Orphans' Accounts: William T. Rogers, 1795-1799

William T. Rodgers Orphan in Account with Jacob Bird

Debit

To board & Cloth from the year 1795 Octr Court Till the year 1796 Octr.

To Cash paid Do Finwick Fisher for his Attendance

02/10/00

March 26th 1797

bought of Thos custis articles to amount

01.00.0

Apl 2nd

To Cash paid Do John Boisnard for his Attendance

02/04/00

June 3rd

To 5 yds Virginia Linning @ 2/

00.10.0

July 28th

To 1 hat

00.17.0

Septr 25th

To Cash paid Dr Fenwick Fisher for attendance

01/03/06

To 1 pair Shoes

00.04.6

Novr 20th

bot William Seymour & Co

00.13.1 1/2

bot of Jno Wise & Co 3 yds Camblet @ 2/9

00.08.3

1/4 yds Linning 3/. pr yd Silk twist & thread 1/6.

00.03.0

Decr 9th

To Cash paid John H. Ross for making a coat

00.06.0

Decr 11th

to 2/3 of a fee paid Edmund Bayly

01.00.0

To 2/3 of the tax 360 38.12

To 1 Years Bord

12.00.0

Total

20.19.4 1/2

Jany 25th

To 2 yds lining @ 3/. Bought of a pedler

00.06.0

Feby 6th

To 1 pair of Shoes

00.06.0

March 26th

Bot of Thomas Custis

00.04.6

May 27th

To 6 yds of Virginia Lining @ 2/6.

00.13.1 1/2

June 25th

00.08.3

To 1 hat

00.03.0

Septr 6th

Bot of Thomas Custis

01/05/06

To 1 yds of Cloth @ 8/6.

00.08.6

Decr 1st

To 1 pare Shoes

00.06.0

One Negro Woman Lidda & 2 children Ingo & Agnes the lowest bidder To Jacob Bird

03.00.0

One Negro Woman Old Pegg @ the lowest bidder To Jacob Bird for the year 1798

03/05/08

Two Children Sarah & Frank @ the lowest bidder To Adam Furman for the year 1798

03.00.0

One Child Susey @ the lowest bidder To Jacob Bird for the year 1798

02/16/00

To 1 Year Board

12.00.0

To Cash payd Thomas Crippen & John custis to the Amount

01/08/10

To Cash paid Thomas West for Crying of the Negroes

00.03.0

Credit

By Cash recd for the rent 2/3 plantation for the year 1795

22.14.0

By Cash recd for the rent 2/3 plantation for the year 1796

26.13.4

By Cash recd for the rent 2/3 plantation for the year 1797

30.00.0

By Cash recd for the rent 2/3 plantation for the year 1798

24.14.6

By Negro man Harvy for the Year 1798

08/10/00

By Negro Man Isaac for the Year 1798

11/12/00

By Negro Man Levin for the Year 1798

11/14/06

By Negro Woman Cumfort & Child Mary for the Year 1798

02/05/06

By Negro Girl Leah for the Year 1798

05.00.0

By Negro Woman Milley & child Sunney for Year 1798

03/10/06

By Negro Girl [-----] for the Year 1798

01/10/06

By Negro Girl Philis a deaf one for her Victuals & Clothes 1708

00.00.0

By Cash recd for Repairs that was to be done on a barn by Jacob Savage but was not & left to Levin Rodgers & George Foskey to value the dammage there & give the sum 4.0.0 which is two thirds

02/13/04

Total

143.19.0

By the profits of Slaves for 1793 to 1797 inclusive as settled by Commissioners

19.07.4

Total

223.06.4

By the Ballance acct from Jno Wise in his Admn of Zero Rodgers Sr 1799

118.06.3

By the Sum recd of T. W. Rodgers 1799

30.18.5

Ballance due the orphin

300.17.8

Returned into Court Octr 28th 1800 and ordered to be recorded

Source:

Walczyk, Gail M.  Accomack County Orphans Accounts 1798-1801.  Coram NY: Peter's Row, 2001; pp. 80f. 

© Copyright 2001 by Gail M. Walczyk