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St. Peter's Parish Debt'r. 1bs. Tobo.
To the Rev'd Mr. David Mossom's Sallary to ye 29th Sept'r Past 16000
To Cask to Do. at 4 P. Cent. 640
To the Rev'd Mr. Mossom's Deficiency of a Glebe & Cask to Do. 1664
To Jno. Ryan his Sallary as Clerk of the Parish & Vestry, deducting 103 1b. Tobo. 1800
Paid by Jno. Armistead to George Walton *
To Wm Forbes, Sexton, his Sallary 1000
To Mr. Geo. Webb's acct for Goods Deliver'd for ye Poor, £6, 12, 6, Tob. a 2 P. ct. 795
To Colo. Wm. Macon's Acct. for Do., delivered Do., £3, 19, 4, in Tobo. a 2 P. C. 476
To Mr. Nath'l Noah's Acct. for Goods delivered by, Order, £6, 14, 8, a do. 808
To Capt. Wm. Massie's Acct. for goods deliver'd, £7, 19, 2, in Tobo. a do. 955
To Eliza Morris for a P. stockings for Andrew Furnea, o o 1. 1. 6 in Tobo. a do. .
To Mr. Geo. Heath for keeping Christ. Bendall 2 mo. .. Burying him & Digging his grave, &c.
300
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To John Hutchinson's Acct. for keeping Mary Mahone, £2-17-6, Tobo. a do. 345
To Cornelius Mattheys for keeping his mother 600
To Samuel Bailey for keeping Mary Major 500
To Maj'r Dandridge for Copy two Lists Tithables 36
To Mr. Benja. Waller for one Do. 18
To Sarah Brooker for washing the Church Linnen 150
To Wm. Meanly for the Support of his Daughter 700
To Jane Davis for keeping Mary Dunstan's Bastard Chil- dren 1000
To Hannah Crump for keeping a Bastard child 700
To Eliza. Morris for keeping Andrew Furnea 400
To Edw. Lewis for keeping his Mother 8 mo. & Burying her 950
To Mary Clopton for keeping Mary Jozard
To Jane Brothers for Charles Askew, 17s., 6d. 300
To Sarah Brooker towards her maintenance 105 To Martha Hight toward her maintenance 200
To James Turner for keeping Charles Goodwin 300
To Mary Anderson towards her maintenance 500
To Mary Spencer for the Support of her Daughter 300
300
To Rich'd Crump Jurs., Acct. Allow'd, fo, 17, 93/4, In Tobo. at 2d. p. 1b. 107
To the Collector for Delinquents Return'd 1040
To Ballance due to ye Collector last year P. 32998
150
To the Collector's Sallary a 6 P. Cent. 1984
Contra, Cr. 35137
By 1156 Tithables at 30 1b. Tobo. P. Poll. 34680
Ball. due to ye Collector to be allowed Next year 457
35137
Ordered That Eliza. Morris be alloyed 400 lb. Tobo. for keep- ing Andrey Furnea.
That Cornelius Mattheys be alloy'd for keeping his mother 600 1b. Tobo.
That Samuel Bailey be alloy'd for keeping Mary Major 500 1b. Tobo.
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That James Turner be allow'd for keeping Charles Goodwin 500 1b. Tobo ..
That Mary Clopton be allow'd for keeping Mary Gogan 500 1b. Tobo. the Ensuing year.
That Hannah Crump be allow'd for keeping a Bastard Child 600 1b. Tobo.
That Samuel Plumley be appointed Sexton in the Room of Wm. Forbes, Dec'ed, with the like Sallary that Forbes served for.
That Mr. Matthew Anderson be Appointed Church Warden in the Room of Mr. George Webb.
The Vestrymen now Present have agreed to meet upon Easter Tuesday next in Order to Settle the Accts. Relating to the Parish.
This Day the Parish Levy being laid we find it amounts to the Sum of 35137 Pounds of Tobo., which being Divided by 1156, the Number of Tithables this Present Year, makes 30 lb. Tobo. P. Poll., which sum of 30 lb. Tobo. Mr. John Armistead is im- powered to Collect, he Entering into Bond with his Securities, Colo. Joseph Foster & Mr. John Parke for the Performance of this office.
