Display Patriot - P-116215 - Richard BLAND Jr

Richard BLAND Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-116215

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A011131

Birth: 06 May 1710 Jordans Point / Prince George / VA
Death: 26 Oct 1776 Williamsburg / James City / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Member of Virginia House of Burgesses,1742-1775
  2. Member of Committee of Safety, 1773-1774
  3. Member of 1st Continental Congress,1774-1775
  4. Member of the VA House of Delegates, 1776

Additional References:
  1. Hening, The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of VA from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619, Vol 9, pg 49
  2. VA Mag. of Hist. and Biography, Vol 9, pg 398
  3. Standard, The Colonial Virginia Register, pg 202, 205, 207, 209
  4. Scribner, and Tarter, Rev VA: The Road to Independence, Vol 3, pg 144, 304, 306, 427, 457
  5. The Bland Biography
  6. List of Rev Soldiers of VA Vol 1, pg 48

Spouse: (1) Anne Poythress; (2) Martha Macon; (3) Elizabeth Harrison
Children: Anne; Elizabeth; Edward; William; Peter; Richard; Sallie; John;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1941-01-17 NY Unassigned Stuart Parter Brown (59784) Elizabeth   
1942-03-26 VA Unassigned John Samuel Alfriend (61201) Richard   
1943-01-07 DC Unassigned William Pryor Chandler Jr (61890) Anne   
1965-06-30 AZ Unassigned Herbert Irving Rogers (92598) Richard   
1965-09-15 VA Unassigned George Vick Patterson (93233) Elizabeth   
1969-04-29 LA Unassigned John Harden Downs (98726) John   
1973-05-18 TX Unassigned Jenie Lee Burke Jr (104910) Peter   
1974-01-17 NM Unassigned Jenie Lee Burke III (103594) Peter   
1974-03-30 NM Unassigned Edward Bland Burke (103597) Peter   
1974-03-31 NC Unassigned William Chapman Knight (103129) Edward   
1974-03-31 NM Unassigned Edward Bland Burke Jr (103598) Peter   
1974-07-26 NM Unassigned Billy L Burke (107201) Peter   
1974-07-26 NM Unassigned William Bryan Burke (107202) Peter   
1974-08-24 NM Unassigned John Edmund Burke (107207) Peter   
1977-06-23 NM Unassigned Burke Strickland (109073) Peter   
1979-09-21 NM Unassigned Kevin Bruce Burke (114041) Peter   
1980-08-26 NM Unassigned Charles Robert Burke (117402) Peter   
1980-08-26 NM Unassigned John Edward Burke (117439) Peter   
1984-04-26 TX Unassigned J Adrian Jackson (123911) John   
1989-04-28 OH Unassigned William Bingham Cleveland M.D. (113455) Peter   
1994-07-21 FL 208198 Robert Oliver Bland USAF (Ret.) (142876) Edward   
2002-04-05 AL 10942 Thornton Lee Neathery (146377) Elizabeth   
2015-08-13 MD 64581 Paul John Crout (189846) Elizabeth   
2018-05-18 VA 80006 Edwin Ralph Pierce Jr. (170891) Elizabeth   
Burial:
Jordan Point Plantation Cemetery (C-0116446)
Location:
Hopewell / Prince George / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2268248
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
37.303902 / -77.223235
Find A Grave Memorial #:
28245103
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Grave Photos and GPS provided by Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR



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Author: Paul Crout
Richard Bland was born May 6, 1710 at Jordan's Point, Va. He inherited his father's farm and lived there his entire life. He attended the College of William and Mary. He also went to Edinburgh University where he was trained in law and was admitted to the bar in 1746, but never practiced law. He married Ann Poythress on March 21,1729. They had twelve children. He published a paper on the rate of taxes used to pay the clergy called "A Letter to the Clergy on the Two-Penny Act". It was printed in 1760. He was elected to the House of Burgesses from Va. in1742. He served there until it displaced and then was sent to the 1st Continental Congress in Philadelphia. He was elected to serve on the committee of safety and re-elected to the 2nd Continental Congress. He served189846 on the committee that drafted Virginia's first constitution in 1776. He was elected to serve on the new state House of Delegates. He died while serving in the new house, on October 26, 1776 at Williamsburg, Va.
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