Wilson Miles Cary

Wilson-Miles Cary
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Elizabeth City County
In office
1796–1797
Serving with Miles King
Preceded byGeorge Wray
Succeeded byGeorge Booker
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Warwick County
In office
1783–1786
Serving with Cole Digges, John Langhorne, Richard Cary Jr.
Preceded byEdward Harwood
Succeeded byWilson Cary
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Fluvanna County
In office
1777–1779
Serving with Thomas Napier
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byGeorge Thompson
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Elizabeth City County
In office
Oct.1776 – Dec. 1776
Serving with Henry King
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byWorlich Westward
Member of the House of Burgesses for Elizabeth City County
In office
1766–1772
Serving with George Wythe, James Wallace
Preceded byWilliam Wager
Succeeded byHenry King
Personal details
Born1733
Richneck plantation, Warwick County, Colony of Virginia
Died25 November 1817
Carysbrook Plantation, Fluvanna County, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
SpouseSarah Blair
RelationsJohn Blair (uncle), Miles Cary II (grandfather) Miles Cary Sr.(great grandfather)
Children3 daughters and 2 sons
Parent(s)Wilson Cary, Sarah Blair Cary
EducationCollege of William and Mary
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge University
Occupationplanter, politician

Wilson-Miles Cary (1733-November 30, 1817) was a Virginia planter and politician who became a prominent patriot in the American Revolutionary War and later a prominent Federalist and citizen in Williamsburg. Once one of the colony's wealthiest men, Cary served in the House of Burgesses and later the Virginia House of Delegates representing at various times Warwick County, Elizabeth City County (modern Hampton) and newly created Fluvanna County. Cary also built Carysbrook plantation in Fluvanna County, where he died in the household of his grandson Wilson Jefferson Cary (who would continue the family's legislative tradition five years later).[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915), vol. 1 p. 206
  2. ^ John Frederick Dorman, Adventures of Purse and Person, vol. 3 p. 312
  3. ^ Peter V. Bergstrom, " Cary, Wilson-Miles (1733 or 1734-25 November 1817)" in Dictionary of Virginia Biography vol. 3, pp. 117-118