Oaths of Allegiance - 1777 Pittsylvania County, VA

copy done by Cynthia Hubbard Headen

source: The Magazine of VA Genealogy, v.23, #1 (Feb.1985),

transcribed by Marian Dodson Chiarito

These lists were taken from a typewritten copy found in the Clerk's Office,

Pittsylvania County, at Chatham, Virginia. The two following affidavits found

attached to the copy are self- explanatory.

I, S. H. F. Jones, do hereby certify that about the year 1930 I personally

copied and had checked the names of persons who took the oath of Allegiance in

1777 as shown by manuscripts then in the Clerk's Office of Pittsylvania County,

Virginia. The writing was faded and a few names could not be deciphered. Every

effort was made to transcribe the names as they appeared on the manuscripts.

The names of the foregoing Lists are a true and correct copy of the aforesaid

manuscripts to the best of my knowledge and belief. The lists were also checked

by Mr. Langhorne Jones, atty.

Given under my hand and seal this 8th day of November, 1939.

S. H. F. Jones (Seal)

State of Virginia

Pittsylvania County, To-wit:

I, E. E. Friend, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County, Virginia,

the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Mrs. S. H. F. Jones

whose name is signed to the foregoing writing bearing date 8th day of November

1939, personally appeared before me in my county, Office and State aforesaid and

made oath that the foregoing statements are true to the best of her knowledge

and belief. Given under my hand this 8th Nov. 1939.

E. E. Friend

Clerk Pittsylvania Circuit Court

Chatham, VA

List of George Carter

Beverly Barksdale

William Bennett

Jno. Campbell

Abrm. Chaney

Jacob Chaney

Joseph Chaney

Zekial Chaney

Chas. Chelton

Mark Chelton

Thos. Chelton

Jno. Chilton

William Chilton

Matthew Cox

Thomas Crain

James Craine

Thomas Creal

Jno. Creel

Jeremiah Deadman

Elisha Dodson

Geo. Dodson

Lazarus Dodson

Rolly Dodson

Thos. Dodson

John Fitzgerald

Daniel Gardner

Heath Gardner

Nath. Gardner

Sylvany Gardner

James Haggard

Henry Harding

Martin Harding

Geo. Hardy, Jun.

Joshua Hardy

William Hardy

Micajah Harley

John H. Hedrick

William Ingram

Jeffry Johnson

Chs. Kennon

Elisha King

Francs. Kirby

Henry Kirby

Henry Kirby, Sr.

John Kirby, Jun.

William Kirby

Jno. Walter Kupper

James Lawless

Chs. Lewis

Jno. Lewis

Thos. Lomox

Matthias McBee

Chas. McLaughton

James McLees

John Madden, Jun.

Joshua Owens

Rolly Owens

Jno. Paul

Thomas Peyne

John Prestridge

Jno. Prestridge, Jr.

William Price

William Ryburn

Nimrod

Scott

Joshua Shirlock

Samuel Slate

Ben. Stratton

Thos. Stratton

Jno. Talleaferro

William Taylor

Barton Terry

Ben Terry

Charles Terry

David Terry

Harry Terry

Henry Terry

Jno. Terry

Joseph Terry

Joseph Terry, Jun.

Thos. Terry

Jno. Waller

Richd. Watson

John Winters

Elias Wodson

Jno. Wright

Malachiah (unknown)

Persons Refusing to take Oath

Abrm. Campbell

Saml. Kirby

Uriah Pruitt

William Russell

Thomas Dillard, List

Chas. L. Adams

Henry Barton

William Bingham

John Bowmer

Henry Brown

James Brown

Robert Bruce

William Cash

William Chick

James Childress

Major Childress

Matthew Childress

Isaac Clement

Stephen Clements

Joseph Collon

William Collon

John Dillard

James Doss

James Doss

John East, Sen.

