Pittsylvania County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....1777 Oath Of Allegiance, 1777 Oath Of Allegiance 1777 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Andrea Woods andrea.d.woods@gmail.com February 19, 2017, 11:18 pm Source: Pittsylvania Court Of Record Written: 1777 Oaths of Allegiance - 1777 Pittsylvania County, VA copy done by Cynthia Hubbard Headen source: The Magazine of VA Genealogy, v.23, #1 (Feb.1985),         transcribed by Marian Dodson Chiarito These lists were taken from a typewritten copy found in the Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County, at Chatham, Virginia.  The two following affidavits found attached to the copy are self- explanatory.    I, S. H. F. Jones, do hereby certify that about the year 1930 I personally copied and had checked the names of persons who took the oath of Allegiance in 1777 as shown by manuscripts then in the Clerk's Office of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.  The writing was faded and a few names could not be deciphered.  Every effort was made to transcribe the names as they appeared on the manuscripts.  The names of the foregoing Lists are a true and correct copy of the aforesaid manuscripts to the best of my knowledge and belief.  The lists were also checked by Mr. Langhorne Jones, atty.;    Given under my hand and seal this 8th day of November, 1939.                                        S. H. F. Jones (Seal) State of Virginia; Pittsylvania County, To-wit:;    I, E. E. Friend, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Mrs. S. H. F. Jones whose name is signed to the foregoing writing bearing date 8th day of November 1939, personally appeared before me in my county, Office and State aforesaid and made oath that the foregoing statements are true to the best of her knowledge and belief.  Given under my hand this 8th Nov. 1939.                                 E. E. Friend;                                 Clerk Pittsylvania Circuit Court                                 Chatham, VA List of George Carter; Beverly Barksdale; William Bennett; Jno. Campbell; Abrm. Chaney; Jacob Chaney; Joseph Chaney; Zekial Chaney; Chas. Chelton; Mark Chelton; Thos. Chelton; Jno. Chilton; William Chilton; Matthew Cox; Thomas Crain; James Craine; Thomas Creal; Jno. Creel; Jeremiah Deadman; Elisha Dodson; Geo. Dodson; Lazarus Dodson Rolly Dodson; Thos. Dodson John Fitzgerald; Daniel Gardner; Heath Gardner; Nath. Gardner; Sylvany Gardner; James Haggard; Henry Harding; Martin Harding; Geo. Hardy, Jun. Joshua Hardy; William Hardy; Micajah Harley; John H. Hedrick; William Ingram; Jeffry Johnson Chs. Kennon; Elisha King; Francs. Kirby; Henry Kirby; Henry Kirby, Sr.; John Kirby, Jun. William Kirby; Jno. Walter Kupper James Lawless; Chs. Lewis; Jno. Lewis; Thos. Lomox Matthias McBee; Chas. McLaughton; James McLees; John Madden, Jun.; Joshua Owens; Rolly Owens Jno. Paul; Thomas Peyne; John Prestridge; Jno. Prestridge, Jr.; William Price; William Ryburn; Nimrod; Scott; Joshua Shirlock; Samuel Slate; Ben. Stratton; Thos. Stratton; Jno. Talleaferro; William Taylor; Barton Terry; Ben Terry; Charles Terry; David Terry; Harry Terry Henry Terry; Jno. Terry; Joseph Terry; Joseph Terry, Jun.; Thos. Terry; Jno. Waller; Richd. Watson John Winters; Elias Wodson; Jno. Wright; Malachiah (unknown);   Persons Refusing to take Oath; Abrm. Campbell; Saml. Kirby; Uriah Pruitt; William Russell   Thomas Dillard, List; Chas. L. Adams; Henry Barton; William Bingham; John Bowmer; Henry Brown; James Brown; Robert Bruce; William Cash; William Chick; James Childress; Major Childress; Matthew Childress; Isaac Clement; Stephen Clements Joseph Collon; William Collon; John Dillard; James Doss; James Doss; John East, Sen. Joseph East; Thos. East; Samuel