Virginia Sheriffs, 1700

6 April 1700

Francis Epes, Henrico County
Littlebury Epes, Charles City County
William Brown, Surrey County
Arthur Smith, Isle of Wight County
George Nasworthy, Nansemund County
William Cornex, Princess Ann County
Richard Church, Norfolk County
Walter Bayly, Elizabeth City County
Thomas Merry, Warwick County
Henry Tyler, Yorke County
Thomas Cowles, James City County
Nicholas Meriweather, New Kent County
John Walker, King and Queen County
James Ransone, Gloucester County
Robert Dudley, Middlesex County
James Baughan, Essex County
Samuel Peachy, Richmond County
William Ball, Lancaster County
Hancock Lee, Northumberland
Willowby Allerton, Westmoreland County
Richard Fossaker, Stafford County
George Nicholas Hack, Accomack County
John Robins, Northampton County

Headlam, Cecil, ed., Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series (Volume 18), America and West Indies, 1700, Preserved in the Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1910. p. 148.,

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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