Meeting of the Freeholders of Elizabeth City County, Virginia

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A respectable number of the Freeholders of Elizabeth City County, pursuant to notice given by advertisements, met at the Court House of the said County, on Tuesday, November 22, 1774, to elect a Committee for the purposes mentioned in the Association entered into by the American Continental Congress; after previously determining that the election should be by ballot, that the Committee should be chosen for the Town of Hampton and County jointly, they proceeded to the election, the same being conducted under the inspection of several worthy members, and the following persons were chosen: William Roscow Wilson Curle; Henry King, John Tabb, Worlich Westwood, Roe Cowper, William Armistead, Joseph Selden, James Wallace, Cary Selden, Jacob Wray, George Wray, John Cary, and Miles King.

They then elected William Rosow Wilson Curle, Esq˙, Chairman, and Mr˙ Robert Bright, Clerk.

From the Minutes,

ROBERT BRIGHT, Clerk.