty on Sufpicion of Felony, and whilf t imprifoned was froftbitten and rendered incapable of Service, is reafonable and that he ought to be allowed the Sum of ,2i- ^S^- for the fame. Ordered, That it be an Intru(5lion to the Committee of Claims to make the feveral
;

Allowances in the Book of Claims, purfuant to the faid Refolutions. A Bill To eftablifli a more eafy and expeditious Method for the Trial of Criminals, and of Caufes depending in the General Court, was read the fecond Time and it was further ordered that the faid Bill fhould be printed, and a Copy thereof fent by the Printer to each of the Members of this Houfe.
;

On

a Motion made.

for preventing exceffive

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To amend an Adl, entitled, An Ai^ and deceitful Gaming; and it is referred to M"' Richard Henry Lee bring in the fame. to prepare and A Claim of Thomas Scruggs and Jofeph Lewis, Jtmior, for taking up Rimaways
Ordered,

therein mentioned.

Alfo fundry Accounts for Provifions foimd for the Militia of

tributary Indians, were feverally prefented to the

and fimdry Houfe and received, and referred to

C3

Committee of Claims. from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For fmther contintiing the A<51 for the better regulating and difciplining the Militia. Alfo a Bill For adding Part of the Parifh of Cameron to the Parifh of Truro. Alfo a Bill For further continuing the A<51 for reducing the feveral A(5ls for making Provifion againft Invafions and Infurredlions into one Adl and the fame were feverally read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition from the Clerk, Surveyer, Sheriff and Gaoler, of the County of Cumberland, praying that the Dedudtion for Officers Fees in the faid Coimty may be reduced, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Hotife. A Petition of Capt. John Smith, praying to be reimburfed the Sum of 75 for fo much paid by him to his Lieutenant, Thomas Langdon, for his Pay from September jo'* 1755, to June 25"', 1756, having never received any Satiffadlion for the fame, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of
the Confideration of the
M"' Attorney,
;

Affembly. On a Motion made,

That this Houfe will not receive any Claims after Monday next. M' Wythe, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To amend the Adl for encouraging Arts and Manufadhires and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of Jofeph Donaldfon, late Surgeon's Mate in the Virginia Regiment, praying to be allowed Half Pay for one Year, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Refolved,
;

their

Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

Rutherford and
others,

A Petition of Robert
felling forth that they
of Winchefter,

Mary Wood,

in Behalf of themfelves

and others

and

who were

Proprietors of Lands adjoining the

Town

have fuffered much by having their Timber cut down to build Fort Loudoun; that fome of them have not only had their Timber deflroyed, but have had
their

Hening, VI,

p. 76.

I20

Lands fo pillaged as not to have Firewood left and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Hotife and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report
their
; ;

the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Hotife. M' Riddick prefented to the Hotife, according to Order, a Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Henry Scarburgh, is feized in Fee Taille, and for other Ptorpofes therein mentioned and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read
;

a fecond Time.

The

Hotife being informed that Bertrand Ewell

of Claims for the Parifh

Works, in

had levied for him in the laft Book and County Levies of his Tithes employed in the Quantico Iron the Years 1759 and 1760, 2008 lbs. of Tobacco, which was tinjtift, no fuch
eredled. of Claims

Works having been

Ordered,

That the Committee

do enquire into the fame, and report their

Opinion thereon to the Houfe. A Petition of Barton Lucas, Enfign in the Virginia Regiment, fetting forth that he hath fuftained divers Loffes in the recruiting Service, by which Means there remains a confiderable Balance due from the Petition to the Colony and as he hath really ftiffered through his Attachment to the Service, and confeffes himfelf tmable to difcharge the fame, without the Afliftance of this Honourable Houfe and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Hotife and read and the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,
; ; ;

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition

be

rejedled.

A Bill To explain and amend one Adl of Affembly, made in the 4"" Year of the Reign
of

Queen Anne, entitled. An Ad' for regulating the Eledions of Burgeffes, for fettling their Privileges and for afcertaining their Alloivances alfo one other Adl, made in the 10* Year of George II entitled. An AA' to declare who fhall have a Right to vote in theEledion of Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly for Counties, and for preventing fraudulent Conveyances in Order to multiply Votes at fuch Eledions, was read a fecond Time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe Tomorrow. A Meffage from the Cotmcil was delivered by M' Walthoe.
That they have agreed to the Cotmty of Accomack.
to the Bill, entitled.

Bill entitled.

An A(5l^ for dividing the

Parifh of Accomack,
St. Patrick,

in the

Alfo
in the

An

AcfUto empower the Veftry of the Parifh of

Edward, to levy for Thomas Wood a reafonable Satiffadlion for his Expenfes in building a Church there which was burnt down before it was finifhed. Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Acft'for building a Bridge over Nottoway River from the

Cotmty

of Prince

Land

of Jeffe BroTJun

by

Subfcription.

Alfo to the Bill, entitled, An Adl' for adding Part of the County of King and Queen to the County of Caroline, and for altering the Court Day of the faid County of King and Queen. Alfo to a Bill, entitled, An A61' for eftablifhing the Town of Mecklenburg, in the County
of Frederick.

Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl* for diffolving the Veftry of the Parifh of Hampfhire, in the County of Hampfhire, and eledling a new Veftry in the faid Parifh. Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl' for enlarging the Town of Alexandria, in the Cotmty
of Fairfax.

Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl'to oblige the Juftices of Albemarle to refund to the Counties of Amherft and Buckingham their juft Proportion of the Money paid for Weights and Meafures before the Divifion of the County of Albemarle. Alfo to the Bill, entitled, An Adl" for dividing the Parifh oiNottoway, in the County
oi Southampton.
'

alfo
*
s

Hening, III, p. 236. 76i(i., IV, p. 475. Ibid., VII, p. 614.

VII, p. 611. VII, p. 623. Ibid., VII, p. 620.

Ibid., /6td.,

VII, p. 600. VII, p. 616. Ibid., VII, 604.

Ibid.,
/fct<i.,

Ibid.,
/6tti.,

"

VII, p. 625. VII, p. 618.

[I2l]
Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl' for fettling the Bounds between the Parifhes of Martin's Brandon and Briftol, in the County of Prince George. Alfo
to

a Refolve, for allowing Colonel William Peachey one Year's Pay, in Confidera-

tion of his paft Services.

And then

the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning ii

"'Clock.

Xi^e6ne56aY.

tl)e

1st of

^December. 3 ^eo.

III.

1762.

Parramore prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To empower make one Payment of 600 to the Church Wardens of the lower Parifh of Nanfemond, in Lieu of a perpetual Annuity of 2,0 and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of Willam Bronaugh, late a Captain of the Virginia Regiment praying that he may be allowed the fame Favours and Indulgencies which have been lately granted to the Officers of the late Regiment, and that he may be allowed one Year's Advance Pay, as was allowed them, or to make him fuch other Allowance as this honourable Houfe fhall think fit, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of M'' Richard Henry Lee, My George John [ton and M'' Mercer; that they examine into the Allegations thereof^ and report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of James Scott, Clerk, fetting forth that Alexander Scott, late of the Parifh of Overwharton, in the Coimty of Stafford, Clerk, deceafed. Brother to the Petitioner, was in his Lifetime feized of 448 Acres of Land in the faid County of Stafford, and of feven other Tra(5ls of Land in the Cotmty of Fairfax, and that Part of Prince William now
George Parker to
;

MR

called Fauquier, containing feverally 2823, 2000, 1000, 970, 600, 480, and 400, Acres; and being at the fame Time poffeffed of between 20 and 30 Slaves, devifed his faid Lands and Slaves to the Petitioner, in Taille: That the Petitioner being feveral Years ago appointed Minifter of Dettingen Parifh, in the County of Prince William, hath piu-chafed a TraA of Land there, containing 2000 Acres, upon which he hath built a very good and large Brick Houfe two Stories high, with Cellars under the Whole, and completely finifhed, all Neceffaries and convenient Offices, with a Garden, Orchards, and fine Meadows, which hath rendered the fame very valuable; that the faid Tradl of Land piirchafed by him as aforefaid, and upon which he now lives, with all the Improvements thereon, may (after his Deceafe) be fettled upon his eldeft Son and Heir apparent, James

Jim. in Taille, in Lieu of the Tradl of 2000 Acres in Fairfax, near the Falls of Potowmack, which, with the other fix fmall Tradls before mentioned, may be vefted in the Petitioner in Fee Simple and that there may be annexed unto the faid Tradl of Land
Scott,
;

William the following 16 Slaves, viz. David, Frank, Will, Bob, Great Sawney, Sawney, Sampfon, Peg, Bee Eye, Little Frank, Dick, Mofes, Yellow Jenney, Joan Little and Hannah, and their Increafe, to go and continue with the faid Land forever; and
in Prince

that the following 1 7 Slaves and their Increafe, viz. Judy, Moll, Great Jamie, Little Jamie, Old Tom, Elgin, Dipple, Roger, Maria, Charlotte, Yellow Betty, Tony, Abraham, Little

Mofes, Black

Belt, Little

Jenny and Nanny

to go

and be annexed to the Tradl

is ftill

of

Land

upon
to the

Carter's Fvun in Fauquier County, containing 2823 Acres (which

to remain

in Taille as formerly)

and praying that an Adl may pafs

for that Purpofe,

was prefented

Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in ptirfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M'' Richard Henry Lee to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of Nathaniel Harrifon, an Infant, under the Age of 2 1 Years, by Nathaniel Harrifon, Efq; his Guardian, fetting forth that he is feized in Fee Taille of about 3000 in the County of Surry, which Acres of Land lying and being in the Parifh of
is

Hening, VII, 613.

122

no real Value to him, but rather an Encumbrance, having no Slaves to cultivate or improve the fame; that it will be an Advantage to himfelf, and all thofe claiming under the Will of the faid Nathaniel Harrifon, to difpofe of Part of the faid Tra(5l of Land, and to lay out the Money arifmg from the Sale thereof in the Purchafe of Slaves, to be annexed to the remaining Part thereof; and praying an Adt may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Hotife and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M' Attorney to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of Larkin Chew, late a Lieutenant in the Virginia Regiment, fetting forth that after the Deceafe of his Brother Colefby Chew, who had been for fome Time in the Service, and who was killed bravely fighting for his King and Country near Fort Du Quefne, feveral Debts due from him, to the Amount oi 22, were proved and demanded of the Petitioner, who paid the fame, as he could not think of letting the Memory of a brave Brother be degraded with the Reproach of not paying his Debts, though he had little Money to fpare himfelf; that in the Month of May, 1759, in an Engagement with the Enemy, he received a Woimd in the Elbow Joint of his right Arm, which fhattered the Bones thereof in fuch Manner that it was a long Time before the Cure was efifedled that he expended for Ntu-fes, Attendants, &c. about 20 that at the Time of receiving the Wound the Enemy took from him two Horfes, his Baggage and Clothes, to the Value of 50, 15 in Cafh, and all his Papers, among which were Accounts of Value, and the Receipts for the Money he had paid for his Brother, no Part of which he could ever recover, nor hath he received any Satiffadlion for the fame and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of M"' Bland and M'' Terry; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. M'' Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Elections, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration the Returns of the Writs for eledling of Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the Counties of New Kent and Surry, to them referred, and had come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to
is

of

by the Houfe,
Refolved,

as follows That the RetvuTis of the faid Writs are not

:

made

in the

Form

prefcribed

by Law.

On a Motion made.
That the Returns of the faid Writs be amended by the Clerk at the Table. Pendleton prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Ralph Wormeley, Efq is feized, and for fettling other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes and the fame was read the firf t Time, and ordered
Ordered,
M''
;

be read a fecond Time. M'' Richard Henry Lee prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To amend an Adl for preventing exceffive and deceitful Gaming; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.
to

Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Elections, reported that the faid Committee had had under their further Confideration the Petition of M'' Henry Peyton,
M''

complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M"' John Baylis and M' Henry Leigh to ferve as Burgeffes in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Prince William, and had partly heard as well the Petitioner as the fitting Members, and had agreed to a Report, and come to two Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and agreed to by the Houle, as
follow

appears to your Committee that Richard Marlour, who voted for the faid M' Lee at the faid Eledlion, voted in right of 100 Acres of Land which he held under a Leafe for three Lives, from Bertrand Ewell, dated the 30"' of September, 1757, and that he hath been in Poffeffion thereof from the Date of the Leafe, and took the Oath prefcribed by
It

ta

Law.

The

123

Committee to examine into the Title of the faid Bertrand Ewell, and offered to prove that he had not the legal Title to the Land he had o leafed to the faid Marlour; and the Queftion being put thereon. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that they have no Right to examine
Petitioner then defired the

The

into the faid Bertrand Ewell's Title to the faid Land.

Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Richard Marlour

had a good Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Election. The /jr// Refolution being read a fecond Time, was difagreed to by the Houfe. The laft Refolution aKo being twice read, and the Queftion put that the Houfe
agree thereto.
It paffed in the Negative.

On a Motion made.
Ordered,

That the

faid Refolution

be recommitted to the faid Committee.

The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To explain and amend one Ac$l of Affembly, made in the 4''' Year of the Reign of Queen Anne entitled. An Ad' for regulating the Eledions of Burgeffes, for fettling their
Privileges,

and

for afcertaining their Allowances, alfo

one other Adl, made in the

have a Right
to vote

10'''

Year

of George II entitled.

An Ad' to

declare

who

fhall

in the Eledion

of Burgeffes to ferve in the General

Affembly

for Counties,

and

for preventing fraudulent

Conveyances in Order to Multiply Votes at fuch Eledions. And then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill; and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that
the Committee had had the faid Bill tmder their Confideration, but not having to go through the fame they had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again.
Refolved,

Time
Bill

That
the

this

Houfe

will again refolve itfelf into

a Committee on the faid

''Clock.

Tomorrow.

And then

Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11

Tb\)Vixsba2*

tb<^

2r6 of December. 3

(Beo. Ill

1762.

AN
the

Account of fundry Perfons in the County of Gloucefter, for conveying feveral draughted Soldiers to Frederick fburg,was prefented to the Houfe and received,

and

referred to the Confideration of the

Committee

of Claims.

Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common Council, and other Inhabitants of the City of Williamfburg, praying that an A6t may pafs to remove the Powder, with the Arms and Ammtmition, in the Magazine in the faid City, to fome
Petition of the

Place of greater Security, or to

fell

the fame for the Benefit of the Publick, and to reveft

Dire<5lors of the faid

Land on which the faid Magazine now ftands in the Truftees and City, was prefented to the Houfe and received.
Ordered,

That a

Bill or Bills

be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition,

to prepare

and bring in the fame. was poffeffed in Fee Simple of a certain Piece of Land, 60 Feet wide, and about 450 Feet long, which Piece of Land was by an A<51 of Affembly, For enlarging the Town of Dumfries, vefted in the Truftees of the faid Town, and by them laid off into a Street that the Petitioner reaps no benefit from the faid Street, nor has he ever received any Satiffadlion for the faid Land and prayed the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
and
it is

referred to

M' Attorney

Petition of Allan Macrae, fetting forth that he

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

M' Benjamin Harrifon, from the Committee of Trade, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To revive an Adt, entitled. An Adi for infpeding Pork, Beef, Flower
Hening,
III, p. 236.

Ibid.,

IV, p. 475.

Ibid.,

VI, p. 146.

s ;

"4]
Adl, entitled,

Flower, Tar, Pitch and Turpentine,

and aKo an

An Ad' to

an Ad,

entitled.

An Ad

for infpeding. Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch

Alfa a Bill For eftablifhing Pilots, and regulating their feverally read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Bland, from the Perfons to whom the Petition of Larkin Chew was committed, reported that they had had the fame under their Confideration, and examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had come to a Ref olution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houf e, and is as follows Refolved, That the faid Larkin Chew be allowed the Sum of ;ioo, as a Satiffadtion for his Loffes, and the Wounds he received in the Service of the Colony and the Sum of ;;40 a Year during his Life, for the Lofs of the Ufe of his right Arm. Refolved, That the faid Refolve be engroffed, and that M"" Bland do carry it up to the Cotincil for their Conciurence. M' Attorney reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to the Govemotu" which he read in his Place, and then delivered
;

revive and amend and Turpentine. Fees; and the fame were

in at the table,
is

where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and

as follows
Sir,

havingtakenyour Honour' under our Speech, at the Opening moft ferious Confideration, humbly beg Leave to afftire you of our inviolable Attachment to his Majefty's Service, and at the fame Time to exprefs our Concern that the prefent unhappy Circumftances of the Colony will not permit us to manifeft our Zeal for the Support of the common Caufe by continuing the Regiment for any longer Time than it flood provided for: The large Sums that we have been obliged to iffue in Treafury Notes, to enable us to comply with his Majefty's Requifitions,
the Biirgeffes of Virginia,
of this Seffion,

We his Majefty's dutiful Subjeds,

have already occafioned great Complaints, particularly from the Merchants of Great Britain trading to this Colony; and as we have no other Means of defraying the Expenfes of the

Regiment than by a new Emiffion

Treafury Notes, which will not only mcreafe thofe Complaints, but may depreciate the Value of the Notes already iffued, to the Injury of the Trade and Credit of the Colony, we flatter ourfelves that our Refufal will not be looked upon
of
all

as any Deviation from that Affedion and Loyalty which have hitherto influenced

our

Adions.

That the faid Addrefs be fairly tranfcribed, and prefented by the whole the Committee who prepared the fame wait on the Govemotir, to know and that Hotife his Pleafure when this Houfe fhall attend his Honour to prefent it. A Memorial of the Officers of the Virginia Regiment, fetting forth that as the Regiment is now reduced, your Memorialifts beg Leave to lay their unhappy and diftreffed Situation before the Honourable Houfe, who have on all Occafions manifefted their great Intention, and noble Refolution, of rewarding all who have been employed in their Service, who could have the leaft Pretention to their Favour and Notice. Yotir Memorialifts beg they may affure the Houfe that they now efteem themfelves in a much worfe Situation than they ever have been before, as the many Expenfes attending the recnaiting Service, and the Camp Equipage they were obliged to provide at a very great Expenfe, to fit themfelves for an Expedition which they were ordered daily to expedt, has not only exhauf ted all the Pay the fmall Space they have now been employed entitled them to, but has adluaUy taken a great Part of the Recompenfe the honourable Houfe was fo generoully pleafed to order them at the former Redu(5lion of the Regiment for their paft Services, much of which had been before expended in travelling Charges, as your Memorialifts were difbanded fo far from their refpeftive Homes, at a Poft, whofe remote Situation, and inclement Seafon, made it very difficult to prociu-e the neceffary Means to convey them home and though yotu- Memorialifts were thoroughly
Ordered,
; ;

_^_____
I

fatiffied

Hening, VII, p. 40.

[125
fatiffied thefe

Inconveniences must attend them, yet they could not be guilty of fo Negledt and Difrefpedl to a grateful and bountiful Colony, as to delay one Moment offering their Services when they thought them abfolutely neceffary, and to which both Honour and Gratitude fo loudly called them.

much

During the long, tedious, and difagreeable Service, your Memorialists have been engaged in for the Defence of this Coimtry, the many Toils and Dangers they have encoimtered, in which they have fpent the moft precious Part of their Lives, and have really fo much impaired that ineftimable Bleffmg, their Health, while they were employed to procure their Country Safety, Peace, Eafe and Tranquility, that many of them are

from a ProbabiHtyof acquiring a decent Subfiftence that they are threatened with a near Profpecft of approaching Poverty and Want, which muft fubjedl them to fuch
fo far

Contempt as will damp the Growth of publick Spirit and military Virtues. Thus your Memorialifts, having moft honeftly and impartially reprefented their unhappy Situation, beg to recommend their Diftreffes at their approaching Poverty to the Confideration of the honourable Houfe, to grant them fuch Relief as they in their

Wifdom fhall judge

M'' Attorney,

fit.

according to Order, prefented to the Houfe a Bill To empower the Veftry of Brutcrn Parifh to fell certain Lots in the City of WilUatnfburg, for the Purpofes therein mentioned; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a

Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To explain and amend one Adl of Affembly, made in the 4^ Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, entitled. An Ad' for regulating the Eledions of Burgeffes, for fettling their Privileges, and for afcertaining their Allowances, alio one other Adl, made in the 10* Year of George IL entitled. An Ad' to declare who fhall have a Right to vote in the' Eledion of Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly for Counties, and for preventing fraudulent Conveyances in Order to multiply Votes at fuch Eledions; and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker reftmied the Chair, and M' Attorney reported that the Committee had made feveral Amendments to the faid Bill, but not having Time to go through the fame they had directed him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill Tomorrow. A Claim of William Summers, for taking up a Runaway therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Committee of Claims. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11 "'Clock.

fecond Time. The Order of the

l^xiha^. Ib^ 3r6 of

December, 3

<5eo. Ill

1762.

A
of

Petition of George Mercer, praying to

be allowed for his Attendance on the Commiffioners appointed by his Excellency Sir Jeffery Amherft in New York to fettle the Colonies Accoimts for the Cherokee Expedition in the Year 1760, having never received any Satiffadlion for his faid Services, was prefented to

the Houfe

and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
Ordered,

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

That the Treaftu-er's Accotmts be referred to M'' Edmund Pendleton, M' Bland, M"' John Page, M"' Dudley Digges, M' Benjamin Harrifon, M' Cary, M"" Richard Henry Lee, M.^ George Johnfton and M'' Lewis Burwell; that they examine the feveral Articles thereof, and report the Balance, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. M'' Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Ele<flions, reported that the Committee had had under their further Confideration the Petition of M'' Henry Peyton, complaining of an imdue Election and Return of M' John Baylis and M' Henry Leigh to
ferve

Hening,

III, p. 236

'

Ibid.,

IV, p. 475-

126

ferve as Burgeffes in this prefent General Affembly for the Coiinty of Prince William to them referred, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon

which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: It appears to your Committee that Richard Marlour, who voted for M'' Lee at the laid Eledtion, voted in Right of loo Acres of Land which he held under a Leafe for three Lives from one Bertrand Ewell, dated the 13**" of September, 1757, and that he had been in Poffeffion thereof ever fince, and had taken the Oath prefcribed by Law; but it appears to your Committee that the faid Bertrand Ewell had never received any Deed for the faid Land of the Perfon of whom he purchafed it, of which the above mentioned
100 Acres were Part.
Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Richard Marlour

had no Right
It

to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion.

appears to your Committee that Thomas Davis, Jun. who voted for the fitting Member M'' Lee at the faid Eletftion, held 185 Acres of Land in the faid County, leafed to him and one Zachariah Bradfield, by one Benjamin Grayfon, by Indenture of Leafe, dated the 30*^ Day of January, 1758, to hold to him the faid Davis for his own Life, and the Lives of his Wife and eldeft Son Thomas, and to the faid Bradfield and his Wife for the Life of the longeft Liver of them; That in the Month of Odober, before the faid Election, he had agreed to give up his faid Leafe to one Nehemiah Dowell, provided he w would pay for the Improvements he had made on the faid Land and then alfo he put the faid Dowell into Poffeffion, but did not furrender the faid Leafe tmtil fome Time after the Eledlion, when the faid Dowell had complied with the Terms of their Agreement. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Thomas Davis, Jun.
;

had a good Right

It likewife

to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion.

appears to your Committee that William Spiller, who voted for M'' Lee at the faid Ele(5lion, held upwards of 100 Acres of Land, tmder the Will of his Father Waddington Spiller, dated the 30"^ of April, 1755, and had been in Pofeffion thereof above twelve Months before the faid Eledlion. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid William Spiller

had a good Right to vote

It further

for Bvirgeffes at the faid Eledlion.

appeared to your Committee that William Rookard and Francis Kenner, who voted for M"" Lee at the faid Eledlion, had feverally, for fome Years before the faid Eledlion, been in Poffeffion of 100 Acres of Land each in the faid County, belonging to George Mafon, Gent, who had, upon their feating and building thereon, agreed to give them Leafes for three Lives for the fame, and given each of them refpedlively his Bonds for that Purpofe, but never executed any fuch Leafe. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid William Rookard and Francis Kenner had no Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. It aKo appeared to your Committee that George Thayer, who voted for M'' Lee at the faid Eledlion, had been, for about three Years before, in Poffeffion of the Lands in Right of which he voted, under a Leafe for three Lives from the above named Bertrand Ewell, being Part of a larger Tradl, which the faid Ewell had purchafed of one Thomas Young; but had never received any Deeds for the fame. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid George Thayer had

no Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. It likewife appeared to the Committee that Robert Forgey, who alfo voted for M*^ Lee at the faid Eledlion, held 100 Acres of Land, tmder a Leafe for two Lives, from the faid Bertrand Ewell, dated the i'* Day of January, 1760, being Part of a larger Tradl, which the faid Ewell had purchafed of one Ifaac Davis; but that the faid Davis had never executed any Deed for the fame. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Robert Forgey had no Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. It alfo appeared to your Committee that William Tompkins, who voted for M"' Lee faid Eledlion, had been in Poffeffion of a Lot in the Town of Dumfries, in the faid the at

County

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County, with a Dwellinghotafe thereon, above twelve Months before the faid Eleftion; which Lot was conveyed to him by the Truftees of the faid Town, by their Deed, duly executed and recorded, bearing date the 3"^"^ Day of June, 1760, and that he took the Oath prefcribed by Law. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid William Tomkins had a good Right to vote at the faid Eledlion. It alfo appeared to your Committee that George Brent, Gent, voted at the faid Eledlion for M"' Lee, whofe Vote the Petitioner objedled to, as being a Roman Catholick but it not appearing to your Committee that the faid George Brent is a Recufant convict. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid George Brent had a good Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. It alfo appeared to your Committee that Andrew Martin, who voted at the faid Eledlion for M' Lee, had been, for feveral Years before, in Poffeffion of the Lands in Right of which he voted, which he declared he held under a Leafe for four Lives from one John Tarpley; and it was likewife proved, by the Teftimony of M'' Thomas Harrifon, that the faid Tarpley had acknowledged he had made a Leafe to the faid Martin, and that the faid Andrew Martin alfo took the Oath prefcribed by Law; but no fuch Leafe appearing before the Committee. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Andrew Martin had no Right to vote at the faid Eledlion. It further appeared to yovu" Committee that Thomas Chapman, who voted for M' Lee at the faid Eledlion, had lived with his Uncle M'' William Carr, in the faid Town of Dumfries, for about three Years before, and was in Poffeffion of four Lots, with feveral Houfes thereon, which had been purchafed for him by the faid M'' Carr, and were conveyed to the faid Chapman by the Truftees of the faid Town, by this Deed, duly executed and recorded, bearing Date the 3<* Day of January, 1760, and that the faid Chapman
took the Oath prefcribed by Law at the faid Eledlion. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Thomas Chapman was duly qualified to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. It further appears to your Committee that Leonard Helm voted for M'' Lee at the Eledlion, who M"' Lee acknowledges had no Right to vote and therefore faid
;

Refolved,
faid Leonard

That

Helm Your Committee then proceeded to the Confideration of fuch Votes on the Petitioner's Poll as were objedled to by the fitting Member M"" Lee, and thereupon they beg Leave to inform the Hotife that it appears to them that Richard Triftoe, who voted for the Petitioner, held 175 Acres of Land in the faid County, in Right of which he voted at the faid Eledlion, which were conveyed to him by Richard Triftoe the elder, by Deeds of Leafe and Releafe, duly executed and recorded, bearing Dates refpedlively the i6**' and 17* Days of November, 1756, and that he had been in Poffeffion of the faid Land
ever fince the Dates of the faid Deeds.
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Richard Triftoe had a good Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion. It alfo appears to your Committee that John Simmons, who voted for the Petitioner at the faid Eledlion, voted in Right of 100 Acres of Land which had been leafed to one William Mufe by one Thomas Arrington, for three Lives, by Leafe, bearing Date the 27' Day of May, 1754, which, after divers mefne Affignments, was affigned to one Robert Hoyftead, with whofe Widow the faid John Simmons intermarried the 26^ of October, 1760: It alfo appeared that the Petitioner, into whofe Hands the faid Leafe had fallen, by Affignment from one John Tyler, did affign the fame over to the faid John Simmons on the 27''' Day of April, 1761 and that the Widow of the faid Hoyftead lived on the faid Land, from the Death of her faid former Hufband, until her Intermarriage with the faid Simmons.
;

the Opinion of this Committee that the Name and Vote of the ought to be ftruck out of the Poll taken for M' Lee at the faid Eledlion.
it is

the Opinion of this Committee that the faid John no Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledlion.
Refolved,
it is

That

Simmons had
It

128]
73

appeared to your Committee that Cornelius Kincheloe, who voted for the Petitioner at the aid Eledlion, held 341 Acres of Land, which was devifed to him by the Will of his Father John Kincheloe, dated the 16*'' of March, 1746, on Condition that he fhould fucceed in his Suit in the General Court with Colonel William Fitzhugh; and That the faid Suit if not, that he fhould then have one Half of the Land he lived on Kincheloe' Favour. determined in the faid It further appears s in the General Court was that the faid Kincheloe had, before the Eledlion, agreed to fell the faid Land to one Davis, and had put him into Poffeffion thereof, but had not executed any Conveyance for the
It likewife
:

fame.
Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Cornelius Kinchbloe

Eledlion.

had a good Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid

It further

appeared to your Committee that John Metcalfe, who voted for the PetiAcres of Land, which had been leafed by William Spiller to his Father held 150 tioner, John Metcalfe, his Heirs, Executors Adminif trators and Af figns, by Leafe, bearing Date the 27*^ Day of November, 1738, to hold to him, his Heirs, &c. for the natural Lives of the faid John the Father, his Wife Diana, and the faid John the Son That the faid John
:

Metcalfe the elder died fome Time in the Year 175 1 inteftate, and that the faid John Metcalfe the Son hath ever lince refided on the faid Land, together with his Mother, who always paid Quitrents for the fame. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid John Metcalfe had

a good Right to vote for Btu-geffes at the faid Eledlion. It likewife appeared to the Committee that Bridgar Haynie, who alfo voted for the Petitioner, was in poffeffion of upwards of 100 Acres of Land, with two Plantations thereon which he claims under a fuppofed Will of his Father, which it appears was never finifhed, nor legally executed, ehough admitted to Record in the Cotmty Court of Culpeper
It aKo appears that one Jofeph Fergufon, and Elizabeth his Wife, by Deeds of Leafe and Releafe, dated refpedlively the 24* and 25"> Days of March, 1744, conveyed to Spencer Haynie, eldeft Son of Anthony Haynie the Father, and the faid Bridgar Haynie, 129 Acres of Land, which they have ever fince held as joint Tenants, no Divifion having been made between them, and that there are no Houfes on the faid laft mentioned Lands It doth alfo appear that both the faid Spencer and Bridgar Haynie voted at the
:

faid Ele(5lion.

Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Bridgar Haynie

faid Eledlion.

had a good Right to vote at the

It

appears to your Committee that William Watkins, who alfo voted for the Petitioner at the faid Eledlion, had been in Poffeffion of 75 Acres of Land in the faid County from the Year 1754, which was one Moiety of 150 Acres that had been leafed by Charles
Carter, Efq; in the

faid Moiety to his

Year 1743, for three Lives, to one Henry Watkins, who devifed the Son in Law Fortunatus Legg, who fold the fame to the faid William Waiktns, but did not execute any Deed for the fame after the faid Election. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid William Watkins had no Right to vote at the faid Elecilion. It fxirther appears to your Committee that James Leach, William Suitor, Rawleigh Dodfon and Edward Hughes, who allvoted for the Petitioner at the faid Eledlion, voted in Right of Lands which they feverally held in the faid County belonging to Charles Carter, Efq tinder Leaf es for Lives, made and executed to each of them refpedlively by and in the Name of M'' Charles Carter, Jun. Son and Heir apparent of the faid Charles
;

Carter the elder,

by

his Diredlion.
t.

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid /awe^ Leach, William Suitor, Rawleigh Dodfon and Edward Hughes, had no Right to vote for Burgeffes at the
faid Election.
It likewife appeared to your Committee that George Harper, who voted for the Petitioner at the faid Eledlion, was in Poffeffion of 660 Acres of Land in the faid County; but that he held the fame only as Tenant, at Will of William Fitzhugh, Efq to whom
;

he paid Rent

for the fame.

Refolved

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Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that the faid George Harper had

no Right

to vote at the faid Eledlion.

appeared to your Committee that Nathaniel Overall, who voted for the was then, and from the Year 1749 had been, in Poffeffion of 100 Acres of Land in the faid County, which he had purchafed of one William Overall, by Deeds of Leafe and Releafe, dated refpedlively the ^^ and S"' of July, 1749, to whom the fame was devifed by the Will of his Father /o/tn Overall, dated the 16"' of September, 1742, in thefe Words, to wit: "Item, I give and bequeath unto my Son William Overall all that Part of Land in both Tradls that is on the weft Side of Lucky Rim, except one Acre of Land that is convenient for building a Mill any Where on the Side of the Run I give this Land only for his Life, not to leafe nor fell it, but to work on it as he pleafes himfelf or any belonging to him, not wafting the Timber, and after his Death to return
It further

Petitioner at the faid Election,

Son John Overall as aforefaid." Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Nathaniel Overall had a good Right to vote for Burgeffes at the faid Eledtion. It alfo appeared to your Committee that Burr Calvert, who voted for the Petitioner, held only 93 Acres of Land in the faid Coimty, without any Hotife, or other Improveto

my

ment, thereon.
Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Burr Calvert had no

Right to vote for Bvtrgeffes at the faid Eledtion. It likewife appeared to your Cowwi/tee that Charles Harding and Barnaby Cannon alio voted for the Petitioner at the faid Eledtion, who he acknowledged had no Right
to vote,

faid

and therefore Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Names and Votes of the Charles Harding and Barnaby Cannon ought to be erafed out of the Poll taken for

the Petitioner at the faid Eledtion.

Your Committee then proceeded to the Confideration of that Part of the Petition of the faid Henry Peyton, complaining of Malepradlices and yi\icond\i&,oiHowfon Hooe, then Sheriff of the faid County of Prince William, on the Day of the faid Eledtion, and
on the firft Day of the Eledtion, contrary to his Agreement with the Petitioner and M"' Baylis; and having heard the Evidence on both Sides your Committee beg Leave to inform the Houfe that it appears to them that on the Day before the Eledtion M"' Baylis went with the Petitioner to the Houfe of the faid Sheriff, when the Petitioner propofed that the Poll fhould be kept open tmtil the Day after that
particularly of his clofing the Poll

appointed for the Eledtion, in Order to give the Freeholders who lived above a large Run that was then confiderably fwelled by heavy Rains an Opporttmity of attending the faid Eledtion, which the faid Sheriff faid he would willingly agree to, if he lawfully might but M"" Baylis anfwered, that although he fhould have no Objedtions to it, yet as M' Lee, the other Candidate, was not prefent, he could not agree to it and that the Petitioner thereupon, without any further Agreement, lent Meffengers to thofe Freeholders to inform them that the Poll was to be kept open two Days That on the Morning of the
;

faid Eledtion, the Petition

having brought

many

of his Friends over the faid

Rvm

in

had provided for that Purpofe, offered to buy the fame of the Owner; and being afked for what Ufe he wanted it, he anfwered that if he could get it he would fplit
Veffel he
it

to Pieces, to prevent the other Freeholders getting over.

It further

of the faid Eledtion, moft of Proclamation was made about Five o'clock in the Afternoon, and fome Time after, as no Voters appeared, a fecond; from which Time imtil Simfet, which was about two Hours, not more than two Freeholders appeared and voted, when, at the repeated Importtinities of the fitting Members, the faid Sheriff ordered a third Proclamation to be made and no Freeholders appearing to vote, the fitting Members then defired the Sheriff to clofe the Poll, which he refufed to do, but about Nine o'Clock declared his Intention of keeping the Poll open until Twelve, when Thomas Machin, one of the Poll Takers told the Sheriff he would not ftay imtil that Time; but the Sheriff inclining towards him defired him, in a low Voice, not

appears to your Committee that on the

Day

the Freeholders prefent having given their Votes, the

firft

to

13

would clofe the Poll as foon as the Petitioner's Expreffes that he had fent into the Country from the Courthoufe in Dumfries for Voters returned which M-" Lee overhearing, complained to the Sheriff that he had not behaved impartially towards him, for that if he had known Expreffes had been fent for Voters, he had fome Friends near the Town who would have ventured out to ferve him, and that at the Time M' Lee had eleven Votes on the Poll more than the Petitioner That the faid Sheriff kept the Poll open until Midnight, though he had frequently fent out his Under Sheriff during that Time to inquire for Voters, and but one Perfon appeared for feveral Hours, who was brought in by one of the Petitioner's Expreffes, and voted for him, notwithftanding both the fitting Members frequently expoftulated with him on the Injuftice and Partiality of his Proceedings, when the Petitioner anfwered he would indemnify him for his Condudt: It likewife appears that the faid Sheriff declared his Reafon for keeping the Poll open fo late was in Expedition that the Freeholders would get over the faid Run, and attend the Eledlion and that the People at the Door frequently gave out (though without any Truth) that they were coming, and that he did not ufe any indirect Means
to be uneafy, for he
;
:

to influence the Voters at the faid Eledtion.

appears that on the Morning after the faid Eledion there were about 15 Freeholders, Friends to M'' Lee, waiting to get over the faid Rtm, in Confequence of the Intimation they had received from the Petitioner's Meffenger that the Poll was to be kept open two Days. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Petitioner hath not made good the Allegations of his Petition againft the faid Sheriff. Upon an Examination of a Copy of the Poll taken at the faid Eledlion, it appeared to your Committee that the fitting member M' Lee had three Votes more than the Petitioner, feven of which, to wit, Richard Marlour, William Rookard, Francis Kenner,
It further

George Thayer,

Andrew Martin, Leonard Helm and Robert Forgey,

;

Committee, had no Right to vote at the faid Eledlion Opinion that ten of the Perfons who voted for the Petitioner at the faid Eledlion, to wit, John Seymons, Charles Harding, Barnaby Cannon, William Watkins, James Leach, William Suitor, Rawleigh Dodfon, Edward Hughes, George Harper and Burr Calvert, had no Right fo to do and that the fitting Member M^ Lee had a Majority of fix legal Votes on the faid Poll, and therefore Refolved, That the faid M^ John Baylis and M' Henry Lee are duly eledled to ferve
;

the Opinion of your are aKo of Committee and_your

it is

as Burgeffes in this prefent General Affembly for the

County of Prince William. a Motion made. Ordered, That M"' Lee have Leave to withdraw his Complaint exhibited againft the Sheriff and Under Sheriff of the Coimty of Prince William, for feveral Malepradlices

On

committed at the Eledlion of Burgeffes for the faid County. Ordered, That the laid Henry Peyton do pay unto the fitting Members their Cofts
occafioned

by the

faid Petition.

Year 1760 a Plan was formed for attacking the Cherokee Indians by the Governments of South Carolina and this Colony, and your Memorialift was called down to command it, after having proceeded to Juniata, under the Command of General Monckton; that he travelled 400 Miles to the Place of Rendezvous, with his Servants only, to take the Command of the Regiment appointed to that Service on his Return to New York he confulted General Monckton whether he thought it reafenable to apply to General Amherft for an Allowance to Virginia for the Expenfe of that Campaign, and obtained a Promife from him to do That in the Spring following he came to every Thing in his Power to oblige him command to the fecond Expedition againft the General Amherft, Virginia, by Order of Cherokees; and he mentioned what paffed between General Monckton and himfelf to the Govemour, Cotmcil, the Speaker, and many Gentlemen of the Affembly After the Campaign was over, he found Nothing had been done in the Affair, and then he waited on General Amherft at New York, and fpoke to him about the Expenfe of the Year 1760 who, with fome Hefitation, gave him Leave to lay the Accounts before him That he
Memorial
of

William Byrd, Efq

fetting forth that in the

immediatelv

131 ]

immediately applied to his Honour the Governour for the Vouchers and Certificates, which Doctor Walker could not prepare until the Middle of April: That as foon as the Papers came he went with Dodlor Walker to New York, and obtained the General's Orders to the Commiffioners to examine them; thofe Gentlemen, finding feveral of the Papers deficient, told him they could not recommend them for Payment to the General That he took fome Pains to explain the Matter to the Commiffioners, and they being convinced that the greateft Part of them were juft, they certified to the General that he would be fafe in paying ;io,ooo Sterling, referring the Balance until he could produce all the Papers reqmfite which he engaged his Honour to do, or return him the Money That Dodlor Walker was afterwards fent with the proper Vouchers, which gave SatiffaAion and the Balance was thereupon received: That your Memorialift ftaid a confiderable Time in Philadelphia, was twice at New York, and was at a confiderable Expenfe and Trouble in adj lifting this Affair; wherefore he hopes this Houfe will take his Ser\'^ice into Confideration, and make him fuch Allowance as they think it
: ; : ;

That the faid Memorial be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. M"" Bland reported that he had, according to Order, waited on the Governour with the Addrefs of this Houfe, for difcontinuing the Guard over the Magazine in this City To which his Honour was pleafed to Anfwer, that he would immediately comply with the Defire of the Houfe but as there is a large Quantity of Powder in the Magazine, he thinks it prudent to continue the Guard until the Sentiments of the Houfe are known how the Powder fhall be difpofed of. M' Richard Henry Lee, from the Perfons to whom the Petition of M'' William Bronaugh was referred, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and is as follows Refolved, That the faid William Bronaugh be allowed one full Year's pay, as Captain of the Virginia Regiment in the Year 1757, as a Recompenfe for his Services, the Loffes he fuftained, and Hardfhips he fuffered, the Campaign at the Reduction of Fort DuQuefne, when he ferved as a Volunteer, at his own Expenfe. Ordered, That the faid Refolve be fairly tranfcribed, and that M' Richard Henry Lee do carry it to the Council for their Conciurence. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For further continuing and amending the Adl, entitled An Ad^ for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Refolved, That the Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill on Tuefday next. M'' Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration an Information againft Bertrand Ewell to them referred, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows It appeared to your Cofnmittee that the faid Bertrand Ewell put in a Claim, on Oath, to the Affembly, at laying the laft publick Levy, for 2008 Weight of Tobacco for his Tithables employed in the Quantico Iron Works, agreeable to Lifts by him given in to the Magiftrates who took the Lift of Tithables for the County of Prince William for the Years 1759 and 1760, which Tobacco was levied for him in the laft Book of Claims; it alfo appears to your Committee that the faid Bertrand Ewell never has eredled, or begim to eredl, any Iron Works at the place aforefaid. Refolved, That the faid 2008 Weight of Tobacco be levied on the faid Bertrand
;

deferves. Ordered,

Ewell, to repay the Publick. Refolved,

That the

faid Bertrand Ewell hath been guilty of a high

Crime and
Ordered

Mifdemeanor.
'

Hening, V,

p. 336.

132

Ordered, Tliat the faid Bertrand Ewell be taken into Cuftody of the Sergeant at

Arms.

A Petition of Richard Sandfard and Robert Sandford, Infpe(5lors at Hunting Creek Warehoufe, in the County of Fairfax, fetting forth that they have for many years executed that Office for a Salary very inadequate to their Trouble and Expenfe, being allowed only 30 for receiving and infpedlrng 1000 Hogfheads of Tobacco per Annum;
and praying that fome Allowance may be made them for their paft Services, and a Salary proportioned to their Trouble for the Future, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table. A Petition of James Cocke, fetting forth that fmce his Appointment to the Clerkfhip of the pubUck Treafury the Bufmefs of that Office is 0 greatly increafed as to require his conftant Attendance, and praying his Salar}^ may be augmented, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee appointed to fettle the Treafurer's Accoimts that the)' examine into the Allegations of the faid Petition, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Bill For dividing the County of Lunenburg in three diftindl Counties was read the
;

fecond Time.
Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To explain and amend one Adl of Affembly, made in the 4* Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, entitled, An A&for regulating the Eledions of Burgeffes, for fettling their Privileges, and for afcertaining their Allowayices, aHo one other Adt, made in the 10*'' Year of George II. entitled, AnA&' to declare who fhall have a Right to vote in the Eledion

Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly for Counties, and for preventing fraudulent Conveyances in Order to multiply Votes at fiich Eledions. Refolved, That the Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee Tomorrow. A Petition of Richard Pcaris, praying he may be allowed his Account due from the when he was ordered out with Major Andrew Lewis Colony ever fmce the Year
of

to the Cherokee Nation, he having never received

any

Satiffacflion for the

fame, was pre-

fented to the Houfe and read.

Ordered,
of Propofitions

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
Houfe adjourned
until

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Hotife.

And

then the

Tomorrow Morning 11

"'Clock.

Satur6a?. t^e

4tl)

of

December. 3 ^eo.

III.

1762

MR
A
Money

Attorney reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, waited on the Govemour to kno whis Pleafure when the Ho\ife fhould attend him with their Addrefs and that he was pleafed to appoint this Day, and to fay he would fend a Meffage to the Houfe when he was ready to receive it. Petition of James Thurfton, praying to be allowed the Difference between the
;

of this Colony and that of Pennfylvania for fo much fhort paid him by Colonel Byrd, for his Services as Armorer in the Campaign of 1761 and praying the Confideration of this Houfe, was prefented to the Hotife and read and the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee.
; ;

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the
lbs. of

faid Petition be rejedted.

PubUck 2500

Cotmty of Gloucefter, praying to be allowed by the Tobacco, by them expended in repairing the pubUck Wharf at the Infpedlion at Gloucefter Town, the Rents of the faid Warehottfe being infufficient to reimburfe them, was prefented to the Hotife and read.
Petition of the Juftices of the

Ordered

Hening,

III, p. 236.

'

Ibid.,

IV, p. 475

133

Ordered,

of Claims; that they

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Infpedlors at Wicomico Warehovife, fetting forth that their Salary

their Opinion thereon, to the Hotife.

A Petition of the
was

fettled at $$, lince

which there has been another

is

Infpe(5lion eftabhfhed
;

on the
fettled

oppofite Side of the River, which the Petitioners likewife attend

that the Tobacco

received at the faid Infpedlions

increafed one third, fince their Salary

was

firft

and praying the Confideration

read.

of the Hoiife therein,

was prefented

to the

Houfe and

Ordered,

Petition of

That the faid Petition do lie on the Table. James Gait, Keeper of the publick Gaol, praying a Continuance
That the additional

of his

former Salary.
Refolved,

Sum

of ;^i5 be paid to the faid

James

Gait,

over and

above

his ufual Salary of ;2 5 a Year.

That lo lbs. of Tobacco a Day be allowed to the faid James Gait, for every Criminal committed to the faid Gaol, during fuch Criminal's Imprifonment, from this Time to the End of the next Seffion of Affembly. A Petition of Thomas Drake, praying to be allowed for his three Servants who
Refolved,
enlifted in the late Virginia
,

Regiment, having never received any fvutherSa tiffa(5lion for

to the

them than $ was prefented

It paffed in the

Houfe and read

and the Quef tion being put that

the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,

Negative.
Walthoe.

Refolved,

A
I

That the faid Petition be rejedled. Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

M"'

M' Speaker, am commanded by

M''

to receive their

Governour to acquaint Addrefs in the Council Chamber.

the

this

Houfe

that his

Honour

is

now ready

and being returned, reported that he had, with the Houfe, attended the Governour in the Cotmcil Chamber, and prefented the Addrefs of this Hovife to him, to which he was pleafed to anfwer.
Speaker, with the Houfe, went up;

M'
It

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

would have given me the greateft Pleafure if the Situation of the Affairs of this Colony would have encouraged you to have kept the Regiment on Foot until we had a Certainty of a firm Peace being concluded between his Majefty and his Enemies. I hope the Reafons you have affigned for difcontinuing it, will take away any Imputation of an Abatement of your Zeal in his Service; and that they may anfwer this End as much as poffible, I will tranfmit them to the Right Honourable the Board of Trade by the firft Conveyance, that they

may

be laid before his Majefty.

The Order

of the

on the faid Bill Reign of Queen Anne,

Day being read, the Houfe again refolved itfelf into a Committee To explain and amend one A<ft of Affembly, made in the 4* Year of the
entitled.

An

Ad,^ for regulating the Eledion of Burgeffes, for

fettling their Privileges,

and

for afcertaining their Allowances, alfo

one other Adl, made in

the 10* Year of George

declare who fhall have a Right to vote in the Eledion of Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly for Counties, and for preventing fraudulent Conveyances in Order to multiply Votes at fuch Eledion; and after fome Time
II. entitled.

An Ad' to

M'' Speaker refximed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill tmder their further Confideration, and gone through the fame, and had made feveral Amendments thereto.

fpent therein,

Ordered,

That the faid Report be confidered on Monday next.

he is attending in the Cuftody of the Sergeant at Arms, in Obedience to the Order of this Houfe, for having been guilty of a
Petition of Bertrand Ewell, fetting forth that

high
>

Hening,

III, p. 336.

'

Ibid.,

IV, p. 475

134]

high Crime and Mif demeanor, in prefenting an imjuft Demand to this honourable Houfe, claiming an Allowance to be made him for fome Slaves employed by him in Iron Works, the Owners of which are by Law exempt from paying Taxes for them, and begs Leave
to reprefent that the faid Charge is entirely groundlefs, he having made a confiderable Progref s towards eredling a Firmace for carrying on an Iron Work on fome of his Lands

County of Prince William, having railed a Dam, and cut Races for that Piorpofe, in which Work every Slave mentioned in his Claim had been employed, the Truth of which he is ready to verify and praying he may be difcharged out of Cuftody, and that proper Time may be allowed him to prove his Affertions, was prefented to the Houfe
in the
;

and

read.

Ordered,
Ele(5tions;

That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee of Privileges and that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

A Claim of Peter Warren, for taking up a Runaway therein mentioned, was prefented
to the Houfe,

And

then

and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning ii "'Clock.

ytionba^.

tl)e 6tl)

of

December, 3

(Beo.
Eftes,

UL 1762.

and Thomas Moore, Claims of Jofeph Dupree, John Towns, Robert SUNDRY Accounts from the County of Lunenburg, for taking up and fvmdry
Militia

Rtmaways therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and

received,

and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. Claim of William M'Mahon, for taking up a Deferter therein mentioned, was

prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Claim be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

'

Year 1760 he had a ComSoldiers for to enlift the Virginia Regiment, Govemour the Honour his from miffion appointed for their Rendezvous the Place marched to he and did enlift feveral, which among whom was one, William Edlington, an able bodied Man, who was refufed on Account of his Size; that he paid him 10, the Bovmty Money, and fuftained the Expenfe of marching him to the Place of Rendezvous, for which he has received no Satif fadlion and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the

Petition of William Banks, fetting forth that in the

Houfe and
;

read.

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Ordered,
their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. Petition of fundry Perfons in the Coimties of Frederick, Augufta and Hampfhire, Teams were impreffed into his Majefty's Service fetting forth that their Waggons and that through the Length of their Journey, and Stanwix; General tmder Campaign

the

attending the March in bad Roads, but more particularly their Want of Forage, their Teams fuffered greatly, feveral of their Horfes dying, and others fo much worn out that they could not travel, and were obliged to be left on the Road, together with the Waggons, Gear, &c. that they have only been paid for Waggonage and praying Publick, was prefented to the Houfe and they may be fatif fied for their Loffes by the faid Petition be referred to a Committee, the that put being read and the Queftion
Difficulties
; :

be rejedled. Pofey, formerly Captains in the 2^ Virginia Regiand John Field John A Officers and private Men of their Companies, non-commiffioned ment in Behalf of the Artificers in clearing the Roads to Fort as Pay extra praying to be allowed their read. and Du Quefne, &c. was prefented to the Houfe
Petition of

It paffed in the Negative. Refolved, That the faid Petition

Ordered

135 ]

Ordered,

of Claims; that they

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
reported, according to Order, the
of

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

M'' Attortiey

Amendments

to the Bill
of

To

explain

and amend one Adl

Queen Anne, entitled, An Ad for regulating the Eledion of Burgeffes, for fettlingtheir Privileges, and for afcertaining their Alloivances, alfo one other A6t, made in the 10"' Year of George II. entitled. An Ad' to declare who fhall have a Right to vote in tfie Eledion of Burgeffes to ferve in the General Affembly for Counties, and for preventing fraudulent Conveyances in Order to multiply Votes at fuch Elediotjs; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, with fome Amendments. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, as amended, be engroffed, and read
in the 4*^

Affembly made

Year of the Reign

a third time.

be augmented, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table. A Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the County of Amelia, praying that the Time for beginning to infpeft Tobacco may be fixed to the firft of Odober in every Year, and that an A6t may pafs for that Purpofe. Alfo a Petition of ftmdry Inhabitants of the County of Goochland, to the fame Effedl, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee ot Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

Petition of the Infped;ors at Quantico Warehoxafe, praying their Salaries

may

Warehoufe, in the County of Caro/iVre, praying to be allowed the Svmi of ;^i8. 185. for Tobacco ftolen out of the faid Warehoufe, the Property of John Baylor, Efq Richard Buckner and Lunfford Lomax, Gentlemen, and which they have been obliged to pay the faid Proprietors, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
Petition of the Infpe<ftors at Roy's
;

faid Petition do lie on the Table. William Marfton, Sheriff of James City County, for 270 lbs. of Tobacco, was prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. Several Claims of Edmund Allen, Thomas Parker and James Howell, for taking up Rtmaways therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received,

Ordered,

That the
of

A Claim

and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. M' Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration feveral Matters to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and are as follow
;

That the Petition of William Sweene, a wounded Soldier, is reafonable; he ought to be allowed the Sum of <, a Year, as a Confideration for the wound and that he received in the Service of this Colony.
Refolved,

Refolved,

That the Petition

of Jofeph Dcmaldfon, late Stu-geon's

Mate

in the Vir-

ginia Regiment, to be allowed half

one Year, be rejedled. On confidering the Claim of Richard Doggett, it appeared to your Committee that N elfon, a Slave belonging to the faid Doggett, was on the s''' Day of Odober, 1761, tried at a Court of Oyer and Terminer in Bedford County, and condemned for Felony that a few Days after the Prifon of the faid County was broke open, and the faid Slave efcaped, and hath never been heard of fince.
for
;

Pay

Refolved,
faid Slave

That the

faid Richard Doggett

ought to be paid the

Sum

of ;8o for the

by the

Publick.

On
Hening,
III, p. 236.
'

Ibid.,

IV, p. 475.

136

On confidering the Claim of the Adminiftrators of Chriftopher Gift, deceafed, it appeared to your Committee that the faid C/in'/fo/^/i^r Ct/i, deceafed, did, on the Settlement of an Account againft this Colony, on the 14^^ of June, 1758, give the Colony Credit for 600 received by him of Sir John St. Clair, Bart, for the fouthem Indians Service, which Sum was afterwards difallowed the faid Gift by Samuel M'Caul, Jun. Alexander Stedman and John Ingles, Commiffioners for the Crown, and dedudled by them out of the faid Chriftopher Gift's Accoimt againft the Crown. Refolved, That the Adminiftrators of the faid Chriftopher Gift, deceafed, ought to
be allowed the faid

600 by the Publick. On confidering the Claim of the Reverend Archibald Dick, it appeared to your Committee that Bob, a Negro Man Slave belonging to the faid Dick, was, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer held in Caroline County the 25*^ Day of Odober laft paft, condemned for Felony, but broke Gaol before the Day appointed for his Execution, and hath not been It appeared to your Committee that Application was made to the faid heard of fmce Dick to apply for a Pardon for his Slave, but he refufed and gave as a Reafon that the faid Bob was fo notorious an Offender that he ought to be made an Example of. Refolved, That the faid Archibald Dick ought to be allowed the Sum of 100 for his faid Slave by the Publick. The four firft Refolutions being twice read, were agreed to by the Houfe. The laft Refolution being alfo twice read, was difagreed to. Ordered, That the faid Refolution be recommitted to the faid Committee.
of
:

Sum

hath lately, at a great Expenfe, Caufey through the Marfh oppofite to the publick Ferry eftablifhed from his Plantation over Mattapony River, to the Land of George Braxton, Efq; deceafed, by the Permiffion of Carter Braxton, Efq; Guardian to his the faid Ceorge's Children that the faid Caufey will be of great Utility to the PubUck, if the Landing Place over the faid River was eftablifhed there, as it fliortens the Paffage near Half a Mile and praying that he may be enabled to keep up the faid Caufey, and that the fame may be eftablifhed the publick Landing over the faid River, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations of the faid Petition, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. M' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To repeal an Adl, made in the 22"^ Year of his late
Petition of William Frafier, fetting forth that he
raifed a
;
; ;

Majefty'sReign, entitled. Am A<9' concerning Strays, and to eftablifh a more effectual Method to prevent Frauds committed by Perfons taking up Strays,- and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. Alfo a Bill For diffolving the Veftry of the Parifh of Truro, in the County of Fairfax, and eledling a new Veftrv in the faid Parifh and the fame was read the firft Time, and
;

the Queftion being put that the faid Bill be read a fecond Time, It paffed in the Negative.
Refolved,

8.1

And

then

That the faid Bill be the Houfe adjourned

rejected.
until

Tomorrow Morning

11 "'Clock.

Bues6aY.

t^e

7tl)

of ^December,
may

<Beo. lU.

1762.

A
I

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the

County of Albemarle,

in Behalf of themfelves

be paffed to enable fuch of them as fhall be willing to undertake it, to eredt a Bridge over the north Branch of James River, at their own Expenfe, at the moft convenient Place near the Courthoufe of the faid County and that they may be aKo authorifed to demand and receive a certain Toll from all Perfons who fhall pafs over the faid Bridge, as fhall be

and

others, praying that

an Adl

thought

fit.

Alfo
Hening, VI,
p. 133.

137

Alfo a Petition of Peter Jones, fetting forth that he hath laid off, at a great Expenfe, Land adjoining the Town of Peterfburg into Lots, and praying that an Adl may pafs to annex the faid 28 Acres of Land fo laid off as aforefaid to the faid Town of Peterfburg, and that the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the fame may enjoy the fame
28 Acres of his
Privileges as the Freeholders

enjoy, were feverally prefented to the Hotife

Ordered,

and Inhabitants of other Towns eredled by Adl of Affembly and read.

of Propofitions

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

M' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration the Memorial of the Officers of the Virginia Regiment to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, with an Amendment, as follow:
faid

That the Allegations of the faid Memorial are true. Sum of 100 ought to be paid by the Pubhck to the Colonel and other Field Officers of the faid Regiment, the Sum of ;^75 to every Captain, and the Sum
Refolved,

Refolved, That the

;,^5o to each fubaltern Officer of the faid Regiment, as a Satiffadlion for the Expenfes they were lately put to in providing themfelves with Camp Equipage, and other incident Charges, when the faid Regiment was raifed.

of

Refolved, That the Colonel, and every other Officer of the faid Regiment, ought moreover to be allowed one half Year's Pay, according to their refpedlive Commiffions,
as a

Recompenfe
Refolved,

for their faithfvil Services to their Country.

That the

Officers of the faid

faithful Ser\'ices to this

for his
M"^

Regiment, in Confideration of their long and ought to Country, be recommended to his Majefty by this Houfe

Favour and Proted;ion

Attorney alfo reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration divers Petitions from fundry Inhabitants of the Parifhes of St. David, in the Coimty of

King William, and

84

of the lower

End

oi St. Margaret' SyintheCovrnXyoi Caroline, -prsiymg

that Part of the faid Parifli of St. Margaret may be added to the faid Parifh of St. David's according to the Lines therein particularly expreffed: Alfo a Petition of fundry

other Inhabitants of the faid Parifh of St. Margaret's, in Oppofition to the faid Petitions for a Divifion and had come to the following Refolutions thereon
;

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition, praying a Divifion of the faid Parifh of St. Margaret,

be

rejecfbed.

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition, in Oppofition thereto,

is

reafonable.
M"'

That the fecond and third Refolutions be engroffed, and that torney do carry them up to the Council for their Concurrence.
Ordered, Ordered, nemine contradicente.

At-

be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee to prepare an Addrefs to his Majefty, purfuant to the laft Refolution. M'' Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that the faid Committee had had imder their Confideration the Petition of Bertrand Ewell to them referred, and had come to the following Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows:
it
;

That

be allowed Time, imtil the next Seffion of Affembly, to prove the Allegations of his faid Petition that in the Meantime he be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees and that the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.
Refolved,
; ;

That the

faid Bertrand Ewell

Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according Gunpowder in the Magazine in the City of Williamfburg, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.
M"'

Attorney, from the

to Order, a Bill For difpofmg of the publick Stores of

An

[
>

138]

An engroffed Bill, entitled, An Ad for appointing Diredors and Truftees for the Town in the County of Prince George, and to prevent Hogs running at Large therein, Blandford, of was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.
Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M' Bland do carry up the

faid Bill to the Council for their Concur-

The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For further continuing and amending the Adl, entitled An Ad' for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Refolved, That the Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill Tomorrow. An engroffed Bill, entitled, An Ad^ for the more effedual keeping the puhlick Roads and Bridges in Repair, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Bland do carry up the faid Bill to the Covmcil for their Concurrence.

An engroffed
diftind Counties,

County of Lunenburg into three was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up; and the
Bill, entitled.

An Ad*

for dividing the

Queftion being put that the faid Bill do pafs. It paffed in the Negative.

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

Speaker,
to

M"'

Walthoe.

M''

The Govemour has commanded me

received from Colonel Stephens.

lay before your

Houfe

a Letter which he has juft

And And

the faid Letter was read, and ordered to

then the

lie

on the Table.
"'Clock.

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning ii

Wednesday,

t^e St^ of

^December. 3
for direding

(Beo. Ill

1762.

AN

and better regulating the Eledion and for afcertaining their Allowances, was read the Third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Richard Henry Lee do carry up the faid Bill to the C-oimcil for their
engroffed
Bill, entitled.

An Ad^

of Burgeffes, for fettling their Privileges,

Concurrence.

Two certified Accounts of Captain Blagg, for Waggonage and Recruiting therein mentioned, were prefented to the Hovife and received. Ordered, That the faid Accounts be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To empower Tenants in Taille to make Leafes for three Lives, or 2 1 Years and it is referred to M'' Richard Henry Lee, M' Edmund Pendleton and M' George Johnfon, to prepare and bring in the fame.
;

M' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had vmder their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions to them referred, and had come to the following Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and
faid
;

agreed to by the Hotife, as follow Refolved, That the Memorial of the Honourable William Byrd, Efq praying that he may be allowed fome Satiffaftion for the Trouble he was at, and the Expenfes he
;

incurred
>

Hening, VII, p. 608. Ihid.. V, p. 3a6.

3 4

/bid.,

VII, p. 577. Did not become a law.

Hening, VII,

p. 517.

[ 139 ]

incurred, in attending his Excellency Sir Jeffery Anilierft at Neiv York,

his

of

Warrant the Year

for

examining and
is

1760,

and obtaining Expenfes of this Colony for the Campaign reafonable; and that he ought to be allowed the Sum of ;5oo for
fettling the

his faid Services.

Refolved, That the Petition of M'' George Mercer, praying that he may be allowed fome fatiffadlion for the Trouble he was at, and the Expenfes he incurred, in attending the Commiffioners appointed by his Excellency Sir Jeffery Amherft at New York, for fettling the Accoimts of the Expenfes of this Colony for the Campaign of the Year 1760, is reafonable; and that he ought to be allowed the Simi of 500, for his faid
Services.

That the Petition of Allan Macrae, praying that Bertrand Ewell may be obliged to make him a Satifa(5lion for a Piece of his Land, which was laid of? into a Street, in the Town of Dumfries, in the Covmty of Prince William, by the Truftees of the faid Town, by which the faid Bertrand Ewell, as Proprietor of feveral Lots fronting
Refolved,

the faid Street,

is

principally benefited, be rejecfled.

Refolved, That the Petition of Robert Rutherford and Mary Wood, in Behalf of themfelves and others, praying that they may be paid by the Publick for Timber taken off their refpe(5live Lands, and made Ufe of in building Fort Loudoun, in Winchefter, is

reafonable.
se

Refolved,

faid Veftry may be diffolved, ought to be rejedied, no Perfon appearing to prove the Allegations of the faid Petition. Ordered, That the two firft Refolutions be engroffed, and that M"" Attorney do carry them up to the Cotmcil for their Concvurence, and that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do prepare and bring in a Bill or Bills purfuant to the 4"' Refolution.

Coxmty and praying that the

of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of St. Anne, in the of Albemarle, complaining that the Veftry of the faid Parifh was illegally eledled,

That the Petition

Meffage from the Co\mcil by

M-"

Walthoe.

That they have agreed to the Bill, entitled, An Adl" for the more eflfedlual keeping the publick Roads and Bridges in Repair, with an Amendment, to which they defire the
Concurrence
Alfo
of this

Houfe.

to the Bill, entitled.

An

Adl'

for appointing Diredlors

Town

of Blandford, in the

at Large therein,

County of Prince George, and without any Amendment.

to prevent

and Truftees for the Hogs running

On

a Motion made,

Ordered,

That

M''

John Clack have Leave to withdraw

M''

his Petition prefented at a

former Seffion of this General Affembly againft

Ifaac

Rowe Walton, complaining

of

an undue Eledlion and Return of the faid M'' Ifaac Rowe Walton to fer\^e as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimty of Brunfwick. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For further continuing and amending the Adl, entitled, An Ad^ for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.
Refolved,

That the Houfe

will refolve itfelf into

a Committee on the faid

Bill

To-

morrow.
M'' Attorviey, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill For deftroying Crows and Squirrels was committed, reported that the faid Committee had had the faid Bill imder their Confideration, and had made an Amendment hereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table. And on a Motion made, Ordered, That the faid Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole Houfe imme-

diately.

And

then the Houfe refolved

itfelf

into the faid

M"'

Committee

and

after

fome Time

fpent therein, M"' Speaker

refumed the Chair, and

'

Attorney reported that the

V, p. 326.

Com-

mittee
I

Hening, VII,

p. 577.

/6td.,

VII, p. 608.

/6rf.,

MO

mittee had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, and gone through the fame, and had made an Amendment thereto, which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe and he read the fame in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again
twice read, and agreed to
Ordered,

by the

Hoiife.

That the

faid Bill, with the

Amendments, as amended, be
ii "'Clock.

engroffed,

and

read a third Time.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning

B^ursdaip, t^e

9tl)

of

December. 3

<^eo.

III.

1762.

For altering the Court Day of the Coimty of Prince Edward; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Mercer, from the Perfons to whom the Petition of Nathaniel Stedman was referred, reported that they had had the fame imder their Confideration, and agreed on a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as
to Order, a Bill
;

MR
It

Legraud, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according

s^

follows

appears to your Committee, from the Information of fundry Officers of the Virginia Regiment, that the faid Nathaniel Stedman was a Soldier in the faid Regiment, and was taken Prifoner by the Savages, as is fet forth in his faid Petition, and that he remained in Captivity for the Space of two Years and three Months, when he made his Efcape, and was returning to join his Regiment, but was taken fick at the Croffmgs of Yauyaugaine, and did not arrive before the Regiment was difbanded, and that he has enlifted again in the Regiment, under the late Adl of Affembly. Refolved, That the faid Nathaniel Stedman be allowed the Sum of 2iS> i" full for his Pay, and a Compenfation for the Hardfhips he fuifered during his Captivity. Refolved, That his Arrears of Pay due before his being made a Prifoner ought to be fettled and paid him by the Paymafter of the Virginia Regiment. A Bill For Relief of infolvent Debtors, for the efifedlual Difcovery and more equal Diftribution of their Eftates, was read the fecond Time, and ordered to be committed

whole Houfe Tomorrow. M'' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the faid Committee had had imder their Confideration the Petition of M"' Richard Pearis to them referred, and had examined into his Accounts referred to by the faid Petition, which he laid before the Committee, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice
to a

Committee

of the

and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: That the faid Richard Pearis ought to be paid by the Publick the Sum of ;i74. 125. 3d. being for Provifions and other Neceffaries fumifhed by him to the Cherokee Indians, and for his Pay as a Captain of a Company of Rangers from April 1756 to the i'' of December following, including alfo Pay by him advanced to the
read, Refolved,

Company imder
Refolved,

his

Command.

That the Sum of izy. 2s. lod. charged in his faid Accounts, as for the Balance of his Company's Pa3\ be rejedled. Refolved, That the Article of 6$. los. charged in his faid Account for his own Pay from the i'' of December 1756 to the 10''' of May 1757, as a Conductor to the Cherokee Indians, is chargeable on his Majefty's Revenues, and not on the publick Treafury of
this Colony.

Accoimt for Horfes and Packfaddles delivered to Colonel David Stewart for the Expedition againft the Shawaneffe, ought to be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. Ordered
Refolved,

That the

Article of 81. i8s. charged in the faid

141

]
it

Ordered,

That the

firft

Refolution be engroffed, and that M' Attorney do carry

up

to the Council for their Concurrence.

Bill, entitled, An Ad for deftroying Crows and Squirrels, was read the and the Blanks therein filled up. On a Motion made, An engroffed Claiife was added to tlie Bill, as a Rider; and then the Oueftion being put that the faid Bill do pafs, the Houfe divided.

An

engroffed

third Time,

Yeas go forth
Yeas, J7. Noes, 3J.
Refolved in the Affirmative.

Cary do carrj' up the faid Bill to the Coimcil for their Concurrence. Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Order, a Bill For eftablifhing quarterly Courts in the feveral according to Houfe,
Ordered,
M"'

That

M"'

Attorney, from the

Counties of this Colony.

Alfo a Bill For regulating the Gold Coin of the German Empire. Alfo a Bill To empower Carter Henry Harrifon, Gentleman, to build a Mill on Willi f's Creek, in the County of Cumberland; and the faid Bills were read the firft Time and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read the fecond
M""

Attorney, from the

Order, a Bill Declaring Slaves to be perfonal Eftates,

;

Time.
M"' Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their further Confideration the Claim of the Reverend Archibald Dick to them recommitted, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again Twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows: It appeared to your Committee that fince the faid Claim was prefented to this Houfe and referred to your Committee, the faid M'' Dick hath obtained a Pardon for the Slave in his faid Claim mentioned. Refolved, That the faid Claim be rejedled. M' Cary alfo reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration the feveral matters to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he alfo read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and are are follow
;

That the Petition of the Juftices of Gloucefter County, to be repaid 2500 lbs. of Tobacco for repairing the Wharf at the Warehotife at Gloucefter Town, in that Cotmty, is reaf enable and that they ought to be allowed the faid Tobacco by the Publick, the Rents of the faid Warehotife not being fufficient to reimburfe them the fame.
Refolved,
;

That the Petition of William Banks, to be repaid the Botmty Money of a by him for the Cherokee Expedition, and refufed by the Commanding Officer at the Place of Rendezvous, on Account of his Size, is reafonable; and that he ought to be allowed the Sum of ;io, the Bounty Money paid by him to the faid Recruit, and the further Sum of 2)'^, his Expenfes in recnoiting, it appearing to this Committee that he was an able bodied Man. On confidering the Petition of Capt. John Field and Capt. John Pofey, in Behalf of their Companies of Artificers, it appeared to your Committee that the two Companies commanded by the Petitioner were employed as Artificers in the Campaign in the Year 1758, and by the Honourable William Byrd, Elq; their Colonel (by Order of the General) promifed 6d. a Day extraordinary Pay for that Service, in which they behaved remarkably well it alfo appeared to your Committee that Colonel Byrd paid each of
Refolved,

Soldier enlifted

the faid

Men

20s.

by Order

of the General,

who

dire<fted the

Captains to apply to this

Refolved

Colony

for the Reft of their Pay.

Refolved, That the non-commiffioned Officers and private Men of the faid Companies ought to be paid for the Time they were on that Duty by the Publick, at the Rate of 6d. a Day, deducting the Sum of 20s. received by each Man of the faid Companies as aforefaid, according to the faid Captains Pay Roll, amounting as follows, to wit: The faid Captain Field's Company, the Sum of },'i^. 6s. and the faid Captain Pofey's

Company, the Sum

of ;302. i6s.

On

confidering the Acconvt of Dodlor

Hugh Mercer

againft the Publick,

it

appeared

Regiment with Medicines, to Halfpeny, 6d. the Articles of which delivered out in Dofes, to the Amount of 176. 5s. are lower than are commonly charged by Apothecaries that the Account began the 24* oi April, 1 762, and that he continued fupplying them in the fame Manner until the s"' of Odober following, at which Time your Committee find another Article charged for a MediIt aKo appeared to your Committee that the cine Cheft, amounting to ;i25. 15s. 2d. Regiment was very fickly, and many of the Soldiers had the Smallpox. Your Committee find that the higheft Charge for a Medicine Cheft for any former Campaign was 84. i6s.
your Committee that the
faid Mercer fupplied the
;

8d.

full

That the faid Hugh Mercer ought to be paid the Sum of ;^ii7. los. 4d. in for his Accovmt for Medicines delivered in Dozes to the Regiment, by the Publick. Refolved, That the Refidue of the faid Account, being s&. 15s. 2d. Halfpeny, be
Refolved, Refolved,
of 125. 15s. 2d. for the Medicine

rejedted.

That the Article in the faid Account Cheft fumifhed the Regiment, be rejedled.

The The

five firft laft

Refolutions being read a fecond Time, were agreed to by the Houfe. Refolution being alfo read, the Houfe difagreed to it.

On

a Motion made, Ordered, That the faid Refolution be recommitted to the faid Committee. A Meffage from the Governour was delivered by M' Walthoe.

That they have agreed

his
life.

to the

Refolve

to

allow Larkin

Chew ;ioo, and ;^40 a Year during

the the

to the Refolve for allowing William Bronaugh one Year's Pay as Captain in in the Year 1757 and for his Sufferings during the Campaign at Regiment Virginia Redudion of Fort DuQuefne, when he ferved as a Volunteer at his ount Expenfe.

Alfo

Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For further continuing and amending the Adl, entitled, An Ad' for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentiofied. Refolved, That the Hoxife will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill Tomorrow. The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the Amendments propofed by the Coimcil to the Bill, entitled, An Ad' for the more effedual keeping the publick Roads and Bridges in Repair; and the fame being read, the firft was agreed to by the Houfe, and

The Order

of the

Day being read

for the

the laft difagreed

Ordered,

to.

That M' Bland do go up with a Meffage to the Covmcil and acquaint them m therewith, and defire they will pafs the Bill with the Amendment as agreed to by the
Houfe.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning 11

''Clock.

^xibaY*

Heoing, V,

p. 326.

'

Ibid.,

VII. p. 577.

143]

TrldaY. tbc

lOtl)

of ^December. 3 (Beo,

III.

1762.

MR

Pendleton

from the Committee appointed to

examine the Treafurer's

Accounts reported that the faid Committee had liad the fame under their Confideration and examined all the feveral Articles and Vouchers thereof,

and had agreed upon a Report, and come to feveral Refolutions thereon; in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: It appears that the faid Accounts are truly ftated, and that there remains a Balance in the Hands of the Treafurer of 5666. 15s. 8d. on the jjublick Account. That there remains in the Treafurer's Hands a Balance of 2$,$'j4. 13s. id. for the Duty on Tobacco, for the Land and Poll tax, and for the additional Duty on Slaves. That burned Tobacco Notes not yet taken in amount to &-j6. That there remains in the Treafurer's Hands 80. 3s. id. of the Money referved for the Redemption of the old Notes bearing Intereft, fo many of the faid Notes remaining
which he read
ftill

out.

remains in the Treafurer's Hands ;2 5oo, the Balance due to the Commiffioners for the Indian Trade. That there remains in the Treafurer's Hands ;io, 341.10s. id. for Bills of Exchange drawn on the Agents, purfuant to A(5ts of Affembly. That there alfo remains in the Treafurer's Hands a Balance of ;2 2oo. 6s. 6d. for the Treafvu-y Notes emitted in April 1762. Refolved, That the faid Accounts do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Edtmmd Pendleton do carry up the Treafurer's Accounts to the Council for their Concurrence. M'' Blatid, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to

That there

ftill

Order, a Bill For the better and more regular colledling his Majefty's Quitrents, and the publick Taxes and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond
;

Time.

Benjamin Harrifon, from the Committee of Trade, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To amend the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for licenfmg Pedlars, and preventing Frauds in the Duties on Skins and Furs and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens and Veftry, of the Parifh of St. Andrew, in the County of Brunfunck, fetting forth that the Glebe of the faid Parifh is very inconveniently fituated the Land poor, and the Buildings thereon in a ruinous Condition and praying that an Adl may pafs to empower them to fell the faid Glebe, and to apply the Money arifuig from the Sale thereof towards purchafing a more convenient Glebe
M""
;
,

for the faid Parifh.

Ordered,
it is

referred to M""

That a Bill be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and Bland and the Members of the County to prepare and bring in the

fame.

On

a Motion made.

Ordered,

That it be an Inf trudlion to the

and
to purchafe a

faid

to enable the Veftry of the Parifh of Frederick, in the

their prefent Glebe,

Committee to receive a Claufe or Claufes County of Frederick, to fell

in Lieu thereof.

more convenient One

A
to the

Petition of Betty Todd, in

building a

Town

Oppofition to a Petition prefented to the Houfe for at Todd's Warehoufe, in the Coimty of King and Queen, was prefented

Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report
:

the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

144

Bill

To

revive

Tar, Pitch and Turpentine,

of Trade.

and amend an A6t, entitled, .4 Ad for in fpeding Pork, Beef, Flower, was read the fecond Time, and committed to the Committee
ii

M' Cary, from the Committee of Claims, re]Jorted that the faid Committee had had under their further Confideration a Refolution of this Committee on a Claim of Docftor Hugh Mercer, to them recommitted and had agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again read, and agreed to, with an Amendment, as follows It appeared to your Committee that the Amount of Medicines delivered in Dofes the faid Mercer to the Hofpitals of the Regiment, from the s"' of September laft to by
;

the $^ of Odober following, amounted to ;^78. 15s. gd. Refolved, That the faid Hugh Mercer ought to be paid the

Sum

of

125.

15s. 2d. the

by him for the Ufe of the Regiment. A Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Ralph Wormeley, Efq is feized and for fettling other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes, was read the fecond Time, Smith, and the Members of Gloucefter, King and committed to M"" Edmund Pendleton, William and Hanover. M^ Edmund Pendleton from the Perfons to whom the Petition of James Cocke, Clerk of the Treafury, was referred, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Hotife, as follows

Amount

of the Medicine Cheft delivered

on Examination of the Treafurer's Accounts, that the Bufinefs of that Office is greatly increafed, fo as to require the conftant Attendance of the Petitioner; and that he has difcharged his Duty in the faid Office with great Care, Pundtuality and
It appears,

FideHty.
Refolved,

That the

faid Petition

is

reafonable,

and that the Petitioner ought

to be

allowed the additional Salary of

$0 a Year.

A Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Henry Scarbttrgh is feized in Fee Taille, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the fecond Time, and committed to the Members of Accomack and Northampton. A Bill For difpofing of the publick Stores of Gunpowder in the Magazine in the City of Williamfburg, was read the fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. M'' Richard Henry Lee, from the Committee to whom the Bill For eftablifhing the Town of Romney, in the County of Hampfhire, was referred, reported that the faid Committee had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, and had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amend- m ments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agi'eed to by
;

the Hotife.
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill, with the

Amendments, be

engroffed, and read a third

Time.
faid

Attorney, from the Committee of Proportions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the
M''
;

Houfe, as follow
Refolved,

That the Petition

of Peter Jones, praying that 28

Acres of his Land,

adjoining the

may be faid Town, is Part of the reafonable. added to Refolved, That the Petition of the Clerk, Sheriff, Sur\'eyor and Gaoler, of the County of Cumberland, praying that the Deduction from their Tobacco Fees in the faid County,
Town and made
of Peterfburg,

which he has

laid off into

Lots and Streets,

for

making the fame convenient, may be leffened, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County

of Albemarle, pray-

ing that they

may

be permitted to build a Bridge over the north Branch of

James River,
after

in the faid Cotmty,

'

and that the Perfon who

fhall

undertake to build the fame, may,

Hening, VI,

p. 146.

145]

after

it is

finifhed,

demand and take a

reafonable Toll from Travellers paffing over the

of fundry Inhabitants of the Cotuities of Gooch-

fame,

is

reafonable.

Refolved,

That the feveral Petitions

20'*',

land and Amelia, praying that the Infpedtion of Tobacco

may

begin on the
it

"

Day

of

Odober yearly, inftead of the

is

as

is

now by Law

directed,

and that

may end

fooner,

reafonable.
Refolved,

That the InfpeAion of Tobacco ought to end the 10"' Day oi Auguft. That the Petition of Charles Binns, Clerk of Loudoun County praying that the Dedudlion from the Tobacco Fees of his Ofifice, for making the fame convenient,
Refolved,

may be

leffened,

be rejedled.
Bill or Bills

purfuant to the i '* and 3'* Refolutions, and it is referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances to prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee who are to prepare and bring in a Bill For further amending and continuing the A(5l for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, that they receive a Claiife or
Ordered,

That a

be brought

in

Claufes pxu-fuant to the 4""

Committee on the Bill For Relief of infolvent Debtors, for the effedlual Difcovery and more equal Diftribution of their Eftates and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumedthe Chair, and M' Attorney reported that the faid Committee had had the faid Bill imder their Confideration, and gone through the fame, and had made feveral Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the faid Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be engroffed, and read a third
into a

and s*'' Refolutions. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf

Time.
being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For further continuing and amending the Adl, entitled. An Ad for the better reguof the
'

The Order

Day

and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Refolved, That the Hovife will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Tomorrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11 ''Clock.
lating

Bill

Saturday

tl^e

lU^ of ^December, 3

<&eo.

III.

1762.

MR

Richard Henry Lee, from the Perfons appointed, prefented to the Hovife, according to Order, a Bill To confirm and eftablifh an Agreement made

between James Scott the elder. Clerk, and James Scott the yoimger, his Son and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made. The fame was read the fecond Time, and committed to M'' Richard Henry Lee, and the Members of the Counties of Prince William, Loudoun, Fairfax and Fauquier. Ordered, That Colonel Stephen's Letter, which was fent down from the Govemour to this Hoiofe on Tuefday laft, and ordered to lie on the Table, be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. A Bill To amend the Adl for encouraging Arts and Manufadlures was read the
fecond Time.

That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read the third Time. For altering the Court Day of the Coimty of Prince Edward was read the fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. A Bill To empower George Parker to make one Payment of ;6oo to the Churchwardens of the Lower Parifh of Nanfemond, in Lieu of a perpetual Annuity oi t,2, and
Ordered,
Bill

for
'

Hening V,

p. 326.

146]

mentioned, was read the fecond Time, and committed to the Nanfemond, Accmnack and Northampton. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, and it is referred to M"' Richard Henry Lee to prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Pendleton, from the Perfons to whom theBill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Ralph Wormeley, Efq; is feized, and for fettling other Lands of greater Value to, the fame Ufes, was referred, reported that the faid Committee had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, and gone through the fame, and had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the faid Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by
for other Purpofes therein

Members

of

the Houfe.

That the Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. Cary, from the Committee of Publick Claims, reported that the Committee had examined and confidered all the publick Claims which had been laid before them this
Ordered,
M''

Seffion,

and had agreed upon a Report, which he had entered

in a

Book and he
;

deliv-

ered the

Book

in at the Table.

That the faid Report do lie on the Table. Ordered, That M"' Marfhal have Leave to be abfent from the Bufmefs of this Houfe the Remainder of this Seffion. M' Pendleton, from the Committee to whom the Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Henry Scarburgh is feized in Fee Taille, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof and found them to be true, but had made no Amendments thereto. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Meffage from the Council by M"" Walthoe.
Ordered,

94

That they have agreed

ances.

to the Bill, entitled.

An Adl

for diredting

and better regulating

the Eledtion of Burgeffes, for fettling their Privileges,

and

for afcertaining their Allow-

Alfo

to

a Refolve for allowing

And
Repair.

that they have receded

Bill, entitled,

An

Ad;' for

Andrew Lewis the Sum of j';o. their Amendment difagreed to by this Houfe to the more effedtual keeping the publick Roads and Bridges
from

the
in,

For eftablifhing Pilots, and regulating their Fees, was read a fecond Time and committed to the Committee of Trade. Ordered, That M'' Wythe and M"' Richard Henry Lee be added to the Committee of

Bill

Trade.

A Meffage from the Council by M"^

For allowing

Walthoe.

That they have agreed to the Refolves the Honourable William Byrd, Ejq;

the

Sum

of

500, for the Purpofes

therein mentioned.

For allowing For allowing

M' George

Mercer

the

Sum,

of jioo, for his Services therein mentioned.

the feveral Officers of the Virginia

Regiment

fix

Months Pay,

for their

Services to their Country.

And

to another, for

granting the faid Officers the feveral

Adl, entitled,

Sums

therein mentioned.

Bill

To amend an

An Ad^

for regulating Ordinaries,

and Reftraint

of Tippling Houfes, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time.

M'

Hening, VII. p. 517-

'

Ibid-.

VII, p. 577-

Ibid.,

VI, p. 71.

147

M'

Attorney, from the

Committee

of Propofitions

and Grievances, prefented to the

Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For further amending and continuing the A<51 for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. Alfo a Bill For building a Bridge over the north Branch of James River, in the

County

of Albemarle.

And a Bill For eftablifhing the Town of Charlotte fville, in the County of Albemarle; and the fame were feverally read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For further continuing and amending the Adl entitled. An Ad' for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"" Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame they had directed him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Hotife will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on A'londay next.

M' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill For difpofing of the publick Stores of Gunpowder in the Magazine, in the City of Wtlliamfburg, was committed, reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill imder their Confideration, and had made an Amendment thereto; which he read in his Place and then delivered the Bill with the Amendment in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agi"eed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendment be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Petition of James Hitbard and Frances his Wife, fetting forth that the Petitioner Frances is feized in Fee Taille of and in a Tra(5l of Land in the Parifh of Brunfwick, in the County of King George, containing 840 Acres, or thereabouts, tmder the Will of William Colfton, her late Grandfather and that the Petitioner James is feized in Fee Simple of and in feveral Half Acre Lots of Land in the City of Williamfbtirg, with valuable Buildings, and other Improvements thereon and that it would be greatlv to the Advantage
;

as well of themfelves, as of thofe

faid Willaim Colfton' s Will,
if

claim in Remainder of Reverfion under the the Entail of the faid Lands in King George were docked,

who may

and the

faid Lots in the City of Williamfburg

were fettled to the fame Ufes

to the

and pray-

ing that an Adl

Ordered,
tion,

may

pafs for that Purpofe,

Bill or Bills

was prefented

Houfe and

read.

That a

be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Peti-

and

it is

referred to M'' Pendleton to prepare

and bring

in the fame.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Monday Morning

11 "'Clock.

!Jllon6ar.

tb<i

I3tb of ^December. 3 (Beo.

An
Ad''
;/g; is feized,

III.

1762.

A
rence.

engroffed Bill, entitled,

Ralph^,Wormeley,
to the

to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof and for fettling other Lands of greater Value fame Ufes, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Pendleton do carry up the
Refolved,

faid Bill to the Council for their Concur-

Ordinaries,

An Ad^ to amend an Ad, entitled. An Ad for regulating and Reftraint of Tippling Houfes, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Attorney do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurengroffed Bill, entitled, engroffed Bill, entitled.

An

rence.

An

An Ad*

for difpofing of the publick Stores of

Gunpowder
Refolved

in the Magazine, in the City of Williamfburg,

Hening, VI,

was read the

3

third Time.

'

p. 326.

Ibid.,

VII,

p. 628.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 595.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 594,

148

Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M' Attorney do carry up the

faid Bill to the Council for their Concur-

An
fadnres,

engroffed Bill, entitled

An Ad

to

amend

the

Ad for encouraging Arts and ManuCouncil for their Concurrence.

third Time,

was read a third Time. That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Wythe do carry up the faid
Refolved,

Bill to the

An

engroffed

Bill, entitled,

An Ad'

for Relief of infolvent Debtors, for the effedual

Difcovery and more equal Diftribution of their Eftates, Blanks therein filled up.
Refolved,

was read the

and the

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"' Richard Henry Lee do carry up the

faid Bill to the Cotmcil for their

Concurrence.

An engroffed Bill, entitled, An Ad^ for eftablifhing the Town

of

of

Romney,

in the

County

Hampfhire, and
Refolved,

for other

Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time,

faid Bill to the Council for their

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"" George Mercer do carry up the

Concurrence.

An

engroffed Bill, entitled.

An Ad* to dock the Entail of certain

Lands whereof Henry %

Scarburgh is seized in Fee Simple, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time.

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Parramore do carry up the faid
Refolved,

Bill to the

Council for their Con-

currence.
M""

a Bill

To empower
and

Bland, from the Committee appointed prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, the refpedlive Veftries of the Parifhes of St. Andrew, in the Cotmty
,

County of Frederick, to fell their Glebe Lands; and Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Bill For further amending and further continuing the Adl for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Ctiftoms, was read a fecond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe Tomorrow. M"' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For eftablifhing feveral new Ferries. Alfo a Bill To relieve fxmdry Perfons whofe Lands have been injvu"ed by cutting down their Timber to build Fort Loudoun. Alfo a Bill For enlarging the Town of Peterfburg, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and the faid Bills were feverally read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M' Attorney alfo reported, from the faid Committee, to whom the Bill For altering the Covut Days of the Counties of Prince Edward and Lunenburg was committed, that the faid Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendmentsbe engroffed, and read a third Time. M"' Attorney alfo reported that the Committee had had tmder their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions from feveral Counties to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and are as follow Refolved, That the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Coimty of King and Queen, praying that a Town may be eftablifhed on the Lands of William Todd, at or near Todd's Warehoufes, on Mattapony River, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Petition of Betty Todd and William Todd, in Oppofition thereto,
of Brunfwick,

Frederick, in the
firft

the fame was read the

is

reafonable.

Refolved
Hening, VII, p. 563.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 549.

'

Ibid..

VII, p. 598.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 634.

149

Refolved, That the Petition of William Frafer, praying that he may be allowed to keep up a CauTeway that he has raifed through the Marfh oppofite to his Lands where a publick Ferry is eftablifhed over Mattapony River, at his own Expenfe, and that the faid Caufeway may be eftablifhed the publick Landing Place over the faid Ferry, <jught to be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. The firft and fecond Refolutions being read a fecond Time were difagreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the faid Refolutions, and it is referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances to prepare and bring in the

fame.

Meffage from the Council by M' Walthoe.

to the

That they have agreed Alfo to the Wormeley, Efq

Alfo Alfo
in the
is

Treafurer's Accounts.

Bill, entitled,
;

An
An

Adl' to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Ralph

feized,

and

for fettling other

Lands of greater Value

Adt, entitled.

to the

fame Ufes.

to the Bill, entitled,

Adl' to

amend an

An Adl

for regulating

Ordinaries,

and Reftraint of Tippling Houfes, without any Amendments.

to the Bill, entitled,

An

A&.3 for difpofing of the publick Stores of

Gunpowder

Magazine

in the City of Williamfburg, with

an Amendment,

to

which they defire the

Concurrence of

this

Houfe.
to the Confideration of the

The Houfe immediately proceeded

the Council to the faid
Bill,

Amendment propofed

and the fame being read was agreed to. by Ordered, That M"' Attorney do go up with a Meffage to the Council, and acquaint them that this Houfe have agreed to the Amendment by them propofed to the faid Bill. M' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions from the County of Elizabeth City to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Elizabeth City,
;

in the faid

County, complaining of

illegal

Proceedings of the Veftry of the faid Parifh,

and praying that the faid Veftry may be diffolved, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry other Inhabitants of the faid County, praying that they may be empowered to build a bridge over Back River, in the faid County.
Alfo a Petition of lundry other Inhabitants of the faid Coimty, in Oppofition thereto, ought to be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

Mann Page, Efq fetting forth that the Place where the Warehoufes on Pamunkey River, in the County of Hanover, ftands, is become a Place of confiderable Trade and Commerce, and which would be much enlarged if a Town was eftablifhed there that he has laid off loo Acres of his Land there into Lots and Streets for a Town and praying that an Adl may pafs for that Pui-pofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and
Petition of
;

called Page's,

M' Pendleton to prepare and bring in the lame. M' Henry Lee prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. The Order of the Day being read, the Houfe again refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For the better and more regular colledling the publick Fees and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill tmder their further Confideration, and made feveral Amendments thereto, which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe and he read the faid Amendments in his Place, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe.
it is

referred to

Ordered

Hening, VII,

p. 628.

'

Ibid.,

VII, p. 595.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 594.

ISO]
Amendments be
engroffed,

Ordered,

That the

faid Bill with the

and read the

third

Time.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning ii

"'Clock.

Bues6aY

Ih^ I4tb of

^December, 3 <5eo.

Ill

1762.

whom the Bill To confirm and an Agreement made between James Scott the elder, Clerk, and James Scott the younger, his Son, was committed, reported that the Committee had examined into the Allegations of the faid Bill, and foimd them to be true, but had made no Amendments thereto and he delivered the Bill in
Richard Henry Lee, from the Committee to
eftablifh
;

MR
On

at the Table.
Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed,

and read a

third Time.

a Motion made.

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To amend the Adt for the better Government of Servants and Slaves, and it is referred to M'' Cary to prepare and bring in the

fame.

On

a Motion made,

That Stephen Barron, the Ferry Keeper at Falmouth, be allowed the Sum of ;i^i5 for ferrying the Virginia Regiment, with their Baggage, &c. over Rappahannock River on the 20"' of September laft, and aKo for Ferriage of Officers and Soldiers at divers other Times fmce, as their various Occafions required, and for his Diligence therein. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and further continuing the Adl for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. Ordered, That the feveral Petitions from fundry Counties relative thereto, and ordered to lie on the Table, be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. And then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill, and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"^ Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill under their further Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame they had diredted him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf in to the faid Committee Tomorrow. M'' George Johnfon, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To empower Tenants in Taille to make Leafes for 3 lives, or 2 1 Years and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M' Edmund Pendleton, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To veft certain Lands therein mentioned in James Hubard, and fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater Value in Lieu thereof and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Cary, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe according to Order, a Bill To amend the Adt for the better Government of Servants and Slaves and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11 "'Clock.
Ordered,
^
; ;

^il^abmsba^, t^e

\5t\)

of

December. 3

(Beo.

III.

1762.

New Member

having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adt of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted
to his Place in the Houfe.

On

a Motion made,
Refolved

[i5i
Refolved,

Sterling be paid by the Treafurer of this Colony, out Hands, to the Govemours and Vifitors of William and Mary College, to be applied by them towards purchafing a proper Apparatus for the Inftruction of the Students of the faid College in Natural and Experimental Philofophy. Ordered, That the faid Refolve be engroffed, and that M' Bland do carry it up to

That the

Sum of ,i\^o

of the publick

Money

in his

the Council for their Concurrence.

M''

Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the Committee had had under

their Confideration a Letter

laid before the Houfe,
;

from Colonel

Adam

Stephen to his Honour the Govemour,

and had come to feveral Refwhich he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to, with an Amendment, as follow: Refolved, That George Frazier ought to be allowed i2d. per Ration for the Troops victualled by him to the ly"" of June laft, the Time John Hawkins iffued Provifions to the faid Troops under his Appointment as Commiffary from his Honour the Govemour. Refolved, That the Surgeon of the Regiment ought to be allowed a Month's Pay for attending the Soldiers now in the Hofpital, and that the Commiffary be allowed his Rations for the faid Soldiers. Refolved, That the Sergeant and private Men ftationed at Redftone ought to be allowed a Month's Pay, to enable them to march into the inhabited Parts of this Colony. M"' Wythe, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For eftablifhing the Town of Hanover, in the Covmty of Hanover, and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of Thomas Irivin, fetting forth that in the Year 1759 being appointed by Colonel Byrd, with the Approbation of General Amherft, a Major of Brigade, he continued to adl in that Capacity for the Years 1760 and 17 61, when Colonel Byrd commanded on the Expedition againft the Cherokees: That he was at confiderable Expenfe in providing his Equipage, and of great Ufe in forming the raw undifciplined Troops deftined for that Service That he alfo adled as Secretary to Colonel Byrd, and kept the contingent Charges for the Publick: That he paid him for one Year 100 Sterling, and offered to pay him for the Reft; but he refufedit, as the Petitioner was very certain Colonel Byrd had been at a much greater Expenfe than his Appointment would reimburfe And praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read and the Queftion being that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,

and

referred to the faid Committee,

olutions thereon

It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Petition be rejedled. Benjamin Harrifon, from the Committee of Trade, to whom the Bill For inf pedling Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch and Turpentine, was committed, reported that the faid Committee had made ieveral Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, with an Amendment. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
Refolved,
M''

Time.

Meffage from the Council was delivered by

M""

Walthoe.

That they have agreed to the Bill, entitled. An Adl for encouraging Arts and Manuan Amendment, to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl' for ReHef of infolvent Debtors, for the effedlual Difcovery and more equal Diftribution of their Eftates, without any Amendments. The Order of the Day being read, the Houfe again refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and further continuing the Adt for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms; and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee
fadtures, with

had had the

faid Bill under their further Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame they had directed him to move for Leave to fit again.

Refolved
'

Henjng, VII.

p. 288.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 549.

152

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will again refolve itfelf into a

Committee on the
ii "'Clock.

faid Bill

Tomorrow.

And

tfien the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning

Bl)urs6ar. t^e

I6tl)

of ^December, 3 (Beo.

III.

1762.

MR
in

Benjamin Harrtfon, irom the Committee of Trade, to whom the Bill For and regulating their Fees, was committed, reported that the faid Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to with fome Amendments. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, as amended, be engroffed, and
eftablifliing Pilots,

read a third Time.

Bill

For

eftablifliing the

Town

of Charlotte fville, in the

County

of Albemarle,

was

read the fecond Time.

That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. For building a Bridge over the north Branch of James River, in the Cotmty A Bill of Albemarle, was read the fecond Time, and committed to M' Thomas Walker, M' Fry and M' John Pendleton. A Memorial of the Officers who ferv'^ed in the old Virginia Regiment, in Favour of James Duncan fon, fetting forth that in the Year 1755 ^^ entered a Volunteer in that Corps, where his good Behavior foon procured him a Pair of Colours, from which he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, and behaved himfelf in thofe Appointments entirely to the Satiffadlion of his Superiours and the Corps to which he belonged that he never figniOrdered,
;

any Intention of leaving the Service until the latter End of the Campaign 1758, when he was difabled by a very dangerous Wound, occafioned by a Mufket Ball paffmg through his Throat, which he received at the Head of a fmall Detachment that was ordered from Fort Ligonier, when that Poft was attacked by a formidable Body of the Enemy, which occafioned the lofs of his Voice for a Time, and rendered him incapable of ferving any longer his King and Coimtry as a Soldier that in that Adlion he behaved with great Intrepidity and Condudl, and for the Space of 4 years he continued in the Regiment his well known Behaviour, his Services, and his Sufferings, fufficiently recommended him to the Notice of the Publick and praying fuch Relief as this Hotife fhall think fit, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Richard Henry Ordered, That the faid Memorial be referred to M'' George Mercer, Lee and M"' Thomas Walker; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report
fied
;
;

loi

the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. On a Motion made. Ordered, nemine contradicente. That it be an Inftrucftion to the Committee who are appointed to prepare an Addrefs to his Majefty, in Behalf of the Officers of the Virginia

Regiment, that

M''

itfelf into a Committee amending the Staple of for continuing Adl the on the Bill For amending and further Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms; and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"" Attorney reported that the Committee

The

Order of the

George Mercer be joined in the faid Addrefs. Day being read, the Houfe again refolved

had gone through the faid Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereto, but not having Time to prepare and draw up the fame they had diredled him to move for Leave to fit
again.
Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will again refolve itfelf into a

Committee on the
"'Clock.

faid Bill

Tomorrow.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning 11

IFxXba'i

153

lFrl6ar.

tl)e I7tl)

of

December. 3
of Propofitions

<Beo.

III.

1762.

MR
Bill
It
M''

and Grievances, prefented For eftablifhing a Town on the Land of at Todd's Warehoufes, in the County of King and Queen; and the fame being read the firft Time, and the Queftion put that the faid be read a fecond Time,
Attorney, from the
to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill

Committee

paffed in the Negative.

Refolved.

That the

faid Bill

be rejedled.

Attorney alfo reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideraof his Heir at

Matthew Watfoit, praying that the real Eftate of one yo/tw Dudgeon, Law, may be fubjedled to indemnify the Petitioner from feveral Judgments obtained againft him as Security of the faid John Dudgeon, who died infolvent, and had come to the following Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the
tion the Petition of
in the

Hands

Houfe, as follows:
Refolved,

That the

faid Petition be rejedled.

this

Petition of Jofeph Royle fetting forth that his Salary as Printer to

Houfe

will expire at the

end of

this Seffion of

Affembly, and praying that the fame

read.

may

be

further continued,
Refolved,

was prefented to the Houfe and

That the

Sum

of ;^35o per

Annum

be allowed to the faid Jofeph Royle,

Printer, to continue to the

End

of the next Seffion of Affembly, as a full Confideration

Houfe of Burgeffes, printing the the Laws of each Sefand fending thirteen of them to every County Court Clerk, one of which to be halfbotmd for the Ufe of the Court, printing Infpedlors Notes and Books, Proclamations, and other publick Advertifements. Ordered, That the faid Refolve be engroffed, and that M"' Attorney do carry it up
for printing the Journals of the
fion,

to the Council for their Concurrence. of the Day being read, the Houfe again refolved itfelf into a Committee For amending and further continuing the Adl for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms; and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that they had made feveral Amendments to the faid Bill, which they had diredled him to report to the Houfe and he read the fame in his Place, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. M'' Attorney alfo, from the fame Committee, reported that the faid Committee had had imder their Confideration the Petitions of fundry Infpe(5lors to them referred, praying an additional Recompenfe for their paft Services; and had come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame were again read, and agreed to, with fome Amendments, as follow Refolved, That the Infpedlors at the following Warehoufes fhall feverally be allowed, for each of the Years 1761 and 1762, after the following Rates: At Littlepage's $, at Frederickfburg ;io, at the Brick Houfe ^, at Hunting Creek ;io, at Robert Boiling's Warehoufe 20, at Ofborne's ;^20, at Byrd's 10, at Blandford 1$, at Conftance's ;^io, at Yeocomico and Ruffel's ,, at Matox and Machotax ;gio, at Page's and Crutchfield's ;io, at Gray's Creek $, at John Boiling's ;^2o, at Wtcomico ^, at Merewether's ;io, at Warwick ;)Sio, at Acquia 10, at Falmouth and Dixon's e^, and at Quantico 1$, and that Walter Scott, Infpedor at Rocky Ridge, be allowed ;^i5, and Jofeph Stewart, Infpedlor at Royfton's e,f and Michael Robinfon, Infpedlor at the fame Place, i^$, for their paft

The Order
Bill

on the

Services.