This Day Mr. Matthew Anderson took the oaths to the Govern- ment & of a church Warden before Colo. William Macon & Colo. Joseph Foster.
D. Mossom, Min'r ; William Macon, D. P. Custis, Jos'h Foster, Walter Clopton, Rich'd Meux, Ambrose Dudley; John Parke, Matth'w Anderson, Church Wardens.
At a Vestry met in the Vestry Room of St. Peter's Parish and held August ye 24th, 1751.
PRESENT :
The Rev'd. Mr. D. Mossom, Min'r; William Macon, Walter Clopton, Ambrose Dudley, George Webb, Vestrymen; John Parke, Ch. Warden.
The members Present Subscribed to be conformable to the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England as by Law Es- tablished.
Upon the Motion made by the Rev'd Mr. Mossom that there are now Several Vacancies in this Vestry by the Death of Mr. Wi1- liam Massie, the Removal of Mr. Matthew Anderson into an-
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other Parish and County, And the Resignation of Mr. Meux, Sig- nified by a Letter under his hand dated August 12, 1751, Directed to this Vestry, and delivered by Mr. Parke, Church Warden.
Resolved, That Mr. John Lewis and Mr. William Hopkins be appointed Two of the Vestry Men of this Parish, and that the Clerk do give them Notice thereof.
Mr. Jesse Scott and Mr. William Gray were also nominated, and upon taking the votes of the Minister and Vestry here pres- ent, the same were equally divided, and ye Election of One of them Refer'd to ye Next Vestry.
PRESENT: Richard Littlepage, Gent.
Elizabeth Forbes, Widow of Wm. Forbes, late Sexton, is ap- pointed to Execute that Office in the Room of Samuel Plumley, lately Deceased. 1
William Macon, Gent., is appointed Church Warden in the Room of Mr. Matthew Anderson, Lately Removed.
Upon Consideration of an Order of the Court of James City County bearing date July 8th, 1751, and also an Order of the Court or New Kent County dated July II, 1751, directing the Vestry of this Parish to divide the Lands into Precincts and to appoint Persons to Procession the same according to Law.
Ordered That all Lands in this Parish be Continued and di- vided into Twenty Precincts, the same that have been hitherto Accustomed to be Processioned, and that the Persons whose Names are Under Specified in Each Precinct Respectively, do Procession the Same, and Return to the Vestry an Account of their Proceedings; That is to say, in Precinct
No. I. John Roper and Henry Atkinson.
No. 2. George Poindexter & William Poindexter.
No. 3. William Perkins & Jonathan Patteson.
No. 4. Walter Clopton & Robert Jarratt.
No. 5. Jesse Scott & George Waddill.
No. 6. Anthony Cole & John Waddill.
No. 7. William Macon & Martin Hewlet.
No. 8. Richard Crump & William Clopton.
No. 9. John Parke & Edward Bacon.
No. 10. Charles Mannin & Joseph Ellyson.
No. II. Thomas Martin & Devereux Clopton.
No. 12. Robert Ellyson & William Johnson.
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No. 13. James Roberts & Walter Daniel.
No. 14. Charles Crump & Henry Scrugs.
No. 15. George Wilkinson & Ambrose Dudley. No. 16. Thomas Moss & Richard Meanley.
No. 17. Francis Barnes & Joseph Weaver.
No. 18. William Vaughan & William Gregory.
No. 19. William Vaiden & Thomas Hilliard.
No. 20. Thomas Pinchback & Jacob Ragland.
And that Such Processioning shall be by them Respectively made between the Last day of September and the Last day of March next coming, as to them shall seem most convenient.
Ordered That a Vestry be summoned and held on Monday, the 30th day of September next, for laying the Parish Levy and for dispatch of other parochial affairs. And the Church wardens do give Notice to all persons who they shall be informed have in their hands any money or Tobacco due to this Parish, That they do Appear at the said Vestry to give account thereof.
D. Mossom, Min'r; Walter Clopton, Rich'd Littlepage, Am- brose Dudley, Geo. Webb; William Macon, John Parke, Church Wardens.
