http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/index/colonial/clist.html
Claiborne, ----: and aid for Mary Campbell, 8:309, 324
Claiborne, Philip Whitehead, 6:198; 8:574, 575, 579; id., 6:199, 217; commissioner in Custis estate, 6:209, 215-17; and Custis estate, 6:255, 256, 260, 261, 276, 277; 7:1, 90, 91, 104, 215, 304; 8:191, 200, 205, 346, 453, 462, 463; 9:371, 372, 373; account with, 7:190, 298, 366, 371, 437, 495, 501; 9:34; 10:75; and GW's petition to rent dower lands, 8:197; and Mary Campbell, 8:311; and Bernard Moore's debts, 8:427; estate of, 9:46, 226, 231; death, 9:48; and Romancoke plantation, 9:378
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/VAGuide/tour20a.html
1. Right here to a private road 0.4 m., and straight ahead 0.5 m. to ROMANCOVE, seat of the estate that belonged irom 1653 to 1925 successively to Claibornes, Custises, and Lees. The present frame house by the Pamunkey succeeds the ante-bellux house burned in 1925. On part of this estate William Claiborne spent his last years. George Washington purchased Romancoke about 177o and in his diary often referred
to it as 'my Quarter.' He gave it to his stepson, John Parke Custis, through whom it descended to Captain Robert E. Lee, youngest son of General Lee.
Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1770-1772
abt 1770 Philp Whitehead Claiborne lay on his death bed
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/schools/wmmary/notes0004.txt
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craigsharrow&id=I164167
http://www.vahistorical.org/custis/173.htm
Martha Dandridge Custis to John Hanbury & Company, London [retained draft]
June 1, 1758
Call number: Mss1 C9698a 173
Transcription:
Gent[leme]n.
Virginia June 1st. 1758
I wrote to you the 30th of April last by the Anna Capt. James Eastern to which I refer, by him I sent you 17 Hhds [hogsheads] of Tob[acc]o. which I hope will prove very fine, and as Tobo. is now very scarce & it is certain very little will be made the ensuing Crop, I hope I shall get an uncommon Price for this Tobacco. inclosed is a Bill of Lading for it. I wrote to you for Insurance which I dont doubt but you have made.
Besides the Bill of Exchange mentioned in my Letter by Eastern drawn on you vizt. 4 Sets for £250._._ each pay able to Colo. Bernard Moore, dated April 18th. 2 Sets pay able to Mr. Philip Whitehead Claiborne, for £100._._ each dated the same Day, & One Set for £200._._ & two Sets for £250._._ each pay able to Mr. William Dandridge dated the 29th of April, I have since drawn 1 Set of Bills for £250 and dated May 16th. payable to Col. Thomas Moore, One Set for £500._._ payable to Mr. John Mercer dated May 12th. [175]8 and two sets for £100.._._ each payable to Mr. Bartholomew Dandridge, redated May 20th. & the other, May 18th., being obliged to make use of all the [funds?] due to Mr. Custis's Estate. I hope these Bills will all meet with due Honor, & am
Gentn.
Your mo[st] h[um]ble Serv[an]t
M[artha] C[ustis]
Messrs. John Hanbury
& Company Merch[an]ts in
London
[Endorsement, verso:] Letter to Hanbury & Co.
June 1. 1758
http://vagenweb.org/hening/vol07-22.htm
LAWS OF VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 1761−−2d GEORGE III.
CHAP. XII.
An Act to vest certain lands therein-mentioned in Philip Whitehead Claiborne, gentleman, in fee-simple, and for settling other lands and slaves in lieu thereof.
I. WHEREAS Unity Dandridge, late of the county of King-William, widow, was in her lifetime, and at the time of her death, seize in fee-simple of and in several lands and tenements; and by her last will and testament in writing, bearing date the ninth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, did, among other things, give and devise unto her daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, the wife of Philip Whitehead Claiborne, of the said county, gentleman, during her natural life, her lands and plantations on Mill-Creek, in the parish of St. Martin, and county of Hanover, containing about eight hundred acres: also a tract of land in Blackwell's Neck, in the parish of St. Paul, and county of Hanover aforesaid, containing about four hundred acres; and a tract of land purchased by her of col. Francis West, lying in King William county, containing about four hundred acres; and the said testatrix did further direct that her said daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, at her decease, might dispose of the said lands to her children as she should think proper, and to their heirs for ever. Certain lands vested in Philip Whitehead Claiborne.
