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972:Albemarle
945:Spotswood
918:Nicholson
901:Chicheley
895:Colepeper
784:Scrivener
778:Ratcliffe
773:Wingfield
511:Biography
419:Lunenburg
371:Civil War
210:Spouse(s)
115:In office
104:from the
54:In office
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1332:Montague
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1247:McDowell
1222:Campbell
1212:Tazewell
1207:J. Floyd
1177:Nicholas
1162:G. Smith
1152:G. Smith
1068:Virginia
1026:Fauquier
1013:Fauquier
995:(acting)
952:Drysdale
903:(acting)
875:(acting)
867:(acting)
865:Jeffreys
859:Berkeley
854:(acting)
816:Yeardley
786:(acting)
529:Archived
321:Born in
108:district
1477:Northam
1452:Gilmore
1437:Baliles
1397:Stanley
1367:Pollard
1357:Trinkle
1337:Swanson
1307:Cameron
1272:Letcher
1262:Johnson
1242:Gregory
1182:Preston
1172:Barbour
1087:Fleming
1042:Dunmore
1019:Amherst
1007:Loudoun
993:Burwell
928:Jenings
890:Mathews
880:Bennett
513:by the
342:in the
264:Private
1457:Warner
1442:Wilder
1427:Dalton
1422:Godwin
1417:Holton
1412:Godwin
1402:Almond
1392:Battle
1382:Darden
1347:Stuart
1312:F. Lee
1297:Kemper
1292:Walker
1232:Patton
1227:Gilmer
1157:Monroe
1142:Cabell
1132:Monroe
1122:Brooke
1117:H. Lee
938:Orkney
933:Hunter
913:Andros
885:Digges
841:Harvey
821:Argall
627:
428:Amelia
252:
234:
176:, U.S.
1462:Kaine
1447:Allen
1377:Price
1372:Peery
1352:Davis
1287:Wells
1202:Giles
1102:Henry
1077:Henry
979:Gooch
966:Gooch
852:Reade
826:Wyatt
801:Gates
796:Percy
791:Smith
44:46th
1432:Robb
1387:Tuck
1362:Byrd
1342:Mann
1267:Wise
1137:Page
1127:Wood
923:Nott
873:Kemp
846:West
836:Pott
831:West
811:Dale
662:1909
625:ISBN
434:and
421:and
269:Unit
261:Rank
181:Died
157:Born
106:28th
986:Lee
361:in
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