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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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