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S---- (slave; Mill Quarter), 8:588
S---- (slave; New Kent County), 6:220
Sabbey, Jasea, 6:47
Sabine Hall, 3:187
Sackville, Lord George, 5:69, 70, 104
Sacry, John, 4:281
Sadd, William, 7:382
St. Anne's Parish (Maryland), 8:95, 341
St. Asaph, bishop of, 10:160
St. Clair, Arthur, 9:466; letters from: to Joseph Shippen, Jr., 8:514; to GW, 10:48-50
St. Clair, Sir John, 1:242, 293, 323, 338; 4:38; 5:195, 201, 214, 239, 240, 303, 344, 347-49; 6:87; and trip down Potomac, 1:180; and Braddock campaign, 1:264, 295, 296, 303; opinion of Fort Cumberland, 1:273; id., 1:295; 3:229; 5:19, 123; and roads, 1:306, 307, 310, 326; 5:120, 158, 252, 421; wounded, 1:340, 341; criticizes Edward Braddock, 2:9, 10; and supplies, 2:33; 4:39; 5:191-92, 230, 251, 256, 257, 275; 6:157; and Dagworthy controversy, 2:284; bridge built by, 3:90; and Braddock's road, 3:160, 254; military service, 3:163; 5:379, 382; illness of, 5:18; and Robert Stewart, 5:63, 137; and Indians, 5:90, 210; movements of, 5:91, 128, 151, 348, 363; 6:56; his title, 5:125; GW ordered to obey, 5:148; opinion of GW, 5:148; orders from, 5:149, 193, 199-204, 231, 236, 237, 377, 385, 403; 6:107; and meeting at Winchester, 5:169; and pay for Maryland forces, 5:182; criticizes John Blair, 5:192-93; disobeys Henry Bouquet, 5:198-99; and allowance for officers, 5:200; and meeting at Conococheague, 5:207-8, 220, 252; and arms, 5:208; and Forbes campaign, 5:229, 296-97; 6:15, 97, 105, 119, 149; commands at Fort Loudoun, 5:230; proclamation issued by, 5:230; and forage, 5:256, 258, 345, 419; and route to Fort Duquesne, 5:266, 316, 364, 365; criticism of, 5:314-15, 316; 6:6-7, 17; description of, 5:316; and salt lick, 5:427; his letter intercepted, 5:431; dispute with Adam Stephen, 5:454, 455; and sutlers, 6:32; letters from: to Edward Braddock, 1:273; to Robert Napier, 1:275; to Robert Hunter Morris, 1:301; to Adam Stephen, 3:62; to GW, 5:113, 133-34, 168-70, 181, 197-99, 210-12, 223, 233-34, 383-84; to John Forbes, 5:123, 127-28, 132, 149, 169, 177, 179, 198, 213-14, 234; 6:169; to Thomas Bullitt, 5:127-28; to John Blair, 5:192-93, 197, 203, 204, 211; to Henry Bouquet, 5:204, 272, 455; to Horatio Sharpe, 5:212; to William Shirley, 5:231; letters to: from GW, 5:122-25, 131-32, 148-49, 150-52, 154-56, 177-79, 212-14, 235-37, 244-45, 388; from Christopher Gist, 5:123-24; from John Blair, 5:169, 182, 182-83, 211, 212; from Horatio Sharpe, 5:212; from Thomas Cresap, 5:214, 231; from John Forbes, 5:231-32, 234, 236; from Henry Bouquet, 5:411, 455
St. Clair, Peter, 8:59
St. Clair, R. W., 10:188
St. James's Parish (St. James Parish, Herring Bay Parish; Maryland), 8:73, 95, 166-67; 10:252
St. John's Island (Île de St. Jean, Prince Edward Island), 7:281-82, 283, 388-90, 392; 8:163
Saint-Malo (France), 5:426
St. Marys, Md., 8:140
St. Mary's Parish (Virginia), 8:90, 125, 159
St. Ours, ---- (ensign), 4:200, 215, 217
St. Philip's castle, siege of, 3:249-50
Saint-Pierre, Jacques Le Gardeur, sieur de, 6:381; letters from: to Robert Dinwiddie, 1:57, 60, 61; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 3:437
Sal (Sall; slave; Claiborne's plantation), 8:583, 591
Sal (Sall; slave; Great House plantation), 8:587
Sale, John, 3:253, 258
Sall (slave, girl; New Kent County, 1), 6:220
Sall (slave, girl; New Kent County, 2), 6:220
Sall (slave, girl; New Kent County, 3), 6:220
Sall (slave; Harlow's plantation), 8:590
Sall (slave; house servant), 7:45, 139, 227, 313, 376, 443, 515; 8:104, 220, 356, 479; 9:53-54, 238; 10:137
Sall (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588
Sall (slave; York County), 6:229
Sallard, John, 4:389; id., 2:61, 66, 265; 3:74, 256, 306-7; military service, 2:61, 65, 67, 264; 3:78, 252; 4:276; 5:160, 161; pay for, 5:215; address to GW, 6:178-81
"Sally": letters to: from GW, 1:43
Sally (dower slave; house servant), 6:217
Sally (ship), 4:376
Sally (slave; Martha Washington's maid), 6:282
Salmon, George, 3:252, 257
Salmon, William, 6:284, 287, 292
"Salmon's Geography," 7:168
Salt lick, 5:359, 394, 396, 398, 427, 429, 430, 434; 6:3
Salt Lick Town (Seekonk; on Scioto River), 10:182, 184
Sam (dower slave; Hanover County), 6:218
Sam (dower slave; King William County), 6:218
Sam (dower slave; Prince William County), 7:464
Sam (slave), 8:142
Sam (slave, boy; New Kent County), 6:220
Sam (slave; Anthony Bacon's and Fielding Lewis's), 7:315
Sam (slave; carpenter), 6:428; 7:45, 110, 139, 227, 236, 495
Sam (slave; Claiborne's plantation), 6:311; 8:143
Sam (slave; Ferry farm), 8:402, 479, 480; 9:54, 238; 10:137
Sam (slave; Hanover County), 6:231
Sam (slave; Harlow's plantation), 8:590
Sam (slave; Jackson's plantation), 8:587
Sam (slave; King William County), 6:225; 7:463
Sam (slave; Mill farm), 8:479, 480; 9:55, 238; 10:137
Sam (slave; Muddy Hole), 7:45, 110, 139, 227, 236, 313, 376, 440, 443, 495, 516; 8:104, 221, 356, 479; 9:55
Sam (slave; New Kent County), 6:220
Sam (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:588
Sam (slave; runaway), 7:107, 235, 236, 439, 494, 495, 515
Sam (slave; tradesman), 7:313, 376, 440, 443, 515; 8:104, 220, 357
Sam (slave; York County), 6:229
Sambo (slave; John Robinson's), 7:315
Sam Cit (slave; at Claiborne's), 6:311
Sam Kit (dower slave), 8:401, 402
Sampson (slave, boy; New Kent County), 6:220
Sampson (slave; New Kent County), 6:220
Sampson (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:589
Sampson (slave; Samuel Gist's), 7:315
Samuel, James, 9:122, 145
Samuel Hartlib His Legacy, 6:463, 472, 473
Sancroft, William, 6:293
Sanderson, John, 8:295-99, 368, 369, 371, 503-4, 507
Sands, James, 2:89, 93, 95, 104, 107
Sandusky campaign, 10:136
Sandwich, Edward Montagu, first earl of, 10:368
Sandy Creek, 5:276-77
Sandy Creek expedition, 2:161, 214-15, 216, 235, 273, 278, 280, 290, 319, 330-31, 334; 3:134, 204, 229, 434, 446; and Governor Dinwiddie, 2:214-15, 344; problem of command, 2:237; report on, 2:330
Sandys of Ombersley, Samuel, first Baron, 7:38, 39
Sanford, Daniel, 7:107, 110
Sanford, Lawrence, 8:267, 407; 9:237, 283; 10:31; letters to: from GW, 8:249, 385
Sanford, Richard, 1:28, 37; 7:361, 382, 384; 8:145, 568; 9:168-69
Sanford (Sandford), Robert, 7:382; 8:128, 146
Sanitation, 3:239, 241; 6:31, 32, 96, 97, 353
Sá Pereira, ---- de (wife of governor), 8:76
Sá Pereira, João Antonio de, 8:76, 77
Saponi (Indians), 4:125. See also Indians
Sarah (dower slave; Hanover County), 6:218
Sarah (dower slave; King William County), 6:218
Sarah (ship), 6:473; 7:3, 35, 50-51, 53, 54, 62, 64, 112, 137
Sarah (slave), 8:70, 250
Sarah (slave, girl; New Kent County), 6:220
Sarah (slave; Claiborne's plantation), 6:311; 8:583, 590
Sarah (slave; Moncock Hill), 6:312
Sarah (slave; Dogue Run), 7:45, 139
Sarah (slave; Hanover County), 6:231
Sarah (slave; Home farm), 7:313, 376, 443, 515; 8:104, 220, 250, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:137
Sarah (slave; house servant), 7:227, 313, 376, 443, 515; 8:104, 221, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:137
Sarah (slave; John Posey's), 8:34
Sarah (slave; King William County), 6:225
Sarah (slave; Mill farm), 8:221, 250
Sarah (slave; Mrs. Savage's), 9:84
Sarah (slave; Muddy Hole), 7:443, 516; 8:104, 221, 250, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:137
Sarah (slave; New Kent County), 6:220
Sarah (slave; Old Quarter, 1), 8:590
Sarah (slave; Old Quarter, 2), 8:590
Sarah (slave; River farm), 8:41, 42, 104, 221
Sarah (slave; Samuel Washington's), 7:173
Sarter, John, 7:382; 8:144
The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, 6:286, 296, 297
Satterfin, Robert, 3:135
Saunders, ---- (ferry owner), 8:121, 127
Saunders, John, 6:195, 196, 358, 359
Saunders, Lewis, 7:382; 8:145, 147
Saunders, Mary, 8:460
Saunders's ferry, 8:121
Savage, John, 2:47, 53, 314; 3:134; appointments and assignments, 1:208; 2:40, 42, 136, 163, 260; 3:157, 224, 225; 4:155, 166; commended, 1:209; id., 1:210; 2:46; 8:386; company of, 2:45, 261, 332; 3:156, 256, 313; and Indians, 2:56-57, 64; and bounty lands, 8:386, 451, 540; 9:122, 145, 196, 359, 360, 364, 366, 392; 10:1-2; letters to: from George Mercer, 2:162-63; from GW, 2:216-17
Savage, Littleton, 8:444-45, 447; 10:76
Savage, Margaret, 7:69, 232; 10:186; plans to leave Virginia, 7:40; family, 7:41; goods for, 7:367, 438; account with, 7:393; 10:104; and the Savage affair, 7:502-6, 514; 8:107-11, 113, 114, 117, 119, 251-52, 261, 406-7, 408-9, 420; 9:4, 77, 100-101, 335-36, 412-14; 10:106-7, 340; mistreatment of, 7:504; 8:419; 9:99-100; as executrix, 7:507; letter to Bryan Fairfax, 8:118; her powers of attorney, 8:328; 9:10, 102; GW urges "steady & resolute behaviour," 8:524; GW advances money to, 9:9, 12, 15, 83, 84, 101; and the Bomfords, 9:100; 10:67-68; signs deed of relinquishment, 10:66-67; and judgment against William Savage, 10:157-58; her will, 10:158-59; her affairs in GW's hands, 10:234; letters from: to GW, 8:353, 408, 529; 9:83-84; letters to: from GW, 8:107-11, 114, 410-11, 523-24; 9:10-11, 100-102; 10:30-31; from Martha Washington, 9:244
