Virginia, Barbour Co.
I, Nathan H. Taft, Adjutant of the
139th. Regiment Virginia militia militia of
the line, do hereby certify, that pursuant
to the order: of H. I. Samuels, Adjutant
General of Virginia, I superintended
the election of a Captain, one first
and one second Leuitenant[sic], of one
of the Companies of that Regiment,
when the votes of all the members
of the Company present being given
viva voce, a majority was formed to
be in favour[sic] of William Price for
Captain, Hirman G. Pitman for first,
and Benjamin F. Shafer for second
Leuitenant[sic], who were thereby duly elected
Captain and Leuitenant[sic] as aforesaid,
of said Company, to fill vacancies created
by the failure of the late incumbents to
take the oath prescribed by law; that a
majority of persons present voted, and
that the election was fairly and justly
conducted.
Given under my hand this 18th day of August, 1862.
Nathan H. Taft,
Adjutant
Transcription by James Bailes, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton's Fall 2010 "Introduction to Public History" at West Virginia State University