A Guide to the Receipts for laws of the Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1786-1867 Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth, Assistant assessor's correspondence 39205

A Guide to the Receipts for laws of the Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1786-1867

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Accession Number 36145

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The Library of Virginia

Accession Number

36145

Title

Receipts for laws of the Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1786-1867

Extent

5.2 cu. ft. (12 boxes)

Creator

Virginia. Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth, Receipts for laws, 1786-1867. Accession 36145. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

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The Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth has evolved from early colonial times when there existed a Secretary of the Colony. Thomas Nelson held the position of the first Secretary of Virginia in 1776. Early Secretaries were elected by the public. An Act of the General Assembly in 1920 changed the election to a joint vote of the General Assembly. In a 1930 Act the duties of the Secretary were redefined with the Secretary of the Commonwealth serving as the ex officio secretary of the Governor, as custodian of many official State records, and as keeper of the Greater and Lesser Seals of the Commonwealth. The office of the Secretary has gradually acquired other functions, such as: service of out-of-state civil process; appointment and regulation of notaries public; and registration and oversight of lobbyists. The Office became a gubernatorial appointment subsequent to a 1958 Act of the Assembly. The Secretary of the Commonwealth is under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office. The Secretary is appointed by the Governor for a term of four years. Currently the Secretary of the Commonwealth is responsible for gubernatorial appointments, clemency and restoration of civil rights requests and extraditions. Additional activities include: serving as ex officio Secretary to the Governor; serving as keeper of the seals of the Commonwealth; compiling and publishing the annual Blue Book; commissioning and regulating notary publics, including the publication of a Notary Handbook and conduct of disciplinary hearings; promulgating the lobbying disclosure requirements, registration of lobbyists, and recording of lobbying reports; servicing the civil process of out-of-state defendants and other parties; and authenticating and certifying the records of the courts and of any state agency.

Scope and Content

Receipts, 1786-1867, from court clerks for session acts, codes, statutes at large, etc., distributed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The receipts are arranged by year and grouped together by name of the person who delivered the acts and laws to the clerks. Included are receipts, lists of counties in a district, notebooks containing signed receipts from county clerks, and notebooks on mileage travelled. Also included is some correspondence. Of note are the applications for employment, 1823, sent to the Governor. The applications consist of letters from people wanting to do the job of delivering the laws and letters of recommendation for them.

The following is a list of the districts and the counties included in each district. Often included in the records were lists naming the district and counties for each person delivering the materials. These lists were used to create the district list below, though there might be some discrepancies over the years as districts changed.

District No. 1 included the counties Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nansemond, Norfolk (City and County), Northampton, Nottoway, Prince George, Princess Anne, Southampton, Sussex, and Surry; and Petersburg. District No. 2 included the counties of Berkeley, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Hampshire, Hardy, Hanover, Jefferson, Loudoun, Morgan, Page, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Prince William, Rapphannock, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren; and Fredericksburg and Winchester. District No. 3 included the counties of Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Cumberland, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson, Halifax, Henry, Lee, Mercer, Patrick, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Pulaksi, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, and Wythe; and Lynchburg and Roanoke. District No. 4 included the counties Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Cabell, Fayette, Fluvanna, Goochland, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Logan, Mason, Monroe, Nelson, and Rockbridge. District No. 5 included the counties of Charles City, Elizabeth City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, Henrico, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Richmond (City and County), Warwick, Westmoreland, and York; and Williamsburg. District No. 6 included the counties of Braxton Brooke, Greene, Harrison, Lewis, Louisa, Madison, Marshall, Monongalia, Orange, Ohio, Preston, Randolph, Rockingham, Tyler, and Wood; and Wheeling. In the 1850-1860s a few new districts appears. District No. 7 included the counties of Alleghany, Braxton, Clay, Greenbrier, Kanawha Jackson, Mason, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster; and Roanoke. District No. 9 included the counties of Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Logan, Mercer, Monroe, Putnam, Raleigh, Wayne, and Wyoming.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Contents List

Box 1 Folder 1

1786, Archibald Blair

Box 1 Folder 2

1800, John Atkinson [Dist. No. 3]

Box 1 Folder 3

1800, Aylite Buckner [Dist. No. 1]

