April 14, 1768
The cock main between Col. Edward Carter, and Col. Anthony Thornton, to be fought at my house in Chesterfield county, at Lucy’s Springs, about 5 miles above Rocky Ridge, begins on Tuesday the 3d day of May next, where they are to shew sixty one cocks.
Stephen Pankey

February 15, 1770
The Right Hon. Norborne Baron de Botetourt, his Majesty’s Lieutenant and Governour General of the colony and dominion of Virginia, and Vice Admiral of the same,
To the several Sheriffs, and other persons herein concerned.
Whereas the officers of his Majesty’s revenue of quitrents have represented that many of the sheriffs who had the collection thereof have neglected to come and settle their accounts with the Auditor, or to pay the discharge their balances to the Receiver General, by which many considerable sums are now in arrear and due to that revenue, I do therefore, by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty’s Council, and in his Majesty’s name, hereby strictly charge and command the several persons hereafter pointed out for such neglects, and all others for them concerned, to come in before the last of March and settle with the Auditor, as also to pay and discharge the sums due from them to the said Receiver General, at Williamsburg, or they may depend on having their bonds prosecuted by the Attorney General immediately; and to that end the clerks of the several counties are hereby commanded to bring in, or safely convey, to his Majesty’s Attorney General, all the bonds of such sheriffs for the years they are deficient, as specified below (except for those years marked †, for which judgments are already obtained) and in case any of the said sheriffs or their securities, are now dead, to certify to the said Attorney General that names of the heirs, executors, or administrators, of such persons, that they may be called into court to answer for those so deceased.
A list of the deficient Sheriffs.
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Caroline 1766 Anthony Thornton
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And whereas it has been represented by the Auditor that great inconvenience attends the settlement of the rent rolls with the collectors, by their separately accounting for the lands in their respective precincts, it is further ordered that for the future the high sheriff, his deputy or deputies, in each county, do, on or about the last of May in every year, attend at the Auditor’s office with two copies of the rent rolls of their county, alphabetically digested, that a final settlement of the whole county may at once be completed; and in order to effect this, and prevent the like inconvenience in future, no such partial settlements will be admitted by the Auditor.

September 6, 1770
Run away from subscriber, in Caroline county, the 1st of June last, a Negro man named, James, he is a stout lufty fellow, about 40 years old, has a good many grey hairs in his head, generally wears one shoe, having a tender foot, and has a scar on the top of his foot, about midway between his great toe and instep, which was cut with an axe; he had on when he went away his old cotton winter cloaths, is outlawed, and it is supposed is sometimes about the plantation of Joseph Dillard, in Amherst county, and sometimes about the plantation of Francis Conway, deceased, in Orange county. If taken up and brought to me I will give forty shillings reward, besides what the law allows.
Anthony Thornton

December 13, 1770
Wanted
A Person capable of acting as a Clerk at Recovery furnace, near Fredericsburg.
Anthony Thornton, jun.

April 11, 1771
Wanted
Some Carpenters to erect a Furnace about a Quarter of a Mile from Recovery Furnace, in Spotsylvania County. Also a Number of Woodcutters. The Price given is one Shilling and Tenpence a Cord, to find themselves Provisions and Tools; but, if their Owners live too far off, they may be supplied at the Furnace. I should have no Objection to hiring by the Month, or Year, if agreeable.
Anthony Thornton, Junior.

April 11, 1771
Wanted
A vessel that will carry between eight and one Hundred and twenty Tuns (twenty four neat Hundreds to the Tun) to transport Ore from Patapsco to Rappahannock, and to carry out Pig Iron. The Terms are six Shillings a Tun, with Liberty of sending out Pig Iron gratis to any Part of Rappahannock, Corn, or any Thing we may have to send to Patasco, or five Shillings a Tun for the Ore, and the customary Freights of what we may send out. Four Hands will be found to assist to load, and unload. Sixty Tuns of Ore at least may be put in a Day; and a Trip may be made in twenty four Days, on an Average, with Safe, as many Trips have been made in sixteen. Employment for such a Vessell may be depended on the whole season.
Anthony Thornton, Junior
Recovery Furnace, January 23, 1771

October 17, 1771
To be Sold by the Trustees of Benjamin Grymes, Esquire, on Monday the 25th of November, if fair, otherwise the next fair Day, and continue till all is sold, at Benjamin Johnson’s Ordinary in Fredericksburg, About two Hundred fine healthy Slaves belonging to the Estate of said Grymes, but very few old ones amongst them; there are several good Furnace Men, Forgemen, Colliers, Carters, and Watermen, about sixty Draught Horses, and some good Oxen, with Geer belonging to them; also several Waggons and Carts, a very good Brig between ninety and a Hundred Tuns, and a Schooner of the same Burthen both but a few Months from the Carpenter’s Hands, whole Name is George Hill, and lives in Fredericksburg. He can inform any Gentleman who inclines to purchase what they are. About fifteen of the Slaves will be sold for ready Money, with some of the Horses, and Credit allowed for the rest of the Estate until the 25th of October 1772, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Trustees, who will attend the Sale, and make them an undoubted Title. Merchants Notes will be taken as Security, five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds that are not discharged at the Time they become due to beat Interest from the Day of Sale.
Anthony Thornton, Junior,
Agent to the Trustees

