History of The Middle New River Settlements - Appendix A-B



Appendix A
The Courts, Judges, Magistrates, Attorneys, Etc.

Deeming it of interest to the reader, a brief history of the organization
of Courts of Justice for the states of Virginia and West Virginia, taken
from the statutes and codes of said states is here inserted. (See
Compilation in Code 1894.)

An act was passed in Virginia, in 1784, for the establishment of courts of
Assize (Hen-State Vol. II, p. 422), but it never went into operation; it
was first suspended, and then repealed (Id. Vol.12, pp. 45, 267, 497). It
was succeeded by the act establishing District Courts of Law (Id. p. 532,
Ch. 39, p. 644, Ch. 1, p. 730, Ch. 67). These District Courts, after being
in operation about twenty years, were abolished in 1809, under the acts
establishing a Superior Court of Law in each county (1807-8, p. 5, Ch. 3;
p. 10, Ch. 14; 1809, p. 9, Ch. 6). The several acts concerning Superior
Courts of Law were reduced into one by the Act of 1819 (1st Rev. Code, p.
227, Ch. 69). In 1777 an act passed establishing a high court of Chancery
for the state (Hen-Stat., Vol. 9, p. 389, Ch. 15). When first established
it consisted of three judges, but the number was reduced to one by the Act
of 1788 (Id. Vol. 12, p. 767). The jurisdiction of this court extended
over the whole state until 1802, when the state was divided into three
districts, and a Superior Court of Chancery established for each district
(1801-2, p. 12, Ch. 14). The places of holding these courts were Richmond,
Williamsburg and Staunton. In 1812 the Staunton district was divided into
four districts; the judge, previously assigned to the Staunton district
was to hold courts for these, to-wit: At Staunton and Wythe Court House,
and a new judge was to hold court for the two others, to-wit: at
Winchester and Clarksburt (1811-12, p. 19, Ch. 15). In 1814 the Richmond
and Williamsburg districts were divided into four districts; the judge
previously assigned to the Richmond district was to hold courts for two of
these, to-wit: at Williamsburg and Fredericksburg (1813-14, p. 44, Ch.
16). Under a subsequent act of the same year, the judge of the Staunton
and Wythe district was, for certain counties, to hold a court at
Greenbrier Court House (1813-14, p. 81, Ch. 33). The acts concerning the
Superior Court of Chancery were reduced into one by the Act of 1818 (1st
Rev. Code, p. 196, Ch. 66). The Superior Courts of law held by fifteen
judges, and the Superior Courts of Chancery held by four judges, were
abolished by the Act of the 16th day of April, 1831, which divided the
state into 20 circuits, held by that number of judges, and established a
Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for each county and in certain
corporations (1830-31, p. 42, Ch. 11). Thus it will be seen that it was
about thirty-five years from the date of the establishment of courts of
Chancery in Virginia before one of such courts were authorized to be held
west of the Alleghanies; therefore our people, having occasion to resort
to a Court of Conscience to have their grievances settled, had to travel
many miles towards the rising sun to find a law doctor, authorized to
administer relief. As stated, the itinerant Circuit Court system was not
adopted until April, 1831, before that time the courts were held by the
judges of the District and General Court, who by allotment were assigned
to the various districts as they then existed. The following judges of the
districts and General courts and of the Circuit courts held terms of court
in the territory now embraced in the Counties of Montgomery, Giles,
Tazewell, Monroe, and Mercer from 1809 to the present:

Judges of the General Court.

Hon. John Coalter.
Hon. Paul Carington.
Hon. Archibald Stewart.
Hon. William Brockenborough.
Hon. Allen Taylor.
Hon. Peter Johnston.
Hon. James Allen.
Hon. John J. Allen.

Circuit Judges.

Benjamine Estill.
Edward Johnston.
George W. Hopkins.
Samuel G. Fulkerson.
John W. Johnston.
Robert M. Hudson.
Alexander Mahood.
Hohn H. Fulton.
D. W. Bolen.
R. C. Jackson.
W. J. Henson.
John J. Allen.
James E. Brown.
Andrew S. Fulton.
John A. Campbell.
Edward B. Bailey.
......... Tipton.
Evermont Ward.
Randall M. Brown.
Samuel W. Williams.
Henry E. Blair.

