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| Many Virginia residents furnished supplies during the American Revolution. | |||||||||
| There are 3 collections in the Library of Virginia's Revolutionary War Public Service Claims Index | located at this link. | ||||||||
| Be sure to try various spellings. You can use the asterisk * for a wild card search on both first and last names. You can also add the name of the county in your search. | |||||||||
| After clicking on a result of interest, scroll down the page and review the information next to Additional Format to see whether the person is located in: | |||||||||
| 1) Public Service Claims. Impressed Property. Court Booklets and Lists. | |||||||||
| 2) Public Service Claims. Impressed Property. Certificates. | |||||||||
| 3) Public Service Claims. Impressed Property. Commissioner's Books. | |||||||||
| An individual may be listed in one, two, or all three collections. | |||||||||
| Next, scroll down to Note(s). The county of residence should be listed. | |||||||||
| If the individual is listed in Court booklet(s) and/or Lists, it will indicate the page number. | |||||||||
| If the individual is listed in Commissioner's book(s), it will indicate the book number (I, II, II, IV, or V) and page number. | |||||||||
| A page number will NOT be listed if an individual is listed in Certificates. You will need to browse to find the certificate. | |||||||||
| For an example of this information on a search of the Revolutionary War Public Service Claims Index for Charles Ellis, | click here. | ||||||||
| Microfims for all three collections have been digitized and are available on FamilySearch. | |||||||||
| This page links to the records for the Commissioner's Books. In general, the records for each county are in alphabetical order. | |||||||||
| In the example for Charles Ellis, he is listed in all 3 collections. To find his record in the Commissioner's Books collection, | |||||||||
| click Book 4 pages 281-284 for Amherst County below and then browse to | page 282. | ||||||||
| NOTE: The records in the Court Booklets and Lists collection have been transcribed by Janice Abercrombie and Richard Slatten. | |||||||||
| The records in the Certificates and Commissioner's Books are NOT part of the work by Abercrombie and Slatten. | |||||||||
| The FamilySearch Library Catalog page for the Commissioner's Books is | here. | ||||||||
| Book 1 Claims | Book 2 Claims | Book 3 Claims | Book 4 Claims | Book 5 Claims | |||||
| 10 July 1783 to | 14 Aug 1783 to | 6 Sep 1783 to | 9 Oct 1783 to | 10 Nov 1783 to | |||||
| County | 13 Aug 1783 | 21 Nov 1783 | 7 Oct 1783 | 25 Dec 1783 | 31 Dec 1783 | Some DAR Patriots with this Service | |||
| Film 29819 | Film 29819 | Film 29819 | Film 29820 | Film 29820 | |||||
| Title Page | Title Page | Title Page | Title Page | Title Page | |||||
| Pages | Pages | Pages | Pages | Pages | |||||
| Accomack | 21-34 | John Bradford, Meshack Mears, Daniel Mifflin, Thomas Staton | |||||||
| Albemarle | 16-20 | 345-351 | |||||||
| Amelia | 35-105 | 352-356 | Amey X Jackson | ||||||
| Amherst | 1-15 | 281-284 | Charles Ellis | ||||||
| Augusta | 357-363 | ||||||||
| Bedford | 292-293 | ||||||||
| Berkeley | 135-153 | 290-291 | |||||||
| Berkeley | 187-189 | Robert Mercer | |||||||