Eblin; Richard Ellis; Edward Evens; George Evens; George Evens, Jr. Moses Faris; William Fealder; Nathl. Handrake; Thomas Hardie; Tho. Harris; Jacob Holland Sec. Hook; David Hunt; Thomas Kersey; Harmon King John Luck; Moses McDaniel; James Markin Henry Mullins; Jacob Nichols; John Owen; Thorpe Parrott; Jessey Pattey; Green Wood Payne John Pemberton; William Pemberton; Joseph Slater; Christopher Sutton; Issac Tynes James Vaughan; John Vaughan; Thomas Vaughan; William Vaughan; George West; John West Joseph West; Joseph West, Jr.; Owen West; George Wilcox, Jr.; George Wilcox, Sen.;   Stephen Coleman's List; Richard Bayn; Charles Beasley; Henry Blanks; John Boise; Joseph Boise; Josiah Boise; Ben. Brawner; Samuel Brooks; John Brown Nathan Brown; Richard Brown, Sen.; James Cardwell; William Childress; Richard Chumney William Connelly; William Donaldson; Moses Estes; John Farguson; Joseph Farguson Isham Farmer; James Farmer; James Farmer, Jun.; David Gwyn; Thos. Gwyn; Ambrose Haley John Hammond; David Henry; Hugh Henry; Isaac Henry; Thos. Hutchings; David James Edward Jones; Thomas Jones; John Justice; Joseph Leak; Thos. Leak; John Martin; Jacob Meadows George Murphy; James Murphy, Jun.; James Murphy, Sr.; John Owen; Thos. Pass Reuben Payne; William Porter; William Ragsdale; William Right; William Russell; John Shackleford Cornelius Short; James Singleton; Thos. Sparks; Abrm. Spencer; John Stewart; John Stone; Saml. Stone; Stephen Terry; William Terry; David Walker; Jno. Watkins; David Watt George West; Rawley White; Beverly Willard; John Williams; Joseph T. Williams; William Williams John Willis; William Willis; John Yates; Richard Yates Capt. Hankin's List; Joseph Akins; William Akins; Abraham Aron Henry Atkins; Henry Atkins; Richard Atkins; William Atkins; John Ball; Joseph Ballinger Caleb Brewer; Frances Bucknall; John Bunkley; Jacob Cleveland; Thomas Clift; William Coggin John Cook; William Cook; David Dalton; James Dalton, Sen.; William Day; Leonard Delosher James Devine; John Devine; William Devine; Robert Duncan; James Durrey; George Dyer; Arthur Fuller; Brit. Fuller; Zachariah Fuller; William Goodman; James Gravely, Junr.; Watson Henry; Edmund Hodges Jesse Hodges; Thomas Hodges; Luther Hopper; Robert Hopper; Harrison Hubbard Caleb Hundley; John Jackson; Samuel Johnson; William Johnson; Alexander Lackey James Lynch; William McGeehee; David McKinney; Stephen McMillan; Mathew Martin William Mathews; William Mayes; James Mitchell; William Morgan; John Mullins; William Mullins; William Neally; William Oliver; John Pearson; William Pigg; Richard Prewitt; Hugh Reynolds; Joseph Reynolds; John Roberts; William Roberts; Benjamin Sexton; George Smith Joseph Standley; John Warren; John White;   Lankford's List; John Ballinger; John Barrett, Jr.; John Bay, Jr. William Betterton; John Brewer; James Buckley; John Buckley; Francis Chumley; John Cleaver Stephen Collins; Soloman Cross; John Dickerson; William Doss; Abraham Downey; Peter Downey Elisha Dyer; Charles Farris, Jr.; James Farris, Jr.; Joseph Farris, Jr.; Joseph Farris, Sen.; Thomas Farris, Sen.; Robert Ferguson; James George; John George; John George; Collins Hampton Thomas Hampton; John Harness; James Harris, Sen.; William Harskins; James Henderson, Sen. Thomas Henderson; Benjamin Hedrick; John Keezee; Geo. Landsdown; Joseph Lankford Franc. Luck; James Maybee; Henry Mitchell; Joseph Moody; Daniel Morgan; George Morgan Francis Short; Joel Short; William Sizzer; John Stone; Joshua Stone; Rich. Todd; Willm. Todd Meshack Turner; Shadrick Turner; Abner Vance; Matthew Vance; Thos. Vaughan, Jr.; Thos. Vaughan, Sr. Willm. Vaughan; John Whelock; R. Williams; L.C. Wilkin; John Wyatt;   Jas. Morton's List; Joseph Austin; James Biggers; William Bisnell James Bleakley; John