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[Illustration: Mr. W. W. Kinsley]
October 10, 1748:
Bennitt, clk., 1,200 pounds of tobacco.
Wm. Chautneys, clk. at the New Church, 1,200 pounds of tobacco.
Mary Bennitt, sexton at Upper Church, 400 pounds of tobacco.
Alexander, sexton at Goose Creek, 400 pounds of tobacco.
Wm. Grove, sexton at New Church, 400 pounds of tobacco.
October 10, 1749:
Truro Parish divided.--Upper Parish called Cameron.
John Wiber Danty, clk. Upper Church, 1,000 pounds of tobacco.
Mary Bennitt, sexton, Upper Church, 460 pounds of tobacco.
[Illustration: Mr. H. A. Fellows]
February 19, 1749-50:
Present: Rev. Mr. Cha. Green, Minister, Mr. Hugh West, Mr. Geo.
Mason, Mr. Jas. Hamilton, Mr. Cha. Broadwater, Mr. Danl. McCarty,
Wm. Payne, Abra. Barnes, Thos. Wren, Robt. Boggers, and John
Turley;
Ordered: That an addition be built to the Upper Church according to
the plan produced to the Vestry; and Cha. Broadwater, gent.,
undertakes to do the same and finish and complete it by the laying
of the next parish levy, for the sum of 12,000 pounds of tobacco,
which is then to be levied for him.
October 9, 1749:
John Wiber Danty, clk. at Upper Church, 1,000 pounds of tobacco.
Mary Bennitt, sexton, ditto, 460 pounds of tobacco.
Jacob Remy, for paling in the New Church, making horse blocks and
tarring church, etc., our proportionable part, 1,950 pounds of
tobacco.
Ordered: That the Vestry do meet the third Monday in February next,
at the Glebe house, in order to see what repairs are wanted to it
and the New Church, and the Church Wardens are ordered to give
notice to workmen to appear there to undertake the work and also to
repair the Pohick Church and the Vestry House.
October 8, 1750:
John Wiber Danty, clk. Upper Church, 1,000 pounds of tobacco.
Mary Bennitt, sexton Upper Church, 460 pounds of tobacco.
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October 14, 1751:
John Wiber Danty, clk. Upper Church for 7 months attendance, 581
pounds of tobacco.
Mary Bennitt, sexton, Upper Church, 560 pounds of tobacco.
October 2, 1752:
John Wiber Danty, clk. Upper Church, 1,000 pounds of tobacco.
Mary Bennitt, sexton, Upper Church, 560 pounds of tobacco.
Ordered: That the clerk of the Upper Church read prayers every
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