At a Vestry held at the Vestry Room of St. Peter's Parish the 30th day of September, 175I.
The Rev'd Mr. D. Mossom, Min'r ; Capt. Rich'd Littlepage, Mr. George Webb, Mr. Joseph Marston, Vestrymen ; Colo. Wm. Macon, Colo. D. P. Custis, Mr. Walter Clopton, Mr. Ambrose Dudley ; John Parke, William Macon, Church Wardens. Colo. William Macon (by order of the last Vestry being appointed Churchwarden in the Room of Mr. Matthew Anderson, lately Removed) This day took the Oath of a Church Warden.
Mr. John Lewis & Mr. William Hopkins being Elected Vestry- men at the last Vestry held for this Parish, This day took the Oaths Required by Law, and Subscribed to be Conformable to the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England, and were thereupon Admitted members of the Vestry.
PRESENT :
John Lewis, William Hopkins.
Mr. William Hopkins Elected Church Warden in the Room of Mr. John Parke, and this day took Oath of Church Warden.
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Pursuant to a Reference of the last Vestry, the Election of Mr. William Gray & Mr. Jesse Scott to be a Vestry-Man in the Room of Mr. Rich'd Meux, who then Resign'd. Mr. William Gray being this day duly Elected, took the Oaths Required by Law, and Subscribed to be Conformable to the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England, and was thereupon admitted a mem- her of this Vestry.
To the Rev'd Mr. Mossom's Salary to the 29th Instant .. 16000
To Cask & Shrinkage-8 P. cent. 1280
To the Rev'd Mr. Mossom for Deficiency of a Glebe-cask & shrinkage 1728
To John Ryan's Salary, Clerk of the Parish & Vestry .... 1800
To Eliza. Forbes, Sexton, including 3. 4. 0. 1b. Tobo. to be
paid by the Collector to El'za, the Widdow of Sam'l Plumley, late Sexton, dec'ed 1000
To Eliza. Morris for keeping Andrew Furnea 400 To Cornelius Mattis for keeping his mother 600
To Sam'l Bailey for keeping Mary Major 500 To James Turner for keeping Charles Goodin 500 To Mary Clopton for keeping Mary Gozard 600
To Hannah Crump for keeping a Bastard Child 600 To William Meanley for the Support of his Daughter 700
To Major Dandridge for 2 Lists of Tithables 36
To Mr. Benja. Waller for I Do. I8
To Sarah Brooker towards her maintainance 300
To Martha Hithe the Same 300
To Mary Anderson towards his support 300
To Mary Spencer for the Support of her Daughter 300
To Sarah Brooker for washing the Church Linnen 150
To Jane Davis for keeping two Bastard Children 1000
To Richard Tomson towards his Support 400
To George Barker towards his Support 500
To Millinton Dixon for Burying Charles Asque 450
To Noel Waddill for Burying two Persons 300
To Edward Patteson for Lidia Philips 200
To the Collector's Salary at 6 P. Cent. 29962
1798 To Do. for the Ballance of Last Levy's due to him 457
To Do. for Insolvents, in 1750 964
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Contra, Cr.
By 1136 Tithables at 30 lb. Tob. P. Poll. 34080 Ballance in the Collector's hands to be Accounted for to the Vestry 899
3318I
Pursuant to an Order made last Vestry Mr. Lewis Webb hav- ing Registered the Processioning Orders and Returns of 1747 in the Vestry Book, this day Returned the same, which being Ex- amined by the Church Wardens, were found to be truly Regis- tered.
Ordered That the Several Sums Under Specified by the Church Wardens in money, vizt:
£ S. D.
To Parke Bailey his account allow'd I. 2. 2
To Colo. William Macon 3.10. 9
To Matthew Anderson's Estate 2.18. 6
To George Heath 8.
To Farqr. Matheson 1.16. 0
To Rich'd Crump, Jr., to repairs to the Church 10.00 ()
£ 19.15. 5
Ordered That Charles Pearson be Allow'd 400 lbs. Tobo. for keeping Andrew Furnea.
That Cornelius Matthews be allowed 600 lbs. Tobo. for keep- ing his mother.
