ar of State
Papers_, IV, 170.

[65] Sydnor, _American Revolutionaries_, pp. 77-78.

[66] As a result law books were the property of the court rather than
the individual justices, and on the death or resignation of a justice
his law books were surrendered to the court and divided among the
remaining members of the court. Hening, _Statutes_, IV, 437.

[67] In unusual circumstances, such as an outbreak of smallpox, the
sheriff might chose an alternate site. H. R. McIlwaine (ed), _Journals
of the House of Burgesses, 1742-49_, (Richmond, 1909), p. 292.

[68] Douglas S. Freeman, _George Washington: A Biography: Young
Washington_, (New York: Scribner, 1948), II, 146, notes that
Washington became involved in an election-day brawl at the election of
members of the House of Burgesses in December 1755. The contest
between John West, George William Fairfax, and William Ellzey was very
close, and Washington (supporting Fairfax) met William Payne (who
opposed Fairfax). Angry words led to blows, and Payne knocked
Washington down with a stick. There was talk of a duel, but the next
day Washington apologized for what he had said, and friendly relations
were restored.

[69] Sydnor, _American Revolutionaries_, p. 53.

[70] Nicholas Cresswell, _The Journals of Nicholas Cresswell,
1774-1777_, (Pt. Washington, N. Y.: Kennikat Press, 1968), pp. 27-28.

[71] Hening, _Statutes_, III, 243.

[72] "Bumbo" was an eighteenth century slang term for rum. Sydnor,
_American Revolutionaries_, p. 53.

[73] William C. Rives, _History of the Life and Times of James
Madison_, (Boston: Little, Brown, 1873), I, 180-81.

[74] Porter, _County Government_, p. 107.

[75] Calendar of State Papers, IV, 337.

[76] Hening, _Statutes_, X, 198; XI, 432; XII, 273, 573; Shepherd,
_Laws_, I, 114.

[77] Hening, _Statutes_, X, 385 (orphans); XII, 199 (mental health).

[78] The district court's jurisdiction included civil cases of a value
of L30 or 2,000 lbs of tobacco, all criminal cases, and appeals from
the county court in criminal cases. Hening, _Statutes_, XII, 730 et
seq.

[79] Virginia, _Code of 1819_, I, 226.

[80] Hening, _Statutes_, XIII, 758.

[81] Hening, _Statutes_, XII, 174.

[82] In the late eighteenth century, Virginia millers and warehousemen
were major sources of grain and flour for New England, the West Indies
and Mediterranean. The House of Burgesses, and later the General
Assembly, enacted comprehensive laws regulating the quality,