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Benevolent Lodge No. 34 Past Masters
The following is the list of Worshipful Masters from Benevolent Lodge No. 34, in Courtland, Virginia.
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Benevolent Lodge No. 34 History
| Chartered | October 1791 |
| Joseph Holmes | Worshipful Master |
| Richard P. Clements | Senior Warden |
| Joseph Fort | Junior Warden |
| Declared dormant | 1816 |
| Rechartered | 1822 |
| Last official report | 1842 |
| Declared extinct | 1849 |
- Meet at the Courthouse (perhaps earlier at inn/taverns)
- Submitted annual reports 28 of 58 years it was active 1793: grown to 36 Masons, 10 raised that year; 5 in training; 6 rejected from membership
- By 1803 had grown to 72 members
- No reports 1804-1816. Declared dormant 1816
- Rechartered in 1822 with 51 members (would decline slowly)
- Returns became sporadic after the 1831 Rebellion
- Erected a hall in 1823
- Last official report in 1842 showed only 14 members
- Declared extinct 1849
- Members tracked to formation of Berlin 42 (1850), Acacia 84 (1854), & Franklin 151 (1856)