Savage, William, 10:106, 159; and the Savage affair, 7:502-6, 513, 514; 8:107-11, 114, 117, 119, 251-52, 408-9, 410-11; 9:3, 4, 9, 11, 15, 83-84, 100-101, 335; id., 7:503; in the Revolution, 7:506; legal actions of, 8:108-11, 328; 9:101-2, 413; 10:66-67; returns to Virginia, 8:252, 524; 9:10, 100; judgments against, 8:407; 9:101; and Thomson Mason, 8:407; and Thomas Montgomerie, 8:524; and Bryan Fairfax, 9:8-9, 31, 32; treats wife brutally, 9:99-100; GW purchases servant from, 9:132; legal actions against, 10:30-31, 157-58, 278, 340; letters from: to George William Fairfax, 7:506; to GW, 7:506, 513; 8:113-14; letters to: from George William Fairfax, 7:506-7; from GW, 7:506-7, 514; 8:111
Savage (ship), 9:36
Savage River, 3:185
Savern & Stuart. See Levern & Stuart
Savin, Sarah. See Bernard, Sarah Savin
Sayers, Alexander, 6:470
Sayre, Stephen, 8:153, 294; letters from: to GW, 8:299-300
Scalps, 3:81, 102, 286-87; bounty for, 4:5, 8, 25, 31-32, 244, 249, 251; taken, 4:120, 163, 164, 170, 208-9, 215, 226, 247, 261, 294; 5:9, 12, 26-27, 45, 52, 62, 151, 155-56, 190, 197, 270, 278, 283, 293, 301, 379, 381-82, 385, 403; dispute over, 5:176, 260-61, 276
Scarouady. See Monacatoocha
Scarron, Paul, 6:293
Sceene, John, 5:342
Scherzberg (Scherzburg), Jane, 7:199
Scherzberg (Scherzburg), John, 6:247-49, 394, 403; 7:25, 204, 205
Schlosser, John Joseph: letters from: to Henry Bouquet, 6:413
Schomberg (slave; Home farm), 8:479; 9:54, 238; 10:137
Schomberg (slave; house servant), 6:428; 7:45, 139, 227, 313, 376, 376, 442, 515; 8:104, 220, 356
Schomberg (slave; River farm), 7:377, 443, 516; 8:104, 221, 357, 479; 9:55, 238; 10:137. See also Scomberg; Shomberg
Schrack, Nicholas, 5:336
Schuyler, Peter, 6:101, 102
Sciagusta (Skyagusta; Indian), 8:329-30. See also Skyagusta
Scioto River (Ohio country), 1:85
Scioto River Valley (Ohio country), 9:251
Scipio (slave; Harlow's plantation), 8:590
Scipio (slave; River farm), 10:137, 138
Scomberg (dower slave; New Kent County), 6:217. See also Schomberg; Shomberg
Scomberg (dower slave; shirtmaker), 6:282
Scomberg (dower slave; tradesman), 6:217
Scot, Roger, 4:42
Scott, ----: and GW's land dispute with Hite family, 8:382
Scott, ---- (doctor), 6:252
Scott, ---- (of Sinking Creek), 10:152
Scott, Charles, 3:253, 259; 4:276, 277; 5:403, 404, 417, 441, 446, 447, 455; 6:58, 118
Scott, Clement, 4:391; 6:47
Scott, James, Jr. (1742-1799), 8:383; letters from: to GW, 10:263-64
Scott, James (d. 1782), 7:429; 8:383; 9:75; 10:264
Scott, James (landowner), 1:20, 36
Scott, Jesse, 10:40, 42
Scott, M., 7:422, 473
Scott, Mary, & Son, 8:47, 133, 296, 562-63
Scott, Peter, 6:228, 246, 256, 257, 273
Scott, Pringle, Cheap, & Co., 7:446, 447; 8:72-73; letters from: to GW, 7:458-59; letters to: from GW, 8:68-69
Scott, R., 6:331
Scott, Robert (of Prince William County), 6:332
Scott, Robert (sailor), 10:209
Scott, Robert (soldier), 10:40, 42
Scott, Sarah Brown, 9:75
Scott, Upton, 9:31, 43
Scott, William (of Fairfax County), 7:382; 8:147, 148
Scott, William (soldier), 1:222
Scratchfield, Samuel, 9:503, 505
Scrivener, Joseph, 6:321
Scruniyatha. See Monacatoocha
Scull, William, 8:330
Scully, Christopher, 2:252; 4:390
Scully, Michael, 5:363, 364; 9:122, 145
Scurlock, ----, 3:185
Scythe maker: letters to: from GW, 9:272
Seaford (ship), 2:174
Seal, Matthias, 7:227, 313
Seal, Thomas, 3:253, 259
Seal (Seale), John, 7:362, 382; 8:146, 147
Seamon, Jonathan, 5:337
Searle, John, 7:284; letters from: to GW, 7:238; letters to: from GW, 7:285
Searle, John and James, 7:204; letters to: from GW, 7:208
Sears, William Bernard, 9:275-76
Seaton, Augustine, 8:424; 9:34, 46, 427, 429; letters to: from GW, 8:429-30
Seaton, Daniel, 7:219
Seaton, George, 8:427
Sebastian, Benjamin, 7:362, 384; 8:146, 203, 238, 458, 459
Sebastian, Benjamin, Jr., 7:382, 450, 451, 452, 466, 482; 9:369
Second Continental Congress, 10:309, 000, 000
Second Yellow Bird (Indian), 4:120
The secret history of the reigns of K. Charles II and K. James II, 6:292, 295; 7:348
Secret memoires and manners of several persons of quality, 6:292
Sedgley, ----: suit against John Posey's wife, 8:212, 216
Seekonk. See Salt Lick Town
Seelys, 2:133
Selden, Mary Thomson Mason. See Mason, Mary Thomson
Selden, Samuel, 5:77
Select novels from the Spanish, 6:291
Select sermons (Brady), 6:285
Self, Francis, 1:222; 9:359, 360, 364, 365, 422
Self, Henry, 8:41, 42
Sellers, John, 2:318
Sellers (Sellars), Charles, 2:134, 135, 137, 138, 142; 3:310. See also Ashby's fort
Semple, John: and ironworks, 7:179, 240; 8:139, 290; id., 7:180; 8:293; account with, 7:333, 375, 376; and Potomac navigation, 8:284-90, 291-94, 352, 367; financial troubles, 8:293-94; and Colvill estate, 8:381-82, 497; 9:1, 21, 28-29, 34, 59; and David Ross, 8:425, 431, 442; letters from: to GW, 8:291-94
Semple, Samuel, 8:394, 395
Semple's tavern, 8:395
Seneca, 6:400; 7:346
Seneca (Indians), 3:131; 5:13; 10:44, 184. See also Indians
Seneca Falls, 1:179, 180; 7:176
Seneca's Morals by way of abstract, 6:289; 7:346, 347, 349
Seplasium. The compleat English physician, 6:287
Sequeyra, John de, 7:469, 470; 8:268, 460
A serious proposal to the ladies, 6:292
"Sermons," 9:116, 118
Sermons (Foster), 6:296
The sermons of Mr. Yorrick, 7:346
Seroweh (Mankiller of Estatoe; Indian), 7:57
Servants (military): enlistment of, 2:124, 169, 170, 189, 191, 247, 253; 3:195-96, 313-14, 359, 388, 392, 395, 396, 400, 404, 405, 406, 417, 453; 4:102, 103, 104, 111, 142; runaways, 2:237, 238, 301, 302-3; 4:164-65; liveried, 4:176; batmen, 5:68; cook, 5:300; GW's personal, 5:300, 376. See also Washington, George: his personal servants; Washington, George: his batman; Washington, George: and convict servants; Washington, George: indentured servants
Seton, William, 9:377, 386, 428, 429, 479; 10:22
The seven champions of Christendom, 6:293; 7:347
17th Regiment, 5:118; 6:88
77th Regiment (First Highland Battalion; Montgomery's Highlanders): commander of, 5:41-42, 119; 6:126; in Forbes expedition, 5:119; casualties, 6:15, 40, 52, 119; on Grant's expedition to Fort Duquesne, 6:15, 38-40, 41, 44; officers of, 6:15, 40, 48, 61, 70, 74, 91, 96, 104, 108, 119, 151-52, 158; on guard detail, 6:34, 48, 50-52, 54, 56-63, 65, 72-74, 77-78, 89, 110; court-martials, 6:36; adjutant of, 6:37, 53, 59, 61, 70, 74, 96, 104, 118; surgeon of, 6:91; movements of, 6:93, 106, 141, 145, 157; orders to, 6:95, 97, 98, 103, 107, 120, 140; and king's birthday salute, 6:118; in Archibald Montgomery's brigade, 6:125; cut road, 6:133-34; returns of, 6:143; to garrison Pittsburgh, 6:189; officers who hold dual commissions, 6:190. See also individual names
Several discourses preached at the Temple Church, 6:296
Several Sermons, 6:297
Sew (dower slave; King William County), 6:218
Sew (slave; at Claiborne's), 6:311
Sewell, John (of England), 7:476
Sewell, John (of Frederick County), 5:338
Sewell, William, 7:382; 8:146, 147
Seybert (Siebert), Jacob (d. 1758), 5:160
Seybert (Siebert), Jacob (of Frederick County), 5:338
Seymour, Felix, 8:243
Seymour, Richard, 7:348, 349
Shaaff, Casper, 7:177
Shade, Charles, 10:279
Shade, George, 5:342
Shade (Sheldes), Christopher (Christian), 8:479; 9:54, 238; 10:137; account with, 8:424, 431, 437, 474, 527, 556; 9:30, 133, 152, 293, 395, 396; 10:178, 195, 279; id., 8:425; letters from: to GW, 8:425; 10:198
Shakespear, John, 7:193, 198, 294
Shakespeare, William, 6:400
Shamokin (Indians), 6:15. See also Indians
Shamokin (Indian town), 2:152; 4:251, 299
Sharp, Edward, 10:71
Sharp, Thomas, 5:338
Sharpe, Horatio, 1:80, 89, 211, 212, 225, 226; 2:54, 325, 327; 5:410; 6:439; 9:41; as military commander, 1:128, 225; 2:184, 326, 346; 3:116; 4:127, 128, 130, 131; 5:405-6, 412, 428-29; 6:1, 65, 99; 7:123; and Potomac trip, 1:180; id., 1:211, 227; 7:123; 8:417; raising Maryland troops, 1:213; and intercolonial cooperation, 1:217, 224; 2:286; and GW's commission, 1:223; and Ohio campaign, 1:224; 2:352; and Alexandria conference, 1:247-48, 259; and Virginia forces, 1:354; 3:192, 214, 301; 7:123; and Braddock campaign, 2:10; and Maryland militia, 2:178-79; and Dagworthy controversy, 2:213, 238, 283, 284, 285, 292, 294, 303, 304; 5:456; and fort on Tonoloway Creek, 2:309; and murder of George Gordon, 2:326, 357; and Fort Frederick, 3:101, 209, 215, 224, 232, 236, 237, 305; and spy, 4:6, 9, 18; and military supplies, 4:131, 147, 225, 304, 397; 5:203, 251, 257, 368-69; and Indians, 4:196; and Richard Pearis, 4:196, 254; 6:119; and alarm at Fort Cumberland, 4:213, 214, 218, 222, 236; receives intelligence reports, 5:6, 7; and roads, 5:149, 252, 268; and meeting at Winchester, 5:169, 181; and pay for Maryland forces, 5:182; proposes Maryland troops enlist in Virginia regiments, 5:182; on frontier, 5:192; and meeting at Conococheague, 5:208, 252; and arms for troops, 5:210; and John Parke Custis, 8:415; letters from: to Robert Dinwiddie, 1:64, 214; 2:36, 285, 357-58; 3:269; 4:131, 197; to GW, 1:106, 210-11, 215-16; 4:336-39; 5:230-31; to Lord Baltimore, 1:195; 3:382; 4:9; to Sir Thomas Robinson, 1:227; 2:178-79; to Cecilius Calvert, 2:75, 161, 285; 3:210; 5:6, 429; to Robert Hunter Morris, 2:285; 3:381-82, 400; to William Shirley, 2:285, 346; to Adam Stephen, 2:326-27; to John Sharpe, 3:210; to John Dagworthy, 4:128; to John Stanwix, 5:7; to John Blair, 5:194-95, 196; to John St. Clair, 5:212; to John Forbes, 5:429; letters to: from GW, 1:85-87; 4:223-24, 318-20; 7:122-23; from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:96, 148, 149, 205, 208; 2:285; 3:181; 4:131, 197-98, 198; from William Shirley, 2:133, 304, 324, 331; from Robert Hunter Morris, 2:309; from Cecilius Calvert, 3:400; from Adam Stephen, 4:9; from John Dagworthy, 4:213; from John Forbes, 5:119, 182, 429; from John St. Clair, 5:212
