Physical Description:
76 leaves, 25 cm, bound volume. Notes:
Orderly book containing general and regimental orders of the 6th
Virginia Regiment, covering the time from Mar. 18 to Aug. 28, 1776.
Scattered records and notes made by the owner of the two
plantations in Amelia County - Flatt Creek and Grove Brook. The
records that immediately follow the text of the orderly book cover
the period from 1783 to 1811, and include accounts, inventories,
notes on the contracts with overseers, recipes, home remedies, and
records of "Experiments in Planting". The records also mention
Negro slaves. The notes and the last portion of the orderly book
covering the two weeks from Aug. 14 to Aug. 28 are written in the
hand of Capt. William Murray (1752-1815?) Also included is a letter
dated Apr. 28, 1860 and signed John H. Alexander, evidently to
Thomas H. Wynne or John West about the identity of the owner of the
Flat Creek and Grove Brook plantations. The orderly book was
published, after a transcript made for Thomas H. Wynne, in: The
orderly book of that portion of the American army stationed at or
near Williamsburg, Va., under the command of General Andrew Lewis,
from March 18th, 1776, to August 28th, 1776. / Printed from the
original manuscript, with notes and introduction by Charles
Campbell, esq. ... Richmond, VA : Priv. print., 1860. Biographical Note:
The 6th regiment of Virginia was organized on Feb. 28, 1776 at
Williamsburg to consist of 10 companies from Pittsylvania, Amherst,
Buckingham, Charles City, Lunenburg, New Kent, Mecklenburg,
Dinwiddie, Prince George and Spotsylvania Counties. The regiment,
assigned to Andrew Lewis' brigade, was under the command of Col.
Mordecai Buckner. Consolidated 12 May 1779 with the 2nd Virginia
Regiment. Subjects:
Murray, William, 1752-ca. 1815 -- Archives. ; United States.
Continental Army -- History -- Sources. ; United States.
Continental Army. Virginia Regiment, 6th -- Archives. ; Agriculture
-- Virginia -- History -- Sources. ; Plantation owners -- Virginia
-- Archives. ; Plantations -- Virginia -- Amelia County. ; Slaves
-- Virginia -- Amelia County. ; Amelia County (Va.) -- History --
Sources. ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 --
Regimental histories -- Virginia -- Sources. ; Virginia -- History
-- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. ; Williamsburg (Va.) --
History -- 18th century -- Sources. Form/Genre:
Housebooks Virginia. (aat) ; Military records United States
Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat) ; Orderly books United States
Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat) ; Orderly books Virginia Revolution,
1775-1783. Physical Collection:
Collection and papers of R. A. Brock. ; Orderly Books of the
American Revolution.
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