Box 1 Folder 4

1800, Charles Carter [Dist. No. 5]

Box 1 Folder 5

1800, Joseph Childress [Dist. No. 3]

Box 1 Folder 6

1800, John Elliot [Dist. No. 4]

Box 1 Folder 7

1800, John Gunn [Dist. No. 5]

Box 1 Folder 8

1800, James Laughlin

Box 1 Folder 9

1800, John Moore

Box 1 Folder 10

1801, John Atkinson

Box 1 Folder 11

1801, Samuel Coleman

Box 1 Folder 12

1801, John Gunn [Dist. No. 5]

Box 1 Folder 13

1801, Nathaniel Holoman [Dist. No. 1]

Box 1 Folder 14

1801, John McKenny

Box 1 Folder 15

1801, Isaac Taylor

Box 1 Folder 16

1802, John Atkinson [Dist. No. 3]

Box 1 Folder 17

1802, Thomas Eldridge

Box 1 Folder 18

1802, John Gunn [Dist. No. 5]

Box 1 Folder 19

1802, Nathaniel Holoman [Dist. No. 1]

Box 1 Folder 20

1802, Peter Price

Box 2 Folder 1

1803, John Atkinson [Dist. No. 3]

Box 2 Folder 2

1803, Robinson Lord [Dist. No. 2]

Box 2 Folder 3

1803, John Gunn [Dist. No. 5]

Box 2 Folder 4

1803, Nathaniel Holoman [Dist. No. 2]

Box 2 Folder 5

1803, Peter Price

Box 2 Folder 6

1804, Robinson Lord [Dist. No. 1]

Box 2 Folder 7

1809

Box 2 Folder 8

1810, John Gunn, Robinson Lord, and Bernard Reynolds

Box 2 Folder 9

1813, [Dist. No. 1]

Box 2 Folder 10

1819, Bernard Reynolds [Dist. No. 3]

Box 2 Folder 11

1820, John Jacobs

Box 2 Folder 12

1820, John Quicksall [Dist. No. 3]

Box 3 Folder 1

1820, John H. Pettus [Dist. No. 2]

Box 3 Folder 2

1820, Norborne Ratcliffe [Dist. No. 6]

Box 3 Folder 3

1820, Bernard Reynolds

Box 3 Folder 4

1822, John Ford

Box 3 Folder 5

1822, Ryland Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 3 Folder 6

1822, John P. Lord [Dist. No. 1]

Box 3 Folder 7

1823, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 3 Folder 8

1823, Applications for employment

Box 3 Folder 9

1823

Box 3 Folder 10

1824, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 3 Folder 11

1824, John P. Lord [Dist. No. 1]

Box 3 Folder 12

1824-1825, Tarlton H. Ford [Dist. No. 3]

Box 3 Folder 13

1825, John Ford

Box 4 Folder 1

1825, Tarleton H. Ford [Dist. No. 3]

Box 4 Folder 2

1825, Erastus Gilbert [Dist. No. 1]

Box 4 Folder 3

1826, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 4 Folder 4

1826, Tarlton H. Ford [Dist. No. 3]

Box 4 Folder 5

1826, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 4 Folder 6

1827, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 4 Folder 7

1827, Tarlton H. Ford [Dist. No. 3]

Box 4 Folder 8

1827, James W. Lord [Dist. No. 1]

Box 4 Folder 9

1827, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 4 Folder 10

1827, Barton Smoot [Mason Co.]

Box 4 Folder 11

1828, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 4 Folder 12

1828, Tarlton H. Ford [Dist. No. 3]

Box 4 Folder 13

1828, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 4 Folder 14

1828, James W. Lord [Dist. No. 1]

Box 4 Folder 15

1828, Receipt for a map [Henrico Co.]

