Lunenburg County, Virginia Publick Claims 1780-1784 ======================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages CANNOT be reproduced in any format for profit or any other presentation. Permission from the submitter is required before this file can be used in any other format or system. http://www.usgenweb.com ======================================================================= Page 1 At a court held for Lunenburg County the 15th day of March 1782 agreeable to an act for adjusting claims for property impressed or taken for public use. William Loving for 1 beef. Lewis Ragsdale for same. William Tisdale 1 beef. Rowland Ware 1 beef. Frederick Nance 1 beef, 60# bacon, 516# fodder William de Graffenreid 1 beef, 2-1/2 bu corn, 6 bu wheat Obed Clay for 1 beef. Samuel Burton for 33 d__?__, forage, 7 bu oats for Parschall Greenhill when impressing on order Brig. Gen. Lawson Nathaniel Boothe 5s for corn, guarding public stores. Daniel Mason for a beef 425#. Henry Gee beef. Page 2 8 bushel corn for Continental troops; 5 bu corn by order Brig. Gen. Lawson, 3 bu oats Jeremiah Alerson furnishing United States 210 bu fodder, 8 bu oats, 4 diets, 2-1/2 bu corn Benjamin Gee for beef 300#, 66# bacon John Connell, Jr. for 250# beef Richard Stone, Jr. 875# beef, 142# bacon John Winn, Sr. 48 gal. brandy, 300# beef Peter Winn 275# beef Charles Hamlin 350# beef, 400 bu wheat William Cross 875# beef William Rhodes 325# beef John Cross 1240# beef Page 3 Richard and Leonard Claiborne 700# fodder Anthony Street 270# beef Robert Brown 220# beef, 30 bu wheat, 3 bu corn Joseph Hightower 1 horse 8 yrs, impressed by Capt. Fauntleroy by order Gen. Green Henry Blagrave 772# beef Robert Beasley 750# beef William Smith 300# beef Daniel Malone 46# bacon,, 5 bu oats Edward Jordan Sr. 300# beef Estate of Henry Blagrave 650# beef Isaac Johnson 77# bacon Robert Ingram 290# beef Anthony Griffin 247# beef Nathaniel Mason 250# beef Page 4 Joseph Dupree 450# beef, 20 bu corn, 6 bu wheat, 86-1/2# bacon Nicholas Williams 26# bacon 414-1/2# beef Jessie Saunders 840# beef Christopher Robertson 300# beef John Lock 275# beef John Hightower 350# beef Estate of Richard Williams 475# beef John Smithson 300# beef Bryan Lester 475# beef Francis Smithson 225# beef John Winn, Jr. beef John Cureton, Jr. 25# beef John Ragsdale, Jr. beef Henry Embry 25# beef William Loving 25# beef John Booker 50# beef Leonard Dozier 15# beef Page 5 Emanuel Callis 75# beef Joseph Billups 75# beef Benjamin Tatum 350# beef; 7-1/2 bu corn Agness Williams 44# bacon Christopher Billups 730# beef; 1 bu oats; 1/2 bu corn Charles Patterson 87# beef John Ingram 375# beef; 94-1/2# bacon & carriage John Elliot (__?__) Laurence Williams 325# beef; 20 gal, vinegar Joseph Dupree 2 bu corn; 100 bundles fodder Cornelius Collier 6-1/4 bacon; 375# beef Joseph Hightower 35 bu oats; 1-1/2 cords wood; 425# beef Page 6 Elisha Estes 200# beef. nobert Estes 275# beef. Thomas Hardy for 650# beef. William Hardy for 450# beef. Estate of Peter Couzins, dec'd. 275# beef John Cross for 11 rations; 1-1/2 bu oats David Stokes for 200# beef John Hardy, Senr. for 350# beef David Winn for 350# beef George Hightower for 750# beef Joseph Minor for 238# beef Ann Eadings for 523# beef Theopholius Eadings for 225# beef Nicholas Brown for 325# beef Abraham Cuthill for 250# beef William Wallace for 250# beef Estate of Abraham Cocke, dec'd. for 350# beef Page 7 Minor Wilks 450# beef; 44# bacon Leroy Beuford for 325# beef; 54# bacon Hugh Brooks for a saddle for Continental James Beuford for 300# bacon Covington Hardy for l1-1/2 bu wheat; 63# bacon Thomas