Excerpt from Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, January Term, 1842, Vol. 16 Tm: family from which Judge Barbour was descended, was one of the oldest and most respectable in Virginia. His great-grandfather was a mer chant of Scotland, who immigrated to this country. His grandfather was the pioneer and first settler of the country lying between the eastern base of the Blue Ridge, and the South-west mountains. His father, Thomas Barbour, inherited considerable wealth, and was a member of the old House of Burgesses, from the then very large county of Orange. He was one of those who, in 1769, signed the non-importation act between this country and Great Britain. After the formation of the Union, he was elected to the legislature. Richard Henry Lee, in a letter to his brother, Arthur Lee, bore testimony to his worth, to the efiect, that he was glad that Thomas Barbour was in our state councils, for he was a truly intelligent and patri otic man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.