Ordered,

That

it

Allowances

in the

Book

be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Claims to make the feveral of Claims, purfuant to the faid Refolutions.

154]

Meffage from the Council by

M""

Walthoe.

That they have agreed

in the

County

of Hampfhire,

Alfo

to the

College the

Sum

Town of Romney, mentioned Refolve For paying to the Governours and Vifitors of William and Mary of 450 Sterling, for the Ufes therein mentioned.
to the Bill entitled,

An Adl

for eftablifhing the

and

for other Purpofes therein

An engroffed Bill, entitled, An Adl' for Infpecfting Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch Turpentine, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. and
Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M' Harrifon do carry up the

faid Bill to the Council for their Concur-

M' Walker, from the Committee to whom the Bill For building a Bridge over the north Branch of James River, in the County of Albemarle, was committed, reported that the faid Committee had made feveral Amendments to the faid Bill which he read in his
;

and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houle. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
Place,

103

Time.

James Duncanfon was Committee had had the fame under their Confideration, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to, with an Amendment, as follows It appears to your Committee that the Allegations of the faid Memorial are true. Refolved, That the faid James Duncanfon ought to be allowed 40 a Year during
M''

Mercer, from the Committee to

whom

the Memorial of

referred, reported that the faid

his Life.

Ordered,
it

That the

faid Refolve

be engroffed, and that

M"^

George Mercer do carry

up

to the Council for their Concurrence.

Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration feveral Claims to them referred, for the Pay and Expenfes
M''

came to the Affiftance of this Colony, and for Damages done the Inhabitants thereof by the faid Indians, and had agreed to a Report, and drawn up and ftated an Account and Schedule thereof; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again read, and agreed to, with an Amendment.
of the Militia of different Counties, for Provifions for the Indians that

That M'' Gary do carry the fame to the Council for their Concurrence. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendment propofed by the Council to the Bill, entitled. An Ad-i to amend the Ad for encouraging Arts and Manufactures; and the fame being twice read, was agreed to. Ordered, That M"' Wythe do go up with a Meffage to the Council, and acquaint them that this Houfe have agreed to the Amendment by them propofed to the faid Bill. A Bill To veft certain Lands therein mentioned in James Hubard, and fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater Value in Lieu thereof, was read the fecond Time, and committed to M' Wythe, and the Members of King George, York and James City. An engroffed Btll, entitled. An Ad* to amend the Ad, entitled. An Ad to oblige the Owners of Mills, Hedges, or Stone Stops, on fundry Rivers therein mentioned, to make Openings or Slopes therein for the Paffage of Fifh, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney do carry it up to the Covmcil for their Concurrence. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad^ for further continuing and amending the Ad, entitled. An Ad for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other
Ordered,

Purpofes
'

Hening, VII,
Ibid.,

p. 598.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 563.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 590

Ibid^yil, p. 645.

'

VII, p. 570.

[ I5S

Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the and the Queftion put that the faid Bill do
It paffed in the Negative.

third Time,
pafs,

and the Blanks therein

filled

up

That the faid Bill be rejeAed. That the Chaplain attend to read Prayers every Morning at Nine "'Clock. And then the Haufe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 1 1 ''Clock.
Refolved,

Ordered,

104

Saturday, t^e ISlb of ^December. 3 <&ea

III.

1762.

AN
An
amending

engroffed

was read the

for eftablifhtng Pilots, and regulating their Fees, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Bradley do carry the faid Bill to the Council for their
Bill, entitled,

^h /4^"

third Time,

Concurrence.
engroffed
Bill, entitled,

An Ad'

the Staple of Tobacco,

for amending and and preventing Frauds in

filled

further continuing the

Ad for
was

his Majefty's Cuftoms,

read the third Time, and the Blanks therein

Refolved,

up.
faid Bill to the Council for their

Ordered,
currence.

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M'' Attorney do carry up the
Bill, entitled,

Con-

An
the

engroffed
of

A n Ad^

for eftablifhing the

Town

of Charlottefville, in

Albemarle, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Tho^nas Walker do carry up the faid Bill to the Coimcil for their Concurrence.

County

An
Prince

engroffed Bill, entitled.

ayid

An Ad*

for altering the Court

Days

of the Counties of

Lunenburg, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Read do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad^ to confirm and eftablifh an Agreement made between James Scott the elder, and James Scott the younger, his Son, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Richard Henry Lee do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for
their Concurrence.

Edward

For regulating the Gold Coin of the German Empire was read a fecond Time. That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill For enlarging the Town of Peterfburg, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed and read a third Time.
Bill

Ordered,

An
James
filled

engroffed Bill, entitled.

An Ad^

for building a Bridge over the north

Branch

of

River, in the

County

of

Albemarle, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein

up.

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M' Thomas Walker do carry up the
Bill, entitled,

faid Bill to the Council for their

Concurrence.

An

engroffed

An

Ad'' for regulating the Gold Coin

of the

German

Empire, was read the third Time.

Refolved,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M'' Attorney do carry the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. Ordered, That M' Walker have Leave to be abfent the Remainder of this Seffion.
Ordered,

Hening, VII,
/Wrf.,

p. 580.

a
4

VII, p. 580.

VII, p. 597. /Md., VII, p. 633.

Ibid.,

Ibid..
/6trf.,

VII, p. 630. VII, p. 622.

Ibid.

VII n ^t? H j/j

X56

For the better and more regularly coUecfling his Majefty's Qiiitrents, and the publick Taxes, was read the fecond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Hoiife on Monday next. A BUI For adding the Parifh of Cameron to the Parifh of Truro was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill For eftablifhing feveral new Ferries was read the fecond Time, and committed
Bill

10s

to M"' Legrand, M"^

Read and

M"'

Mercer.

An
the

engroffed
of

Parifh

adding Part of the Parifh of Cameron Truro, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.
Bill, entitled,

An A3'

for

to

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M'' George Johnfov do carry up the

faid Bill to the Covmcil for their

Concurrence.

The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Book of Claims, prefented to the Houfe on Saturday laft, and ordered to lie on the Table and the fame was read, and
;

agreed to by the Houfe.

Ordered,

That M' Gary do carry up the

faid

Book

of Claims to the Council for their

Concurrence.

Wythe reported that the Committee to whom the Bill To veft certain Lands James Htibard, and fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater Value in Lieu thereof, was committed, had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
M""

therein mentioned in

Time.

A Meffage from the Council was delivered by M"^ Walthoe.

That they have agreed
lating their Fees.
to the Bill, entitled,

An

A&,' for eftablifhing Pilots, and regu-

Alfo
Alfo

to the Bill, entitled.

to the Bill, entitled,

An A(5l3 for regiilating the Gold Coin of the German Empire. An Adl* to amend the Adl, entitled, An Adt to oblige the

Hedges, or Stone Stops, on fundry Rivers therein mentioned, to make Openings or Slopes therein for the Paffage of Fifh, and for other Purpofes therein men-

Owners of

Mills,

tioned.

Alfo

to the Bill, entitled.

An

Adls for eftablifhing the

Town

of Charlotte fmlle in the

,

County

of Albemarle.
to the Bill, entitled.

Alfo

An

Adt<' for alteringthe

Court Days of the Counties of Prince

Edward and Lunenburg.

Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An A<51' for infpedling Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch and Turpentine, with an Amendment, to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe.

The Houfe immediately proceeded to the Confideration of the faid Amendment; and the fame being twice read, was difagreed to. Ordered, That M'' Bradley do go up with a Meffage to the Covmcil, and acquaint them that this Houfe have difagreed to their Amendment. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to examine the enrolled Bills of the followHenry Lee, ing Perfons, viz. Fleming, William Cabbel, M' James Mercer, M"' John Pendleton and M"' Bland the yotmger. A Bill To empower the Veftry of the Parifh of Bruton to fell certain Lots in the City of Wtlliamfbiirg, for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill For eftablifhing the Town of Hanover, in the Cotmty of Hanover, was read

106

the fecond Time.

Ordered
'

Hening, VII,
Ibid..

p. 612.

VII

p, 580.

Ibid., Ibid.,

VII, p. 575. VII, p. 590.

s
<>

Ibid., Ibid.,

VII, p. 597. VII, p. 622.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 570.

157

That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. For Bill eftablifhing quarterly Courts in the feveral Counties of this Colony was read the fecond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe on Monday
Ordered,

next.

An

engroffed

Bill, entitled,

An AA'

to

empower

fell certain Lots in the City of Williamfburg, for the

the Veftry of the Parifh of Bruton to Purpofes therein mentioned, was read

the third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"^ Attorney do carry the

faid Bill to the Council for their Conciurence.

Government of Servants and Slaves was read the fecond Time, and committed to M"" Cary and M' Fleming. A Bill For amending and further continuing the A(5l for the better regulating and difciplining the Militia was read the fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. A Bill For further continuing the Adl for reducing the feveral A(5ls for making Provifion againft Invafions and Infurredlions into one A(5l was read the fecond Time.
Bill

To amend

the Adl for the better

Ordered,

That the faid

Bill

be engroffed, and read a third Time.

An Ad' for preventing exceffive and deceitful Gaming, was read the fecond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Hotife on Friday next. A Meffage from the Council was delivered by M'' Walthoe.
Bill

To amend the

Adl, entitled.

That they have agreed

their Amendment made Pitch and Turpentine.

to the

Book

of Claims

and Schedule; and

that they infift

on

to the Bill, entitled

An

Adl^ for infpedling Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar,

to the Bill, entitled. An Adl* for amending and further continuamending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, with an Amendment, to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl' for adding Part of the Parifh of Cameron to the

That they have agreed

ing the Adl for

Parifh of Truro.

Alfo
fell

to the Bill, entitled.

An

Adl" to

empower

the Veftry of the Parifh o( Bruton to

certain Lots in the City of Williamfburg, for the Purpofes therein mentioned.

Alfo

to the Bill, entitled.

An Adl''

for building a Bridge over the north

Branch of

James River,

in the

County

of Albemarle, without

any Amendments.

Ordered, That M"^ Cary do wait on his Honour the Govemour with the Book of Claims and Schedule, and defire his Affent thereto. Ordered, That M^ Bradley do go up to the Council, and acquaint them that this Houfe inlift on their Difagreement to the Amendment by them made to the Bill For infpedling Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch and Turpentine, and that they defire they will pafs the faid Bill without the Amendment. The Houfe took into their Confideration the Amendment propofed by the Council to the Bill For amending and further continuing the Adl for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms; and the fame being twice read, was agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That M"- Attorney do go up to the Council, and acquaint them therewith. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to proportion the publick Levy, and that it confift of the following Perfons, mz. M"" Cary, M'' Thomas Walker, M'' Read, M'' Upfhaw, M"" Wager and M'' George Mercer. And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning lo "'Clock.

^0rt6a^

Hening, VII,
Ibid..

p. 607.

'

VII, p. 214.

/6td., Ibid.,

VII, p. 570. VII, p. 530.

Ibid., Ibid.,

\ll, -p. 612. VII, p. 607.

Ibid.,

Vll, p. 622.

[^58]
!ftton6aY.
tl)e

20tb of ^December, 3
An Ad'
to veft certain

(Beo.

III.

1762.

AN

engroffed Bill, entitled,

Hubard, and
Refolved,
M''

fettling other

Lands and Slaves

of greater

Lands therein mentioned in James Value in Lien thereof, was

read the third Time.

That the faid Bill do pafs. Wythe do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Conciurence. M"^ Cary reported that the Committee appointed had. according to Order, fettled the Proportion of the Country Levy, and Itated the fame in a Book which he delivered in at the Table, where it was read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That M"" Cary do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence.
Ordered,

That

An engroffed
of

Bill, entitled

An Ad'

for eftablifhing the

Town of Hanover, in theCounty

Hanover, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Wythe do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence.

An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad^ for further continuing the Ad for reducing the feveral Ads for making Provifion againft Invafions and Infurredions into one Ad, was read
the third Time, and the Blanks therein
Ordered,
filled

up.
faid Bill to the Council for their

That

M''

Attorney do carry

up the

Con-

currence.

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill For amending and further continuing the Adt for the better regulating and difciplining the Militia was committed, reported that the Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the faid Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by
M"' Attorney,
;

the Houfe.
Ordered,

That the

Bill

with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time.

An Ad* for enlarging the Town of Peterfburg, and for was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. other Purpofes Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Fleming do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their ConAn
engroffed
Bill, entitled.

therein mentioned,

currence.
M''

Legrand, from the Committee to

whom

the Bill For eftablifhing feveral

Ferries

thereto
in

was committed, reported that the faid Committee had made feveral which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a
;

new Amendments Amendments

third

Time.

The Order of the Day being read, the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the For the better and more regular collecting the publick Taxes and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M^ Attorney reported that the faid Committee had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, and made feveral Amendments thereto, which they had diredted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the faid Amendments in his Place, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Meffage from the Council was delivered by M' Walthoe.
Bill
;

That they have agreed to the Book of Proportions. That they recede from the Amendment by them made to the Bill, entitled. An A<5ls for infpedling Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch and Turpentine, which was difagreed to by this Houfe, and have paffed the Bill without.

That
I '

Hening, VII,
Ibid.,

p. 636.

Ibid., VII, p. 539.

Ibid.,

Ihid.,

VII, p. 570.

VII, p. 601.

VII, p. 602.

159]
An
A<51'

That they have agreed

ment made

Alfo to Purpofes therein mentioned.

oconfirm and eftablifh an Agreebetween James Scott the elder, Clerk, and James Scott, the younger, his Son. the Bill, entitled. An Adl' for enlarging the Town of Peter f burg, and for other
to the Bill, entitled,

Alfo
everal

to the Bill, entitled.

An

Adl* for further continuing the Adt for reducing the

Infurre(5lions into

AAs

for

making Provifion againft Invafions and

Bill, entitled.

one Adl.

Alfo to the of Hanover.

An

A<51* for eftablifliing

the Town oi Hanover, in the County

And
Printer,

that they

have agreed
of this

to the

Refolve of

this

Houfe

for allowing

Jofeph Royle,

jjo

for the Services therein mentioned.

Alfo

to the

Refolve

Houfe

for granting to

James Duncanfon 40 a Year during

his Life, for his Services to his Country.

On a Motion made,
Ordered,
referred to M""

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For Cary to prepare and bring in the fame.

raifing a publick

Levy, and

it is

M' Cary prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For raifing a publick Levy and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. The Order of the Day being read, the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For eftablifhing quarterly Courts in the feveral Counties of this Colony and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that they had gone through the faid Bill, but had made no Amendments thereto and the Queftion being put that the faid Bill be engroffed,
;

It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Bill be rejedled. M"' Cary, from the Committee to whom the Bill To amend the A&. for the better Government of Servants and Slaves was committed, reported that the Committee had made feveral_^ Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to
Refolved,

by

the Houfe.
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill

be engroffed, and read a third Time. be added to the Committee appointed to

On a Motion made,
Ordered,

That M' Charles

Carter, Jimior,

prepare an Addrefs to his Majefty. A Bill For paying the Burgeffes

Wages

in

Money
M"'

for this prefent Seffion of

M""

Affembly

was read the fecond Time, and committed to

Cary and

Fleming.

An

engroffed Bill, entitled.

An Ad^

for eftablifhing feveral

new

Ferries,

was read the

third Time.
Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"' Attorney do carry up the

faid Bill to the Council for their

Concur-

For raifing a publick Levy was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10 "'Clock.
Bill

Bues6ar.

t^e

2Ut

of '2>ecember.

<5eo.

III.

1762

That the Committee of Corref pondence be diredled to write to and defire that he will Ufe his Endeavours to obtain an A<51 of Parliament for importing Salt from Europe into this Colony. Ordered, That the faid Refolve be engroffed, and that M'' Benjamin Harrifon do carry it up to the Council for their Concturence.
Refolved,

ON
I

a Motion made,
the Agent,

An
Hening, VII,
/6trf.,

p. 630.

Ibid.,
/6irf.,

VII, p. 602.

VII, p. 539. VII, p. 601.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 588.

i6o]

All engroffed Bill, entitled,

vants and Slaves,

An Ad' to amend the Ad for the better Government of Serwas read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up; and the

Queftion being put that the faid Bill do pafs, It paffed in the Negative. Refolved, That the faid Bill be rejedled.

An

engroffed Bill, entitled,

An Ad'

for

the better regulating

and That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Attorney do carry the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. M' Gary, from the Committee to whom the Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, was committed, reported that the Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and
difciplining the Militia,
Refolved,
;

amending and further continuing was read the third Time.

the

Ad for

agreed to by the Hovife. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the

Amendments be

engroffed,

and read the third

Time.

An engroffed Bill, entitled, A n Ad^ for raifing a publick Levy,vjas read the third Time Blanks therein filled up. the and Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Gary do carry up the faid Bill to the Coimcil for their Concurrence.

An

lick Taxes,

engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad* for the better and more regular colleding the pubwas read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.
Bill to the Cotmcil for their Concurrence.

Refolved,

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Bland do carry up the faid

An

engroffed Bill, entitled,

An Ad^

for

paying the Burgeffes Wages in

Money for

this

prefent Seffion of Affembly, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs.

That M' Gary do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. M"' Attorney reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to his Majefty, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to. Ordered, That the Committee of Correfpondence be diredted to tranfmit it to the Agent, to be prefented to his Majefty. M' Attorney alfo reported that the faid Committee had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to his Majefty in Favour of the Officers of the Virginia Regiment; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again read, and agreed to, with fome Amendments. Ordered, That the Committee of Correfpondence be diredled to tranfmit the faid AdOrdered,
drefs to the Agent, to be prefented to his Majefty, together with a Lift of the
of the Officers.

Names

Henry Harrifon, Gentleman, to build a Mill on Willis's Creek, in the County of Gumberland, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill To empower Tenants in Taille to make Leafes for 3 Lives, or 2 1 Years, was read the fecond Time, and committed to M' Benjamin Harrifon, M"' George and James Mercer, M-- Attorney, M^ Bland and M' Wythe. A Bill To amend the feveral A6ts of this Colony for licenfmg Pedlars, and preventing Frauds in the Duties on Skins and Fvirs, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill to relieve fundry Perfons whofe Lands have been injured, by cutting down their Timber to btiild Fort Loudoun, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time.

Bill

To empower

Garter

A
>

"

Failed to become a law. Hening, VII, p. 534.

"

Ibid., ^Wrf..

VII, p. 543VII, p. 539.

'

^*^-.

VII, p. 596.

i6i ]

A Bill To empower the refpecftive Veftries of the Parifhes of St. Andrew, in the County of Brunfwick, and Frederick, in the Coxinty of Frederick, to fell their Glebe Lands, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill To repeal an Adl made in the 22'' Year of his late Majefty's Reign, entitled, An Ad' concerning Strays, and to eftablifh more effedlual Method to prevent frauds committed by perfons taking up strays, was read a fecond time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill declaring Slaves to be perfonal Eftate, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the fecond time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read the third Time. A Meffage from the Council was delivered by M' Walthoe.
That they have agreed
thereof.
to the Bill, entitled,

An

Adl' to veft certain Lands therein men-

tioned in James Hubard, and fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater Value in Lieu

Alfo Alfo

to the Bill, entitled.

to the Bill, entitled.

An An

Adt^ for eftablifhing feveral

new

Ferries.

Adl" for amending and further continuing the Adl for

the better regulating and difciplining the Militia.

lick

Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl? for the better and more regular colledling the pubTaxes, with fame Amendments.

Alfo

to the Bill, entitled.

An

Adl* for the

Payment

of the Burgeffes

Wages

in

Money

for this prefent Seffion of Afiembly.

Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl^ for railing a publick Levy. Alfo to the Bill, entitled, An Adl* to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Henry Scarburgh is feized in Fee Simple, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, without
,

any Amendments.

And
Salt frofn

that they

have agreed

to the

Refolve of this Houfe

relative to the

Importation of

Europe

into this Colony.

The Houfe immediately proceeded

Coimcil to the
Bill, entitled.

to conlider the

Amendments propofed by
therein mentioned in

the

An

Ad") to veft certain

Lands

James

Hubard, and fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater Value in Lieu thereof; and the fame being read, was agreed to. Ordered, That M"' Wythe do go up to the Council, and acquaint them thereof. The Houfe alfo confidered the Amendments propofed by the Council to the Bill, entitled, An Ad^ for eftablifhing feveral new Ferries; and the fame being read, was agreed
to.

Ordered, That M"" Attorney do go up to the Council, and acquaint them thereof. The Houfe aKo confidered the Amendment propofed by the Coimcil to the Bill, entitled, An Ad' for amending and further continuing the Ad for the better regulating and difciplining the Militia; and the fame being read, was agreed to, with Amendments. Ordered, That M' Attorney do go up with a Meffage to the Council, and acquaint them that this Houfe have made fome Amendments by them propofed to the faid Bill,
^

which they defire their Concurrence. The Houfe alfo took into Confideration the Amendments propofed by the Coimcil to the Bill, entitled, Am Ad''' for the better and more regular colleding the publick Taxes; and the fame being read, was agreed to. Ordered, That M'' Bland do go up to the Council, and acquaint them thereof. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10 "'Clock.
to

Hening, VI, p. 133. Ibid., VII, p. 636. 3 Ibid., VII, p. 588.

>

4
5
<s

Ibid., Ibid., Ibid.,

VII, p. 534. VII, p. 539. VII, p. 596.

Ibid., ibid., Ibid.,

s
>

VII, p. 543. VII, p. 634. VII, p. 636.

'

"

"

Ibid., VII, p. 588. Ibid., VII, p. 534. Ibid., VII, p. 539.

I62

Xjl>e6iie56a^. t^e

22nb

of ^December. 3 (Beo.

III.

1762.

Benjamin Harrifon, from the Committee to whom the Bill To empower Tenants in Taille to make Leafes for 3 Lives, or 2 1 Years, was referred, reported that the faid Committee had made feveral Amendments to the faid Bill which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to and the Queftion being put that the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be engroffed, and read a third Time,
;

MR
;

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Bill be reje($led.

An

engroffed

Bill, entitled,

An Ad'

to

repeal an

Ad

made

in the 22^ Year of his late

Majeftv's Reign, entitled. An Ad concerning Strays, and to eftablifha more effedual Method to prevent Frauds committed by Perfons taking up Strays, was read the third Time, and

the Blanks therein

Refolved,

filled

up.
faid Bill to the Council for their Concur-

That the Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Attorney do carry up the
rence.

An
to build

engroffed Bill, entitled.

An Ad'

a Mill on Willis's Creek, in the

empower Carter Henry ila.rnon, Gentleman, County of Cumberland, was read the third Time,
to

and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Attorney do carry the

faid

BiU to the Coimcil

for their Conctirrence.

An
other

engroffed Bill, entitled.

An Ad^

declaring Slaves to be perfonal Eftate,

and

for

Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M'' Attorney do carry up the faid
Bill, entitled.

Bill to

the Coimcil for their Concur-

ony

An Ad* to amend the feveral Ads of Affembly of this Coland preventing Frauds in the Duties on Skins and Furs, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Benjamin Harrifon do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for
An engroffed
for licenfing Pedlars,

their Concurrence.

An

engroffed

Bill, entitled,

AnAd^
to

to relieve

injured by cutting down their Timber

build Fort

fundry Perfons who fe lands have been Loudotm, was read a third Time, and

the Blanks therein

Refolved,

filled

up.
faid Bill to the Council for their

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' George Mercer do carry up the
Concurrence. An engroffed
of St.
Bill, entitled.

An Ad^

Andrew, in

the

County of

empower the refpedive Veftries of the Parifhes Brunfwick, and Frederick, in the County of Frederick,
to

was read the third Time. That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Bland do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. M' Speaker informed the Hotife he had juft received a Letter from Colonel Stephen, returning Thanks, with the Officers of the late Regiment, for the Favours received from this Houfe and he delivered it in at the Table, where it was read, and is as follows
to fell their

Glebe Lands,

Refolved,

Sir,

My Rutherford favoured me with

ner in which the

the agreeable
to

A ffembly has
of the

been pleafed

Information of the very handfome Manacknowledge the Services of the late Regiment,

and

of the extreme genteel Gratuity voted to the Officers:

with indelible
Hening, VII.
Ibid.,

Marks

This has impreffed their Hearts moft genuine Gratitude, and they unite with me in begging you
will

>

VII,

p. 545p. 626.

'

Not in Hening. Hening, VII. p. 585.

Not

Hening. Hening, VII, p. 617.

in

i63

]
to that

will be pleafed to return our moft unfeigned

osity to

Thanks

auguft Body,
tlieir

us can only be equalled by the

beg leave. Sir,
to

polite

Manner

in which

whofe Generrepeated Favour were

conferred.

We

affure you, and the refpedable Gentlemen of the Houfe, that no

Diftances of Time can ever efface or diminifh the high Senfe we entertain of your Goodnefs; to merit which will be an invariable Objed of our Care and Ambition: This, in Cafe of

any
the

future Commotions,
to

we

unll cherfully evince, by the moft fpirited Exertion of our beft

Endeavours

>naintain the

Honour and Safety

of the Colony,

which we have fo long had

moft perfed

Honour

to ferve.
to

Permit me. Sir,

Deference, Sir,

fubfcribe myfelf, in the

Name

of the Corps, with the

Your moft obliged and moft Humble Servant,

Frederick fburg,
Dec. 10, 1762.

ADAM STEPHEN.
Walthoe.

A Meffage from the Council by M'

That they have agreed
to the Bill, entitled,
to the

An Adl

for

Amendments made by this Houfe to their Amendments amending and further continuing the Adl for the better
Adl to

regvilating

and

difciplining the Militia.

Alfo
to
fell

to the "QiW, entitled,

An

empower the

refpedlive Veftries of the Parifhes

in the

of St. Andrew, in the

County

of Brunfwick,

and Frederick,

County

of Frederick,

their Glebe Lands.

A<$l3

Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Purpofes therein mentioned.

declaring Slaves to be perfonal Eftate,

and for other

Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl* to repeal an Adl made in the 22"^ Year of his late Majefty's Reign, entitled, An Adl concerning Strays, and to eftablifh a more efifedlual Method to prevent Frauds committed by Perfons taking up Strays.

Alfo to the Bill, entitled, An Adl* to empower Carter Henry Harrifcm, Gentleman, to build a Mill on Willir's Creek, in the Cotmty of Cumberland. Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl* to amend the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony
for licenling Pedlars,

And then

the

and preventing Frauds in the Duties on Skins and Furs. Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10 ''Clock.

I3burs6ar. t^e 23r6 of December, 3 <Beo.

III.

1762.

James Atherton, Thomas Jones, Sen. Thomas John Davis, Stephen Fafter, Bryan, William Shae, John Peal, Thmnas Buckmafter and John Archer, fetting forth that they have been fome Time employed as Guardmen over the Magazine in the City of Williamfburg, and hope they have difcharged their Duty faithfully, during all which Time they were exempt from muttering with the Militia, or finding Arms, but now being difcontinued are obliged to enlift in the Militia, and find proper Arms that they are very poor Men, and not able to fpare fo much from the Maintenance of their refpedlive Families as will purchafe fuitable Arms for muftering and praying that they
Jones,

Petition of Michael M'Carty,

Jtm. John

Connelly,

may be permitted

to keep the

Arms they made Ufe

of

which they promife fhall be always ready for the whenever Occafion may require, was prefented to the Houfe and read being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,
It

when they guarded the Magazine, Service of their King and Coimtry,
;

and the Queftion

paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Bill

be rejedled.
Refolved

On

a Motion made,
p. 534.
3

Hening, VII,
Ibid.,

'

VII, p. 617.

Hening. Hening, VII, p. 545.

in

Not

Ibid., VII, p. 626. Ibid., VII, p. 585.

s

i64]
when
the Houfe fhall be

Refolved,

That the Speaker be

diredled,

to attend him be pleafed not to lay an Embargo on Com. M"" Fleming reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, examined the enrolled Bills and Refolves, and re<$lified fuch Miftakes as were found therein; and that they were truly enrolled. Ordered, That M' Fleming do carry them up to the Cotmcil, for their Infpe<5lion. A Meffage from the Council by M' Walthoe.

the

Govemour

with the enrolled Bills for his Affent, to defire his

commanded by Honour

will

That they have infpeded the enrolled Bills and Refolves, and are
truly enrolled.

fatiffied they are

A
"

Meffage from the Council by M' Walthoe.

lu

M'^ Speaker,

The Govemour commands the immediate Attendance of your Houfe tn the Council " Chamber, and that you bring with you fuch Bills a-nd Refolves as are ready for his Affent.

W Speaker with
was
their Privileges,
2.
^

the Hoiife went

up accordingly, and

his

Honour the Govemour

pleafed to give his Affent to the following publick and private Bills /. An Ad' for directing and better regulating the Eledions of Burgeffes, for fettling

and for afcertaining their Allowances. For further amending and further continuing the Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. iFor amending and further continuing the Ad for the better regulating and difciplinJ.
4.

ing the Militia.

*For further continuing the Ad for reducing the feveral Ads for tnaking Provifions againft Invafions and Infurredions into one Ad. 5. ^For the better and more regular colleding the publick Taxes.

^For raifing a publick Levy. 22' Year of his late Majefty's Reign, entitled. An Ad 7. 7 To repeal an Ad made in the concerning Strays, and to eftablifh a more effedual Method to prevent Frauds committed
6.

by Perfons taking up Strays.

8.

'For Relief
9
'

of infolvent Debtors, for the effedual

Difcovery and more equal Diftri-

bution of their Eftates.

g.

To amend

the

Ad for encouraging Arts and Manufadures.

10.

11. 12.

'

For infpeding Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch and Turpentine. 'For regulating the Gold Coin of the Gernmn Empire. ''For the more effedual keeping the publick Roads and Bridges in Repair.
'3

and regulating their Fees. of Affembly of this Colony for licenfing Pedlars, and 14. Skins and Furs. Duties on preventing Frauds in the I. '^For eftablifhing feveral new Ferries. 16. '''To amend the Ad entitled, An Ad to oblige the Owners of Mills, Hedges, or Stone Stops, on fundry Rivers therein mentioned to make Openings or Slopes therein for the Paffage of Fifh, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 7 For difpofing of the publick Stores of Gunpowder in the Magazine in the City of 77.
I J.

For

eftablifhing Pilots,
the feveral

'*To amend

Ads

'

Williamfburg. 18. '^To ametui an Ad,

entitled.

An Ad

for regulating Ordinaries,

and Reftraint

of

Tippling Houfes. IQ. ">For eftablifhing the

20.
'

For eftablifhing

the

Town of Charlotte fville, in the County of Albemarle. Town of Romney, in the County of Hampfhire, and for other
For

Purpofes therein tnentioned.

I

Hening, VII,

p. 517.

Ibid., VII, p. 530. Ibid VII, p. 534. 4 Ibid VII, p. 539.

3 s

Ibid

VII p 539.

Ibid., ' Ibid., Ibid., Ibid.. " Ibid.,

VII, p. VII, p. VII, p. VII, p. Vll. p.

543S4S549. 563. S7o.

"

" " >

's

Ibid., Ibid.. Ibid., Ibid., /Wrf.,

VII, p. VII, p. VII, p. VII, p. VII, p.

575. 577. 580. 585. ^88.

-6

ibid., -7 Ibid., Ibid., Ibid.,

<>

590. 594. 595. 597. Ibid. .yil.p. 598.

p. p. p. p.

VII, VII. VII, VII,

i65

'For 'For 2J. For 24. *For

21. 22.
25.
5

eftablifhing the

eftablifhing the

Town Town

of
of

Mecklenburg, tn the County of Frederick. Hanover, tn the County of Hanover.

enlarging the

enlarging the Tcnvtt of Peterfburg, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Town of Alexandria, in the County of Fairfax.

To empower the Veftry of the Parifh of Bruton to fell certain Lots in the City of Williamfburg, for the Purpofes theretn mentioned. 26. ^For appointing Diredors and Truftees for the Town of Blandford, in the County of Prince George, and to prevent Hogs running at large therein.
115

empower the Veftry of the Parifh of St. Patrick, in the County of Prince Edward, to levy for Thomas Wood a reafonable Satiffadion for his Expenfes in building a Church there, which was burnt down before it was fintfhed. 28.^For adding Part of the Parifh of Cameron to the Parifh of Truro. zg.^For fettling the Bounds between the Parifhes of Martin's Brandon and Briftol, in the County of Prince George. JO. '"For dividing theParifh of Accomack, in the County of Accomack, into two diftind
27. ''To

Parifhes.

J I. ''For diffolvingthe Veftry of the Parifh of Hampfhire, in the County of Hamp f hire and eleding a new Veftry in the faid Parifh. j2."To empower the refpedive Veftries of the Pairfhes of St. Andrew, in the County of Brunfwick, and Frederick, in the County of Frederick, to fell their Glebe Lands. jj.'iFor dividing the Parifh of Nottoway, in the County of Southampton. 54. *For adding part of the County of King and Qtieen to the County of Caroline, and altering the Court Day of the faid County of King and Queen. for jj.'^For altering the Court Days of the Counties of Prince Edward and Lunenburg. j6. '^For building a Bridge over the north Branch of James River, in the County of Albemarle.
57.
'

For building a bridge over Nottoway River, from

the

Land

of Jeffe

Brown, by

Subfcription.
8 To oblige the Juftices of the County of Albemarle to refund to the Counties of Amand Buckingham their juft Proportion of the Money paid for Weights and Meafures before the Divifion of the faid County of Albemarle. j9.">To empower Carter Henry Harrifon, Gentleman to build a Mill on Willis's Creek, in the County of Cumberland. 40.'To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Ralph Wormeley, Efq;is feized, and other Latids of greater Value to the fame Ufes. fettling for 41. "To confirm and efiablifh an Agreement made between James Scott the elder. Clerk, and James Scott the younger, his Son. 42. "To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Henry Scarburgh is feized in Fee Simple, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 43. ' 3 To veft certain Lands therein mentioned in James Hubard, and fettling other lands and Slaves of greater Value in Lieu thereof. 44.'*For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly. His Honoiir likewife gave his Affent to the following Refolves 1. For allowing the Officers of the Virginia Regiment the fever al Sums therein men-

j8.

'

herft

tioned.
2. 3.

For allowing the feveral Officers of the Virginia Regiment 6 Months Pay. For allowing the Hon. William Byrd, Efq; 500, for the Services therein menFor allowing For
allotving

tioned.
4.

Col.

William Peachey one Year's Pay, in Confideration

of his paft

Services.
5.

M'

George Mercer 500, for the Services therein mentioned.

For
I

Hening, VII,

p. 600.

[
6.
7.

i66 ]

For allowing Major Andrew Lewis the Sum of 350. For allowing William Bronaiigh a Year's Pay, as Captain tn

the Virginia Regi-

ment.
8.

g.

10.
<^f

For allowing Larkin Chew 100, and 40 a Year during his Life, For allowing James Duncanfon 40 a Year during his Life. For paying to the Governours and Vifitors of William and Mary College
Sterling, for the

the

Sum

450
11.

Ufes therein mentioned.

For paying Jofeph Royle,

And

Printer, 350. then clofed the feffion with the following Speech

of the Council, M' Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, The Fatigue you have fuftained in preparing and confdering the great Number of Bills I have this Day paffed, and the Seafon of the Year, both confpire to call for a Relaxation from the Bufinefs you have been fo deeply engaged in; and as I am always defirious to contribute to your private Interefts, by giving you Time to attend to your own domeftick Affairs, as far as my Duty to his Majefty, and my Concern for the Publick, will permit me, I fhall give yon that Recefs which you now exped from me, by proroguing you, and you are accordingly prorogued, to the third Tuefday in April next.
.3'-.

Gentlemen

JOURNAL
of the

House of Burgesses
1763

Burgef f es.
Accomac
Albemarle

*Thomas Parramore
*Southey Simpfon

Hanover
Henrico
of

Nathaniel Weft Dandridge

John Syme
Bowler Cocke

Thomas Walker John Fry

David
Greenhill

Amelia

Ifle

Wight

Phihp Mayo James Bridger

Jofeph Bridger

Amherft
Augufta
Bedford

*Thomas Tabb William Cabell Cornelius Thomas

James City Jameftown King & Queen

Lewis Burwell
Philip Johnfon

John

Wilfon

Edward Champion Travis

John Pendleton John Robinfon
Charles Carter

*Ifrael Chriftian

William Callaway

John
Brunfwick

Talbot

King George King William

Lancafter

William Thornton Ilaac Rowe Walton

Charles Carter,

Jr.

Bernard Moore
Carter Braxton
Charles Carter

Buckingham
Caroline

Robert
Jofeph

Boiling, Jr.

Cabell

John Baylor Edmimd Pendleton

Benjamin Harrifon

Richard
Loudoun
Louifa

Mitchell

Charles City

Francis Lightfoot Lee James Hamilton

William Kennon
Chefterfield

William Johnfon

Archibald Cary

Richard Eppes

Limeiiburg
Middlefex

Thomas Johnfon Henry Blagrave

Clement Reade
Jr.

The

College

Mann

Page

Culpeper

John Field James Barbour

George Carrington

John Smith Ralph Wormeley

Willis Riddick Lemuel Riddick

Cimiberland

Nanfemend

John Fleming
Dinwiddie
Elizabeth City

Robert BolHng Leonard Claiborne, George Wythe WiUiam Wager

New Kent
Jr.

Burwell Baffett Richard Adams

Norfolk

WilHam Bradley

Thomas
Northampton

Veal

Effex

John Lee John Upfhaw

George Johnfton

Norfolk Borough Jofeph Hutchings

Fairfax

John Harmanfon Thomas Dalby

Spencer
Ball

Fauquier
Frederick

John Weft Thomas Harrifon Thomas Marfhall

George Wafhington George Mercer

Northumberland Richard Hull

Orange
Prince

James Taylor James Walker

Edward
Peter Legrand

Gloucefter

Thomas

Whiting John Page

Abner Nafh
Prince George

Richard Bland

Goochland
Halifax

John Payne
Jolias Payne
Prince

WilUam
Anne

Nathaniel Terry

Richard Bland, John Bayhs Henry Lee

Jr.

Robert Wade
Hampfhire

Princefs

Edward Hack

Mofeley

James Mercer

Thomas
Not fhown by the Journal

Anthony Walke

Rutherford
to

have been present during the AUetahly.

I70

Richmond
Southampton
Spotylvania

John Woodbridge
*Landon Carter
*Joeph Gray

Suffex

*David Mafon

John Edmunds
Warwick
Weftmoreland
Williamfburg

Benjamin Symmons
Fielding Lewis Benjamin Grjmies

Stafford

William Fitzhugh Thomas L. Lee

Hartwell Cocke William Bailey

William Digges William Harwood Richard Henry Lee Richard Lee Peyton Randolph

York

Dudley

Digges
Nelfon, Jr.

Surry

Thomas

Not fhowti by the Journal to have

been prefent during the Affembly.

Changes
Lunenburg

in the

Perfonnel, 1763.
Jr.

Clement Reade,

fucceeded Clement Reade

JOURNAL
of the

House OUSE

B of OURGESSES OF
3
<Bco.
III.

X3l)urs6ar. tb I9tb of >ttaj.

1763.

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

M""

M"'

Walthoe.

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the

the

Houfe

of Burgeffes, of

The Governour commands

immediate Attendance

your Houfe in the

Council Chamber.

Accordingly M'' Speaker, with the Houfe, went up to attend the Govemour; and being returned, reported that he, with the Hovife, had attended the Govemour in the
Council Chamber, and that he was pleafed to
Hotife, of

make a Speech to the Council and this which he had, to prevent Miftakes, obtained a Copy; which he read to the Houfe, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and is
Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

as follows

Gentlemen of the Council,

M''

I have called you together before the

of the greateft

Importance to Mother Country. You may remember that an a former Application of the Merchants of Great Britain, trading to Virginia, / was honoured with an Inftrudion from his Majefty that I fhould recommend tt to your Confideration in what Manner you could better provide for thetr Security in recovering Sterling Debts due from this Colony to them: Your Negled of that Inftruction has now drawn on you the Cenfure of the Right Honourable the Board of Trade, for On a frefh Application of the Merchants to their Lordfhips, they have that Behaviour. on that Head, which I fhall immediately lay before you. I have to Refolutions come feveral never yet deceived you, and I ivill not now attempt it; but, in plain Language, inform you that all Endeavours to evade their Force will prove fruitlefs, and plunge you ftill deeper in It is abfolutely neceffary that fomething fhould be done to give his Majefty' s Difpleafure. the Merchants that Satiffadion for which they call upon you, and for which, in Cafe of Failure of Succefs here, they will call upcm a higher Power. But from my Knowledge of the Integrity of your Hearts, and of your Defire that every Man fhould receive full Payment and Satiffadion for the Debts due to him, whether contraded in Sterling or current Money, whether he be an Inhabitant of Great Britain or Virginia, / am fully perfuaded you will immediately do every Thing tn your Power to do them the ftrideft Juftice, and remove The Means of effeding this I fhall leave to the Refult of your own Delibertheir Fears. ations, after recommending two Points to your Confideratton. As the Support of publick Credit is of the moft urgent Importance to a trading Country, I muft prefs you to take Care that the Paper Money now in Currency may be effedually redeemed at the Times ftated in the Ads of Affembly pa ffed for that Purpofe, either by
better

which you ftood prorogued, on Bufinefs the trading Intereft not only of this Colony but to that of our
to

Time

providing for the Colledion of the prefent Taxes,

if the

if fufficient for the

End

propofed, or

laying fome additional Tax,

prefent are found infiifficient for the Purpofe, that the

Periods for redeeming the fame may not be protraded. Another Point I would recommend to you is the repealing the infolvent Law, paffed This Meafure laft Seffioti of Affembly, before it can take Place and have any Effed:

muft

172 ]

and even the Merchants of Great Britain and your Defire of doing Juftice to all Mankind; for upon your recatifidering that Law you will -find that the Advantages to the Debtor and Creditor arising from it are not mutual; and that a Debtor has it in his Power to ad ivith great Partiality, by paying particular Creditors before he is reduced to give up the Whole for This is a Point which you may be fure cannot be overlooked, the Satiffadion of the others. turn to your Difadvantage, if you do not put a Remedy to it which and muft neceffarily
niuft fully convince his Majefty, his Minifters,

themfelves, of your upright Intentions,

your felves.
After thus reprefenting to you the Situation of your Affairs with the Right Honourable
the

Board
to

of Trade, I fhould not

I not
you,

point out their Lenity in poftpaning

Report

Majefty in you Time to For this Purpofe they have not only fent them in to me, but have given Copies to M" of. Abercrombie and M' Montague, to be by them tranfmitted to every Branch of the Legiflato his to give

Lordfhips who compofe that Board were any Obfervations on your ConduA, or any your Diffavour, until they had communicated their Refolutions to reconfider thefe Matters coolly, and remedy the Evils complained

do Juftice

to their

ture.

I am perfuaded I have faid enough to convince you of the Utility and Neceffiiy of your engaging heartily in the Meafures enforced by the Refolutions of the Right Honourable the

Lords of Trade; and as the leaft Appearance of Reproach muft fenfibly affed feeling Mtnds, I fhall quit this unpleafing Subjed, to enter upon one which muft communicate Joy to all true Lovers of their Country, I mean the Canclufion of a moft glorious and honourable Peace

and all his Enemies, of which happy Event I take this Opportunity to The Care his Majefty has taken of his American Colonies is a further Proof of his Attenticnt to their Inter eft and Security, and demands the ftrongeft Returns of Loyalty, Obedience and Affedion, from us.
between his Majefty
congratulate with you.

M' Speaker, and Gentlemen

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

particularly attending to the Finances of this Colony,

This glorious Profped of a folid and lafttng Peace will afford you an Opportunity of and of putting them on a Footing

which

may

tend to the Advancement of the Trade

and Satiffadion

of the Merchants trading to it, ments of the Britifh Miniftry as to the Eftablifhment of the Currency of the Colonies; for the anfwering all which good Purpofes, I doubt not you will provide with your ufual Pru-

and Credit of the Colony, and the Security and which may correfpond with the Senti-

dence and Impartiality.

Gentlemen

of the

Council and of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

The Points I have recotnmended to your Confideration call upon you for your moft ferious Reflexion, and I hope you will enter upon them with that Degree of Earneftnefs and Harmony which the Nature of them requires from you.

On

a Motion made,

That an Addrefs be prefented to his Honour the Govemour, to reprefent to him that, to comply with his Majefty's Reqtiifitions, we were under a Neceffity of making the feveral Emiffions of Treafury Notes, as no Specie could be procured for thofe Exigencies and that we expedled they wotdd have been confidered as Adis of Duty to our Sovereign, and not made the Subjedl of Complaint: That we never thought it juft to circulate them without making them a legal Tender in all Payments, except for his Majefty's Quitrents; nor could we ever have been induced to emit them on any other
Refolved,
;

Terms.

That we imagined, when the Courts were empowered to diredl at what Difference of Exchange Sterling Debts fhould be difcharged, and fufficient Funds were eftablifhed for the Redemption of thofe Notes, no Perfons trading to this Colony could receive any Injury, and therefore little expedled to be cenfured as negledling his Majefty's Inftruction, the Spirit of which had been, in our Opinion, complied with. That

^73

That we think the Britifh Merchants have not confulted their own Intereft in this Complaint, fince the Loffes they may have fiaftained by the fudden Rife of Exchange will be made up to them on its prefent declining State. But, left we may be miftaken in our Opinion on this Matter, we will (on his Honour's Recommendation, of whofe Sincerity we have never had Reafon to doubt) take it again into our Confideration, and do every Thing in our Power to fupport publick Credit, and avoid his Majefty's Difpleafure, which we have always regarded as the greateft
Miffortxme.

To affure him that we will reconfider the Infolvents Law, and remove all Caufe of Complaint on that Head, if poffible; and to exprefs our Happinefs on the Conclufion of a fafe, honourable, and advantageous Peace. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Addrefs to the Govemour,
purfuant to the faid Refolution and it is referred to M"" Charles Carter, M' Edmund Pendleton and M"" Wythe, to prepare and bring in the fame. M*^ Speaker informed the Houfe that the Govemour had delivered to him the Refo;

on the Memorial of the Britifh Merchants on the Subjedl and defired him to lay them before the Houfe; and the faid Refolutions were read, and ordered to lie on the Table. Refolved, That this Houfe will take the Govemour's Speech into Confideration Tomorrow. Refolved, That an Addrefs be prefented to his Honour the Govemour, to defire that he will be pleafed to lay the Inftru(flion mentioned in his Speech before the Houfe and that M'' Attorney do wait on him with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That the Committee of Correfpondence lay their Letters to the Agent, relative to the Britifh Merchants Remonftrance to the Board of Trade concerning our Paper Currency, and his Anfwers thereto, before the Houfe. Refolved, That an Addrefs be made to his Honour the Govemour, to order a new Writ to iffue for eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Lunenburg, in the Room of M' Clement Read, Gentleman, deceafed; and that M' Pendleton do wait on him with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That the Reverend M"" William Yates be continued Chaplain to this Houfe, and that he attend to read Prayers every Morning at lo "'Clock. Ordered, That the feveral Doorkeepers be continued in their refpe(5live Offices, and
lutions of the Lords of Trade,

of our Paper Currency,

that they give their Attendance accordingly.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning

ii ''Clock.

Trlda^.

tl)e

20tb of ytta^, 3

(Beo.

III.

1763.

M
Sir,

Charles Carter reported that the Committee appointed had, according to

Order, prepared an Addrefs to the

Govemour which he
;

read in his Place,

read,

and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice and agreed to by the Houfe, and is as follows:

We

his Majefty's moft dutiful

in General Affembly,

and loyal Subjeds, the Burgeffes of Virginia, now met humbly beg Leave to reprefent to your Honour that as our feveral

Emiffions of Treafury Notes, fo loudly complained of, were made in Confequence of his Majefty's Requifitions, when it was impofflble to procure Specie for thofe Exigencies; and
there being no other Succedaneum than Paper within our Knowledge, we could not exped what we then did would be confidered otherwife than as Ads of Duty to our Sovereign; and we hoped that Expedient, not indeed in itfelf always eligible, was juftified by Neceffity: And we did not think it equal or juft to circulate fuch Notes ivithout giving them the effential

Quality

174]

Quality of Money, by making them a legal Tender in Payment of all Debts, except for his Majefiy's Quitrents, and would not have emitted them at all upon any other Condition's.

That after the Courts were empowered to dired at what Difference of Exchange Judgments for Sterling Debts fhotild be difcharged, which Power had never been abufed to the Difadvantage of any Creditor, and as the Notes were redeemable by Funds fufficient, in our Opinicnt, for that Purpofe, if the Taxes impofed were duly colleded, for regtdating and enforcing which Colledion the moft effedual Methods have from Time to Time been eftablifhed, ive imagined as good a Security was provided for all Perfons trading hither as could be, and that none of them could fuffer, except from the fludimting Nature of Exchange, which

no Laws can guard againft; and therefore we did not apprehend we fhould deferve Cenfure, as negleding the royal Inftrudion, the Spirit of which, we humbly conceived, had been complied with.

Under fuch Circumftances, we cannot help confidering it as an Inftance of Weaknefs or Caprice in the Britifh Merchants ftill to infift on Satsffadion in thefe Points, efpecially

when

the Evil they connplain of, the exceffive Rife of

Exchange, will be

fufficiently

balanced

by the Advantage they muft inevitably receive from its prefent declining State. We, Sir, are fo confcious of the Reditude of our Intentions with refped to all Creditors, and of our having done, as we conceived, the ftrideft Juftice to them, that we cannot help
feeling very fenfibly the lea ft

been miftaken in our Conceptions,

Appearance of Reproach on this Account; but left we may have and as well to convince the World of our Integrity and Inclination to do Juftice to all Mankind, as to pay that Regard which is due to your Honour's Recommendation, of whofe Sincerity we have had too many Inftances to doubt it upon this Occafion, and to whom we own our felves obliged for that Freedom with which you have warned us of our Danger, we will reconfider this Subjed with the Coolnefs and Attention the Importance of it deferves, and affure your Honour that every Thing in our Power fhall be
done for the Support of publick Credit: And although our Condud herein may not entirely remove the Fears of all the Merchants, permit us to hope it may prevent his Majefty's Difpleafure, which we fhould lament as our greateft Miffortune, and fhall ever moft ftudioufly
endeavor
to avoid.

We will alfo

take the infolvent

Law

under our Corifideraticm' and remove

all

Caufes

of

Complaint on that Head, if poffible. We do moft heartily rejoice with your Honour on the Conclufion of the Peace, an Event not more glorious to his Majefty than it will be happy for us, whilft with that is continued the additional Bleffing of his princely Attention to our Inter eft and Security, which fhall
ever meet with the

warmeft Returns

of Gratitude,

Loyalty and Affedion.

Ordered,

That the

faid Addrefs be fairly tranfcribed,

and prefented by the whole

Houfe.
Ordered,

That the Committee who prepared the fame wait on the Governour to

know

his Pleafure

when they

fhall

attend his Honour to prefent

it.

Attorney delivered in at the Table his Majefty's Inftru(5lion mentioned in the Governour 's Speech, which he received from his Honour in Confequence of the Addrefs
M''

of this Houfe.

He

alfo laid before the Houfe, according to Order, the Letters of the

Correfpondence to the Agent, refpe(5ling the Britifh

of Trade,

Committee of Merchants Memorial to the Board

his Anfwers thereto. the fame do lie on the Table. That Ordered, The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to take into

and

their Confideration the

Govemour's Speech, Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech. Ordered, That the Memorial of the Britifh Merchants, the Refolutions of the Lords of Trade, and the Letters of the Committee of Correfpondence, and the Agent's Anfwer
thereto,

be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. And then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech and Letters and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Charles Carter
reported

'75

reported that the Committee had had the faid Speech, Letters and Papers, under their Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame they had directed him to

move

Leave to fit again. That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the laid Speech Tomorrow. And theti the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning li ''Clock.
for

Refolved,

Salur6ar.

tl)e

2Ut

of ^tla^. 3 <Beo.

III.

1763.

MR

Order, waited on his

to appoint this Day,

Charles Carter reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Honour the Govemour, to know his Pleafure when

the Houfe fhould attend

him with their Addrefs, and that he was pleafed and to fay he would fend a Meffage to the Houfe when

he was ready to receive it. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To alter the Court Day of the County of Stafford, and it is referred to M"" Richard Henry Lee and M'' Thomas Lee to prepare and bring in the fame. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For further continuing and amending the Adl, entitled.

An AA'

for the better regulating

and

colleding certain Officers Fees,

and

for other Purpofes therein mentioned,

and

it is

referred to M'' Bland to prepare

and

bring in the fame.

A
M"'

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

Speaker,

M"'

Walthoe.

am commanded
to receive their

ready

by the Governour to acquaint your Houfe Addrefs in the Council Chatnber.

that his

Honour

is

now

M"'

Speaker, with the Houfe, went

that he had, with the Houfe, attended the

prefented the Addrefs of this Houfe to

M""

up accordingly; and being returned, reported Govemour in the Council Chamber, and him, to which he was pleafed to anfwer:

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

the Affurances you now give me that you will reconfider the Matters recommended you with all the Coolnefs and Attention which the Importance of them deferves, from the juft and becoming Senfc you fhow of the Lofs of his Majefty's Favour, and from the long known Integrity of your Hearts, I have the ftrongeft Reafon to hope yau ivill fall upon fuch Meafures as will do Honour to yaurfelves, and convince the World that you are earneft to do
to

From

impartial Juftice
tably reftorc
loft.

to all to

you

Mankind, and to fupport the Credit of the Colony; which will ineviany Part of his Majefty's Favour ivhtch you may have unfortunately

Thefe Refolutions give

me

Recommendation, demand

my

great Pleafure; which, with the Regard you exprefs Thanks, which I moft heartily give yau.

to

my

Colony Regiment, and continued therein until it was difbanded in 1762; that in Colonel Grant' s Engagement, near Pittfhurg, he received a Wound in his right Hand, which has almof t deprived him of the Ufe thereof, and loft all his Baggage, to a confiderable Value, and was himfelf taken Prifoner by the Indians, and detained for a Year, when he found Means to efcape, and endured great Fatigue and Hardfhips in his Retum that he is greatly hindered in his Means of Livelihood by his faid Wound, and has not a fufficient Fortune to fupport himfelf; and praying the
in the
in the
;

Petition of Thomas Gift, Year 1756 as an Officer

fetting forth that he entered in the Service of this

Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read.

Ordered

Hening, V,

p. 326.

176

That the faid Petition be referred to M' Edmund Pendleton, M' Wafhington, Mr Richard Bland and M' Mercer; that they examine the Allegations thereof, and report
Ordered,

the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve
the

itfelf

into a

Committee on

Govemour's Speech, Ordered, That the further Confideration

of the faid Speech

be put

off until

Monday

next.

A Claim of John
to the

Bailey, for taking

up a Runaway

therein mentioned,

was prefented
Seffion of

Ordered,

Houfe and received. That the faid Claim be referred to the Confideration of the next
a Motion made,

Affembly.

On

fuch Claims and Propofitions as were referred from the laft to this Seffion of Affembly, and alfo all fuch Claims and Propofitions as fhall be certified to this Seffion of Affembly, be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning ii "'Clock.
Ordered,

That

all

^onba^,

t^e

23r6 of ytta^, 3

(Beo. Ill

1763.

MR

Richard Bland, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For further continuing and amending the Ad.
entitled.

An Ad^

for the better regulating

and colleding

certain Officers Fees,

firft

Purpofes therein mentioned; and the fame was read the Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

and

for other

The Order

of the

Day being

read, the

Houfe refolved

itfelf

into a

Committee to

feike

into their further Confideration the Govemour's Speech, together with the feveral Letters and Papers to the faid Committee referred; and after fome Time fpent therein, M"^

Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Charles Carter reported that the Committee had had the faid Speech and Letters under their further Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame they had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved,1hsit this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee Tomorrow.
a Motion made, That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the Funds for the Redemption of the Paper Currency, and that they ftate and report the fame to the Houfe; and it is referred to M'' Bland, M"" Richard Henry Lee and M"' Benjamin Harrifon.
Ordered,

On

On

a Motion made,

for enlarging the

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To amend an Adl, entitled, An Ad' Towns of Frederickfburg and Winchefter, the City of Williamfburg, and Town of Dumfries, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and it is referred to M"^ Grymes to prepare and bring in the fame. M"" Richard Henry Lee, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For altering the Court Day of the County of Stafford; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning ii "'Clock.
Ordered,

I3ue56ar, t^e 24tb of ^^a^. 3 (Beo. Ill 1763.

A
>

Warehoufe, praying their Salaries may be augmented, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. Alfo a Petition of the Infpedlors at Gibfon's Warehoufe, praying to be allowed for 840 lbs. of Tobacco that was ftolen out of the faid Warehoufe, at two dififerPetition of the Infpedors at Morton's

ent
Hening, V,
p. 326.
'

Ibid., VII, p. 314.

177

]
laft,

ent Times, in the Months of January and April

read,

was prefented

to the

Houfe and

and

referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

On
in a Bill

a Motion made,

Ordered,

That
the

it

be an Inftrucftion to the Committee to

A<51, entitled.

whom

it is

referred to bring

To amend an

An Ad'

for enlarging the

Towns of Frederickfburg and

Toum of Dumfries, and for other Purpofes they receive a Clavde or Claufes to enlarge the Town of Portfmouth, by the Addition ofAcres of M' Veal's Land, adjoining to the faid Town. M' Bland, from the Committee appointed, reported that the faid Committee had, according to Order, examined into the State of the Treafury Notes emitted, and the
Winchefter,
City of Williamfburg, and
therein mentioned, that

by which

Law for fmking the fame, and had ftated an Account thereof, appears that the Taxes exceed the Treafury Notes iffued ;ii452 4. 7, to which Sum large Arrears due from feveral Sheriffs, for which Judgments have been obtained in the General Court, are to be added which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as
feveral

Taxes impofed by
it

follows

Dr.

STATE
iffued in

of the

TREASURY NOTES

Emitted,
179962 32000
10

To Notes
Do.

June 1757
April 1758 September 1758

Do. Do. February 1759 Do. November 1759 March 1760 Do. Do. May 1760 Do. March 1762 Balance of the Taxes more than the Notes iffued

57000 52000 loooo 20000 32000 30000

11452
4
7

And
the taxes for fmking the fame.

424414

14

Cr.

1760 July, by Notes burnt, redeemable in 1765 November, Do. Do

1761

1005

14
15

20678
9633 10792 6821
16421

May,
December,
Jtdy,

Do. Do. Do.

1762

November, Do. Do. redeemable Do. 1768 and Do. 1766, 1768 and
Do.

Do Do Do Do
1776
1769
1769

14
6

10
16
5

2593 1634
1534
147

9 6

7
7

Do.

Do.

Do. Do.

Do Do

18
II

9 6

5345

Notes in the Treafury, by laft Account, to be burnt Do. received lince, to be burnt Notes, Part of the 57,000 diredled to be iffued in September 1758 not emitted Do. Part of the 30,000 diredled to be iffued in March 1762, not emitted
; .

8565s 25574 24300

6
13

6
i

jyj
10250

146154
Hening, VII,
p. 314.

19

By

178]

By a Tax on

120,000 Tithes for 1763, at 4s

24000
10,000
5.000

Do. on 10,000000 Acres of Land, 2s Do. 50,000 Hhds. of Tobacco, 2s

Do. Slaves Do. Wheel Carriages, Writs and Licenfes

2,000
2,000

43,000
CoUedlor's Commiffion, at
5

per Cent

2,150

40,850
Treafurer's Commiffion

93^
39,919 39.9i9 39.919 30,000
10,000
S.ooo

Taxes
Do.

for

for

1764, the fame 1765,00

By Tax on 120,000 Land Tax

Tobacco

Tithes for 1766, at 5s

45,000
CoUedtor's Commiffion, at
5

per Cent

2,250

42,750
Treafurer's Commiffion, at 2 per Cent

855

41,895
41,895
41,895

Taxes
Do.

for

1767
24,000
6,250
5.000

for

By Tax

1768 on 120,000 Tithes for 1769, at 4s

Land Tax Tax on Tobacco

Collector's

Commiffion

35,250 1,762-10

33,487-10
Treafurer's Commiffion

669-15
32,817
IS

lie

424414

14

on the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report do A Petition of Jofeph Royle, Printer, praying the Continuance of his Salary as Printer read. to this Houfe, was prefented to the Houfe and Anntun be allowed to the faid Jofeph Royle, to per of Sum the 350 Refolved, That
continue to the
of the next Seffion of Affembly, as a full Confideration for printing the Journals of the Houfe of Burgeffes, printing the Laws of each Seffion and fending thirteen of them to every Coimty Court Clerk, one of which to be half bound for the Ufe

End

of the Court, printing Infpedlors

Notes and Books, Proclamations, and other publick

Advertifements.
Ordered,

That the

faid Refolve

be engroffed, and that

M""

Attorney do carry

it

up

to

the Cotmcil for their Concurrence. A Petition of the Minifters and Veftries of the Pariflies of St. Mark and Bromfield, Parifhes may be divided into three in the County of Culpeper, praying that the faid
diftindt Parifhes,

was prefented

to the

Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration

of the next Seffion of Affembly.

On

179

On

the Petition of James Gait, Keeper of the publick Gaol, praying a Continuance

of his former Salary,

Refolved,

That the additional

Sum

of

; 1 5

be paid to the faid James

Gait,

over and

above

his ufual Salary oi

That 10 lbs. to the faid James Gait, for every Criminal committed to the faid Gaol, during fuch Criminal's Imprifonment, from this Time to the End of the next Seffion of Affembly. A Petition of John Ramfey, fetting forth that he enlifted as a Soldier in the Virginia Regiment, under the Command of Colonel George Wafhington, in the Year 1754 that in the Engagement at the Great Meadows he was taken Prifoner by the Enemy, and remained in Captivity five Years and fix Months, during which Time he fuflered fuch Treatment as could only be expedled from fuch mercilefs Savages that he returned to Virginia in the Year 1761, and enlifted in the laft Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel Stephen; that he hath received no Part of his Pay for the five Years and fix Months he was in Confinement, or any Recompenfe for his fuiferings, and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Alfo a Petition of Edward Child, a Soldier in the Virginia Regiment, under the Command of Colonel Mercer, fetting forth that in Major Grant's Defeat, before Fort Du Quefne, in the Year 1758 he had the Miffortune to lofe his Thumb by a Ball, which has rendered his Hand almoft ufelefs, and, being overpowered by a greater Number of the Enemy, was, with many others, taken Prifoner, and remained in Captivity twenty one Months and five Days, and at Times during his Confinement tmderwent great HardChips, and was often feverely treated by them; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Alfo a Petition of William Shaw, late a Sergeant in the firft Virginia Regiment, fetting forth that in the Month of November 1756 he was ordered on an Excurfion, with fome Cataivba Indians to the Ohio, where he and his Party, engaging a much Superior Number of the Enemy, were put to Flight, and after wandering fome Time was taken Prifoner by a Party of the Enemy, who to prevent his Efcape inhimianly cut off his Toes that he remained a Captive thirty three Months, during which Time he fuffered very fevere Hardfhips and praying the Confideration of the Hotife therein, was prefented to the Hovife and read. Alfo a Petition of Thomas Branan, a Sergeant in the Virginia Regiment, fetting forth that on the 14*'' of November 1758 he was wovmded in the Neck by a Mufket Ball, in an Adtion with the Enemy near Fort Ligonier, under the Command of Colonel Mercer, which has greatly impaired his Eyefight, and renders him incapable of getting a Livelihood as before he entered into the Service that he has loft feveral Horfes in the Service, for which he hath received no Satiffadlion that in wading the Waters he loft feveral Things of Value, particularly a filver Watch, and feveral Papers, and the Receipts for the Horfes above mentioned; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Alfo a Petition of Henry Emmerfon, aged 66 Years, an Invalid, fetting forth that he hath been nine Years in the Service of this Colony, and is now imable to provide for himfelf a fufificient Maintenance and praying fome Relief, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Alfo a Memorial of Charles Smith, a Lieutenant in the late Virginia Regiment, fetting forth that he entered into the Ser\'ice of this Colony in the Year 1754, in the firft Troops raifed tmder the Command of Colonel Jofhua Fry, and continued in the fame until the Redudlion of the Virginia Regiment that during the Time of his Service for the Defence of his Country he was in all the feveral Engagements, from the very Commencement to the End of Hoftilities, in which the Troops of Virginia fought, and he has the Satiffadion to believe he always difcharged his Duty and the Truft repofed in him, as he was fo fortunate, from a private Soldier, to be promoted to an Enfigncy, and at the Time of difbanding the Regiment was the firft Lieutenant in the Service, which, as Modefty forbids him to boaft of his own Merit, he prefiunes he has a Right to
Refolved,
; ; ; ; ; ;

Annum. of Tobacco a Day be allowed

2$ per

fay

i8o]

attachment to the Intereft of his Country, his Readinefs to obey the Commands of his Superiors employed in the noble Caufe of its Defence, and Defire to perform, fo far as he could be an Inftrument, whatever his AbiHties could attempt; that your Memorialift, as the moft unfortunate Accident he has ever met with in the many Adlions he has been, was fo unlucky as to lofe his Hand, and great Part of his left Arm, by the burfting of a Mufket, on his Duty, and there being no further Neceffity for his Service in the Caufe of his Country, as a moft glorious and happy Peace, which, for the Love he bears the Place of his Nativity, he hopes may prove as
fay he obtained

by

his firm

lafting as

it is

honourable,

is

now concluded, although

the Profpedl expofes

him

to the

an Uncertainty of procuring a Livelihood, as his ovra moft private Fortune will not fupport him, and he is unable, from the unlucky Stroke he has felt, to obtain a Subfiftence through his own Labour; but as the honourable Houfe has never withheld their Bounty from any Perfon who has merited their Notice, your Memorialift is not without Hopes that his Cafe may be confidered, and his Fears of Poverty, now but too ftrongly impreffed on his Mind, removed and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the feveral Petitions be referred to the Confideration of M' Edmund Wafhington, M"' Richard Bland, Sen. and M^ George Mercer; that they Pendleton, examine into the Allegations of the faid Petitions, and report the fame, with their
difagreeable Reflection of
;

Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

him to keep a pubHck

John Richards, Gentleman, praying that an Adl may pafs to enable Ferrj'- acrofs Rappahannock River, to and from the Town of Leeds, in the County of King George, and to make a Caufey and Bridges through the Marfh oppofite to the faid Town, and that he may receive the Profits thereon fo long as he fhall keep the faid Caufey and Bridges in Repair, and that he may have for a Landing for fuch Ferry 50 Feet fquare of Groimd out of Church Lots in the faid Town, in confequence of an Agreement entered into between him and the Truftees and Diredlors of the faid Town of Leeds, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M'' Edmund Pendletoyi and M"" Richard Henry Lee to prepare

Petition of

and bring in the fame. The Order of the Day being read
Refolved,
diately.

for

the Houfe to refolve

itfelf

into a Committee,

to take into their further Confideration the

Govemour's Speech.
Committee imme-

That

this

Houfe

will again refolve itfelf into the faid

That the Report concerning the State of the Funds for the Redemption of the Paper Currency be referred thereto. And then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker reftuned the Chair, and M'' Charles Carter reported that the faid Committee had had the faid Speech, together with the feveral Letters and Papers to the faid Committee referred, under their further Confideration, and had gone through the fame, and come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame were again twice read, and agreed to, with an Amendment, and are as follow Refolved, That it appears to this Committee that the Fimds eftablifhed for the Redemption of the Treafury Notes, at the feveral ftated Periods, will be fufficient to effedt that Purpofe but that if, by any Accident, they fhall happen to fail, any Deficiency ought to be fupplied by a new and adequate Tax. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that as the prefent Poffeffors of the Treafury Notes have received them under the Faith of a law making them a legal Tender in all Payments, except for his Majefty's Quitrents, to alter that effential Quality of them now would be an Acft of great Injuftice to fuch Poffeffors and that as the Britifh Merchants have conftantly received, and under the prefent Regulations of our Laws will continue to receive, fuch Notes for their Sterling Debts according to the real
Ordered,
; ;

Difference

i8i ]

Colony and Great Britain at the Time of Payment, fuch Alteration unneceffary with refpedl to them. Refolved, That an Adl of Affembly paffed at the laft Seffion, entitled, An Ad' for Relief of infolvent Debtors, for the effedual Difcovery and more equal Diftribution of their Eftates, ought to be repealed. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the laft Refolution and it
Difference of
this

Exchange between
is

their Property

fo fecured as to

make

is

referred to M"' Charles Carter,

M' Bland,

M"'

Edmund Pendleton, M' Wythe and

M"'

Rich-

ard Henry Lee, to prepare and bring in the fame. On a Motion made,

13

That an humble Addrefs and Reprefentation be prefented to his Honour him the Refolutions of this Houfe upon the Matters recommended in his Speech, with the Reafons on which thofe Refolves were founded, and the State of the Funds appointed for the Redemption of the Treafury Notes and it is referred to the laft mentioned Committee to prepare and bring in the fame. On a Motion made. Ordered, That the Treafurer give publick Notice of the Amount of the Treafurj' Notes in his Hands, from Time to Time, which are to pafs current after the i '* of March 1765 and that he be required to change thofe Notes for fuch as are to link, and their Currency determine, the faid i'' of March 1765 and that the Notes fo changed be immediately burnt by the Committee appointed for that Purpofe. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To amend an A<51, entitled. An Ad' for laying an additional Duty on Rum, and other diftilled Spirits, not being of the Produce of his Majefty's Sugar Inlands; and it is referred to M'' Attorney to prepare and bring in
Refolved,

the Govemour, to commimicate to

the fame.

On

a Motion made.

That Leave be given to bring in a BUI To amend the feveral Acfls for Duty on Slaves, and a Tax on Wheel Carriages, Procefs, and Ordinary Licenfes; and it is referred to M'' Attorney, M"' Harrifon, M'' Carter, M"' Bland, M' Pendleton and M'' Richard Henry Lee, to prepare and bring in the fame. And On a Motion made. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the laft mentioned Committee to receive a Claufe or Clatifes to deprive the Sheriffs of the Privilege of replevying where their Goods are feized for the Taxes, alfo to make Provilion where Sheriff Bonds are loft. Ay^d then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11 "'clock.
Ordered,

laying an additional

"Wi^bna&ba^,

tl)e

25tb of yUa^, 3

(Beo. Ill

1763.

Claim of Jofhua Crawford, praying fome Recompenfe for a Quantity of Timber, and Plank cut down and deftroyed, together with a Bam, a Log Houfe, and a Malt Kiln, on his Plantation, where Fort Ligonier was eredled, to the Damage
of ;^37-9-3-

a Claim of Jofhua Powell, in Behalf of himfelf and his Company, praying to be allowed 33 Days Pay, amounting to the Sum of ^^, for their Services on the Frontiers of Halifax, by the Appointment of Colonel Abraham Maury, in the Year 1759. Ordered, That the faid Claims be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion
of Affembly.

A Ifo

and Nanfemond Indians, praying that they may be about 4000 Acres of their Land, lying below Buckhorn Swamp, between Nottoway River, Buckhorn Road, and a Line to be nm from the faid Road to Nottoway River, oppofite to John Brown's, and the latter their whole Tradt of Land, on the north Side of Nottoway River, in the Covmty of Southampton, and that an Adl may
of the Nottoway
fell

A Petition

enabled, the former to

pafs
>

Hening, VII,

p. 549.

'

Ibid.,

VII, p. 471.

i83 ]

pafs for that Purpofe,

was prefented

to the

Houfe and read; and the Queftion being

put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,

It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Petition be rejedled. Motion made, On a Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Honour the Govemour, to defire him not to continue any Sheriff in Office for a longer Time than one Year, during the Continuance of the Laws by which Taxes are impofed for the Redemption of the Treafury Notes, where it fhall be fignified to him that fuch Sheriff has failed to pay the Quitrents and Taxes at the Time appointed by Law, whereby great Inconveniences in fer\dng Executions on Judgments againft the Sheriff for the faid Taxes will be
Refolved,

prevented.

That M'' Bland do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. A Bill For altering the Court Day of the County of Stafford was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Cary, M"' Thomas Lee and M' Eppes. On a Motion made, Ordered, That the faid Committee receive a Claufe or Claufes To alter the Court Day of the Coimty of Ckefterfield. A Bill For further continuing and amending the Adl, entitled. An A<3' for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Petition of divers Freeholders, and other Inhabitants, of the County of Frederick, praying that the faid County may be divided, by a Line to be rtm from Afhby Gap, a ftraight Courfe, until it interfedls the Hampfhire Line, and that an Adt may pafs for that Purj)ofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Alfo four Petitions from the faid Covmty, in Oppofition thereto. Alfo a Petition of divers Inhabitants of that Part of the Covmty of Halifax fituated on Hyco River, praying that the Water Grift Mill built near the mouth of the faid River, in the Year 1761, by James Hembrie, and now in the Poffeffion of one Howard Huft, may be difcontinued, the fame being a great Obftrudlion to the Paffage of Fifh up the faid River, which wholly deprives the Petitioners of the Advantage of that Support for their Families, and that an Adt may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Alfo a Petition of James Hughes, of the Covmty of Augufta, Planter, praying to be reimburfed the Sum of 10. 19. 8. being the Amount of a Judgment and Cofts obtained againft him in the Court of the faid County, in the Year 1759, by one Anderfon, of the faid County, in Confequence of his having impreffed two of his Horfes for the life of the Frontier Batallion, notwithftanding they were valued and delivered according to Law, and he had a Warrant from one of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace of the faid County for fo doing, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion
Ordered,

of Affembly.

And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning

1 1

"'Clock.

Z51)urs6ai?, tl)e

26tb of !ftta^ 3 6eo.

Ill

1763.

Petition of

the Minifters, Churchwardens, Veftrymen and others. Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Elizabeth River, Portfmouth and St. Bride's, in the Coimty of Norfolk, fetting forth that great Inconveniences arife in the Execution of

the Law paffed in the firft Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, by which the Lands and Slaves devifed by the Will of Matthew Godfrey, deceafed, to the Poor of the faid County, were vefted in the Truftees of the faid County, to be hired out; in as

much
Hening, VII,
p. 326.

i83]

no Perfon to take Care of the faid Slaves when fick, or the Females in, and Difputes often arife between the faid Vef tries about the Divifion of their Hire, and taking Care of the faid Slaves and praying that an A<5t may pafs for making Partition of the faid Slaves among the faid Parifhes, and that the faid Land, with the Appurtenances, may be valued by difinterefted Perfons, and the Property thereof vefted in the Veftrj' of the Parifh of Elizabeth River, for the life of the Poor of the faid Parifh, on their paying to the Veftries of the other two Pariflies
as there
is

much

when they are

lying

their Proportion of fuch Valuation, according to the

Number

of Tithables in each of
in other

the faid Parifhes; and that the

Lands, and be appropriated to the Ufe of the poor of the faid Parifhes; was prefented to the Houfe
fo paid

Money

may

be laid out

and

read.

Ordered,
of Affembh'.

That the

faid Petition

be referred to the Conlideration of the next Seffion

for further contivning and amendtng the Ad, and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Bland do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concturence. M'' Cary reported that the Committee to whom the Bill To alter the Court Day of the County of Stafford was committed had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then dehvered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Common Cotmcil, and other Inhabitants, of the Borough of Norfolk, fetting forth that frequent Robberies have of late been committed in the faid Borough, to the great Ix)fs of the Inhabitants, chiefly owing to the Want of a regular Watch and praying that an A(5l may pafs to enable the Common Hall of the faid Borough to affefs fuch Taxes, from Time to Time, on the Inhabitants thereof, as fhall be fuflficient for keeping and fupporting a nightly Watch, and alfo for erecting Lamps, within the Limits of the fame, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M"' Hutchings, M"' Cary and M"" Attorney, to prepare and bring in the

An

engroffed

Bill, entitled.

An Ad'

entitled.

An Ad

for the better regulating

fame.

from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, accordan A(5t, entitled. An Ad' for Relief of infolvent Debtors, for the more effedual Difcovery and more equal Diftribution of their faid Eftates; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Attorney, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To amend an Adl, entitled. An Adi for laying an additional Duty on Rum and other diftilled Spirits, not being of the Produce of his Maiefty's Sugar Iflands; and the faid Bill was read the firit Time, and the Queftion being put that the fame be read a fecond Time,

M' Charles

Carter,

ing to Order, a Bill

To

repeal

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Bill

be rejeAed.

On

a Motion made,
it is

Rtun, and

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To reduce the Duties on Northern referred to M'' Richard Henry Lee to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Hampfhire, praying that an Adl may be paffed granting a Premium to encourage the killing of Wolves in that and the neighboring Coxmties on the Frontiers of this Colony, that a Peft fo numerous and deftnidive to their Stocks may be put an End to, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion
Ordered,

of Affembly.

Mr
I

Hening. VII,

p. 645.

Ibid..

VII, p. 549.

Ibid..

VII, p. 471.

i84

M' Charles Carter prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To amend the an additional Duty on Slaves, and a Tax on Wheel Carriages, LicerJes; and the aid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered Ordinary Procefs, and to be read a fecond Time. M' Edmmid Pendleton prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To empower John Richards, Gentleman, to keep a Ferry to and from the Town of Leed's, in the County of King George; and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond
feveral Adls for laying

Time.

M' Grymes prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For amending the Adl entitled. An Ad' for enlarging the Towns of Frederickfburg and Winchefter, the City of Williamfburg, and Town of Dumfries, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For giving the Sheriffs a more effectual Remedy againft their Under Sheriffs and Securities, for Monies received by them for his Majefty's Quitrents, and on Executions and other Procefs and it is referred to M'' Henry Lee to prepare and bring in the fame.
;

Hutchings prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To empower the Common Hall of the Borough of Norfolk to affefs fuch Taxes, from Time to Time, on the Inhabitants thereof, as fhall be fufficient for keeping and fupporting a nightly Watch, and eredling Lamps, within the Limits of the fame and the faid Bill was read the firft
M''
;

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. And On a Motion made. The isdABill was read a fecond Time, and committed to M' Bradley and M' Hutchings. On a Motion made, A Bill To empower John Richards, Gentleman, To keep a Ferry to and from the Town of Leeds, in the County of King George, was read a fecond Time, and fome Amend-

ments were made thereto. Ordered, That the faid

Time.

Bill

with the

Amendments be

engroffed,

and read a

third

On a Motion made,

A Bill For amending the Ad,

burg and Winchefter,
the City of

entitled.

An Ad'

for enlarging the

Towns

of Frederickf-

Williamfburg, and

Town

of

Dumfries, and for other

Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Petition of James Walker, fetting forth that he was a Lieutenant in the Frontier Battalion in the Year 1759, and recruited 60 Men for the faid Battalion, and was only allowed isf. a Man for recruiting, and 8d. a Day for Subfiftence; that he hath been

informed that the Oificers have fmce been allowed 3of a Man, and if. a Day for recruiting Expenfes and Subfiftence; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and that his Allowance may be made adequate to theirs, was prefented to the Houfe
.

and read.
Alfo a Petition of Henry Darnell, praying that he may be allowed for three Recruits, who, being taken fick upon the Road before they arrived at the Place of Rendezvous, were refufed by the Commander, as unfit for the Duty they were intended for, was alfo
prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion
of Affembly.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning

1 1

"'Clock.

Hening, VII,

p.

314

'

^''^'^

^^^' P- 3 '4.

i85 ]

Trl6aY.

tl)e

27tl) of

yUa^, 3

(Beo.

III.

1763.

Bland reported that he had, according to Order, waited on his Honour the Govemour with the Addrefs of this Houfe, to defire him not to continue any Sheriff in Office for a longer Time than one Year, agreeable to a Refolution of the Houfe of Wednefday laft and that his Honour was pleafed to fay he would confider the Matter, and return an Anfwer to the faid Addrefs. M"^ Richard Hevry Lee prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To reduce the Duty on Northern Rum and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be
;
:

MR
On
The

read a fecond Time.

faid Bill

And
M''

a Motion made.

was read a fecond Time, and committed to

Richard Henry Lee,

M' Bradley and l.\' Wythe. A Meffage from the Council was delivered by M" Wallhoe.
That they have agreed to the
the Adl, entitled.
Bill, entitled,

An Adl

'

for further continuing

and amending

An Adt

for the better regulating

and

collecting certain Officers Fees,

and

for other Purpofes therein mentioned.

M"'

Henry Lee prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For giving the more effectual Remedy againft their Under Sheriffs, and Securities, for Monies received by them for his Majefty's Quitrents, and on Executions and other Procefs; which was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of John Gregg, by his Guardian John Baylis, fetting forth that by an A<51 of Affembly paffed laft Seffion, for the Removal of Occoquan Infpedlion to Colcliefter, the faid Gregg fuffered confiderable Damage, he having funk a large Sum of Money in building and repairing feveral Warehoufes for the Reception and Security of Tobacco there, wliich the faid Law has rendered ufelefs and unprofitable to him and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion
Sheriffs a
;

of Affembly.

An

Stafford and Chefterfield,

Days of the Counties of was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"^ Richard Henry Lee do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for
engroffed Bill, entitled.
for altering the Court

Ah Ad"

their Concurrence.

M' Attorney informed the Houfe that his Honour the Govemour would comply with the Addrefs of this Houfe relative to the Continuance of Sheriffs in Office. A Petition of Daniel Hatchings, Mafter of the Packet Boat between Norfolk and Williamfbnrg, praying that the faid Packet may be eftablifhed by A<51 of Affembly, and that he may be appointed Keeper thereof, and that no other Perfon may exercife the faid Bufinefs, was prefented to the Houfe and read; and the Oueftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,
It

paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition

be rejedled.

18

M' Pendleton reported that the Committee to whom the Petitions of the Officers and Soldiers of the late Virginia Regiment were referred had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and agreed upon a Report, and come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then dehvered in at the Table, where they were again read and are as follow On Confideration of the Memorial of Lieutenant Charles Smith, that he had received a Wovmd in the Ser^^ice of the Colony, by which he loft his left Hand, and Part of his Arm, Refolved, That the Allegations of the faid Memorial are true, and that the faid Charles Smith ought to be allowed the Sum of ;40 a Year during his Life, towards his
,

Support.

On
Hening, VII,
p.

645.

>

Ibid..

VII. p. 656.

i86

On
him

Confideration of the Petition of Lieutenant

Service of the Colony received a

of the Ufe thereof, Refolved,

Wound

in his right

Thomas Gift, that he had in the Hand, which has ahnoft deprived
and that the
faid Thofnas

That the Allegations

of the faid Petition are true,

towards his Support. William Shaw, fetting forth that in Petition of Sergeant of the Confideration On was taken Prifoner, and to prevent Year he 1756, an Engagement with the Indians, in the his Efcape had his Toes cut off from both his Feet, the Woimds of which ftill remain unhealed, and are very painful to him, whereby he is rendered incapable of maintaining himfelf that he had eight Months Arrears of Pay due to him when taken, and continued a Prifoner for 33 Months, his Pay for which Time amotmted to 82 that on his Petition to this Houfe, in February 1759, he was allowed the Sum of ;6o, which was ;22 fhort of his Pay; and he is now without any Allowance for his Support, and incapable of
Gift ought to be allowed the
; ;

Sum of ,j^o a Year during his Life,

maintaining himfelf
Refolved,
Sltaiv

That the Allegations of the

faid Petition are true,

ought to be paid the faid

Sum

of ;2 2

and that the faid William by the Publick, and be allowed ;^io a Year

during his Life, for his Support. On Confideration of the Petition of Henry Enimerfon, it appears to the Committee that he was enlifted in the Year 1754, and continued in the Service, and behaved well,
imtil the Forces

were difbanded, and

is

now

of fuch

an advanced Age, and

fo infirm,

that he does not appear to the Committee to be capable of working for his Livelihood. Refolved, That the faid Henry Emmerfon ought to be allowed the Sum of 5 a Year

during his Life, towards his Support. On Confideration of the Petition of Edward Childs, fetting forth that he had received a Wound in his left Hand, by which he entirely loft his Thumb, and that his Hand was

thereby almoft rendered ufelef s that he was taken Prifoner by the Indians in Colonel Grant's Engagement, and detained as a Prifoner twenty Months, during which Time he fuftained great Hardfhips; it appears to the Committee that the faid Allegations are
;

true, and that the Petitioner, on AppHcation to this Houfe in Odober 1760, was allowed only his Pay during the Time of his Captivity. Refolved, That the faid Edward Childs ought to be allowed the Sum of ^ a Year

during his Life, towards his Support. On Confideration of the Petition of John Ram fay, it appears to the Committee that he was in the Service as a Soldier in the Battle at the Great Meadows in 1754, where he

behaved

cowardly daftardly Manner, and that he with great Difficulty was fome Time kept in the Ranks that at Length he quitted them through Fear, but was again brought back, and at laft he was miffmg but as the Troops were overpowered by Nvimbers, and obliged to retreat, it does not appear whether he was taken Prifoner, or voluntarily furrendered himfelf, or fled to the Enemy that he was in the Regiment at the Time of its being difbanded that he was abfent from the Colony five Years and fix Months, from the Day of the Engagement at the Meadows, his Pay for which Time would amount to ;66, no Part of which he has received. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Petition be rejedled On Confideration of the Petition of Thomas Branan, praying to be allowed for two Horfes impreffed into the Service, and never returned to him for the Hire of another
in a
; ; ; ; ;

Horfe, for eight

Days

for his

Pay

as Sergeant, for fix

Months and fome Provifion

;

for

he received in his Neck in the Service; it appears to this Committee that the faid Branan received a Wound in the back Part of his Neck, but how it affedls him does not appear to us, otherwife than as he alleges the
his Support, in Confideration of a

Wound

fame

is

prejudicial to his Sight.

Refolved,

That the

faid

Thomas Branan ought

to be allowed the

Sum

of ;io, as a

Recompenfe
Proof
of its

for his faid

Wound.
of the faid Petition

Refolved,

That the Refidue

ought to be rejedled, for

to

Want

of

Allegations.

The

fecond Refolution being twice read,

was difagreed

by the

Hovife.

The

i87]
and
eighth, Refolutions

The
read,

iirft,

third, fourth, fifth, fixth, feventh

to.

being alfo twice

were agreed

That the faid Refolves be engrofcu, and that M'' Edmund Pendleton do them up to the Council for their Concurrence. M"" Richard Henry Lee, from the Perfons to whom the Bill For reducing the Duties on Northern Rum was committed, reported that they had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time.
Ordered,

carry

On a Motion made,
his Life,

That Lieutenant Thomas Gift be allowed by the Publick 35 a Year during towards his Support. Ordered, That the faid Refolve be engroffed, and that M' Pendleton do carry it to
Refolved,

the Council for their Concurrence.

Edward Hubbard and James Gunn, Captains of two Companies of employed on the Works of Pittfbtirg, praying to be allowed fome additional Pay for their extraordinary Diligence therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M"' Archibald Gary, M"' Benjamin Gocke* and M"' Mercer; that thej' examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the
Petition of
Artificers

fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

An

engroffed

Bill, entitled,

An Ad^

for enlarging the

Towns

of

Frederickfburg and

Winchefter, the City of Williamfburg, and therein mentioned, was read a third Time.
Refolved,

Town

of

Dumfries, and for other Purpofes

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"' Grymes do carry it up

Bill, entitled.

to the Covmcil for their Concurrence.

empower John Richards, Gentleman, te keep a Ferry to and from the Tcnvn of Leed's in the County of King George, wasread a third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs.
engroffed
to

An

An Ad'

Ordered,

That

M'^

Edmund

Pendleton do

carry

it

up

to

the

Council for their

Concurrence.

Tax on Wheel

For continuing and appropriating the additional Duty on Slaves, and the Carriages, Ordinary Licenfes, and original Procefs, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. Ordered, That M'' Attortiey and M"' Cary be added to the Committee to whom the Bill To empower the Common Hall of the Borough of Norfolk to affefs fuch Taxes, from Time to Time, on the Inhabitants thereof, as fhall be fuificient for keeping and fupporting a nightly Watch, and ere(5ting Lamps, within the Limits of the fame, is referred.
Bill

Bill

To

repeal the Adl, entitled,

An Ad^

for Relief of infolvent Debtors, for the

effedual Difcovery

was read a fecond Time. That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. On a Motion made, A Bill For eftablifliing a better Method of appointing Sheriffs, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning li "'Clock.
Diftribution of their Eftates,

and more equal

Ordered,

Satuvba^, tbe 2Stb of Mla^. 3 <Beo.

III.

1763.

A
'

Petition of

John Terrier, of the Coimty of King George, praying to be allowed fome Compenfation for the Ravages committed by the Virginia Regiment during their Encampment on his Plantation, in the Year 1762, to a large Amount, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confidera-

tion of the next Seffion of Affembly.

On
4
> Ibid., VII, p. Hening, VII, p. 314. 3 Itnd., VII, p. 549. 657 Evidently intended for Bowler Cocke of Henrico, as the name of Benjamin Cocke does not appear in the

lift

of Burgeffes.

i88

On

a Motion made,

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For altering the Court Day of the County of Gloucefter, and it is referred to M' John Page to prepare and bring in the
Ordered,

ame.

An engroffed Bill,
a third Time.
Refolved,

entitled,

An Ad'

to

reduce the Duty on Northern

Rum, was read

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Richard Henry Lee do carry up the
engroffed

faid Bill to the Council for

their Concurrence.
Bill, entitled, An Ad' for giving the Sheriffs a more effedual Remedy Under Sheriffs, and Securities, for Monies received by them for his Majefty's Quitrents, and on Executions and other Procefs, was read a third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Henry Lee do carry up the faid Bill to the Coimcil for their

An

againft their

Concurrence.

M' Page prefented to the Hoiife, according to Order, a Bill For altering the Court Day of the Coimty of Gloucefter, which was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad3 to repeal an Ad, entitled. An Ad for Relief of infolvent Debtors, for the effedual Difcovery and more equal Diftribution of their Eftates,

was read a

third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"" Charles Carter do carry up the

faid Bill to the Council for their

Concurrence.
Charles Carter reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, ^ prepared an Addref s and Reprefentation to his Honour the Govemour which he read
M"'
;

in his Place,

and then delivered

in at the Table,

where the fame was again twice read,

and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows

Sir,

Your Honour having, with your accuftomed Candour and Goodnefs, communicated us the Complaint of fame London Merchants trading to this Colony to the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade and Plantations, and their Lordfhips Refolutions thereupon, we took the fame under our ferious Confideration, and find ourfelves under the Neceffity of
to

vindicating the Integrity

confiftent with our

and Uprightnefs of our Proceedings, every Way, in our Opinion, Duty to our King, and the true Intereft of our Country. Our Dependence upon Great Britain we acknowledge and glory in as our greateft Happinefs and only Security; but this is not the Dependence of a People fubjugated by the Arms of a Conqueror, but of Sons fent out to explore and fettle a new World, for the mutual Benefit of ihemfelves and their common Parent: It is the Dependence of a Part upon one great Whole, which, by its admirable Conftitution, diffufes a Spirit of Patriotifm that makes every Citizen, however diftant from the Mother Kingdom, zealous to promote its Majefty and the publick Good. By fuch a Spirit, and by fuch Principles, Sir, hath our Condud ever been influenced; and we hope we may, without Arrogance, take this Charader to ourfelves, fince our late and prefent Sovereigns have been pleafed frequently to beftow it upon us for the Part we took in the late War, ivhen we did, as far as we were able, contribute to the Succefs of the Britifh Arms. This Condud, though it hath received the royal Approbation, a Reward adequate to our warmeft Wifhes, hath neverthelefs involved us in a great Debt; which, as it was created for the noble ft Purpofe, we fhould cheerfully fuftain, if the Merchants had not raifed a nioft unreafonable Clamour againft our Paper Bills of Credit: In the Emiffions of which, when a true and particular State of the Fads fhall be laid before you, and the Matter rightly underftood, we doubt not a Zeal fo well intended will rather be imputed to us as meritorious than liable to any Exception. The
Hening, VII,
p. 646.
=

Ibid.,

VII,

p. 648.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 643.

i89

The Memorial, we are concerned to find, is fupported by a Proteft of fonie of his Majefty's We would leave this Proteft to its Repofe, until Pofterity, for whom it is faid to have been defigned, fhould think it worth a Perufal, had it not been communicated by the Authors of it with a View to alarm the trading Intereft, and applied to Purpofes, and produced Effects, rvhich we hope the Protefters themfelves did not intend; but fince that hath raifed the Apprehcnfions of the emorialifts and inftigated them to folicit the Inter pofition of the Right Honourable the Board of Trade, we muft do Juftice to ourfelves by examining the Grounds of it. It is alleged " that the Want of a fufficient Quantity of circulating Money was at firft the Pretence of iffuing Paper Bills of Credit. " This is fuppofed to have meant, as it was underftood, to infinnate that thefe Emiffions were to anfii'er private Purpofes; hut, if it be remembered that all our neighbouring Colonies had long before adopted, and moft of them repeated, the Expedient of Paper to fupply the Want of Specie in Time of Peace, but that ive did not folloiv their Example before the lafi War, after all our Treafure was anticipated, and that even then we chofe at firft to borrow 10,000 granted for his Majefty's Sennce, at the high Intereft of fix per Centum, and never, until after that Refmirce failed, went into a Meafure fo little relifhed, and alivays, except in one Inftance of trifling ConfeCouncil here.

granted: If thefe notorious Truths are admitted, we leave it to the Judgment of the Difinterefted whether at fuch a Crifis, when an adual Invafion threatened, if not timely and vigor ou fly oppofed, our total Extermination,
of the
to the

quence, confined the

Amount

Notes

Money

the powerful Principle of Self Prefervatton

gracious Sovereign, are not fufficient

It is

to

acquit us of

co-operating with the Requifitions of a moft any fordid or unjuft Motives.

quence of iffuing more Paper

muft be the Confewarranted by the acknowledged Deficiency of the Taxes for finking what had iffued, a Deficiency fo alarming to a preceding Affembly that it aftonifhed the Warmeft Advocates for Paper Money. " By whom this acknowledgment was made, or what Part of the Affembly was alarmed at it, we know not;

faid in the Proteft " that the Apprehcnfions of the Mifchiefs that

Money were

fufficiently

but this

we know, and do

affert, that there are

no

warm Advocates

us, further than to preferve the Credit of ivhat hath been iffued,

for Paper Money among and prevent the evil Confe-

its Circulation at this Time; and that no fuch Deficiency ever appeared, was alarming to, or acknowledged by us. Indeed, upon Examination of the Treafurer's Accounts, it appeared that many Sheriffs had not paid in the Taxes received by them, and therefore fo much Money was not annually This raifed the Refentment of the Houfe againft thefe burnt as was intended by the Laws. and with their Intentions to ufe every Method for enforcing confiftently uniform Officers, the Taxes, and finking annually the due Proportion of this Paper regular Colledions of

quences of flopping
or

they ordered the Sheriffs in Arrears to be profecuted on their Bonds, which, as our Fmws have provided a fpeedy Remedy againft them, and they give fufficient Security, hath already

brought in a confiderabk Part of thofc Arrears, and will, we hope, remove all Caufe of Complaint on that Account. But this Negled in the Officers is very diftinguifhable from an Infufficiency in the Taxes, which we never doubted were fufficient, if properly colleded, to effed the Purpofe of Redemption; and we are mrw confirmed in this Opinion, by a ful

we have caufed to be truly drawn, your Honour, and every Perfon concerned. From this it unll appear that the diffenting Members of the Council were betrayed into a too ha fly Affertion of thefe Fads, by a Warmth arifing from a Difference of Opinion about the Utility of the Law whereto their Proteft related; of which we will now take Leave, and
State of the Notes in Circulation,
of the Taxes, ivhich

and

and annexed

hereto, for the Satiffadion of

Confideration of the Memorial itfelf. and the Refolutions of the Right Honourable the Board of Trade thereupon. Our Reafons for not providing at this Time for the fuppofed Deficiency in our Taxes,
proceed
to the

will

piblick Faith
this

appear from what is before fet forth; but to exprefs, what we always conceived, that our is engaged to fupply any accdiental Failure in thofe Taxes, we have upon
to the

Point come

following Refolution:
it

"Refolved, That

Notes, at the feveral ftated Periods,

appears that the Funds eftablifhedfor the Redemption of the Treafury ivill be fufficient to effed that Purpofe; but that if, by

any

19

]
to be

any Accident, they

adequate Tax."

fhall

happen

to fail,

any Deficiency ought

is the declaring thefe

fupplied by a

new and

The next Thing pointed out

to

us

Notes not a legal Tender in

Payment

of Sterling Debts, but that they

may

be received by fuch Creditors only as are

and then not at their nmninal Value, but according to the real Difference of Exchange between fuch Paper Bills and Sterling Money at the Time of Payment. In entering upon this Confederation we encounter a Charge which very deeply affeds us, that we have been wanting in a proper Refped to the Crown, as well as in Juftice to the Britifli Merchants, in refufmg to comply with what was recommended by his late Majefty's Inftrudion of the ji'' of January, I739-' When thai Inftrudion was communicated to us by your Honour, we confidered it with the Attention and Regard due to whatever comes from the Throne; but, as we muft be allowed to judge for ourfelves, fo far as our Sandion is neceffary to any Imw, and could not be convinced that the Meafure propofed was proper, we did indeed decline to pafs fuch a Law, but at the fame Time, in an humble Addrefs and Reprefentation to his Majefty, modeftly fet forth the Reafons of our Condud, which we prefutned to hope would preferve us from the Imputation of Difrefped to the Crown, and from the royal Difpleafure. And as we heard of no further Complaints from the Britifh Merclujnts on this Subjed, from that Time until the Meeting of this Seffion, we concluded they were fatiffied of our Intentions to do them Juftice; and we can venture to fay that had we known our Reafons were not fatiffadory, it would have prevented feveral fubfequent Emiffions, and particularly the laft, which gave Rife to the prefent Complaint. The Memorialifts allege that Exchequer Bills and Notes of the Bank of England were not made legal Tender in Payment of Debts, although they are upon a better Eftablifhment tlmn our Notes, and deduce an Argument from thence againft ours being declared fuch The Azotes of Tender, not confidering, as we conceive, the true Diftindion in the Cafes. the Bank of England, circulated upon Stocks of Specie, depofited to anfwer Payments when demanded, were not forced upon any Perfon, nor was it neceffary: There was no Doubt of their anfwering every local Purpofe of Money; and when in the Cafe of Remittances to
willing to accept them,

became neceffary, as they could obtain that for their Notes, no the willing Receipt of them, and make a Law to compel an prevent could Fear poffible deny but this makes that Kind of Paper preferable to ours, We cannot proper. Acceptance and we fhoidd gladly have purfued fo eligible a Plan, if our Circumftances would have admitted it; but when it is confidered that the Want of Specie, which had been drawn away
foreign Countries Specie

by the Armies

to the

no other Reafon Exchequer Notes. We had therefore no other Method than to emit thefe Notes to circulate as Money for a fhort limited Time, and to impofe fuch Taxes as fhould effedually procure their Return to the Treafury, or Gold and Silver fufflcie,'.* to redeem them by the Time appointed. And fincewewere toforcethem as Aloney upon our Army, andthofewho furnifhed them with Neceffaries, we conceive it would have been very unjuft to have left their Creditors at Liberty to take it of them or not; and the fame Injuftice muft have happened wherever
to be
it

Northward, teas the fole Caufe of iffuing our Notes, there will require affigned for our not circulating them upon the Footing of Bank and

had been ftopped.

to to

We

therefore thought ourfelves obliged not only to give

it

it

that effential

Quality of Money,
Reftridions,
it

fnake

a legal Tender in all

Payments, but

to

add

feveral other

preferve

its Credit,

and prevent

the Defigns of the Avaritious to depreciate

for their private Gain.

But
that

at the

be affeded by this

fame Time we confidered how the Intereft of the Britifh Merchants might Money, and, at leaft as far as was in our Power, if not effedually, fecured an Obligation
to

from Injury.

We

ever confidered ourfelves as under

difcharge our Debts contraded

in Great Britain, either in Sterling

the

Money

or foreign Coin, received by Confent of the

Creditor, or his Attorney here, at fuch a Rate for the Difference of

Exchange as would place and Debtor could not agree about this Difference, as Reference to Arbitration, or to the Courts of Juftice, was the only regular Method of fettling it between them. But as the Demand, and in Confequence the Judgment, was for Sterling Money, and until the Year 1748 there was no Law direding at what Rate

Money

in Great Britain unthout

lofs.

