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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;justbored, post: 2215909, member: 39990&quot;]Although I&#039;m really hesitant to post anything like this on this website, I&#039;ll do it this once. Here&#039;s a little write up I did a while back on this one. Obsolete currency notes are so much more than just pretty pictures, there is excellent history behind many of the institutions and signers of them..........</p><p><br /></p><p>State of Virginia</p><p>March 13 1862</p><p>John McCally Bennett (JM Bennett) (bottom left)</p><p>John Strother Calvert (JS Calvert) (bottom right)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bennett (1816-1887) is pictured in the center of this currency note that he also signed. He was deputy sheriff of Lewis County, VA (later WV) from 1836-38 and was the 1st mayor of Weston, VA (WV) in 1846. He served in the VA General Assembly from 1852-53 and was at one time also President of the Exchange Bank of VA at Weston as well as the Weston and Buckhannon Railroad. In 1857, Gov. Henry Wise named him Auditor of Public Accounts for the state of VA and he served in this capacity until Richmond fell. Bennett&#039;s wife was 2nd cousin to Gen. &quot;Stonewall&quot; Jackson and Jackson was a lifelong intimate friend and protege of his. Bennett was instrumental in securing Jackson&#039;s cadetship to West Point as well as his appointment as Brigadier General in the CSA Army. During the war, Jackson wrote many letters to Bennett, many surviving as Jackson&#039;s account of various battles and situations. After the war, Bennett served as West Virginia State Senator from 1872-76.</p><p><br /></p><p>Calvert (1806-1870) was the State Treasurer of VA from 1857 until the evacuation of Richmond and again from 1866 until 1868. He was member of the VA House of Delegates from 1850-51 and 1855-56. He was ceremoniously named Major of the 10th VA regiment during the war. Calvert was killed in the collapse of the state capital in 1870. He was a great grandson of the founder of Maryland and the Maryland state flag bears his family&#039;s coat of arms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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