Pasquotank County NcArchives History .....Dismal Swamp Canal/stock Subscribers 1791/2
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"The following list of subscribers to the Dismal Swamp Canal was returned by 
Robert Andrews, President, Thomas IS'ewton, Jr., John Cowper, Benjamin Jones 
and Daniel Bedinger directors of the Company, agreeable to the directions of 
the Act of Assembly in that case made and provided and on motion ordered to be 
recorded which is in the words following, viz: 

A list of additional subscriptions received since Sept. 30th, 1791. John Blair, 
Williamsburg, Va., 2 shares; John Bracken, Williamsburg, Va., 2 do; James 
Madison, Wiliamsburg, Va., 2 do; William 432 Original Stockholders Dismal Swamp 
Canal. Lee, Green Springs, 2 do; James MeClury, Richmond, Va., 1 do; Kobert 
Morrison, of Philadelphia, by Benjamin Harrison, Richmond, Va., 2 do; John 
Ambler, James City, Va., 2 do; Patrick Henry, Prince Edward, Va., 1 do; Wm. 
Nelson for the Executors of Thomas Nelson, Sr., King William, Va., 1 do; Robert 
Andrews for Thomas L. Shippen, Philadelphia, 3 do; Jacqjn Ambler, Richmond, 
Va., 50 do; Alex McCanley, York, Va., 10 do; Ebenezer Ewing, Williamsburg, 2 
do; Henry Skyrin, Hampton, Va., 1 do; Jon Shelbume,Norfolk, Va., 1 do; Jon 
Dunbar, by Wm. Nelson, his attorney, Charles City, 2 do;John Lawrence, New 
York, 4 do; J. Parker for N. P. Parker, Isle of Wight, Va., 4 do; William 
Smith, South Carolina, 12 do; John McKinney, Norfolk, Va. 1 do; James Bennett, 
Norfolk, 1 do; Anth'y Metcalf, Norfolk, Va., 2 do; Isaac Sexton, Nansemond, 
Va., 1 do; John Mason, Camden, N. C, 1 do; Benjamin Pollard, Norfolk, 2 do. 

We certify that the foregoing list beginning with John Blair and ending with 
Benjamin Pollard, contains the additional subscriptions amounting to 112 
shares, made in the books of the Company &c., since 20th day of September, 1791.

Hathaway, James Robert Bent, 1831-1904, [from old catalog] ed; Ray, Worth 
Stickley, 1877- [from old catalog] ed. The North Carolina historical and 
genealogical register (Kindle Locations 12421-12437). Edenton. 

 

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