Mr. Wilson:
Shortly after posting my query re George W. Williams, whom the census listed
as "Clerk of the Virginia Senate", I received a copy of an article written
on the Civil War era "Williams gun" in which a letter from a veteran was
copied. In it, the vet, from Richmond, said that around 1880 he had made
the acquaintance of George W. Williams, a son of the gun's inventor. He
described George as "Deputy Clerk of the Virginia Senate". Then I started
to hope that George had been promoted sometime later, in order to show up in
a list of the actual Clerks of the Senate. But no such luck. Good to know
the truth of the matter, though.
Thank you very much - you and others - who responded to my query.
Andy Anderson
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From: "Wilson, Donald L" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: Request for lookup in list of Clerks of VA Senate
According to _Officers of the Senate of Virginia, 1776-1996_, by Louis
H. Manarin (Richmond, 1997), p. 309: Shelton C. Davis was Clerk of the
Virginia Senate from 1852 to 1879. The name George W. Williams does not
appear in the book.
I looked at the entry for George W. Williams in the 1870 census. His
age (30) and economic status (no real estate, owns $150 in personal
property) suggest that he must be something less that the prestigious
chief Clerk of the Senate. His occupation does say "Clerk of Va. Senate"
but I suspect what is intended is a clerk IN the Va. Senate.
Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian
Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center for Genealogy and Local History
Prince William Public Library System
Bull Run Regional Library, 8051 Ashton Avenue
Manassas, VA 20109-2892
703-792-4540 www.pwcgov.org/library
-----Original Message-----
From: Anderson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 8:24 PM
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Subject: Request for lookup in list of Clerks of VA Senate
Could some kind soul please do a lookup in the appropriate register (I
don't
have a book title) and tell me the inclusive dates or years when George
W.
Williams served as Clerk of the Virginia Senate? That was listed as his
occupation in the 1870 Henrico County census. A biography and obituary
for
him may also exist in some record of public officials, but I don't know
when
he died. If he died still in that office the Senate may have entered a
memorial of him in their minutes. He and his family were in Richmond in
1870 and 1880. His widow, Bertha, was living there in 1900.
Thanks for any help offered.
Andy Anderson
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