II. And whereas the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne is seized in fee-simple of and in a tract of land, containing about one thousand three hundred and seventy acres, lying and being in the county of Amelia, which was purchased by him of John Jones, and conveyed by deeds recorded in the said county court of Amelia; and is also possessed of the following negro slaves, to wit, a woman named Alley, and a girl named Lucy; and it will be greatly to the advantage of the children of the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne, and Elizabeth his wife, to vest the said two tracts of land in the county of Hanover, so as aforesaid devised by the said Unity Dandridge to her said daughter Elizabeth, in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne in fee simple, and to settle the said thirteen hundred and seventy acres of land in the county of Amelia, together with the slaves aforesaid, to be disposed of by the said
LAWS OF VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 1761−−2d GEORGE III.
Elizabeth Claiborne according to the will of the said Unity Dandridge, to which the said Elizabeth Claiborne is consenting.
III. And forasmuch as notice has been published three Sundays successively, in the several churches of the siad parishes of St. Martin and St. Paul, that application would be made to this present general assembly to vest the said lands in the county of Hanover in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne in fee-simple, and to settle the other lands and slaves in lieu thereof to the same uses, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: may it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne and Elizabeth his wife, that it may be enacted, and Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General-Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said lands and plantations on Mill-Creek and in Blackwell's Neck, in the said county of Hanover, devised by the said Unity Dandridge to her said daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, be, and the same are hereby, vested in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne, his heirs and assigns, to his and their own proper use and behoof, for ever; and that the said thirteen hundred acres of land in the county of Amelia, whereof the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne is seized, together with the several slaves herein-before named, and their future increase, shall be, and the same are hereby, made liable and subject to the disposal of the said Elizabeth Claiborne, in the same manner as the said lands in the county of Hanover could or might have been disposed of under the will of the said Unity Dandridge, if this act had never been made.
IV. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successours, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, other than the persons claiming under the will of the said Unity Dandridge, all such right, title, interest and estate, claim and demand, as they, every, or any of them could or might claim, if this act had not been made.
V. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained.
Papers of George Washington
From Bernard Moore to George Washington 12 January 1771
427
From Bernard Moore
Document: Col08d262
Author: Moore, Bernard
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 1771-01-12
12th Jany 1771
Dear Sir
My Circumstances are so situated as to make it Necessary for me to sell my whole Estate to pay my debts, & I am sorry to inform you it will take every shilling I have to effect that end, this will leave my Famely (for whom only I feel) in a very distresfull situation unless my friends will assist me in this my day of distress.1
My long acquaintance with you and the Friendship that has ever subsisted betwen us, emboldens me to request the favour of you to join my other Friends in lending me mony for a few years without interest, in which time, I hope to be able to work it out, as I have the advantage of working good Lands without paying Rent, but should I be mistaken I would not by any means have my friends Suffer by me, I propose the Negroes should be bought the name of the Gentleman who is so kind to lend the mony & allways remain as Security to him for refunding his Principal.
My Nephew Mr Aug: Seaton waits on you with this, who will inform you what my other friends propose doing, by whom I hope to receive your approbation of this Scheme & your kind assistance towards its execution.2 I am sincerely Dear Sir Your Affectio: Servt
Berd Moore
P:S: I had given a Mortgage to Mr P. W. Claiborne for several things to the amount of a thousand pounds for his security for my Executorship to Spotswoods Estate, besides several hundred pounds I had a wright to draw for out of the hands of the Speakers Administrators, all which (as I owe Spotswoods Estate not one farthing) I have Mortgaged to you and others, that you may assure your self your Brothers Estate can not suffer one Shilling was his debt much larger. B. M.3
ALS, DLC:GW.
1
For Moore's financial difficulties and his indebtedness to the Daniel Parke Custis estate, see Moore to GW, 29 Dec. 1766, n.1 , and Moore to GW, 21 Oct. 1766, source note .
2
Augustine Seaton inherited the property of his father, George Seaton, in King and Queen County and became a planter there. See GW to Moore, 23 Jan., n.1 .
428
3
For Moore's executorship of the estate of John Spotswood (d. 1758), of Spotsylvania County, see Cash Accounts, 1761, n.74 . See also GW to Moore, 23 Jan. 1771 .
Cite as: The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2007.