Virginia Chancellors.

George Wythe.
William Wirt.
Creed Taylor.
Henry St. George Tucker.

County Court Judges for Giles County.

P. W. Strother.
A. N. Heiflin.
Bernard Mason.
George W. Easley.
Martin Williams.

County Court Judges for Tazewell County.

James P. Kelley.
Samuel C. Graham.
J. H. Stuart.
Sterling F. Watts.
S. M. B.Couling.

The following are the names of the Circuit Judges who have presided over
the Circuit County of Mercer County since its organization, viz:

Honorable James E. Brown, Wytheville, Virginia.
Honorable Edward B. Bailey, Fayetteville, Virginia.
Honorable Evermont Ward, Logan, Virginia and West Virginia.
Honorable Nathanial Harrison, Union, West Virginia.
Honorable Henry L. Gillaspie, Beckley, West Virginia.
Honorable David E. Johnston, Princeton, West Virginia.
Honorable Robert C. McClaugherty, Princeton, West Virginia.
Honorable Joseph M. Sanders, Bluefield, West Virginia.
Honorable Luther L. Chambers, Welch, West Virginia.

The following is a list of the names of the justices of the peace for the
counties of Fincastle and Montgomery, serving on the courts of these
counties from 1773 to 1805:

Arthur Campbell.
Daniel Trigg.
John Henderson.
Adam Dean.
Joseph Gray.
William Christian.
Andrew Lewis.
Daniel Howe.
James Charlton.
James McGavock.
James Thompson.
Andrew Boyd.
James Byrn.
John Preston.
James Craig.
James McCorkle.
Christian Snidow.
William Ward.
Walter Crockett.
John Adams.
James Robertson.
John T. Sawyers.
Robert Moffett.
John Taylor.
John Kent.
Henry Patton.
John Hough.
Flower Swift.
Thomas Goodson.
Joseph Cloyd.
George Rutlege.
William Love.
James Taylor.
Anthony Bledsoe
Johnathan Isan.
George Pearis.
James Reaburn.
James Newell.
John Taylor.
William Russell.
James P. Preston.
William Davis.
James Woods.
Thomas Shannon.
James Barnett.
William Preston.
David French.

The following is a list of the names of the sheriffs of Fincastle and
Montgomery Counties from 1773 to 1806:

William Ingles.
Walter Crockett.
James McCorkle.
Daniel Trigg.
James Barnett.
John Montgomery.
Andrew Lewis.
Charles Taylor.
Joseph Cloyd.
Henry Patton.

The following are the names of the gentlemen who represented this New
River District of country in the various constitutional conventions of
Virginia, viz:

1776, Arthur Campbell and William Russell, representing Fincastle County.
1788, the convention assembled to consider the ratification or rejection
of the Federal Constitution, viz: Walter Crockett and Abraham Trigg, from
Montgomery County.
1829-30, Gordon Cloyd, Henley Chapman, George P. Matthews and William
Oglesby.
1850-51, Albert G. Pendleton, Allen T. Caperton and A. A. Chapman.

Secession Convention of 1861
Giles County--Manilius Chapman
Monroe County--Allen T. Caperton and John Echols
Mercer County--Napoleon B. French
Tazewell County--William P. Cecil and Samuel L. Graham

Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1869
Giles and Pulaski Counties--Eustace Gibson
Tazewell and Bland Counties--James M. French

Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-2
Giles and Pulaski Counties--Joseph C. Wysor
Tazewell County--Albert Pendleton Gillespie

Members of the House of Representatives of the United States, representing
the territory in the now Counties of Montgomery, Giles, Tazewell, Monroe
and Mercer, from 1789 to the creation and organization of the state of
West Virginia, June 20th, 1863, and also the names of those who have been
members of Congress from the 9th Congressional District of Virginia since
1863:

   1789-1863
Andrew Moore
Hugh Caperton
Robert Craig
A. A. Chapman
Fayette McMullen
Francis Preston
John Floyd
William McComas
William B. Preston
W. R. Staples
Abram Trigg
Robert B. Craig
Andrew Bierne
Henry A. Edmundson
   1863-1905
Daniel Hoge, 1865-7
James K. Gibson, 1869-71
William Terry, 1871-73
Rees T. Bowen, 1873-75
William Terry, 1875-77
A. L. Pridemore, 1877-79
J. B. Richmond, 1879-81
Abram Fulkerson, 1881-83
Henry Bowen, 1883-85
C. F. Trigg, 1885-87
Henry Bowen, 1887-89
John A. Buckhannan, 1889-93
James W. Marshall, 1893-95
James A. Walker, 1895-99
W. F. Rhea, 1899-1903
C. T. Slemp, 1903-1905

State Senators from the district comprising in part Montgomery, Giles,
Monroe, Mercer and Tazewell counties from 1773-1863:

William Christian
John Preston
James Hoge
Andrew Bierne
Manilius Chapman
Charles H. Greaver
A. A. Chapman
William Fleming
James Preston
Henley Chapman
William Thomas
William H. French
J. W. M. Witten
William Russell
John Chapman
Joseph Draper
Allen T. Caperton
William B. Preston
Napoleon B. French

The following is a list of the names of the gentlemen who represented
Montgomery County in the General Assembly of Virginia from 1785 to 1806,
inclusive:

1785-6--Robert Sayers and John Breckenridge
1788--Daniel Trigg and Joseph Cloyd
1793--Andrew Lewis and John Preston
1795-6---James Craig and James Barnett
1797-8--John Ingles and James Taylor
1800--Daniel Howe and James Craig
1804--John Ingles and John Gardner
1805--John Ingles and Andrew Lewis

Giles County, being created in 1806, and being entitled to two
representatives, the following named gentlemen were elected as her
representatives:

1807-8-9-10--Andrew Johnston and Thomas Shannon
1811--Andrew Johnston and Hugh Caperton, Sr
1812--John Chapman, Jr., and Christian Snidow
1813-14--David Johnston and John Chapman, Jr
1815-16-17--Andrew Johnston and William Smith
1818-19--John Peters, Jr., and John Kirk, Sr
1820-21-22--David Johnston and Christian Snidow
1823-24--William H. Snidow and William Smith
1825--Charles King and William Smith
1826--William H. Snidow and Charles King
1827--William H. Snidow and William Smith
1828--William H. Snidow and Charles King
1829--Samuel Pack and George N. Pearis
1830--Samuel Pack and Charles King

Under the Constitution of 1829-30 Giles County was entitled to one
delegate only, and the following named gentlemen were elected to the
assembly from that county, to-wit:

1831--William Smith
1832--William H. Snidow
1833-34--Morton P. Emmons
1835--Reuben F. Watts
1836-37--Daniel Hale

Mercer County, created in 1837, and attached to the delegate district of
Giles and Mercer, elected the following representatives to the assembly,
to-wit:

1838--William Smith
1839--Manilius Chapman
1840--Charles King
1841--Oscar F. Johnson
1842-3--William H. French
1844--Albert G. Pendleton
1845--William H. French
1846--Madison Allen
1847--Cornelius White
1848--Lewis Neal
1849--Elijah Bailey
1850--Albert G. Pendleton
1851--George W. Pearis

Representatives from Giles County after adoption of the Constitution of
1850-1:

1852-5--Thomas Shannon
1855-7--A. G. Pendleton
1857-9--Madison Allen
1859-61--Samuel Lucas
1861-3--William Eggleston
1863-5--Absolom Fry
1866-8--A .G. Pendleton
1869-71--F. W. Mahood
1871-3--J. C. Snidow
1873-5--P. W. Strother
1875-7--S. E. Lybrook
1877-9--James D. Johnston
1879-81--C. J. Mathews
1881-3--S. E. Lybrook

Representatives from Pulaski and Giles:

1883-5--J. H. Darst
l885-7--J. W. Moore
1887-9--H. B. Howe
1889-91--S. E. Lybrook
1891-3--J. R. Caddall
1893-7--James W. Williams
1897-9--D. C. Pollard
1899-01--J. R. Stafford

