Box 6
Contains 136 Results:
Notice penned by John Hill of the loss of one "bright bayhorse" from Peyton Short and offering a reward for finder, 1796 June 24
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Sir Peyton Skipwith to Thomas Vaughan Bond of thirteen pounds, four shillings, and one penny, 1796 June 25
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Thomas Vaughan to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Baronet, Prestwould, 1796 September
Payment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.
Sir Peyton Skipwith to Mr. McCrocy, Petersburg, 1796 October 2
Skipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.
Miscellaneous notes and accounts, 1796 August - September
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Notice served to Robert Birchett, Petersburg, by John Hill for Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1796 September 7
States that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.
Sir Peyton Skipwith to Casper Fleisher Bill listing various expenses, 1796 September 13
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A statement by Sam White, a furniture-maker, defending his furniture, in a dispute involving the Mssrs Frank Eppes and Henry Skipwith, 1796 September 14
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Sir Peyton Skipwith to Mr. Robert Birchett, 1796 September 16
Notice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.
Thomas Vaughan, Deputy of William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1796 September 17
Receipt of payment for Baird Judgement.
Sir Peyton Skipwith's list of holdings and the taxes due upon them, 1796 September 21
Also contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.
Receipt to Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Munford, Attorney at Law, 1796 September 21
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Memo from Lady Jean Skipwith to John Hill, Prestwould, 1796 September 25
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Col William Helk, Bern Hundred, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg, 1796 September 30
Duties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.
Mecklenburg County Quarterly Court orders for Sir Peyton Skipwith to pay his witnesses in the suit of Skipwith vs Birchett, 1796 October
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William Gray's affidavit in support of Sir Peyton Skipwith's case against Robert Birchett, being unable to attend court The Notarized copy of Gray's affidavit, attested by William Prentis, Recorder, 1796 October 5
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Henry Carleton to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1796 October 9
Carleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.
Sir Peyton Skipwith's list of holdings and the taxes due upon them, 1796 October 13
Including reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.
Henry Carleton to Sir Peyton Skipwith Elm Hill, 1796 October 16
Mr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.
Surveyor's Note, 1796 November 16
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Invoice of goods purchased by Sir Peyton Skipwith from John and William Bell, including thread, buttons, cloth, tea, knives, and forks, 1796 November 27
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Statement of account of Sir Peyton Skipwith with Harwood Executors by John Hill Expense account of court costs involved in court litigation of which Skipwith was plaintiff, 1796 December 11
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John Bell, Petersburg, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1796 December 21
Business transactions between Peyton and Bell.
"A list of the hands to be emplyed at the Horse Shoe Plantation, Blue-Stone ? Plantation, and the Upper Plantation in the island" A portion of the Skipwith's contract with Richard Bailey as overseer of several of his plantations, 1797
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Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, Va, to John Inge, Mecklenburg County, Va., 1797
Bond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.