If the Creditor

of

191 ]

of Exchange Sterling Debts fhould be difcharged, the Confeqiience was that the Sheriffs, when they leined Money by Executions on Judgments for Sterling, demanded what Exchange they thought proper, to the great Oppreffion of the Debtor, and without any Advantage to the Creditor. The Affembly then thought proper to put a Stop to fuch unjuft Proceedings, and, by the Ad, entitled, An Adl declaring the Law concerning Executions, and for

Relief of infolvent Debtors, direded fuch Executions for Sterling

Money

to be levied at

The 25 per Centum, the real Difference of Money, and the then Difference of Exchange. Britifli Merchants complained of thts Ad, and reprefented that they might be confiderable
Confideration,
is

Lofers when Exchange fhould rife above 25 per Centum, which tlte Affembly took into their and endeavoured to provide a Remedy for. They knew that, as Exchange
fluduating, they could not do Juftice by fixing
it to

any

certain Standard;

and

therefore,

by the fubfequent
Sterling

Law

taken Notice of in the Memorial, they etnpowered the Courts, where

Judgments fhould be obtained, to fettle at what Rate of Exchange the fame fhould would enable the Britifh Creditor to place his Money there without Lofs, as it was not doubted but the Courts would be governed by tlie higheft Exchange given at the Time for Bills drawn payable in Britain. But the Memorialifts fay, this is not an ample Security of their Property againft the evil Confequences of Paper Money being declared a Tender for their Debts. We will beg Leave to confider their Reafons, in Support of this Affertion in the Order they have
be difcharged, which they conceived

mentioned them:

The

firft is,

they are advifed that the

Law

of

1748

is ftill in

Force, having received the

royal Affent, which the

This amending
of
it

Law
to

agreeable

remained unrepealed. fufpended for his Majefty's Approbation, but,frotnthe Terms the royal Inftrudions, was in Force from the Time of its paffing here
is not

amending Law could not

obtain, as the former

until his

and

the

Majefty fhall declare his Dtffent and Repeal thereof ; which not having happened, Courts here allowing the Force of that amending Law, and adtng according to the

Spirit thereof,

we

conceive

it

would have been more for

the Intereft of the

if they thought if the
it

Memorialifts

to

have folicited his Majefty's Approbation of that Law, have founded Objedions on its not being in Force; and

neceffary, than to

royal Diffent, or
to their

any Deter-

xvith Reafon on this The next Objedion to this Remedy is, that it is left to tlie Colony Judges to fettle the Exchange upon Sterling Judgments in fuch Manner as they fhall think reafonable and juft, which theylfay is introducing a Mode and Form of Juftice unheard of in the Britiih Realm We have before obferved that when we have not Sterling Money to pay Debt due in Great Britain, the Debtor is left to compoxmd with his Creditor for Payment in foreign Coin, or Treafury Notes, at fuch Rate of Exchange as they can agree on; if a Difpute fhall arife on that Head, which they cannot adjuft between themfelves, to whom can it be referred, but

mination here, that the might have complained

Law was

not in Force,

had turned Head.

Prejudice, they then

difcover what the Memorialifts

Courts of Juftice, the true conftitutional Re fort? A nd we cannot men by calling this a new Mode of Juftice, unlefs it be that the Point fhould be tried by a Jury, and not by the Courts, in which, if we erred, it was from a miftaken Opinion that the latter would prove in this Inftance the moft competent and impartial Judges. And as the Courts have conftantly, in the Exercife of this Power,
as all other Difputes are,
to the

at

allowed the higheft Rate of Exchange, as fettled by the general Confent of all the Traders, which Bills of Exchange upon Great Britain were fold at the Time, ive humbly infift

that Sterling Debts are virtually

paid in Treafury Notes, not according

to their

nominal

Value, but according

But
in as

Difference of Exchange between them and Sterling Money. it is faid. Experience hath fhown, inmanyjnftances, this Mode to be infufficient,
to the real

Court and a PoffiDifadvantage. We allow there have been fuch Inftances, but we muft be permitted to fay the Difadvantage hath hitherto been fmall and inconfiderable, of a cafual Nature, againft which no human Imws can provide, and for which therefore we cannot fuggeft a Remedy; and the Injuries fuftained will be fully
of the Orders of
bility of the Creditors

much

as the Exchange hath rifen, between the

Time

obtaining a Remittance,

to his

compen fated by the Advantages the Creditors muft inevitably receive, in the fame ProporBy the Metliod propofed, inftead of this tion, from the prefent declining State of Exchange.
objeded

192

objeded

to,

the Creditor is at Liberty to refufe this

is

Exchange as he
is of

pleafed to

Paper unlefs paid him at fuch Rate of demand; and we subnnt to all Maytkind to determine which
Decifion
to difinterefted

mo ft

liable to
to

Objedion,

to refer the

Judges, under the Obligaticm

an Oath,

Intereft, to

do eqiial and impartial Juftice, or to the Creditor, under the Temptation of take Advantage of his Debtor's Neceffity, and extort fuch Difference as might be

very oppreffive, which

we

conceive would diredly tend

to

deftroy the Credit of our

Paper

Money, and introduce We hope we have

the greateft Mifchiefs.

and Neceffity of having made thefe Notes we did the Intereft of the Sterling Creditors; and if this was originally right, every Argument muft doubly militate againft an Alteration at this Time in this effential Point: For, when thefe Notes have been allowed to circulate feveral Years, and the prefcnt Poffcffors have received them under the Faith of a Law which obliged their Creditors to take them in the fame Manner, to take away that Obligation, and to ftop the Paper in their Hands, would be an Ad of Injuftice, which, in our Opinion, bears no Proportion to any poffible Injury the Sterling Creditors fuftained, or can
fully explained the Juftice

a Tender in all Payments, guarding as

receive,

from continuing the Notes on their prefent Footing. For thefe Reafons, after the moft mature Deliberation, we cannot alter our former Opinion, and have come to the following Refolution: "Refolved, That as the prefent Poffeffors of the Treafury Notes have received them under the Faith of a Law making them a legal Tender in all Payments, except for his Majefty's Quitrents, to alter that effential Quality of them now ivould be an Ad of great Injuftice to fuch Poffeffors; and that as the Britifh Merchants have conftantly received, and under the prefent Regulations of our Laws will continue to receive, fuch Notes for their Sterling Debts, according to the real Difference of Exchange between this Colony and Great Britain, at the Time of Payment, their Property is fo fecured as to make fuch
Alteration unneceffary with

Refped

to

them."

That the aid Addrefs and Reprefentation be fairl}' tranlcribed, and by the Committee who prepared it, together with the State of the Funds for the Redemption of the Treafury Notes. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad' for continuing and appropriating the additional
Ordered,

prefented

Duty on Slaves, and the Taxes on Wheel Carriages, Ordinary Licenfes, and original Procefs, was read a third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Edmund Pendleton do carry it up to the Council for their
Concurrence.

On
Time.

a Motion made.
Rill

The

For altering the Court Day of the Coimty of

Gloucefter,

was read a fecond

Ordered,

That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. made, Refolved, That the feveral Sums following be paid to the feveral

On

a Motion

Officers of the

General Affembly, refpecftively To John Randolph, Efq; Clerk of the Houfe of Burgeffes To Nathaniel Walthoe, Efq Clerk of the Geeneral Afembly To the Rev. M'' William Y'ates, Chaplain, To M"" Francis Eppes, Sergeant at Arms
;

loo
40 20 30
6 6

To To To To To

the Doorkeeper of the Council,

James

Lavie.

Nathaniel Htx

Doorkeepers to the Houfe,

.

6
<

John Broadrib.

6 6
faid Refolve be engroffed,

Thomas Francis.
Ordered,

That the

and that

M"^

Richard Henry Lee do

carry "
>

it

up to the Council
p.

for their Concurrence.

An
Hening, VII,
639.

193]

cefter,

in

engroffed Bill, entitled, An Ad' for altering the Court Day of the County of Glouwas read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' John Page do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. Two Claims of Cornelius Lartham and Charles Byrne, for taking up Runaways therementioned, were prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confidera-

An

tion of the next Seffion of Affembly.

On a Motion made,
Ordered,
in

That Leave be given to bring

in the fame.

in a Bill

Money
M"^

for this prefent Seffion of Affembly,

and

it is

For paying the Burgeffes Wages referred to M' Archibald Cary

the Bill

to prepare

and bring

Bradley

reported that the Committee to

whom

Common
and

Hall of the Borough of Norfolk to affefs fuch Taxes, from

To empower the Time to Time, on the

Inhabitants thereof, as fhall be fufficient for keeping and fupporting a nightly Watch, erecfting Lamps, within the Limits of the fame, was referred, had made feveral
thereto
;

which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the where they were again read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning ii "'Clock.
in at the Table,

Amendments Amendments

yXoxiha^, t^e 30tb of ^laY. 3 (5ea III 1763.

AN

engroffed
of

Bill, entitled,

An Ad' To empower

the

Common

Hall

of the

Borough

Norfolk

to affefs

fuch Taxes, from

Time to Time, on

the Inhabitants thereof,

as fhall be fufficient for keeping and fupporting a nightly Watch, and ereding Lamps within the Limits of the fame, was read the Third Time.

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"^ Attorney do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. M"" Charles Carter reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, waited on his Honour the Govemour with the Addrefs and Reprefentation of this Houfe of Saturday laft, to which his Honour was pleafed to fay he would return an Anfwer in
Refolved,

Ordered,

writing.
M"'

Wages

in

Cary prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For paying the Burgeffes Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly which was read the firft Time, and
;

ordered to be read a fecond Time.

And

On
The

a Motion made, faid Bill was read a fecond Time.

Ordered,

That the

faid Bill

be engroffed, and read a third Time.

On

a Motion made.

That L^eave be given to bring in a Bill or Bills, For adding fundry Perfons to the Committee appointed to correfpond with the Agent of this Colony, and it is referred to M"' Cary to prepare and bring in the fame. On a Motion made, Refolved, That this Houfe is fatiffied with M"" Abercrombie's Account, as it is now ftated, and that the Committee of Correfpondence be directed to write to M"' Montague and inform him of the fame, and to allow him the ,-140 which he has charged for
Ordered,

procuring his Quietus. A Meffage from the Council was delivered by M' Walthoe. That they have agreed to the Bill, entitled. An Adt^ for continuing and appropriating the additional Duty on Slaves, and the Taxes on Wheel Carriages, Ordinary Licenfes,

and
'

original Procefs.
alfo

'

Hening, VII, p. 656. Ibid.Vn.-p. 654.

3.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 639

194 ]

Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl to repeal an Adl, entitled, An Ad; for Relief of infolvent Debtors, for the effedlual Difcovery and more equal Diftribution of their Eftates. Alfo to the Bill, entitled, An Adl' for altering the Court Day of the County of
Gloticefter.

Alfo
Stafford,

to the Bill, entitled.

An

Adls for altering the Court Days of the Counties of

and

Chefterfield.

An A6i* for giving the Sheriffs a more effedlual Remedy againf t Under Sheriffs, and Securities, for Monies received by them for his Majefty's Quitrents, and on Execution and other Procefs. Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adls for amending the A(5l, entitled, An Adl for enlarging the Towns of Frederickfhurg and Winchefter, the City of Williamfburg, and Town of Dumfries, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adt* to reduce the Duty on Northern Rum. Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl'' to empower /o/iw Richards, Gentleman, to keep a Ferry to and from the Town of Leeds in the County of King George. Alfo to the Refolve of this Houfe For Allowing the Officers of the General Affembly
Alfo to
the Bill entitled.

their

the feveral

Sums

therein mentioned.

Refolves of this Houfe For allowing fome of the Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Regiment the feveral Sums therein mentioned. And alfo that they had paffed a Bill, entitled An Adt* for eftablifhing a better Method

Alfo

to the feveral

of appointing Sheriffs, to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe.

And

the faid Bill was read the

firft

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

And

On

The

A
M""

a Motion made, faid Bill was read a fecond Time, and ordered to be read a third Time. Written Meffage from the Govemour was at the fame Time delivered by M'

28

Walthoe, as follows

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

I will tranfmit the Reafons you have affigned for your Condud, and the Refolutions you have come to, in your Addrefs of Saturday laft, to the Right Honourable the Lords Commiffioners for Trade and Plantation Affairs, by the firft Opportunity; which I hope, with what you fhall further think proper to do to comply with their Lordfhips Defires, and entirely remove all future Caufe of Complaint from the Merchants, will prove fully fatiffadory, as well to their Lordfhips as the Merchants: And I ftill hope you will further confider this Matter, and take fuch Meafures as will effedually anfwer all the Ends propofed.
Ordered,

ing Perfons,

Bill,

That the Committee to examine the enrolled Bills do confift of the followWythe, M' Grymes, M"' Bradley and M'' John Pendleton. entitled. An Ad^ for eftablifhing a better Method of appointing Sheriffs, was
viz. M"'

read a third Time.

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"" Pendleton do acquaint the Council therewith. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad'for paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Gary do carry up the faid Bill to the Coimcil for their Concurrence. M'' Gary prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For adding fundry Perfons to the Committee appointed to correfpond with the Agent of this Colony, which was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of Lucy Gait, praying fome Allowance for cleaning the Rooms in the Capitol, appropriated to the Ufe of the Houfe of Burgeffes, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
Refolved,

Ordered,

Refolved
I

Hening, VII,
Ibid., Ibid.,

p. 643.

4
5

VII, p. 656. VII, p. 656.

VII, p. 648. Ibid., VII, p. 650. Ibid., VII, p. 646.

/fejrf.,

VII, p. 657. Ibid., VII, p. 643. Ibid., VII, p. 643.

/6irf.,

/fciU,

VII, p. 658

195 ]
for the Services in the

Refolved,

That the

faid

Lucy Gait be paid by the Publick $

(aid Petition mentioned.

On

a Motion made,

the Agent of this Colony,

For adding fundry Perfons to the Committee appointed to correfpond with was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Meffage from the Council by M' Walihoe.
Bill
Tliat they

have agreed

to the Bill, entitled.

the Borough of Norfolk to affefs fuch Taxes, from

thereof, as fhall be fufficient for

to empower the Common Hall of Time to Time, on the Inhabitants keeping and fupporting a nightly Watch, and eredling

An A<51'

Lamps, within the Limits of the fame.

Alfo
to the Bill, entitled.

prefent Seffion of Affembly.

An Adl' And

for

paying the Burgeffes Wages

in

Money for this

Alfo to the Refolve For allowing Jofeph Royle 350 a Year, for the Purpofes therein mentioned. An engroffed Bill, entitled. An Ad^ for adding fundry Perfons to the Committee appointed
therein
to
filled

correfpond with the Agent of this Colony, up.

was read a

third Time,

and the Blanks

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M'' Cary do carry up the faid Bill to the Coimcil for their Concurrence. M'' Cary, from the Perfons appointed, reported that they had had under their Confideration the Petitions of Edward Hubbard and James Gunn to them referred, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and
Refolved,

Ordered,

agreed to by the Houfe, as follow:

On Confideration of the faid Petitions, it appears that the faid Edward Hubbard and James Gunn were Captains of Companies of Artificers eftablifhed by Adl of Affembly in the Year 1759 that they were employed the Campaign imder General Stanwix from the i'' of June to the lo"' of December, when they were difbanded at Winchefter; and that they have not received the ufual additional Pay of Artificers for the Time above
;

mentioned.
of

Refolved, That the Confideration of the faid Petition, fo far as it relates to the Claim Edward Hubbard for the faid additional Pay due to his Company of Artificers, be

referred to the next Seffion of Affembly, no one now appearing with the Accounts or Vouchers for the faid Claim. Refolved, That it appears to this Committee, from the Pay Rolls, that there is due to Captain James Gunn, for the additional and ufual Pay for his Company as Artificers,

the

Sum

including 55. Refolved, That the Sum of 453.

of 508.
4. 8,

i.

6 for

3. 2

for his

Company's Pay, and that he

fhall

and Officers. ought to be allowed to the faid James Gunn be obliged to account for the Difburfements of
for himfelf

Pay

the fame, upon Oath, and produce the Difcharges of the feveral Claimants, to the next
Seffion of Affembly.

Ordered,
it

That the

laft

Refolution be fairly engroffed, and that

M' Cary do carry

up

to the Council for their Concurrence.

On
of the

a Motion made,

Refolved,

Money they

That the Captains John Field and John Pofey lay an Account, upon Oath, received laft Seffion for their Companies of Artificers, with the proper

Vouchers of their having paid the fame, before the next Seffion of Affembly. A Meffage from the Council by M'' Walthoe.
That they have agreed
to the Bill, entitled.

An

Acft" for

adding fimdry Perfons to the

Alfo

Committee appointed to correfpond with the Agent of

this Colony.

^__^
'

Hening, VII,

p. 654.

'

Ibid.,

VII, p. 658.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 646.

Ibid.,

VII, p. 646.

196

Alfo to the Reolve mentioned.

Ordered,

of this

Houfe To allow Lucy Gait $

for the Services therein

That there be a Call of the Houfe Tomorrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning ii

"'Clock.

I5ues6a^

lifn

3Ut

of Mta^?,

(bao. III

1763.

Meffage from the Council by M' Walthoe.

That they have agreed
3.
2,

for the

to the Refolve For paying James Purpofes therein mentioned.

Gunn 453.

M' Wythe reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order examined the enrolled Bills and Refolves, and redlified fuch Miftakes as were found therein and that they were truly enrolled. Ordered, That M' Wythe do carry up the faid Bills and Refolves to the Council for
;

their Infpedlion.

A Meffage from the Council by M' Walthoe.

That they have infpeded the enrolled Bills and Refolves, and are
truly enrolled.
fatiffied they are

A Meffage from the Govern our by M"'

Walthoe.

W Speaker,
The Governour commands the immediate Attendance of this Houfe in the Council Chamber, and that you bring with you fuch Bills and Refolves as are ready for his A ffent.

M' Speaker, with the Houfe, went up accordingly, and the Governour was pleafed
to give his Affent to the following BUls
/. An AA^ for continuing and appropriating the additional Duty on Slaves, and the Taxes on Wheel Carriages, Ordinary Licenfes, and original Procefs, and for other Purpofes

therein mentioned.
2.

To

repeal

and Ad,

entitled,

An

Adi' for Relief of in folvent Debtors, for the effedual

Difcovery and more equal Diftribution of their Eftates. 5. ipor eftablifhing a better Method of appointing Sheriffs.
ting
4. *For further continuing and amending the Ad, entitled. An Ad for the better regulaand colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 5. s To reduce the Duty on Northern Rum. 6. ^For adding fundry Perfons to the Committee appointed to correfpond with the Agent

of this Colony.
7.
7

Securities, for

For giving the Sheriffs a more effedual Remedy againft their Under Sheriffs, and Monies received by them for his Majefty's Quitrents, and on Executions
the

and

other Procefs.
8.

^For amending

Ad,

entitled.

An Ad for enlarging the Towns of

Frederickfburg

and Winchefter,

the City of

Williamfburg, and Towns of Dumfries, and for other Purpofes

therein mentioned.
g. 9 To empower the Common Hall of the Borough of Norfolk to affefs, fuch Taxes, from Time to Time, on the Inhabitants thereof, as fhall be fufficient for keeping and fupporting a nightly Watch, and ereding Lamps, within the Limits of the fame. 10. For altering the Court Days of the Counties of Stafford and Chefterfield. 11. ^^For altering the Court Day of the County of Gloucefter.

To
>

Hening, VII,
Ibid., Ibid.,

p. 639.

4
s

Ibid., Ibid.,

VII,

p. 645.

'

Ibid., VII, p. 648.

Ibid.,

10
,,

Ibid..

' 3

VII, p. 643. VII, p. 643.

6 Ibid.,

VII, p. 646. VII, p. 646.

VII, p. 650.

VII, p. 656. Ibid., VII, p. 656.

Ibid., VII, p. 653.

[ 12.

197 ]

of Leeds, in the

I J.

'To empower John Richards, Gentleman, to keep a Ferry to and front the Town County of King George. 'For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly.
of the late

Alfo to the following Refolves: 1. For allowing fome of the Officers and Soldiers
feveral
2. J.

Virginia Regiment the

Sums

therein mentioned.

4. 5.

For paying James Gunn 4^3. J. 2, for the Purpofes therein mentioned. For paying Lucy Gait $, for the Services therein mentioned. For allowing the Officers of the General Affembly the feveral Sums therein mentioned. For allowing Jofeph Royle j^o a Year, for the Purpofes therein mentioned.
then clofed the Seffion with the following Speech
of the Council,

And

M' Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, you together, to lay before you the Refolutions of the Right Honourable the Lords Commiffimters for Trade and Plantation Affairs, founded on a Memorial of the Merchants of Great Britain trading to this Colony, prefented to their Lordfhips, I hoped and expeded that you would, by fome Ads or Refolves, have removed all future Caufe of Complaint from the Merchants, and given full Satiffadion to their Lordfhips in all the Points recommended to your Reconfideration. By the State of the Accounts of the Treafury, and the Taxes laid to fink all the various Emiffions of Paper Money at the Times ftipulated in the feveral Ads empowering the Treafurer to iffue fuch Notes, I muft candidly acknowledge that the Taxes do appear to me to be fully fufficient to anfwer the Ends propofed; but, let this be granted: What Objedion could there have been to your having bound yourfelves, by a formal Refolve of the
Gentlemen

When

I called

whole Legiflature,
additional
of thofe

to have provided for a full Payment of all the Notes outftanding, by fome Tax adequate to the Purpofe, in Cafe of any accidental or unexpeded Deficiency now in Being? This you might have done with the utmoft Safety; for if the Taxes

already laid fhould prove fufficient, no neiv Burthen would have been laid on the People;

and

if they

fhould not, your Honour ftands engaged

to

make up

all Deficiences,

however

would have remained with you to have confidered whether the Legality of the Tender of Paper Notes, after fuch Stability and Security given to them, might not have been taken off without rifking the Ruin and Deftrudion of the Colony, fo much dreaded, as the Confequence of removing it.
occafioned:

And

then

it

M""

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

I will not omit the firft Opportunity to tranfmit to the Right Honourable the Board Trade the Reafons you have thought expedient to give for your Adions, and your Refolutions confequent thereon, in your Addrefs to me; which I ivifh may give that Content which you fo fanguinely exped from them.
of

Gentlemen
It is

of the

Council and of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

my

moft fincere Wifh that the Steps you have taken

to the

may

prove fatiffadory, not

Merchants themfelves, and remove all their Complaints of Injuftice having been done them heretofore, and their Fears of what may be done hereafter; for you may be affured that our moft gracious Sovereign, the common Father of all his People, will take effedual Care to redrefs the Grievances of his Subjeds, whenever their Complaints can reach the royal Ears. Having Nothing further to exped from you in this Seffion, I fhall now prorogue you, and you are accordingly prorogued, to the third Tuefday in Auguft next.

only to the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade, but even

Hening, VII,

p. 657.

Ibid., VII, p. 658.

JOURNAL
of the

House of Burgesses
1764
January Seffion

Burgeffes.
Accomac

202

]
* David

Richmond
Southampton
Spotfylvania

*John Woodbridge

Suffex

Mafon

*Landon Carter
Jofeph Gray
* Benjamin

John Edmunds
Warwick
Weftmoreland
Williamfburg

Synimons

Fielding Lewis

William Digges William Harwood Richard Henry Lee

Richard Lee

Benjamin Grymes
Stafford

William Fitzhugh Thomas L. Lee

*Hartwell Cocke ^William Bailey

Peyton Randolph

York

Dudley

Digges
Nelson, Jr.

Surry

Thomas

*Not fhown by the Journal to have been prefent during the Afembly.

Changes

in the

Perfonnel, 1764.

January Seffion

Wight Hanover
Ifle of

Dolphin Drew Succeeded Jofeph Bridger James Littlepage Succeeded Nathaniel Weft Dandridge

JOURNAL
of the

House OUSE

B of DURGESSES OF
<Beo.
III.

Bburs6aj. t^c I2t^ of Uanuarj. 4

1764.

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

M"'

M''

Walthoe.

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

the

The Govemour commands

immediate Attendance

of

your Houfe in the

Council Chamber.

Accordingly M'^ Speaker, with the Houfe, went up to attend the Govemour. And being returned, reported that the Houfe had attended the Govemour in the Council Chamber, and that he was pleafed to make a Speech to the Coimcil and this Houfe, of which he had, to prevent Mif takes, obtained a Copy; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again read, and is as follows
Gentlemen of the Council,
M""

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

principal Reafon for convening you to meet me in General Affembly, in this inclement Seafon of the Year, was to lay before you a Letter I received from Sir Jeffery Amherft, before he left this Continent to receive at home thofe Honours which his Condud
here had merited, requiring the Affiftance of 500 Men from this Colony to ad offenfively agaiyift the Indians, in Conjundion with a Body of Regulars, under the Orders of the Com-

My

mander in Chief for the fouthern Major General Gage, on whom

Continent is devolved.
I

Diftrid.
the

This Requifition has been repeated by the Hon. Command in Chief of his Majefty's Troops on this
it

make no Doubt

but that you will think

neceffary

own

Frontiers for the enfuing Year, in fome

Manner

to provide for the Security of your or other, againft the Incurfions and

Depredations of the Indians; and it refts with you to confider whether the Plan propofed at firft by fo able a General, and fince recommended by a Gentleman to whom we owe our
fir ft

into the

Succeffes in America, is not more likely effedually to anfwer that Purpofe, by marching Enemies Country, than by waiting at home to revenge yourfelves when they think
to enter

proper

yours,

and commit

all

Kinds

of Outrages
to

and Murders.

defend the back Inhabitants, in Confequence of the Power entrufted to me by the Invafion Law, have proved, I fear, extremely expenfive; and this Confideration has been a fecond very weighty Motive with me for defiring
to meet you at this Time, that you may deliberate on thefe Matters with all the Attention which the Importance of them demands. The grievous Complaints from the back Country, and the frequent Appearance of large Parties of Indians in this Colony, together with the daily Accounts of Murders committed in the neighbouring Ones, induced me, by and with the Advice of his Majefty's Council, to call out a large Number of the Militia to proted our

The Manner

in which I have endeavoured

Settlements; the Diredion of which

guifhed themfelves in

Hands of two Officers who had diftinCountry, while our Regiment fubfifted. This Number, as the Danger decreafed, was reduced to 500, and would have undergone another Redudion, if not a total Difcharge, had it not been refolved to call an Affembly, in which
was put
into the
the Service of their

204

/ thought

it

highly proper you fhould determine for yourfelves what Meafures you would

for the future purfue, in

Times of fuch Danger and Diftrefs. I cannot quit this Subjed without doing Juftice both to the Officers and private Men of the Militia, by thus publickly teftifying my great Approbation of their Condud and Courage, and recommending them to you for Payment, in the moft fpeedy Manner the Laws and Conftitution of your Country will admit of, in Recompenfe of their Services, by
to the

which they have done Credit

particular.
It is with the greateft

Colony in general, and great Honour

to themfelves

in

Pleafure I
all the

am

enabled

to

inform you that I have the

Attachment
to

fulleft

Per-

fuafion that you have Nothing to fear from the Indians to the South Weft, their Behaviour
at
the late

Congrefs carrying

Marks

of a firm

our Intereft; and

if

we

condud ourfelves agreeably

have no Occafion

to the well

concerted

Plan

of his Majefty,

Friendfhip of the Indians on our Parts, I have great to complain of Perfidy on theirs, but that the Peace now confirmed It may be neceffary to take all between us will be foUd and permanent from that Quarter. Hunters, by Precautions, our Miftake, fhould fall upon the Cherokees, who left poffible
to cultivate the

and his Minifters, Reafon to hope that we

fhall

are going this

ours.

Summer
;

to

make War upon

the northern Indians, their

Enemies as

well as

Copies of the Journal of the Proceedings of the Congrefs at Augnfta are now printing at Charleftown which I exped to receive very foon, and which I will communicate to you by the firft Opportunity after my receiving the fame.

M^ Speaker, and Gentlemen

I

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,
great,

am

fenfible that the

to

Expenfes already incurred are very

lie

and

yet

it

may

be

prudent for you This Indians.

increafe them, by guarding your Frontiers from Attacks by the northern

is

a Burthen which will

that

heavy on the People, but which I hope they will

bear with Cheerfulnefs, as their Security fo abfolutely depends

it,

I rely on your

Wifdom

the

Nature

of the

upon it. In providing for you will do it in fuch a Manner as will make it as eafy as Thing can admit of to them, and will give no Caufe of Difcontent either

in Great Britain or Virginia.

Gentlemen of the Council and of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

Since

my

laft

meeting you, I have received an Order from his Majefty in Council,

and Repeal of an Ad, entitled. An Ad for the Relief of infolvent you will fee the Expediency of your having repealed that Ad, before the Day on which it was to have taken Place, or could operate to the Difadvantage of any The Matter offered to your Confideration is of Importance, but may Perfon whatever. be gone through with Defpatch, which I would recommend to you, that you may foon return to your own Families, unlefs you fhould choofe to go upon fuch Bufinefs of the Country as
declaring his Difallowance
Debtors, &c. by which
is

ready for you.

Refolved,

That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Honour the Govemour, to him the Thanks of this Houfe for his Speech to affure him that we have obferved, return with the greateft Concern, the Cruelties exercifed by the Indians on our frontier Inhabitants that we will take every Meafure in our Power to protedl them for the future and that we will proceed to the Confideration of the feveral other Matters recommended to us by his Honour with the utmoft Attention and Defpatch. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Addrefs to the Govemour, purfuant to the faid Refolution and it is referred to M'' Attorney and M"" Edmund Pendle;
;

ton to prepare
M""

and bring

in the fame.

Speaker reported that the Govemour had delivered to him two Letters from his Excellency Sir Jeffery Amherft and General Gage, mentioned in his Speech, which he had defired him to lay before the Houfe.

And the faid

Refolved,

Letters

were read, and ordered to

lie

on the Table.

That

this

Houfe

will

take the Govemour's Speech into Confideration

Ordered

Tomorrow.

aos

Ordered, That the Rev. M' William Yates be continued Chaplain to this Houfe, and that he attend to read Prayers every Morning at 1 1 "'Clock. Ordered, That the feveral Doorkeepers be continued in their refpe(5live Offices, and that they give their Attendance accordingly.

On

a Motion made,

Ordered,

in Great Britain,

That the Committee appointed to correspond with the Agent of this Colony, purfuant to an Adl of Affembly For appointing an Agent, do lay the
laft Seffion of

Agent's Letters, received fmce the Meeting of the

Affembly, before the

Houfe.

On

a Motion made,

made to his Honour the Govemour, to order a new Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the Writ to iffue for the eledling a County of Hanover, in the Room of M'' Dandridge, who fince his Eledlion hath accepted
Ordered, That an Addrefs be
of the Office of Coroner of the faid County,
faid Addrefs.

and that M' Syme do wait upon him with the

On

a Motion made.

Ordered,

That an Addrefs be made to

his

Honour the Govemour,

to order a

new

Writ to iffue for the electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Ifte of Wight, in the Room of M'' Jofeph Bridger, who fince his Election hath accepted of the Office of Sheriff of the faid County, and that M*^ Lemuel Riddick do wait

upon him with the faid Addrefs. And then the Houfe adjourned

until

To-morrow Morning 12

"'Clock.

lFri6aY. t^e I3lb of IfanuttrY.

(Beo.

III.

1764.

SEVERAL

Claims of William Edwards, Bernard Markham, William Gary, John Nimrod Poindexter, William Reeves, Lydall Bacon, Charles Turner, William Markham, William Clayton, and Thomas Edward for taking up feveral Runaways therein mentioned, were prefented to the
Phillips, George Bernick,

Houfe and received. Ordered, That the

of Affembly.

faid Claims

be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

M"" Attorney, from the Committee of Correfpondence, laid before the Houfe the Agent's Letters, agreeable to the Order of Yefterday. And the faid Letters were read, and ordered to lie on the Table. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to take into Confideration the Govemour 's Speech.

That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech. Ordered, That the Generals Letters laid before the Houfe Yefterday, by Command of his Honour the Govemour, and the Agent's Letters this Day, be referred to the ConRefolved,
fideration of the faid Committee.
itfelf into the faid Committee on the faid Speech and fome Time fpent therein M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Speech and Letters imder their Confideration, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by

And

then the Houfe refolved

after

Letters;

and

the Houfe, as follow:

Militia employed in the laft Year, and now in adlual Service, ought to be paid out of the Money granted by the ParUament of Great Britain to this

Refolved,

That the

Colony.
Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Honour the Govemour, to acquaint him that we have had under our Confideration that Part of his Speech which relates to the Requifition of his Excellency General Amherft, repeated by the Honourable Major General Gage; and to inform him that though we confider ourfelves under the

higheft

2o6

higheft Obligations to defend our Frontiers from Indian Incurfions, yet our Inability to advance ready Money for the railing and maintaining the Body of Men, required by
his Majefty's Generals, obliges us rather to choofe that

Method

of Defence

which

is

to

be obtained from a brave and well appointed Militia. Ordered, That a Bill of Bills be brought in purfuant to the
is

M' Attorney, M' Bland, and bring in the fame. Ordered, That an Addrefs be bfought in purfuant to the fecond Refolution; and referred to the laft mentioned Gentlemen to prepare and bring in the fame. it is A Petition of fimdry Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Weftmoreland, praying that the Warehoufe for the Infpeftion of Tobacco on the fouth Side of the River Nomony, in the faid Coimty, which is in a very ruinous Condition, be difcontinued and that a new Warehoufe may be built and eftablifhed lower down the River, on the Land of William Flood, the Proprietor of the old One was prefented to the Houfe and
referred to

M' Edmund

Pendleton,

firft Refolution and it and M' Richard Henry Lee,

;

to prepare

read.

Ordered,

That a

Bill

and

it is

referred to M'' Richard

or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, Henry Lee and M'' Richard Lee to prepare and bring in
until

the fame.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

To-morrow Morning 12

"'Clock.

Saturday

t^e I4tb of

Hanuar^, 4

(Beo.

III.

1764.
of

A
this

Petition of the Minifter, Chtirch wardens, Veftrymen,

and other Inhabitants

the Parifh of Elizabeth River, in the County of Norfolk, praying that an Adl may pafs to empower the Veftry of the faid Parifh to purchafe convenient

Lots of Land in the faid Borough, and to eredl fuch Buildings thereon as

is

by Law

diredled to be built on Glebes in this Colony, for the Ufe of the Minifter of the
;

faid Parifh

and

alfo to levy

on the Inhabitants thereof a certain

Sum

of

Money annu-

ally, to be paid to the Minifter in Lieu of the other Advantages he might receive from fuch Glebe as might or could be purchafed in the faid Parifh of Elizabeth River; and

alfo to levy

on the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh fuch a

;

Sum

of

Money annually

as

think reafonable, to be paid to the Minifter of the faid Parifh for the Time being, in Lieu of his Salary now levyable in Tobacco was prefented to the Houfe

Houfe

fhall

and and

read.

Ordered,
it is

That a

Bill

referred to M'' Bradley

or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and M' Bland to prepare and bring in the fame.

Attorney reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to the Govemour which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and is
M''
;

as follows
Sir,

We

his Majefty's dutiful

and

loyal SubjeAs, the Burgeffes of Virginia,

now met in

General Affembly, return you our fincere Thanks for your kind Speech at the Opening of Permit us at the fame Time to congratulate your Honour on the happy Conthis Seffion.
clufion of the Treaty with the fouthern Indians,

and on your

fafe

Return

to the

Government

of an affedionate People. We feel, very fenfibly, the Diftreffes of our Fellow Subjeds,
to the

who have been expofed

Incurfions and Depredations of our favage Enemy; and fhall think it our Duty to take Care of their Protedion and Security, in the beft Manner our Circumftances will admit
of.

We cannot omit,
of the Militia,

on

this Occafion, expreffing the

whofe Condud

Pleafure we receive from the Behaviour and Bravery we are fatiffled prevented the Barbarians from
extending

207

extending the diftnal Scenes of Outrage and Murder: Such fignal Services to provide for their Payment, in the moft fpeedy and fatiffadory Manner.
This, ivith the other Matters
fider with the greateft Attention

demand

of us

recommended and Defpatch.

to

us by your Honour, we will proceed

to

con-

Ordered,

That the Committee who prepared the

to

faid

Addrefs do wait on his Honour

fame.

the

Govemour

know

his Pleafure

when he

will receive the

A Petition of Bernard Moore, fetting forth

that in the Year 1761 an Adl of Affembly

of the Will of

was paffed empowering him, or the adting Executor

deceafed, or the Guardians of his Children for the
all his

John Spotfwood, Efq

Major

Time

being, to apply the Profits of

Eftate, as well that which he held in Taille, under the Will of his Father

General Alexander Spotfwood, as his Fee Simple Eftate, towards the Payment of his Debts, and thofe due from his faid Father, in Order to preferve his fmall Fee Simple
Eftate for the Benefit of his younger Son. That having accordingly applied the Profits, after maintaining the Children, to
that Ufe, a large

Sum

of the

Debts have been difcharged, but there

ftill

remains about

;^9ooo unpaid, which, with the Intereft thereof, cannot be paid in

Creditors, hitherto indulgent, refufe to wait for fuch flow

many

Years; and the

Payment, but threaten to

levy Executions on the Fee Simple Eftate of the faid John Spotfwood, confifting chiefly

without whom, the Iron Works, the moft valuable Part of the entailed Eftate, cannot be carried on fo that by this Means the Provifion made for the faid younger Son will be taken away, the carrying on the Iron Works impeded, and the falutary Purpofes of the faid A(5l wholly defeated And, at the fame Time, the Creditors will not be paid their Debts without the tedious and expenfive Remedy of a Suit in Chancery, to charge the entailed Eftate with the fame. That he conceives it will therefore be for the Benefit of the Heir, younger Son and Creditors, to fell fome of the entailed Lands to pay off the moft preffing Creditors, and reduce the Debts to a moderate Sum that may be paid off in a reafonable Time, in the
in Slaves,
; :

Method

diredled

by the faid

A(5l.

He having publifhed due Notice of his Intention, according to the Royal Inftrudlions and praying that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
Ordered,
tion,

That a

Bill

and

it is

referred to M"'

or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid PetiEdmund Pendleton to prepare and bring in the fame.
in a Bill

On

a Motion made.

Ordered,

That Leave be given to bring

it is

To empower

the Veftry of the Parifh

of Bath, in the County of Dinwiddie, to

fell

their Glebe,

venient

and

referred to M"" Claiborne to prepare

and to purchafe one more conand bring in the fame.

On

a Motion made,

Ordered,

That Leave be given to bring

anfwer
all

the City of Williamfburg to affefs fuch Taxes, from

thereof, as fhall be fufficient to

To empower the Common Hall of Time to Time, on the Inhabitants Charges and Expenfes for publick Buildings
in a Bill

and other Conveniences.

A Petition of divers Inhabitants of the County of Augufta,

pafs for opening and clearing a

praying that an

A<51

may

Gap,
fo

in the faid

Road over the Mountains, from the Mouth of Rockfifh County, and to empower the Court of the faid County to levy on fuch
fame as they
fhall think will

of the Inhabitants of the

much Money

as will be fufficient to open

and

clear the fame,

be principally benefited thereby was prefented to the

Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M"' Chriftian and M'' Wilfon to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of Hancock Euftace, late a Captain in the Virginia Forces, fetting forth that he hath fuffered many confiderable Loffes in the Service, particularly in the Campaign of 1758, when Fort Du Quefne was reduced, he loft his Tent, Baggage, and all his military Stores, the uncommon Badnefs of the Weather, and Want of Horfes, prevented him bringing them away and humbly praying, from the Wifdom and Goodnefs
;

of

o8

of the Houfe, that amidft the various Inftances of their Bounty, he will not be fuffered to remain the only Officer that has never been confidered and rewarded by his Country

and praying the Confideration

read.

of the

Houfe

therein,

was prefented

to the Hoxxfe

and
"

That the faid Petition be refered to M' Richard Henry Lee, M' Edmund Pendleton, and M'' Benjamin Harrifon; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.
Ordered,

Petition of Charles Carter, Efq; fetting forth that he

is

feized in Fee Taille of

310 Acres of Land, commonly called Norman's Ford, in the Parifh of St. Mark, in the County of Culpeper. That he is alfo feized in Fee Simple of 1100 Acres of Land in the Parifh of Brunfwick, in the County of King George. That he is advifed it would be greatly to the Advantage of himf elf and the Heir in Taille, if he was allowed to dock the Entail of the faid Lands in Culpeper, and to fettle the Lands in King George in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes and praying that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M'' Bland to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of William Gary, fetting forth that he is feized as Tenant in Fee Taille, under the Will of his Grandfather William Gary, deceafed, of and in 360 Acres of Land,
, ;

in the

County of Warwick. That he has refided on the faid Lands for many Years paft without any Slaves to cultivate it, whereby he has been a great Sufferer, and therefore has been advifed that Taille, if he was perit would be greatly to the Advantage of himfelf, and the Heir in from Sale thereof partly the Money arifmg mitted to fell the faid Lands, and lay out the in Lands, and the Reft in Slaves, to be fettled thereon, and to defcend with the fame and he has lately contracted with one Allen Jones to fell the faid Lands to him for a very confiderable Sum, if an Kt of Affembly could be procured to enable him fo to do and praying that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Hoiife and read. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M'' Edmund Pendleton to prepare and bring in the fame.
Pendleton prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To dired; the Sale of certain entailed Lands whereof John Spotfwood, Efq died feized, for Payment of the Debts due from him, and the Eftate of Major General Alexander Spotfwood; which was
M''
;

read the

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of the Juftices, Lawyers, and Clerk, of the County of Lancafter, praying that the Court Day of the faid County may be altered from the third Friday to the third Wednefday in every Month, and that an Adt may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented
firft

to the

Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M'' Gary to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of Henry Timberlake, praying that he may be allowed his Expenfes in conducting a Party of upwards of 70 Indians from the Cherokee Country to Williamfburg, by Order of his Honour the Govemour, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M^ Richard Henry Lee, M' Edmund Pendleton, and M"' Benjamin Harrifon; that they examine into the Allegations thereof,

and report the fame, with

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

and Nanfemond Indians, praying that an Adt may be and the Money arifmg therefrom, paffed to enable them them with the common Neceffaries fumifhing after paying their Debts, to go towards of Life, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M'' Gray to prepare and bring in the fame. A Claim of William Pegram, for taking up a Runaway therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe and received.

Petition of the Nottoway

to

fell

certain of their Lands,

Ordered

209

Ordered,
of Affembly.

That the

faid

Claim be referred to the Gjnfideration of the next Seffion

and Petition of William Winfton, praying fome Compenfation for the Loffes he has fuftained from a Number of barbarous and favage Indians, who fome Time in the Month of July laft violently attacked him in his Houfe, from which he narrowly efcaped with his Life, and carried away or deftroyed all his Stocks and houfehold Goods, to a great Value, and 14 Slaves, none of which he has been able to reclaim, except one, who found Means to efcape, and him he has (ince been obliged to fell in Order to fubfift himfelf and Family hitherto at prefent he is reduced from an eaf independent Plenty to the deplorable Condition of having Nothing to fubfift on, in an advanced Age, and infirm State of Health, and therefore wholly imable to labovir, was prefented to the Houfe and read and the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be
Reprefentatton
; ;

referred to a Committee,
It

Refolved,

paffed in the Negative. That the faid Petition be rejedled.

the

And then

Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning 12

"'Clock.

5lloii6a?, t^e I6tb of 3anuari?,

(Beo. Ill

1764.

MR

Bradley, from the

Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according

of the Parifh of Elizabeth River, in

to Order, a Bill

To empower the Veftry

the County of Norfolk, to purchafe and improve Lots in the Borough of Norfolk for the Ufe of the Minifter, inftead of a Glebe, and to pay their
Minifter's Salary in

Money

inftead of Tobacco

and the fame was read the

firft

Time,

and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M' Bland, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Charles Carter, Efq is feized, and for fettling other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M' Claiborne, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To empower the Veftry of the Parifh of Bath, in the Coimty of Dinwiddle, to fell their Glebe, and purchafe a more convenient One and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Chriftian, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Hotife, according to Order, a Bill For opening and clearing a Road through Rockfifh Gap over the Moimtains and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M' Attorney, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into a(5lual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Attorney alfo reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, waited on his Honour the Govemour, to know his Pleafure when this Houfe fhould attend him with their Addrefs, and that he was pleafed to appoint this Day, and to fay he would fend a Meffage to the Houfe when he was ready to receive it. M'' Attorney aKo prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To empower the Corporation of the City of Williamfburg to affefs Taxes on the Inhabitants thereof for the Purpofes therein mentioned, and for repealing a certain Adt of Affembly therein alfo mentioned and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Richard Henry Lee prefented to the Hotife, according to Order, a Bill For difcontinuing the Warehoufes on the fouth Side of N oniony River, and eftablifhing others at a more convenient Landing and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be
;
; ;

read a fecond Time. M"' Cary, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Hottfe, according to Order, a Bill For altering the Court day of the Covmty of Lancafter; and the fame was

read the

firft

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

M^

2IO ]

M'' Gray prefented to the Hovife, according to Order, a Bill To enable the Nottoway and Nanfemoiid Indians to fell certain Lands belonging to them, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a
;

fecond Time. M'' Pendleton prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To veft certain entailed Lands whereof William Gary is feized, in Allen Jones, in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.
;

Sundry Glaims of James Small, William Hanfbrough, James Jones, and Thomas Gooper, for taking up Runaways therein mentioned, were prefented to the Houfe and
received.

Ordered,
of Affembly.

That the

faid Claims be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

a Motion made. That the Petition of Edward Hubbard, referred from the laft to this prefent Affembly, be referred to M' Archibald Gary, M"' Benjamin Gocke,' M' Edmund Seffion of Pendleton, and M'' Benjamin Harrifon; that they examine into the Allegations thereof,
Ordered,

On

and report the fame, with

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

To diredl the Sale of certain entailed Lands whereof John Spotfwood, Efq Payment of the Debts due from him, and the Eftate of Major General for feized, is Alexander Spotfwood, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Edmund Pendleton, and the Members of Spotfylvania, Orange and Gulpeper. A Bill To veft certain entailed Lands whereof William Gary is feized, in Allen Jones,
Bill

Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof, committed to M'' Edmund Pendleton, and Members of and was read a fecond Time, Warwick, York, James Gity, and Elizabeth Gity. Alfa a Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Gharles Garter, Efq; is feized, and for fettling other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Bland, and the Members of Gulpeper, Stafford, and Prince
in Fee Simple,

and

for fettling other

William.

Ordinary Keepers of York and the City of Williamfburg, entitled. An Ad' for regulating Ordinaries, and Reftraint of Tippling Houfes, as it now ftands, is become grievous and burthenfome, laying the Petitioners under a Neceffity of either affronting their beft Cuftomers, and thereby lofing their Bufinefs, or being in Danger of Ruin by the Lofs of their Debts, which they can neither hinder others from contracfting with them, nor afterwards receive by due Courfe of Law and praying that the faid Adt may be amended, or fuch other Redrefs as this honourable Houfe fhall think fit, was prefented to the Houfe and read and the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,
Petition of feveral

fetting forth that the

Adt

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition

be rejedled.

the Veftry of the Parifh of Elizabeth River, in the County of Norfolk, to purchafe and improve Lots in the Borough of Norfolk for the Ufe of the Minifter, inftead of a Glebe, and to pay their Minifter's Salary in Money inftead of
Bill

To empower

Tobacco, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by M"' Walthoe.

W Speaker,
I

am commanded
to

ready

by the Governour to acquaint receive their Addrefs in the Gouncil Ghamber.

Speaker, with the Houfe, went

this

Houfe

that his

Honour

is

now

up accordingly; and being returned, reported the Govemour in the Council Chamber, and attended Houfe, the had, with that he him, to which he was pleafed to anfwer: prefented the Addrefs of this Houfe to
M*^

M'
Probably intended for Bowler Cocke.
'

Hening, VI,

p. 71.

[2Il]
M' Speaker, and Gentlemen
of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

The affedionate Manner in which you congratulate me on

my

fafe

Return into

this

Colony, and on the Succefs of the Conferences with the Indians, juftly claims fincere Thanks, which with great Cordiality I return you.

my

moft

When you
Doubt but
effect the

recommended to you, I can make no Meafures as will moft likely tend to promote and falutary Ends propofed, and at the fame Time do Juftice to thofe brave Men who
take into Confideration the Matters
will enter into fuch
that

you

have fignalized themfelves in the Service of their Country.

eftablifhing others at a

For difcontinuing the Warehoufes on the fouth Side of Nomony River, and more convenient Landing, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 12 "'Clock.
Bill

I5u(ts6ar.

tl)c I7tl)

of 3aRuar^. 4 <Beo.

III.

1764.

A
and

Petition

of

Ferry

may be eftabliflied from the Land of Thomas Caffon,

Land
of Mrs.

fundry Inhabitants of the County of King George, praying that a over Rappahannock

River, to the

may
Ordered,
it is

pafs for

Conway on the oppofite vShore and that an Adl that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
;

That a

Bill or Bills

be brought

in

purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition,

M' Charles Carter to prepare and bring in the fame. M"" Bland, from the Perfons to whom the Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Charles Carter, Efq is feized, and for fettling other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes, was committed, reported that they had examined into the Allegations of the faid Bill, and found them to be true, and had made no Amendments thereto, and
refeiTed to
;

he delivered
Ordered,
M""

it

in at the Table.

That the

faid Bill be engroffed,

and read a third Time.

Charles Carter prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For eftablifhing a Ferry from the Land of Thomas Caffon, over Rappahannock River, to the oppofite

Shore in Caroline; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of Jofeph Terry, Jofeph Winfton, and Peter Goodwin, praying fome Compenfation for the many Wounds they received in an Engagement with the Indians

and for the Lofs of their Bagwas taken the Enemy, which by was prefented to the gage Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of M'' Chriftian, and M'' Thomas Johnfon; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. M'' Richard Henry Lee, from the Perfons to whom the Petition of Hancock Euftace was referred, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again read, and agreed to by the Houfe,
on
their late Incurfions into the Frontiers of this Colony,

as follows
Refolved,

That the

faid Petition

be rejedled, for

Want

of Proof to fupport the

Allegations thereof.

A Petition of Capt. Bullett, praying to be reimburfed the Sum of ;3o.i8 which he advanced to Richard Smith, Interpreter to a Party of Indians then under the Care of the faid Bullett, at Fort Chifwell, who were to remain as Hoftages for the Return of the Little Carpenter, for his the faid Smith's Subfiftence during that Service, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M"' Bland and M'' Walker; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon,
to the Houfe.

212

M'' Attorney reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to the Govemour; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows

Sir,

Having

confidered with ferious Attention that Part of your Honour's Speech, enforcing

the Requifition of his Excellency General

Amherft, repeated by

the

Honourable Major

General Gage, we are concerned to find that Meafures fo wifely calculated to flop the Progrefs of ihofe Cruelties pradifed by our favage Enemies on the Frontiers of this and the other
Colonies cannot receive

Aid from

us,

The
it

Difficulty of raifing

Men

under our prefent Circumftances. to affifi the common Caufe during the

late

War made

expedient to difpofe of large Bounties to encourage their entering into the Service, which, with the Expenfe of fubfifting them, involved us in the difagreeable Neceffity of emitting

Treafury Notes,
could at that

to circulate for

a limited Time in Lieu of ready Money, of which none

Time

be obtained.

Troops now to be raifed luould exped the like Bounty, and be attended with the like Expenfe; and as we cannot purfue the former Method of providing for them without raifing the Clamours of the Britifh Merchants trading to this Colony, and thereby incurring minifterial Cenfure, we are compelled, from the Neceffity of the Cafe, to decline a Meafure that would otherwife have met with our Approbation and Affiftance. This, Sir, obliges us to reft the Defence of the Frontiers upon our Militia; which, under your Honour's wife Diredion, we have Reafon to hope, from the Experiencs of laft

Summer,

will prove effedual.

Ordered,

That the

faid Addrefs be fairly tranfcribed,

and prefented by the Com-

mittee

who drew it.

;

from the Perfons to whom the Bill To diredl the Sale of certain entailed Lands whereof John Spotfwood, Efq died feized, for Payment of the Debts due from him, and the Eftate of Major General Aleocander Spotfwood, was committed, reported that they had examined into the Allegations of the faid Bill, and found them to be true, and had made no Amendments thereto and he deUvered it in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Petition of Robert Stobo, fetting forth that being a Major in the Virginia Regiment in the Year 1760, obtained Leave of his Honour the Govemour to be abfent from the Service for the Space of one Year, his Affairs at that Time requiring his Prefence in England; that on his Return he applied to his Honour for his Pay as Major in the Virginia Reigment, who being in Doubt whether he could give his Warrant for the Payment of it, ordered him to make Application to this honoiu-able Houfe and praying the Confideration of the Houfe thereon, was prefented to the Houfe and read and the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,
M"' Pendleton,
; ;

It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Petition be reje(5led. from the Perfons to whom the Petition of Edward Hubbard was referred, reported that they had had the fame imder their Confideration, and agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe,
Refolved,
M'' Pendleton,
;

as follows
Refolved,
(to

whom

That the Sum of ;36. 11.76 be paid to Lieutenant Alexander Waugh the faid Hubbard hath ordered the fame to be paid) for the faid Company's

Pay, and that the faid Waugh fhall be obliged to accoimt for the Difburfements of the fame, upon Oath, and produce the Difcharges of the feveral Claimants, to the next Seffion of Affembly. Ordered, That the faid Refolve be engroffed, and that M'' Pendleton do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. M"" Pendleton, from the Perfons to whom the Bill To veft certain entailed Lands whereof William Gary is feized, in Allen Jones, in Pee Simple, and for fettling other

Lands

[213

Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof, was committed, reported that they had examined into the Allegations of the faid Bill, and foimd them to be true, and had made no Amendments thereto and he delivered it in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill For appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adtual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe immediately. The Houfe then refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill; and after fome Time fpent therein M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame, they load diredted him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill Tomorrow. A Bill To empower the Corporation of the City of Williamfburg to affefs Taxes on the Inhabitants thereof for the Purpofes therein mentioned, and for repealing a certain A<ft of Affembly therein alfo mentioned, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Attorney and M'' Richard Henry Lee.
;

Warehoufes on the fouth Side of Nomony River, and eftablifhing others at a more convenient Landing, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Richard Henry Lee do carry the faid Bill to the Council for their
engroffed Bill, entitled,
for difcontinuing the

An

An Ad^

Concurrence.

Two Claims of William Walker and Richard Evans, for taking up Runaways therein mentioned, were prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Claims be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 12 "'Clock.

W^bmsba^.

t^e XSl\) of

3anuarY. 4

<Beo.

III.

1764.

Richard Henry Lee, from the Perfons to whom the Petition of Captain Bullett referred, reported that they had had the fame imder their Confideration, and come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows

MR

was

Refolved, That Thomas Bullett be allowed by the Publick the Sum of :io.iS, to be dedudled out of the Stmi of ;i7i due to Smith, the Indian Interpreter, in the Petition mentioned, the faid Bullett having an Order for that Purpofe from the Brother and Executor of the faid Smith. He alfo reported that the Committee to whom the Petition of Henry Timberlake was referred had had the fame under their Confideration, and come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That the Petition be rejected, the Demand being payable out of the Funds appropriated to defray the contingent Charges of this Government. A Petition of Robert Brackenridge, praying to be reimburfed a Sum of Money which he advanced to three Men of his Company of Militia when ftationed on Duty at Fort
;

Chifwell, in the

for that Service, of Affembly.

Year 1761, he having negleAed to infert their Names in the Pay Roll was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

On
'

Hening, VIII,

p. 17.

214

On

the Petition of

James

Gait,

Keeper
of

of the publick Gaol, praying a

Continuance

of his former Salary,

Refolved,

That the additional

Sum

,ie^

be paid to the faid James Gait, over and

above

his ufual Salary of

2$ per

Annum.

Refolved, That 10 lbs. of Tobacco per Day be allowed to the faid James Gait, for every Criminal committed to the faid Gaol during fuch Criminal's Imprifonment, from this Time to the End of the next Seffion of Affembly.

A
his

Petition of

right

James Wilfon, praying fome Compenfation for the Lofs of the Ufe Arm, occafioned by a Mufket Shot in an Engagement with a large Body
laft.

of of

Indians in September

Alfo a Petition of Robert Clandening, fetting forth that he being draughted out of the Militia of Augufta County was fent out under the Command of Captain Moffat, to repel the hoftile Invafions of the Indians on the Frontiers of this Colony that in an
;

Adtion between a large Body of Indians, and a Detachment from the Companies of the faid Moffat, and Captain Phillips of Louifa, he was dangeroufly wounded in his right
a Mufket Ball, which has deprived him of the Ufe thereof, and rendered him entirely incapable of getting his Livelihood and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefentd to the Houfe and read.
;

Arm by

Ordered,
M""

That the faid Petition be

referred to the Confideration of M'' Gary,

W Wilfon

Robert Boiling, Jun. and M'' Fleming; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

On

a Motion made,

Ordered,
Terry, &c.
M""
is

That

M"^

Gary be added to the Perfons to

whom

the Petition of Jofeph

the Corporation of the

referred.

Attorney, from the Perfons to

whom

the Bill

To empower

City of Williamfburg to affefs Taxes on the Inhabitants thereof for the Purpofes therein

mentioned, and for repealing a certain A(5t of Affembly therein alfo mentioned, was committed, reported that the Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice
;

read,

Ordered,

and agreed to by the Houfe. That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third

Time.

On a Motion made.
Ordered,

drain a large Tra(5l of marfhy

it is

referred

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To enable certain Adventurers to Ground in the Counties of Nanfemond and Norfolk; and to M'' Richard Henry Lee and M'' Lemuel Riddick, to prepare and bring in

the fame.

Petition of

Thomas Branan, praying to be allowed

for three Horfes impreffed into

the Service in the Years 1756, 1758, and 1759, appraifed to ;^25.is, and never returned him, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
Refolved,

That the

faid

Thomas Branan be allowed by the Publick the Sum

mentioned.

of

;S25.i5, for the Horfes in the Petition

On

the Petition of Jofeph Royle, Printer, praying the Continuance of his Salary as

Printer to this Houfe,

be allowed to the faid Jofeph Royle, Printer, to continue to the End of the next Seffion of Affembly, as a full Confideration for printing the Journal of the Houfe of Burgeffes, printing the Laws of each Seffion and fending as many Copies to the County Court Clerks as there are Juftices in the Commiffion in each refpedlive Cotmty, and one other, which is to be half bound, for the Ufe of the Court, and ten to the Clerk of the Court of Huftings of the Borough of Norfolk, printing Infpedlors Notes and Books, Proclamations, and other publick AdverRefolved, of

That the

Sum

375 per

Annum

tifements.

Ordered,

That the

faid Refolve

be engroffed, and that

M"'

Attorney do carry

it

to the

Council for their Concurrence.

"5
a

A Claim of John Be-fley,

to the

for taking

up

Rvmaway

therein mentioned,

was prefented

Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Claim be referred to the Confideration

of the next Sefion

of Affembly.
of the Day being read, the Houfe again refolved itfelf into a Committee For appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adlual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and after fome Time fpent therein, M"" Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"" Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill under their further Confideration, and made feveral Amendments thereto, which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the faid Amendments in his Place, and delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Hotife, with fome Amend-

The Order
Bill

on the

ments.
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill with the

Amendments, as amended, be

engroffed,

and

read a third Time.

Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For amending an Adl, entitled. An A6i^ for amending and further continuing the feveral Ads of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Ciiftoms; and it is referred to M'' Cary, and M'' Richard Henry Lee, to prepare and bring in the
?

On

fame.
certain Adventurers to drain a large Tradl of

Richard Henry Lee, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To enable marfhy Ground in the Counties of Nanfemond and Norfolk; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond
M''

Time.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until To-m.orrow Aborning 12 "'Clock.

I5bur56a:p, t^e \9X\) of lanxxax^,

(Beo. Ill

1764,

Abraham KuykendaU, praying to be reimburfed the Sum of ;5.io which he paid to Surgeons for healing a dangerous Wound in his Body, received in an Attack with the Indians on the Frontiers of this Colony, as aKo fome Compenfation for his Sufferings. Alfo a Petition of John Dickenfon, fetting forth that he went out Captain of a Company of Volunteers of Augufta County, in Purfuit of the Indians who have of late infefted thofe Parts, in Odober laft, and came up with them, and had an Engagement, in which he received a Wound in his left Hand, which has rendered it entirely ufelefs; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and that he many be allowed for a Quantity of Provifions laid in at Fort Dunlop, by Orders he received for tliat Purpofe, intended for Part of Colonel Byrd's Regiment, which never arrived, and the Provifions fpoiled on his Hands, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of M"' Cary, M"" Robert Boiling, Jun. and M'' Fleming; that they examine into the AllegaWilfon, tions thereof, and report their Opinion thereon to the Houfe. Several Claims of John Pidliam, William Sergant, Jofeph Morehead, and Jofeph Williams, for taking up Runaways therein mentioned, were prefented to the Houfe
Petition of

and

received.

Ordered,
of Affembly.

That the

faid Claims be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

Hugh Cunninghanie, fetting forth that on the 17"' of July laft the Savages in an Incurfion met with his Father and Mother, and inhumanly murdered them, together with his Wife and Son, captivated his Daughter, and fliot him in the
Petition of

Breaft
Hening, VII,
p. 387.

"6
;

Breaft, the Bullet lodging in his Shoulder

in

that the

Wound

is ftill

open, and he labours

much Pain and Anguifh they

; ;

likewife rode

away

his Horfes, fhot

down

his Cattle

in the Fields,

burnt his Houfe and Bam, and all his Com, and left him deftitute even of Bread and Clothing and praying fome Compenfation for his Loffes, was prefented to the Houfe and read and the Queftion being put that the laid Petition be referred
;

to a Committee,
It

Refolved,
M''

paffed in the Negative. That the faid Petition be rejefted.

Cary, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For amending an Adl, entitled, y4w .4(3 for amending and further continuing the feveral Ads of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for
preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms;

and the fame was read the

firft

Time, and

ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of Peter Pelham, Organift, praying to be allowed for his Trouble in performing on the Organ in the Church of the City of Williamfburg for the laft Year, and

during this Seffion, and for keeping the fame in Order, was prefented to the Houfe

and

read.

Refolved,

That the

Sum

of

30 be allowed

to the faid Pelham, for the Services in

his Petition mentioned.

Ordered,

That the

faid Refolve be fairly engroffed,

and that M' Richard Henry Lee

do carry

it

up to the Council for their Concurrence.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Affembly and it is referred to M^ Cary to prepare and
;

On
Money

a Motion made.

Ordered,

for this prefent Seffion of

bring in the fame. An engroffed

todired the Sale of certain entailed Lands whereof John Spotfwood, Efq; died feized, for Payment of the Debts due from him, and the Eftate third Time, and the Blanks therein of Major General Alexander Spotfwood, was read the
Bill, entitled.
filled

An Ad'

up.

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M' Edmund Pendleton do carry up the

faid Bill to the Coimcil for

their Concurrence.

On
Bill

a Motion made,

Ordered,

That

it

be an Inftmdlion to
in

M''

Cary, to

whom

it is

referred to bring in a

For paying the Burgeffes Wages

faid Burgeffes

Money

for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, to

augment the

Wages

to 15s each.

engroffed Bill, entitled, AnAd^ to empower the Veftry of the Parifh of EUzabeth River, in the County of Norfolk, to purchafe and improve Lots in the Borough of Norfolk Salary in Money for the Ufe of the Minifter, inftead of a Glebe, and to pay their Minifter's inftead of Tobacco, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.

An

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Bradley do carry up the faid
Refolved,

Bill to

the Council for their Con-

currence.

Petition of Robert Hamilton, praying

of late fuftained

by the
;

Incurfions

fome Compenfation for the Loffes he has and Depredations of the Savages, was prefented to
faid Petition

the Houfe and read

and the Queftion being put that the

be referred to a

Committee,
It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the faid Petition be rejedled. written Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by
of the

M"'

Walthoe, as follows

,9

M' Speaker, and Gentlemen

It gives

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

Meafures I have purfued for the Defence of the met with your Approbation; but it would have Frontiers, expenfive as they have proved, have

me

great Satiffadion that the

TltoU^^II.

p. 387.

'

Ibid.,

VIII,

p. 27.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 14.

217

have heightened
the

this

Pleafure

if,

confiftently with the Circumftances of the Colony,

you

to have affifted his Majefty's regular Troops in Plan propofed by his Generals for reducing the Indians to his Obedience, and a Willingnefs to accept of the Terms of Peace which he generoufly offers them for the future Security of his Subjeds in America. You may affure yourfelves that it fhall be my Study to make Ufe of the Power you put into my Hands in the leaft expensive, but at the fame Time the moft effedual Manner, to anfwer the Purpofes for which it is depofited with me.

could have fallen upon fame Expedient

A Bill For altering the Court Day of the County of Lancafter was read the fecond Time, and committed to M'' Cary, and the Members of Lancafter and Gloucefter. An engroffed Bill, entitled, An Ad' to veft certain entailed Lands whereof William Cary is feized, in Allen Jones, in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.
Refolved,

That the

faid Bill

do

pafs.
it

Ordered, That M"'

Edmund

Pendleton do carry

up

to the Coimcil for their Con-

currence.

A Bill To enable the Nottoway and Nanfemond Indians to fell certain

ing to them, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned,
Ordered,

Lands belongwas read the fecond Time.

That the

faid Bill be engroffed,

entitled,

and read a third Time.

of greater

An engroffed Bill,
Carter, Efq; is feized,

An Ad'

to

dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Charles

and

for fettling other

Lands

Value

to the

fame Ufes, was

read the third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"^ Attorney do carry up the
entitled.

faid Bill to the Council for their

Con-

currence.

An engroffed Bill,
burg
to

An Ad^ to empower the Corporation of the Cityof Williamftherein alfo mentioned,

affefs Taxes on the Inhabitants thereof for the Purpofes therein mentioned,

for repealing a certain

Ad

of

Affembly

and was read the third Time,

and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Attorney do carry it up to the Coimcil

for their Concurrence.

to

An
ftate the

engroffed Bill, entitled.

An Ad*

for appointing Commiffioners

therein mentioned,

adual Service, and for was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for
Accounts
of the Militia lately ordered out into

examine and other Purpofes

their Con-

currence.

A Bill For eftablifhing a Ferry from the Land of Thomas Caffon, over Rappahannock
30

was read the fecond Time. be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill To enable certain Adventurers to drain a large Tradl of marfhy Groimd in the Counties of Nanfemond and Norfolk, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. M*^ Cary prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Bill For opening and clearing a Road through Rockfifh Gap over the Mountains, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill To empower the Veftry of the Parifh of Bath, in the County of Dinwiddie, to fell their Glebe, and purchafe a more convenient One, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time.
River, to the oppofite Shore in Caroline,
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill

An

Hening, VIII,

p. 34.

'

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 25.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 21.

* Ibid.,

VIII, p.

9.

2i8

For amending and further continuing the feveral Ads of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. On a Motion made, A Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 12 "'Clock.

An Ad'

'yviba^, t^e 20t^ of IFattuarip. 4 <Beo. Ill 1764.

AN
currence.

engroffed Bill, entitled,

An Ad^

to

enable certain Adventurers to drain a large

Trad

of

marfhy Ground

in the Counties of

Nanfemond and

Norfolk,

was read a

third Time.
Refolved,

Ordered,

That

M"'

That the faid Bill do pafs. Fleming do carry up the faid

Bill to

the Council for their Con-

A Meffage from

the Coimcil

was delivered by

M""

Walthoe.

That they have agreed

to the Bill, entitled.

An

Adl^ for appointing Comm.iffioners to

examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.
Alfo
of
to the Bill, entitled.

lately ordered out into adtual Service,

An Acft'*

for difcontinuing the

Warehoufes on thefouth Side

Williamf-

Nomony River, and eftablifhing others at a more convenient Landing. Alfo to the Bill entitled. An Adls to empower the Corporation of the City of
,

burg to affefs Taxes on the Inhabitants thereof for the Purpofes therein mentioned, and for repealing a certain A61 of Affembly therein alfo mentioned.

Alfo
for the

to the Bill, entitled.

An

Adl* to

empower

the Veftry of the Parifh of Elizabeth

River, in the

County

of Norfolk, to purchafe

Ufe of the Minifter, inftead of inftead of Tobacco.

Carter,

and improve Lots in the Borough of Norfolk, a Glebe, and to pay their Minifter's Salary in Money

Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An A(5t7 to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Charles Efq; is feized, and for fettling other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes. Alfo to a Refolve of this Houfe For allowing Edward Hubbard ;^36i. 17.6 for the

Purpofes therein mentioned.

An
the

engroffed Bill, entitled,

of

An Ad^ to empower

the Veftry of the

Parifh

of

Bath, in

County

Dinwiddle,

to fell their Glebe,

and purchafe a more convenient One, was read

a third Time.
Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M'' Claiborne do carry up the

faid Bill to the Coimcil for their

Con-

currence.
Bill, entitled. An Ad^ to enable the Nottoway and Nanfemond Indians Lands belonging to them, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Gray do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. An engroffed Bill, entitled, An Ad' for opening and clearing a Road through Rockfifh Gap over the Mountains, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs.

An

engroffed

to fell certain

Ordered

Hening, VII,

p. 387.

Ibid.,
s
<s

'

Ibid., VIII, p. 18. Ibid.. VIII, p. 9.

VIII, p. 17. VIII, p. 21. Ibid., VIII, p. 14.

Ibid.,

'

Ibid.,

VIII,

p. 25.

Not

in Hening.

8 Ibid.,

VIII, p. 24.

lo.Hening, VIII, p. i6.

219

Ordered,

That

M''

Chriftian do carry

up the

faid Bill to the Council for their

Con-

currence.

Petition of Robert A^idrews, praying to be allowed a

in the Service of the

he received

Country,

in

a late

Recompenfe for the Wounds Engagement with the Enemy Indians,

Committee

was prefented
Ordered,
to

to the

Houfe and read.

faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the
;

That the

whom

the Petitions of Knykendall and Dickenfon were referred

that they examine

into the Allegations thereof,

Hotife.

and report the fame, with

their Opinion thereon, to the

Anengroffed

Bill, entitled,

ing and further continuing the feveral

Staple of Tobacco, and for

amending an Ad, entitled, An Ad for amendof Affembly of this Colony for amending the preventing Fratids in his Majefty's Cuftoms, was read the third

An Ad'

for

Ads

Time.
Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M' Cary do carry up the
Bill, entitled.

faid Bill to the Cotmcil for their Concurrence.

An

engroffed

An

Ad'' for eftablifhiyiga Ferry from the

Caffon, over

Rappahannock

River, to the oppofite Shore in Caroline,

filled

Land of Thomas was read the third

Time, and the Blanks therein

Refolved,

up.

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Charles Carter do carry

it

up

to the Council for their Concurrence.

An

engroffed Bill, entitled.

this prefent Seffion of

An Ad^ for paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for Affembly, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"" Cary do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. On a Motion made, Refolved, That the feveral Sums following be paid to the feveral Officers of the
Refolved,

Ordered,

General Affembly, refpecftively To John Randolph, Efq Clerk of the Houfe of Burgeffes,
;

;S

75

To To To To To To

Nathaniel Walthoe, Efq Clerk of the General Affembly, the Rev. M"" William Yates, Chaplain,
;

30
20

M""

Francis Eppes, Sergeant at Arms,

Lavie,
(
1

20
15
5
'

the Doorkeeper of the Council,

James
,
,

^
.,

^ 1 o John
Ordered,

Nathaniel Hix,

Broadrtb, ....
Francis..
M''
. .

...t-. ) Doorkeepers
J
it

to the

...1.

u r Houfe

5
[

To Thomas

That

Cary do carry

up

to the Council for their Concurrence.

Several Claims of Peter Pierce, George Neavill, Jtm. Francis Farnell, Abraham Symfon, Mofes Bledfoe, William Symfon, and Anthony Fofter, for taking up Runaways therein mentioned, were prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Claims be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion
of Affembly. Ordered,

That the Committee to examine the enrolled

M''

Bills

ing Perfons, viz. M"" Wythe, M"" Grymes, M'' Bradley, M"' Richard

do confift of the and Henry Lee.

follow-

Meffage from the Council was delivered by

to the Bill, entitled,

Walthoe.
to enable certain Adventurers to

That they have agreed

An

Acft-*

drain a large Tradl of marfhy

Grotmd
A(5ts

in the Counties of

Nanfemond and

Norfolk.

To empower the Veftry of the Parifh of Bath, in Alfo to the Bill, entitled, An the County of Dinwiddie, to fell their Glebe, and purchafe a more convenient One. Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adl* for opening and clearing a Road th.rou^ Rockfifh

Gap over the Mountains.

Alfo

Hening, VIII,
Ibid.,

p. 12.

Not

>

VIII, p. 19

in Hening. Hening, VIII, p.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 24.

Ibid., VIII, p. 16.

i8.

220

]
Printer,

Alfo

to

a Refolve

oj this

Houfe For allowing Jofeph Royle,

375

per

Annum.

On a Motion made,
be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons to whom the Bill For altering the County was committed, that they receive a Clatife or Claxifes the Court Day of Warwick, Chefterfield, and Gloucefter Counties. for altering M' Gary, from the Perfons to whom the Bill For altering the Court Day of the Cotmty of Lancafter was referred, reported that the Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Hovife. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Meffage from the Council was delivered by M'' Walthoe.
Ordered,

That

it

Court

Day

of Lancafter

That they

Itave agreed to the Bill, entitled,

An Adl'

to diredl the Sale of certain entailed

Lands whereof John Spotfwood, Efq; died feized, for Payment of the Debts due from him, and the Eftate of Major General Alexatider Spotfwood. Alfo to a Bill, entitled, An Adl' to veft certain entailed Lands whereof William Gary is feized, in Allen Jones, in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves to be
purchafed in Lieu thereof.
A&.3 for amending an Adl, entitled. An A(5l for amending and further continuing the feveral Adls of Aflembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms.

Alfo

to the Bill, entitled.

An

Alfo to the Bill, entitled. An Adt* for eftablifhing a Ferry from the Land of Thomas Caffon, over Rappahannock River, to the oppofite Shore in Garoline.

Alfo

to the

Refolve

of this

Houfe, For paying the

Officers Salaries.

M' Gary, from the Perfons to whom the Petition of James Wilfon, Robert Glandening, John Dickenfon, Abraham Kuykendall, and Robert Andrews, were referred, reported that they had had the fame under their Confideration, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and are
;

23

as follow

Sum

That the Petitioners James Wilfon and Robert Clandening be allowed the them to difcharge the Demands of the Dodlor, and other Expenfes, incurred by the Wounds they received in the Service of their Coimtry. Refolved, That the faid James Wilfon and Robert Glandening be allowed the Sum
Refolved,
of

40

each, to enable

of ;^io each per

Annum, for their Support during their Lives, they having both loft the Ufe of their right Arms in the faid Service. Refolved, That the faid John Dickenfon be allowed the Sum of ;200, as a Compenfation for the Lofs of the Ufe of his Hand in the Service of the Country. Refolved, That the faid John Dickenfon be allowed for 7529 lbs. of Beef, laid in at Fort Dunlop, the Sum of 46. 16; and for killing, providing Salt, falting, and fmoking the faid Beef, ;)i2.4; and for two Years Intereft thereon, ;s.i8; amounting in the WholetO;64.i8. Refolved, That the Petition of the faid Abraham Kuykendall be rejedled, it appearing that he
Refolved,

him to

was not employed in the Service of the Country. That the Petitioner Robert Andrews be allowed the Sum of 20, to enable difcharge the Demand of the Dodlor, and other Expenfes, incurred by the Woimd
That the
faid Robert
Life,

he received in the Service of this Country.

Refolved,
for his

Andrews be allowed the further Stun of ;io per Anntun. he having loft the Ufe of his right Arm in the faid Service. Ordered, That the faid Refolves be engroffed, and that M"" Gary do carry them to
Support during his

the Council for their Concurrence.

Mr
>

Hening, VIII, p,

27.

Ibid., VIII, p, 34.

Ibid., VIII, p, 12.

Ibid.,

VIII, p,

19.

M' Thomas Johnfon, from the Perfons to whom the Petition of Jofeph Terry, Jun. Jofeph Win fton, and Robert Goodwin, were referred, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true.'and had agreed upon a Report, and come to two Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow Refolved, That the faid Jofeph Terry and Jofeph Winfion be allowed the Sum of 2$ each, to enable them to dif charge the Dodlors Accounts, and to recompenfe them for their Lofs of Time after they were difbanded, while they continued lame of the
;

Woimds they
Refolved,

received in the Service of the Publick.

. .

That the Petitioner Robert Goodwin be allowed the Sum of ;i i 7 6, the Expenfes he incurred from the Wounds he received in the Service of his Country. Ordered, That the faid Refolves be engroffed, and that M"^ Gary do carry them up
to the Coimcil for their Concurrence.

An

engroffed Bill, entitled,

up.

An

Adi' for altering the Gourt

Days

of the Gounties of

Lancafter, Gloucefter, Chefterfield, and Warwick,

was read the

third Time,

and the

Blanks therein
Refolved,

filled

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M'' Gary do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 12 "'Glock.
Ordered,

Salur6ttY t^e 2 1st of

Uanuary. 4
M""

(Beo.

III.

1764.

A
Sums

Meffage from the Council was delivered by

That they have agreed

Walthoe.

to the Bill, entitled.

An

Adl* for altering the Court

Days
to the

of the Counties of Lancafter, Gloucefter, Ghefterfield,

Alfo Alfo

Refolve of

this

and Warwick. Houfe For allowing Peter Pelham jo, for the Services
Officers

therein mentioned.
to the fever al

Refolves For allowing the Wounded

and Soldiers

the feveral

therein mentioned.

M' Wythe reported that the Committee appointed had, according

and that they were truly enrolled. Ordered, That M' Wythe do carry up the
their Infpedlion.

to Order,

exam-

ined the enrolled Bills and Refolves, and redlified fuch Miftakes as were foimd therein,
faid Bills

and Refolves to the Coimcil

for

Meffage from the Council by

M''

Walthoe,

That they have infpeded

truly enrolled.

the enrolled Bills

and

Refolves,

and are

fatiffied they are

Meffage from the Govemour by

M""

Walthoe.

M' Speaker,
The Govemour commands the immediate Attendance of this Houfe in the Gouncil Ghamber, and that you bring with you fuch Bills and Refolves as are ready for his Affent.

M' Speaker, with the Houfe, went up

to give his Affent to the following Bills
1.

accordingly,

and the Govemour was pleafed

Gommiffloners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the mto adual Service, and for other Purpofes therein m.entiojted. 2. *For amending an Ad, entitled. An Ad for amending and further continuing the feveral Ads of Affembly of this Golony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Guftoms. To
for appointing

An Ad^

Militia lately ordered out

Hening, VIII.

p. 23.

'

Ibid., VIII, p. 23.

Ibid.,

VIII, p,

9.

4 Ibid.,

VIII, p. 12.

[ 222 ]

To empower the Veftry of the Parifh of Elizabeth River, in the County of Norfolk, to purchafe and improve Lots in the Borough of Norfolk for the Ufe of the Minifter, inftead of a Glebe, and to pay their Minifter' s Salary in Money inftead of Tobacco. 4. 'For opening and clearing a Road through Rockfifh Gap over the Mountains. 5. 'For difcontinuing the Warehoiifes on the fouth Side of Nomony River, and eftablifhing others at a more convenient Landing. 6. *To enable certain Adventurers to drain a large Trad of marfhy Ground in the Counties of Nanefmond and Norfolk. 7. ^For eftablifhing a Ferry from the Land of Thomas Caffon, over Rappahannock
J.
'

River, to the oppofite Shore in Caroline.

8.
*

To empower

the Corporation of the City of

Williamfburg

to affefs

Taxes on

the

Inhabitants thereof for the Purpofes therein mentioned, and for repealing a certain

Ad

of

Affembly therein alfo mentioned. g. TFor altering the Court Days of the Counties of Lancafter, Gloucefter, Chefterfield, and Warwick. 10. ^An Ad to empower the Veftry of the Parifh of Bath, in the County of Dinwiddie, to fell their Glebe, and purchafe a more convenient One.

To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Charles Carter, Efq; is feized, and for fettling other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes. 12. ^To dired the Sale of certain entailed Lands whereof John Spotfwood,Efq; died feized, for Payment of the Debts due from him, and the Eftate of Major General Alexander
11.
9

Spoifwood.
I J.
'

To

veft certain entailed

in Fee Simple, and for fettling

Lands whereof William Cary is feized, in Allen Jones, other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof.

Alfo to the following Refolve;;

1.

2.

J.
4. 5.

For For For For For

And

allowing Jofeph Royle 375 a Year, for the Purpofes therein mentioned. paying Alexander Waugh 361 IJ .6, for the Purpofes therein mentioned. paying to the Officers and Soldiers the feveral Sums therein mentioned. allowing Peter Pelham jo, for his Services as Organift. allowing the Officers of the General Affembly the feveral Sums therein mentioned. then clofed the Seffion with the following Speech
.

Gentlemen

of the Council,

M" Speaker, and Gentlemen

was
this Seffion of

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

As you

have gone

through all the Bufinefs that

before you, I fhall

now difmifs
this without

you from any further Attendance on

Affembly; but I cannot do

exprefing the juft Senfe I have of the Confidence you fo kindly place in me, by leaving the.

This fhows your Approbation of the Defence of your Frontiers under my Diredion. Approbation is always Matter of great Meafures I purfued the laft Summer, and your Pleafure to me; and that I may not liereafter forfeit it, you may affure yourfelves that I
intended by
I am vefied with in the beft Manner I am able to anfwer the Purpofes In doing this, I fhall endeavor to poft fuch of the Militia as it may be fudged neceffary to employ in fuch a Manner as to cover the Country, if poffible, and thereby perhaps give fome Affiftance to any Plan of Operation propofed by the Comtnanders of his Majefty's Troops, as far as that Service can be done without marching our Men out I fhall now prorogue you, and you are of the Colony, and expofing our own Settlements. to the Thurfday in April next. prorogued, laft accordingly
fhall

employ

the

Power

it.

'

Hening, VIII,
Ibid.,

p. 14.

4
s
''

'

VIII, p. 16. Ibid., VIII, p. 17.

VIII, p. 18. VIII, p. 19. Ibid., VIII, p. 21.

Ibid.. Ibid.,

Ibid., VIII, p. 23.

-o
>-

Ibid., Ibid.,

VIII, p. 24. Ibid., VIII, p. 25.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 27. VIII, p. 34.

JOURNAL
of the

House of Burgesses
1764
Oftober Seflion

Burgeffes.
Accomac
Albemarle

Thomas Parramore
Southey Simpfon

Hanover
Henrico

James Littlepage John Syme

Bowler Cocke

Thomas Walker Henry Fry

David Greenhill

Phihp Mayo
Ifle of

Amelia

Wight

James Bridger
Dolphin Drew
Lewis Burwell

Thomas Tabb
Amherft
Augufta
Bedford
William Cabell

James City
Jameftown

ComeUus Thomas
Ifrael Chriftian

PhiHp Johnfon

Edward Champion Travis

John Pendleton John Robinfon
Charles Carter

John WiHon
William Callaway

King

& Queen

John Talbot
Brunfwick
William Thornton
Ifaac

King George
King WilUam
Lancafter

William Champe

Buckingham
Caroline

Rowe Walton Robert Boiling, Jr.

Bernard Moore Carter Braxton

Charles Carter

Jofeph Cabell

John Baylor

Richard Mitchell

Edmund
Charles City

Pendleton

Loudoim
Louifa

Francis Lightfoot Lee

Benjamin Harrifon
William Kennon
Archibald Cary

James Hamilton

Chefterfield

WilHam Johnfon Thomas Johnfon

Henry Blagrave
Clement Reade,
Jr.

Richard Eppes

Lunenburg
Middlefex

The College
Culpeper

Mann Page
John Field James Barbour

John Smith *Gawin Corbin

Willis Riddick

Cumberland
Dinwiddie
Elizabeth City

John Fleming

Nanfemond

Thomas

Proffer

Lemuel Riddick

Robert Boiling Leonard Claiborne,

George Wythe William Wager

New Kent
Jr.

Burwell Baffett Richard Adams

Norfolk

William Bradley Thomas Veal

Eex

John Lee John Upfhaw

George Johnfton

Norfolk Borough Jofeph Hutchings

Northampton

Fairfax

John Harmanfon Thomas Dalby

Spencer Ball

John Weft
Fauquier
Frederick

Northumberland Richard Hull

Orange
Prince

Thomas Harrifon Thomas Marfhall

George Wafhington George Mercer

James Taylor James Walker

Edward

Peter Legrand

Gloucefter

Thomas Whiting
John Page
Prince George

*Abner Nafli
Richard Bland Richard Bland,

Goochland
Halifax

John Payne Jofias Payne

Nathaniel Terry

Jr.

Prince William

John Baylis

*Edward Booker
Hampfhire

Princefs

Anne

James Mercer

Henry Lee Edward Hack Mofeley Anthony Walke

Thomas Rutherford Not fhown

by the Journal
to

have been prefent during the Affembly.

226

Richmond

John Woodbridge Landon Carter

Suffex

David Mafon John Edmunds

Southampton *Jofeph Gray Benjamin Symmons

Spotfylvania
Fielding Lewis

Warwick

WilHam Digges William Harwood Weftmoreland Richard Henry Lee

Richard Lee
Williamfburg

Benjamin Grymes
Stafford

William Fitzhugh Thomas L. Lee

Hartwell Cocke William Bailey

Peyton Randolph

York

Surry

Dudley Digges Thomas NeKon,

Jr.

*Not fhown by the Journal

to

have been prefent during the Affembly.

Changes

in the

Perfonnel, 1764.

October Seffion.

Albemarle

Cumberland
Halifax

Henry Fry fucceeded John Fry Thomas Proffer fucceeded George Carrington Edward Booker fucceeded Robert Wade

King George
Middlefex
Spotfylvania

WiUiam Champe fucceeded Charles Carter, Sr. Gawin Corbin fucceeded Ralph Wormeley Benjamin Grymes fucceeded William Johnfton

JOURNAL
of the

House OUSE

B of OURGESSES OF
III.

Z5ues6aj. t^e 30t^ of October. 5 (B^o.

tr64.

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

M''

Walthoe,

M^ Speaker, and Gentlemen

The Govemour commands

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,
the

the

immediate Attendance of your Houfe in

Council Chamber.

Accordingly M"" Speaker, with the Houfe, went up to attend the Govemour. being returned, reported that the Houfe had attended the Govemour in the Council Chamber, and that he was pleafed to make a Speech to the Coimcil and this Houfe, of which he had, to prevent Miftakes, obtained a Copy; which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and is

And

as follows

Gentlemen

of the Council, M"' Speaker,

and Gentlemen
after

of the

Houfe

of Burgeffes,

You
In
I
the

are

now met in General Affembly,

and fuch

a long Recefs,

to confider of

and go through

the Buflnefs of the Country,

other Points as

may

he offered for your Deliberation.

Courfe of this Seffion many Matters of Importance will come under your Conflderation; and by the long previous Notice you have had of the Time of your affembling, I hope

now meet you prepared

to

undergo with Patience and Cheerfulnefs the Fatigue which a

it.

long Seffion unavoidably brings with

Befides the ordinary Bufinefs of the Seffion, I have

earneftly
of

it

in Charge

to

lay before you,

the

and

recommend

to

your

mo ft

ferious Attention, a Propofition

made by

Merchants

Great Britain trading to this Colony to the Right Honourable the Board of Trade, relatto their having their Sterling Debts fecured to them by a Payment in Sterling Money: This is reafonable on the Face of it; and the Lords of Trade have left it to you to provide for it yourfelves, by any Means you fhall think moft expedient to effed that Purpofe, before they referred the Complaints of the Merchants to the Britifh Parliament. This Lenity of their Lord fhips demands a fuitable Return from you: And that you may be the better enabled to anfwer their Expedaticnis, I fhall immediately lay before you a Minute of the Proceedings of that Right Honourable Board, and the Letter their Lordfhips have fent to me on that Head. By a now Long Experience, I have always found you difpofed to do Juftice to all Men; and I hope thts Dtfpofition will induce you to give that Juftice to the Merchants which fhall be fatiffadory, not only to his Majefty and his Minifters, but to the Merchants themfelves. This Letter I have long fince received; but being unwilling to give you an additional Trouble, and create an unneceffary Expenfe to the Country, I did not tmmediately convene you, but poftponed it to this Time, when it was thought proper you fhotdd meet, as I judged this would anfwer the Purpofe intended: But then. Gentlemen, I undertook to anfwer for you that you fhould enter upon this Matter immediately on your Meeting, that I might be enabled to tranfmit to their Lordfhips your Ads, in Confequence of the Propofition offered you, Time enough for their Lordfhips to make tJiat Ufe of them which they fhould think properThat I may perform this Engagement, which I have entered into on your Account, I make
ing

no

228

no Doubt but that you will, without Delay, proceed on this Bufinefs; and that the Refult of your Deliberations will do Honour to y our felves, Juftice to the Merchants, and give Satiffadton to the Mini ftry. I fhall alfo lay before you a Letter I have very lately received from the Earl of Halifax, one of his Majefty's principal Secretaries of State, relative to the Eftablifhment of Ferries, and other Articles for the Convenience of the Poft which is deflgned to be carried on with great Regularity through the vaft Continent of North America which by our late glorious Succeffes, is now become Part of his Majefty's Dominions. The Ufefulnefs of a regular Poft to a commercial People is fo great, and fo well known, that I flatter my felf the bare mentioning it, and the laying the Letter before you, will be fufflcient, without my faying more on the Subjed, to induce you to enter heartily into that Meafure. I have received feven Ads of Parliament paffed in the laft Seffion, in which all his Majefty's Colonies are concerned; which I have depofited in the Council Office, as the mo ft proper Place to be ready at Hand for your Infpedion, at all Times when you fhall have
;

Occafion

to

look into them.

the Incurfions of the Indians have occafioned in our back

The Difturbances which

difband
the Militia; but

Summer, have made it unfafe for me wholly to by the Confent, and Advice of his Majefty's Council, I have repeatedly reduced them as low as the Security of the Inhabitants of the Frontiers would permit.
Settlements, during the Courfe of the laft

But ftill I fear the Expenfes will be found great; though the Bounty of the ment has enabled you to difcharge a large Part of it, and thereby reduced
laid on the People, to defray thefe
M"'

Britifh Parliathe Levies to be

unhappy, though neceffary Expenfes.

But,

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes.

ftill

There will

remain a Part

to be

raifed on the Inhabitants which

it

is

your Duty

to

provide for, in the doing which Ihave no Reafon to doubt of your Tendernefs to the People; whofe Duty it is, on their Part, to fubmit with Cheerfulnefs to Expenfes originally under-

taken for their

own Defence.
of the

Gentlemen

Council and of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

Regard for the Welfare of this Colony is, I hope, too well known at this Day to Doubt: All I afk in Return is that you fhould all of you colledively, and every a of one particularly, engage earneftly in the Work before you; and with ferious Attention, cool Deliberation, zealous Affedion to his Majefty, and a falutary Unanimity, go through the
admit
important Points recommended
to

My

you, and all other Matters which fhall occafionally offer

them felves for your Determination.

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be made to his Honottr the Govemour, to return him the Thanks of this Houfe for his kind and affedlionate Speech, at the Opening of this Seffion, and to affure him we are affembled with a full Refolution to encoimter any Fatigue that may be neceffary in the Difcharge of our Duty to his Majefty, and effedling all imaginable Juftice to the Commimity. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Addrefs to the Govemoiir, purfuant to the faid Refolution and it is referred to M'' Landon Carter and M"' Attorney, to prepare and bring the fame. Refolved, That this Houfe will take the Govemour's Speech into Confideration on
;

Thurfday next. M' Speaker reported that the Gk)vemour had delivered to him the feveral Letters mentioned in his Speech, which he had defired him to lay before the Houfe. And the faid Letters were read, and ordered to lie on the Table. Two Members returned upon new Writs, having taken the Oaths appointed by A(5b of Parliament to be taken inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and aKo fubfcribed the Teft, were admitted to
their Places in the Houfe.

Ordered,
for

electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General

That an Addrefs be made to the Govemour to order a new Writ to iffue Affembly for Cumberland, in the

Room

229

Room

of M"' Carrington,

who hath accepted

of the Office of Sheriff;

and that M' Cary do

wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Govemoiir, to order a new Writ to iffue for eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Affembly for the Coimty of Albemarle, in the Room of M'' Fry, who fmce his Election hath accepted of the Office of Coroner and
;

Walker do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Govemour, to order a new Writ to iffue for eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this ]jrefent General Affembly for the County of Kitig George, in the Room of M' Charles Carter, deceafed and that M"' Cary do wait on his
that
M''
;

Honoiir with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Govemour, to order a new Writ for electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the County of fex, in the Room of M"' Ralph Wormeley, who fince his Ele(5tion hath accepted of Profit and that M'' John Smith do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Governour to order a new Writ
;

to iffue

Mtddlea Place
to iffue

for eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Halifax, in the Room of M"" Wade, deceafed and that M"" Bland do wait on his Honour with the
;

faid Addrefs.

Ordered,

That the Reverend

W Price be appointed Chaplain to

at lo "'Clock.

this Houfe,

and that
Offices,

he attend to read Prayers every Morning Ordered, That the feveral Door Keepers be continued in their refpedlive and that they give their Attendance accordingly. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning ii "'Clock.

>j^e6ne56ar.

tl)e

3lst of October,

<Beo.

III.

1764.

A
9

Member returned on a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed by Adl of Parliament to be taken inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and aKo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted to his Place in the Hotife. M' Landon Carter reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to the Govemour which he read in his place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and is as
;

follows
Sir,

grateful Acknowledgments to your Honour for your kind Opening And that we may never be thought and of this Seffion. wanting in a proper filial Refped to our moft gracious Sovereign (a Thing too Sacred to be omitted) we beg Leave to affure your Honour that we fhall not, upon any Occafion whatever,

Permit us

to

make our

affedionate Speech, at the

10

any Endeavour {neceffary to demonftrate fuch our Duty to his Majefty) can be attended with a Fatigue which we will not with great Cheerfulnefs encounter. We perfuade our felves that we have fo well convinced Mankind of our ftrid Attention to facial Juftice, as at this Day to be fufficiently fecured from every the leaft Doubt of our being governed by Motives truly upright in our Condud; and we flatter ourfelves that, with every unprejudiced Member of the Community, not only our paft but our future Tranfadions With will appear in the fame amiable Light, when impartially and judicioufly confidered. fuch falutary Ends conftantly in our View, we hope we fhall always be excufed when we We are decline any Meafure {however propofed) that we do not think produdive of them. Colony, that we this beg the your Regard Welfare Honour your great well for of fatiffled of fo will reft affured that every Engagement that you have entered into on our Part fhall be attended to with that cool Deliberation, and Defpatch, which you have recommended.
think

Ordered,

That the

faid Addrefs

be

fairly tranfcribed,

and prefented by the whole

Ordered

Houfe.

230

Ordered,

to

know

That the Committee who prepared the fame do wait on the Govemour, when this Hotife fhall attend his Honour to prefent it. Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges and Elections be appointed, of the followhis Pleafure

ing Perfons

::

231 ]

Ordered,

That a Committee

of Publick Claims
M"'

be appointed, of the following Perfons

W Walke,
M-- Ball,
M"' M"-

Archibald Cary,
Bradley,

M--

Richard Lee,
Wilfon,

M' Upfhaw, M.' Harmanfon,

M"M''

Ma fan,
Sitnmonds,
Littlepage,

M^ Thornton,
13

W W
M-M""

M''

Hartwell Cocke,
Travis,

Chriftian,

Weft,
Riddick,

W W Harwood, W Parramore, W Rutherford,

M^ Hamilton, M' Payne,
M"" Terry,

M.' Willis

John Lee, M^ Adams, M' Hull,

M' Read.

eration
all

they are to meet and adjourn from Day to Day, and to take into their Considpublick Claims referred from the laft to this Seffion of Affembly, and aKo fuch Claims as fhall be regularly certified and prefented to this Seffion and to report
all
;

And

their Proceedings, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe,

through the faid Claims.

And they

are to have

Power

to

when they have gone fend for Perfons, Papers, and

,

Records, for their Information.

Ordered, That a Committee for Courts of Juf tice be appointed of the following Perfons
M"'

Edmund

Pendleton,
Cabell,

M' Landon
M'^

Carter,

Wythe,

14

M' Jofeph Cabell, Le Grand, M'' Thomas Harrifon, M' James Taylor, M'' John Pendleton,
M'' M"' M''

M' Wilham M' Barber, M' Mercer,

M'' Bailey,

M'' M"'

Read,

Drew,

Dalby,

Thomas,

M'' Edmunds, M' Jofiah Payne, M' Talbot.

And
Time
to

they are to meet and adjourn from

Day

eration all Matters relating to Courts of Juftice,

and to take into their Confidand fuch other Matters as fhall from
to Day,

and report their Proceedings, with their^Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. And the faid Committee are to infpedl the Journals of the s"' and 6* Seffions of this prefent General Affembly, and draw up a State of the Matters then depending and imdetermined, and the Progrefs that was made therein, and report the fame to the Houfe: That they do aKo examine what Laws have expired lince the laft Seffion, and infpe(ft fuch temporary Laws as will expire with the End of this Seffion or are near expiring and report the fame to the Houfe, with their Opinions which of them are fit to be revived and continued. Ordered, That a Committee of Trade be appointed of the following Perfons
referred to them,
;

Time be

M''

"

W Walke, W Whiting, W Upfhaw, Lemuel Riddick, W John Smith, W Adams,

M'' Chriftian,

M^ Mofeley,

M''

W Blagrave, M' Bradley, W Lewis, W My Richard Henry W Wythe,

Terry,
M"' Veal,

Benjamin Harrifon,

Lee,

W Marfhall.
And

M''

Simp fon,

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are to meet and adjourn from Day to Day, and to take into their ConfidThings relating to the Trade of this Colony, and all Matters that fhall be eration from Time to Time to them referred and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. And the faid Committee are to have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their Information. Ordered, That M"' George Davenport be continued Clerk to the Committees of Privileges and Eledlions, and Propofitions and Grievances; M'' Miles Gary, Clerk to the Committee of Claims M'' Thomas Everard, Clerk to the Committee for Courts of Juftice and M'' Hind Ruffell, to the Committee of Trade and that they give their Attendance
all
; ;

And they

accordingly.

Petition of Jacob Boius, fetting forth that being a

Soldier in Captain Ingles's

Company

January laft, was unfortunately left in the Deferts of the Mountains, and through the Inclemency of the Weather got froftbitten, by which Means he hath loft the Ufe of his Feet and rendered incapable of getting his Livelihood and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and
at Ghifwell's Mines, in
read.

le

be referred to the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. Sundry Glainis from the Coiinties of Richmond, Prince George, Weftmoreland, Lunenburg, and Southampton, for taking up feveral Rimaways therein mentioned, and for fundry publick Services therein aKo mentioned, were feverally prefented to the Houfe,
Ordered,

That the

faid Petition

and referred to the Confideration

of the Committee of Claims. Weft Dandridge, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M'' James Littlepage to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimty of Hanover, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee of Privileges and Elections that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their

Petition of M'' Nathaniel

Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. An Account of John Hickman, for Ferriages of Runaways, &c., was prefented to
the Hoiofe and received, and referred to the Committee of Claims. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning ii "'Clock.

I5l)urs6aY.

t:b<^

l^t of ^ftovcmber,

(Beo.

III.

1764.

MR

Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that the Committee had had imder their Confideration the Returns of feveral Writs
for eledting Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General

Affembly for the Counties and Lunenburg, and had agreed on a Report, and come to two Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Hotife, as follow: Refolved, That the Rettims of the Writs for eledting Btu-geffes for the Cotmties of Hanover and Ifle of Wight are made in the Form prefcribed by Law. Refolved, That the Return of the Writ for eledling a Burgefs for the County of Lunenburg is not made in the Form prefcribed by Law. Ordered, That the Return of the Writ mentioned in the laft Refolution be amended
of Hanover, I fie of Wight,
;

by the Clerk

at the Table.

Sundry Claims of John Ford, John Hickman, John Durham, Benjamin Wheeler, John Midlins, Sen. Benjamin Thomas, Matthew Moore, and Daniel Hawmach, of the Cotuity of Albemarle, for taking up feveral Runaways therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the Hoiofe and read. Ordered, That the faid Claims be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of
Claims.
of Suit, obtained againft

18

praying to be reimburfed a Judgment for ;^ 35, and Coft Court by William Cocks, in Confequence of a Commiffion received from the late Honotirable Robert Dinwiddie, Efq appointing

A Petition of John Carlyle,

him

in the General

him

233

him Commiffary of Provifions, &c. for an Expedition, in the Year 1754, intended to the Ohio, was prefented to the Houfe and read and the Queftion being put that the faid
;

Petition be referred to a Committee,

It

paffed in the Negative.

Petition of

That the faid Petition be rejedled. John Afhworth, for Waggonage, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to
Refolved,

the Hotife.

A Petition of fundry
19

Inhabitants of the County of Lunenburg, praying that the fame

may be divided into three diftindl Cotinties, and that an Adl may be paffed for that Purpofe
Alfo a Petition of ftmdry Inhabitants of the Cotinty of Fauquier, praying that the Court Day of the faid County may be altered to the 4* Monday in every Month, and that an AA may be paffed for that Purpofe; were feverally prefented to the Houfe

and

read.

be referred to the Committee of Propofitions and thereof refpedlively, and report their Allegations examine the Grievances; that they Opinion thereon to the Houfe. A Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Truro, in the County of Fairfax, praying that the faid Parifh may be divided into two diftindl Parifhes, was prefented
Ordered,

That the

faid Petitions

to the Hotife Ordered,

and read. That a Bill be brought in agreeable to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M"" George Johnfton and M'' Weft to prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Speaker laid before the Hoiife a Letter which he received in July laft from the Committee appointed by the Honourable Houfe of Reprefentatives of the MaffachuParliament concerning the Sugar Trade with the foreign Colonies, &c. and the faid Letter was read, and ordered to lie on the Table. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to take into Confideration the Govfeits

Bay, relative to the late

A(5l of

2u

emour's Speech,
Refolved, That this Hovife will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech Tomorrow. M"" Landon Carter reported that the Committee had, according to Order, waited on the Govemour to know his Pleafure when this Houfe fhould attend him with their Addrefs; and that he was pleafed to appoint Tomorrow, and to fay he would fignify by a Meffage to the Houfe when he was ready to receive it. A Petition of ftmdry Inhabitants of the Cotmty of Culpeper, praying that the Court Day of the faid County may be altered, and that an Adt may be paffed for that Purpofe. Three Petitions of ftmdry Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Bromfield and St. Mark's, in the County of Cidpeper, praying that the faid Parifhes may be divided. Alfo a Petition of the Minifter, Veftry, and divers Freeholders and Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes, in Oppofition thereto, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to] the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame with
their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 11

"'Clock.

Tviba^,

tl)e

2n6

of ^ftovember.

