Display Patriot - P-325703 - George WYTHE

George WYTHE

SAR Patriot #: P-325703

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Signer Declaration of Independence / Patriotic Service / Civil Service

Birth: 03 Dec 1726 Hampton / Hampton / VA
Death: 08 Jun 1806 Richmond / Henrico / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia
  2. Wythe served in the Second Continental Congress, from 1775 to 1776
  3. After a few months in Congress, he returned home to help draft the Virginia constitution
  4. In 1778, he became a judge of the court of chancery
  5. In 1779, Wythe was appointed to the nation’s first law professorship, established at the College of William and Mary by his former student, Thomas Jefferson
  6. Furnished Supplies

Additional References:
  1. Genealogical, Burial and Service Data for Rev War Patriots Buried in Virginia (M.E. Lyman, 2016)
  2. Auditor of Public Accounts, "Receiptsand disbursement journals, 1783 Apr 25 - Oct 29", APA 45, Vol 15, Auditor Account Book XV, Reel 6254, pg 89

Spouse: (1) Ann Lewis; (2) Elizabeth Eggleston Taliaferro
Children:
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Burial:
Saint John's Episcopal Churchyard (C-0371828)
Location:
Richmond / Richmond City / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
641503
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
37.531346 / -77.419874
Find A Grave Memorial #:
2792
Marker Type:
Vertical Monument with SODI Plaque
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Photos courtesy of: Craig Batten, Goerge Washington Chapter, Virginia Society, SAR
  • Inscription: “This tablet is dedicated to the mark the site where lie the mortal remains of GEORGE WYTHE, Born 1726 - Died 1806, Jurist and Statesman, Teacher of Randolph Jefferson and Marshall, First Professor of Law in the United States, First Virginia Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Erected by Patriotic Citizens of Virginia A.D. 1922"


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Author: Joshua Shawn Wilberger
George Wythe is best remembered in two roles: a Signer of the Declaration of Independence and as the first law professor in the United States, serving as chair of Law and Police at the College of William and Mary. Of the pupils he taught there are several luminaries, viz.: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Henry Clay, and St. George Tucker. Tucker would later succeed Wythe as Chairman whilst garnering his own reputation as an accomplished jurist (Tucker is also a SAR recognized Patriot).

First wife was daughter of Zachary Lewis of Spottsylvania County. They married December 26, 1747 though she passed away on August 8, 1748. Second wife was Elizabeth Eggleston Taliaferro (1739 Willamsburg- Aug 1787, James City Co.) daughter of Richard & (-----) Taliaferro.
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