Representatives from Bland and Giles:

1901-3--George T. Bird
1805--Martin Williams

Under the Constitution of 1851 Mercer County was entitled to a delegate of
her own, and under that Constitution elections were held every two years,
and the following are the names of the gentlemen who represented Mercer
County after the adoption of this Constitution, Viz:

1851-52--Reuben Garretson
1852-54--James M. Bailey
1855-56--William M. Meador
1857-59--James M. Bailey
1860-61--Napoleon B. French
1862-64--Robert A. Richardson
1865--Alexander Mahood; elected, but did not serve

West Virginia Constitutional Conventions 1863-1872
Captain Richard M.Cook, of Wyoming County, claimed to have represented
Mercer County in the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1863, but
no evidence can be adduced that he was ever legally elected as such
representative, or had any legal authority to sit in that body as the
representative of the people of Mercer County.

In the convention of 1872 the Senatorial District Delegates were Doctor
Isaiah Bee, of Mercer, and Honorable Evermont Ward, of Cabell; and Elder
James Calfee represented the County of Mercer.

United States Senators from West Virginia from 1863 to the present:
Peter C. VanWinkle, Parkersburg; December 7th, 1863, March 4th, 1869.
Waitman P. Willey, Morgantown; December 7th, 1863, to march 4th, 1871.
Arthur I. Boreman, Parkersburg; March 4th, 1869, to March, 1875.
Henry G. Davis, Piedmont; March 4th, 1871, to March 4th, 1883.
Allen T. Caperton, Union; March 4th, 1875, to death July 26th, 1876.
Samuel Price, Lewisburg; appointed August 26th, 1876; December 4th, 1876,
to January 30th, 1877.
Frank Hereford, Union; January 31st, 1877, to March 3rd, 1881.
Johnson N. Camden, Parkersburg; March 4th, 1881, to March 3rd, 1887.
John E. Kenna, Charleston; March 4th, 1883, to March 3rd, 1895. (Died in
1893.)
Charles J. Faulkner, Martinsburg; March 4th, 1887, to March 3, 1893.
Johnson N. Camden, Parkersburg; March 4th, 1893, to March 3rd, 1895.
(Unexpired term of John E. Kenna.)
Charles J. Faulkner, Martinsburg; March 4th, 1893, to March 3rd, 1899.
Stephen B. Elkins, Elkins; March 4th, 1895, to March 3rd, 1901.
N. B. Scott, Wheeling; March 4th, 1899, to Mach 3rd, 1905.
Stephen B. Elkins, Elkins; March 4th, 1901, to March 3rd, 1907.
N. B. Scott, elected January, 1905, for a term of six years.

Congressional Elections, 1864-1904
In the 3rd and 5th Districts of West Virginia, which districts embrace
Mercer County:

1864--K. V. Whaley, Rep., over John M. Phelps, Dem., by 1236 majority.
1866--Daniel Polsley, Rep., over John H. Oley, Dem. by 1471 majority.
1868--John S. Witcher, Rep., over Charles P. T. Moore, Dem., by 1409
majority.
1870--Frank Hereford, Dem., over John S. Witcher, Rep., by 1493 majority.
1872--Frank Hereford, Dem., over J. B. Walker, Rep., by 8884 majority.
1874--Frank Hereford, Dem., over John S. Witcher, Rep., by 5779 majority.
1876--Frank Hereford, Dem., over Benj. T. Redmond, Rep., by 17,573
majority.
1878--John E. Kenna, Dem., over Henry S. Walker, Gr. B., by 2827 majority.
1880--John E. Kenna, Dem., over Henry S. Walker, Gr. B., by 5310 majority.
1882--John E. Kenna, Dem., over E. L. Buttrick, Rep., by 4465 majority.
1883-4--C. P. Snyder, Dem., over James H. Brown, Rep., by 1230 majority.
1884--C. P. Snyder, Dem., over James W. Davis, Rep., by 2119 majority.
1886--C. P. Snyder, Dem., over James H. Brown, Rep., by 815 majority.
1888--John D. Alderson, Dem., over J. H. McGinnis, Rep., by 1293 majority.
1890--John D. Alderson, Dem., over Theophilus Gaines, Rep., by 5014
majority.
1892--John D. Alderson, Dem., over Edgar P. Rucker, Rep., by 1946 majority.
1894--James H. Huling, Rep., over John D. Alderson, Dem., by 4018 majority.
1896--Charles P. Dorr, Rep., over E. W. Wilson, Dem., by 3631 majority.
1898--David E. Johnston, Dem., over William S. Edwards, Rep., by 765
majority.
1900--Joseph H. Gaines, Rep., over David E. Johnston, Dem., by 6570
majority.
1902--James A. Hughes, Rep., over David E. Johnston, Dem., by 4750
majority.
1904--James A. Hughes, Rep., over Simon Altizer, Dem., by 6317 majority.