Box 4 Folder 16

1829, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 4 Folder 17

1829, Ryland Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 4 Folder 18

1829, Tarlton H. Ford [Dist. No. 3]

Box 4 Folder 19

1829, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 4 Folder 20

1829, James W. Lord [Dist. No. 1]

Box 4 Folder 21

1829, List of General Assembly members

Box 4 Folder 22

1830, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 4 Folder 23

1830, James W. Lord [Dist. No. 1]

Box 5 Folder 1

1831, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 5 Folder 2

1831, Ryland Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 5 Folder 3

1831, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 5 Folder 4

1831, James W. Lord [Dist. No. 1]

Box 5 Folder 5

1831, Charles S. McCoull [Dist. No. 3]

Box 5 Folder 6

1831, Barton Smoot [Dist. No. 4]

Box 5 Folder 7

1832, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 5 Folder 8

1832, Ryland Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 5 Folder 9

1832, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 5 Folder 10

1832, James W. Lord [Dist. No. 1]

Box 5 Folder 11

1832, Charles S. McCoull [Dist. No. 3]

Box 5 Folder 12

1832, Barton Smoot [Dist. No. 4]

Box 5 Folder 13

1833, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 5 Folder 14

1833, Ryland Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 5 Folder 15

1833, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 5 Folder 16

1833, Charles S. McCoull [Dist. No. 3]

Box 5 Folder 17

1833-1834, James A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 5 Folder 18

1833-1834, Charles S. McCoull [Dist. No. 3]

Box 5 Folder 19

1833, Barton Smoot [Dist. No. 4]

Box 5 Folder 20

1834, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 5 Folder 21

1834, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 6 Folder 1

1834, Ryland Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 6 Folder 2

1834, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 6 Folder 3

1834, Charles S. McCoull [Dist. No. 3]

Box 6 Folder 4

1834, Barton Smoot [Dist. No. 4]

Box 6 Folder 5

1835, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 6 Folder 6

1835, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 6 Folder 7

1835, Ryland Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 6 Folder 8

1835, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 6 Folder 9

1835, Charles S. McCoull [Dist. No. 3]

Box 6 Folder 10

1835, Barton Smoot [Dist. No. 4]

Box 6 Folder 11

1836, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 6 Folder 12

1836, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 6 Folder 13

1836, Ryland Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 6 Folder 14

1836, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 6 Folder 15

1836, Charles S. McCoull [Dist. No. 3]

Box 6 Folder 16

1837, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 6 Folder 17

1837, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 6 Folder 18

1837, Barton Smoot [Dist. No. 4]

Box 6 Folder 19

1837, Ryland Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 6 Folder 20

1837, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 6 Folder 21

1837, Charles S. McCoull [Dist. No. 3]

Box 6 Folder 22

1838, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 6 Folder 23

1838, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 7 Folder 1

1838, Ryland Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 7 Folder 2

1838, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 7 Folder 3

1838, Barton Smoot [Dist. No. 4]

Box 7 Folder 4

1839, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 7 Folder 5

1839, Hudson Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 7 Folder 6

1839, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 7 Folder 7

1839, Thomas Gordon [Dist. No. 3]

Box 7 Folder 8

1839, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 7 Folder 9

1839, Barton Smoot [Dist. No. 4]

Box 7 Folder 10

1840, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 7 Folder 11

1840, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 7 Folder 12

1840, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 7 Folder 13

1840, Thomas Gordon [Dist. No. 3]

Box 7 Folder 14

1841, Ryland Ford [Dist. No. 4-5]

Box 7 Folder 15

1841, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 7 Folder 16

1841, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 7 Folder 17

1841, Thomas Gordon [Dist. No. 3]

Box 8 Folder 1

1842, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 8 Folder 2

1842, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 8 Folder 3

1842, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 8 Folder 4

1842, Thomas Gordon [Dist. No. 3]

Box 8 Folder 5

1842, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 8 Folder 6

1842, Barton Smoot [Dist. No. 4]

Box 8 Folder 7

1843, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 8 Folder 8

1843, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 8 Folder 9

1843, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 8 Folder 10

1843, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 8 Folder 11

1843, Thomas Gordon [Dist. No. 3]

Box 8 Folder 12

1844, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 8 Folder 13

1844, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 8 Folder 14

1844, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 8 Folder 15

1844, Thomas Gordon [Dist. No. 3]

Box 8 Folder 16

1844, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 8 Folder 17

1844, Barton Smoot [Dist. No. 4]

Box 8 Folder 18

1845, James A. Echo [Dist. No. 1]

