| Petitioner | Date | Description | | | |
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| Amy | 1848/02/15 | Manumitted by the will of Mary Cox and asks to be allowed to remain in the Commonwealth. | | | |
| Archer, John | 1785//23 | Asks that powers given to the Commissioners appointed by the Act of Assembly in 1784 be revived to adjust the claims for the tobacco burned at Rocky Ridge. Includes resolution. | | | 29 |
| Archer, John | 1832/01/26 | Asks for permission to erect wharves in the town of Bermuda Hundred. | | | |
| Archer, John & Watkins, Edward O. | 1827//13 | Ask for a law authorizing them to erect two wharves near the Ballast Bank at Bermuda Hundred. | | | |
| Archer, William & Heth, Harry | 1814//17 | Owners of three slaves sentenced to death for burglary, two of which escaped, ask for an act directing the payment with interest for these slaves. Includes court certificate, affidavit, & letter. (Filmed as Folder 21) | | | 22 |
| Arthur | 1848/02/15 | Manumitted by the will of Mary Cox and asks to be allowed to remain in the Commonwealth. | | | 66 |
| Atkinson, Thomas P. & John; Baird, Nathaniel | 1836//17 | Executor of Roger Atkinson asks for an act authorizing the sale of 126 acres of land on a credit or for cash. Includes certificates & will. | | | 31 |
| Banks, Henry | 1800//05 | Asks for compensation for one hogshead of tobacco which was destroyed by the fire in Manchester. Includes certificate, deposition, & receipt. | | | 104 |
| Bartlam, William | 1844// | Asks for a divorce from his wife Temperance Bartlam. Includes court record. | | | 58 |
| Bass, Archer L.; Clarke, William; Hatcher, Daniel; Archer, Edward; & Edwards, Peterfield | 1817//20 | Ask for an act to incorporate petitioners as trustees of Faulkener's School, a free school created by the will of Margaret Faulkner. Includes letter & will. | | | 41 |
| Batte, Archibald | 1821//05 | Resident of Bermuda Hundred asks for a law authorizing him to erect a wharf at his own expense. | | | 53 |
| Batte, Thomas Jr. & Others | 1780// | Proprietor of Batte's Ferry asks that this ferry may be discontinued and another ferry established from his lands higher up the Appomattox River opposite the town of Broadway. | | | |
| Black, William | 1779//20 | Owner of a tract of land on the James River asks that a ferry be established across the river from his land to the land of Charles Lewis in Henrico County. | | | |
| Black, William | 1780//14 | Asks for permission to enlarge the bounds of the town of Manchester and lay off 65 acres of his land adjoining the lower side of the town into lots. | | | |
| Boisseau, Daniel | 1814//15 | Sheriff of Chesterfield County asks that the Auditor be authorized to allow him credit for the extra commission of 2 1/2 per cent. Includes Auditor's account & certificate. | | | 25 |
| Bott, John | 1793//24 | Sheriff of Chesterfield County in 1791 asks for remittance from damages on a judgment against petitioner for the balance of taxes due into the Treasury. | | | 73 |
| Bott, John | 1794//20 | Sheriff of Chesterfield County in 1791 asks for an act remitting the damages from a judgment against him for failure to make his collection of taxes. (See Oversized) | | | |
| Bott, John | 1795//17 | Sheriff of Chesterfield County in 1791 asks for a refund for the damages that accrued in 1791 from a judgment obtained against petitioner for the arrearages of taxes due. | | | 85 |
| Branch, Benjamin & Edward | 1789//16 | Administrators of Benjamin Branch, late sheriff of Chesterfield County, ask that they be empowered to collect what is due of the taxes for the year 1785 and allowed to make payment of the public securities without making oath as the law directs. | | | 53 |
| Branch, Benjamin & Edward | 1793//24 | Administrators of Benjamin Branch, late sheriff of Chesterfield County, ask that the interest and damages be remitted from a judgment obtained against the decedent and that any further proceedings may cease. | | | 74 |
| Branch, Benjamin & Edward | 1805//14 | Administrators of their father Benjamin Branch, former sheriff of Chesterfield County who died intestate, ask for an act suspending the execution of a judgment against him. Includes account. | | | 2 |
| Branch, Benjamin & Edward | 1806//17 | Administrators of their father Benjamin Branch, former sheriff of Chesterfield County who died intestate, ask for an act granting them the power to collect arrearages and suspend the execution of the judgment against him. Includes schedule of taxes due. | | | |
| Branch, Benjamin & Edward | 1811// | Administrators of their father Benjamin Branch, former sheriff of Chesterfield County who died intestate, ask that all the damages from a judgment against him be remitted. | | | 13 |
