Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-08
TO HONOR HER
i FAITHFUL SONS.
Northumberland County Will Erect
Memorial Tablet.

A marble tablet will be erected in the
Courthouse of Northumberland county.
as tribute to the patriotic men who
served the county in the House of Bur
gesses before the Revolution and the
members of the Constitutional Conven-
tion from the county. The tablet is of
Italian marble, with lettering of black
and gold. In the left hand upper corner
it bears the Colonial seal of the State,
while in the other upper corner it has
the present seal. It is 48 by % inches
and is an inch thick. 1t bears the fol-
lowing inscription:
Northumberland County,
1648-I9lO.
northumberland County was formed
in 164S.
This tablet is tribute to the patriotic
men who. from Colonial times to the
present. served their State. To the
members representing Northumberland
county in the House of Burgesses before
the Revolution (l64s-1776). too numer-
Gus to be spread on this tablet, list of
whom is recorded as q part of the same
in Order Book No. of this court, page
264, 1910.
To the members of the Constitutional
Convention from Northumberland Co.
Q774-l90D who were:
Session August /, 1774:
Peter Presley Thornton and Rodham
Kenner.
March 20, l775:
Rodham Kenner and Thomas Jones.
July, l775.
Peter Presley Thornton and Rodham
Kenner.
December i, ITS:
Peter Presley Thornton and Bodham
Kenner.
May 6, 1776:
Rodham Kenner and John Cralle.
June 2, 1873:
Walter Jones and Thomas Gaskins.
October 5. 1929:
William A. G. Dade, Ellyson Currie,
John Talisferro and Fleming Bates,
October II. 1850:
Richard L. T. Beale, Samuel Straughan
and Addison Hall.
February Is, 1861:
Addison Hall.
December 8, 1857:
(Under the Reconstruction Acts of
Congress)
Ephraim Nash and Richard S. Aver.
June IL, 1901:
c. Harding Walker.
To the Delegates and Senators repre-.
senting Northumberland county in the
Legislative assemblies of the Common
wealth (l776-1910), too numerous to b.
spread on this tablet, list of whom i.
recorded as part of the same in Ordel
Book No. 4. of this court, page 26l, 1910
Presented to Northumberland count,
through the Circuit Court by Mrs. Emil,
Steelman Fisher, a daughter of tn,
American Revolution, Reedville, Va.
The tablet has just been completed b,
Gaddess Bros. Co.. lis North Libert,
street, Baltimore, and will be sent t
this place in few days. -Heathsvill
Corr. Baltimore Sun.
4 This tablet will be presented to Nor
thumberland county on court day Apr
11th, 1910. 1t is one of the most uniou
and historical in Virginia. Besides
list of the members of the Constitutions
Convention since the American Reyolr
tion. it makes as part of it complet
lists of all the Burgesses of Northun
berland (1648-l776), and of all the men
bers of the Senate and House of Del.
gates (1776-l9l0) compiled and recorde
in the clerks Office. 1t is safe to ga
that no other county in Virginia excey
Northumberland has compiled and ca
boast of these unbroken lists.
The list of the Burgesses is the faitl
ful and accomplished work of VIM. {
j. Stanard. ESD, Secretary and Librsris
of the Virginia Historical Society, ar
!. the list Of the Senators and House
= Delegates, the faithful and accomplish
n work of Mr.. w. Clayton Terrence Il
: head of the department of Bibliograpf
Virginia State Library under the dire
: tion of Hon. II. r. McIlwaine the a
'complished and polite State Librarian