[49] _JHB, 1712-1726_ (Richmond, 1912), pp. 336, 373.
[50] "Journals of the Council of Virginia in Executive
Session 1737-1763," _VHM_ (Richmond, 1907), vol. 14, pp.
232-235.
[51] _George Mercer Papers Relating to the Ohio Company of
Virginia_, comp. and edit. by Lois Mulkearn (Pittsburgh:
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1954), p. 204.
[52] John Mercer's Ledger B is the principal source of
information for this chapter. It was begun in 1725 and ended
in 1732. The original copy is in the library of the Bucks
County Historical Society, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a
photostatic copy being in the Virginia State Library. Further
footnoted references to the ledger are omitted, since the
source in each case is recognizable.
[53] JAMES MERCER GARNET, "James Mercer," _WMQ_ [1]
(Richmond, 1909), vol. 17, pp. 85-98. Mrs. Ann Fitzhugh was
the widow of William Fitzhugh III, who died in 1713/14. She
was the daughter of Richard Lee and lived at "Eagle's Nest"
in King George County (see "The Fitzhugh Family," VHM
[Richmond, 1900], vol. 7, pp. 317-318).