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210:Parent(s)
123:1651-1654
119:In office
100:1656-1660
96:In office
57:1657-1660
53:In office
1497:Youngkin
1347:Montague
1332:McKinney
1317:Holliday
1297:Pierpont
1262:McDowell
1237:Campbell
1227:Tazewell
1222:J. Floyd
1192:Nicholas
1177:G. Smith
1167:G. Smith
1083:Virginia
1041:Fauquier
1028:Fauquier
1010:(acting)
967:Drysdale
918:(acting)
890:(acting)
882:(acting)
880:Jeffreys
874:Berkeley
869:(acting)
831:Yeardley
801:(acting)
599:(1852).
477:(1883).
302:Henricus
202:Children
1492:Northam
1467:Gilmore
1452:Baliles
1412:Stanley
1382:Pollard
1372:Trinkle
1352:Swanson
1322:Cameron
1287:Letcher
1277:Johnson
1257:Gregory
1197:Preston
1187:Barbour
1102:Fleming
1057:Dunmore
1034:Amherst
1022:Loudoun
1008:Burwell
943:Jenings
905:Mathews
895:Bennett
374:Puritan
283:Warwick
1472:Warner
1457:Wilder
1442:Dalton
1437:Godwin
1432:Holton
1427:Godwin
1417:Almond
1407:Battle
1397:Darden
1362:Stuart
1327:F. Lee
1312:Kemper
1307:Walker
1247:Patton
1242:Gilmer
1172:Monroe
1157:Cabell
1147:Monroe
1137:Brooke
1132:H. Lee
953:Orkney
948:Hunter
928:Andros
900:Digges
856:Harvey
836:Argall
632:
514:
348:Career
329:Supply
249:, the
194:Spouse
1477:Kaine
1462:Allen
1392:Price
1387:Peery
1367:Davis
1302:Wells
1217:Giles
1117:Henry
1092:Henry
994:Gooch
981:Gooch
867:Reade
841:Wyatt
816:Gates
811:Percy
806:Smith
1447:Robb
1402:Tuck
1377:Byrd
1357:Mann
1282:Wise
1152:Page
1142:Wood
938:Nott
888:Kemp
861:West
851:Pott
846:West
826:Dale
630:ISBN
512:OCLC
177:Died
160:1630
157:Born
109:for
1001:Lee
489:205
444:VA.
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419:of
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