r 17, 1969.

[9] _Ibid._

[10] William W. Hening (ed.), [Virginia] _Statutes at Large_, 1823,
reprint edition (Charlottesville: University Press of
Virginia, 1969), VII, p. 32.

[11] Albert Porter, _County Government in Virginia_ (New York:
Columbia University Press, 1947), p. 186.

[12] Fairfax County Court Minute Book, March 23, 1786, p. 191.
Subsequently John Moss was reappointed Commissioner of the
Land Tax in 1787, 1792, and 1793.

[13] Hening, _Statutes_, XII, p. 243.

[14] Fairfax County Court Order Book, 1787 (February 20 and October
15, 1787): "John Moss, Gent., Commissioner for Fairfax
district produced on oath an account against the Commonwealth
for his service in that capacity amounting to Twenty-five
pounds thirteen shillings and six pence, which being examined
by the court is allowed and ordered to be certified."

[15] Shepherd, _Code_, I, p. 114.

[16] Porter, _County Government_, p. 211.

[17] Shepherd, _Code_, III, p. 262.

[18] Fairfax County Deed Book Y-1, p. 69.

[19] Shepherd, _Code_, I, p. 11.

[20] F. Johnston, _Memorials of Old Virginia Clerks_ (Lynchburg: J.
P. Bell, 1880), p. 172.

_Alexandria Gazette_, October 4, 1839. The obituary notice for
Thomas Moss states that he died on October 2 after a long
illness, having been a Justice of the Peace for many years,
and also having served as a member of the State Legislature
and as county court clerk.

The Archives of the Virginia House of Delegates show that
Thomas Moss was a Delegate from Fairfax County for the
1828-1829 biennium. (Honorable George Rich, January 2, 1970;
personal communication.)

[21] K. M. Willis, "Old Fairfax Homes Give Up A Secret," _American
Motorist_, May 1932, p. 16; Johnston, _Clerks_, p. 174.

[22] M. Herndon, _Tobacco in Colonial Virginia_ (Williamsburg:
Virginia 350th Celebration Corp., 1957), pp. 7-8, indicates
that tobacco was introduced into Northern Virginia by the
settlers who moved into the Rappahannock and Potomac areas
around 1650. By the end of the seventeenth century, Herndon
states, tobacco farming dominated the lowlands all along the
Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers below the fall line.

F. Harrison, _Landmarks of Old Prince Wil