"Loudoun County l s d To captain Nicholas Minor 1 00 00 Aeneas Campbell, lieutenant, 7 6 Francis Wilks, 1 17 James Willock, 1 15 To John Owsley, and William Stephens, 15 s. each 1 10 Robert Thomas 10 John Moss, Jun. 4 John Thomas for provisions 5 John Moss, do 2 8 William Ross, do 2 " [73] 7 Hening, 171 and 222. On page 217 of the same act under the head of "Fairfax County" appear the following items, the names suggesting that the list was prepared prior to the time of the setting off of Loudoun from Fairfax and for services prior to those above listed: l s d "To Nicholas Minor, Captain 15 12 0 Josias Clapham, lieutenant, 7 16 William Trammell, ensign 5 4 To Captain James Hamilton his pay and guards subsistence carrying soldiers to Winchester 10 4 1" The names of many other soldiers are given with the compensation awarded each. It is quite possible that among them were men who resided in that part of Fairfax which, at the time of the passage of the act, had been set off as Loudoun. CHAPTER IX ORGANIZATION OF LOUDOUN AND THE FOUNDING OF LEESBURG