Joseph East

Thos. East

Samuel Eblin

Richard Ellis

Edward Evens

George Evens

George Evens, Jr.

Moses Faris

William Fealder

Nathl. Handrake

Thomas Hardie

Tho. Harris

Jacob Holland

Sec. Hook

David Hunt

Thomas Kersey

Harmon King John Luck

Moses McDaniel

James Markin

Henry Mullins

Jacob Nichols

John Owen

Thorpe Parrott

Jessey Pattey

Green Wood Payne

John Pemberton

William Pemberton

Joseph Slater

Christopher Sutton

Issac Tynes

James Vaughan

John Vaughan

Thomas Vaughan

William Vaughan

George West

John West

Joseph West

Joseph West, Jr.

Owen West

George Wilcox, Jr.

George Wilcox, Sen.

Stephen Coleman's List

Richard Bayn

Charles Beasley

Henry Blanks

John Boise

Joseph Boise

Josiah Boise

Ben. Brawner

Samuel Brooks

John Brown

Nathan Brown

Richard Brown, Sen.

James Cardwell

William Childress

Richard Chumney

William Connelly

William Donaldson

Moses Estes

John Farguson

Joseph Farguson

Isham Farmer

James Farmer

James Farmer, Jun.

David Gwyn

Thos. Gwyn

Ambrose Haley

John Hammond

David Henry

Hugh Henry

Isaac Henry

Thos. Hutchings

David James

Edward Jones

Thomas Jones

John Justice

Joseph Leak

Thos. Leak

John Martin

Jacob Meadows

George Murphy

James Murphy, Jun.

James Murphy, Sr.

John Owen

Thos. Pass

Reuben Payne

William Porter

William Ragsdale

William Right

William Russell

John Shackleford

Cornelius Short

James Singleton

Thos. Sparks

Abrm. Spencer

John Stewart

John Stone

Saml. Stone

Stephen Terry

William Terry

David Walker

Jno. Watkins

David Watt

George West

Rawley White

Beverly Willard

John Williams

Joseph T. Williams

William Williams

John Willis

William Willis

John Yates

Richard Yates

Capt. Hankin's List

Joseph Akins

William Akins

Abraham Aron

Henry Atkins

Henry Atkins

Richard Atkins

William Atkins

John Ball

Joseph Ballinger

Caleb Brewer

Frances Bucknall

John Bunkley

Jacob Cleveland

Thomas Clift

William Coggin

John Cook

William Cook

David Dalton

James Dalton, Sen.

William Day

Leonard Delosher

James Devine

John Devine

William Devine

Robert Duncan

James Durrey

George Dyer

Arthur Fuller

Brit. Fuller

Zachariah Fuller

William Goodman

James Gravely, Junr.

Watson Henry

Edmund Hodges

Jesse Hodges

Thomas Hodges

Luther Hopper

Robert Hopper

Harrison Hubbard

Caleb Hundley

John Jackson

Samuel Johnson

William Johnson

Alexander Lackey

James Lynch

William McGeehee

David McKinney

Stephen McMillan

Mathew Martin

William Mathews

William Mayes

James Mitchell

William Morgan

John Mullins

William Mullins

William Neally

William Oliver

John Pearson

William Pigg

Richard Prewitt

Hugh Reynolds

Joseph Reynolds

John Roberts

William Roberts

Benjamin Sexton

George Smith

Joseph Standley

John Warren

John White

Lankford's List

John Ballinger

John Barrett, Jr.

John Bay, Jr.

William Betterton

John Brewer

James Buckley

John Buckley

Francis Chumley

John Cleaver

Stephen Collins

Soloman Cross

John Dickerson

William Doss

Abraham Downey

Peter Downey

Elisha Dyer

Charles Farris, Jr.

James Farris, Jr.

Joseph Farris, Jr.

Joseph Farris, Sen.

Thomas Farris, Sen.