Fragment ID: indexp92249
Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/pgwde/indexp92249 [accessed 24 Jul 2009]
Claiborne, ----: and aid for Mary Campbell, 8:309, 324
Claiborne, Philip Whitehead, 6:198; 8:574, 575, 579; id., 6:199, 217; commissioner in Custis estate, 6:209, 215-17; and Custis estate, 6:255, 256, 260, 261, 276, 277; 7:1, 90, 91, 104, 215, 304; 8:191, 200, 205, 346, 453, 462, 463; 9:371, 372, 373; account with, 7:190, 298, 366, 371, 437, 495, 501; 9:34; 10:75; and GW's petition to rent dower lands, 8:197; and Mary Campbell, 8:311; and Bernard Moore's debts, 8:427; estate of, 9:46, 226, 231; death, 9:48; and Romancoke plantation, 9:378
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/VAGuide/tour20a.html
1. Right here to a private road 0.4 m., and straight ahead 0.5 m. to ROMANCOVE, seat of the estate that belonged irom 1653 to 1925 successively to Claibornes, Custises, and Lees. The present frame house by the Pamunkey succeeds the ante-bellux house burned in 1925. On part of this estate William Claiborne spent his last years. George Washington purchased Romancoke about 177o and in his diary often referred
to it as 'my Quarter.' He gave it to his stepson, John Parke Custis, through whom it descended to Captain Robert E. Lee, youngest son of General Lee.
Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1770-1772
abt 1770 Philp Whitehead Claiborne lay on his death bed
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/schools/wmmary/notes0004.txt
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craigsharrow&id=I164167
http://www.vahistorical.org/custis/173.htm
Martha Dandridge Custis to John Hanbury & Company, London [retained draft]
June 1, 1758
Call number: Mss1 C9698a 173
Transcription:
Gent[leme]n.
Virginia June 1st. 1758
I wrote to you the 30th of April last by the Anna Capt. James Eastern to which I refer, by him I sent you 17 Hhds [hogsheads] of Tob[acc]o. which I hope will prove very fine, and as Tobo. is now very scarce & it is certain very little will be made the ensuing Crop, I hope I shall get an uncommon Price for this Tobacco. inclosed is a Bill of Lading for it. I wrote to you for Insurance which I dont doubt but you have made.
Besides the Bill of Exchange mentioned in my Letter by Eastern drawn on you vizt. 4 Sets for £250._._ each pay able to Colo. Bernard Moore, dated April 18th. 2 Sets pay able to Mr. Philip Whitehead Claiborne, for £100._._ each dated the same Day, & One Set for £200._._ & two Sets for £250._._ each pay able to Mr. William Dandridge dated the 29th of April, I have since drawn 1 Set of Bills for £250 and dated May 16th. payable to Col. Thomas Moore, One Set for £500._._ payable to Mr. John Mercer dated May 12th. [175]8 and two sets for £100.._._ each payable to Mr. Bartholomew Dandridge, redated May 20th. & the other, May 18th., being obliged to make use of all the [funds?] due to Mr. Custis's Estate. I hope these Bills will all meet with due Honor, & am
Gentn.
Your mo[st] h[um]ble Serv[an]t
M[artha] C[ustis]
Messrs. John Hanbury
& Company Merch[an]ts in
London
[Endorsement, verso:] Letter to Hanbury & Co.
June 1. 1758
http://vagenweb.org/hening/vol07-22.htm
LAWS OF VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 1761−−2d GEORGE III.
CHAP. XII.
An Act to vest certain lands therein-mentioned in Philip Whitehead Claiborne, gentleman, in fee-simple, and for settling other lands and slaves in lieu thereof.
I. WHEREAS Unity Dandridge, late of the county of King-William, widow, was in her lifetime, and at the time of her death, seize in fee-simple of and in several lands and tenements; and by her last will and testament in writing, bearing date the ninth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, did, among other things, give and devise unto her daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, the wife of Philip Whitehead Claiborne, of the said county, gentleman, during her natural life, her lands and plantations on Mill-Creek, in the parish of St. Martin, and county of Hanover, containing about eight hundred acres: also a tract of land in Blackwell's Neck, in the parish of St. Paul, and county of Hanover aforesaid, containing about four hundred acres; and a tract of land purchased by her of col. Francis West, lying in King William county, containing about four hundred acres; and the said testatrix did further direct that her said daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, at her decease, might dispose of the said lands to her children as she should think proper, and to their heirs for ever. Certain lands vested in Philip Whitehead Claiborne.
