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Delegates to the Conventions
1775–1776.
March 1775. George Washington and Charles
Broadwater.
July 1775. Charles Broadwater and George
Mason.
December 1775. Charles Broadwater.
May 1776. John West, Jr., and George Mason.
George William Fairfax was a Burgess for Frederick
County, 1752–1755 Hugh West, 1756–1758;
and George Washington, 1758–1765. Augustine
Washington was a Burgess from Westmoreland.
1754–1758; William Fairfax a Burgess for Prince
William before his promotion to the Council in
1744; and James Hamilton a Burgess for Loudoun
for many years prior to 1771. All of those named
above, with the exception of Lawrence Washington,
Gerrard Alexander and George Johnston,
were Vestrymen of Truro Parish.
This list is gathered from Stanard's "Virginia
Colonial Register,'" except in the case of Col. John
Colvill, whom Stanard supposes to have succeeded
William Fairfax as Burgess for Prince William
in 1744. But beside the testimony of the Rev.
Charles Green that he was "a Burgess for this
county" in 1744, the Journal of the House of Burgesses
for that year indicates that he was a member
of the House when the Writ for the election
of a successor to Mr. Fairfax was issued. The
matter is set at rest, however, by reference to "The
Poll for Election of Burgesses for Fairfax County
in the year 1744," on record in the Clerk's office.
Capt. Lawrence Washington received 152 votes;
Col. John Colvill, 151; Capt. Lewis Elzey, 101;
and others a smaller number.
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