State Senators
From the senatorial district composed of Mercer and other counties from
1863:
Robert Hager
William Workman
Mitchell Cook
Thomas B. Kline
I. E. McDonald
W. E. Wilkenson
Ira J. McGinnis
Joel E. Stollings
C. V. White
Clark W. May
David E. Johnston
Wayne Ferguson
Jerome C. Shelton
John W. McCreery
John B. Floyd
William M. Mahood
John A. Sheppard
W. H. H. Cook
James F. Beavers
W. W. Whyte

The following are the names of the representatives of Mercer County in the
House of Delegates of West Virginia, from 1863 to 1905, inclusive:

1863-7--Thomas Little
1868--Regular and extra session, George Evans
1869--William M. French
1870--George Evans
1871--Sylvester Upton
1872--William L. Bridges
1872-3--Isaac J. Ellison
1875--William M. Reynolds
1877--William B. Davidson
1879--Carroll Clark
1881-3--Isaiah Bee
1885--A. C. Davidson
1887--William M. Reynolds
1889--R. G. Meador
1891-93--H. M. Shumate
1895--J. C. Pack
1897--James A. White
1899--Isaiah Bee
1901--James Hearn
1903--D. P. Crockett and Thomas Reed
1905--E. S. Baker and James Hearn

The following is a list of the attorneys-at-law admitted to practice in
the Circuit Court of Mercer County:

Henley Chapman
Thomas J. Boyd
David Hall
Sterling F. Watts
William P. Cecil
A. A. Chapman
John J. Wade
Henry L.Gillespie
Hugh S. Tiffany
James H. McGinnis
William A. Monroe
J. Speed Thompson
David E. Johnston
C. A. Sperry
R. C. McClaugherty
Alonzo Gooch
James H. French
J. W. Hale
Martin Williams
D. W. McClaugherty
George E. Floyd
Edgar Rucker
A. J. May
S. M. B. Couling
Thomas L. Henritzie
Benjamine F. Keller
Thomas Bruce
Allen T. Caperton
Joseph Stras
Evermont Ward
James P. Kelley
Manilius Chapman
James D. Johnston
Robert A. Richardson
Wade D. Strother
Frank Hereford
A. G. Tebbetts
James W. Davis
F. W. Mahood
James B. Peck
H. C. Alderson
W. W. Adams
Thomas J. Munsey
Samuel W. Williams
John W. McCreery
W. W. McClaugherty
S. D. May
John Osborne
Robert L. French
James L. Hamill
Joseph S. Clark
Q. W. Reynolds
A. C. Davidson
M. T. Browing
Okey Johnson
E. W. Hale
P. W. Strother
Bernard McClaugherty
J. W. Chapman
G. J. Holbrook
Wirt A. French
Charles R. McNutt
Albert G. Pendleton
Nathaniel Harrison
James H. Ferguson
John A. Kelly
Alexander Mahood
Samuel Price
John Echols
James W. English
W. G. Ryan
Cyrus Newlon
John Phelps
J. M. Killey
Samuel C. Graham
S. S. Dinwiddie
M. M. Lowry
James M. French
George Evans
E. T. Mahood
Charles W. Smith
James W. St. Clair
W. L. Taylor
J. R. Fishburne
James E. Brown
H. A. Ritz
Joseph S. French
Z. W. Crockett
H. W. Straley, Jr
Hugh G. Woods
B. W. Pendleton
Jesse D. Daniel
John M. Anderson
James S. Browning
R. R. Henry
I. C. Herndon
R. Haden Penn
Martin H. Holt
John R. Pendleton
Frank M. Peters
J. Frank Maynard
Jas. French Strother
D. M. Easley
George Crockett
Jas. A. Strother
William M. Mahood
John M. McGrath
A. M. Sutton
J. W. Hicks
Wyndham Stokes
A. P. Gillespie
J. W. Heptinstall
Claude Holland
John Nininger
Joseph M. Sanders
Cyrus Martin
John R. Dillard
D. H. Johnston
Norman S. Allen

