| Petitioner | Date | Description | Reel# | Box | Folder |
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| Members of the Protestant Episcopal Church | 1795/11/24 | Protest against the petition of parishioners of King William Parish asking for the sale of the glebe lands. (See Powhatan Co.) | 39 | 54 | 89 |
| Merchants | 1781/12/17 | Ask for the reestablishment of warehouses for the inspection of tobacco in the town of Manchester which were destroyed by the enemy under the command of Gen. Phillips. | 39 | 54 | 15 |
| Merchants & Exporters of Tobacco in Manchester | 1792/10/15 | Ask for restitution to the exporters of tobacco since the operation of the general government of such proportion of the surplus as each of them may have paid into the Treasury by reason of the duty of 6 shillings a hogshead. | 39 | 54 | 72 |
| Merchants & Inhabitants of Manchester | 1790/10/29 | Ask that an inspection of tobacco may be established on the lands of Jacob Rubsamon. | 39 | 54 | 57 |
| Merchants of Manchester | 1790/11/15 | Ask for the establishment of an inspection of hemp in the town of Manchester. | 39 | 54 | 62 |
| Midlothian Coal Mining Company | 1854/01/13 | List of dividends of the Midlothian Coal Mining Company for May & October 1851 settled in the Auditor's Office. (Filmed as 1853 Dec. 13 - Folder 95) | 40 | 56 | 96 |
| Moody, Benjamin | 1818/12/17 | Administrator of the estate of Peter Moody who died in 1818 asks for a law authorizing the sale of the whole tract of land possessed by the deceased subject to the claim of Mary Childress. Includes plat. | 39 | 55 | 45 |
| Moody, Benjamin | 1821/12/19 | Administrator of the estate of Peter Moody who died in 1818 asks for a law authorizing him to expose the property to a second sale for the benefit of the estate or confirming his title. Includes copy of will. | 40 | 55 | 54 |
| Officers of the Henrico Light Dragoons, Richmond Light Dragoons, & Chesterfield Horse Guard | 1848/03/06 | Ask for permission to train together three days every year as cavalry in lieu of the trainings now required by law. (See Henrico Co.) | 40 | 56 | 71 |
| Owners & Tenants of the Creek Pits | 1837/02/27 | Ask for an act incorporating the Creek Pits coal lands. Includes plan. | 40 | 56 | 34 |
| Owners of Coal Lands Lying Near James River, etc. | 1834/01/17 | Complain of the one cent per bushel toll on the James River Canal and problems in navigation. | 40 | 56 | 21 |
| Owners of Coal Wagons on the Manchester Turnpike Road | N.D. | Protest against the petition to increase the tolls on the Manchester Turnpike Road. | 40 | 56 | 102 |
| Owners of the Swift Creek Mills | 1836/12/21 | Ask to be incorporated under the name The Union Manufacturing Company for the purpose of manufacturing cotton, wool, and other good. | 40 | 56 | 32 |
| Owners of Tobacco Warehouses in Manchester | 1816/11/19 | Ask for an act augmenting the present rents allowed the owners of the tobacco warehouses in the town of Manchester. | 39 | 55 | 31 |
| Owners of Tobacco Warehouses in Manchester | 1818/12/12 | Ask for a law increasing the rents of the tobacco warehouses in the town of Manchester to give petitioners just compensation for the use of their ground and houses. | 39 | 55 | 42 |
| Pankey, Stephen & Fowler, William | 1784/05/26 | Inspectors of tobacco at Rocky Ridge ask for relief as a result of the warehouse fire and request a larger warehouse for the reception of tobacco. Includes a list of persons who assisted in saving the tobacco. | 39 | 54 | 21 |
| Parishioners of King William Parish | 1795/11/24 | Ask for an act authorizing petitioners to sell the glebe lands and apply the money to the payment of poor rates and the county levies. (See Powhatan Co.) | 39 | 54 | 90 |
| Perry, Harriet H. | 1839/03/23 | Asks for a divorce from her husband William Perry. Includes court proceedings. | 40 | 56 | 49 |
| President & Directors of the Appomattox Coal Company | 1838/03/10 | Ask for a law authorizing the company to open and construct a road from their coal mines to the Appomattox River. Includes notice. | 40 | 56 | 39 |
| President & Directors of the Chesterfield Railroad Company | 1836/02/10 | Protest against the petition asking that a company may be incorporated to construct a railway from the coal mines in Chesterfield to some point on the James River above Bosher's Dam. | 40 | 56 | 28 |
