The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-06
Captain John NOFiOn'S Company Of
Regulars.

Al the Pension Onice that strange
monument 20 gallantry and many
other things there is am old regimen
and miscellaneous book of accounts
which is Of interest 20 The enquirer
of southside Virginia Besides the
payroll for July and August, 1876, OF
Captain John Morton's company this
book contains the company subsist-
ence accounts for those months; tig-
ures for 1850 aud l7S2 showing the
amount Of public grain that was coll
lecied in Prince Edward county.
Wheat. corn and oats, with tobacco
and bacon included. thc figures for the
same items boz l7s2, for the counties OF
Cumberland and Luuenburg the ac-
counts of Thomas Flournoy and VIII
liam Bibb. Shen1s of Prince Edward
for the year l7ss totals of land aud
property tax in John Norton and
Thomas Watkins Districts certain
private accounts. entries as lale as 1910;
accounts for flour received from diiler-
emf merchant mills for the use of the
army in 1850 and l7sl, Colonel John
Nash's mill. Capt. Bibb's mill, Mrs.
Venable's mill. Col Raudolph's mil,
John Waison's mill, aud Watts mill;
| Nathaniel Vena les account with the
commonwealth. wheat and oats for
the year l7s2. and John Morton ac-
counts as Deputy Commissioner for
Prince Edward county, November,
ISL. and December. l7s2. This book
gives just idea Of the business Of
war; The fighting department the pay
department aud subsistence depart
ment being represented. To decide
which was the most important OF
these would be as serious task as fix
ing the relative importance of The
three arms Of the service. 10 is Ger
tain that Prince Edward county
helped out the c0mmissar.at, raised
good amount of money, aud sent
| fair proportion OF men 10 the army
The county can furnish names enough
for a Revolutionary monument The
article of subsistence should not b'
overlooked.
Below Will be found the names o.
the officers of Captain John Morton
company, with few of the names %
+ the men. The pay was distributed b.!
the following schedule: Captain 81.
month: First Lieutenant. 81. os.' Sec
ond Lieutenant, 81. ss.; Ensign, Al
. Sergeant. 3D.. Corporals, 2l los.
Drummer. p. los; Fifer the same, an'
Pnvates p. ON a peace footing th
2rivates may come first.
D John smith. Glover Baker, Georg
I Daniel. Thomas Tuggle, lsham Jen
nings. Edward Davidson, lshan
Brown, Anderson Wood,on, Ihoma
Walker, Nathaniel Balm, Natha
] Hampton, John Webster, Ihoma
Burk. Michael Boas, Aaron Peal
- Sandy Holman, Charlie, Davis, Ihon
a. Baldwin. DAVID Robertson, Ahne
q Watkins, William Fuqua, Parsou
Anderson, Christopher Chaiiin, iona
Whitlock. William Bigger, PETE
Hales. John Spaulding, Nathani'
y Cunningham. William Bird, Jaco
Edmunds. John Foster, William Nj
j. Gehee. samuel Martin, James How
= erlon. William easy who was li
drummer during The month OF Al
gust, 1916.
Oncers. John Morton, Captain
'e John Holcombe. l,t Lieutenant; OBJ
y diah Woodson, 2nd Lieutenant; r.
4 ward Wood, Ensign James Moitoi
.e Sergeant samuel Anderson. Sergean
n Charles stage, Sergeant Charles A
derson, Sergeant, Robert Lorion, Ga
= poral. Thomas Hastie, Corporal w
& liam Wright, Corporal' Villa
Is Chambers. Corporal; Thomas Morto
= Corporal; William Johnson, 'orpof'
~ Robert p Smith, Corporal; lsha
5 Chanin, Corporal. William Ascu
re Corporal.
y a complete list will be published
il the Virginia Historical Society
n Magazine.