Some of these omissions may be covered by the names of persons who served in several sessions.
This list does not include officials of the assembly, such as chaplains or clerks, who were not burgesses, or persons who were elected but denied a seat.
Militia officer grades are shown only if they are identified as such or included with a military grade title (e.g. captain) on a list of burgesses in a source or in a thumbnail or other biography.
These grades, or ranks, were generally, but not always, shown on original lists of members of sessions.
The absence of such a grade before a name on the list should not be assumed to mean the burgess was not a militia officer at some time in his life.