Hampshire County, Virginia records
Colonial War Period
These records came from a compilation transcribed & assembled by Janice Abercrombie and Richard Slatten, in which they combed the records of Hampshire County, Va., in search of payments made to "Loyalists", who aided the Revolutionary Army by supplying various items that were needed for the war effort. These all came from the Hampshire County Court Booklet, & are identified by page number. The sheer volume of related lines that are apparent here is staggering, & will aid us in determining "who was where when". Check it out, & see what you find!!!
As a small help, the money is set up this way: "L" = pound, and the number like "L45-10-5" would be 45 pounds, 10 schillings, & 5 pence. The rate of exchange then was roughly $120=L36, or $3.33 per Pound.
Pg. 1 At a court continued & held for Hampshire County the 15th day of May 1782. The Court proceeded to receive and certify public claims for impressments &c agreeable to a late act of assembly as follows viz:
Joseph Vanmeter Beef 1875# L19-10-7
Garret Vanmeter Beef 1237# L12-17-8; 703# bacon
Abraham Hite Beef 106# L1-6-6
Jonathan Chinewarth Beef 25# 6s-3 (Does this look like a misspelled Chenaworth to anybody else?)
Joseph Vanmeter Beef 1062# L11-1-3
Solomon Vanmeter Beef 418# L4-7-1
Jacob Harness for 65 days waggonage with Hampshire Militia L39
Pg. 2)
Felix Seymour beef for prisoners at the barracks at Winchester 800# L10
Prior Robey beef 280# L3-10
John Harness beef 600# L7-10
Michael Stump beef 300# L3-15
Henry Carr beef 250# L3-2-6
Rudolph Shobe beef 250# L3-2-6
Martin Shobe beef 350# L4-7-6
Charles Lynch beef 270# L3-7-6
Leonard Stump beef 375# L4-13-9
Moses Hutton beef 280# L3-10
Jesse Cuningham beef 225# L2-16-3
Michael Lee beef 350# L4-7-6
George Harness beef 500# L6-5
Michael Harness beef 621# L7-15-3
George Stump beef 260# L3-5
Abraham Inskeep beef 720# L9
Pg. 3)
Christopher Ermantrout beef 700# L8-15
John Westfall beef 800# L10
William Robey 44 days collg. & drvg. cattle L6-12
William Renick 44 days do. (ditto?) L6-12
John Craig 44 days do. L6-12
Henry Lander 32 days do. L4-16
Robert Travis's heirs 313 gal. whiskey L46-19
Michael Stump pasturing & publick cattle L1-2
William Vause keeping & feeding cattle 2 mos. L6-19
George Nixon forage for cattle & drivers L1-1-9
Thomas Seymour 1 sack salt for militia L1-5-6
Richard Bodkin 200# Flour & cask L1-1-6
Pg. 4)
George Stump 1/2 bu of salt for militia marching to Carolina L1-4
George Yoakum 1 blanket 12s
John Rorebaugh pasturage & corn 10s-6
George Stump 1 bag 4s-6
Martin Shobe 48 days waggonage in Oct 1781 as per certificate of Major Wood Jones
L28-16
Richard Seymour 48 days do. L28-16
Henry Kuykendall 1 wagon & team impressed by Major Charles Magill DQMG & apprd.
L146
David Welton for do. L77
Pg. 5)
Michael Stump provisions for cattle drivers 11s-4
William Buffington 2 beeves for militia marching to York, Sept. 1781 L11-14-4
Catherine Forman 1 sheep for do. L1
Abraham Westfall 11 days waggonage in removing British sick to Fredricksburg L6-12
Nicholas Sholl 11 days do. L6-12
Leonard Heir 1 bag 4s-6
Martin Shobe 1 do. 4s-6
Christopher Ermentrout 1 do. 4s-6
William Welton flour & salt L1-1
Jacob Boggard 10 days horse hire militia 10s
Pg.6)
Garret Vanmeter 1/2 bu salt L1-4
Abraham Kuykendall 647# flour L3-4-8
Isaac Vanmeter corn & hay 2s-9
Robert Pugh 1 beef L5-10
Thomas Parsons 1 sheep 15s
The above are all for Continental purposes.
"The following claims are on account of
the State of Virginia being certificates granted by sundry officers of the
militia of Shanandoah, Frederick,
Berkeley & Hampshire who were employed in May and June 1781 to suppress an
insurrection in the sd. county of
Hampshire."
