Thank you for sharing your wisdom !
    Carole
 
 
In a message dated 5/23/2011 10:45:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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For most  of the colonial period for most counties, the best (but  very
time-consuming) method of ascertaining the names of sheriffs and  other
officers is to turn through the county court order books,  where
recommendations for appointment of those officers were usually  recorded
and where their appearing to take their oaths of office were also  often
recorded.

For counties with missing records and for time  periods prior to the
record books that Vince Brooks listed, it is often  extremely difficult
even to verify published lists, and from my many years  of experience I
am very reluctant to trust them without independent primary  sources for
verification.

Brent Tarter
The Library of  Virginia
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