 Around 1760 , Jones hired Samuel Dew of Richmond County to serve as his deputy clerk . Dew apprenticed under Jones for 21 years , occasionally performing duties as acting clerk . Due to his close relationship with Lord Fairfax , it is likely that Jones was Clerk of Court of neighboring counties also under the ownership of Lord Fairfax 's Northern Neck Proprietary . According to Maxwell and Swisher , Jones relied upon his deputy clerks , such as Dew , to transcribe and document court proceedings , which Jones traveled among the various counties to sign . 
