From the Richmond Dispatch, 7/29/1864, p.1, c 6

Soldiers and Their Families. – By an order from the County Court of Henrico, the Sheriff is required to make a list of all the indigent soldiers and sailors and their families in that county, as also of the family of soldiers now in the field, as well as the widows and orphans of deceased soldiers, to enable the county to make suitable provision for their present and future care. Mr. Pleasants, the Sheriff, will be at his office at the Court House, today and tomorrow to receive reports, where all persons interested should appear at once, in order to secure for themselves and their family the benefits to be derived from the action of the Court.

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