<&eo.

III.

1764.

A
A

Claim of George Bray, for taking up a Rvmaway therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee
of Claims.

Ordered,

On a Motion made. That the Treafurer be diredled to agree with Workmen to

eredl a Gallery

acrofs this Houfe.

Petition of fimdry Merchants, in Behalf of themfelves

and the Reft

of the

Mer-

chants and Factors, and their Conftituents, trading in and to this Colony, fetting forth that

234

that they are under the greateft Difficulties in recovering their juft Debts, when after a long Credit they are under a Neceffity of bringing Suits for that Purpofe, the County Courts through the Colony being for the moft Part fo very dilatory, that, until of late

Judgment might have been obtained in the General Court much fooner than in moft of the Cotmty Courts, but, through the great Increafe of Bufmefs in that Court for fome Years paft, and particularly through the great Abufe that has of late obtained in fetting afide Office Judgments, by fraudulently and falfely pleading Payment in Adlions of Debt brought on protefted Bills of Exchange, and Specialties, the Judgments, which ought in thofe Cafes to be final, are generally ftopped for two Years, and often longer, by which Time it has often happened that both the Debtors and his Bail have removed, or become infolvent. That after obtaining Judgments and Executions, as well as in other Procefs, the Sheriffs frequently fail to return the Writs, and afterwards falfe Returns thereon and
Years, a
;

22

the Recovery of the Penalties for fuch Defaults, as the Law now ftands, is now fo troublefome and hazardous that few Perfons have ever attempted it. That Sheriffs frequently take Bonds from Prifoners in Execution for keeping within
the Prifon Bounds, and upon fuch Prifoners efcaping it has been adjudged that the Creditor was bound to take an Affignment of fuch Bond, and that the Sheriff was not anfwerable imtil upon a Suit to be brought on fuch Bond it appeared the Security proved
infufficient,

when upon a
;

third Suit brought againft the Sheriff he would be anfwerable

2s

for the Deficiency

and

as in every of thofe Suits a

new Efcape may happen, the Creditor,

notwithftanding the Cofts of any Ntunber of Stiits or Motions againft the Sheriffs, which he may be put to, may never be nearer the Recovery of his Debt than he was at the

Commencement

of his original Suit.

That the Law, allowing the Cotmty Courts to lay

it now vation of the Prifoners Health, has of late within the Prifon Bounds, purchafe Hotifes to Execution in Prifoners for frequent being and therein to keep Ordinaries, or follow their other Bufmefs, and fet their Creditors at open Defiance while others, after lying in Prifon until they have fpent their Eftates,
;

Bounds for the been greatly abufed and perverted,

off

Prifon

Prefer-

which would have

fatiffied their Creditors, infift

on

their being releafed imlefs Security

is given by fuch Creditors whom they have fo defrauded for their Prifon Fees. That they htimbly conceive their faid Complaints might in a great Meafvire be redreffed, by obliging the Juftices of each County Court to execute their Office and Duty, for which they ought to be allowed, or by Affize Courts, or fuch other Method as this Hotife fhall think moft effedlual for the greateft Defpatch of Bufmefs and that no Plea
;

^t

of Payment fhould be admitted but upon Oath, particularly mentioning the Sum paid. That a Docket of all Executions iffued fmce the preceding Court fhould be called over

every Court when the Sheriffs fhould attend and return them, and difcharge fuch of them as have been ferved or Judgment fhould pafs againft him and his Securities for the fame; or he fhould be muldled for any Defatdt, at the Court's Difcretion. And laftly, by declaring the Law concerning Efcapes, and the Prifon Bounds, in fuch Manner as would avoid Diverfity of Opinions concerning the fame.
;

further reprefented that the feveral Pilots, efpecially in Rappahannock River, in Order to extort tmreafonable Fees, which the Ships arriving there are obUged to pay them, refufe or negledl to take our Branches and as the Penalty they hereby incur is

And

only to be recovered a Judgment

is

by Adlion of Debt,
;

in

which they

infift fpecial

Bail

is

not to be given,

fcarce to be recovered while the Witneffes,

and when had, expeditious Method of Recovery would

ftay in the Country

who are to prove the Fadls, may prove of no Value. And that a more eafy and
effe(5lually oblige all Pilots to

fubmit to the

Law
'*

now

in Force, fo effentially neceffary to the Safety of Shipping.

Tobacco Law would be fotind much better Number of Warehovifes was leffened, the the if Commodity Staple that to promote increafed, the Proprietors obliged to build Rents Warehoufe Infpedlors Salaries and the fufficient Warehoufes to receive all Tobacco brought to them, the Infpedlors exempted from bearing or accepting any other Office civil or military, if no Tobacco weighing lefs

And they

likewife reprefented that the

than

235

than 950 lbs. neat was to be entered as Crop, and if all Tobacco refufed was obliged to be picked by the Owners, or fwom Pickers, within a reafonable limited Time, or burnt at the Expiration thereof. And laftly, if they were allowed, for fecuring their Debts, to take Bonds, with Warrant of Attorney, to confefs Judgment thereon, which is the common Security in England, Ireland, and the Englifh Dominions in America (this Colony only excepted) they humbly conceive nothing could fo effedlually contribute to retrieve the Credit which, in the prefent Circumftances of the Colony, they can neither give in their own Behalf or in that of their Conftituents, without fome fuch Security. And praying the Confideration
of the
**

Houfe

in the Premifes,

was prefented

to the

Houfe and read.

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the

Committee

of

Propofitions

and Grievances

that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report

to examine, ftate,

the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

A Report of the Commiffioners appointed by A(5l of Affembly

fettle,

and

the Accounts of the Pay, Provifions, Arms, and Neceffaries, for the Militia of the Comities of Hampfhire, Frederick, Culpeper, Prince William, Loudoun and Fauquier, was
prefented to the Houfe and received.
Ordered,
;

Claims Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. M'' Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration the Petition of Nathaniel Weft Dandridge, to them referred, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M"^ James Littlepage to fers'e as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Hanover, and had

That the faid Report be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their

come

27

which he read in his Place, and then delivered where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Refolved, That the Petitioner do, at leaft ten Days before Friday the 23"* of this Inftant, which is appointed for examining Witneffes before this Committee as to the Subjedt Matter of the faid Petition, give Notice to the fitting Member of any illegal
to the following Refolution thereon
;

in at the Table,

treating of the Freeholders of the faid Covinty before the faid Eledlion, either
fitting

by the

offer in

in his Behalf which the Petitioner fhall then Evidence to the faid Committee. M"" Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had imder their Confideration a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Lunenburg, praying that the three Parifhes of Cornwall, St. James's, and Cumberland, in the faid County, may be eredled into three diftin(5l Counties, and had come to the following Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as
;

Member, or by any other Perfon

follows
Refolved,

Ordered,
Bill

That the faid Petition is reafonable. That it be an Inftru(5tion to the faid Committee to prepare and bring
M"'

in a

purfuant to the faid Refolution.

A
28

Meffage from the Govemour was delivered by

Speaker,
the

Walthoe.

M"'

am commanded by

Govemour

to acqtiaint this

Houfe

that his

Honour

is

now ready

to receive their

Addrefs in

the

Council Chamber.
;

Mj Speaker, with the Houfe, went up accordingly and being returned, reported that he had, with the Houfe, attended the Govemour in the Council Chamber, and prefented the Addrefs of this Houfe to him. To which he was pleafed to anfwer:
M"'

Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes,

I Return you

my

fincere

Thanks

for the filial

Refped and Duty to his Majefty, and

Affedion

to

me, ivhich you exprefs in this Addrefs.

The

236

The moft convincing Proofs you can give of that Refped and Duty will be to engage in Meafures recommended to you by his Majefty's Minifters through me, and will be the moft acceptable Marks you can give me of your Affection, at the fame Time that it will be ft contribute to the Peace and Happinefs of the Colony.

A Petition of George Darr, a wounded and difabled Soldier, in the Service of this Colony, praying fuch Relief as this Hoiife fhall think reafenable, was prefented to the
Hotife

and
;

read.
^9

Ordered,

Claims

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of that they examine into the Allegations thereof and report the fame, with their

Opinion thereon, to the Hotife. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to take into Confideration the Gov-

emour's Speech, Refolved, That

this

Houfe

will refolve itfelf into a

Committee on the

faid

Speech on

Monday

next.
of fundry Freeholders

and Inhabitants of the Coimty of Amelia, praying that the Tobacco Law may be amended, and that the Quality of Tobacco at the feveral Infpedlions may be afcertained by the Infpedtors and inferted in their Notes, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report

A Petition

the fame with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning Ji "'Clock.

Saturday, t^e 3r6 of November. 5 (Beo.

III.

1764.

A
tion

Petition of

Thomas

Booth, fetting forth that in the

Year 1760 he received Orders

recruiting Inftru(5tions to enlift Men for the Expedition intended againft the Cherokee Indians, and did enhft 15 Men, 3 of whom were refufed by the Officer, as being too fmall, although able bodied, and fuch as he was inftrudled to enlift, and did advance to 6 of the faid Men the Botmty of ;io each, befides the Expenfes of recruiting and their Subfiftence, for which he hath received no Satiffac-

and

and praying the

Ordered,

Dire(5lion of the

Houfe

therein,

was prefented to the Houfe and

read.

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their
Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. M' George Johnfton prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a
of Fairfax;
Bill

the Parifh of Truro, in the County ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of Robert Brackenridge, fetting forth that he commanded a Committee of Militia of Augufta County, which were ftationed at Fort George for Part of the Month of 22'' Day of February, 1759; that fome Time afterDecember, all January, and to the
firft

and the fame was read the

For Dividing Time, and

wards he returned a Pay Roll for the faid Company for each Month, to be fettled at Williamfburg, and has fmce received by the Hands of M'' Chriftian Pay for the Months for January, by Reafon of the Pay Roll being of December and February, but none of the private Men of the Company, and expedls one miflaid that he has been fued by Suits will be commenced againft him by all on that Accotmt; and praying that an Inqtury may be made in the Premifes, and that he may be granted fuch Relief as fliall be
;

thought reafonable. Alfo a Petition of Thomas Drake, praying to be allowed for 3 Servants who enUfted whom he has never fmce heard, and for into the Virginia Regiment in the Year 1759, of whom he has received no further Satiffadlion than $ given him by one of the faid
Servants, being fo

much

of the

Bounty allowed him on

enlifting;

and praying

to be

allowed

237
fliall

allowed for his faid Servants Time, as

prefented to the Hotafe and read.
Ordered,
of Claims
;

be adjudged reafonable; were feverally

That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their

Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. Several Accounts of William Carven, for Horfe Hire, and Provifions furnifhed for Amelia Militia, and fundry other Services performed by him for the Service of this the
Colony.
82

Alfo a Claim of William Price, of Culpeper, for a Gim, a Powder Horn, Shot Bag, Powder, and Lead, to the Value of 325. 6c?. which were taken from him by the Commanding Officer of Culpeper, for the Ufe of the Militia of the faid Cotmty, and for which he hath received no Satif fadlion were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Accoimts and Claims be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims: that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To prevent Perfons driving diftempered Cattle from North Carolina, and other Places, into this Colony; and it is referred
;

and bring in the fame. William Sharpe, Samuel Price, and John RichSimmonds, Simdry Claims of William ardfon, for taking up Rimaways therein mentioned, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims. And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning 11 "'Clock.
to M'' Cary,

and

M''

Adams,

to prepare

>tloti6aY t^e 5tl) of 5lovember.

(Bdo,
of the

III.

1764.
of Accomack,

A
fame

Petition of Levin Rodger s,

and fundry Inhabitants

eftablifhed at the

County

praying that a Ferry

may be

Town

of Onancock, in the faid

Coimty, acrofs the Bay to York, Hampton, and Norfolk, and the adjacent Places, and that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe. Alfo a Petition of John Wife, Jim. and fundry Inhabitants of the faid County, to the
Effe(5l.

Alfo a Petition of Littleton and Severn Eyre, in Oppofition thereto. Alfo a Petition of George Wilfon Spooner, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed from his Landing over Potowmack River, to Cedar Point, on the oppofite Shore, in the

Province of Maryland, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. A Petition of Richard Bland, and William Fleming, furviving Executors of James
Deans, deceafed, fetting forth that a Negro Woman Slave named Ahhe, belonging to the faid Dean's Eftate, being committed to the Gaol of Prince George County on Sufpicion of poifoning Doctor James Tyrie, fmce deceafed, before the Time appointed for the Trial, jQie being confcious of her Guilt, hanged herfelf in the faid Gaol and praying to be paid the Value of the faid Slave by the Pub lick, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims, that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. M'' Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration the Petition of Jacob Boius and George Darr, to them referred,
;

34

and had come

to the following Refolutions thereon

delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read,

which he read in his Place, and then and agreed to by the Houfe.
Refolved

238

Refolved,

That the Allegations

of the faid Jacob Boius's Petition are true

and that

Sum of ;2 5 as a Confideration for the Hardfhips he fuffered and the further Sum of 5 per Annum during his Life. Colon}', of the Service the in Allegations of the faid George Dorr's Petition are true and that Refolved, That the he ought to be allowed the Sum of $ per Annum during his Life, as a Confideration for
he ought to be allowed the
;

he received in the Service of this Colony. That it be an Inftnwftion to the faid Committee to make the faid Allowances in the Book of Claims, purfuant to the faid Refolutions. A Bill For dividing the Parifh of Truro, in the Covmty of Fairfax, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time.
the
Ordered,

Wound

The Order

of the

Day

being read for the Hotife to take into Confideration the Gk)v-

emour's Speech. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech Tomorrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 11 "'Clock.

I3ue56a^,

tl)e

6t^ of November. 5 (&eo. Ill 1764.

MR
Claim.

Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the Committee had had imder their Confideration the Petition of Thomas Drake and Robert Brakenridge to them referred, and had come to the following Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they
;

were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe.

Refolved,

That the Petition

of the faid

Thomas Drake be

rejected, being

no publick

36

That the Allegations of the Petition of the faid Robert Brackenridge are true, and that he be allowed the Sum of 46. 2. 10 for the Pay of himfelf and Company, according to a Mufter Roll, certified by Commiffioners, which appears to have been miflaid, and for which no Satiffadtion hath been received. A Petition of the Truf tees. Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the Town of Alexandria, praying the Repeal of a certain Claufe in the late A(ft of Affembly For adding to and enlarging the Town of Alexandria, the fame being found impracticable and expenfive, and that they may be put on the fame Footing with the Proprietors of the additional Lots in the neighbouring Town of Dumfries was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations, thereof, and
Refolved,

report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe. A Petition of Alexander Waugh, fetting forth that in the Year 1759 he received recruiting Inftrudtions from his Honour the Govemour, and did recruit 66 Men, which

were

all

received

but upon

fettling his
155. a

Accounts with the Commiffioners

8d. a

in Williamf-

^
..

burg was allowed by them only

Mafter, were allowed 305. a

Man for recruiting, and

who
and
is.

Day for

their

Subfif-

tence, whereas other Officers of the Regiment,

fettled their

Accounts with the Payfor Subfiftence:

Day

for each Recruit,

Day

And

further, that one of the faid Recruits

;

was foon

after his enlifting arrefted

by

a Sheriff for

Debt and not being acquainted with the Confequences, refufed to let the Sheriff carry him away, fmce which he hath been fued for the Debt, and obliged to pay it, with Cofts And praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read and the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,
;

It paffed in the Negative.

be rejedled. A Petition of fundry Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Parifh of St. George, in the County of Spotfylvania, fetting forth that by Reafon of the great Extent of the faid
Refolved,

That the

faid Petition

Parifh

;;

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become inconvenient to the Inhabitants thereof; and praying the may be divided, was prefented to the Hoiafe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report
is

Parifh the fame

faid Parifh

the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Claim of Vivion Brooking, for taking up a Riinaway therein mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee
of Claims.

An
Fairfax,

engroffed Bill, entitled.

An Ad

for dividing the

Parifh of Truro, tn the County of

was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' George Johnfton do carry up the faid Bill to the Coimcil

for their

Concurrence.

The Order

of the

Day

being read for the Houfe to take into Confideration the Govwill refolve itfelf into a

emour's Speech. Refolved, That

immediately.
Ordered,

this

Houfe

Committee on the

faid

Speech

That the feveral Letters and Papers laid before the Houfe by the Governour's Diredlion be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. And then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech and Letters and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair and M"" Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Speech and Letters under their Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame they had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Speech Tomorrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning ii "'Clock.

>il}(ibnzsba^, t^e 7t^ of

Movember, 5

(Beo.

III.

1764.

Petition of

James Boyd, fetting forth that his Negro Man Bob, after being apprehended in the Cotmty of Hanover for a Runaway, and committed to the Cuftody of a Conftable of the faid Coimty, made a defperate Attempt on the Life of the faid Conftable, who in his own Defence killed the faid Slave and praying to be
;

allowed for him by the Publick.

Alfo two Petitions
oi

John Armftrong, and Lanty Armftrong,

late Sergeants in the

Company commanded by Capt. Richard Pearis in the Cherokee Country, praying to be allowed their Pay from the 2^ oi April 1756 to the 2^'^^oi June 1757, for the faid Service
were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegation thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That M'' Fleming be added to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, and M' Calloway to the Committee of Claims. A Reprefentation of George Pitt, Keeper of the Magazine in the City of Williamfburg, fetting forth that there is in the Magazine a large Quantity of Mufkets, which have been examined and reported as unfit for Ufe, and are now lying as Lumber therein, which might be repaired without any great Expenfe. That there are alfo fundry other Things which might be fold, and which will be wholly ufelefs if fuffered to continue any longer where they are. That the Barrels in which the publick Powder is contained are in very bad Order, to the great Danger of the Magazine, efpecially as the Magazine itfelf wants repairing, and praying the Direction of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
;

Ordered
'

Hening, VIII.

p. 43.

240

That the faid Reprefentation be referred to the Confideration of M"^ Attorney, Philip Johnfon, and M''G"r>';e5; that they examine the Magazine, and the Stores therein belonging to the Publick, and report to the Hotife what Repairs are neceffary to be made to the Repofitory of Arms, and what Stores it may be proper to difpofe of. A Petition of John M'Nelly, Armorer in the late Virginia Regiment, fetting forth that he was employed by Colonel Adam Stephen for three Months in repairing the Arms of the faid Regiment, for which he was to have received the Sum of ;^i5. 9. 9, but hath not received that Sum, or any other Gratuity for the fame and praying the Confideration of the Houfe in the Premifes, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Ordered,

M' Burwell,

M''

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

A Petition
Blagg's

of the Veftry of the Parifh of Antrim, in the

Coimty

of Halifax, praying

to be reimbiu-fed their Charges for the Maintenance of John Ray, a Soldier in Capt.

Company, who was taken

fick
;

was prefented to the Hotife and read

be referred to a Committee,
It paffed in the Negative.

on his March, and left a Charge to the faid Parifh, and the Quef tion being put that the faid Petition

That the faid Petition be rejedted. That the Committee appointed to correfpond with the Agent of this Colony in Great Britain, purfixant to an Adt of Affembly For appointing an Agent, do lay the Agent's Letters received fince the Meeting of the laft Seffion of Affembly, and their Anfwers thereto, before the Houfe. M'' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Hoiofe, according to Order, a Bill For dividing the County of Lunenburg into three diftindt Cotinties, and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a
Refolved,

Ordered,

fecond Time.

and Naffwaddox Warehoufes, in the Counties of Accomack and Northampton, fetting forth that the Quantity of Tobacco brought to the faid Warehoufes is of late greatly increafed and their Trouble of Courfe augmented; and praying that their Salaries may be enlarged, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
Petition of the Infpe(5lors of Pungoteague
;

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

M'' Attorney,

from the Committee of Correfpondence, according to Order,

laid before

the Houfe the Agent's Letters, together with their Anfwers. Ordered, That the faid Letters and Anfwers do lie on the Table.

Three Petitions of Dougal Campbell, John Greagh, and Richard Bolton,

late Soldiers in

the Virginia Regiment, fetting forth that the Severity of the Service, in which they were

engaged upwards of feven Years, hath rendered them difabled and infirm, and entirely
incapable of acquiring a Maintenance for themfelves and Families; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe in the Premifes, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and Read.

That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their
Ordered,
;

itfelf into a Committee to take Govemour's Speech, together with the feveral Letters and Papers to the faid Committee referred and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Speech, Letters, and Papers, tmder their further Confideration, and had gone through the fame, and come to feveral Refolutions thereon, which they had direcJbed

Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. The Order of the Day being read, the Houfe refolved
;

into their ftu1;her Confideration the

him

to report to the Houfe.

Refolved,

And

then the

That this Houfe will receive the faid Report Tomorrow. Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 11 "'Clock.

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'Gi^uvsba^,

tl)e

St^ of November. 5 (bao. Ill 1764.

Claim of yo/i Euftace, for taking up a Runaway therein mentioned, was prefented to the Hoiafe and received. Ordered, That the faid Claim be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims.

from the Committee of the whole Houfe, reported, according to Order, that the Committee had had under their Confideration the Govemour's Speech, and the Letters and Papers to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions
M'' Attorney,

and then delivered in at the Table, where they were to, with fome Amendments, and are as follow Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be made to his Honour the Govemour, to affure him that we have with great Attention reconfidered the Complaint of the Britifh Merchants to the Right Honourable the Board of Trade, relative to our Paper Money, with the Refolutions of their Lordfhips thereon recommended in his HonoTir's Speech and at the fame Time have revifed, as well the Laws imder which the Paper Money was emitted, as thofe directing the Exchange at which Judgment ^r Sterling Debts are to be difcharged, and alfo revifed the Reafons prefented to his Honour in a former Seffion in Support of the Juftice of thofe Laws and are ftill of Opinion no Injury can happen to Britifh Creditors from receiving their Debts in the Paper Money (except of a fmall and. accidental Nature, which cannot be provided againft) fmce they are to be paid, and are paid, fo much Paper as will place their Money in Britain without Lofs, which Method is preferable to the Payment in Sterling Specie here (if fuch we had) as that Specie would not be remitted to Britain without a Lofs of Freight and Enfurance. But as we have not fuch Specie, which the Merchants themfelves well know, we can fuggeft any Means, confiftent with natural Equity, by which Sterling Debts can be fecured to be paid here in Sterling Money. Refolved, That the Matters recommended by the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, relative to the Poft, is fufhciently provided for by the Adl of Affembly for the Settlement and Regulation of Ferries, and for Defpatch of publick Expreffes. Refolved, That fuch of the Militia Accounts that are not brought to this Seffion of 46 Affembly ought to be fettled by Commiffioners, to be appointed in the Covmtry. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up and Addrefs purfuant to the two firft Refolutions; and it is referred to M"' Pendleton, M"" Mercer, Wythe, and M'' Richard Henry Lee, to prepare and bring in the fame. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in purfuant to the laft Refolution, and it is referred to the Committee of Claims to prepare and bring in the fame. M"' Pendleton, from the Committee of Courts of Juftice, reported that the Committee had, according to Order, infpedled the Journals of the 4*, 5* and 6* Seffions of this prefent General Affembly, and had agreed upon a Report which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again read, and is as follows That the Petition of Nicholas Davies, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed from his Land in the County of Bedford, near the Mouth of Tuckahoe Creek over the Fluvannah River, to his Land near the Mill Stone Quarry, in the County of Amherft; alfo the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the upper End of the Coimty of Amherft, praying a Ferry may be eftablifhed from the Land of Cornelius Thomas, at or near the that Mouth of Mill Creek, on the fouth Side of the Fluvannah River, to the oppofite Side of the Land of Nicholas Davies, in the County of Bedford, were prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to examine into the Allegations of the faid Petitions, and report their Opinion thereon That the faid Committee made their Report, and the fame was agreed to to the Houfe by the Houfe, that the Confideration of the faid Petitions ought to be referred to the
;

thereon

which he read

in his Place,

again twice read, and agreed

next Seffion of Affembly.

That

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That the
for fo

Petition of Capt.

John Smith, praying

to be reimburfed the

Sum

of ;^75,

by him to his Lieutenant Thomas Langdon, for his Pay from September 30*^, the 1755, to June the 25*, 1756, having never received any Satiffadtion for the fame, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the next

much

paid

Seffion of Affembly.

was attending in the Cuftody Obedience to the Order of Houfe, for having been guilty Arms, in the of the Sergeant at of a high Crime and Mifdemeanor, in prefenting an unjuft Demand to the Houfe, claiming an Allowance to be made him for fome Slaves employed by him in Iron Works, the Owners of which are by Law exempted from paying Taxes for them, and begged Leave to reprefent that the faid Charge is entirely groundlefs, he having made a confiderable Progrefs towards ere<5ling a Ftunace for carrying on an Iron Work on fome of his Lands in the County of Prince William, having raifed a Dam and cut Races for that Purpofe, in which Work every Slave mentioned in his Claim had been employed, the Truth of which he was ready to verify and praying to be difcharged out of Cuftody, and that proper Time might be allowed him to prove his Affertions, was prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Committee of Privileges and Elections to examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe: That the faid Committee made their Report, and came to a Refolution, which was agreed to by the Houfe, that the faid Bertrand Ewell be allowed Time until the next Seffion of Affembly to prove the Allegations of the faid Petition that in the mean Time he be difcharged out of Cuftody, paying Fees, and that the faid Petition be referred, to the
That a
Petition of Bertrand Ewell, fetting forth that he
;
;

Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.

That a

Petition of Richard Pearis, praying to

be allowed

his

Account due from the

4S

Colony, when he was ordered out with Major Andrew Lewis to the Cherokee Nation, having never received any Satiffadtion for the fame, was prefented to the Houfe and

Committee of Propofitions and Grievances to examine into the and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe: That the faid Committee reported they had come to a Refolution, which was agreed to by the Houfe, that the Article of j8i 18 charged in the faid Account, for Horfes and Pack Saddles delivered to Colonel David Stewart for the Expedition againft the Shawread,

and

referred to the

Allegations thereof,

ought to be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. That the Petition of William Frafer, fetting forth that he hath lately been at a great Expenfe in raifmg a Caufey through the Marfh oppofite to the publick Ferry, eftablifhed from his Plantation over Mattapony River to the Land of George Braxton, Efq; deceafed, by the Permiffion of Carter Braxton, Efq; Guardian to the faid George's Children that the faid Caufey will be of great Utility to the Publick if the Landing Place over the faid River was eftablifhed there as it fhortens the Paffage near Half a Mile and praying that he may be enabled to keep up the faid Caufey, and that the fame may be eftablifhed the publick Landing over the faid River. Alfo a Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of Elizabeth City Coimty, praying that they may be empowered to build a Bridge over Back River, in the faid County and a Petition of fundry other Inhabitants of the faid County, in Oppofition thereto, were prefented to the Houfe, and referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances to examine into the Allegations of the faid Petition, and to report the fame, with their Opinions That the Committee reported, and which was agreed to by the thereon, to the Houfe Houfe, that the Confideration of the faid Petitions fhould be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. That a Petition of the Infpedors at Morton's Warehoufe, praying their Salaries may
anefe,
; ; ; ;
:

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be augmented. Alfo a Petition of the Infpedtors at Gibfon's Warehoufe, praying to be allowed for 84otbs. of Tobacco that was ftolen out of the faid Warehoufe at two different Times,

January and April, 1763. Alfo a Petition of the Minifters and Veftries of the Parifhes of St. Mark and Bromfield, in the County of Culpeper, praying that the faid Parifhes may be divided into three
in the

Months

of

diftindl Parifhes.

Alfo

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"

Alfo a Petition of divers Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Cotinty of Fredpraying that the faid Coiinty may be divided, by a Line to be run from Apiby's Gap, a ftraight Courfe, until it interfe<5ls the Hampfhire Line, and that an Adl may pafs
erick,

for that Purpofe.

Alfo four Petitions from the faid County, in Oppofition thereto. Alfo a Petition of divers Inhabitants of that Part of the County of Halifax fituated on Hyco River, praying that the Water Grift Mill near the Mouth of the faid River,
built in the

Year 1761 by James Hetnbrie, and now

in the Poffeffion of

may be

difcontinued, the fame being a great Obftrudlion to the Paffage of Fifh

Howard Hurft, up the

faid River,

which wholly deprives the Petitioners of the Advantage of that Support for their Families, and that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe.
Alfo a Petition of James Hughes, of the County of Angufta, Planter, praying to be reimburfed the Sum of ;io, 19. 8, being the Amoimt of a Judgment and Cofts obtained againft him in the Court of the faid County, in the Year 1759, by one Anderfon of the
faid County, in

Confequence of his having impreffed two of his Horfes for the Ufe of

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the Frontier Battalion notwithftanding they were valued and delivered according to Law, and he had a Warrant from one of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace of the faid

County

for fo doing.

Alfo a Petition of the Minifters, Church wardens, Veftrymen, and others. Inhaband St. Bride's in the County of Norfolk, fetting forth that great Inconveniences arife in the Execution of the Law paffed in the firft Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, by which the Lands and Slaves devifed
itants of the Parifhes of Elizabeth River, Portfmouth,

53

s4

Matthew Godfrey, deceafed, to the Poor of the faid Coimty, were vefted County, to be hired out, in as much as there is no Perfon to take Care of the faid Slaves when fick, or the Females when lying in, and Difputes often arife between the faid Veftries about the Divifion of their Hire, and taking Care of the faid Slaves, and praying that an Adl may pafs for making Partition of the faid Slaves among the faid Parifhes, and that the faid Land, with the Appurtenances, may be valued by difmterefted Perfons, and the Property thereof vefted in the Parifh of Elizabeth River, for the Ufe of the Poor of the faid Parifh, on their paying to the Veftries of the other two Parifhes their Proportion of fuch Valuation, according to the Number of Tithables in each of the faid Parifhes, and that the Money fo paid may be laid out in other Lands, and be appropriated to the Ufe of the Poor of the faid Parifhes. Alfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Cotmty of Hampfhire, praying that an Adl may be paffed, granting a Premium to encourage the killing of Wolves in that and the neighbouring Counties on the Frontiers of this Colony, that a Peft fo numerous and deftrudlive to their Stocks may be put an End to. Alfo a Petition of James Walker, fetting forth that he was a Lieutenant in the Frontier Battalion in the Year 1759, and recruited 60 Men for the faid Battalion, and was only allowed 155. a Man for recruiting, and 8d. a Day for Subfiftence; that he hath been informed that the Officers have fmce been allowed 305. a Man, and is. a Day for recruiting Expenfes and Subfiftence, and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, and that his Allowance may be made adequate to theirs. Alfo a Petition of Henry Darnell, praying that he may be allowed for three Recruits, who being taken fick upon the Road before they arrived at the Place of Rendezvous was refufed by the Commander, as unfit for the Duty they were intended for. Alfo a Petition of John Gregg, by his Guardian John Baylis, fetting forth that by an Adl of Affembly paffed in the fourth Seffion of this Affembly, for the Removal of Occoquan Infpedlion to Colchefter, the faid Gregg fuffered confiderable Damages, he having funk a large Sum of Money in Building and repairing feveral Warehoufes for the Reception and Security of Tobacco there, which the faid Law has rendered ufelefs and vinprofi table to him and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein. Alfo a Petition of John Terrier, of the County of King George, praying to be allowed fome Compenfation for the Ravages committed by the Virginia Regiment during their Encampment on his Plantation, in the Year 1762, to a large Amount; were feverally

by the Will

of

in the Truftees of the faid

prefented

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prefented to the Hotd!e and read, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion
of Affembly.

appears to your Committee that upon the Petition of Edward Hubbard and Gunn, Captains of two Companies of Artificers employed on the Works at PittfJames burg the Houfe refolved that the Sum of 453. 3. 2 ought to be allowed to the faid James Gunn for his Company's Pay, and that he fhould be obliged to accoimt for the Difburfements of the fame upon Oath, and produce the Dif charges of the feveral Claimants to the next Seffion of Affembly; alfo that the Stmi of 361. 17. 6 be paid to Lieutenant Alexander Waugh (to whom the faid Hubbard had ordered the fame to be paid) for his the faid Hubbard's Company's Pay, and that the faid Waugh fhould be obliged to accotmt for the Difburfements of the fame upon Oath, and produce the Dif charges of the feveral
It alio

55

Claimants to the next Seffion of Affembly. That, upon a Motion made, it was refolved by the Houfe that the Captains John Field and John Pofey lay an Accovmt, upon Oath, of the Money they received for their Companies of Artificers, with the proper Vouchers of their having paid the fame, before the next Seffion of Affembly. That a Petition of Robert Brackenridge, praying to be reimburfed a Sum of Money which he advanced to three Men of his Company of Militia when ftationed on Duty at
Fort Chi [well, in the Year 1761, he having negledled to infert their Names in the Pay Roll for that Service was prefented to the Houfe and read, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. That a Claim of Jofhua Crawford praying fome Recompenfe for a Quantity of Tinber and Plank cut down and deftroyed, together with a Bam, a Log Houfe, and Malt Kiln,
;

where Fort Ligonier was eredled, to the Damage of 37. 9. 3. Alfo a Claim of Jofhua Powell in Behalf of himfelf and his Company, praying to be ^ allowed 33 Days Pay, amounting to 44, for their Services on the Frontiers of Halifax, by the Appointment of Colonel Abraham Maury, in the Year 1759; were prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. That the feveral Claims of John Bailey, Cornelius Lartham, Charles Byrne, William Edwards, Bernard Markham, William Gary, John Phillips, George Bernick, Nimrod Poindexter, William Reeves, Lyddal Bacon, Charles Turner, William Markham, William Clayton, Thomas Edwards, William Pegram, James Small, William Hanfbrough, James Jones, Thomas Cooper, John Befley, John Pulliam, William Sergant, Jofeph Morehead, Jofeph Williams, Peter Pierce, George Neavill, Jimior, Francis Far nell, Abraham Symfon, Mofes Bled foe, William Symfon, and Anthony Fofter for taking up Rimaways, were prefented to the Houfe and received, and referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

on

his Plantation,

of Affembly.

appears to your Committee that, on a Motion made, it was ordered that all fuch Claims and Propofitions as were referred from the 4* to the s"" Seffion of this Affembly, and all fuch Claims and Propofitions as fhould be certified to the faid 5'^ Seffion, fhould be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly.
It alfo

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Ordered,

That the Petition

of Bertrand Ewell, fetting forth that he

was attending

in

the Cuftody of the Sergeant at Arms, in Obedience to the Order of the Houfe, for having been gmlty of a high Crime and Mifdemeanor, particularly mentioned in the faid Report

be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions. That all publick Claims referred from the feveral Seffions of Affembly, in the faid Report expreffed, alfo the Petitions of Captain John Smith, Richard Pearis, the Infpe(5lors at Gibfon's Warehoufe, James Hughes, James Walker, Henry Darnell, John Terrier, Robert Brackenridge, Jofhua Crawford, and Jofhua Powell, therein fet forth, be referred to the Committee of Claims and that the feveral Propofitions therein mentioned, be referred
;

and Grievances. of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee M'' Attorney, from the Committee had had under their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions from feveral Coimties to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he
to the

Committee

of Propofitions

245

B*

59

in at the Table, where the fame were again read and are as follow Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of John Wife, Jvm. and fundry Inhabitants of the Coimty of Accomack, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed from the Land of the faid John Wife, on Chicconeffix Creek, in the faid County over the Bay to York, Hampton, Norfolk, and the Places adjacent thereto, be rejedled. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of Levin Rogers, and fundry other Inhabitants of the faid County of Accomack, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed from the Town of Onancock, in the faid County, over the Bay to York, Hampton, and Norfolk, and the Places adjacent thereto, be rejedled. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of Littleton and Severn Eyre, in Oppofition to the two Petitions above mentioned, is reafonable. That the Committee had alfo had under their Confideration a Reprefentation and Petition of divers Merchants, and their Factors, trading in and to this Colony, and have come to the feveral following Refolutions thereon Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that that Part of the faid Reprefentation complaining of Delays in recovering jvift Debts by Defendants in Adlions of Debt on protefted Bills of Exchange, and other Specialties, being allowed to plead Payment without Oath, and praying that inch Plea fhall not be allowed without Oath, is

he read in his Place, and then delivered

unreafonable.
Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that fo

fentation as complains of Sheriffs neglecting to

making

falfe

Returns, and praying that the

much of the faid Repremake Returns of Procefs, and aKo of Laws now in Force relating to the Duty much
of the faid Repre-

of Sheriffs in fuch Cafes

Refolved, That
it is

may be amended,

is

reafonable.

the Opinion of this Committee that fo

fentation complaining of the great Delays Creditors are

their Debts, in Cafes
for the Prifon Rules,

now

fubjedl to in recovering

where the Debtor has been taken in Execution, and given Bond and afterwards efcaped out of the Bounds, and praying that the Laws relating thereto may be amended and fully explained, is reafonable. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that fo much of the faid Repre. fentation as complains of the Advantages taken by Debtors in the Prifon Rules, in
fetting

up

Ordinaries, or following other Occupations, in Defiance of their Creditors,

be
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rejedled,

Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that that Part of the faid Repre-

fentation complaining of Pilots extorting unreafonable Fees, and refufing to take out Branches, and the Difficulty of recovering the Penalties for fuch Offences, be rejedled Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that fo much of the faid Repre-

Number of Warehoufes, and the increafmg the and raifmg the Rents of the Warehoufes, is reafonable. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that fo much of the faid Reprefentation praying that the Proprietors of Warehoufes may be obliged to build fufficient Hotifes for the Reception of all the Tobacco annually carried to them for Infpedlion, be rejedled. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that fo much of the faid Reprefentation praying that Infpedlors may be exempt from bearing or accepting any other Commiffion, civil or military, be rejedled. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that that Part of the laid Reprefentation praying that no Hogfhead of Tobacco under 950 lbs. neat Weight may be entered as Crop Tobacco, is reafonable. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that fo much of the laid Reprefentation praying that refufed Tobacco may be picked, either by the Owner or Picker, in a Umited Time, or burnt at the Expiration thereof, be rejedled. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Refidue of the faid Reprefentation praying that Creditors may be allowed, for Security of their Debts,
fentation as propofes the leffening the
Salaries of Infpecftors,

to

246

to take of their Debtors Bonds, with

rejedled.

Warrant

of Attorney to confefs Judgments, be

The

eleven

firft,

and

thirteenth

and

fourteenth Refolutions, being read a fecond Time,

and the Queftion feverally put that the Houfe agree thereto, Refolved, in the Affirmative. The twelfth Refolution being alfo read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that
the Houfe agree thereto, It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Committee do prepare and bring in a Bill, or Bills, purfuant and 6"' Refolutions; and that the 9* Refolution do lie on the Table. M'' Attorney, from the laid Committee, aKo reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration divers other Propofitions and Petitions from feveral Counties to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame were again read, and
Ordered,
to the 5'^

are as follow

That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of divers Proprietors of Lots, and other Inhabitants of the Town of Alexandria, in the County of Fairfax, praying that fo much of the Adt of Affembly for eftablifhing the faid Town as obliges the Purchafers of Lots therein to build an improve the fame in a limited Time may be repealed, and the Purchafers left at Liberty to build thereon when convenient
Refolved,
to them,
is

62

reafonable.

That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of fundry County of Fairfax, praying that the Fee of $, to which the Lawyers pradtifmg in the General Court are entitled in all Chancery Suits, and other Suits where the Title or Bounds of Lands may come in Queftion, and alfo the Fee of 305. to which the Lawyers pradtifmg in the County Courts are entitled in the like Suits, may, when recovered, be taxed in the Bill of Cofts, is reafonable. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of George Wilfon Spooner, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed from his Land, in the Coimty of Weftmoreland, over Potowmack River, to Cedar Point, in the Province of Maryland, is
Refolved,

Inhabitants of the

reafonable.
Refolved,

That

it is

the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of fundry Ines

habitants of the County of Culpeper, praying that the Court Day of the faid County may be altered from the 3** Thurfday to the 4*'' Monday in every Month, is reafonable. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of fundry

may

Inhabitants of the County of Fauquier, praying that the Court Day of the faid Coimty be altered from the 4"^ Thurfday to the 4"" Monday in every Month, be reje(5ted. The three firft Refolutions being read a fecond Time, and the Queftion feverally

put that the Houfe agree thereto,

Refolved in the Affirmative. The two laft Refolutions being

aKo read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that

the Houfe agree

Refolved,

thereto.

It paffed in the Negative.

That the Petition

of the Inhabitants of Fauquier, praying that the Court

is

Day of the faid County may be altered,

Ordered,

reafonable.

That the faid Committee do prepare and bring in a Bill, or Bills, purfuant 2<i, 3"*, and laft Refolutions. to the I'S On a Motion made, Refolved, That the Perfon employed by the Clerk of this Houfe to engrofs the Bills, tranfcribe the Bufmefs of the Affembly, be exempted from Arrefts and Executions to and
during the
fitting of

the General Affembly.

until

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

To-morrow Morning 11

"'Clock.

247 ]

Trl6ay. t^e

9l\)

of ^tovember.

(Beo. Ill

1764.

ON
A
tember

a Motion made,
Ordered,

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands and it is referred to M"' Edmund Pendleton, and M"" Richard Henry Lee, to prepare and bring in the Same. Petition of Alexander Boyd, fetting forth that fome Time about the 23"^ of Sep;

1 763 Davis Calmer, a Chaplain to the Virginia Regiment, being indebted to feveral Perfons, abfconded, and removed himfelf off, which occafioned many to fue out Attachments againft his Eftate; and more efpecially John M'Clanachan and William Crow,

"*

both of the Coimty of Augufta, fued out their Attachments, and fummoned him to attend the County Court of Augufta as a Garnifhee, which Summons he accordingly obeyed, notwithftanding it was very inconvenient and expenfive fo to do. And further that on the Trial of the faid Attachments, he being fwom as a Garnifhee, declared on Oath that at the Time of ferving the faid Attachments in his Hands there was due from the Country to the faid Davis Calmer, as Chaplain to the Virginia Regiment, two Months Pay, amounting to 20. But that on a Settlement of his Account with the Commiffioners appointed for that Purpofe he was ordered not to pay the fame to the faid Davis Calmer, notwithftanding which the faid County Court of Augufta gave Judgments for the faid M'Clanachan and Crow, and ordered that he fhould pay them the faid ;2o, due from the Country to the faid Davis Calmer, which he has been actually forced to pay out of his own Pocket. And praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read; and the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,
It paffed in the

Negative.

That the faid Petition be rejedled. Ordered, That M"' Henry Lee be added to the Committees of Propofition and Grievances and Courts of Juftice, M'' Hutchings to the Committee of Trade, and Mr Claiborne, to the Committee of Courts of Juftice. M"' George Wafhington laid before the Houfe a Report from the Commiffioners appointed by Adl of Affembly to examine, ftate, and fettle, the Accoimt of the Pay, Provifions, Arms, and Neceffaries, for the Militia of this Colony which was read, and
Refolved,
;

is
6

as follows

67

The Commiffioners not thinking themfelves empowered by Law to allow fome of Pay by them demanded, have judged it neceffary to add a Reprefentation of fuch Officers Cafes refpedlively in the Manner they appeared, as follows: Colonel Adam Stephen, who had been employed by his Honovu- the Govemour as Commander in Chief of the Militia in the Northern Diftridl, and who is Lieutenant of the Cotmties of Hampfhire and Frederick, requefted to be allowed 20s. a Day for his Service in both thofe Counties; and though it appeared that his Expenfe and Trouble in the Execution of his Office had been confiderable, they have allowed him only 10^. a Day, being the Pay allowed by Law to a County Lieutenant. It appeared to the Commiffioners that Capt. John Field, of the County of Culpeper, Col. Stephen appointed to adl as Major of the Militia in his Diftridl and that by was the Colonel had from Time to Time given the faid Field written Orders and Inftrucflions That Capt. Field had in all Things ftri<5lly to vifit the feveral Pofts, make Returns, &c. performed the faid Office, and had been extremely adlive, brave, and zealous in the Defence of his Country, conftantly expofed to the greateft Dangers, and expending confiderable Sums of Money in Order to appear with becoming Dignity in his Office, which would have been unneceffary had he remained a private Volunteer, which was the Station he at firft engaged in. It further appeared that Col. Stephen had Diredlions
the Officers lately employed in the Service of the Country the
;

from

; ;

248

from his Honour the Govemour to eiti'jDloy Capt. Field, in fuch Manner as he thought he could be moft ferviceable to the Country. It alfo appeared that George Wilfon had obtained a Commiffion to a(5l as Major of the County of Hampfhire, and that he had the Command of a Company of the Hampfhire Militia given him by Col. Stephen; that the faid Wilfon had alfo been brave and a(5live, in the Command of the faid Company But it appearing, from the Teftimony of Col. Stephen, that the faid Wilfon was intended only to adt as Major of the Militia of Hampfhire, and as Captain with Refpedt to the Company he commanded, the Commiffidhers have thought fit to allow the faid Wilfon only Captain's Pay, and to refer his Cafe to the General Affembly for a further Allowance, if they fhould think proper to give him any. And, upon the Whole, the Commiffioners think that Capt. Field, in Equity and Juftice, is entitled to the Pay of a Major, or an Allowance equal thereto But as he was not lawfully appointed, they do not think themfelves authorized to allow him his Pay and therefore, in Juftice to his Merit, do eameftly recommend him to the Favour of the
:
:

Houfe.

That Captain Luke Collins, of the Hampfhire Militia, was ordered by Col. Stephen Major Wilfon with as many able Men as fhould be in his Power to colledl in a fhort Time, and to march in Queft of a Party of Indians who had killed feveral of the Inhabitants of Hampfhire, at a Place called Welton's Meadow; in Confequence of which Order Capt. Collins did march with 21 Men tmder his Command, not having Time to raife a greater Number; That he, with Major Wilfon and his Party, did overtake the Party of Indians at Cheat River, attacked and killed three of them, wounding feveral others, and retook a Prifoner who had been carried from Welton's Meadow, together with a large Quantity of Plunder: And that Capt. Collins, with his Party, were out on
to join

the faid Service ten Days. The Commiffioners not thinking themfelves authorized by Law to allow the Captain his Pay, on Account of the fmall Number of Men in his Com-

pany, have allowed the Men their Pay, and refer his Cafe to the Houfe. That Capt. John Mofs, with Lieutenant Gore, an Enfign, and 24 private Men, were ordered by Colonel Minor of Loudoun County to march to Winchefter, there to take Orders from Col. Stephen, and to proceed from thence as he fliould diredl; at the fame
telling Capt. Mofs that he would complete the Company, and fend the Number then wanting immediately up to Winchefter, under the Command of an Officer: That fome Time after Capt. Moff's Arrival at Winchefter he was ordered by Col. Stephen to proceed to one of the Forts on the Frontiers, and an Exprefs was fent by Colonel Stephen

Time

69

to inform Col.

Minor that he need not fend up any more Men imtil further Orders; which Exprefs met the Men fent by Col. Minor, with Intent to join Capt. Mofs, on the Blue Ridge, whereupon they returned, and Capt. Mofs remained in the Service, with the aforefaid Company, 60 Days. The Commiffioners, therefore, have only allowed the Enfign, two Sergeants, and the private Men their Pay, referring the Captain and Lieutenant to the Confideration of the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.
;

M"' Edmund Pendleton, from the Committee of Coiuts of Juftice, reported that the Committee had, according to Order, examined what Laws have expired fince the 4*'* Seffion of Affembly, and infpedled fuch Laws as will expire at or foon after this Seffion of Affembly, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow Refolved, That the A6t of Affembly made in the 19'^ Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George II, entitled. An Ad^ for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein tnentioned, which hath been continued by feveral A<Sls, and amended by two other Adls in the i'' and 3"* Years of his prefent

70

Majefty's
I

Hening, V,

p. 326.

249

Majefty's Reign, and which will expire on the 12"'

Day of April

1766, ought to be further

continued.
Refolved,

That the Adl of Affembly made

II, entitled,

in the 2 2<>

Year of the Reign of

the Staple of Tobacco,

his late

Majefty King George

An Ad' for amending

and

for

preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, together with three Adls made in the 25"', 27"', and 28"' Years of his faid late Majefty's Reign, aKo three other A6ts made in the t'S 3d and 4^^ Years of his prefent Majefty's Reign, for continuing and amending the fame, which will expire at the End of the Seffion of Affembly to be held next after the 10"' Day of April 1766, ought to be continued, with Amendments.
71

Refolved, That the Adl of Affembly made in the 30*^ Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George II. entitled, ^H^tf?' for reducing the feveral Ads made for making Provifion again ft Invafions and Infurredions into one Ad, which was continued by another
in the 3"* Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, and which will expire on the June next, ought to be further continued. Refolved, That the Adl of Affembly made in the 23<' Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George II. enirtled. An Ad^ for reducing the feveral Ads made for laying a Duty on Liquors into one Ad, which was continued by another Adl made in the i '' Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, and which will expire on the 10''' Day of /zoienext, ought
A<51

made

8* Day

of

to be further continued.

Ordered, to the
I '*

That the Committee of Courts of Juftice do bring in a

Bill,

or Bills purfuant

Refolution.

Bills,

That the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances do bring in a Bill, or purfuant to the 2^ and 3<* Refolutions. Ordered, That the Committee of Trade do prepare and bring in a Bill, or Bills purOrdered,
laft

fuant to the
Ordered,

Refolution.
it

72

be an Inftrudlion to the Committee to whom it is referred to bring purfuant to the 2^ Refolution, that they receive a Claufe a Claufes purfuant to the 9* Refolution of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, agreed to by the Houfe Yefterday. A Petition of William Blanton, fetting forth that in a Skirmifh with the Indians in May laft, under the Command of Capt. Charles Lewis, he was fhot through the Thigh, by which means he is rendered incapable of getting a Livelihood; and praying the

That

in a Bill, or Bills,

Confideration of the Houfe in the Premifes, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame with their
;

Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

Bill

For dividing the Cotmty of Lunenburg into three

diftindl Counties,

was read

a fecond Time.

and read a third Time. Committee appointed had, according to Order, prepared an Addrefs to his Honour the Govemour which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again twice read, and agreed to, with fome Amendments, as follows
Ordered,
faid Bill be engroffed,
M''

That the

Pendleton, reported that the

Sir,

iz

The Burgeffes of Virginia, now met in General Affembly, have had under their moft ferious Confideration that Part of your Honour's Speech recommending the Re-examination of the Complaints of the Britifh Merchants to the Right Honourable the Board
Trade, relating

of

And
the

our Paper Money, with the Refolutions of their Lord fhips thereupon: that we might proceed with a Deliberation that fhould fully evince the Reditude of our
to

Intentions,

we

revifed the feveral

at

Laws

authorizing the Paper Emiffions, ajtd direding

which Judgments for Sterling Money fhould be difcharged; and have alfo reviewed our Reafons, prefented to your Honour at a former Seffion, in Support The prefent Propofition being only that we fhould fecure of the Juftice of thofe Laws. the Payment of Sterling Debts in Sterling Money, here, or in Great Britain, we examined how either of thofe Payments might be effeded; and as we have not Sterling Specie to pay
Rate
of

Exchange

here
'

Hening, VI,

p. 154.

Ibid.,

VII, p. io6.

Ibid.,

VI, p. 198.

C
here,

250

which the Merchants well know, we could fecure the Sterling Creditors front Injury, in the Receipt of the Paper by no other Means, that we can fuggeft, except by direding that they fhould be paid fo much Paper as would place their Money in Britain without Lofs.

Law direding the Courts to fettle the Exchange on all which we can add no greater Security, without altering our CurJudgments fully effeds; to rency in that effential Part that makes it a legal Tender in all Payments, which we think, we cannot do without violating the Principles of natural Equity, in regard to the prefent
This,

we

are

ftill

of

Opinion, the

'<

Poffeffors.

And

as

we

conceive

an Alteration unneceffary with Refped

to

the Creditors,

and might be attended with Oppreffion as well as Injuftice to the Debtors, we can by no Means agree to that Meafure; efpecially as a Payment in Paper is preferable to one in Sterling Specie here, if fuch we had to pay, fince that Specie could not be fent to Britain without a Lofs of Freight and Enfurance.

We
to the

have alfo confidered the Letter from the Earl of Halifax, laid before us, relative

Eftablifhment of Ferries, and other Articles for the Convenience of the Poft, and think that our Laws fufflciently provide for fuch Convenience; but being fully convinced

a regular Poft we fhall be ready at all Times to adopt fuch Meafures as fhall be pointed out to us for the better effeding fo falutary a Purpofe.
of the Ufefulnefs of

That the faid Addrefs be fairiy tranfcribed, and prefented by the Committee who drew the fame. A Petition of divers Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County of Caroline, fetting forth that having feen a Bill, entitled, A Bill to eftablifh a more eafy and expeditious Method for the Trial of Criminals, and of Caufes depending in the General Court, which was brought into a former Seffion of Affembly, and ordered to be printed, they confidered that as an Appeal to the Publick for their Sentiments on the Bill. That they have long confidered that the Attendance of Suitors and Witneffes, from all Parts of the Coimtry, at William fburg, for the Trial of Suits in the General Court, muft neceffarily occafion great Expenfe, Trouble, and Lofs of Time, which might in a great Meafure be faved if the Trials were nearer home; and at the fame Time, while all Trials of Suits in the Supreme Court are to be had at one Place, as the Nimiber of Suits will increafe in Proportion to the Growth of the Colony, fuch a Delay of Juftice will neceffarily be introduced as muft end in the Ruin of Suitors, the Deftrudlion of Publick Credit, and the Trade and Commerce of the Colony. That they are alfo of Opinion that there is much unneceffary Expenfe and Trouble occafioned by carrjdng the Criminals, with their Venires and Witneffes, from all Parts, for their Trials at Williamfburg, which might be faved in the Method propofed by the
Ordered,
faid Bilk

75

They
Nature,

therefore

humbly propofe that the

Bill aforefaid, or

fome other of the fame

76

may

paf s into a Law.

Alfo two Petitions of divers Inhabitants of the Counties of Effex and King and Queen, to the fame Effedt, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee
of Propofitions

and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations

thereof,

and

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

To-morrow Morning 11 "'Clock.

Saturday, t^e lOlb of tJtovember. 5 (Beo.

III.

1764.

John Dix, fetting forth that in the publick Levy in the Year 1756, there remained in the Hands of the Sheriff of ATiug and Queen a Depofitum of 10,736 lbs. of Tobacco, to be accounted for in the next publick Levy, which Tobacco was colledled by him and Jofeph Starling, then Under Sheriffs, in the following Proportion, that is to fay, 4522 by the faid Starling, and 6214 by himfelf, both which being in Tranffer they received from the Infpedlors 125. 5^. a Hundred for it, being the Price at which the Tranffer fold that Year: That in the next publick Levy, in 1758, the faid Tobacco being levied by the Sheriff, they were obliged to pay for the fame
Petition of
21s.

[251
'"

215. 6d. a Hundred, by which they luftained a Lofs of 95. id. a Hundred, without any Fault of theirs and it was agreed that Application fhould be made to the General Affembly for Redrefs, which the faid Starling undertook to make, and accordingly petitioned
;

in the Year 1759; and hearing he had fucceeded, charged M'' Starling with his Proportion of the Lofs but he, dying foon after, and on Inquiry, found that M'' Starling applied
;

and was allowed only for the Lofs on his Proportion of 4522 lbs. which Difcovery was made during the Seffion of Affembly in November 1762, and, as it happened, after the Houfe had paffed an Order againft receiving any other Claims in that Seffion: And praying that he may be allowed his Lofs aforefaid, amounting to 28. 4. 5, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
for,

their Opinion thereon, to the Hotife.

M''

Edmund

Pendleton, from the

Bill

Committee

of Courts of Juftice, prefented to the

78

For further continuing the A61, entitled. An Ad' for the better regulating and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned: and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M"^ Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration that Part of the Report of the Commiffioners appointed by an Adl of Affembly, entitled, An Ad' for appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as relates to the Condudt and Services of Col. Adam Stephen, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame was again
Houfe, according to Order, a

by the Hotife, as follows Your Committee begs Leave to inform the Hoiife that M'' Thomas Rutherford appeared before them, and exhibited a Charge in Writing refledting on the Condudt of Col. Stephen, who being called upon declared that he was not now provided with Evidence to defend himfelf againft the faid Charge and it was then agreed between them that the Examitwice read, and agreed to
;

nation thereof fhould be poftponed to a future Day.

Refolved,

And thereupon

79

be at Liberty to examine and take the Depofitions of fuch Witneffes as they fhall think proper, before Thomas Bryan Martin, James Wood, John Hite and John Nevil, Gentlemen, or anj'- three of them, at the Hotife of Bryan Bruin in Winchefter, on the 26* Inftant, or on fuch other Days as they the faid Commiffioners fhall from Time to Time adjourn to for that Purpofe; and that they return the Depofitions fo to be taken to this Committee, on or before the 10* Day of December next. M'' Rutherford laid before the Committee the Depofitions of ftmdry Perfons, to which
taken ex parte; but agreed that the Depofitions of fuch of them as cannot be re-examined, upon Proof thereof made before this Committee, may be read in Evidence upon the further Confideration of the faid Charge. Refolved, That the further Confideration of the faid Charge be referred to the lo"" Day of December next. Ordered, That M"" Greenhill be added to the Committee of Trade. An engroffed Bill, entitled, An Ad^ for dividing the County of Ltmenburg into three diftind Counties, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.
Col. Stephen objedted, as being

That as well the

faid Col. Stephen as M"' Rutherford

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Recui do carry up the faid Bill to the Cotmcil for their Concurrence. And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning 11 "'Clock.
Refolved,

ining, V, Hei

p. 326,

Ibid.,

VII, p. 124.

Ibid.,

VIII, p, 41.

252

Mton6a?, t^e I2tb of ^lovember, 5

(Beo, III

1764.

M
A
of

Pendleton reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, waited on his Honour the Govemour with the Addrefs of this Hotife of Friday
laft,

to

which

his

Honour was

pleafed to fay he would return and

delivered

Anfwer

in Writing.

written Meffage from the

Govemour was
Houfe

by M'

Walthoe, as follows:

M' Speaker, and Gentlemen

able the Lords of

of the

of Burgeffes,

I fhall take the earlieft Opportunity of tranfmitting your Addrefs to the Right HonourTrade and Plantations, fubntitting to their Lordfhips, Judgment the Rea-

fons affigned therein for your Non-Compliance with the Propofltion offered by the Merchants

Great Britain to the Legiflature of this Colony. If their Lordfhips fhould think them remove the Caufe of Complaint from the Merchants, they have candidly told you what you have to exped, from their Attention to the Grievances of his Majesty's Subjeds when made known to them; and you can blame no one but yourfelves for any Confequences which may follow the Reception you have given to Matters recommended to you from that Right Honourable Board. From the Knowledge I have of the Country, I agree with you that the Ferries and other Requifites for carrying on a regular Poft through this Colony are in general already well provided for; and if any future Wants fhould be made to appear from the Officers concerned in that Branch of the Revenue, I make no Doubt but you will concur in any Meafures conducive to make it ftill more convenient and ufeful to his Majefty's Subjeds on this Continent.
infufficient to

*'

M' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Bill For further continuing the Adt for reducing the feveral Adls for making Provifions againft Invafions and Infurredlions into one Aft. Alfo a Bill For allowing the full Fees to which the Lawyers pradtifing in the feveral Courts of this Colony are entitled, in particular Cafes therein mentioned, to be taxed, upon Recovery, in the Bill of Cofts; and the faid Bills were read the firft Time, and
Houfe, according to Order, a
ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of divers Inhabitants of the Counties of Caroline and Hanover, fetting forth that the Navigation of Pamunkey River is greatly obftrufted by feveral Hedges

and Stone Stops being eredted therein; to the great Prejudice of the faid Inhabitants; and praying the fame may be remedied, and that the Adt of Affembly for clearing the faid River, and for the Prevention of fetting up Hedges and Stone Stops, fo far as relates to the Recovery of the Penalties inflidled by the faid Adl, may be amended, or fuch Alterations made therein as to this Houfe fhall feem reafonable, was prefented to the Hotife and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Hotife. An Account of Thomas Doran, for three Months Pay as a Soldier in the Virginia

82

Regiment.
Alfo an Account of Jofhua Powell, for his Company's Pay, amounting to 41 16; were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Accounts be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 11 "'Clock.
.

253 ]

XDuasba^,

l\)Q,

UtI) of 5lovember,

<Beo.

III.

1764.

83

ing to Order, a Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had under their further Confideration the Report of the Commiffioners appointed to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adlual Service, to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and are as follow Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that M"" John Field, named in the faid Report, who adted as a Major for the County of Hampfhire, in the Defence of the Frontiers, under the Appointment of Col. Adam Stephen, ought to be allowed the Pay of a Major during the Time he was employed in that Service. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that Capt. George Wilfon, who was alfo appointed to adt as a Major for the faid County of Hampfhire, but as a Captain only with Refpedt to the Company of Militia he commanded, ought not to be allowed

o
^

iRDERED, That M'

M''

Bridqer be added to the Committee of Courts of Juftice.

Pendleton, from the Perfons appointed, prefented to the Hovife, accord-

the
*

Pay

of a Major.

Refolved,

That

it is

named

in the faid Report,

the Opinion of this Committee that Capt. Luke Collins, alfo who went out with 21 Men only under his Command not

having Time to raife more, in Purfuit of the Indians attacked and killed fome of them, and wounded others, ought to be allowed the Pay of a Captain for his faid Services. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that Capt. John Mofs, and Lieutenant Gore, who were alfo employed in the publick Service, with an Enfign, and 24 private Men only, the Reft of their Company, who were marching to join them, being ordered back by Colonel Stephen, ought to be allowed refpedlively their Pay, as Captain and Lieutenant, during the Time they were fo employed. The firft, third and fourth Refolutions, being read a fecond Time, and the Queftion feverally put that the Houfe agree thereto,
Refolved in the Affirmative.

The

fecond Refolution being alfo read a fecond Time,

and the Queftion thereupon

put that the Houfe agree thereto, It paffed in the Negative.

And on
85

a Motion made,
in the

That Capt. George Wilfon, who adled as a Major for the faid County of Defence of the Frontiers, vmder the Appointment of Col. Adam Hampfhire, Stephen, be allowed the Pay of a Major during the Time he was engaged in that Service. A Claim of Thomas Bates, for 56 Days Pay as a Drummer in Ca^t-Afhley's Independent Company. Alfo a Claim of William Thompfon, for taking up a Runaway therein mentioned. Alfo fundry Accounts from divers Perfons of the County of Halifax, for Provifions fumifhed the MiUtia drawn out into adtual Service, aKo Accounts of feveral Officers in Behalf of themfelves and the Companies under their Command for their Pay as Militia of the faid County, and for Horfes, &c. impreffed into the Service of this Colony, and for
Refolved,

other Purpofes therein mentioned. Alfo a Petition of Edward Carvin, fetting forth that he was employed laft Summer as a Scout on the fouth weftem Frontier by the Appointment of Col. Lewis, and in

attempting to ford the Ne^v River in Queft of the Enemy he loft a fine rifle barrel Gun, of the Value of 10 and praying that he may be allowed for the fame by the Publick. Alfo a Petition of William Man, fetting forth that ever fince the Commencement of the laft Indian War he hath been conftantly employed as a Look-out, or Scout, on the
;

Frontiers

^54

]
**

which Service he heartily engaged in, and cheerfully performed for the Truth of which, fo far as regards his Duty and Behaviour as a Soldier, be begs Leave to refer to his Commanding Officer, and Col. Lewis, Lieutenant of the County of Augufta: That 26"' Day of April laft, being then on Duty, and engaged with the Enemy, had the on the Miffortune to be fhot through his Breaft and one of his Arms, which has totally deprived him of the life of it, as alfo of the Means of Livelihood, and laid him under the Neceffity of being at an Expenfe for his Cure no Way proportionable to his Circumftances and praying a Recompenfe for his Wounds and Services from the Publick.
Frontiers
:

Alfo a Petition of Robert Armftrong, fetting forth that he was a Soldier in Capt. Walter Cunningham's Company of Militia ftationed laft Summer at Fort Young, in the Coimty of Augufta; and in an Engagement with the Enemy, in the Month of April laft,

and at a great Expenfe,

Body, and notwithftanding his Application to a Surgeon, is yet uncured, which renders him unable to labour for the Support of himfelf his Wife and Children and praying the Confideration of this Houfe therein. Alfo a Petition of Francis Jackfon, fetting forth that he was a Volimteer in Capt.
he received a
in his

Wound

his
,

Wound

s?

Charles Lewif's

Company

of Militia ftationed laft

Summer

at Fort Dinwiddie, in the

Coiinty of Augufta; and in an Engagement with the Enemy, in the Month of May, he received a Woimd in his Back, and through his Shoulder, which hath coft him a confiderable Sum to a Doctor, but hitherto without Succefs, whereby he is rendered unable to

fupport himfelf at all by Labour and praying fuch Relief as fhall by this Honourable Houfe be thought reaf enable, were feverally prefented to the Hoiofe and read. Ordered, That the faid Claims and Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the
;

Committee

of Claims, that they

examine into the Allegations

thereof,

and report the

fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. On a Motion made,

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will refolve itfelf into a

Committee to confider the State

of the Colony.

That the feveral Letters to and from the Agent, with the Letter addreffed to the Speaker from the Committee for the Maffachufetts Government, which were ordered to lie on the Table, be referred to the fame Committee. The Houfe immediately refolved itfelf into the faid Committee, purfuant to the above mentioned Refolution of the Houfe; and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M' Attorney reported that the Committee had had that Matter under their Confideration, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon. Ordered, That the fame be reported to the Houfe To-morrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 11 "'Clock.
Ordered,

ss

Wabmsba^,

t^e I4t^ of

November. 5

(Beo.

III.

1764.

Benjamin Harrifon, from the Committee of Trade, prefented to the Houfe. Bill For further continuing an A(ft, entitled. An Ad^ Ads made for laying a Duty on Liquors into one Ad; and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of George Heal, fetting forth that he is poffeffed, under the laft Will and Teftament of his late Father, John Heal, of the County of Lancafter, of feveral TratSls of Land, and of feveral Slaves alfo, as Tenant in Taille Male. That he is alfo feized in Fee Simple of a Tradl of Land containing 1130 Acres, in the County of Fauquier, which he purchafed of one Thomas Edwards. And he humbly conceives that it would be much more to the Benefit and Advantage, as well of himfelf and his Family, as of the Heir of his Body, and it would alfo enable him to make fome Provifion for his younger Children, if he was vefted with the abfolute
according to Order, a for reducing the feveral

MR

Property
>

Hening, VII,

p. 265.

Property of Part of the faid entailed Slaves, and the faid 1130 Acres of Land in Fauis of greater Value, were fettled on him and the Heirs of his Body, in Lieu of the faid Slaves.
quier County, which

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in agreeable to the faid Petition, and it is referred to Landon Carter to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of M"' John Syme, fetting forth that Mildred his Wife was feized in Fee Taille of feveral Parcels of Land, and in Fee Simple of fome others and the Petition having more convenient and valuable Lands of his own, did, with the Confent of the faid Mildred, in her Lifetime, agree to fell feveral Tradls of the faid Land, and received
M"'

90

but before Conveyances were executed the faid Mildred died, leaving John Syme, her eldeft Son, and three other Children. That the faid Mildred was feized in Fee Simple of 1 2 unimproved Lots in the Town of Neu'caftle, which muft remain of no Value unlefs the Petitioner was empowered to fell or improve them, until his Son fhall fucceed to the Eftate. That the Petitioner is feized in Fee Simple of about 400 Acres of Valuable Land near Newcaftle in the County of Hanover, purchafed of Reuben Skelton and William Winfton, which is adjoining and convenient to a very confiderable Tra(5l of which he was feized in Right of his faid Wife and it would be a great Advantage to his Family if he was empowered to confirm his Contradls for the Sale of the faid feveral Tradts of Land, and to fell the faid Lots in the Town of Newcaftle and to veft the faid 400 Acres of Land in the Iffue of the faid Mildred in Lieu thereof. That he hath publifhed Notice of his Intentions to apply to this prefent General Affembly, according to the Royal Inftru(5lions, and praying that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in agreeable to the faid Petition, and it is referred to
the Confideration
Iffue
;

by the

Petitioner

M""

Edmund

Pendleton, to prepare

and bring

in the fame.

A
'

Petition of M'' Charles Carter, fetting forth that the Soldiers of the Virginia

Regiment, in Order to avoid the Smallpox fpreading in the faid Regiment, removed from Frederickfburg, where that Diftemper had broke out in feveral Families, to his Plantation at Stanfted, where they tarried feveral Months during all which Time they cut down and made Ufe of a large Quantity of Timber for Firewood, and greatly damaged his Hotifes, which damages were afcertained by a Court of Officers appointed for that Purpofe by Order of Col. Adam, Stephen, to which he refers, and praying the Confideration of the Houfe therein.

Alfo a Petition of John Craig, fetting forth that he is well informed, and believes it to be true, that the Colony of Virginia is indebted to the Eftate of John Hamilton, deceafed, for his Pay as a Lieutenant for 118 Days, at the Rate of 45. a Day, amotmting in the Whole to 23 12: That the faid John Hamilton, deceafed, was killed at General
.

92

David Craig, his Brother, in the Sum of 43 13 3 Halfpenny the greateft Part of which was due to the faid David Cratg (who was a Merchant) for Regimentals, and other Things neceffary for the faid Hamilton's That fince the Death of the faid Outfit, as an Officer in the Service of the Country: adminiftered on his Eftate, on Purpofe to get the Pay Craig faid David Hamilton the due from the Country to the faid Hamilton, which was the moft confiderable Part of the That fome Time fince the faid David Craig is alfo dead, and he faid Hamilton's Eftate has duly obtained the Adminif tration of his Eftate by which all and every the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, which were of the faid John Hamilton's, are legally vefted in him. Wherefore he humbly prays that this Worfliipful Houfe will take his Cafe under their Confideration, and grant him fuch Aid in the Premifes as to this Houfe fhall feem reafonable, were prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Braddock's Defeat,

when he was indebted

to

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

M'' Attorney,

faid

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions from

256

from feveral Counties to them referred, and had come to two Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and
are as follow
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the feveral Petitions of fimdry Inhabitants of the Counties of King and Queen, Caroline, and Effex, complaining of the great Expenfe, Trouble, and Lofs of Time, Stiitors are put to in attending the Trial of their Caufes in the General Court, and alfo of the great Expenfe and Trouble occafioned by carrying Criminals with their Venires and Witneffes for Trial at the General Court, and praying that the Bill prefented to a former Seffion of Affembly To
eftablifh a

more eafy and expeditious Method for the Trial of Criminals, and of Catifes depending in the General Court, or fome other of the fame Nattu^e, may pafs into a Law,
the Opinion of this Committee that that Part of the Petition of to be allowed for Horfes and Pack Saddles fumifhed by praying Capt. Richard Pearis, him for an Expedition againft the Shawanefe Indians, in the Year 1756, which was referred from a former Seffion to the Confideration of this Seffion of Affembly, is reafonable, and that the faid Richard Pearis ought to be allowed the Sum of ;8i 18 for the
Refolved,

be rejedled.

That

it is

faid

by the Publick. Horfes and Pack The iirft Refolution being read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that the Houfe
Saddles, to be paid

agree thereto, It paffed in the Negative. Refolved, That the faid Petitions are reafonable. The laft Refolution being alfo read a fecond Time, and the Queftion thereupon put

that the Houfe agree thereto, Refolved in the Affirmative.

Ordered,

That the That That

it

faid

Committee do prepare and bring

in a Bill

purfuant to the

Refolution of the Houfe.

Ordered,

be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Claims to make the Allow-

ance in the Book

Ordered,

of Claims purfuant to the laft Refolution.

M"^

Fitzhugh be added to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, and M'' William Wager to the Committee of Courts of Juftice. M"' Attorney, from the Committee of the whole Houfe reported, according to Order, that the Committee had had tmder their Confideration the State of the Colony, and the

them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to, with fome Amendments, and are as follow Refolved, That a moft humble and dutiful Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty,
feveral Letters to
;

imploring his Royal ProtecT;ion of his faithful Subje<5ls, the People of this Colony, in the Enjoyment of all their natural and civil Rights, as Men, and as Defcendents of Britons; which Rights muft be violated, if Laws refpedling the internal Government, and Taxation of themfelves, are impofed
their

upon them by any other Power than that derived from

of their Sovereign, or his Subftitute

own

Confent,

by and with the Approbation

And

profeffmg, that as thefe People have at all Times been forward and zealous to demonftrate their Loyalty and Affe(5lion to his Majefty, and efpecially by a ready Com-

pliance with the Requifitions of the Crown to bear their Part in the late War, which they engaged to do with the more Alacrity, from a Confidence that the Royal Benignity would never fuffer them to be deprived of their Freedom (that facred Birthright and

ineftimable Bleffmg) fo they would be willing to contribute their Proportion of any Expenfes neceffar>' for the Defence and Security of America, as far as Circumftances of admit of, provided it were left to themthe People, already diftreffed with Taxes, would
it, by Modes leaft grievous. a Memorial be prepared to be laid before the Right Hon. the Lords That Refolved, Lordfhips, by a proper Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, intreating their of their Power, not to fuffer the People of Exertion and reafonable Interpofition and Laws refpedling their internal Polity, and this Colonv to be enllaved or oppreffed by Taxes

felves to raife

[ 257 ]

Taxes impofed on them

in a

Manner that

is

unconftitutional

and declaring our Hopes

that the Prefervation of the Rights of any of his Majefty 's faithful Subjedls will be thought

by their Lordfhips as an ObjeA worthy the Attention of thofe hereditary Guardians and Protedlors of Britifh Liberty and Property, and efpecially as the Subverfion of thofe
Rights, in the Inftance of taxing the People of Virginia, at this Time, when they are moft grievouHy burthened by the Expenfes of the late War, muft diminifh that Confimiption of Manufadtures fumifhed to them by their Mother Country, by which her wealth is very greatly augmented, and her Profperity continued. Refolved, That a Memorial be prepared to be laid before the Honourable the Houfe of Commons, to affert, with decent Freedom, the Rights and Liberties of the People of this Colony as Britifh Subjedls, to remonftrate that Laws for their internal Government, or Taxation, ought not to be impofed by any Power but what is delegated to their Reprefentatives, chofen by themfelves, and to reprefent that the People are already taxed, for feveral Years to come, fo heavily, for Expenfes incurred in the late War, amotmting to near Half a Million, that an Increafe of that Burthen by the Pariiament, at this Time, would be not only a Violation of the moft facred and valuable Principle of the Conftitution, but fuch an Oppreffion as would probably draw after it a Defolation in many Parts of the Coimtry, and muft divert thofe of the Inhabitants, who could not remove from it, to manufacture what Articles they have hitherto been fupplied with from the Mother Country, and confequently one grand Source of Wealth and Profperity will be f topped up. Refolved, That the Committee appointed to correfpond with the Agent of this Colony in Great Britain purfuant to an Adl of Affembly For appointing an agent, be direcfted to anfwer the Letter of the 25"" of Jtme laft from the Committee of the Houfe of Reprefentatives of the Province of Maffachiifetts Bay to the Honourable the Speaker of the Hotife of Reprefentatives for the Province of Virginia, and to affure that Committe that the Affembly of Virginia are highly fenfible of the very great Importance it is, as well to the Colony of Virginia, as to America in general, that the Subjedls of Great Britain in this Part of its Dominions fhould continue in Poffeffion of their ancient and moft valuable Right of being taxed only by Confent of their Reprefentatives, and that the Affembly here will omit no Meafures in their Power to prevent fuch effential Injury from being done to the Rights and Liberties of the People. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up the Addrefs, and Memorials, in the faid Report mentioned; and it is referred to M'' Attorney, Mr Richard Henry Lee, M'' London Carter, M'' Wythe, M'' Edmund Pendleton, M"' Benjamin Harrifon, M'' Gary, and M"' Fleming, to prepare and bring in the fame. And the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 11 "'Glock.

T5\^uvsba^,

X[)ii

I5tb of 5tovember.

<5eo. III

1764.

Town of Falmouth, in the County of King George, main Street of the faid Town is at prefent 150 Feet wide, which is more than neceffary, and that it would be a very confiderable Improvement to the faid Town if 50 feet in Breadth of the laid Street was laid off into Lots, and they empowered to fell them, and lay out the Money in other Improvements, agreeable to the Diredlions of the Adl for eftablifhing the faid Town; and that Purchafers of Lots in the faid Town may be left at Liberty to build according to their Circumftances and Convenience, without Reftraint; and that the Inhabitants thereof may be prevented from building wooden Chimnies to their Houfes, and from fuffering Hogs to nm at large therem and praying that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
Petition of the Truftees of the

fetting forth that the

Ordered

258

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof and report the fame with their Opinion thereon to the Hoiife. On a Motion made, That it be an Inftruftion to the Committee to whom it is referred to bring in a Bill For amending the Adt, entitled, An Ad for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing
Ordered,
;

>

Frauds in

his Majefty's Ciiftoms, that

they receive a Claufe or Claufes for repealing fo

of

Tobacco by Juftices of the Peace, after the fame had been infpeded; and the Queftion being thereupon put, the Houfe divided,

much

of the faid Adl

as diredls a

Review

Ays go

forth.

Ays, counted by M'

Noes, coimted

Edmund

Pendleton

i6 33

by

M'' Littlepage

It paffed in the Negative.

Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had tmder their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions from feveral Counties to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice
M''

Attorney, from the

and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow Refolved, That the Petition of ftmdry Inhabitants of the County of Frederick, praying that the faid Covmty may be divided into two diftindl Coimties, by a Line to be nm from Afhby's Gap, a ftraight Courfe, until it interfeds the Hampfhire Line, be rejedted. Refolved, That the feveral Petitions of fimdry other Inhabitants of the faid Cotmty,
read,
in Oppofition of the faid Petition, are reaf enable. Refolved, That the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the

County

of Halifax, praying

that a Mill, built near the Mouth of Hyco River, and now belonging to one Howard Hurft, as obftrudling the Paffage of Fifh up the faid River, may be difcontinued, be
rejedled.

Refolved,

That the Petition

of fundr>' Inhabitants of the Counties of

Hanover and

Caroline, praying that the Penalties infiidled on Perions fetting up Hedges and Stops in Pamunkey River, may be made recoverable before a fingle Jtiftice of the Peace, or fome

other

Amendments made

to the

Laws

relating thereto,

is

reafonable.

That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Coimty of Elizabeth River, may be allowed to build a Bridge over the fouth Branch of Back they praying that River by Subfcription, be rejected. Refolved, That a Petition of fimdry other Inhabitants of the faid County, in OppoRefolved,
fition thereto, is reafonable.

That the Petition of Henry Allen, praying that he may be allowed to build a Bridge over the faid Branch of Back River at his own Expenfe, and to receive a reafonable Toll from Perfons paffmg over the fame and alfo that one Acre of Land on each Side of the faid Branch may be vefted in him, upon his paying the Proprietors the
Refolved,
;

Value thereof,
Refolved,

is

reafonable.

That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Hampfhire, praying that the Reward for killing Wolves may be increafed, is reafonable. Ordered, That the faid Committee do prepare and bring in a Bill, or Bills purfuant to the 4**, 7''', and &^^ Refolutions. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For the Prefervation of Sheep, and the fame. it is referred to M"" Benjamin Grymes to prepare and bring in Committee had had under reported that the Claims, of Committee M'' Gary, from the referred, and had come to to them Claims and their Confideration feveral Petitions in at the then delivered feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and Table where they were again read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and are as follow: Refolved, That the Allegations of the Petition of James Boyd are true, and that he
;

ought to be allowed the

Hening, VIII,

Sum of 6$,

for the Slave in his Petition mentioned.

Refolved
'

p. 69,

259

Refolved, That John Dix ought to be allowed the fuftained on the Tobacco in his Petition mentioned.
Refolved,
his Account, for the

Sum

of 2?>.^.^, for the Lofs

That Thomas Booth ought to be allowed the Sum of 34. 2. 8, charged in Bounty Money and Subfiftence of the three Recruits in his Petition

mentioned.
Refolved,

That the

Sum of 1^,

charged

in his Account for his

Expenfesin the recruitin

ing Soldiers enlifted

Refolved,

by him, be That the um of

rejected.
;^i5,

for his

Pay

as a Lieutenant

the

recruiting

Service, be rejedled.

Refolved,
Relief,

That Dougal Campbell ought to be allowed the Sum of ;^5, for his prefent and the further Sum of ;^5, per Annum during his Life, as a Confideration for the
he received
in the Service.

Wound
103

Refolved,

ation of

That William Blanton ought to be allowed the Sum oi ,i^, in Confiderthe Wounds he received in the Service, and to reimburfe him the Expenfe
That Richard Bolton ought to be allowed the

attending his Cure.

Refolved,
Relief,

Sum

of t, for his prefent

and the further Sum of ,^ per Annum during Life. That the Petition of John Creagh be rejedled, it not appearing to this Committee that he ever was wounded or difabled in the Service of the Colony. Ordered, That the Committee of Claims do make an Allowance in the Book of Claims purfuant to the i^*, 2^, 5'^, 6*, 7*, S"', and 9* Refolutions. Ordered, That the faid Thomas Booth be allowed his Claim in the Settlement of his Accoimts with the PubHck. M"" Gary alfo reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration feveral other Petitions and Claims to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and are as follow Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that Francis Jackfon ought to be allowed the Sum of 40 for his prefent Relief, and the further Sum of ;^5 per Annum during his Life, as a Recompenle for the Wovmds he received in the Service of the CounRefolved,
;

try.
104

Refolved,

That
of

it is

allowed the

Sum

during his Life, as

Country.

the Opinion of this Committee that William Man ought to be 30 for his prefent Relief, and the further Stim of 10 per Annum a Recompenfe for the Wounds he received in the Service of the

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that Robert Armftrong ought to be allowed the Sum of $0, as a Recompenfe for the Wounds he received in the Service of the Country. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that Edward Carvin ought to be allowed the Stim of s, for the Gun in his Petition mentioned. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that John Terrier ought to be

allowed the

Sum

of 20, as a

Recompenfe

for the

Damages he

fioftained

by the Virginia

Regiment.
the Opinion of this Committee that Robert Brackenridge ought to be allowed for the Pay of three Men omitted in his Pay Roll, to wit, Samuel Meredith 3.1, Robert Kirkum and Jofeph Bates 145. each, it appearing to this Committee that
Refolved,

That

it is

JP5

they never received any Pay from the PubUck, though in adlual Service. On confidering the Petition of John Afhworth, it appeared to your Committee that the Accoimt for Waggonage in his Petition mentioned was rejedled by your Committee at a former Seffion of Affembly, it then and now appearing that fundry Goods, to the Value of the Waggonage, were ftolen out of the faid Waggon, and never delivered to the Officer appointed to receive them. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the faid Petition be rejedled.

On

26o

laft Virginia Regiment, appeared to your Committee that the Petitioner hath already received the Sum of $ from the Quartermafter, in Part of his Claim. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that he ought to be allowed the

On confidering the

Petition of

John M' Nelly, Armorer in the

it

Sum

of ;^3 by the Publick, in full Satiffadlion for his faid Claim. The fix firft Refolutions being read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that the Houfe agree thereto,

Refolved in the Affirmative.

The two

laft

Refolutions being alfo read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that

the Houfe agree thereto. It paffed in the Negative.

And on

a Motion made.

Ordered,
Ordered,

That the faid Refolutions be recommitted to the faid Committee. That the Committee of Claims do make the Allowances in the Book
''Clock.

of

Claims, purfuant to the 6 firft Refolutions. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning ii

lFrl6ar. t^e I6tb of !Jlovember.

(Beo, III

1764.
Bill

Land therein mentioned on the faid George Heal in Lieu of the laid Slaves and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of Michwl Teibolt, praying to be allowed for a Horfe impreffed into the Service of this Colony by Capt. Afhby, in the Year 1759, for which he hath not received
for fettling a certain Tradl of
;

MR

Landon Carter prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a

the abfolute Property of certain Slaves therein

named

in George Heal,

For vefting and

any

Satiffacftion.

Alfo a Claim of Abel Farrar, a Lieutenant in the new Recruits, for his Pay for 139 Days at 55. a Day, amounting to 34. 15, and praying he may be allowed the fame by the Publick were prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Claims be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame with their
; ;

opinion thereon, to the Hoxife. M' Archibald Gary, from the Perfons appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according from North Carolina, to Order, a Bill To prevent Perfons driving diftempered Cattle firft Time, and ordered to read the fame was and the and other Places, into this Colony,

be read a fecond Time.

Petition of

Thomas Mann Randolph,

fetting forth that

fome Time ago he

dif-

pofed of a Parcel of Land, of about 1500 Acres, in the Coimty of King William, to Carter Braxton, Efq fince which he hath difcovered that the faid Land is entailed on him by Title fhould be the Will of [Ralph Wormeley] deceafed and that he is difirous the faid
; ;

Acres fecured and confirmed to Carter Braxton in Fee, and is willing to fettle entailed of the faid in Lieu County of Amherft, the Value, in great of Land, of Fee Simple Lands; and that he hath publifhed the Notice required by his Majefty's Royal Inftructions in fuch Cafes and praying that an Adt may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in agreeable to the Prayer of the faid Petitioner, and it is referred to M-- James Littlepage to prepare and bring in the fame. and Grievances, prefented to the M'' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions killing Wolves, Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For increafing the Reward given for and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. had had imder their ConfideraM'' Attorney alfo reported that the faid Committee Refolutions thereon which two to come tion two Petitions to them referred, and had he
;

Hening, VIII,

p. 161.

26l ]

he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice
read,

on the eaft Side of Hampton River in the Coxonty of Elizabeth City, praying that the Ferry from Hampton over the faid River, to the eaft Side thereof, may be made a County Charge, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of William Frafer, praying that the publick Landing Place from the Ferry which he now keeps, over Mattapony River, may be eftablifhed at a Caxifey he has lately raifed through a Marfh on the oppofie Side, is reafonable. Ordered, That the Committee of Propofitions do prepare and bring in a Bill or Bills
of fundry Inhabitants

and agreed to, as follow: Refolved, That the Petition

purfuant to the faid Refolutions.

County of Prince William, died in or about the Year 1742, poffeffed of feveral Tradls of Land and Slaves; one Tradl of the fame be devifed to him in Taille, containing upwards of 2000 Acres lying in Fairfax Coimty, on Occoquan River; another Tradl he devifed to his fecond and laft Son, Matthew Gregg; a third Tra<5l he left for the Ufe and Benefit
late of the

A Petition of John Gregg, fetting forth that his Father John Gregg,

of his Relidl, Mrs. Elizabeth Gregg, the Petitioner's Mother, for her better Support dur-

the Reft of his Eftate, real and perfonal, he left to be fold to pay his Debts, which, by bad Management, was, with the Slaves, infufficient to pay the Debts, educate and clothe the Children; the entailed Lands being barren, poor, and tmfit for Cultivation, became very burthenfome, by Reafon of a long Arrearage of Quitrents and Taxes,
ing Life
;

which he is altogether vmable to pay, having no immediate Means to raife fo large a Sum, whereby it is liable to be re-entered and vefted again in the Lord Proprietor of the Northern Neck and he begs Leave to reprefent to this Honourable Houfe that he was boimd in his Minority to the Sea; where he ferved in his Majefty's Navy at the feveral Sieges of Martinico Grenada, and the Havannah, &c. and being returned to his native Country, having no Slaves to cultivate the faid entailed Lands (if it was fertile and fit for Cultivation) finds it impoffible to fumifh himfelf with the Neceffaries of Life, and lay the Foundation of a comfortable Living, according to the true Intent of the Teftator his Father, and altogether deprived of the Power of felling the faid Lands for any valuable Confideration, whereby he could raife Money to buy Slaves, and other Lands fitter for Cultivation; and praying this Honourable Houfe will take the Matter into their ferious Confideration, and grant that a Law may pafs to dock the Entail of the faid Lands devifed to him in Taille as aforefaid, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in agreeable to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M'' Edmund Pendleton to prepare and bring in the fame. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To amend the Adl for the better Government of Servants and Slaves and it is refeiTed to M'' Gary, and M"' Charles Carter of King George, to prepare and bring in the fame. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill Diredling the Trial of Slaves committing capital Crimes, and for the more efTeftual punifhing Conf piracies and Infurredlions
; ;

of them,

and

free,

and and

for the better

it is

Government

of

Negroes, Mulattoes, and Indians, bond

referred to M'' Attorney to prepare

and bring

in the fame.

Account of James Rentfro, for Provifions and other Neceffaries furnifhed the Militia ordered out into adlual Service by Command of his Honour the Govemour, and praying to be allowed for the fame by the Publick, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Petition of Jofeph Rentfro, praying to be allowed for a Horfe impreffed by Capt. John Blagg to carry on Exprefs from Blackwater Fort to Frederic kfburg, for his Majefty's Service, which was never returned him, and for which he hath not received any
Satiffadlion,

An

was prefented to the Houfe and

read.

Ordered

262 ]

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame with
Ordered,
their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.
M'' Archibald Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had imder their Confideration feveral Claims and Petitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then de;

livered in at the Table,

where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the

of the Petition of Charles Carter are true,

Hotife,

as follow:
Refolved,

That the Allegations

and that

112

he ought to be allowed the Sum of 45 for the Wood, the Ufe of the Virginia Regiment, in his Petition mentioned. Refolved, That James Hughes ought to be allowed the Sum of ;^io. 9. 8 Halfpenny to reimburfe him for the Judgment and Cofts obtained againft him for impreffmg the Horfes in his Petition mentioned. Refolved, That John Crawford ought to be allowed the Sum of 8 for the Damage done on his Plantation by the Troops in the Service of the Colony. On confidering a Report of the Commiffioners appointed by A&, of Affembly to examine, ftate, and fettle the Accoiuits of the Pay, Provilions, Arms, and Neceffaries for the Militia of the Counties of Hampfhire, Frederick, Culpeper, Prince William, Lou-

and the Rent of the Houfes, for

doun, and Fauquier.

Refolved,

That the

refpedlive Claims of William Ruffel, Richard Yancey,

Mofes

and William Hughes, in the faid Commiffioners Report mentioned, be That the Adminiftratrix of William Staunton, deceafed, ought to be allowed the Sum of 1 o for the Damage done the Horfe in the faid Commiffioners Report mentioned M"' Gary alfo reported that the faid Committee had had imder their further Confideration the Petitions of John Afhworth and John M' Nelly to them re-committed, and had come to two Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to, as follow Refolved,Thattheia.{d John Afhworth ought to be allowed the Sum oi ^2. 5. 6 for Waggonage and finding his Horfes, agreeable to the Account in his Petition mentioned. Refolved, That the faid John M' Nelly ought to be allowed the Sum of is- 9. 9 for
Green,
rejedled.

Refolved,

^^^

repairing the

Arms

of the Virginia Regiment.

Claim of John AFClanahan, for feveral Tools which were taken from him for the Ufe of Fort Maddifon, by the Commanding Officer of the faid Fort, and never returned him, appraifed to 3. 17. 6, which Sum he hath never received, or any Part thereof, and praying to be allowed the fame by the Publick, was preiented to the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Claim be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their

Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To prevent the Pradlice of felling Perfons for Slaves that are not fo and it is referred to M"" Grymes, and M"" Richard Henry Lee, to prepare and bring in the fame. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning il "'Clock.
;

^^^

Satur6ar. t^e I7tb of ^tovember. 5 <Beo.

III.

1764.

Bill

For further continuing the Adl for reducing the several Adls for making provifions againft Invafions and Infurredlions into one A6t. Alfo a Bill For further continuing an Adl, entitled, An Ad' for reducing the feveral Ads made for laying a Duty on Liquors into one Ad, were read the

fecond Time.
Ordered,

That the
p. io6.

faid Bills be engroffed,

and read a

third Time.

A
Hening, VII,

263

A Bill To prevent Perfons driving diftempered Cattle from North Carolina, and other Places, into this Colony, was read a fecond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe on Tiiefday next.
Alfa a Bill For vefting the abfolute Property of certain Slaves therein named in George Heal, Gentleman, and for fettling a certain Tradl of Land therein mentioned on the faid George Heal in Lieu of the faid Slaves, was read a fecond Time, and committed
Carter, Benjamin Harrifon, M'' Gary, and the Members of Lancafter, and Fauquier, On a Motion made, Ordered, That it be an Inftrucftion to the Committee of Claims to levy on the Inhabitants of Albemarle County, for the Ufe of Anther ft and Buckingham, their juft Proportion of 6027 lbs. of Tobacco, which the faid County of Albemarle had Credit for in the publick Levy in 1761. And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning 11 "'Clock.

to

M' London

5llon6a^.

tl)e

I9t^ of !^ovember,
An Ad^

<Beo.

III.

1764.
reducing the

AN
currence.

engroffed Bill, entitled.

feveral

for further continuing the

Ad for

making Provifions againft Invafions and Infurredions into one Ad, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Confor

Ads

An

engroffed Bill, entitled.

An

Ad'' for further continuing

An Ad,

entitled.

An Ad

for reducing the feveral

Ads made

for laying a

Duty on Liquors

into one

Ad, was read the

third Time,

Refolved,
lis

and the Blanks therein filled up. That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Benjamin Harrifon do carry up the

faid Bill to the Council for

their Concurrence.

Attorney, from the Committee of Proportions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had imder their Confideration a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Amelia to them referred, and had come to two Refolutions thereon, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: Refolved, That that Part of the faid Petition, praying that the Infpedlors at the publick Warehoufes may be obliged to keep a fufficient Number of Hands to open and fecure all the Tobacco brought to the Warehotifes, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Refidue of the faid Petition, praying that the Infpedlors may be fwom to afcertain in their Crop Books and Notes the Quality of the Tobacco they pafs,
M"'

faid

be rejed;ed.
Ordered,

bring in a

Bill,

Colony for

That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee, to whom it is referred to For amending and further continuing the feveral Adtsof Affemblyof this amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's
firft

Ctiftoms, that they receive a Claufe, or Claufes, purfuant to the

117

Refolution.

John M'Neill, praying to be allowed the Pay of a Captain from the 17*'' Day of Odober 1757, amovmting to ;^i95. 10, was prefented to the Houfe and read and the Queftion being put that the faid Petition
Petition of
25*^^

Day

of Augiift 1755, until the

be referred to the Confideration of a Committee,

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the faid Petition be

p. 37.
'

reje(5led.

A
Heni ng, VIII,
Ibid.,

VIII, p. 38.

264 ]

Petition of William

under the

Command

Fuqua, praying to be allowed for 38 Days Pay as a Soldier of Major David Lewis on the Frontiers, in the year 1756, was

prefented to the Houfe and read.

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Ordered,
their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

Atid then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 11 "'Clock.

Gues6ar,

t^e

201^ of November, 5

(Beo.

III.

1764.

Petition of

John Agnew, Redlor of the Parih of

Stiff oik, in

the Cotmty of Nanfe-

mond, fetting forth that the faid Parifh is fituated on both Sides of Nanfemond River, over which there is a Ferry, fettled by Law at is. $d. a Man and Horfe, which Expenfe, he is obliged to fuftain whenever the Parifh requires his Attendance on the other Side, which is grievous and burthenfome and praying that the faid Ferry may be made free on Sundays for all the Parifhoners of the faid
;

Parifh, and for the Minifter at all Times when attending the Duty of the faid Parifh, and that an A(5t may pafs for that purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
;

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

and the adjacent and Jordan's (which being found inconveniently fituated) be difcon tinned, and a Warehoufe eftablifhed in Lieu thereof on the Land of George Noble, on the lower Side of Powell's Creek, in the County of Prince George, and that an A(5t may pafs for that Purpofe. Alfo two Petitions of fundry Merchants in Oppofition thereto, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions do lie on the Table. A Petition of Nathaniel Harrifon, Jvm. fetting forth that his Grandfather by his laft Will and Teftament, bearing the Date of the 15*'' of December 1726, did devife to his Father Benjamin Harrifon a Tradt of Land called Wakefield, lying in the Coimty of Surry, and another Tra<5t of Land called Jofeph's Swamp, then in the County of Surry, but now in the County of Suffex, in Taille Male, and feveral Tradls of Land in Fee Simple, together with a great Number of Slaves, and perfonal Eftate, all of which have been fold to pay his faid Father's Debts; and the faid entailed Lands, for Want of Slaves, yield him no Profit, but are on the contrary a Charge and Enctunbrance to him; and praying that an A(5l may pafs to dock the Entail of the faid Tracft of Land called Jofeph's Swamp, and the Money arifmg therefrom may be laid out in the Purchafe of Slaves, to be fettled on the Wakefield Land, to defcend to the fame Ufes and that he had given Notice thereof according to his Majefty's Inftrudlions, was prefented to the Houfe and
Petition of divers Inhabitants of the

Cotmty

of Prince George,

Coimties, praying that the Warehoufes for the Infpe(5lion of Tobacco at Hood's

read.

it is

and and bring in the fame. Ordered, That M'' Richard Bland be added to the Committee appointed to addrefs his Majefty, and the Lords and Commons of Great Britain, on the State of the Colony. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For preventing Perfons driving diftempered Cattle from North Carolina, and
referred to M'' Attorney to prepare

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in agreeable to the Prayer of the faid Petition,

other Places, into this Colony.

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will refolve itfelf into

a Committee on the faid

Bill

on

Thurfday next.

A Petition of John Cabbell, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed over the Fluvannah River, from his Land in the County of Amherft to the oppofite Shore in the Cotmty of Buckingham, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
Ordered

265

Ordered,

of Propolitions

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

Ordered, That M'' Richard Bland, Junior, be added to the Committee of Propofitions, and M' Ifaac Row Walton to the Committee of Claims. M"' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Cary prefented to the Houfe according to Order, a Bill To amend the A<51 for the better Government of Serv^ants and Slaves, and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and
;

121

ordered to be read a fecond Time.

And

On

a Motion made.
Bill

For amending and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, was read a fecond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill To-morrow. And then the Hotife adjourned until To-morrow Morning ii ''Clock.

The

Xil^editesdaY* tl)e 2lst of

November, 5

<Beo.

III.

1764.

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To oblige the Parifh of Cumberland to refund to the Parifh of Antrim their Proportion of the Money levied for building 4 Churches in the faid Parifh of Cumberland before the Divilion thereof, and it is referred to M"" Terry and M' Reed to prepare and bring in the

ON
A

a Motion made,

fame.
122

123

Summer, praying to be allowed for a Horfe impreifed into the Colony Service of this by Order of Col. Stephen in the Year 1757, and never returned to him, nor any Satiffa(5lion made him, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral A<5ls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. Refolved, That the Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee immediately. Ordered, That the feveral Petitions from fundry Counties relative thereto, and ordered to lie on the Table, be referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee. And then the Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill; and after ome Time fpent therein, M"" Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame, they had directed him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Tuefday next. On a Motion made. Ordered, That M"" John Clack do pay imto M"' Ifaac Row Walton his Expenfes occafioned by his Petition, praying that the faid Walton's Eleclion might be fet afide; and it is referred to the Committee of Claims to fettle the fame. A Petition of Matthew Dowrant, praying to be allowed fome Conpenfation for the Wounds he received in the Service of this Colony which have reduced himfelf his Wife, and his 3 Children, to Want and Mifery, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
Petition of Jethro
;

Ordered

266

Ordered,
of Claims
;

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

M'' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the had had under their Confideration the Petitions of the Rev. John Agnew Committee faid and M'' John Cabbell to them referred, and had come to two Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Hotife, as follow: Refolved, That the Petition of the Reverend John Agnew Re(?tor of Suffolk Parifh, in the Covmty of Nanfemond, praying that he may be allowed to pafs over the Ferry at Sleepy Hole, when attending the Duties of his Funcftion, Ferry free, and that all the other Parifhioners may be alfo Ferry free on Sunday's, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of John Cabbell, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed acrofs the Fluvannah at or near Bowman's Warehoufe, in the County of Anther ft, to his Land oppofite thereto, in the County of Buckingham, is reafonable. Ordered, That the faid Committee do prepare and bring in a Bill, or Bills, purfuant

to the faid Refolutions.

Petition of divers Inhabitants of the

Coimty

of Lunenburg, fetting forth that the

Paffage of Fifh up the River of Little Roanoke is greatly obftrudled by Means of Dams, Stops, and Hedges, being eredted therein, near the Mouth thereof, to the Detriment of
the faid Petitioners, and other Inhabitants of the faid Cotmty bordering on the faid River and praying that an Adl may pafs to reftrain fuch Practices for the future, was
;

prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee
of Propofitions

and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations

thereof,

and

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. M"" Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the

For eftablifhing the Landing Place from Frafier's Ferry at the Caufey oppofite thereto; and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of James Bryant, praying to be allowed for the Damages done to his Plantation by the Troops of this Colony in the Year 1760, who encamped there. Alfo a Petition of John Donnelly, praying to be allowed by the Publick for a Horfe taken from him by fome of the Cherokee Indians that came to the Affiftance of this Colony in the Year 1758, appraifed to ;io, and which was never returned to him, nor any Satiffa(5lion made him, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with Claims; of
Hoiofe, according to Order, a Bill

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

M""

of [1800]

Attorney prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To dock the Entail Acres of Land, in the Parifh of Albemarle and County of Suffex, whereof

Nathaniel Harrifon the Yoimger is feized in Fee Taille, and for vefting the fame in Truftees in Fee Simple for the Ufes therein mentioned and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.
;

A
may

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the

Covmty

of

King William,

fetting forth that

there are five Infpedlions for Tobacco in the faid County, which by Experience are found expenfive and uimeceffary and praying that two or more of the faid Infpetlions
;

be dif continued, or fuch other Meafures taken as this Honourable Houfe adjudge reafonable, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition do he on the Table.
M''

fhall

Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration the feveral Matters to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow:
Refolved

Hening, VIII,

p. 66.

267

Refolved,

That Jofeph Rentfro ought to be allowed the That Michcel

Teibolt

Sum
Sum

of

for the Horfe in

his Petition mentioned.

Refolved,

ought to be allowed the

of ;^io for the Horfe

in his Petition mentioned.

Refolved, of
127

That John Armftrong and Lanty Armftrong ought to be allowed the

Sum
Pay

30 each

for their

Pay

in the Service of the Colony.