Beuford for 400# beef; 75# beef Cornelius Crenshaw for 4 pecks corn; 1000 bundles fodder Joseph Winn for 2 bu corn; 16 rations John Granger for 575# beef John Cook for 575# beef Nevil Gee for 300# beef Abraham Andrews for 325# beef Joseph Knight for 325# beef David Vandyke for 34# beef Roger Gregory for 525# beef Page 8 Henry Gill for 325# beef John Atkinson for 275# beef John Ragsdale for 300# beef John Broker for 350# beef Ward Hudson for 400# beef Craddock Vaughn for 225# beef Joseph Smith for 525# beef Stephen Wood for 500# beef William Tucker for 350# beef John Stevenson 312# beef Robert Scott for 400# beef George Crymes for 350# beef; 37# bacon John Cureton for 800# beef Henry Embry for 305# beef; a horse 5 years Estate of Loddwick Farmer, dec'd. 300# beef; 1000 bundles of fodder; 55# bacon Page 9 415# flour; 66# bacon; for the militia on their march to join Genl. Washington at Yorktown 1000# flour and a hogshead John Hawkins, Jr. for 255# beef James Beuford for 425# beef John Hawkins, Senr. for 305# beef William Stone for 300# beef William Stone, Jr. for 375# beef John Mills for 200# beef Martha Tucker for 103# bacon Robert Brown for a gilding 3 years furnished 1st Va. Lt. Dragoons William Tucker for 350# beef John Crafton for 550# beef J Hawkius, Gwr. for ___# beef Benjamin Shelton for 350# beef Gideon Moon for 550# beef Thomas Dupree for 365# beef Thomas Gafford for 250# beef Page 10 George Tucker for 175# beef; 32# bacon Edward Jordan for 750# beef 106# bacon William Samsun for a waggon horse 8-9 years which was lost; 1 days waggoning. Benjamin Cobb for 33# bacon Thomas Starks for 350# beef Daniel Bayne for 300# beef John Pettus for 920# beef Francis de Graffenreidt for 274# beef; 44 bu corn; 60 bundles of fodder Allen Stokes for furnishing the Halifax Militia on their march to York with 132# beef James Mureile for 15 gal. brandy & cask; 20 bu oats & carriage Benjamin Winn for pasturage & finding cattle Henry Gee for pasturage of cattle & horses Estate of Stephen Wood, dec'd. for waggoning Page 11 Elisha Estes for pasturage & herding cattle; 5 days waggoning; pasturage and trouble finding 48 cattle 6 days; pasturage 45 cattle 31 days; 5 days riding to get waggons to remove stones Estate of Stephen Wood, dec'd. for waggoning for Continental Bryan Lester for waggoning 100 days John Hix for 280# beef Henry Walker for 175# beef Richard Ingram for 325# beef William Smithson for waggoning 146 days Bartelot Estes for 23 days waggoning; 6 bu 3 pecks corn John Wren for 220 days waggoning Robert Wilson for 37 days waggoning Benjamin Clarke for 35 days waggoning Francis Smithson for 9 days waggoning Robert Walton for 9 days waggoning Elisha Estes for 106 days waggoning Robert Estes for 40 days waggoning Estate of Henry Blagrave, Gent., dec'd. for a bay stud 4 years impressed by order Brig. Gen. Lawson Page 12 John Lucas for 275# beef Joel Farguson for 350# beef John Ragsdale for beef William Barrett for 600# beef Estate of Edward Downing, Gent. for 315# beef James Leman for 225# beef Estate of Henry Blagrave, Gent. for a horse 12-13 years impress by orders of Col. Henry Morris William Lowry for horse 5 years old impressed by order Brig. Gen. Lawson John Sanford for a saddle George Phillips for horse 4 years impressed by order of Gen. Green Abraham Maury for waggoning for the State 8 days Francis Smithson for serving as a waggon master Michale McKee for waggon; 59# bacon Frederick Nance, Jr. for a horse 4 years; saddle and bridle impressed by order of Brig. Gen. Lawson David Abernathy for a horse 6 years, bridle impressed by order Brig. Gen. Lawson p. 