| Brander, John | 1805//19 | Owner of lands on both sides of Swift Creek called Brander's Mills asks for an act authorizing him to build a toll bridge. | | | 3 |
| Bruce, Armstreat | 1829//18 | Executor of the estate of James Bray, who died in 1829, asks for an act authorizing petitioner to sell his real estate and vest the proceeds in real estate in some other state so that his emancipated slaves may enjoy their freedom. Includes will, etc. | | | 78 |
| Carter, Hill & Boisseau, Edward H. | 1816//02 | Proprietors of ferries between Shirley, Bermuda Hundred, & City Point ask for an act to discontinue their ferries. | | | 33 |
| Carter, William | 1797//16 | Asks that the Register may be directed to issue petitioner a warrant for the balance of 1085 acres which remains unappropriated from an original warrant stolen from petitioner in Manchester. Includes affidavit & certificate. | | | 97 |
| Cary, Archibald | 1780//08 | Asks for an act establishing a ferry from his land at or near the coal landing to the Sandy Barr on the north side of the river. | | | |
| Cary, Archibald | 1781//30 | Ask that a ferry may be established from his land on the south side of the James River opposite the town of Richmond to Steagal Island on the north side of the river. | | | 13 |
| Chavis, Randolph & Others | 1839/01/16 | Heirs of John Chavis, former soldier of the Continental Line, ask for the renewal of certificates and for making allowances for the services of their father during the Revolutionary War. Includes affidavits & certificates. | | | 42 |
| Cheatham, James | 1810//05 | Asks for a law divorcing him from his wife Frances Allison. Includes affidavits. | | | |
| Cheatham, William | 1793//05 | Soldier in the 5th Virginia Regiment until February 1779 asks for pay and depreciation for his services. Includes affidavit. | | | 77 |
| Chesterfield Railroad Company | 1839/01/22 | Ask that their charter may be amended so as to authorize changes in their line of road and enable them to increase their capital. | | | 44 |
| Childers, Nathaniel | 1817//08 | Tavern keeper in the town of Manchester and quarter master to the 23rd Regt. Virginia Militia during the late War asks for an act authorizing the Treasurer to refund petitioner the amount of a judgment against him for selling liquor without a license. | | | 38 |
| Citizens | 1825//21 | Protest against the memorial of the Staunton Convention and ask that no law be passed for taking the sense of the people on the propriety of calling a Convention to amend the State Constitution. | | | 63 |
| Citizens | 1825//22 | Protest against the memorial of the Staunton Convention and ask that no law be passed for taking the sense of the people on the propriety of calling a Convention to amend the State Constitution. | | | 66 |
| Citizens | 1829//09 | Ask for an act of incorporation for a company to erect a toll bridge across the James River below Mayo's Bridge and intersecting the Richmond Dock. | | | 76 |
| Citizens | 1829//16 | Ask for an act of incorporation for a company to erect a toll bridge across the James River below Mayo's Bridge and intersecting the Richmond Dock. | | | 77 |
| Citizens | 1830// | Ask for an act authorizing the erection of another bridge across the James River between the city of Richmond and the town of Manchester. Includes notice & affidavits. | | | 80 |
| Citizens | 1830//15 | Ask for an act authorizing the erection of another bridge across the James River between the city of Richmond and the town of Manchester. | | | 81 |
| Citizens | 1830//17 | Ask for an act authorizing the erection of another bridge across the James River between the city of Richmond and the town of Manchester. (See Oversized) | | | 21 |
| Citizens | 1831//19 | Ask for a law to tax dogs. | | | 1 |
| Citizens | 1833/01/26 | Protest against the memorial of the proprietor of Mayo's Bridge to increase the rates of toll. | | | |
| Citizens | 1833// | Withdrawal receipt for a petition from citizens of Chesterfield County in regard to the Manchester Turnpike Company. | | | |
| Citizens | 1834/01/23 | Protest against a separate election in the town of Manchester. | | | 22 |
| Citizens | 1835/02/06 | Receipt for a petition from citizens of Chesterfield against the convention. | | | 25 |
| Citizens | 1836//15 | Ask for a charter for a joint stock company to be called the Benloman Coal Company for the purpose of conducting general coal mining operations in the counties of Chesterfield & Powhatan. (See Oversized) | | | 23 |
| Citizens | 1837/02/28 | Ask for an act to incorporate the Rosewood Mining Company. | | | 35 |
| Citizens | 1838/01/16 | Ask for a separate election at the house of Abijah Cheatham, Jr. | | | 36 |
| Citizens | 1839/01/31 | Ask that the Legislature purchase Mayo's Bridge on the account of the state or to grant an act of incorporation for a new bridge across the James River between Manchester & Richmond. | | | 45 |