Refolved,

That William Fuqua ought to be allowed the

Sum

oi 1. 18 for his

in the Service of the Colony.

On confidering the Petition of John Craig, it appears to your Committee that there now due to the Eftate of Lieutenant John Hamilton, deceafed, in his Petition mentioned, the Sum of 22,. 12 for his Pay in the Ser\'ice of the Colony.
is

Refolved,
aid

That the

faid

Sum of 27,.

12

ought to be paid to the Adminiftrator of the

this

John Hamilton, deceafed, by the Publick. Refolved, That the Petition of the faid, John Craig be rejedled, it not appearing to Committee that he ever adminiftered on the Eftate of the faid John Hamilton,

deceafed.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

To-morrow Morning 11

"'Clock.

Z3^ur56aY.

tl)e

22n6

of November.

(Bao,

III.

1764.

A
130

Petition of
to,

John Dixon,

and

laid off together

of the
f en ted

Town

Land may be added with the Land intended to be laid off by the Truftees of Falmouth into Lots, for the Benefit of the Publick, was preClerk, praying that a Part of his

to the Houfe and read. That the faid Petition be referred to the Conlideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and

Ordered,

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

M"' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Attorney alfo reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration two Petitions to them referred, and had come to two Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the fame were again twice

and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: Refolved, That the Petition of Archibald Ritchie, of the Town of Tappahannock, and fundry other Inhabitants of the faid Town, and the Counties adjacent thereto, praying that the Ferry from the faid Town to Naylor's Hole, and Carter's Landing, may difcontinued, and that a new Ferry may be eftablifhed from the Land of the faid Archibald Ritchie, in the faid Town, to the Land of Moore Fauntleroy, in the Cotmty of Richread,

mond,
131

is

reafonable.

Refolved,

That the Petition of the Truftees of the Town of Falmouth,

in the

County

of King George, praying that they may be permitted to lay off 50 Feet in Width of King's Street in the faid Town into Lots, and to fell them, and lay out the Money as they fhall think proper for the Improvement of the faid Town alfo that the Purchafers of Lots therein may not be fubjedl to a Forfeiture of their Lots for not building thereon in a limited Time and that the Inhabitants thereof may be reftrained from building wooden Chimnies to their Houfes, or fuffering their Hogs to run at large in the faid Town, is
; ;

reafonable.
Ordered,

That the Committee

of Propofitions

do prepare and bring

in a Bill, or Bills,

purfuant to the faid Refolutions.

Two
that a

Petitions of divers Inhabitants of the lower

End

of Augufta Cotmty, praying

Road through

Swift Run, over the Mountains,

may

be

eftabliflied,

and that the

Juftices

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Juftices of the

fufficient for that Purpofe,

of

County be enabled to levy a Sum of Money on the Inhabitants thereof were prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

on the

The Order of the Day being read for the Hotife to refolve itfelf into a Committee Bill To prevent Perfons driving diftempered Cattle from North Carolina, and
;

other Places, into this Colony.

The Houfe immediately refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, and made feveral Amendments thereto, but not having Time to go through the fame, they had dire(5led him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill To-morrow. A Bill To dock the Entail of [1800]' Acres of Land in the Parifh of Albemarle and Cotmty of Suffex, whereof Nathaniel Harrifon the Younger is feized in Fee Taille, and for vefting the fame in Truftees in Fee Simple for the Ufes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M' Attorney, and the Members of Surry and Suffex. M'' Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the Committee had had tmder their Confideration fimdry Petitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: Refolved, That Lieutenant Jethro Summer ought to be allowed the Sum of () for
;
;

the Horfe in his Petition mentioned. Refolved, That John Donnelly ought to be allowed the
in his Petition mentioned.

Sum

of ;^io for the Horfe

That James Bryant ought to be allowed the Sum of ;^9. 10 for the Damages done on his Plantation by the Troops of this Colony. Refolved, That the Petition of Matthew Dowrant be rejedled. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 11 "'Clock.
Refolved,

IFxibat,

tb<i

23r6 of 5tovember. 5

<5eo. Ill

1764.

AReprefentation

and Inhabitants of the County of Elizabeth City, in Oppofition to a Petition of Henry Allen, to eredl a Bridge and Mill over the Branch of the Back River called Back River Creek, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and praying the faid Petition may be rejedled, as injurious to them, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Reprefentation do lie on the Table. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For the Relief of Parifhes from fuch Charges as may arife from Baftard Children bom within the fame, and it is referred to M'' Bland to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of John Dixon, Clerk, praying that the Ferry from his Land, adjacent to Falmouth Wharf, over the River, to the Land of Francis Thornton, in the Cotmty of Spotfylvania, may be eftablifhed, and that an Adt may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
of divers Freeholders
;

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Petition of William Cary, fetting forth that he is feized as Tenant in Fee Taille,

under the Will of his Grandfather William Cary, deceafed, of 360 Acres of Land in the County of Warwick: That he has lived on the faid Land for many Years paft without
Slaves
I

Hening, VIII,

p. 66.

269

Slaves to cultivate it, whereby he is greatly injured and that it would be greatly to the Advantage of himfelf, and the Heir in Taille, if he was permitted to fell the faid Land, and lay out Part of the Money arifing from the Sale thereof in the Purchafe of other Lands and Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes That he hath lately contraifled with one Allen Jones to fell the faid Lands to him for a confiderable Sum, if he could obtain an A(5t to enable him fo to do; and praying that an Adt may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in agreeable to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M"' Smith to prepare and bring in the fame. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee
;

to take into their further Confideration the Bill

Cattle from North Carolina,

To prevent Perfons

driving diftempered

and other Places, into this Colony. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Monday next. And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning ii "'Clock.

Mlon6ar. t^e 26tb of 5lovember, 5

(Beo. Ill

1764.

new Members returned on new Writs, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by A(5t of Parliament inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo repeated and fubfcribed the Teft, took their Seats in the Houfe. Ordered, That M"" Thomas Johnfon, M"" William Johnfon, and M'' Proffer, be added to the Committee of Claims, and M' Champe, to the Committee of Propofitions and
Grievances.
M'' Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that the faid Committee had had under their further Confideration the Petition of M"' Nathaniel Weft Dandridge to them referred, complaining of an undue Eledtion and Return of M'' James Littlepage to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Hanover, and had examined feveral Witneffes, and fully heard as well the Petitioner as the fitting Member by their Counfel, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to, as follows Your Committee beg Leave to inform the Houfe that it appears to them, from the Teftimony of one Harry Tompkins, a Freeholder of the faid County that foon after M'' Dandridge had accepted of a Coroner's Commifiion, the fetting Member having declared himfelf a Candidate for the faid County, wrote a Letter directed to Mefs. Burnthat the faid Letter was fent to a ley, Starke, and Cock, Freeholders of the faid County Church in the faid County, where thofe Gentlemen were, together with the Deponent; that the Deponent was defired to read the faid Letter, the Purport of which was (to the beft of his Remembrance) " That he, the fitting Member, was that Day gone to the lower Meeting Houfe of the Diffenters, to know their Sentiments whether they would fubmit to the damned Tobacco Law, and defired to know whether they alfo would fubmit to it that if they would fend him Burgefs he would be hanged, or burnt (or Words to that Effe(ft) if he did not get that Part of it, diredling a Review of Tobacco, repealed, as being an Infringement on the Liberty of the SubjecT;s, the Infpedlors being fo intimidated by and that he would endeavour it that they refufed the greateft Part of their Tobacco to have the Infpedlors chofen by the People. " That the Deponent was of Opinion the fitting Member had at firft very little Intereft in that Neighbourhood, but that he
;

Two

People fay that his Promifes to be of fo much Service to them ought to have fome Weight in their fending him a Burgefs and he believes it had fome Influence on the Freeholders, though he himfelf made Intereft, and voted for M"' Danafterwards heard
;

many

dridge.

M'

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M' John Winfton alfo depofed that he aw the Letter above mentioned, which was handed about amongft the Freeholders; though he read but two or three Lines of itand he believed it had fome Influence with the Freeholders. M"" Harding Burnley depofed that he was one of the Perfons to whom the faid Letter was diredled, the Purport of which was as is before recited by M'' Tompkins, except that he does not remember the Expreffions " that the fitting Member would be hanged, or burnt, if he did not get that Part of the Tobacco Law diredting a Review of Tobacco
repealed;" that he believed the People in general in that Quarter were Friends to the fitting Member that M"' Dandridge told him, the Deponent, that M"" Little page had been
;

with him, and offered to decline being a Candidate for the faid County but that he had advifed M"' Littlepage to fet up as a Candidate.
It alfo

if

he would ftand,

appears to your Committee, from the Evidence of one Thomas Underwood, that feveral People declared they would vote for the fitting Member, in Confequence of his Promifes about the Tobacco Law; and from the Teftimony of M'' John Bofwell, it aKo appears that on the Day of the Eledlion, juft before the Poll was opened, the fitting Member publickly and openly declared, in the Court Houfe, before a great Number of People, that he did not look upon any of the Promifes he had made to the People as
binding on him, but that they were all void. The Petitioner then, by hisCounfel, produced, and laid before your Committee, two feveral Letters from the fitting Member, which he acknowledged to be of his Writing,

November 1763, one of which Hughes, Senior, a Freeholder, and is in thefe Words
of

and are both dated the 12*

is

diredled to M'' William

Dear

Sir,

As M' Dandridge
myfelf Plan, Sir, is
the
to ferve this to

has taken a Coroner's Commiffioti I am to inform you I fhall offer County, and fhall be obliged to you for your Vote and Intereft. My ferve the People that's now fo injured by the damned Infpeding Law, that
,

Merchants

fhall have a

View, or a Review, on the Tobacco, after

called

it

has paft, that has fo

Infpedors that they refufe all Tobacco. M' M'Dowell You may declared publickly, on Friday laft, he would review all the Tobacco this Year. have the that taken and I want to Infpedors chofe enough to have depend I have Intereft off,
great Influence on the

Men

every Year by the Freeholders of the County.

I will be at your Church

To-morrow Se'nnight,

and

to

your Houfe.

I am.

Dear

Sir,

Your

affedionate Servant,

JAMES LITTLEPAGE.
The other is
Dear
Sir,

diredled to M"' William Hawes, a Freeholder,

and

is

in thefe

Words

As you know Col. Dandridge has declined ferving this County, I fhall be obliged to you for your Intereft, as I purpofe only to ferve the People, now fo injured by the Infpeding Law, for the Merchants to have a Review on Tobacco. I want the Infpedors chofen by the Planters yearly, M' M'Dowell has declared, in publick, he will review all the Tobacco he purchafes this Year. I fhall be at your Church on Sunday Se'nnight. I am, dear Sir, Your affedionate Servant,

JAMES LITTLEPAGE.
Your Committee further beg Leave to inform the Houfe that by the Teftimony of M' Samuel Overton, named in M'' Dandridge' s Petition, it appears to them that on the 14* Day of January laft, as the fitting Member and himfelf were returning from a Treat given by the fitting Member to the Freeholders of the faid County two Days before, the Converfation turning on the Expenfes they were putting themfelves to on that Occafion, the fitting Member propofed to him that they fhould go both together to M'' Dandridge and offer to decline ftanding a Poll at the Eledlion if he would pay them
the

271

141

the Expenfes they had been at: That they then came to no Determination on that Propofal but in the Evening of the fame Day the faid Overton voluntarily, and of his own Accord, as he declared, propofed to the fitting Member to pay him his Expenfes
;

he would by no Means confent to; whereupon the faid Overton offered to drop his Pretenfions, and not ftand a Poll, if the fitting Member would pay him the Expenfes he had incurred, as well in that as a former Eledtion, which he fuppofed amounted to about 75 at the fame Time affuring him that he himfelf fhould vote againfthim, yet that he would not otherwife concern himfelf in the Eledlion, one Way or the other: That the fitting Member, after fome Deliberation, clofed with this Propofal, but with a Provifo at the fame Time, agreed to by them both, that if M"' Henry fhould declare himfelf a Candidate for the faid County, and be elecfted a Burgefs, he fhould pay the faid Overton $0 only. M"' Overton then acknowledged that the fitting Member had complied with his Engagement, in paying him the Sum agreed on, but that he had voted for the Petiif
;

tioner at the faid Ele(5tion.

Your Committee

are

the Teftimony of the above

now to inform the Houfe that it appears to them, as well from named Samuel Overton, as one of Jacob Hundley, that the
Agreement with the fitting Member, ordered the faid fome of the Freeholders of the faid County at his Houfe,
:

faid Overton had, before his faid

142

143

^^,,

Hundley to prepare a Treat for on Friday the 13"^ of January: and, as the faid Overton depofed, before he knew that the Writ was ifftied for eledling a Burgefs, though he expected it was That the iaidjinndley having heard that M'' Overton had declined ftanding a Candidate, fent a Meffenger to let him know that feveral People had affembled at his Houfe, and defired his Diredlions whether they were to be treated at his Expenfe: That M'' Overton thereupon ordered him to let them have four Gallons of Rum made into Punch, and he would pay for it; which they accordingly had, and was paid for by the faid Overton: That the fitting Member being prefent at the faid Treat, was told by Hundley that the Liquor was all drank, whereupon he ordered two Gallons more, and faid he fuppofed M"" Overton would pay Hundley for that, as well as the reft and the faid Hundley depofed that he expedted Payment of thofe two Gallons of M"' Overton only, and not of the fitting Member and that he does not know whether any of the Company heard the fitting Member order thofe two Gallons of Liquor, but that they all knew the Treat to be M' Overton 's; and beUeves they were chiefly in the Intereft of the fitting Member. It further appears to your Committee that M"' William Macon who voted for the Petitioner, went with M"" Overton (before he had agreed upon the Terms above mentioned with the fitting Member) to endeavour to prevail upon him to confent to their treating the Freeholders of the faid County, until the Day of Eledtion; but that he abfolutely refufed fo to do, and declared he would not treat after the Writ was iffued. It appears that the faid Writ bore Teft the 13"' Day of January laft. It likewife appears to your Committee, from the Evidence of M' John Bofwell, that after the Petitioner was appointed a Coroner the fitting Member afked the Deponent what Chance he thought he might have amongft the People of his Neighbourhood if he fhould declare himfelf a Candidate That the faid Bofwell foon after wrote him that he thought he might have a good Chance, if he would go up amongft them That the fitting Member accordingly went up, and the faid Bofwell rode about with him among the People and fome of them faying it was too cold Weather to go fo long a Way (it being above 25 Miles) to the Eledtion, the fitting Member told them they fhould be welcome if they would call at his Houfe in their Way down That accordingly about 10 of them, with the faid Bofwell, did go to his Houfe the Evening before the Eledtion, which is about 5 miles above the Court Houfe, where they were hofpitably entertained, for which the faid Bofwell declared the fitting Member was remarkable, though their Entertainment was not more than was ufual with him That in the Evening two men came in, who faid that they came from home with an Intention to vote for the fitting Member, but having juft heard that M"" Dandridge had declared himfelf a Candidate, they muft vote for him, as he had been very kind to them to which the fitting Member anfwered, it fhould make no Difference with him; they might vote as they pleafed;
; ; : : ; :

but

272 ]

but it does not appear for whom they did vote: That feveral of the above Company were pretty merry with Liquor when they came to the fitting Member's Houfe, where they chiefly drank Cider That fome of them drank Drams in the Morning, and went merry to the Court Houfe but that the fitting Member had gone off early in the Morning
: ;

with the faid Bofwell. It further appears as well from the Evidence of the faid Bofwell, as of one Paul Tilman, the Perfon employed by the fitting Member to prepare his Entertainment at
the Eledlion, that both before, and on the Day of Eledlion, the fitting Member expreffly ordered the faid Tilman not to give the Freeholders any Liquor until after the clofmg the Poll

and paid

and that none of them had any Liquor, except fome few who infifted on it, it themf elves. It further appears to your Committee that the Day after Chriftmas Day the fitting Member told one Richard Richardfon there would be an Eledlion foon and afked him if he would not go to it; who anfwered that he would, and fhould make bold to call at his Houfe in his Way, but fhould not vote for him, though he declared to your Committee he did intend at that Time to vote for him That the fitting Member told him it fhoujd make no Difference whether he was for him or againft him that he fhould be welcome at his Houfe, and defired him to bring fome of his Neighbours with him That he accordingly called there with 4 of his Neighbours, where they were kindly entertained and that he knew of no other Invitations from the fitting Member than the above. It likewife appears to your Committee, from the Teftimony of M'' Thomas Underwood, who lives in the upper Part of the faid Coimtj' of Hanover, about 25 Miles above the fitting Member, that fome Time before the faid Eledlion, but whether after the Writ was iffued he knows not, he received an Invitation from the fitting Member to come to his Houfe the Evening before the Eledlion, and he defired him to give the like Invitation to, and make it publick amongft, the People of his Neighbourhood, that they fhould be all welcome at his Houfe, whether Freeholders or not That on the Day of the Eledlion one Grubbs, a Freeholder, who lives about fix Miles above the fitting Member, came to the Court Houfe, and declared he was ready to vote for any one who would give him a Dram That the faid Underwood, as a Friend to M"" Dandridge, endeavoured to get a Dram for him, but could not That Richard Richardfon, who was a Friend to the fitting Member, but without his Knowledge, did, at his own Expenfe, procure a Dram for the faid Grubbs, who voted for the fitting Member. Your Committee further inform the Houfe that one Robert Hart depofed he was at mentioned Treat made by M"^ Overton at Hundley's, and that when the Liquor above the was drank out more was called for, and brought, but on whofe Account he knows not; and that one John Wynn alfo depofed he was at a Treat made by the fitting Member before the Writ for eledling a Burgefs was out, and alfo at the faid Overton's Treat at Hundley's, and that he voted for the fitting Member.
;

for

On Confideration of the whole Matter,

That the faid M"" James Littlepage is duly eledled to ferve as a Burgefs in Affembly for the faid County of Hanover. Refolved, That the faid Petition is frivolous and vexatious. Ordered, That the Petitioner do pay unto the fitting Member his Cofts, occafioned by his faid Petition and it is referred to the Committee of Claims to fettle and adjuft
Refolved,
this prefent General
;

the fame. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Bertrand Ewell be fent

Cuftody of the Sergeant at Arms, to in not appearing, purfuant to appear at the Bar of this Houfe to anfwer "Day of laft, to make his Defence an Order of this Houfe of the agreeable to the Prayer of his Petition. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To prevent Perfons driving diftempered Cattle from North Carolina, and other Places, into
for, in

his

Contempt

this
I

See page 242.

[ 273 ]
this Colony; and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill under their further Conlideration, but not having Time to go through the fame they had dire(5led him to move

for

Leave to

fit

again.
faid

faid

That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the Bill To-morrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning ii
Refolved,

Committee on the

"'Clock.

I3ues6ar.

tl)e

2rtb of ^lovcmber, 5

<&eo.

III.

1764.

and Caroline, fetting Wharehoufes for the Reception of Tobacco at Occupatia Creek are in a ruinous Condition, and the Rents thereof no way fufficient to anfwer the neceffary Repairs; and praying that they may be difcontinued, and new Warehoufes ere<5led at Port Micou's, and that the fame may be put under the Infpedlion with Layton's, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to a Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill For amending an Adt, entitled. An Ad' for amending and further continuing the fever al Ads of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, is referred. M"' Terry, from the Perfons appointed, prefented to the Hovife, according to Order, a Bill To oblige the Parifh of Cumberland to refimd to the Parifh of Antrim their Proportion of the Money levied for building four Churches in the faid Parifh before the Divifion thereof; and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a
Petition of divers Inhabitants of the Counties of Effex

forth that the

fecond Time.

Petition of

James

Gait,

Keeper

of the Publick Gaol, praying a Continuance of

his former Salary.

Refolved,

That the

Sum

of

15 be paid to the

faid

James

Gait,

over and above his

ufual Salary of
Refolved,

2$ per

Annum.

That 10 lbs. of Tobacco per Day be allowed to the faid James Gait for every Criminal committed to the faid Gaol during fuch Criminal's Imprifonment, from
this

Time

to the

End

of the next Seffion of Affembly.

Lefter, praying to be paid by the Publick for a Gun and Majefty's Service in the Year 1757, and valued at 4, and his impreffed into Bayonet never returned him, nor hath he received any Satiffadlion for the fame, was prefented

Petition of

Bryant

to the

Houfe and read. That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Ordered,
;

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

A Petition of John Bell, praying to be allowed by the Publick for feveral Years Attendance to fhackle and handcuff the Criminals committed to the Publick Gaol, taking off their Irons when carried up to their Trials, or otherwife dif charged, for which he hath
never received any Satiffa(5lion, was prefented to the Houfe and read being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee, It paffed in the Negative. Refolved, That the faid Petition be reje($led.
;

and the Queftion

Meffage from the Council was delivered by

to the Bill, entitled,

M"'

Walthoe.

That they have agreed Alfo

Fairfax.

An

Adl" for dividing the Coimty of Lrtnen-

burg into three diftindl Counties.

to the Bill, entitled.

An

Adla for dividing the Parifh of Truro, in the County of

A
I

Hening, VIII,

p.

387,

'

ibid.,

VIII, p. 41.

'

Ibid., VIII, p, 43-

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Petition of Richard Doggett, letting forth that in the

Year 1762 he

enlifted 13

Recruits for the Virginia Regiment, to whom he paid the Bounty Money, and fubfifted them xmtil he delivered them to Capt. John Blagg of the faid Regiment.

from Capt. Blagg before they were received by the Commanding Officer, and that he hath never had returned to him the Bounty Money, Subfiftence, or Recruiting, amounting to t,t. 10; and praying to be allowed the fame by the Publick, was prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with

That

3 of the faid Recruits deferted

isi

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

from the Perfons appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John Gregg is feized, and for Order, a Bill To fettUng other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, and it is referred to M'' Henry Lee to prepare and bring in the fame and that he receive a Claufe, or Claufes, for the Payment
M"'

Henry

Lee,

of the Burgeffes

Wages for the laft Seffion of Affembly, except fuch Members already been paid by their refpedlive Counties.

as h9.ve

M"' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For exempting the Inhabitants of Elizabeth City County on the Eaft Side of Hampton River, and alfo the Minifters and other Parifhioners of Suffolk Parifh, from the Payment of Ferriage, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond
;

Time.

A
was

Petition of William Irvin, praying to be allowed

by the Publick

for a

Mare which
132

killed

by carrying too great a Load

of

Com,

or Meal, for the Ufe of the Militia of

Bedford County, under the Command of Capt. John Quarles, and for which he hath received no Satiffa(5lion, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
;

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee, the Bill For amending and further continuing Confideration to take into their further the feveral A(5ls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and

The Order

of the

Day

preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve

itfelf

into the faid Committee To-morrow-

being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee, The Order of the to take into their further Confideration the Bill To prevent Perfons driving diftempered Cattle from North Carolina, and other Places, into this Colony.

Day

That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions from feveral Counties to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow Refolved, That the Petition of the Minifters, Veftries, and fundry other Inhabitants of the feveral Parifhes of Elizabeth River, Portfmouth, and St. Bride's, in the County of Norfolk, praying that certain Slaves devifed by one Matthew Godfrey for the Benefit of the Poor of the faid County, may be divided between the three Parifhes, and that a Tradl of Land given by the faid Godfrey to the Poor of the faid County may be valued and vefted in the Parifh of Elizabeth River, and a proportionable Part of the Valuation paid to each of the other Parifhes, to be laid out in the Purchafe of other Lands to be held for the fame Purpofes, is reafonable.
Refolved,
M"' Attorney, from the

la

Refolved

[ 275 ]

Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Lunenburg, praying that People may be prohibited from building Mill Dams, or raifmg Hedges or Stops in the little River Roanoke, which prevent the Paffage of Fifh up the fame, is

reafonable.
Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Albemarle, praying the hke Prohibition againft raifing Obftrudtions in the North Branch of James

River,
iM

is

reafonable.

'

John Dixon, Clerk, praying that Part of his Land adjoining the Town of Falmouth, and contiguous to the Lots propofed to be laid off out of Part of King's Street, may be added to and made Part of the faid Town, and that he may be allowed fuch a Proportion of the Money arifing from the Sale of the faid Lots
Refolved,
of

That the Petition

as fhall be thought reafonable, be rejedled.

Refolved,

eftablifhed from his

in Spotfylvania,

That the Petition of the faid John Dixon, praying that a Ferry may be Land adjacent to Falmouth Wharf, to the Land of Francis Thornton
be rejedled.

That the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the County of Augufta, praying that a Road may be cleared through the Mountains at Swift Run Gap, and the Expenfe thereof levied on the Inhabitants of the faid Coimty, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Coimty of Buckingham,
Refolved,

praying that Truftees

Falls of

may

be appointed to take in Subfcriptions for clearing the great

Bills,

is reafonable. James That the faid Committee do prepare and bring in a Bill, or 3"^, 6*^, and y"' Refolutions. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning li ''Clock,

River,

Ordered,

purfuant

155

"^e6nes6ar. t^e 2St^ of November. 5 <Beo.

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Cotmties of Bedford

Ill

1764.

other frontier Coimties, praying that a Ferry

may

and Amherft, and be eftablifhed from the

156

Land of Nicholas Davis over [Fluvannah] River to the oppofite Shore, and that an Adt may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Hotife. A Bill For giving a greater Reward for killing Wolves was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' James Mercer and M"' Richard Henry Lee. A Petition of Alexander Sayers, fetting forth that in the Years 1760 and 1761, when the Virginia Regiment encamped on the Dunkard Bottom, they deftroyed his Houfes, Bams, Fences, and cut down his Timber to build a Fort and Barracks; and praying that Reftitution may be made him by the PubUck, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Petition of Hugh Mercer, fetting forth that in the Year 1762 he appHed to this Houfe to be allowed for a Cheft of Medicines, and ftmdry other Medicines deUvered in Dofes for the Ufe of the Smallpox and Regimental Hofpital, amounting to ;;^302. o 8 Halfpenny That his faid Petition was referred to the Committee of Claims, who were pleafed to vote the faid Petition in Part unreafonable, by a Dedudtion of 17 and a Half per Centum, amoimting to ;52. 10. 6, and ordered only the Balance after that Dedudtion to be paid him and praying that a Revifal of the Articles of the Accoimts laid before the faid Committee may be made, and that he may be allowed the faid ;^S2. 10. 6 by the Publick, which is juftly due to him, was prefented to the Houfe and read and the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,
: ;

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition be rejedled.

The

376

The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee to take into their further Confideration the Bill For amending an Adt, entitled, An AtS' for amending and further continuing the feveral Ads of Affembly of this Colony for amending
the Staple of Tobacco,

Refolved,

That

this

and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Friday
to Order, refolved itfelf into a

next.

Committee to take into their further Confideration the Bill To prevent Perfons driving diftempered Cattle from North Carolina, and other Places, into this Colony; and after fome Time fpent therein, M' Speaker, refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that the Committee had gone through the faid Bill, and had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where the faid Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, with fome Amendments. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, as amended, be engroffed, and
;

The Houfe, according

read a third Time. M'' Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration feveral Petitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table,

where they were again read, and are as follow Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that Capt. John Smith ought to be allowed by the Publick the Sum of 75, to reimburfe him the Pay advanced to Thomas Langdon his Lieutenant, who never was returned on the faid Smith's Roll, though in
adlual Service.
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of Lieutenant James Walker, for an additional Allowance for enlifting and fublifting Recruits for the

Frontier Battalion, be rejedled.

That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of William Mare killed in the Service, be rejedled, for Want of Proof. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Petition of Richard Dogget, to be allowed for the Bounty Money and Subfiftence of Recruits for the Virginia Regiment, be rejefted it appearing to this Committee that he enlifted the faid Recruits tmder an Agreement with Capt. John Blagg of the faid Regiment, without any Warrant or Orders from the Governor. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that Bryant Lefter ought to be allowed by the Publick the Sum of 4 for his Gim and Bayonet, impreffed for the Ufe of Capt. John Cox of the Lunenburg Militia. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee that the Sum of 4 ought to be levied on the Eftate of the faid John Cox, deceafed, to reimburfe the Publick. The fir ft, fecond, fourth, and fifth Refolutions, being read a fecond Time, were agreed
Refolved,
Irvin, for a
;

to

by the Houfe. The third Refolution being

alfo read

a fecond Time, was re-committed to the faid

Committee.

And

Refolution being alfo twice read, was difagreed to by the Houfe. For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. A Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John Gregg is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M"" Richard Henry Lee, and the Members of Prince William and Fairfax. A Bill To amend the Adl for the better Government of Servants and Slaves was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propolitions and Grievances. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 11 ''Clock.
laft

The

Bill

Hening, VII,

p. 387.

277

I3l)ur56ay. t^e

29tb of Movcmber. 5

<Beo. IIL

1764.

A
'*'

Petition of Jofeph Royle, Printer, praying a Continuance of his former Salary,

was prefented to the Houfe and read. Refolved, That the Sum of ^375 per Annimi be allowed to the
Royle, Printer to continue to the

faid Jofeph

Affembly as a full Confideration for printing the Journal of the Hoxife of Burgeffes, printing the Laws of each Se/fion, and fending as many Copies to the County Court Clerks as there are Juftices
Commiffion in each refpeftive Coimty, and one other, which is to be half-botind, Ufe of the Court, and ten to the Clerk of the Court of Huftings of the Borough of Norfolk, printing Infpecftors Notes and Books, Proclamations, and other publick
in the

End

of the next Seffion of

for the

Advertifements.
Ordered,

That the

faid Refolve be engroffed,

and that

M*^

Attorney do carry

it

up

to

the Coimcil for their Concurrence.

A Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands was read a fecond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe.
Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill on Tuefday next. A Claim of Francis Moor, for Prifon Fees, and a Reward for taking up Peter Paris,

a Deferter.

lei

Alfo a Petition of John Mills, praying to be allowed for 3 Horfes impreffed into the Year 1756, appraifed to 12. 15. Alfo a Petition of John B err iffield, praying to be allowed for two Horfes impreffed into the faid Service, appraifed to ;^9. 10, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read.
Service for the Shawanefe Expedition in the

Claim and Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Petition of Richard Todd, fetting forth that he is feized in Fee Taille, under the Will of his Father William Todd, deceafed, in 1 2 68 Acres of Land in the Coimty of Orange, and it will be greatly to the Benefit of his Family to dock the Entail thereof, whereby he may be able to fell it, and to fettle 460 Acres of Land in the Cotmty of King and Queen, of which he is feized in Fee Simple, with fome Slaves to be annexed thereto, to the fame Ufes and praying that an A(5l may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to
Ordered,
faid

That the

Committee

of Claims; that they

the Houfe and read.

Ordered,
it is

That a

Bill

be brought in agreeable to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and

162

Pendleton to prepare and bring in the fame. M^ Smith prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To veft certain entailed Lands whereof William Cary is feized in Allen Jones in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes and the faid BiU
referred to M""
;

Edmund

Time, and Ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of the Veftry of the Parifh of St. Luke, in the Covuity of Southampton, fetting forth that before the Divifion of the Parifh of Nottoway, in the faid County, by an Adl made in the 4* Seffion of this prefent Affembly the Veftry of the faid Parifh did in different Years levy feveral Quantities of Tobacco for repairing the Churches of the faid Parifh but no Repairs being ever made, there was a confiderable Sum of Money due

was read the

firft

made no Provifion for the Petitioners, or diredled how the faid Monies due to the faid Parifh of St. Luke Divifion fhall be difpofed of; and praying that the faid Parifh of Nottoway may be obliged to refund to the laid Parifh of St. Luke their Proportion of the Money levied for the Repairs aforefaid, and that an Adl may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe and
read.

to the Parifh before the Divifion thereof: That the faid Aft has

Ordered,

of Propofitions

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

278

A Petition of Henry DuVal Mauger,

prefented to the Houfe and read.
Ordered,
of Claims; that they

praying to be allowed for his Services as a Mate

or Affiftant to Do(5tor Robert Johnfton, Surgeon to the laft Virginia Regiment,

was

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee examine into the Allegations thereof; and report the fame, with

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

On a Motion made,
be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, For altering the Court Day of the County of Fauquier, that they receive a Claufe or Claufes for altering the Court Day of the Coimty of Loudoun to the 2<* Monday in every Month, and the Court Day of the County of Fairfax to the 3*' Monday in every Month. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on Bill For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the the Prifon Rules, and for other Prupofes therein mentioned.
Ordered,

That

it

to

whom

it is

referred to bring in a Bill

That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. For exempting the Inhabitants of Elizabeth City County, on the eaft Side of Hampton River, and alfo the Minifter and other Parifhioners of Suffolk Parifh, from the Payment of Ferriage, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. A Bill For ef t." blifhing the Landing Place from Frafer's Ferry at the Caufey oppofite thereto was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill To oblige the Parifh of Cumberland to refund to the Parifh of Antrim their Proportion of the Money levied for building 4 Churches in the faid Parifh before the Divifion thereof was read the fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. M"' Attorney, from the Committee to whom the Bill To dock the Entail of Eighteen Hundred Acres of Land in the Parifh of Albemarle, and County of Suffex, whereof Nathaniel Harrifon the younger is feized in Fee Taille, and for vefting the fame in Truftees in Fee Simple for the Ufes therein mentioned, was committed, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and fotmd them to be true, but had made no Amendments thereto. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 11 "'Clock.
Refolved,

Bill

lF'rl6ar. t^e

30tb of 5lovember. 5

<Beo,

III.

1764.

John Phelps, praying that John Stephens, William Handy, Henry Haynes and Rofs Noble, four Soldiers of his Company of Militia, may be allowed their Pay, they being omitted to be inferted in his Pay Roll, and never received any Satiffaction for their Services. Alfo a Petition of Sufannah Wafh, fetting forth that her Hufband John Wafh entered into the Service of this Country as a Volunteer in the Year 1 7 63 and in an Adtion with the Enemy on Jackfon's River was killed, bravely fighting for his King and Country, and left the Petitioner in a diftreff ed Condition were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Petition of
,
; ;

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

A Bill To veft certain entailed Lands whereof William Cary is feized in Alle^i Jones Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Smith, M'' Cary, M'' John Fleming, M"" Jofeph Cabell, and the Members of Warwick.
in

An

879 ]
Landing Place from Frafer's

An
la

engroffed Bill, entitled,

An Ad'

for eftablifhing the

Ferry, at the Caufey oppofite thereto,

Refolved,

was read the

third Time.

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M' Carter Braxton do carry up the

faid Bill to the Coiincil for their

Concurrence.

A Petition of divers Inhabitants of Appomattox River, praying that they may be allowed to fet Hedges acrofs the laid River for the Benefit of catching Fifh, and that all Owners of Mills may be obliged to keep a clear and open Paffage through their Dams 3 Months in every Year, from the io'' Day of March to the lo'*' Day of June, for the Paffage of Fifh, and that an Ad; may pafs for that Purpofe, was prefented to the Houfe
and
read.

Ordered,

of Propofitions

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
of the

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

An engroffed Bill, entitled An Ad' for the Prefervation read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.
Refolved,

Breed

of Cattle,

was

167

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Cary do carry it to the Cotmcil for their Concurrence. On a Motion made. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill For exempting the Inhabitants of Elizabeth City Covmty, on the Eaft Side of Hampton River, and alfo the Minifter and other Parifhioners of Suffolk Parifh, from the Payment of Ferriage, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed to receive a Claufe or Claufes to exempt the Minifter of the Parifh of Antrim, in the County of Halifax, at all Times, and the other Inhabitants of the faid Parifh on Sundays, from the Payment of Ferriage, and to empower the Veftry of the faid Parifh to levy the Expenfe thereof, in their Parifh Levies. M' Attorney, from the Committee appointed, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, an Addrefs and Reprefentation to his Majefty, aKo a Memorial to the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, and the Memorial to the Honourable the Houfe of Commons. Ordered, That the faid Addrefs, Reprefentation, &c. be referred to a Committee of the whole Hoid^e. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the fame on Tuefday
next.

M' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For encouraging the Settlement of the Towns of Alexandria and Falmouth, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.
i***

Alfo a Bill To empower Henry Allen to build a Bridge over the South Branch of Back River, in the Coimty of Elizabeth City, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and the faid Bills were read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. He aKo reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration two Petitions to them referred, and had come to two Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed
to

by the Houfe,
Refolved,

as follow

That the Petition of Nicholas Davies, and alfo the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Counties of Bedford and Amherft, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed over the Fluvannah from the faid Davies' s Land, in the Cotintyof Bedford, at or near the Mouth of Tuckaho Creek, to his Land, near the Mill Stone Quarry, in the County
of Amherft, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry other Inhabitants of the upper Part of the County of Amherft, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed acrofs the Fluvannah, from the Land of Cornelius Thomas, at or near the Mouth of his Mill Creek, on the north Side, to the oppofite Land of Nicholas Davies, in the Covinty of Bedford, is reafonable.

Ordered
'

Hening, VIII,

p. 49-

'

Not

in

Hening.

38o

] in a Bill

Ordered,

That the

faid

Committee do prepare and bring

purfuant to the

laft Refolution.

On a Motion made,
The
Bill

To empower Henry
and

Allen to build a Bridge over Back River, in the County

iw

of Elizabeth City,

for other Purpofes therein mentioned,

was read a fecond Time,

and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. Ordered, That the Petition in Oppofition to that which the faid Bill is founded upon, and ordered to lie on the Table, be alfo referred to the faid Committee. M"' Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the Committee had had under their Confideration the Petition of Alexander Sayers to them referred, alfo the Petition of William Irvine to them re-committed, and have come to two Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to, as follow: Refolved, That the Petition of the faid Alexander Sayers be rejedled, it not appearing to this Committee that the Land on which the Damages alleged to be done by theVirginia Regiment was the Petitioner's, at the Time the Regiment encamped thereon. Refolved, That the faid William Irvine ought to be paid the Sum of $ for the Mare
mentioned. Motion made. On a Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to afcertain the Price of fundry Indian Goods belonging to the Publick, purchafed by M'' Ifrael Chriftian, and it is referred to
in his Petition
M''

Edmund Pendleton,

M'' Travis, M''

Walker,

M''

Hartwell Cocke,

M"'

Walke, and

M''

Lewis,

no

to infpedl the fame, and report their Opinion thereon to the Houfe. A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Common Council, and other Inhabi-

tants of the Borough of Norfolk, praying that an Adl

may

be paffed to empower the

Court of Huftings of the faid Borough to hold Plea of all Adlions real, perfonal, and mixed, and to determine Suits in Chancery, Attachments, Servants, Complaints, and Breaches of the Peace, in the fame Manner as the Cotmty Courts of this Colony are authorized and empowered to do, and that the Jurifdidtion of the faid Court may be
enlarged,

of

was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Claim of John Richard, to be allowed by the Publick for fumiihing a Guard,

Men, to condudl the Vagrants draughted from the County of King and Queen to Frederickfburg, was prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Claim be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof and report the same, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee to take under their further Confideration the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral A($ls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on
confifting of 12
:

Tuefday next. A Claim of Jacob Sowers, for Provifions, &c. fumifhed the Militia, amounting to 4. 14. 8, was prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Claim be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examined into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 10 "'Clock.

Salur^a^

Sdtur6aY.

tl)e

Ist of

"3)ecember.

(&eo. Ill

1764.

A
172

Thomas Walker, fetting forth that he was appointed a Commiffary of Stores and Provifions for this Colony in the Year 1755, and in that Capacity was fued by Thomas Crefap, in the County Court of Augufta for fundry Charges which accrued during General Braddock's Campaign and though he ufed every legal Method of Defence, he was condemned by a Jury's Verdidl to pay the Sum of fyg. 5, and Cofts. That in the Courfe of the faid Service he was the Means of faving a confiderable Sum of Money to the Colony, and as this was a Lofs fuftained in the fame Service, he hoped he may be indemnified out of the Money fo faved, was prefented to the Houfe and received. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Petition of
;

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

Petition of Robert -Afhbey, fetting forth that

Nimrod Afhbey

his

Son was

in the

Year 1763 ftationed on the Frontiers, with the Command of a Detachment of Militia, that in the Month of April 1764 the faid Nimrod received from the Treafurer a confider-

"^

Sum of Money, as well for his own Pay as the Pay due to his Men; that on his Return back to the Fort where his Men were ftationed, in Order to pay them the Money which was refpedlively due them, and to difcharge fome Debts which he had been under a Neceffity of contracting there, he was furprifed by a Party of Indians, who murdered him, and took from him 74, which Sum has been fmce paid out of his Eftate for the Purpofes aforefaid; which, together with his ordinary Debts, hath reduced his whole Eftate, and left two poor helplefs Orphans deftitute of Bread; and praying that this Honourable Houfe will take the fame into their Confideration, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion
able
of Affembly.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tuefday

next.

^ue56aY. t^ 4lb of "3)ecember. 5

<&eo.

III.

1764.

Member being returned upon a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed by Adl of Parliament to be taken inf tead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supre-

macy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee to take under their further Confideration the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. The Houfe immediately refolved itfelf into the faid Committee; and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the faid Committee had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame, had ordered him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee to take into their Confideration the Addrefs to his Majefty, and the Memorials to the Lords and Commons. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Thurfday

next.

The

282

The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands. Refolved, That this Hotife will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill on
Thurfday next.

Gawin Corbin, and M' Richard Bland, Jtm. be added to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning lo ''Clock.
Ordered,

That

M''

Wabttdsba^.

11)0,

5tb of "2>ecember, 5 (Beo.

III.

1764.

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For giving further Time for the hearing Chancery Suits brought in the General Court of this Colony, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the faid Bill was read the firft ordered to be read a fecond Time. Time, and M'' John Pendleton prefented to the Hoiofe, according to Order, a Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Richard Todd is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and ftuther continuing the feveral Adls of Af fembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill tmder their further Confideration, and had made fome Amendments thereto, but not having Time to go through the fame, they had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houie will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. The Order, of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out
Attorney,
;

MR

"^

of the Prifon Rules,

and

for other Purpofes therein mentioned.

Refolved,

That this Hotife will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning lo "'Clock.

I5bur$6aY. th^

6tl)

of iDecember.

(Beo.

III.

1764.

Lee, and M' Tabb, do go to the ORDERED, That M' Archibald Cary, U^ Richard the Defedls and Decays, and what

Publick Gaol of this City, and examine into neceffary Repairs ought to be made thereto and that they report them to the
Houfe.

i^g

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the under their Confideration two Petitions to them referred, and had had had Committee come to two Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow Refolved, That the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Parifh of St. Luke, in the Coimty of Southampton, praying to be reimburfed by the Parifh of Nottoway their ProM'' Attorney,
;

portion of the
thereof,

Money

raifed for repairing

is

Churches in the faid Parifh before the Divifion

but which was not fo applied,

reafonable.

That the Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council, Borough of Norfolk, praying that the Jurifdidlion of their Court of Huftings may the of
Refolved,

be enlarged,

is

reafonable.

Ordered

283

]
in a Bill or Bills,

Ordered,

That the

faid

Committee do prepare and bring

purfuant

to the faid Refolutions.

A Meffage from the Council was delivered by M''

Walthoe.

That they have agreed to the Bill, entitled, An A6t' for eftablifhing the Landing Place from Frafer's Ferry at the Caufey oppofite thereto.
177

delivered a Petition of M'' Aaron Miller, addreffed to the Govemour and and by them recommended to this Houfe, fetting forth that he had at great Trouble and Expenfe invented a new Compafs and Protradtor, by which an Angle may be meafured both in furveying and plotting with greater Accuracy than by any other Inftrument hitherto difcovered, and praying fuch a Bounty as the Legiflature may think he deferves and the faid Petition was read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of M"' Richard Bland, M.' Richard Henry Lee, M' Wythe, M'' Gary, and M'' Mercer; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon to the Houfe.

He aKo

Coimcil,

M"'

Edmund

Pendleton prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill

;

To

veft

certain

fettling other

Lands therein mentioned in John Syme, Efq and others, in Fee Simple, and for Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof, and the faid Bill was read the firft Time,

178

and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M"' Gary, from the Committee to whom the Bill To veft certain entailed Lands whereof William Gary is feized in Allen Jones in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes, was committed, reported that the Committee had examined into the Allegations thereof and found them to be true, but had made no Amendments thereto and he delivered the faid Bill in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. M' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill To oblige the Parifh of Gumberland to refund to the Parifh of Antrim their Proportion
;

of the

Money

levied for building four Churches in the faid Parifh before the Diviflon

thereof,

thereof,

was committed reported that the Committee had examined into the Allegations and fovmd them to be true, but had made no Amendments thereto; and he

delivered the Bill in at the Table.

engroffed, and read a third Time,
It paffed in the Negative.

And

the Queftion being put that the faid Bill be

17

That the faid Bill be rejedled. from the faid Committee, to whom the Bill To empower Henry over the fouth Branch of Back River, in the County of Elizabeth Bridge Allen to build a Gity, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed, that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and foimd them to be true, but had made no Amendments And the Queftion being put thereto; and he delivered the faid Bill in at the Table. read a third Time, Bill engroffed, and be that the faid
Refolved,

He

alfo reported

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Bill be rejedled.

from the faid Gommittee, to whom the Bill For exempting the Elizabeth Gity Covmty on the eaft Side of Hampton River, and alfo the of Inhabitants Minifter and other Parifhioners of Suffolk Parifh, from the Payment of Ferriage, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed, that the faid Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice

He

alfo reported

read,

Ordered,

and agreed to by the Houfe. That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be engroffed, and read a Third
alfo,

Time.

from the faid Gommittee, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For opening and clearing a Road through Swift Run Gap over the Mountains, in Augufta.
Alfo
'

He

Hening, VIII,

p. 49.

284]

Alfo a Bill For altering the Court Day of Fauquier, Loudoun, and Fairfax Counties. Alfo a Bill For appointing feveral new Ferries, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Alfo a Bill For making an equal Divifion of a Donation of one Matthew Godfrey between the feveral Parifhes in the Cotinty of Norfolk, for the Benefit of their Poor;

and the faid

Bills

were feverally read the

it

firft

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time,

iso

On a Motion made,
be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Claims to allow John Gale in the Book of Claims the Sum of to towards his prefent Relief. Refolved, That the Stun of ;^5 per Annum be allowed to the faid Gale during his Life, in Confideration of the Wounds he received in the Service of this Colony. Ordered, That M"" Gary do carry the faid Refolve to the Cotmcil for their Conciurrence. M'' Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration feveral Petitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreedtoby the Houfe, with an Amendment, as follow: Refolved, That Henry Darnell ought to be allowed by the Publick the Sum oi ^7. 14 for the Bounty Money, enlifting, and fubfifting the Recruits in his Petition mentioned. Refolved, That Sufannah Wafh, Widow of John Wafh, a Soldier who was killed in the Service of this Colony, ought to be allowed the Sum of 7,0 by the Publick for her Relief. Refolved, That the Petition of John Barriffield and John Mills, to be paid for Horfes for the Shawanefe Expedition, be rejefted; it appearing to this Committee that their Claims in their refpe(5live Petitions were confidered, and rejedled, at a former Seffion
Ordered,

That

igi

of Affembly.

That the Petition of William Harrifon and William Wren, Infpedlors at to be paid for Tobacco ftolen out of the faid Warehoufe, be reWarehoufe, Gibfon's jected; it not appearing to this Committee that the faid Warehoufe was fufBciently fecured at the Time the faid Tobacco was ftolen. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cviftoms and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that
Refolved,
;

they had had the fame under their further Confideration, and had made feveral Amendments thereto, but not having Time to go through the fame, they had diredled him to

move

Leave to fit again. That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill Tomorrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee to take into their Confideration the Addrefs to his Majefty, and the Memorial to the
for

Refolved,

laz

Lords and Commons.

Refolved,

And

then the

That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning 10 "'Clock.

Trl6a?. t^e 7tb of IDecember, 5

<Beo.

III.

1764.

Member returned on a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy,

and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. A Bill For encouraging the Settlement of the Towns of Alexandria and Falmouth, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time.

M'

285

183

M'' Cary, from the Committee of Publick Claims, reported that the Committee had examined and confidered all the publick Claims which had been laid before them this Seffion, and had agreed upon a Report, which he had entered in a Book, and he delivered

the

Book

in at the Table.

Ordered,

That the

aid

Report do

lie

on the Table.

A Bill For altering the Court Days of the Counties of Fauquier, Loudoun and Fairfax
was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; who are to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, for altering the Court Day of the Coimty
of Louifa.

iM

Nine Petitions from divers Inhabitants of the Parifh of St. George, in the Coimty Houfe the 6"' of laft Month for a Divifion of the faid Parifh, and praying that the fame may be rejedled, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Petition of M"' Peterfield Trent, complaining of an undue Ele<5lion and Return of M"^ Henry Fry to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Albemarle, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. The Order of the Day being read, the Houfe again refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral A(5ls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, and after fome Time fpent therein, M"" Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"" Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill under their further Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame, they had diredled him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houf e will again refolve itfelf in to the faid Committee Tomorrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee to take into their Confideration the Addrefs to his Majefty, and the Memorials to the Lords and Commons. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Monday next. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Monday
of Spotfylvania, in Oppofition to a Petition prefented to this
;
;

next.
185

The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Monday
next.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

To-morrow Morning lo

"'Clock.

Salur6aY t^e St^ of ^December, 5 (Bee.

III.

1764.

M'' Leonard Claiborne, a Member of this Houfe, Decree of the General Court hath been obtained for the Recovery of feveral Slaves, is about to remove himfelf and the faid Slaves out of this Colony, while under the Protedlion of his Privilege, no Execution on the faid Decree can be ferved on him to prevent fuch Removal. Ordered, That the faid Information be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eledtions that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

THE

Houfe being informed that

againf t

whom a

286]

A Bill To veft certain Lands therein mentioned in John Sytne, Efquire, and others, Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M' Edmund Pendleton, M' Littlepage, and M'' Fry, and the
in

igc,

Members

of Fairfax

and Louifa.

Entail of certain Lands whereof Richard Todd is feized, and for Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' John Pendleton, and the Members of Orange, Albemarle, and Culpeper. Ordered, That the Committee of Propolitions and Grievances be difcharged from proceeding further on the Petition from the Parifh of Saint George to them referred. A Bill For clearing a Road through Swift Run Gap over the Motmtains was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Report from the Committee of Claims reported Yefterday, and Part thereof was read and agreed to. Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid Report be put off until Monday
fettling other

A Bill To dock the

next.
M'' Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that the Committee had had imder their Confideration the Petition of M"" Peterfield Trent, complaining of an \mdue Eledlion and Return of M"' Henry Fry to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimty of Albemarle, to them referred, and had come to feveral

which he read in his Place and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Refolved, That the Petitioner and fitting Member be at Liberty to examine and take Depofitions of Witneffes touching the Allegations of the faid Petition, before Arthur the Hopkins, Matthew Jordan, John Henderfon, and Nicholas Meriwether, of the faid County of Albemarle, Gentlemen, or any three of them, and that the faid Commiffioners do return the Depofitions fo to be taken to the next Seffion of Affembly. Refolved, That the Petitioner do, at leaft ten Days before the Day to be appointed by
Refolutions thereupon
;

is?

the faid Commiffioners for taking the Depofitions of Witneffes as aforefaid, give to the fitting Member Notice in Writing of any illegal Proceedings of the Sherii? of the faid Cotmty at or concerning the faid Eledlion, or of any
illegal treating of

the Freeholders of the faid

County, about which he intends to examine Witneffes before the faid Commiffioners. Refolved, That the further Confideration of the faid Petition be referred to the next
Seffion of Affembly.

He alfo
tion to

reported that the Committee had had mider their Confideration an Informareferred againft M'' Leonard Claiborne, a

them

Member

of this Houfe, againft

whom

Slaves, that he

a Decree of the General Court hath been obtained for the Recovery of feveral is about to remove the faid Slaves out of this Colony, and intends to
iss

prevent any Execution of the faid Decree, under the Prote<5lion of his Privilege as a Member of this Houfe, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to with fome Amendments. It appears to your Committee that the Allegations of the faid Information are true. Refolved, That the Plaintiffs in the faid Suit ought to be at Liberty to ferve an Execution of the faid Decree upon the faid Leonard Claiborne, notwithftanding his
;

Privilege as a

the Houfe again refolved itfelf into a Committee entitiled An Ad' for amending and further continuing Adl amending an For on the Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventthe feveral Ads of Affembly of this ing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms; and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill tmder their further Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame they had dire<fted him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Monday

The Order
Bill

Member of this Hotife. of the Day being read,

next.

And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning lo

I

"'Clock.

Hening, VII,

p. 387.

387 ]

H9

5lton6aY. t^e

lOtl)

of T>ecember.

(Beo.

III.

1764.

MR

i4ornej' prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill

For amending the

direding the Trial of Slaves committing capital Crimes, and for the more effedual punifhing Confpiracies and Infurredions of them,

Adl entitled

An Ad'

and for the better Government of Negroes, Mulattoes, and Indians, bond or and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. free; On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To veft certain entailed Lands in Robert Lewis, Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for purchafing more convenient Lands to be fettled in Lieu thereof; and it is referred to M"" Edmund Pendleton to prepare and
bring in the lame.

The Hoiife, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that they had had the fame under their further Confideration, and had made feveral Amendments thereto, but not having Time to go through the fame, they had directed him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf intothe faid Committee To-morrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee to take into their Confideration the Addrefs to his Majefty and the Memorials to the Lords and Commons. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands, Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. A Meffage from the Grovemour by M"' Walthoe.
;

That his Honour had juft received from Colonel Bouquet a

Letter, including the feveral

Conferences between him and the Indians, together with the Terms of Peace, which he had direded him to deliver to this Houfe.
Ordered,

And

then the

That the faid Letter and Papers do lie on the Table. Houfe adjourned until To-morroiv Morning lo "'Clock.

I5ues6ay.

tl)e

Ut^ of December. 5

(Beo. Ill

1764.

A
M"'

Member returned on a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adt of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and
taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. Richard Henry Lee prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For the

Prefervation of Sheep.

Alfo a Bill

To prevent

and the
Time.

faid Bills

were feverally read the

the Pradlice of felling Perions tor Slaves that are not fo; firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond
Walthoe.

A Meffage from the Council by M''

'

That
Hening, VI,
p. 104.

a88]

That they have agreed to the Bill entitled, An A<ft for further continuing an A<51 for reducing the feveral A<fts for making Proviiion againft Invafions and Infurreftions into

one Adl.
Alfo to the Bill entitled An A<ft for further continuing an A<51 entitled An Adl for reducing the feveral A(5ls made for laying a Duty on Liquors into one Adl, without any

Amendments.

And that they have agreed

of Cattle in this Colony, with
this

to the Bill entitled

An Adl^
to

for the Prefervation of the

de-fire the

Breed

192

fome Amendments,

which they

Concurrence of

Houfe.

The Houfe immediately proceeded

to the Confideration of the faid

Amendments;

and the fame being read, were agreed to. Ordered, That M"' Richard Henry Lee do go up to the Council, and acquaint them
therewith.

For the Relief of Parifhes from fuch Charges as may arife from baftard Children bom within the fame; and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M' Landon Carter, from the Committee to whom the Bill For vefting the abfolute Property of certain Slaves therein named in George Heal, Gentleman, and for fettling three certain Tradls of Land therein mentioned on the faid George Heal in Lieu of the faid Slaves, was committed, reported that the faid Committee had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be engroffed, and read a third

M' Bland prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a

Bill

iss

Time.

M' Edmund Pendleton, from the Committee to whom the Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Richard Todd is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof, was committed, reported that the faid Committee had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be engroffed, and read a third
;

Time.

M' Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that the faid Committee had had imder their Confideration the Returns of the feveral Writs for eledling Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimties of King George, Cumberland, Middlefex, and Albemarle, to them referred, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to two Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe,
;

as follow

That the Returns of the Writs for eledling Burgeffes for the Counties of Cumberland and Middlefex are made in the Form prefcribed by Law. Refolved, That the Returns of the Writs for eledling Burgeffes for the Coimties of King George and Albemarle are not made in the Form prefcribed by Law. Ordered, That the Return of the Writs mentioned in the laft Refolution be amended by the Clerk at the Table. A Petition of M"' Hampton Wade, complaining of an imdue Eledlion and Return of M'' Edward Booker to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the Cotmty of Halifax, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report
Refolved,
;

im

the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. Not

Hening, VIII,

p. 37.

'

Ibid., VIII, p. 38.

in

Hening.

[
M''

289]

their Confideration the Petitions of

referred,

Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the Committee had had under auger to them Thomas Walker and Henry DuVal

and had come

then delivered in Houfe, as follow:

Refolved,
6,

which he read in his Place, and at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the
to feveral Refolutions thereon
;

of &'j. lo.

this

Thomas Walker ought to be paid by the Publick the Sum him the Judgment and Cofts in his Petition mentioned. Refolved, That the Petition of Henry DuVal Mauger be reje<5led, it appearing to Committee that Dodlor Robert Johnfon hath already received Pay for the Service
That the
faid

to reimburfe

in the faid Petition

M''

mentioned.

Pendleton prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill

To

veft certain

entailed Lands in Robert Lewis, Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for purchafmg more convenient Lands to be fettled in Lieu thereof; which was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Henry Lee, from the Committee to whom the Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John Gregg is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes, was committed, reported that the faid Committee had examined into the Allegations thereof, and fotmd them to be true, and had made fome Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed
to

by the Houfe.
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill, with the

Amendments, be

engroffed,

and read a third

Time.

Lands therein mentioned in John Syme, Efq and others, in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof, was committed, reported that the faid Committee had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the
M''

Edmund

Pendleton, to

whom

the Bill

To

veft certain entailed

Houfe.
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill, with the

Amendments, be

engroffed,

and read a third

Time.
of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee to take into their Confideration the Addrefs to his Majefty, and the Memorials to the

The Order
Bill

on the

Lords and Commons.

That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Colonel Bouquet's Letter to his Honour the Govemour, and the Treaties made with the Indians, which were Yefterday ordered to lie on the Table, be read and the fame were read accordingly. Refolved, That an Addrefs be made to his Honour the Govemour, humbly to acquaint him that as this Houfe is of Opinion the Militia may be now fafely difbanded, he would be pleafed to iffue out Orders for that Purpofe and that M' Archibald Cary, M' John Fleming, and M'' Philip Johnfon, do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be made to the Govemour, intreating his Honour that he will be pleafed to recommend Colonel Bouquet to his Majefty's Favour, for the Spirit, Activity, and Zeal, with which he has reduced the Indians to Terms of
Refolved,
; ;

Peace

29

them to deliver up many of his Majefty's SubjeAs made Captives by thofe Savages and that M' Bland, and M'' Richard Henry Lee, do wait on his Honour
Peace, and compelled
;

with the faid Addrefs. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Book of Claims and Part thereof was read, and agreed to. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning lo "'Clock.
;

>i0^bn<isba^. Ibe 12 tl) of

^December. 5
of Propofitions

<Beo.

III.

1764.

and Grievances, to whom the Bill For altering the Court Day of the County of Fauquier was committed^ reported that the Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill For appointing feveral new Ferries, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances.
Attorney, from the

MR
And

Committee

im

On a Motion made,
be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee to receive a Claufe, or Ferry from the Land of William Black, on the fouth Side of a Claufes, to eftabliCh Roanoke River, in Lunenburg Cotmty, to an Acre of Land purchafed by him of one
Ordered,

That

it

Brookes, on the oppofite Side thereof. M"^ Bland, from the Committee of Privileges

and Elections, reported that the Comof Bertrand Ewell, praying to be the Petition Confideration their imder mittee had had this Houfe at a former Seffion of him to heard on an Information exhibited againft Affembly, for claiming an Allowance to be made him for certain Slaves employed by him in Iron Works in the Coimty of Prince William, which it is charged in the Information were not fo employed and having heard the faid Petitioner, and the Depofitions of feveral Witneffes, produced by him to the Committee, had come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table where it was
; ; ;

by the Houfe, as follows appear to them that the faid Bertrand Ewell had any not does Refolved, That it tmjuft Intention in making the Demand on the Pubhck for the Tobacco mentioned in the faid Information, and therefore he ought to be difcharged out of Cviftody, without
again twice read, and agreed to

paying Fees.
Committee had had vmder their Confideration the Petition of M'' Hampton Wade, complaining of an imdue Elecftion and Return of M' Edward Booker, to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimty of Halifax, to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read,

He

alfo reported that the faid

and agreed

foUow That the Perfons who voted at the faid Elecftion whofe Freeholds are queftioned, either by the Petitioner or fitting Member, be examined upon Oath before Nathaniel Terry, Archibald Gordon, Hugh Innes, and John Coleman, of the faid Coxmty of Halifax, Gentlemen, or any three of them, whether they be Freeholders or not, except fuch of them as did fwear to their Freeholders at the Eledlion. Refolved, That the Petitioner and fitting Member be at Liberty to examine Witneffes before the faid Perfons as to the Freeholds, or other Quahfications, of any Perfon who
to, as

Refolved,

3^

voted at the faid Eledlion, although fuch Perfons fwore to their Freeholds at fuch Eledlion, or fhall fwear to the fame at the Examination and that it be an Inftru(5lion to the Perfons before whom fuch Examinations are to be taken to examine how long
;

fuch Voters have been in Poffeffion

of,

and paid Quitrents

for,

the Lands or Tenements

in

[ 291 ]
in right of

which they voted at the Eledlion,

next Seffion of Affembly.

anrl that

they return the Depofitions they

fhall take to the

That the Petitioner give to the fitting Member ten Days Notice at leaft Time and Place when and where he intends to examine his Witneffes, alfo a Lift in Writing of the Names of the Voters he intends to except to, diftinguifhing againft each Name the feveral Heads of Exception and that the fitting Member do the Hke to
Refolved,

of the

the Petitioner.

That as well the Petitioner as the fitting Member be at Liberty to exaimne Witneffes before the fame Perfons, as to the fitting Member's promifing or engaging to
Refolved,
201

give a

Sum of Money

to one William Wright, one of the Poll Takers at the faid Eledlion,

William Wright in refufing or omitting to enter the Name of any Freeholder who offered to vote at the faid Eledlion for either of the Candidates, or in any other
Partiality or
ill

named

in the faid Petition, or of

any

Condudt of the

faid

on that Occafion, either

Inftance whatfoever.
Refolved,

That the further Confideration

of the faid Petition

ought to be referred

to the next Seffion of Affembly.

M' Mercer reported that the Committee to whom the Bill For giving a greater Reward for killing Wolves was committed, had made feveral Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to, with fome Amendments.
Ordered,

That the
of the

faid Bill with the

Amendments, as amended, be
itfelf

engroffed,

and

read a third Time.

The Order
on the
Bill

Day

being read for the Houfe to refolve

into a

For amending

itfelf

continuing the feveral Adts of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Friday
next.
202

into a Committee Committee on the Bill For amending and further Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of

The Order

of the

Day

being read for the Houfe to refolve

to take into their Confideration the Addrefs to his Majefty,

itfelf into a Committee and the Memorials to the

Lords and Commons.

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will

again refolve

itfelf

into the faid

Committee To-

morrow.
itfelf into a Committee on concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Refolved, That this Hoiife will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee

The Order

of the

Day

being read for the Houfe to refolve

the Bill For amending and declaring the

Law

on the

Bill

To enable Tenants in

Taille to

make

Leafes of their Lands.

3Q3

That this Hotife will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee To-morrow. Gary reported that the Gentlemen appointed had waited on his Honour the Govemour with the Addrefs of this Hoiofe of Yefterday, to which his Honour anfwered He was pleafed we had communicated our Opinion to him; that he thought as we did that the Militia might now be fafely difbanded, and he would give immediate Orders for that Purpofe. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To dock the Entail of a Trad; of Land in the Cotmty of York whereof Robert Booth Armiftead is feized in Fee Taille, and to veft the fame in Truftees in Fee Simple for the Ufes therein mentioned, and it is referred to M'' Attorney to prepare and bring in the fame. A Bill To veft certain entailed Lands in Robert Lewis Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for purchafing more convenient Lands to be fettled in Lieu thereof, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Edmund Pendleton, and the Members for Hanover and New Kent Counties. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning lo ''Clock.
Refolved,
M''

292

I3l)ur56ay.

t\)t

I3tb of

December, 5

<Beo.

III.

1764.

AN
An
therein

engroffed Bill entitled An Ad' for encouraging the Settlement of the Towns of Alexandria and Falmouth, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.
Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. That M' Weft do carry it up to the Council
for their Concurrence.

Ordered,

Days of the Counties of third and Fairfax, was read the Time, and the Blanks Fauquier, Loudoun, Louifa,
engroffed Bill entitled
up.
for altering the Court
filled

An Ad'

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Weft do carry

it

up

to the Coimcil for their Concurrence.

204

An engroffed Bill entitled An Adi to veft certain Lands therein mentioned i JohnSyme
Efq; and others, in Fee Simple, and for was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs.
Ordered,
fettling other

Lands and Slaves in Lieu

thereof,

That

M''

Edmund

Pendleton do carry

it

up

to the Coimcil for their Con-

cturence.

M' Pendleton, from the Committee to whom the Bill To veft certain entailed Lands Robert Lewis, Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for purchafing more convenient Lands in to be fettled in Lieu thereof, was committed, reported that they had examined into the
Allegations thereof,
Ordered,

and fotmd them to be true, but had made no Amendments thereto. That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a Third Time. On a Motion made, Refolved, That an Addrefs be made to his Honoiu- the Govemour to defire that he would be pleafed to inform this Hoiife at what Time it was he firft gave his Orders to Col. Stephen to encourage Volimteers to enlift and enter into the Expedition tmder the Command of Col. Bouquet, and that M"' Attorney do wait on him with the faid Addrefs. M"" Bland reported that he had waited on his Honour the Govemour with the Addrefs of this Houfe of Tuefday laft, defiring that he would be pleafed to recommend Col, Bouquet to his Majefty's Favour; to which his Honour anfwered That he was extremely pleafed with tlie Addrefs of this Houfe, as in his own Opinion Col. Bouquet merited their particular Notice, and that he would comply with the Defire of this Houfe by recommending Col. Bouquet to his Majefty's Favour. On a Motion made, Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Honour the Govemour to acquaint him that this Houfe cannot think themfelves under any Obligation to provide for the Pay of the Volunteers who joined Col. Bouquet from this Colony, or even jviftifiable in fo doing, as no Application had been made to, or any Directions given by them, for the enlif ting fuch Volunteers but as they enlif ted in Confideration of the Pay and Encouragement offered them by Col. Bouquet, they ought to apply to him for the Performance of his Engagements to them, with which we have not the leaft Doubt of his ready Compliance and that M"' Edmund Pendleton and M'' Richard Henry Lee do wait
; ;

2,^

on

his

Honour with the

faid Addrefs.

dock the Entail of 1800 Acres of Land in the Parifh of Albemarle, and County of Suffex, whereof Nathaniel Harrifon the Younger is feized in Fee Taille, and for vefting the fame in Truftees in Fee Simple for the Ufes therein

An

engroffed Bill entitled

An Ad*

to

mentioned,

Refolved,

was That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M^ Attorney do carry it up to the Coimcil for their Concurrence. M' Henry Lee prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For paying the
filled

read the third Time,

and the Blanks therein

up.

Burgeffes

Hening, VIII,

p. 49.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 47-

^Wd., VIII, p. 54.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 66.

293

Affembly in Money and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made, Ordered, That the Treafurer of this Colony lay his Accounts before the Houfe. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill ToBurgeffes

Wages

for this prefent Seffion of

morrow.
being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.

The Order

of the

Day

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will refolve itfelf into a

Committee on the
itfelf

faid Bill

To-

morrow.

The Order

of the

Day being

read for the Houfe to refolve

into a

Committee to

take into their Confideration the Addrefs to his Majefty, and the Memorials to the Lords and Commons. The Hotife immediately refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Addrefs and Memorials; and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Addrefs and Memorials under their Confideration, and had made feveral Amendments to the faid Memorials, but none to the Addrefs, which he was to deliver in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report be made to the Houfe To-morrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until To-morrow Morning lo "'Clock.

lFri6ay. t^e

Hlh

of

December, 5

(Beo.

III.

1764.

AN
208

engroffed Bill entitled

^w Ad'

to veft certain entailed

Lands whereof William

Cary

is feized in
to

Slaves
Ordered,

Allen Jones in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes, was read the third Time.
M"'

Refolved,

That

That the faid Bill do pafs. Smith do carry up the faid Bill to the Coiuicil for their Concurrence.

An

engroffed Bill entitled

An Ad' for

vefting the abfolute Property of certain Slaves

therein named in George Heal, Gentleman, and for fettling three certain Trads of Land therein mentioned on the faid George Heal in Lieu of the faid Slaves, was read the third

Time.

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Landon Carter do carry up the
Refolved,

faid Bill to the Council for their

Concurrence.

An
Todd
Time.

engroffed Bill entitled

An Ad^

to

dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Richard

thereof,

is feized,

and

for fettling other

Lands and Slaves in Lieu

was read the

third

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"^ John Pendleton do carry up the

faid Bill to the Council for their

Concurrence.

An

engroffed Bill entitled

An Ad*

for

exempting the Inhabitants

of

Elizabeth City

County, and alfo the Minifters and other Parifhioners of Suffolk in Nanfemond, and of Antrim Parifh in Halifax, from the Payment of Ferriage, and for other Purpofes therein
mentioned, was read the third Time.

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Lemuel Riddick do carry up the
Refolved,

faid Bill to the Cotmcil for their

Concurrence.
209

A Bill For making an equal

Divifion of a Donation of one

Matthew Godfrey between

the feveral Parifhes in the County of Norfolk, for the Benefit of their Poor was read a fecond Time, and committed to M"' Bradley and M'' Hutchings.

M'
Hening, VIII,
p. 6i.
>

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 63.

Ibid..

VIII,

p. 57.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 52.

294

M'' Bradley from the Perfons to whom the faid Bill was committed, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and fotind them to be true and had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by
;

the Hovife.
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill with the

Amendments be

engroffed,

and read a third

Time.

Lands in Robert Lewis Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for purchafing more convenient Lands to be fettled in Lieu thereof, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Littlepage do carry up the faid Bill to the Cotmcil for their Conengroffed Bill entitled
to veft certain entailed

An

Am Ad'

currence.

The

Treafurer, according to Order, laid his Accounts before the Houfe.

Ordered,

That they do

lie

on the Table

for the Perufal of the

Members

of this Houfe.
210

M'' Attorney, according to Order, reported the Amendments propofed by the Committee of the whole Houfe to the Memorials to the Lords and Commons and he read
;

the fame in his Place, and then delivered twice read, and agreed to by the Hoxofe.
Ordered,

them

in at the Table,

where they were again

That the

faid Addrefs

and Memorials, with the Amendments, as agreed,

be

fairly tranfcribed.

That M'' Attorney do go up with a Meffage to be Coimcil, to acquaint them have agreed upon an Addrefs to his Majefty, and Memorials to the Right Houfe that this Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled, and that this Houfe do defire they will join them therein, and further, that they defire a Conference with them on the Subjedl Matter of the faid Addrefs and Memorials, and will appoint a certain Number of their Members to meet fuch as
Ordered,
fhall

be appointed by the Coimcil for that Purpofe. Wythe, Edmund Pendleton, Ordered, That M'' Attorney, M'' Richard Henry Lee, Gary, and M'' Fleming, be appointed Managers for this Houfe at the faid Conference. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms.

That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee Tomorrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee Tomorrow. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee Tomorrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10 "'Glock.
Refolved,

Saturday, t^e IStb of December, 5 <5eo.

III.

1764.

MR
to
1

Richard Henry Lee, from the Committee to whom the Petition of Aaron Miller was referred, reported that they had examined the Inftruments mentioned in the faid Petition, and were of Opinion that Surveys of Land may be made and plotted by them with greater Accuracy than any Inftruments of the Kind that they have ever feen or heard of and that the Invention is ingenious, and deferves the Publick's Encouragement and that they had come to a Refolution, which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed
; ;

by the Houfe,
Hening, VIII,

as follows:

Refolved
p. $9-

295

Refolved,

That the

faid

Aaron Miller ought

to be allowed the

Sum

of 30, as a

Confideration for his ufeful Invention.

Ordered,
it

That the

faid Refolve

be engroffed, and that

M""

M''

Richard Henry Lee do carry-

up to the Council

for their Concurrence.

Meffage from the Council by

Walthoe.

That they have agreed

Elizabeth City County,

to the Bill entitled

and

alfo the Minifters

in

mond, and of Antrim Parifh Purpofes therein mentioned.

Alfo Alfo
to the Bill entitled

for exempting the Inhabitants of and other Parifhioners of Suffolk in NanfeHalifax, from the Payment of Ferriage, and for other
'

An Adl

An A(5l' for altering the Court Days of the Counties of Fauquier,

An An
Ad;^ to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Richard Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof. Adt" to veft certain entailed Lands whereof William Cary

Loudoun, Louifa, and Fairfax.

to the Bill entitled

Todd

is

feized,

and

for fettling other

Alfo

to the Bill entitled

is feized in Allen Jones in

Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves to be pur-

213

chafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes. Alfo to the Bill entitled An Adl' to veft certain Lands therein mentioned in John Syme, Efq; and others, in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof.
Adl* for vefting the abfolute Property of certain Slaves Gentleman, and for fettling three certain Tracfts of Land therein mentioned on the faid George Heal in Lieu of the faid Slaves, without any Amend-

Alfo

to the Bill entitled

An

therein

named

in George Heal,

ments.

And
of

that they have agreed to the Bill entitled

An

Ad;7 to dock the Entail of 1800 Acres

Land

in the Parifh of Albemarle, in the

is

Covmty

of Suffex, whereof Nathaniel Harrifon

the yoimger

feized in Fee Taille,

and

for vefting the

fame

in Truftees in

Fee Simple

for the Ufes therein mentioned.

Alfo to the Bill entitled An Ad^ for encouraging the Settlement of the Towns of Alexandria and Falmouth, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, with fame Amendments,
to

which they

defire the

Concurrence of

this

Houfe.

The Houfe immediately proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council to the Bill entitled An Ad^ to dock the Entail of 1800 Acres of Land in the
Parifh
of

Albemarle, in the County

of Suffex, whereof

Nathaniel Harrifon the younger

214

and for vefting the fame in Truftees in Fee Simple for the Ufes therein mentioned; and the fame being read, were agreed to. Ordered, That M"- Attorney do go up to the Council and acquaint them therewith. The Houfe alfo proceeded to confider the Amendments propofed by the Council to the Bill entitled An Ad ' for encouraging the Settlement of the Towns of Alexandria and Falmouth, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, and the fame being read, were agreed
is feized in

Fee

Taille,

to.

That M"- Attorney do go up to the Coimcil and acquaint them therewith. M' Attorney from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill For appointing feveral new Ferries, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed, reported that the Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be engroffed, and read a third
Ordered,
;

Time.

The Houfe, according to Order, refumed the adjourned Confideration of the Book and the remaining Part thereof was read, and the Allowances of the feveral Officers being added, it was agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That M"- Cary do carry up the faid Book to the Council for their Concurrence. A Meffage from the Council by M"- Walthoe.
of Claims;

That
Hening, VIII, p. 52. Wbid., VIII, p. 47.
I

4
5
>>

/bid., VIII, p. 6i.

/6id., Ibid.,

/fety., /6i(i.,

VIII,

p. 54.

VIII, p. 66. VIII, p. 49.

9
-<>

/6td.,
/6trf.,

VIII, p. 66.

VHI,

p. 49.

Ibid., VIII, p. 57.

VIII, p. 63.

296

That they have agreed

fettled in Lieu thereof.

to the Bill entitled

An

Adl to vef t certain entailed Lands

in

215

Robert Lewis, Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for purchafmg

more convenient Lands

to be

M' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had imder their Confideration that Part of the Report of the Commiffioners appointed by an Adl of Aff embly entitled An Ad' for appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adiial Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as relates to the Condudt and Services of Col. Adam Stephen therein named; alfo the Charge exhibited in Writing againft the faid Col. Stephen, and refiedling upon his Condudl, by M'' Thomas Rutherford, a Member of this Houfe, to them referred; and having heard as well the faid M' Rutherford as Col. Stephen, and the Depofitions of fimdry Witneffes taken by Order of the Houfe upon the Subjedl Matter of the faid Charge, had agreed upon a Report, and come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, with fome Amendments, as follow Your Committee beg Leave to inform the Houfe that the Charge exhibited by
faid
M''

Rutherford againft Col. Stephen conlifts of the following Aritcles,

I ''.

viz.

That he had, by Perfuafions, Orders, Threats, and Influences, prevented

many

216

Perfons from joining as Volunteers in the Expedition againft the Indian Towns the Ohio, &c.
2"*.

commanded by

Col.

Bouquet

That he had at feveral Times ordered the Militia in the a<5lual Service of the Country out of this Colony, to the Forts Cumberland in A^aryland, and Bedford in Pennfylvania, to efcort Waggons and Pack-Horfes, with Flower and Beeves, his own Property, in Compliance with his own private Engagements, &c. and that the drawing off the Militia at fuch particular Times rendered the feveral Garrifons from whence they were taken fo weak that they were infufficient to protedl the Frontiers from the Incurfions of the Indians, who at that Seafon were daily expedled, and did adlually come down within the Settlements, and kill and carry away many of the Inhabitants. And 3<^. That he fent Waggons from the South Branch to Hite's Mill, near his own Plantation, for his own Flower, to fupply the feveral Garrifons on the Frontiers, when the fame might have been had much nearer, as cheap and as good. As to the firft Article of the faid Charge, your Committee beg Leave to inform the Houfe that it appears to them that M'^ Rutherford having intimated to Col. Bouquet that in his Opinion a Number of Volimteers might be raifed in this Colony, to join him in his intended Expedition againft the Indians, Col. Bouquet, by Letter of the 18''' of June 1764 to M'' Rutherford, expreffed his Cheerful Acceptance of their Services, and promifed to fupply fuch Volimteers as would join him] therein with Ammimition and Povifions, defiring his good Offices in promoting that Service, and advifmg that fome of them would ferve on Horfeback, to join his Light Horfe, and giving it as his Opinion that large Dogs might alfo be of Service to dif cover and purf ue the Enemy That M'' Rutherford, in Anfwer to this Letter, informed Col. Bouquet that he would write to the Govemoiu- to delire his Permiffion for a Number of the Militia then in Service on the Frontiers to enter themfelves as Volunteers in the faid Expedition; and that if the Govemour fhould be averfe to his Propofal, he wovild then exert all his Intereft to procure a Nvunber of Volunteers to go upon his Terms That Col. Lewis commanded the Militia in Augufta; that he was a Gentleman of great Intereft in that Coimty, and had the Common Caufe much at Heart that a few Lines to him upon the Subjedl might not be amifs and that Col. Stephen, who commanded the Militia in Frederick and Hamp fhire, might poffibly look for the like Compliment; That foon after M"' Rutherford, in Company with M' James Keith and others, laid Col. Bouquet's Letter to him before Col. Stephen, who
; :

217

expreffed his Difapprobation of the intended Expedition

that he thought Col. Bouquet

218

Command, and that he was convinced he would proceed no further than Pittfburg; that all he wanted was to make a Noife and Parade, and 0 the Matter would end that the Colony was very capable of undertaking the Expedithe moft improper Perfon for that
;

tion
I

Hening, VIII, p. 59.

'

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 9.

297

tion themfelves,

and that it was a Shame

;

to give that Credit

and Honour to

Col. Bouquet,

219

which we might reap ourfelves That Col. Stephen at other Times expreffed his Diflike of the aid intended Expedition in much the fame Terms, and threatened fome of the Officers and Soldiers under his Command that it they went out as Volunteers in the faid Expedition they fhould be deprived of their Commiffions, and fhould not receive any Pay for the Services they had done. On the other Hand, your Committee beg Leave to obferve that many other Perfons were examined (who were prefent at the Time it was faid Col. Stephen attempted to diffuade People from entering as Volunteers in the faid Expedition, particularly at the Houfe of one Robert Cunninghame, where one James Chew, who was a Lieutenant in Capt. Morgan's Company of Militia, and others, depofed that they heard him make Ufe of fuch Diffuafions and Threatenings) who declared that they did not hear Col. Stephen at that, or any other Time, attempt to difcourage the Volunteer Scheme, or endeavour to diffuade any Perfon whatfoever, either by Threats or any other indiredl Practices, from joining Col. Bouquet on his Expedition: And it further appears to your Committee that Col. Stephen, having received a Letter from his Honour the Govemour of the i8"^ and 20"^ of Auguft laft, granting his Permiffion to all Perfons that fhould think proper to join Col. Bouquet as Volunteers, on the Encouragement and Terms he fhould offer them, and direding him to fecond his Intentions as far as the Laws of the Colony would permit. Col. Stephen thereupon immediately fent circular Orders to the Officers of the Militia vmder his Command, at their different Pofts, to encourage and promote the enlifting Volunteers for the faid Expedition, and did ufe his beft Endeavours in that Service And therefore, Refolved, That the faid Col. Stephen has not fully acquitted himfelf of the firft
:

Article of the faid Charge.

to examine the Evidence offered on both Sides, on the fecond Article of the faid Charge, and beg Leave to inform the Hoiife that it appears to them that in the Year 1763 Col. Stephen having engaged with the Contractors

Your Committee then proceeded

220

221

them with a Quantity of Flower to be delivered at Forts Cumberland and Bedford, and a Number of Beeves to be delivered at Fort Bedford, employed Parties of the Militia under his Command to efcort them thither refpedively, which was accordingly executed, and were a very feafonable fupply to the Garrifon at Fort Bedford, who were fhort of Provifions at the Time of their being fent there, and had preffed Col. Stephen very much to affift them; and that Col. Stephen paid the Expenfe of the Pafturage of the Cattle on their Way up himfelf. It further appears to your Committee that in the Spring of the following Year Col. Stephen received a Letter from Capt. Ourry, Commandant at Fort Bedford, enclofing another from the above mentioned Contradlors, in which they informed him that as he had not complied with his Contra(5l, in delivering the Flower he had engaged at the Times agreed on, he could not take it hard if they did not receive it according to the Terms of the firft Contradt but that they had, upon the Requeft of Col. Bouquet, come to a Determination to receive what he could deliver by the 4*^ of JuneatBedford, orthe ^^''^oi September at Pittfburg, and allow him the Market Price That Col. Stephen thereupon impreffed a Number of Waggons, and ordered out Parties of the Militia, ftationed at feveral of the Forts and Pofts in his Department, to efcort them to Fort Cumberland, and gave out that they were to go no further: That they were there loaded with Flower belonging to Col. Stephen, which he had in Store at that Fort, and from thence proceeded to Fort Bedford under the fame Efcort, many of whom declared that they did not think
for fupplying the King's Forces with Provifions, to fumifh
; :

themfelves obliged to that Service, being out of the Colony, and threatened to return home, but were at length prevailed on by Col. Stephen to proceed: That Col. Stephen

Waggonage of the Flower, and that they were about three Days engaged in that Service, and that Col. Stephen gave orders to efcort any Perfons carrying their Commodities to Fort Bedford. It appears that during the Abfence of thefe Parties from their Pofts two Men were killed in the Neighbourhood of Foreman's Fort by the Indians, and fome near Winchefter; but that thofe Forts were not more weakened by thofe Draughts than they ufually were upon fending out fcouting Parties.
himfelf paid for the
It

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It further

298

appears to your Committee that as well the Militia who were in adlual Service at and about Fort Cumberland, as the Inhabitants who were driven from their Plantations by the Indians, and took Refuge there, were fupplied with Provifions out of the
King's Stores at that Fort. Refolved, That M^ Rutherford had proved the fecond Article of the faid Charge againft Col. Stephen, and that he was guilty of a Breach of his Duty in fending out Efcorts of the Militia under his

222

Command

in fuch Services.

Your Committee then proceeded to an Inquiry and Examination of the third and laft Article of the faid Charge, and beg Leave to inform the Houfe that it appears to them that it being impra<5licable to procure Flower for the Ufe of the Militia ftationed on and
about the South Branch and Patter fon's Creek, in that Neighbourhood, Col. Stephen impreffed a Number of Waggons, and fent them to Jacob Hite's Mill, near his own Plantation, and one alfo to John Hite's Mill, where they took in as well as his own Flower as fome he had purchafed of other People, which was tranfported to thofe Pofts for the It appears that Jacob Hite's Mill was about 19 Miles, and John Hite's Ufe of the Militia Wtnchefter; and that Flower might have been procured at a lef s Diffrom tant dif Miles, 4 tance, but it does not appear that Col. Stephen knew it And it appears to your Com: :

mittee to have been the conftant Tenour of Col. Stephen's Orders, to the Officers of the Militia under his Command, to procure Flower and other Provifions for their Men as

near them, and with as

Refolved,

little

That

Col. Stephen

Expenfe to the Country, as they poffibly could. hath acquitted himfelf of the third Article of the faid

Charge.
Refolved, That the faid Col. Stephen ought to be allowed the Pay of a County Lieutenant only during the Time he was employed in the Service of the Coimtry. Refolved, That Col. Adam Stephen hath difcharged his Duty (faving in the two In-

ftances before mentioned) as a brave, adlive, and fkilful Officer. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to ref olve itfelf into a Committee on

the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuf-

toms.
Refolved,

That

this Hotife will again refolve itfelf into the faid

Committee on Mon-

day next. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the Prifion Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.
Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will refolve itfelf into the faid

Committee on Monday

next.

The Order of the Day being read for the Hoiife to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands. Refolved, That this Hoxife will refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on Monday
next.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Monday Morning

10 "'Clock.

yionba^, tbe I7t^ of December, 5

<Beo. Ill
it

1764.

tain the Price of ftmdry Indian Goods belonging to the Publick, purchafed by M' Ifrael Chriftian without a Price agreed on, reported that the Committee had had the fame imder their Confideration, and had agreed upon a Report, and come to feveral Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to, as follow: It appears to your Committee that M'' Chriftian purchafed of M' Thomas Walker
;

MR.

Edmund

Pendleton, from the Committee to

whom

was

referred to af cer-

ftmdry Goods belonging to the Publick, amovmting (as rated by us) to ,i2,(>- i3- 9 after which M"" Chriftian, in his Way to the Cherokee Coimtry, received from Capt. William
;

Ingles

299

=^

fome other Indian Goods belonging to the Publick, now valued to 6$. i6. 3, but whether the laft mentioned Goods were purchafed, or taken by M' Chriftian to be fold on Account of the Publick does not appear. It further appears that Part of the Goods were fold in the Indian Coimtry and as M' Chriftian was returning home he was purfued by the Indians, and all his Effedls taken from him and loft. Refolved, That the faid M' Chriftian ought to pay to the Treafurer, for the Ufe of the Publick, the faid ;^i36. 13. 9 for the firft mentioned Goods. Refolved, That the Refidue of the faid Account ought to be referred to the ConfideraIngles
;

tion of the next Seffion of Affembly.

An

engroffed Bill entitled

An Ad^

for appointing feveral

new

Ferries,

and

for other
filled

Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein
Refolved,

up.

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Attorney do carry it up to the Council
Meffage from the Coxmcil by
to the

for their Concurrence.

M"^

Walthoe.

That they have agreed

ter of the

Conference defired by this Houfe upon the Subjed Matto the

Addrefs

to his

Majefty, and Memorials

pointed three of their Members for that Purpofe, ber to meet the Members of this Houfe.
Ordered,

who

are

Lords and Commons, and have apnow ready in the Conference Cham-

22(1

That the Managers appointed by this Houfe do immediately attend thofe of the Coimcil in the Conference Chamber; and they accordingly withdrew. An engroffed Bill entituled An Ad' to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John Gregg is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Henry Lee do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their Concurrence.
M"'

Attorney reported that the Managers for this Houfe had, according to Order,

met

and delivered the Addrefs and Meand then withdrew. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For Amending and further continuing the feveral A<5ls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty 's Cufthofe of the Council in the Conference Chamber,

morials to

them which they

;

received,

toms.
Refolved,

That
of

this

Houfe

will again refolve itfelf into a

Committee on the

faid Bill

on the

1 '*

Day

May

next.
M''

Meffage from the Coimcil by

defire

Walthoe.
the

That they

an immediate Conference on

Subjed Matter of

the laft Conference,

in the Conference Chamber.

Ordered,

That the Managers who were appointed to manage the

firft
;

Conference do

forthwith withdraw, and attend the Conference defired

by the Coimcil and they with-

drew accordingly. The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a C&mmittee on the Bill For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of Prifon Rules, and for other Pturpofes therein mentioned and after fome Time fpent therein M' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Bill imder their further Confideration, and gone through the fame, and had made feveral Amendments thereto, which they had directed him to report to the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Amendments be reported to the Houfe Tomorrow.
;

M'

Hening, VIII,

p. 44.

Not paffed

until Oct. 1765

[
M'^

300

Attorney reported that the Managers for the Hotife, had, according to Order,

met the Managers for the Council in the Conference Chamber, who had acquainted them that the Council had confidered the Addrefs of the Houfe to his Majefty, and approved of the fame and that they had likewife confidered the two Memorials to the Lords and Commons, and had made feveral Amendments to them, to which they defire
;

the Concurrence of this Houfe. The Order of the Day being read, the Houfe immediately refolved

itfelf

into a
;

Com-

Bill To enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee had gone through the faid Bill, and had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were twice read, and agreed to. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be engroffed, and read a third

mittee on the

Time.

On

a Motion made.

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Expenfes incurred by M'' Rutherford on his Information exhibited to this Houfe againft Col. Adam Stephen, and that it do confift of the following Perfons, viz. M"" Edmund Pendleton, M''

Fleming, and M' Walker.

An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad' for giving a greater Reward for killing Wolves was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up and the Queftion being put that
;

the faid Bill do pafs. It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

And

then the

That the faid Bill be Houfe adjourned

rejefted.
until

Tomorrow Morning lo

"'Clock

I3ue56a^

t^e I6tb of ^December,

(Beo.

III.

1764.
a Donation of

AN
rence.

engroffed Bill entitled

An Ad'

for

making an equal Divifion

of

one Matthew Godfrey, between the feveral Parifhes in the County of Norfolk, for the Benefit of their Poor, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein
filled

up.
faid Bill to the Cotmcil for their Concur-

Refolved,

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Bradley do carry up the

On a Motion made.
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To amend an A&, entitled An Adi Reward for killing Wolves, and it is referred to M'' James Mercer to prepare for giving a and bring in the fame. On a Motion made, Refolved, That the Clerk of the PubUck Treafury be allowed the annual Salary of
Ordered,

;3oo for his Services in that Office.

M'' Pendleton, from the Committee to whom it was referred to examine and ftate an Accotmt of the Expenfes incurred by M'' Rutherford on his Information exhibited againft Col. Adam Stephen, reported that they had had the fame xmder their Confideration, and come to a Refolution thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows Refolved, That M'' Thomas Rutherford be paid by the Publick the Sum of ;4i for
;

his Expenfes in the Information againft Col.

Adam Stephen.
Edmund
Pendleton do

Ordered,

That

the faid Refolve

be engroffed, and that M'

carry

it

up to the Coimcil
'

for their Concurrence.

The
'

Hening, VIII,

p. 48.

Not paffed

until Oct. 1765.

Hening, VI,

p. 152.

30I

The Houfe took

230

into Confideration the

the Memorials to the Lords and

Amendments propofed by the Covmcil to Commons; and the fame being read were agreed to,

with an Amendment.

That the Managers appointed by this Houfe do go up with a Meffage to the Council to acquaint them therewith, and that this Houfe do defire another Conference with them thereupon, and had appointed the fame Managers for that Purpofe as before.
Ordered,

A Meffage from the Council by M'

That they have agreed
Alfo
that they
to the

Walthoe.

Book

of

Claims.

have agreed

to the Bill entitled

An

Adl" to dock the Entail of certain

Lands whereof John Gregg

is feized,

and

for fettling other

Lands and Slaves to be pur-

chafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes.

Alfo to the Bill entitled An A<51^ for making an equal Divifion of a Donation of one Matthew Godfrey between the feveral Parifhes in the Coimty of Norfolk, for the Benefit
of their Poor.

Alfo to the Bill entitled An Adls for appointing feveral new Ferries, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Alfo to a Refolve of this Houfe For allowing M' Aaron Miller the Sum of jo for the
Services therein mentioned.

And
^^
to the

that a Petition of John Eamfhaw, Gabriel Cay and Walter Hatton, addreffed Governour and Council, had been read in Council, and was by them referred to the

Confideration of this Houfe.

Ordered,

That

M''

Cary do wait on

his

Honour the Governour with the Book

of

Claims, and delire his Affent thereto.

The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Petition of the faid Eamfhaw, Cay, and Hatton; and the fame was read, fetting forth that the Petitioner John Eamfhaw is appointed Comptroller of his Majefty's Cuftoms for the Upper Diftridt of James River,
with a Salary of ^o Sterling Per Annum; that the Petitioner Gabriel Cay is appointed Comptroller of the Lower Diftridt of the faid River, with a Salary of ^0 Sterling per Annum; and your Petitioner Walter Hatton is appointed Comptroller of the Diftridt of Accomack, with a Salary of ;^40 Sterling per Annum; to be paid by the Commiffioners

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London: That the faid Salaries are too fmall and inconfiderable for their Trouble in their faid Offices, as well as infufficient for their Support and Maintenance and praying that they may be allowed the fame Fees on all Veffels trading to this Colony as are allowed by Law to the CoUedlors of his Majefty's Cuftoms in this Colony, or fuch other Fees as fhall be thought reafonable or that their Salaries may be increafed in fuch Manner as this Houfe fhall think fit. And the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee.
of his Majefty's

Cuftoms

in

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

A
are

That the faid Petition be rejedled. Meffage from the Council by M"^ Walthoe.
to the

That they have agreed

Conference defired by this Houfe, and that their Managers

now ready in
Ordered,

the

Conference Chamber.

That the Managers appointed by this Houfe do attend thofe appointed by the Council in the Conference Chamber and they accordingly withdrew. M' Attorney, according to Order, reported that the Amendments propofed by the Committee of the whole Houfe to the Bill For amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and he read the fame in his Place, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe.
;

Ordered,

Not paffed

tintil

Oct. 1765.

>

Not paffed

until Oct. 1765.

Hening, VIII,

p. 44.

302 ]

Ordered,

That the faid

Bill

with the

Amendments be
of the Council

engroffed,

and read a third

Houfe had met
in

Time.
M''

Attorney reported that the

Members

and

this

the Conference Chamber, and that the Council had agreed to the Amendments propofed by this Houfe to thofe made by the Council to the Memorials to the Lords and Commons. Ordered, That the Committee of Correfpondence do tranfmit fair Copies of the

233

Addrefs to his Majefty, and the Memorials to the Lords and Commons, to the Agent for this Colony, in Order to their being refpedlively prefented and that the fame be
;

inferted in the Journal of this Houfe, as follow

To

the

King's Moft Excellent Majefty.

Moft gracious

Sovereign,

your Majefty's dutiful and loyal Subjeds, the Council and Burgeffes of your Dominion of Virginia, now met in General Affembly, beg Leave to affure your Majefty of our firm and inviolable Attachment to your facred P erfon and Government; and as your faithful Subjeds here have at all Times been zealous to demonftrate this Truth, by a ready Compliance with the Royal Requifitions during the late War, by which
ancient Colony and

We

a heavy and oppreffive Debt of near Half a Million hath been incurred, fo at this Time they implore Permiffion to approach the Throne with humble Confidence, and to intreat that your Majefty will be gracioufly pleafed to proted your People of this Colony in the Enjoy-

and ineftimable Right of being governed by fuch Laws refpeding their and Taxation as are derived from their oTini Confent, with the Approbation of their Sovereign or his Subftitute: A Right which as Men, and Defcendents of Britons, they have ever quietly poffeffed fince flrft by Royal Permiffion and Encouragement they left the Mother Kingdom to extend its Commerce and Dominion. Your Majefty's dutiful Subjeds of Virginia moft humbly and unanimoufly hope that Birthright, defcended to them from their Anceftors, and in which they have been invaluable this proteded by your Royal Predeceffors, will not be fuffered to receive an Injury under the
ment
of their ancient

internal Polity

234

Reign

of

your Sacred Majefty, already fo illuftrioufly diftinguifhed by your gracious

to the Liberties of the

Attention

People.
is the ardent

to make Nations happy That your Majefty may faithful Subjeds, the Council and Burgeffes of Virginia.

long live

Prayer of your

To the Right Honourable

The Memorial
of the

the

Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled:

Council and Burgeffes of Virginia, now met in General Affembly,

Humbly

reprefents.

That your Memorialifts hope on Application to your Lordfhips, the fixed and hereditary Guardians of Britifh Liberty, will not be thought improper at this Time, when Meafures are propofed fubverfive, as they conceive, of that Freedom which all Men, efpecially thofe

from Britain, have a Right to enjoy; and they flatter themfelves that your Lordfhips will not look upon them as Objeds fo unworthy your Attention as to regard any Impropriety in the Form or Manner of their Application, for your Lordfhips

who

derive their Conftitution

235

Protedion of their juft and undoubted Rights as Britons. It cannot be Prefumptton in your Memorialifts to call themfelves by this diftinguifhed Name, fince they are defcended from Britons who left their native Country to extend its Territory and Dominion, and who happily for Britain, and as your Memorialifts once As our Anceftors brought with them every thought for themfelves too, effeded this Purpofe.
Right and Privilege they could with Juftice claim in their Mother Kingdom, their Defcendents may conclude they cannot be deprived of thofe Rights without Injuftice. Your Memorialifts conceive it to be a fundamental Principle of the Britifh Conftitution, without which Freedom can no Where exift, that the People are not fubjed to any Taxes but fuch as are laid on them by their own Confent, or by thofe who are legally appointed to
reprefent them: Property muft become too precarious for the Genius of a free People which

can be taken from them at the Will of others, who cannot know what Taxes fuch People can bear, or the eafieft Mode of raifing them; and who are not under that Reftraint, which
is

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303 ]
the Reprefentatives themfelves

is the greaieft Security againft

a burthenfome Taxation, when

the People.

tnuft he affeded by every

Tax impofed on

Your Memorialifts are therefore led into an humble Confidence that your Lordfhips any Reafon fufpcient to fupport fuch a Power in the Britifh Parliament, where the Colonies cannot be reprefented; a Power never before conftitutionally affumed, and which if they have a Right to exercife on any Occafion muft neceffarily eftablifh this
will not think

melancholy Truth, that the Inhabitants of the Colonies are the Slaves of Britons, from whom they are defcended, and from whom they might exped every Indulgence that the Obligations of Intereft and Affedion can entitle them to.

Your Memorialifts have been

the firft Eftablifhment of a regular

237

conftantly made to them by their Colony was thought neceffary to preferve the Britifh Intereft in America; from whence they muft conclude they cannot now be deprived of a Right they have fo long enjoyed, and which they have never forfeited. The Expenfes incurred during the laft War, in Compliance with the Demands on this Colony by our late and prefent moft gracious Sovereigns, have involved us in a Debt of near Half a Million; a Debt not likely to decreafe under the continued Expenfe we are at in providing for the Security of the People againft the Incurfions of our favage Neighbours, at a Time when the low ftate of our Staple Commodity, the total Want of Specie, and the late Reftridions upon the Trade of the Colonies, render the Circumftances of the People extremely diftreffful, and which, if Taxes are accumulated upon them by the Britifh Parliament, will make them truly deplorable.
fuggeft to themfelves any Reafon why they fhould not ftill Property with the their People, with whofe Abilities, and the leaft burthenfome be trufted of Mode of taxing (with great Deference to the fuperior Wifdom of Parliament) they muft be
beft acquainted.

omi People from Government in the Colony, and Requifitions have been Sovereigns on all Occafions when the Affiftance of the

invefted with the Right of taxing their

Your Memorialifts cannot

Your Memorialifts hope they fhall not be fufpeded of being aduated on this Occafion by any Principles but thofe of the pureft Loyalty and Affedion as they always endeavoured
their Condud to demonftrate that they confider their Connexions with Great Britain, the Seat of Liberty, as their greateft Happinefs. The Duty they owe to themfelves and their Pofterity lays your Memorialifts under the Neceffity of endeavouring to eftablifh their Conftitution upon its proper Foundation; and

by

238

they do moft

the Attention that is

humbly pray your Lordfhips to take this Subjed into your Confideration with due to the Well being of the Colonies, on which the Profperity of Great Britain does in a great Meafure depend.

