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P. 6 The Masonic Certificate or Diploma given Bro. Belli when he demitted from Lexington to
become the founder of Portsm.outh, Ohio, eads as follows; "Set Lux et Lux Fuit" To all true
enlightened Men. We do hereby certiry that John Belli was regularly entered in the Lodge of
andtient Free Masons established under warrant from the Grand Lodge of Virginia by the name
and style of the Lexington Lodge, No. 25, and has demeaned himself as a Worthy Brother. In
tessimor.y of which we have hereunto set our hands and caused the Secretary of said Lodge to
affix the seal stamp on the 26 day of March Ann. Domini 1796  Annoque Lucis 5796.
Thomas Love, Master; McGregor, Senior Wardei; H. M1lvain, Junior Warden; Test: B.
Thurston, Secretary. (Seal)
  P. 7. Lexington Lodge returns to Virginia, exist only for the years 1794 and 1799. They are as
follows: 1794-James Morr!son Master; Thomas Love. Senior Warden; Thomas Todd, Junior
Warden; John Fowler, Past Master; Inferior Officers: Hugh MWllvain, Treasurer; Basil Duke,
Secretary; John Ke'ly. Tyler. Masters, Green Clay, Daniel Weisegar, James Davis, Buckner
Thurston, Robert Keen, Feederick Ridgeley, Innis 13. Brent, Robert McGowan, William Murray
Richard W. Downing, Edwaed West, Thomas Clarke, Kenneth McCoy, Edmund Bullock,
Baker Ewing, Robert Parker, William P. Smith, John Crittenden, Alexander McGregor. Fel-
low Crafts, Thomas Peed, John Parker, Charles Smith Richard Jones, Nicholas Lewis, David
Beall, William Ford, John Crozier, Martin O'Daniel, Richard Spears, Robert Holmes. Entered
Apprentices, Edward S. Thomas, William Hubble, David Walker, James F. Moore. Fellow
Crafts, William Daingerfield, Jesse Bledsoe, William Robb, Joseph Boswell, Beni. Graves
George Hansoll. Apprentices, John Clay, James Hughes, Stewart Wilkins, John A. Seitz,
Thomas J. Garnett. As will be ncted, very few in the first list are named in the second, yet
under the Ken ucky Grand Lodge we find them again on the rolls. The explanation seems to
be that under Virginia rule, only resident Masons at the time were inclueed in the returns. mem-
bers absent therefrom for a considerable period not being counted . 1 799-Samuel Postlethwait.
Master; Cuthbert Banks, Senior Warden; John Jordan, Junior Warden; James Bliss, Secretary
Charles Latham, Treasurer; Jeromiah Rogers, Senior Deacon; J. M. Bob6, Junior Deacon;
James [Innes] C. Brout, [Brent] 'Steward; Nathaniel Barker, Tyler.  Past Master, Thomas
Boddley; Master Masons, Edward Wort [Wast'1, Francis Jones, Tunstal Quarles. James Rus.
sell, David McClelland, Beni. Helm, Ribharr Hophouse, Thos. Turpin, Lhwis Marshall, John
Crittenden, John Rowan, Andrew Porter, Win. Lytle, Chas. Carr, John Hsllingsworth, Preston
Brown, Hugh Logan, Thomas Wallace.