The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-01-31
Renort of the Commissioner of Claims.

The seventh general report OF the Commits
sioner of Claims has been issued. For the
benefit of our readers all over the State, many
of whom are Immediately interested, we pub
lish the full list OF cases reported on from
Virginia.
The following were the claims allowed.
Those marked with all are for the 1''ii
amount claimed, the others being for the
amount allowed, which was only a part
of the claim, the remainder being disal-
lowed:
Jane l. Allen, 800; James Anderson, 44o !;
John Anderson, $50; Maria Bailey, admx.,
9, 43l. 80; John Fl Baker, 1875; Samuel
Bail, 1890; Levi Beckelhmer, 1Oos; Il z
Bettinger, a2O; John H Blunt, $50; Lewis
S Blunt, 1874; Abner Bond, ,445 Isaac
Bowman, SIS; John W Bowman. 5l4; Jas
Boyle, admir-, AS; Thos Bra nham, 100 !;
W H Brfsby, 1913; r Broadwater, adm r,
495; P Fl Brockwcll, 3Ss; Thos A BROOKS,
81; Lyman Broughton, admir-, $500; Eli.
son Brown, 100; John Brown, 20s Joseph
Brown, POS; r Brown, 16G; Jacob Blunt,
IS; Emily C Bryant admx.. 2.l25; Jesse
Butler, 300; Luke Carter, SO; CHS
holm, 39.33 Margaret A Glove, 295. Am
baose Cock, ir, 263; A Cock. ST, G20; John
II ard VIM j Cockrell. guardians, Slo !;
Francis Coleman, 2sS; Henry Colson, l, 700 !;
Lucy NJ Colvin, $50; Jos Conard, 4,992.49;
J W Corum, 2l4.2O; c Cosby, 70; Milred
Covell, 65s.50; Minor A Crippin, So; Geo
W Daniel, $50; r II Dogan, 90; Henry Es-
cridge. l24.66; Esther J Ferguson, 55O.S0 !;
Jas Fl Foster, go; VIM Fraser, As; Jason
Frost, trustee. 952 John Gillian, 800 Caleb
Goldsby, $50; Robert A Gray, 1870; John
Grayson, G6; Jas. W Green and Geo Martin,
ex's, 915; Lucy Green, 105; Margaret Gregg.
240; Judith Haas, 1875 I; John Haislip, 22S !:
John Haley. 100; Spencer Hall, 2G0; Wes-
ley Hall, 1879; 2 B Harris, los; John Hart,
300; David Har tman, 739; Frances Hedge
man, 220; Saml Hodgeson, 300; VIM Hol-
land, 1903, G r B Horner cx'r, COG; Paul
Hoyer, 667.25; John Huffman, 404; G L
Humphries, ex'r, $50; James F Tyson, 90 +;
John + Hyson, 40; Thomas and Nancy
Jefferson, %; II C Jewell, $50; Thomas
Jewell and Anna J Mitchell, ex's, 1857 "a /;
Spencer johnson, 100: B G Jones, $3.50 ;
E w Jones, "a; Edward Jones, 210; Ga
briel Jones, $50; Mary Kane, 565; Adeline
kemper, 1854; George p King, $3.50 +;
Matthew King, 1861; Reuben Kite, 600;
Christian Landes, 800: George w Lane,
10. Son,.l T T a,nvr admir- GSO. A hnar
W Law, 400; Leon Levy, 76.40; B D Lewis,
&c; Abram C Long, s5s; John Long,
4O3; VIM D Macy, 800; C. Mayor, 145
Beverly Mattuer, l9l; Polly Mathew, 127 80;
Harris Miles, 25l Jos NJ Miller, $50; Chas
E Mix, 1892; Curtis Moore. 1875; John
| Moren, 1875 John & Morgan, 1905: Ann
Murtaugh, admx, 1903 James Murtaugh,
527;. Abe Neff, 314; Aaron Oliver, 25s ;
Horace Page, 1920; VIM Peters, 1857 ;
Ro A Phillips, 6s3.S4; Reuben Pollard,
1,624; Micajah Ramey, 302; Madison D
Reed, 1907; Mary A Reese. 100 VIM Rode.
hafer, 100; Claiborne Scott and Patrick
Rose, EOS; John NJ Shafer, 24s; Mi.
chael Shanck, AS; Amanda NJ Shaw.