Robert Ferguson

James George

John George

John George

Collins Hampton

Thomas Hampton

John Harness

James Harris, Sen.

William Harskins

James Henderson, Sen.

Thomas Henderson

Benjamin Hedrick

John Keezee

Geo. Landsdown

Joseph Lankford

Franc. Luck

James Maybee

Henry Mitchell

Joseph Moody

Daniel Morgan

George Morgan

Francis Short

Joel Short

William Sizzer

John Stone

Joshua Stone

Rich. Todd

Willm. Todd

Meshack Turner

Shadrick Turner

Abner Vance

Matthew Vance

Thos. Vaughan, Jr.

Thos. Vaughan, Sr.

Willm. Vaughan

John Whelock

R. Williams

L.C. Wilkin

John Wyatt

Jas. Morton's List

Joseph Austin

James Biggers

William Bisnell

James Bleakley

John Bleadley

Joshua Cantrell

Edward Covington

James Cox, Sen.

John Cox, Sen.

Benj. Crowley

Richard Cullom

Jesse Duncan

James Fulton

Archd. Gibson

John Gibson

Randolph Gibson

Samuel W. Gouley

James Granly

William Hankins

Thomas Harget

Daniel Johnston

Thomas Johnston

John Jones

James King

Adam Lackey

John Lackey

Thomas Livingston

Zachariah McCubbins

James McGeehee

Walter Matney

George Mays

Jehu Morton

John Morton

John Nelson

Joshua Nelson

William Oakes

David Payne

Edmd. Payne

Mathew Pigg

David Rawlings

William Read

Ignatius Redmond

James Richey

James Robertson

John Robertson

Wm. Robertson

Matthew Sparks

John Stocktone

Robert Stocktone

Adam Stultz

David Watson

James Whitesides

James Young

Robert Payne's List

Jana. Abbott

William Astin, Jun.

Henry Baldwin

Chas. Barnett

Lewis Barton

James Brown

Sam. Bynum

Jno. Cargill

Thos. Charlton

Jacob Chipman

Jno. Chipman

Wm. Cornelius

Ben Craigg

James W. Daniel

James Dix

John Dix

Jno. Dix

William Dix

William Dix

Thomas Dudley

Lewis Garrett

Richard Gibson

Will Gillaspy

Richard Gwynne

Saml. Harris

Jno. Haskins

George Hudson

George Humphries

Jno. Jones

William Kennon

Benj. Lawless, Jr.

Jno. Lawrence

David Lay

Geo. Lumpkins, Sen.

Peter McCaul

Jno. McMillion

Hugh Mahoon

Wm. Muncas

Michl. Obarr

Luke Pendergrass

Thos. Perkins

Thos. Pestal

Benj. Ratcliff

Jno. Ratcliff

Wm. Richardson

James H. Roberson

David Rolls

George Southerland

William Stubblefield

Parmenas Taylor

Ben Theasher

James Thornton

Wm. Travis

Geo. Twedell

Jacob Whitworth

Davd. Worsham

Jno. Worsham

Bazald Wyer

Jno. Wyer

William Wynn, Sen.

John Wynne

Robert Wynne

John Yates, Jun.

Geo. Yunt

Reuben Pain's List

Absolem Addams

Allen Addams

Cain Addams

John Addams, Jun.

John Addams, Sen.

Nathan Addams

Thomas Addams

William Addams

Zebulon Brynson

Daniel Cofman

Samuel Dilerd

John Dupays

Pryant Easley

Josiah Fargeson

Moses Freeman

Thos. Gee

Henry Hall

John Hall

John Hall

Daniel Hankins

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy, Sen.

William Hardy

Hugh Henry, Sr.

