Thomas Marshall | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Fayette County | |
| In office October 15, 1787-June 1788 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Crockett |
| Succeeded by | James Trotter |
| Member of the House of Burgesses from Fauquier County, Colony of Virginia, | |
| In office 1769-1773 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Harrison |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
| In office 1761-1768 | |
| Preceded by | n/a |
| Succeeded by | James Scott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 2, 1730 Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, British America |
| Died | June 22, 1802 (aged 72) Mason County, Kentucky |
| Spouse | Mary Isham Keith |
| Children | 15 including John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, Louis Marshall, |
| Profession | surveyor, planter, politician |
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| Allegiance | Great Britain United States |
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Thomas Marshall (2 April 1730 – 22 June 1802) was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military officer soldier and politician who served in the House of Burgesses and briefly in the Virginia House of Delegates and helped form the state of Kentucky, but may be best known as the father of Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Marshall.[1][2] Marshall opposed slavery in Ohio but practiced and proposed indentured servitude of former slaves.[3]
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915), Vol 1, p. 284
- ^ Feight, Andrew Lee; Ph.D. "Nathaniel Massie and Indentured Servitude at Buckeye Station, Adams County, Ohio". Scioto Historical. Retrieved 2023-10-20.