Abraham Buford (July 21, 1747 – June 30, 1833) was a Continental Army officer during the American Revolutionary War, best known as the commanding officer of the American…
Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727{spaced ndash}April 10, 1806) was a retired British soldier who served as an American general during the Revolutionary War. He took credit for…
The longest-serving Chief Justice and the fourth longest-serving justice in U.S. Supreme Court history, Marshall dominated the Court for over three decades and played a significant role in…
Thomas Posey (July 9, 1750{spaced ndash}March 19, 1818) was an officer in the American Revolution, a general during peacetime, the third Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, Governor of the…
Francis Willis (January 5, 1745 – January 25, 1829) was a United States Representative from the state of Georgia.==Biography==Willis was born in Frederick County, Virginia. He served as…
Samuel Jordan Cabell (December 15, 1756 – August 4, 1818) was an American Revolutionary war officer and Democratic-Republican United States Congressman from 1795 to 1803.Cabell was born in…
Nathaniel Gist (15 October 1733 – 1812) was born in Maryland and fought during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. He was reputed to…
Thomas Marshall (Washington parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 2 April 1730 – Mason County, Kentucky, 22 June 1802) was a United States soldier and politician, best known as the…
Leven Powell was generally known as Leven Powell, (1737 – August 23, 1810). Leven was a United States Representative from Virginia. Leven Powell was born to William…
Andrew Wodrow was born in Scotland in 1752, possibly in Glasgow. Wodrow was descended from a family of scholars and professors. His father Robert Wodrow was a historian…