Leonard Heir oats & pasturage L4-9
Joseph Nevill salt mutton & pasturage L1-4-9
Michael Stump hay, pasturage & corn L5-1-2
Pg. 7)
George Osburn 10# flour 1s, provisions & pasturage L3-3
John Claypole 50 bu corn L5
James Claypole provisions L1-3-4
Michael Haun 66# mutton 16s-6
Leonard Stump provisions & forage 8s-8
George Stump do 17s-6
Michael Stump do 5s
John Rennick do L1-11-4
James Largent 4 bu corn 8s
Henry Lansisks provisions & forage L1-2-6
William House do 7s-8
John Campbell 6 diets 4s
Henry Fry Provisions & forage L1-12-8
Nicolas Casey do L2-9-6
Leonard Heir do L2-9-6
Adam Hainess 14# bacon 7s
Isaac Miller 15# bacon 7s-6
Thomas McCartey 4 days waggonage L2-8, meat & salt 12s-6
Pg. 8)
Isaac Vanmeter provisions 11s-6
William Millburn do 2s-9
William Warden do 5s-8
Nicolas Casey do 7s
Pg. 9)
Garret Blue 3 days waggonage L1-16
James Cubberly 3 pecks corn 1s-6
Moses Hutton 10 days horse hire 10s
Nathaniel Parker 9 days horse hire 9s
"At a court continued & held for Hampshire County 15 August 1782. Sundry public claims for impressments &c were presented in court as follows viz:"
Pg. 15)
William Blackburn 160# beef L2
James Blue 3 diets 2s-3
Jacob Clutter 100 horses pasturage L1-13-4
William Blackburn 1 kettle 3s-10
William Porter 42 days horse hire L5-5
Adam Hider 1 beef 320# L4
John Johnson 193# beef L3-4-4
Jacob Earsom 25 days waggonage, out of which is to be taken 1 pr. horse shoes. L13-12
Pg. 16)
John Kimble 1 gun lost in suppressing Tories L2
John Kay 9/16 gallon whiskey
Samuel Hornback 350# beef L4-7-6
John Blue 4 day horse hire 10s
Robert Shanklin 14 pair horse shoes L2-2
Jonathan Heath assne of David Crow 50# flour
Michael See 1 bag & flour 15s
David Lilly (for Mary Hornback) 1 bag & flour 13s
Henry Morsh 1 bag & flour 12s
Abraham Stookey 55 days waggonage L30-5
George Reed do L30-5
Jacob Harness do L30-5
Leonard Shobe do L30-5
Samuel Hornback do L30-5
Pg. 20) "At a court held for Hampshire County 9 Sept. 1783, Publick Claims."
John Foreman for a gun lost L10-15; 40 days horse hire
Abraham Hite 6 bales hay 9p
Jacob Vanmeter 1200# beef L15; 150# hay for 10 cattle 9s-6
Pg. 21)
Daniel Pugh assne. of John Williamson, for 219# flour L1-1-11
Stephen Ruddell Gent. for a mare in McAfees Brigade L2-10
Jacob Chrisman for a horse in McAfees Brigade L8-10-8
Henry Keykundold 3 beaves 1000# L15-12-6
Robert Forgusson commissary sundries L2-19-8
Lewis Rush 70# flour 7s-7
Benjamin Bogard Horse lost in Laynes Brigade L3-6
Philip Yoakum beef 350# L4-7-6
Thomas Holoback blanket 6p
Henry Keykundall for 55 days as a waggoner L5-10
Catherine Keykundall ext. of Abraham Keykundall by her acct. L21-5
Pg. 22) "at a Court continued & held for Hampshire county 10 Sept. 1783, Publick claims."
David Coddy 10# bacon 7s-6
Thomas Davis 50# hay 1s-6
Thomas Fairly 1 hog L4
George Muse (Meese?) ferriages 21 horses & 3 men 5s-3; a rifle gun, L2-16-8
Simon Taylor 25# beef 6s-3
Henry Lancisco 13 rations 19s-9; 1 bu corn 2s
John Hoffman 200 bu corn L20
Benjamin Hoffman 122 bu corn L12-4
Nicolas Casey pastuage of cattle 79 days L1-3-4
Pg. 23) "At a court held for Hampshire County 12 August 1783. Public claims."
James Hornback 55 days waggonage L30-5
Matthias Brandenburg for a blanket L1
Edward Ratcliff for a gun impressed as by judgement obtained against him L6-5
Abraham Blue 100# flour & cask 11s-6
Pg. 2) List of public claims made by Wm. Johnson, & Abel Randall, commissioners for the assembly of Feb 15, 1781.
David Davis beef in Oct 1780; L303-8
Nicolas Casey beef in Oct 1780; L270
William Powel his acct. Sept. 1780; L18
Joseph Hall Flour in Jan. 1781; L336
Edward McCarthy Flour Oct.; L408
Garret Vanmeter his acct., Oct. 1780; L60
Garret Vanmeter his acct. Nov. 1780; L45
Pg. 3)
Peter Yeater flour in Feb. 1781; L11-10
Henry Naff flour in Feb. 1781; L53-10
Peter Umstad flour in Feb. 1781; L47-10
Peter New flour in Feb. 1781; L317
John Pearsall flour in Feb. 1781; L106
John Kent flour in Feb. 1781; L107
Pg. 6) "A return of all the certificates & receipts given by me T. Dominik Kayser, Commissioner for the Hampshire Militia marching to Hillsbourgh under command of Capt. Daniel Richardson."
