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Lodging 4d. if but 2 in one bed and where more nothing. 6
Corn and oats p. gallon
6
Stableage and fodder
Pasturage
4
Court held June 24th, 1766.
On the motion of Sundry Presbyterian Protestant Dissenters of this County the New meeting house lately erected near the Six Mile tree is set apart for the worship of God and established accordingly.
Court held July 23rd, 1766.
Ordered that a Court house be built in this County, to-wit, twenty-four by thirty-six feet, 12 feet pitch, two 12 feet square rooms with a brick chimney, a fire place in each room (wainscoted 4 feet high and plastered above the wainscoting to be well wrought with six glass windows,-and Benjamin Howard, William Mead, William Irvine, Charles Lynch, Isham Talbot, and Guy Smith are appointed to treat with a workman to build the same, on the courthouse lot and that any three or more of them advertise the said house to be let at October court next, one-half of the money to be levied at the next laying the Levy and the other at the laying the Levy in 1767; the house 'to be underpinned with brick one foot and a half from the ground, the bench to be built in a quarter circle, with a bar and two sheriffs desks, a Clerk's table, and that the floor from the bar to the bench be raised and laid with plank and the other to be laid with brick and tile and any other matter the trustees shall see necessary they are to treat for in regard to the said house not yet mentioned.
[Note: The above was the first courthouse built by the County and was in New London Town. It has long since been pulled down and destroyed. It was standing in 1856 and a picture of it may be seen in the "Historical Collections of Virginia," published by Henry Howe in 1856.]
Court held February 25th, 1772.
James Steptoe produced a commission of the honorable Thomas Nelson appointing him clerk of this County and was approved
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and received by the Court and thereupon took the usual oaths to his Majesty's Person and Government repeated and subscribed the Test and also took the oath of a County Court Clerk.
Court held June 22nd, 1772.
Mr. John Talbot is appointed to bring up from Williamsburg all the necessary Acts of Assembly for which he is to be allowed at the laying of the next County Levy.
Court held May 23rd, 1774.
George Dooley produced a negro boy in Court adjudged to be eight years of age also a negro girl adjudged to be twelve years of age.
[Note: Why this was done the record does not explain. It was of frequent occurrence about this time.]
Court held January 23rd, 1775.
A petition setting forth the inconveniences attending the giving treats and entertainments at and before elections of the repre- sentatives of this Colony, to the Honorable speaker and the House of Burgesses that the said may be enacted, read and ordered to be certified by the Court.
Be it remembered that on Monday the 22nd day of July, 1776, at the Court house of the County of Bedford, William Mead and John Talbot, Gent., two Justices mentioned in former commission of the peace for the said County, administered the oath prescribed by an ordinance of convention of this Colony passed the third day of July, instant, to Robert Ewing, Gent., who took the same and then the said Robert Ewing administered the said oaths to Charles Talbot, William Mead, Samuel Hairston, Richard Stith, John Fitzpatrick, Guy Smith, James Callaway, Charles Lynch and John Talbot, Gent. The Court being thus constituted the Clerk and his Deputy and the Sheriff and his Deputies qualified under the recent ordinances of the convention.
Court held July 27th, 1779.
Harry Innis and Bourne Price, Gent., are appointed to inspect into the Counterfeit money in circulation in this County as the law directs.
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Court held April 23rd, 1782.
William Callaway, Gent., is appointed to make a survey of the County for the purpose of ascertaining the centre thereof where to fix the Courthouse and other public buildings. It is the opinion of the Court that the said William Callaway begin at the centre of the line dividing this County from Campbell and thence cross- ing in the centre of a line to be run parallel with and below the Blue Ridge Mountains from James River to Staunton River as high up as Capt. Isham Talbot's, and that he be allowed for the same at the laying of the next County Levy.
Court held July 22nd, 1782.
William Mead, William Leftwich, William Trigg, Henry Buford, James Buford, and Charles Gwatkin, Gent., are appointed to view a place on Bramblett's Road for the purpose of fixing the Court- house and other public buildings and make their report to-morrow 10 o'clock.
Court held July 23rd, 1782.
