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Although the first session of the General Assembly was convened July 30, 1619, the first printed journal of the House of Burgesses was that of 1732. From 1732 on, this is a reprint of the original: Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses. The Journal of the House of Burgesses, published in Williamsburg, Va 16 Subjects: genealogy
The House of Burgesses (/ ˈ b ɜːr dʒ ə s ɪ z /) was the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly from 1619 to 1776. It existed during the colonial history of the United States when Virginia was a British colony.
House of Burgesses, Henry Read McIlwaine, John Pendleton Kennedy, Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619-[1776]. Richmond, VA: Colonial Press, E. Waddey Company, 1915. OCLC 2941728. Virginia State Library. Report of the Virginia State Library, Volumes 13-15. Richmond: Virginia State Library, Division of Purchase and Printing, 1917.
William Sharpe should not be confused with Samuel Sharpe, another early Virginia colonist, soldier, and ancient planter who settled in Charles City, Virginia and was a burgess in the first general assembly of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1619 with whom he is sometimes erroneously conflated. [1] [2] [3]
Richard Buckner (born after 1662, died in late 1733 or early 1734) was a Virginia attorney and land speculator who served many years as the clerk of Essex County and for three years served as clerk of the Virginia House of Burgesses (1712–1715).
Col. Landon Carter, I (August 18, 1710 – December 22, 1778) was an American planter and burgess for Richmond County, Virginia. [1] Although one of the most popular patriotic writers and pamphleters of pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary-era Virginia, he may today be perhaps best known for his journal, which described colonial life leading up the American War of Independence, The Diary of ...
In 1694 Thomas Buckner received a legacy in the will of Virginia resident Edward Porteous (possibly a relative of Robert Porteous who served on the Governor's Council in 1715 when Thomas and his brother John Jr. both served as Gloucester County's burgesses and their brother Richard was the Clerk of the House of Burgesses). [6] [7]
In 1619, Samuel Sharpe represented Charles City (sometimes referred to as Bermuda City) at the first assembly of the Virginia House of Burgesses. [2] [9] McIlwaine, H. R., ed. Volume 1 of Journals of the House of Burgesses, 1619 - 1658/59. Richmond, VA, 1915, p. viii shows Sharpe as the representative for Westover, an incorporation of Charles ...