That Sam'l Bailey be allowed 500 lbs. Tobo. for keeping Mary Major.
That James Turner be allowed 500 lbs. Tobo. for keeping Charles Goodwin.
That Mary Clopton be allow'd 600 lbs. Tobo. for keeping Mary Gozard.
That Hannah Crump be allow'd 600 lbs. Tobo. for keeping Agathe Crump's Child.
That James Morris be allow'd 900 lbs. Tobo. for keeping Mary Dunstan's Bastard children during their Continuance with him.
Ordered That all persons indebted to the Parish do account with the Church Wardens and Pay their Hands the Several Sums due from them, and in failure of Payment, the Church Wardens are required to bring suit for the Recovery of the Same.
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Ordered That the Church Wardens bring suit against John Hoy, of Albemarle County, upon the Acco't of two Bastard Chil- dren born of the body of Mary Dunstan, which Bastards were sworn to the said Hoy by the said Dunstan, and at present are and have been for some years Past, very chargeable to this Par- ish.
This day the Parish Levy being laid we find it amounts to the Sum of 33181 Pounds of Tobacco, which being Divided by 1136, the Number of Tithables this Present Year, Amounts to 30 1b. P. Poll., which Sum of 30 1b. Tobo. P. Poll., Maj'r William Gray is impowered to Collect, he giving Bond with his Securities, Mr. Walter Clopton, & for the Performance of his office.
D. Mossom, Min'r; Dan'l Parke Custis, John Lewis, Rich'd Littlepage, Joseph Marston, George Webb, Ambrose Dudley, Walter Clopton, William Gray, John Parke, Wm. Macon, Wm. Clopton, Church Wardens.
At a Vestry Met in the Vestry Room of St. Peter's Parish, and held the 20th day of Nov'r, 1752.
PRESENT :
The Rev'd Mr. D. Mossom, Min'r ; Mr. John Parke, Mr. Wal- ter Clopton, Mr. Ambrose Dudley, Vestrymen; Colo. William Macon, Mr. William Hopkins, Church Wardens.
Ordered That Col. William Macon and Mr. William Hopkins be continued Church Wardens for the Ensuing year.
St. Peter's Parish, Dr Ibs. Tobo. To the Rev. Mr. Mossom's Salary to the 29th Septem'r .. 16000 To Cask & Shrinkage 8 P. ct. I280
To the Rev'd Mr. D. Mossom for Deficiency of a Glebe, cask & Shrinkage 1728
To John Ryan's Salary as Clerk of the Church & Vestry to ye 29th Sep'r 1800
To Eliza. Forbes, Sextones till the 25th March 500
To Edward Beltes, Sexton, from the 25th March till ye 29th Sep'r 500
To Cornelius Mattis for keeping his Mother 600
To Samuel Bailey for keeping his Mother-in-Law 500
To James Turner for keeping Charles Goodin 500
.
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To Mary Clopton for keeping Mary Gozard 60c
To William Meanley for the Support of his Daughter 500
To Mr. Benja. Waler for a Copy List Tithables 18
To Sarah Broker towards her Maintainance 300
To Mary Hithe toward her Maintainance 300
To Mary Anderson towards her Support 300
To Mary Spencer towards the Support of her Daughter .
600
To Sarah Broker for washing the Church Linnen
150
To Charles Pearson's Acc't allow'd for keeping Andrew Fornea 6 mo.
200
To William Terrell's Acc't Allow'd for keeping Do. 6 mo. 200
To Mr. Jonathan Patteson's Acc't allow'd 16|1 in Tobo a 12 6 P. Ct. I35
To Edward Richardson's Acc't 13 4 In Tobo. a Do. 107
To Francis Harris's Acc't 13 9 In Tobo a Do. IIO
To Maj'r John Dandridge's Acc't allow'd 212
To William Perkins for 5 Horse Blocks I32
To Gideon Massie for keeping Geo. Barker 8 Mo. 300
To Capt. Jesse Scott his Acc't allow'd I200
To Unity Raymond towards her Support 500
To the Collector for Delinquents Return'd 540
To Richard Crump, Jun'r's Acc't Allow'd, £3. 6. 9., In To- bo a 12 6 P. Ct. 534
To Alex'r Fargison for Burying John Turner 150
To Sarah Crump for keeping Mary Bailey 4 mo. 350
30846
To the Collector's Salary at 6 P. ct. 1850
32696
JOHN L. POINDEXTER.