Nathaniel Hughes

Aaron Hutchings

Charles Hutchings

Charles Hutchings

Christopher Hutchings

Moses Hutchings

Benjamin Lankford

Francis Lamson

Jonas Lawson

Daniel Lovell

Marcom Loval

John McGhee

John Martin

John May

John Mode

William Moore

John Nuckels

Josiah Nuckles

Edmund Pain

Philemon Pain

John Parsons

Joseph Parsons

Samuel Parsons

George Perseye

Hezekiah Pigg

James Pigg

Benjamin Porter

Joseph Porter

Joseph Pruett

Bird Pruitt

Levey Pruitt

Daniel Ragsdale

Frederick Ragsdale

Joseph Richards

Armstead Shelton

John Short

William Short

Burel Vading

Zachariah Waller

William Waters

Archebel Weatherford

Harding Weatherford

John Weatherford

Joshua Welch

John Wilson

John Wimbush

William Witcher

Charles Kennon's List

James Adams

Baker Ayers

Moses Ayers

William Barker

Thomas Beach

Jno. Bennett

Thomas Bennett

Benj. Burgess

Edward Burgess

Zack Bowles

George Carter

Jno. Carter

William Carter

William Cauthern

Tunis Cole

Charles Collie

William Collie

Bartholomew Crowder

James Daniel

John Ditty

David Dodson

Fortunatus Dodson

Geo. Dodson

Greenham Dodson

Hightower Dodson

Jesse Dodson

Rolly Dodson

Tho. Dodson

William Dodson

William Durrett

Patrick Early

Joseph Echols

Richard Echols

George Eubanks

Daniel Everett

David Hall

John Hall

John Hall, Jr.

Joseph Hall

Joses (?Moses) Hanks

Benj. Harrison

Jonathan Hill

Joseph Hill

Thomas Hill

Edward Howard

Ezekial Howard

Alexander Lee

Charles Lewis

Howell Lewis

John Lewis (Byrd)

Robert Lewis

William Lewis

Ratherick McDaniel

John Madden

Robert Madden

Thomas Madden

William Maddon

Smallwood Coghill Marlin

Peter Martin

James Menasco

James Sml.wood Owen

John Owen

Uriah Owen

William Owen

William Owen, Jr.

Michael Ozbrooks

John Payne

John Payne

John Payne

Poyndexter Payne

Robert Payne

William Petty

Zack.h Pruitt

Phillip Pruitt

Samuel Pruitt

James Roberts

Buckner Russell

Jeremiah Simpson

John Stamps

Isham Tatum

William Thomas

William Twedel

Elijah Walters

John Walters

Robert Walters

Robert Walters, Jun.

Thomas Walters

Thomas Walters, Jr.

William Walters

James Watson

John Watson

Jonathan Weldon

Peyton Wood

Thomas Wynne

Capt. Jas. Roberts' List

Martin Bailey

Wm. Bailey

Lemuel Black

Thomas Black

Samuel Bolling Robert Bolton

Thomas Brandon

James Brewer

James Brewer

Thomas Bucknall

William Burdeth

Samuel Calland

Charles Calloway

John Campbell

Stephen Center

John Cock

Benjamin Cook

James Dillard

Benjamin Duncan

Samuel Duncan

John Durham

Joseph Dyer

John Ellis

Peter Finney

William Fitzgerald

Michael Gilbert

Benjamin Hammmond

William Hammond

John Hanna

William Heard

Noble Johnson

John Kirby

Nathaniel Kirby

Adam Lackey

Thomas Lackey

William Lackey

Saml. Langbee

Thomas Lawrence

Benjamin Leprad

Littleberry Mallock

John Melton

William Peak

William Pigg

David Ray

Payton Smith

Robert Smith

William Still

James Stockley

Jeremiah Stone

George Taylor

Ludwick Tuggle

William Turner

John Walker William Webb

Refused

James Lander

Abraham Shelton's List

Absolem Bransom

William Bucknal

John Caffey

Seth Caldwell

Stephen Coleman

Alex Donelson

John Donelson, Esq.

John Donelson, Jun.