13 Alien Stokes for furnishing Lt. Col. Lee's Legion 5 bu oats & 20 bundles fodder Rz 20 diets; for a cart, 2 horses and driver 2'/2 days. William Parrott horse 6 years by Brig. Gen. Lawson. Joseph Winn pasturage 15 horses. Warren Beuford 1300# beef. The Reverend James Craig for 900# beef. James Amos for 350# beef. John IIammock for 250# beef. Thomas Williams for 325# beef William Evans for 250# beef Thomas Crenshaw for 325# beef James Keats for 450# beef George Phillups for 200# beef; for 6 men & horses under by order Brig. Gen. Lawson with diets and forage Page 14 John Hardy, Senr. for a gun for the militia who were ordered to join Gen. Greene which has not been returned Robert Brown for the same Baxter Pettipool for same Stephen Brown for same Young Bowers for same Warren Beuford for the same Joel Farguson for the same Robert Beasley for the same William Bradley for the same James Keats for the same Erasmus Winn for the same Charles Gee for a horse 5 years by order of Brig. Gen. Lawson William Taylor for horse di15. John Hammoth for a saddle & bridle At a court continued and held for the aforesaid County the next day following William Taylor for 750# beef John Callaham for 225# beef David Moore for 325# beef Thomas Jarrott for 350# beef William Fisher for 400# beef William Hudson for 300# beef Edward Pages for 240# beef Page 15 John Overton for 300# beef John Garland for 325# beef Sterling Niblet for 225# beef Joseph Dunman for 575# beef Richard Hayes for 750# beef William Hayes for 450# beef; 35 bu wheat Thomas Garrott for 425# beef David Garland, Gent. dec'd. estate for 800# beef John Ballard, Jr. for 60# beef James Studivant for 325# beef John West for 275# beef Wyatt Williams for 250# beef John Ballard, Senr. for 400# beef Roger Atkinson for 250# beef Isaac Johnson for 325# beef Alexander Rudder for 200# beef Isaac Medley for 225# beef David Johnson for 250# beef Page 16 Lewis Burwell for 625# beef Henry Hayes for 800# beef James Beuford, Jr. for 350# beef William Smith for 300# beef Obed Clay for 275# beef Samuel Garland for 700# beef Robert Chappell for 700# beef John Ussery for 575# beef Curtis Keat for 300# beef William Love for 400# beef William Hatchett for 400# beef Covington Hardy for 400# beef Joseph Billups for 310# beef Henry Stokes for 900# beef Francis Eppes for 775# beef; 101 bu wheat Richard Hight for 20 bu wheat Benjamin Tomlison for 50 bu wheat John White for 71# bacon Page 17 Elizabeth Stokes for 88# bacon; 275# beef Estate of Thomas Winn, Gent., dec'd. for 504# beef Mary Bacon for 450# beef James Hamlett for 300# beef William Hamlett for 200# beef William Stokes for 700# beef Arthur Herring for 300# beef James Scott for 900# beef Thomas Walker for 375# beef Richard Gilliam for 300# beef Francis de Graffenreid for 675# beef Elisha Bettes for 188# beef; 77# bacon Field Clarke for a gun for the militia ordered to the assistance of Gen. Green not returned Shadrack Clarke for a gun same as the last Charles Patterson for 3 stage hands Joseph Billups for 2304 bundles fodder; a gun damages in the militia Page 18 Benjamin Estes for furnishing Continental soldiers with 6 diets, for horse hire & damages Richard Gilliam for a gun furnished the militia ordered to assistance of the Marquis not returned Nathaniel Boothe for pasturage 25 beeves 8 days John Ragsdale, Senr. for 50 beefs 15 days John Cureton for 47 beeves 15 days The orphans of Thomas Lowry, dec'd. for pasturage 7 beeves 15 days Benjamin Tomlinson for furnishing the militia on their march to York with 7-1/2 bu corn Francis Eppes for 14 bu corn to the same Cammock Vaughn for 2 bu