James Mitchell Varnum (December 17, 1748 – January 9, 1789) was an American legislator, lawyer, general[1] in the Continental Army, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country.[2][3][4][5][6]
James Mitchell Varnum | |
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 James Mitchell Varnum, painted posthumously in 1804 by Charles Willson Peale | |
| Born | December 17, 1748 Dracut, Massachusetts, British America |
| Died | January 9, 1789 (aged 40) Marietta, Northwest Territory, U.S. |
| Place of burial | Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service |  Continental Army |
| Years of service | 1774–1779 |
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| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Other work | twice elected delegate to the Continental Congress (1780-82 and 1786-87), pioneer to the Ohio Country, justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territory |
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Varnum resigned his commission in 1779, and was a delegate to the Continental and Confederation Congress, as well as one of two “supreme” judges appointed to the Northwest Territory. He died in Marietta, Ohio in January 1789.
- ^ Heitman, Officers of the Continental Army, 559.
- ^ Wilkins, Memoirs of the Rhode Island Bar, 145-239.
- ^ Hildreth, Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio, 165-85.
- ^ Conley, Rhode Island's Founders, 134-37.
- ^ Dodge, Directory of the United States Congress 1774-2005, 2089.
- ^ Leiter, Generals of the Continental Army, 102-03.