Transcription
of the Official Commissioning Orders Transcribed
by Judy C. Ware Original document owned by Jane &
Scott Dudgeon
The
To Josiah
W. Ware Greeting: KNOW
YOU, that from
special trust and confidence reposed in your fidelity, courage, and good conduct, our
GOVERNOR, in pursuance of the authority vested in him by the Constitution and Laws of this
Commonwealth, doth commission you Colonel of
the third Regiment
of ARTILLERY of the 16th Brigade and 3rd Division of
the VIRGINIA
MILITIA, to rank as
such from the 9th day of
December 1832. Notarized seal
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto signed my name as Governor, and caused the Seal of
the Commonwealth to be affixed, this 24 day of July 1858.
Henry A.
Wise
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It is of interest to note the date of the effective rank (1832) and the date that this
document was signed by Governor Wise (1858.) It
was not unusual to have a rank applied retroactively.
The original document, which is owned by Jane & Scott Dudgeon, still has
the original Great Seal of On the back of the Commissioning document was the
following attachment. Transcribed
by Judy C. Ware I, Chief Justice in and for the
county aforesaid, do testify that Josiah William Ware this day personally appeared before
me in my county aforesaid & took the several oaths required by law to qualify him to
act, as Colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Artillery under the within Commission.
Given under my hand this 24th day of August 1858
Francis McCormick
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