400; George w Singleton: 1000; George
NJ Sonner, 997, George W Sorrell, Gil
VIM A Soutler, 275; VIM Fl Stewart, 2,201
Fl c Stroman, 152 Randall Taliferro, $50 {;
Job A Talmage, 1851 Elijah Tartar, 260 ;
Sarah E Thomas, adm'N, 1926 Thomas q
Thompson, 1913; Ro P Thompson, admir-.
$3.50; John r Tucker. SIG H C Turner,
| ESQ; Louisa Vanlone, Us; Nelson Voor-
hees. "a; Walter Walton. admir-, ESQ; Joel
NJ Wheeler, $40; Ed Whitehmrst, lis; Sam'
| Whitmore, 4s3; Fl c Weirman, 6G2 .sS inc
C Williams, 4S6; Sam'l W Wright, 7s*; jos
| Wyatt, 1852; VIM G VERIFY, 4o2.5O; Fer.
dinand Zieler, 2l0.
| Claims Of the following parties have been
examined and rejected : Jos Adams, Alex
Anderson, Alfred Anderson. F 3 Anderson.
| Jas z Anderson, John 2 Anderson, VIM
| Anderson, Jos Atkins, M d Ball, William
| Banks, Chas Barker, Jesse Barker
II N Berry, John Biggs, Polly Black.
we'll, Isaac Bowman, Sam'l Bowman:
+ NJ Brabham, ii 3 Brent, J c Burrow, Ma.
| ry Burk, VIM L Chadwick, Elias Chappa-
lear, j j Christian, Ed Cody, Jacob Cohn,
Milton COPYRIGHT, Fleet Cox, o Greasy,
D Cree', H B Curtis, Margaret Dice, John
billiard. II Dingud, r Doss. Josiah Ell
lott, S A Embry, S G Embry, JAS W Estes,
Thos Faliey, VIM and Louisa Ferguson, B
L Fox, Jonathan Funk, John B Gangwer,
Asa C Hall, S Fl Holley. Rebecca Hannah,
Ell T Harrison, j W Harshberger, Abner
Hodgson, Archibald Holland, VIM A Hoppe,
Lucy Hudson, Alex B Hunter, Thos Hunt
ington, Jno Hutchinson, Jos lsbell, Ann
jackson. Ro l. jenkins. Alex johnson, Al
bert Jones. John Jones, Ellen Kelley,
Fanny Kelley, Jno W Kbler, J A Ladd, Jos
Leitch, Maritz and Jonas Lowenback,
Jno J Lloyd, Thos Fl Lyme, Thos McCardell.
Jno E Mallory, Alex Martin, Major Mara
BILE, Isaac Miles, Jas Monroe, Abe Morrell,
John Mosby, Susan Il Oliver, .Jno w Owen,
VIM A Pattee, G w Paxson, S 3 Peticrew,
David II PLANE, Mordecai Purcell, A NJ NJ
Ramey, Absalom Ransom, Ro Ransom.
Daniel Rector, Alex Reynolds. John Ritter,
Thos D Rorrer, Jno C Rowe, Benz Saun-
ders, Ro J Saunders, Alex Scott, Harriet
Shacklett, y Sherman, Shipman, NJ. Ship
man, Jos Sisson, D Smith, r A Smith, J H
Sewers, Nathan Splitter, Thos b Stewart,
W W Stops, Mary Strother, Hannah Stull,
Celia Su.phin, Annie Tatum, VIM A Thack-
er, Amanda C Thompson, john Thonls, Jno
L finder, Elizabeth Trundle, Allen Tuck,
Hiram W Tyler, Madison V Tyler, James w
Tyson Mary Warner, VIM Fl Vaughan, Jno
7 Ward, Israel Warner, Jane White, Jno
B. White, Geo NJ Williams, Danl L Wood,
York Wright, Augustus Zeigler, Peter Zet-
te e, Jacob W Zirkle.
Those whose names do not appear in
either of these lists and who have claims be-
fore the Department. may know that their
claims have not been acted on.
COUNTY RoADs.-We notice among the
bills reported in the Legislature on the 2sth,
one to ''provide for working the roads in the
county of Augusta What the bill is we
are not informed, as the quoted words above
is all the allusion there is to it. There is
no more important question that could be