| President & Directors of the Manchester & Petersburg Turnpike Company | 1825/12/21 | Ask for additional aid to complete their turnpike road. Includes annual report. | 40 | 55 | 61 |
| President & Directors of the Manchester & Petersburg Turnpike Company | 1826/12/16 | Ask for additional aid to complete their turnpike road. | 40 | 55 | 68 |
| President & Directors of the Mechanics Manufacturing Company | 1837/01/18 | Ask for an increase in their capital and permission to hold more land. Includes bill to amend charter. | 40 | 56 | 33 |
| President & Directors of the Midlothian Coal Mining Company | 1851/01/25 | Ask to be released from certain penalties incurred by the company for failure to furnish the Auditor with the annual statement or certificate required by law. | 40 | 56 | 83 |
| President & Directors of the Midlothian Coal Mining Company | 1852/02/04 | Receipt for a petition from the President & Directors of the Midlothian Coal Mining Company asking for a release from certain penalties incurred by the company. | 40 | 56 | 89 |
| President & Directors of the Midlothian Coal Mining Company | 1853/12/16 | Withdrawal receipt for a petition from the President & Directors of the Midlothian Coal Mining Company asking for a release from certain penalties incurred by the company. | 40 | 56 | 94 |
| Proprietors of the Former Rocky Ridge Warehouses in Manchester & Others | 1798/12/14 | Ask that the Rocky Ridge Warehouses be revived and that the necessary buildings be erected. | 39 | 54 | 102 |
| Proprietors of the Public Tobacco Warehouses at Rocky Ridge in Manchester | 1799/12/10 | Petitioners were authorized by law to rebuild the Rocky Ridge Warehouses, but they ask for an increase in the present rate of rent to build with brick or stone materials instead of wood. | 39 | 54 | 103 |
| Proprietors of the Public Tobacco Warehouses in Manchester | 1798/12/10 | Ask for an increase in the present rate of warehouse rent for tobacco in order to reimburse the public for the original cost and accruing interest expended in the erection if the necessary buildings at the inspections. (See Oversized) | 39 | 316 | 10 |
| Proprietors of Tobacco Warehouses in Manchester | 1817/12/15 | Ask for a law raising the present rents of tobacco warehouses in the town of Manchester. | 39 | 55 | 39 |
| Railey, Martin | N.D. | Protest against the petition of the Manchester Turnpike Company asking for a law enabling them to run the turnpike in a different direction (ca. 1803). | 40 | 56 | 103 |
| Randolph, Beverley; Heth, John & Beverley | 1832/01/25 | Ask for a charter of incorporation to trade coal and permission to divide their capital stock into a convenient number of shares and sell a part of them. | 40 | 56 | 3 |
| Randolph, Beverley; Heth, John & Beverley | 1832/12/05 | Proprietors of land containing valuable coal mines ask for permission to divide their capital stock into a convenient number of shares and sell a part of them, and that the stockholders be made a body politic for carrying on the business of colliers. | 40 | 56 | 8 |
| Rector & Vestrymen of Manchester Parish, William Logwood, & Richard Ealam (Parishioners) | 1783/11/19 | Ask that they be empowered to run and confirm a more direct and convenient line between the glebe land and the land of William Logwood. | 39 | 54 | 19 |
| Residents & Freeholders | 1816/11/18 | Ask for the repeal of the law to change the court day. | 39 | 55 | 29 |
| Residents of Manchester | 1833/12/31 | Ask for a separate election in the town of Manchester. | 40 | 56 | 18 |
| Residents of the Counties South of the James River | 1810/12/17 | Ask for some protection for the Manchester Turnpike Road by compelling those who carry large weights to use broad wheels. | 39 | 55 | 11 |
| Rhodes, Holden & Flournoy, Richard W. | 1843/02/13 | Ask that William Goode, high sheriff, be allowed further time to execute his official bonds. | 40 | 56 | 54 |
| Rhodes, Holden & Others | 1849/01/15 | Asks for sundry amendments to the act incorporating the Manchester Bridge Company. | 40 | 56 | 75 |
