This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Atkinson, Bassett, Burch or Burck, Caruthers, Coperthwaite, Dubois, Dunham, French,Johnson, Lamb, Lambe, Lambert,Langley,Lawrence, Laurence, Mayhew, Mead, Mott, Sutton, Vanmeter, Whitaker Witten, , Worth Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oRB.2ACI/635 Message Board Post: Loyalists records – part 3 Vouchers I am listing the vouchers in the file in numerical order as they appear, but there are missing numbers. The first I give with a fuller transcription by manner of example. All others follow the same format, a preprinted form about the size of a check, the blanks filled in by hand, with the one exception noted at the end and the reverse side giving the accounting for the payment of the debt from the state. No. 591 The State of New Jersey is indebted unto Richard Worth in the sum of Four pounds and nine pence being for a Debt due to him from the forfeited Estate of Robert Whitaker which Sum shall be paid unto the said Richard Worth or to his lawful Reprecentative,(sic) in Specie, with Interest at the Rate of 2% Per Annum, from the first Day of September 1781 Witness my Hand this 25th day of July 1786. James Mott, Treasurer Countersigned, An. Dunham, Auditor There are several lines of signatures overwriting and perpendicular to the front side of each draft, that appear to be part of internal review or audit. ___________illegible Jno. Lambert E. Wittin (?) S. French Reverse side 1791 Feb 18 Interest paid for Four Years L1..1..4 James Mott 1792 June3 16 Int pd for ___ to Jun 1792 Amounts and dates continue, suggesting that payments were given on a schedule over several years, sometimes just the interest, at others part of the principal, until the Principal was noted paid in full. Last entry - 1795 Apr 1, Paid the Last fourth of the Prin'l in full L1.2..6 , James Mott. ************ No. 594 debt owed Isaac Vanmeter Four pounds sixteen shillings from the forfeited Estate of Jacob Vanmeter No. 595 debt owed John Johnson in the sum of Fifteen shillings and five pence, from the forfeited estate of James Sutton No. 596 debt owed the Estate of Samuel Mead in the sum of Five shilling and three pence, from forfeited estate of James Sutton No.598 debt owed the estate of Samuel Mead in the sum of Four pounds nine shillings and ten pence, from the forfeited estate of Hugh Coperthwaite No. 599 debt owed to John Johnson for Twelve pounds eight shillings and three pence, due from the forfeited estate of Rueben Langley No. 602 debt to John Johnson, sum of three pounds and three pence, from the forfeited estate of Moses Atkinson No. 606 debt owed to John Johnson in the sum of Four pounds nine shillings and three pence, from forfeited estate of Thomas Sutton No. 607 debt to the Estate of Samuel Mead in the sum of One pound six shillngs and six pence, from the forfeited estate of Thomas Sutton. No. 609 debt owed Isaac Vanmeter in the sum of Eleven shillings and sixpence, from the forfeited estate of Reuben Langley No.610 debt to Isaac Vanmeter in the sum of Four pounds seven shiling and eleven pence, from the forfeited estate of Thomas Sutton No. 613 debt to Samuel Dubois in the sum of Three pounds, from theforfeited estate of Thomas Sutton No. 616 debt to Isaac Vanmeter in the sum of Two pounds sixteen shillings and three pence , from the forfeited estate of Richard Mead. No. 617 debt due the Estate of Samuel Mead in the sum of Seven shilling and one penny, from the forfeited estate of John Sutton No. 618 debt to Obadiah Caruthers in the sum of One pound twelve shillings and four pence , from the forfeited estate of John Sutton No. 619 debt to the Ex. of David Mayhew, sum of One pound five shillings and ten pence, from forfeited estate of John Sutton No. 620 debt to Isaac Vanmeter in the sum of Three pounds eleven shillings and three pence, from forfeited estate of John Sutton No.623 debt to Thomas Burch ( or Burck?) in the sum of One pound fifteen shillings and four pence, from the forefeited Estate of John Sutton No. 625 debt to Israel Lawrence in the sum of Nine pounds nine shillings and three pence, from the forfeited estate of Thomas Lamb. One handwritten page: Please to pay the Bearer, Isaac Bassete what money is Due to the Estate of Israel Laurence from the Confisticated Estate of Thomas Lamb and youll Oblige and sd Bassetts Recipt shall be your Discharge Same Elizabeth Laurence (her mark) Executrix To the treasurer of the state of Newjersey. On the reverse is handwritten No. 625 and the ammount L9..9..3 under the name of Thomas Lambe and some other writing /names, mainly illegible so I don't try to reproduce them. This is the fuller source for the information in all three of today's posts,, as it was found in the State Archives at Trenton. Copies of all pages have been made and placed with the archivist to the clerk in the Salem County Courthouse, with copies of the two longer sheets in the Salem and Gloucester county historical societies, along with the source sheet for location in the State archives.: extracted from Records of Comissioners of Forfeited Estates, Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War), Department of Defense old location :A-05a-02-08 New: H-03-01-02 MF old Val