John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 736

We can obtain some indications of the inhabitants of the Little Fork area during the Revolutionary War by looking at a few of the Culpeper Classes.  This is not an exhaustive list, but it does give us some idea as to who was living in the Little Fork.

In Class 33 , there were:

• Jacob Coones, Lt.;
• Henry Coones;
• Joseph Hufman;
• Joseph Weyman;
• Nathaniel Spilman;
• James Samuel;
• William Matthis;
• Stephen Jett;
• Davis Holder;
• Benjamin Holder;
• Jesse Williams;
• John Curtis;
• James Hufman; and
• Aquila Matthis.

  (John Curtis was the initial draft, but John Proctor was drafted in his place.  Perhaps Curtis had medical problems.)

In Class 34 , there were:

• Joseph Coones, Junr.;
• John Fishback (son of Jacob);
• Jacob Hanback, Junr.;
• James Blackwell;
• John Spilman;
• John Matthis;
• James Burkett;
• Frederick Coones;
• John Young, Junr.;
• Frederick Fishback (son of Frederick);
• John Coones;
• Peter Kamper;
• William Button; and
• Harmon Button.

  (Frederick Coons was drafted, but Thomas Blackwell was a substitute for him.)

In Class 35 , there were:

• Robert Latham;
• Capt. Richard Yancy;
• Gavin Lawson;
• George Bush;
• Gollop Duncan;
• John Graham;
• William Green;
• Jesse Smith;
• William Arnold;
• William Smith;
• John Young;
• Henry Hufman, Junr.;
• William Sherrill; and
• Simon Stone.

  (John Young was drafted, but Samuel Young was a substitute for him.)

In Class 36 , there were:

• Charles Spilman;
• John Fishback (son of Fred);
• John Whitesides;
• Thomas Freeman;
• Daniel McKenzie;
• John Tapp;
• William Cannon;
• Amos Crane;
• Zachariah Wood;
• Robert Miller;
• James Spillman;
• Abraham Mershon;
• Isaac Anderson; and
• Absalom Adams (?), Junr.

  (William Cannon was drafted, but Elias Barbee was a substitute for Cannon, to serve 18 months.)

In Class 37 , there were:

• Elizmon Baysie;
• Cornelius Scott;
• Joseph Baysie;
• Edmond Baysie;
• William Baysie;
• Jacob Nay, Junr.;
• James Scott;
• John Nay;
• Harmon Otterback;
• Benjamin Walker;
• George Hammett;
• William Miller;
• Martin Gaunt; and
• Joseph Otterback.

  (Jacob Nay, Jr., was the draft and he served.  The general locale of the people in this class was to the north.)

A few other names suggest Germanna people outside the immediate areas of the classes above.  Harmon Wisecarver was in Class 38.  Martin Hufman was in Class 43.

The source of the above data was " The Culpeper Classes " which was researched and published by John Blankenbaker.  (If I do say so myself, this is the most accurate, and the easiest to use, set of information on the Culpeper Classes.)