| Botetourt | 153-186 | 364-365 | Martha Poage Woods | ||||||
| Brunswick | 106-134 | 290 | William Garner, John Pearson Sr, Thomas Walpole | ||||||
| Buckingham | 189-213 | 365-366 | |||||||
| Campbell | 277-295 | 164 | 301-302 | Adam Boyer, John Venable | |||||
| Caroline | 240-276 | 295-301 | John Collins, Thomas Scott | ||||||
| Charles City | 308-317 | 302 | |||||||
| Charlotte | 296-307 | ||||||||
| Chesterfield | 8-58 | 302-303 | |||||||
| Culpeper | 59-139 | 229-236 | Peter Pinegar, James Simms | ||||||
| Cumberland | 214-239 | 293-295 | Frederick Hatcher | ||||||
| Dinwiddie | 318-353 | 237-240 | |||||||
| Elizabeth City | 160-163 | 307 | |||||||
| Essex | 140-159 | 304-306 | John Townley | ||||||
| Fairfax | 221-232 | 310 | |||||||
| Fauquier | 233-251 | 310-312 | Ann Elizabeth Kuntze Weaver | ||||||
| Fluvanna | 354-367 | 312 | |||||||
| Frederick | 168-220 | 308-309 | Margaret X Kerfoot, John Larue, Mabra Madden, Barnett Williams | ||||||
| Gloucester | 36-57 | 285-289 | Robert Sadler | ||||||
| Goochland | 58-90 | 313-317 | Matthew Lowrey | ||||||
| Greenbrier | 1-19 | 312-313 | William Droddy, Michael Kinney, James Kitchen | ||||||
| Greensville | 20-35 | 317-318 | |||||||
| Halifax | 252-310 | 319-321 | John Barley, Thomas Robbins, Elizabeth Dupree Whitlock | ||||||
| Hampshire | 113-128 | 324-329 | Patrick Lynch | ||||||
| Hanover | 162-213 | 319 | Edward Walton | ||||||
| Henrico | 91-112 | 322-323 | Bowler Cox, Jeremiah Yancey | ||||||
| Henry | 129-161 | 329-331 | |||||||
| Isle of Wight | 312-332 | 331-333 | |||||||
| James City | 340 | 333 | |||||||
| King & Queen | 214-237 | 333-335 | |||||||
| King George | 333-339 | 339 | 227-228 | ||||||
| King William | 238-265 | 335-338 | |||||||
| Lancaster | 266-280 | 347-348 | |||||||
| Loudoun | 281-335 | 339-341 | Amos Fox | ||||||
| Louisa | 336-377 | 343-347 | Ursula Rowe Estes | ||||||
| Lunenburg | 1-29 | 341-343 | Obadiah Hooper Sr | ||||||
| Mecklenburg | 30-87 | 349-350 | William Crook | ||||||
| Middlesex | 88-97 | 348-349 | |||||||
| Monongalia | 341-343 | 350-351 | |||||||
| Montgomery | 98-106 | ||||||||
| Nansemond | 147-172 | 351-360 | |||||||
| New Kent | 108-111 | ||||||||
| Norfolk | 125-146 | Thomas Henbury | |||||||
| Northampton | |||||||||
| Northumberland | 112-124 | ||||||||
| Orange | 173-190 | ||||||||
| Pittsylvania | 1-35 | Henry Lansford, Lemuel Smith | |||||||
| Pittsylvania | 241-242 | ||||||||
| Powhatan | 231-247 | ||||||||
| Prince Edward | 366 | 36-68 | Jacob Garrett | ||||||
| Prince George | 248-257 | 361-365 | Henry Bonner | ||||||
| Prince William | 192-208 | ||||||||
| Princess Anne | 209-230 | ||||||||
| Richmond | 93-105 | ||||||||
| Rockbridge | 69-92 | ||||||||
| Rockingham | 106-136 | Godfrey Bowman, William Lamme Sr | |||||||
| Shenandoah | 153-164 | Adam Cunningham Jr & Sr | |||||||
| Southampton | 173-185 | ||||||||
| Spotsylvania | 258-267 | 243-244 | Michael Robinson | ||||||
| Stafford | 187-195 | ||||||||
| Surry | 165-172 | ||||||||
| Sussex | 197-210 | ||||||||
| Warwick | 211-216 | ||||||||
| Washington | 268-271 | James Bush, Nathaniel Hicks | |||||||
| Westmoreland | 217-226 | ||||||||
| Westmoreland | 245 | ||||||||
| York | 272-280 | ||||||||
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