Minutes or- Court of \'ouor;ANiA Countv. 257 



miner, Came into Court and look the ( )ath of Justice of the 

 Peece and Justices of Oyer and Terminer. 



Ceorge McCarmick Gentleman ])roduced a Commission from 

 the Governor appointing him Sheriff for this County which 

 was read, the Court demanded the sd. George McCarmick 

 Gent, to enter into Bond according to Law, and Qualify into 

 said Commission which he refused alleging that he was a Cap- 

 tain in the 13th Virginia Redgment in the Continental Ser- 

 vice, and Contrary to his Expectation the General refused to 

 permit him to resign his said Melitary Commission and that 

 his serving as Sheriff was Incompatible with his duty in the 

 Military department, it is the Opinion of the Court that the 

 reasons are satisfactory. 



Ordered that Matthew Ritchie, Joseph Beckett & James 

 Rogers Gentl. be recommended to his Excellency the Governor 

 as proper persons for his Excellency to Commission one as 

 Sheriff to serve the Ensuing year. 

 (68) Matthew Ritchey Gent came into Court and took the Oath 



of High Sheriff for the Term of one month. 



Joseph Ford produced a Commission from his Excellency the 

 Governor appointing him Captain of the Melitia, which was 

 read and Sworn to According. 



Ordered that the Clerk forwared the following Letter to his 

 Excellency the Governor. 



Sir 



Permit the Justices of the County Court of Yohogania to 

 address your Excellency, in Answer to Your Letter of the 2'"' 

 of May Last. We feal as we hope we ought for the Gover- 

 nours attention to the affairs of this County. The reasons of 

 the Courts passing over the Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and 

 Major, (which your F^xcellency formerly Commissioned) in 

 their Late recommendation, was, that the Colonel and Major 

 Informed the Court, or some Members thereof, that they had. 

 signified their resignation to your Excellency and their reasons 

 for so doing, and that the Causes was not removed and refused 

 to be recommended we have Only heard that your F^xcellency 

 Commissioned Mr. Thomas Brown as Lieutenant Colonel, and 

 that the said Mr. Brown refused Serving, as he was not recom- 