Sharpe, John: letters to: from Horatio Sharpe, 3:210
Shaver (horse), 8:584
Shaw, Jane, 8:168, 169
Shaw, John, 1:115, 125-26, 157, 158, 162, 168
Shaw, Lachlan, 1:317, 318
Shaw, Peter, 6:286
Shaw, Thomas, 1:229
Shaw, Thomas (of Fairfax County), 7:382, 384; 8:145
Shaw, Timothy, 3:253, 259; 4:163
Shaw, William (of Alexandria), 8:556, 557; 9:208, 340; 10:104, 105, 106
Shaw, William (soldier), 2:148, 149; 3:252, 257; 4:163, 164
Shawnee (Indians), 5:183-84, 346, 348; intelligence concerning, 2:125; prisoners of, 2:157; 4:162-64; 10:92, 182; entertained by Robert Dinwiddie, 2:159; treaties and conferences, 3:232, 233; 5:164-65; 6:105-6, 364; 10:184, 260; depredations of, 3:233; 10:44, 72, 87-88, 91, 93; and French, 3:308; 4:208, 209, 215, 268; engagement with Cherokee, 5:27; expedition against, 5:277; badges worn by, 6:105; join John Forbes, 6:105-6, 139; provisions and presents for, 6:106; movements of, 6:144; password of, 6:157; at war with Creek nation, 6:361; incensed against GW, 6:361; losses of, 6:361; numbers of, 6:361; and Dunmore's War, 10:44, 69, 72-74, 87-88, 91-93, 133, 135, 181-84, 260; turn back surveyors, 10:54; claim they were not paid for land, 10:55; criticized, 10:72; speeches of, 10:74; towns of, 10:74; attempt to stop settlers on Ohio, 10:88; George Croghan encourages them to attack whites, 10:88; described, 10:184; aid in catching runaway servants, 10:365, 371; intelligence from, 10:366; murdered, 10:366. See also Indians; Sandy Creek expedition
Shawnee Cabins (Pennsylvania), 6:30, 34, 78, 79
Shawnee Old Town (Maryland), 2:73
Shawnee River, 9:251
Shelburne, William Petty, second earl of, 8:32, 92; 9:99; 10:79
Shelbury, ---- (Mrs.), 7:357, 403; 8:14; letters to: from Martha Washington, 7:328-29
Shelbury & Lettice, 7:255-56, 287, 291, 328, 357, 442, 474
Shelby, Evan, 5:149-50; 6:100, 103, 129-30, 132, 135-36, 139, 142-43, 148, 152; 7:177
Shelton, ----, 3:321-23
Shenandoah Falls, 1:198; 7:175
Shenandoah River, 1:10
Shenandoah Valley, 1:9
Shepherd, ----: and William Dawson, 10:202
Shepherd, ---- (doctor), 3:325, 369
Shepherd, Andrew, 2:158, 160, 168, 182, 183, 193, 198, 222, 234, 235
Shepherd, David, 5:339; 10:58, 59
Shepherd, Thomas, 5:339
Sheperdstown, W.Va. See Mecklenberg
Shepley, James, & Co., 7:192, 197
Sheridine, Barberry (Barbara), 7:102; 8:140, 141, 250
Sheridine, John, Jr., 7:102, 263; 8:141
Sheridine, John, Sr., 7:382, 417; land of, 7:100, 102, 263; 8:141; 9:293, 294; account with, 7:105, 261, 333, 465; horse of, 7:352
Sheridine, Mary, 7:4, 10
Sherlock, Thomas, 6:296
Shermer, John, 8:579, 580
Sherwin, Samuel, 3:189, 190
Shieds, Christopher. See Shade (Sheldes), Christopher (Christian)
Shields, Matthew, 6:229
Shiller, William, 10:249
Shilton, John, 4:42
Shingas (Indian), 1:112, 115; 2:73
Ship Landing plantation: acreage of, 6:217; stock at, 6:218; id., 6:219; 8:126, 196; overseers of, 6:219; 8:106, 143; tenant at, 6:246; rental of, 6:257; 8:195-97, 401, 591-92; slaves at, 6:312; 7:463, 464; advertised for sale, 7:497
Shippen, Edward (1639-1712), 4:167
Shippen, Edward (1703-1781), 4:160; letters from: to GW, 4:227-28; letters to: from GW, 4:167-68
Shippen, Edward (1729-1806), 4:167
Shippen, Elizabeth, 8:222
Shippen, Joseph, 5:362; 6:151, 152
Shippen, Joseph, Jr.: letters to: from Arthur St. Clair, 8:514
Shippensburg, Pa., 4:160; 5:119, 248, 356
Ship Point, 2:70
Shirding (Shadon; horse), 8:583
Shirley, Walter, 1:30
Shirley, William, 1:247; 2:115, 116, 185, 200, 202, 213, 226, 238, 290, 292, 310, 314, 324, 326; and Alexandria conference, 1:247-48, 259; and Braddock campaign, 1:248; id., 1:248; GW's relations with, 1:258; 4:89, 116; 5:128, 406; 7:156; and northern campaign, 1:260, 274, 276, 278, 353; 2:156, 180, 223-24, 227, 351; and Dagworthy affair, 2:75, 284, 285, 286, 303, 304, 323-24; 3:319-20; and intercolonial conference, 2:132, 133, 286; and commissions, 2:172, 204; and Horatio Sharpe, 2:184; 3:192; and councils of war, 2:228; 3:287; and southern Indians, 2:304, 308; and Ohio campaign, 2:352; replaced, 3:104, 115-16; and cannon, 3:105, 181; and John Winslow, 3:215; memorial of Virginia Regiment to, 3:438; letters from: to Sir Thomas Robinson, 1:260; to Horatio Sharpe, 2:133, 304, 324, 331; to GW, 2:323-24; to Henry Fox, 3:288; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:363; 2:173, 280, 286, 293, 294-95, 304; 3:43, 57; from Horatio Sharpe, 2:285, 346; from GW, 2:331; from John St. Clair, 5:231
Shirley, William, Jr.: letters from: to Robert Hunter Morris, 1:241-42, 248
Shirley (plantation), 4:384
Shockoe, Va., 8:194
Shoemaker, James, 10:370
Shomberg (slave, boy; New Kent County), 6:220
Shomberg (slave; New Kent County), 6:220. See also Schomberg; Scomberg
Shooter's Hill (Middlesex County), 8:569
Short, Thomas, 4:331-32
A short account of the venereal disease, 6:289
Short discourses upon the whole common-prayer, 7:346
Short Hills, 3:69
A short review of the political life of Oliver Cromwell, 6:289
Shortridge, William, 7:382
A short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage, 6:289
A short way at once with venereal cures, 6:288
Shreve, Benjamin, 10:190-91
Shrieve & Butcher, 8:424, 457
Shryhawke, Michael, 9:36
Shurtees Creek. See Millers Run
Sibba (slave; Brick House plantation), 8:589
The sick man visited, 6:286, 297; 7:345, 349
Sidebottom, ----: paid for freight of chair, 10:249
Sideling Hill (Pennsylvania), 5:379
Siers, ---- (tavern keeper), 7:209, 218
Silk Stocking Company, 10:190
Silla (slave), 9:253. See also Priscilla
Silvia (slave; Great House plantation), 8:587. See also Sylvia
Silvy, John, 4:389
Sim, Joseph, 1:280
Sim (ship), 9:348, 489
Simmonds, Peter, 3:408
Simms, Charles, 9:302, 303, 311
Simms, William, 8:145
Simon (slave; at Washington's Bottom), 9:343
Simon (slave; Northampton County, 1), 6:230
Simon (slave; Northampton County, 2), 6:230
Simonds (Simmons), Thomas, 3:239, 241
Simons, ----, 5:407, 435
Simons (Simonds), Joel, 5:408
Simpson, ----, 10:167
Simpson, ---- (Mrs. Gilbert), 9:114, 217, 234, 291
Simpson, ---- (Mrs.), 7:515
Simpson, ---- (son of Gilbert Simpson, Jr.), 10:256
Simpson, Baxter, 7:382
Simpson, Elizabeth, 8:112, 557; 9:227, 228, 432
Simpson, George, 7:225, 362, 382, 384
Simpson, Gilbert, Jr., 6:378; 7:382; 8:70, 147, 148; 10:16, 293, 314; id., 6:379; account with, 6:474, 480; 9:167, 293, 340, 504; 10:168; rents farm from GW, 6:481; partnership with, 8:31; 9:114-15, 149, 184, 186, 234, 291-92, 412; slave sent to him, 9:36; and GW's white servants, 10:36, 90, 134, 307; and GW's carpenters, 10:51, 58, 89; and Indian raids, 10:52; builds fort at Washington's Bottom, 10:69, 89; money sent to, 10:140, 178, 281; and GW's Ohio lands, 10:230-32, 288, 289, 334-35; supplies left with, 10:261, 290, 291, 359, 372; James Cleveland at his place, 10:292; letters from: to GW, 9:113-15, 148-49, 216-17, 234, 241-42, 290-93, 315-16, 342-43; 10:45-46, 153-54, 164-65, 181, 207-8, 256-57, 323-24; letters to: from GW, 9:142, 185-87, 269
Simpson, Gilbert, Sr., 7:382; 8:145; rents land, 6:481; 7:100, 102-3; 8:91, 557; tobacco from, 7:4; id., 7:9; account with, 7:106; 8:376; 10:220, 221, 370; his wife, 7:515; money sent to, 10:179
Simpson, Moses, 7:381; 8:146, 148; 9:167
Simpson, Thomas, 8:153; 10:140, 141, 153, 154, 164, 178, 179, 181
Simpson, William, 7:382; 9:396
Simpson (plowman), 1:303, 317, 328
Sims, John, 9:202
Sims (Syms), Franklin, 9:190, 202
Sinclair, James, 5:234; 6:32, 55, 56, 74-75, 157; letters from: to GW, 5:231-32, 299; to Henry Bouquet, 5:299; 6:21, 35, 74; to Thomas Walker, 5:310
Singster, Richard, 4:390
Sinking Creek, 10:152
Six Nations (Indians): and Monacatoocha, 2:154; treaties and conferences, 3:232, 233; 5:14; 10:70; and Tuscarora, 3:308; and Cherokee, 5:14; provisions and presents for, 5:14, 24, 26; instructions regarding, 5:24; and James Roy, 5:24; movements of, 5:24, 26, 431; horses for, 5:26; and sketch of Fort Duquesne, 5:432; depredations of, 5:451; suspected of spying, 5:451; on scout, 6:467; claim land, 10:55; in Dunmore's War, 10:94. See also Indians
60th Regiment. See Royal American Regiment
62d Regiment of Foot. See Royal American Regiment
Skelton, John, 6:47; 9:469
Skie Thorn tract (Maryland), 3:215
Skilling, William, 7:515; 8:103, 220, 356, 479; 10:137, 249; account with, 7:508; 8:16, 52, 67, 78, 112, 136, 177, 207, 222, 250, 323, 329, 356, 531; 10:19, 104, 177, 194, 195, 356; digs well, 7:509; 8:527; petition for land grant, 8:31; suit against, 8:208; pursues servant, 10:19, 342; rehired, 10:137; sent to Ohio lands, 10:272-73, 360
Skinner, Cornelius, 9:309