Bleadley; Joshua Cantrell; Edward Covington; James Cox, Sen. John Cox, Sen.; Benj. Crowley; Richard Cullom; Jesse Duncan; James Fulton; Archd. Gibson John Gibson; Randolph Gibson; Samuel W. Gouley; James Granly; William Hankins; Thomas Harget Daniel Johnston; Thomas Johnston; John Jones; James King; Adam Lackey; John Lackey Thomas Livingston; Zachariah McCubbins; James McGeehee; Walter Matney; George Mays; Jehu Morton; John Morton; John Nelson; Joshua Nelson; William Oakes; David Payne; Edmd. Payne; Mathew Pigg; David Rawlings; William Read; Ignatius Redmond; James Richey James Robertson; John Robertson; Wm. Robertson; Matthew Sparks; John Stocktone; Robert Stocktone Adam Stultz; David Watson; James Whitesides; James Young;   Robert Payne's List; Jana. Abbott; William Astin, Jun.; Henry Baldwin; Chas. Barnett; Lewis Barton; James Brown; Sam. Bynum; Jno. Cargill; Thos. Charlton; Jacob Chipman; Jno. Chipman; Wm. Cornelius; Ben Craigg; James W. Daniel; James Dix; John Dix; Jno. Dix; William Dix; William Dix; Thomas Dudley; Lewis Garrett; Richard Gibson; Will Gillaspy; Richard Gwynne; Saml. Harris; Jno. Haskins; George Hudson; George Humphries; Jno. Jones William Kennon; Benj. Lawless, Jr.; Jno. Lawrence; David Lay; Geo. Lumpkins, Sen.; Peter McCaul; Jno. McMillion; Hugh Mahoon; Wm. Muncas; Michl. Obarr; Luke Pendergrass; Thos. Perkins; Thos. Pestal; Benj. Ratcliff; Jno. Ratcliff; Wm. Richardson; James H. Roberson David Rolls; George Southerland; William Stubblefield; Parmenas Taylor; Ben Theasher; James Thornton; Wm. Travis; Geo. Twedell; Jacob Whitworth; Davd. Worsham; Jno. Worsham Bazald Wyer; Jno. Wyer; William Wynn, Sen.; John Wynne; Robert Wynne; John Yates, Jun.; Geo. Yunt;   Reuben Pain's List; Absolem Addams; Allen Addams; Cain Addams John Addams, Jun.; John Addams, Sen.; Nathan Addams; Thomas Addams; William Addams Zebulon Brynson; Daniel Cofman; Samuel Dilerd; John Dupays; Pryant Easley; Josiah Fargeson; Moses Freeman; Thos. Gee; Henry Hall; John Hall; John Hall; Daniel Hankins Thomas Hardy; Thomas Hardy, Sen.; William Hardy; Hugh Henry, Sr.; Nathaniel Hughes; Aaron Hutchings Charles Hutchings; Charles Hutchings; Christopher Hutchings; Moses Hutchings Benjamin Lankford; Francis Lamson; Jonas Lawson; Daniel Lovell; Marcom Loval; John McGhee; John Martin; John May; John Mode; William Moore; John Nuckels; Josiah Nuckles Edmund Pain; Philemon Pain; John Parsons; Joseph Parsons; Samuel Parsons; George Perseye Hezekiah Pigg; James Pigg; Benjamin Porter; Joseph Porter; Joseph Pruett; Bird Pruitt Levey Pruitt; Daniel Ragsdale; Frederick Ragsdale; Joseph Richards; Armstead Shelton; John Short William Short; Burel Vading; Zachariah Waller; William Waters; Archebel Weatherford Harding Weatherford; John Weatherford; Joshua Welch; John Wilson; John Wimbush William Witcher;   Charles Kennon's List; James Adams; Baker Ayers; Moses Ayers William Barker; Thomas Beach; Jno. Bennett; Thomas Bennett; Benj. Burgess; Edward Burgess; Zack Bowles; George Carter; Jno. Carter; William Carter; William Cauthern; Tunis Cole; Charles Collie; William Collie; Bartholomew Crowder; James Daniel; John Ditty; David Dodson Fortunatus Dodson; Geo. Dodson; Greenham Dodson; Hightower Dodson; Jesse Dodson Rolly Dodson; Tho. Dodson; William Dodson; William Durrett; Patrick Early; Joseph Echols Richard Echols; George Eubanks; Daniel Everett; David Hall; John Hall; John Hall, Jr. Joseph Hall; Joses (?Moses) Hanks; Benj. Harrison; Jonathan Hill; Joseph Hill; Thomas Hill; Edward Howard Ezekial Howard; Alexander Lee; Charles Lewis; Howell Lewis John Lewis (Byrd); Robert Lewis; William Lewis; Ratherick McDaniel; John Madden; Robert Madden Thomas Madden; William Maddon; Smallwood Coghill Marlin; Peter Martin; James Menasco James Sml.wood Owen; John