Charles Dowel

William Easley

Joseph Farris

John Farthing

Richard Farthing

Tandy Farthing

Edmund Fitzgerald

Harris Gammon

Jonathan Griffeth

William Griffith

William Griffith, Jr.

Holmes Gwinn

John Gwinn

Daniel Hankins, Esq.

John Henry

Henry Hix

George Holland

James M. Hugh

John Jones

William Jones

John Kirby

William Lewis

Joseph Maples

Samuel Martin

James Metcalf

John Metcalf

Joseph Metcalf

Joseph Morton, Esq.

John Norton

Bryan Oneal

William Pace

Joseph Parsons

Richard Parsons

William Parsons

Reuben Payne, Esq.

Richd. Pilson

William Purnell

John Rigney

Jesse Robinson

Jesse Rowland

Nath. Rowland

Symon Rowland

Crispin Shelton, Esq.

Daniel Shelton

John Shelton

Phil. Southerland

Jas. Semore Swinney

John Swinney

James Taylor

Joseph Terry

William Thomas

Jeremiah Warsham

John Watson

John Watson, Jr.

Thomas Watson

William Watson

Nattey Wheat

William Widby

Major Willis

Stephen Yates

Refused

Chas. Rigney, Jun.

Chas. Rigney, Sen.

Jonathan Rigney

Crispin Shelton's List

David Barber

John Barber

John Barrott

Richard Barrott

James Bruce

Uriah Cammeron

Abednego Castiel

Thomas Davis

John Doss

John East

Elisha Farris

Thomas Farris, Jun.

Robert Foster

Thomas Gazaway

John Greggory

Benjamin Gudger

James Heneerson, Junr.

Joshua Hudson

Paul Hudson

David Irby

Francis Irby

James Irby

Peter Irby

Jesse Keezee

Richard Keezee

Moreman Lawson

Charles Lewis, Jun.

Charles, Sen. (Sic)

Abraham Motley

Avery Mustain

Jesse Mustain

Thomas Mustain

Leonard Pace

Lewis Parrott

Abraham Payne

John Payne

Josiah Payne

Leonard Payne

Thomas Payne

William Payne

Joseph Roberts

George Russ

Thomas Shields

Abraham Shelton

Beverly Shelton

Crispin Shelton, Jun.

Gabriel Shelton

Vincent Shelton

William Shelton

Young Shelton

Edmund Taylor

William Short's List

Samuel Askey

Peter James Bailey

Thos. Burgess

John Cartin

Daniel Davis

John Gee

Henry Hardin

Mark Hardin

Martin Hardin

Wm. Hartin

Daniel Lynch

(unknown) Perdew

Isaac Sartin

Page Sartin

Sillvanus Stokes

Geo. Strother

Gabl. Tutt

William Ward's List

Joshua Abston

William Baker

Reuben Bennett

William Bennett

John Bobbitt

John Bosswell

Jeremiah Burnett

John Byrd

Charles Calloway

Benjamin Clements

Benjamin Clements

James Clements

Thomas Colley

Shadrick Collier

John Collin

James Dalton

John Dalton

Joseph Dalton

Randolph Dalton

John Ellis

William Ellis

David Evens

Benjamin Foster

John Goard

Thomas Goard

William Goard

Richard Halloway

John Hargess

John Holland

Thomas Holland

George Keysee

John Lawson

Benjamin McDowell

William McDowell

Michael Mullings

Benjamin Mullins

Thomas Music

John Neal

Little B. Patterson

David Perry

Elisha Pruitt

Field Robertson

John Robertson

Thomas Robertson

Joseph Smith

Ralph Smith

William Smith

William Spragins

Nathan Thurman

Charles Walden

John Wilson's List

George Adams

Richard Anders

John Anglin

John Asher

John Ashworth, Jr.