James Blue diets for 3 men L10-16
Jacob Bogard 1 Horse 10 days L36
Daniel Richardson 1 Dutch Oven, praised by Daniel Neal & Munday Mars L28
William Blackburn 1 Kettle, praised by do. L14
Thomas McCarthy 1 Bagg praised by Munday Mars & Saml. Watkins L18
George Stump 1 Bag praised by do. L14
Henry Munday Mars 2 bu oats, pasture for 2 horses L24
Bernard Mayers 3 1/2 bu corn L24
George Stump 1/2 bu salt L60
Alexander Gibbony shoes & shoeing 2 horses L30
George Yoakum 1 Iron pot praised by Peter Cutrack & Danl. Ashby L36
John Rohrback 1 bu, 1 peck corn, 2 nights past. for 5 horses. L17-15
(Just a personal observation, but doesn't it seem as though the prices here
are higher then the rest have been?) Ian
Pg. 13) " an account of certificates granted by Abel Randall one of the commissioners of Hampshire County 1780 & 1781 for provisions &c under the act of assembly for procuring a supply of provisions &c."
Thomas McCarthy for beef L1214-4, for do. L101-14
William Johnson for beef L400-0
William Vause for 534# flour & 2 casks L28
Abraham Inskeep for 812# flour & 3 casks L427-12
Daniel McNeil 565# flour L282-10
Abraham Hite 1003# flour & 4 casks L525-10
Garret Vanmeter 774# flour & 4 casks L411
Abraham Clack 140# flour L70
Martin Shobe 390# flour L195
Abraham Hite 2 bu oats 10s-2
Isaac Vanmeter 216/3 flour & 1 cask L124
John Wilson 200# flour L100
George See 968# flour & 2 barrels L502
Pg. 16) "Hampshire County April 20, 1781. An account of certificates by me given since an account."
Aaron Hogg for 108# flour
Henry Steel 207# flour
Isaac Hutton 80# flour
Thomas Brown 50# flour
Simon Hornback 175# flour, 1 cask
Moses Hutton 1082# flour, 5 casks
John Harness 1148# flour, 5 casks
John Yoakum 215# flour, 1 cask
George Weaver 50# flour
George Lower 52# flour
Samuel Bonnet 93# flour, 1 cask
Michael Hornback 106# flour
Adam Hider 365# flour, 2 cask
Daniel Tevaback 660# flour, 3 cask
Henry Mars 100# flour, 1 cask
John Wilson 1080# flour
Charles Lynch 202# flour, 1 cask
John Wilson 319# flour
Thomas Parsons 526# flour
Robert Porter 130# flour, 1 cask
Christopher Armantrout 400# flour, 2 cask
Leonard Hire Junior 202# flour, 1 cask
Martin Shobe 966# flour, 5 cask
David Crow 50# flour
Rudalph Shobe 322# flour, 2 cask
Jese Cunningham 350# flour, 3 cask
Pg. 17)
Henry Lancisco 100# flour
Christopher Hufman 288# flour
Henry Rodabough 52# flour
Robert Maxwell 100# flour
David Reel 9 cask
Job Welton 904# flour, 5 cask
Felts Power 419# flour, 2 cask
Rudalph Hire 184# flour, 1 cask
Henry Busard 100# flour
Henry Rule 94# flour, 1 cask
Israel Ward 227# flour, 1 cask
Henry Green 19# flour
Henry March 398# flour, 2 cask
James Parsons 1152# flour, 5 cask
Cornelius Westfall 236# flour, 2 cask
Isaac Miller 406# flour, 2 cask
Richard Shanklin 263# flour, 2 cask
Elizabeth Reed 447# flour, 2 cask
Isaac Hornback 706# flour, 2 cask
Elizabeth Yoakam 218# flour, 1 cask
Manis Alkire 100# flour, 2 cask
Abraham Hornback 213# flour, 1 cask
John Westfall 452# flour, 2 cask
Rosy Long 161# flour, 1 cask
Andrew Pancake 195# flour, 2 cask
George Shade 130# flour
Pg. 18)
Jacob Tucker 184# flour, 1 cask
James Brown 120# flour
Manis Alkire 136# flour, 6 cask
Sylvester Ward 431# flour, 2 cask
Conrad More 205# flour, 2 cask
John Cutrack 52# flour
Michael Wease 80# flour
John Moure 97# flour
Anthony More 190# flour, 1 cask
Michael Wease 60# flour
Richard Bodkin 200# flour, 1 cask
George Stump 329# flour, 2 cask
George Knave 192# flour, 1 cask
Alexander Randall 1 1/2 days work of his waggon & team at 50# tobacco per day.
"Hampshire Co. to wit: The above is a true & just account of what certificates I have granted since my former return. The flour at 50 pounds per hundred & the casks at 6 pounds each. Abel Randall, Comr. PL"
Small history note: these certificates were a Virginia Revolutionary note, printed in denominations of $10 to $2,000, authorized by an act of the Virginia Assembly. The last (and 15th set) was printed on May 7, 1781. Six months later, they were called in at a redemption of $1 specie for $1,000 in bills, and all Virginia notes were to become worthless by October 1, 1794.