Virginia Gilmer County
I Philip Cox adjutant of the 165 Regiment of
Virginia militia do herby certify , that on the 19th
day of march, at the town of Glinville, I Superintended
the Election of a captain and two Lieutenant
of one of the companies of Said Regiment. When
the votes of all the members of the company present, being
given viva voce, a majority was found to be in
favor of Joshua P. Owen for captain, and
a majority in favor of William Powell for
first Lieutenant. And a majority was found to
be in favor of William Campbell for Second
Lieutenant of Said Company: to fill the vacancy
in the office of Captain first and Second Lieutenant
of occasioned by the failure if the former officers if Said comp
-any to take the oaths prescribed by Law I Therefore certify
that the Said Joshua P Owen was duly elected captain
and William Powell first Lieutenant and William Campbell Second Lieutenant of Said Company, and that a
majority if Said Company was present and voted at
Said Election. Given under my hand this 19th day of
march 1862. Philip Cox Adjutant 165 Regt Va
mil.
Transcription by James Bailes, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton's Fall 2010 "Introduction to Public History" at West Virginia State University