[49] Afterwards one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. [50] Council proceedings, 1867. [51] Some of the colored people were told by wags that the object of the bureau was to furnish a bureau to every colored family that had none, as it was composed of bureaus. Believing this to be true, some colored women are said to have driven their wagons from Caroline county to town and applied to Major Johnson for their bureau, and could not conceal their disgust when they were informed that "It was a jestis bureau they had in Fredericksburg and not a furniture bureau." [52] Governor of Virginia in 1794-96, and afterwards Attorney-General of the State. [53] Appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President Washington. [54] Wrote Mary Washington's will and was one of the witnesses to her signature. [55] Mr. Thomas Seddon was the father of Hon. James A. Seddon, Confederate Secretary of War, and lived in the residence now owned and occupied by Mr. George W. Shepherd. [56] Thomas B. Barton, John James Chew and Beverly R. Wellford, of the committee, were not members of the Council, but appointed from the body of the citizens. [57] Council proceedings, July 18, 1907. [58] See War of the Rebellion, Series 1, Vol. 21, page 590. [59] In his excitement, Grand Master Page dedicated the monument to Mary, the mother of our illustrious brother, George _H._ Washington. A brother remarked to another, "I didn't know there was an H in Washington's name. What does it stand for?" As quick as thought the shrewd Essex lawyer responded, "Hatchet--George Hatchet!" The fun that incident excited is not over with yet. [60] One tradition is that this drug store was at the corner of Princess Ann and Amelia streets, where Mr. John Stansbury Wallace lives; but another tradition locates it at the corner of Main and Amelia, most likely adjoining the corner house. This tradition is strengthened by finding, some time ago, while repairing the house, many old papers and other things that must have come from a drug store, and no other such store was ever known at that place.