II. And whereas the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne is seized in fee-simple of and in a tract of land, containing about one thousand three hundred and seventy acres, lying and being in the county of Amelia, which was purchased by him of John Jones, and conveyed by deeds recorded in the said county court of Amelia; and is also possessed of the following negro slaves, to wit, a woman named Alley, and a girl named Lucy; and it will be greatly to the advantage of the children of the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne, and Elizabeth his wife, to vest the said two tracts of land in the county of Hanover, so as aforesaid devised by the said Unity Dandridge to her said daughter Elizabeth, in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne in fee simple, and to settle the said thirteen hundred and seventy acres of land in the county of Amelia, together with the slaves aforesaid, to be disposed of by the said
LAWS OF VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 1761−−2d GEORGE III.
Elizabeth Claiborne according to the will of the said Unity Dandridge, to which the said Elizabeth Claiborne is consenting.
III. And forasmuch as notice has been published three Sundays successively, in the several churches of the siad parishes of St. Martin and St. Paul, that application would be made to this present general assembly to vest the said lands in the county of Hanover in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne in fee-simple, and to settle the other lands and slaves in lieu thereof to the same uses, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: may it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne and Elizabeth his wife, that it may be enacted, and Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General-Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said lands and plantations on Mill-Creek and in Blackwell's Neck, in the said county of Hanover, devised by the said Unity Dandridge to her said daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, be, and the same are hereby, vested in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne, his heirs and assigns, to his and their own proper use and behoof, for ever; and that the said thirteen hundred acres of land in the county of Amelia, whereof the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne is seized, together with the several slaves herein-before named, and their future increase, shall be, and the same are hereby, made liable and subject to the disposal of the said Elizabeth Claiborne, in the same manner as the said lands in the county of Hanover could or might have been disposed of under the will of the said Unity Dandridge, if this act had never been made.
IV. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successours, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, other than the persons claiming under the will of the said Unity Dandridge, all such right, title, interest and estate, claim and demand, as they, every, or any of them could or might claim, if this act had not been made.
V. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained.
Papers of George Washington
From Bernard Moore to George Washington 12 January 1771
427
From Bernard Moore
Document: Col08d262
Author: Moore, Bernard
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 1771-01-12
12th Jany 1771
Dear Sir
My Circumstances are so situated as to make it Necessary for me to sell my whole Estate to pay my debts, & I am sorry to inform you it will take every shilling I have to effect that end, this will leave my Famely (for whom only I feel) in a very distresfull situation unless my friends will assist me in this my day of distress.1
My long acquaintance with you and the Friendship that has ever subsisted betwen us, emboldens me to request the favour of you to join my other Friends in lending me mony for a few years without interest, in which time, I hope to be able to work it out, as I have the advantage of working good Lands without paying Rent, but should I be mistaken I would not by any means have my friends Suffer by me, I propose the Negroes should be bought the name of the Gentleman who is so kind to lend the mony & allways remain as Security to him for refunding his Principal.
My Nephew Mr Aug: Seaton waits on you with this, who will inform you what my other friends propose doing, by whom I hope to receive your approbation of this Scheme & your kind assistance towards its execution.2 I am sincerely Dear Sir Your Affectio: Servt
Berd Moore
P:S: I had given a Mortgage to Mr P. W. Claiborne for several things to the amount of a thousand pounds for his security for my Executorship to Spotswoods Estate, besides several hundred pounds I had a wright to draw for out of the hands of the Speakers Administrators, all which (as I owe Spotswoods Estate not one farthing) I have Mortgaged to you and others, that you may assure your self your Brothers Estate can not suffer one Shilling was his debt much larger. B. M.3
ALS, DLC:GW.
1
For Moore's financial difficulties and his indebtedness to the Daniel Parke Custis estate, see Moore to GW, 29 Dec. 1766, n.1 , and Moore to GW, 21 Oct. 1766, source note .
2
Augustine Seaton inherited the property of his father, George Seaton, in King and Queen County and became a planter there. See GW to Moore, 23 Jan., n.1 .
428
3
For Moore's executorship of the estate of John Spotswood (d. 1758), of Spotsylvania County, see Cash Accounts, 1761, n.74 . See also GW to Moore, 23 Jan. 1771 .
Cite as: The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2007.