The following is a list of persons who have held the office of Sheriff of
Mercer County from 1837 to the present time:

1837--William Smith was appointed by the governor of Virginia
1838--William Smith
1839--John Davidson
1840--John Davidson
1841-2--John Brown
1943--Robert Gore
1844-6--Elijah Peters
1847-8--H. A. Walker
1848-50--Cornelius White
1851--Robert Hall
1852-3--Benjamine McNutt
1854--Ralph Hale
1856--Ralph Hale
1858-60--John A. Pack
1860-64--John A. Pack
1866-70--Benjamine White
1870-1--John T. Smith
1872-6--George L. Karnes
1876-80--John S. Carr
1880-4--Jos. H. McClaugherty
1884-8--George L. Karnes
1888-92--James A. White
1892-96--R. C. Dangerfield
1896-1900--J. E. T. Sentz
1904--L. B. Farley

David Lilley elected sheriff in 1870, but declined to qualify and John T.
Smith was appointed in is place.

Surveyors of Mercer County
Robert Hall
Andrew White
W. J. Comer
George W. Caldwell
Edward H. French
L. M. Stinson
John Bailey

Judges of the Criminal Court of Mercer County
Hon. James M. French
Hon. John M. McGrath
Hon. Charles W. Smith
Hon. Hugh H. Woods

The following is a list of the names of the Clerks of the County Court of
Mercer County from 1837 to the present time:

1837--Moses E. Kerr served seven years
1844--Charles W. Calfee served seven years
1851--William F. Heptinstall served for one year
1852-65--Charles W. Calfee
1865--George Evans, Recorder and Clerk of Circuit Court
1870-71--Joseph H. Alvis, Recorder and Clerk
1872--George Evans, Recorder and Clerk
1873-9--Benjamine G. McNutt, Recorder and Clerk
1879-85--C. R. McNutt
1885-91--Samuel P. Pearis
1891-7--William H. H. Witten
1897-1903--A. J. Hearn
1903--Estill Bailey, elected for six years

The following is a list of the names of the Clerks of the Circuit Court
for Mercer County from 1837 to the present time:

1837-43--James M. Cunningham
1843-55--Alexander Mahood
1855-59--Joseph H. Alvis
1859-65--William A. Mahood
1865-69--George Evans
1869-70--Joseph H. Alvis
1871-3--George Evans
1873-9--R. B. Foley
1879-85--F. A. Bolin
1885-96--R. C. Christie
1896-1902--W. B. Honaker
1902--W. B. Honaker

The following is a list of the names of Justices of the Peace for Mercer
County from 1837 to 1904:

