Thomas Barbour
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
May 8, 1769 – May 6, 1776
Serving with James Walker
Zachariah Burnley
Preceded byZachariah Burnley
Succeeded byJames Taylor
Personal details
Born
Thomas Barbour

1735 (1735)
Orange County, Colony of Virginia
Died16 May 1825(1825-05-16) (aged 89–90)
Barboursville, Barboursville, Virginia
CitizenshipKingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
NationalityAmerican
Political partyWhig
Spouse
Mary Pendleton Thomas
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(m. 1771)​
Children15, including James and Philip
Occupation

Thomas Barbour (1735 – May 16, 1825)[1][2] was a prominent landowner and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.

Thomas Barbour was born in 1735 in Orange County, Colony of Virginia, the son of James Barbour (1707-1775).[1][2] His elder brother James Barbour (burgess) represented Culpeper County, Virginia in the House of Burgesses from 1761 to 1765. Barbour married Mary Pendleton Thomas, a first cousin of Edmund Pendleton, in 1771.[1][2] They had ten daughters and five sons. Their sons who likewise held offices included James Barbour (18th Governor of Virginia and 11th United States Secretary of War) and Philip P. Barbour (U.S. Congressman from Virginia and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court).[1][2]

Barbour served as Justice of the Peace for Orange County, from 1768 until his death. From 1769 until 1776 (although the prorogued house had no quorum after June 24, 1775), Barbour represented Orange County in the Virginia House of Burgesses.[3] He was a Whig.[4] Thomas died at his son James Barbour's plantation, Barboursville on May 16, 1825.[1][2][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Thomas Barbour (1735-1825) profile". arlisherring.com. Arlis Herring. 23 February 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e Green, Raleigh Travers; Philip Slaughter (1900). Genealogical and historical notes on Culpeper county, Virginia. R.T. Green.
  3. ^ Cyntia Miller Leonard, Virginia's General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond, Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 98, 100, 104, 106
  4. ^ a b "Died". The United States Gazette. 24 May 1825. p. 3. Retrieved 3 December 2022 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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