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Virginia Documents, Accession #38-457, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Scope and Content

Includes appointment, 25 October 1770, of James Lane as sheriff of Loudoun County, Va., signed by William Nelson; appointment, 27 November 1783, of Joseph Lane, William Gunnell, William Fitzhugh and Thomas Kennon as justices of the peace for Loudoun County, Va., also assigning them special powers to hear criminal cases involving slaves, signed by Benjamin Harrison; and order, 2 January 1778, to George Rogers Clark to raise a force to attack a British post at Kaskaskia, Ill., signed by Patrick Henry.

Also includes commission to James McClung, 1797 September 20, signed by James Wood; commission to Charles Seacat, 1802 October 18, signed by James Monroe; commission, 1803 September 13 to Alexander Paxton signed by John Page; commission, 1805 September 12, to William Houston, signed by John Guerrant; commission, 1809 June 29, to Samuel Carrick signed by George William Smith; commission, 1814 February 21, to Andrew Wallace, signed by James Barbour; commission, 1816 February 14, to James Adams signed by Wilson Cary Nicholas; commission, 1822 June 13, to Samuel Wilson, signed by Thomas Mann Randolph; commission,1823 May 15, to Addison Gilmore, signed by james Pleasants, Jr.; appointment, 11 December 1844, of William Massie as sheriff of Nelson County  , Va., signed by James McDowell; and commissions, 1787-1830, for officers in the Virginia Militia, predominantly from Rockbridge County, Va., including commissions for James McClung and William MacKay. Commission signers include James Barbour, John Floyd, James Monroe, Wilson Cary Nicholas, John Page, James Pleasants, Thomas M. Randolph, and James Wood.