| Richmond & Petersburg Railroad Company | 1836/12/17 | Ask for a subscription of two-fifths of their capital by the Board of Public Works. | 40 | 56 | 30 |
| Ritchie, William & Others | 1788/11/04 | Executor of Archibald Ritchie asks for relief in receiving a payment owed to the deceased from a judgment obtained against his securities. | 39 | 54 | 44 |
| Robertson, George | 1782/11/16 | Sheriff of Chesterfield County asks for relief from a judgment against him for the balance due the tax collection. | 39 | 54 | 18 |
| Robertson, George | 1784/06/09 | Sheriff for Chesterfield County in 1782 asks for an act for the remittance of damages and costs of a judgment against him for failure to collect taxes in allotted time. | 39 | 54 | 23 |
| Robertson, George | 1785/11/08 | Sheriff of Chesterfield County in 1782 asks for the remittance of damages from a judgment against him for failure to collect taxes in allotted time. (See Oversized) | 39 | 316 | 7 |
| Robrow, Robert T. | 1851/01/31 | Asks for a divorce from his wife Emily W. Wormley, daughter of John T. Wormley. | 40 | 56 | 84 |
| Rocky Ridge Commissioners | 1787/12/04 | Report of the Rocky Ridge Commissioners containing a list of tobacco burnt in the Rocky Ridge Warehouses in March 1783 including the names of claimants, weight of tobacco, maker, proof, and cost. | 39 | 54 | 43 |
| Roderick | 1815/12/20 | Former slave emancipated by the will of Thomas E. Trabue asks for an act allowing him to remain in the Commonwealth. Includes certificate & will. | 39 | 55 | 27 |
| Salle, Abraham & Others | 1785/12/10 | Ask that no steps may be taken to divest the several parishes of their respective glebes, and that all laws at present operating on the Episcopal Church or clergy may be permitted to continue. | 39 | 54 | 33 |
| School Commissioners | 1855/12/11 | Ask for relief from the forfeiture of the school quota of 1850. | 40 | 56 | 99 |
| Scurry, John | 1791/11/12 | Volunteer in the militia of Charlotte County in 1781 asks to be added to the pension lists. Includes certificates. (See Charlotte Co.) | 39 | 54 | 68 |
| Shanks, Robert & William | 1820/12/05 | Natives of Ireland and nephews of William Shanks who died intestate in Sept. 1816 ask for a law releasing to petitioners the Commonwealth's right to a tract of land in Nansemond County and a house and lot in Blandford. Includes declaration of citizenship. | 40 | 55 | 50 |
| Smith, Jabez | 1849/01/09 | Owner of the property and mills formerly owned by Joseph Bragg, James Lynch, & Peter Rowlett called Swift Creek Mills asks for a charter for a joint stock company for manufacturing cotton, wool, hemp, flax, & grain. | 40 | 56 | 73 |
| Smith, Obadiah & Edwards, William | 1786/12/07 | Inspectors of tobacco at Manchester Warehouses ask for a salary increase. | 39 | 54 | 37 |
| Smith, Obadiah & Edwards, William | 1791/10/27 | Inspectors of tobacco in Manchester ask for an increase in salary. | 39 | 54 | 63 |
| Snellings, George W. | 1849/01/19 | List of insolvents in the revenue tax and a list of lands delinquent for the nonpayment of taxes in 1847 kept by George W. Snellings, deputy sheriff under W. W. Hancock. A resolution passed on 19 Jan. 1849 to inquire into refunding Snellings money paid. | 40 | 56 | 77 |
| Sterling | 1814/10/12 | Emancipated by the will of Mary Mann and asks for permission to remain in the Commonwealth. Includes will of Mary Mann & certificate from Maj. Thomas Burfoot. (Filmed as Folder 22) (See Oversized) | 39 | 316 | 15 |
| Stockholders of the Chesterfield Railroad Company | 1838/03/20 | Protest against the application of the James River Railroad Company to extend their improvement so as to connect the two roads. Includes statement of annual receipts & disbursements. | 40 | 56 | 40 |
| Stockholders of the Chesterfield Railroad Company | 1849/01/01 | Ask for authority to alter the line of their road and for other purposes. Includes notices. | 40 | 56 | 72 |
| Stoddard, Luther | 1787/11/13 | Asks for permission to purchase refused tobacco to use in his mill for the purpose of grinding snuff in the town of Manchester. | 39 | 54 | 41 |
| Stone, Giles M. | 1830/12/08 | Asks for permission to erect a mill on the Appomattox River. | 40 | 55 | 79 |
