D, in the hand of GW, DLC:GW; AD (incomplete), DLC:GW. In both documents, which are copies that GW made of the actual poll sheet, he lists the names under letters of the alphabet. In the complete copy, printed here, he places a “T” or an “F,” standing for Truro and Fairfax parishes, after the names of seventeen of the first nineteen men who voted for him, down through the name John Ball. Seven were from Fairfax Parish and ten from Truro (see Vestry Elections in Truro and Fairfax Parishes, 25–28 Mar., 22–25 July 1765). Neither the letters of the alphabet nor the F’s and T’s have been retained.

Gov. Francis Fauquier dissolved the House of Burgesses on 1 June 1765, the day after it had adopted modifications of Patrick Henry’s resolutions against the Stamp Act. When writs went out later in the month for the election of a new House, George Johnston declined to stand for reelection from Fairfax County, and GW decided to enter the poll in Fairfax County rather than to seek reelection in Frederick County. Posey apparently hoped to unseat the incumbent Col. John West, the uncle of John West, Junior. Fauquier did not call the House into session until 6 Nov. 1766.