West Virginia Claims 1877

West Virginia Claims 1877

The following people from West Virginia made successful claims that they furnished quartermaster stores or supplies to the Union Army during the Civil War. Each claimant was required, under the Act of 4 July 1864, to prove their case and this list, dated 17 January 1877, shows the names, residences and amounts approved by the Third Auditor and Second Comptroller since 7 December 1874. In some cases the auditor and comptroller did not agree and those will be shown on a separate list.

Number Claimant County Amount
42,225 John W. Rider, executor of William Rider 1,210.50
42,375 David Hess Berkeley County 247.50
42,253 James W. Snyder Berkeley County 1,610.10
40,247 John Wilson Berkeley County 140.00
33,549 Susan Robins, executrix, and William M. Lemon, executor, of the last will and testament of C. K. Robins, deceased, late of Beverly County 312.50
40,168 James W. Morrison Braxton County 30.00
40,280 John L. Rhea Braxton County 76.50
40,644 John M. Rece Cabell County 657.59
40,002 Peter Babb, administrator of James P. Babb, deceased, late of (for quartermasters’ stores) Grant County 80.20
39,597 Peter Babb, administrator of James P. Babb, deceased, late of (for commissary stores) Grant County 339.72
39,707 James Iman Grant County 135.00
42,243 John Michael Grant County 70.80
42,138 Cyrus Welton Grant County 1,459.50
40,304 George Yocum Grant County 270.00
42,160 Benjamin F. Burns, administrator of the estate of Andrew Burns, deceased, late of Greenbrier County 210.00
39,712 David Hedrick Greenbrier County 1,951.00
39,722 Joseph Jarrett and A. F. Matthews, administrators of the estate of James Jarrett, deceased late of Greenbrier County 6,412.50
32,528 Archibald Lewis, administrator of the estate of Rachel Bunger, deceased Greenbrier County 487.50
39,713 William R. Livesay Greenbrier County 610.00
39,711 Samuel C. Ludington Greenbrier County 6,520.00
39,687 Samuel Bean Hardy County 191.40
42,204 John W. Duffey Hardy County 145.00
42,135 Gabriel Fox Hardy County 565.00
39,719 William M. Randolph Hardy County 467.80
39,702 William B. Stump, executor of the last will and testament of Alfred Stump, deceased, late of Hardy County 250.00
39,984 Alfred Taylor, administrator of the real estate of M. D. Williams, deceased, late of Hardy County 13.00
42,196 Joseph Clifford Harrison County 100.00
42,388 David T. Hewes Harrison County 21.00
38,882 Elias Yerkey Harrison County 125.00
41,976 John M. Coyle, executor of the last will and testament of William Crow, deceased, late of Jefferson County 198.75
42,473 William Green Jefferson County 920.00
34,733 William House Jefferson County 103.71
42,003 Lucy W. Packett Jefferson County 1,900.00
42,307 A. D. Farley Kanawha County 75.00
John Hall, in his own right Mason County
42,264 Samuel Arnold Mineral County 868.00
39,688 Patrick Faherty Mineral County 526.00
39,794 George Bible Pendleton County 45.00
42,197 Laban Conrad Pendleton County 2,836.75
40,220 Allen Dyer, administrator of the estate of Roger Dyer, deceased, late of Pendleton County 265.00
40,220 Allen Dyer in his own right Pendleton County 130.00
42,220 William McCoy Pendleton County 205.00
42,423 J. W. D. McCarty Pocahontas County 600.00
39,604 George Buckey Randolph County 115.66
42,326 Adam Mouse Randolph County 68.40
40,066 Harman Snyder Randolph County 750.00
39,686 George Warner Upshur County 104.01

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