1861 April 11 Phi Kappa Psi Hall, University of Virginia

Fraternity called to order by Bro Shearer the
Proedrus, Prayer by Chaplain---
Rolled called & Bros Berkeley, Page, Payne, Smith
& Washington were absent--
Minutes of two last meetings were read
& stood approved.

Communication was read from Fort Sumter
where the South Carolina ^'(Col)' Chapter has adjourned to
T. Moore Fr.

2 Comns from Penn. Z. with regard to levying a
tax etc were read---

Bros Poague & Smith were excused from fines
for absence.

A dun from Mr T G. Vaughan for $15.00 1 quarters
rent was brought before the Fraternity--

Mr Reeve was not informed thro negligence
put off he was elected again--

Fraternity adjourned
R. B. Shearer
E B Massie


Richard Baxter Shearer, a Confederate captain, fell at Monacacy Md. 1864
Edwin Blackwell Massie later farmed in Albemarle County, Va.
John James Reeve, a Confederate major, was a merchant and planter in Kentucky after the war
James Edgar Poague was later a physician in Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Robert J. Washington, a Confederate Lieut. and Adjt. was a lawyer in Westmoreland County, Va., after the war.
John Meem Payne, a Confederate captain, farmed in Lynchburg after the war

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