corn for the same; for 5# bacon Estate of Stephen Wood, dec'd. for 2 bu corn for the same; 5# bacon William Bell for 2 bu corn; for waggoning 34 days William Samsun for 34 days waggoning John Hudson for a saddle and bridle impressed by order Brig. Gen. Lawson Edward Jordan for a horse 14 years impressed by order of Brig. Gen. Lawson Nicholas Hobson for a horse impressed from Mitcalf de Graffenreidt Page 19 Thomas Townes for a waggon and gear & 2 horses not returned Thomas Dozier for a rifle gun impressed for the militia who were ordered to the assistance of Gen. Green not returned Daniel Bayne for 84 bundles fodder; corn fodder and stableage for a horse 1 night; pasturage for 78 horses & 149 men on their way to the army John Pettus for waggoning Abraham Maury for 39 days waggoning John Bodkin Pitman for 1 day driving wagons Daniel Clay for 2 days driving wagons Moses Hurt, Jr, for 3-1/2 days waggoning & expenses Joseph Smith for wagon & gear impressed for 1st. Brigade of Maryland troops; a waggon, gear and 2 horses; 5 horses & drivers 13 days; waggoning 97 days; for a gun impressed from John Minor for the militia who were ordered to the assistance of the Marquis not returned Thomas Hardy for a saddle impressed by order Gen. Lawson Joseph Smith for waggoning 32 days; 6 diets; 6 gills spirits; 2 quires paper; Continental service furnishing 39 diets; 46# fodder; 4 lodgings; 10 bu corn, 24-1/2 bu oats Joseph Tucker for a gun impressed for the militia who marched to the assistance of Gen. Green and not returned Theophilus Edings for same John Eppes for the same Abraham Caudle for the same Matthew Gayle for the same. William Hatchett for the same Jeffery Murrell for the same James Thompson for the same James Parrish for the same Samuel Shinner for the same John Atkinson for the same who went to the assistance of the Marquis John Ussary for 2 guns John Callaham for the same Thomas Hammen for a gun Michael McKee for the same Joseph Dunman for a gun Bartley Smithson for a gun Willard Hatchett for a gun Page 20 John Cureton for Drury Murrells driving beeves Estate of Thomas Winn, Gent., dec'd. for furnishing the Continental troops with 21/2 bu oats; 1 bu corn; 50 bundles fodder; 22 diets Arthur Herring 650# fodder John Winn, Senr. 24 diets; 200 bundles fodder; 3 bu corn John Webb for 1 bu corn; 7 diets William Love for corn, fodder William Evsns for a saddle by order of Gen. Lawson James Murrell for 5 days driving beeves Elisha Battes for furnishing the Continental troops with diets; 3-1/2 bu corn; 1 bu oats; 240 bundles fodder; 3-1/2 bu corn; waggoning 30 days Francis Smithson for a waggon & gear taken by the Continental & not returned; waggoning for the same 37 days; waggoning for the militia 20 days Page 21 And at a Court held for the said County the 1lth day of April the next following Lyddal Bacon for a gun for the militia ordered to the assistance of Gen. Green not returned Cornelius Collier for the same George McLaughlin for the same Joseph Bohanan for the same MISSING PAGE 13 James Shelburne for 350# beef Lazarus Maddox for a horse; saddle & bridle impressed by order of Gen. Lawson Isaac Johnson for furnishing Continental soldiers 40 diets Samuel Estes for __?__ John Smithson for __?