Bob Baker

Thos. Billing

John Booth

George Brittian

Thomas Brown

James Brumfield

Charles Burton

James Burton

John Anderson Burton

Wm. Burton

Sterling Cats

Joseph Cook

John Davis

Thos. Cooper Dickerson

Larkin Dix

Thos. Drake

Charles Duncan

John Duncan

James Elliott

Benj. Fallow

Edmund Fallow

Thos. Fletcher

Julas Gibson

James Gossett

James Gossett, Sr.

Shadrick Gossett

Thos. Gossett

James Gowing

Geo. H. Gwin

John Gwin

Edmund Hammons

David Harris

Gosdale Hollis

Joseph Irwin

Wm. Irwin

Charles Lacy

David Lacy, Jr.

Geo. Lacy

John Lacy

Richard Lacy

John Fuller Lane

James Lawles

Edward Legg

Charles Longmir

John McClain

Daniel McDaniel

(unknown) Mahaney

John Marr

Nathan Morefield

Nehemiah Morton

David Owen

John Owen

William Owen

William Owen

James Parrott

Peter Perkins

John Phillips

John Prewett

John Price

Timothy Reagain

William Ricketts

Francis Ross

John Ross

Bazela Scott

Simon Scott

John Shelton

William Shelton

David Shockley

Edward Smith

Hezekiah Smith

Mathew Sparks

Thomas Sparks

Levy Stockley

John Stone, Jr.

John Stone, Sr.

Wm. Stublefield

Geo. Sutherlin

John Sutherlin

Joseph Tomling

Lewis Tucker

Geo. Vincent

Moses Vincent

Thos. Vicent

Elisha Walker

Thomas Waroham (?Worsham)

Thomas Watson

Benj. White

Thomas Wilkerson

Charles Williams

Thos. Williamson

Peter Wilson

William Wilson

Thomas Wright

William Witcher's List

Jesse Atkenson

Moses Atkenson

Morris Atkinson

Henry Atkinson

John Barnard

Bery Bennett

James Bennett

Richard Bennett

Stephen Bennett

Thomas Bennett

Wm. Bennett, Sr.

Randal Bobit

Robert Bomer

Jno. Clement

Dan'l Collins

David Dalton, Jr.

John Dalton

Robert Dalton

Robert Dalton

Samuel Dalton

Soloman Dalton

Thomas Dalton

Timothy Dalton

Wm. Dalton

Jacob Dyer

William Dyer

Arthur Fearn

Richard Fowler

Jas. Garrison

Abraham Goad

Charles Goad

Robert Goad

Wm. Goad

Richard Hammock

James Harrison

George Henderson

John Henslie, Jr.

Jno. Henslie, Sen.

William Henson

James Hill

Nathan hill

Jno. Hudson

Jno. P. Hudson

John Hunt, Sen.

Jno. Jennings

James Johnston

Henry Kirby

William Lawson

James Lidleton

Wm. Lovell

James Mitchell

William Moore

Patrick Morrison

Brain W. Nowlin

James Nowlin

Charles Partin

Jno. Partin

Geo. Peak

Jno. Peak

Jonathan Phillips

Tobias Phillips

James Phipps

David Polley

Christain Pryant

Thomas Ramsey, Sr.

Thomas Ramsey, Jr.

Abraham Razor

Paul Razor, Sr.

Paul Razor, Sr.

Paul Razor, Jr.

Robert Sevier

Thos. Shockley

Elias Smith

Wm. Smith

Benj. Tarrant

William Thompson

Simon Toshes

Jas. Turley

Jno. Turley

Daniel Wade

Edward Wade, Jr.

Edward Wade, Sr.

Peyton Wade

Isaiah Waldrup

Jno. Waldrup, Jr.

Jno. Waldrup, Sr.

Joseph Walker

Sanders Ward

David Willis

Daniel Witcher

Ephraim Witcher

James Witcher

John Witcher, Jr.

John Witcher, Sen.

Ruben Witcher

William Wright

Last name of next three unknown

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James--

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