November 7, 1771 - November 14, 1771 – November 21, 17710
Whereas the Estate of Benjamin Grymes cannot be got in Order for Salel by the 25th Instant, there will, on that Day, be sold (at the Place where said Grymes now lives) for ready Money, as many Negroes and Horses as will raise about fifteen Hundred Pounds; and the Residue of his Estate, consisting of about a Hundred and twenty Negroes, several Horses, Oxen Waggons, Carts, Household Furniture, and books, a Tract of land containing about two Thousand Acres, upon Mattapony River, in Spotsylvania County, which will be laid off in Lots, and put under Enclosures, will be sold on the first Monday in February next, at the aforesaid Place where the said Grymes now lives, which is about six Miles from Fredericksburg. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of April 1773, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Trustees, who will attend the Sale, and make good Titles. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds not discharged at the Time they become due to bear Interest from the Date. The two Vessels before advertised (being a Brig and Schooner of about a Hundred Tuns Burthen each) will be sold by the Subscriber at any Time between this and the Day of Sale.
Anthony Thornton, Junior,
Agent to the Trustees
N.B. There are amongst the Negroes some good Colliers, Carters, Forgemen, Watermen &c. and a very good Furnace Keeper.

December 13, 1771
Wanted
A Person capable of acting as a Clerk at Recovery furnace, near Fredericsburg.
Anthony Thornton, jun.

January 16, 1772
The Residue of the Estate of Benjamin Grymes, consisting of about one Hundred and twenty Negroes, several Horses, Oxen Waggons, Carts, Household Furniture and Books, also about two Thousand Acres of Land, upon Mattapony River, in Spotsylvania County, which will be laid off in Lots and put under Enclosures, will be sold on the first Monday of February, at the Plantation where the said Grymes now lives, which is about six Miles from Fredericksburg, on Credit till the 25th Day of April, 1773, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Trustees, who will attend the Sale and make a good Title. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds, not discharged at the Time they become due, to bear Interest from their Date. The two Vessels, before advertised, being a Brig and a Schooner, about one Hundred Tuns Burthen each, will be sold by the Subscriber, at any Time between this and the Day of Sale,
Anthony Thornton, Junior
Agent to the Trustees.
N. B. There are among the Negroes some good Colliers, Carters, Forgemen, Watermen, and a very good Furnace Keeper. The Publick may be assured the Negroes, Horses &c. above advertised, will be sold at the Time and Place appointed.

February 27, 1772 and March 5, 1772
The badness of the weather having prevented any person from attending the sale of Mr. Benjamin Gryme’s estate, on Monday the 3d instant, this is to give notice, that on Monday the 9th of March, if fair, if not the first fair day, will be fold, at the place where the said Grymes lived, about 6 miles from Fredericksburg, on credit till the 25th day of April, 1773, upwards of ONE HUNDRED NEGROES, mostly young men and women. There are amongst them several good foremen, a very good furnace keeper, many watermen, colliers, and carters, about fifty horses and oxen, several wagons, cards, &c. sundry household furniture and books, a brig and schooner about one hundred tons-burthen each, which the subscriber will agree for at any time between this and the day of sale. Also a tract of land containing 2000 acres, lying near Lewis’s bridge, in Spotsylvania, which will be sold altogether, or in parcels, as will best fuit the purchasers, they giving bond and security to the trustees of Mr. Benjamin Grymes, who will attend the sale, and make a good title. Five per cent discount will be allowed for ready money, and all bonds not discharged in the time of the April General Court, 1773, to bear interest from their dates.
Anthony Thornton, jun.

January 7, 1773 and January 21, 1773
In Pursuance of a Decree of the County Court of Spotsylvania will be sold, at Concord Forge, is said County, on Monday the 25th of January, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, the Tract of Land whereon the said Forge stands, containing nine Hundred Acres; also a Tract containing six Hundred Acres, about six Miles from the said Forge, whereon Thomas Poole formerly lived, both Tracts having good Houses on them; likewise twelve likely Virginia born Slaves, together with all the Horses, Hogs, House and Kitchen Furniture, belonging to the said Poole, to satisfy a Debt to the Honourable John Tayloe, Esquire. Credit will be allowed the Purchasers for the Slaves and Stocks until the 25th of October next, on giving Bond and Security; the Bonds to bear Interest from the Date if not punctually paid, and the Credit for the Lands will be agreed on at the Day of Sale, by the Subscriber.
Anthony Thornton, Junior.

