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From: Lewis Peyton Little, Imprisoned Preachers and Religious Liberty

HOW SOME BAPTISTS WERE PERSECUTED In Virginia in the 1700s

Afferman, John ....... Middlesex ............ Cruelly beaten — incapacitated for work.
Alderson, John ....... Botetourt .............. Jailed for (?).
Ammon, Thomas ... Culpeper ............... Jailed for preaching.
Anthony, Joseph..... Chesterfield............ Jailed for preaching. “Three months."
Baker, Elijah. ......... Accomac.............. Pelted with apples and stones.
Baker, Elijah........... Accomac.............. Banishment attempted.
Baker, Elijah........... Accomac.............. Jailed for preaching. Fifty - six days.
Banks, Adam.......... Culpeper.............. Jailed for (?).
Barrow, David........ Nansemond.......... Ducked and nearly drowned by 20 men.
Barrow, David........ Nansemond.......... Dragged from the house and driven away.
Burrus, John........... Caroline............... Jailed for preaching.
Chambers, Thomas . Orange............... Jailed for (?).
Chastain, Rane ...... Chesterfield.......... Ordered to leave the county, or go to jail.
Chastain, Rane ...... Chesterfield.......... Commanded to take a dram, or be whipped.
Chiles, James........ Spotsylvania......... Jailed for preaching. “Forty-three days."
Choning, Bartholomew..Caroline.......... Jailed for (?).
Clay, Eleazer........ Chesterfield........... Man rode up to cowhide him - failed.
Clay, John............. (?) ..................... Jailed for preaching.
Corbley, John ....... Culpeper............. Frequently taken from pulpit - beaten.
Corbley, John ....... Orange............... Jailed for preaching.
Corbley, John ....... Culpeper............. Jailed for preaching.
Craig, Elijah ....... Culpeper............. Jailed for preaching. "One month."
Craig, Elijah ....... Culpeper............. Jailed for preaching. Duration unknown.
Craig, Elijah ....... Orange................ Jailed for preaching. Seventeen or 18 days.
Craig, Elijah........ Orange................ Jailed for preaching. "A considerable time."
Craig, Joseph........ Spotsylvania ......... Apprehended, but escaped.
Craig, Joseph........ Orange................ Presented for being absent from church.
Craig, Lewis......... Spotsylvania......... Indicted, tried, but not imprisoned.


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Craig, Lewis............ Spotsylvania....... Jail for preaching. “Four weeks."
Craig, Lewis. .......... Caroline................... Arrested and required to give bond.
Craig, Lewis. .......... Caroline................... Jailed for preaching. "Three months."
Craig, Lewis............ Caroline....................Carried to Williamsburg on habeas corpus.
Delaney, John........... Culpeper.................. Jailed for permitting a man to pray.
Eastin, Augustine....... Chesterfield............ ... Jailed for preaching.
Elkins, Richard......... Pittsylvania... Two men started for warrant. Frightened.
Falkner, Richard........ Middlesex... Arrested but released.
Fristoe, Daniel......... Fauquier............ Service interrupted by curses and silly antics.
Fristoe, Daniel......... Stafford..... Warrant issued but not executed.
Fristoe, Daniel......... Stafford .................. Gun presented to his breast.
Fristoe, William........ Stafford....... Application for warrant for him refused.
Fristoe, William........ Stafford ...............Pursued by man with gun, but escaped.
Fristoe, William........ Stafford............... Taken by a warrant, went to Philadelphia.
Goolrich, James......... Caroline... .......... Jailed for preaching.
Greenwood, James..... Middlesex................ Presented for being absent from church.
Greenwood, James..... King and Queen....... Jailed for preaching. “Sixteen days."
Greenwood, James........ Middlesex............... Jailed for preaching. "Forty-six days."
Hargate, Thomas......... Amherst................... Jailed for preaching.
Harriss, Samuel......... Pittsylvania............ Mightily opposed and slandered.
Harriss, Samuel......... Culpeper................ “You shall not preach here."
Harriss, Samuel......... Culpeper............. Meeting broken up by a mob.
Harriss, Samuel......... N. Carolina.... Knocked down while preaching.
Harriss, Samuel......... Culpeper................. Door battered down.
Harriss, Samuel......... Culpeper....... Arrested as a vagabond, schismatic, etc.
Harriss, Samuel......... Orange........... Pulled down and hauled about by hair, hand, etc.
Harriss, Samuel......... Loudon........... Locked up in gaol for some time.
Herndon, Edward......... Caroline................... Jailed for preaching.
Ireland, James.......... Culpeper............ Tried to suffocate him with smoke."
Ireland, James.......... Culpeper.................. Tried to blow him up with gun-powder.
Ireland, James.......... Culpeper.............. Tried to poison him. Injured for life.

