The Secretary of the Commonwealth maintained a list of county/city officers for the Governor. Those records have been microfilmed and are available in The Library of Virginia reading room or via interlibrary loan.
The catalog record for the volumes is below.
Call Number: 36076 Miscellaneous Reel 458a
Author: Virginia. Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Title: Registers of justices and other county officials, 1775-1865.
Summary: These volumes list justices and other civic and county officials, including clerks, sheriffs, coroners, escheators, surveyors, and commissioners of wrecks. Each volume is arranged alphabetically by county and each entry includes name of the office holder and the date qualified and commissioned. Includes volumes for 1768-1833, 1775-1818, 1780-1811, 1780-1822, 1786-1845, 1793-1852, 1795-1813, and 1852-1865.
Org./Arrangement: Each volume is arranged alphabetically by county.
-----Original Message-----
From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nancy Abbott
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 3:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] list of sheriffs
I know one of them was my ancestor, James Bates, married to Winifred Hix!
-----Original Message-----
From: Carole D. Bryant <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 2:04 pm
Subject: list of sheriffs
Where would be the best place to look for a list of Halifax County
sheriffs, beginning with the first, when the county was formed in 1752 or as
soon
thereafter as the office began to be used.
Thanks,
Carole
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