Virginia Sheriffs, 1699

5 June 1699

Thomas Cock, Henrico County
Francis Milner, Nansemund County
Richard Church, Norfolk County
William Cary, Warwick County
Thomas Ballard, Yorke County
John Walter, King and Queen County
Sir William Skipwith, Middlesex County
Rhodham Kennor, Northumberland County
George Mason, Stafford
Nathaniel Littleton, Northampton County
Robert Bolling, Charles City County
Anthony Holladay, Isle of Wight County
John Thorowgood, Princess Anne County
Coleman Brough, Elizabeth City County
Henry Duke, James City County
William Bassett, New Kent County
Mordecai Cook, Gloucester County
John Talliaferro, Essex County
Alexander Swann, Lancaster County
Alexander Spence, Westmoreland County
Thomas Wetburn, Accomack County

Headlam, Cecil, ed., Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series (Volume 17), America and West Indies, 1699. Also Addenda, 1621-1698, Preserved in the Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1908. p. 270.,

More information about colonial Virginia can be found in the books:

Planters and Pioneers: Life in Colonial Virginia
and:
The Virginia Adventure: Roanoke to James Towne
and:
Captain John Smith: A Select Edition of His Writings
and:
The Formation of a Society on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, 1615-1655

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