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[Identification of item], Rockbridge County Records, WLU Coll 0067, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
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This collection consists of Rockbridge County records, including tax lists, ordinary licenses, muster rolls, lists of enslaved people, court cases, and election polls.
Will of Patrick Campbell (July 15, 1777), Bond for Ordinary License, Rockbridge County, John Moore, William Alexander, John Paxton (November 4, 1778), Bond for Ordinary License, Rockbridge County, Alexander Stuart, Joseph McCray (December 1778)
Andrew Scotts, Mary Groves, Robert Shaw, Andrew Moore, James Patterson, David Moore, Robert McCormick, George Campbell, Samuel WC [?], John Pamler, William Moore, John Parks, David Moore, James Patton, John A. of William Moore Township, James Paxton, John Pur[?], William McClung, Alexander Moore, Hugh Beard, Anne Caruthers, Thomas Steele, James McClung, James Parker, James Statton, John Kerr, Jonathan Williams, David Moore, Joseph Seat, Abraham Wein, Alexander Green, Joseph [?], James McGowry, Samuel Eakin, Archibald Henderson, William Alexander, Jeane Weir, Nathaniel Wilson, David Williamson, Samuel Wilson, David Chambers, John Craig, James Bell, Samuel Eakin
William Alexander and William Moore bond for ordinary license, list of revenue taxes collected by Rockbridge County Deputy Sheriff, agreement between Michael Goore & James Seers concerning "a Negro man named Adam" and the care of Seers during his lifetime, conveyance of land by Hugh McDowell and his wife Sarah to William Hayes, Josias Anderson and John Galbraith bond for ordinary license, certificate of ownership John Templeton 3-year-old bay mare colt appraised at 4 pounds 5 shillings, bond for ordinary license Josias Anderson and John Galbraith, bond for ordina, list of conveyances of land recorded in the office of the Rockbridge County Court
List of Land Grants issued, election poll 1813 (Breckenridge vs. McFerrin), typed letter from Virginia State Library dated May 20. 1913 attaching Pay Roll of Captain James Paxton's Company of the Second Corps D'Elite "in the service of the United States, commanded by Col. Moses Green, at Camp Charles City Courthouse, from the 31st August to the 29th December 1814" [includes David Paxton, Elisha Paxton, and Alexander Paxton]
Persons owning land in Rockbridge County in 1815 (including listings of their property--horses, cattle, slaves, etc.
Case of Margaret Irvine and her estranged husband John McCue before Judge Lucas Thompson, Superior Court of Chancery for Rockbridge County (1838), Case of Sarah Patton before Judge Lucas Thompson, Superior Court of Chancery for Rockbridge County, regarding wills of late husband James Patton and children Matthew and William who predeceased her estate then managed by son-inlaw George Ireland of Rockbridge County and grandson William P. McDowell of Tennessee. Question of ownership of slaves. Latest date February 12, 1841
Court summons to John Keller regarding debt owed to Francis Smith, letter June 2, 1834 to Rockbridge Union Volunteers regarding accommodations from Kenton Hanlen in Staunton, members of Rockbridge Union Volunteers absent from regimental muster for May 1837, invitation to Capt. G. A. Baker inviting Lexington Volunteers to participate in celebration on February 17, 1838, members of Rockbridge Union Volunteers absent from June muster 1839, members of Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company absent from parade July 4, 1838, members of Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company absent from muster in November 1836, members of Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company present at muster in April 1837, treasurer's report Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company August 2, 1837, requisition to Capt. David Moore (Commandant of the Public Guard) of 75 muskets from the Lexington Arsenal for the Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company January 1, 1834 - A.T. Barclay Capt., treasurer's report Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company March 1837, roll of members of Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company January 6, 1838, members of Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company absent from muster on August 4, 1838, members of Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company absent from muster in September 1838 (?), treasurer's report Rockbridge Union Volunteers Company February 17, 1840
Request to exempt enslaved person named Jacob from taxation, request to exempt enslaved people from taxation, "List of Free Negroes" found within the SW revenue district of Rockbridge August 5, 1844, 12 pages of written receipts for paid Rockbridge County Court debts 1844 (numbered 2 to 13, but missing page 1), 3 miscellaneous receipts for payments January 1, 1844; March 11, 1844; August 7, 1844