The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

JUNE 11, 1760625The 2d Paragraph, on a List of Men, belonging to the same Battallion,who served as Butchers, Horse-Hunters and Wood-Cutters,The 3d Paragraph on the Pay List of the Detachment from GranvilleCounty,The 4th Paragraph on the Muster-Roll of Colonel John Chevillette’sBattallion,And the last Paragraph, on the Muster-Roll of Colonel George GabrielPowell’s Battallion, being severally read a Second time, were severally agreedto by the House.Resolved That this House will make a provision for Pay to LieutenantColonel Benjamin Singellton who commanded the Detachment fromGranville County, during the Time he served upon the late Expeditionagainst the Cherokees.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,This Morning I received, by Express, Letters from the Governors ofVirginia and North-Carolina, informing me of the Measures that had beentaken by them in pursuance of my Letters for Assistance in this War againstthe Cherokees. I communicate these Letters to You that you may be informedof the different Success they met with in their respective Provinces.The 11th Day of June 1760.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read a Letter from the Honorable Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governorof Virginia, to his Honour Lieutenant Governor Bull, datedWilliamsburgh the 24th of May 1760. 54Read also a Letter from his Excellency Arthur Dobbs Esqr., Governorof North Carolina, to his Honour Lieutenant Governor Bull, datedBrunswick the 5th June 1760.Ordered That an Answer be prepared to His Honour’s said Message.The House being informed that the Public Treasurer attended at theDoor, he was called in, and Mr. Speaker asked him, what had been the Occasionof his not having received the Taxes from the several Inquirers andCollectors who were appointed to collect the Same for the Year ending the25th Day of March 1758.To which he answered, That he had wrote several Letters to such of the54Fauquier to Bull, May 24, 1760, in Official Papers of Francis Fauquier, 1: 365–66.