Fragment ID: indexp92249
Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/pgwde/indexp92249 [accessed 24 Jul 2009]
http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/index/colonial/clist.html
Claiborne, ----: and aid for Mary Campbell, 8:309, 324
Claiborne, Philip Whitehead, 6:198; 8:574, 575, 579; id., 6:199, 217; commissioner in Custis estate, 6:209, 215-17; and Custis estate, 6:255, 256, 260, 261, 276, 277; 7:1, 90, 91, 104, 215, 304; 8:191, 200, 205, 346, 453, 462, 463; 9:371, 372, 373; account with, 7:190, 298, 366, 371, 437, 495, 501; 9:34; 10:75; and GW's petition to rent dower lands, 8:197; and Mary Campbell, 8:311; and Bernard Moore's debts, 8:427; estate of, 9:46, 226, 231; death, 9:48; and Romancoke plantation, 9:378
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/VAGuide/tour20a.html
1. Right here to a private road 0.4 m., and straight ahead 0.5 m. to ROMANCOVE, seat of the estate that belonged irom 1653 to 1925 successively to Claibornes, Custises, and Lees. The present frame house by the Pamunkey succeeds the ante-bellux house burned in 1925. On part of this estate William Claiborne spent his last years. George Washington purchased Romancoke about 177o and in his diary often referred
to it as 'my Quarter.' He gave it to his stepson, John Parke Custis, through whom it descended to Captain Robert E. Lee, youngest son of General Lee.
Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1770-1772
abt 1770 Philp Whitehead Claiborne lay on his death bed
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/schools/wmmary/notes0004.txt
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craigsharrow&id=I164167
http://www.vahistorical.org/custis/173.htm
Martha Dandridge Custis to John Hanbury & Company, London [retained draft]
June 1, 1758
Call number: Mss1 C9698a 173
Transcription:
Gent[leme]n.
Virginia June 1st. 1758
I wrote to you the 30th of April last by the Anna Capt. James Eastern to which I refer, by him I sent you 17 Hhds [hogsheads] of Tob[acc]o. which I hope will prove very fine, and as Tobo. is now very scarce & it is certain very little will be made the ensuing Crop, I hope I shall get an uncommon Price for this Tobacco. inclosed is a Bill of Lading for it. I wrote to you for Insurance which I dont doubt but you have made.
Besides the Bill of Exchange mentioned in my Letter by Eastern drawn on you vizt. 4 Sets for £250._._ each pay able to Colo. Bernard Moore, dated April 18th. 2 Sets pay able to Mr. Philip Whitehead Claiborne, for £100._._ each dated the same Day, & One Set for £200._._ & two Sets for £250._._ each pay able to Mr. William Dandridge dated the 29th of April, I have since drawn 1 Set of Bills for £250 and dated May 16th. payable to Col. Thomas Moore, One Set for £500._._ payable to Mr. John Mercer dated May 12th. [175]8 and two sets for £100.._._ each payable to Mr. Bartholomew Dandridge, redated May 20th. & the other, May 18th., being obliged to make use of all the [funds?] due to Mr. Custis's Estate. I hope these Bills will all meet with due Honor, & am
Gentn.
Your mo[st] h[um]ble Serv[an]t
M[artha] C[ustis]
Messrs. John Hanbury
& Company Merch[an]ts in
London
[Endorsement, verso:] Letter to Hanbury & Co.
June 1. 1758
http://vagenweb.org/hening/vol07-22.htm
LAWS OF VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 1761−−2d GEORGE III.
CHAP. XII.
An Act to vest certain lands therein-mentioned in Philip Whitehead Claiborne, gentleman, in fee-simple, and for settling other lands and slaves in lieu thereof.
I. WHEREAS Unity Dandridge, late of the county of King-William, widow, was in her lifetime, and at the time of her death, seize in fee-simple of and in several lands and tenements; and by her last will and testament in writing, bearing date the ninth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, did, among other things, give and devise unto her daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, the wife of Philip Whitehead Claiborne, of the said county, gentleman, during her natural life, her lands and plantations on Mill-Creek, in the parish of St. Martin, and county of Hanover, containing about eight hundred acres: also a tract of land in Blackwell's Neck, in the parish of St. Paul, and county of Hanover aforesaid, containing about four hundred acres; and a tract of land purchased by her of col. Francis West, lying in King William county, containing about four hundred acres; and the said testatrix did further direct that her said daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, at her decease, might dispose of the said lands to her children as she should think proper, and to their heirs for ever. Certain lands vested in Philip Whitehead Claiborne.