The Gentlemen appointed yesterday to view a place on Bramb- lett's Road for the purpose of erecting a Courthouse and other public buildings reported as their opinion that the most proper place is in a tract of one hundred acres of land on Bramblett's road this day given to the County by William Downey and Joseph Fuqua. Whereupon the Court is of the opinion and doth order and direct the Courthouse and other public buildings to be erected thereon accordingly, reserving to the said William Downey and Joseph Fuqua one-half acre lot each to be laid off and assigned to them by the Trustees; William Mead, William Callaway, and William Leftwich, Gent., are appointed Trustees to superintend and lay off the land in lots and make return in Court.
James Buford, Gent., is appointed to contract with some proper person to build a Courthouse, Prison and stocks. The Courthouse to be of logs 20 feet by 30 in the clear with a partition across of ten feet,-twelve feet pitch with a brick, stone or dirt chimney; the floors to be rough laid, and the house covered with pegged shingles. The prison to be 20 feet by 10 in the clear with a partition in the middle, covered as the Courthouse, for which he is to be allowed at the laying of the next County Levy.
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It will be seen by the above order that a courthouse was ordered to be erected. It seems to have been built between the 23rd of July, 1782, and the 26th of August, 1782, as the court was held in it on the latter date. The logs for the structure were, no doubt, cut right on the ground where the building was erected. A plan for a town embracing the above one hundred acres was sur- veyed and a plat made, which is recorded in Deed Book W, at page 116, and in October, 1782, the General Assembly of Virginia passed an act vesting the title to the said one hundred acres in certain trustees for the benefit of the county, and thereby also "established a town by the name of Liberty." It was just one year subsequent to the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and that probably inspired the name, sweet to every patriot, and the first location in history to bear the name. .
Court held April 28th, 1783.
Liquor rates,
Diet
1 3
cold .
8
Lodging p. night with clean sheets
„ without
6
Rum p. gallon 10
Brandy p.
10
Whiskey '
8
Small Beer
1
3
Cider p. Gallon
2
6
Stableage 24 hours
8
Fodder p ..
2
Corn p. gallon.
6
Pasturage 24 hours
6
Court held February 23rd, 1789.
Whereas James Callaway by his singular services as a magistrate in. this County before its division and in Campbell County- services from whence he has lately removed-merits the attention of the public. It is the opinion, therefore, of the Court that he be recommended as presiding Member in the County Court of Bedford .*
*Unusual, and a high compliment to Mr. Callaway.
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Court held March 23rd, 1789.
Edmund Winston, Esq., qualified as Judge of the District Courts according to law.
Court held May 27th, 1789.
James Callaway, Gent., is unanimously appointed the Presiding Magistrate of this Court, and the same is ordered accordingly.
Court held July 27th, 1789.
On the motion of Robert Clark, Gent., who undertook the building of a Courthouse, he having nearly completed the work and representing to this court that the same was at his risk, it is the opinion of the Court that the same be received on a condition, nevertheless that the said Robert Clark finish the work according to the articles of agreement, or make every necessary deduction for any small deficiency.
Court held August 24th, 1789.
The Honorable Edmund Winston came into Court and took the oath prescribed by Act of Congress entitled An Act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths.
Court held September 22nd, 1800.
On motion of John Otey leave is granted to build a meeting house on the Courthouse lot beyond the spring.
[Note: This was the first meeting house built in or near to the county town called "Liberty," Col. Otey bought a lot immediately north of the county land and had a Baptist meeting house built (by subscription) on it of brick. It is now occupied as a private dwelling, though it was used many years as a church. See deed of record.]
After the Declaration of Independence was promulgated it is evident from the orders of the court from time to time, reaching in fact to 1790, that the whole country was in a stir. The courts were kept busy in taking care of and providing for the families of the soldiers that were killed, wounded, or worn out by the casualties of wars with the Indians, the French and the British, in all which wars Bedford County had her quotas, as the records show. But it did not stop here. Soldiers from other counties passing and repassing to the east and the south through the county, as well as our own, had to be and were provided for to the extent of the ability of the people.
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In 1789 a new courthouse was erected of brick, a much more imposing, convenient, and comfortable building, and that stood until the year 1834, when it was torn down and the present handsome structure was erected in its place.
