The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

878INDEXPoll tax, 188Pompey, slave of William Glen, 271, 274, 277,279Pon Pon, 273Pontoon bridges, 543–46, 675Poole, Elizabeth: account, 129, 153, 163, 208*Poole, Joseph, 75, 77; attends, 35, 36; chairmanof house, 75; committee assignments,38, 73, 101, 169, 180; death reported,232, 240; ordered to attend, 162; returned,31; takes oath, 36–37Poole, Philip: account, 275, 333, 391Poor: maintenance of, 31–32, 45–46, 61, 70, 219,270, 300, 537, 662–63, 667, 675, 677–78, 738,751, 759, 797–98, 799, 802. See also Bill No. 3Porcher, Ensign _____, 617Porcher, Peter, 763; account, 471, 567, 720Porcher, Samuel: account, 276, 308, 333, 392Pork, 151, 155, 537, 614, 641, 642Portner, Lewis: account, 490, 635, 650, 733Port Royal, 17, 158, 189, 309, 519; defenses of, 611.See also BeaufortPort Royal Island, 114Postell, Capt. _____, 581*Postell, Elijah, 39, 76, 85, 87, 140, 250, 322, 339,402; account, 490, 570, 722; chairman ofhouse, 39; committee assignments, 290,292, 293; ordered to attend, 162; takes oath,3–4Postell, James (John?): account, 150, 162, 206Postell, John: account, 478, 490, 520, 538, 571,699–700, 723Postell, Judith: account, 59, 67, 74, 217, 274, 308,333, 392, 468, 514, 526, 708, 710Postell, Mary: account, 77, 91, 112, 218Potatoes, 477, 569, 570, 571, 573, 581, 636, 639, 657Potts, John: account, 478Potts, Thomas: account, 470, 567, 720Pou, Gavon, 433; account, 494, 524, 553, 708Powder duties, 290; remission of, 487, 495Powder magazine, 226, 401, 619; at Dorchester,610; at Georgetown, 296; at Ninety Six, 663;proposal for building, 370, 378, 395, 400Powder receiver, 227, 401, 619; applicants foroffice of, 547–48; appointment of, 538, 548,557. See also Committee on the accounts ofthe powder receiver*Powell, George Gabriel, 682, 686; account,502, 586, 726; account for battalion expenses,486; battalion of, 568, 569, 586, 587,590, 596, 622, 641, 642, 655, 656, 657, 668, 721,729; certificates by, 596, 641, 656, 657; letterfrom, 770, 772; muster roll of, 618, 625, 719,736; ordered to assemble regiment, 431;receipt from, 623; regiment of, 291Power, George: account, 489, 597, 639, 651, 728,735Pownall, Thomas: appointed governor ofSouth Carolina, 482, 483, 497Pox. See SyphilisPoyas, James: account, 279, 308, 333, 385Prerogative rights. See CrownPrescott, James: account, 276, 308, 333, 392Price, Aaron, 596; account, 487, 642, 653; expressrider, 641Price, Hopkin: account, 710; attends, 765;cashier, 773; chairman of house, 765; returned,763; takes oath, 765Price, Jane: account, 141, 158, 167, 208Price, John: account, 657, 729Price, Rice: account, 82, 93, 116, 207, 276, 308,334, 387Primus, Humphry, 516Prince Frederick Parish: boundary of, 179;election in, 764, 769, 772; members attend,7–8; reduced tax base of, 543Prince George Winyah Parish: Acadians in,87, 219, 392; accounts of church wardens,269, 328; election in, 6–7, 764, 769, 772;members attend, 7–8; parsonage in, 186,213; petition of inhabitants in, 285, 286; rectorof, 169Prince William Parish: Acadians in, 219, 709;election in, 7, 763, 769, 772; members attend,18, 26, 791; taxes on, 189*Pringle, Robert, 26, 39, 56, 61, 78, 85, 108, 138,140, 226, 230, 243, 247, 339, 346, 395, 456, 533,548, 559, 565, 566, 579, 598, 738; account, 64,90, 111, 204; administers oaths, 27, 28, 30, 33,37, 51, 247, 791; attends, 3; cashier, 9, 236;chairman of house, 3; committee assignments,6, 10, 22–23, 35, 56, 106, 224, 232, 235,236, 239, 255, 256, 264, 287, 293, 319, 416, 453,529, 536, 540, 589, 716, 776, 801; presents bill,337; reports by, 66–72, 147–60, 171–72, 343,423–24, 532, 619; returned, 764; takes oath,3–4, 765Printers, 34Printing, public, 129, 154; laws, 238, 262, 267–68,285, 287–88, 547, 588; paper money, 220Prioleau. See Warham and PrioleauPrioleau, Magdelen: account, 59, 71, 88, 207Prioleau, Samuel: account, 143, 171, 173, 209,549; petition, 435, 548, 795