allel~ce.~+ When the sou!he~n part of gunenburg County ~m(J rttt Jrucd ~)~>mc i~~ i>， d，~i~，， ( ，~i~t .<br >tree Mecklenburg County in 1764， Munford was asked Witi; the.. ~itk: < ~i，，~+，，， ;i<~ki<br >r，.k:n， lie was first appointed Session Magistrate， then N{+rtil (.:lI，，i:~:t ~ ilk+ ti~，~) ~u， ~，~，r<br >"~t resvmsible lot the militia， and later treasurer for the n，，i :w ，i + ":~+~ +!， .:~ <~， k ~; c，.. _1<br >e ioJl{~w ed the steps of his grandJather and father to the * * +<br >~scs HI Williamsburg. In five years he ~lad risen to a ii<~>c+ / ~{;~.i. !;:i~ iu.，i，~，~_ ~. ~.~.~_~;<br >IlCfl.._Te ;.llld ilfl!ueilce il~ CO dilly affairs， but now he v， as .，ui，.vt~: ~i!l~i v. Jth ;+~n~u +<~Ir ; c st， ~ i ，.r~!<br >J and lake his place in the atfalrs of the colony that were !-:~+ +~. +ii>，. ~ti> ~ au:c+ ;，-， ;+ .~::.+c.r v，z~<br >~.qulion.<br >~，~， 7Cats ii~ :~l member of the Itouse were uneventful.<br >Otise I/lcl ， ~i tt!，" bl;~ i}y to take care o!local matters， and，~ ~ >hi，. >， ~t * . .;~，~i ~+. ~ ~:~ : iJirtC，，<br > mo.~t ~)t+ hi:~ Im~e to his stlJfering tinancial affairs. War i，，，sni~，;> ;+~ ( ~， i :，，~:r，:，; ，，~ .~lagis<br >~t rtm strong ~u V ，rgmia :n the early 1770s. but by 1775 u~>~mi，~ir.!，i~ :~ ，， ，r~ ~{ ~:~. ~，~u~v: ~*!~i<br >a!ism was gr，，t，atng. As a young nlan it| tile House of !l~e ~，cz + i ; ;<5.<br >ord t/a，.t ;~ligt~ed himseti ，aith Patrick itenry and other<br >，xu fhlallciaJ prd>lems seem to have made hinl reluctant<br >:ial lies ，~ ith England. *J he decision of Joyalty must have ~-J IS [~OC~ ~ <br >but in Ap+，ik 1775. Munford wrote to William Byrd III，<br >t， th:~t he belut~ed avil war was inevitable but that he<br >more etfort Io preserve "civil order" throtgh an appeal !t，~.: i 79:~ ~ k ~，~ ~ ~ >:~，~ ~.~， ~r~c<br > ~ /<br >-ay+ l!ia，:l of l)unmore， tile governor， and the more radical ~ ~ry++~t， mcri~ <.t"，+.，， ~ ~， +!，~ i <~ ~， t~，c ;，，)~<br >eratioFt. ~， (~ l[~?it p -iv， Ssj !;{，t (Jlit?，i? {+v i ， .~ r，，;l!，;，i i{i(<br >n in lhe lniddJe could not hold. The governor forced the .~:h tm> *lb ，c.~ ~ ~c;， ~ c ，!:;，;c.I， ~qt，~<~.~<br >+me aggrcss]ve~ and Mun| ord accepted a leadership role ，~ a，e ，，~ ]}Hc + ~:~< ~ ~:++;e， ~;;Jt :<~i，;:+ri<br >~ancu~ering， ..，erring that spring on nine of the fifteen ~.，fvics+ f i~，: t3，~，. ~，~ ~>v~r，+ <~_i~ ;:， ~; ++ ud t~ .~ie<br >epresel~ted tile lit;use in its disputes with the governor， i++or~，， +~，>c~>. ~ :，:ale ~i~r~t +. < ~c.sp，>igeac<br >n，.ct~z o! the 1louse of Burgesses in I775 Munford ca~ti+ {-，~;t~，~， ，i， II!<:~k"~iita~;c，: ，~i+k:+nlli:c<br >~he;c. &*-pile his cop.siderations for his relations with !~c ++a;.l~i b~. i~;~+ 7 ~: ， .i;， .，，:+~ ~，~ ，i，，~th~i<br >a~ked to rell]ain ~，，， (ounty l.ietltenant. A:+ Stlch， he was .)nl3 ~; p，~c~ i>，y / k. ，.~ ，+{+~<， i~，-:， ~+~tre+~t~t~e<br >cruttmg for tile regular army and for preparing tile local ll~r;.<br > t~l {Jiiiil p(~Citt..~ i ./[# /c，:，， S(.，i(， rS，;A I1~<br > ~c~ce i~ad c ~ml~!cteiv. restored the voters faith in his vcrsi<~ ~;t + "+ ， aplv，~，， ~<br >~1:.， elccletl IO serve ~iI the iirst session of tile II，.)use of ~my tit<: ，i，;，， ， ~t，~.: u!，，，~u， !;i~:; >rd .<<br > t~c was l;~ bc iu)~)~i + respected. The confidence his ~ ，:n<._， ~i~._. j<v+~>it~+， ++:~+， ，~ ，， l~>>:tt<br > i~im is rcfiec~d by tile committees on which he was<br >~n+1i~ l~b.o~nu:;Jefterson， Patricktlenry， JoMTyler， and (.~+~，，nl.~i~，. ht~，~ ;， ~，， **~ : >~ ~t;t<br >< among the q o;t actixe delegates. Ills most important 4，. li t::hi t~)~ ，~(r ..(:，a~ ~i}. u，+r chi!<br >he orgailizalion i)f lhe Virginia Militia. ~. *~:i+.+ s，>*d ，，~c at，. ~. i，e ，，;:，r，..:~:1 ~Ie<br >y sLice>s+ the Vi， ginia troops met disasters in 1780， and i+~n l<i~ l， i c.+ !c~，;~ > ii~ ci~()pd~<br >d was held partly responsible for defeats a~. Charleston !)< re .!(~; ~. do<br >lh Cat otin，~. Wi~en he returned to the ttouse in October，<br >given his usual appointments to important committees<br >ssigned rot]fine duties. For some reason， perhaps his cool<br >