Skinner, Nathaniel, 9:309
Skipton (Maryland), 10:306
Skyagusta (Sciagusta; Indian), 7:265, 266. See also Sciagusta
Slackum, George, 8:322, 323
Slater, Thomas, 10:20
Slaughter, Anne Clifton, 9:396, 397, 488, 489
Slaughter, Robert, 4:267; letters from: to GW, 4:245; letters to: from GW, 4:248
Slaughter, Thomas, 9:397, 488, 489
Slaughter, Thomas (colonel), 3:95, 106, 111, 129-31, 146-47, 163, 166-67; 4:248; letters to: from GW, 3:167
Slaughter, William, 6:75, 76
Slaves, 3:58; Lawrence Washington's, 1:227-31, 234; 7:172-74; and Mount Vernon lease, 1:232, 233; as seamstresses, 1:312; 6:282; 9:257; bought and sold, 1:313; 2:276; 4:96-97, 98, 107-8; 6:198, 261, 313, 321, 338; 7:4, 9, 62, 68, 106, 109, 110, 182, 185, 299, 300, 304-5, 336, 442, 453-54, 469, 481, 493, 495, 515; 8:41, 82, 83, 112, 244-45, 254, 257, 309-311, 347, 427, 429-30, 430, 470, 532; 9:32, 35, 44, 45, 57, 70, 84, 134, 150, 185, 222, 224, 239, 310, 397, 505; 10:183, 191, 211, 269, 303, 319; hiring of, 4:108; 5:75-77; 6:164, 165, 199, 200, 340; 7:9, 110, 209, 211, 299, 357, 358, 433, 508; 8:357, 472, 557; 9:172, 397; 10:35, 231-32, 348, 349, 000, 000; runaways, 4:164-65; 6:271, 405-6, 407, 444, 456; 7:6, 65-68, 107, 213, 235, 236, 268-69, 332, 434, 439, 441, 458, 494, 495; 8:19, 222, 401-2, 474, 512, 520-21, 529; 9:47, 58, 73, 74, 172, 174, 232, 367; 10:291, 317, 318; clothing and accessories for, 4:430; 6:224, 237, 250, 252, 271, 279, 307, 350, 353-54, 378, 393, 430, 464, 473; 7:5, 8, 86-87, 167, 168, 213, 293, 301, 320, 322, 327, 332, 333, 341, 352, 368, 403, 404; 8:46, 97, 101, 127, 131, 143, 159-60, 201, 232, 240, 249, 296, 373, 456, 508, 522, 528, 561; 9:1, 14, 35, 53, 87-88, 104, 112, 117, 139-40, 187, 256, 273, 277, 341, 355, 366; 10:19, 39, 40, 160, 370; as blacksmiths, 6:3, 134, 165, 428; 7:1, 6, 45, 104, 139, 178, 232, 233, 235, 240, 268, 299, 308, 309, 333, 352, 439; 8:20, 320, 357, 377; illnesses, 6:4-5, 25, 134-35, 417, 420-21, 426, 445; 7:67, 268, 276, 318, 320, 408, 458; 8:20, 25, 402, 583; 9:73, 139, 255, 286; as wagoners, 6:25; given money, 6:182, 184, 198, 321, 329, 339, 379, 456, 465-66, 474, 480; 7:3, 106, 178, 185, 190, 209, 210, 218, 219, 236, 239, 240, 261, 262, 268, 276, 279, 280, 285, 295, 296, 298, 309, 314, 319, 333, 336, 342, 366, 367, 373, 417, 426, 428, 434, 438, 441, 469, 470, 477, 478, 482, 491, 496; 8:41, 42, 52, 60, 67, 79, 83, 122, 127, 128, 136, 141, 143, 156, 170, 192, 193, 239, 266, 267, 268, 290, 291, 329, 347, 363, 393, 394, 405, 424, 431, 436, 437, 441, 442, 454, 557; 9:1, 30, 76, 91, 111, 117, 132, 152, 189, 190, 208, 252, 294, 341, 395, 396, 462; 10:40, 104, 105, 139, 168, 249, 279, 280, 357, 370; as carpenters, 6:200, 282, 428; 7:10, 45, 110, 139, 227, 233, 235, 236, 309, 418, 439, 463, 495; 8:144, 557, 587; 9:398; dower slaves, 6:202, 215, 217-20, 261, 311-12; 7:67, 81, 268, 318, 463, 464; 8:143, 213, 223, 318, 337, 401-2, 480, 582-84; 10:41; John Parke Custis's, 6:202-3, 205, 208, 219, 263; 7:318; 8:196; belonging to Custis estate, 6:204-5, 220, 224, 228, 229, 230, 231, 254, 258, 282; 7:11, 81, 86-87, 133, 213, 214, 301, 302, 303, 368, 499; 8:347, 582-84, 587-91; as house servants, 6:217, 282, 428; 7:45, 67, 133, 139, 227, 268, 313, 376, 407, 442-43, 482, 515; 8:104, 220, 356, 479; 9:2, 54, 150, 238; 10:137, 138; as tradesmen, 6:217; 7:227, 313, 376, 443, 515; 8:104, 220, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:137, 138; appraisals of, 6:231, 254, 258; 7:172-74, 464; 9:186, 342-43; medical care for, 6:252, 266, 272, 365, 390; 7:4, 7, 262, 268, 276, 318, 458; 8:20, 169, 322, 528; 9:73, 139; as shoemakers, 6:266; food for, 6:266; 7:144; liquor for, 6:266; as cooks, 6:282; as ironers, 6:282; as jobbers, 6:282; as scullions, 6:282; as shirtmakers, 6:282; as spinners, 6:282; 8:155; 9:85-86, 257; as tanners, 6:282; 7:464; as waiters, 6:282; as washers, 6:282; Martha Parke Custis's maid, 6:282; 7:303; and Martha Washington, 6:282; 9:85-86, 433-34; as overseers, 6:321; 7:133, 236; 8:18, 144; 9:241, 398; marriages of, 6:321; 8:255; as messengers, 6:420-21, 425-26; 7:67, 405, 408; 8:25, 83, 128, 142-43, 259, 361, 365, 417, 435, 571, 572, 584; 9:15, 50, 51, 137, 138, 276, 286, 438, 491; deaths of, 6:421; 8:584, 591; 9:73; 10:41; at Dogue Run, 6:428; 7:45, 65-66, 67, 139, 228, 313, 376-77, 443, 482, 515-16; 8:104, 144, 220-21, 356, 479; 9:54-55, 238; 10:137, 138; at Home farm, 6:428; 7:45, 67, 139, 305, 313, 336, 376, 443, 515; 8:104, 220, 479; 9:36, 53, 54, 112, 238; 10:20, 137, 138, 196; at Muddy Hole, 6:428; 7:45, 110, 139, 227-28, 236, 313, 332, 376, 443, 495, 516; 8:104, 221, 356, 479; 9:54, 58, 238; 10:137, 138; at Williamson's farm, 6:428; 7:67; tithables, 6:428; 7:45, 110, 139, 227-28, 313, 376-77, 442-43, 515-16; 8:104, 220-21, 356-57, 479; 9:54-55, 238-39; 10:137; as cradlers, 6:457; as postilions, 6:457; levies and taxes on, 7:4, 9, 86-87, 213, 219, 302, 303, 351, 367, 425, 499; 8:5, 53, 122, 198, 199, 208, 221, 355, 455; as personal servants, 7:8, 11, 86-87, 301, 302, 368; 8:83, 90-91, 227; 10:138, 160; at Creek farm, 7:45, 67, 139, 228, 313; at River farm, 7:45, 67, 139, 228, 305, 313, 377, 434, 442, 443, 454, 515, 516; 8:221, 357, 479; 9:55, 238-39; 10:137, 138; descriptions of, 7:65-66, 174, 494; 8:520; 9:241; as plowmen, 7:67; at Bridge Quarter, 7:67, 464; 8:401-2; at Claiborne's, 7:67, 464; 8:143, 223, 582-84, 590-91; in prison, 7:67, 434; as bricklayers, 7:110, 211, 299, 433, 508; 10:000, 000; as gardeners, 7:133; 9:150; disputes over, 7:133; 8:470; as millers, 7:139, 235, 334, 376, 377, 443; 8:587; 9:257, 258; and overseers, 7:143, 144, 145, 148; 8:582; 9:241, 285; as dairy maids, 7:145; at Ashford's quarter, 7:148; at Gist's quarter, 7:148; visits by, 7:148; Augustine Washington's, 7:173-74; at Bullskin, 7:174; midwives for, 7:179, 190, 276, 308, 352, 482, 515; 8:5, 70, 112, 169, 221, 222, 250, 521, 527, 557; 9:1, 53, 58, 228, 253, 432; 10:20, 39, 168, 196; for Hampshire County land, 7:182, 185; as ferrymen, 7:191; 8:356, 357, 472, 479; 9:55, 238; George William Fairfax's, 7:232, 319; 9:446; mortgages on, 7:263; 8:34, 37; 9:302; and "Negroe Doct[o]r," 7:268, 276, 458; 8:169; 9:396, 398; for the Dismal Swamp Company, 7:275, 300, 314-15, 336; at Ship Landing, 7:318, 464; 8:401-2; poisoned, 7:318, 320; as grooms, 7:319; ferriages for, 7:319; 8:41, 70; at Mill farm, 7:377, 443, 516; 8:104, 221, 356, 479, 588; 9:55, 152, 238; 10:137; sell produce, 7:415; 9:287; as boat builder, 7:418; George Mason's indictment of slavery, 7:424-25; shipped to West Indies, 7:442, 453-54, 492; 8:521; 9:134, 367-68; at York River, 7:463; in King William County, 7:463; 8:590-91; past labor, 7:463; costs of, 7:484, 490; 8:335; as weavers, 7:507, 508, 515; 8:155; as security on debts, 8:2-3, 34, 470, 525; 9:282; in Fairfax Parish, 8:104, 221, 357, 479; 9:55, 238-39; in Truro Parish, 8:104, 220-21, 356, 479; 9:54-55, 238; testimony barred, 8:142-43; as fiddlers, 8:156, 556; killed or carried off by Indians, 8:157, 158; execution of, 8:211, 215; conspiracy of, 8:215; multiple births of, 8:215; reimbursement for execution of, 8:215; John Posey's, 8:255; charges for transporting of, 8:400; at Ferry farm (Mount Vernon), 8:402, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:20, 39, 137, 138; inoculation of, 8:443-44, 447; at Great House plantation, 8:520, 587; 9:174, 258, 287; at Old Quarter, 8:520, 590; pass as free men, 8:520; outlawing of, 8:520-21; at Jackson's quarter, 8:587; in York County, 8:587-88; 9:258, 287; at Rockahock, 8:588-89; 9:258; in New Kent County, 8:588-90; 9:258; at Brick House, 8:589; 9:89; at Harlow's plantation, 8:590; on Eastern Shore, 8:591; travel expenses of, 9:19, 30, 208, 367; 10:139; for western lands, 9:36, 114, 148-49, 184, 185, 291, 315-16, 342-43; 10:231-32, 269, 272, 291; frostbitten, 9:36, 185, 291; taken by British, 9:36; refuse to work, 9:85-86; raise poultry, 9:86; carry money, 9:138; as coachmen, 9:150, 172; as stud managers, 9:150; as ditchers, 9:172; iron spancels used on, 9:173; refuse to leave area, 9:185; dogs used to catch, 9:232; whipped, 9:232; John Custis's, 9:233; portrait of, 9:233; too young to appear on tithable lists, 9:239; Gilbert Simpson's, 9:241; Lund Washington's, 9:241; at the White House (on Pamunkey River), 9:257; and their children, 9:257; in deep mourning, 9:267; value of, 9:282; as coopers, 9:397; 10:138; from John Dandridge's estate, 9:434; sent to Berkeley County, 9:446; their wives and children live elsewhere, 10:41; Thomas Claggett's, 10:41; removal from Belvoir, 10:95; Resolves state no slaves to be imported, 10:125, 128; slave trade called "a wicked cruel and unnatural Trade," 10:125; to be returned by Indians, 10:182; on Little Falls quarter, 10:279; used in settlement of debts, 10:295, 296, 302-3; indulged, 10:303, 304; refuse to leave wife and children, 10:303, 304; disturbances reported, 10:340. See also Blacks; Custis estate: settlement of the Daniel Parke Custis estate; and individual names
Sleepy Creek, 2:340; 3:137, 145, 246, 283, 289; 5:58
Slosser, Francis, 7:227
Slough, Matthias, 6:81, 82
Small, ---- (of Birmingham), 9:370