| Strickler, Margaret M. | 1848/01/15 | Statement of causes from Margaret M. Strickler regarding an application for a divorce from her husband George W. Strickler. | 40 | 56 | 62 |
| Sumpter, John | 1794/11/25 | Tailor from the town of Manchester asks for a law to pay petitioner 18 pounds for his services in making clothing for the army in 1781. | 39 | 54 | 83 |
| Tatum, Henry | 1796/11/21 | Lieutenant of infantry in the Continental Line from March 1776 until October 1778 asks to be allowed so much land as officers of his rank have been accustomed to receive who have continued three years in actual service. | 39 | 54 | 93 |
| Taylor, George B. | 1820/12/07 | Asks for a law authorizing him to build a wharf at his own expense at Bermuda Hundred. | 40 | 55 | 51 |
| Trent, Alexander & Peterfield | 1789/10/27 | Ask for additional funds from the public to complete construction of warehouses for the reception & inspection of tobacco in the town of Manchester which they were given permission to build by an act of the Assembly. | 39 | 54 | 45 |
| Trent, Alexander & Peterfield | 1789/11/05 | Ask for additional funds from the public to complete construction of warehouses for the reception & inspection of tobacco in the town of Manchester which they were given permission to build by an act of the Assembly. | 39 | 54 | 46 |
| Trent, Alexander & Peterfield | 1790/11/13 | Ask that trustees be appointed to have the warehouses, which were built by petitioners, finished at public expense. | 39 | 54 | 60 |
| Trent, Alexander & Peterfield | 1791/11/07 | Ask for the appointment of inspectors for their warehouses built in the town of Manchester in order to lessen further public advances. | 39 | 54 | 66 |
| Trent, Edward W. | 1813/12/07 | Owner of lands on the south side of the James River opposite the city of Richmond asks for an act authorizing him to erect a toll bridge across the river. Includes affidavits. (Filmed as Folder 18) | 39 | 55 | 17 |
| Trent, Edward W. | 1814/11/04 | Ask for permission to erect a bridge across the James River from his lands to some point on the opposite shore in the city of Richmond. | 39 | 55 | 24 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1776/11/14 | Ask for an act to empower the trustees to stop sundry persons from erecting houses in the town on the common thoroughfare. | 39 | 54 | 1 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1780/12/15 | Protest against the petition of John Mayo to establish a ferry from land disputed by the trustees of the town of Manchester. | 39 | 54 | 12 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1789/11/16 | Ask for a law giving petitioners certain powers similar to that passed in December 1787 in the town of Dumfries. They also ask for the appointed of three trustees to replace others who have died. | 39 | 54 | 54 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1811/12/19 | Ask for a law authorizing the trustees of the town of Manchester to enact laws and regulations for the internal government of the town. | 39 | 55 | 15 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1825/12/21 | Ask for a law to amend the law incorporating the town of Manchester. | 40 | 55 | 62 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1832/01/31 | Ask for acts to incorporate two joint stock companies under the names of the Manchester Cotton & Wool Manufacturing Company and the Manchester Iron Manufacturing Company. | 40 | 56 | 6 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1833/12/18 | Ask for a new bridge across the James River between Richmond & Manchester with tolls no greater than Mayo's Bridge. | 40 | 56 | 15 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1833/12/18 | Ask for a law to enlarge the powers of the trustees. | 40 | 56 | 16 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1833/12/19 | Ask for a law authorizing them to pass their canal through the southern abutment of Mayo's Bridge by an arch or tunnel. | 40 | 56 | 17 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1844/01/03 | Ask for a law authorizing them to erect water works in the town of Manchester and for other purposes. | 40 | 56 | 56 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1845/12/22 | Ask for the incorporation of a manufacturing company. | 40 | 56 | 59 |