The plan of New London town is recorded in Deed Book A, at page 434, and with it a memorandum showing the names of pur .. chasers of lots in the town as follows :
Colo. William Callaway .... Lot 1
James Callaway. 2
Richard Dogget 3
Alexander Sawyers 66
13
William Bumpass 66
14
John Thompson 15
Richard Dogget. 16
William Ingles 66
17
William Christian 23
Ambross Bramblett 66
28
Thomas Walker 26 66
Do. 66
27
Alexander Boreland.
66
32
Mathew Talbot. 29
Do 66
21
Patrick Henecie 66
31
Colo. Rd. Callaway "
30
John Thompson 66
40
William Ingles
66
39
Richard Doggett
38
66
66
37
Alexander Sawyers Do. 66
36
John Callaway. 66
35
John Payne
4
Howard & Mead. 66
5
William Mead.
"
6
Nattl. Gest 8
66
10
James Nuil Do. 66
19
Colo. John Smith 11
Henry Darnald
12
Joshua Early.
66
20
Mead & Howard.
45
James Nuil. "
44
Howard & Mead. 66
41
Nattl. Gest 66
42
Howard & Mead.
66
43
Ct. house.
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LIST OF LAWYERS
The following is a list of the persons that qualified in the County Court between 1754 and 1829, inclusive, to practice as attorneys at law, and the respective dates of qualification. Courthouse at New London up to 1782.
John James Allen, May 25, 1819. Subsequently President Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.
Christopher Anthony, Jr., February 26, 1810.
Thomas Bott, September 22, 1800.
Wm. B. Banks, June 22, 1801.
James Breckenridge, February 22, 1804.
Samuel Branch, May 22, 1809.
James Benagh, May 22, 1809. Clerk, Lynchburg.
Thomas Brown, August 28, 1826.
Henry M. Bowyer, August 26, 1828. Bo't.
James Cary, May 27, 1754.
Charles Cupples, July 22, 1754.
Paul Carrington, June 23, 1755. King's Attorney from May
24, 1756.
Thomas Carr, February 25, 1760.
William Cowan, September 23, 1780.
Wm. Sidney Crawford, April 28, 1780.
Christopher Henderson Clark, May 26, 1788.
Thomas M. Clark, February 27, 1797. Samuel L. Crawford, March 24, 1800. James Clarke, October 28, 1807.
William R. Coupland, April 24, 1809.
William Cook, March 25, 1812. Alexander Clements, November 23, 1812.
Jacob N. Cardozo, January 26, 1824. ª
Richard K. Cralle, November 23, 1829. Lynchburg.
Ephriam Dunlop, February 27, 1771.
Walker Daniel, July 25, 1780. - Settled in Danville, Kentucky, killed by Indians 1784.
John Dabney, May 28, 1792. Judge Superior Court of Law of Bedford County 1813.
Wilson Davenport, August 26, 1796.
Chiswell Dabney, July 22, 1811. Lynchburg.
Samuel R. Davis, August 27, 1821.
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Anthony Dibrell, March 26, 1827. Methodist Preacher. John Ellot, June 27, 1769.
Powhatan Ellis, May 24, 1813.
David R. Edley, March 22, 1824. Lynchburg.
Edmund Fontaine, December 22, 1788.
Philip Gooch, March 27, 1792. Edward Graham, May 25, 1801.
James B. Gilmer, August 28, 1809.
William B. Gooch, July 24, 1815.
John Gains, November 24, 1817.
Peachy R. Gilmer, January 26, 1818.
Appd. State's Attorney, June 22, 1818.
Samuel Garland, March 27, 1820. Lynchburg.
Maurice H. Garland, June 26, 1826.
William L. Goggin, April 28, 1828. Bedford.
John Harvey, May 27, 1754.
Peter Hogg, August 25, 1760. Captain Co. Rangers, 1758. John Harvey, March 22, 1768.
George Hancock, August 26, 1782.
Andrew Hambleton, February, 1804.
Grenville Henderson, July 24, 1809. Arthur Hopkins, March 28, 1814. Moved to Alabama and became Judge.
Andrew Hamilton, November 27, 1815.
Thomas A. Holcombe, July 22, 1816. Lynchburg.
Burr Harrison, March 23, 1818. James Hendrick, February 22, 1819.
Tipton B. Harrison, February 28, 1820.