April 22, 1773 (Publish date)
March 30, 1773
As the Bonds taken by Mess. Tayloe, Thornton, and Fitzhugh, on Account of Mr. Benjamin Grymes’s Estate, will very shortly become due, I take this Method to inform those whom it may concern that they are put into my Hands, to collect, for which Purpose I will attend in Williamsburg the 25th of April; and for the Convenience of such as may not have Business in Williamsburg, I will also attend in Fredericksburg from the 15th to the 18th of April. As those Gentlemen are largely engaged for that Estate, and their Creditors very pressing, I hope all Persons indebted, either by Bond or Account, will be punctual and speedy in their Payments as no Indulgence can or will be granted to such as sail. I am desired by the said Gentlemen to request a Meeting of Mr. Grymes’s Creditors, in Williamsburg, the 27th of April, when a State of their Engagements, as well as Debt due to them will be laid before them, in Order to fee if the Whole will pay the Trustees, and, if so, what will remain for the Creditors.
Anthony Thornton, Junior.

December 22, 1774
Williamsburg
At a meeting of the freeholders of the county of Caroline, assembled at the courthouse, on Thursday the 8th of December, 1774, for the purpose of chusing a committee to fee that the association is duly kept, agreeable to the resolutions of the continental congress, the following persons were elected: Edmund Pendleton, James Taylor, Walker Taliaferro, William Nelson, James Upshaw, William Woodford, Anthony Thornton, George Baylor, Thomas Lomax, Richard Johnson, John Tennens, George Taylor, John Minor, Thomas, Loury, John Armstead, John Jones, George Guy, Benjamin Hubbard, Samuel Haws, and Edmund Pendleton, junior, gentlemen.
Edmund Pendleton, esquire, was unanimously elected chairman of the committee, and Samuel Haws, junior, appointed clerk.
Samuel Haws, Clerk

February 16, 1776
The committee of the county of Caroline, averse to rendering any portion a publick spectacle of contempt, except for a flagrant breach of the general allociation and having once excused a certain Rodham Kenner, of the said county, for deviating from the rules proscribed by the Congress, now find themselves under the necessity of publishing to the world the infamous behavior of the said Kenner, who, forgetting the former clemency of this committee, has a second time violated the association, by continuing to game unlawfully, and to entice others, first by making them drunk, to become partakers of his guilt. These circumstances being fully proved to the committee, they would be forgetful of their duty if they did not advise the people of their own county in particular, and of the colony in general, to avoid all manner of dealings with the said Rodham Kenner, and to treat him in future as every enemy to American liberty deserves.
Anthony Thornton, chairman.
Pro tempore
Samuel Hawes, Jun. clerk

July 11, 1777
Five Pounds Reward
Run away from the subscriber, in the upper end of Caroline County, the last week in May, two Negro Men, Abraham and Caesar, the former is about 6 Feet 3 or 4 Inces high, is a strong well made Fellow, a Shoemaker by Trade, is a find Plantation hand, has had a Sore upon one of his Shine Bones nearly as large as a Dollar, and I expect the Scar is still fresh. Cesar is a Planter, stoops a little in his shoulders, is an outlandish Negro, and his Temples are full of grey Hairs. I purchased both of said Slaves last October from Col. Philip Rootes of King and Queen County, where I have reason to believe they are gone. Whoever will take up and deliver the said Negroes to me shall receive the above Reward, or Fifty Shillings for either of them.
Anthony Thornton, Junior.

September 5, 1777
To be sold, to the highest Bidder, before Mr. William Smith’s Tavern, in Fredericksburg, on Monday the 6th Day October next, at 12 o’Clock, a Tract of Land adjoining the old Recovery Furnace, about 6 or 7 Miles from Fredericksburg, it contains by Estimation 1600 Acres, and will be sold altogether for ready Cash, there are several Houses upon it, but as it is expected, and I would recommend it to those who incline to purchase, to view the Land before the Day of Sale. A Description is unnecessary. The Subscriber will show it to any who applies. – Two Negro Men advertised in the Gazette some Time since, viz. Abraham and Cesar, formerly the Property of Philip Rootes, Esq; of King & Queen, are not yet taken, any Person, who will deliver them to me, or have them confined in any Gaol, so that I get them, shall be gentcely rewarded.
Anthony Thornton, Jun.

December 25, 1779
For Sale, Price One Thousand Pounds
A Large carriage horse, 6 years old, a fine bay, fullr 6 hands high, very lengthy, and trots light and well. Any person wanting such a horse, may be supplied by applying to the subscriber in the upper end of Caroline county, near Todd’s ordinary, I shall not think myself confined to the above price, unless application is made within a month from the date hereof.
Anthony Thornton, Jun.
December 25, 1779