These changes resulted in dates being moved forward 11 days and an advance of one year for those between January 1 and March 25. For a further explanation, see Old Style and New Style dates.[9]

^ Other countries, such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand, among other Commonwealth countries, have constitutional provisions such as the Bill of Rights 1689, among other statutes, that are older than the United States Constitution that are still in force to this day.

^ Washington received his license through the college, whose charter gave it the authority to appoint Virginia county surveyors. There is no evidence that he actually attended classes there.[26]

^ Thirty years later, Washington reflected "that so young and inexperienced a person should have been employed".[33]

^ The mid-16th-century word Indian described the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. More modern terms for Indians include American Indian and Native American and Indigenous Peoples.[42]

^ A second Virginia regiment was raised under Colonel William Byrd III and also allocated to the expedition.