NAMES WHICH OCCUR IN BOTH COL. ABRAHAM PENN’S MUSTER ROLL, MARCH 1781 AND HENRY CO VA TAX LIST, 1787
© Kathy Alvis Patterson 2008
The purpose of this list is to illustrate how many of the men from the Guilford Courthouse Militia were still in Henry Co VA six years later, and also how often Col. Penn’s list does not show the same spelling as the tax list. At times, the man’s name may not appear on the tax list, but his family may have still been in the county.
Col. Penn’s list/ those names also found in 1787 spelling in tax list, if different
Abraham Penn
George Waller
David Lanier
Jonathan Hamby /Jonathan Hanby
George Hairston
Edward Tatum
Josiah Shaw
Jesse Corn
Hamon Critz/ Haman Critz
Charles Dotson/ Charles Dodson
William Dotson/ William Dodson
Deverix Gilliam
William Going/ Wm. Gowing
William Smith
Thomas Hollinsworth/ Thomas Hollandworth
Samuel Packwood
Daniel Smith
William Cox
John Davis
Thomas Edwards
Richard Gilley
Archie Murphy/ Archebald Murphy
William Moore
John Pharis/ [xxx] Farriss
John Rea
Brice Martin
John Burchell/ [xxx] Burchel
John Cox
Thomas Jones
John Pyrtle
Joseph Piper/ Joseph Phifer
John Pursell/ John Parsley
Michael Rowland
John Kelly
William Bohanon
John Brammer
John Stanley/ John Standley
John Alexander
Joseph Anglin/ [xxx] Anglen
John Bowling
John East
William Hays
_____ Joyce/ Alexander Joyce
David Mays
John Richardson
Lewis Bradberry/ Lewis Bradbury
Aristophus Baughn/ [xxx] Vaughn
John Crouch
Jesse Elkins
John Jones
John Jamerson
John Kitchen
Richard Parsley
Thomas Hambleton
Morris Humphreys/ Morriss Humphris
James Roberts
Bartlett Reynolds
John Taylor
Samuel Luttrell/ [xxx] Littrul
John Fontaine/ John Fountaine
William Graves
Stephen King
Thomas Leak
George Pool/ George Poor
James Rea
Joseph Rice
Thomas Smith
George Bowles/ [xxx] Bowls
William Bowling
Nathan Jones
John Nance
Joseph Peregoy/ Joseph Pedegau
Joseph Pearson/ [xxx] Pierson
John Burch/ John Burchfield
Charles Dickerson
John Doyal/ [xxx] Doyall
William Elkins
Joseph Gravely
Edward Smith
Michael Barker
John Branham
William Branham
James Crawley/ James Croley
John Edwards
George Folly/ [xxx] Foley
John Gibson/ [xxx] Gipson
Joseph Hurt
Joel Harbour
Elephas Shelton/ Eliphaz Shelton
Jacob Adams
John Barrat/ John Barrott
Francis Barrat/ Francis Barrott
Shadrack Barrat/ Shadrack Barrott
Thomas Hudson
Joanthan Hanby
Nelson Donothan/ Nelson Donathan
Dudley Stephens/ Dudley Stevens
Joshua Stephens/ Joshua Stevens
James Poteet/ James Poteete
Peter Bays
Aquilla Black/ Aquila Blackley
Ben Hubbard/ Benjamin Hubbard
Charles Hibbert/ Charles Hibbitt
Ambrose Mullins
George Nevil/ [xxx] Nevill
Richard Potson/ Richard Pilson
Ninon Prater/ Ning Prater
Thomas Tinson/ Thomas Tenison
Peter Tittle
John Ratford/ John Radford
Joseph Walden/ Joseph Waldon
William Dellingham/ [xxx] Dillingham
William Bartee
Additional last names from Col. Penn’s list still represented in Henry Co in 1787: Cloud, Watson, Belcher, Lockhart, Cunningham, Turner, Webster, Hall, Hurd/Hurt/Heard, Robertson, Gray, Wilson, Barker, Mitchell, Rogers, Dunn, Harris, Massey, Mullins, Allen, Evey/Ivie, Johnson, Dillard, DePriest, Fee, Sims, Witt, Bennett, Haile/Hale, Anderson, Cook, Payne, Burnett, Pratt, Stewart, Brown, Bryant, Small, Harris, Bowman, Chandler, Hensley, Howell, Street, Hill, McGuire, Woods, Thompson, Graves. Although many spelling differences are seen to be minor, there are times the initial letter is changed from F to PH, or PH is changed to P, three times a syllable is dropped, and several times consonants or vowels are changed.
Conclusion: Col. Penn was not accurate in the spelling of the names of men in his militia.
Analysis and compilation by Kathy Alvis Patterson, using a Col. Penn’s autograph muster list, the transcribed list in Pedigo, History of Patirck and Henry Cos VA, and Schreiner-Yantis, Personal Property Tax Lists for 1787, Henry Co VA (1987) @2008
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