Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)
Thomas Claiborne may refer to: *Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812), Democrat; member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. representative from Virginia * Thomas A. Claiborne (1770s–1818), physician and Tennessee state legislator *Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856) Thomas Claiborne (May 17, 1780 – January 7, 1856) was an American Democratic-Republican politician and son of Virginia Congressman Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812), Thomas B. Claiborne, who continued the family's political and planter traditions ...

Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812)
Thomas Claiborne (February 1, 17491812) was a planter and politician from Brunswick County, Virginia, who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly as well as in the United States House of Representatives (from 1793 to 1799 and from 1801 to 1805), and fathered two sons who also became Congressman. Early life and education Claiborne was born in 1747 at "Fox Castle" plantation in Dinwiddie County in the Colony of Virginia, the son of tavernkeeper Burnell Claiborne (1721-1787) and his wife, the former Hannah Ravenscorft Poythress, whose first husband Francis Poythress had died. He had an elder sister Martha (1744-1825) who married Rev. Devereux Jarrett (who became a major missionary in Southside Virginia), and another sister named Sallie. His grandfather had been Leonard Claiborne, whose brothers became clerks of Stafford County, Northumberland County and Surry Counties. His uncle, another Leonard Claiborne, had married another Poythress sister and represented Dinwidd ...
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Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Idaho * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts and entertainment * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel), a 19 ...
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