__ Page 24 Nicholas Holesin former collector of publick taxes for certificates received which has never been audited to wit: Joseph Smith for 24-3/4# bacon; 6 quire paper Daniel Winn for 2 gal & 5 pints brandy and carriage thereof John Estes 6 bu oats; Thomas Hackins for a waggon team and driver 9 days William Cross for 32-1/2 bu wheat & carriage William Hardy, Jr. for 4 days driving stock & expenses William Cross 17-1/2 bu wheat Thomas Tabb for 475# beef Benjamin Estes for a waggon, team and driver Thomas Garrott for 70 bu oats and carriage Edward Ragsdale for 350# pickled beef and a barrel and carriage William Pettipool for driving beeves John Hardy for 5 bu corn and carriage Francis Stevenson for 41 bu oats and 3 bu corn Francis de Graffenreid for 15 bu wheat John Hardy, Jr. for 2 days driving beeves, forage and stalling beef Lyddal Bacon for 2 days driving beeves John Callaham for receiving and issuing grain and forage, waggon horses James McClaughlin for 2 days driving beeves Josiah Smith for forage and diets for beef drivers John Barnes for 400# beef Richard Stone for furnishing Col. Gunleys Regt. with 70# bacon Page 25 Robert Crenshaw for furnishing 375# beef, 200# beef Sarah Farmer for 370# beef Shadrack Stokes 375# beef Jessie Saunders for a gun for militia ordered to assistance of Gen. Green and not returned John Williams for a gun for same Richard Stone for a gun for same William Puckett for a gun for same David Burton for a gun for same Benjamin Shelton for a gun for same Robert Blackwell for a gun for same Thomas Dupree 6 bu corn and carriage Henry Stokes 1,000 bu fodder Thomas Crenshaw 100# bacon Henry Haley for a pott delivered some sick militia Curtis Keat a gun for militia ordered to join Marquis La Fayette, not returned Elizabeth Smith for Gen. Green's army 30# hacon; 5 gal. brandy John Crafton riding 2 days Joseph Hightower 3 barrells; 2-1/2 bu oats Page 26 And at a Court held for the said county 9th May following Thomas Winn 325# beef Machin Elliott for 235# beef Samuel Jordon 325# beef Nicholas Hollison 300# beef John West 275# beef Jeremiah Burnett 275# beef Lucretia Jones 300# beef David Thompson 225# beef; a gun for use of militia ordered to assistance of Gen. Green James Laurence for a gun for same George Phillups for same Edward Wilson for same James Jones for same Samuel Meanly for same William Stone, Jr. for same James Amos for same David Johnson for same James Williams for same James Sturdivant for same Sterling Niblett for same Joseph Billups for same John Niblett for same William Wilson for same Estate of Richard Wyatt, dec'd. for same James Gee for same Thomas ___?___ for same John Barry for 1-1/2 bu salt for militia ordered to join the Marquis La Fayette; a gun Page 27 Woodson Knight for 425# beef; for Continental 30 bu corn, 800 bundles fodder Thomas Jones for a horse impressed by order of Gen. Lawson; for a saddle & bridle for same Drury Haley for a waggon team and driver 9 days; for a gun impressed for the militia ordered to join the Marquis not returned John Powell for furnishing express riders 9 diets Benjamin Clarke for a horse taken by Col. Marion sent to South Carolina; a waggon & driver 8 days; 2 guns impressed for the militia by order to the assistance of Gen. Green; for a horse to the Continental 11 months; for a saddle and bridle William Taylor for damage of a gun taken by the militia Thomas Dozier for 75# beef William Candle for a saddle and bridle impressed by order of Brig. Gen. Lawson Benjamin Edmondson for a waggon, team and driver in Continental service 48 days A copy Test. Wm. Taylor CSC. Pages 28-31 - blank Page 32 At a court held for Lunenburg County the 13th day of June 1782 Thomas Tuckett for a gun for the militia who marched to the assistance of Gen. Green John Cross the same as last John Cooper the same as last Trizzell McTire for a gelding 6 years who was in the militia cavalry and taken by the enemy; also for a saddle and bridle John Foster for 225# beef; a gun for