Tipton B. Harrison, July 22, 1821. Peyton Harrison, July 26, 1824. Jesse C. Harrison, May 23, 1825.
Harry Innis, October 27, 1778. Deputy State's Attorney and Excheator. Removed to Kentucky. Edmund Irvine, March 22, 1824.
Edward Johnston, May 26, 1828. Circuit Court Judge, Bo't. Cir.
Marshall Jones, June 22, 1829. George Lyne, June 27, 1769. Robert Lawson, June 27, 1769.
John T. Leftwich, March 27, 1826.
Thomas A. Latham, August 28, 1826.
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RANDOLPH-MACON ACADEMY
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Richmond T. Lacy, October 22, 1827.
Gideon Marr, May 23, 1757. John May, Feb. 27, 1770.
Haynes Morgan, March 26, 1771. Sergeant-Major 80th Britisk. Regiment, 1758, seven years.
Thomas Miller, September 23, 1780.
James McCampbell, November 24, 1794.
John Madison, May 23, 1797.
John Moseley, November, 1804.
James S. McAlester, August 23, 1813.
Callohill. Mennis, February 23, 1818. Bedford.
Hugh Meenan, August 25, 1823.
Daniel Marr, August 25, 1828.
Charles L. Mosby, November 23, 1829. Lynchburg.
Thomas Nash, January 27, 1755.
George W. Nelson, November 27, 1822.
James Patterson, September 26, 1796.
James W. Pegram, January 23, 1826.
Clement Reade, May 27, 1754. Sworn King's Attorney, May 27th, 1754.
Clement Read, Jr., July 25, 1757.
Isaac Read, Feb. 26, 1765. King's Attorney from February 26th, 1765.
James Risque, November 25, 1794.
Archibald Robinson, July 23, 1798.
Benjamin Rice, December 28, 1801. William Radford, November 23, 1807. Bedford.
George W. Ronald, August 27, 1810.
William R. Roane, May 23, 1814. Lynchburg. William Rives, March 28, 1815.
Nathan Read, Jr., April 26, 1819.
Nathaniel Rives, February 23, 1824. Ferdinand W. Risque, June 22, 1829. Lynchburg.
Alexander Stewart, March 26, 1792.
Thomas H. Spencer, November 28, 1796.
William P. Skillern, November 26, 1798. James Stewart, March 25, 1799. John Hill Smith, November 29, 1814.
Archibald Stuart, May 28, 1816.
Edmund N. Sale, February 28, 1820.
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John F. Sale, October 22, 1821. Bedford.
Baldwin L. Scisson, March 24, 1823.
John Todd, June 25, 1771.
Allen Taylor, November 27, 1815.
George Townes, July 22, 1816. Pittsva.
George Tucker, February 23, 1818. Professor of Law, Univer- sity of Virginia.
John D. Urquhart, February 28, 1814.
James Verell, March 26, 1792.
Nicholas Vanstarem, August 26, 1799.
William Watts, May 22, 1864.
Edmund Winston, June 26, 1764. Judge Superior Court of Law of Bedford County, 1809.
John Williams, October 22, 1765.
John Walker, July 28, 1772.
Edward Watts, October, 1804. Roanoke.
Samuel Wiatt, January 26, 1807.
George W. Wright, April 22, 1816.
Giles Ward, August 27, 1822. Peter Walker, October 27, 1823.
John A. Wharton, July 24, 1826. Bedford.
George W. Wilson, November 26, 1827. Bo't.
Henry C. Ward, June 22, 1829.
The judges of the Superior Courts of Law, of the Circuit Superior Courts of Law and Chancery, and of the Circuit Courts of Bedford County were as follows :
Edmund Winston, 1809. John Dabney, 1813. William Daniel, 1816.
Daniel A. Wilson, 1829.
Norborne M. Taliaferro, 1846.
George H. Gilmer, 1853.
Gustavus A. Wingfield, 1861.
Lindsay M. Shumaker, 1869. Military appointee.
Gustavus A. Wingfield, 1870. John D. Horsley, 1887. James A. Dupuy, 1892.
John Randolph Tucker, 1901. Henry E. Blair, 1904.
Cephas B. Moomaw, 1905. William W. Moffett, 1906.
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ECCLESIASTICAL STATISTICS.
