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S. Jacobs G.M.
To all whom these presents may concern Greetings:
Know ye trust we Solomon Jacobs Grand Master of Masons in the state
aforesaid by and with the consent of our Grand Lodge do hereby
constitute our trusty and well beloved Brethren John M. Martin Master
Hudson Martin (Junior) Senior Warden and Landon H. Brent Junior
Warden together with all such other true and lawful brethren as may be
admitted to associate with them to assemble and work as a regular
lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in the County of Nelson
aforesaid; by the name title and designation of the Rockfish Harmony
Lodge No. 92 hereby requiring and enjoining all regular lodges to hold
acknowledge and respect them as such. And we do hereby grant and
commit to the Master Wardens and Brethren aforesaid and their
successors full power and authority to receive and enter apprentices to
pass fellow crafts to raise Master Masons and to perform all other
works of the craft agreeably to the ancient customs and usages of free
and accepted Masons and the ordinances and regulations of the Grand
Lodge of Virginia but not otherwise. And also to choose a Master and
Wardens and other officers annually; and to exact from the brethren
being members of said lodge such fees as they shall pledge necessary
for the support of their said lodge the relief of their Brethren in distress
and regular payment of their annual contribution towards the Grand
Charity Fund. And we do hereby require and enjoin the Master
Wardens and Brethren aforesaid and their successors to record in their
books along with this present charter their own regulations and bylaws
and their whole acts and proceedings from time to time as they occur;
and also to correspond with our Grand Lodge whenever occasion may
require and to attend the meetings thereof regularly by their proper
representatives or proxies; and also to pay due respect and obedience
to all such ordinances and instruction as they may from time to time
receive from the Grand Lodge or from the Grand Master for the time
being. And lastly the Master Wardens and Brethren aforesaid in behalf
of themselves and their successors do by accepting hereof solemnly to
engage strictly to conform to all and every of the foregoing requisitions
and injunctions and at all times to acknowledge and recognise the
Grand Lodge and the Grand Master of Virginia as their superiors and to
obey them or either of them in all things appertaining to the craft.
Done in the Grand Lodge of Virginia in the City of Richmond this 15th
day of December Anno Lucis 5812 – Anno Domini 1812.
Wm. H. Fitzwhylsonn G. S.
In Grand Lodge Dec 9th A.L. 5845 – A.D. 1845 it was resolved that the
above lodge be revived and removed to Fleetwood, Nelson County by
the name Fleetwood harmony Lodge No. 92 appointing H.W. Heath
Master, L. H. Perrow Senior Warden and L.N. Liggon Junior Warden.
John Dove G Secty
To all whom these presents may concern Greetings:
Know ye trust we Solomon Jacobs Grand Master of Masons in the state
aforesaid by and with the consent of our Grand Lodge do hereby
constitute our trusty and well beloved Brethren John M. Martin Master
Hudson Martin (Junior) Senior Warden and Landon H. Brent Junior
Warden together with all such other true and lawful brethren as may be
admitted to associate with them to assemble and work as a regular
lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in the County of Nelson
aforesaid; by the name title and designation of the Rockfish Harmony
Lodge No. 92 hereby requiring and enjoining all regular lodges to hold
acknowledge and respect them as such. And we do hereby grant and
commit to the Master Wardens and Brethren aforesaid and their
successors full power and authority to receive and enter apprentices to
pass fellow crafts to raise Master Masons and to perform all other
works of the craft agreeably to the ancient customs and usages of free
and accepted Masons and the ordinances and regulations of the Grand
Lodge of Virginia but not otherwise. And also to choose a Master and
Wardens and other officers annually; and to exact from the brethren
being members of said lodge such fees as they shall pledge necessary
for the support of their said lodge the relief of their Brethren in distress
and regular payment of their annual contribution towards the Grand
Charity Fund. And we do hereby require and enjoin the Master
Wardens and Brethren aforesaid and their successors to record in their
books along with this present charter their own regulations and bylaws
and their whole acts and proceedings from time to time as they occur;
and also to correspond with our Grand Lodge whenever occasion may
require and to attend the meetings thereof regularly by their proper
representatives or proxies; and also to pay due respect and obedience
to all such ordinances and instruction as they may from time to time
receive from the Grand Lodge or from the Grand Master for the time
being. And lastly the Master Wardens and Brethren aforesaid in behalf
of themselves and their successors do by accepting hereof solemnly to
engage strictly to conform to all and every of the foregoing requisitions
and injunctions and at all times to acknowledge and recognise the
Grand Lodge and the Grand Master of Virginia as their superiors and to
obey them or either of them in all things appertaining to the craft.
Done in the Grand Lodge of Virginia in the City of Richmond this 15th
day of December Anno Lucis 5812 – Anno Domini 1812.
Wm. H. Fitzwhylsonn G. S.
In Grand Lodge Dec 9th A.L. 5845 – A.D. 1845 it was resolved that the
above lodge be revived and removed to Fleetwood, Nelson County by
the name Fleetwood harmony Lodge No. 92 appointing H.W. Heath
Master, L. H. Perrow Senior Warden and L.N. Liggon Junior Warden.
John Dove G Secty
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