Erasmus Stribling was born in Frederick County, VA and died in Mason County, West Virginia.

Please add this in the biography section of his memorial:

Erasmus studied at Washington College, Lexington, VA-1800-1803; Merchant in Staunton;
Lawyer by profession;
Owned and developed Stribling Springs;
Clerk of the Old District Court of Sweet Springs;
12 Aug., 1812, elected Clerk of County Court of Augusta Co., VA--held this office until July, 1831;
1846 appointed clerk of the Western District of VA--resigned 1857; Justice of the Peace for Augusta County, VA;
Clerk of the Corporation Court;
Recorder of town of Staunton;
1812 Commissioned Capt. of a Com. of Artillery of the VA Militia;
Studied at Washington College, Lexington, VA-1800-1803; Merchant in Staunton; Lawyer by profession; owned & developed Stribling Springs; Clerk of the Old District Court of Sweet Springs; 12 Aug., 1812, elected Clerk of County Court of Augusta Co., VA--held this office until July, 1831; 1846 appointed clerk of the Western District of VA--resigned 1857; also Justice of the Peace for Augusta Co., VA; Clerk of the Corporation Court; Recorder of town of Staunton; 1812 Commissioned Capt. of a Com. of Artillery of the VA Militia;vestryman

From Robert Taliaferro:
Erasmus Stribling to Thomas Jefferson Staunton
6 Jany. 1819
Dear sir,
My neighbour Mr Dabney Cosby informs me he has some idea of makeing proposals to undertake a portion of the Brick work to be done at the Central College, and as he is a stranger in your place I take the liberty of introducing him to you & thro' you to such persons as may be authourized to receive proposals.

I have known Mr Cosby, intimately, since I have known this Country & have had much to do with him in the line of his trade and take pleasure in assureing you that he is not only a Gentleman of unexceptionable Character on whom you may implicitly rely, but so far as I am able to judge is complete Master of his business on every point of veiw Mr Cosby is one of our most respectable Citizens, and I have no doubt from the high estimation in which he is held here he can give security in any amount for the fulfilment of any contract he may be willing to make.

In very great haste I am your friend Erasmus Stribling ALS, ViU:TJ, 2p [1596] with TJ docket "Cosby Dabney. recomd by Stribling."

Eramus Stribling of Frederick County, who moved to Staunton in the first decade of the nineteenth century, married the only child of Staunton attorney and clerk of the Augusta County court, Jacob Kinney, who himself had moved to Staunton from Nelson County about 1790, and the Stribling's were the parents of Dr. Francis T. Stribling, the superintendent of the Western Lunatic Asylum. Stribling, one of the managers of a stock company formed in 1811 to construct a road from Rockfish Gap to Scott's landing on the James River, also served a term as mayor of Staunton (see Waddell, Annals of Augusta County, 338, 344, 362, 380, 386, 413, and Peyton, History of Augusta County, 257).
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