Person:Thomas Sandford (7)

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Thomas Sandford (1762 – December 10, 1808) was an American soldier and politician.

He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1762, son of Youell Sanford (d. January 24, 1794 in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County) and Elizabeth Pope (b. 1732), daughter from a family long important in Virginia politics. In 1770, he inherited 150 acres of land from his paternal grandfather Youell Sanford Sr.

He rose to become a General in the American War of Independence. Following the Revolution, he settled in Kentucky where he had been granted land, in 1792. In his political career he was a state representative and senator, then a representative in the Eighth and Ninth Congresses (1803–1807). He drowned in the Ohio River near Covington, Kentucky on December 10, 1808.

Information on Gen. Thomas Sandford

From "Kentucky: A History of the State", Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887:

Gen. Thomas Sandford, the paternal grandfather of John L., emigrated from Virginia to Kenton County, Ky., about 1788. He was a farmer and large land owner, was a general in the militia, a member of the convention which framed the first constitution of Kentucky, and also a member of Congress from 1806 to 1810.

Citations

http://www.gurganus.org/ourfamily/browse.cfm/Margaret-Bell/p272569

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycampbe/thomasandford.htm