List of State Pensioners, Council Chamber, October 20, 1785; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 20, No.1 Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Pages 11 - 15 LIST OF STATE PENSIONERS.* COUNCIL CHAMBER, OCTOBER 20, 1785. Gentlemen: - The Act of Assembly passed last session for further continuing the Act concerning pensioners, directs the courts of the several counties within this commonwealth to make, to the Executive returns respecting the bodily abilities of all persons receiving annual pensions from the public, distinguishing those who are proper objects to be continued on the list. Conceiving it possible that there are many on the list unknown to the several Courts, and seeing the obstacles in consequence thereof to a strict and efficacious inquiry into their respective conditions, I have caused an accurate list of them to be struck off, and do herewith forward one to you, that thereby you may see in what proportion they add to the burthen of taxes, and that by having their names your inquiries may be facilitated. I need not undertake to prove the good that will result from a strict examination into the conditions of the Pensioners, and making proper and punctual returns thereof to the Executive, nothing being more evident than the advantage of lessening the public debt. I could wish to have a return as soon as possible after the receipt hereof, and that after- wards you make returns punctually in the months of April and May annually, as directed by the act of October, 1782, concerning Pensioners. In these returns it will be well to specify who are dead, and the intermarriage of widows. I am, Gentlemen. Your obedient humble servant, P. HENRY. __________________________________________________ *These papers are owned by Mr. George Preston Coleman, of Williamsburg. Page 12. A LIST OF PENSIONERS. Askew, James L 12 0 0 Burk, Matthew 12 0 0 Andrews, William Brandon, William 20 0 0 Serjt. 36 0 0 Barrett Amey, wid of a Adkinson, Wm. 10 0 0 sailing master 45 12 6 Amox, Matthew 12 0 0 Barnes, Delia 6 0 0 Alford, Jacob 5 0 0 Bennett, Charles 25 0 0 Angel, John 12 0 0 Buntain, Alexander 12 0 0 Aken, John 12 0 0 Cakely, Catherine 12 0 0 Branam, Thos., Serjt 18 0 0 Childs, Edwards 5 0 0 Brown, George 12 0 0 Chew, Larkin 40 0 0 Bradley, Wm., Serjt. 18 0 0 Criddle, William 12 0 0 Bradford, Elizabeth 12 0 0 Cumpton, Archibald 12 0 0 Beckham, Robert 24 0 0 Crox, Barcley 24 0 0 Bedolph -----, wid. 12 0 0 Consolver, John 24 0 0 Andrews, Wm., Serjt. 36 0 0 Chambers, James 24 0 0 Burton, John 5 0 0 Crawley, Elizabeth 10 0 0 Baker, Thomas 10 0 0 Campbell, Jas., Lieut. 48 0 0 Brown, Thomas 12 0 0 Corbett, John 12 0 0 Blackburn, Benjamin 20 0 0 Caldwell, John 12 0 0 Burns, Jane 20 0 0 Cook, Mary 12 0 0 Braughton, William 12 0 0 Combs, Francis 12 0 0 Barber, William 12 0 0 Chew, John, Lieut. 48 0 0 Black, George 12 0 0 Cardiff, Miles 12 0 0 Bawney, Alexander 12 0 0 Cunningham, James 12 0 0 Barbee, Benjamin 12 0 0 Clarke, Thos., Serjt. 36 0 0 Baker, Rowland 12 0 0 Cusick, John 12 0 0 Birchett, Edward Commock, William 12 0 0 Corp. Cav'y. 18 0 0 Cureton, James 15 0 0 Barrett, William, Capt. Campell, Rebecca 108 0 0 Cav'y. 90 0 0 Carr, Elizabeth 12 0 0 Belvin, Lewis 15 0 0 Collins, Peter 12 0 0 Birchett, Robert 12 0 0 Cook, Elizabeth 12 0 0 Blair, William 10 0 0 Conner, Lawrence 12 0 0 Banks, John 12 0 0 Clendenen, Robert 10 0 0 Bremegen, Patrick 12 0 0 Clarke, Eve 12 0 0 Page 13. Camron, Catharine 12 0 0 Gilmer, Samuel 12 0 0 Davenport, James 24 0 0 Glasgow, Patrick 12 0 0 Davis, Ann 12 0 0 Gen. Thomas 40 0 0 Dent, Arthur 5 0 0 Haines, Sarah 15 0 0 Dickinson, John Capt. 50 0 0 Hunt, Samuel 12 0 0 Duncan, Mary 12 0 0 Hines, William 12 0 0 Davis, Martha 12 0 0 Hilpenstone, Catherine 20 0 0 Danally, Elizabeth 12 0 0 Hightower, Thos. 12 0 0 Duncanson, Jas. Lieut. 