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A HISTORY OF
among the dissenting voters; for it is reported that these
gentlemen offered substitute resolutions, and supported them
in speeches. The defenders of the prevailing resolutions
were chiefly Mr. Waterman, Thomas Clark, and Mr. Cootes.
The above-mentioned meeting was perhaps the last
notable gathering ever held in the Old Courthouse; for in the
same issue of the Register that contains the account of the
said meeting is to be found a notice, signed by Jacob Rush,
David Henton, John Kenney, and Peachy Harrison, commis-
sioners, that on the third Monday of January, 1833, the old
building would be sold. It was to be remeved by March 15,
in order to clear the ground for the new courthouse.
The attitude of Virginia and Rockingham County toward
the political issues of the time may be further illustrated by
the following verses, which are the first two stanzas of a
song reprinted from the New York Courier & Enquirer in
the Rockingham Register of November 9, 1833.
Save De Union.
A mighty angry quarrel rose
Among de Tariff's friens' an' foes,
An' Souf Calina in a fit,
De Union vows to curse an' quit.
But save de Union, ole folks, young folks,
Ole Virginny nevah tire.
Virginny loves her Sistah State,
An' most as much de Tariff hate,
But while de Tariff she despise,
De Union berry much she prize,
So save de Union, ole folks, young folks,
Ole Virginny nevah tire.
In 1838 there were six voting places in the county,
namely: Court House; Riddle's, in Brock's Gap; Zigler's
School House, at Timberville; Richard Pickering's, at Sparta;
Conrad's Old Store; Solomon Pirkey's, in McGaheysville. In
1842 there were seven: Harrisonburg; Addison Harper's,
Brock's Gap; Schoolhouse of John Zigler, Timberville; Rich-
ard Pickering's; Conrad's Old Store; McGaheysville; Bright-
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among the dissenting voters; for it is reported that these
gentlemen offered substitute resolutions, and supported them
in speeches. The defenders of the prevailing resolutions
were chiefly Mr. Waterman, Thomas Clark, and Mr. Cootes.
The above-mentioned meeting was perhaps the last
notable gathering ever held in the Old Courthouse; for in the
same issue of the Register that contains the account of the
said meeting is to be found a notice, signed by Jacob Rush,
David Henton, John Kenney, and Peachy Harrison, commis-
sioners, that on the third Monday of January, 1833, the old
building would be sold. It was to be remeved by March 15,
in order to clear the ground for the new courthouse.
The attitude of Virginia and Rockingham County toward
the political issues of the time may be further illustrated by
the following verses, which are the first two stanzas of a
song reprinted from the New York Courier & Enquirer in
the Rockingham Register of November 9, 1833.
Save De Union.
A mighty angry quarrel rose
Among de Tariff's friens' an' foes,
An' Souf Calina in a fit,
De Union vows to curse an' quit.
But save de Union, ole folks, young folks,
Ole Virginny nevah tire.
Virginny loves her Sistah State,
An' most as much de Tariff hate,
But while de Tariff she despise,
De Union berry much she prize,
So save de Union, ole folks, young folks,
Ole Virginny nevah tire.
In 1838 there were six voting places in the county,
namely: Court House; Riddle's, in Brock's Gap; Zigler's
School House, at Timberville; Richard Pickering's, at Sparta;
Conrad's Old Store; Solomon Pirkey's, in McGaheysville. In
1842 there were seven: Harrisonburg; Addison Harper's,
Brock's Gap; Schoolhouse of John Zigler, Timberville; Rich-
ard Pickering's; Conrad's Old Store; McGaheysville; Bright-
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