Owen; Uriah Owen; William Owen; William Owen, Jr. Michael Ozbrooks; John Payne; John Payne; John Payne; Poyndexter Payne; Robert Payne; William Petty; Zack.h Pruitt; Phillip Pruitt; Samuel Pruitt; James Roberts; Buckner Russell; Jeremiah Simpson John Stamps; Isham Tatum; William Thomas; William Twedel; Elijah Walters; John Walters Robert Walters; Robert Walters, Jun.; Thomas Walters; Thomas Walters, Jr.; William Walters James Watson; John Watson; Jonathan Weldon; Peyton Wood; Thomas Wynne;   Capt. Jas. Roberts' List; Martin Bailey; Wm. Bailey; Lemuel Black Thomas Black; Samuel Bolling Robert Bolton; Thomas Brandon; James Brewer; James Brewer Thomas Bucknall; William Burdeth; Samuel Calland; Charles Calloway; John Campbell Stephen Center; John Cock; Benjamin Cook; James Dillard; Benjamin Duncan; Samuel Duncan John Durham; Joseph Dyer; John Ellis; Peter Finney; William Fitzgerald; Michael Gilbert Benjamin Hammmond; William Hammond; John Hanna; William Heard; Noble Johnson; John Kirby; Nathaniel Kirby; Adam Lackey; Thomas Lackey; William Lackey; Saml. Langbee; Thomas Lawrence; Benjamin Leprad; Littleberry Mallock; John Melton; William Peak; William Pigg David Ray; Payton Smith; Robert Smith; William Still; James Stockley; Jeremiah Stone; George Taylor; Ludwick Tuggle; William Turner; John Walker William Webb;   Refused; James Lander Abraham Shelton's List; Absolem Bransom; William Bucknal; John Caffey; Seth Caldwell; Stephen Coleman; Alex Donelson; John Donelson, Esq.; John Donelson, Jun.; Charles Dowel; William Easley; Joseph Farris; John Farthing; Richard Farthing Tandy Farthing; Edmund Fitzgerald; Harris Gammon; Jonathan Griffeth; William Griffith William Griffith, Jr.; Holmes Gwinn; John Gwinn; Daniel Hankins, Esq.; John Henry; Henry Hix; George Holland; James M. Hugh; John Jones; William Jones; John Kirby; William Lewis Joseph Maples; Samuel Martin; James Metcalf; John Metcalf; Joseph Metcalf; Joseph Morton, Esq. John Norton; Bryan Oneal; William Pace; Joseph Parsons; Richard Parsons; William Parsons Reuben Payne, Esq.; Richd. Pilson; William Purnell; John Rigney; Jesse Robinson; Jesse Rowland; Nath. Rowland; Symon Rowland; Crispin Shelton, Esq.; Daniel Shelton; John Shelton Phil. Southerland; Jas. Semore Swinney; John Swinney; James Taylor; Joseph Terry; William Thomas; Jeremiah Warsham; John Watson; John Watson, Jr.; Thomas Watson; William Watson Nattey Wheat; William Widby; Major Willis; Stephen Yates;   Refused; Chas. Rigney, Jun.; Chas. Rigney, Sen.; Jonathan Rigney   Crispin Shelton's List; David Barber; John Barber; John Barrott Richard Barrott; James Bruce; Uriah Cammeron; Abednego Castiel; Thomas Davis; John Doss John East; Elisha Farris; Thomas Farris, Jun.; Robert Foster; Thomas Gazaway; John Greggory Benjamin Gudger; James Heneerson, Junr.; Joshua Hudson; Paul Hudson; David Irby Francis Irby; James Irby; Peter Irby; Jesse Keezee; Richard Keezee; Moreman Lawson; Charles Lewis, Jun. Charles, Sen. (Sic); Abraham Motley; Avery Mustain; Jesse Mustain; Thomas Mustain Leonard Pace; Lewis Parrott; Abraham Payne; John Payne; Josiah Payne; Leonard Payne Thomas Payne; William Payne; Joseph Roberts; George Russ; Thomas Shields; Abraham Shelton Beverly Shelton; Crispin Shelton, Jun.; Gabriel Shelton; Vincent Shelton; William Shelton Young Shelton; Edmund Taylor   William Short's List; Samuel Askey; Peter James Bailey; Thos. Burgess; John Cartin; Daniel Davis; John Gee; Henry Hardin; Mark Hardin; Martin Hardin Wm. Hartin; Daniel Lynch; (unknown) Perdew; Isaac Sartin; Page Sartin; Sillvanus Stokes Geo. Strother; Gabl. Tutt;   William Ward's List; Joshua Abston; William Baker; Reuben Bennett William Bennett; John Bobbitt; John Bosswell; Jeremiah Burnett; John Byrd; Charles Calloway; Benjamin Clements; Benjamin