Gilmer County Va
I Philip Cox Adjutant of the 165 Regiment
Virginia militia do hereby certify that on the
4th day of April 1862 at Dirsk Camp, in the
Said County if Gilmer, I Superintended the
the Election of a Captain and two Liutenants[sic]
of one of the companies of that regiment. When the
votes of all the members of the company being given
viva voce, a majority was found to be in favor
of Jonathan H. Burkm for Captain, and a
majority was found to be in favor of George Griffith for first Lt and a majority was found to
be in favor of James S Arnold for Second
Lt. I therefore certify that the Said Johnathan
H. Burk was duly elected captain of Said
company and George Griffith Second first Lt and
James S Arnold Second Lt if the said company
To fill the vacancy caused by the former officers of Said compa
ny failing to take the Several oaths presented by law
and I further certify that a majority of the persons
[?] vote were present, and that election
was fairly and justly conducted. Given
under my hand this 4th day of April 1862
Philip Cox Capt
Adjutant 165th Regt
Va ma
Transcription by James Bailes, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton's Fall 2010 "Introduction to Public History" at West Virginia State University