To

the

Honourable

the Knights, Citizens,

and Burgeffes

of

Great Britain, in Parliament

affembled:
of the Council and Burgeffes of Virginia. appearing by the printed Votes of the Houfe of Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled that in a Committee of the whole Houfe, the ij^^ Day of March laft, it was refolved that towards defending, proteding, and fecuring the Britifh Colonies and Plantations in America, it may be proper to charge certain Stamp Duties in the faid Colonies and

The Remonftrance

It

Plantations; and

it

be re fumed and Virginia, met in General Affembly, judge it their indifpenfable Duty, in a refpedful Manner, but with decent Firmnefs, to remonftrate againft fuch a Meafure, that at leaft a

further purfued in

being apprehended that the fame Subjed, which was then declined, may a fucceeding Seffion, the Council and Burgeffes of

Ceffion of thofe Rights, which in their Opinion muft be infringed by that Procedure,

may

J39

not be inferred from their Silence, at fo important a Crifis. They conceive it is effential to Britifh Liberty that Laws impofing Taxes on the People ought not to be made without the Confent of Reprefentatives chofen by themfelves; who, at
the

fame Time

that they are acquainted with the

Circumftances of their Conftituents, fuftain

a Proportion of the Burthen laid on them. This Privilege, inherent in the Perfons who difcovered and fettled thefe Regions, could not be renounced or forfeited by their Removal
hither,

[304]
Vagabonds or Fugitives, but licenfed and encouraged by their Prince and animated with a laudable Defire of enlarging the Britifli Dominion, and extending its Commerce: On the contrary, it was fecured to them and their Defcendents, with all other Rights and Immunities of Britifh Subjects, by a Royal Charter, which hath been invariably recognifed and confirmed by his Majefty and his Predeceffors in their Commiffions to the feveral Governours, granting a Power, and prefcribing a Form of Legiflation; according to which. Laws for the Adminiftration of Juftice, and for the Welfare and good Government of the Colony, have been hitherto enaded by the Governour, Council, and General Affembly, and As to them Requifitions and Applications for Supplies have been direded by the Crown. and Privian Inftance of the Opinion which former Sovereigns entertained of thefe Rights leges, we beg Leave to refer to three Ads of the General Affembly paffed in the J2'' Year for raifmg a Publick of the Reign of King Charles II {one of which is entitled An Adl Colony of of his Majefty's Government of the Support Revenue for the better Virginia, impofing feveral Duties for that Purpofe) which they thought abfolutely neceffary, were prepared in England, and fent over by their then Governour, the Lord Culpeper, to be paffed by the General Affembly, with a full Power to give the Royal A ffent thereto; and which were accordingly paffed, after feveral Amendments were made to them here: Thus tender was his Majefty of the Rights of his American Subjeds; and the Remonftrants do not difcern by what Diftindion they can be deprived of that facred Birthright and mo ft valuable Inheritance by their Fellow Subjeds, nor with what Propriety they can be taxed or affeded in their Eftates by the Parliament, wherein they are not, and indeed cannot,
hither, not as

conftitutionally be reprefented.

were proper for the Parliament to impofe Taxes on the Colonies at all, which the Remonftrants take Leave to think would be inconfiftent with the fundamental Principles of the Conftitution, the Exerctfe of that Power at this Time would be ruinous to Virginia, who exerted herfelf in the late War it is feared beyond her Strength, infomuch that to redeem

And

if it

granted for that Exigence her People are taxed for feveral Years to come: This, with the large Expenfes incurred for defending the Frontiers againft the reftlefs Indians, who have infefted her as much fince the Peace as before, is fo grievous that an Increafe of the Burthen
the

Money

will be intolerable; efpecially as the People are very

greatly
the
little

diftreffed

already from the

Scarcity of circulating
Britifh Markets.

Cafh amongft them, and from

to that

Value

of their Staple at the

And

it is

pre fumed that adding

Load which

the

not be more oppreffive to her People than deftrudive of

Colony now labours under will the Interefts of Great Britian For
:

the Plantation Trade, confined as it is to the Mother Country, hath been a principal Means may prove an of multiplying and enriching her Inhabitants; and, if not too much difcouraged, Point, let the preFor Satiffadion in this inexhauftable Source of Treafure to the Nation.

fent State of the Britifh Fleets

and Trade be compared with what

they were before the Settle-

ment on very eafy Terms, in

of the Colonies;

and

let it

be confidered that whilft Property in Laiui

may

be acquired
will

the vaft uncultivated Territory of

North America, theColonifts

of their

be moftly, if not wholly, employed in Agrictdture; whereby the Exportation modities of Great Britain, and the Confumption of their Manufadures fupplied from thence, But this moft defirable Connexion between Great Britain and will be daily increafing.

Com-

her Colonies, fupported by fuch a happy Intercourfe of reciprocal Benefits as is continually advancing the Profperity of both, muft be interrupted, if the People of the latter, reduced

extreme Poverty, fhould be compelled furnifhed with from the former.

to

to

manufadure thofe Articles they have been hitherto

that the

Honourable Hoiife of Commons will not under it cannot but look upon as fitter for profecute a Meafure which thofe who may fuffer Exiles driven from their native Country after ignominioufly forfeiting her Favours and

From

thefe Confiderations,

it is

hoped

Protedion, than for the Profperity of Britons who have at all Times been forward to demonand are fo inftrumental in promoting her ftrate all due Reverence to the Mother Kingdom, Glory and Felicity; and that Britiih. Patriots will never confent to the Exercife of anticonftitutional Power, which even in this remote Corner may be dangerous in its Example to the interiour Parts of the Britifh Empire, and will certainly be detrimental to its Commerce.

305 ]

For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affemand an Amendment being made thereto, it was ordered to be engroffed and read a third Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning lo "'Clock.
Bill

bly was read a fecond Time

Wdbnasba^,

tl)e

I9t^ of ^December.
for giving a

(Bco.

III.

1764.

MR.

Mercer prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a

entitled

Bill

To amend an Adl

An Ad'
firft

Reward

for killing

Wolves; and the fame was

to

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. An Ad' to enable Tenants in Taille their Lands, read the third Time. Leafes of was Refolvcd, That the faid Bill do pafs.
read the

An

engroffed Bill entitled

make

Ordered,

That

M""

Edmund

Pendleton do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for

their Concurrence.

On

a Motion made.

Ordered,

That

all

Refolutions of the Houfe, on the controverted Eledtions

to the

fuch Depofitions as fhall be taken, purfuant to feveral former now undetermined, be returned

Houfe the 2'' Day of il/aj next. a Motion made. The Bill To amend an Adl entitled

On

An Ad^

for giving a

Reward for killing Wolves was

read a fecond Time.

be engroffed, and read a third Time. Ad'* for paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Henry Lee do carry up the faid Bill to the Council for their ConcurOrdered,

That the

faid Bill

An

engroffed Bill entitled

An

rence.

That a Committee be appointed to examine the Treafurer's Accounts; and that it confift of the following Perfons, viz. M'' Edmund Pendleton, M"" Bland, M"' John Page, M'' Dudley Digges, M"" Benjamin Harrifon, M'' Cary, M"" Richard Henry Lee, and M'' Lewis Bnrwell, that they examine the feveral Articles thereof, and report the Balance as it fhall appear to them to the Houfe. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to examine the enrolled Bills, and that it confift of the following Perfons, viz. M'' Lemuel Riddick, M"' Henry Lee, M' William Cabbell, James Mercer, John Pendleton, and M"" Adams. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to proportion the pubHck Levy, and that it confift of the following Perfons, viz. M"' Cary, M' Walker, M"' Upfhaw, Wager, Fleming, and M"' Read. M"' Cary, from the Committee appointed, reported that they had, according to Order, examined into the Condition of the Publick Gaol, and had found the fame much out of
Ordered,

Repair.

On

a Motion made.

Ordered,

ney, M"" Wythe, M"" Randolph, M"" Waller,

That a Committee be appointed of the following Perfons, viz. My Attorand M"" Everard to agree with Workmen to

repair the fame.

For the Relief of Parifhes from fuch Charges as may arife from Baftard within the fame, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill To prevent the Pradlice of felling Perfons for Slaves that are not fo, was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances.
Bill

Children

bom

A
I

Hening, VI, p. 152. Not Faffed until Odt. 1765.

Hening, VI,

p. 152.

Not

in

Hening.

3o6

Bill

Ordered,

And

For the Prefervation of the Breed of Sheep, was read a fecond Time. That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning lo "'Clock.

T5\)msbay;,

tl)e

20t^ of December. 5

<Beo.

III.

1764.
*

ON
as
rence.

a Motion made,
Bill

Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be difcharged from bringing in a For Settlement of Militia Accounts by Commiffioners in the Country.

An

engroffed Bill entitled

AnAd'forReli

may arife from Baftard Children born within the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Bland do carry up the faid

Pari fhes front fuch Charges fam^, was read the third Time, and the
f of

Bill to

the Council for their Concurthe

An
the

engroffed Bill, entitled.

of the

An Ad^

for

amending and declaring

Law

concerning

Efcape of Debtors out read the third Time.

Refolved,

Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M'' Attorney do carry up the

faid Bill to the Council for their

Cona

currence.

An
Reward

engroffed Bill entitled

for killing Wolves,

An Adi

to

amend an

Ad

entitled

An Ad

for giving

Refolved,

was read the third Time. That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Mercer do carry up the faid

Bill to

the Council for their Con-

currence.
M'' Gary reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, fettled the Proportion of the County Levy, and ftated the fame in a Book which he deUvered in at the Table, where it was read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That M"" Cary do carry up the faid Book to the Coimcil for their Concur;

rence.
M'' Attorney, from the Committee to whom the Reprefentation of George Pitt, Keeper pubUck Magazine in the City of Williamfburg was referred, reported that they the of had examined into the State of the faid Magazine, and the publick military Stores con-

tained therein, and had agreed to the following Report thereupon. It appears to your Committee that there are now in the faid Magazine two Brafs

Cannon and two Brafs Mortars, which are ufelefs alfo about 13,000 lbs. of Gunpowder^ which is old, and the Barrels decayed and in bad Order; alfo a Quantity of Soldiers Clothes, Hats, and Shoes, which at the prefent are of Httle Ufe, and will be entirely ruined if they remain there: That there are aKo 102 Tents, which are old and ufelefs; and 14 new Ones, which may be of Service That there are alfo two Hogfheads of Cantins and Tin Kettles, one Tierce of Leather Shot Bags, and another of Canvas Knapfacks, and a Quantity of Leather Belts and SHngs, old Dnmis and Drum Rims, which are ufelefs; and a Number of Cartouch Boxes, in very bad Order: That there are alfo upwards of 500 old Firelocks and Barrels, which might be repaired at 125. 6(i. each, but are not worth the Expenfe and there is a Tub of Gun Flints, which may be referved
;

for Ufe.

On

a Motion made,

That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in For the Sale of the ufelefs military Stores in the Magazine, and it is referred to M'' Attorney to prepare and bring in the fame. An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad* for the Prefervation of the Breed of Sheep, was read the third Time, and the Queftions being put that the faid Bill do pafs.
Ordered,
It
"

Not paffed Not patted

until Nov. 1769. until Oct. 1765.

Hening, VIII,

p. 48.

Not recorded

as a law.

[
It paffed in the Negative.

307

Refolved,

That the faid Bill be rejecfted. Meffage from the Council by M"' Walthoe.
to the

That they have agreed Alfo

to the

Book

of Proportions.

Refolve For paying

M' Thomas Rutherford

the

Sum

of

Money

therein

mentioned.

249

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For raifmg a Publick Levy, which was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. The Houfe being informed that M' Proffer, one of the Members of this Houfe, hath been guilty of fundry unjuft and fraudulent Pra(5tices in antedating and advifmg, directing and affifting, in the antedating fundry Deeds and other Conveyances, with Intention to prejudice the Eftates and Intereft of others, and knowingly fetting up feveral fuch Deeds and Conveyances as fairly and bona fide made and executed, and in claiming imder the fame, either for himfelf or the Perfons for whom he adled, a Right and Intereft in the Eftates thereby conveyed, by which Creditors and Purchafes have been or are likely to be involved in Troubles and Difputes That the faid M'' Proffer having preferred a Petition to the County Court of Cumberland for Leave to build a Mill on Fine Creek in the faid County, and for an Acre of Land of one John Pleafants for that Purpofe, and having obtained an Order for a Jury to value the faid Acre and Damages, in Order to paA a Jury did fend or catife to be fent to feveral Freeholders of the faid County written Summonfes, figned with the Name of the then High Sheriff of the faid County, and that without the Knowledge, Privity, or Confent, of the faid Sheriff whereby fuch Freeholders were commanded or required to attend at a certain Day and Place therein mentioned to ferve on the faid Jury. Ordered, That the faid Information be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Privileges and Eledlion that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report
Ordered,
:
;

the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

260

On

a Motion made,

For raifing a Publick Levy was read the fecond Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe immediately. The Houfe accordingly refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that they had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame, they had direcfted him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into the faid Committee on the faid Bill To morrow. Ordered, That the Chaplain attend to read Prayers every Morning at 9 'Clock. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10 "'Clock.
Bill
;

fviba^, t^e 2lst of i)ecember, 5 (Beo.

III.

1764.

THE
251

Houfe, according to Order, refolved

itfelf

into a

Committee to take under

;

their further Confideration the Bill For raifing a Publick Levy and after fome Time fpent therein, M" Speaker reiumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported

thereto

that they had gone through the faid Bill, and had made feveral Amendments which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were

again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, be engroffed, and read a third

Time.

An

engroffed

Bill, entitled

An Ad'
up.

for raifing a Publick Levy,

was read the

third

Time, and the Blanks therein

Hening, VIII,

filled

Refolved
'

p. 38.

[3o8]
Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"" Cary do carry up the faid Meffage from the Council by M' Walthoe.
to the Bill entitled

Bill to

the Council for their Concurrence.

That they have agreed

this

An

Leafes of their Lands, with fame Amendments,

Adl" to enable Tenants in Taille to make to which they defire the Concurrence of

Houfe.
Alfo Alfo
to the Bill entitled

for killing Wolves, without

to the

An Adl^ to amend an A(5l entitled any Amendments. Refolve For paying the Printer's Salary.

An Adl for giving a Reward

M^ Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Elecflions, reported that they had had under their Confideration the Information exhibited to this Houfe againft M'' Thomas Proffer, to them referred, and had come to two Refolutions thereon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: Refolved, That the faid M'' Thomas Proffer be at Liberty to examine and take the Depofitions of fuch Witneffes as fhall be either unable to attend this Committee or are going out of the Colony, before any two Juftices of the Peace of the County of Cumberland, touching the Subjedl Matter of the faid Information, and that he give reafonable Notice of the Time and Place of taking fuch Examinations to M'' Archibald Cary; and that the Juftices before whom they fhall be taken return the fame to this Houfe' on or
;

252

before Thurfday the

2"^

Day

of

May

next, being the

Day appointed

for hearing the faid

Information before this Committee. Refolved, That the further Confideration of the faid Information be referred to the
faid
2"^

Day of May next.

Walthoe.

A Meffage from the Council was delivered by M''

That they have agreed to the Bill For raifing a Publick Levy. Letnuel Riddick reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, examined the enrolled Bills and Refolves, and redlified fuch Miftakes as were foimd

therein

and that they were truly enrolled Ordered, That M"' Lemuel Riddick do carry them up to the Council for their Infpedlion. A Meffage from the Council by M^ Walthoe.
;

253

That they have infpeded the enrolled Bills and Refolves, and are
enrolled.

fatiffied they are truly

Meffage from the Govemour by M' Walthoe.

M^ Speaker.
The Govemour commands the immediate Attendance of your Houfe tn the Council Chamber, and that you bring with you fuch Bills and Refolves as are ready for his Affent. M' Speaker with the Houfe went up accordingly, and his Honour the Govemour

was pleafed
I.

to give his Affent to the following publick

for further continuing the

and private

Adls.

An Adi

Ad for

reducing the feveral

Ads for making Pro-

vtfion againft Invafions

2.*

and InfurreAions into one Ad. For further continuing an Ad entitled An Ad for reducing the feveral Ads made for laying a Duty on Liquors into one Ad. 5 For raifing a Publick Levy, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. J. 4.^ For dividing the County of Lunenburg into three diftind Counties. 5.7 For dividing the Parifh of Truro, in the County of Fairfax. 6.^ For appointing feveral new Ferries, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 7.9 An Ad for altering the Court Days of the Counties of Fauquier, Loudoun, Louifa, and Fairfax. To
'

254

until Oct. 1765. Hening., VIII, p. 48Ibid., VIII, p. 37.

Not paffed

* Ibid.,
5

VIII, p. 38.

Ibid.

Ibid., VIII, p. 38.

Ibid., VIII, p. 41.

[
8. p.

309

'To amend an Ad 'For eftablifhing

entitled

the

An Ad for giving a Reward for killing Wolves. Landing Place from Frafer's Ferry at the Caufey oppofite
Towns
of

thereto.

10.

For encouraging

the Settlement of the

Alexandria and Falmouth, and

for other
11.

255

County, and alfo the Minifters Antrim and Parifh in Halifax, from and other Parifhioners of Suffolk in Nanfemond, of the Payment of Ferriage, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 12. s To veft certain entailed Lands therein mentioned in John Syme, Efq; and others, in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof. 75. 6 To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Richard Todd is feized, and for fettleing other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof. 14. 7 To veft certain entailed Lands in Robert Lewis, Gentleman, in Fee Simple, and for piirchafing more convenient Lands to be fettled in Lieu thereof. 75. * To veft certain entailed Lands whereof William Cary is feized in Allen Jones in Fee Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the
of Elizabeth City

Purpofes therein tnentioned. *For exempting the Inhabitants

faine Ufes.
16. 9 For vefting the abfolute Property of certain Slaves therein named in George Heal, Gentleman, and for fettling three certain Trads of Land therein mentioned on the faid George Heal in Lieu of the faid Slaves. 77. 1 To dock the Entail of 1800 Acres of Land in theParifh of Albemarle, in the County of Suffex, whereof Nathaniel Harrifon the Younger is feized in Fee Taille, and for vefting

the

fame in Truftees in Fee Simple

emour

for the Ufes therein mentioned. reported that he with the Houfe had attended the GovSpeaker being returned in the Council Chamber, where his Honour had given his Affent to fuch Bills and

Refolves as were ready, and was then pleafed to fignify to the Houfe of Burgeffes, that, upon confidering the Seafon of the Year, and the long Time they had fat, he judged a Recefs would be agreeable; and that, unwilling to impede the Bufmefs of the Seffion by a Prorogation, he thought it expedient to diredl them to adjourn themfelves to the
I
'*

of

May next.
That the Hoiofe be adjourned to the
4
s

Ordered,

i ''

Day of May next.

9 Ibid..
<>

>

Hening, VIII, p. 48. /Wd., VIII, p. 49. /fcid., VIII, p. 49

Ibid.,
/6t(i.,

VIII,

p. 52.

'

Ibid.,
/fcid.,

VIII, p. 54. /bid., VII, p. 57

VIII, p. sg. VIII, p. 61.

/6td.,

VIII, p. 63. VIII, p. 66.

JOURNAL
of the

House of Burgesses
1765

Burgef f es.
Accomac

[314]
Richmond

; ;

JOURNAL
of the

House OUSE
Xi{>6ttes6ar,
tt)(t

B of OURGESSES OF
Isl of

>Kaj, 5

(5eo.

III.

1765.

met, according to their Adjournment. That an Addrefs be made to the Govemour, to order a new Writ to iffue for electing a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the Cotmty of Che fter field, in the Room of M"" Richard Eppes, deceafed and that M'' Cary do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Govemour, to order a new Writ to iffue for eledting a Burgefs to ferve in this Prefent General Affembly for the County of Amelia, in the Room of M'' Greenhill, who hath accepted of the Office of Sheriff of the faid County and that M'' Cary do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Govemour, to order a new Writ to iffue for eledting a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the Coimty of LunenHotife this
Ordered,
burg, in the

THE

Day

the

who hath accepted of the Office of Coroner of faid County and that M'' Cary do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Govemour, to order a new Writ to iffue
of M"' Clement Read,
;

Room

Affembly for the County of Louifa, of the Office of Coroner of the who hath accepted William Johnfton, in the Room of M"' faid Covmty and that M'' James Littlepage do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe again to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral A(5ts of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Maj efty's Cuftoms. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill on
for eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General
;

Friday next.
Ordered,

That the Chaplain

of this

Houfe do attend to read Prayers every Homing

at 9 "Clock.
of

A Petition of Peterfield Trent, praying Leave to withdraw his Petition complaining of an undue Election and retum of M' Henry Fry to serve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Albemarle, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the said Peterfield Trent, have Leave to withdraw his faid Petition, and that the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions be difcharged from proceeding any further therein. Sundry Petitions from the Cotmties of Chefterfield, Amelia, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, and Halifax, praying that another Infpe<5tion of Tobacco may be eftablifhed in, near, or adjoining the Town of Gatefville, in the County of Chefterfield,
were prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning lo

''Clock.

3i6

I3l)ur56ar, t^e

2n6

of ^Jtla^.

(Beo.

III.

1765.

A
may

Thomas Roy, Proprietor of the Warehoufes called Roy's, and of fundry Traders on Rappahannock River, in Oppofition to a Petition of Paul Micou's, and fundry other Perfons, for eftablifhing a new Infpedlion on the Land of the faid Micoii, in Effex County, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table. A Petition of fundry Merchants, complaining of the Hardfhips and Inconveniences they lie under for Want of fome better Method for proving Book Debts than the Law at prefent allows, and praying that the Time allowed for fuch Proof may be extended, and the Method for proving fuch Debts altered, and aKo that Sheriffs and other Officers
Petition of

be fubjeft to Damages for refufing or negledting to pay Money received by them on Executions, was prefented to the Hotife and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Petition of Michael Chriftian and Robert Clark Jacob, praying to be exempted from paying the Duty on the Importation of 26 Hogfhead of Rum which was accidentally deftroyed by Fire, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M"' Bland, M' Riddick, and M'' Cary; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion
thereon, to the Houfe.

Petition of fundry Freeholders

and Inhabitants
lie

plaining of the Hardfhips and Inconveniences they

of the County of Anther ft, comimder by the prefent tedious and

expenfive Method of profecuting Suits in the County Courts, and praying that quarterly Courts may be eftablifhed in the faid County, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
of

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
Ordered,

report the fame, with their Opinion theicon, to the Houfe. Bill For allowing the full Fees to which the Lawyers pradlifmg in the feveral

Courts of this Colony are entitled, in particular Cafes therein mentioned, to be taxed, upon Recovery, in the Bill of Cofts, was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Committee for Courts of Juftice. A Petition of Thomas Shepherd, praying that a Ferry may be eftablifhed from his Land in the Town of Mecklenburg, in the County of Frederick, over the River Potowmack,

Land in the Province of Maryland, was prefented to the Houfe and read. That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
to his oppofite

Ordered,

report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

For further continuing the A(5l' entitled An Ad for the better regulating and and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Pendleton, M'' Fleming, and M'' Bland. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10 "'Clock.

Bill

'

colleding certain Officers Fees,

l^xXbat,

tl)(t

3r6 of ytta^, 5

(Beo.

III.

1765.

A
'

and William Young, Infpe(5tors at Jordan's Warehoufes, Month of March laft one of the Warehoufes under their Care was broke open, and two Hogfheads of Tobacco ftolen out of the fame, though the faid Warehoufe was well fecured by them, and praying that the Value of the faid Tobacco may be paid them by the Publick, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
Petition of Johyi Watts

fetting forth that in the

Ordered
Hening, V,
p, 326.

317

That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Ordered,
their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

The Order
mittee on the
of this

Day being read for the Houfe to again refolve itfelf into a ComFor amending and further continuing the feveral A(5ls of Affembly Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his
of the
Bill

Majefty's Cuftoms.
Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill on Wednefday next. A Bill For amending the A(5t entitled An AA^ for direding the Trial of Slaves committitig capital Crimes, and for the more effediial punifhing Confpiracies and Infurredions of them, and for the better Government of Negroes, Midattoes, and Indians, bond or free, was read a fecond Time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the whole

Houfe.
Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill on Wednefday next. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Govemour to order a new Writ to iffue, for ele(5ling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Hal-

ifax in the
;

Room

of M'' Terry,

who hath accepted

of the Office of Sheriff of the faid

County and that M' Little page do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning lo "'Clock.

Saturday.

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4tb of

^a^. 5
20'*^

(Beo.

III.

1765.

MR

Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that the
faid

Committee had had under

their further Confideration the Information

of December laft, and referred to Thomas Proffer, one of the Members of the Houfe and having examined divers Witneffes, and infpedted feveral Papers laid before the Committee touching the faid Information, and heard the faid M'' Proffer, have agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow Your Committee beg Leave to obferve that the faid Information contains two diltin<5l Charges againft the faid M' Proffer. i". That he hath been guilty of antedating, and advifmg, diredling, and affifting in the antedating, fundry Deeds and other Conveyances, with Intention to prejudice the Eftates and Intereft of others, and knowingly fetting up feveral fuch Deeds and Conveyances as fairly and bona fide made and executed, and in claiming under the fame, either for himfelf, or the Perfons for whom he adled, a Right and Intereft in the Eftates thereby conveyed, by which Creditors and Purchafers have been, or are likely to be, involved in Troubles and Difputes. 2<*. That the faid M"" Proffer having preferred a Petition to the County Court of Cumberland, for Leave to build a Mill on Fine Creek in the faid County, and for an Acre of Land of one John Pleafants for that Purpofe, and having obtained an Order for a Jury to value the faid Acre and Damages, in Order to pack a Jury did fend, or caufe to be fent, to feveral Freeholders of the faid County written Summonfes, figned with the Name of the then High Sheriff of the faid Coimty, and that without the Knowledge, Privity, or Confent of the faid Sheriff, whereby fuch Freeholders were commanded or required to attend at a certain D y and Place therein mentioned to fen'e on the faid
this
;

exhibited to the Houfe on the

Day

Day to be examined into, againft

M"'

Jury.

With Refped

to the

firft

Charge againft the faid

M"' Proffer,

your Committee beg

Leave
Hening. IV, p. 126.

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Leave to inform the Houfe that an original Deed was laid before the Committee, produced by M'' Proffer himfelf, when called upon for it, bearing Date the 30"^ Day of Augiift 1759, appearing to be an Indenture or Bargain and Sale between Renne Laforce of the County of Goochland, of the one Part, and the faid M'' Proffer, of the other Part, whereby the faid Renne Laforce, for the Confideration of ;2o current Money, faid to be in Hand paid by M"' Proffer, conveyed to him a Tradl of Land containing about 240 Acres, lying on the fouth Side of James River, in the faid Covmty of Cumberland, being a Part of a Patent granted to the faid Renne Laforce, and bounded by the Lines of John Baughan and others therein named which Deed the faid M"" Proffer denied before your Committee he had wrote hirnfelf, and it appears to be fubfcribed with the Names of Robert Cothron, Samuel Laforce, Robert Mofby, James Holman, Matthew Martin (who made his Mark) and Anthony Martin, as Witneffes thereto and a Receipt alfo appears endorfed thereon for the Confideration Money, figned by the faid Laforce, and fubfcribed by the fame Witneffes and by a Certificate of the Clerk of the faid Cotmty, it appears to have been proved in Court, by two of the fubfcribing Witneffes, the 24'^ Day of March 1760. Your Committee then proceeded to examine feveral Witneffes, concerning the faid Deed and it appears to them, from the Teftimony of Samuel Flournoy, that in the latter End of the Year 1759, or the Beginning of the Year 1760, he faw the faid Laforce, who was inquiring the Way to M'' Proffer's, and that the faid Laforce then informed him that one Thomas Turpin had entered a Petition againft him for a Piece of his Land, and at the fame Time afked the faid Flournoy if he would buy it, faying he fhould have it for a Trifle, rather than that Turpin fhould get it, which the faid Flournoy reftifed, The faid Flournoy then depofed efpecially as there was a Lawfuit depending about it. that having afterwards heard that M'' Proffer had bought the faid Land, he afked him about it, and he faid he had bought it, and had a Deed for it fome Months before and that M"' Proffer afterwards fhowed him a Note or Certificate which was the Hand Writ ing of M'' Proffer, but figned by the faid Laforce, the Purport of which was to inform him that he had not offered to fell him the Land petitioned for by Turpin, but another Piece adjoining it, which it appears the faid Laforce had fome Time before fold to one John Baughan. The faid Flournoy then declared he had not before that Time heard
; ;
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by the faid Turpin. appears from the Evidence of the above named Thomas Turpin that he entered his Petition againft the faid Laforce for the Land above mentioned, and which is the fame Land conveyed by the faid Laforce to M"^ Proffer by the Deed above mentioned, in the Month of October 1759; but he declared he had not mentioned his faid Petition to M'' Proffer until after he had heard he had purchafed the Land, and that he believes M'' Proffer never interfered in the faid Petition, which is now depending in the General
of the Petition entered
It

Court.

appears from the Evidence of Anthony Martin, one of the fubfcribing Witneffes was defired both by the faid Laforce and M"" Proffer to witnefs the fame, which he accordingly did, and the faid Laforce acknowledged it to be his Adl and Deed, and appeared to him to have been executed, and fubfcribed by other Witneffes before, but he does not remember when it was he witneffed the faid Deed; that he had not heard of the faid Turpin's Petition at that Time, and that he lives within three or four Miles of M"' Proffer, Turpin and Flournoy. It further appears to your Committee from the Teftimony of Robert Cawthron, whofe
It

to the faid Deed, that he

fubfcribed as a Witnefs to the faid Deed, though it is not there fpelt as he is ufed to write his Name, and which he did before the Committee in a different Manner from that in which it appears to be fubfcribed to the faid Deed, that about three Years

Name

is

ago the faid Laforce had called at

his Houfe, and told him that Turpin had entered which he was afraid he fhould lofe, but that Cumberland, for a Trac5t of Land of his in he had been to M"" Proffer's, and he believed they had contrived a Way to fave it for that he had given M"' Proffer a Deed for it, which bore Date before the Petition, and that he had taken the Liberty to put his the faid Cawthron' s Name to it as a Witnefs, and defired him not to deny his having witneffed fuch a Deed if he fhould be afked about
;

it

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faid

Cawthron further depofed that the faid Laforcc afterwards produced to him a Paper, which he took to be a Deed, and beHeved it was a Copy of the former Deed, made by one Holdman, which the faid Laforce defired him to fee him fign, and witnefs it himfelf, that he might have it to fay he had witneffed fuch a Deed. That M"' Proffer was not prefent when thefe Things paffed between him and Laforce, but that he believes he has heard M' Proffer fay he was privy to thefe Tranfadlions, and that they were done to avoid the faid Turpins Petition. It likewife appeared to your Committee, from the Teftimony of Littlebury Mofby, that M"" Proffer told him that Robert Mofby, one of the fubfcribing Witncffes to the faid haforce's Deed, was his Relation, to which the faid Littlebury Mofby anfwered, he believed he had been dead too long to have been a Witnefs to the faid Deed. M"' James Littlepage alfo declared before your Committee that M"" Proffer told him that the faid Robert Mofby, the Witnefs to the faid Deed, was the Son of Robert Mofby deceafed, but that he was not prefent at the Execution of the faid Deed. M'' George Carrington then depofed that he believes that the faid Laforce's Deed

by

M""

Tiirpin or

any one

elfe.

The

to M"" Proffer to be M'' Proffer's Writing,

alfo.
M''

and the Name Robert Mofby thereto fubfcribed

James Lyle depofed that he

believes the faid

Deed

to be M'' Proffer's Writing^

but not the

Name

Robert

Mofby

thereto fubfcribed, as they do not appear to

him

to be

the fame Writing, but that M"" Proffer's

Name

in the Receipt endorfed thereon is his

proper Hand Writing. M"' Lyle further declared that he has had confiderable Dealings with M'' Proffer, and had no Reafon to fufpedt him of Difhonefty. M' Alexander M'Caul alfo depofed that though he was but little acquainted with M'' Proffer's Hand Writing, yet he believes his Name in the Receipt on the faid Deed
in his proper Writing.

from the Deputy Clerk of the County Court of Henrico was then produced to your Committee, from which it appears that on the 4"" Day of December 1758, on the Motion of Mary Mofby, Adminiftration of the Eftate of her deceafed Hufband Robert Mofby was in due Form granted to her by the faid Court, which faid Robert Mofby is the fame Perfon whofe Name is fubfcribed as a Witnefs to the faid Deed. It further appeared to your Committee, from the Evidence of M'' John Scott, that M"' Proffer fome Time ago (but he does not remember when) went to his Houfe, and afked him if he could contrive Notice to Laforce that Turpin intended to Petition for his Land, adding that it would be doing a good Adt to fave the poor Man's Land. It alfo appeared to your Committee, from comparing the faid Laforce's Deed with other Writings of M'' Proffer's, to be his proper Hand Writing, as alfo the Name Robert
Certificate

Mofby

thereto fubfcribed.

Another Inftrument of Writing was then produced, and laid before your Committee, which appears to be a Bill of Sale from one Robert^Hughes of the faid County of Cumberland to the faid M'' Proffer, whereby for the Conlideration of ;^i2o current Money, faid to be in Hand paid by M"' Proffer, the faid Hughes fold him one Negro Man named Joe, and one Negro Girl named Jenny, and her future Increafe, as alfo fundry Horfes, Cattle, and Sheep, and a Quantity of Houfehold Furniture that it bears Date the i Day of January 1763, and was acknowledged by the faid Hughes in Cumberland Court the 24'*' Day of October in the fame Year. Your Committee then proceeded, in like Manner, to examine Witneffes concerning the faid Bill of Sale, and beg Leave to inform the Houfe that the above named Littlebury Mofby, who was then Sheriff of the faid County of Cumberland, depofed that a few Days before the Court when the faid Bill of Sale was produced he had taken the faid Hughes into Cuftody, upon an Execution, at the Suit of one Alexander Stewart: That the faid Hughes gave fecurity for the Liberty of the Prifon Rules That while he was fo in Cuftody M'' John Pleafants, to whom the faid Hughes was likewife indebted, applied to him the faid Mofby, and told him that Hughes had promifed to give him a Bill of Sale to fecure his Debt that he would fend one to him the next Court, and defired him to get Hughes to fign it, or otherwife to iffue a Writ againft him That on the fucceeding
; : ; :

to

320

Court Day he faw M'' Proffer and the faid Hughes go up Stairs in the Court Houfe together that he followed them and found that Hughes had juft figned a Paper, and delivered it to M"- Proffer: That he then produced to Hughes the Bill of Sale M"- Pleafants had fent him, and defired him to fign it, which Hughes refufed to do, faying he had otherwife dif pofed of his affairs That M'' Proffer and the faid Hughes then went down into Court,
:

That in the Evening of the fame Day M"' Proffer went to the Deponent and told him Hughes was gone home, at which being greatly furprifed, M'' Proffer took him afide and defired him not to be uneafy, told him he fliould not fuffer by Hughes's going out of the Bounds, he would fecure him from all Damages, and would fend him a difcharge from Stewart; whioh he accordingly did fome Time after. That in the Month of December afterwards he defired M'' Carrington, the Clerk of the Court, to fhow him the Bill of Sale, and upon examining it found it was antedated, of which he informed M'' Efdale, another of Hughes's Creditors, who had iffued an Execution againft Hughes's Eftate, on which Return was made that there were no Effedls to be found, and told him he might venture to iffue another Execution againft the faid Hughes's Eftate, which he accordingly ordered and the Deponent then levied it on Joe, one of the Slaves named in the faid Bill of Sale That the Deponent then told Hughes what he had done, who faid that the Negroes belonged to M'' Proffer, he having a Bill of Sale for them That M'' Proffer being fent for, he afked the Deponent why he had taken the Slave, when he knew he had a Bill of Sale for him, and fwore he would fue him to the General Court That the Deponent then told M"" Proffer he knew he had a Bill of Sale for the Negro, and that he alfo knew how it was taken that it was executed the Odoher Court Day before, but was antedated to the i" of January, which M' Proffer acknowledged, but faid he knew not that any ill Confequences could attend it. The faid Littlebury Mofhy alfo depofed that there had been fome other Executions iffued againft the faid Hughes's Eftate, on which the like Return was made of no Effedls, being in Confequence of the faid Bill of Sale. It likewife appeared, from the Teftimony of M'' David Rofs, that M'' Alexander Baine had a Suit depending againft the faid Hughes; and an Attachment being awarded againft his Eftate, it was not ferved, until lately, owing to the faid Bill of Sale to M'' That M"' Proffer has fince told him that the Bill of Sale was granted to him Proffer. in Confequence of his fatiffying M"' Stewart's Debt, for which he was in Execution; but on his looking into it, he found it was antedated, though M'' Proffer had told him it was taken at the Cumberland Court in October. A Deed was then produced to your Committee, dated the 26'^ Day of January 1763, which the faid Hughes conveyed his Lands and Negroes to his Children, named by
:

when

the faid Hughes acknowledged the faid Bill of Sale

therein.

on the

And by the Evidence 22'' Day of Auguft

of M'' George Carrington,

it

appears to your Committee that

it

1763, the

Day on which

the fame was proved in Cumberland

faid

Court, M'' Proffer was on the Bench, and defired to fee it, and after reading had intended to go down the next Day and fecure that Eftate.
M''

he

John Fleming alfo declared before your Committee that he faw and read the Deed the Day it was proved, and at M"' Proffer's Requeft fhowed it to him, who afking him what could be the Defign of the Deed, he anfwered it appeared to him that Hughes defigned to defraud his Creditors, and that M"' Proffer then told him he had intended to go the next Day and fecure that Eftate.
faid
It further appears to your Committee, from the Evidence of M'' Alexander Stewart, that he hearing Hughes was difcharged out of Cuftody, expedled to receive his Debt of the Sheriff in a fhort Time That foon after he received a Letter from one Bennett Goode, defiring him to difcharge Hughes out of Prifon, and he would pay the Debt; and
:

that he accordingly wrote to the Sheriff to difcharge him: Tliat the faid Letter was dated the 26* Day of October 1763, and that M"' Proffer acknowledged he wrote it for Goode: That he lay out of his Money five or fix Months, and it was afterwards paid to him through the Hands of M"' Proffer. The above named Bennett Goode then depofed that M'' Proffer came to his Houfe,

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him of Hughes's being in Execution; that he the Deponent was defirous of getting him out of Prifon, and that M"' Proffer then told him he had a Bill of Sale from Hughes, but faid he feared he fhould be obliged to pay M"' Stewart's Debt: That this Converfation paffed a few Days before the Court in which the iaid Hughes's Bill of Sale to M"^ Proffer was acknowledged That he the Deponent owed Proffer about ;2o, which he paid in Difcharge of fo much of Hughes's Debt to Stewart; and that at M' Proffer's Requeft the Deponent direded M"- Proffer to write a Letter to M"" Stewart defiring him to difcharge Hughes out of Prifon, which he figned. It likewife appears to your Committee, from the Evidence of M'' John Efdale, that he had obtained a Judgment againft Hughes, out of which he lay fome Time, in Confeand
told
:

quence of the faid

Bill of Sale to M'' Proffer.

10

Jofeph Carrington depofed that about the Months of May or June Mofby the Sheriff defired his Affiftance in fencing an Execution on Hughes's Negroes That Hughes infifted the Slaves belonged to M"" Proffer, who being fent for came, and was very angry, and told Mofby he had a Bill of Sale for the Negro taken in Execution: That Mofby anfwered he knew he had, and could tell him how he had got it that it was taken in October, but antedated to the January before. The faid Robert Hughes then being examined, depofed that he owed Proffer the Money mentioned in the Bill of Sale; but not fo much, exclufive of the Debt he owed M"" Stewart, and for which he was in Execution: That the faid Bill of Sale was wrote by M"" Proffer, and executed and acknowledged on one and the fame Day, which was done by his Delire and the antedating it was defigned to fecure M'' Proffer, M'' Lyle,
: ;

and

That M' Proffer had been his and he believed intended no Fraud by the Bill of Sale, and had by thefe Means done him great Service. He further depofed that he had received the feveral Sums of Money mentioned in an Account produced to the Committee, which were applied towards difcharging his Debt to M"' Stewart. Another Deed was then produced, and laid before your Committee, from one Anthony Martin to one Thomas Smith, for the conveying 50 Acres of Land to the faid
his other Creditors, in Preference to his Children:

Friend,

Smith, dated the

i''

Day

of December 1758.
;

Your Committee then proceeded to examine Evidence thereon and the faid Anthony Martin depofed that the faid Smith being entitled to a Piece of Land which had been given to the Deponent by his Father, by the faid Smith's Intermarriage with the Deponent's Mother, the faid Smith propofed to give up that Land to the Deponent, if he would let him have 50 Acres of it, which adjoined other Lands belonging to the faid Smith, when he came of Age That the Deponent agreed to the Propofal, and gave Bond and Security to convey the faid 50 Acres to the faid Smith as foon as he came of Age: That the Deponent married foon after he was of Age, but the Execution of his Deed to the faid Smith was negle(5led for about three Months afterwards: That M'' Proffer was then defired to lay off the faid 50 Acres, which he did and a Difpute then arifmg about the Neceffity of the Deponent's Wife's going to Court to relinquifh her Right of Dower, it was agreed on between them, as he believes by M'' Proffer's Advice, that the Deed fliould he made to bear Date before the Deponent's Marriage, which would fave that Trouble The Deponent does not know whether his Wife was prefent at the Time of this Converfation, or when the Deed was executed, but believes it was at his own
: ;

Houfe.

An Indenture of Mortgage was then laid before your Committee, between the before named Robert Hughes and Meff. George Kippen, Archibald Ingraham, and Company,
Hughes acknowledged himfelf indebted to the faid Kippen and others 226 6 Current Money, for fecuring the Paj'ment thereof mortgaged to them two Tra(fbs of Land therein defcribed, one of which containing 619 Acres was

whereby the
in the

faid

Sum

oi

faid to be purchafed of Bennett Goode, the other of 240 Acres,

berland, of

on Willis's Creek in CumJohn Jude; the faid Mortgage appears to bear Date the 4''' Day of May 1763, and was acknowledged by the faid Hughes the 24* Day of October in the fame Year

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Year, the Time limited by the faid Mortgage for within fix Months after the Date.

Payment

of the faid

Money being

Houfe that upon examining Witneffes concerning the faid Mortgage, M"" James Lyle depofed that the faid Hughes being indebted to Kippen and Company in a confiderable Sum of Money, he defired M'' Proffer to fend him down to give him a Mortgage for fecuring that Debt: That Hughes came down accordingly, and executed the above mentioned Mortgage, which the Deponent took for both the Tradls of Land therein mentioned, having heard of an intended Exchange n The Deponent then declared of Lands between the faid Hughes and one John Jude. that he fent up the faid Mortgage to M'' Proffer, defiring him to get it acknowledged, and that it then bore Date fome Time in October 1763 and that he wrote to M'' Proffer at the fame Time to inform him that Hughes had agreed to have it foreclofed fooner than the Time limited therein, and defired him to get the Time of Payment altered: That the Perfon he fent up with the Mortgage, on his Return, informed him that M'' Proffer intended to alter the Date of it, which the Deponent was alarmed at and that M'' Proffer did alter the Date from October to May, which he believes was done with Hughes's Confent, and is prior to the Date of the Deeds between Hughes and Jude. John Jude depofed that in Auguft 1763, going up theXountry, he called at Hughes's Houfe, who propofed an Exchange of Lands with him, and afked of him ;^i5o to Boot: That the Deponent then declined it, but faid he would look at it on his Return, and if he liked it would agree with him. That when the Deponent returned the faid Hughes mentioned the Exchange again, when the Deponent took a View of his Land, and agreed to his Propofals: That mutual Deeds were executed between them, and the Deponent gave the faid Hughes his Bonds for Payment of the Difference, which were all dated the That the Deponent underftood that when the faid Hughes ii**" Day of September 1763. was taken in Execution he endorfed over his faid Bonds to M"' Pleafants, as Coimter Security to him for becoming his Security for the Prifon Rules That the faid Pleafants afterwards fent the faid Bonds to the Deponent, to know whether they would be paid, and he anfwered they would be paid when due. That afterwards the faid Pleafants told the Deponent of the faid Hughes's having before executed a Deed of Gift of his faid Land to his Children, as alfo of his Mortgage to Meff Kippen and Company, upon which the Deponent wrote to M'' Fleming, defiring him to advertife in the Gazette the Manner in which he had been deceived, and alfo wrote to Hughes to defire he would deliver up his Deed to him, and offering to return the Deed he the faid Hughes had executed to the Deponent, which the faid Hughes refufed to do. The Deponent further declared that M'' Proffer, in the Month of February or March, defired him to give up the faid Hughes's Deed to him, telling him it could be of no Ufe to him, as Hughes had before made a Deed for the faid Land to his Children, and a Mortgage to the faid Kippen and Company: That the Deponent at first refufed fo to do but propofing that M'' Proffer fhould give him his Bond, in the Penalty of 300, to return the Deed when called for, and M' Proffer agreeing to it, he accordingly delivered it up to him That M"" Proffer told the Deponent he wanted the Deed only to fhow the Court that he the Deponent had given up his Right

Your Committee beg Leave

to inform the

to the Land.

that fome

appeared to your Committee, from the Evidence of M'' Patrick Henry Time after Hughes had executed the Mortgage above mentioned, to Meff. Kippen and Company, M"' Proffer told him that M'' Lyle had dire(5led him to alter the Time therein limited for Pajonent, and to apply to himfelf and M'' Fleming for advice thereon: That M"' Proffer told him at the fame Time he had altered the Date of the faid Mortgage, and afked the Deponent whether it would be good that the Deponent then told him, if it did not interfere with any other Deed, it would be good. The faid M'' Henry further depofed that foon after he faw the faid Hughes, and afked him about ^ the faid Mortgage, Hughes anfwered he was defirous the faid Mortgage fhould be foreclofed as foon as poffible the fooner it was done the lefs Intereft he fhould have to pay, and the fooner he fhould pay his Debts. That a Suit being brought to foreclofe the Mortgage, he told the faid Hughes of it, and that as nobody had appeared for him when
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if

it, then was his Time That the Deponent afterwards drew an Anfwer for the faid Hughes to the Bill for Foreclofure, in which the Allegations of the Bill were confeffed and a Decree was made accordingly. That M'' Proffer after wards afking the Deponent if any Hole could be picked in the Mortgage, he anfwered, as before, that if it did not interfere with any other Deed, it might be fupported but that this Lift Converfation happened fome Time after the faid Mortgage had been talked of, and made fome Noife in the County. It likewife appeared to your Committee, from the Teltimony of M"" James Pleafants, that the faid Hughes was indebted to M'' John Pleafants about 70, which he was defirous of fecuring; but that Hughes refufed to affign over the faid Jude's Bonds to him, imlefs he would be his Security for the Prifon Rules. Your Committee then proceeded to examine Witneffes touching the fecond Charge in the faid Information againft M"" Proffer, and beg Leave to acquaint the Houfe that M'' Littlehury Mofhy depofed that fome Time ago M'' Proffer came to him and gave him a Lift of 12 Perfons, whom he defired the Deponent (then Sheriff of Cumberland Cotmty) to fummon as a Jury, on an Order of Court he had obtained to build a Mill, and that they fhould meet him on the Monday following at the Place to be viewed: That the Deponent told him he could not attend foon, when M"' Proffer anfwered that he would the Jury together at his Houfe, and fave him the Trouble of riding about to fummon get M them. That foon after the faid Order of Court was fent to him, upon examining into which, and finding it would confiderably affedt M'' Pleafants, he then looked over the Lift of Jurymen left with him by M'' Proffer, and finding that M'' Proffer had chofen fome Perfons for that Purpofe that he could not approve of, fome of them living at a confiderable Diftance, he tore the Lift and threw it into the Fire, and determined to fummon fuch a Jury as he thought proper, that M'' Pleafants might have an equal Chance for Juftice, of which he told M'' Proffer, who did not complain of it That he accordingly fummoned a Jury, and attended with them on the Day appointed for the Bufinefs, but not at M'' Proffer's Houfe. M"" Mofby further faid that Jofeph Bondurant, William Whorly, and William Maxy, were three of the Perfons named in M'' Proffer's Lift of Jurymen. It then appeared to your Committee, from the Evidence of Jofeph Bondurant, that M'' Proffer's Storekeeper went to his Houfe, and delivered him a Note in Writing, figned with the Name of Littlehury Mofby, Sheriff of the faid County of Cumberland, diredled to himfelf and four others, requiring their Attendance as Jurymen to value an Acre of Land for a Mill on the Monday following; he further depofed that the Note was not M'' Proffer's Writing, and that he was afterwards fummoned by the Sheriff in Perfon M'' Mofby being then called upon, depofed that he never wrote or figned any fuch Note. M"' Carter Harrifon then depofed that M'' Pleafants defired him, with fome other Members of the Court, to meet with the Jury at the Place where M'' Proffer had petitioned for Leave to build the Mill, that they might be better Judges of the Matter from their own View than they could be from the Report of the Jury only That the Depo13 nent accordingly attended, and a Difpute arifing about a particular Line to be viewed by the Jury, the Deponent told M"' Proffer he had not behaved juftly on that Occafion and being afked by M'' Proffer in what Inftance he had adted wrong, the Deponent told him in writing Summonfes to the Jury, which M"' Proffer denied he had That the Deponent then called upon Jofeph Bondurant to produce the Note he had received; which being fhown, M'' Proffer faid the Sheriff had diredted him fo to do: That the Sheriff being within Hearing, denied he had given him any fuch Diredlions upon which M"' Proffer replied that he had afked his Leave to write fuch Summonfes, and as he had made him no Anfwer, he took his Silence for Confent. M"" Thomas Turpin then depofed that he was prefent at the above Difpute between M'' Harrifon and M"' Proffer, and his Evidence was to the fame Effedt with M"" Harrifon's. William Maxy being next examined, depofed that he received the like Note from M'' Proffer, defiring him to meet the Sheriff at his Store on a Particular Day, to ferve

was

firft called,

he told the faid Hughes,

he chofe to defend
it.

to which Hughes anfwered he did not intend

as

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Juryman on the fame Occafion that he was very defirous of being excufed, both Parties being his Friends and Neighbours That he was prefent on the Day appointed, and would have avoided being fummoned, but that both M"" Plea fants and M"" Proffer ants kept him in Converfation infifted on his ferving as a Juryman, and that M'' Plea f until the Sheriff appeared and fummoned him: He further declared that M'' Pleafants expreffed himfelf fatiffied with all the Jurymen but one, who he believed was confiderably in Debt to M'' Proffer. The Deponent further declared that, as well as he remembers, he heard one Shelton, a Storekeeper of M"' Proffer's, who carried him the above mentioned Note, fay that he himfelf wrote the faid Note, and by Miftake put the Sheriff's
as a
; :

Name
faid

to

it

inftead of M'' Proffer's.

Refolved, That the feveral Charges contained in the faid Information againft the M' Proffer are true. Refolved, That the faid M'^ Proffer be expelled, and rendered forever incapable of

fitting or

voting as a

Member

of this Houfe.

referred to the

That the Cofts of this Profecution be paid by the faid M' Proffer, and it is Committee of Privileges and Elections to fettle and adjuft the fame. Ordered, That an Addrefs be made to the Govemour to order a new Writ to iffue for eledling a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Cumberland, in the Room of the faid M"" Thomas Proffer; and that M"' Fleming do wait on
Ordered,

his

Honour with the

faid Addrefs.

on the 14"' of September 1758 he Command of Capt. John Dickenfon, ftationed Rangers, under the joined a Company of at Fort Young in Augufta County, where he was imfortunately captivated, and detained a Prifoner until December the 25*'', 1760, and by that Means not returned in Capt. Dickenfon' s Pay Roll; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe. Alfo a Petition of Stephen Bankenfhip, fetting forth that he was a Soldier in the
Petition of Arthur Campbell, fetting forth that

by the Delawar Indians, near Fort Ligonier, in November laft; and praying the Confideration of the Houfe, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Virginia Regiment, and taken Prifoner
1758,

and remained

in Captivity until

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

Bland reported that the Perfons to whom the Petition of Michcel Chriftian and h Robert Clark Jacob was referred had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had come to the following Refolution thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed
M''

to

by the Houfe,
Refolved,

as follows:
faid Petitioners

That the

be exempted from paying the Duties of the

Rum

in the faid Petition mentioned.

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Town of Richmond, praying that no Hogs be fuffered to be raifed in faid Town, or let run at large therein, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Proportions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be difcharged from proceeding any further on the Accounts of the Militia ordered out into adlual Service, to them referred and it is referred to the faid Committee to prepare and bring in a Bill For appointing Commiffioners to examine, ftate, and fettle an Account of the Pay and Provifions of the faid

may

MiUtia.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Monday Morning

10 "'Clock.

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A
read.

Petition of

Abraham Smith, Major of the Militia in the County of Aiigufta fetting and Expenfe he had been at by the frequent tranf mitting Expreffes and Defpatches to the Commandant of the faid Covmty, to the great Hurt and Prejudice of his own Affairs.
forth the great Trouble

Alfo a Petition of George Rutlidge, of the County of Augufta, fetting forth that he went out voluntarily after the Indians, with many others, in September laft, and by them got much wounded, which has rendered him incapable of fubfifting by his own Means, and praying the Confideration of this Houfe, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and
Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with of their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

A Petition of Nathaniel Harrifon, fetting forth that his Father by his laft Will and Teftament, bearing Date the 15"^ of December, 1726, did devife unto your Petitioner a certain Tradt of Land called Coggin's Point in Prince George County, and another Tradl of Land called Brandon in the faid County, in Taille, and praying that an Adl may pafs to dock the Entail of the faid Tracfb of Land called Coggin's Point, and the Money arifmg therefrom laid out in the Purchafe of Slaves to be fettled on the faid Brandon Tradt, to
defcend to the fame Ufes, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in agreeable to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M"" Bland to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Frederick, praying that an Adl

may

pafs for giving a greater

Ordered,

Reward

for killing

Wolves

in that

and the neighboring

Counties on the Frontiers of this Colony.

15

be brought in agreeable to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and and M"" Francis Lee to prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Bland prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To dock the Entail of [1973] Acres of Land in the Parifh of Martin's Brandon and County of Prince George whereof Nathaniel Harrifon if feized in Fee Taille, and for vefting the fame in Truftees and the faid Bill was read the firf in Fee Simple for the Ufes therein mentioned Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Northern and Southern Banks of the River Appomattox, complaining of the great Injury done them by the Mill Dams acrofs the River, as they entirely obftrudl the Paffage of the Fifh, and praying that an A(5t may pafs to caufe the Owners or Proprietors of fuch Mill Dams to make Locks through them for the Paffage of Fifh. Alfo fundry other Petitions in Oppofition thereto, were feverally prefented to the
Bill
it is

That a

referred to M"' Mercer

Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Coimty of Cumberland, complaining of the Tobacco Pickers, and praying that an Adl may pafs for the better regulating of them and their Fees, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table. On a Motion made, The Sz7/ To dock the Entail of [1973] Acres of Land whereof Nathaniel Harrifon is feized in Fee Taille, and for vefting the fame in Truftees in Fee Simple for the Ufes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Members of Prince George, Surry, and Charles City. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10 "'Clock.

326

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tl)e

7tb of !Jttar.

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Ill

1765.

MR
Time.

Bland, from the Committee to whom the Bill To dock the Entail of [1973] Acres of Land in the Parifh of Martin's Brandon, in the County of Prince George, whereof Nathaniel Harrifon is feized in Fee Taille, and for vefting

the fame in Truftees in Fee Simple for the Ufes therein mentioned, was committed, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof and found them to be true, and had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place,
;

and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For clearing the great Falls of James River. Alfo a Bill For the more effectual and Speedy Profecution of Perfons letting up Hedges or Stone Stops in the River Pamunkey, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Alfo a Bill For enlarging the Jurifdiction of the Court of H\if tings in the Borough of
M"" Attorney,

Norfolk.

Alfo a Bill To oblige the Veftry of the Parifh of A/'oHoifaj; to refund to the Parifh of St. Luke their Proportion of Money and Tobacco raifed for repairing the Churches in the And the faid Bills were feverally faid Parifh of Nottoway before the Divifion thereof. Time. a fecond be read to ordered and Time, firft read the And alfo that the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill For

is

opening and clearing a Road through Swijt Run Gap over the Moim tains in Augufta was committed, had made no Amendments thereto. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed and read a third Time.

M^ Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Ele(5lions, reported that the faid Committee had had under their further Confideration the Petition of Hampton Wade, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M'^ Edward Booker to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the County of Halifax, to them referred and have agreed upon a Report, and come to a Refolution thereupon, as follow: Your Committee beg Leave to inform the Houfe that the Petitioner has not complied with their former Orders for taking Depofitions of Witneffes in the Country on the Subjed Matter of his faid Petition, nor hath he appeared before your Committee to fupport the Allegations thereof; and therefore, Refolved, That the faid M"' Edward Booker is duly eleded to ferve as a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the faid County of Halifax. 'W Bland, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that the faid Committee had, according to Order, ftated and fettled an Account for the Attendance of the Witneffes, and other Expenfes, upon the Information againft M'' Thomas Proffer; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again read and agreed to by the Houfe, as follows:
;

lbs.
^

Tobacco,

To To To To Thomas Turpin To Samuel Flournoy To Jofeph Bondurant To Carter Henry Harrifon To George Carrington, Jun To John Jude To Robert Cawthron To John Martin To Anthony Martin

Jofeph Carrington for travelling 100 Miles 88 Bennett Goode 88 James Pleafants
88

420
'S

^84 384

& &

Ferriages

3f.
if.

Do

o o c
c w
Vi

86
88

no no
84
82 75
"

82

327

To To

the Clerk

of

Cumberland

for

Copies of three Deeds the Clerk of Henrico for a

of

84

Copy
9

an Order of Court

Pounds
Frances

of

Tobacco

4776

&

22s.

A Petition of James Hiibard, and Frances

his Wife, fetting forth that the Petitioner

17

is Tenant in Taille of and in 840 Acres of Land in the Parifh of Brunfwick in the County of King George, and the Petitioner James is feized of feveral Lots or Half Acres of Land in the City of Williamfburg in Fee Simple, and praying that an A<5t mav pafs to dock the Entail of the faid Land in King George, and to fettle the Lots in Williamfburg, and fundry Slaves, in Lieu thereof, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in agreeable to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and it is referred to M"' Wythe to prepare and bring in the fame. M"" Edmund Pendleton, from the Committee for Courts of Jiaftice, reported that they had had under their Confideration the Bill For further continuing the Adl entitled An Ad for the better regulating ayid collecting certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, and that they had made fome Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
'

Time.
Ordered,

That M^ Robert

Boiling, Jun. be

added to the Committee of Propofitions and

Grievances.

Wythe prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To veft certain Lands James Hubard, and fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. Ordered, That M"' Jofeph Gray be added to the Committee of Privileges and Eleftions. A Petition of fundry Merchants on York and James Rivers, fetting forth that the Delays in the Courts of Juftice in a great Meafure is occafioned by the non-attendance of the Magiftrates, and praying that an Adl may pafs to oblige the Perfon caft in any Suit
M--

therein mentioned in

to depofit the

Sum of

10 Shillings in the

Hands

of the Clerk, to be equally divided

among

the fitting Juftices.

Alfo a Petition of fundry Perfons employed in the Leather Manufadlure, praying may pafs to enable them to export out of this Colony, Duty free, fuch Hides as they fhall or may hereafter import hither, were prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
that an Aft
report the fame, with their Opinions thereon, to the Houfe.

On
The

a Motion made.
Bill

Ordered,

For clearing the great Falls of James River was read a fecond Time. That the faid Bill be committed to the Committee of Propofitions and

Grievances.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning 10

"'Clock.

Wo^brtdsba^,

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of ':$Ra^,
is

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III.

1765.
Fee Taille, under

A
;

Petition of Rice Jones, fetting forth that he

feized as

Tenant

in

Land upon and alfo of about 800 Acres of Land in the Parifh of Chrift's Church, in the County of Middlefex, and praying that an Adl may pafs to veft the faid 800 Acres of Land in Richard Corbin, Efq to whom he hath difpofed of the fame, in Fee Simple, and for fettling Slaves of greater Value in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes, was prefented to the Houfe and read.
Rappahannock River,
in the

the Will of Rice Jones deceafed, of and in a valuable Tradt of

County

of Effex,

Ordered,
'

Hening, V, p. 326.

328

Ordered,
it is

That a

bill

be brought in agreeable to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and

referred to M"" Johyt Lee to prepare

M''

and bring in the fame. Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had

under their Confideration feveral Petitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, with an Amendment, as
follow

That George RutUdge ought to be allowed the Sum of 2,^ for his prefent and to enable him to pay the Surgeon 's Bill, and the Sum oi 10 per Annum during his Difability caufed by the Wound he received in the Service of this Colony. Refolved, That Arthur Campbell ought to be allowed by the PubHck the Sum of ,j[i for his Pay as a Ranger, during his Captivity by the Enemy. Refolved, That Stephen Blankenfhip ought to be allowed by the PubUck the Sum of his Pay as a Soldier, during his Captivity by the Enemy. for "] 5 Refolved, That John Watts and William Young, Infpedtors at Jordan's Warehoufe, ought to be allowed the Sum oi ^i^. 4s by the Publick, for two Hogflieads of Tobacco
Refolved,
Relief,

is

ftolen out of the faid Warehoufe.

That the Petition of Major Abraham Smith, to be allowed for his Service in draughting and ordering out the Militia, be rejected. An Account of Alexander Sayer, for Waggonage for the Militia, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Accotmt be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims, that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their
Refolved,

Opinion thereupon, to the Hotife. On a Motion made. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in To amend the Adt for infpecfting Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine and it is referred to the Committee of Trade to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of Harry Beverley, fetting forth that he is feized as Tenant in Fee Taille, under the Will of his Father Robert Beverley, Efq of a large Tradt of Land called OAonia, in the Coiuity of Orange, and is aKo feized of divers other entailed Lands, under the faid Will, and is poffeffed of but few Slaves to cultivate the fame, and praying that an Ad; may pafs to fell Part of the faid Lands, and to lay out the Money in the Purchafe of
;

Slaves, to

be

fettled to the

fame

Ufes,

was prefented

to the

Houfe and read.

Ordered,
it is

That a

Bill

referred to M''

Edmund

be brought in agreeable to the Prayer of the faid Petition, and Pendleton to prepare and bring in the fame.

a Motion made. That a Bill be brought in To amend the Adl for raifing a Publick Levy, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned and it is referred to the Committee of Claims to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of M'' Henry Allen, and others, praying that the faid Allen may have Liberty to build a Bridge over the South Branch of Back River, and to be allowed a reafonable Toll from all Perfons paffmg the faid Bridge, that he may have one Acre of Land vefted in him on the other Side of the Water, and that he may have Liberty to build a Fulling and Grift Mill at the fame Place. Alfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Fork of Nottoway, in Amelia County, defiring that they may be added to Cumberland Parifh, in Lunenburg Coimty, as they are at prefent very inconveniently fituated to their County Court and General Mufters. Alfo a Petition from fundry Inhabitants of Lunenburg, in Oppofition thereto, were
Ordered,
;

On

everally prefented to the

Ordered,

Houfe and

read.

of

That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee Propofitions and Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and
M"' Attorney,

report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the Committee had had tmder their Confideration divers propofitions and Petitions from
feveral

329

them referred, and liad come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place, and then deHvered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, with fome Amendments, as follow: Refolved, That fo much of the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants on the Southern and Northern Banks of Appamattox River, complaining that the Paffage of Fifli up the faid River is ftill obftruded by the Mill Dams built acrofs the fame, notwithftanding the Laws now in Force to prevent fuch Obftrudlions, and praying that the Owners and Proprietors of fuch Mills may be obliged to eredl Locks through their refpedive Dams, not lefs than twenty Feet wide, and that their Foundations may be level with the Bed of the River, be rejedted. Refolved, That the Refidue of the faid Petition, praying that the Laws now in Force, for obliging the Owners and Proprietors of fuch Mills to leave Openings or Slopes in their Mill Dams, fufficient for the paffage of Fifli, may be amended, is reafonable. Refolved, That the feveral Petitions of fvmdry Inhabitants of the Counties of Prince George, Dinwiddie, Chefterfield, and Amelia, in Oppofition to the faid Petition, be
feveral Counties to
;

rejedted.

That the Petition of divers Inhabitants on the faid River of Appamattox, may be allowed to fet Hedges acrols the faid River for catching Fifh and that the Owners of Mills thereon may be obliged to keep a clear and open Paffage through their Dams three Months in every Year, be rejedled. Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the County of Amherft, praying
Refolved,

praying that they

that quarterly Courts

Refolved,

may

be eftablifhed therein,

is

reafonable.

That the Petition of Thomas Shepherd, praying that a Ferry may be eftabhfhed from his Lots in the Town of Mecklenburg, in the County of Frederick, over PoZowmac^ River, to his Land oppofite thereto, in the Province of Maryland, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Richmond, praying that an Adl may pafs to reftrain the raifmg Hogs, and fuffering them to run at large within the Limits of the faid Town, is reafonable. Refolved, That the Memorial and Petition of fimdry Merchants and Traders in this Cotmtry, praying that the Time allowed by Law for proving Book Debts may be extended, and the Method of fuch Proof altered, and that confiderable Intereft, by Way of Damages, may be laid upon Sheriffs and other Officers who neglecft or refufe to pay Money levied by them on Executions, be rejected. Refolved, That fo much of the Petition of fundry Merchants and others, propoling
that the Plaintiffs in every Suit (except

divided amongft
rejedled.

the fitting Jtiftices,

by Petition) fhould depofit the Sum and taxed upon Recovery in the Bill

of los. to be of Cofts,

be

Refolved,

That the Refidue

is

of the faid Petition,

praying that the Laws relating to

the Sheriffs Commiffions for Debts, due from infolvent Debtors taken in Execution,

may

be explained,
Ordered,

reafonable.

20

That the Committee of Propofitions do prepare and bring in a Bill, or Bills, purfuant to the 2<*, 5*^, 6*, 7"^, and 10''' Refolutions. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe again to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral A6ts of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuf toms, the Houfe immediately refolved itfelf into the faid Committee and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that the faid Committee had had the faid Bill under their further Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame, had direcfted him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill on Monday next. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending the Acft entitled AnAd'fordireding the Trial of Slaves committing Capital Crimes, and for the more effedual punifhing Confpiracies and Infurredions of
;

them.

Hening, VI,

p. 104.

[330]
them, and for the better Government of Negroes, Midattoes, and Indians, bond or free, the Houfe immediately refolved itfelf into the faid Committee, and after fome Time fpent

refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that the faid Committee had had the faid Bill under their further Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame, had ordered him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill Tomorrow. A Petition of the Innholders of Willtamfburg, Norfolk, Hampton, York, and Gloucefter, praying that an A(5l may pafs to enlarge the Credit given by Ordinary Keepers to
therein, M'' Speaker

Perfons refiding in their Counties And the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee, It paffed in the Negative.
Refolved,

And

then the

That the faid Petition be rejected. Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10

"'Clock.

Bburs6ar.

t^e 9tl) of

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(Beo. Ill

1765.

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To oblige the Owners of Mills, Hedges, or other Stops in the River Little Roanoke, and the north Branch of James River, to leave Openings or Slopes therein for the Paffage of Fifh. a Alfo Bill To prevent the railing of Hogs, and fuffering them to run at large, in the Town of Richmond; and the faid Bills were feverally read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To empower the Treafurer to demand and receive the Money due from the Province of Pennfylvania to this Colony, and it is referred to M"' Attorney to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of William Winfton, Jun. fetting forth that a Company of Militia was ftationed on his Land, as being thought a proper Place to build a Fort and other Bviildings, through which he fuftained Damages to the Amount of fifty Poimds, and praying
Attorney,

MR

the Confideration of this Houfe.

Alfo a Petition of John Smith, fetting forth that he was a Captain of a Company of Rangers on the Frontiers in 1756, was taken Prifoner, and remained in Captivity until

and praying that he may be allowed his Pay during his Captivity. Alfo a Petition of John Patrick, praying to be paid for a Horfe impreffed into the Service of the Colony in the Year 1761, and appraifed to 12, were feverally prefented
1758,

Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
to the
their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

21

Year 1763 he accovmted with the Treafurer for Taxes of 1 1 Tithables, which he never received, the Perfons from whom he was to colledl the fame proving Infolvent, and praying the Confideration of this Houfe, was prefented and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee appointed to examine the Treafurer's Accounts; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report
the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. M'' Pendleton prefented to the Hoiofe, according to Order, a
of certain
Bill To dock the Entail Lands whereof Harry Beverley is feized, and for fettling Slaves to be purLieu thereof to the fame Ufes and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and
;

Petition of Philemon Halcomb, fetting forth that in the

chafed in ordered to be read a fecond Time. M"" John Lee prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To veft certain Lands whereof Rice Jones is feized in Fee Taille in the Hon. Richard Corbin, Efq; in Fee Simple

[331

Simple, and for fettling Slaves to be annexed to other entailed Lands in Lieu thereof; and the faid Bill was read the firft Time and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

A Petition
ble as

of

Abraham

Hiie, praying to be allowed

Cotmty Lieutenant to the Houfe and read

of Hanipfhire during the

War with

fome Confideration for his Trouthe Indians, was prefented

And

the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,

It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Petition be rejected. That M"" Thomas Rutherford be paid his Expenfes for the Attendance of his Witneffes before the Commiffioners in the Country on the Information exhibited by him againft Col. Adam Stephen by the Publick, and it is referred to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances to fettle the fame. On a Motion made, Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Committee appointed to bring in a Bill For appointing Commiffioners to fettle Militia Accounts, to receive a Claufe or Claufes to empower the faid Commiffioners to fettle and allow any Claims for Provifions furnifhed the Volunteers and Captives on their Return from Pittfhurg. A Petition of Thomas Railey, of the Cotmty of Hanover, fetting forth that as Shadrach Vaughan, Under Sheriff of the County of Henrico, was removing a Prifoner to the Publick Gaol he impreffed a valuable Mare of the Petitioner; and the faid Vaughan, without giving the Petitioner Notice, got the faid Mare appraifed, by Perfons who knew nothing of her Quality, to fix Pounds, whereas the Mare was then worth a much greater Sum; and praying the Confideration of this Houfe, was prefented and read. Refolved, That the further Confideration of the faid Petition be referred to the next
Refolved,

Refolved,

Seffion of Affembly.

Mercer, from the Perfons appointed, prefented to the Houfe according to Order, a Bill For increafing the Rewards for killing of Wolves, to be paid by the refpedlive
M"'

Counties wherein the Services fhall be performed Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

and the

faid Bill

was read the

firft

22

John Young, fetting forth that he was an Inhabitant of the Frontier of Augjifta, and was forced fome Time in May laft to leave his Habitation for fear of the Enemy, who killed his Stock, confif ting of 7 Head of Cattle, and 4 Horfes and praying the Confideration of this Houfe, was prefented and read And the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,
Petition of
;

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Petition be rejedted.

A Bill To veft certain

M'' Attorney,

Lands therein mentioned

in

James Hubard, and

fettling other
M''

Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof; was read a fecond Time, and committed to

Wythe,

and the Members of York, Richmond, and Stafford. A Petition of the Minifter and Veftry of the Pariih of St. Mark, in the County of Culpeper, praying that an Adt may pafs to empower them to fell the Glebe Land of the faid Parifh, and to purchafe other Lands more convenient for a Glebe. Alfo a Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the faid Parifh and County in Oppofition thereto, were prefented and read. Refolved, That the further Confideration of the faid Petition be referred to the next
Seffion of Affembly.

A Bill To oblige the Veftry of the

Luke
their Proportion of

Parifh of Nottoway to refund to the Parifh of St.

raifed for repairing the

Money and Tobacco

Churches

in the faid

Parifh of Nottoway before the Divifion thereof, was read a fecond Time.

That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill For the more effedtual and fpeedy Profecution of Perfons fetting up Hedges or Stone Stops in the River Pamunkey, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be committed to the Committee of Propofitions and
Ordered,

Grievances.

The

332

The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to take into Confideration a Bill For amending the Adl entitled An Ad 'for direding the trial of Slaves committing Capital
Crimes, and for the more effediial pmiifhing Confpiracies and Inftirredions of them, and for the better Government of Negroes, Mulattocs, and Indians, bond or free, the Hoiife

immediately refolved itfeH into the faid Committee and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that the faid Committee had had the faid Bill under their Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame, had ordered him to move for Leave to fit again.
;

Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will again refolve itfelf into the faid

Committee Tomor-

row.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning lo

"'Clock.

Trl6ar, tbe

lOtI)

of ytta^,

(Beo. Ill

1765.

Petition of Ifaac Perkins, fetting forth that

one Andrew Mealy leafed a large

Dwelling Houfe of one Thomas Lemon for the Confideration of ^^ per Annum, Payment of which Rent your Petitioner became Security to the faid Lemon, and one Year before the Expiration of the faid Leafe Col. Byrd took the faid Houfe (being in good Repair) as an Hofpital for the Ufe of the Regiment under his Command, and that when the fame was given up it was much out of Repair, and the faid Mealy dying Infolvent, your Petitioner has been obliged to pay the Rent, and has been repairing the faid Houfe one Year fmce, and praying to be reimburfed the Rent for
for the

23

the faid two Years.

of Rangers under the

Alfo a Petition of Simon Powell, fetting forth that he was a Serjeant in a Company Command of Capt. Hog, and that by the hard Duty, and long Marches acrofs the Moimtains and Water Courfes, is thereby rendered infirm, and not
able to fubfift
Ordered,
;

by

his

own Means; and praying

the Confideration of this Houfe, were

feverally prefented to the

Houfe and read. That the faid Petitions be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame with their
Opinion thereon, to the Houfe. A Bill For increafmg the Rewards given for kilHng of Wolves, to be paid by the refpective Counties wherein the Services fhall be performed, was read a fecond Time,

and committed to M'' James Mercer, and M'' Thomas Harrifon. A Meffage from the Govemour by M"" Walthoe,
That his Honour had juft received his Majefty's Repeal of the Ad for difpofing of fundry Lots in the City of Williamfburg, alfo a Letter from the Hon. Major General Gage, and another from Col. Bouquet, and had direded him to deliver the fame to this Houfe; and
the Letters being read.

That the faid Letters do lie on the Table. Memorial of the Volunteers of the Virginia Regiment, fetting forth that they voluntarily did join the Troops under Col. Bouquet on the late Ohio Expedition, and did find themf elves with Neceffaries during the Expedition. Alfo a Petition of Capt. Charles Lewis, Walter Cunningham, and Alexander M'Clanachan, praying to be paid for a<5ting in his Majefty's Ser\-ice under the Command of Col. Bouquet, and the Men under their Command, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and
Ordered,

read.
Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Memorial and Petition Tomorrow. M'' Pendleton, from the Committee for Courts of Juftice, to whom the Bill For allowing the full Fees to which the Lawyers pradtifmg in the feveral Courts of this Colony are
entitled

Hening, VI,

p. 104.

[
entitled, in particular Cafes therein

333 ]

mentioned, to be taxed, upon Recover\% in the Bill was committed, reported that the Committee had had the fame under their Confideration, and had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
of Cofts,
;

Time.
of the Court of Huftings in the Borough of was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. M"- Gary, from the Committee of Claims, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To amend the Adt for raifing a Publick Levy, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned which was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M"- James Mercer, from the Perfons to whom the Bill For increafmg the Reward given for killing Wolves, to be paid by the refpeftive Coimties wherein the Services fliall be performed, was committed, reported that they had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe with fome Amend-

Bill

For enlarging the Jurifdidtion

Norfolk,

ments.
24

Ordered,

That the

faid Bill with the

Amendments be

engroffed,

and read a third

Time.
M"' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For altering the Method of holding Courts in the County of Anther ft.

Alfo a Bill For eftablifhing a Ferry from the Land of Thomas Shepherd at Mecklenand the faid Bills were read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.
burg in Frederick County to Maryland
;

On

a Motion made,

That a Committee be appointed to confift of the following Perfons, viz. Peyton Randolph, George Wythe, John Randolph, Benjamin Waller, and Robert Garter Nicholas, Efqrs any three or more of whom to be fuificient to aft, to coiled; the PubRefolved,
;

Adts of Affembly of Virginia which fhaU be in Force at the End of this Seffion of Affembly, and to agree with fome Perfon to make a proper Index to the fame, and alfo to agree with a Printer for printing 1200 Copies, to be neatly boimd in Books, with the
lick

Arms
Houfe Houfe

of Virginia

in Chief for

tamped on each, and to deliver one to the Govemour or Commander the Time being, one to each of the Members of his Majefty's Coimcil, and the
f

one to the Clerk of the General Affembly, one to the Clerk of the one to the Clerk of the Secretary's Office, and one to each County Court Clerk for the Ufe of the Court of his County, and the reft among the Juftices of the feveral Coiinties, not being Burgeffes, as the Treafurer fhall diredt. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe again to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending the Adl entitled An Ad' for direding the Trial of Slaves committing Gapital Grimes, and for the more effedual punifhing Cottfpiracies and Infurredions of them, and for the better Governm.ent of Negroes, Miilattoes, and Indians, bond or free, the Houfe immediately refolved itfelf into the faid Committee; and after fome Time fpent therein, M"' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that the faid Committee had had the faid Bill under their further Confideration, but not having Time to go through the fame, had ordered him to move for Leave to fit again. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill
of Burgeffes, of Burgeffes,

on Monday next.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning 10

"'Clock.

Saturday

Hening, VI,

p. 104.

334

Satur6ar. t^e Utb of :^ay!. 5 (bzo. Ill 1765.

may be Hogfheads of Tobacco, ftolen from the faid Warehovife, in the Years 1762, 1763, and 1764. Alfo a Petition of Job Parker, praying that he may be allowed for a Horfe impreffed by Capt. Polfon fome Time in the Month of April, before General
Petition of the Infpedlors of Boyd's Hole Warehovife, praying that they

allowed for

five

Braddock's Defeat.

Alfo ftindry Militia Accotints. Ordered, That the faid Petitions and Accounts be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. A Petition of Lenox and Scott, praying to be paid two Accounts of William Harrie
;

and William M'Cormack, the former amounting to 4. 5. 10, the latter to 4. 4. 9, both which Accounts were credited by Capt. Robert Pearifs Certificates, for Services done to the Colony by the faid Harrie and M'Cormack as Soldiers in the Year 1759. Alfo a Petition of John Dickenfon of Augufta, praying to be allowed for building a Fort on his Plantation, for the Defence of a Detachment of Militia ftationed there, were feverally pref ented to the Houfe and read And the Queftion being put that the faid Petitions be referred to a Committee,
It paffed in the Negative.

25

Refolved,

That the

faid Petitions

be rejedled.
for allowing the full

An

engroffed Bill entitled

An Ad

Fees

to

which the Lawyers

practifing in the feveral Courts of this Colony in particular Cafes therein mentioned, are entitled to be taxed upon Recovery in the Bill of Cofts, was read a third Time.

Refolved,

Ordered,
rence.

That the Bill do pafs. That M'' Edmund Pendleton do carry

it

up

to the Council for their Concur-

An
Gap
up.

engroffed Bill entitled

An Ad.' for opening and clearing a Road

was read a
third

through Swift

Run

over the Mountains, in Augtifta,

Time and the Blanks

therein filled

Refolved,

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Attorney do carr>' it up to the Cotmcil

for their Concurrence.

better regidating

Ad entitled an Ad for the and colleding certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Edmund Pendleton do carry it up to the Council for their ConcurAn
engroffed Bill entitled Aw

Ad^ for

further continuing the

rence.

For altering the Method of holding Courts in the County of Anther ft, was pref ented to the Houfe and read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be committed to the Committee of Propofitions and GrievBill

ances.

M' Attorney
firft

pref en ted to the

ufelefs Military Stores in

Houfe according to Order, a Bill For the Sale of the the Magazine in Williamfburg, and the faid Bill was read the

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Bill To veft certain Lands whereof Rice Jones is feized in Fee Taille in the Hon. Richard Corbin, Efq; in Fee Simple, and for fettling Slaves to be annexed to other entailed Lands in Lieu thereof, was read a fecond Time, and Committed to M"' John Lee,
M''

Upfhaw, and

M"'

John Pendleton.

A
'

Hening, VIII,

p. 184.

'

Ibid.,

VIII,

p. 152.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. i86

335

the Entail orcertain Lands whereof Harry Beverley is feized, and for be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Edmund Pendleton, and the Members of Orange and Cidpcper. A Bill To oblige the Owners of Mills, Hedges, or other Stops, in the River Little Roanoke, and the north Branch of James River, to leave Openings or Slopes therein for the Paffage of Fifh, was read a fecond Time. And the Queftion being put that the faid Bill be engroffed and read a third Time,
Bill fettling Slaves to
It paffed in the Negative.

To dock

Refolved,

That the That

it

faid Bill

be rejedled.

On

a Motion made,

26

be an Inftrudlion to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill To oblige the Owners of Mills, Hedges, or Stone Stops, in the River Little Roanoke, and the north Branch of James River, to leave Openings or Slopes therein, was committed, to extend the Remedies of that Bill to Little Roanoke, Nottoway, Meherrin, north Branch of James River, and Rappidan, that they prepare and bring in a
Ordered,
Bill for the

fame.

An
refund
the

engroffed Bill entitled

An Ad
their

to oblige the

Veftry of the Parifh of

Nottoway

to

to the

Parifh

of St.

Luke

Proportion of

Money and Tobacco raifed for repairing

the faid Parifh of l^iottov^aybeforethe Divifionthereof, wasreadRihiTdTime. That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Jofeph Gray do carry it up to the Coimcil for their Concurrence. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To empower the Veftry- of the Parifh of Bruton to fell certain Lots in the City of Williamfburg, and it is referred to M"" Edmund Pendleton to prepare and bring in the fame. A Bill For eftablifhing a Ferry from the Land of Thomas Shepherd at Mecklenburg, in Frederick County, to Maryland, was read a fecond Time, and ordered to be engroffed. A Bill To prevent the raifmg of Hogs and fuffering them to run at large in the Town of Richmond, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Bradley and M"" Mercer. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee to add the Town of Portf-

Churches in
Refolved,

mouth.
rial

The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe to take into Confideration the Memoof the Voltmteers and the Petition of Charles Lewis. Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Memorial

on Tuefday next.

To amend an A(5t for raifmg a Publick Levy and for other Pxirpofes therein mentioned, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be committed to M"' Thomas Walker, M'' Richard Lee, Ifrael Chriftian, M' Edward Champion Travis, John Wilfon, M'' Hartwell Cocke, Bradley, William Lee, John Upfhaw, M' Willis Riddick, M"" John John Weft, Parramore, M"" Thomas Littlepage, David Mafon, Mr James John Harmanfon, Thomas Rutherford, M'' James Hamilton, M'' Jofias Payne, M^ Thomas Harrifon, M' Thomas Marfhall, and M"' Edmund Pendleton. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning lo "'Clock.
Bill

W W

5tton6tt?.

tbt

t3tb of yaa^,

<Beo.

Ill,

1765,

Petition of
in

Salaries may be augmented. That the faid Petition do lie on the Table. M"' Pendleton, from the Committee to whom the Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Harry Beverley, Gent, is feized, and for fettling Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes, was committed, reported that they had exam-

Thomas Godwin and John Reed, Nanfemond County, praying that their
Ordered,

Infpedlors at Milner's Warehovifes.

ined
Hening, VIII,
p. 177.

336

ined into the Allegations thereof, and found

them

to be true, but

had made no Amend-

ments

thereto.

That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. John Lee, from the Committee to whom the Bill To veft certain Lands whereof Rice Jones is feized in Fee Taille in the Hon. Richard Corbin, Efq; in Fee Simple, and for fettling Slaves to be annexed to other entailed Lands in Lieu thereof, was committed, ^ reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, but had made no Amendments thereto. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For diredting the Colledlion of the Land Tax in the County of Culpeper, in Arrear for the Year 1759, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and it is referred to M'' Pendleton to prepare and bring in the fame. An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad' for increafvng the Rewards given for killing of Wolves, to he paid by the refpedive Counties wherein the Services fhall be performed, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Mercer do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council to the Bill entitled An Ad^ to enable Tenants in Taille to make Leafes of their Lands, and the fame being read were agreed to. Ordered, That M'' Edmund Pendleton do go up to the Coimcil and acquaint them
Ordered,
M''

therewith.

dock the Entail of igyj Acres of Land in the Parifh of Martin's Brandon, and County of Prince George, whereof Nathaniel Harrifon is feized in Fee Taille, and for vefting the fame in Truftees in Fee Simple, for the Ufes therein

An

engroffed Bill entitled

An Adi

to

mentioned,

was read a third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. A Meffage from the Govemour by M'' Walthoe,

That his Honour had juft received a Letter from Col. Andrew Lewis, acquainting him of the ill Condud of fome of the Inhabitants of Augufta, in killing fome of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, which he direded him to deliver to this Houfe, and the fame was read.

That the faid Letter do lie on the Table. On a Motion made, Refolved, That the killing the Cherokee Indians, as is mentioned in a Letter of Col. Andrew Lewis, to his Honour the Govemour, which he has been pleaded to lay before this Hotife, is a flagrant Violation of the Treaties of Peace eftablifhed and fubfifting between his Majefty and the faid Indians, and of the Laws of this Colony, and that the Offenders ought to be profecu'ted with the utmoft Severity. Refolved, That an Addrefs be prefented to the Govemour, to defire that he will be
Ordered,

pleafed to offer a confiderable Reward for apprehending the faid Affaffms, that he will caufe the Refolution of this Hovife to be tranfmitted to the Cherokees, and affure them

that every proper Step will be taken to bring the Offenders to Jtiftice. Ordered, That M"" Attorney do wait on his Honour with the faid Addrefs. The Order of the Day being read for the Houfe again to refolve itfelf into a

Com-

mittee on the Bill For amending and this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's

further continuing the feveral Adts of Affembly of

Cuftoms.
Refolved,

That

this

Houfe

will again refolve itfelf into

a Committee on the faid

itfelf

Bill

To-morrow.

The Order

of the

Day

being read for the Houfe again to refolve

into a

Com.

28

mittee on the Bill For amending the A<5t entitled

Hening, VIII,
p. i47'

An Ad*
VIII,

for direding the Trial of Slaves

committing
/Wd-. VIII, p. 183.
3

Ibtd.,

p. 174-

* Ibid.,

VI,

p. 104.

337

committing Capital Crimes, and for the more effedual punifhing Confpiracies and Infurredions of them, and for the better Government of Negroes, Miilattoes, and Indians, bond or and after free, the Houfe immediately refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill
;

fome Time fpent therein, M"" Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee had gone through the faid Bill, and had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. An Account of Benjamin Powell for repairing the Publick Gaol, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Refolved, That he be paid the Sum of i&& .13.8 Halfpeny, for repairing the Publick Gaol.

Ordered,

That

M"'

Attorney do carry

it

up

to the Coioncil for their Concurrence.

An

engroffed Bill entitled

at

An Ad^

for eftablifhing a
to

Shepherd

Mecklenburg, in Frederick County,

filled

Ferry from the Land of Thomas Maryland, was read a third Time, and

the Blanks therein

Refolved,

up.

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney do carry it up to the Coimcil for their Concurrence. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10 "'Clock.

Tbudsba^,

tl)e

141^ of yUa^,

(Beo.

III.

1765.

A
A

Bill

For the Sale of the ufelefs military Stores in the Magazine in William f burg, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M"" Attorney and M'' Mercer. A Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Truro, praying a more

equal Divifion of the faid Parifh. Alfo feveral Petitions in Oppofition thereto, were prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the Committee of Propofitions and
Grievances; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe.

Meffage from the Council by

M''

Walthoe,

That they have agreed to the Bill entitled An A(5t= for opening and clearing a Road through Swift Run Gap, over the Mountains in Augufta. Alfo to the Bill entitled An Adt^ for further continuing the Adt entitled An Adt for the better regulating and colledting certain Officers Fees, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Alfo to the Bill entitled An A6t* to oblige the Veftry of the Parifh of Nottoway to refimd to the Parifh of St. Luke their Proportion of Money and Tobacco raifed for repairing the Churches in the faid Parifh of Nottoway before the Divifion thereof. Alfo to the Bill entitled An Adt' for increafmg the Rewards given for killing Wolves, within certain Counties, to be paid by the refpedtive Counties wherein the Services fhall

be performed.
Alfo a Bill entitled An Adl* for allowing the full Fees to which the Lawyers pradlifmg in the feveral Courts of this Colony are entitled in particular Cafes therein mentioned, to be taxed upon Recovery in the Bill of Cofts.
M'' Walker, from the Perfons to whom the Bill To amend an Adt for raifing a PubLevy, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, with fome Amendments. Ordered

lick

Hening, VIII,
'

p. 146.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 152.

Ibid., Ibid.,

VIII, p. 186. VIII, p. 177.

Ibid.,

' Ibid.,

VIII, VIII,

p. 147. p. 184.

338

]
to,

Ordered,

That the

faid Bill with the

Amendments, as agreed

be engroffed, and

read a third Time.

Meffage from the Council by

M''

Walthoe,

That they have agreed to the Bill entitled An Adl- to dock the Entail of 1973 Acres of Land in the Parifh of Martin's Brandon, in the County of Prince George, whereof Nathaniel

Harrifon

is

feized in

Fee

Taille,

and

for vefting the

fame

in Truftees in

Fee Simple for

the Ufes therein mentioned.

Alfo a Bill entitled An A<5t^ for eftablifhing a Ferry from the Land of Thomas Shepherd at Mecklenburg, in Frederick County, to Maryland.

'W Benjamin Harrifon, from the Committee of Trade, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To amend the Acfl for infpedting Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read
;

a fecond Time.

Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill For the more effectual and fpeedy Profecution of Perfons fetting up Hedges or Stone Stops in the River Pamunkey, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed, reported that the Committee had made no Amendments thereto and then delivered the
M''

Attorney, from the

Bill in at the Table.

And

the Queftion being put that the faid Bill be engroffed and read a thrid Time,

It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Bill be rejedled. He aKo reported, from the faid Committee, that they had had under their Confideration divers Propofitions and Petitions to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to, as follow: Refolved, That the Petition of fimdry Tanners, and others, concerned in the Leather Mantifadlures of this Colony, praying that they may be exempt from the Payment of Duties on the Exportations of fuch Hides only as they fhall hereafter import, is reafonRefolved,
;

able.

Refolved, That the Petition of fimdry Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Bromfield and Mark's, in the County of Culpeper, praying that the faid Parifhes may be divided into three diftind; Parifhes, according to the Boundaries defcribed in the faid Petition,
St.

be rejedled.
Refolved,

That the feveral Petitions That the

faid

of fundry other Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes,

in Oppofition to the faid Petition for a Divifion, are reafonable.

Ordered,
firft

Committee do prepare and bring

in a Bill purfuant to the

Refolution.
M"' Littlepage

of 1500 Acres of

other Lands in

prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To dock the Entail Land whereof Thomas Mann Randolph, Gent, is feized, and for fettling Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes and the faid Bill was read the firft Time,
;

and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made. Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the Perfons to raifing of Hogs, and fuffering them to run at large, in the
ted, to receive a Claiofe or Claufes to include the

whom
Town

the Bill

To prevent the

of Richmond,

Town

of Portfmouth

is commitandLeedsTown.

On a Motion made,
the Entail of 1500 Acres of Land whereof Thomas Mann Randolph, and for fettling other Lands in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes, was read a fecond Time, and committed to M'' Littlepage, M' Moore, and the Members of Albemarle, An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad^ to veft certain Lands whereof Rice Jones is feized in Fee Taille, in the Hon. Richard Corbin, Efq; in Fee Simple, and for fettling Slaves to be annexed to other entailed Lands in Lieu thereof, was read a third Time.

Bill

To dock

Gent,

is feized,

Refolved
Hening, VIII,
p. 174-

W6i</., VIII, 146-

/6i<i.,

VIII, p. 159.

339

Refolved,

rial

it up to the Council for their Concurrence. being read for the Houfe to take into Conlideration the Memoof the Volunteers of Virginia, and the Letters from General Gage, and Col. Botiquet. The Houfe immediately refolved itfelf into a Committee on the faid Memorial and

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"' John Lee do carry
of the

The Order

Day

Letters, and after fome Time fpent therein, M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the faid Memorial under their Confideration, and had come to the following Refolutions Refolved, That the Memorial of the Officers and Volunteers who ferved in the Expedition againft the Shawanefe, under the Command of Col. Bouquet, ought to he reje(5led, they having no Claim againft this Colony. The Order of the Day being read for the Hovife again to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this

Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. Refolved, That this Houfe will again refolve itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill Tomorrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning lo "'Clock.

Wednesday

t^e \5t\) of ^Jttar.

<Beo.

III.

1765.

AN
rence.

engroffed Bill entitled An Ad' to dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Harry Beverley, Gent, is feized and for fettling Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Edmund Pendleton do carry it up to the Council for their Concur-

A
fhips

Petition of fundry Inhabitants of Elizabeth City Coimty, fetting forth the

Hard-

and Inconveniences they mtift fufler in Cafe Henry Allen is permitted to btiild a Bridge over the fouth Branch of Back River, and praying that the faid Allen may not be
Ordered,
;

allowed.

be referred to the Comnnittee of Propofitions and Grievances that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Hoiife. M'' Gary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that they had had under their

That the

faid Petition

Confideration feveral Petitions to

tions thereupon as follow
Refolved,

them

referred,

and had come to the following Refolu-

of 25, for the

That William Winfton, Jun. ought to be allowed by the Publick the Sum Timber iifed in building a Fort, and the Damages done his Plantation by

the Militia in his Petition mentioned.

Refolved, That the Petition of John Patrick, for a Horfe impreffed into the Service of the Colony in the Year 1761, be reje(5ted, for Want of fufficient Proof. Refolved, That the Petition of Simon Powell, of the Orange Militia, for Relief under

on the Frontiers, be rejedled. On confidering the Petition of Capt. John Smith, it appeared to your Committee that the faid Smith was Captain of a Ranging Company, and taken Prifoner by the Enemy at Vauff's Fort, where he was ftationed the 25* Day of June, 1756, and carried to Canada, from thence in a Cartel to England, where he got a Paffage to New York, and returned Home to his Family in this Colony the 6"> Day of March, 1758: That while he was a Prifoner in Canada he had the Sum of 57. 16. 3 current Money of Virginia advanced him by Col. Schuyler, which Sum hath been fmce paid the faid Schuyler by

an

Indifpofition caufed

by

his Service

this Colony.

Refolved
'

Hening, VIII,

p. 166.

340

Refolved,

from the

That the faid John Smith ought to be allowed his Pay of los. per Day Time he was taken Prifoner to his Return to his Family, amounting to ;3io,
.

by the Publick. Refolved, That the Sum of 57 i6. 3 ought to be reimburfed the Publick by the faid John Smith, unlefs he makes it appear that the faid Money was applied by him to the Support and Maintenance of the Prifoners of this Colony, in Canada. Refolved, That the Petition of Baldwin Dade and Thomas Bunbury, Infpedlors at
Boyd's Hole Warehoufe, to be paid for Tobacco ftolen out of the faid Warehoufe, be rejedled, it not appearing to this Committee that the faid Warehoufe was fufficiently fecured at the different Times the feveral Hogflieads of Tobacco were ftolen. On confidering the Petition of Job Parker, it appeared to your Committee that a Horfe belonging to the Petitioner, of the Value of 12 or 13 Pounds was impreffed by
Capt. William Polfon of the Virginia Regiment, loaded, and carried away by him on his March to join the Troops under General Braddock: That the faid Parker not being pref.

ent

the Horfe was impreffed, and Capt. Polfon and moft of his Officers soon after killed in faid Braddock's Engagement, it does not appear that an Certificate was ever given for the faid Horfe, and that all Expenfes of Waggonage and Horfes for that Ex-

when

pedition were paid

Refolved,

by the Crown.

That the faid Petition be rejected, not being a proper Claim againft this Colony; and the fame being read were agreed to by the Hotife, except the 4''' and 5'h Refolutions, which were ordered to be recommitted to the faid Committee. M' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that they had, according to Order, examined into and ftated an Accoimt of the Expenfes for the Attendance of Witneffes before the Commiffioners in the Country, on the Information formerly exhibited to this Houfe by M'' Thomas Rutherford againft Col. Adam Stephen; and which he read in his Place, and then delivered it in at the Table, where it was again
twice read, and
is

as follows:

Days Attendance.

Travelling.

lbs. of

Miles

Tobacco*
75 75

To James Holyday,
John Gaddis

for

3 3 3
i

Jofeph M'Henry

Cunningham Jonathan Seaman Thomas Parfons John M'Culloch

Robert
Silas Hedges

4
3
5

75 25 100

&
^S"

72

291

60

John Wynn Henry Enochs

Garrett Reafner

3& 2 & 3 &

3
2
cS"

60
75 27

SO
72

Abraham Hite William Dark

Benjamin Kuykendall

&
cS"

305 255 276 156 225 266

345 243
243

36"
3 &

90 56 56
S3 60

Abraham Kuykendall
Nathaniel Kuykendall

3
3

Thomas Douthitt James Slaughter Samuel Black-well Charles Lynch

Jacob Caftleman Vincent Colvin

& A& 2 & 4 & 5 & 3 & 3 ^

234 280 230 325 350 225

225

60
75

75

5 50

Total

4823

Ordered

[341
Ordered,

Account do lie on the Table. Committee had under their Confideration feveral Petitions of the Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Truro and Fairfax to them referred, and had come to the following Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again read, and are as follow Refolved, That the Petition of fundry Inhabitants of the Parifh of Truro, complaining of an InequaHty in the late Divifion of the faid Parifhes, and praying that a new Divifion may be made, by the Line to begin at Clifton's or J ohnfon's Ferry, on Potowmack River, to run from thence over the Ford on Dogue's Run, where the back Road from Colchefter to Alexandria croffes the fame, and from thence to the Forks of Difflcult Run, is reaf onfaid

That the

He

alfo reported that the faid

able.

Refolved,

That

fo

much

of the Petitions of fundry Inhabitants of the faid Parifli of

if

Fairfax, in Oppofition thereto, as prays that

the faid Parifhes are to be divided

it

may

be done by other Lines in the faid Petition defcribed, is reafonable. The fir ft Refolution being read a fecond Time, and the Queftion put that the Houfe
agree thereto,
It paffed in the

Negative.
faid Petition be rejected.

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the That the

faid

Committee do prepare and bring

in a Bill

purfuant to the

laft Refolution.

He aKo
obliging the
33

reported, from the faid Committee, the Bill

To amend

the feveral A($ls for

Owners

of Mills, Hedges,

and other Stops on the

feveral Rivers therein

;

tioned, to

make Openings

or Slopes therein for the Paffage of Fifh

menand the fame was

Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. of the Day being read for the Houfe again to refolve itfelf into a Committee on the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's
read the
firft

The Order

Ctiftoms. Refolved,
faid
Bill.

That

this

Houfe

will

immediately refolve

itfelf

into a

Committee on the

Ordered,

That the feveral Petitions that were ordered to

lie

on the Table, relative to

the faid Law, be referred to the faid Committee.

itfelf into a Committee on the faid Bill and Petitions M"" Speaker refumed the Chair, and M' Attorney fome Time fpent therein, and reported that they had had the fame under their further Confideration, and had gone through the fame, which he was ready to deliver in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report be received Tomorrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning lo "'Clock.

And

then the Houfe refolved

after

I5l)urs6ar. X^^ I6tl) of

^Xa^, 5

(Beo.

III.

1765.

Bradley, from the Committee to whom the Bill To prevent the raifmg of Hogs, and fuffering them to run at large, in the Town of Richmond, was committed, reported that the faid Committee had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the
;

MR
An

Houfe.
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill with the

Amendments be

engroffed,

and read a third

Time.

amending the Ad entitled an Ad for direding the Trial of Slaves committing Capital Crimes, and for the more effedual punifhing Confpiracies and Infurredions of them, and for the better Government of Negroes, Mulattoes, and Indians, bond or free, was read the third Time.
engroffed Bill entitled

An Ad

for

Refolved
I

Hening, VIII,

p. 137.

342

Refolved,

for

up to the Council for their Concurrence. An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad to amend an Ad for raifing a Publick Levy, and other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a third Time, and the Blanks therein filled
it

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Attorney do carry

up.
Refolved,

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Cary do carry it up to the Council A Meffage from the Council by M'' Wallhoe.
That they have agreed
to the Bill

for their Concurrence.

For amending and declaring

the

Law

concerning the

Efcape

Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, with an Amendment, to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. Alfo to the Bill To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Harry Beverley, Gent, is feized, and ',or fettling Slaves to be purchafed in Lien thereof to the fame JJfes.
of Debtors out of

Alfo

to the

Refolve for a new Publication

of the

Laws

of this Colony.

M"' Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their further Confideration the Petition of Capt. John Smith, to them recommitted, and had come to the following Refolutions thereupon which he read, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Hoiife. Refolved, That the faid John Smith ought to be paid by the Publick the Sum of 10, from the Time of his Captivity to ;83 13.9, being the Balance of his Pay of ,2^1 his Return to his Family, dedudling ;ioo received by the faid Smith by the Vote of the Houfe, and 57 16. 3 received by him of Col. Schuyler in Canada, and repaid the faid
;
.

Schuyler
16. 3

by

this Colony.

That the faid John Smith ought to be reimburfed the faid Sum of 57 by the Publick, or fo much thereof as he fhall hereafter make appear was expended by him on Account of the Prifoners of this Colony in Canada. M'' Attorney prefented, according to Order, the Amendments made by the Committee of the whole Houfe to the Bill For amending and further continuing the feveral A<5ls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in
Refolved,
his Majefty's Cuftoms.

That this Houfe will receive the fame To-morrow. M' Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration the Petition of Ifaac Perkins, to them referred, praying to be allowed for two Years Rent of a Houfe in Winchefter while it was repairing, after being tifed as an Hofpital for the Virginia Regiment, and had come to a Refolution thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where it was again twice read and agreed to by the Houfe. Refolved, That the aid Petition be reje(5ted, it appearing that the Petitioner hath already received full Satiffadlion for all Damages done the faid Houfe while it was ufed
Refolved,

as an Hofpital for the Regiment.

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the faid Committee had had under their Confideration the Bill To prevent the Pradtice of felling Perfons as Slaves that are not fo, to them referred, and had made fome Amend, ments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third Time. M'' Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, reported that the faid Committee^had had under their Confideration the Petition of Henry Allen, and fundry Inhabitants of the Counties of Elizabeth City and York, and alfo a Petition of divers other Inhabitants'of the" faid County of Elizabeth City in Oppofition thereto, to them referred, and^had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place, and
M''

Attorney,

then

Hening, VIII,

p.

178

343

then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, and are as follow
Refolved, That the Petition of the faid Henry Allen, and others praying that he may have Leave to build a Bridge over the fouth Branch of Back River, at his own Expenfe, and aKo a Fulling Mill and Grift Mill at the fame Place, and that one Acre of Land on the north Side of the faid Branch may be vef ted in him in Fee Simple for thofe Purpofes, upon his paying the Proprietors thereof the full Value of the fame, is reafonable. Refolved, That the faid Petition of fundry other Inhabitants of the faid County of

Elizabeth City, in Oppofition thereto, be rejecfbed.

35

Ordered,
to the
I ''

That the Committe of Propofitions do prepare and bring

in a Bill

purfuant

Refolution.
then the

And

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning lo

"'Clock.

lFri6ar. t^e I7tb of 5tla?,

(Beo.

UL 1765.

Walke have Leave to be abfent the Remainder of this Seffion. and others of the County of Weftmoreland, praying that the Warehoufes at Stratford Landing may not be difcontinued, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the Petition do lie on the Table. M'' Attorney, from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill For amending an Adt entitled An Ad. for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and for preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, was committed, reported, according to Order, that the faid Committee, had made fome Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Hotife, with fome Amendments. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
M--

ORDERED, That
A

Petition of fundry Freeholders

Time.

