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Contents
In this Issue: Hidden Gems
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A Merchant's Account Book: Hanover County, Virginia, 1743-44
Edgar MacDonald
Bath County Militia Members Found Exempt From Military
Service March 1862
Clay Hamilton
Harwood Jones vs Tingnal Jones' Executors
1. Christian Kolbe
185
203
209
Legislative Petitions from Virginia Counties with Significant Record
Losses: Warwick County, 1809-1852
Jean Pickett Hall
215
Joseph Callaway's Obituary
James K. Jej};'ey
234
Overseers of the Poor, Amelia County, Virginia, 1786 and 1787 .....
Joanne Lovelace Nance
237
Montgomery County, Virginia, 1798-1799 Delinquent Tax Lists ....
Julia M Case
243
Jolm Mercer and his Land Book
255
Weslely E. Pippenger
Index
A Page for the Researcher's Notebook
267
Inside back cover
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Turner, Caleb
Thring[?], James
Tenham, Robert
Thomason, George
Thompson, Roger
Venable, Abraham
Weston, Edward
Webb, Robert
Webb, George
Waddle, William
Winston, Nathaniel- By Capt.
William Winstons assumpsit
Wheeler, Robert
Winston, William Carpenter
Waters, Nicholas
Watson, John
Wathen, Robert
Wade, James Senior
Wilson, John
Winston, William Essex
Williamson, John Senior
Williamson, John Junior
Williamson, Robert
Whittle, Francis
Wheeler, Benjamin
Wharton, Doctor Michael
Wade, Robert
Waddy, Anthony Junior
Wyatt, William - By Cash in full
December
Watson, Alexander
Watson, Theophilus
Watson, James
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A younger son of the finn?
To Sundries, being Debts due by the
Cargo 1 October 1743
Anderson, Charity
Anderson, Nathan
Arnold, Benjamin
Adams, Widow
Adams, William
Barclay, Andrew
Bumpass, Samuel
Bickerton, Capt. John
Christmas, Thomas
Clark, William
Davis, Widow Elizabeth
Harden, Supry
Harris, Stephen paid by a
doublegirth 2/&knife if [sic]
Hyndman, John
Hamilton, Thomas9
Johnson, William Deceased
Johnson, Thomas
Jones, John
Jones, Leander
Metcalf, Anthony
Miller, William
Mills, Ann
Michie, John
Parker, David
Sims, Charles
Matthew
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Whitlock,
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MERCHANT'S ACCOUNT BOOK, HANOVER COUNTY
Hanover County 1743
Octr I CARGO
Decem ITo bills of Exch for John
Hollands bill on Neill
Buchanan Esq
To George Webb for his
bal: due to him by Neill
Buchanan
To Cargo at Hollands for
John Martins bill on
Rice Charleton of
Bristol for £34
Novr 10 To the Plantation for the
Negroes, Stock,
Household
1744
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1743 CONTRA
Octr 1
By Ballance
By Goods on hand
Decr
By Capt Robert Rae
By John Holland
By The Honble William
Byrd Esqr
By Samuel Goodman
Holland
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32
12
20
23
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7 Novr
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CONTRA
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To
Revd
Mr.