| Trustees of Manchester | 1848/02/09 | Ask for the repeal of so much of the act passed on 24 February 1847 as exempts the Manchester Turnpike Company from keeping in repair that portion of their road which passes through the town of Manchester. Includes notice. | 40 | 56 | 63 |
| Tucker, St. George | 1779/05/11 | Native of the Island of Bermuda asks for permission to export Indian corn & other provisions to that island from Virginia. | 39 | 54 | 4 |
| Tucker, St. George | 1795/11/19 | Asks for compensation for 223 gallons of old rum offered to Major General Baron de Steuben and his troops stationed at the Prince George Courthouse. Includes account. | 39 | 54 | 86 |
| Voters | 1838/02/07 | Ask for a separate election at the Farmer's Hotel occupied by Daniel Weisiger in the town of Manchester. | 40 | 56 | 37 |
| Voters | 1851/02/25 | Ask for a law establishing a precinct election at the store house of Egbert T. Bass at the Clover Hill Pits. | 40 | 56 | 85 |
| Voters | 1851/02/27 | Ask for a law establishing a precinct election at the store house of William Robinson | 40 | 56 | 86 |
| Voters | 1854/01/18 | Ask for a law prohibiting the sale of liquor in Virginia, "except for sacramental, medicinal, and mechanical uses." | 40 | 56 | 97 |
| Voters | 1854/02/10 | Ask for a law prohibiting the sale of liquor in Virginia, "except for sacramental, medicinal, and mechanical uses." | 40 | 56 | 98 |
| Watkins, Edward O. | 1832/01/26 | Owner of land adjoining the town of Bermuda Hundred asks for permission to build additional wharves. | 40 | 56 | 4 |
| Watkins, Robert | 1800/12/13 | Proprietor of land near Petersburg on the Appomattox River known as Archer's Hill asks for permission to erect a bridge across the River from his lands to a lot owned by James Durell in that town. | 39 | 54 | 105 |
| Watkins, Robert | 1801/12/23 | Proprietor of lands on the north side of the Appomattox River opposite the town of Petersburg asks for an act authorizing him to erect a warehouse on his lands for the reception of tobacco. (See Oversized) | 39 | 316 | 11 |
| Webb, Lewis & Others | 1848/03/03 | Ask to be incorporated and made a body politic under the name of the Home Manufacturing Company for the purpose of manufacturing cotton, wool, hemp, flax, and silk. | 40 | 56 | 69 |
| Wilson, Samuel | 1786/12/06 | Asks that the value of his tobacco destroyed at the warehouse at Rocky Ridge be paid to him out of the money arising from the tax imposed upon tobacco exported for the purpose of making good the losses abovementioned. Includes receipts, etc. | 39 | 54 | 36 |
| Winfree, Henry | 1802/12/21 | Petitioner advertised the capture of a runaway slave named Billy and asks for compensation for his services. He also suggests an amendment to the act of Assembly regarding runaway slaves to prevent future injuries. | 39 | 54 | 109 |
| Winfree, James & Others | 1809/12/20 | Ask that a fine may be remitted for the assault & battery on Thomas W. Perry or that a new trial may be allowed. Includes affidavit. | 39 | 55 | 7 |
| Winfree, James & Others | 1810/12/15 | Ask that a fine may be remitted for the assault & battery on Thomas W. Perry. Includes affidavits. | 39 | 55 | 10 |
| Winfree, Lucy & Others | 1847/01/29 | Widow and heirs of James W. Winfree ask for a law authorizing the sale of his estate in order to pay his debts. Includes will. | 40 | 56 | 61 |
| Woodridge, Abraham S. | 1834/12/19 | Fee simple owner of a tract of land adjoining the coal mines known as the Midlothian and Stone Henge Pits asks for an act incorporating a company to carry on the coal business and authorize petitioner to sell one half of the tracts of land in shares. | 40 | 56 | 23 |
| Woody, Henry | 1810/12/07 | Asks for a law authorizing petitioner to retain his slave William whom he took to Georgia with him, but wishes to return to Virginia. | 39 | 55 | 9 |
| Wormack, William | 1791/10/31 | Owner of land formerly the property of Henry Batte asks for the removal of the ferry landing from his land and the establishment of another on the lands of Thomas Randolph, Jr. | 39 | 54 | 64 |
| Worsham, William | 1786/12/07 | Ask that the Auditor be directed to issue to him duplicate tobacco notes which were destroyed. | 39 | 54 | 38 |
