Thomas Barbour (1735 – May 16, 1825) was a prominent landowner and member of the

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. Thomas Barbour was born in 1735 in

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, Colony of Virginia, the son of James Barbour (1707-1775). His elder brother James Barbour (burgess) represented

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in the House of Burgesses from 1761-1765. Barbour married Mary Pendleton Thomas, a

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, in 1771. They had ten daughters and five sons. Their sons who likewise held offices included

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(18th

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and 11th

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) and Philip P. Barbour ( U.S. Congressman from Virginia and an associate justice of the

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). Barbour served as Justice of the Peace for Orange County, from 1768 until his death. From 1769 until 1776 (although the prorogued house had no quorum after June 24, 1775), Barbour represented Orange County in the

.Cyntia Miller Leonard, Virginia's General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond, Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 98, 100, 104, 106 He was a Whig. Thomas died at his son James Barbour's plantation, Barboursville on May 16, 1825.

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