News and advertisements about Colonial Gloucester County including Kingston Parish (present-day Mathews County) from the pages of the Virginia Gazette, 1736-1780
Compiled by Sara E. Lewis From an index to the Virginia Gazette, produced in 1950 by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff of the Institute of Early American History and Culture (Omohundro Institute) with additional Gloucester material not captured by the indexers. Kingston Parish (Mathews) was part of Gloucester County when the Virginia Gazette was published in Williamsburg. Occasional posts about world and local events that captured the bloggers fancy are included to put local listings in context. Please review primary source material before citing.
Clear’d out of York River. August 20. Ship Somerset, of Bristol, John Saunders, Master, for Bristol, with 242 Hogsheads of Tobacco, 5400 Staves, 1 Cask of Deer Skins, 1 Ditto of Bever Skins, and 25 Tons of Iron.