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11
41
23
25
43
To
Edward
Lewis
By
Robert
Rice
Supry
Harden
To
William
Brewster
Winston
Sims
By
William
Capt
Tate
By
Richard
Winn
By
Willaim
10
Hogan
William
Pollard
To
David
15
Crenshaw
By
Jacob
King
By
Edward
Carpenter
Rice
John
Thomas
Field
Hamilton
Joseph
John Berry
To
England
To
George
Dabney
Phillip
Aylett
Tothe
Major
John
Henry
Hanover
County
1743
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Contents
Henrico County Record Book No.2,
Julia M. Case
1678-1693
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Lunenburg County Insolvents, 1769
Carolyn Hardin Goudie
24
Prince Edward County Tithables,
J. Christian Kolbe
28
1773
Payroll of Capt. Cletus Bauman's Company
J. Christian Kolbe
33
Defense of the Western Frontier
Barbara Vines Little
38
Some Clues to Wives of Virginia Residents
Lyndon H. Hart III
51
Land Office Warrants
Barbara Vines Little
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James Glenn of Lunenburg County
Robert A. Bums
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Henry Watkins, Sam, Lennon, Ned, Tom, Diner,
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Venus, Patt, Bettey, Jude, Hannah, 1 Riding Chair
Jessie Hughes Walton, Jams. Boulden, Meshick Morton,
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Deane, Jamey, Cloe, Milley
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George Walton, Jerry Meadows, Geo. Cardwell,
Antony Hundley, Sam, Siss, Charlotte, Jacob,
Matt, Archer, Tom, Toney, Bristol, Julius,
Harry, Lucey, Belinder, Tiller, Bob, Sebiner,
Will, Jude, Daniel, Bartlett, Joyce, Silvia,
Warwick, Pluto, Abraham, Saul, Yarrie, Patt,
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Isbell, 1 Riding Chair
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Robt. Walton, William Atkins, Will, Bob, Jack, Phill, Pegg
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William Wootten, Patt, Leander, Judy, Suck
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Chas, Whitlock, Daniel, Rachel
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Will. A. Whitlock, Rachel
Josiah Whitlock, Moll
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John Whitlock, Diner
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Abraham West, Arney, Easter, Milley
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Phill Wade, Nell, Moses Wade, Tom, Mingo, Tamer, Peter
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Jacob Waddill, Cuffey, Jack, Judy
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Alexf. Womack, Richd. Womack, Simba, Agey
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Jams. Zackre, Jams. Zackrey Jf., James, Sill
John Zackrey
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Plunket Holt, Partrick
John Sutter Bowman, Assey
Dudley Rutledge, Flouraner Driskets
John Martain, John Martain JuL, Tom, Pompey,
Harry, Dick, Tobey, Will, Jams., Mingo, Jo,
Venus, Jude, Lettey, Agey, Molley, Sary
Hezekiah Ellington, Will, Boson, Fillis
Josiah Pace, Stephen Pace
John Burks
Ruben Palmore, Will. Palmore, Dick, Lennon
George Burks, Sarah, Jean, Nann
John Hudson, Lucey
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Contents
Searching for Vital Records in Virginia
3
Powhatan County Ministers' Returns 1786-1800
Robert W. Vernon
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Fincastle County 1773 Delinquent Tax Lists
Julia M. Case
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Downey Fann List of Indigent Freedmen
Carolyn Hardin Goudie
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A Merchant's Account Book: Hanover County, 1743-44
Edgar MacDonald
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Allason Papers: Shenandoah Store Day Book, 1761-1763
Peggy Shomo Joyner
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Amelia County Tithables, 1738
Robert Young Clay
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Henrico County Record Book 2, 1678-1693
Julia M. Case
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Defense of the Western Frontier
Barbara Vines Little
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Abstracted by
Edgar MacDonald"
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A close reading of The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County,
Virginia, 1707-1786 transcribed by C. G. Chamberlayne (/940, reprinted,
Richmond, Va.: Va. State LibralY and Archives, 1989) provides insights to the
accounts abstracted herewith. 1n abstracting, space considerations limit us to those
clues of most interest to the genealogist-dates, marital status, children, economic
class, land ownership as indicated by quit rents, the number of tithes paid. Francis
Jerdone terms James Allen "Collector" and we note that he receives both quit rents
and tithes, the usual office of a county sheriff. The VestlY Book makes clear that he
was sheriff in 1743. As most readers know, quit rents were a land tax levied by the
Crown. On the other hand, the parish levy was set annually by the Church
Wardens, the welfare overseers charged with caring for insolvents, destitute
widows, olphans and idiots. The Vestly of each parish totaled the yearly expenses
and divided that sum by the number of polls in the parish. Males became tithable
at 16. 1n the year 1743 the parish levy for St. Paul's was 37 pounds of tobacco per
poll. We note Elizabeth Davis paidfive levies. One may reasonably surmise that as
a widow and therefore head of a household, some of her tithables, possibly all, are
sons. While slaves, females as well as males were tithable, Hanover had a large
Quaker contingent, large landholdings in the county were the exception, and the
owners of slaves would not likely pay their tithes through Mr. Jerdone's offices. A
further clue from these records: Benjamin Branham paid the Louisa Sheriff 42 lbs.
of tobacco; 1saac Davis paid the Louisa Sheriff84 lbs. Two polls? Wefurther note
in these accounts Francis Jerdone collected some of the quit rents and levies for
• Account Book (1743-1745) of Francis Jerdone, merchant, of Hanover County, Va., Earl Gregg
Swem Library, Williamsburg, Va. Also avai1able as "Jerdone Family Papers 1736-1918" (Reel] 0),
Series L, par12, Selections from the Earl Gregg Swem LibralY, College of William and Mal)'. Records
of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, (microfilm), Frederick,
Md.: University Pub1ications of America, ] 985-1990.