A Meffage from the

Council by

M''

Walthoe.

That they have agreed to the Bill entitled An' Ad; to amend an Adl for raifmg a Publick Levy, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Alfo to the Bill entitled An Adl' for amending the Adt entitled an A(5l for dire(5ling the Trial of Slaves committing Capital Crimes, and for the more effedtual punifhing Conf piracies and Infurredtions of them, and for the better Government of Negroes, Mulattoes, and Indians, bond or free, with fome Amendments to which they defire the Concurrence of
this

Houfe.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Tomorrow Morning lo

"'Clock.

Saturday, t^e

mh of ytta^. 5

(Beo, III

1765.

A
'

Member returned on a new Writ, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and

taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and aKo fubfcribed the Teft was admitted to his Place in the Houfe. A Petition of Thomas Brown, fetting forth that he was a Soldier under Col. George Wafhingion, and received many Wounds in the Service, which has occafioned the Lofs of

the Ufe of fome of his Limbs, and praying the Confideration of this Houfe, was prefented
to the Houfe and read.
Ordered,

That the
p. 69.

faid Petition

be referred to the Committee of Claims

VIII,

that they

examine
Hening, VIII
'

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 178.

Ibid..

p. 137.

344

examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame with their Opinion thereon, to
the Houfe.
M'' Wythe, from the Committee to whom the Bill to veft certain Lands in James Hubard, and fettling other Lands in Lieu thereof, was committed, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and foimd them to be true, but had made

no Amendments thereto. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. M'' Attorney, from the Committee to whom the Bill For the Sale of the ufelefs military Stores in the Magazine in Willianifbiirg, was committed, reported that the faid Committee had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true and, had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
;

Time.
M"" Henry Lee reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, examined fundry enrolled Bills, and redtified fuch Miftakes as were found therein, and

that they were truly enrolled.

That M'' Henry Lee do carry them up to the Cotmcil for their Infpedlion. That Mefs. Parramore, Dalhy, and Harmanfon, have Leave to be abfent the Remainder of this Seffion. The Claims of John Buchanan, Walker Johnfton, and John Tremble, were feverally prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Claims be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of
Ordered,
Ordered,

Affembly.

Meffage from the Cotmcil by M^ Walthoe.

the enrolled Bills,

That they have infpeded

and are

fati-ffied

they are truly enrolled.

Meffage from the Govemour by M' Walthoe.

Mr Speaker,
The Governour commands the immediate Attendance of your Houfe in the Council Chamber, and that yon bring with you fuch Bills and Refolves as are ready for his Affent.
M""

was pleafed
1.

Speaker with the Houfe went up accordingly, and his Honour the Govemour to give his Affent to the following publick and private Adts An Ad' to amend an Ad for raifing a Publick Levy, and for other Purpofes therein

mentioned.
2.

^To enable Tenants in Taille

ipor further continuing
the

to

make Leafes

of their

Lands.

3.

Ad entitled An Ad for the better regulating

and colleding

certain Officers Fees,

this

Purpofes therein mentioned. allowing the Fees which the Lawyers praMifing in the feveral Courts of '^For to full 4. Colony are entitled, in particular Cafes therein mentioned, to be taxed upon Recovery
for other
5.
5

and

in the Bill of Cofts.

7^0 oblige the

Veftry of the Parifh of

Nottoway

to

refund

to the

Parifh of

St.

Luke

their

Proportion of

Money and Tobacco

raifed for repairing the Churches in the faid Parifh

of

of Land in the Parifh of Martin's Brandon, in Nathaniel Harrifon is feized in Fee Taille, and for vefting the fame in Truftees in Fee Simple for the Ufes therein mentioned. And then the Houfe adjourned until Monday Morning 10 "'Clock.

Nottoway before the Divifion thereof. 6. *To dock the Entail of 1973 Acres
County
of Prince George, whereof

the

^on6aY

Hening, VIII,
/W<f.,

p. 178.

/biJ.,

VIII, p. 183.

4 /6td.,

VIII, p. 186. VIII, p. 184.

5 /feii.,

VIII,

6 /fctrf.,

Vm,

p. 177. p. 174.

345

37

!Jtlon6aY.

t\)Q,

20tb of Mtar. 3

(Beo.

III.

1763.

A
to

Member returned on a new Writ, having taken by A6t of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of

the Oaths appointed to be taken

Allegiance and Supremacy,

and

taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, was admitted to his Place in the Houfe.

Ordered,

That

M''

Ward be added

to the

Committee

of Claims,

and

M"'

Henry

to the

Courts of Juftice. An engroffed Bill entitled

run

at large, in the

Town

of

An Ad' to prevent the raifing of Hogs, and fiiffering them Richmond, was read the third Time, and the Blanks there-

in filled up.

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M'' Bradley do carry it up

to the Council for their Concurrence.

The Hoiife proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendment propofed by the Coimcil to the Bill For amending the Adl entitled An Ad' for direding theTrial of Slaves
committing Capital Crimes, and for the more effedual pimifhing Conspiracies and Infiirredtons of them, and for the better Government of Negroes, Mulattoes, and Indians, bond or free, and the fame being read, were agreed to.

up to the Coimcil, and acquaint them therewith. An engroffed Bill entitled An Adi for enlarging the Jurifdidion of the Court of Huftings in the Borough of Norfolk, was read the third Time.
Ordered,

That

M""

Attorney do go

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M'' Attorney do carry it up

to the Council for their Concurrence.

An

engroffed Bill entitled

An

Ad'^

to

prevent the Pradice of felling Perfons for flaves

filled

that are not fo,

was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney do carry it up to the Council for
engroffed Bill entitled

up.

their Concurrence.

An

An Ad^

for the Sale of the ufelefs Military Stores in the

Magazine in Williamfburg, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Attorney do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. A Meffage from the Council by M'' Walthoe.
That they have agreed
to the Bill entitled

An Adl*

for enlarging the Jurifdi(?bion of the

Court of Huttings

in the

Borough

of Norfolk.

On

a Motion made,

For amending the Adl entitled An Adr for Purpofes therein mentioned, allows the People to pay Part of the faid Levy in Money in different Proportions in feveral Counties, which from the Manner of proportioning the Levy could not otherwife be done, this Houfe will at the Time of laying the next Levy adjuft the faid Relief, fo as to extend it equally to all. A Bill To amend the feveral Adls for obliging the Owners of Mills, Hedges, and other Stops, on the feveral Rivers therein mentioned, to make Openings or Slopes therein for the Paffage of Fifh, was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of PropRefolved,T\\a.t the Bill paifed this Seffion

raifing a Publick Levy,

and

for other

ofitions

And
>

and Grievances. then the Houfe adjourned

Ibid.,

until

Tomorrow Morning lo
Ibid..

"'Clock.

Not

'

in Hening. Hening, VI, p. 104.

< Ibid.,

VIII, p. 153. VIII, p. 133.

'

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 146. VIII, p. 153.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 178

[346]
I3uese>ar. t^e

2Ut

of ^ay:,

<Beo, IIU

1765.

A
A

An Ad for amending and further continuing the feveral this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventAffemhly of of Frauds his in Majefty's Cuftoms, was read the third Time, the Blanks ing therein filled up, and a Rider added.
engroffed Bill entitled
-

Ads

Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"' Attorney do carry it up to the Council Meffage from the Cotmcil by M'' Walthoe,

for their Concurrence.

That they have agreed to the Bill entitled An Adl' to prevent the Pra(5lice of felling Perfons for Slaves that are not fo. Alfo to the Bill entitled An Adt^ to veft certain Lands whereof Rice Jones is feized in Fee Taille, in the Hon. Richard Corbin, Efq in Fee Simple, and for fettling Slaves to be annexed to other entailed Lands in Lieu thereof.
;

Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the to Order, a Bill To empower Henry Allen to build a Bridge, and a according Houfe, Fulling and Grift Mill, on the fouth Branch of Back River, in the Coimty of Elizabeth

M'

City.

Alfo a Bill entitled

prefent Seffion of
of Fairfax,

An Ad*
entitled

for repealing

an

Ad

Affembly

An Ad for dividing

the

paffed in the former Part of this Parifh of Truro, in the County

making a more equal Divifion of the faid Parifh; and the faid Bills were read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. He aKo reported, from the faid Committee, to whom the Bill entitled An Ad^ for the better Government of Servants and Slaves, was committed, that the faid Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table where the Amendments were again twice read and agreed to with fome Amendments by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
and
for
;

Time.

On

a Motion made,
Bill

To empower Henry Allen to build a Bridge, and a Fulling and Grift Mill, Branch of Back River, in the County of Elizabeth City, was read a fecond on the fouth Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. On a Motion made. The Bill entitled An Ad^ for repealing an Ad paffed in the former Part of this prefent General Affembly entitled An Ad for dividing the Parifh of Truro in the County of Fairfax and for making a more equal Divifion of the faid Parifh, was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning lo "'Clock.
The

W^ibridsba^, tbe

22n6

of "ma^, 5 (Beo.

III.

1765.

A
I

Petition of Frances Afhby, fetting forth that her deceafed

of Militia

Hufband Nimrod Afhby on the Frontiers in the Year 1763, and commanded a Company that he was under the Neceffity to advance his own Credit to fumifh the MiHtia with Clothes and other Things fit for the Service; that he employed
;

certain Perfons as'Tilots or Rimners, who with feveral others empowered him to draw their Pay which he did and on his Return to the Frontiers was attacked by a Party of

Indians,

who murdered him and took from him

and praying the
3

all his

Money, to the Amotmt

of 66 or

67 Povmds,

Relief of this Houfe.

Refolved
"

Not paffed until Nov. 1766. Hening, VIII, p. 133-

VIII, p. 159. I^i^.. VIII, p. 157.

Ibid.,

Ibid., ' Ibid.,

s

VI, p. 256. VIII, p. 157.

347

Refolved,
of Affembly.

That the

faid Petition

be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

A Petition of

William Phillips, praying a Confideration for his Services in attending

the Volunteers in the Year 1755, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the Committee of Claims; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.
M'' Cary, from the Committee of Claims, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill For appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia

and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, with a Schedule annexed; and the fame was read the firft Tim e, an d ordered to be read a fecond Time.
lately ordered out into adlual Service,

An Ad^ to veft certain Lands the reinmentioned in James Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof, was read a third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Wythe do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. M^ Attorney, from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill To empower Henry Allen to build a Bridge, and a Fulling and Grift Mill, on the fouth Branch of Back River, in the County of Elizabeth City, was committed, reported that the Committee had made no Amendments thereto and he delivered the Bill in at the
engroffed Bill entitled
fettling other

An

Hubard, and

Table.

And

the Queftion being put that the faid Bill be engroffed and read a third Time.

It paffed in the Negative.

Refolved,

That the

faid Bill be rejedled.

He aKo reported the Bill For exempting the Exporters of dreffed Hides or Skins from the Payment of Duties for fuch as had been before imported and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. He aKo reported, from the faid Committee, to whom the Bill entitled An Ad' for repealing an Ad paffed in the former Part of this prefent Seffion of Affembly entitled An Ad for dividing the Parifh of Truro, in the County of Fairfax, and for making a more equal Divifion of the faid Parifh, was committed, that the faid Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the
;
;

Houfe.
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill with the

Amendments be

engroffed,

and read a third

Time.
Adls for obliging the Owners of

from the faid Committee, to whom the Bill To amend the feveral Mills, Hedges, and other Stops, on the feveral Rivers therein mentioned, to make Openings or Slopes therein for the Paffage of Fifh, was committed, that the faid Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to with fome Amendments by the

He

alfo reported

Houfe.
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill

with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third

Time.

whom the Bill For altering the Method was committed, that the faid Committee had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to with fome Amendments by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
He alfo
reported, from the faid Committee, to
of holding Courts in the

County

of Amherft,
;

Time.

An

engroffed Bill entitled

third Time,

An Ad^

for the better

Government
up.

of Servants

and Slaves
Refolved

was read the

Hening, VIII,

and the Blanks therein

= /6irf.,

filled

p. 168.

VIII, p. 157.

/Mrf.,

VIII,

p. 13s.

[348]
That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Attorney do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. A Bill To amend an Adt for infpe(5ling Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine, was read a fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time.
Refolved,
M""

Pendleton prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill

To

diredl the Collec-

tion of the

Land Tax

in

other Purpofes therein mentioned be read a fecond Time.

Ordered,

Arrear from Part of Ciilpeper Coimty for the Year 1759, and for and the fame was read the firlt Time, and ordered to
;

That the Call of the Houfe be put off imtil To-morrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10 "'Clock.

X5l)ur56aY tbe
new Members FOUR appointed by A6t

23r6 of ytta^. 5
new

(Bco. Ill

1765.

being returned upon

Writs, having taken the Oaths

of Abjuration,

of Parliament to be taken, inftead of the

and Supremacy, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath

M'' Attorney,

Oaths of Allegiance and alfo

fubfcribed the Teft, were admitted to their Places in the Hotife.

from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To empower the Treafurer to receive the Money due from the Province of Pennfylvania to this Colony and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. An engroffed Bill entitled An A3' for dividing the Parifh of Truro in the County of Fairfax, and for making a more equal Divifion of the faid Parifh, was read the third Time,
;

and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Weft do carry it up

to the Coimcil for their Concurrence.

On

a Motion made.

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To oblige Jofeph Rentfro, and others, to pay to the Treafurer of this Colony the feveral Sums of Money therein mentioned and it is referred to M'' Cary to prepare and bring in the fame. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For continuing the Adl for appointing an Agent, and two other Adts therein mentioned and it is referred to M'' Cary to prepare and bring in the fame. M'' Pendleton, from the Committee appointed to examine the Treafurer's Accounts, reported that in the Accounts of the Duty on Liquors rendered by the Naval Officers, it appears that the Drawback of the faid Duty hath been allowed on feveral Quantities of Rum, as exported, which they have Reafon to believe was fold and confumed on board his Majefty's Ships, and other Veffels in this Colony, but which they cannot afcertain, for Want of the Certificates on which fuch Drawbacks were allowed: They therefore defire the Direcftion of the Houfe herein. On a Motion made. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To prevent Frauds in the Drawback of the Duties on Liquors imported into this Colony, and it is referred to the Committee of Trade to prepare and bring in the fame. A Petition of Henry Delony, complaining of an undue Eledlion and Return of M'' Edmund Taylor from the County of Mecklenburg, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the fame, with
Ordered,
; ;

their Opinion thereon, to the Houfe.

M''

Cary, from the Committee of Claims, reported that the Committee had had imder
their

Hening, VIII,

p. 157.

349

them referred, and had come to feveral Refowhich he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: Refolved, That the Petition of Thomas Brown, a wounded Soldier, is reafonable, and that he ought to be allowed by the Publick the Sum of ;^2o for his prefent Relief, and the
their Confideration feveral Petitions to

lutions thereupon

Sum

of

Refolved,

^ per Annum during Life. That the Petition of William

Phillips, to be allowed for his Services in the

Defence of the Frontiers of this Colony as a Volunteer, be rejected, being no Claim

againft the Colony.

from the faid Committee, fundry Claims for the Pay and Expenfes which had been rejected by the faid Committee. Ordered, That the faid Claims do lie on the Table. A Bill For giving further Time for the hearing Chancery Suits brought in the General Court of this Colony, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Time; And the Queftion being put that the faid Bill be engroffed and read a third Time,
alfo reported,

He

of the Militia of different Counties,

It paffed in the

Negative.

That the faid Bill be rejedted. Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be put off tmtil To-morrow. On a Motion made, Refolved, That this Houfe will refolve itfelf into a Committee to take into
Refolved,
fideration the prefent State of the Colony immediately.

their

Con-

refolved itfelf into the faid Committee and after fome Time Speaker refumed the Chair, and M'' Attorney reported that the Committee had had the State of the Colony under their Confideration, and had come to feveral Refolutions, which he was ready to deliver in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report be received To-morrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tmnorrow Morning lo "'Clock.

The Houfe accordingly

M"'

fpent therein,

Irriba^,

tl)e

24tl) of ytta^.

(5eo.

Ill,

1765.

Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the For clearing the great Falls of James River, the River Chickahominy, and the north Branch of James River, was committed, reported that the faid Committee had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffeed, and read a third Time. M'' Cary prefented to the Hoiife, according to Order, a Bill For continuing the Adt for appointing an Agent, and two other Adls therein mentioned and the faid Bills were read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. A Meffage from the Coimcil by M'' Walthoe.
Attorney, from the
Bill
;
;

MR

That they have agreed

to the Bill entitled

An A(5t

for

amending and further contintiing

the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and pre-

venting Frauds in his Mafejty's Cuftoms.

Alfo
to the Bill entitled
to

An An

A(5l^ for

the better

Government

of Servants

and

Slaves,

with fome Amendments,

which they

defire the Coticurrence of this

Houfe.

Alfo to the Bill entitled azine in Williamfhurg.

Not paffed
until

Acft^ for

the Sale of the ufelefs military Stores in the

MagAlfo

'

Nov. 1766.

'

Hening, VIII,

p. 135.

Ibid., VIII, p. 146.

[
-

35

Alfo to the Bill entitled An A(5l to veft certain Lands therein mentioned in James Hubard, and fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof. Alfo to the Bill entitled An A6t' for repealing an Adt paffed in the former Part of this prefent Seffion of Affembly entitled An A(5l for dividing the Parifh of Truro in the County
of Fairfax,

and

for

making a more equal Divilion

of the faid Parifh.

M' Attorney reported, according to Order, that the Committee of the whole Houfe had, according to Order, taken into their Confideration the State of the Colony, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereupon which he read in his Place, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to as follow: Refolved, That in Order to call in the Paper Money, and fubftitute another circulat;

ing Cafh in this Colony, Propofals be made to the Merchants or others in Great Britain for borrowing of them the Sum of 240,000 Sterling, at an Intereft of five per Cent, per

Annum.
Order to pay the annual Intereft, and fmk the Principal in Proportions of not lefs than 20,000 a Tax or Duty of ten Shillings Sterling per Hogfhead to be laid on all Tobacco exported from O^ober i'' 1766, to Odober i^' 1775, and a Tax or '' Duty of fix Shillings Sterling per Hogfhead on all Tobacco exported from Odober i f' 1795, to be coUedted by the Naval Officers here and remitted to Truf1775, to Odober i tees to be chofen in Great Britain, to anfwer fuch Payments, this Fimd to be mortgaged to the Lenders, and the publick Faith engaged to make good any Deficiencies that may
Refolved,

That

in

happen

therein.

That the faid Tax or Duty be redeemable by the Payment of other Money remitted to and paid in Great Britain, which may arife from the Receipt of Intereft annually, and Proportions of Principal of Money to be lent in this Colony, as hereafter
Refolved,
diredted.

Refolved,

drawn
with

in fuch

all

the

That for 100,000 of the Money fo to be borrowed Bills of Exchange be Mode as fhall be agreed on between the Colony and the Lenders, and therePaper Money be redeemed and burnt. That the remaining 140,000
Sterling be imported in Specie, or

drawn for by Bills of Exchange, to be fold for Specie (as fhall be found moft convenient) and depofited here as a Stock whereon to circulate Bank Notes, to be lent out on permanent Security, at an Intereft of five per Centum, to be paid yearly, a Proportion of the Principal at the End of four Years, another Proportion at the End of five Years, and afterwards by equal Payments once in four Years, until the whole be repaid. Refolved, That the Tax on Tobacco being the only Security on which the Money can be raifed, as is fuppofed, the fame is adopted but being partial and unjuft, in Refpedt to the People here, in Order to repay fo much thereof as exceeds the prefent Tax on that
Refolved,
;

to the Makers, a Tax of three Shillings per Poll annually be laid from April And aKo a Tax of three Shillings and Sixpence per Poll April to 1769, inclufive: 1767 April to April annually, from 1770 1775 inclufive, and appHed to the Purpofe of fuch Payment from which Time the Tobacco Tax will be reduced to three ShilUngs Sterling

Commodity

per Hogfhead, inftead of three Shillings current Money, to the Year 1779, when the Money borrowed in Great Britain, and Intereft, will be paid off, and the Tax to ceafe. Refolved, That on the Commencement of thefe Taxes, the prefent fubfifting Taxes on the Poll, Land, and Tobacco, and the Infpedtion Duty of three Shillings current

Money per Hogfliead on Tobacco,

Ordered,

fhall

be difcontinued.

That

M""

Attorney do go up to the Council to acquaint

them that

this

Houfe

have come to the foregoing Refolutions, to which they defire their Concurrence; and further, that they defire a Conference with them on the Subjedt Matter of the faid Ref-

and will appoint a certain Number of their Members to meet fuch as fhall be appointed by the Council for that Purpofe. Benjamin Harrifon, Gary, Edmund Pendleton, Ordered, That M'' Attorney,
olutions,

Hening, VIII,

p. 168.

'

Ibid.,

VIII,

p. 157.

[351
M^ Burwell,
M.^

Braxton, and M" Fleming, be appointed Managers for this Hotife at the

faid Conference. PeUtion of

A John Elliott, fetting forth that he has for many Years been acquainted with the Laws, and all Kinds of Venereal Cafes, and that he has an infaUible Secret for curing thofe inveterate Diforders, which he is ready to difclofe to the Publick, upon receiving a proper Reward for making a Difcovery. And the Queftion being put that the faid Petition be referred to a Committee,
It paffed in the Negative.

That the faid Petition be rejedled. The Houfe proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Cotmcil to the Bill entitled An Ad for amending and declaring the Law concernin'g the Efcape of Debtors out of the Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; and the fame being read were agreed to, with fome Amendments. Ordered, That M'' Fleming do go up to the Council and acquaint them that this Hotife have agreed to the Amendments propofed by them to the faid Bill, with fome Amendments, and to defire they will pafs the faid Bill as it is now amended. The Houfe aKo proceeded to the Confideration of the Amendments propofed by the Council to the Bill entitled An Ad'' for amending and further continuing the feveral Ads of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms; and the fame being read Part of the Amendments were agreed to, and Part difagreed to. Ordered, That M'' Attorney do go up to the Council and acquaint them that this Houfe have agreed to fome of the Amendments propofed by them to the faid Bill, and difagreed to others, and do defire they will recede from their Amendments difagreed to by this Houfe. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning lo "'Clock.
Refolved,

Stttur6ay. 1^4 251^ of 5ttaj,

<Beo.

III.

1765.

HPWO

Members returned on new Writs, having taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Adl of Parliament, inftead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, I -^ and taken and fubfcribed the Oaths of Abjuration, and alfo fubfcribed the Teft, were admitted to their Places in the Houfe. M'' Harrifon, from the Committee of Trade, prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill to prevent Frauds in the Drawback of the Duties on Liquors imported into this Colony and the fame was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad^ to amend the feveral Ads for obliging the Owners of Mills, Hedges, and other Stops, on the feveral Rivers therein mentioned, to make Openings or Slopes therein for the Paffage of Fifh, was read the third Time and the Blanks therein
;

filled

up.
for their Concurrence.

Refolved,

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney do carry it up to the Council A Meffage from the Coimcil by M"' Walthoe.
That they have confidered
the Petition of

referred

it to

the Confideration of this

William O'Bryan to them direded, and have Houfe; and the faid Petition was read, and is as
of Virginia,

follows

To the Hon. Francis Fauquier, Govemour

Burgeffes of Virginia:

and the Hon. Council and

The Petition of William O'Bryan Goff, Branch Pilot on Potowmack River, Weftmoreland County, with others,

Humbly Sheweth
That
"

Hening, VIII,

p. ii8.

'

Not paffed

until

Nov. 1766.

Not paffed

xintil

Nov. 1769.

[352]
That we are obliged to attend off with our Boats, waiting for the coming in of Shipping, and fometimes the Mafter refufes taking a Pilot, and will run over to Maryland and take a
Pilot there, becaufe they
to

may have a Trifle of Tobacco to take in there, which is a Detriment a Branch Pilot. If the Mafter takes a Branch Pilot, and he carries the Ship up to her Moorings, he will refufe to pay him until he brings the Ship down again, becaufe he will fay he will be fure of him; and as it is impoffible that the Pilot fhould know when the Ship is ready
Mafter negleds to fend him word, he will then get fome other Perfon to bring and fo goes out of the Country without paying tis for carrying the Veffel up the River, and perhaps never returns again, by which Means we lofe our Fees. If he comes back again, we have no Remedy but to fue him at Common Law, where we muft be obliged to lofe our Time, and negled our Bufinefs in attending the Court, by winch we are at more Expenfe than the Value of our Fee. Another great Hardfhip on Pilots is, that when they carry a Veffel down to the Capes, the Mafters will fay they have no Money and very often abufe them and offer them an Order on fome Gentleman or Merchant in tlie Country, which we are under the Neceffity of taking (becaufe we have no Remedy in that Place) and when carried and prefented perhaps may be protefted. The Mafters of Veffels are backward in taking a Pilot down the Bay in Summer Seafon, but very fond of it in Winter, where we muft be obliged to attend them with our Boats, and have no Harbour to make, let the Weather be never fo fevere, when we part with the Ship; for which Reafon we wmdd fooner carry a Ship down the Bay for in the Summer Seafon, than for 10 in the Winter. So that we hope you will oblige them to take a Pilot down in Summer Seafon, or elfe add more to our Bay Pilotage in the Winter Seafon. It is a Pradice too common among Mafters of Veffels to take a Pilot that has not a Branch, becaufe they will pay but Half Price, and perhaps take a Receipt of the Perfon, and put one of mo ft able and fufflcient Branch Pilots Name to it, and charge the Owners with whole Pilotage. And if a Branch Pilot was to make a juft Complaint againft one of thofe other Pilots for not keeping a fufficient Boat and Rigging, according as the Law directs, he can get no Remedy, becaufe he is worth nothing; for which the Mafters of Veffels run a great Hazard in taking fiich a One, and it is a great Hurt to a Branch Pilot, who is obliged to keep his Boat and Rigging in good Order, and be lying out and ivaiting for Ships coming in. Another great Hardfhip on Branch Pilots is that they fhall be obliged to attend with their Boats as aforefaid, and when they come on board of a Ship the mafter thereof fhall, if he pleafe, turn him away and take another, or go up the River without any Pilot at all. It would be very neceffary that our Bay Pilots fhould ccnne up as high as the Naval Office, and that Place be eftablifhed for the Beginning of the River Pilots. And for the better fecuring our Pay, we hope it may be ordered that it may be left at the Naval
the the Ship,
Office, and the Officer have fuch a per Cent, as fhall be thought proper for receiving the fame, and not be allowed to clear out the Veffel until the fame is difcharged. By the firft Claufe

45

to fail,

and

down

in the

AA

of

Affembly concerning Pilotage,

it is

ordered that a Perfon fhall be examined by

three Magiftrates as to their Ability before they fhall be admitted to a Branch, but to

me

it

would feem more proper they fhould be examined by Perfons that are more fit Judges than it is poffible to think thofe Gentlemen can be, and if it was ordered that one or more of the Magiftrates fhould fwear the moft able arid fufficient Pilot they know to examine the others, it would be a Means of preventing fome from that Place which are really not worthy of it. If we carry a Ship down the River to Smith's Point, which is the End of our River Pilotage, and the Wind happens to be contrary, the Mafters of Veffels will not difcharge us, though we are within a Mile or two of going as far as is required, but luill keep us there waiting until the Wind ferves, and will not make us any Satiffadion for the Lofs of Time, but tell us that if we leave them they will pay us nothing; and perhaps whilft we are waiting there another Ship ^ is coming up the River, and we dare not leave them to go to the Ship that is coming, by which

Means we

lofe that Fee.

We

353

YJe hope your Honour will take thefe Things into your Confideration, and regulate them in a more proper Manner; and your Petitioners fhall be in Duty bound to pray, &c, William 0' Bryan Goff.

George Goff. Winfoft Kelly.

We beg that you will confider the Hardfhips that we muft undergo in going down the Bay
in the Winter Seafon, for fo fmall a Trifle as

we

get for

it,

efpecially in ftormy Weather,

Houfes think themfelves in Danger; and what muft we think of decked Boats in fuch a bleak Place, a Thing that I have often experienced in our little it in the Time that I have followed the Pilot Bufinefs, which lias been Thirty Four Years.

when

thofe that are in their

William 0' Bryan

Ordered, of Affembly.

Goff.

That the

faid Petition be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion

M' Gary prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To oblige Jofeph Rentfro, and others, to pay to the Treafurer of this Colony the feveral Sums of Money therein mentioned and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond
;

Time.

An Account of the Damage done by the Virginia Regiment on the Plantations of William and John Montgomery, was prefented to the Houfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the Confideration of the next Seffion of Affembly. An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad' for infpeding Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Benjamin Harrifon do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence.

Meffage from the Council by

M''

Walthoe.

infift on their Amendments difagreed to by this Houfe to the Bill entitled An amending and further continuing the feveral Adls of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, and to defire that this Houfe will recede from their Difagreement. That they have agreed to the Amendments propofed to the Bill entitled An Adl^ for amending and declaring the Law concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. As alfo to the Conference de fired by this Houfe, and have appointed three of the Members to manage the fame, who are now ready in the Conference Chamber to meet the Managers

That they

A(Sl= for

appointed by this Houfe.

of the Council in the Conference

That the Managers appointed by this Houfe do immediately attend thofe Chamber, and they accordingly withdrew. A Bill To empower the Treafurer to receive the Money due from the Province of Pennfylvania to this Colony, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill For continuing the Ad for appointing an Agent, and two other Adls therein mentioned, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill For exempting the Exporters of dreffed Hides or Skins from the Payment of Duties for fuch as had been before imported, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. A Bill To diredl the Colledlion of the Land Tax in Arrears from Part of Culpeper
Ordered,

County
Hening, VIII,
p.

143.

Not paffed

tintil

Nov. 1766.

Hening, VIII,

p.

118

354

County for the Year 1759, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a fecond Read, and M"' Carrington. Time, and committed to M'' Cary, On a Motion made, Ordered, That it be an Inftrudlion to the faid Committee that they receive a Claiife, or Claufes, for obliging the Sheriff of Lunenburg to pay to the Jtiftices of Charlotte and Mecklenburg their Proportions of the Tobacco due to the County of Lunenburg by the laft Proportions, for their Expenfes on Criminals and Wolves Heads. The Houfe proceeded to the Conlideration of the Amendments propofed and infifted on by the Council to the Bill entitled An Ad. for amending and further continuing the feveral Ads of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms, and receded from Part of their Difagreement to the faid Amendment, and infift on the other. Ordered, That M'' Attorney do wait on the Council and acquaint them therewith. An Adt for appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Mihtia lately ordered out into a6tual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a iecond Time, and fome Amendments made thereto. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third

Time.

On a Motion made.
Ordered,

That Leave be given to bring in a

Bill

To

revive

and amend An Ad''

entitled

An Ad for eftablifhing a Trade with the Indians in Alliance with his Majefty, and aKo to amend one other Adt for diredling the Truftees of the Indian Fadtory of Virginia to fell
the Goods imported by them, and to pay the Money arifmg by fuch Sale into the Treafury for the Ufe of the Publick and it is referred to M'' Archibald Cary and M'' Thomas Walker to prepare and bring in the fame.
;

Meffage from the Council by

M""

Walthoe.

That they have receded from their Amendments propofed to the Adt For amending and further continuing the feveral Adts of Affembly of this Colony for amending the Staple of Tobacco, and preventing Frauds in his Majefty's Cuftoms. M'' James Littlepage reported that the Committee to whom the Bill To dock the

Land whereof Thomas Mann Randolph, Gent, is feized, and for fettling other Lands in Lieu thereof to the fame Purpofes, was referred, had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had made feveral Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
Entail of 1500 Acres of
;

Time.

And

then the

Houfe adjourned

until

Monday Morning

10 "'Clock.

yticnba^,

ll)e

27tl) of

iDecember, 5 (Beo. Ill 1765.

for appointing

an Agent, and two other Adts therein mentioned, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Cary do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. M'' Cary, from the Committee to whom the Bill To diredt the Colledtion of the Land Tax in Arrear from Part of Culpeper County for the Year 1759, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed, reported that they had made fome Amendments thereto which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
engroffed Bill entitled
;

AN

An Ad^

Time.

An

Not paffed

until

Nov. 1766

'

Hening, VII,

p. 116.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 118.

355

An engroffed Bill entitled yln Ad^ for exempting the Exporters of dreffed Hides or Skins from the Payment of Duties for fuch as had been before imported, was read the third Time.
That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M' Attorney do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad' to empower the Treafurer to receive the Money due from the Province of Pennfylvania to this Colony, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the laid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'^ Attorney do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. An engroffed Bill entitled Afi Ad^ to dock the Entail of 1500 Acres of Land whereof Thomas Mann Randolph, Gent, is feized, and for fettling other Lands in Lieu thereof to the fame Purpofes, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"^ James Littlepage do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad'* for altering the Method of holding Courts in the Counties of Amherft, Albemarle, Augufta, Buckingham, Cumberland, and Chefterfield, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Fleming do carry it up to the Coimcil for their Concurrence. An engroffed 5^7/ entitled An Ad^ for appointing Commiffioners to examine and State the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Attorney do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad'' for clearing the great Falls of James River, the River Chickahominy, and the north Branch of James River, was read the third Time, and
Refolved,

the Blanks therein

Refolved,

filled

up.

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Attorney do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. A Petition of Peter Pelham, fetting forth that the Organ in Williamfburg had been much out of Order, and almoft unfit for Ufe, and that he has with great Labour and Expenfe repaired and tuned the fame and praying the Confideration of this Houfe, was prefented to the Hoirfe and read. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to M"' Archibald Cary, M" Francis Lee and M"' John Fleming; that they examine into the Allegations thereof, and report the
;

fame, with their Opinion thereon, to the Hotife. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10 ''Clock.

I3u(ts6ar.

tl)e

2SX\) of yCia^,

(5eo.

III.

1765.

A
the

Bill

To prevent Frauds in the Drawback of the Duties on Liquors imported into this Colony, was read the fecond Time,
Ordered,

That the

faid Bill be engroffed,

and read a third Time.

this

A
Ordered,

Bill

Colony the feveral

To oblige Jofeph Rentfro, and others, to pay to the Treafurer of Sums of Money therein mentioned, was read the fecond Time.
faid Bill be engroffed,

That the

and read a

third Time.

A Meffage from the Council

That they have agreed

by

M"'

Walthoe.

to the Bill entitled

An Adl?

to

empower the Treafurer

to receive

Money due from the Province

of Pennfylvania to this Colony.

Alfo to the Bill entitled Turpentine.

An

Adt^ for infpedting Pork, Beef, Flower, Tar, Pitch, and

Alfo
I

Hening, VIII,

>

p. 142. Ibid., VIII, p. 145.

3 4

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 161.

Hening, VIII,
Ibid.,

p. 124.

Not

in Hening.

'

VIII, p. 148.

Ibid., VIII, p. 145. Ibid., VIII, p. 143.

356

Alfo to the Bill entitled An Adl for clearing the great Falls of James River, the River Chickahominy, and the north Branch of James River. Alfo to the Bill entitled An Adt^ for exempting the Exporters of dreffed Hides or Skins from the Payment of Duties for fuch as had been before imported. Alfo to the Bill entitled An Adla to dock the Entail of 1500 Acres of Land whereof

Thomas Mann Randolph, Gent,

the fame Purpofes.

is feized,

and

for fettling other

Lands

in

Lieu thereof to

AnAdt-* for appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adtual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.
Alfo
to the Bill entitled

Cary, from the Perfons appointed, reported, according to Order, a Bill To revive and amend An Ad entitled an Ad^ for eftablifhing a Trade with the Indians in Alliance with his Majefty, and aKo to amend one other A(5l for diredling the Truf tees of the Indian
M''

Fadlory of Virginia to fell the Goods imported by them, and to pay the Money arifmg by fuch Sale into the Treafury for the life of the Publick and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Attorney reported that the Managers for the Houfe had according to Order met the Managers for the Council in the Conference Chamber, who had acquainted them that the Council had confidered the Refolutions of this Houfe, and could not agree to them,
;

and

dire(5ted that the

fame fhould be returned to

this Houfe.

On

a Motion made,

That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To repeal fo much of the A6t of Affembly made in the fourth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, entitled An Ad^ for appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adtial Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as allows a Botmty of 40s. to every Perfon who will voluntarily engage in the Service of the Colony and it is referred to M'' Cary and M'' Richard Lee to prepare and bring in the fame. On a Motion made, A Bill To revive and amend An Ad' entitled an Ad for eftablifhing a Trade with the Indians in Alliance with his Majefty, and aKo to amend one other A($t for diredling the Truftees of the Indian Fa(5tory of Virginia to fell the Goods imported by them, and to pay the Money arifmg by fuch Sale into the Trealury for the Ufe of the Publick was read a fecond Time, and committed to the Committee of Propolitions and Grievances. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tmnorrow Morning 10 "'Clock.
Ordered,
; ;

>iO<ibniisba^, tl)e 29tl) of

"ma^. 5

(5eo.

III.

1765.

Cary reported that the Committee appointed to examine the Treafurer's Accounts had had the fame under their Confideration, and examined all the feveral Articles and Vouchers thereof, and have agreed upon a Report as follows: It appears that the faid Accounts are truly ftated, and that there remains a Balance in the Hands of the Treafurer of ;^io,o68.3. 9 on the Publick Account. That there remains in the Treafurer's Hands a Balance of ;46,985. 2 for the Duty on Tobacco, the Land and Poll Tax, the Tax on Writs, and Ordinary Licenfes, and the additional Duty on Slaves. That burnt Tobacco Notes, not yet taken in, amount to 412. That the Fund appropriated for the Redemption of Notes bearing Intereit is all applied in fuch Redemption, and there remains due to the Treafurer on that Account a Balance of ;^2i. 1.6. That

MR

>

Hening, VIII, p. 148. /W^., VIII, p. 142.

/W(/.,

4 //.i7.,

VIII, p. 162. VIII, p. 124.

/6ia.,

/6nl, VII. p. 1 16, VIII, p. 124.

Ibid..

VU,

p.

116

357

]
;i2

due to the Commiffioners of the India)! Trade. That there is a Balance of ;9.i9.3 due to the Treafurer on the Accotmt of Money received for Bills of Exchange drawn on the Colony Agent in Great Britain purfuant to A($ts of Affembly, and the Treafury Notes emitted in April 1762. Refolved, That the faid Accounts do pafs.
ftill

That there

remains in the Treafurer's Hands

5oo, the Balance

That M'' Cary do carry them up to the Council for their Concurrence. from the Committee of Propofitions and Grievances, to whom the Bill To revive and amend An Ad' entitled an Ad for eftablifhing a Trade with the Indians in Alliance with his Majefty, and alfo to amend one other Adl for directing the Truftees of the Indian Fadlory of Virginia to fell the Goods imported by them, and to pay the Money arifmg by fuch Sale into the Treafury for the Ufe of the Publick, was committed, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and had made fome Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
Ordered,
M"' Attorney,

Time.
M''

Cary prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a

Bill

To

veft certain Lots in

the City of Williamfburg in the Purchafers thereof, and for other Purpofes therein
tioned,

men-

and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill For the Eafe and Relief of the People by paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for the laft and prefent Seffion of Affembly, and it is referred to M'' Fleming and M'' Cary to prepare and bring in the fame.
diredthe Colledion of the Land Tax in Arrear from Part of Culpeper County for the Year ij^g, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.
engroffed Bill entitled .An
to

An

Ad'

Refolved,

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"" Read do carry it up
engroffed Bill entitled

to the Council for their Concurrence.

An
Time.

An Ad^

to oblige

Jofeph Rentfro, and

others, to

pay

to the

Treafurer of this Colony the feveral

Refolved,

Sums

of

Money

therein mentioned,

was read a

third

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M"' Cary do carry it up to the Council On a Motion made,
Bill

for their Concurrence.

A
and

To

veft certain Lots in the City of Williamfburg in the Purchafers thereof,

was read the fecond Time, and committed to Wythe, and the Members of York and James City Counties. M"' Attorney, An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad* to prevent Frauds in the Drawback of the Duties on Liquors imported into this Colony, was read the third Time. Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Cary do carry it up to the Coimcil for their Concurrence. M"' Cary, from the Committee to whom the Petition of Peter Pelham was referred, reported that they had examined into the Allegations thereof, and found them to be true, and that they had come to a Refolution which he read in his Place, and then deUvered in at the Table, where it was again twice read, and agreed to by the Hoiife, as follows: Refolved, That the faid Peter Pelham ought to be paid by the Publick the Sum of $0, for repairing the Organ in the Church in Williamfburg.
for other Purpofes therein mentioned,

Cary, from the Perfons appointed, reported, according to Order, a Bill To repeal fo much of the A(5l of Affembly made in the fourth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign,
M''

entitled

An Ad^

for appointing

Commiffioners

to

examine and

ftate the Accojints of the

Militia lately ordered out into adual Service,

and

for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as

allows
I

Hening. VII,
Ibid.,

p. ii6.

3 4

'

VIII, p. 139.

Ibid.,

Ibid., VIII, p. 172. VIII, p. 112.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 10.

[358]
allows a
;

Bounty of 40s. to every Perfon who will voltintarily engage in the Service of the Colony and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time.

On

Committee of the whole Houfe immetaken in Confequence of the Refolutions diatelv, to confider of the Steps neceffary to be of the Houfe of Commons of Great Britain relative to the charging certain Stamp Duties in the Colonies and Plantations in America. The Houfe accordingly refolved itfelf into the faid Committee, and after fome Time fpent therein M'' Speaker refumed the Chair, and M"' Attorney reported that the faid
Refolved,
itfelf

a Motion made, That the Hotife refolve

into a

Committee had had the faid Matter under their Confideration, and had come Refolutions thereon, which he was ready to deliver in at the Table. Ordered, That the faid Report be received Tomorrow. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning 10 "'Clock.

to feveral

52

I5l)ur56ar

tb^^

30tl) of

^Ua^. 5 6eo.

III.

1765.

ORDERED, That
ford,

Wtlliam Taylor, and M"- Robert MunM"- Read, M-- Carrington, be added to the Committee appointed to examine the enrolled Bills. A Bill To repeal fo much of the Adt of Affembly made in the fourth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, entitled An Ad for appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as allows a Bounty of 40s. to every Perfon who will voluntarily engage in the Service of the Colony, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time.

Meffage from the Cotmcil by

M''

Walthoe.

That they have agreed to the Bill entitled An Adt^ to prevent Frauds in the Drawback of the Duties on Liquors imported into this Colony. Alfo to the Bill entitled An A<ft to ^ oblige J o feph Rentfro, and others, to pay to the Treafurer of this Colony the feveral Sums of Money therein mentioned. Alfo to the Bill entitled An Adt* to diredl the Colledlion of the Land Tax in Arrear from Part of Culpeper County for the Year 1759, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.

Alfo

to the

Refolve For making an Allowance

to

Thomas Brown

for the

Purpofes

therein mentioned.

M' Attorney, from the Committee to

whom
and

the Bill to veft certain Lots in the City

for other Purpofes therein mentioned,

of Williamfburg in the Purchafers thereof,

was committed, reported that they had made fome Amendments thereto; which he read in his Place, and then delivered the Bill with the Amendments in at the Table, where the Amendments were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Bill with the Amendments be engroffed, and read a third
Time.
M'' Fleming, from the Perfons appointed, reported, according to Order, a Bill for and Relief of the People by paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for the laft Eafe the and prefent Seffions of Affembly and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. M'' Attorney, from the Committee of Privileges and Eledlions, reported that they had had under their Confideration the Petitionof M"' Henry Delony, complaining of an imdue Election and Return of M"' Edmund Taylor to ferveas a Burgefs in this prefent General Affembly for the Covmty of Mecklenburg, to them referred, and had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered them in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow:
;

Refolved
I

Hening, VIII,

p. 124.

'

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 112.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 172.

Ibid.,

VIII,

p. 139.

359

tioned either

That the Perfons who voted at the faid Eledlion whofe Freeholds are quefby the Petitioner or fitting Member be examined upon Oath before Robert Munford, Benjamin Baird, Robert Alexander, and Thomas Anderfon, of the County of Mecklenburg, Gentlemen, or any three of them, whether they be Freeholders or not, except fuch of them as did fwear to their Freedolds at the Eledlion.
Refolved, Refolved,

53

That the Petitioner and

fitting

Member be at

Liberty to examine Witneffes

any Perfon who voted at the faid Election, although fuch Perfons fwore to their Freeholds at fuch Elecftion, or fhall fwear to the fame at the Examination and that it be an Inftru(5lion to the Perfons before whom fuch Examinations are to be taken to examine how long fuch Voters have been in Poffeffion of, and paid Quitrents for, the Lands or Tenements in Right of which they voted at the Eledlion, and that they return the Depofitions they fhall take on the firft Day of the next Seffion of Affembly. Refolved, That the Petitioner give to the fitting Member ten Days Notice at leaft of the Time and Place when and where he intends to examine his Witneffes, alfo a Lift in Writing of the Names of the Voters he intends to except to, diftinguifliing againft each Name the feveral Heads of Exceptions and that the fitting Member do the like to the
before the faid Perfons as to the Freeholds, or other Qualifications of
; ;

Petitioner.

Refolved, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to examine Witneffes before the fame Perfons as to the fitting Member's treating the Freeholders of the faid County, or any of them, with fpirituous Liquors, after the Teft of the Writ for the Eledlion of Burgeffes for the faid Cotmty, or at the Time of taking the Poll at fuch Eledlion. Refolved, That the further Confideration of the faid Petition ought to be referred to

the next Seffion of Affembly. He aKo reported, from the faid Committee, that they had had under their Confideration the Returns of the feveral Writs for eledling Burgeffes to ferve in this prefent

General Affembly for the Counties of Amelia, Charlotte,

Chefterfield, Louifa,

Lunenburg,

and Mecklenburg,

read in his Place, and agreed to by the Houfe, as follow: Refolved, That the Return of the Writ for eledling a Burgefs for the faid Coimty of
Charlotte
is

them referred, and had come to two Refolutions thereon; which he and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read,
to

made

m the

Form

prefcribed

by Law.

Refolved,

That the Returns

of the feveral

Cotmties of Amelia, Chefterfield,

the
ties

Writs for eledling Burgeffes for the faid Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg, are not made in Louifa,

Form

by Law. That the feveral Returns of the Writs for eledling Burgeffes for the Counof Amelia, Chefterfield, Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg, be amended at the Table. Ordered, That the Sheriff of the Coimty of Louifa be fent for in Cuftody to amend
prefcribed
Ordered,

his faid Return.

An

engroffed Bill entitled

An Ad

to revive

and amend an

Ad

entitled

An Ad

for

eftablifhing a Trade with the Indians in Alliance with his Majefty,

and

alfo to

amend one

other Adl for diredling the Truftees of the Indian Fadtory of Virginia to fell Goods imported by them, and to pay the Money arifing by fuch Sale into the Treafury for the Ufe of the Publick, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.
Refolved,

Ordered,

That the faid Bill do pafs. That M"- Cary do carry it up to the Council Meffage from the Council by M'' Walthoe.
to the

for their Concurrence.

That they have agreed

Treafurer's Accounts.
for appointing

Alfo to the Bill entitled mentioned.

An Adl^

an Agent, and two other Adls therein

54

from the Committee of the whole Houfe, reported, according to Order, that the Committee had confidered of the Steps neceffary to be taken in Confequence of

M^

Attorney,

the
'

Hening, VIII,

p. 114.

'

ibid.,

VIII, p. 113.

36o]

the Refolutions of the Houfe of Commons of Great Britain relative to the charging Stamp Duties in the Colonies and Plantations in America, and that they had come to feveral Refolutions thereon; which he read in his Place, and then delivered in at the Table, where they were again twice read, and agreed to by the Houfe, with fome Amend-

ments, and are as follow: Refolved, That the firft Adventurers and Settlers of this his Majefty's Colony and Dominion of Virginia brought with them, and tranfmitted to their Pofterity, and all other his Majefty's Subjects fmce inhabiting in this his Majefty's faid Colony, all the Liberties, Privileges, Franchifes, and Immimities, that have at any Time been held,
enjoyed, and poffeffed, by the people of Great Britain. Refolved, That by two royal Charters, granted by King James the Firft, the Colonif ts
aforefaid are declared entitled to
all Liberties, Privileges,
if

and natural Subjedts, to all Intents and Purpofes, as within the Realm of England.
Refolved,

and Immunities of Denizens they had been abiding and bom

or

That the Taxation

of the People

by themfelves,

by Perfons chofen by

themfelves to reprefent them,

bear, or the eafiest

who can

only

know what Taxes

the People are able to

and muft themfelves be affe<5led by every Tax laid on the People, is the only Security againft a burthenfome Taxation, and the diftinguifhing Chara(5leriftick of Britifh Freedom, without which the ancient Conftitu-

Method

of raifmg them,

tion cannot exift.

moft ancient and loyal Colony have without Interruption enjoyed the ineftimable Right of being governed by fuch Laws, refpedling their internal Polity and Taxation, as are derived from their own Confent, with the Approbation of their Sovereign, or his Subftitute and that the fame hath never been forfeited or yielded up, but hath been conftantly recognized by the Kings
Refolved,

That

his Majefty's liege People of this his

and People

of Great Britain.

On

a Motion made,

For the Eafe and Relief of the People by paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for the laft and prefent Seffions of Affembly, was read the fecond Time. Ordered, That the faid Bill be engroffed and read a third time. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning lo "'Clock.
Bill

IFxXhaY,

tl)e

3Ut

of ^a-t^
to

(Beo.

III.

1765.

AN
An

engroffed Bill entitled

the fourth

An Ad

repeal fo

much

of the

Year

of his prefent Majefty's Reign, entitled

Ad of Affembly made in An Ad for appointing

Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as allows a Bounty of 40 s. to every P erfon who will voluntarily engage in the Service of the Colony, was read a third Time.
Refolved,

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Cary do carry it up to the Council
engroffed Bill entitled

for their Concurrence.

An

Ad'' to veft certain Lots in the City of Williamfburg in

the Purchafers thereof,

and

for other

Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the third Time.

to the Coimcil for their Concurrence.

Refolved,

That the faid Bill do pafs. Ordered, That M'' Attorney do carry it up

An engroffed Bill entitled An Ad^ for the Eafe and Relief of the People by paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for the laft and prefent Seffions of Affembly, was read the third Time, and the Blanks therein filled up.
Refolved,

That the
p. 151.

faid Bill

do

pafs.

Ordered
'

Hening, VIII,

'

Ibid., VIII, p. 171.

Ibid.,

VIII, p. 187.

36i

That M"' Fleming do carry it up to the Council for their Concurrence. a Motion made, Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill To oblige Thomas Proffer to reimburfe the Cofts of profecuting an Information againft him, and it is referred to M' Wythe to prepare and bring in the fame.
Ordered,

On

Meffage from the Council by

M"'

Walthoe.

That they have agreed to the

Alfo

Bill entitled

An Adl

for the Eafe

by paying the Burgeffes Wages

lifhing a

in

Money

for the laft

and Relief of the People and prefent Seffions of Affembly.

to the Bill entitled An A(5t^ to revive and amend An A6t entitled an Adt for eftabTrade with the Indians in Alliance with his Majefty, and alfo to amend one other Adl for diredling the Truf tees of the Indian Fa($tory of Virginia to fell the Goods imported by them, and to pay the Money arifmg by fuch Sale into the Treafury for the Ufe of the

Publick.

Alfo to the Bill entitled An A(5ti to veft certain Lots in the City of William fburg in the Purchafers thereof, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Alfo to the Bill entitled An A6t* to repeal fo much of the Adl of Affembly made in the fourth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, entitled An Adl for appointing Commiffioners

examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into a(5tual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as allows a Boimty of 40s. to ev^ery Perfon
to

who

will voluntarily

engage in the Service of the Colony.

Alfo Alfo

to the

in the City of
the City of

Refolve for paying Williamlburg.

M' Peter Pelham for repairing the Organ in

M' Benjamin
Powell for repairing
the

the

Church

to the

Refolve for paying Williamfburg.

Publick Gaol in

That the feveral Claims which had been rejecSled by the Committee of Claims, and were ordered to lie on the Table, be referred to the next Seffion of Affembly. M'' Wythe prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, a Bill To oblige Thomas Proffer to reimburfe the Cofts of profecuting an Information againft him and the faid Bill was read the firft Time, and ordered to be read a fecond Time. On a Motion made, Refolved, That the feveral Sums following be paid to the feveral Officers of the
Ordered,
;

General Affembly, refpedlively Id John Randolph, Efq Clerk of the Houfe of Burgeffes To Nathaniel Walthoe, Efq; Clerk of the General Affembly
;

;25o

80
60

To To To

the Rev.
M"' M""

M"' Price,

Chaplain

Francis Eppes, Sergeant at

Arms

80 80
75
of Juftice

George Davenport, Clerk of the Committees of Privileges and Eledlions and

and Grievances To M' Miles Cary, Clerk of the Committee of Claims To M' Thomas Everard, Clerk of the Committee for Courts To M-- Hina Ruffel, Clerk of the Committee of Trade
Propofitions

30 3
15 15

To the Doorkeeper of the Council To To ^ To To To

James
_,
Lavie,
7

Nathaniel Hix,

Thomas Francis, John Broadrib,

Ordered,

I
I

Doorkeepers to the Houfe

15
{

15
i.

15
5

Mrs. Gait for cleaning the Capitol

That M"- George Johnfton do carry it up to the Cotmcil for their Concurrence. On a Motion made, A Bill To oblige Thomas Proffer to reimburfe the Cofts of profecuting an InformaOrdered tion againft him, was read the fecoftl^ime.
'

'

Hening, VIII,

p. 114.

/fcW.,

VIII, p. 171.

3 /6trf.,

VIII, p. 151.

4 /fct<f.,

VIII, p. 173-

362

That the faid Bill be engroffed, and read a third Time. And then the Houfe adjourned until Tomorrow Morning lo "'Clock.
Ordered,

Saturday, t^e

1st of
-

3une. 5
to oblige

<&eo. Ill 1765.

Proffer
to

A
A

N engroffed Bill entitled An Ad

Ordered,

Thomas

reimburfe the Cofts

of profecuting an Information againft him, Refolved, That the faid Bill do pafs.

was read the

third Time.

Wythe do carry it up Meffage from the Council by M'' Walthoe.

That
M''
to the Bill entitled

to the Council for their Concurrence.

That they have agreed

An Adl'

to oblige

Thomas Proffer

to reim-

burfe the Cofts of profecuting an Information againft him. Alfo to the Refolve for paying the Officers of the General Affembly.
M"" Munford reported that the Committee appointed had, according to Order, examined the enrolled Bills and Refolves, and reftified fuch Miftakes as were found therein and that they were truly enrolled. Ordered, That M'' Munford do carry them up to the Coioncil for their Infpedlion. The Letter of M"' Charles Goore of Liverpool, with his InftrucJtions for making Hemp, diredted to the Govemour, Council, and Affembly, were prefented to the Hovife and read. Goore for his kind Ordered, That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to the faid for making his Inftrudtions feveral Copies of Endeavors to ferve this Colony, and that the
;

of

Hemp

be properly diftributed. Meffage from the Cotmcil by

M''

Walthoe.
fatiffied they are truly

That they have infpeded the enrolled Bills and Refolves, and are
enrolled.

A
M''

Meffage from the Govemour by M' Walthoe.

Speaker,
in the Council
for his Affent.

The Governour commands the immediate Attendance of your Houfe Chamber, and that you bring with you fuch Bills and Refolves as are ready
Speaker with the Houfe went up accordingly, and his Honour the pleafed to give his Affent to the following publick and private Ads:
M"'
/.

Govemour was
Frauds in
his

An Adi

for

amending

the Staple of Tobacco,

and

for preventing

Majefty's Cuftoms.
2.

*To prevent Frauds in

the

Drawback

of the Duties

on Liquors imported into

this

Colony.
J.

sAn
6

Ad

for continuing the

Ad for

appointing an Agent, and two other

Ads

therein

mentioned.
4.

To

revive and

in Alliance with his

the

amend An Ad entitled an Ad for eftablifhing a Trade with the Indians Majefty, and alfo to amend one other Ad for direding the Trutees of

Indian Fadory of Virginia to fell the Goods imported by them, and to pay the Money arifing by fuch Sale into the Treafury for the Ufe of the Publick. concerning the Efcape of Debtors out of the 5. 7For amending and declaring the Law
Prifon Rules, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 6. ^For appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned.

To

Hening VIII, p. 173. /Wd., VIII, p. 173.

Ibid..

VIII. p. 69. /Wd., VIII, p. 112.

Ibid., /biJ.,

VIII, p. 113. VIII, p. 114.

'

Ibid..

8 /ftn/.,

VIII, p. 118. vill,p. 124

[
7.

363

-To prevent the Pradice of felling Per fons as Slaves that are not Purpofes therein mentioned.
8.

fo,

and

for other

' To amend the Ad, for the better Government of Servants and Slaves. ipor amending the Ad entitled an Ad for direding the Trial of Slaves committing Capital Crimes, and for the more effedual punifhing Confpiracies and Infiirredions of them, and for the better Government of Negroes, Mulattoes, and Indians, bond or free.

9.

for the

for

4 To dired the Colledion of the Land Tax in Arrear from Part of Culpeper County Year 1759, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 5 For exempting the Exporters of dreffed Hides or Skins 11. from the Payment of Duties had been before imported. as fuch 6 To amend an Ad for infpeding Pork, Beef, Flower, 12. Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine. I J. - To empower the Treafurer to receive the Money due from the Province of Pennfyl-

10.

vania

to this

Colony.

^For the Sale of the ufelefs military Stores in the Magazine in Williamfburg. 14. 75.9 For eftablifhing a Ferry from the Land of Thomas Shepherd, at Mecklenburg, in Frederick County, to Maryland. 16. ' For increafmg the Rewards given for killing Wolves, to be paid by the refpedive
.

Counties wherein the Services fhall be performed.

ly.

'For clearing the great Falls of James River, the River Chickahominy, and the

north Branch of James River. 18. '''To repeal fo much of the

Ad of Affembly made in the fourth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, entitled an Ad for appointing Commiffioners to examine and ftate the Accounts of the Militia lately ordered out into adual Service, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as allows a Bounty of 40s. to every Perfon who will voluntarily engage in the
Service of the Colony.
19.
'3

For opening and clearing a Road through Swift

Run Gap, over the Mountains

in

Augufta.

^For enlarging the Jitrifdidion of the Court of Huftings in the Borough of Norfolk '^For making an equal Divifion of a Donation of one Matthew Godfrey between the feveral Parifhes of the County of Norfolk, for the Benefit of their Poor. 22. An Ad''' for repealing an Ad paffed in the former Part of this prefent Seffion
20.
21.

Affembly
for
'

entitled

An Ad

of

for dividing the

Parifh of Truro, in

the

County

of Fairfax,

and

making a more equal Divifion of the faid Parifh. 7 To veft certain Lands whereof Rice Jones is feized in Fee Taille in the Hon. 23. Richard Corbin, Efq; in Fee Simple, and for fettling Slaves to be annexed to other entailed Lands
in Lieu thereof.

To dock the Entail 1500 Acres of Land whereof Thomas Mann Randolph, Gent, is for fettling other Lands in Lieu thereof to the fame Purpofes. feized, '9 To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John Gregg is feized, and for fettling 25. other Lands and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes. 26. 'To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Harry Beverley, Gent, is feized, and Slaves to be purchafed in Lieu thereof to the fame Ufes. fettling for ^ 'To veft certain Lands therein mentioned in James Hubard, and fettling other 27. Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof. 28. "To veft certain Lots in the City of Williamfburg in the Pur chafers thereof, and for
24.
'^

and

other Purpofes therein mentioned.

29. ''^To oblige JofephRentfro,

feveral

and

others, to

pay

to the

Treafurer of this Colony the

Sums

of

Money

therein mentioned.

To
'

Hening, VIII P 133-

'

Ibid.. VIII, 3 Ibid., VIII, 4 Ibid., VIII, 5 Ibid., VIII, 6 Ibid., VIII,
'

p
p p

p p

135. 137. 139. 142. 143.

^bid., 8 Ibid.,

VIII, p. 145. VIII, p. 146.

p. 146. VIII, p. 147. VIII, p. 148.

'3

Ibid., >4 Ibid.,

Ibid., 10 Ibid., ' Ibid., " Ibid.,

Vni,

's
(>

'^ '8

Vni,

p.

Si.

VIII, p. VIII, p. Ihiii..'Vni,p. Ibid.. VIII, p. Ibid., VIII, p. /6i(i., VIII, p.

152 153 1S4 157 159 161

'>

' Ibid.,

" "
=3

VIII, VIII, Ibid.. VIII, Ibid., VIII, Ibid., VIII,

Ibid.,

p. 163
p. 166 p. 168 p. 171 p. 172

364

'To oblige JO. againft him.

Thomas Proffer

to

reimburfe the Cofts of profecuting an Information

for

the

For the Eafe and Relief of the People by paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money la ft and prefent Seffions of Affembly. His Honour likewife gave his Affent to the following Refolves.
JI

7. That a Committee be appointed, to confift of the following Perfons, viz. Peyton Randolph, George Wythe, John Randolph, Benjamin Waller, and Robert Carter Nicholas, Efqrs. or any three or more of whom to be fufjicient to ad, to colled the publick Ads of Affembly of Virginia which fhall be in force at the End of this prefent Seffion of Affembly, and to agree with fame Perfon to make a proper Index to the fame, and alfo to agree with a Printer for printing 1200 Copies, to be neatly bound in Books, with the Arms of Virginia ftamped

Dominion for the Time being, one to each of the Members of his Majefty's Council, and the prefent Houfe of Burgeffes, one to the Clerk of the General Affembly, one to the Clerk of the Houfe of Burgeffes, one to the Clerk of the Secretary's Office, and one to each County Court Clerk for the Ufe of his County, and the reft among the Juftices of the feveral Counties, not being Buron each, and
to deliver

one

to the

Governour or Commander in Chief of

this

geffes, as the Treafurer fhall dired.

2.

That the That

the

Sum

of

j88.ij. 6 Halfpenny be paid

to

Benjamin Powell,

for repairing

the Publick Gaol.

3.

Sum

of

20

be allowed

Relief,
4.

and

that a further
the

That

Sum of Sum of 50 be paid to Peter Pelham,

Sums

Thomas Brown, a wounded Soldier, j per Annum be paid him during Life.
for repairing the

for his prefent

Organ in

the City of

Williamfburg.
5.

That the feveral

therein mentioned be allowed to the Officers of the General

Affembly.

And
I

then his Honour was pleafed to diffolve the Affembly.

p. 173.

Hening, VIII,

Ibid..

VIII,

p. 187.

INDEX

Index
Abbe,

flave, 237.

Abercrombie, Mr., xxviii,

193-

34, 37,

172;

Account

Anne, Queeit, 84, g6, 116, 120, 123, 125, 132, 133, 135. Antrim Parifh, 279; Bill concerning, 293, 295; Exempt from payment of ferriage, 309 Petition
;

of,

Abraham, A flave, 121. Accomac County, 105, 106; Accomac

Parifh, 72, 99, 104, 107, 120, 165; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, 144, 146, 169, 201, 225, 313; Chicconeffix

240; Reimburfed, 265, 273, 278, 283. Appomattox River, 112; Bridge over, 99; Grift mills on 78; Petition, 279, 325, 329; Tobacco infpedlion, 108. Archer, John, Petitioner, 163. Armiftead, Gill, Biu-gefs, 3, 13, 19, 31, 45, 64;

Creek, 245; Guilford Warehouse, 105; Onancock, 237, 245; Petition, 109, 237, 245; Ptmgoteague Creek, 117; Pungoteague Warehoufe, 240; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 19. Accomac Parifh, Bill to divide, 99, 104, 107, 120, 165; Petition, 72, 82.

Acquia Warehoufe, Infpe<ftor reimburfed, Adair, "American Indians," ix, x. Adams, Captain, xvi.

153.

Deceafed, 67. Anniftead, Robert Booth, Lands docked, 291. Armorer, 132. Armftrong, John, Petitioner, 239; Reimburfed, 267. Armftrong, Lanty, Petitioner, 239; Reimburfed, 267. Arrnftrong, Robert, Petitioner, 254; Reimburfed, 259. Arrington, Thomas, 127.
Artificers, 134, 141, 187, 195, 244. Arts, Encotuaged, no, 119, 14^, 148, 151, 154, 164. Arvmdel, fhip, 48.

3, 19, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 231, 237, 305, 313. Adjournment, 309. Agnew, Rev. John, Petitioner, 264, 266. Albemarle County, 7, 8, 72, 97, 232; Act to divide, 50; Bill concerning juftices, no, 117, 120; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 226, 286, 313, 315, 338; Charlottef\^lle, 147, 152, i55i 156, 164; Coroner, 229; James River, 147, 152, 154, 155, 157, 165; Juftices refimd money, 104, 165; Levy on tobacco, 263; Method of holding court altered, 355; Petition, 116, 136, 144, 275; St. Anne Parifh, 12, 51, 73, 139; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 19, 229, 288. Albemarle Parifh, 266, 268, 309; Lands docked, 278, 292, 295; Petition, 109, 114. Alexander, Robert, Commiffioner, 359. Alexandria, 341; Enlarged, iii, 114, 117, 120, 165; Petition, 76, 90, 238, 246; Settlement encouraged. 279, 284, 292, 295, 309. Allegheny Hills, xi, xii, xiv, xvii. Allen, Edmund, Claimant, 135. Allen, Henry. 339, 346; Empowered to erecl bridge, 279, 280, 283, 347; Petitioner, 268. 328, 342, 343Allen, Samuel, Claimant, 34. Allen, Zachariah, Claimant, 81.

Adams,

Richard, Burgefs,

Afhbey, Nimrod, 281; Deceafed, 346. Afhbey, Robert, Petitioner, 281. Afhborough, N. C, ix. Afhby, Captain, 260. Afhby, Frances, Petitioner, 346. Afhby's Gap, 182, 243, 258. Afhton, John, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Afhworth, John, Petitioner, 233, 259, 262; Reimburfed, 262.

Affembly, Afts of, Colleaed, 364; Diffolved, 364. Atherton, James, Petitioner, 163. Atkin, Edmund, Agent, 103. Atlantic Ocean, x. Atterbury, William, Claimant, 19, 75. Attorneys' Petition, loi, 107. Augufta Boys' Proclamation, xxiv. Augufta, Congrefs at, xix, 204. Augufta County, xx, xxi, xxiii, xxiv, 71, 85, 104, 182, 243, 254, 325. 326, 331, 334, 336; Accoimtof,
78; Burgeffes, 3. 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 313; County Court, 247, 281 Fort Dinwiddie 254; Fort Lewis, xvii; Fort Young, 254, 324; Method of holding court altered, 355 Militia, 17, 21, 214, 236, 325; New River, 79; Petition, 134, 207, 267, 275; Rockfifh Gap, 207; Staunton, 10, 12, 17, 21, 23, 26; Swift Run Gap, 283, 334, 337, 363; Volunteers, 215; Writ for eledting burgeffes. 19.
;
;

Almond, Mary, 88. Ambler, John, 72, 97. Amelia County, 11, 314; Burgeffes,

Ayrate,
3,

ix.

31,

45,

63 B.

201, 169, 225, 85; Coroner 313; Claim, elecied, 315; Militia, 237; Nottoway Fork, 328; Petition, 77, 82, 83, 109, in, 135, 145, 236, 263, 315, 329; Sheriff eledled, 315; Writ for elecSing burgeffes, 19, 315, 359. America, xv, xvi, xxviii, liii, liv, lix, Ixi, Ixii, Ixiii, Ixv, Ixxii, Ixxiv, Ixxvi, 203, 217, 256, 257, 358, 360; A(ft concerning ftamp duties, Ixxv; Britifh eftablifhments in, 48, 303; Britifh poffeffions in, Ivi, 235.'

Baccaloone, xi. Back River, 268; Bridge

over, 77, 149, 242, 238, 268, 279, 280, 283, 328, 339, 343, 346, 347. Bacon, Lydall, Claimant, 205, 244. Bahama Iflands, Ixi, Ixii.

Bailey, Jeremiah Garland, 71, 79. Bailey, John, Claimant, 176, 244; Petitioner, 71, 79. Bailey, Stephen, Deceafed, 71, 79. Bailey, Thomas, Burgefs, 64, 104, 113; Report on
eledtion, 113.

"American Indians," by Adair,

Subjedls,
Ivii;

ix; Liberty, Ixvii;

Trade, xxxvii.

Amherft County,
Parifh, 50;

260, 263, 264, 333, 334;

Amherft

266; Bm-geffes, 3, 26, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 313; Method of holding court altered, 347, 355; Mill Stone Quarry, 116, 241, 279; Petition, 7, 72,^1, 97, 116, 27s, 279, 316, 329; Reimburfed, 104 no, 117, 120, 165; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 19. Amherft Parifh, 51; Petition, 50.

Bowman's Warehoiife,

Bailey, William, Burgefs, 170, 202, 226, 231, 314. Baillie, Thomas, Petitioner, 39, 41, 42. Baine, Alexander, 320. Baird, Benjamin, Commiffioner, 359.

Baker, James, Deceafed, 115. Baker, Richard, Petitioner, 115. Balfoiu-, James, Commiffioner, 16, 73. Ball, Spencer M., Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201,
225, 231, 313; Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Ball, William, Claimant, 75; Member of Affociation,
l.xxiv.

Amherft, Major-General, Jeffrey,

xxvi,
6,

x, xi, xii, xvi, xviii,

18, 27, 33, 34, 47, 48, 49. 5, 66, 103,

Ballantine, John, Jr.,

Member

of Affociation, Ixxiv.

125, 130, 139, 151, 203, 204, 205, 212. Anderfon, Mr., 182, 243.

Anderfon, Benjamin, Juror, xlvii. Anderfon, Ifaac, Claimant, 77. Anderfon, John, xx. Anderfon, Thomas, Commiffioner, 359. Anderfon, William, Accufed of murder, xxiii. Andrews, Robert, Annual allowance, 220; Petitioner, 219, 220; Reimburfed, 220. Anglin, Adrian, Claimant, 84. Annapolis, i.

Bankenfhip, Stephen, Petitioner, 324. Banks, James, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Banks, William, Petitioner, 134, 141. Barbotu-, James, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201,
22s, 231, 313.

Barclay,

Rev John,

Letter from, xlvi.

iii.

Barham, Claimant,

Barnes, Thos., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Barrett's Ferry, Petition concerning, 72; Warehoufe, 97. JBarriffield, John, Petitioner, 284. {See Berriffield)

[368]
Barron, Stephen, Ferry-keeper, 150. Bafkins, Charles, Acciifed of murder, xxiii. Bafkins, Hugh, Accufed of murder, xxiii. Baffett, Burwell, Burgefs, 63, 64, 84, 169, 201, 225,
230. 3^i-

Baftard Children, 268, 288, 305, 306.

Bates, Jofeph, 259. Bates, Thomas, Claimant, 253. Bates, William, Claimant, 71. Bath Parifh, Empowered to fell, 207, 209, 217, 218,
219, 222.

Bledfoe, Mofes, Claimant, 219, 244. Blue Ridge, ix, 248. Blunt, John, Recniit, 20. Board of Trade, 171, 172, 173, 197; Letter from Fauquier, xiii, xv, xvii, xix, xx, xxv, xxvi, xxix, xxxiv, Iviii, Ixviii, Ixix, Ixx, Ixxi, Ixxii.

Bob,

flave, 121, 136, 239.

Batte, Henry, Jr., Claimant, 77.

Baughan, John,

318. Baylis, John, Burgefs, 4, 17, 20, 31, 45, 63, 73, 80, 84, 104, 129, 130, 169, 201, 225, 313; Election queftioned, 122, 125; Guardian, 185, 243; Petitioner, 14, Baylor, John, Burgefs, 3, 8, 13, 31, 45, 63, 84, 92, 135, 169, 225, 230, 313. Beale, Charles, Member of Affociation Ixxiv. Beale, John, Jr., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Beale, William, Jr., Member of Affocaation, Ixxiv.

Annual allowance, 238; Petitioner, 232, 237, 238; Reimburfed, 238. Boiling, Robert, (Dinwiddie) Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 69, 83, 109, 112, 169, 201, 225, 230, 313. Boiling, Robert, Jr., (Buckingham) Burgefs, 3, 31, 45. 63, 69, 169, 201, 214, 215, 225, 313, 327. Boiling's, John, Warehoufe, Infpedlors' petition, 84; Infpedtors reimburfed, 153. Boiling's, Robert, Warehoufe, Petition, 76, 108, 153. Bolton, Richard, Petitioner, 240; Reimbxirfed, 259. Bondurant, Jofeph, 323, 326. Booker, Edward, Burgefs, 225, 226, 313, 326; Ele(Stion queftioned, 288, 290. Booker, James, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Boone, Thomas, Governor of South Carolina, 47, 49,
Boius, Jacob,
66.

Bear Creek, ix. Beckwith, Jona., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Bedford County, 77, 116, 241; Burgeffes, 3, 31,
63,

45,

169,

201,

225,

London, 17, 21, 23, 25, 26; Oyer & Terminer Court, 135; Petition, 10, 275, 279; Tuckahoe Creek, 77; Writ for eledting
274;
burgeffes, 19.

New

313; Claim,

85; Militia,

Booth, Thomas, Petitioner, 236, 259. Booth, William, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Bofton, Ixvii; Papers, Ixvi. Bofwell, John, Teftimony of, 270, 271, 272.

Bounty Money,
Bowen, Map,
ix.

35.
xi,

Bouquet, Colonel,
Letter, 289.

287, 292, 296, 297, 332, 339;

Bee Eye,

flave, 121.

Beef, Infpecaed, 93, 123, 144, 151, 154, 156, iS7, 158. 164, 328, 338. 348, 353. 356, 363Beeves, 296, 297. Belfield, John, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Belfield, Thos., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Bell, John, Petitioner, 273.
Bell, William, Claimant, 17. Belt of Peace, 33.

Bowman's Warehoufe,

266.

Bowyer, Luke, xxiv. Boyd, Alexander, Petitioner, 247. Boyd, James, Petitioner, 239, 258. Boyd's Hole Warehoufe, Petition, 334. 340. Braddock, General, 82, 92, 94, 255, 281, 334, 340.
Bradfield, Zachariah, 126. Bradley, William, Burgefs, 31, 45, 54, 55, 56, 63, 69, 70. 155. 156, 157. 169, 184, 185, 193, 194, 201, 206, 209, 216, 219, 225, 231, 293, 294, 300, 313, 335. 341, 345Brakenridge, Robert, Claimant, 17, 21; Petitioner, 213, 236, 238, 244; Reimbtirfed, 238. Branan, 'Thomas, Petitioner, 179, 186, 214; Reimburfed, 186, 214. Brandon, 325. Braxton, Carter, Burgefs, 3, 13, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 230, 260, 279, 313, 351; Guardian, 136, 242. Braxton, George, Bxirgefs, 3, 32; Deceafed, 7, 136, 242. Bray, George, Claimant, 233.

Bennet, John, 87. Bennet, Richard, 105. Bennet's Creek, 105, 106.

Bermuda

Iflands, Ixi, Ixii.

Bemick, George, Claimant, 205, 244.

Berriffield,

John, Petitioner, 277 (See Barriffield.)

1

Berry, John, Deferter

10.

Berryman, John, Member of Affociation,

Ixxiv.

Befley, John, Claimant, 215, 244. Beverley, Colonel, 10. Beverley, Harry, Lands docked, 330, 335, 339, 342, 363; Petitioner, 328. Beverley, Robert, Deceafed, 328. Beverley, William, Biu-gefs, in 1743, xiv. Bibliotheca Americana, 1.

Big Ifland,

x, 6, 33.
xliii,

Binns, Charles, Petitioner, 114, 145. Bifhop of London, Letter to, xlii,
xlvi.

xliv, xlv,

Black Bett,

flave,

121.

Black, William, 290. Black'ell, John, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Blackwell, Jofeph, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Blackwell, Samuel, Account of, 340. Blagg, Capt. John, 240, 261, 274, 276; Accounts, 138:
Petitioner, 94, 102, 106. Blagge, John, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Blagrave, Henry, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 70, 169, 201, 22s. 313-

Breedlove, James, Claimant, 71. Brent, George, 127. Brent, W., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Brick Houfe Warehovife, Infpedlors reimburfed, Bridge, Adl concerning, 99, 152, 154, 155, 157, Ere(5led, 328, 346, 347; Petition toereCT, Subfcription for building, 79. Bridger, James, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, $3, 63, 69,
201, 225, 253, 313.

153.

165; 268;
169,

Bridger, Jofeph, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 202; Succeffor appomted, 205. Bridges. Bill concerning, 77, 84, 109, 112, 115; Public, 138, 142, 146, 164. Briftol Parifh, Bill concerning, 78, 86, 91, 92;

Blake, Captatn, xvu. Bland, John, Jr., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Bland, Richard, Burgefs, xxix, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 31, 35,
36, 37. 39. 86, 92, 94, 122, 124, 160, 161, 182, 183,

225, 283, 316, Ixv;

45. 49. 5. 63, 68, 69, 77, 78, 80, 84, 97, 99, 100, 105, 106, 113, 114, 115, 125, 131, 138, 142, 143, 148, 151, 162, 169, 175, 176, 177, 180, i8i, 185, 201, 206, 208, 209, 210, 211, 229, 230, 231, 232, 235, 264, 268, 269, 286, 288, 290, 292, 305, 306, 308, 313, 317, 324, 325 326; Oppofe refolutions, Petitioner, 237; Publication by, xlviii;
Jr., Burgefs,
3,

Boimds fettled, 121, 165. Britain, 241, 250. Britifh, XV, xvi, Ivi, Ixvi, Lxxii, 48; Arms, xxx, 188; Colonies in Am., adt concerning ftamp duties, Ixxv; Colonies and Plantations, liii, Ivi, Ivii, lix, Ixi, Ixii, Ixiii; Creditors, 191, 241; Empires and patriots, Iviii; Fleets, Ivii, Liberty, Ivi, Ixiv, Ixvii, 257; Merchants, xviii, xxix, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxvi, xxxvii, 173, 174, 180, 190, 191, 192, 212, 241; Miniftry, xxviii; Nation, 66; Parliament, xxxvi, Ixv, 6, 227, 228, 303; Subjedls, 257; Record Office, vii,
viii.

"SalusPopuli"l.
Bland, Richard,
31, 45, 63, 69, 156,

Britons, Iv,

Iviii,

256.

Blandford, 83; Diredtors

169, 201, 225, 265, 282, 313. truftees appointed, iii, 113, 138, 139, 165; Tobacco impedtion, 109, 112; Petition, 76, 90. Blandford Warehoufe, Inipecftors reimburfed, 153; Petition, 76.

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Broadrib, Benjamin, Deceafed, 24. Broadrib, John, Appointed doorkeeper, 24, 49, 192, 219, 361; Petitioner, 24; Reimburfed, 25, 40,
57. 192, 219, 361.

jl

Broadrib, Thomas, Doorkeeper, 7. Broad River, viii, ix. Brockenbrough, William, Member of Affociation,
Ixxiii.

Blankenfhip, Stephen, Reimburfed, 328. Blanton, James, 102. Blanton, William, Petitioner, 249; Reimburfed, 259.

Brodie, Dr. John, 89, 95, 96.

Bromfield Parifh, Petition, 178, 233, 242, 338.

[369
Bronaugh, William, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv; Petitioner, lai, 131; Reimburfed, 131, 143,
166.

]
13,

Byrd, Col. William, xiv,

141,
151,

24, 27,

35,

57,

Brookes, Mr., 290. Brooking, Vivian, Claimant, 239. Broone, John, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Brough, Robert, 87, 96. Brown, James, Claimant, 104. Brown, Jeffe, 79, 99, 105, 107, 120, 165; Landing,
76.

215, 332; Memorialift, Reimburfed, 146, 165. Byrd's Warehoufe, Infpedtors, loo, 153. Byrne, Charles, Claimant, 193, 244.
C.

130,

138, 132;

Cabbell, John, Petitioner, 264,

Brown, John, 181. Brown, Tarlton, Suit againft, xlvii. Brown, Thomas, Annual allowance, 349, 364; Petitioner, 343, 349; Reimburfed, 358. Browne, Henry, Burgefs, 4, 32, 46, 64; Deceafed, 67.
Broyle, Adam, Claimant, 98. Broyle, Jacob, 98. Briun, Bryan Examination in houfe of, 251. Brunfkill, Rev. John, Letter from, xlvi. Brunf wick County, 15, 74; Burgeffes, 3, 10, 14, 31, 45. 63, 73, 75, 92, 139, 169, 201, 22s, 313; Petition, 83, 109, iii; St. Andrew Parifh, 143, 148, 161, 162, 163, 165; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19.

266. Cabell, Jofeph, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 118, 169, aoi, 225, 231, 278, 313. Cabell, William, Burgefs, 3, 13, 24, 31, 45, 51, 57, 63, 117, 156, 169, 201, 225, 231, 305, 313. Caldwell, John, Claimant, 19, 20; Reimburfed, 21. Callaway, James, Petitioner, 77, 85.

Callaway, William, Burgefs,

201, 225, 239, 313. Calvert, Burr, 129, 130.

3, 10, 31, 45, 63, 69,

169,

Camden, Lord, l.xxiv. Cameron Parifh, Bill

Petition, 116.

to divide, 119, 156, 157, 165;

;

Camm, Rev.

John,

xlviii

Affembly affailedby,
li;

xlvii;

Letter from Maury,

Letter

to,

li.

Hi, liii;

Brunfwick Parifh, 147, 208, 327. Bruton Parifh, Bill concerning, 108, powered to fell, 156, 157, 165,335.
Brutus, Ixvi.

123;

Em-

Pamphlet by 1, li. Camp, George, 75; Deceafed, i8,8oae Camp, John, Account of, 80; Ciaimant,

18, 75.

Bryan, Almorene, Claimant, 35. Bryant, James, Petitioner, 266; Reimburfed, 268. Buchanan, John, Claimant, 344; Petitioner, 71, 79
85, 100.

Campbell, Arthur, Petitioner, 324; Reimburfed, 328. Campbell, Dougal, Petitioner, 240; Reimburfed, 259, Campbell, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Canada, 339, 340, 342. Canfield, Robert, 51.

Cannon, Bamaby,
88, 94.

Buck, Benjamin, 88, 94, 95. Buck, John, 89, 90, 95, 96; Vote queftioned, Buckhom Road, 181.

Buckhom Swamp,

181.

Buckingham County,

112,

263,

264;

Burgeffes,

26, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 313;

Method of

Indian holding court altered, 355; Militia accounts, 84; Petition, 7, 72, 97, 107, 116, 275; Reimbiirfed, 104, no, 117, 120, 165; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19. Buckmafter, Thomas, Petitioner, 163. Buckner, Richard, 135. Bull, Captain, xii. Bull, Governor, x, 33.

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129, 150. Carlyle, John, Petitioner, 80, 85, 232. Caroline County, 34, 98, 211, 217, 219, 220, 222; Burgeffes, 3', 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225,313; Dryfdale Panfh, 49, 51, 52, 54, 55, 58; Gaol, 97, 119; Lands added to, 75, 97, 98, 106, no, 112, 120, 165; Oyer & Terminer Court, 136; Petition, 100, 250, 252, 256, 258, 273; Roy's Warehoufe, 135; St. David Parifh, 99; St. Margaret Parifh, 99, 137; St. Mary's Parish, 72 Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19. Carr, William, 127.
;

Carrington, George, Burgefs,

57. 63, 98,

BuUard, Ambrofe.iClaimant,

34, 75.

Bullet, Captain, 52, 54. Bullett, Thomas, Petitioner, 94, 102, 106, 211, 213; Reimburfed 213. Bullion, Scarcity of, 65.

3, 24, 26. 31, 42. 45, 51, 169, 201, 3i'3, 319, 354, 358; Clerk of court, 320; Sheriff, 229; Succef for elected, 226. Carrington, George, Jr., Reimburfed, 326. Carrington, Jofeph, Reimburfed, 326.

Carrington, Paul, Burgefs, Ixvi, 313.

Cartel, 339. Carter, Charles,

Bullock, John, 96. Bull Run, 16.

Bunbury, Thomas, Infpedlor, 340; Petitioner, 340. Biu-chen, Benjamin, Claimant, 71.
Burdett, Giles, 109. Burdett, Hvmiphrey, Claimant, 34, 75. Burgeffes, to regtilate eleAion, 116; Addrefs from Governor, xxvii, xxviii, xxxv, xxxvi, 13, 14, 18, 24; Addrefs to Governor, xviii, xxviii, XXX, xxxi, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxvii,

(King George) Burgefs, xxx, 3, 7, 8, 10, II, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 31, 45, 50, 51, 52. 54. 55. 63, 69, 128, 169^ 173, 174, 175, 176,

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937, 49, 68, 124, 173, 188, i8g, 190, 191, 1^2, 206, 212, 229, 249, 250; Addrefs to King, liv, 302; Adjourned, 309; Eledlion reguluted, 96. 120, 123, 125, 132, 133, 135, 138, 146, 164; Journals of Houfe, 38, 53, 153, 214; Memorial, 302 Meffage from Cotmcil, 5, 6, 9, 22, 23. 25, 26, 40, 41, 42, 55, 56, 57, 58, 120, 139, 146, 149. 151. 154. 156, 157. 158, 161, 163, 164, 185, 193, 195, 196, 218, 219, 220, 221, 273, 283, 287, 295, 299, 301, 307, 308, 332, 337. 338, 342, 343. 344. 345. 346, 349, 351, 353. 354, 355. 358. 359. 361, 362; Meffage
;

180, 181, 183, 184, 188, 193, 201, 211, 219, 225, 230, 261, 313; Lands docked, 209, 210, 211, 217, 218, 222; Petitioner, 100, 208, 255; Reimbiu'fed, 262; Succeffor eledled, 226. Carter, Charles, Jr., (King George) Burgefs, 3, 5, 7, 23. 31. 45. 63, 128, 159, 169, 201; Deceafed, 229. Carter, Charles, (Lancafter) Burgefs 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 230. Carter, John, Claimant, 81. Carter, Landon, Burgefs, xlviii, i, 4, 7, 8, 12, 14, 17, i8, 20, 22, 31, 33, 46, 55, 64, 77, 81, 83, 84, 90, 93, 105, 114, 170, 202, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233. 255. 257, 260, 263, 288, 293, 314; PubU-

Carter
Carter,

cation by, xlviii. Robert, Lands docked, 17, 20, 24, 25, 27;
Petitioner, 16.

Robert Wormely, Member of Affociation,

Ixxiv.

from Governor,

26, 33, 40, 42, 47, 52, 58, 65, 76, 133, 138, 142, 175, 194, 196, 203, 210, 211,

216,221, 227, 235, 252, 287, 308, 336,344,

362;

Remonftrance

of, Ivi, Ivii, Iviii;

Report

treafurer, 294; Speech by Governor, 27, 58, 65, 66, 67, 171, 197, 203, 204, 222, 227, 228; Wages in money, 24, 25, 26, 27, 39, 40, 41, 42, 56, 57, 58, 146, 149, 159,160, 161, 165, 193, 194, 195, 197, 216, 217, 218, 219, 274, 305. 357. 358.360, 36:, 364.

from

Carter's Landing, Ferry difcontinued, 267. Carter's Run, 121. Carven, William, Account of, 237. Carvin, Edwin, Petitioner, 253; Reimburfed, 259, Cary, Archibald, Burgefs, 3, 8, 23, 24- 25, 26, 31.37,
38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 63, 67, 69, 81, 83, 84, 85, 99, 100, loi, 103, 106, 107, 109, no, 112, 114, 118, 125, 131, 135, 141, 144, 146, 150, 151, 154. 156. 157. 158, 159. j6o, 169, 182, 183, 187, 193, 194, 195, 201, 208, 209. 210, 214, 215, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221, 225, 229, 230, 231, 237, 238, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 266, 268, 276, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 284, 285, 289, 291, 294, 295, 301, 305, 306, 308, 313, 315, 316, 328, 333,

Burglary, 71. Burk, John, Hiftorian, Ixiv, Ixvi. Burnley, Mr., Freeholder, 269. Burnley, Harding, Letter from Littlepage, 270. Burton, Charles, Claimant, 34. Burton, Jeffe, Claimant, 34. Burwell, Lewis, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 69, 77, 125,
169, 201, 225, 230, 240, 305, 313, 35t.

339. 342. 346, 348, 349. 35. 353. 354. 3SS. 356. 357. 359. 360. Cary, Miles, Clerk, 70, 232; Reimburfed, 361.

37

Cary, William, 210, 212, 217, 220, 222, 277, 278, 283,
293, 295, 309;, Petitioner, 208, 268. Cary, William, Deceafed, 208, 268. Cafey, John, 95. Caffon, Thomas, 211, 217, 219, 220, 222. Caftleman, Jacob, Account of, 340. Catawba Indians, viii, ix, 179. Cattle, Bill concerning, 260, 263, 264, 268, 269, 272, 274, 276, 279, 288; Diftempered, 237. Cawthron, Robert, 318, 319; Reimburfed, 326. Cay, Gabriel, Petitioner, 301. Cedar Point, 70, 90, 237, 246. Champe, William, Burgefs, 225, 226, 269, 313. Chancery Suits, 282. Chaplain eled^ed, 7, 34, 49. 67, 173. 205, 229. Chapman, Thomas, 127.

Cocke, Benjamin, Burgefs, 187, 210; See Bowler Cocke. Cocke, Bowler, Burgefs, 3, 7, 31, 45, 55, 63, 97, 169, 201, 225, 230, 313; Sff Benjamin Cocke. Cocke, Hartwell, Burgefs, 4, 32, 46, 53, 64, 67, 69,
170, 202, 226, 231, 280, 314, 335.

Cocke, James, Clerk of Treafury, 144; Petitioner,

132. 144-

Cocke, John, Petitioner, 94, 114. Cocke, Thomas, 113. Cocke, William, Member of Affociation, Cocks, William, 232. Coggin's Point, 325.

Ixxiii.

Charles I., Ixvi. Charles II., Ivii, 304. Charles City, Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45. 6,3. 169, 201, 225, 313, 325; Petition, 72, 79, 82, 97; Writ for
ele(5ting burgeffes, 19. Charleston, ix. Charleftown, ix, x, 204. flave, 121. Charlotte,

Colchefter, 341; Petition to eftablifh infpedtion, 243 Warehoufe eftablifhed, 99. Coleman, Daniel, Claimant, 37, 75. Coleman, John, Commiffioner, 290. Coles, John, Claimant, 75; Petitioner, 52, 54. Coles, Walter, Burgefs, 313. Mary) Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, College (William 169, 201, 225, 313; Writ for electing bur-

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Charlotte County, Burgeffes, 354; Red Hill, Oppo.

Ixvi,

313; Juftices,
liii;

xvi,

Writ

for

geffes, 19. Collier, Benjamin, Claimant, 71. Collier, Henry, Claimant, 55, 75. Collier, Lockey, 94, 95. Collins, Capt. Luke, 248; Reimburfed, 253.

eleAing burgeffes, 359.

Charlottefville, Bill to eftablifh, 147, 152, 155, 156, 164.

Chavis, Gibb, Claimant, 77. Cheat River, 248. Cherokee Indians, viii, ix, x, xxii.xxiv, XXV, Ixviii,

xiii,

6,

18, 33,

xv, xvii, xx, xxi, 36,37.39.47.

66, 70, 77, 81, 85, 98, 100, 104, 130, 132, 140, 151, 204, 236, 242, 266, 336; Country, xiv, xxi, 208, 239, 298; Expedition, 13, 82, 85, 141; Prefents for, 40; Towns, xviii; 125,

Colmer, Chaplain. Davis, 247. Colfton, William, Deceafed, 147. Colvin, Vincent, Account of, 340. Commanders of Ships, Petition, 99. Commiffioners, Appointed, 209, 217,218, 22i;Report 235Common Hall, Empowered to affefs taxes, 21, 22, 23, 26, 183, 184, 187, 193, 195, 196, 207. Comptroller, 301. Connelly, John, Petitioner, 163.

Conogotocko, Warrior,

xvii, 33.

War,

xiv.

Cherokee-French, Agreement annulled, x. Chefterfield County, 99; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45. 63, 169, 201, 225, 226, 313; Court day altered, 182,
185, 194, 196, 220, 221, 222; Gatef\'ille, 315; of holding court altered, 355; Petition, 78, 82, 315, 329; Writ for eledling

Confpiracies, Proi-ifions againft, 287. Conftance's Warehoxife, Infpedlors reimburfed, 153; Petition, 76. Conway, Mrs., 211.

Method

Coombes, John, Claimant, 71. Cooper, Thomas, 87; Claimant, Coofa River, viii, ix.

210, 244.

burgeffes, 19, 315, 359-

Chew, Colefby, Deceafed, 122 Chew, James, 297. Chew, Larkin, Annual allowance,
Reimburfed, Chew, Thomas, Claimant, 17, 75.
tioner, 122, 124;

Cootes, Mr., Merchant, liii. Corbin, Gawin, Burgefs, 225, 226, 282, 313. Corbin, Richard, Lands vefted in, 327, 330, 334, 336,
142, i66; Peti142.

338, 346, 363.

Barrett's Ferry, 72; Cleared, 363Chicconeffix Creek, 245. Childs, Edward, Annual allowance, 186; Petitioner,

Chicahomony River,
349. 356.

Cornwall Parifh, 104; Petition cenceming, 235. Coroner, Appointed, 205, 229. Cothron, Robert, 318. Council, Meffage to Burgeffes, 5, 6, 9, 13, 18, 22, 23,
24, 25, 26. 40, 41, 42, 55, 56, 57, 58, 120, 139, 146, 149, 151, 154, 156, 157. 158, 161, 163,

179, 186. Chiles, John, Claimant, 11, 75. Chilton, Charles, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Chilton, William, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Chimneys, Wooden, Eredtion prevented, 257.

Chippawa Indians,
27-

xi.

Chifam, William, Petitioner, 7, 10. Chifwell, Col. John, xx, 6; Reimburfed,

11,

22,

Chifwell's Mines, 232. Choconantee, xx, xxiii. Chrift Church Parifh, 327. Chriftian, Ifrael, Accoimt of, 103; Btirgefs, 3, 7, 10, 17. 31. 45. 63. 6g, 70, 106, 169, 201, 207, 209, 211, 219, 225, 231, 236, 280, 298, 299, 313, 335; Reimburfed, 103. Chriftian, Michael, Petitioner, 316, 324. Clack, John, Petitioner, 10, 14, 73, 74, 75. 92; Reimburfe Walton, 265; Withdraw petition, 139. Claiborne. Leonard, Jr., Burgefs, 3, 24, 31, 45, 57, 63, 169, 201, 207, 209, 218, 225, 247, 285, 286,
313.

185, 193, 195, 196, 218, 219, 220, 221, 283, 287, 295, 299, 301, 307, 308, 337, 342. 343. 344, 345. 346, 349. 351. 353, 355.358. 359, 361, 362. Court Day, altered, 193, 194, 1966 208, 209, 217, 220, 221, 222, 233, 246, 278, 2,84, 285, 290, 292, 295Courts, Affize, 234; Huftings, 280, as- 345; Hulting, jurifdidlion enlarged, 363; Method of holding altered, ;}s:}, 334; Monthly, 107, Terminer, 135, 136; Quarterly, 107, Oyer n6, 329; Quarterly eftablifhed, 157, 159. Cowles, Thomas, Claimant, 118. Cox, Capt. John, 276. Cox, William, Deputy, 80. Craig, David, 255. Craig, John, Petitioner, 255, 267. Crawford, John, Reimburfed, 262. Crawford, Jofhua, Claimant, 181, 244; Petitioner, 244. 164, 273, 338. 354,

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Claiborne, Philip Whitehead, 12; Lands vefted

21, 22, 24, 25, 27;

in,

Crawley, Nathaniel, Claimant, 23, Creagh, John, Petitioner, 259. Creek Country, ix.

75.

Petitioner, 11.

Clandening, Robert, Annual allowance, 220; Petitioner, 214, 220; Reimburfed, 220. Clark, Benjamin, Claimant, 13, 75. Clarke, James, Petitioner, 17, 20.

Crefap, Thomas, 281, Criminals, Trial of, 250. Croghan, Mr., Dep. Supt. Indian Affairs, xii; Addrefs to Six Nations, xii.

Clayton, William, Claimant, 205, 244. Clendening, James, xx Accufed of murder, xxiii. Clergy, A(5t concerning. xxx\'iii, xxxix, xl; Letter to Bifliop of London, xlii, xliii, xliv, xiv, x1\t;
;

Cromwell, Oliver, Ixvi. Cromwell, William, Claimant, 91. Crow, Capt. William, xxiv, 247. Crows, Bill to deftroy, 107, no, 113, 139, 141. reimCrutchfield's Warehoufe, 10; Infpedlors
burfed, 153. Culpeper, Lord, Ivii, 304.

Salary, xxxviii. Clifton's Ferry, 341.

Clinche River, xv.

Culpeper County, 237, 247, 336, 348, 353, 3S4;Bromfield

3.

Cobham,

114.

Parifh,

Cock, Mr., Freeholder, 269.

31, 45, 63,

178, 233, 242, 338; Burgeffes, 169, 201, 2IO, 225, 286, 313.

371

Commiffioners report, 235; Court, 128; Court day altered, 102; Militia, 262; Nor100; Petition, 102, 233, 246; Parifh, 178, 208,233,242,331,338; Taxes, 357, 358, 363; Writ for electing burgeffes, 19. Cumberland, Duke of, Ixxii, Ixxvi. Cumberland County, 112, 308, 314, 317, 318, 319, 320, 323; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 226, 313; Clerk's petition, 119, 144;
St.

man's Ford,

Mark

Digges, Dudley, Burgefs, 4, 8, 32, 46, 64, 68, 69, 70, 125, 202, 226, 230, 305, 314. Digges, WilUam, Burgefs, 4, 8, 32, 42, 46, 57, 58, 64,
68, 69, 170, 202, 226, 230.

Dinwiddle, Governor Robert, xviii, 80, 115, 232. Dinwiddle County, 99; Bath Parifh, 207, 209, 217,
2ig, 222; Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 313; Col. Robt. Boiling's Warehouse, 76, Petition, 78, 82, 83, 108, 109, iii, 112, 329; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 19. Dipple, flave, 121. Dix, John, Petitioner, 250; Reimburfed, 259. 218, 225, 1 08; 315,

Reimburfed, 327; Coimty

er's

covu-t,

307; Gaol-

petition, iig, 144; Method of holding court altered, 355; Petition, 78, 82, 108, 116, 325; Sheriff 229; Sheriff's petition, 119, 144; Surveyor's petition, 119, 144; Willis's Creek, 116, 141. 162, 163, 165, 321; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 19, 228, 288, 324. Cumberland Parifh, 104, 328; Bill concerning, 265, 273, 278, 283; Petition concerning, 235.

Cumberland River, ix. Cunningham, Elizabeth, 87. Cunningham, James, 87; Vote queftioned, 86. Cunningham, Robert, Account of, 34. Cunningham, Capt. Walter, 254; Petitioner, 332. Cimningham, William. Account of, 93. Cunninghame, Hugh, Petitioner, 215. Cunninghame, Robert, 297. Cunninghame William, Accufed of murder, .xx, xxiii. Curie, David Wilfon, Commiffioner, 37, 73.
Cufcufkie Indians, xi. Cuftom Frauds, Prevented,
147, 215, 265, 287, 341,
145, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 157, 164, 216, 218, 219, 220, 221, 249, 258, 263, 273, 276, 280, 281, 282, 284, 285, 286, 291, 294. 298, 299, 315, 317, 329, 339, 343. 346, 349, 351, 353. 354. 362.
xli, xlvi, 93, 99, 103,

Tandy, Claimant, 71. Dixon, John, Petitioner, 267, 268, 275. Dixon's Warehoufe, Infpe(5tor reimburfed, 153. Dodfon, Rawleigh, 128, 130. Doggett, Richard, Claimant, 135; Petitioner, 274, 276; Reimburfed, 135. Dogs, 296. Dogue's Run, 341. Don, John, Claimant, iij. Donaldfon, Jofeph, Petitioner, 119, 135. Donnelly, John, Petitioner, 266; Reimburfed, 268. Dony, John, Petitioner, 7, lo. Doorkeepers, Appointed, 7, 34, 49, 67, 173, 205, 229; Reimburfed. 219. Doran, Thomas, Account of, 252. Dorden, Mofes, Claimant. 81. Douglas, Thomas, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv.
Di,x,

Douthitt, Thomas, Account Dowell, Nehemiah, 126.

of,

340.

Dowrant, Matthew, Petitioner, 265, 268. Drake, Thomas, Petitioner, 133, 236, 238. Drew, Dolphin, Burgefs, 201 202, 225, 231, 313.
Dryfdale Parifh,
Bill

concerning, 51, 52, 54, 55, 58;

Petition, 49.

Duck
D.

River, ix.
xxiii.

Dade, Baldwin, Infpecftor, 340; Petitioner, Dade, Townfhend, Member of Affociation, Dagworthy, Captain, 94. Dalby, Thomas, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 108,

340. Ixxiv.
169, 201,

Dudgeon, John, 153. Duffy, Patrick, Accufed of murder, Duke of Cumberland, Ixxii, Ixxvi.

Dumfries, 105, 123, 126, 127, 139, 238;

Dam,

225. 231. 313. 344. 134.

3,

Bill to enlarge, 17, 21, 22, 23, 27, 176, 177, 184, 187, 194. 196; Courthoufe, 130; Town of, 14; Petition, 99, 102.

Dandridge. Elizabeth, 11. Dandridge, Nathaniel Weft, Burgefs,

31, 45. 63,

69, 105, 169, 201, 202; Hanover Co. Coroner, 205; Petitioner, 232, 235, 269, 270, 271.

Dandridge, Unity, 11. Dark, William, Account of, 340. Darnell, Henry, Petitioner, 184, 243, 244; Reimburfed, 284. Darr, George, Annual allowance,
236, 237.

