Form 4 - Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

SEC Form 4 
   

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ALFORD JOHN R JR (Last) (First) (Middle) 828 MAIN ST (Street) LYNCHBURG VA 24504 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC [ BOTJ ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/25/2023
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common stock, par value $2.14	10/25/2023	10/25/2023	P		226	A	$9.71	20,790	D
Common stock, par value $2.14								3,310	I	Owned by Mr. Alford's spouse

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

	J. Todd Scruggs, POA for John R. Alford, Jr.	10/26/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned (the "Reporting Person") hereby constitutes and
appoints each of J. Todd Scruggs and D. Van Marks, signing singly, as the
Reporting Person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

         (1) execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the Reporting
Person's capacity as an officer and/or director of Bank of the James Financial
Group, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

         (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the Reporting
Person which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form
3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

         (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the Reporting Person, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
Reporting Person pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

         The Reporting Person grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Reporting
Person might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The Reporting Person acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the Reporting Person, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the Reporting Person's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

         This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the Reporting
Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
Reporting Person's holdings of, and transactions in securities issued by, the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing
delivered to the attorneys-in-fact.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Reporting Person has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed on May 27, 2009.


Sign here:  /s/ John R. Alford, Jr.
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Print Name: John R. Alford, Jr.
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned (the "Reporting Person") hereby constitutes and
appoints each of J. Todd Scruggs and D. Van Marks, signing singly, as the
Reporting Person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

         (1) execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the Reporting
Person's capacity as an officer and/or director of Bank of the James Financial
Group, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

         (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the Reporting
Person which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form
3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

         (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the Reporting Person, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
Reporting Person pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

         The Reporting Person grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Reporting
Person might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The Reporting Person acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the Reporting Person, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the Reporting Person's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

         This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the Reporting
Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
Reporting Person's holdings of, and transactions in securities issued by, the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing
delivered to the attorneys-in-fact.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Reporting Person has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed on May 27, 2009.


Sign here:  /s/ John R. Alford, Jr.
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Print Name: John R. Alford, Jr.
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