Small, John, 5:339
Small, William (doctor), 7:2, 7, 92, 98
"Smallets Hy of England." See "Smollets History of England"
Smallpox Conjurer. See Conjurer
Small's fort, 5:67
Smallsolfer, Lewis, 5:336
Smart, Joseph, 4:390
Smart (slave), 7:232, 233
Smith, ----, 4:430; account with, 8:24; carries letters, 10:66; and Robert Adam's debt, 10:227
Smith, ---- (baker), 5:366-67, 373-74
Smith, ---- (captain), 4:395
Smith, ---- (deserter), 2:12
Smith, ---- (frontiersman), 5:276-77
Smith, ---- (of Frederick County), 5:299
Smith, Abraham, 4:73, 117, 118; 5:46
Smith, Adam, 9:344, 345
Smith, Alexander Hamilton, 9:230; letters from: to GW, 10:313
Smith, Ann, 6:252; 8:482
Smith, Ann Darrell, 5:75, 78-79; 6:339-40, 384; 7:407
Smith, Benjamin, 3:306-7; 4:391; 5:59, 60; 6:118
Smith, Catharine (Catherine), 8:71; 9:42
Smith, Charles (glover), 6:334, 337
Smith, Charles (lieutenant), 2:41, 45, 252; 3:279, 281, 341, 342, 447; 4:40; 5:109, 142, 162-63, 237, 303, 334, 352, 366-67; 6:20, 63, 65, 362; 9:460; accounts of, 1:222; 8:191; 10:193; appointments and assignments, 2:40, 42, 170, 192, 243, 260; 3:251, 280, 428; 4:24, 48, 166, 205, 206, 340, 432; 5:144; id., 2:46-47; at Fort Cumberland, 2:47; paid, 2:191; and recruiting, 2:231; and deserters, 2:302; skirmish, 3:421, 422; and construction of Fort Loudoun, 4:24; 5:97, 128, 133, 275; 6:5, 167; and Griffin Pert, 4:202; and French prisoner, 4:210-11; attends to GW's affairs, 4:418; 5:253, 331, 367, 374, 408, 415, 434, 449, 451, 452, 453; kills a man, 4:418, 419, 431; and John Baylis, 5:97; to build flats, 5:127, 131; at Fort Loudoun, 5:128, 202, 204, 240, 275, 393; 6:364; and rangers, 5:239; and returns, 5:251, 306, 331-32, 352, 369-71, 374, 423; 6:171; and GW's election, 5:253, 263, 305-6, 307-8, 323, 332-33; family of, 5:254; enlists soldier, 5:289; and money for expresses, 6:64, 99; and John Adams, 6:135; address to GW, 6:178-81; money paid GW, 6:181; goods from, 6:396; rents GW's Winchester property, 8:193, 239; patent for land, 9:122, 145; and bounty lands, 9:363; 10:2; at Mount Vernon, 9:461; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22; 5:96-97, 252-54, 306-9, 323, 331-34, 350-52, 373-74, 392-94, 410, 423-24; 6:3-5, 25-27, 75-77, 134-35, 164-65; letters to: from GW, 5:238-39, 276, 278, 286, 384, 405; 6:14, 100, 114
Smith, Christopher, 3:278
Smith, Daniel, 10:357, 370, 371
Smith, Eliza, 6:291, 296
Smith, Francis (officer), 10:367, 368
Smith, George (of Frederick County), 1:26
Smith, George (of Pennsylvania), 10:207
Smith, Huie, Alexander & Co., 8:489
Smith, James, 1:23
Smith, Jeremiah, 2:95, 101; 3:40; 5:339
Smith, John, 1:221
Smith, John, Jr., 3:260
Smith, John (1580-1631), 10:149, 150
Smith, John (corporal), 9:122, 145
Smith, John (of Augusta County), 2:90; 3:260-61; 5:100-101, 104-5, 277; letters from: to GW, 5:99-100
Smith, John (of Frederick County), 5:334
Smith, John (of Gloucester County), 9:468
Smith, John (of Shooter's Hill), 8:567, 569-70
Smith, John (sailor), 10:19
Smith, John (servant), 9:519; 10:134, 135
Smith, John (ship captain), 8:94
Smith, John (soldier), 9:359, 360, 364, 365, 422, 515, 516
Smith, John (son of John Smith of Gloucester), 9:468
Smith, Joseph (painter), 10:343, 366
Smith, Joseph (son of John Smith of Augusta), 3:260-61
Smith, Lewis (Louis), 6:266, 271, 376, 425
Smith, Mary Jacquelin, 8:569
Smith, Nancy, 8:481, 482
Smith, Nathaniel, 3:368, 369
Smith, Ostin (Austin), 6:36
Smith, Peter, 7:382
Smith, Philip (baker), 5:366-67
Smith, Philip (of Westmoreland County), 10:308, 316
Smith, Rebecca Hite, 4:419
Smith, Richard (corporal), 8:452, 454, 540; 9:122, 145
Smith, Richard (interpreter), 4:397; 6:175, 178; and Indians, 4:73, 143, 178, 179, 229, 317; 5:20, 29, 304; 6:82; id., 4:144, 235; and French prisoner, 4:232, 233; and Edmond Atkin, 4:426; 5:2; sent to GW, 5:52; delay of, 5:53; as interpreter, 5:190
Smith, Richard (soldier), 4:333
Smith, Robert, 5:103, 104
Smith, Samuel, 8:145
Smith, Sylvanus, 1:25
Smith, Thomas (clergyman), 8:62, 225, 346
Smith, Thomas (of Fairfax County), 5:78-79; 6:339-40, 384
Smith, Thomas (of Pennsylvania), 10:52
Smith, Valentine, 7:98
Smith, William, 6:281
Smith, William (1727-1803; of Philadelphia), 5:59; 9:154, 155, 162, 164; letters from: to GW, 5:48-49; letters to: from GW, 1:171; 4:126
Smith, William (Bryan Fairfax's agent), 9:8, 9
Smith, William (corporal), 3:135, 227, 228, 229, 252, 257, 269-70, 272, 281, 282
Smith, William (doctor; of Philadelphia), 10:49-50, 50, 369, 371
Smith, William (of Fairfax County), 7:382
Smith, William (of Loudoun County), 10:29
Smith, William (owner of servant), 4:191
Smith, William (soldier), 4:320-21, 334, 335, 353, 355, 360, 368-69
Smith family, 8:71-72
Smithfield (plantation), 1:349
Smith Island, 6:230, 246, 274, 320; 7:90; 9:19, 368
Smith River, 4:1, 6, 10
Smiths (Blacksmiths), 3:8, 112, 134, 226, 236, 297; 4:292
Smith's River fort. See Fort Trial
Smiths Run, 1:31
"Smollets History of England," 7:344, 348
Smollett, Tobias, 6:283; 7:166, 167, 195, 343, 344, 348, 349
Snake, The (Indian), 10:184
Snap, John, 5:335
Snap, John, Jr., 5:335
Snapp, Lawrence, 5:341; 8:190-91
Snead, William, 4:43
Sneed, John, 7:268, 304, 438, 496
Sneed's ordinary, 7:268
Snickers, Sarah, 10:196
Snickers, William, 10:98
Snickers (Sniggers), Edward, 3:369; 5:341; 8:240, 383; 9:170, 171; id., 3:371; 5:299; 7:8; 9:467; and iron for GW, 5:299-300; and GW's horses, 5:451-52, 453; 6:4, 26; his home, 5:453; and GW's election, 7:3; and treasury money, 7:5, 11; account with, 7:239; 8:59, 238, 239, 394, 436, 527; 9:36; 10:222; paid for millstones, 8:528; and bounty lands, 9:467, 518; and Lord Dunmore's western land, 10:98; and George Mercer's affairs, 10:178, 202, 244, 281; family, 10:196, 245; letters from: to GW, 5:299-300; 9:466-67; 10:66, 244-45, 294, 331-32; letters to: from GW, 9:407; 10:101, 301
Snickers's (Sniggers's) ordinary, 5:299; 7:8; 8:240, 383; 10:196, 245
Snickers's (Williams's) Gap, 3:69; 5:299; 8:54-55
Snidow (Snyde), ---- (widow), 10:152
Snipes, Thomas, 4:390
Snodgrass, David, 5:335
Snodgrass, John, 5:336
Snow Creek (plantation), 4:418
Snowden, John, 7:427, 428, 438; 8:91
Snowden, Samuel, 7:299, 300
Snowden, Thomas, 7:299, 300
Soal, Joseph, 8:31, 193, 195, 437, 438, 455
Society for the Advancement of Useful Knowledge. See Virginia Society for the Advancement of Useful Knowledge
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactorys, and Commerce, 10:216, 217
Society Hill, 9:194
Solleysell, Jacques de, 7:344
Solomon (dower slave; King William County), 6:218
Solomon (slave; Claiborne's plantation), 6:311; 8:583, 584, 590
Solomon (slave; King William County), 6:225
Some passages of the life and death of John Wilmot, earl of Rochester, 6:295; 7:347
Some Thought concerning Religion, Natural and revealed, 6:299
Some thoughts concerning education, 6:291
Songs and Poems of Love and Drollery, 6:299
Sophia (ship), 9:344
Sophia Caroline Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, 7:37, 39
South, Robert, 6:292
Southall, James Barrett, 9:199, 205; 10:78; account with, 7:210, 262, 280; 8:453, 486; 9:30, 117, 367, 394; 10:40, 76; id., 7:212; 9:207; and subscription to ball, 8:268; manages Raleigh Tavern, 8:454; GW's servants eat at his tavern, 10:139
Southall's tavern, 7:212; 8:454
Southampton County, 4:290
South Branch Manor, 3:50, 52, 121
South Branch of Potomac River: forts on, 2:263, 264, 265-66, 280; 4:10, 221, 350; 5:33, 150, 163; mutiny on, 4:93, 103-4; commander on, 4:247; 5:145; Indians on, 4:264, 360, 385, 396, 408; 5:26, 27, 124; 8:242, 243; troops on, 5:58, 143, 158, 174, 188
South Branch of Potomac River, commanding officer on: letters to: from GW, 4:178, 178-79
South Carolina. See individual volumes
Southerd, Hannah, 1:26
Southern District of Virginia: adjutancy of, 1:193
Southern's (Southing's) ferry, 6:407
South Potomac naval district, 9:505
Southward, Benjamin, 7:381
Sowell, ----: and Custis estate, 6:253
Sowers, Jacob, 3:282; 5:89, 337
Sowers's ordinary, 3:282
Sparkes (Sparke, Sparks), William, 1:321, 326
Sparks, Edward, 6:47
Sparks, Jared, 1:1, 4, 126, 171; 3:17; 5:245
Sparks, John, 4:390
Speake, George, 3:454-56; 4:329, 345; 5:103; military service, 4:296, 297-98, 340, 406, 432; 5:135; 6:102-3; and deserters, 4:330, 331, 333, 358; his accounts, 4:357; address to GW, 6:178-81; letters from: to GW, 5:14-15
Speake, Robert, 7:382; 8:146, 148
Speake, Thomas, 4:424, 425, 426; 5:7, 11, 342; 7:219
Speaker of the House of Burgesses. See Robinson, John; Randolph, Peyton
Spear, Benjamin, 10:90, 91
Spear (Spears), Thomas, 10:318, 341-42, 366
Spearing, Ann, 1:262, 290, 292, 307; letters from: to GW, 1:346
Spearing, William, 1:292
Spectacle de la nature; or, nature display'd, 7:346
The spectator, 6:293; 7:345
The speculatist, 6:286; 7:345
Speedwell (ship), 1:63
Speier, James, 10:41
Speir, William, 10:90, 91
Speir (Spears), William (merchant), 6:88, 90
Speirs & Smith, 6:87, 90, 91
Spencer, Elizabeth, 8:418
Spencer, Frances, 5:75; 8:326
Spencer, Francis, 6:342
Spencer, Nicholas, 1:234; 5:74-75; 6:439; 8:326, 327, 418, 547, 578; 9:290
Spencer, Penelope, 6:342
Spencer, William, 5:75; 6:341, 342; 8:145, 186, 259, 418