Contra., Cr ..
By Tobo. due from the Collector last year 899
By 1025 Tithables at 31 1b. Tobo. P. Poll. 31775
By a Remainder due to the Collector to be allow'd him next year 22
32696 Ordered That Mr. Edmund Bacon, Capt. Jesse Scott, and Mr.
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Jonathan Patteson be appointed Vestry Men in the Room of Colo. Joseph Foster & Mr. Joseph Marston, Dec'ed, and Maj'r William Gray, who is Removed out of this Colony, And that the Clerk do give them Notice to attend at the Next Vestry to be held for this Parish.
That Colo. William Macon do Pay Mr. John Street 10 10 for his Trouble in Surveying and Laying off an acre of Land given by Capt. William Taylor for the Use of St. Peter's Church, and that he Pay Mr. Bartlot Anderson 10|10 for writing a Deed for the said Land.
That Colo. William Macon do Pay Richard Thomson £2, SIo; John Reynolds, £3; Charles Hughes, £2; Mr. William Hopkins, £1; And Mr. Parkes Bailey, 12|6.
That the Rev'd Mr. D. Mossom Deliver to the Clerk of the Vestry Maj'r John Dandridge's Receipt for the Bonds due to Mr. David McGill, Exec'r, in the year 1735.
That Edward Bettes be Appointed Sexton in the Room of Eliza. Furbes, whose Salary being the 29th of Sept. Last.
This Day the Parish Levy being laid we find it Amounts to the Sum of 32696 Pounds of Tobo., which being Divided by 1025. the Number of Tithables this Present year Amounts to 31 1b. Tobo. P. Poll., which Sum of 31 1b. Tobo. P. Poll., Mr. John Ar- mistead is impowered to Collect, he giving Bond with his Securi- ties, Mr. Ambrose Dudley and Mr. John Parke, for the Perform- ance of his Office as Collector.
Signed by D. Mossom, Min'r; Walter Clopton, Ambrose Dud- ley, John Parke, Vestrymen ; William Macon, William Hopkins, Church Wardens.
Recorded by JOHN RYAN, Clerk of the Vestry.
At a Vestry held at the Vestry Room of St. Peter's Parish the 29th Day of Sept., 1753.
PRESENT :
The Rev'd Mr. D. Mossom, Min'r ; Colo. D. P. Custis, Mr. John Parke, Mr. John Lewis, Vestrymen; Colo. William Macon, Mr. William Hopkins, Ch. Wardens.
Mr. Edmund Bacon, Mr. Jesse Scott & Mr. Jonathan Patte- son being Chosen Vestrymen at the last Vestry, and the Clerk be- ing Ordered to give them Notice of the Same, They Accordingly
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appeared at this Vestry, and Quallify'd themselves as the Law Directs by taking the Oaths Appointed & Subscribing to be Con- formable to the Doctrine & Discipline of the Church of England, & Subscribing the Test, and are admitted to their places in the Vestry.
PRESENT :
Mr. Edmund Bacon, Mr. Jesse Scott, Mr. Jonathan Patteson. St. Peter's Parish, Dr. To the Rev'd Mr. David Mossom's Salary till 29 Sept'r .. 16000
To Cask & Shrinkage 8 P. Ct. 1280
To the Rev'd Mr. Mossom for Deficiency of a Glebe, Cask & Shrinkage 1728
To John Ryan's Salary as Clerk of the Parish & Vestry .. 1800
To Edward Bettis, Do., as Sexton, till Sep'r 29 1000
To Cornelius Mattis for keeping his Mother 600
To Sam'l Bailey for keeping Mary Major 500
To James Turner for keeping Charles Goodwin 500
To Mary Clopton for keeping Mary Gozard 600
To William Meanley for keeping his Daughter
500
To Mr. Benja. Waller for One list Tithables
18
To Sarah Broker towards her maintenance 300
To Do. for washing the Church Linnen 300
To Mary Anderson towards her support 300
To William Terrell for keeping Andrew Furneau 400
To Colo. Jno. Dandridge for Two Lists Tithables 36
To Mary Spencer towards the Support of her Daughter . . 600
To Sarah Green towards her support 300
To Unity Raymond towards her support 500
27112 To Tobo. Ordered to be Levyed for the use of the Parish 1261I
39723
To the Collector's Salary at 6 P. ct.