"Richmond, Va. Dr. MacDonald, a past president of VGS and a former editor of the Maga:ine,
delights in bringing little known and under-utilized records to the attention of researchers.
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James Allen, perhaps as a banking courtesy. These accounts also tell us that James
Wade paid rents on 425 acres; the Vest]y Book tells us his processioning precinct,
indicating the location of his land in the county. Genealogy is more than deeds and
wills.
Doubtless readers have noted the large number of Louisa account holders in
this "1743-44 Hanover" ledger, not sUlprising since Louisa was cutfrom Hanover
the year before. We can be grateful that Francis Jerdone (indexed under "Jordan"
in the Chamberlayne VestJy book transcription) reinforces our deductions of who
was cut from St. Paul's when St. Martin's Parish was formed from it in 1727. No
early records for St. Martin's exist. If a landholder is designated "in Hanover" by
Jerdone but is not listed in a 1743 processioning precinct in St. Paul's Vestry Book,
then we can assume he is living in St. Martin's Parish, the western area of Hanover
County. Now you might have suspected that when his precinct disappeared in the
1727 processioning, but how far west did he live? Now you know. A new parish
was formed for Louisa in 1742, Fredericksville. Jerdone says he's in Hanover, he's
not in St. Paul's Parish, then he's in St. Martin's.
What happened to insolvents when the Revolution encouraged Dissenters
(Baptists, Presbyterians, Quakers) to phase out the Church Wardens of the
Anglican Church? They were taken over by "Overseers of the Poor" who assigned
them to "Poor Houses" or "County Farms. " How did that compare with being
boarded by Thomas Lankford or others in their neighborhood? Or was that better
than staying at home with a subsidy from the Parish, the VestlY paying "Mm}'
Massiefor keeping her mother"? Genealogy is a social science. A name is just the
beginning in a search for identity.
These records are published here with the permission of Margaret Cook,
Curator of Manuscripts, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mmy,
holder of record.
[Folio 27] Hanover County
Mr. James Pyron in Hanover
(Firetongs, needles, materials, buttons, rum, hail oil, Powder, Shott, molasses,
sugar, 1 Boys hatt, to Michael Satterwhite - fo: 64); 1743 Octr 14, 20; Novr 24, 26;
Decr 21;
Contra [no date]: By Charles Pyron's accot in fol: 68.
Major John Dandridge in New Kent [complete]
Octr 14 To 15Yzyds worsted Damask at 2/1 0 per yard 2/3/11; 1744 July To 1 pr
girls Pumps 5/;
Contra 1744: Novr 19 By bal1ance carried to new accompt.
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Mr. William Browning in Hanover
(1 pr yarn hose, ] fine hat, 1 pack cards, 1 pr mens yellow wash gloves, 1 pr
Buckles, 1 Boys hat, material, 1 quart hair oil); 1743 Octr 14; Decr 10, 13; 1744
Octr 1;
Contra 1744 [no date]: By your Share of last years crop of tobo 160lb @ 20/; By
your share of Corn; Novr 10 By ballance carried.
Mr. William Rea in Hanover
(rum, hair Oil, materials, molasses, pepper, 3 pr wos ye110wgloves, 4 small scarlet
buttons, I pr Pumps, I pr Buckles, Powder, Shott, I pr womens silk clocks, to
Major Dandridge 301b tobo 6/, I pr negro Shoes, I pr Shoe Buckles, 600 6d nails,
20 20d nails); 1743 Octr 14; Novr 10,18,29; Decr 13; Jany 12,26; 1744 June 7;
July 6; Augt 25; Sept 13; Octr 16;