Spencer-Washington grant, 8:327
Spencer-Washington line, 5:74-75
Spendelow, Charles, 1:293, 295, 296, 326
Spenser, Edmund, 6:400
Spicer (Spincer), John, 7:24-25, 30, 192, 422, 475; 8:47-48
Spies and traitors, 3:10, 11, 46, 47, 66, 132, 195, 449, 452; 4:6, 9-10, 18, 366; 5:4, 29, 47, 61, 430-31, 451
Spiltdorf, Carolus Gustavus de, 1:112, 115, 151, 152, 183, 186, 208, 213, 214, 342
Spinckes, Nathaniel, 6:286, 297
Spirit of the Laws, 9:344, 345
Spooner, ---- (dancing master), 8:184
Spore, John, 6:314, 315
The sportsman's dictionary, 6:297; 7:346
Spotswood, ---- (son of John Spotswood, 1), 6:13
Spotswood, ---- (son of John Spotswood, 2), 6:13
Spotswood, Alexander (1751-1818), 10:346, 347; letters from: to GW, 10:355-56
Spotswood, Alexander (governor), 1:7; 2:24; 3:117, 165; 6:5; 10:347
Spotswood, Elizabeth Washington, 10:347
Spotswood, John, 4:259; and Fredericksburg ferry, 1:6; id., 1:7; 6:5; as county lieutenant, 3:117; dispute with John Thornton, 3:117-18; council of war, 3:129-31; and GW's horses, 5:452; 6:75; death of, 6:4; widow of, 6:13; 8:310-11; estate of, 7:4, 10; 8:427; family of, 10:347; letters from: to Robert Dinwiddie, 3:117-18; letters to: from GW, 4:258
Spotswood, Mary Dandridge, 6:11, 13, 193; 10:347. See also Campbell, Mary Dandridge Spotswood
Spotswood, Robert, 2:211, 289; 3:72, 76, 77-79, 152-153, 342, 379, 392, 447; 4:179-80, 231, 232, 358, 383; company of, 2:14, 77, 108; 3:156, 212, 253, 258, 263, 276, 341, 429; 4:77, 277, 300, 345, 346-47, 351, 408; 5:6, 91; id., 2:24; 3:165; appointments and assignments, 2:40, 42, 86, 261, 288; 3:153, 252, 374, 387; 4:153, 166, 194, 199, 212, 213-14, 219, 241, 362, 407, 432; death of, 2:182; 5:54, 85, 135; 6:5; and regimental funds, 3:156; and Dunkers, 3:421; and Indians, 4:25, 27, 77, 93-95; missing, 4:124, 182, 197, 214, 216, 255, 261, 263, 274-75, 279, 288, 296, 311, 316, 368, 409, 415; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22; letters to: from GW, 2:24, 150; 3:164-65; from George Mercer, 2:118
Spotswood's ferry, 1:8
Spotsylvania County, 3:55, 56-57, 117-18, 127, 137, 142, 146, 159; 4:258, 290; 8:246
Spotsylvania County Committee, 10:214
Spotsylvania Independent Company, 10:297, 316; letters from: to Prince William Independent Company, 10:345; to GW, 10:346-47
Spour (Spore), John, 4:95, 96, 161, 167-68, 227; 5:247-48
Spour (Spore), John, and Company, 4:227
The Spout, 7:175
Spout Run, 5:453
Sprigg, Joseph, 9:493
Sprigg, Osborne, 10:178, 179
Spriggs (Sprigg), ---- (captain), 6:65
Springer, Dennis, 5:340
Springfield (Fairfax County), 8:165-66
Springfield tract (Fauquier County), 9:505
Spring Gap Mountain, 5:375
Spring Garden (Pennsylvania), 8:158
Sprowle & Crooks, 8:531, 532
Spurling, Jeremiah, 7:107
Spy (ship), 5:195
Squire, Richard, 2:114
Squire, Thomas, 8:400, 562; 9:66, 107
Squire (slave; Great House plantation), 8:587
Squire (slave; New Kent County), 6:220
Squire (slave; shirtmaker), 6:282
Stabler, John, 7:23-24, 30, 475; 8:134, 295, 397, 564-65; 9:108-9
Stackhouse, John, 1:23
Stadler, John, 8:226; as music teacher, 7:364; account with, 7:368, 370, 438, 496, 499, 501; 8:91, 244, 474; goods purchased for, 8:72; id., 8:73; and Custis estate, 8:198, 199, 200, 203, 355, 456, 457, 460, 461; 9:370; and bounty lands, 9:94-95
Stafford (slave; Dogue Run), 7:139, 228, 313, 366, 443
Stafford (slave; River farm), 10:137, 138
Stafford County: militia, 3:55-57, 117, 127, 137, 143, 145-47, 150, 159; troops from, 4:243, 258, 278, 281-82, 290; elections in, 5:288; records lost, 10:3
Stafford Court House, Va., 6:380; 7:223; 8:62, 64
Stalker, Peter, 2:301, 303; 5:259, 269, 273
Stalnaker, Samuel, 5:325, 326; 6:82, 83; 7:56, 57
Stamp Act, 7:384, 386, 390, 395-96, 401-2, 431-32, 457; 8:15, 44; 10:118
Stanley, Archelaus, 3:225; 4:42
Stanley, William, 4:42
Stanley, Zechariah, 3:225; 4:42
Stanstead (plantation), 7:162
Stanton, Richard, 10:71
Stanwix, John, 2:52, 77; 4:212, 220-21, 227, 240, 250, 256, 269, 279, 284, 304, 386, 396, 409, 422; 5:2, 35, 55, 59; 6:389, 412, 439; military supplies for, 4:96, 161, 167, 173, 184, 257; and batmen, 4:176, 202, 216, 246, 254, 291, 312; orders from, 4:189, 194, 243-44, 255; and arms for Virginia troops, 4:202, 210, 247, 266, 268; and alarm at Fort Cumberland, 4:213, 214, 218, 222, 224, 236, 243-44; and intelligence, 4:225, 235, 295, 300, 318, 360; movements of, 4:264; 5:36, 65, 81, 302; 6:347; and GW, 4:285, 353-54; 5:34; and officers' allowances, 4:291, 312; 5:4, 7, 200; and beef at Fort Cumberland, 4:429; id., 5:5; troops of, 5:20, 119, 385; military service, 5:81, 118; and Robert Stewart, 5:85, 137; and John Smith's scheme, 5:99; and proposed attack on Fort Duquesne, 5:99; and Indians, 6:343, 364; and George Mercer, 6:344, 437; as commander, 6:345, 413, 440; and Thomas Bullitt, 6:347; and construction of Fort Pitt, 6:360, 363; letters from: to GW, 4:159-60, 161, 228-29, 251-52, 252-53, 298-99, 305, 317, 324, 356-57, 415-16; 5:80-81, 81, 104-5; to William Denny, 4:229; letters to: from Lord Loudoun, 4:55; from GW, 4:168-69, 215-17, 224-25, 240-42, 245-46, 254, 269-71, 285, 306-8, 318, 353-55; 5:8-10, 100-103, 117-20; from Alexander Beall, 4:251; from John Dagworthy, 4:252; from William Denny, 4:299; from Henry Bouquet, 4:374; from Horatio Sharpe, 5:7; from Robert Stewart, 5:63-64; from Thomas Lloyd, 6:346, 346-47; from Adam Stephen, 6:347
Staples, Daniel, 9:122, 146
Stark, Mary Bolling, 2:50
Stark, William (father), 2:50
Stark, William (officer), 2:41; 3:20, 72, 77-79; 4:166; resignation of, 2:18, 327-28; returns of, 2:40; appointments and assignments, 2:42, 49, 260; 3:250, 272, 314, 319; id., 2:50; 3:18; memorandum regarding, 2:54; and Dagworthy controversy, 2:289, 297, 298, 311; and transfer to Augusta County, 2:327; and skirmish with Indians, 3:18; letters from: to GW, 3:17-18, 22; letters to: from GW, 3:23-24, 98-99
Starke, ---- (ensign), 4:205, 206, 297, 332, 340, 407, 432; 5:67
Starke, Daniel, 7:452; 8:5
Starke, James, 7:452
Starke, Mary Bolling, 7:191; 8:61-62, 89
Starke, Richard, 7:191; 8:88-89, 106, 223, 346, 347; letters from: to GW, 8:59; letters to: from GW, 8:61-62
The state of the Protestants in Ireland, 6:286
State of the Services of the Marquis d'Aubarède, 10:79
State-Poems, 6:290, 292, 298; 7:346
Staunton (Augusta Court House), 5:68, 147. See also Augusta Court House
Stead, Benjamin, 5:42
Steane & Mander, 7:129, 131
Steel, Henry, 3:253, 258
Steele, Sir Richard, 6:290, 293, 294; 7:345
Steele, Thomas, Jr., 8:547
Steemson, Samuel, 6:400, 404; 7:194
Steenbergen, Peter, 3:447; 4:230, 329, 346; recruiting, 2:14, 136; appointments and assignments, 2:40, 42, 86, 261; 3:157, 252; 4:128, 179-80; 5:162; charges against, 2:86-87; 5:150, 162-64, 174, 187-88; id., 2:86-87; military service, 3:162, 429; 4:130, 166, 175, 182, 204, 205, 206, 432; 5:67, 163; criticizes Griffin Pert, 4:202; resignation, 5:201; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22, 151
Steer, ----: horse bought from, 7:496
Stephen, Adam, 1:79, 152, 153, 205, 315, 328; 2:28, 71, 82, 84, 110, 127, 132, 144, 152, 175, 182, 183, 188, 199, 205, 216, 253, 254, 255, 260, 274, 296-97, 315, 335, 338; 3:1, 17, 237, 238, 269, 392, 415; 4:151, 231, 298, 332, 374; 5:139, 148, 162-63, 288, 312, 322, 324, 326, 377; 6:26; 9:136; and Fort Necessity campaign, 1:78, 82, 98, 101-2, 103, 156-57, 163, 164, 168, 176-77; id., 1:80, 316; 7:225; commissions and appointments, 1:134, 144, 182, 208, 236; 2:40, 42; 7:52, 115, 122; commended, 1:209; wounded, 1:342; and recruitment, 2:7, 69, 70, 210, 262, 271; 3:155; 5:146; returns of, 2:7, 149, 176, 178, 206, 211, 263, 328; 4:66; 5:156, 179, 300, 371; company of, 2:39, 45, 232, 261, 320; 3:212, 225, 251, 256, 257, 263, 313, 358, 428; 4:76, 155; 5:114, 124-25, 220, 266; 6:46-47, 146; at Fort Cumberland, 2:47, 61-63, 250, 268; 3:35, 162, 184-85, 321, 450; 4:8, 49, 128, 131, 157-58, 159, 345; 5:249; conflict with John Dagworthy, 2:63, 72, 74-75, 270-71, 284, 285, 291, 294, 307; and Indians, 2:83, 85, 195, 196, 202; 4:71, 73, 172, 190-94, 297; 5:261; 8:243; orders to, 2:84, 106, 256, 265, 269; 3:253; 4:72, 135; 7:20; movements of, 2:85, 132; 5:42, 92, 136, 144, 193, 198-99, 246-47, 248, 311, 383; 6:32, 127, 175, 181, 363; 7:51, 56; and military payments, 2:153, 189; 3:203, 204; 4:6, 9; 5:40, 214, 215; 7:338; brevet commission requested for, 2:173, 286; and supplies, 2:193, 199, 283; 3:173; 4:197-98, 408; 5:291, 313, 385, 386; and Sandy Creek expedition, 2:214; and GW's warning to officers, 2:256; on misconduct in Virginia Regiment, 2:287; and deserters, 2:289-90; 4:93-95; and Charles Lewis, 2:297; and John Johnson, 2:300; commands at Fort Cumberland, 3:3; charges against, 3:59, 85; 7:115, 340; his coded letters, 3:61; councils of war, 3:242-46, 447-53; 4:27, 136; 5:170-71; noncommissioned officers of, 3:252, 256; and Virginia-Centinel No. X, 4:19; commands troops in South Carolina, 4:130, 143, 150, 177, 206, 207-8, 345; criticism of, 4:163, 164, 175-76, 204, 255, 312, 352; 6:189, 192, 314, 412; 7:12-13, 42-43, 114-15; accounts, 4:244; 9:207; and command of regiment, 4:373; 5:191-92; 6:173-74, 188, 