er Books,
1749-1792, citing Order Book, 1749-54, December 26, 1749, p. 49.

[11] _Ibid._, p. 131. Charles Broadwater was one of the justices.

[12] There was some reason to support this, apparently, for in 1748
the General Assembly reduced the number of court meetings to four per
year for these reasons. See Virginia, Laws, 1742, c. 32; Laws, 1748,
c. 59; Laws, 1752, c. 7.

[13] _Virginia Gazette_, reprinted in _William & Mary Quarterly_, XII,
215.

[14] Cited in Mary G. Powell, _The History of Old Alexandria, Virginia
from July 13, 1749 to May 24, 1861_, (Richmond: William Byrd Press,
1928), p. 35.

[15] _Ibid._, p. 22.

[16] Jeanne Rust, _History of the Town of Fairfax_, (Washington: Moore
& Moore, 1960), p. 30.

[17] Gay M. Moore, _Seaport on the Potomac_, (Richmond: Garrett &
Massie, 1949), p. 12.

[18] William C. Moore, "Jeremiah Moore: 1746-1815," _William & Mary
Quarterly_, 2d ser., XIII, 18, 21. Tradition also holds that Jeremiah
Moore was defended by Patrick Henry, but this has not been verified.

[19] Robert Anderson, "The Administration of Justice in the Counties
of Fairfax, and Alexandria and the City of Alexandria", _Arlington
Historical Magazine_, II, No. 1 (October 1961), 19-21.

[20] "Letters of George Mason to Zachariah Johnston", _Tyler's
Quarterly Review_, V (January 1924), 189.

[21] Virginia, Laws, 1797-98, c. 37; Shepherd, _Statutes at Large_,
II, 107.

[22] During the 1780's the court was compelled to leave the original
courthouse building for temporary quarters. Harrison, _Landmarks_, p.
343, states that during this period the County Court met in the
Alexandria Town House, located next door, which also housed the
Hustings Court. He also states that the Clerk of the County Court set
up his offices in a nearby school building. The _Alexandria Gazette_,
November 13, 1878, reported the demolition of an old house on the
south side of Duke Street, east of St. Asaph's Street, which it stated
had served as the office of the Clerk of Alexandria's Hustings Court
and the Fairfax County Court commencing in the spring of 1793.

CHAPTER II

THE PROVIDENCE COURTHOUSE AND ITS RELATED BUILDINGS: 1800-1860

_Location and Construction_

The resolution of the General Assembly ordering relocation of the
courthouse was not specific as to the site on which it would be built.
Accordingly, in May 1790, the court appointed a commission to inspect
a site near Ravensworth, within a mile of the c