Contra 1743: Jany By 6 Bushs Pease 10/; By a hhgd Tobacco at Pages 975-82=893
@ 20/; By Cash from Mr. Glasgow for horse hire 2/6; 1744 By 9 Barrels & 4
Bushels of Corn at 5/ pr; July 6 By a hhgd of tobacco at Pages 1006-79=927; Novr
10 By ballance carried to his debit in a new accompt.
Mr. Thomas Glass in Louisa [complete]
Octr 17 2 quarts hair oil, 3 Ells white Canvass, I Tickler & Rum; Jany 19 1 pint
rum, 30th I gilded trunk, Ilh doz mettle butts; [Jany] 30 To James Wade Senior
hat, 3 fathom white rope; Sept 173 quarts hair oil;
your verbal order, 1 fme
Contra 1744: Sept 17 By Cash folio 4.
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William Dabney in Hanover [complete]
Octr 14 To 1 doz Red Buttons, Thread, shoe knife; Deer 17 To 4 plain irons, 1
Lancet & Case; To 1 sauce pan, 1 heading Chissel;
Contra 1743: Octr 1 By WilJiam Howard from Leger NA; By Cash from Peter
Gillum folio 4 It is in tobacco.
[Folio 28] Hanover County
Mr. Love Statham in Louisa
(Materials, buttons, thimbles, 1 Case buckhandle table knives & forks, Shoe knife,
2 doz Shoe tax, carpenters adze, Shoe buckles, 2 pr girls hose, 2 pr mens yarn Do,
2 hatts omitted to be charged March 15, Sheep shears, Powder, Shott, 1 boys felt,
1 fine hat 12/6, I Boys hat, I pr of womens worsted hose with Silk clocks, I pr
Shoe Buckles, 1 Red worsted Rug 32/6, nails, salt, 19/4 Blanket 16/6); 1743 Octr
17; April 28; July 13; Octr 6; Novr 7;
Contra 1743: Octr 17 By Abraham Venable's order 10/; By an error in the
addition ofD' side in Ledger N A; 1744 By 3 hhgds Tobacco 2799; April 23 To
2 transfer notes -84 = 2715 at 20/.
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buckhorn table knives & forks, rum; April 6 Sugar, rum, materials; [Apr] 28 1 gal
Butterpot, 3 yds blue Linen, Cash -/15/-; May 11 2 Boys hatts, rum, sugar,
molasses; June 7 Bohea tea, Powder, Shott, 1 doz flints; [June] 27 indigo, sizars;
July 24; [July] 26; Augt 23; Sept 7; Octr 25;
1743/44 Contra: Feby29 By2hhgdsTobaccoatAyletts;WM
11091-97=994;
2 1063-97= 965 = 1959 at 20/ ...
1743 Mr James Wade junior in Hanover
Octr 24 nails, materials, buttons, 1 pr yarn hose; [Oct] 25 2 stks mohair, 1 fine
Boys hat, 1 boys felt; Novr 29 rum, Sugar per Note; Jany 30 buttons, indigo, pins,
1 Best snaffle bridle; March 19 1 pr mens worsted stocks, 2 broad hoes; [Mar] 31
I broad ax, I grubbing Do, 1 Boys hat, 1 mans felt; April 26 To James Allen 280
Ib tobo & quit rents; Augt 4 3 Linen handkrs, 10 yards bed Tyke, small pewter
dish;
1743/4 Contra: Jany 30 By Thomas Glass - - - - - £-/6/3; April 26 By 3 hhgds
tobacco at Meriwethers 2886; Augst 4 By a hhgd tobacco at Meriwethers 903;
Settled accompt this 4th August Sum'd up; NB Mr James Wade is to be charged to
Edward Wade his sons accompt in folio 7 it being omitted ..3 .. in Cash & 6/10 in
tobacco.