2383
To Ballance due to the Collector last year 22
P. Contra, Cr. 42128
By 1137 Tithables at 37 1b. Tob. P. Poll. 42069
.
Ballance due to the Collector to be allow'd him next year. . 59
42128
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Ordered That Colo. William Macon & Mr. William Hopkins be continued Church Wardens for the Ensuing year.
That the Church Wardens do pay to John Reynolds Three Pounds, and unto Rich'd Thomson Forty Shillings.
That the Church Wardens do Settle with Mr. John Armistead for the Money in his hands due to the Parish, and Receive the Same and account with the Vestry for it.
That the Sum of 12611 of Tobo. be Levy'd for the use of the Parish, and to be Sold by the Church Wardens as Soon as it can be collected.
This Day the Parish Levy being Laid we find it to amount to the Sum of 42128 Pounds of Tobo., which being Divided by 1137, the Number of Tithables this present year, Amounts to 37 Pounds of Tobo. P. Poll. and a Remainder of 59 1b. Tobo, Which Sum of 37 lbs. Tobo. P. Poll., Mr. John Armistead is Impowered by this Vestry to Collect, he giving Bond with his Securities, Mr. John Parke and Mr. Jonathan Patteson for the due Performance of his Office as Collector.
David Mossom, Min'r ; Dan'l Parke Custis, John Parke, John Lewis, Edmund Bacon, Jesse Scott, Jonathan Patteson, Vestry- men ; William Macon, William Hopkins, Church Wardens.
Recorded by JOHN RYAN, Clerk of the Vestry.
At a Vestry held for St. Peter's Parish the 28th Day of Sep- tember, Anno Dom., 1754.
PRESENT :
The Rev'd Mr. D. Mossom, Min'r ; Colo. Dan'l Parke Custis, Capt. Edmund Bacon, Mr. John Parke, Mr. John Lewis, Mr. Geo. Webb, Mr. Jesse Scott, Mr. Walter Clopton, Mr. Jonas Patteson, Vestrymen; Colo. William Macon, Mr. William Hop- kins, Church Wardens.
Saint Peter's Parish, Dr 1b. Tobo. To the Rev'd Mr. D. Mossom's Salary to the 29th Sept'r 16000 To Cask & Shrinkage 8 P. Ct. 1280 To the Rev'd Mr. D. Mossom for Deficiency of a Glebe, Cask & Shrinkage 1728
To John Ryan's Salary as Clerk of the Parish & Vestry. . 1800 To Do. for washing the Church Linnen 150
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To Edward Bettis, Sexton, his Salary 1000
To Cornelius Mattis for keeping his mother 600
To Sam'l Bailey for keeping Mary Major 500 To George Waddill for keeping Charles Goodwin 500
To Mary Clopton for keeping Mary Gozard 600
To William Meanley for keeping his Daughter 700
To Mr. Benjamin Waller for a Copy of a list of Tithables
18
To Sarah Brooker to be Disposed of for her Use by the Ch. Wardens
600
To Colo. John Dandridge for 2 Lists of Tithables. 36
To Mr. Jona. Patteson for keeping Andrew Furneau 600
To Mary Spencer for keeping her Daughter 600 .
To Sarah Green towards her Support 300
To Unity Raymond towards her Support 500
To 10 lb. Tobo. P. Poll. Levy'd P. Order of the Vestry .. II596 To John Reynolds towards his Support 500 To Mr. Jonas. Patteson's Acc't Allow'd in Tobo. at 12|6 Pr. Ct. 206
'To Mr. William Terrell's Acc't, fI, I, 0, allow'd in Tobo. at Do. 16I
To Richard Crump, Jun'r, for Repairs 50
To the Collector for Delinquents & former Ballances 1299
To John Vaiden, Patroller's Parish Levy 37
41355
To the Collector's Salary a 6 P. Ct. 2481
43836
Contra-P. 1159 Tithables at 38 1b. Tobo. P. Poll. . . 44042
Ballance to be Accounted for by the Collector in Laying
the Next Levy 206
Ordered That Colo. William Macon & Mr. William Hopkins be Continued Church Wardens till the Next Vestry.
