Person:Ferdinand Claiborne (1)

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Gen. Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne
chr.9 Mar 1772 Sussex County, Virginia
d.22 Mar 1815 Adams County, Mississippi
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1770
  1. Gen. Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne1772 - 1815
  2. Gov. William Charles Cole Claiborne, 1st Governor of Louisiana1773 - 1817
  3. Dr. Thomas Augustine ClaiborneAbt 1777 - 1817
  4. Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne1777 - 1859
  5. Mary Leigh Claiborne1781 - 1812
Spouse and Children
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m. 19 Aug 1802
  1. William Jefferson Claiborne1803 - 1803
  2. Ann Elisa Virginia Claiborne1805 - 1817
  3. John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne1807 - 1884
  4. Col. Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne, Jr1809 - 1893
  5. Osmun Claiborne1811 - 1845
  6. Samuel Francis Hutchins Claiborne1812 - 1819
  7. Charlotte Virginia Claiborne1815 - 1903
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Gen. Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne
Gender Male
Baptism[1] 9 Mar 1772 Sussex County, Virginia
Marriage 19 Aug 1802 Natchez, Adams County, Mississippito Mary Magdalene Hutchins
Death[3] 22 Mar 1815 Adams County, Mississippi
Obituary[6] 26 Apr 1815 Richmond, Virginia
Burial[3] Trinity Church Cemetery, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Boddie, John Bennett. Virginia Historical Genealogies. (Redwood City, California: Pacific Coast Publishers, 1954)
    p. 41.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Allen. Dictionary of American Biography. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons).

    Appointed ensign, U.S. Army, Feb 1793. Promoted to captain, Oct 1799. Resigned his commission, 1802, and became a planter and operated a store. Appointed brig. gen. of militia, Mississippi Territory, Feb 1811, and saw action in the Creek Wars. Commanded a regiment in the War of 1812. Brig. Gen. of Mississippi Volunteers, 1813. Member of the Territorial Legislature (several times Speaker of the House) and the Legislative Council, Mississippi Territory, 1815.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Find A Grave.

    Find a Grave

  4.   New-Hampshire Patriot (Concord, NH)
    p. 4, 16 Apr 1811.

    Col. Ferdinand L. Claiborne is appointed by the President of the U.S. Brigadier General of the Mississippi Territory.

  5.   American Citizen (New York)
    p. 2, 6 Feb 1804.

    The Natchez Gazette of the 14th ult. announces the delivery of the Post and district of Concord to a detachment of Americans commanded by Maj. Ferdinand L. Claiborne.

    [NOTE: Concord was Vidalia, named after its founder, Don Jose Vidal (the Spanish commandant of the district) and is located in Concordia Parish, across from Natchez.)

  6. ↑ Virginia Patriot [Richmond]
    p. 3, 26 Apr 1815.

    Image:Claiborne, Ferdinand L Sr - obit.jpg

  7.   New York Public Advertiser
    p. 3, 30 Jan 1807.

    Image:Claiborne, Ferdinand Leigh - duel 1807.jpg

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