| Citizens | 1839/02/09 | Ask that Swift Creek may be declared a lawful fence from its mouth to some point at or near the county bridge. (See Oversized) | | | 24 |
| Citizens | 1839/02/19 | Ask that Swift Creek may be declared a lawful fence from its mouth to some point at or near the county bridge. (See Oversized) | | | 25 |
| Citizens | 1846//14 | Ask for the reduction of the tolls on the Manchester Turnpike. (See Powhatan Co.) | | | 60 |
| Citizens | 1852/02/ | Ask for sundry amendments to the existing laws upon the subject of public roads. | | | 90 |
| Citizens | 1852/04/ | Ask to incorporate a company with full corporate powers called the Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company for the purpose of insuring farm buildings and their contents against loss and damage by fire. | | | 91 |
| Citizens | 1852/05/04 | Ask for the incorporation of the Clover Hill Academy to be located near the Clover Hill Mines. | | | 92 |
| Citizens | 1852/05/13 | Ask for a law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of ardent spirits in the state except for medicinal purposes. | | | 93 |
| Citizens | 1854/01/06 | Ask for a law authorizing the county court to limit the number of dogs to each housekeeper, to prohibit negroes from keeping dogs, and to levy a tax on dogs to be applied to the use of the poor. (Filmed as Folder 96) | | | 95 |
| Citizens of Chesterfield & Amelia | 1832/02/04 | Withdrawal receipt for a petition & remonstrance concerning a road crossing the Appomattox River. | | | 7 |
| Citizens of Henrico & Chesterfield | 1839/01/17 | Ask for an act authorizing the establishment of a public ferry across the James River between Richmond City & Manakin Town Ferry. (See Henrico Co.) | | | 43 |
| Citizens of Manchester | 1813//16 | Ask for a law incorporating a company for the purpose of improving the navigation of the James River, adjoining the falls, on the Chesterfield shore. (See Oversized) (Filmed as Folder 17) | | | 14 |
| Citizens of Manchester | 1815//21 | Ask for a law incorporating a company for the purpose of improving the navigation of the James River, adjoining the falls, on the Chesterfield shore. (See Oversized) | | | 16 |
| Citizens of Manchester | 1830//15 | Ask for an act authorizing the erection of another bridge across the James River between the city of Richmond and the town of Manchester. (See Oversized) | | | 20 |
| Citizens of Manchester | 1838/02/16 | Receipt for a petition of the citizens of Manchester for a new bridge and the petition of A. Mayo asking for an increase in tolls. | | | 38 |
| Citizens of Manchester | 1848/02/ | Ask for the incorporation of a joint stock company to erect a bridge across the James River. | | | 64 |
| Citizens of Manchester | 1852/02/02 | Ask for the establishment of a precinct election in the town hall of Manchester. | | | 88 |
| Citizens of Manchester & Vicinity | 1806//15 | Ask for a law incorporating a company for the purpose of improving the navigation of the James River adjoining the falls on the Chesterfield shore. | | | 4 |
| Citizens of Powhatan, Amelia, Chesterfield, & Cumberland | 1833// | Ask for a law exempting land holders on the Appomattox River from the necessity of keeping fencing on the banks of that River. See Powhatan Co.) | | | 14 |
| Citizens of Sundry Counties on the South Side of the James River | 1833// | Ask for the repeal of the law passed in the last session doubling the tolls of the Manchester Turnpike Company. (See Oversized) | | | 22 |
| Clarke, Chastain | 1834/01/15 | Asks that a company be incorporated for the purpose of erecting a manufactory of cotton, wool, & paper to be named the Spring Bank Manufacturing Company. | | | 20 |
| Clarke, James A. & Others | 1859//14 | Asks for a reassessment of a tract of coal lands called the Gowrie Pits. | | | 101 |
| Clopton, John B. & Flournoy, R. W. | 1849/03/02 | Judge & clerk of the Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery ask for an act changing the commencement of the Spring term. | | | 78 |
| Cole, Pamelia B. | 1824//14 | Asks for a divorce from her husband John Cole. Includes affidavits. | | | |
| Colliers on Falling Creek | 1825//22 | Ask for the establishment of a company to construct a railroad from the coal mines in Chesterfield to the James River. | | | 64 |
| Colliers on the South Side of the James River | 1824//15 | Ask for a canal from the south side of the James River to tide water for the transportation of coal. | | | 57 |
| Committee of Propositions & Grievances | 1848/02/18 | Receipt of papers before the Committee of Propositions & Grievances regarding petitions for a bridge across the James River opposite Richmond. | | | 68 |
