Thomas Marshall (Virginia politician, born 1730)

Thomas Marshall
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Fayette County
In office
October 15, 1787-June 1788
Preceded byJoseph Crockett
Succeeded byJames Trotter
Member of the House of Burgesses from Fauquier County, Colony of Virginia,
In office
1769-1773
Preceded byThomas Harrison
Succeeded byposition abolished
In office
1761-1768
Preceded byn/a
Succeeded byJames Scott
Personal details
Born(1730-04-02)April 2, 1730
Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, British America
DiedJune 22, 1802(1802-06-22) (aged 72)
Mason County, Kentucky
SpouseMary Isham Keith
Children15 including John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, Louis Marshall,
Professionsurveyor, planter, politician
Military service
AllegianceGreat Britain
United States
Branch/service
Years of service
  • 1752–1758 (Virginia Militia)
  • 1775–1783 (Continental Army)
Rank
Battles/wars

Thomas Marshall (2 April 1730 – 22 June 1802) was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military officer soldier and politician who served in the House of Burgesses and briefly in the Virginia House of Delegates and helped form the state of Kentucky, but may be best known as the father of Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Marshall.[1][2] Marshall opposed slavery in Ohio but practiced and proposed indentured servitude of former slaves.[3]

  1. ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainWilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Marshall, Thomas (planter)" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  2. ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915), Vol 1, p. 284
  3. ^ Feight, Andrew Lee; Ph.D. "Nathaniel Massie and Indentured Servitude at Buckeye Station, Adams County, Ohio". Scioto Historical. Retrieved 2023-10-20.