The following is a list of the ministers of the Gospel, who were authorized by the County Court between 1754 and 1829, inclusive, to celebrate the rite of marriage, the date of the order conferring the authority, and the denomination to which they severally be- longed.
Rev. John Brander, see Deed Book B, page 123, Deed from Benjamin Arnold, of Buckingham County, to Rev. John Brander, minister of Russell Parrish, dated December 28th, 1762; see will book A, page 310, etc., etc.
John Anthony, August 28, 1781. Baptist Society.
John Ayers, October 26, 1789. Methodist Church.
Henry Alley, June 24, 1822. Methodist Church.
Abner Anthony, May 28, 1827. United Baptists.
William Bramblett, September 22, 1777. Baptist Preacher. Joshua Burnett, February 28, 1803. Baptist Church.
Caleb N. Bell, May 27, 1813. Methodist Church.
Joseph Burroughs, November 23, 1819. Baptist Church.
Samuel Baker, October 22, 1798. Methodist Church, took oath of Fidelity, which was ordered to be certified.
John Crumpacker, June 24, 1799. Dunkard Church.
Abraham Crumpacker, June 24, 1799. Dunkard Church.
Joel Crumpacker, November 28, 1808. Dunkard Church. Nicholas H. Cobbs, July 26, 1824. Protestant Episcopal Church. Joseph Drury, September 27, 1790. Baptist Church.
William Douglas, April 27, 1801. Church not mentioned, Baptist.
James Denton, September 28, 1801. . Church not mentioned.
Joseph Dunn, September 28, 1801. Church not mentioned.
Alfred Henry DeShield, November 25, 1817. Protestant Epis- copal Church.
William Early, June 22, 1795. Methodist Church.
Jesse Fears, February 25, 1793. Church not mentioned.
Isham Fuqua, June 27, 1796. Baptist Church.
William Fuqua, October 23, 1815. Baptist Church.
John White Holt, July 25, 1785. Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr. Holt took the oath of allegiance 25th of August, 1777.
Jeremiah Hatcher, June 27, 1785. Baptist Church.
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Andrew Hunter, January 25, 1790. Methodist Church. John Hall, October 27, 1794. Baptist Church. William Harris, November, 1805. Baptist Church. Samuel Hunter, June 23, 1817. Methodist Church. William Johnson, April 22, 1782. Baptist Society. William Johnson, Sr., October 27, 1794. Baptist Church. Edward Jennings, October 24, 1808. Baptist Church. William Jean, June 27, 1808. Church not mentioned. John Kelly, November 23, 1819. Baptist Church. William Leftwich, Jr., October 24, 1808. Baptist Church. Garnett Lee, June 24, 1811. Methodist Church. James Leftwich, February 27, 1826. Baptist Church. Joshua Leigh, March 28, 1827. Methodist Church.
. James Mitchell, September 26, 1783. Presbyterian Church. Joseph Moon, May 27, 1799. Methodist Church. William Moorman, January, 1804. Church not mentioned. James H. L. Moorman, February, 1805. Church not mentioned. James Morris, January 27, 1812. Methodist Church. Josiah Morton, October 25, 1813. Methodist Church. John Paup, November 26, 1787. Methodist Church. Charles Price, July 27, 1795. Methodist Church. James Rucker, August 28, 1781, Baptist Society. David Rice, November 26, 1781. Presbyterian Church. George Rucker, February 28, 1803. Baptist Church. Daniel Russell, July 27, 1829. Presbyterian Church. Nathaniel Shrewsberry, March 25, 1782. Baptist Society. 1
Nathaniel Shrewsberry, September 26, 1785. Baptist Church. John Sledd, October, 1805. Church not mentioned. James Scott, February 22, 1808. Methodist Church. William Shands, March 28, 1808. Methodist Church. Alexander Sale, May 31, 1810. Methodist Church. William H. Starr, April 26, 1824. Methodist Church. James Turner, January 28, 1793. Presbyterian Church. Wilson Turner, February 28, 1803. Baptist Church. Enoch Terry, June 25, 1810. Baptist Church. Joshua Taylor, June 25, 1810. Baptist Church.
Peyton Welsh, November 23, 1812. Methodist Church. Daniel Witt, December 27, 1824. Baptist Church. Jesse Witt, Jr., October 22, 1827. United Baptists. Zachariah Worley, August 25, 1828. Baptist Church.