II. And whereas the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne is seized in fee-simple of and in a tract of land, containing about one thousand three hundred and seventy acres, lying and being in the county of Amelia, which was purchased by him of John Jones, and conveyed by deeds recorded in the said county court of Amelia; and is also possessed of the following negro slaves, to wit, a woman named Alley, and a girl named Lucy; and it will be greatly to the advantage of the children of the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne, and Elizabeth his wife, to vest the said two tracts of land in the county of Hanover, so as aforesaid devised by the said Unity Dandridge to her said daughter Elizabeth, in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne in fee simple, and to settle the said thirteen hundred and seventy acres of land in the county of Amelia, together with the slaves aforesaid, to be disposed of by the said
LAWS OF VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 1761−−2d GEORGE III.
Elizabeth Claiborne according to the will of the said Unity Dandridge, to which the said Elizabeth Claiborne is consenting.
III. And forasmuch as notice has been published three Sundays successively, in the several churches of the siad parishes of St. Martin and St. Paul, that application would be made to this present general assembly to vest the said lands in the county of Hanover in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne in fee-simple, and to settle the other lands and slaves in lieu thereof to the same uses, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: may it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne and Elizabeth his wife, that it may be enacted, and Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General-Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said lands and plantations on Mill-Creek and in Blackwell's Neck, in the said county of Hanover, devised by the said Unity Dandridge to her said daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, be, and the same are hereby, vested in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne, his heirs and assigns, to his and their own proper use and behoof, for ever; and that the said thirteen hundred acres of land in the county of Amelia, whereof the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne is seized, together with the several slaves herein-before named, and their future increase, shall be, and the same are hereby, made liable and subject to the disposal of the said Elizabeth Claiborne, in the same manner as the said lands in the county of Hanover could or might have been disposed of under the will of the said Unity Dandridge, if this act had never been made.
IV. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successours, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, other than the persons claiming under the will of the said Unity Dandridge, all such right, title, interest and estate, claim and demand, as they, every, or any of them could or might claim, if this act had not been made.
V. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained.
Papers of George Washington
From Bernard Moore to George Washington 12 January 1771
427
From Bernard Moore
Document: Col08d262
Author: Moore, Bernard
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 1771-01-12
12th Jany 1771
Dear Sir
My Circumstances are so situated as to make it Necessary for me to sell my whole Estate to pay my debts, & I am sorry to inform you it will take every shilling I have to effect that end, this will leave my Famely (for whom only I feel) in a very distresfull situation unless my friends will assist me in this my day of distress.1
My long acquaintance with you and the Friendship that has ever subsisted betwen us, emboldens me to request the favour of you to join my other Friends in lending me mony for a few years without interest, in which time, I hope to be able to work it out, as I have the advantage of working good Lands without paying Rent, but should I be mistaken I would not by any means have my friends Suffer by me, I propose the Negroes should be bought the name of the Gentleman who is so kind to lend the mony & allways remain as Security to him for refunding his Principal.
My Nephew Mr Aug: Seaton waits on you with this, who will inform you what my other friends propose doing, by whom I hope to receive your approbation of this Scheme & your kind assistance towards its execution.2 I am sincerely Dear Sir Your Affectio: Servt
Berd Moore
P:S: I had given a Mortgage to Mr P. W. Claiborne for several things to the amount of a thousand pounds for his security for my Executorship to Spotswoods Estate, besides several hundred pounds I had a wright to draw for out of the hands of the Speakers Administrators, all which (as I owe Spotswoods Estate not one farthing) I have Mortgaged to you and others, that you may assure your self your Brothers Estate can not suffer one Shilling was his debt much larger. B. M.3
ALS, DLC:GW.
1
For Moore's financial difficulties and his indebtedness to the Daniel Parke Custis estate, see Moore to GW, 29 Dec. 1766, n.1 , and Moore to GW, 21 Oct. 1766, source note .
2
Augustine Seaton inherited the property of his father, George Seaton, in King and Queen County and became a planter there. See GW to Moore, 23 Jan., n.1 .
428
3
For Moore's executorship of the estate of John Spotswood (d. 1758), of Spotsylvania County, see Cash Accounts, 1761, n.74 . See also GW to Moore, 23 Jan. 1771 .
Cite as: The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2007.