Dimbar, Rev. Henry, Letter from, xlvi. Duncanfon, James, 152; Annual allowance, Memorialift, 154; Reimburfed, 154. Dunkard, Bottom, 275. Dunkers Bottom. 70, 79. Duprec, Jofeph, Claimant, 134. Durham," John, Claimant, 232.
E.

159, 166;

238; Petitioner,

Davenport, George,

David, A David, Rev. Peter, Letter from,

12; Clerk, 70, 232; 25. 40, 57. 361flave, 121.

xlvi.

Reimburfed,

Earl of Halifax, 228, 241, Eamfhaw, John, Petitioner,

250. 301.

Davies, Nicholas, Petitioner, 116, 241, 279. Davis, David, Vote queftioned, 87. Davis, Ifaac, 126. Davis, John, Petitioner, 163. Davis, Nicholas, 81, 275; Petitioner, 77. Davis, Thomas, 126. Davis, Thomas, Jr., 126. DaWs, William, 87. Deans, James, Executor, 237. Debtors, Bill concerning, 276, 278, 282, 285, 287,
289, 291, 293, 298, 299, 301, 353River, ix. 306, 342, 351,

Eafton, xi, xii. Edifto River, ix. Edlington, William, 134. Edmondfon, James, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Edmondfon, John, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Edmondfon, John, Jr., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Edmunds, John, Burgefs, 4, 32, 46, 64, 170, 202, 226,
231, 314.

Edmunds, Nicholas, Commiffioner, Edmunds, William, 97.

Edwards, Nathaniel,
tioner,
01,
of, 47, 49, 66.

15,

74, 92.

15, 92; Commiffioner, 74. Edwards, Thomas, 108, 254; Claimant, 205, 244. Edwards, William, 92; Claimant, 205, 244; Peti1

Egremont, Earl
Elgin,

Deep

flave, 121.

Deering, Everhart, Reimburfed, 113.

Elizabeth City County,

Delawar, Town of, 11. Delaware Indians, xi, xii, xiv, xxiv, 324. Delony, Henry, Petitioner, 348, 358.

Denny, Governor [Williaml,

55, 56, 57, 58.

xi, xii.

Deferters, Bill concerning, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 54,

Dettingen Parifh, Minifter, 121; Petition, 99. Dewberry, Samuel, 86. Dewberry, Samuel, Jr., 90, 96; Vote queftioned, 86. Diana, A fhip, xvi. Dick, A flave, 121. Dick, Rev. Archibald, Claimant, 136, 141; Reimburfed, 136.

Dickenfon, Capt. John, 324; Petitioner, 215,219, 220, 334; Reimburfed, 220. Dickfon, John, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv.
Difficult

Run,

341.

Elizabeth River. 261; Exempt from payment of ferriage, 309; Petition, 77, 149, 242, 258, 339, 342, 343; Reprefentation, 268; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 19. Elizabeth City Parifh, 149; Recftor, 89, 95. Elizabeth River Parifh, 183; Empowered to purchafe land 209, 210, 216, 218, 222; Petition, 182, 206. 243, 274. Elliott, John, Petitioner, 351. Ellyfon, Gerard, Claimant, 81. Emerfon, James, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Emmerfon, Henry, Annual allowance, 186; Petitioner, 179, 186.

16, 73, 86; Back River, 279, 280, 283, 346, 347; Bill concerning, 274, 278, 279, 283, 293, 295; Burgeffes, 3, 9, 15, 18, 31, 37. 45. 63, 73, 75. 86, 90, 94, 96, 169, 201. 210, 225, 313; Elizabeth City Parifh, 89, 95;

[ England,
xvii, xix, xx, xxxii, Ixiv,

372 ]
Fifh, 78, 82, 106, no, 116, 154,156, 164, 182, 258, 266, 275, 279. Fifher Ebenezer, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Fifher's Landing, Tobacco infpecftion, 108, 112. Fitzhugh, William, Burgefs, 4, 32, 46, 64, 69, 11 1, 128, 170, 202, 226, 255, 314. Fitzpatrick, John, Petitioner, 7, 10.

212, 235, 339,

360; Englifh,

Bank of,

190;

Church

of, xlv, xlix. Hi, liii;

in, Ixvi; Privy Coimcil, Hv. xxxvii; Dominions, 235; Language, Ixiv; Standard, 8; Scales and meafures, 72,
xi, xii,

Houfe of Commons

97, 120.

Knocks, Henry, Account of, 340. Eppes, Francis, Sergeant at Arms, 192,219, 361; Reimburfed, 25, 40, 57. '9^, 219, 361. Eppes, Richard, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45. 63, 97. 99. 169, 182, 201, 225, 230; Deceafed, 315; Succeffor
eledted, 226. Efdale, John, 320, 321,
10, 316; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45. 63, 169, 201, 225, 313; Layton Warehoufe, 75, 79, 82; Petition, 36. 75, 79, 82, 250, 256, 273; Rappahannock River, 327; Writ for electing bur-

Thomas, Claimant, 11, 75. Flat Rock, ix. Fleming, John, Burgefs, 3, 31, 35, 42, 45, 57, 63, 69,
Fitzpatrick,
81, 156, 157, 158, 159, 164, 169, 201, 214, 215, 218, 225, 239, 257, 278, 289, 294, 300, 305, 313. 316, 320, 324, 351, 355, 357, 358, 361. Fleming, Capt. William, Petitioner, 94, 102 , 106, 237-

Effex County,

geffes, 19.

Eftes, Robert, Claimant, 134Europe, xvii, xxvi; Salt from, 159, 161. Euftace, Hancock, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv; Petitioner, 207, 211. Euftace, John, 241. Evans, Richard, Claimant, 213. Everard, Thomas, Clerk, 70, 232, 305; Reimburfed, 361. Ewell, Bertrand, 14. 120. 122, 123, 126; Appear at the bar, 272; Arretted, 132; Mifdemeanor, 131; Petitioner, 133, 137; Petition concerning, 139, 242, 244,290. Eyre, Littleton, Petitioner, 237, 245. Eyre, Severn, Petitioner, 237, 245.

Fleming, Dr. William, xxiv. Flood, William, 206; Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Floumoy, Samuel, 318; Reimburfed, 326. Flower, 296, 297, 298; A(5l to infpecft, 93, 124, 144;
Infpefted, 151, 154, 156, i57. 158, 164, 328, 338, 348, 353. 355. 363-

Floyd County, Court Houfe, Lx. Fluvannah River, 116; Ferry

Face, William,

88.
;

Fairfax, Lord, 72, 79, 91, 99Fairfax County, 121, 261 Alexandna, 90, iii, 114, 117, 120, 165, 246; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45. 63, 145, 169, 201, 225, 276, 286, 313; Cameron 116; Colchefter, 99; Court Day Parifh, altered, 278, 284, 285, 295, 308; Gaol, 105; Hunting Creek Warehoufe, 132; Militia, 98, III, 114; Occoquan, 99; Petition, 99, 102; Truro Parifh, 23, 75, 117, 136, 233, 236, 238, 239, 273, 308, 346, 347, 348, 350, 3,('y< Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19. Fairfax Parifh, Petition, 341.
Fairs, 273.

acrofs, 77, 81, 116 241, 264, 266, 279. Fontaine, "Memoirs of a Huguenot Family," xlvjii. Forbes, General, xi, xiii, 112; Deceafed, xii. Ford, John, Claimant, 232. Foreign Coin, 190. Forge, Chefterfield, Account of, 98. Forgey, Robert, 126, 130. Fort Bedford, 296, 297. Fort Blackwater, 261. Fort Chif well, 211, 213, 244. Fort Cumberland, xx, 81, 115, 296, 297, 298. Fort Dinwiddie, 254. Fort Dunlop, 215, 220. Fort d'Etroit, 68. Fort Duquefne, xi, xiv, 68, iii, 115, 117, 118, 12a, 131, 134, 142, 179, 207. Fort Foreman, 297. Fort George, 236.

Falmouth, Ferry keeper, 150; Petition,

309; Town reimburfed,
of,

,,

357, 267;

Settlement encouraged, 279, 284, 292, 295,

275;

Warehoufe, Infpedtor

Fort Fort Fort Fort Fort Fort Fort Fort Fort Fort Fort

Lewis, x, xvii, 33.

Ligonier, 98, 152. 179, 181, 324.

Loudoim,

ix, 57, 112, 119, 139, 148, 160, 163.

Madison, 262.
Oreftes, 93.

Pearf call, 114Pitt, xiii, 100.

Prince George, ix. StanwLx, xv, xvii. Vaufs, 339.

Falmouth Wharf

153. 268, 275.

Famell, Francis, Claimant, 219, 244Farrar, Abel, Claimant, 260. Faucet, Samuel, Claimant, 71. Fauntleroy, Moore, 267; Member of Affociation,
.

Young, 254, 324. Fofter, Anthony, Claimant, 219, 244. Fofter, Stephen, Petitioner, 163. Foufhee, Francis, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Fox, Richard, 102.
France, 49.

Ixxiii.

Fauquier, Governor Francis, x, xi, xv, xxiv, xxv, 351; Addrefs from burgeffes, xxxvii; Addrefs to burgeffes, xxvii, xxviii, xxxv, xxxyi; Letter from, xiii, xiv, xv, xvi, xvii, x-idii, xix, XX, xxi, xxii, xxv, xxvi, Iviii; Letter to B. of T., xxix, xxxiv, Ixvii, Ixix, Ixx, Ixxi, See Governor. Ixxii; Proclamation, Ixxv. Fauquier County, 80, 108, 121, 254, 255; Burgeffes,
31, 45. 63, 145. 169, 201, 225, 263, 313; Carter's Run, 121; Commiffioners report, 235; Court day altered, 278, 284, 285, 290, 292, 295, 308; Hamilton Parifh, 99; Militia, 262; Money levied, loi; Petition, 91, 97, 233, 246; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19. Fergufon, Elizabeth, 128. Fergufon, Jofeph, 128. Ferriage Rate, 90, no, 274, 278, 279, 283, 293. Ferries, Adt to appoint, 299; Eftablifhed, 148, 156,
3, 20, 26,

Thomas, Doorkeeper, 7, 49, 192, 219, 361; Reimburfed, 25, 40, 57, 192, 219, 361. Francks, Henry, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Frank, A flave, 121.
Francis,
Frafer, William, Petitioner, 149, 242, 261. Frafer's. Ferry, Landing place, 278, 279, 283, 309 Frafier, William, Petitioner, 136. Frafier's Ferry, Bill to eftablifh landing, 266. Frederick, County 247; Accoimts and claims, 91; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45. 63, i6g, 201, 225, 313; Commiffioners report, 235; Frederick Parifh, 72, 102, 143, 148, 161, 162, 163, 165; Mecklenburg, 106, no, 114, 120, 165, 316, 329, iii, 335. 337. 338. 363; MiUtia, 262, 296; Petition, 12, 134, 182, 243, 258, 325; Shepherd's Town, 90; Strafburg, 17, 21, 23, 25, 26; Writ for electing burgeffes, 19. Frederick Parifh, Empowered to fell, 143. '48, 161, 162, 163, 165; Petition, 72, 102; Reimburfed,

158, 159, 161, 164. Ferry, Eftablifhed, 102, 217, 219, 220, 222, 228, 38. iii. 335. 337. 338. 363; Keeper, Petition to eftablifh, 71, 77, 79. 81, 94. 116, 211, 237, 241, 245, 246, 261, 275, 329; Public, 70, 136, 149. Field, John, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45. 63. 69, 169,201,

Frederickfburg, 92, 123, 163, 255, 261, 280; Adt to

enlarge, 176, 177, 184, 187, 194, 196; Royton's Warehoufe, 78; Warehoufe infpedtors reimburfed, 153. Frederickfville Parifh, xlvii. Freeholders, Petition, 8i. Freight, Bill concerning, 81, 84, 100, log.

354-

301, 150; ii4,

279,
225,

Field, Capt. John,

244. 247, 248; Account of, Company reimburfed, 142; Petitioner, 141; Reimburfed, 253. Fine Creek, 307. Finley's Point, Petition for warehoufe, 109.

313.

195;
134,

Finnic, Rev. Alexander, Letter from, xlvi.

French, x, xii, xiii, in, u?"Friends of Government," liv. Fry, Henry, Burgefs, 225, 226, 286, 313, 315; Election queftioned, 285, 286. Fry, John, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45. 53. 63, 152, 169, 201; Coroner 229; Succeffor elected, 226. Fry, Col. Jofhua, xiv, 179.

373

Fulham,

xlviii.

Fulling Mill, 343. 346, 347. Fuqua, William, Petitioner, 264; Reimburfed, i6j. Furs, Provifions againtt frauds, 143, 160, 162, 163,
164.

Great Meadows, 179, 186. Great Sawney, A flave, 121.

Green, Jonas, 1. Green, Mofes, Claimant, 262. Greenbrier River, xiii, xv. Greenhill, Ambrofe, Claimant, 56, 75. Greenhill, Da\'id, Burgefs, 13, 31, 45, 63, 70, 169, 201, 225, 251, 314; Sherifl of Amelia, 315. Gregg, Elizabeth, 261. Gregg, John, Lands docked, 274, 276, 289, 999, 301,
;,

G.

Gaddis, John, Account of, 340. Gage, General, xviii, xix, 203, 204, 205, 212, 332, 339. Gale, John, Annual allowance, 284. Galldhew, John, Claimant, loi.
Gallery, Eredted, 233. Gait, James, Annual allowance, 214; Gaoler, 35, 133, 179, 214, 273; Petitioner, 20, 35, 53, 133, 179, 214, 273; Reimbtu-fed, 273. Gait, Lucy, Petitioner, 194; Reimburfed, 40, 195, 196,, 197. 361. Gaming, Bill to prevent, 119, 122, 157. Gaol, 136; Caroline County, 97; County, 71, 119, 237; Keeper, 35, 53, 105, 133, 214, 273; Public, 20, 35, 53, 133, 179, 214, 282, 331; Repaired, 337, 361, 364; Quebec, 11 1. Gaoler, xxiii; Petition, 144. Gary, William, Claimant, 205, 244. Gatefville, Tobacco infpedlion, 315. Gatewood, John, Petitioner, 71, 102; Deceafed, 71.

363; Petitioner, 185, 243, 261.

Gregg, Mathew, 261. Gren\ille, George, Minifter, liv; Refolutions concerning ftamp adt, Iviii.
Grift Mill, 78, 182, 243, 343, 346, 347; Petition to

ereA, 112.

Grubbs, Mr., Freeholder, a72. Grymes, Benjamin, Burgefs, 4,

170, 176, 258, 262. 184,

8, 19, 32, 35, 46, 64, 187, 194, 202, 2j6, 230, 240,

Guilford Warehoufe, Petition, 105, 109.

Gun, 237. Gimn, James, Accounts, 80; Reimburfed, 195, 196,

H.

Petitioner, 197, 244.

187,

195;

George George

II,

70, 93, 96,

116, 120, 123, 125, 132, 133,

248, 249, III., xxiv, liv, Ixvi, Ixxii, Ixxiv, 302. Georgia, 103; Augufta, xix. German Empire, Gold coin, 141, 155, 156, 164. Gibfon's Warehoufe, Infpedtors petition, 176, 242, 244, 284. flave, 97. Gilbert, Chriftopher, li, lii, Gift, 103; Adminiftrator's claim, 136. Gift, Thomas, Annual allowance, 186, 187; Petitioner, 52, 54, 175, 186; Reimburfed, 55, 58.

Gladdin, John, Claimant, 23, 75. Gloucefter County, 98; Account,

3.

123; Burgeffes,

31. 45.

Court day

63, 144, altered,

169, 201, 217, 225, 313; 188, 192, 193, 196, 220,

Petitioner, 330. Halifax, Earl of, 228, 241, 250. Halifax County, 181, 244, 314; Accounts, 118; Antrim parifh, 240, 279, 293, 295, 309; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 226, 288, 290, 313; Claim, 253; Petition, 83, 109, 111, 182, 243, 258, 315; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19, 229, 317. Hamilton, James, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 70, 169, 201, 225, 231, 313, 335. Hamilton, James, Governor of Pennsylvania, x, xi, xiii, xvi. Hamilton, John, Deceafed, 255, 267. Hamilton, Robert, Petitioner, 216. Hamilton, Parifh, Petition, 99.

Halcomb, Philemon,

Hammond,
3.

William, Claimant, 71.

63, 64,

221, 222; Gloucefter Town warehoufe, 141; Juftices petition, 132; Juftices reimburfed, 141, 330; Writ for electing burgeffes, 19. Gloucefter Town, Tobacco Infpedlion, 132; Warehoufe, 141. Godfrey, Matthew, 274, 284, 363; Bill concerning, 293; Deceafed, 182; Donation of, 300, 301; Will of, 243. Godwin, Thomas, Infpedlor and petitioner, 335; GofT, George, 353. Gofl, William O'Bryan, 351, 353. Gold, xxxviii; Coin, 84; Bill to regulate, 141, 155, 156, 164. Goochland County, 318; Biu-geffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 313; Petition, 135, 145; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19. Goode, Bennett, 320, 321; Reimburfed, 326. Goodwin, Peter, Petitioner, 211, 221; Reimburfed, 221. Goore, Charles, Letter from, 362. Gordon, Archibald, Commiffioner, 290. Gore, Lieutenant, 248; Reimburfed, 253. Governor, Addrefs from btu-geffes, xviii, xxviii, xxx, xxxi, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxiv, 9, 37, 49, 68, 124, 173, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 206, 212, 229, 249, 250; Meffage to burgeffes, 6. 26, 33, 40, 42, 47. 52. 58, 76. 133. 138, 142, 175, 194, 1961 203, 210, 211, 216, 221, 227, 235, 252, 287, 308, 332, 336, 344, 362; Meffage to Council, 65; Speech to burgeffes, 13, 14, 18, 24, 27, 58, 65, 66, 67, 171, 197, 203, 204, 222, 227, 228.

Hampfhire Coiuity,
31. 45.

182, 247, 248, 253; Burgeffes, 169, 201, 225, 313; Commiffioners report, 235; Hampfhire Parifh, 91, 97, 104, no, 112, 120, 165; Lieutenant, 331; Line, 243, 258; Militia, 248, 262, 296; Pearfall's Level, 91; Petition, 72, 79, 91, 97, 99, 134, 183, 243, 258; Romney, 100, 105, 144, 148, 154, 164; Writ for eledting btu-geffes
19. 67-

Parifh, Bill to diffolve veftry, 104, no, 112, 120, 165. Hampton, 237, 245; Petition, 330. Hampton River, 274, 278, 279, 283; Petition, 261.

Hampfhire

Hancock, George,
Hanover,

14.

Handy, William, 278. Hannah, A flave, 121.

Bill to eftablifh town, 151; Eftablifhed, 156, 158, 159, 165. Hanover County, li, 10, 11, 239, 272, 331; Burgeffes, 3, 31. 45. 63, 144. 169, '01, 202, 225, 232, 235, 272, 291, 313; Coroner, 205; Hanover, 151, 156, 158, 159, 165; Newcaftle, 255; Page's Warehoufe, 149; Petitioner, 252, 258; Writ for eledling biu-geffes, 19, 205, 232. Hanover Parifh, Bill concerning, 7, 10, 12, 21, 22, 27. Hanfbrough, William, Claimant, 210, 244. Harding, Charles, I29,'i30. Harding, Martin, Claimant, 80.

Hard Labor,

xv, xvii.

See Francis Fauquier. Grant, Colonel, x, 52, 68, 175, 179. Grant, Peter, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Gray, Jofeph, Burgefs, 4, 32, 46, 53, 64, 84, iii, 170,
202, 208, 210, 218, 219, 226, 314, 327, 335.

Gray's Creek Warehoufe, Infpedtors, loi, 153. Grayfon, Benjamin, 126. Grayfon, William, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Greagh, John, Petitioner, 240. Great Britain, x, xv, xxvi, xxvii, xxx, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxiv, XXXV, xxxvi, xxxvii, xxxviii, liii, liv,
Ivi, Ivii, Iviii, Ixiv, Ixv, Ixvi, Ixviii, Ixxi, Ixxii, Ixxiv, Ixxv, Ixxvi, 37,39,51, 115, 124, 171, 172, 181, 188, 190, 191, 192, 197, 204, 205, 227, 240, 249. 252. 257. 264, 294, 303, 350, 357 358, 360; Heir to throne, 67, 68.

Great Iron Mountain Range, Great Jamie, A flave, 121.

ix.

3, 31, 45. 63, 69, 169, 201, 225, 231, 313. 335. 344. Harper, George, 128, 129, 130. Harrie, William, 334. Harris, Charles, Claimant, 71. Harrifon, Benjamin, Burgefs, xxix, 3, 8, 31, 45, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70, 125, 143. 151. 152, 159. 160, 162, 169, 176, 181, 201, 208, 210, 225, 230, 231, 254, 257, 263, 264, 305, 313, 338, 350, 351. 353; Petitioner, 85, 123. Harrifon, Carter Henry, Empowered to eredl mill, 141, 160, 162, 163, 165; Petitioner, 112, 116; Reimburfed, 326. Harrifon, Nathaniel, 122. Harrifon, Nathaniel, The Younger, 278, 292, 295; Lands docked, 266, 268, 309, 325, 326, 336, 338, 344; Petitioner, 121, 264, 325. Harrifon, Thomas, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45. 63, 69, 127, 154, 169, 201, 225, 231, 313, 332, 33S; Claimant, 77.

Harmanfon, John, Burgefs,

374

Harrifon, William, Claimant, 8i; Petitioner, 284. Hart, Robert, Teftimony of, 272. Hart, Silas, High Sheriff, x-xi. Harwood, Peter, Claimant, 78. Harwood, William, Burgefs, 4, 32. 46, 64, 69, 170,
202, 226, 230, 231.

lanaffee River, xviii. Her, Adolph, Account of, 98. Indian, Boundary, ix; Com, 66; Country, 299; Fadlory, 354. 356, 357. 359. 361; Goods, 280, 299;

Hatton, Walter, Petitioner, 301.

Towns, 296.
Indians,
viii, x, xi, xvii, xviii, xx, xxiii, Ivii, 13, 18, 22, 39, 42, 52, 68, 71, 80, 81, 84, 91, 100, 103, 112, 113, 118, 119, 136, 154, 175, 186, 203, 204, 208, 209, 211, 214, 215, 219, 228, 248, 249, 253, 281, 287, 289, 298, 325, 331, 354; concerning, 330, 332, 333, 341, 343, 345,

Havannah, 261. Hawkins, John,

151.

Hawmach,
Haynes, Haynie, Haynie, Haynie,

Daniel, Claimant, 232.

Henry, 278. Anthony, 128.

.

Bridgar, 128. Spencer, 128. Heal, George, Lands vetted in, 288, 293, 295; Petiioner, 108, 254; Slaves vefted in, 260, 263,
309.

Aa

363; Addrefs by Gen. Mondton. xii; Addrefs by Gen. Stanwix, xii; Bill concerning, 261,
317; Cherokee, xxi, xxiv, Ixviii, 336; xi; Cufcufkie, xi; Delaware, xi.xii, xxiv, 324; Incurfions, 206; Interpreter, 213;
286,

Chippawa,

Heal, John, Deceafed, 108, 254.

Hedges, Silas, Account of, 340. Hedges, Provifion againft, 326. Helm, Leonard, 127, 130. Hembrie, James, 182. Hemp, Inftruiftions for making, 362. Henderfon, John, Commiffioner, 286. Hening, Statutes at Large, viii. Henrico County, Burgeffes, 3, 31, 32, 45. 63. 169, 201,

Katawba Nation, ix; Kecopes, xii; Meeting at Pit tf burg, xi; Miniiink, xi; Mohickons, xi;
Mulquake,
xii; Nottoway & Nanfemond, 217, 218; Nottoway and Tufkarora, 115; Ohio, xx Opie, xi; Ottaw, xi; Petition, 208; Putewatimies, xi; Shawanefe, xi, xii, xxiv, 339; Six Nations, viii, ix, x,, xi, xii, xiii, xiv, xv, xviii, xix; Spocky, xii; Trade, 143, 356, 357, 361, 362; Twightwees, xi; Wyndot, xi, xii.

Under
geffes,

225, 313; Clerk reimbtu-fed, 327; Court, 319; Sheriff, 331; Writ for eledting bur7,

19.

Henry, Rev. Patrick, Letter from, xlvi. Henry, Patrick, Ixvii, Lxvi, lii, 271, 322; Burgefs, 313, 345 Counfel, liii; Endorfement of, Oppo. p. xvi.; Lawyer, xlvii, li, lii; Refolutions againft ftamp adl, Ixiv, Ixv, lxvi.
;

Hickie, John, Claimant, 71.

Hickman, John, Account

of,

232.

Hicks, William, Claimant, 52, 53, 75. Hides, S27; Exempt from duty, 347. 353. 355. 356.
363.

Hite, Abraham, Account of, 340; Petitioner, 331. Hite, John, Commiffioner, 251. Hite's, Jacob, Mill, 296, 298. Hitt, John, 97. Hix, Nathaniel, Doorkeeper, 7, 49. 192. 219. 361;

Reimburfed, 25, 40, 57. 192, 219, 361. Hodges, Richard, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Hog, Captain, 332. Hog Neck Warehoufe, 72, 97, 108, 112. Hogs, 76, 90, 105, 113; AA concerning, iii, 138,
139, i6s, 329, 345; Bill concerning, 330, 335. 338, 341; Freedom reftridted, 257. Holman, James, 318, 319. Holfton River, x, xiv, xviii, 6. Holyday, James, Account of, 340. Hood's Warehoufe, Petition to difcontinue, 264. Hooe, Howfon, Complaint againft, 129; Sheriff, 23,
75. 8o-

Ingles, John, 136. Ingles, William, 71, 232, 298; Petitioner, 70, 79. Ingraham, Archibald, 321. Innes, Hugh, Commiffioner, 290. Infolvent Debtors, xxxiii, 148, 164, 181, 187, 188, 191, 194, 196, 204; Adt for relief of, 151; Bill concerning 105, 118, 140, 145, 183. Infolvent Law, 171, 173, 174. Infurredlions, Provifion againft, 93, 119, 157, 158, 159, 164, 249, 262, 263, 287, 288, 308. Invafions, Provifion againft, 93, 119, 157, 158, 159, 164, 249, 262, 263, 288, 308. Ireland, 235. Iron Works, 207. Irvin, William, Petitioner, 274, 276, 280; Reimburfed, 280. Invin, Thomas, Petitioner, 151. Ifle of Wight Coimty, 76; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 202, 225, 313; Petition, 79; Report on writ for eledling burgeffes, 232; Sheriff, 205; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 19, 205.

Jackson, Francis, Annual allowance, tioner, 254; Reimburfed, 259.

259;

Peti-

Jackfon, River, 278. Jacob, Robert Clark, Petitioner, 316, 324.

James

I,

Ixiv, lxvi, 360.

Hopkins, Arthur, Commiffioner, 286.

Horfes, 105. Hofpital, Regimental, 275. Howell, James, Claimant, 135. Hoj'ltead, Robert, 127. Hubard, Frances, Petitioner, 147. 327Hubard, James, Lands vefted in, 150, 154, 156, 158, 161, 165, 331, 344, 347. 350. 363; Petitioner,
147. 327-

James, John, Claimant, 71. James City County, Burgeffes,

201,

Hubbard, Edward,

Reimburfed, Hudfon's. A tradt of land, 16. Hughes, Edward, 128, 130. Hughes, James, Petitioner, 182, 243. 244; Reimburfed, 262.

Petitioner, 218, 244.

187,

195, 210,

212;

Hughes, Robert, 319, 321, 322. Hughes, William. Claimant, 262. "Huguenot Family, Memoirs of,"

3, 31. 45, 63, 154, 169, 210, 225, 313, 357; Hog Neck Warehouse, 112; Juftices petition, 108, 112; Petition, 72, 97; Sheriff's claim, 135; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 19. James River, liii, 72, 275, 301, 318, 326, 330, 335; Bridge over, 136, 144, 147. 152, 154, i55. i57. 165; Falls cleared, 327, 349, 355, 356, 363; Ferry over, 94, 114; Petition, 327. Jamestown, 94, 114; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 313; Tobacco infpedtion, 72, 97; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 19. Jeflferfon, Thomas, lxvi; Account of adlion againft ftamp adl, Ixv. Jeffries, Richard, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Jenkins, William, 38; Petitioner, 36, 37; Reim-

xlviii.

Hull, Richard, Burgefs, 31, 32, 45, 63, 69, 169, 201, 225, 231, 313.

Hundley, Jacob, Teftimony of, 271. Himter, Mr. Deceafed, 11. Himnicutt, Robert, Petitioner, 77, 83. Hunter, William, Claimant, 83.

burfed, 41, 42. Jennings, Charles, 88, 95; Commiffioner, 16, 73. Jenny, A negro, 319. Jett, Thomas, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Joan, A flave, 121. Joe, A negro, 319, 320. Johnfcn, Philip, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 69, 169, 201,
-

Hunting Creek, Finley's Point,

132.

105,

109;

Ware-

225, 230, 240, 289, 313.

houfe, Infpedtors reimburfed, 153; Petition,

Johnfon, Thomas, lii; Suit againft, xlvii. Johnfon, Thomas, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 54, 63,
201, 211, 221, 225, 269, 313.

77, 169,

Hurft, Howard, 243, 258. Huftings Court, Jurifdidtion enlarged, 326. Hutchings, Daniel, Petitioner, 185. Hutchings, Jofeph, Burgefs, 3, 20, 31, 45. 63, 7. 169,

Johnfon, William, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 109, 169, 201, 225, 269; Coroner of Louifa, 3is;Succeifor eledted, 314.

Hyco

183, 184, 201, 225, 247, 293, 313. River, 182, 243; Mill on, 258.

Johnfon, Sir William, Johnfon's Ferry, 341.

xii.

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Johnfton, George, Burgefs,

375

3, 31, 45, 53, 63, 69, 100, III, 117, 121, 125, 138, 150, 156, 169, 201, 225, 230, 233, 236, 239, 313, 361. Johnfton, Richard, Petitioner, 35, 36. Johnfton, Robert, Surgeon, 278, 289. Johnfton, Walker, Claimant, 344. Jones, Mr., King's Attorney, xxiii. Jones, Allen, 208, 269; Lands vefted in, 210, 212, 217, 220, 222, 277, 278, 283, 293, 295, 309. Jones, James, Claimant, 210, 244.

Laubingor, George, Reimburfed, 113 Lavie, James, Doorkeeper, 7, 49, 192,

219,

361;

Reimburfed, 25, 40, 57, 192, 219, 361. Lawfon, Chriftopher, Petitioner, 78, 83. Lawyers, Bill concerning, 252, 316. Layton's Warehoufe, 36, 79, 82; Infpecflion, 273. Leach, James, 128, 130.
Lead, 237. Leather Manufadlurers, Petition, 327, 338. Lee, Francis Lightfoot, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 69,
169, 201, 225, 230, 313, 325, 35s; Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Lee, Henry, Burgefs, 4, 7, 13, 17, 20, 22, 24, 31, 45,
5. 51. 53. 55. 57. 63. 73. 75. 77. 8. 105. i04.' 107, 126, 127, 129, 130, 149, 156, 169, 184,

Jones, John, 88. Jones, Peter, Petitioner, 137, 144. Jones, Rice, 330, 334, 336, 338, 346, 363; Petitioner,
327-

Jones, Richard, Claimant, 56. 75. Jones, Thomas, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Jones, Thomas, Jr., Petitioner, 163. Jones, Thomas, Sr., Petitioner, 163.

Jordan, Matthew, Commiffioner, 286. Jordan's Warehoufe, Tobacco infpedlion,

Infpe(5tors, 328; Petition, 316.

264;

Jofeph's
Jiide,

Swamp,

264.

John, 321, 322; Reimburfed, 326.

Judy,

flave, 121.

Juniata, 130.

K.

Kanawha, River, Katawba Indians,

Kecope Indians,

ix.
ix.

xii.

Keeling, William, Claimant, 35, 75. Keith, James, 296; Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 64; Clerk of

185, 188, 201, 219, 225, 247, 274, 289, 292, 299, 305, 313, 344. Lee, John, Bvu-gefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 69, 169, 201, 225, t T l^'' T^'-^'J^^l ^^'. A' ^'S. 336. 339Lee, John, Jr., Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Lee, Richard, Burgefs, 4, 18, 32, 46, 64, 69, 170, 202, 206, 219, 226, 231, 282, 314, 335, 356. Lee, Richard Henry, Burgefs, xxix, 4, 7, 8, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40! 41, 46, 64, 67, 68, 69, 84, 97, 99, 105, 107, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 121, 122, 125, 131, 138, 144. 145. '46, 148, 150, 152, 155, 170, 175, 176, 180, 181, 183, 185, 187, 188, 192, 202, 206, 208, 209, 211, 213, 214, 215, 216, 226, 230, 231, 241, 247, 257, 262, 27s, 276, 283, 287, 288, 290, 292, 294, 295, 305, 314; Member of Affociation, Ixxiii; Town on land, 91

county, 67.
Kelly, Winfon, 353. Kenner, Francis, 126, 130.

Lee,

Thomas

L., xiv; Burgefs, 4, 32, 46, 64, 170, 175

182, 202, 226, 230, 314;

tion, Ixxiii.

Member

of Affocia-

Kenner, Rodham, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Kenner, Winder S., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv.

Kennon, William, Burgefs,

201, 225, 230, 313.

3,

31,

45,

63, 69,

169,

Lee, William, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Leeds, 180, 184, 187, 194, 197. Leeds Town, 338; Affociation to oppofe ftamp adl,
Ixxii.

Kentucky,

Keowee Keowee

ix. xv, xvii, xxv. or Old Town, ix. River, viii.

Legg, Fortunatus, 128. Legrand, Peter, Burgefs,

.

Keys, Gerfham, Account of, 98; Claimant, 114. Kinchloe, Cornelius, 128. Kinchloe, John, 128. King, Henry, 96. King, John, Accufed of murder, xx, xxiii. King, Thomas, Oneida Chief, xi. King & Queen County, 11, 277, 280; Bill to alter court day, 106; Bill to divide, 106, no, 112;
Burgeffes, 3, 31, 32, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 313; Court day altered, 98, 112, 120, 165; Divided, 98, 120, 165; Dryfdale Parifh, 49, 51,
52. 54, 55. 58; Petition, 34, 72, 75, 97, 148, 250, 256; St. Stephen Parifh, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 58; Sheriff, 250; Todd's Warehoufe, 143, 153; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 7, 19.

3, 9, 15, 17, 19, 20, 31, 45, 63. 69, 73. 75. 83, 93, 140, 156, 158, 169, 2oii

225,231,313.

Leigh, Henry, Election queftioned, 122, 125. Leigh, John, Petitioner, 9, 15, 73, 75. Leigh, Thomas, 79, 82.

Lemon, Thomas,

332.

Lenox, Mr., Petitioner, 334. L'Epreuve, His Majefty's floop, x\'ii. Lefter, Bryant, Petitioner, 273; Reimburfed, 276. Levy, CoUedlors, Suit againft, xlvii; Coimty, 158,
120; Parifh, 120; Public, 157, 159, 160, 161, 164, 308, 333, 342, 343, 344, 345; Adl to raife, 328, 335. Col. Andrew, xxi, xxii, xxiv, 13, 35, 100, 132, 242, 254, 336; Letter from, xx, xxiii; Memorialift. III, 117; Reimubrfed, 117, 146, i66. Capt. Charles, 249, 254; Petitioner, 332. Major, David, 264. Fielding, Burgefs, 4, 32, 46, 64, 69, 70, 170, 202, 226, 230, 231, 280, 314. John, Counfel, xlvii.
in, 287, 289, 291, 292,

Lewis,

King George County,

100, 187, 243; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45. 63, 154, 169, 201, 225, 226, 313; Brunfwick Parifh, 147, 208, 327; Falmouth, 257, 267; Hanover Parifh, 7, 10, 12, 21, 22, 27; Leeds, 180, 184, 187, 194, 197; Petition, 211; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19, 229, 288.
li,

Lewis, Lewis, Lewis,

King Wilham County,

260; Burgeffes, 3, 19, 31. 45. 63, 144, 169, 201, 225, 313; Petition, 266, St. David's Parifh, 72, 137; Writ for electing burgeffes, 19. King's Street, 267, 275. Kippen, George, 321.
lo, 11,

Lewis, Lewis, Jofeph, Claimant, 119. Lewis, Robert, Lands vefted

294, 296, 309.

Kippen and Company,

Kirkvmn, Robert, 259.

322.

Ley, Thomas, 36, 75. Leyton's Warehoufe, 75. Library of Congrefs, vii, viii. Liquor, Duty on, 249, 254, 262, 263, 288, 308, 348,

351.355.357.358,362.
of,

Kufkufky, xii. Kuykendall, Abraham, Account

215, 219, 220.

340; Petitioner,

Kuykendall, Benjamin, Account

of, 340.

Little Carpenter, xvii, flave, Little Frank, flave, Little Jamie, flave, Little Jenny, flave, Little Mofes,

A A A A

211. 121. 121. 121. 121.

Laforce, Renne, 318.

Laforce, Samuel, 319. Lancafter, xiv Lancafter County, 254; Accounts of, 78; Burgeffes, 3. 31. 45. 63, 169, 201, 217, 225, 263, 313; Court day altered, 208, 209, 217, 220, 221, 222 Petition, 208; Writ for eledling btirgeffes,
;

Littlepage, 286, 355; 232, Littlepage

Little

James, Burgefs, 202, 225, 231, 258, 260,

294, 313, 315, 317, 319, 335, 338, 354, Duly eledled, 272; Eledlion queftioned, 235, 269, 270, 271, 272 Letter from, 270. Warehoufe, Infpedlor reimburfed, 153. Roanoke River, 266, 275, 330, 335. See
;

Roanoke River.
flave, 121. Little Sawney, Littleton, William Henry, Governor of 8. Liverpool, 362.

C,

x.

19-

Land Tax,

143.

Lane, Jos., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Lane, Thomas, Claimant, 11, 75.

Logan, Thomas, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Logftown, xii.

Lomax, Lunfford,
London, Bifhop
ter to,

xiv, 135.

Langdon, Thomas, 119, 242, 276. Lartham, Cornelius, Claimant, 193, 244.

of, xlyiii, 1;

Letter from.xlviii; Let-

xlii, xUii,

xliv, xiv, xlvi.

376]
Marfhall,
3, 31, 45, 63, 70, 146, 231, 313, 335. Marfton, WilUam, Claimant, 135. Martin, Andrew, 127, 130. Martin, Anthony, 318, 321 Reimburfed, 326. Martin, Johr)^Reimburfed, 326. Martin, Mattnew, 318. Martin, Thomas Bryan, Commiffioner, 251. Martinico Grenada, 261. Martin's Brandon Parifh, 325, 326, 336, 338, 344; Bill concerning, 78, 86, 91, 92 Bounds fettled, 121, 165. Maryland, xiv, xlv, 70, 94, 105, no, 316, 329, ^$3, 335> 337i 33^. 3^3'< Annapolis, 1; Cedar Point, 90, 237, 246; Fort Cumberland, 296. Mafon, David, Burgefs, 4, 32, 46, 64, 170, 202, 226, 231, 314, 335Mafon, George, 126. Mafon, Thompfon, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Maffachufetts Bay, 233, 257. Maffachufetts Government, 254. Matox Warehoufe, Infpedlor reimburfed, 153. Mattapony River, 242; Ferry over, 136, 149, 261; Todd's Warehoufe, 148. Mauger, Henry DuVal, Petitioner, 278, 289. Maury, Col. Abraham, 181, 244. Maury, Rev. James, lii; Suit againft levy coUedlors,

London, T., Letter from, 1. London, 301; Britifh Record

chants XXX. Long, Robert, Claimant,
71.

Thomas, Burgefs,
201, 225,

Office, vii, viii;

Mer-

169,

Lord Camden, Ixxiv. Lord Townfend, Ixxvi. Lords of Trade, 173, 188,
xlix.

194, 197; Letter to, xlviii,

Lords Spiritual
Iv.

&

Temporal, Memorial of burgeffes,

248; Bull Run, 16; Burgeffes,
3,

Loudoun Countv,

20, 31, 45, 63, 145. 169, 201, 225, 313; Clerk, 114; Clerk's petition, 145; Commiffioners report, 235; Court day altered, 278, 284, 292, 295, 308; Militia, 262; Petition, 99; Truro Parifh, 116; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19. Louifa County, 214, 314; A(5l to divide, 50; Bill to

alter court day, 53, 54, 55. s8; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 286, 313; Coroner eledled, 315; Court day altered, 285, 292, 295, 308; Frederickfville Parifh, xMi; Writ for

electing burgeffes, 19, 315, 359.

Lovatt, Lord Simon, liii. Lovell, Richard, 70. Lovell, Robert, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Lovell, Sarah, Petitioner, 70. Lowry, John, 89, 90, 96; Claimant, 98; Freeholder,
95.

xlvii.
,.

Loyalifts Tones,

liv.

Maiu-y, Rev. John, Letter to

tiff, xlviii.

Camm,

li, lii, liii;

Plain-

Loyd, Thomas, Claimant,

Lucas, Barton,

34. Petitioner, 120.

Lucky Run, 129. Lunderman, Abraham, Petitioner, 115, 118. Lunenburg Countv, Adt to divide, 138 Bill to divide,
;

Maxy, William, 323. May, Thomas, Claimant, 55, 75. Mayo, Philip, Burgefs, 31, 32,
225, 313.

45, 63, 69, 169, 201,

108, 132, 240, 249, 251, 273; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 63, 169, 201, 225, 313; Change in perfonnel, 170; Claim, 232; Cornwall Parifh, 104, 235; Coroner, 315; Court day altered, 148, 155, 156, 165; Cumberland Parifh, 104, 235, 328; Divided, 308; Militia, 276; Petition, 83, 91, 102, 104, 107, 109, III, 233, 235, 266, 275, 315, 328; Report on writ for eledling bur45,

Mealy, Andrew, 332. Mecklenburg, 333, 335, 337, 338, 363;

Hfh,
106,

geffes, 232; Roanoke River, 290; St. James Parifh, 104, 235; Sheriff, 354; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19, 173, 315, 359.

Bill to eftab120; Eftablifhed, 164; Ferry, 316; Town of, 329. Mecklenburg Coimty, 348, 359; Burgeffes, 313, 358; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 359. Medicine Cheft, 142, 144. Meherrin River, 335. Mercer, Colonel, xi, Ixix, Ixx, Ixxi, Ixxii, 179; Cuftodian of ftamps, l.wiii. Mercer, George, Burgefs, 3, 31, 35, 41, 42, 45- S^i

no,

114,

Lyle, James, 319, 321, 322. Lynch, Charles, Account of, 340.

63, 69, 91, 100, loi. III, 114, 117, 121, 140, 148, 152, 154, 156, 157, 160, 162, 169, 176,

Lynn,

Michael, Petitioner, 13, 22.

;

Lyons, Mr., Hi, liii. Lyons, Peter, Lawyer, xlvii of Appeals, xlvii.

Prefident of Va. Court

187, 201, 225, 231, 241, 283, 291, 305, 313, 325; Petitioner, 125, 139; Reimburfed, 146, 165. 180, 306,

M.

Mercer, Dr. Hugh, Account, 142; Claimant, 144; Petitioner, 275; Reimbiu-fed, 142, 144. Mercer, James, Burgefs, 63, 64, 156, 160, 169, 201,
225, 275, 300, 305, 313, 331, 335, 336, 337, 332, 333Merchants, Petition, 99, 100, 233, 234, 235, 316; Reprefentation of 245. Meredith, Samuel, Claimant, 26, 75, 259. Merewether's Warehoufe, Infpedlor reimburfed, 153. Meriwether, Nicholas, Commiffioner. 286. Meriwether, Reuben, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Metcalfe, Diana 128. Metcalfe, John, 128. Micou, Patil, Petitioner, 316. Middlefex Coimtv, 98; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45. 63, 169, 201. 225, 226, 313; Chrift Church Parifh, 327; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19, 229, 288.
,

McCartv,

of Affociation, Ixxiv. M'Carty, Michel, Petitioner, 163. M'Caul, Alexander, 319.

Daniel,

Member

M'Caul, Samuel, Jr., 136. M'Clanachan, Alexander, Petitioner, 332. M'Clanachan, John, 247; Claimant, 262. M'Cormack, William, 334. M'Coun, Robert, Petitioner, 81, 84; Reimburfed, 84. M'Culloch, John, Account of, 340. McDonald, John, Petitioner, 92.

McDowell, Mr., li. Hi. M'Henry, Jofeph, Account of, 340. Machin. Thomas, 129. Machotax Warehoufe, Infpedlor reimburfed,

153.

Midwifery, Bill concerning,

92. Militia,

7,

12, 18, 20, 78, 90, 91,

Maclin, John, Commiffioner, 15, 74, 92. M'Mahan, Robert, Petitioner, 104; Reimburfed, M'Mahon, William, Claimant, 134.

H2.

Accoimt of, 251, 306; Adl concerning, 93; Report of committee, 296.
116, 241, 279.

M'NeiU, John, Petitioner, 263. McNelly, John, Petitioner, 240, 260, 262.

Mill, Petition eredl, 268. Mill Creek, 81, 116, 241.

Macon, WilHam, Teftimony of, 271. Macrffi, AHan, Petitioner, 123, 139. Magazine, BiH to difpofe of gunpowder, 137,
147, 149, 164:

MiU Stone Quarry,

Miller,

Aaron, Petitioner, 283, 294; Reimburfed, 295,

301.

144.

Guard difcontinued,

78,

131;

Guardmen,

163; Keeper, 239, 306.

Malepradlice, 129, 130. Mallory, John, Claimant, 17, 75. Mallory, Johnfon, 89, 90, 96; Freedolder, 95. Mallory, William, 88, 89, 95. Man, William, Annual allowance, 259; Petitioner, 253; Reimburfed, 259.

John, Jr., Claimant, 34. 75. Q*MilHken, Jo., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Mills, John, Petitioner, 277, 284.
Miller,

Manufactures, Encouraged, no, 119, 145, 148, 151,

154, 164.

Milner's Warehoufe, Infpedlors' petition, 335. Minifmk Indians, xi. Minor, Colonel, 248. Miffiffippi River, xv. Mitchell, Richard, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45. 63, 169, 201, 225, 313; Member of Affociation, Ixxiii.

Manwaring, William, Commander,

Maria,

48. 66.

MitcheU, WilHam, 88. Moffat, Captain, 214.^

flave, 121.

Markham, Bernard, Claimant, Markham, WiUiam, Claimant,

205, 244. 205, 244. Marlour, Richard, 122, 123, 126, 130.

Mohickon Indians, xi. MoH, A flave, 121. Monckton, General, 130; Addrefs to Indians, xii. Monday, Thomas, Claimant, 75. See Munday.

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Money,
A<51

377

]
Bill to eftablifh,

concerning,

xli, xlvi;

Tobacco Money.
350;

debts

in,

Paper, xxxv-ii, 241, xli. See Paper

Nightly Watch,
'95. 196-

183,

184,

187, 193

Monroe, John, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Monroe, Spence, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Montague, A., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Montague, Edward, xxviii, 8, 9, 70, 172, 193. Montgomery, John, 353. Montgomery, William, 353. Moor, Francis, Claimant, 277. Moore, Bernard, Burgefs, 3, 11, 13, 31, 45, 63, io8,
169, 201, 225, 230, 31^, 338; Lands vefted in, 14, 19, 24, 26, 27; Petitioner, 207. Moore, Matthew, Claimant, 232. Moore, Thomas, Claimant, 134. Morehead, Jofeph, Claimant, 215, 244. Morgan, Captain, 297. Mortimer, Charles, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv.

Noble, George, Warehoufe on land, 264. Noble, Rofs, 278.

Nocoknowa, xx.

Nomony
Norfolk,

River,-i6, 206, 209, 211, 213, 222;

18, 96, 185.

Ware-

houfe difcontinued, 218.

Norfolk Borough, 209, 210, 214, 2169218, 222, 277, 345; Bill to eftablifh nightly watch, 184, 187,
193. 195. 196; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201. 225. i'^y, Charter explained, 55, 56, 57, 58; Common Hall, 183, 184, 187, 193, 105, 196; Court of Huftings, 363; Junfdidtion enlarged, 326; Petition, 280, 282; Petition to eftablifh nightly watch, 183 Writ for eleAing burgeffes, 19.

m,

Morton, John, Commiffioner, 15, 74. Morton's Warehoufe, Infpe(flors petition, 176, 242. Mofby, Littlebury, 319, 320, 323. Mofby, Mary, 319. Mofby, Robert, 318, 319.
Mofeley,

Edward Hack,

Burgefs,

4,

31, 45, 63, 69,

70, 169, 201, 225, 230, flave, 121. Mofes, Mofs, Hugh, Claimant, 81.

231, 313.

237, 245, 284; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 201, 225, 313; Clergy, xhx; Elizabeth River Parifh, 182, 206, 209, 210, 216, 218, 222, 243, 274; Land drained, 214, *iS. 217. 218, 219, 222; Parifhes, 293, 300, 301. ?,(>y. Petition, 330; Portfmouth Parifh, 182, 243, 274; St. Bride's Parifh, 182, 243, 274; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 20. Norman's Ford, 100, 208. North America, Ivii, 228.
3,

Norfolk County,
45. 63,

169,

Mofs, Capt. John, 248; Reimburfed, 253. Mountjoy, John, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Mountjoy, Thomas, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Mountjoy, Wm. J., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Moxley, Alvin, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv.

Moxom, Henry,

Petitioner,

7,

10.

84, 330, 332, 333, 341, 343. 34S. 363; Bill concerning, 261, 287, 317Mullins, John, Claimant, 232.

Mulatto Slaves, Adt concerning,

35; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 32, 45, 144. 146, 169, 201, 225, 313; Naffawaddox Warehoufe, 240. North Carolina, viii, ix, x, 6, 76, 103, 237, 260, 263, 264, 268, 269, 272, 274, 276. Northern Rum, Duty on, 187, 188; Duty reduced, 185, 194, 196.
63.
3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225, 313; Petition, 97; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 7, 19. Nottoway Fork, Petition, 328. Nottoway Indians, 77, 115; Empowered to fell land, 210, 217, 218; Petition, 181, 208. Nottoway Parifh, 277; Bill to divide, 106, no, iii, 120; Divided, 165; Petition, 97; Reimburfe St. Luke, 282, 326, 331, 335, 337, 344. Nottoway River, 181, 335; Bridge over, 76, 79, 99, 105, 107, 120, 165.

Northampton County,

Northumberland County, Burgeffes,

Munday, Thomas Claimant,

fioner, 359.

See Monday. 56. Munford, Robert, Burgefs, 313, 358, 362; CommifIxxiii.

Murdock, Jofeph, Member of Affociation,

Murrell, George, Claimant, 8i. Mufe, William, 127. Mufkets, 239. Mufkohge River, ix. Mufquake Indians, xii.

Mutiny,

Bill

concerning, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 54, 55,

56, 57, 58.

O.

N.

OccoQUAN

River, 261.

Nansemond County,

76; Rennet's Creek, 105; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, 146, 169, 201, 225, 313; Conftance Warehoufe, 76; Land drained, 214, 215, 217, 218, 219, 222; Mjlner's Warehoufe, 335; Petition, 79; SuifolkParifh, 264, 266, 293, 295, 309; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 19. Nanfemond Indians, Empowered to fell land, 210, 217, 218; Petition, 181, 208. Nanfemond Parifh (Lower), 106, 121, 145. Nanfemond River, 264. flave, 121. Nanny, Nafh, Abner, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225,

Occoquan Warehoufe.

99; Tobacco infpedtion, 243. Occupatia Creek, Warehoufe, 273.

Oconefta, Skiagufta, Warrior, xvii Odlonia, 328. Oglefby, Richard, Claimant, 22, 75. Ohio Expedition, 332; Indians, xx. Ohio River, ix, xi, xiv, xvii, 80, 85, 115, 179, 233,
296.

3 1 3 Commiffioner, 15, 74. Nafh, John, Commiffioner, 15, 74.

;

Naffawaddox Warehoufe,

Petition, 240.

Naylor, William, 87. Naylor's Hole, Ferry difcontinued, 267. Neavill, George, Claimant, 219. Nea^^ll, George, Jr., Claimant, 244. Negro Slaves, Adt concerning, 84, 330, 332, 333,
341, 343. 345. 5(>3; Bill 317Nelfon, A flave, 135.

Ohio Valley, xxv. Old Tom, A flave, 121. Old Town or Keowee, ix. Onancock, 237, 245. Onandago, xi. Oneida Chief, xi. Opie Indians, xi. Orangeburg, Lx. Orange County, 277; Burgeffes,

concemmg,

261, 287,

3, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 210, 225, 286, 313; Odtonia, 328; Writ for eledting burgeffes, 19. Ordinaries, Regulated, 146, 147, 149, 164, 210. Ordinary Keepers, Petition, 81, 210. Oreftes Fort, 93.

Organ, Petition concerning, 355; Repaired, 357, 361,

4, 52, 46, 64, 77,

Nelfon, Thomas,

Jr.,

Burgefs,

170,

3<54-

202, 226, 230, 314.

Orm, Henry,
Orr, John,

Nevil, John, Commiffioner, 251. Newcaftle, Town of, 255. New Jerfey, viii. New Kent County, Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45, 63, 64, 122, 169, 201, 225, 291, 313; Petition, 79, 82, p7; Warehoufes, Petition, 105; Writ for ele<5ting burgeffes, 19, 67.

Petitioner, 7, 10. of Affociation, Ixxiv. Ofbome's Warehoule, Infpedlors' petition, Infpedtors reimburfed, 153.

Member

84;

Otarre,
Otis,

ix.
liii.

James,

Ottaw Indians,

xi.

Ourry, Captain, 297.

New Landing, 71, 79; Tobacco Warehoufes, 91. New London, Bill to eftablifh, 17, 21, 25, 26; Bill to
enlarge, 23.

Over Hill Towns, xviii, xx. Oyer and Terminer Court, 135,
Overall, John, 129. Overall, Nathaniel, 129. Overall, William, 129.

136.

New
New

River,

xiii,

Newton, John, Member of Affociation,

York, 125, i^^, 131, 139, 339.

xv, 70, 253; Ferry over, 79

Ixxiv.
a(5ts

Overton, Samuel, Teftimony

of,

270, 271.

Nicholas, Robert Carter, Appointed to coUedl of affembly, 364; Mentioned, 333.

Overwharton Parifh, 121. Owen, Jofeph, Recruit,

20.

[378]
p.

Packet Boat,

185.

Page, John, Burgefs,

3, 8, 31, 45. 63. 68, 69, 125, 169, 188, 193, 201, 225, 230, 305, 313. Page, Mann, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 68, 69, 169, 201, 225, 230, 313; Lands docked, 12, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27; Petitioner, 10, 149.

Page's Warehoufe, 10, 149; Infpedtor reimbtirfed,

153.
.
.

Pitch, A(5l to infpedt, 93, 124, 144; Infpedled, 151, 154, 156, 157. 158. 164, 328, 338, 348, 353, 355. 3^3Pitt, George, Magazine keeper, 239, 306. Pittfburg, xi, xii, xiv, 175, 187, 296, 297, 331; Works at, 244. Pleafants, James, 322, 323, 324; Reimburfed, 326. Pleafants, John, 307, 317, 319, 323.

Palmer, John, Petitioner, iii.

Pamunkey

ftops, 326; houfe, 149.

River, 258, 331, 338; Hedges or ftone Navigation of 252; Page's Ware171, 173,

Plunket, Jofias, Claimant, 34, 75. Poindexter, Nimrod, Claimant, 205, 244. Point Pleafant, xxv.
Poll Tax, 143. Polfon, Capt. William, 334, 340. Pork, 106; Adt to infpecft, 93, 123, 144; Infpedled, 151, 154, 156, 157, 158, 164, 328, 338, 348, 353.355. 3^3Port Micou, Petition, 273. Portfmouth, Bill to enlarge, 177; Town of, 335, 338. Portfmouth Parifh, Petition, 182, 243, 274. Pofey, Capt. John, 244; Account of, 195; Company reimburfed, 142; Petitioner, loi, 109, 134, 141; Reimburfed, no. Poft, Frederick, xii. Potomack Falls, 121. Potomack River, 22, 70, loi, 237, 316, 329, 351; Clifton's Ferry, 341; Ferry over, 90, 246; Johnfon's Ferry, 341. Powder, 237. Powder Horn, 77, 237.

Paper Money, xxxWi,

18, 20, 24, 25, 26, See 176, 180, 191, 197, 241, 350.

Money.

Paris, Peter, Deferter, 277. Parifh, Edward, 86. Parifh, Signe, 90; Vote questioned, 86. Levy Collectors, fuit againft, xlvii. Parifh, liii; Parker, George, 106, 121; Empowered to make payment, 145; Petitioner, 105. Parker, Job, Petitioner, 334, 340. Parker, Richard, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii.

Parker, Thomas, Claimant, 135. Parramore, Thomas, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45. 63, 77. i6,
121, 148, 169, 201, 225, 231, 313, 335, 344-

Parfons, Thomas, Account of, 340. Parfon's Caufe, xxxviii, liii. Patrick, John, Petitioner, 330, 339. Patten, James, xiv. Patterfon, Jofeph, Accotint of, 98. Patterfon's Creek, 298. Patty, James, Account of, 97; Claimant, 119. Paxton Boys, xxiv. Payne, John, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45. 63, 69, 169, 201,

Powell, Benjamin, Account

361,
3<54-

of,

337; Reimburfed,
181;

Powell, Jofhua, Accotmt

Petitioner, 244.

of,

252; Claimant,

Powell, Levin, Claimant, 19, 75;

80.

Sub

Sheriff, 23, 75,

225,231.313.

Payne,

Jofias, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45. 63, 109, 201, 225,

231, 313, 335.

Powell, Simon, Petitioner, 332, 339. Powell's Creek, 264. Price, Rev. Mr., Appointed chaplain, 229, 361.
Price, James, Petitioner, loi. Price, Leonard, Petitioner, 57; Reimburfed, 58. Price, Samuel, Claimant, 237. Price, William, Claimant, 237. Pride, John, Claimant, 56, 75. Prieft, James, 95. Prince Edward County, 74; Burgeffes, 3, 9, 15, 31, 45. 63, 73. 75. 83, 169. 201, 225, 313; Court day altered, 93, 140, 14s. 148, 155, 156, 165; Petition, 315; St. Patrick's Parifh, 76, 79, 86, 91, 92, 120, i65;Writ foreledling burgeffes, 19. Prince George Covmty, 77; Blandford, 76, 90, in, 113, 1^8, 139, 165; Blandford Warehoufe, 76; Bnftoi Parifh, 78, 86, 91, 92, 121, 165; Burgeffes, 3, 31, 45. 63, 169, 20I, 225, 313, 325;

Payne, Thomas, 88, 90, 96. Peachey, William, MemoriaUft, 21, 74, 79, 82; Petitioner, 75; Reimburfed, 83, 121, 165. Peal, John, Petitioner, 163. Pearis, Col. Richard, 239; Petitioner, 132, 140, 242, 244, 256; Reimburfed, 140. Pearis, Capt. Robert, 334.
Pearfall's Level, 91. Pearfcall Fort, 114. Pedlars, Licenfed, 143, 160, 162, 163, 164. flave, 121. Peg, Pegram, William, Claimant, 56, 75, 208, 244.

Pelham, Peter, Organift, 216, 222, 364; Petitioner, 216, 355, 357; Reimburfed, 216, 221, 222,
361, 364-

Pendleton,

Burgefs, 3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14. 17. 31. 35. 36, 37. 39. 40. 41. 45. 5. 51. 52. 54. 63, 68, 69, 71, 72, 92, 94, 97, 98, 112, 115, 118,
122, 169, 201, 225, 253. 287, 313. 348,

Edmund,
125, 173, 204, 230, 255. 288, 327.

Claim, 232; Coggin's Point, 325; Gaol, 237;

78, 86, 91, 92, 121, 165, 325, 326, 336, 338, 344; Petition, 108, 112, 264, 329; Powell's Creek, 264; Writ for elediing burgeffes, 19.

Martin Brandon Parifh,

143, 144. 146, 147, 149. 180, 181, 184, 185, 187, 207, 208, 210, 212, 216, 241, 247, 248, 249, 251, 258, 261, 277, 280, 283, 289, 291, 292, 294, 298, 3. 328, 3i, 332, 334. 335. 336, 350; Oppofe refolutions, Ixv. Pendleton, John, Burgefs, 31, 32, 45, 63, 69, 156, 169, 194, 201, 225, 231, 282, 286, 138, 176, 206, 231, 257,
.

150. 192, 217, 252, 286, 35. 339.

Prince George Fort, ix. Prince William Cotmty, 13, 75, 121, 129, 131, 134, 261, 290, 242; Bill to alter cotu-t day, 51, 53, 54. 55. 58; Bull Run, 16; Burgeffes, 4, 17, 20,
31. 45. 63, 73. 75. 80, 104, 122, 126, 130, 145. 169, 201, 210, 225, 276, 313; Commiffioners report, 235; Dettingen Parifh, 99, 121; fries, 14, 17, 21, 22, 23, 27, 99, 102, 139; Juftices, loi; Militia, 93, loi, 262; Petition, 50, 1 02; Sheriff and Sub Sheriff, 80, 130; Writ

Dum-

152, 293,

305.313. 3.34.. Pennfylvania, vui, xi, xu, no, 132, 330, 348, 353, Governor of, 355. i^3'- Frt Bedford, 296; X, xiii, xiv; Paxton Boys, xxiv.
Perkins, Ifaac, Petitioner, 332, 342. Perkinfon, William, Claimant, 71. Peter, John, 113. Peterfburg, 83, 137, 144; A.&. to enlarge, 148, 155, 158, 159; Enlarged, 165; Tobacco infpedtion,
109, 112.

Peyton, Henry, Petitioner,

17, 20, 73, 103, 122, 125, 129, 130. Phelps, John, Petitioner, 278. Philadelphia, xi, xiv, 131. Phillips, Captain, 214. Phillips, John, Claimant, 205, 244. Phillips, William, Petitioner, 347. 349-

74,

75. 80,

for eledling burgeffes ,19. Princefs Anne County, Burgeffes, 4, 31, 45. 63, 169, 201, 225, 313; Clergy, xlix; Sheriff, 35; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19. Printer, Public, 277; Salary, 308. Proclamation, Ixxv. Prorogation, xxxv, 27, 42, 59, 166, 197, 222. Proffer, Thomas, 314, 326; Accufed of fraudulent praAices, 307; Bill concerning, 361, 362; Burgefs, 225, 226, 269; Information againft, 308, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324; Reimburfe coft of profecution, 364. Public Dues, AcSt concerning, xlvi. Public Fees, 149. Public Printer, Salary, 508.

Phyfic, Bill concerning, 7, 12, 18, 20, 78, 90, 91. Pierce, Peter, Claimant, 219, 244. Pierce, Wm., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Pilotage, Rate eftablifhed, 72, 75. 85. Pilots, 72, 85, 234, 245, 346; Bill to eftabhfh, 124, 146, 155, 156; Eftablifhed, 152, 164.

Public Record Office, vii. Pulliam, John, Claimant, Pungoteague Creek, 117.

n,

75, 215, 244.

Pungoteague Warehoufe, Petition, 240. Purcell, William, Reimburfed, i6g. Purrel, William, Petitioner, loi.
Putewatimies Indians,
xi.

379

Ritchie, Archibald, Petitioner, 267.

Roads, 79;

QuANTico Iron Works, 120, 131. Quantico Warehoiife, Infpeift irs petition, 135; Infpeclors reiniburfed, 153. Quarles, Capt. John, 274. Quarry, Mill Stone, 241. Quebeck, 117; Gaol. 1 1 1 Quitrents, xxviii, xxxiv, 15, 16, 73, 74, So, S7, 89,
95, 172, 174. 180, 182, 1S4, 185, 188, 192, 194, 196, 261; Bill concerning, 114, 143; Bill to coUecft, 156.

Bill concerning, 77, 84, 109, iia, 115; Cleared, 207, 209, 217, 218, 219, 222, 326; Opened, 334, 337; Public, 138, 142, 146, 164; Public, act concerning, 139. Roane, Thos., Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Roane, W.. Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Roanoke River, 290; Fc.ry over, 102. See Little Roanoke River.

R.

Roberts, Mary, 88, 8g, 94, 95. Robertfon, Ale.Kander, Accufed of murder, xxiii. Robertfon, Rev. John, Letter from, xlvi. Robinfon, Anthony, Claimant, iii. Robinfon, John, Account, 92; Burgefs, 3, 31, 43, 63, 169, 201, 225, 313; Speaker, Ixvi, Ixviii,
S, 7, 8, II, 13, 16, 17, 18, 26, 3i. 34, 38, 47, 84, 114, 49, 50, 52, 54, 58, 65, 67, 76, 123. 125, 133, 138, 139, 145, 147, 149, 150. 151. 153. 158. 159. 162, 164, 171, 173, 176, 180, 196, 203, 205, 210, 213, 21S, 216, 221, 222, 227, 228, 233, 235, 239, 252, 254, 265, 268, 273, 276, 281, 282, 284, 28s, 286, 287, 293. 299. 300. 308. 309. 329. 330. 332, 333. 337, 339. 341, 344. 349. 358. 362. Robinfon. Max, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv.

Races,
Railey,

134.

Thomas, Petitioner. 331. Rainbow. A fliip. Ixxi. Ixxii. Ramfay, William, Accounts. 78. Ramfey, John, Petitioner, 179, 186. Randolph. Grief, Claimant, loi. Randolph. John. 105; Appointed to
tions. Ixv.

collect

aAs

of

affembly, 364; Burgefs, iss; Oppofe refolu-

Randolph, John, Clerk of H. of B.. 192. 219. 361; Reimburfed. 25. 40, 57, 192, 219, 361. Randolph, Peter, xiv; Member of council, Ixvi. Randolph, Peyton. Appointed to colledl adts of
affembly, 364; Attorney,
17,

Robinfon.
153-

Michael,

Petitioner,

78;

Reimburfed,

Ixv, 7, 9, 12, 15, 41, 25, 34, 36, 38, 39, 67, 69, 72, 79, 81, 49, so, 52, S3, S5. 56, 82, 84, 86, 90, 92, 97, 99, 102, 104, 106, 112, 114, 119, 122, I2S, 132. 133. 135. MI. 144, 204, 206, 209, 145. 147. 155. 187, 193,
20, 22, 23,

Robinfon. Peter, li. Robinfon, Will., Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Rock, Conftantine, Claimant, 35. Rock. Samuel, Claimant, 7s. Rockfifh Gap, Road through, 207, 209. 217, 218,
219, 222.

Rocky Ridge. Warehoufe.

Infpeclors petition, 84;

212, 256, 268, 283, 294, 307, 334, 344, 356,

217, 244, 246, 2S2, 2S3. 258, 261, 263, 264, 265, 274, 276, 277, 27S, 279, 28s, 286, 287. 290, 291, 296, 299, 300, 301, 302, 326, 328, 329, 330, 331, 3i(>, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 345. 346, 348. 349. 35. 35'. 357. 358. 359. 360; Burgef, 64, 170, 202, 226, 228, 230, 235, 241, 251, 314, 333215, 2S7, 273, 284, 295, 314,

254, 255, 266, 267, 281, 282, 292, 293, 305, 306, 332, 333, 342, 343, 354, 355. 4. 32. 46, 239, 240,

Infpecftors reimburfed, 153. Rodgers, Levin, Petitioner, 237, 245. flave. 121. Roger,

Rogers, Mr.. Claimant, 51, 75. Rogers, UrfiUa, Petitioner. 81. 85.

Roman

Romney, Adl

Catholic, 127. to eftablifh. 154; Bill to eftablifh, 100, los. 144. 148; Eftablifhed, 164.
126, 130.
of,

Rookard, William,

Rofs, David, 320. Rofs, John, Account

io6; Claimant, 114.

Randolph, Thomas Mann, Lands docked, 338, 354,

355. 356. 363. Petitioner, 260. 3, 32; Deceafed, Rangers, 328, 332, 339; Company of, 140, 330.

Roy, Thomas, Petitioner, 316. Royce, Charles C, "Cherokee Nation of Indians,"

v-iii.

Randolph, William, Burgefs,

Ranfdell, Edwd..

7.

Royle, Jofeph, Printer,

222, 277;

Rankins, William, Claimant,

78.

Rappahannock
.

of Affociation, Ixxiv. 150, 234, 316, 327; Ferry over, 180, 211, 217, 219, 220, 222; Petition,
Riv'er,
10. 7?.

Member
85.

Annual allowance, 220, printer, 11; Petitioner, II. 38. 53. 153. 178. 214, 277; Printer, 27, 153. 159. 16^, 178, 214, 220, 277; Reimburfed, 58, 159, 166, 195, 197; Salary, 12, 22,
1. li;

Appointed

75.

Rappidan River. 335. Ray, John, Soldier, 240.

Read, Captain, 85. Read, William, 95. Reade, Clement, Burgefs,
157 Deceafed,
;

Roy's Warehoufe,
prietor, 316.

Infpecftors'

petition,

135; Pro-

Rovfton's Warehoufe, Infpe(?tors petition,

3, 31, 45, 63, 107, 155, 156, 173.

Jr., Burgefs, 169, 170, 201, 225, 231, 2SI, 26s, 305, 313, 354, 357. 358; Coroner, 315. Reafner, Garrett, Account of, 340. "Redlor Dete<fted, " pamphlet, 1, li. Red Hill, Henry's old eftate, Oppo. xvi, liii.

Reade, Clement,

78, 153. on, 181, 183, 187, 188; Duty 196. reduced, 185, 194, Runners, 346. Ruffell, Hind, Clerk. 70, 232; Reimburfed, 361. Ruffell, William, Claimant, 262. Ruffell's Warehoufe, InfpeC'tor reimburfed, 153. Ruft, Peter, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii.

Rum,

316, 348;

Duty

Rutherford, Thomas, Burgefs,

Redftone, 151. Reed, John, Infpedlor, 335; Petitioner, 33s. Reeves, Charles, Claimant, 26, 75. Reeves, Robert, Claimant, 77, 20s, 244. Rentfro, James, Account of, 261. Reimburfe colony, Rentfro, Jofeph, Petitioner, 261
;

3, 31, 45. 63, 91, 98, 162, 169, 201, 225, 231, 296, 298, 300, 313, Stephen, 251. againft Charge 335, 340; Rutherford. Robert. Petitioner, 119, 139; Reimburfed, 113. 307, 331. , , , Rutlidge, George, Petitioner, 325; Reimburfed, 328
.

348, 353, 355. 35S; Reimburfed, 267.

Reimburfe

treafurer, 363;

Richards, John, Claimant, 280;

ferry, 184, 187, 194, tion, Ixxiv; Petitioner, 180.

Empowered to keep 197; Member of Affocia-

Sabin, "Bibliotheca Americana," Sabine Hall, xlviii. Sachems, xiv.

St. St.
St. St. St. St.

1.

Richardfon, John, Claimant, 237. Richardfon. Richard, 272. Richmond County, 78, 267; Burgeffes, 4, 31. 46, 64, 170, 202, 226, 314, 331; Claim, 232; Writ for

Richmond, Town

elediing burgeffes, 19. of, 330, 335, 338, 341, 345; Petition, 324, 329,
3, 31, 45. 50. 5'. 53. ^3. 68, 69, 70, 107, 117, 119, 169, 201, 20s, 214,

Riddick, Lemuel, Burgefs,

Riddick, Willis, Burgefs,

Rifle

225, 230. 231. 293, 305, 308, 313, 316. 3, 31, 45, 63, 69, 169, 201, 225. 231, 313, 335.
77.

St. St.
St.

Parifh, Empowered to fell, 148, 161, 162, 163, 165; Petition, 143. to divide, 50; Petition, Anne Parifh, 51; 12, 73, 139. Bride's Parifh, Petition, 182, 243, 274. Clair, Sir John, 136. David's Parifh, 72; Petition, 99, 137. George Parifh. Petition, 238, 285; Petition withdrawn, 286. Tames Parifh, 104; Petition concerning, 23s. "Luke Parifh. Petition. 277, 282; Reimburfed, 326, 331, 335, 337, 344. Margaret Parifh, Petition, 99, 137.

Andrew

AA

Gun,

[38o]
Parifh, Norman's Ford, 208; Petition, 178. 233. 242St. Mary's Parifh, Petition, 72, 331, 338. St. Patrick's Parifh, 76, 79; Bill concerning, 86, 91, 92, 120; Empowered to levy, 165. St. Stephen Parifh, so, 51; Bill concerning, 52, 54,
St.

Mark

Smith, John, Burgefs,

3, 31, 45, 63, 69, 70, 144, 169 201, 225, 229, 230, 231, 269, 277, 278, 293,

55. 58-

Salt, Act to import, 159; Imported, 161. Saluda River, viii. Sampfon, A flave, 121. Sanford, Edwd., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv.

Sanford, Jas., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Sandford, Richard, Petitioner, 132. Santee River, ix. Savages, Incurfions and Depredations of, 216. Savannah River, viii, ix. Sawanefe Indians, xi. Sawkting, xii. Bayers, Alexander, 98, 328; Petitioner, 275, 280. Scarbrough, Henry, Lands docked, 120, 144, 146,
148, 161, 165; Petitioner, 117.

Smith, Capt. John, Petitioner, 119, 242, 244, 330, 342; Reimburfed, 276, 340. Smith, John, Jr., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Smith, Meriwether, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Smith, Richard, Interpreter, 211, 213. Smith, Thomas, Claimant, 34, 75, 321. Smith, W., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Smith's Point, 352. SnafHe Bridle, 77.

Sons of Liberty, Ixvii. Southampton County, Burgeffes,

202,

Schuyler, Colonel, 339, 342.

Scotland Neck, 94. Scott, Alexander, 121. Scott, James, Sr., 145, 150, 155, 159, 165; Petitioner
121, 334Scott, James, Jr., 121, 145, 150, 155, 159, 165. Scott, John, 319. Scott, Thomas, Commiffloner, 15, 74. Scott, Walter, Reimburfed, 153; Tobacco infpedlor, 153Scruggs, Thomas, Claimant, 119. Seaman, Jonathan, Account of, 340. Seldon, Cary, 87, 96; Accotmt of 83; Commiffioner,
,

4, 32, 46, 64, 170, 226, 314; Claim, 232; Nottoway Parifh, 97, 106, no. III, 120, 165, 277; Nottoway River, 181; Petition, 75, 79, 112; St. Luke Parifh, 277, 282; Writ for ele<fting burgeffes, 19. South Branch, 13, 296, 298. South Carolina, viii, ix, x, 6, 36, 47, 54, 103, 130; Hard Labor xvii; Governor, x. Southwark Parifh, 51. Sowers, Jacob, Claimant, 280. Spain, XV, xvii, 49; Declaration of war againft, 48. Spiller, Waddington, 126. Spiller, William, 126, 128. Spirits, Duty on, 181, 183.

Spocky Indians,

xii.

Spooner, George Wilfon, Petitioner, 237, 246. Spotfwood, Col. Alexander, in, 207, 208, 210, 212,
216, 220, 222.

Spotfwood, John, 208, 216, 220; Deceafed, 207;

16, 73.

Lands difpofed Spotfylvania County,

46, 64,
19.

of, 210, 212, 222.

Seldon, John, 95. Seldon, Saml., Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Senex, John, ix. Sergant, William, Claimant, 215, 244. Servant, Betrand, 87. Servant, James, 87. Servants, Act concerning, 150, 157, 159, 160, 346, 349. 3(>3'< Bill concerning, 261, 265, 276, 347. Seward, William, Lands docked, 53, 55, 56, 58;
Petitioner, 51. Sewell, William, Account of, 105; Claimant, 109.

268, 275; Burgeffes, 4, 32, 170, 202, 210, 226, 314; St. George Parifh, 238. 285; Writ for elecfting burgeffes,
xi.

Squeffatego,

Squirrels, Bill

to deftroy, 107,
xxiii.

no,

113,

139,

141.

Standing Turk, Warrior,

Stafford County, 121; Burgeffes,

Seymons, John, 130. Shanapins Town, xiv.

Sharpe, William, Claimant, 237. Shaw, WilUam, Annual allowance, 186; Petitioner,
163, 179, 186.

Shawanefe Expedition, 277, 284. Shawanefe Indians, xii, xxiv, 256,

339.
Bill

Shawaneffe, 140. Sheep, 105, 319; Adl to preferve, 306;

ing, 258, 287, 305.

4, 32, 46, 64, 170, 202, 210, 226, 314, 331; Court day altered, 182. 183, 185, 194, 196; Overwhar175, 176, ton Parifh, 121 Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19. Regiment located at, x, xvii. Stahlnaker, ^$: Stamp A(ft, Iviii, lix, Ix. Ixi, Ixii, Ixiii, Ixiv, Ixxiv; concerning, Ixxv; Affociation to oppofe, Ixxii; Draft of refolutions againft, Oppo., Ixxv; Refolutions againft, xvi. Repealed, Ixiv, Ixv; Refolutions concerning, Ixxii, Ixxiii, Duties, refolutions on, 360; Legislation, Delegates eledled to difcufs, Ixxii; Tax, Determination to impofe, liv.
;

A&

concern-

Stamps, Cuftodian of, Ixviii. Standing Turkey, Warrior, 32Stanfted, Soldiers encamped at, 255. Stanwix, General, xii, xiii, 134, 195; Addrefs to Indians,
xii.

Shenandoah Valley, xxv. Shepherd, Thomas, Ferry from land,

338, 363; Petitioner, 316, 329.

333, 335, 337,

Shepherd's Town, Petition, 90.

Sheriffs,
Bill concerning, 184, 185, 188, 194, 196; Eledted, 205, 229; Method of appointing,

Starke, Mr., Freeholder, 269. Starling, Jofeph, Under fheriff, 250, 251.

194, 196.

Staunton, William, Deceafed, 262. Staunton, xx, xxiii, xxiv; Bill to enlarge, 23; Bill
to eftablifh, 12, 17, 21, 25, 26; Petition, 10. Stears, Abel, Claimant, n, 75. Stedman, Alexander, 136. Stedman, Nathaniel, Petitioner, 100, 140; Reimburfed, 140. Stephen, Col. Adam, x, 6, 18, 3^, 34, 54, 138, 145, 151, 179, 240, 247. 248, 251, 253, 255, 265, 292, 296, 297, 298, 300, 331, 340; Charge on condudt of 251; Letter from, 162. Stephens, John, 278. Sterling, Captain, Lxxi. Sterling Creditors, 192; Debts, 171, 174, 190, 191; Money, 190, 191; Specie, xxxvii.
,

Shockoe Warehoufe, Infpe<5lors, 100. Shot Bag, 77, 237. Silver, xxxviii; Money, 105. Simmonds, William, Claimant, 231, 237. Simmons, John, 127.
Simpfon, Southey, Burgefs,
3,

31, 45, 65, 70,

75.

no,

169, 201, 225, 231, 313.

Simpfon, William, Claimant, n,

Six Nations,
viii,

ix, x, xi, xii, xiii, xiv,

xv, xviii;

Addrefs by Mr. Croghan, xii. Skelton, Reuben, 255. Skinner, William, Vote queftioned, 87, 88. Skins, Exempt from duty, 347, 353, 355, 356, 363; Frauds prevented, 143, 160, 162, 163, 164. Slaughter, James, Account of, 340. Slaves, Adt concerning, 141, 150, 157, 159, 160, 329,
332. 333. 336, 341. 343. 345. 346, 347, 349, 363; Bill concerning, 261, 262, 276, 287; Duty on, 181, 184, 187, 192, 193, 196, 356; Perfonal property, 161, 162, 163; Trial of, 317. Sleepy Hole, Ferry over, 266. Small, James, Claimant, 210, 244. Small Pox, X, 255, 275. Smith, Abraham, xxi; Petitioner, 325, 328. Smith, Charles, Annual allowance, 185; Memorialift, 179, 185-

Stevens Creek, ix. Stewart, Alexander, 319, 320, 321. Stewart, Col. David, 140.

.^

*'''

Stewart, Jofeph, Petitioner, 78; Reimburfed, 153;

Tobacco infpedlor, 153. Stirling Captain, bocii. Stith, Drvtry, 92; Commiffioner, 15, 74. Stobo, Robert, Petitioner, 212. Stone Stops, 154; Provifion againft, 326. Stover, Peter, 12. Strafburg, Bill to enlarge, 23; Bill to eftablifh, 17,
21, 25, 26.

Stratford Landing, Warehoufe, 343. Strays, Adl concerning, 136, 161, 162, 163, 164.

[38i
Stuart, John, Supt. Indian Affairs, xix, xx. Suffolk, Parifh, 274; Bill concerning, 278, 279,283, 293, 295; Exempt from payment of ferriage, 309; Redtor, 264, 266. Sugar Trade, 233. Suggett, Edgecomb, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Suggett, John, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Suitor, William, 128, 130. Summer, Jethro, Petitioner, 265; Reimburfed, 268.

]
for

Summers, William, Claimant,

Surgery, Bill concerning,
92.
7,

125.
12, 18, 20,

78, 90, gi,

4, 32, 46, 64, 104, 113, 122, 170, 202, 226, 268, 314, 325; Cobham, 114; Jofeph's Swamp, 264; Gray's Creek Warehoufe, loi; Petition, 72, 97; Scotland Neck, 94; Southwark Parifh, 51; Wakefield, 264; Writ for eledling bvirgeffes, 19,

Surry County, 121; Burgeffes,

67-

Surveyor's Inftruments invented, 294. Sufh, Jer., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Sufquehannah River, xi. Suffex County, Albemarle Parifh, 109, 114, 266, 268, 278, 292, 295, 309; Burgeffes, 4, 32,
46,
64,

170,

202,

226,

314; Petition,

112;

Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19. Swain, James, Claimant, 11, 75. Sweene, William, Petitioner, 118, 135. Swift Rim Gap, 275; Road through, 267, 283, 286,
326, 334, 337. 363Swilling, David, Claimant, iii. Sydnor, W^illiam, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Syme, John, Burgefs, 3, 13, 17, 19, 31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 205, 225, 230, 313; Lands vefted in, 283, 286, 289, 292, 29s, 309; Petitioner, 255. Syme, Mildred, 255.

Symmond, William, Claimant, 26, Symmons, Benjamin, Burgefs, 4,

202, 226, 314.

75. 32,

46,

64,

170,

Symfon, Abraham, Claimant, 219, 244. Symfon, William, Claimant, 219, 244.

69, 169, 201, 225, 231, 313. Three Penny Adl, 1. Thurfton, James, Petitioner, 132. Timberlake, Mr., Enfign, xviii. Timberlake, Henry, Petitioner, 208, 213. Tinley's Point, Petition for warehoufe, 105. Tinfley, Charles. Claimant, 104. Tippling Houfes, Reftrained, 81, 90, 116, 146, 147, 149, 164, 210. Tobacco, 66; Bill concerning, 8i, 84, 100, 109, Crop, 245; Debts, adl concerning, xli, xlvi; Duty on, 350; InfpeAion, 97, 83, 91, 99, 100, 108, 109, 145; Infpedlion difcontinued, 72; Infpe<5tors' petition, 84, 105, 108, 132, 133, 135, 176, 240, 242, 284, 316, 334, 340; Infpe<5tors reimburfed, 153; Law, Iviii, 234, 236; Notes, 143, Petition to difcontinue infpecftion, 206^ 243, 264; Petition to eftablifh infpedlion| 109, 315; Petition to eredl warehoufe, 112; Pickers, 235, 325; Reviewed by juftices of peace, 258; Short crop, xli, xlvi; Staple amended, xli, xlvi, 93, 99, 102, 112, 145, 147, 148,150, 151, 152, 153, 155,157, 164, 215, 2l6i 218, 219, 220, 221, 249, 258, 263, 265, 273, 276, 280, 281, 282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 291,' 294, 298, 299 315, 317.329.339, 341, 343. 346,' 349, 351, 353. 354, 362, Stolen, 135, 316, 328, 340; Unneceffary infpecftion, 266; Value of infpedted, .xxxix; Warehoufe difcontinued 2og, 211, 213, 218, 222; Warehoufes for, 100; Warehoufes, petition concerning, 263. Todd, Betty, Petitioner, 143, 148. Todd, Richard, Lands docked, 282, 286, 288, 293, 295, 309; Petitioner, 277. Todd, William, Deceafed, 277; Petitioner, 11, 148; Town on land, 148. Todd's Warehoufes, "Town at, 72, 143, 148, ijj ToU, I4S. Tom, flave, 71, 102.

Thornton, Prefley, Burgefs, 3, Council ony, 7 Succeffor cledled, 32. Thornton, William, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63,
;

Col-

Tabs, John, 96; Commiffioner,

89, 95-

16,

73; Deceafed,
169,

Tabb, Thomas, Burgefs,

3,

19, 21, 31, 45, 63,

201, 225, 230, 282, 313. Tacket, William, Claimant, loi.

Tomienion, William, Claimant, 13. Tomlinfon, James, Claimant, 83. Tomlinfon, William, Claimant, 75. Tompkins, Harry, Freeholder, 269, 270. Tompkins, William, 126, 127. Tony, A flave, 121. Toombs, Thomas, Claimant, 52, 75.

Talbot, John, Burgefs,

231, 313.

3,

31, 45, 63, 169, 201, 225,

Town,

Bill to eftablifh, 72,

100; Petition to eftab-

lifh, 72, 75, 79, 82, 99.

Talbot,

\Mlliam,
72.

Petitioner,

68,

71;

Reimburfed,

Tanners, Petition, 338.

Towns, John, Claimant, 134. Townfend, Lord, Ixxvi. Travis, Edward Champion, Burgefs,

Tappahannock,

267. Tar, A(5t to infpeft, 93, 124, 144; Infpedled, 151, 154, 156, IS7, 158, 164, 328, 338, 348, 353, 355, 3^3Tarpley, John, 127.

3, 31, 45, 63, 69, 169, 201, 225, 231, 280, 313, 335.

Tarquin and Caefar, Ixvi. Tax, Land, 336, 348, 354, 356;
348,358. Taylor, James, Burgefs,

On writs, 356; Poll, 356; Public, 114, 158, 160, 161, 164. Taylor, Edmund, Burgefs, 313; Eledtion queftioned,
3,

Treafurer, Account before the Houfe, 115; Accounts examined, 143, 149; Bill for appointing, 8, 16, 18, 23, 25, Report to the Houfe, 294. Treafury Notes, 173, 191; Examined, 177; Redemption of, 192; State of, 177. Treafury, PubUc, 132, 356, 357.

Tremble, John, Claimant, 344.

Trent, Peterfield, Petitioner, 285, 286, 315. Triftoe, Richard, 127. Trotter, William, Claimant, 81. Truro Parifh, Bill todivide, 236, 238, 239, 273; Di\-ided, 308, 346, 347, 348, 350, 363; Lands added
to, 119, 156, 157, 165; Petition, 23, 75, 116,

13, 31, 45, 63, 69,

169,

201, 225, 230, 2^1, 313. Taylor, Richard, Sq., li. Taylor, Wilham, Burgefs, 313, 358.

Taylor, Zachariah, Claimant, 38, 75. Teibolt, Michael, Petitioner, 260; Reimburfed, 267. Tenneffee, xv. River, viii, ix. Terrier, John, Petitioner, 187, 243, 244; Reimburfed, 259.

117, 136.

118,

233,

337,

341; Veftry diffolved,

Tuckahoe Creek,

77, 116, 241, 279.

Tucker, William, Vote queftioned, 88. Tucker's Plantation, 72, 79, 99.

Jofeph, Petitioner, burfed, 221. Terry, Nathaniel, Burgefs,

Terry,

211,
3,

214,

221;

Reim-

Tugaloo River, viii. Turberville, George,

Member

of Affociation, Ixxiv.

31, 45, 63,

107, 122,

169, 201, 225, 231, 265, 273, 314; fioner, 290; Sheriff of Halifax, 317.

Commif-

Thayer, George, 126, 130.

Thomas, Governor, xiv. Thomas, Benjamin, Claimant, 232. Thomas, Cornelius, Burgefs, 3, 31,
Thomas, Michael, Claimant,
Ixxiii.

Turke, Standing, Warrior, xxiii. Turner, Charles, Claimant, 205, 244. Turpentine, Adl to infpecft, 93, 124, 144, 151, 154, 156, 157, 158, 164, 328, 338, 348, 353 355, 363. Turpin, Thomas, 318, 319, 323; Reimburfed, 326. Tufkarora Indians, 58, 115; Prefents to, 53, 57.

45, 63, 81, 116, 169, 201, 225, 231, 241, 279, 313.
11, 75.

Twightwees Indians,

xi.
xli,
1.

Two Penny

A(ft,

xxxviii,

Thornton, Francis, 268, 275. Thornton, Francis, Jr., Member of Affociation,

Tibbs, Daniel, Member of Affociation, Tilman, Paul, Evidence of, 272. Thompfon, William, Claimant, 253.
Ixxiii.

Tyler, John, 127. Tyler, William, Petitioner, 70, 90. Tyrie, Dr. James, Deceafed, 237.

U.

Underwood, Thomas, Evidence

of, 270,

272.

382

]
16, 73, 90, 96;

Upfhaw, James, Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Upfhaw, John, Burgefs, 3, 19, 31, 45, 63, 69, 70,
169, 201, 225, 231, 305, 313, 334, 33s; ber of Affociation, Ixxiii.

Warrington, Rev. Mr. Thomas,

157,

Vote

Mem-

queftioned, 89, 95. Warwick, Jofeph, Claimant, 26, 75. Warwick County, 208, 268; Burgeffes, 4, 32, 46, 170, 202, 210, 226, 278; 64, Court day altered, 220, 221, 222; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19.

Warwick Warehoufe,
Vance, John, Claimant, 35, 75. Vance, Samuel, Account of, 98. Vaughan, Martin, Claimant, 34, 75. Vaughan, Shadrach, Under SheriflE,
Vaufs Fort, 339.
Veal,

Infpedlors reimburfed,

153

331.

Thomas, Burgefs,

31, 63, 70, 169, 177, 201, 225,

Veffels, Publifh freight, 100 Virginia, viii, ix, x, xiv, xv, xvi, xvii, xviii, xxii, xxiv XXV, xxvii, xxxvi, xxxvii, xlii, xlv, xlix, liv, Ivii, Ixiv, Ixvii, Ixxii, Ixxiv, 103, 130, 171,

284. Petitioner, 278; Reimburfed, 284. Wafhington, Charles, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Wafhington, Col. George, 179, 343; Burgefs, 3, 7, 10, 31, 45, 63, 92, 97, loi, III, 117, i6g, 176, 180, 201, 225, 230, 247, 313. Wafhington, John Augt., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Wafhington, Laurence, Member of Affociation,
l.xxiv.

Wafh, John, 278, Wafh, Sufannah,

Wafhington, Samuel, Member of Affociation,

Ixxiii.

Watch,

179, 204, 255, 257, 304, 360; Arms of, 333,364; Affembly, vii, 333; Burgeffes, xxxvii, Iv, 206; Clergy of, xlii, xlviii, 1, lii; Court of Appeals, prefident, xlvii; Current silver mon-

to eftablifh, 184, 187, Petition to eftablifh, 183.

Bill

193,

195,

196;

Wateree River, i.K. Watkins, Henry, 128; Commiffioner,

15,

74.

105; Diocefe, xlvii; Governor of, 351; Indian factory, 354, 356, 357, 359, 361, 362. Virginia Regiment, x, 7, 18, 38, 42, 47, 52, 66, 68, 70, 74, 81, 91, loo, loi, 109, III, 115, 117, 118, 119,120, 122, 131, 133, 134, 13s, 140, 142, 150, 160, 166, 17s, 179, 187, 212, 236, 243, 247, 252, 255, 259, 262, 274, 275, 276, 280, 324, 340, 342, 353; Atft concerning, 26, 35, 36; Armorer, 240, 260; Bill concerning, 40; Captains, 94, 121, 134; Memorial, 21, 36, 38, 124, 137, 152, 332, 339; Officers, 102, 106; Officers reimburfed, 41, 42, 165; Petition, 185 Reimburfed, 137, 146, 194, 197; Refolve concerning, 39; Steps to difband, 33; Surgeon, 151, 278. Virginia State Library, vii, viii. Virginians, 58.
ey,

Watkins, William, 128, 130. Watfon, Matthew, Petitioner, 153. Watts, John, Infpedtor, 328; Member of Affociation, Ixxiii; Petitioner, 316; Reimburfed, 328. Waugh, Alexander, Petitioner, 238; Reimburfed,
2 12,

222, 244.

Waugh, Alexander, Jr., Petitioner, 13, 14. Webb, James, Jr., Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Weeks, Charles, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Welton's Meadow, 248.
Weft, John, 17; Burgefs,
225,
231,
3,

31, 45, 63, 69, 169, 201,

W.
Wade,
Captain, 71.
201;

Wade, Hampton, Petitioner, 288, 290, 326. Wade, Robert, Burgefs, 3, 31, 45, 63, 169,

Deceafed, 229; Succeffor eledted, 226. Wager, William, Bvirgefs, 3, 9, 15, 18, 31, 37, 45, 63,
73. 75. 86, 94, 96, 98, 157, 169, 201, 225, 256, 305, 313; Not duly elected, 90.

335, 348; Lands Petitioner, 11. Weftmoreland County, 70, 246, 351; Burgeffes, 4, 20, 32, 46, 64, 170, 202, 226, 314; Claim, 232; Nomony River, 16, 206; Originators of oppofition againft Stamp Adl, Ixxii; Petition, 71, 79, 206, 343; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19; Yeocomico River, 91. Weft Point, Town of, 11. Weft Virginia, viii, ix, xv, xvii, xviii, xxv. Wharf, Erecfted, 112; Repaired, 109, 132, 141. Wheel Carriages, Tax on, 181, 184, 187, 192, 193, 196. Wheeler, Benjamin, Claimant, 232. Whigs and Patriots, Uv. 233, 292, 313,

docked,

12,

13, 21, 22, 27;

White, Rev. Alexander, Letter from, xlvi. Whiting, Thomas, Burgefs, 3, 8, 31, 45, 63,
70, 169, 201, 225, 230, 231, 313.

68, 69,

Waggoner, Captain,
Wakefied, 264.

100.
45, 63, 169, 201, 225,

Wake, Anthony, Burgefs, 4, 31,

230, 231, 280, 313, 343.

Walker, Doctor, 131. Walker, George, 96. Walker, James, Burgefs,

3, 8, 18, 31, 45, 51, 53, 63, 69, 107, 154, 169, 201, 211, 225, 313; Petitioner, 94, 102, 106, 184, 243, 244, 276. Walker, Thomas, Burgefs, 3, 6, 31, 45, 63, 107, 152, 155. 157. 169, 201, 225, 229, 230, 280, 298, 3. 305, 3^3: 335, 337. 3541 Petitioner, 289, 381; Reimbiu-fed, 11, 22, 27, 289. Walker, William, Claimant, 213. Wall, James, 92. Wallace, James, Burgefs, 90; Petitioner, 9, 15, 18, 37. 73. 75. 86, 94; Reimburfe Wager, 98. Waller, Benjamin, Appointed to coUecft adls of af-

Warehoufe, Infpedlors petition, 133; Infpedlors reimburfed, 153. Widows' Rights, Adl concerning, 84. Wilkinfon, Rev. Thomas, Letter from, xlvi. Will, A flave, 121. William, John, Claimant, 77 William and Mary College, xlv; Governors and vifi-

Wicomico

tors, 151, 154. 166.

Williams, Henry, Claimant, 78; Petitioner, 81, 85. WilHams, John, Member of Affociation, Lxxiv. Williams, Jofeph, Claimant, 244. Williamfburg, xiii. xvii, xviii, xix, xxi, xxii, 1, li, 18,
21, 22, 23, 98, 105, 108, 123, 125, 147, 156, 157, 165, 185, 208, 216, 236, 238, 250, 327, 332. 335. 355. 357. 358, 364; A.&. to enlarge, 184, 187, 194, 196; Alderman's petition, 123; Bill to enlarge, 176, 177; Burgeffes, 4, 32, Coun46, 64, 170, 202, 226, 314; Hall, 207; Emcil's petition, 123; powered to affefs taxes, 209, 213, 214, 217, 218, 222; Lots vefted in purchafers, 360, 361,

Common

fembly, 364; Burgefs, 305, 333Walthoe, Nathaniel, Clerk of council, 5,

Common

9, 13, 18, 22, 24, 25, 26, 33, 40, 41, 42, 47. 52. 55. 56, 57. 58, 65, 76, 120, 133, 138, 139, 142, 146, 149,

151, 154, 156, 157, 158, 161, 163, 164, 171, 175, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 203, 210, 216, 218, 219, 220, 221, 227, 235, 252, 273, 283, 287, 295, 299, 301, 307, 308, 332, 336, 337, 338. 342. 343. 344, 345. 346, 340. 35i. 353. 354, 355. 358. 359. 361. 362; Reimburfed, 25, 40, 57, 192, 219, 361. Walton, Ifaac Rowe, Burgefs, 3, 10, 14, 31, 45, 63, 69. 73. 75, 139, 169, 201, 225, 265, 313; Election queftioned, 92; Reimburfed, 265.

363; Magazine in, 78, 137, 144, 147, 149, 163, 164, 239, 334, 337. 344. 345. 349. 363; Mayor's petition, 123; Petition, 210, 330; Public gaol, 361; Public magazine, 306; Recorder's petition, 123; Writ for eleifting burgeffes, 19.

226, 313, 345. Warehoufes, Bill concerning, 91; Difcontinued, 97; Infpeftors petition, 105; Petition to eredt, III, 112; Public, 91, 97, 99, 100, 108, 109. Waring, Francis, Member of <ffociation, Ixxiii. Warren, Peter, Petitioner, 134-

Ward, Mr. 88. Ward, Seth, Burgefs,

Willie, Rev. William. Letter from, xlvi. Willis, John, 92; Commiffioner, 15, 74. Willis, Lewis, Member of Affociation, Ixxiii. Willis, Robert, Petitioner, 57. over, 116; Grift Mill on, Willis's Creek, 321; 112, 141, 160, 162, 163, 165.

Dam

Wilfon, Major, George, 248; Reimburfed, 253 Wilfon, James, Annual Allowance, 220; Petitioner, 214, 220; Reimburfed, 220. Wilfon, John, Burgefs, 3, 7, 10, 17, 21, 31, 45, 63,
.

69, 84, III, 169, 201, 207, 214, 215, 225, 230, '3'. 313. 335-

[383
Wilton, Thomas, High Sheriff, 113. Winchefter, xx, 36, 77, 80, 119, 195, 248, 231, 297,
298, 342;

]
3, 8, 13, 16, 17, i8, ao, 22, 24. 25, 31, 39, 40, 45, 63, 68, 69, 84, 89, 90, 95, 96, no, 115, 119, 146, 148, 151, 154, 156, 158, 160, 161, 169, 173, 181, 185, 194, 196,

Wythe, George, Burgefs,

A6t to enlarge,

184, 187, 194, 196;

Bill to enlarge, 176, 177;

Fort Loudoun, 139.

Wine, 113. Winfton, Major, li. Winfton, John, 270. Winfton, Jofeph, Petitioner, 211, 221; Reimburfed,
221.

201, 219, 221, 225, 230, 231, 241, 257, 283, 294, 3S. 3^3. 327 331. 333' 344. 347. 357 361, 362; Oppofe refolutions, l.xv.

Winfton, William, 255; Petitioner, 209, 330. Winfton, William, Jr., Reimburfed, 339. Wife, John, Jr., Petitioner, 237, 245. Wolves, Reward for killing, 183, 243, 258, 260, 275,
291. 300. 35. 306, 38, 39. 32s. 33^, 33^, 333. 336, 337. 363. Wood, James, Commiffioner, 251. Wood, Mary, Petitioner, 119, 139. Wood, Thomas, 86, 91, 165; Petitioner, 76, 79; Reimburfed, 92, 120. Woodbridge, John, Burgefs, 4, 13, 31, 46, 64, 78, 170, 202, 226, 230, 314. Woodcock, John S., Member of Affociation, Ixxiv. Woodford, Lieut. William, Account of, 39.

Yancey, Richard, Claimant,

Yauyaugaine,
140.

262.

Yates, Rev. Mr,, Chaplain, 7, 34, 49, 67, 173, 19a, 205, 219; Reimburfed, 25, 40, 57, 192, aig.

Yawyawgania, loi. Yeargain, Edward, Vote queftioned,

Yellow Betty, A flave, 121. Yellow Jenney, A flave, 121. Yeocomico River, Warehoufes on,

89, 95.

Woods

River,

xiii.

Wormeley, Ralph, Burgefs, 3, 31, 39, 45, 63, 169, 201, 229; Lands docked, 122, 144,
165; 149, 147, eledied, 226.
Petitioner,
73. 73.

107, 146,

98;

Succeffor

71, 79, 91; Infpedtors reimburfed, 153. York County, 237, 245, 291; Burgeffes, 4, 3a, 46, 64, 154, 170, 202, 210, 226, 314, 331, 3^7; Petition, 100, 109, 210, 342; Writ for eledling burgeffes, 19. York-Hampton Parifh, 1. York River, Petition, 327. Yorktown, Petition, 8i, 90; Tobacco infpedlion

Wray, George, Commiffioner, 16, Wray, Jacob, i8; Commiffioner, Wren, William, Petitioner, 284.

Wright, William, Claimant, 71; Poll taker, 291.

Young, Young, Young, Young,

272.

100, 109. John, Petitioner, 331.

Smith,

Member of Affociation,
126.

Ixxiii.

Thomas,

Wyndot Indians, xi, xii, 52. Wynn, John, Account of, 340; Teftimony
Wythe. George, Appointed to
364.

William, Accufed of murder, .xxiii; Infpedlor 328; Petitioner, 316; Reimburfed, 328.

of,

colleft adls of affembly,

ZwiLLiNG, David, Petitioner, 119.

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