| Compton, Rubin | 1790//01 | Asks for compensation for one hogshead of tobacco destroyed by the fire in the Rocky Ridge Warehouse. Includes affidavit. | | | 58 |
| Conant, Mary A. | 1842/01/13 | Asks for the passage of an act to authorize the school commissioners to settle her account for the tuition of poor children for the year 1840. Includes account. | | | 50 |
| Coutts, Patrick | 1813//09 | Proprietor of a ferry over the James River from Manchester to the city of Richmond protests against the petition of Edward W. Trent to build a toll bridge near his ferry. (Filmed as Folder 19) | | | 18 |
| Coutts, Reubin | 1789//06 | Asks for permission to erect a bridge on stone pillars across the James River from the commons of the town of Manchester to the lands of Samuel Overton above the place where a bridge was built by John Mayo. | | | 47 |
| Crawford, George | 1819//24 | Native of Scotland and nephew of Neil Buchannan who died intestate in 1791 asks for a law to yield him the Commonwealth's title and authority to sell the land of the deceased. Includes correspondence, declaration of citizenship, & clipping. | | | |
| Creek Company | 1849/01/15 | Ask for a reassessment of the lands of the Creek Company of Colliers. | | | 76 |
| Cunliffe, Ester & Others | 1834//19 | Widow & heirs of John Cunliffe, collier and owner of coal lands who died intestate, ask for an act to incorporate a company to explore and work coal mines on these lands. | | | 24 |
| Directors & Stockholders of the Manchester & Petersburg Turnpike Company | 1823//18 | Letter from James Henderson, President, regarding assistance in obtaining sundry amendments to the laws enacted to carry out the work of the company. | | | |
| Directors & Stockholders of the Manchester Turnpike Company | 1818//17 | Ask for a law augmenting their tolls. Includes account. | | | 44 |
| Directors of the Manchester & Petersburg Turnpike Company | 1828//04 | Ask for an act permitting them to sell some of their shares at public auction and ask for the protection of the summer roads by imposing a penalty on running carriages on the roads from the last of October to the first of May. | | | 73 |
| Drummond, Thomas | 1793//05 | Asks that the Auditor may be directed to issue warrants for the value of blankets and rugs belonging to petitioner which were used to prevent the flames from extending in the fire at the Rocky Ridge Warehouses in Manchester. | | | 76 |
| Duval, Stephen | 1842//14 | Purchaser of the Dover Coal Pits in Goochland County asks for a reassessment of the property to relieve him of the unjust amount of taxes. | | | 52 |
| Duval, Stephen | 1843//21 | Asks for a law for the reassessment of a tract of land on the county of Goochland called the Dover Coal Pits. Includes certificates. | | | |
| Duval, Stephen | 1849/01/ | Asks for the remission of taxes paid on land in Goochland County in 1842 which was later reassessed in value. | | | 74 |
| Farmers & Planters | 1843/01/13 | Ask for legislation action on the subject of drainage of lands to improve and reclaim lands at present waste & unprofitable. | | | 53 |
| Fenwick, William | 1811//17 | Resident of Manchester asks for a law vesting in him the right of the Commonwealth to forfeited lands belonging to Francis Rice who was indebted to petitioner. | | | 14 |
| Finnie, William | 1791//08 | Appointed Quarter Master General for Virginia in 1777 and asks for certificates agreeable to his established rank and also a warrant in the amount of the claim discharged by his assistant. (See Oversized) | | | |
| Fleming, William | 1820// | Asks for an act empowering certain trustees to sell & convey a fee simple estate in Goochland County where John Markham & Lucy Champe (petitioner's daughter) dwell in order to pay his debts. Includes deed, certificate, court record, & list of negroes. | | | 52 |
| Fowler, William & Trabue, John | 1793//05 | Inspectors of tobacco at Rocky Ridge Warehouse, which was burned and 600 hogshead of tobacco removed to Manchester, Johnson's, & Trent's Warehouses, ask that commissioners be appointed to ascertain the loss and that compensation be made to the sufferers. | | | 78 |
| Freeholder & Inhabitants | 1793//05 | Ask that part of Chesterfield County be cut off and annexed to Powhatan County. | | | 79 |
| Freeholders | 1780// | Ask for an act to permit course racing of horses under proper regulations. | | | |
| Freeholders & Inhabitants | 1784// | Ask that the court be held on the second Thursday of each month. | | | 26 |
| Freeholders & Inhabitants | 1797//18 | Ask that Chesterfield County be divided. | | | 98 |
| Freeholders & Inhabitants of King William Parish | 1814//02 | Ask for the repeal of the act of the last session authorizing the sale of the glebe lands in King William Parish. Includes notice & affidavit. (See Powhatan Co.) | | | 23 |