189, 190, 314, 432, 433; 7:46, 58, 115, 170; and Forbes campaign, 5:348, 383; 6:4, 24; military service, 5:382, 384-85; commands detachment in Pennsylvania, 5:390; dispute with John St. Clair, 5:454, 455; 6:6-7, 17; illness of, 6:128; 7:170; and Thomas Waggener, 6:363; and Thomas Bullitt, 6:388; his plantation, 6:413; and House of Burgesses election, 7:12-13, 14, 15, 42-43, 44, 47; and bounty lands, 7:44; 8:170, 386, 436, 439, 440, 451, 540; 9:122, 130, 131, 144, 359, 360, 363, 364, 366, 392, 403, 405; criticizes Robert Stewart, 7:71-72; scheme for raising independent company, 7:114, 115, 121; and petition to king, 7:117-19; and Mississippi Company, 7:219-22; 8:153; and Pontiac's War, 7:237, 238, 242, 339; as county lieutenant, 7:338; sells chairs, 8:171; debt to George William Fairfax, 9:448; family of, 10:71; and spinning machine, 10:218; letters from: to GW, 1:236; 2:61-63, 64-65, 72-75, 156-58, 158-62, 171-74, 177-79, 185, 190, 197-98, 210-11, 223-24, 226-29, 233-34, 238-40, 246, 286-90, 305-7, 324-27, 327-28, 328-29, 331; 3:165-66, 182-83, 184-85, 294-96, 309-11, 355, 375; 4:152, 375-76, 416-18; 5:136, 248-49, 266-67, 285-86, 300-301, 347, 363-64; 6:6-7, 15-16, 17-18; to Robert Dinwiddie, 1:236; to William Denny, 2:73; to Horatio Sharpe, 4:9; to John Dagworthy, 4:49-50; to Henry Bouquet, 5:193, 455; to John Stanwix, 6:347; to Francis Fauquier, 7:52, 72; to Philemon Waters, Jr., 10:339; letters to: from GW, 1:81; 2:27, 56-57, 130-31, 146-47, 184-85, 194-96, 263-65, 310-12, 324, 339-40; 3:54-55, 122, 157-63, 323, 336-38, 387-91, 422-23, 440-42; 4:138-39; 5:144, 191-93, 290-91; from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:236; 4:129-30; from William Trent, 2:307-9; from Horatio Sharpe, 2:326-27; from John St. Clair, 3:62; from Officers of the Virginia Regiment, 4:22-23; from Henry Bouquet, 5:455; from Philemon Waters, Jr., 10:339
Stephen, Alexander, 2:42, 43, 227, 228; 4:166
Stephen (dower slave; King William County), 6:218, 426-27
Stephen (slave, boy; New Kent County), 6:220
Stephen (slave, child; Claiborne's plantation), 8:584, 591
Stephen (slave; Claiborne's plantation), 6:311; 8:583, 590
Stephen (slave; Harlow's plantation), 8:590
Stephen (slave; New Kent County), 6:220
Stephens, Daniel, 5:342
Stephens, Dennis, 10:45, 51, 89, 89-90, 91, 181, 323-24; letters from: to GW, 10:324-25
Stephens, Henry, 5:335
Stephens, James, 6:46
Stephens, Joseph, 6:456, 477; letters from: to GW, 6:476
Stephens, Lawrence, 5:336
Stephens, Nathaniel, 4:43
Stephens, Peter, 5:334
Stephens, Richard, 6:378, 428; account with, 6:198, 314; id., 6:199, 330; discharge from prison, 6:329; his crops, 6:418, 430; and John Ballendine, 6:476, 477
Stephens, Robert (b. 1688), 5:74, 75
Stephens, Robert (overseer), 6:428
Stephens, William (sergeant), 6:46
Stephens, William (soldier; Charles Lewis's company), 3:185
Stephens, William (soldier; GW's company), 4:390
Stephens (Steffen), Lewis (Ludwig), 5:67, 84, 85, 205, 219, 279, 280, 340; letters from: to GW, 4:416-18
Stephens mill, 5:205
Stephenson, Eleanor, 7:178, 179
Stephenson, Hugh, 3:53; 6:417; 8:171; 9:469, 471, 483; 10:16; letters from: to GW, 8:5-6; 9:93-94; letters to: from GW, 9:54
Stephenson, James, 7:10
Stephenson, John, 3:53; 6:417; 8:157, 158, 394, 446; 9:94; 10:92, 133, 135
Stephenson, Marcus, 3:53; 6:417; 8:436, 438, 446
Stephenson, Onora Grimes Crawford, 9:93; 10:92
Stephenson, Polly, 10:136
Stephenson, Richard, Jr., 3:53; 6:417; letters to: from Valentine Crawford, 10:133
Stephenson, Richard (d. 1765), 1:25, 26-27, 36; 3:53; 5:306, 341; 6:444; id., 5:308; 7:10; and ironworks, 5:424; 6:417-18; accounts with, 6:416, 443; 7:4, 105, 109, 229, 230; 8:267, 269; GW surveys land for, 6:417; family of, 7:178, 179; 8:6; estate of, 9:93, 125, 126; his land, 10:92
Stephenson, Robert, 6:253
Stephenson, William (of Maryland), 10:357
Stephenson (Stevenson), William (of Frederick County), 5:341
Stephenson's tavern (Maryland), 10:357
Stephens's fort, 4:77, 128, 417
Stepney (Maryland), 7:219
Steptoe, ---- (Mrs. James), 6:443
Steptoe, Anne, 6:444
Steptoe, George, 8:424, 425, 461
Steptoe, James, 6:444; 8:557
Sterling, Aaron, 9:294
Sterne, Laurence, 7:346
Sterry, Newman, & Co., 8:132, 136
Steuart, Anthony, 9:305, 321
Steuart, Charles, 4:72, 73; 5:219, 449; 7:230
Steuart, George, 8:523
Steuart (Stewart), Walter: and bounty lands; 2:45, 53, 254; 3:341, 342; 7:236; id., 1:203; 2:47; 7:237-38, 284; appointments and assignments, 1:208; 2:42, 62, 136, 149, 192, 243; 4:60; 5:42, 144, 162, 201, 204, 309-10, 314, 383; wounded, 1:342; 6:39; replaced, 2:136; pay for, 2:191; 5:214; and James Duncanson, 2:246; company of, 2:260; 3:251; 5:266, 271; 6:47, 146; and list of road workers, 3:163, 377; military service, 3:428; 4:60, 166, 175, 205, 206, 432; 5:171, 248, 382; 6:88; and court of inquiry, 5:162-63; and council of war, 5:170-71; at Grant's defeat, 6:44-45; movements of, 6:87, 96, 181; 7:283; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22; 5:248, 309-10
Stevens, ---- (of England): letters from: to Robert Cary & Co., 10:84
Stevens, Charles, 10:365, 366
Stevens, John, 4:288
Stevens, Joseph, 3:111, 129-31, 199, 291-92, 369, 370, 439-40; 5:158, 160
Stevens, William, 9:504, 506; 10:220, 323, 362; hired, 10:17; and GW's Ohio lands, 10:232, 281, 314-15, 324, 334-35, 360; and valuation of improvements on GW's lands, 10:363; sent after runaway servants, 10:365; letters to: from GW, 10:288-92
Stevenson, George, 2:151, 152
Stevenson (Stephenson), Henry, 8:387, 443-44, 446-47, 464-65, 476-78, 493; 9:6, 8
Steward (Stewart), Robert (1), 5:342
Steward (Stewart), Robert (2), 5:337
Steward (Stewart, Stuart), James, 1:30; 7:1, 6
Steward (Stewart) Henry, 1:62, 70, 73, 74, 78
Stewart, ----: carries letters, 10:242, 274
Stewart, Adam, 8:382; 9:21, 29, 110, 261-63
Stewart, Andrew, 8:293; 10:339
Stewart, Anthony, 7:219-22, 224-25, 512; 8:153, 367, 375
Stewart, David, 3:321-23, 361, 363, 431, 434, 453, 454; 4:394
Stewart, George, 10:276
Stewart, James: letters from: to GW, 10:216-19
Stewart, John (of Fredericksburg), 8:54
Stewart, John (of London), 7:74
Stewart, John (soldier), 2:53, 54
Stewart, John (tavernkeeper), 3:282, 358, 387
Stewart, Robert, 2:35, 41, 177, 185, 186, 211, 232, 240, 251, 258, 260, 289, 301, 322; 3:25-26, 36, 38-39, 71, 72, 75, 77-79, 95, 116, 377, 385, 386; 4:77, 116, 151, 193, 204, 207, 208, 219, 220, 231, 254, 297, 302, 357, 360, 416; 5:47, 59, 68, 80-81, 111, 136, 155, 170-71, 177, 235, 243, 263, 298, 360; 6:27, 74, 100; 7:14, 217-18; 10:161, 162; and troop of light horse, 1:292; 2:37, 176, 291, 313; 3:202, 291, 298, 303, 313, 318, 319, 359, 428; 5:198, 204, 208, 235-36, 240, 330, 348, 369, 385; 6:131, 143; and Fort Necessity campaign, 1:297, 338, 342; company of, 2:36, 63, 64, 77, 109, 128, 140, 176, 230, 231, 251, 260, 299, 307, 358; 3:81, 114, 156, 193, 209, 212, 215, 237, 251, 252, 257, 263, 298; 4:76, 156, 189, 193-94, 277, 346, 363, 409, 410, 425; 5:10, 53, 66, 67, 124, 144, 171, 266, 352, 394; 6:5, 47, 102, 146, 372; id., 2:36; 3:13; appointments and promotions, 2:40, 42, 243; 3:181; 5:47, 59, 60, 62-63, 85, 137, 236, 313-14, 330, 362, 380-82; 6:94, 151, 188, 190, 191, 362-64, 470; 7:35, 36, 72, 122, 160-62, 392; illness of, 2:44; 7:112, 114, 120; pay of, 2:202, 214; 4:197; 6:468-69; and James Duncanson, 2:212; orders to, 2:250-51, 269, 313; 3:44, 96, 173, 180; 5:211, 223, 389; and recruits, 2:259, 279, 318; 6:137; and supplies, 2:275; 3:178; 4:180; 5:256; 7:15, 16-17; movements of, 2:311; 5:59, 63, 81, 199, 302; 6:127; 7:242, 280-81; and murder of George Gordon, 2:324; and Peter Hog, 3:228; and deserters, 3:350, 373; 4:330; 5:59; military service, 4:46, 153, 154, 155, 166, 179-80, 182, 345, 362, 432; 5:130, 381; and Griffin Pert, 4:202; and William Hughes, 4:255; and John Hamilton, 5:7-8, 11; at Fort Loudoun, 5:47; and American Magazine, 5:49, 59; and GW's illness, 5:58, 63, 102; criticism of, 5:236; and Edward Hubbard, 5:295; as brigade major, 5:309-10, 313, 314, 362, 442; relationship with GW, 6:13; and Forbes campaign, 6:127, 143, 176; and Francis Fauquier, 6:169, 188; and Adam Stephen, 6:173-74; and address to GW, 6:178-81; and GW's resignation, 6:181; and GW's marriage, 6:189; description of, 6:190-91; and western lands, 6:346; 7:44; and Thomas Bullitt's defeat, 6:347; borrows from GW, 6:385-86, 391-92; 7:187, 188, 205-7, 216-17, 225; 8:74-75, 92, 229-31, 371; at Venango, 6:433, 454; and House of Burgesses election, 7:12-13, 15, 41, 46; and need for well-trained and equipped troops, 7:16-19; and a gardener for Mount Vernon, 7:96, 169; at Mount Vernon, 7:121-22; asks to be sent to see king, 7:160-61; plan to raise battalion at own expense, 7:162, 180, 181; and settlement of St. John's Island, 7:281-82, 283, 388-89, 391; 8:163; and Van Rensselaer, 8:163-64; news of, 10:172; has not answered GW's letters, 10:327-28; seeks position in United States government, 10:328; letters from: to GW, 2:175-76, 205-6; 3:175, 207-10, 214-15, 235-37, 280, 289-91, 302-3, 303-5, 454-56; 4:423-26; 5:58-60, 317, 329-30, 368-69, 375-76, 380-82; 6:82-83, 87-88, 90-91, 93-94, 167-69, 171-72, 173-75, 175-78, 187-91, 341, 359-64, 384-86, 391-92, 412-14, 418-20, 431-33, 466-70; 7:12-15, 15-16, 16-20, 35-37, 41-42, 46-48, 51-52, 56-58, 70-72, 112-13, 113-16, 120-22, 160-62, 168-72, 180-81, 186-89, 225-27, 240-42, 265-66, 280-84, 388-92; 8:74-77, 160-66; to Robert Dinwiddie, 5:46-47; to John Stanwix, 5:63-64; to John Forbes, 5:126; 6:189; to Henry Bouquet, 6:470; letters to: from GW, 2:169, 209-10, 268; 3:71-72, 80-81, 94, 100-101, 112-13, 177, 191-93, 206, 213, 282-84, 297-98, 298; 4:61; 5:57, 316, 379, 387-88; 6:80, 85, 169, 186-87, 331, 390; 7:22, 205-7, 216-17, 236-38; 8:125, 142; from George Mercer, 2:282; from William Hughes, 3:211-12; from Robert McKenzie, 5:61-62; from Robert Dinwiddie, 5:62-63, 63. See also Virginia military forces: light horse