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Ireland, James.......... Culpeper ................. Drunken rowdies put in same cell with him.
Ireland, James.. ....... Culpeper .......... Threatened with a public whipping.
Ireland, James.......... Culpeper ............. Horses ridden over his hearers at jail.
Ireland, James.......... Culpeper ............... Men made their water in his face.
Ireland, James.......... Culpeper ................ Jailed for preaching. Five months.
Ireland, James..... .... (?) .... ................ Opposition everywhere.
Kaufman, Martin......... Shenandoah ............. Severely beaten with a stick.
Koontz, John............ Shenandoah ........... Severely beaten with butt end of large cane.
Koontz, John............ Met in the road and beaten.
Koontz, John............ (?) .................. Arrested and started to jail, but released.
Lane, Dutton............ Lunenburg ...."Charged not to come there again."
Lane, Dutton............ Pittsylvania ..............Endured much persecution.
Lane, Dutton............ Pittsylvania .........His mother beaten by his father.
Leland, John............ Orange .................. Threatened with a gun.
Lewis, Ivison........... Gloucester ................"Met with violent opposition."
Lewis, Ivison........... Essex ........................Arrested but not imprisoned.
Lovall, William......... King and Queen ....Jailed for preaching. “Sixteen days."
Lunsford, Lewis......... Lancaster ....
Lunsford, Lewis......... Northumberland .. His preaching interrupted by mob violence and legal proscription.
Lunsford, Lewis......... Richmond .........
Lunsford, Lewis......... Westmoreland ........
Lunsford, Lewis......... Richmond ............ Summoned and required to give bond.
McClannahan, William.... Culpeper ............... .. Jailed for preaching.
Major, Richard.......... Fairfax .................... Warrants issued but not executed.
Major, Richard.......... Fauquier .............. Warrants issued at Bull Run - defended-Giants.
Major, Richard.......... Man went to meeting determined to kill him.
Major, Richard.......... Fauquier ............. Mob so outrageous-nearly pulled to pieces.
Marshall, Daniel........ Pittsylvania.............. "Endured much persecution."
Marshall, William....... Fauquier .................. Arrested but they failed to jail him.
Mash, William........... Spotsylvania ......... Jailed for preaching. “Forty-three days."
Mastin, Thomas.......... Orange ................. Presented by grand jury.
Maxwell, Thomas......... Culpeper ................... Jailed for preaching.
Mintz, Edward........... Nansemond............. Ducked and driven away in his wet clothes.
Moffett, Anderson....... Culpeper ............... Jailed for preaching.

