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Colonel Thomas Marshall, Sr.
b.2 Apr 1730 Westmoreland County, Virginia
d.22 Jun 1802 Mason County, Kentucky
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m. 5 Jan 1720
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m. Abt 1755
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Colonel Thomas Marshall was born in 1730 at Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., VA, to Captain John Marshall and Elizabeth Markham. He married Mary Randolph Keith, daughter of Rev. James Keith and Mary Isham Randolph. They were the parents of Chief Justice John Marshall. He was a land surveyor, served as High Sheriff of Fauquier County, Virginia in 1767 and was superintendent of Lord Fairfax's Estate. A lieutenant during the French & Indian War, he was a member of the 1776 Virginia Convention that declared independence in Virginia. He was an organizer of the Culpepper Minute Men during the Revolutionary War and served as a colonel in in the 3rd Virginia Regiment, fighting at Great Bridge, Germantown & Brandywine. References
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