CHAPTER VI. History of southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870 | ||
FINCASTLE COUNTY ORGANIZED UNDER THE STATE
CONSTITUTION.
The first county court of Fincastle county, under the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Virginia, assembled at the Lead Mines,
(now in Wythe county), on September 3, 1776, at which time the
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county qualified by taking the oath prescribed by an ordinance of
the Virginia Convention, which oath was administered by James
McGavock and Arthur Campbell.
CHAPTER VI. History of southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870 | ||