1. Governor Henry’s letter concerned appointments for the Orange County militia.

2. Benjamin Grymes (ca. 1750–1787) was a leading citizen and Orange County justice of the peace (Scott, History of Orange County, p. 71). John Spotswood (ca. 1753–1801) was a captain in the 10th Virginia Regiment who was wounded at Brandywine and later captured at Germantown. He was exchanged by the British three years later (Heitman, Historical Register Continental description begins F. B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution (Washington, 1914). description ends , p. 512). John Lee (1743–1802) was the son of Hancock Lee. He served as an officer in the 1st Virginia Regiment during early days of the Revolution, was a marine captain aboard the Liberty, and became a major with the 2d Virginia Regiment at Valley Forge. He migrated to Kentucky about 1790 and settled in Woodford County (Lee, Lee Chronicle, p. 355). William White (d. 1828) was commissioned for duty with the 7th Virginia Regiment in 1776, rose to the rank of captain, and was captured at Charleston, 1780. He was paroled by the British, returned to Orange County, and later received a veteran’s pension (Heitman, Historical Register Continental description begins F. B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution (Washington, 1914). description ends , p. 587; Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians description begins John H. Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775–1783 (Richmond, 1938). description ends , p. 823).