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| Surry County, VA |
Chiarello, Susan. "List of Debts Due to Cabin Point Store, 1 November 1775," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2011, p. 311+. [Auditor's Office 13/30, Loyalist Claims, Series II, Virginia Claims, Folder G1; Colonial Records Project mf #252 LVA, Richmond.]
Page 311 - Unlike the vast majority of the merchant claims, this list was created between 1 November 1775 and 29th March 1776 when it was sworn to before John Watkins, a justice of the peace for Surry County. The maker of the list, John Stewart, was apparently the factor for the Cabin Point store operated by Mess'rs Dunmore Blackburn & Company, merchants of Glasgow. The list is found among the claims made in 1784, 1788 and 1789 by Robert Gilmour for compensation for losses incurred as a British subject. He states that he was a principal partner in Logan Gilmour & Co. of Norfolk and Logan and Dunmore & Co. and had incurred heavy losses. Heavily in debt in Britain, Gilmour had lost his private fortune and had brought ruin to his other partners. He does not explain why the list was compiled. Although used to support his claim for losses, the list was obviously not compiled for that purpose and indeed appears not to deal with either company with which he notes an involvement. Perhaps a transfer of ownership occurred between the creation of the list and Gilmour's first claim some eight years later.
Caing Point Ledger C
- Col. John Cocke, folio 1, good debt 75.4.0
- Page 312 - Lemuel Cocke, folio 5, good 102.5.3 3/4
