Mordecai Buckner (ca. 1735 – 1787) was born in colonial Virginia and served as an officer in the French and Indian War. After the start of the American…
William Finnie was mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1783 to 1784.During the American Revolution he served the southern department of the Continental Army as adjutant quartermaster-general.The William Finnie…
James Markham Marshall (March 12, 1764 – April 26, 1848) was a United States federal judge.==Biography==Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, he was the son of Thomas Marshall, and…
William Pierce (c. 1740 – December 10, 1789) was an army officer during the American Revolutionary War and a member of the United States Constitutional Convention of 1787.Little…
William Whitfield II (May 20, 1715 in Chowan County, North Carolina – March 31, 1795 in Bertie County, North Carolina) was a Captain of the 6th Virginia Regiment…
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…