Thomas Barbour (1735 – May 16, 1825) was a prominent landowner and member of the

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. Thomas Barbour was born in 1735 in Orange County,

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, the son of James Barbour (1707-1775). His elder brother

James Barbour James C. Barbour (June 10, 1775 – June 7, 1842) was an American politician, planter, and lawyer. He served as a delegate from Orange County, Virginia, in the Virginia General Assembly and as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was t ...

represented

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in the House of Burgesses from 1761 to 1765. Barbour married Mary Pendleton Thomas, a

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, in 1771. They had ten daughters and five sons. Their sons who likewise held offices included

(18th

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and 11th

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) and Philip P. Barbour (

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from Virginia and an associate justice of the

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). 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.Cyntia Miller Leonard, Virginia's General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond, Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 98, 100, 104, 106 He was a Whig. Thomas died at his son James Barbour's plantation, Barboursville on May 16, 1825.

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