Frank McCormick
Battletown District member of the Clarke County Board of Supervisors, renominated without opposition in June 1923. The board adopted resolutions on his death in September 1923.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of June 28, 1923 reports that the Democratic Executive Committee declared Frank McCormick, the present incumbent, the unopposed nominee for the Board of Supervisors from Battletown District, and its issue of September 13, 1923 prints the resolutions of the Board of Supervisors of Clarke County, adopted September 10, 1923, on the death of Mr. Frank McCormick, late a member of the board.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of June 28, 1923 reports that the Democratic Executive Committee declared Frank McCormick, the present incumbent, the unopposed nominee for the Board of Supervisors from Battletown District, and its issue of September 13, 1923 prints the resolutions of the Board of Supervisors of Clarke County, adopted September 10, 1923, on the death of Mr. Frank McCormick, late a member of the board.
What the source supports
That Frank McCormick was the Battletown District member of the Clarke County Board of Supervisors in 1923 and died before September 10, 1923.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. Reading the nominee of June and the late board member of September as one man rests on the matching name and office. The quoted text does not give the date of his death.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The June 28, 1923 report of the Democratic Executive Committee's nominees.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 28, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-06-28 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, report of the Democratic Executive Committee's meeting on nominees and its membership
Relevant passageAt a meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee held in the office of W. T. Lewis the 2?>rd [23rd] day ot [of] June, 1 923, the following names wen [were] declared nominees at Primary August Tth [7th] for the respective offices hereinafter set forth. ... Battletowr. [Battletown] District: There being no opposition. Frank McCormick. . present incumbent, was declared the nominee. ... Tile [The] said Committee elected Henry Rutherford, from Longmarsh District. to fill the vacancy of the late John Rutherford.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The Board of Supervisors' resolutions, printed September 13, 1923.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 13, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-09-13 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, resolutions of the Board of Supervisors on the death of a member
Relevant passageRESOLUTIONS PASSED BY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Clarke County, Virginia, held at the Court House thereof on Monday, September 10th 1923; BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Clarke County: That the members of this Board have heard with profound sorrow of the death of Mr. Frank McCormick, late a member of this Board;
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources
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