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Moore, Jeremiah......... (?)............. Brutally assaulted by a mob.
Moore, Jeremiah......... Fairfax ............... .... Apprehended and carried before magistrate.
Moore, Jeremiah......... Fairfax ............ ...... Jailed for preaching, perhaps three times.
Morton, Elijah.......... Orange...................... Ousted as a Justice because he was a Baptist.
Mullins, William........ Middlesex ............. Presented for being absent from church.
Murphy, Joseph.......... (?)... ............. Carried before magistrate, not imprisoned.
Picket, John............ Fauquier .................. Great opposition from mobs and magistrates.
Picket, John............ Culpeper ............... Misrepresented by Parson before congregation.
Picket, John............ Culpeper ........... Jailed for preaching.
Picket, John............ Fauquier ........... Jailed for preaching. Three months or more.
Pitman, Hipkins......... Caroline .................... Arrested and threatened with whipping.
Pitman, James........... Caroline ............... .. Jailed for preaching. “Sixteen days."
Pitts, Younger.......... Caroline ................. Arrested, abused and released.
Reed, James............. (?)................. Dragged off stage, kicked and cuffed about.
Reed, James............. Spotsylvania ........... Jailed for preaching. “Forty-three days."
Saunders, Nathaniel..... Culpeper ............. Summoned to appear at court for preaching.
Saunders, Nathaniel..... Culpeper or Orange ... Arrested and tried, but acquited.
Saunders, Nathaniel..... Culpeper ................. Jailed for preaching.
Shackelford, John....... Essex ...................... Jailed for preaching. "Eight days."
Spencer, Joseph......... Orange................. Jailed for preaching.
Spiller, Philip......... Stafford .................... Jailed for preaching.
Street, Henry........... Middlesex ............... Received one lash — prevented by companions.
Tanner, John............ Chesterfield............. Jailed for preaching. Gave bond.
Tanner, John............ Norfleet's Ferry......... Shot with a shot-gun.
Taylor, John............ Hampshire .............. Suffered the “rage of mobs.”
Thomas, David........... Stafford.. ................. Violent opposition - worship prevented.
Thomas, David........... Stafford.................. Ruffans armed with bludgeons to beat him.
Thomas, David........... Culpeper or Orange....... Dragged out amidst clinched fists, etc.
Thomas, David........... Fauquier (?).......... Pulled down while preaching - dragged out.

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Thomas, David.......... Culpeper or Orange Attempt made to shoot him - battle followed. "Three Old Men”.
Stafford............... Indicted, fined, but not imprisoned.
Tinsley, David......... Chesterfield............. Jailed for preaching. Four months and 16 days.
Tribble, Andrew........ Orange.................... Presented for preaching.
Waford, Thomas......... Middlesex ............... Severely beaten with a whip.
Waford, Thomas......... Essex.................... Arrested, searched and released.
Walker, Jeremiah....... James City .............. Opposed by the “Parson and others."
Walker, Jeremiah....... Chesterfield............. Jailed for preaching.
Walker, Jeremiah....... Chesterfield............ Denied the prison bounds.
Walker, Jeremiah....... Lunenburg ............ Sued in two actions for baptizing two boys.
Waller, John........... Hanover.................... Hauled about by the hair of his head.
Waller, John........... (?) ................ Almost rent asunder by friend and foe.
Waller, John........... Caroline ..................... Jerked off stage — head beaten against ground.
Waller, John........... Caroline ............... Whipped severely by the Sheriff.
Waller, John........... Caroline ............ Jailed for preaching. Ten days.
Waller, John........... Essex ................ Jailed for preaching. Fourteen days.
Waller, John........... Spotsylvania ............. Jailed for preaching. Forty-three days.
Waller, John........... Middlesex ...... Jailed for preaching. Forty-six days.
Ware, James............ Caroline ... Jailed for preaching. Sixteen days.
Ware, Robert........... Middlesex ............. Presented for not going to church.
Ware, Robert........... (?) ........... Annoyed by men drinking and playing cards.
Ware, Robert........... Essex ....................... Jailed for preaching. Eight days.
Ware, Robert........... Middlesex ............... Jailed for preaching. Forty-six days.
Weatherford, John...... Chesterfield .............. Jailed for preaching. Five months.
Weatherford, John...... Chesterfield ............. Denied the prison bounds.
Weatherford, John...... Chesterfield .............. Hands slashed while preaching.
Webber, William........ Middlesex ................ Jailed for preaching. Forty-six days.
Webber, William........ Chesterfield ............ Jailed for preaching. Three months.
Weeks, Anderson........ Stafford ................... Arrested on a warrant, but not imprisoned.
Wyley, Allen........... Orange ..................... Jailed for preaching. “For some-time."
Young, John ........... Caroline ................ Jailed for preaching. Five or six months.

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[From Lewis Peyton Little, Imprisoned Preachers and Religious Liberty In Virginia, 1938, p. 516-520. Scanned and formatted by Jim Duvall.]



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