Thomas Sandford

For other people named Thomas Sandford, see Thomas Sandford (disambiguation).

Thomas Sandford (1762 – December 10, 1808) was an American soldier and politician.

He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1762, son of Youell Sanford (d. January 24, 1794 in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County) and Elizabeth Pope (b. 1732), daughter from a family long important in Virginia politics. In 1770, he inherited 150 acres of land from his paternal grandfather, Youell Sanford Sr.[1]

He rose to become a General in the American War of Independence. Following the Revolution, he settled in Kentucky, where he had been granted land, in 1792.[2] In his political career, he was a state representative and senator, then a representative in the Eighth and Ninth Congresses (1803–1807).[3] He drowned in the Ohio River near Covington, Kentucky on December 10, 1808.[4]

  1. ^ [1] Ancestry.com: "Youell Sanford in the Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 (probated on 27 Nov 1770)", paid subscription site, accessed March 10, 2017.
  2. ^ Judy L. Neff (2006). Ludlow. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-0-7385-4333-8.
  3. ^ Nancy Capace (January 1, 1999). Encyclopedia of Kentucky. Somerset Publishers, Inc. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-403-09740-1.
  4. ^ Henry Clay (February 5, 2015). The Papers of Henry Clay: The Rising Statesman, 1797-1814. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 391–. ISBN 978-0-8131-5668-2.