Organization of First Court
The first court in Roanoke County was organized
by the election or appointment of the following
officers: Clerk of the County Court, William M.
Cook; Sheriff, Colonel Elijah McClanahan; Deputy
Sheriffs, Jeremiah K. Pitzer and Rufus Pitzer; Commissioner
of the Revenue, Armistead Neal; Commonwealth's
Attorney of the County Court, James
B. Watts; Commonwealth's Attorney of the Circuit
Court, General Edward Watts; Jailer, James C.
Huff. Madison Pitzer and Henry Frantz were nominated
by the county justices to the Governor for
the office of Coroner, but the records do not show
that the appointees ever qualified.