1743 Mr Charles Goodall junior in Hanover
Octr 24 Shoe tax, gunpowder, Shott, flints, rum, Bandanna; Novr 16 2 boys hatts,
Sugar, 1000 10d nails, 1 pr Buckles; Decr 5 materials; [Decr] 17 to the
Shoemakers 20th, To Cash 50/; Jany 25 1 Bottle Stough tons bitters, 1 qr Paper;
Feby 16 1 Smal trunk, 1 Single girth, 1 bridle bit, 1 pimento, 2000 6d nails, 1000
lOd; March 5 To Francis Jerdone for Shoes; [March] 30 1 Case Buckhorn handle
knives & forks, materials, tea; April 11 1 hank Silk, thimble, needles; May 19
Pepper, I vinegar cruit, 2 Washbolls; [May] 28 4 Broadhoes, 3 fine boys hatts;
June 5 To Thomas Lankford 460 tobacco at 20/pC; [June] 15 indigo, 4 hanks
Silk, 2 Linen handkrs, To advance 1-11; July 18 I Taylors notchboard, materials;
Augt 4 broad Cloth, materials, 1 doz best flints, 1000 4d nails; [Augt] 22 1 pr
womens pumps, 26 yards cotton; Sept 20 20 yrds Do, 1 boys hatt, I pr plad hose,
2 qts hair oil; Octr 20 1 Coffee pot, materials; [Octr] 27 1 pr womens white wash
gloves; Novr 9 1000 10d nails, 2000 8d;
1743 Contra: Deer 5 By 2 Hhgds Tobacco at Pages 1148 + 1119; [Deer] 20 By
2 hhgds do at Do 1010 + 1107; March 7 By 2 hhgds do at Do 1108 + 1136;
[March] 29 By 1 do at Do 1139 = 7767; To a note paid to Henry Basdale 184 =
7583; 30th Ballance due this day pr Settlement.
[Folio 37] H,nov"" Connly
1743 Mr David Whitlock in Hanover [complete]
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1743 Mr John Jones Totopotomoy Creek
Octr 25 nails, 1 best Snaffle bridle, 1 pr Stirrup Leathers, materials, tools, 1 fine
hat, 3 Single girths; [OctrJ 29 Shott, flints, Ivory Comb, Shoe Buckles; Novr 16
1 pr Traces; [NovrJ 21 materials, buttons; Decr 8 materials, shot; Jany 21 rum,
Steel hand Saw & file; Feby 29 womans furrd hat, a half curb bridle, 1 fan, 1
thimble; 25 needles, 1 Case maple knives & forks, 1 pr Links; Sept 17 1 Steel lock,
1 ink glass, 1 pr dove tail hinges;
1743/4 Contra: Febry 29 By a hhgd Tobacco at Page 975-96=879.
1743 Mr Robert Jennings Mercht
Octr 26 4 Bottles Claret at Sundry times -/12/-; Novr 16 1 Curry comb & brush
3/, 1 Snaffle Bridle 3/6; March 7 To Francis Jerdone for 1 pr wos Pumps & 1 pr
Shoes; May 21 To 2 hhgds tobacco at Pages 904 + 905 = 1809;
1743/44 Contra: March 7 By Cash; May 28 By Cash.
1743 Mr James Norril in Hanover
Octr 25 3 yds hemp, 1 drum line, 2 qts Rum; Novr 21 Bed Cord, 1 qt rum, 1
Bottle, Tickler, 1 qt mug, Alspice; June 6 materials, 1 quire paper, 1 Ink pot, 2
boys hats, indigo; July 16 chamberpot, 1 double girth; Novr 3 Powder, Shott,
materials;
1744 Contra Novr 10 By ballance.
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1743 Mr John Jones Crumps Creek
Octr 27 1 Lathing hammer, 511, quarts Rum, nails, 1 tickler; Decr 21 4 quarts, 1
pint Rum;
1743 Contra By ballance.
1743 Mr Leander Jones in Hanover
Octr 27 narrow hoe, 1 qr Eaper,-powder,--Shott,--stockings;-No-\lr-Lmaterials,buttons; Decr 1 Bra Sugar, pr kid skin Gloves, boys hat, mens Stockings;
1743/4 Contra: Decr 1 By a transfer Note at Pages N29 109-6=103.
1743 Mr James Skelton in Hanover [CompleteJ
Octr 27 1 doz mettle buts dd your Son, Novr 29 2 Ib Coffee; Decr 5 1 boys fine
hat, 2 thimbles, 2 pr girls worsted hose; Feby 7 6 quarts Tarr, 1 Loaf Single refd
Sugar; April 3 2 busls white Salt, May 2 1 pr Boys Gloves; May 2 bra: thread,
1 pr Boys Stockings;
1744 Contra June 9 By Cash - - - - fo: 4.