Peyton Randolph
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Peyton Randolph (1779 - 1828)

Peyton Randolph
Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 15 Mar 1806 in Amelia County, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 49 in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 8 Mar 2013
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Preceded by
17th Governor
George William Smith
Peyton Randolph
Acting Governor
of Virginia
Virginia
1811—1812
Succeeded by
18th Governor
James Barbour

Contents

Biography

Notables Project
Peyton Randolph is Notable.

Peyton Randolph was an attorney in Richmond, Virginia.

Peyton was Clerk of the Supreme Court of Virginia; and was the official reporter for the Virginia Reports from 1821 until his death in 1828. Virginia Reports is the official case reporter for the Virginia Supreme Court.

Acting Governor of Virginia 1811-1812

Randolph County, West Virginia was formed in 1787 and named in Governor Randolph's honour.


On-line Biography:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Randolph_%28governor%29

2. Randolphs' of Virginia Copyright© 2000 by Evisum Inc. at http://famousamericans.net/williamrandolph/


Peyton was born in 1778. He was the son of Edmund Randolph and Elizabeth Nicholas. He passed away in 1828. [1]

Peyton Randolph , born at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1779; died at Richmond, Virginia, 1828, was, from an early period of his life to its close, clerk of the supreme court of Virginia, and was the author of “Reports of Cases in that Court, 1821-‘8” (6 vols., Richmond, 1823-32). In 1806 he married Maria Ward.

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Randolph_%28governor%29

Peyton Randolph (1779 – December 26, 1828) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Virginia. Following the death of Governor George William Smith, and 68 others, in the burning of the Richmond Theater on December 26, 1811, Randolph served as the Acting Governor of Virginia, from December 26, 1811 until January 3, 1812.

Peyton Randolph was the son of Edmund Jennings Randolph who had been a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1779 until 1782, Governor of Virginia from 1786 to 1788, and the first U.S. Attorney General from September 26, 1789 to January 26, 1794.

Peyton Randolph was an attorney in Richmond, Virginia. He was the official reporter for the Virginia Reports from 1821 until his death in 1828. Virginia Reports is the official case reporter for the Virginia Supreme Court.[1]

Randolph County, West Virginia was formed in 1787 and named in Governor Randolph's honor.


Sources

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1806 Virginia


Footnotes

  1. Entered by Lynda Hull, Monday, October 28, 2013.


Acknowledgments

Thank you to Theresa Ellenwood for creating WikiTree profile Randolph-785 through the import of LucindaElizaBatesAncestors.ged on Mar 5, 2013.

Thank you to Lynda Hull for creating Randolph-904 on 28 Oct 13.

Profile Adopted/Edited by Leslie Ridley-388 1 Mar 2014





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Cut paper silhouettes created by itinerant artist William Bache (22 Dec 1771 - 09 Jul 1845) were digitized by the Smithsonian and posted in their National Portrait Gallery online. Page 1, row 4, column 5, Ledger #20: the sitter is labeled as "Peyton Randolph, 16 Dec 1779 - 26 Dec 1828", taken about 1803-4. Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Sarah Bache Bloise; Object Number: NPG.2002.184.3

https://si-npg-bache.helena.myquotient.net/book

posted by Beverly Cleveland