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1321:McKinney
1306:Holliday
1286:Pierpont
1251:McDowell
1226:Campbell
1216:Tazewell
1211:J. Floyd
1181:Nicholas
1166:G. Smith
1156:G. Smith
1072:Virginia
1030:Fauquier
1017:Fauquier
999:(acting)
956:Drysdale
907:(acting)
879:(acting)
871:(acting)
869:Jeffreys
863:Berkeley
858:(acting)
820:Yeardley
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291:Henricus
191:Children
1481:Northam
1456:Gilmore
1441:Baliles
1401:Stanley
1371:Pollard
1361:Trinkle
1341:Swanson
1311:Cameron
1276:Letcher
1266:Johnson
1246:Gregory
1186:Preston
1176:Barbour
1091:Fleming
1046:Dunmore
1023:Amherst
1011:Loudoun
997:Burwell
932:Jenings
894:Mathews
884:Bennett
363:Puritan
272:Warwick
1461:Warner
1446:Wilder
1431:Dalton
1426:Godwin
1421:Holton
1416:Godwin
1406:Almond
1396:Battle
1386:Darden
1351:Stuart
1316:F. Lee
1301:Kemper
1296:Walker
1236:Patton
1231:Gilmer
1161:Monroe
1146:Cabell
1136:Monroe
1126:Brooke
1121:H. Lee
942:Orkney
937:Hunter
917:Andros
889:Digges
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825:Argall
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1206:Giles
1106:Henry
1081:Henry
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830:Wyatt
805:Gates
800:Percy
795:Smith
1436:Robb
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1271:Wise
1141:Page
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927:Nott
877:Kemp
850:West
840:Pott
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619:ISBN
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