Box 8 Folder 19

1845, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 8 Folder 20

1845, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 8 Folder 21

1845, Thomas Gordon [Dist. No. 3]

Box 9 Folder 1

1845, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 9 Folder 2

1845, Barton Smoot

Box 9 Folder 3

1845, William G. Allen [Dist. No. 4]

Box 9 Folder 4

1846, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 9 Folder 5

1846, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 9 Folder 6

1846, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 9 Folder 7

1846, Thomas Gordon [Dist. No. 3]

Box 9 Folder 8

1846, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 9 Folder 9

1847, William Allan [Dist. No. 4]

Box 9 Folder 10

1847, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 9 Folder 11

1847, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 9 Folder 12

1847, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 9 Folder 13

1847, Thomas Gordon [Dist. No. 3]

Box 9 Folder 14

1847, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 9 Folder 15

1848, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 9 Folder 16

1848, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 10 Folder 1

1848, William G. Allan [Dist. No. 4]

Box 10 Folder 2

1848, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 10 Folder 3

1848, Thomas Gordon [Dist. No. 3]

Box 10 Folder 4

1848, William Hutchison [Dist. No. 6]

Box 10 Folder 5

1849, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 10 Folder 6

1849, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 10 Folder 7

1849, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 10 Folder 8

1849, Thomas Gordon [Dist. No. 3]

Box 10 Folder 9

1849, Brooke Co.

Box 10 Folder 10

1850, William E. Broiler [Dist. No. 4]

Box 10 Folder 11

1850, William Cackley [Dist. No. 4]

Box 10 Folder 12

1850, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 5]

Box 10 Folder 13

1850, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 1]

Box 10 Folder 14

1850, Dist. No. 5

Box 10 Folder 15

1850, Accomack-Buckingham Counties

Box 10 Folder 16

1850, Campbell-Greensville Counties

Box 10 Folder 17

1850, Halifax-Jefferson Counties

Box 10 Folder 18

1850, Kanawha-Morgan Counties

Box 11 Folder 1

1850, Nansemond-Pulaski Counties

Box 11 Folder 2

1850, Raleigh-Sussex Counties

Box 11 Folder 3

1850, Taylor-York Counties

Box 11 Folder 4

1850, Multiple counties

Box 11 Folder 5

1851, John Ford [Dist. No. 2]

Box 11 Folder 6

1851

Box 11 Folder 7

1852, William Cacksley [Dist. No. 7]

Box 11 Folder 8

1859-1863

Box 11 Folder 9

1860, Josiah Blackburn [Dist. No. 7]

Box 11 Folder 10

1860, John A. Eacho [Dist. No. 2]

Box 11 Folder 11

1860, Andrew H. Ford [Dist. No. 4]

Box 11 Folder 12

1860, Henry Ford [Dist. No. 9]

Box 11 Folder 13

1860, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 1]

Box 11 Folder 14

1860, Spotswood Ford [Dist. No. 1]

Box 11 Folder 15

1860, John N. Gordon [Dist. No 3 and 6]

Box 12 Folder 1

1860, J.G. Moss [Dist. No. 5]

Box 12 Folder 2

1861, Josiah Blackburn [Dist. No. 7]

Box 12 Folder 3

1861, Valentine Brown

Box 12 Folder 4

1861, Hudson B. Ford [Dist. No. 1]

Box 12 Folder 5

1861, Spotswood Ford [Dist. No. 3]

Box 12 Folder 6

1861, Daniel M. Gordon

Box 12 Folder 7

1861, John N. Gordon

Box 12 Folder 8

1861, J.D. Moore

Box 12 Folder 9

1861, J.G. Moss

Box 12 Folder 10

1861, John J. Palmer

Box 12 Folder 11

1861, R.L. Wigglesworth [Dist. No. 5]

Box 12 Folder 12

1862, Josiah Blackburn

Box 12 Folder 13

1862, John N. Gordon [Dist. No. 6]

Box 12 Folder 14

1862, John J. Palmer

Box 12 Folder 15

1864, William F. Gordon

Box 12 Folder 16

1866, Andrew Ford

Box 12 Folder 17

1867, S. Ford