hat under such
circumstances we approve the conduct of the said Officers
and Troops.

"_Resolved, nemine contra dicente_, That we cordially
approve the conduct of our countrymen, Captain Patrick
Henry, and the other volunteers of Hanover County, who
marched under him, in making reprisals on the King's
property for the trespass committed as aforesaid, and that
we are determined to hazard all the blessings of this life
rather than suffer the smallest injury offered to their
persons or estates, on this account, to pass unrewarded with
its equal punishment.

"_Resolved, nemine contra dicente_, That it be recommended
to the Representatives of this County, as the opinion of
this Committee, that they by no means agree to the
reprisals, taken as aforesaid, being returned.

"_Ordered_, That the clerk transmit immediately a copy of
the preceding resolves to the Printers of the Virginia and
Pennsylvania gazettes, to be published.

"By order of the Committee.

"GEORGE JOHNSTON, _Clerk._"

In session in Loudoun, May 14, 1776:

"Richard Morlan being summoned to appear before this
Committee, for speaking words inimical to the liberties of
America, and tending to discourage a Minute-man from
returning to his duty; and also publickly declaring he would
not muster, and if fined would oppose the collection of the
fine with his gun: The charge being proved against him, and
he heard in his defense, the Committee think proper to hold
the said Morlan up to the publick as an enemy to their
rights and liberties; and have ordered that this resolution
be published in the Virginia _Gazette_.

"CHRISTOPHER GREENUP, _Clerk._"

_Soldiery._

Loudoun, at the time of the Revolution, was one of the most densely
populated counties in the State. Her militia, according to the returns
of 1780 and 1781, numbered 1,746, which number was far in excess of
that reported by any other Virginia county.

It is probable that a few Loudoun patriots served in Captain Daniel
Morgan's celebrated "Company of Virgina Riflemen," thus described by a
line officer of the Continental Army: "They are remarkably stout and
hardy men; many of them exceeding six feet in height. They are dressed
in white frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. These men are
remarkable for the accuracy of their aim; striking a mark with great
c