Fragment ID: indexp92249
Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/pgwde/indexp92249 [accessed 24 Jul 2009]
Claiborne, ----: and aid for Mary Campbell, 8:309, 324
Claiborne, Philip Whitehead, 6:198; 8:574, 575, 579; id., 6:199, 217; commissioner in Custis estate, 6:209, 215-17; and Custis estate, 6:255, 256, 260, 261, 276, 277; 7:1, 90, 91, 104, 215, 304; 8:191, 200, 205, 346, 453, 462, 463; 9:371, 372, 373; account with, 7:190, 298, 366, 371, 437, 495, 501; 9:34; 10:75; and GW's petition to rent dower lands, 8:197; and Mary Campbell, 8:311; and Bernard Moore's debts, 8:427; estate of, 9:46, 226, 231; death, 9:48; and Romancoke plantation, 9:378
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/VAGuide/tour20a.html
1. Right here to a private road 0.4 m., and straight ahead 0.5 m. to ROMANCOVE, seat of the estate that belonged irom 1653 to 1925 successively to Claibornes, Custises, and Lees. The present frame house by the Pamunkey succeeds the ante-bellux house burned in 1925. On part of this estate William Claiborne spent his last years. George Washington purchased Romancoke about 177o and in his diary often referred
to it as 'my Quarter.' He gave it to his stepson, John Parke Custis, through whom it descended to Captain Robert E. Lee, youngest son of General Lee.
Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1770-1772
abt 1770 Philp Whitehead Claiborne lay on his death bed
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/schools/wmmary/notes0004.txt
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craigsharrow&id=I164167
http://www.vahistorical.org/custis/173.htm
Martha Dandridge Custis to John Hanbury & Company, London [retained draft]
June 1, 1758
Call number: Mss1 C9698a 173
Transcription:
Gent[leme]n.
Virginia June 1st. 1758
I wrote to you the 30th of April last by the Anna Capt. James Eastern to which I refer, by him I sent you 17 Hhds [hogsheads] of Tob[acc]o. which I hope will prove very fine, and as Tobo. is now very scarce & it is certain very little will be made the ensuing Crop, I hope I shall get an uncommon Price for this Tobacco. inclosed is a Bill of Lading for it. I wrote to you for Insurance which I dont doubt but you have made.
Besides the Bill of Exchange mentioned in my Letter by Eastern drawn on you vizt. 4 Sets for £250._._ each pay able to Colo. Bernard Moore, dated April 18th. 2 Sets pay able to Mr. Philip Whitehead Claiborne, for £100._._ each dated the same Day, & One Set for £200._._ & two Sets for £250._._ each pay able to Mr. William Dandridge dated the 29th of April, I have since drawn 1 Set of Bills for £250 and dated May 16th. payable to Col. Thomas Moore, One Set for £500._._ payable to Mr. John Mercer dated May 12th. [175]8 and two sets for £100.._._ each payable to Mr. Bartholomew Dandridge, redated May 20th. & the other, May 18th., being obliged to make use of all the [funds?] due to Mr. Custis's Estate. I hope these Bills will all meet with due Honor, & am
Gentn.
Your mo[st] h[um]ble Serv[an]t
M[artha] C[ustis]
Messrs. John Hanbury
& Company Merch[an]ts in
London
[Endorsement, verso:] Letter to Hanbury & Co.
June 1. 1758
http://vagenweb.org/hening/vol07-22.htm
LAWS OF VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 1761−−2d GEORGE III.
CHAP. XII.
An Act to vest certain lands therein-mentioned in Philip Whitehead Claiborne, gentleman, in fee-simple, and for settling other lands and slaves in lieu thereof.
I. WHEREAS Unity Dandridge, late of the county of King-William, widow, was in her lifetime, and at the time of her death, seize in fee-simple of and in several lands and tenements; and by her last will and testament in writing, bearing date the ninth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, did, among other things, give and devise unto her daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, the wife of Philip Whitehead Claiborne, of the said county, gentleman, during her natural life, her lands and plantations on Mill-Creek, in the parish of St. Martin, and county of Hanover, containing about eight hundred acres: also a tract of land in Blackwell's Neck, in the parish of St. Paul, and county of Hanover aforesaid, containing about four hundred acres; and a tract of land purchased by her of col. Francis West, lying in King William county, containing about four hundred acres; and the said testatrix did further direct that her said daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, at her decease, might dispose of the said lands to her children as she should think proper, and to their heirs for ever. Certain lands vested in Philip Whitehead Claiborne.
