Preceded by 17th Governor George William Smith |
Peyton Randolph Acting Governor of Virginia1811—1812 |
Succeeded by 18th Governor James Barbour |
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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.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1806 Virginia
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