Date | Event |
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1793, May 4 | Born, Amherst County, Va. |
1809 | Graduated, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va. |
1817-1821 | Representative from Nelson County to Virginia House of Delegates |
1819 | Married Judith Page Walker |
1822 | Representative from Albermarle County to Virginia House of Delegates |
1823-1829 | Member, U.S. House of Representatives |
1829 | Appointed minister to France |
1832 | Elected to U.S. Senate |
1849-1853 | Minister to France |
1861-1862 | Member of Confederate Congress |
1868, Apr. 25 | Died at “Castle Hill,” Albermarle County, Va. |
1715, Jan. 25 | Born, King and Queen County, Va. |
1741 | Married Mildred Thornton Meriwether, acquiring eleven thousand acres in Albermarle County, Va. |
1748 | Explored southern end of Virginia valley |
1749 | Appointed chief agent, Loyal Land Co. |
1750 | Explored lands for Loyal Land Co., west of Virginia into Kentucky |
1752 | Elected to House of Burgesses; relinquished seat when later appointed deputy surveyor of Augusta County, Va. |
1755 | Appointed commissary-general to Virginia troops under George Washington; present at General Edward Braddock’s defeat |
1756-1761 | Represented Hampshire County in House of Burgesses |
1761 | Represented Albermarle County in House of Burgesses |
1765 | Built “Castle Hill” estate in Albermarle County, Va. |
1768 | Represented Virginia at the First Treaty of Fort Stanwix |
1775 | Commissioner in negotiations with Ohio Indians at Fort Pitt |
1776 | Member, Virginia Committee of Safety; later, a member of the new state government’s executive council |
1779 | Headed Virginia commission to survey and extend Virginia-North Carolina boundary to the west |
1774, Nov. 9 | Died at “Castle Hill,” Albermarle, County, Va. |
1764, June 22 | Born at “Castle Hill,” Albermarle County, Va. |
1787 | Opened law practice in Louisa County, Va. |
1788-1791 | Served in Virginia House of Delegates |
circa 1790 | Appointed agent, Loyal Land Co. |
1793-1795 | Member, Third United States Congress |
1797-1801 | Served in Virginia House of Delegates |
1806, Mar. | Died at “Castle Hill,” Albermarle, County, Va. |