II. And whereas the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne is seized in fee-simple of and in a tract of land, containing about one thousand three hundred and seventy acres, lying and being in the county of Amelia, which was purchased by him of John Jones, and conveyed by deeds recorded in the said county court of Amelia; and is also possessed of the following negro slaves, to wit, a woman named Alley, and a girl named Lucy; and it will be greatly to the advantage of the children of the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne, and Elizabeth his wife, to vest the said two tracts of land in the county of Hanover, so as aforesaid devised by the said Unity Dandridge to her said daughter Elizabeth, in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne in fee simple, and to settle the said thirteen hundred and seventy acres of land in the county of Amelia, together with the slaves aforesaid, to be disposed of by the said
LAWS OF VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 1761−−2d GEORGE III.
Elizabeth Claiborne according to the will of the said Unity Dandridge, to which the said Elizabeth Claiborne is consenting.
III. And forasmuch as notice has been published three Sundays successively, in the several churches of the siad parishes of St. Martin and St. Paul, that application would be made to this present general assembly to vest the said lands in the county of Hanover in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne in fee-simple, and to settle the other lands and slaves in lieu thereof to the same uses, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: may it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne and Elizabeth his wife, that it may be enacted, and Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General-Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said lands and plantations on Mill-Creek and in Blackwell's Neck, in the said county of Hanover, devised by the said Unity Dandridge to her said daughter Elizabeth Claiborne, be, and the same are hereby, vested in the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne, his heirs and assigns, to his and their own proper use and behoof, for ever; and that the said thirteen hundred acres of land in the county of Amelia, whereof the said Philip Whitehead Claiborne is seized, together with the several slaves herein-before named, and their future increase, shall be, and the same are hereby, made liable and subject to the disposal of the said Elizabeth Claiborne, in the same manner as the said lands in the county of Hanover could or might have been disposed of under the will of the said Unity Dandridge, if this act had never been made.
IV. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successours, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, other than the persons claiming under the will of the said Unity Dandridge, all such right, title, interest and estate, claim and demand, as they, every, or any of them could or might claim, if this act had not been made.
V. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained.
Papers of George Washington
From Bernard Moore to George Washington 12 January 1771
427
From Bernard Moore
Document: Col08d262
Author: Moore, Bernard
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 1771-01-12
12th Jany 1771
Dear Sir
My Circumstances are so situated as to make it Necessary for me to sell my whole Estate to pay my debts, & I am sorry to inform you it will take every shilling I have to effect that end, this will leave my Famely (for whom only I feel) in a very distresfull situation unless my friends will assist me in this my day of distress.1
My long acquaintance with you and the Friendship that has ever subsisted betwen us, emboldens me to request the favour of you to join my other Friends in lending me mony for a few years without interest, in which time, I hope to be able to work it out, as I have the advantage of working good Lands without paying Rent, but should I be mistaken I would not by any means have my friends Suffer by me, I propose the Negroes should be bought the name of the Gentleman who is so kind to lend the mony & allways remain as Security to him for refunding his Principal.
My Nephew Mr Aug: Seaton waits on you with this, who will inform you what my other friends propose doing, by whom I hope to receive your approbation of this Scheme & your kind assistance towards its execution.2 I am sincerely Dear Sir Your Affectio: Servt
Berd Moore
P:S: I had given a Mortgage to Mr P. W. Claiborne for several things to the amount of a thousand pounds for his security for my Executorship to Spotswoods Estate, besides several hundred pounds I had a wright to draw for out of the hands of the Speakers Administrators, all which (as I owe Spotswoods Estate not one farthing) I have Mortgaged to you and others, that you may assure your self your Brothers Estate can not suffer one Shilling was his debt much larger. B. M.3
ALS, DLC:GW.
1
For Moore's financial difficulties and his indebtedness to the Daniel Parke Custis estate, see Moore to GW, 29 Dec. 1766, n.1 , and Moore to GW, 21 Oct. 1766, source note .
2
Augustine Seaton inherited the property of his father, George Seaton, in King and Queen County and became a planter there. See GW to Moore, 23 Jan., n.1 .
428
3
For Moore's executorship of the estate of John Spotswood (d. 1758), of Spotsylvania County, see Cash Accounts, 1761, n.74 . See also GW to Moore, 23 Jan. 1771 .
Cite as: The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2007.
Fragment ID: indexp92249
Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/pgwde/indexp92249 [accessed 24 Jul 2009]
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