That Mr. John Armistead do pay the Sum of £13, 15, of which is the Sum he has Received for fines into the hands of Colo. William Macon, Church Warden.
That Mr. William Hopkins do also pay to the said Colo. Macon the Sum of £7, 5, which he has now in his hands and is due to the Parish.
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Whereas, it appears to the Vestry that Colo. William Macon's Acc't, which he has this Day Produced, is just, & there is a bal- lance in his hands due to the Psh. of £34, 1, 612 ; he is to keep the Said Ballance till it is Ordered to be disposed of by the Ves- try, together with the other sums to be paid to him.
This day the Parish levy is laid and we find it amounts to the Sum of 43836 1b. Tobo., which being Divided by 1159, the Number of Tithables in the Parish this Present year, Amounts to 38 1b. Tobo. P. Poll., Whereof John Hopkins is Appointed Col- lector, To the Performance of which he has given Bond with his Securities, Mr. John Parke and Mr. Edmund Bacon.
D. Mossom, Rect'r ; Dan'l Parke Custis, George Webb, Walter Clopton, John Lewis, John Parke, Edmund Bacon, Jesse Scott, Jona. Patteson, Vestrymen; William Macon, William Hopkins, Ch. Wardens.
Recorded by JOHN RYAN, Clerk of the Vestry.
At a Vestry held for St. Peter's Parish, the 13th Day of 7br, 1755, for appointing Processioners, and doing other Parish Busi- ness.
PRESENT :
The Rev'd Mr. D. Mossom, Min'r; Colo. D. P. Custis, Mr. Geo. Webb, Mr. John Parke, Capt. Elm. Bacon, Mr. John Lewis, Mr. Walter Clopton, Mr. Jesse Scott, Mr. Jonathan Patteson, Vestrymen ; Mr. William Hopkins, Churchwarden.
Pursuant to an order of the Court of James City County, Dated July the 14th, And also an order of the Court of New Kent Coun- ty, Dated June the 12th, 1755, Directing the Vestry of the Parish to Divide the Lands therein into Precincts and appoint Persons to Procession the Same According to Law.
Ordered That all the Lands in this Parish be Divided into twenty Precincts, the same that have been hitherto Processioned, and that the Persons whose Names are Under Specified in each Precinct Respectively do Procession the Same, and Return to the Vestry an account of their Proceedings; That is to say,
No. I. John Ryan & Henry Atkinson.
No. 2. Geo. Poindexter & Wm. Poindexter.
3. Jona. Patteson & Robt. Baily.
4. Walter Clopton & Robt. Jarrett.
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5. Jesse Scott & George Waddill.
6. John Waddill & Noel Waddill.
7. William Macon & Martine Hewlett.
7. Rich'd Crump, Jr., & William Clopton.
9. John Parke & Edward Bacon.
IO. Charles Manning & Joseph Ellyson.
II. Thomas Martin & Devereux Clopton.
12. Rob't Ellyson & Francis Harris.
13. Edw'd Morgan & John Dollard.
14. Charles Crump & Henry Scruggs.
15. Geo. Wilkinson & Ambrose Dudley.
16. Thomas Moss & James Christian.
17. Francis Barns & Joseph Weaver.
18. William Gregory & John Green.
19. William Vaiden & Thomas Hilliard.
20. John Wilkinson & Jacob Ragland.
And that Such Processioning Shall be by them Respectively made between the Last day of September, and the last day of March Next Ensuing, as to them Shall Seem most meet and Con- venient.
Ordered That Colo. William Macon and Mr. William Hopkins be Continued Church Wardens till the next Vestry.
That a Vestry be held on Monday the 29th of this Instant for · Laying the Parish Levy, and doing other Parochial Business.
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