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Title: History of the lower Shenandoah Valley counties of Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson and Clarke, their early settlement and progress to the present time; geological features; a description of their historic and interesting localities; cities, towns and villages; portraits of some of the prominent men, and biographies of many of the representative citizens
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Norris, J. E., ed
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Publisher: Chicago (etc.) A. Warner & Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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o give the boundaries of the entire district, butthe lines including and forming Berkeley County will be sufficientlyunderstood by stating that what is now Berkeley, JefPerson and Mor-gan Counties, was the district laid off as Berkeley. The usual direc-tions in regard to court days also accompanied the act. Pursuant to the above act, and having received commissions fromthe governor. Lord Dunmore, the gentlemen named in the commissionsassembled on the 19th day of May, 1772, and the following is the Urstminute of the proceedings. Berkeley County, ss. Be it remembered that at the house of Edward Beeson, the 19tliday of May,. 1772, a commission of the peace and a commission ofOyer and Terminer, from his excellency. Lord Dunmore, dated the17th day of April, in the year aforesaid, directed to Ralph Wormley,Jacob Hite, Van Swearingen, Thomas Rutherford, Adam Stephen,John Neville, Thomas Swearingen, Samuel Washington, James Nourse,William Little, Robert Stephen, John Briscoe, Hugh Lyle, James
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BERKELEY COUNTY. 223 Strode, William Morgan, Robert Stogdon, James Seaton, RobertCarter Willis and Thomas Robinson, and also a dedimus for admin-istering the oath directed to the same persons, or any two of them,were produced and read; whereupon the said Van Swearingen, hav-ing first taken the usual oath to his Majestys person and govern-ment, repeated and subscribed the test, taken the oaths of a justiceof the peace, of a justice of the county court in chancery, and of ajustice of Oyer and Terminer, which were administered to him by thesaid James Nourse and William Little, he, the said Van Swearingen,then administered the same oaths unto Thomas Swearingen, SamuelWashington, James Nourse, William Morgan, William Little, JamesStrode, Robert Stephen, Robert Stogdon, Robert Carter Willis andJames Seaton, who severally took the same, and repeated and sub-scribed the test. Previous to the opening of the court as recited, the governor, LordDunmore, had forwarded to the gentlemen named as ju

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