1837--Moses E. Kerr
1837--William Smith
1837--Josiah Meador
1837--Robert Lilley
1837--John Davidson
1840--Henry Brooks
1840--James Shrewsbury
1850--William Smith
1850--George W. Pearis
1855--Cornelius White
1865--A. W. Cole
1865--A. W. J. Caperton
1865--James Bowling
1865--Joel Sloane
1866--Russell G. French
1866--R. Hambrick
1866--Joel Sloane
1866--A. W. J. Caperton
1866--William Meadows
1867--A. W. Cole
1867--James Bowling
1867--A. W. J. Caperton
1868--Lorenzo D. Little
1869--A. J. Davis
1870--William C. Honaker
1871--John J. Hetherington
1872--Henry Davidson
1872--Zachariah Fellers
1872--A. J. Davis
1872--A. W. J. Caperton
1872--Eli Baile
1872--Lorenzo D. Martin
1872--Lewis Lilley
1872--David B. Pendleton
1872--A. G. Stovell
1872--Andrew White
1872--William A. Wiley
1877--William Meador
1877--Henry Davidson
1881--Elijah Bailey
1881--Joshua Day
1881--Henry Davidson
1881--Harmon White
1881--Henry Higginbotham
1891--W. J. Clark
1892--Willoughby Miller
1894--H. G. Thorn
1894--A. I. Godfrey
1894--J. A. Chambers
1894--David French
1895--G. C. Bailey
1895--William J. Clark
1895--H. E. Thomas
1895--John L. Biggs
1896--Davis Thorn
1896--T. C. Comer
1896--W. J. Rumburg
1896--L. L. Hearn
1896--E. T. Oliver
1897--C. S. Hedrick
1897--F. J. Brown
1897--G. C. Bailey
1897--David French
1897--Allen C. Wiley
1899--C. W. Gore
1900--C. W. Gore
1900--James H. Brinkley
1850--N. B. French
1850--Elijah Peters
1854--James Brammer
1854--H. W. Straley
1854--William M. French
1854--John S. Carr
1854--Ralph Hale
1881--Leonidas Goodwyn
1881--A. I. Godfrey
1881--Lewis Lilley
1881--John L. Johnston
1881--L. D. Martin
1881--T. J. Monroe
1882--J. F. Holroyd
1882--N. B. French
1883--Gaston P. Walker
1884--John L. Johnston
1884--John S. Carr
1884--Lewis Lilley
1885--George W. Belcher
1885--H. F. Gore
1885--Elijah Bailey
1885--Leftwich Bailey
1885--James F. Holroyd
1885--John L. Johnston
1886--A. J. Young
1887--A. W. Read
1888--A. W. Read
1888--L. C. Shrewsberry
1888--R. C. Dangerfield
1889--Z. T. Rodgers
1889--W. F. Steele
1889--George Burch
1889--John T. Carr
1889--William A. Cooper
1889--A. I. Godfrey
1889--H. F. Gore
1889--L. L. Hearn
1889--Lewis Lilley
1890--D. E. Burgess
1890--M. W. Franklin
1890--James H. Bare
1900--F. J. Brown
1900--T. C. Hubbard
1900--W. S. Harless
1900--E. T. Oliver
1900--Davis Thorn
1903--Joshua Day
1903--J. A. Chambers
1903--Allen C. Wiley
1903--George O. Tavor
1903--J. D. Burkholder
1903--John T. Carr
1903--W. T. Eperly
1903--W. A. Henderson
1903--R. A. Glendy
1903--J. M. Anderson
1904--E. P. Godby
1904--W. S. Harless
1904--James A. Lilley
1904--J. A. Chambers
1904--C. W. Gore
1904--George P. Danewood
1904-- ...... Burk



APPENDIX B
Counties in Virginia and West Virginia formed out of the territory of
Augusta and Frederick, and how or for whom named.

Prior to 1738 all that part of Virginia lying west of the Bluestone Ridge
was included in the County of Orange, but in the fall session of that year
this territory was divided into the Counties of Frederick and Augusta. It
may be of interest to the reader to present a list of the various sub-
divisions of the territory referred to into counties, with the dates of
formation and from whence the names of the counties were derived:

Hampshire, 1754, from Hampshire, England
Botetourt, 1770, from Governor Botetourt
Berkeley, 1772, from Governor Berkeley
Dunmore, 1772, from Governor Dunmore, but name changed to Shenandoah in
1777
Fincastle, 1772, from English country home of Governor Botetourt
Montgomery, 1776, from General James Montgomery
Washington, 1776, from General George Washington
Kentucky, 1776, from Indian name, "Dark and Bloody Ground"
Fincastle, abolished in 1776
Ohio, 1776, from Ohio River
Monongalia, 1776, from Indian name
Youghiogeny, 1776, from Indian name. This county was abolished when line
between Virginia and Pennsylvania was settled
Shenandoah, 1773, name Indian, from River Sherando, formerly Dunmore
County; name changed in 1777
Greenbrier, 1777, from many Greenbriers along the river
Rockbridge, 1778, from Natural Bridge
Rockingham, 1778, from English name
Harrison, 1778, from Governor Benjamine Harrison, of Virginia
Illinois, 1779, from Illinois Indians; this county passed from Virginia by
her cession of the Northwest Territory.
Hardy, 1786, from Samuel Hardy, a member of Congress
Russell, 1786, from General William Russell
Randolph, 1787, from Edmund Randolph
Pendleton, 1788, from Edmund Pendleton
Kanawha, 1789, from Indian Tribe, Canawhays
Wythe, 1790, from Judge George Wythe
Bath, 1791, from English name
Lee, 1792, from Governor Henry Lee, of Virginia
Grayson, 1793, from William Grayson, a member of Congress
Brooke, 1797, from Governor Robert Brooke
Monroe, 1799, from Governor James Monroe
Tazewell, 1799, from Mr. Tazewell, member House of Delegates from Norfolk
County.
Wood, 1799, from Governor James Wood
Jefferson, 1801, from Thomas Jefferson
Mason, 1804, from Stevens Thompson Mason
Giles, 1806, from Governor William B. Giles
Cabell, 1809, from Governor William H. Cabell
Scott, 1814, from General Winfield Scott
Tyler, 1814, from Governor John Tyler
Lewis, 1816, from Colonel Charles Lewis
Preston, 1818, from Governor James P. Preston
Nicholas, 1818, from Governor Wilson C. Nicholas
Morgan, 1820, from General Daniel Morgan
Pocahontas, 1821, from the Indian Princess
Alleghaney, 1822, from name of mountain
Logan, 1824, from Mingo chief
Page, 1831, from Governor John Page
Fayette, 1831, from General LaFayette
Floyd, 1831, from Governor John Floyd
Smyth, 1831, from General Alexander Smyth
Jackson, 1831, from President Andrew Jackson
Marshall, 1835, from Chief Justice John Marshall
Braxton, 1836, from Carter Braxton
Clarke, 1836, from General George Rodgers Clarke
Warren, 1836, from General Warren
Mercer, 1837, from General Hugh Mercer
Roanoke, 1838, from Indian name "Much Wampum"
Pulaski, 1839, from Count Pulaski
Carroll, 1842, from Charles Carroll, of Carrollton
Marion, 1842, from General Francis Marion
Wayne, 1842, from General Anthony Wayne
Ritchie, 1843, from Thomas Ritchie
Gilmer, 1843, from Governor Thomas W. Gilmer
Barbour, 1843, from Governor James Barbour
Taylor, 1844, from John Taylor, of Caroline
Doddridge, 1845, from Philip Doddridge
Wetzel, 1846, from Lewis Wetzel
Highland, 1846, named from the High land
Boone, 1847, from Daniel Boone
Wirt, 1848, from William Wirt
Hancock, 1848, from John Hancock
Putnam, 1848, from Israel Putnam
Wyoming, 1848, from Wyoming Indian Tribe
Raleigh, 1850, from Sir Walter Raleigh
Upshur, 1850, from Abel P. Upshur
Craig, 1851, from Robert Craig, member of Congress from Montgomery County
Pleasants, 1851, from Governor James Pleasants
Calhoun, 1855, from John C. Calhoun
Wise, 1855, from Governor Henry A. Wise
Roane, 1856, from Judge Spencer Roane
Clay, 1856, from Henry Clay
Tucker, 1856, from Henry St. George Tucker
McDowell, 1858, from Governor James McDowell
Buchanan, 1858, from President James Buchanan
Webster, 1860, from Daniel Webster
Bland, 1861, from Theodoric Bland
Mineral, 1866, from mineral deposits found in that territory
Grant, 1866, from General U. S. Grant
Lincoln, 1867, from President Abraham Lincoln
Summers, 1871, from Judge Lewis Summers
Dickenson, 1880, from Mr. Dickenson of that county
Mingo, 1895, from Indian tribe of that name