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The first minister of the Gospel in Bedford County of whom there is any record was the Rev. John Brander, who belonged to the Established Church of Great Britain. He was a bachelor.
The first deed to him is dated the 28th of December, 1762, and was made by Benjamin Arnold of Buckingham County, conveying to: "Revd. Mr. John Brander, Minister of Russell Parrish in the County of Bedford and his successors for the use of the Parrish" four hundred and ninety-six acres of land in Bedford County, and it was paid for by the Church Wardens. It was subsequently sold by the Trustees and conveyed to Rev. John White Holt, Clerk of Russell Parish, who also belonged to the Established Church.
Mr. Brander acquired lands in his own right in 1772 and 1773, two tracts in Bedford County, amounting to fourteen hundred acres, and quite a number of slaves and other property. He made his will, dated March 27th, 1777, which was probated 28th of July, 1778. He devised his whole estate to his nephew, John Brander, who then resided in the county, charging it with the payment of certain legacies.
January 27th, 1777, the court entered the following order :
"Ordered that it be certified to his Excelly. the Governor that John Brander junior & Council & James McMurray subjects to the King of Great Britain & residing in this County are Agents for two Companies of Merchants in Great Britain, have not mani- fested a friendly Disposition to the American Cause, and are both unconnected with Wives or Children in this State."
On 7th of October, 1779, the whole of Mr. Brander's estate was escheated to the commonwealth, but the records do not show what became of it further than the inquisition of escheatment made by the jury and recorded in the clerk's office.
A Remarkable Deed, of record in the Clerk's Office : Be it Known to all Men that whereas the Presbyterian Congregations of Otter Peaks in Bedford County found it very inconvenient to support. a Minister of our Denomination by yearly subscription there- fore various well disposed Members of said Congregations and others have contributed considerable sums of Money by which Slaves were bought Viz .: Kate, Tom, Jerry, Venus and now said Slaves Issue, Viz .: Nance, Ishmael, Sall, Moses, Herod, Cyrus,
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Pharez, Jinney, Charles, Milly and their Issue forever are vested in the Regular Elders of said Congregations in Bedford County, Virginia, and their Regular Successors in Trust only faithfully to apply the neat profits of said Slaves and Issue forever in said Congregations to supporting a Regular Minister of said Denomina- tion in said Congregations and for purchasing lands for said Slaves to work on, and to keep decent Houses of Worship in Re- pair and for such other Charitable uses as said Elders and Majority of said Congregations may agree upon ·
should at any time the profits of said Slaves arise to such a sur- plus Know all Men therefore that we the Purchasers Heirs at Law and next of kin to said Purchasers of said Slaves, Viz. : Kate, Tom, Jerry, Venus, Purchased with the above contributed Money Do hereby each on our respective parts Warrant and forever defend the above named Slaves, Kate, Tom, Jerry, Venus and their Issue forever for the above Mentioned Purpose from us and each of our Heirs and assigns forever. Witness Whereof we hereunto set our hands and affix our seals this 28th day of July One Thousand Seven hundred Eighty-three.
In presence of
James Turner,
Robt. Ewing, (Seal)
Samuel Beard, W. Ewing, (Seal)
Adam Beard, John Trigg, (Seal)
George Dickson, William Trigg, (Seal)
John Ewing,
David Rice. (Seal)
At a Court held for Bedford County 25th August, 1783.
This certain Writing was acknowledged by Robert Ewing, William Ewing, William Trigg and John Trigg, and
At a Court held for the said County the 22 day of September following, the same was further proved as to David Rice and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Jas. Steptoe, C. C.
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MILITARY STATISTICS
Bedford furnished her quota of soldiers for the French, Indian, Border, Revolutionary, and Mexican Wars. There are records of many distinguished officers from this county who commanded soldiers during these wars.
The militia was drilled at stated times by the captain; occa- sional musters were held at some central point, when the whole country turned out to see the soldiers drill in their attractive uniforms. The soldierly bearing of these farmers was remarkable, and their descendants promptly responded to the call of Virginia, when, in after years, she was plunged into a civil war whose equal has not been recorded in the annals of nations.
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