Virginia Loyal Address of the Justices of the Peace, Officers of the Court and Militia Officers for James City County, 1702

On 27 March 1702 the Justices of the Peace, Officers of the Court and Militia Officers for James City County, Virginia made an address of loyalty to the King.

Justices of the Peace and Officers of the Court.

Tho. Mountfortt, Sherriff
C.C. Thacher, Clerk
Otho. Cobbs, Sub-Sherriff
Joseph Mountfortt, Sub-Sherriff
William Aylett, Dep. Clerk
Philip Lightfoot
Henry Duke
J. Harrison
Henry Soane
J. Geddes
Phillip Ludwell
Michael Sherman
James Bray
Thomas Cowles
Hugh Norvell
William Edwards
John Frayser

Militia Officers

David Bray
Alexander Walker, Jr.
William Hartwell
Joseph Mountfortt
Richard Wood
Hugh Norvell
William Browne, Jr.
Benjamin Goodrich
William Broadribb
Francis Dancij
James Harrison
Benjamin Eggleston
Lanslett Woodward
Joseph Egglistone
Phillip Ludwell
Henry Duke
Michael Sherman
Thomas Cowles
Henry Duke, Jr.
Thomas Mountfortt
Jo. Geddes
John Frayser
Henry Soane, Jr.
Edward Ross
Edward Jacquelin

Headlam, Cecil, ed., Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series (Volume 20), America and West Indies, Jan.-Dec. 1, 1702, Preserved in the Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1912. pp. 155-160.

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