FOOTNOTES

I certify that the foregoing is a true andauthentic copy taken from the volumeabove named.

JOHN McDONAGH,Record Agent,July 14th, 1871.

The McDonald copy has the following after Finis:

(in Dorso.)

1619.The proceedings of the first Assembly of Virginia. July 1619.True Copy,AUGUSTUS AUSTEN BURT.

FOOTNOTES[413]Aforesaid, Bancroft.[414]Spelman, McDonald.[415]greatest, McDonald.[416]genl, Bancroft.[417]Spellman, Bancroft.[418]Spellman, Bancroft.[419]agst, McDonald.[420]Governour, Bancroft.[421]Governour, McDonald, Bancroft.[422]than, McDonald, Bancroft.[423]Opochancanos, McDonald.[424]witnes, McDonald, Bancroft.[425]than, Bancroft.[426]agst, McDonald.[427]courte, McDonald, Bancroft.[428]misdemeanor, McDonald; misdemeanr, Bancroft.[429]Capt., McDonald.[O]This paragraph appears only in the McDonald copy, and in that it has two rows of lines at right angles to each other and diagonally across it, as if to indicate that this portion of the record was considered as being improperly made or, perhaps, was not official.[430]600Li, McDonald; £60, Bancroft.[431]50li, McDonald; £50, Bancroft.[432]Argall's, McDonald.[433]Capt., Bancroft.[434]now, McDonald.[435]presentes, McDonald, Bancroft.[436]Inhabitts, Bancroft.[437]will be, McDonald, Bancroft.[438]600li, McDonald; £60, Bancroft.[439]Governours, McDonald, Bancroft.[440]Captaine, McDonald, Bancroft.[441]paide, Bancroft.[442]Capt., Bancroft.[443]part, Bancroft.[444]50li, McDonald; £50, Bancroft.[P]This paragraph is in the McDonald and Bancroft copies but not in De Jarnette's.[445]general, McDonald.[446]greate, Bancroft.[447]this, McDonald.[448]only, McDonald.[449]yett, Bancroft.[450]severall, McDonald, Bancroft.[451]regard to, McDonald; regard, Bancroft.[452]comanded, McDonald, Bancroft.[453]Tresurer, McDonald, Bancroft.[454]in, Bancroft.[455]therein, McDonald.[456]part, McDonald.[457]woulde easily be found, McDonald; would easily be founde, Bancroft.[458]short, McDonald.[459]no, omitted by McDonald.[460]will be, McDonald, Bancroft.[461]beseeche, McDonald.[462]Tresurer, McDonald.[463]inacte, McDonald, Bancroft.[464]righte soe to do, McDonald; right so to doe, Bancroft.[465]current, Bancroft.[466]wee, McDonald.[467]gott, McDonald; got, Bancroft.[468]reines, McDonald; raines, Bancroft.[469]suit, McDonald.[470]find, McDonald.[471]down, McDonald.[472]Counsell, McDonald, Bancroft.[473]Generall, McDonald.[474]Majesty, McDonald; Maty, Bancroft.[475]rejecte, McDonald, Bancroft.[476]Governr, McDonald; Governour, Bancroft.[477]Generall, McDonald.

[413]Aforesaid, Bancroft.

[414]Spelman, McDonald.

[415]greatest, McDonald.

[416]genl, Bancroft.

[417]Spellman, Bancroft.

[418]Spellman, Bancroft.

[419]agst, McDonald.

[420]Governour, Bancroft.

[421]Governour, McDonald, Bancroft.

[422]than, McDonald, Bancroft.

[423]Opochancanos, McDonald.

[424]witnes, McDonald, Bancroft.

[425]than, Bancroft.

[426]agst, McDonald.

[427]courte, McDonald, Bancroft.

[428]misdemeanor, McDonald; misdemeanr, Bancroft.

[429]Capt., McDonald.

[O]This paragraph appears only in the McDonald copy, and in that it has two rows of lines at right angles to each other and diagonally across it, as if to indicate that this portion of the record was considered as being improperly made or, perhaps, was not official.

[430]600Li, McDonald; £60, Bancroft.

[431]50li, McDonald; £50, Bancroft.

[432]Argall's, McDonald.

[433]Capt., Bancroft.

[434]now, McDonald.

[435]presentes, McDonald, Bancroft.

[436]Inhabitts, Bancroft.

[437]will be, McDonald, Bancroft.

[438]600li, McDonald; £60, Bancroft.

[439]Governours, McDonald, Bancroft.

[440]Captaine, McDonald, Bancroft.

[441]paide, Bancroft.

[442]Capt., Bancroft.

[443]part, Bancroft.

[444]50li, McDonald; £50, Bancroft.

[P]This paragraph is in the McDonald and Bancroft copies but not in De Jarnette's.

[445]general, McDonald.

[446]greate, Bancroft.

[447]this, McDonald.

[448]only, McDonald.

[449]yett, Bancroft.

[450]severall, McDonald, Bancroft.

[451]regard to, McDonald; regard, Bancroft.

[452]comanded, McDonald, Bancroft.

[453]Tresurer, McDonald, Bancroft.

[454]in, Bancroft.

[455]therein, McDonald.

[456]part, McDonald.

[457]woulde easily be found, McDonald; would easily be founde, Bancroft.

[458]short, McDonald.

[459]no, omitted by McDonald.

[460]will be, McDonald, Bancroft.

[461]beseeche, McDonald.

[462]Tresurer, McDonald.

[463]inacte, McDonald, Bancroft.

[464]righte soe to do, McDonald; right so to doe, Bancroft.

[465]current, Bancroft.

[466]wee, McDonald.

[467]gott, McDonald; got, Bancroft.

[468]reines, McDonald; raines, Bancroft.

[469]suit, McDonald.

[470]find, McDonald.

[471]down, McDonald.

[472]Counsell, McDonald, Bancroft.

[473]Generall, McDonald.

[474]Majesty, McDonald; Maty, Bancroft.

[475]rejecte, McDonald, Bancroft.

[476]Governr, McDonald; Governour, Bancroft.

[477]Generall, McDonald.

The paper from which this document is printed is to be found in the first volume of the McDonald papers. It is such a census of the inhabitants of the colony as the historical student would like to see made out at several other periods of our colonial history. We can find no legal enactment requiring such a census to be taken, and no order to that effect, save in the Instructions to Governor Wyatt, dated 24th July, 1621, where, among other things, he is directed "To make a catalogue of the people in every plantation, and their conditions; and of deaths, marriages and christenings."—Hening, Vol. I., p. 115.

The entries are as brief as possible, no middle names are given, and foreigners are entered according to nationality, or not more than one name allowed them. Not the least curious is the small number of negroes. Rolfe states, "About the last of August (1619) came in a Dutch man of warre that sold us twenty Negors" (Smith, p. 126), and nearly five years after, when this census was taken, there were but twenty-two in the Colony.

LISTS OF THE LIVINGE & DEAD IN VIRGINIAFeb. 16th, 1623.

A LIST OF THE LIVINGE.

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