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James Gordon Sr. (August 2, 1750-September 29, 1796) was a planter, military officer and politician in
Lancaster County, Virginia Lancaster County is a county located on the Northern Neck in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population sits at 10,919. Its county seat is Lancaster. Located on the Northern Neck near the mouth of the Rappahanno ...
. The son of a Scots-Irish merchant who emigrated to Virginia's Northern Neck, he became one of Lancaster County's representatives at the convention that wrote the first Virginia constitution in 1776, as well as the first
Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two houses of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...
, and supported ratification at the
Virginia Ratification Convention The Virginia Ratifying Convention (also historically referred to as the "Virginia Federal Convention") was a Convention (meeting), convention of 168 delegates from Virginia who met in 1788 to ratify or reject the United States Constitution, whic ...
of 1788. His daughter married his nephew, who became known as James Gordon, Jr. and also served in the Virginia House of Delegates as well as voted for ratification at the 1788 Virginia Convention. He inherited a plantation which he called ''Gordonville'' and operated using enslaved labor, but which his heirs sold to a family who renamed it Verville, which is now on the
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, James Sr. 1750 births 1796 deaths Members of the Virginia House of Delegates People from Lancaster County, Virginia 18th-century members of the Virginia General Assembly