the militia who went to the assistance of Gen. Green Benjamin Burchett for a rifle gun Abraham Maury for a gun John Caviness for a gun Robert Dixon for 3 barls. corn; a horse 90 days impressed by order of Col. Carrington in the time of the invasion of Gen. Phillips Robert Chappell for 8 bu corn, 100 bundles fodder, provisions for 9 men 2 days; 1/2 bu corn & dinner for 3 men for Light Dragoons in the Continental service James Breedlove for a bayonet Peter Andrews for a gun for the militia who went to the assistance of Gen. Green Abraham Andrews for the same John Moody for a gun for the same Page 33 Robert Floyd for a shot bag Craddock Vaughn for a waggon team and driver 32 days Stephen Ellington for 300# beef Thomas Jones for a gun not returned A copy Wm. Taylor. Cl. Page 34 At a court held for Lunenburg County the 11th day of July 1783 John Ballard for his services as commissioner of specifics from August to March inclusive And at a court held for the said County the 13th day of February following The estate of Richard Claiborne, Gent., dec'd. for 350# beef Joseph Smith for 5 barls. of corn for horses impressed by order of Brig. Gen. Lawson Edward Wilson for being waggon conductor 35 days impressed by Richard Seml.; forage furnished the army Lewis Tucker for collecting and driving beeves and finding himself & horse for the army Joel Tucker for the same Page 35 William Gill for furnishing for the use of the men and horses on command by order of Brig. Gen. Lawson 6 rations and forages Thomas Lewis for a horse, bridle, saddle impressed by order of Brig. Gen. Lawson Teste Wm. Taylor CSC. Page 36 Lunenburg County March Court 1784 David Ellington 440# beef Thomas Hill for a gun Robert Philips for collecting and driving beeves and finding himself a horse 9 days. April Court Thomas Tabb for 12 Beeves. May Court 1784 Leroy Brizendine for collecting and driving beeves and finding himself with a horse. August Court 1784 A copy Wm. Taylor Cl. Other Court Records: Lunenburg Lists Page 1 Acct. of Stores etc purchased by the commissioners of Lunenburg County for the use of the Public from 8th November 1780 Account of beeves purchased for the use of the publick by the commissioners of Lunenburg County and dates of Certificates for the same Wm. Hatchett Dec. 1 Wm. Hardy Dec. 1 Jno. Hardy Dec. 1 Jno. Ragsdale Dec. 1 Thomas Chambers Dec. 1 Ben. Edmundson Dec. 9 Jos. Smith Dec. 10 Jos. Hightower July 24 Moses Hurt Dec. 9 Thomas Jones Dec. 9 John Chambers Dec. 9 Wm. Hardy, Jr. Dec. 9 Wm. Liverett Dec. 9 Jas. Byshaw, estate Dec. 5 Danl. Clay Dec. 6 Jas. Lockram Dec. 6 Jas. Murrell Dec. 6 Drury Murrell Dec. 6 Lyddal Bacon Dec. 6 Wm. Prol(?) Dec. 6 Thomas Garrett Dec. 6 Jno. Badkin Pitman Dec. 6 Certified under our hands this 9th March 1781 - Henry Stokes, John Cureton, Thos. Buford, commissioners Page 2 (blank) Page 3 Acct. of certificates granted by the commissioners of Lunenburg County for stores purchased for the use of the public from 8th November 1780 Thomas Tabb November 8 John Cureton Nov. 8 Robert Estes 22 Edwd. Ragsdale Oct. 30 Sterling Niblet Oct. 25 Jno. Ragsdale Oct. 17 James Bishop Oct. 21 Elizabeth Stokes Jany. 1781 18 Joseph Smith Feby. 19 Elisha Estes Feb. 28 Benja. Estes Jan. 12 James Buford Nov. 1780 7 John Callaham 1781 March 11 Jno. Estes 1780 Dec. 11 Francis Stevenson Dec. 11 Benja. Estes Dec. 11 Joseph Smith 1781 Feb. 28 Benja. Estes 1780 Dec. 13 [Sig.] Henry Stokes, John Cureton, Thos. Buford From Documents located at the Virginia State Library, Richmond VA and the Virginia Archives Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Linda Russell Lewis