Stewart, Robert (of Frederick County), 5:265
Stewart, Robert (soldier), 9:359, 360, 364, 365, 422
Stewart (Stuart), John (doctor), 1:203; 7:70, 71
Stewart (Stuart), William, 5:65
Stewart & Campbell, 7:55, 73, 74; letters from: to GW, 7:431; letters to: from GW, 7:461-62; 8:74
Stewart's Crossing, 1:327; 8:29
Stewart's ordinary, 3:282
Stickley, John, 5:337
Stirling, Sarah Livingston Alexander, countess of, 10:240
Stirling, William Alexander, earl of, 9:158-59, 160, 230, 231, 486, 516, 517; 10:252, 313; letters from: to GW, 10:175-76; letters to: from GW, 10:239-40
Stith, John, 8:262, 263
Stith, William, 10:146, 150
Stoakely, ----, 9:280
Stobo, Robert, 1:152, 201; as hostage, 1:98, 166, 167, 202, 213, 214; 6:102, 196, 197; troops of, 1:141; and wagons, 1:141; date of rank, 1:144; id., 1:202; promoted, 1:208; 6:470; commended, 1:209; account, 1:221; and Andrew Lewis, 6:101, 468; and bounty lands, 8:451, 542, 544, 550-51, 555; 9:196, 359, 360, 364, 365, 421, 423; 10:163; letters from: to James Innes, 1:202; letters to: from GW, 8:552-53
Stockdale, John, 7:477
Stockstill (Stoxdale), William, 4:338, 339
Stoddert, Benjamin: letters from: to GW, 9:486
Stoddert, John, 8:219
Stoddert, Thomas, 2:309; 3:101; 9:486
Stoddert's fort (Maryland), 3:101, 113
Stogdon, Richard, 9:292, 293
Stogdon (Stogden, Stockden), Robert, 7:43
Stone, ---- (Daniel Jenifer Adams's attorney), 10:253, 274
Stone, Caleb, 9:238, 239, 294, 340, 341; 10:20, 104, 137, 177, 179; account with, 10:40, 279, 318
Stone, Daniel, 9:347, 348, 447, 449; 10:60, 86, 249, 283-84
Stone, David, 10:254
Stone, Eli, 7:382; 8:144
Stone, Eusebius, 3:439-40
Stone, John Hoskins, 10:249, 254, 279, 280, 295, 296
Stone, Jonathan, 10:282, 283
Stone, Michael Jenifer, 10:254
Stone, Thomas, 10:254
Stone, William, 7:179, 382; 8:146, 147
Stoner, Ulrich, 5:337
Stoney Creek (Frederick County), 4:417-18; 5:193
Stony (Stoney) Creek (Pennsylvania), 6:30, 56, 78, 79, 80
Storrs, Joshua, 9:394; 10:339
Story, ----: and Pleasant Hill land, 9:388, 426, 427, 428
Story, Charles, 9:386, 388, 426-27, 428
Story, John, 9:388, 426, 428
Story, Joshua, 9:399, 428
Stott, Dulcibella, 8:343, 381
Stott, Magdalin, 9:42
Stott, Wills, Richardson, and Smith families, 8:382
Stott family, 8:71-72; 9:42
Stoughton, ---- (Mrs. Anthony), 7:24, 30
Stoughton, ---- (father of Anthony Stoughton), 7:30
Stoughton, ---- (widow), 9:105
Stoughton, Anthony, 7:24, 30
Stover, Daniel, 5:335
Stover, Jacob, 5:340
Stover (Stauffer), Peter, 5:340; letters to: from GW, 7:97-98
Stoystown, Pa., 6:30
Strachan, Elizabeth Johnson Bonum, 1:153
Strachan, James (of Fredericksburg), 1:151, 152-53; 5:206, 328
Strachan, William, 7:211
Strachen, William Scott, 7:209, 211
Strahan, ----, 5:328; and Henry Woodward's debt, 5:327; id., 5:328
Strain, William, 4:390
Straker, George, 9:519; 10:136
Strasburg (Staufferstadt, Stovertown), Va., 5:205; 7:97-98
Stratford Hall, 4:101; 5:154; 7:212; 8:547
Stratton, John, 8:481, 482; 9:72, 74, 86, 89
Street, Henry, 8:585
Street, John, 4:294-95, 300, 305, 312, 318, 360; 8:394
Street, Richard, 9:255, 257
Strephon (slave; purchased from R. Adam), 9:35, 36
Stretch, John, 4:374, 375; 7:301, 303
Strettell, Amos: letters from: to GW, 9:79, 82-83; letters to: from GW, 9:81
Strickler, Benjamin, 5:335
Strickler, Jacob, 5:335
Strickler, Joseph, 5:338
Strictures upon a "Friendly Address to All Reasonable Americans," 10:189, 190
Stringham, Charles, 4:276, 389
Stromatt, John, 10:253, 254, 295, 296, 302, 303
Strong, John, 4:42
Strong, William, 4:42
Strother, ----, 5:244
Strother, ---- (Mrs. William), 1:5
Strother, Anthony (1710-1765), 5:327; 10:3; id., 1:5, 314, 333; 5:214, 328; purchases Ferry Farm land, 1:5; land dispute with GW, 5:79-80; 7:307-8; and "French Negro," 5:213, 214; his house rented as guardhouse, 5:244; letters from: to GW, 1:333; 5:79; 6:421, 421-22; letters to: from GW, 7:307-8
Strother, Anthony (1736-1790), 1:312, 314, 315, 333
Strother, Edward, 6:288, 297
Strother, John, 5:244
Strother, William, 1:5; 5:79, 244; 7:308; 8:77-78, 84; 10:3
Stroud (Strode), John, 5:28, 338
Stroud's fort, 5:28
Strutfield, William, 9:410; 10:204, 211
Stuart, ----: account with, 7:229
Stuart, ---- (doctor), 1:201, 203
Stuart, Henry: letters from: to Aaron Penson, 9:207
Stuart, John (superintendent of Indian affairs), 8:30, 308, 390
Stuart (Stewart), John (doctor), 10:161, 162
Stubblefield, George, 8:571
Sturgis (Sturges), Daniel, 7:515
Style, William, 8:326
Suckey (dower slave, child), 8:401
Suckey (dower slave; York County), 6:218
Suckey (slave, girl; Bridge Quarter), 6:312
Suckey (slave; Brick House plantation), 8:589
Suckey (slave; River farm), 10:137
Sue (slave, man; King William County), 6:225
Sue (slave; Dogue Run), 7:45, 139, 228, 313, 377, 443, 516; 8:5, 104, 220, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:137
Sue (slave; Home farm), 9:54, 55
Sue (slave; house servant), 8:220, 221, 356, 479; 9:55
Sue (slave; John Augustine Washington's), 7:172, 174
Sue (slave; Mary Washington's), 6:198; 7:173
Sue (slave; River farm), 9:239; 10:137
Suetonius, 6:288
"Suffering Traders," 8:275, 276, 300, 331, 332, 368; 9:415
The sufficiency of a standing revelation in general, and of the scripture revelation in particular, 7:346
Sugar Cabins (Pennsylvania), 2:309
Sugar Land Run, 7:8
Sugar Lands, 1:180; 4:309
Sukey (ship), 7:205, 251, 252, 253
Sukey (slave; River farm), 10:138
Sukey (slave; York County), 6:229
Suky (slave; Charles Washington's), 7:173
Sulivant (Sullivan), Denis (Dennis), 2:64-65
Sullivan, ----, 5:162-63, 164
Sullivan, ---- (soldier), 2:64
Sullivan, Timothy, 2:64
Sullivan (Sullivant), Daniel, 2:64
Sullivant, Patrick, 2:64
A Summary View of the Rights of British America, 10:139, 140
Summers, Daniel, 7:382; 8:145, 146
Summers, Francis, 8:145, 146
Summers, Francis, Sr., 8:145
Summers, Francis (1), 7:382
Summers, Francis (2), 7:382
Summers, John, 6:339, 340; 8:145
Summers, John, Jr., 7:382
Summers, John, Sr., 7:382; 8:145
Summers, William, 7:382; 8:145
Sumner, Jethro, 4:346; id., 2:128; 3:255; military service, 3:250, 251, 341, 342, 428; 4:205, 206, 407, 432; 5:135; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22
Supply. See Provisions and supply
Supply (ship), 6:269, 270, 447; 7:20, 21, 405
Surry County, 4:290
Surveying, 1:8-37; fees for, 1:8, 10, 16; commissions for, 1:9, 10, 33; and field books, 1:12, 14; instruments for, 1:12, 34, 254; forms for, 1:12-14. See also Washington, George: surveying activities
Susannah (slave; Northampton County), 6:230
Sussex County, 4:290; 8:89
Sutherland, John, 5:102
Suttle, William, 9:35
Sutton, Edward, 4:390
Sutton, Jasper, 3:244
Swallow, John, 1:211
Swallow Warrior (Indian), 3:43; 4:317; criticizes Virginians, 4:139-40, 141; speech of, 4:142; leads Cherokee, 4:144; presents for, 4:173; death of, 4:200, 208-9, 215, 216; family of, 4:200, 213; 7:56, 57; and scalps, 4:244, 251
Swan, John, 10:92
Swanger, Abraham, 9:74
Swan's and Van Meter's fort, 10:91, 92
Swan Tavern (Yorktown), 7:212
Swatara Gap (Pennsylvania), 2:317
Swearingen, Thomas, Jr., 5:57, 58, 60, 219; 6:75, 76
Swearingen, Thomas (d. 1760), 3:30; 4:37; reconnoitering expedition, 2:159, 160; id., 2:161; 3:31-32, 89; 5:22, 58; and House of Burgesses election, 2:228; 5:263, 323, 334-42; and Virginia troops, 3:88, 91; 5:28, 58, 60; and Stephen Rollins, 3:208, 211; and Thomas Caton, 3:384; and John Hamilton, 4:424, 426; 5:7-8, 11, 21, 22; family of, 7:43
Swearingen, Van, 10:2; letters to: from GW, 7:42-45
Swearingen's ferry, 1:263, 267; 2:161; 4:34, 37; 7:43
Sweeney (Swiney), Terence, 2:188, 189
Sweet Hall, 8:582; 9:425, 426
Sweig, Donald, 10:113
Sweim, Michael, 1:29, 37
Swift, Jonathan, 6:285, 293, 400
Swift, Theophilus, 7:122, 123
Swift (George Straker's ship), 10:136
Swift (ship), 5:448, 449; 7:454, 492; 8:249, 385, 407; 9:283, 519
Swinburn (Swinburne), John, 3:272; 6:47
Swinton, ---- (doctor), 1:325
Sword, Thomas, 3:195-96
Sycamore Point, 3:203
Sydenham, Thomas, 6:296
Syllaback, Jane, 8:21
Sylvia (slave; John Posey's), 8:34. See also Silvia
Syme, John (of Hanover County), 3:170; 6:257; 7:269-70, 271, 273, 274; 9:257; 10:76, 78, 351, 352
Syme, Nicholas, 6:253
Symes, Thomas, 7:195, 446, 447
Symes & Paillet, 7:195, 198, 293, 446
Symmes, John (of Gloucester County), 6:313, 314
Synopsis medicinae, 6:287
Syphax (slave), 9:397
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