Clements; James Clements; Thomas Colley; Shadrick Collier John Collin; James Dalton; John Dalton; Joseph Dalton; Randolph Dalton; John Ellis; William Ellis; David Evens; Benjamin Foster; John Goard; Thomas Goard; William Goard Richard Halloway; John Hargess; John Holland; Thomas Holland; George Keysee; John Lawson Benjamin McDowell; William McDowell; Michael Mullings; Benjamin Mullins; Thomas Music John Neal; Little B. Patterson; David Perry; Elisha Pruitt; Field Robertson; John Robertson Thomas Robertson; Joseph Smith; Ralph Smith; William Smith; William Spragins; Nathan Thurman Charles Walden;   John Wilson's List; George Adams; Richard Anders; John Anglin John Asher; John Ashworth, Jr.; Bob Baker; Thos. Billing; John Booth; George Brittian Thomas Brown; James Brumfield; Charles Burton; James Burton; John Anderson Burton; Wm. Burton Sterling Cats; Joseph Cook; John Davis; Thos. Cooper Dickerson; Larkin Dix; Thos. Drake Charles Duncan; John Duncan; James Elliott; Benj. Fallow; Edmund Fallow; Thos. Fletcher Julas Gibson; James Gossett; James Gossett, Sr.; Shadrick Gossett; Thos. Gossett; James Gowing Geo. H. Gwin; John Gwin; Edmund Hammons; David Harris; Gosdale Hollis; Joseph Irwin Wm. Irwin; Charles Lacy; David Lacy, Jr.; Geo. Lacy; John Lacy; Richard Lacy; John Fuller Lane; James Lawles; Edward Legg; Charles Longmir; John McClain; Daniel McDaniel; (unknown) Mahaney John Marr; Nathan Morefield; Nehemiah Morton; David Owen; John Owen; William Owen; William Owen; James Parrott; Peter Perkins; John Phillips; John Prewett; John Price; Timothy Reagain; William Ricketts; Francis Ross; John Ross; Bazela Scott; Simon Scott John Shelton; William Shelton; David Shockley; Edward Smith; Hezekiah Smith; Mathew Sparks Thomas Sparks; Levy Stockley; John Stone, Jr.; John Stone, Sr.; Wm. Stublefield Geo. Sutherlin; John Sutherlin; Joseph Tomling; Lewis Tucker; Geo. Vincent; Moses Vincent Thos. Vicent; Elisha Walker; Thomas Waroham (?Worsham); Thomas Watson; Benj. White; Thomas Wilkerson; Charles Williams; Thos. Williamson; Peter Wilson; William Wilson Thomas Wright;   William Witcher's List; Jesse Atkenson; Moses Atkenson; Morris Atkinson; Henry Atkinson; John Barnard; Bery Bennett; James Bennett; Richard Bennett; Stephen Bennett; Thomas Bennett; Wm. Bennett, Sr.; Randal Bobit; Robert Bomer; Jno. Clement; Dan'l Collins; David Dalton, Jr.; John Dalton; Robert Dalton; Robert Dalton; Samuel Dalton; Soloman Dalton; Thomas Dalton; Timothy Dalton; Wm. Dalton; Jacob Dyer; William Dyer; Arthur Fearn; Richard Fowler; Jas. Garrison; Abraham Goad; Charles Goad; Robert Goad; Wm. Goad; Richard Hammock; James Harrison; George Henderson; John Henslie, Jr.; Jno. Henslie, Sen.; William Henson; James Hill; Nathan hill; Jno. Hudson; Jno. P. Hudson; John Hunt, Sen.; Jno. Jennings; James Johnston; Henry Kirby; William Lawson; James Lidleton; Wm. Lovell; James Mitchell; William Moore; Patrick Morrison; Brain W. Nowlin; James Nowlin Charles Partin; Jno. Partin; Geo. Peak; Jno. Peak; Jonathan Phillips; Tobias Phillips; James Phipps; David Polley; Christain Pryant; Thomas Ramsey, Sr.; Thomas Ramsey, Jr.; Abraham Razor; Paul Razor, Sr.; Paul Razor, Sr.; Paul Razor, Jr.; Robert Sevier; Thos. Shockley; Elias Smith; Wm. Smith; Benj. Tarrant; William Thompson; Simon Toshes; Jas. Turley; Jno. Turley; Daniel Wade; Edward Wade, Jr.; Edward Wade, Sr.; Peyton Wade; Isaiah Waldrup; Jno. Waldrup, Jr. Jno. Waldrup, Sr.; Joseph Walker; Sanders Ward; David Willis; Daniel Witcher; Ephraim Witcher James Witcher; John Witcher, Jr.; John Witcher, Sen.; Ruben Witcher; William Wright;   Last name of next three unknown; Geo.--; James--; Joseph-- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/court/1777oath577gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 25.8 Kb