40 0 0 Hughes, John 36 0 0 Dudley, Banks, Serjt. 18 0 0 Hil, William 12 0 0 Dickinson, William 24 0 0 Hogan, William 12 0 0 Davis, Thomas 15 0 0 Holmes, Benj., Capt. 144 0 0 Durham, James 12 0 0 Hume, William 12 0 0 Davis, Abraham 12 0 0 Hays, Anne 12 0 0 Duncan, Mary 12 0 0 Hawkins, Lucy Edmundson, P. James 24 0 0 Hawkins, Sarah Pensions Ford, James 5 0 0 Hawkins, Moses Expired. Ferrill, Dennis 12 0 0 Hawkins, William Fender, Frederick 12 0 0 Harfield, Agnus 12 0 0 Foster, Cosby 30 0 0 Hardin, Francis, Dead - Fisher, Frederick 12 0 0 Hite, George. Lieut. 60 0 0 Fenn, Thomas, Lieut. 60 0 0 Halfpeny, John 12 0 0 Field, Abraham 10 0 0 Hoy, Catherine 18 0 0 Fry, Benjamin 36 0 0 Irwine, Peggy 12 0 0 Groom, John 12 0 0 Joyce, Richard 12 0 0 Griffith, Griffin 12 0 0 Jones, William 12 0 0 Gerrard, Elias 12 0 0 Jones, Alexander 12 0 0 Gray, Francis 24 0 0 Jones, Elizabeth 12 0 0 Green, Andrew 12 0 0 Jameson, John Serjt. 18 0 0 Green, John, Colonel 135 0 0 Jordan, Thomas 12 0 0 Groggotty, Bridgett 12 0 0 Joliff, Mary 48 0 0 Griffith, Martin 24 0 0 Jones, Harrison 12 0 0 Garner, Joseph 5 0 0 Kinsor, Michael 12 0 0 Goode, Archibald 12 0 0 Kirkpatrick, Samuel 15 0 0 Goodwin, Edward 5 0 0 Keeling, James 5 0 0 Gordon, Albon, Serjt King, John 24 0 0 Cavalry 54 0 0 Lewis, Edward 10 0 0 Page 14. Lovell, Elizabeth 48 0 0 Meecham, Rebekah 12 0 0 Linton, Michael 12 0 0 Maddox, Mathew 12 0 0 Levi, Judah 12 0 0 Moseley, Martha 6 0 0 Leach, Andrew 12 0 0 Mahone, Flawrence 12 0 0 Leagh, Richard 12 0 0 Nettle, Abraham 12 0 0 Long, Robert 24 0 0 O'Neal, John 24 0 0 Lucas, Elizabeth 12 0 0 Owen, Anne 15 0 0 M'Cleneham, Katey 25 0 0 Pitman, George Serjt. 18 0 0 Morris, John 12 0 0 Penticost, William 12 0 0 M'Carthy, Dennis 24 0 0 Parmer, William 15 0 0 M'Kenny, John 10 0 0 Poe, Samuel 5 0 0 Mathews, Anne 12 0 0 Petit, George 12 0 0 Murphy, James 24 0 0 Painter, Anne 12 0 0 Miller, Jacob 24 0 0 Price, Jacob 12 0 0 M'Cue, William 12 0 0 Parchment, Peter 12 0 0 Morgan, John 12 0 0 Quillon, Robert 24 0 0 Mason, Peter 12 0 0 Reading, Robert 12 0 0 M'Govern, Eliener 12 0 0 Riddle, Richard 5 0 0 Morgan, Francis 12 0 0 Reynolds, Arthur 12 0 0 M'Guire, Wm., Lieut. 60 0 0 Rice, Hannah 12 0 0 Mase, Joseph 10 0 0 Rowland, Susannah 12 0 0 Murdock, Martha 12 0 0 Ryan, John 12 0 0 M'Clenen, John 12 0 0 Rowland, Nathan 12 0 0 Mercer, Wm. son of Rose, Pattie 12 0 0 Gen. 75 0 0 Stephens, Smith 12 0 0 Macrill, James 12 0 0 S..vey, Sarah 12 0 0 Martin, Alexander 12 0 0 Stevenson, Nancy 135 0 0 M'Carty, Mary 12 0 0 Shackelford, John 12 0 0 Moore, William 12 0 0 Slipwash, Elizabeth 12 0 0 Miles, Joseph 12 0 0 Stadner, John 12 0 0 M'Goven, William 12 0 0 Seemster, John 12 0 0 Miller, Judith 12 0 0 Smith, John 12 0 0 Murphey, Martin 18 0 0 Shepherd, William 7 10 0 Moody, Blanks 12 0 0 Simmons, Wm. Serjt. 15 0 0 M'Daniel, Lucy 12 0 0 Swene, William 5 0 0 Murry, Richard 12 0 0 Shields, Charles 12 0 0 Moseley, Elizabeth 12 0 0 Spencer, Susanna 12 0 0 Page 15. Scott, Joseph, Sen., White, Robert, Lieut. 96 0 0 Capt. 144 0 0 Witt, Jesse 12 0 0 Smith, James 12 0 0 Wair, John 13 0 0 Selden, Samuel, Wine, Jacob 12 0 0 Lieut. 48 0 0 Williams, James 12 0 0 Samon, Jesse 24 0 0 Wilkins, Nathaniel 24 0 0 Trent, Thomas Serjt. 36 0 0 Welch, John 5 0 0 Terry, Stephen 12 0 0 Wyatt, Thomas, Expired. Taylor, James 12 0 0 Wallace, Hugh, Serjt 36 0 0 Tapp, William 12 0 0 Woodford, Mary 225 0 0 Turvey, William 24 0 0 Watkins, Joseph 12 0 0 Tipp, Mary 12 0 0 Wilburn, William 12 0 0 Taylor, Ricahrd, Catp. Wilkerson, Sarah 12 0 0 Navy 75 5 7 Yeager, John 12 0 0 Tharp, John 12 0 0 _________ Toomey, Elizabeth 12 0 0 L 4854 18 1