Caroline-Richmond City County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Pendleton, Edmund 1741 - 1803
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Author: Virgil A. Lewis

Edmund Pendleton, in honor of whom the county was named, was born in Caroline
county, in 1741, and early in life entered upon the study of law. He was the
president of the Virginia Convention of 1775, and also of that of 1778, which
ratified the Federal Constitution. He was twice a member of Congress and was
long president of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Upon the organization of the
Federal Government, he was selected by Congress as District Judge for Virginia
but declined the appointment. He died at Richmond, in 1803.

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From Pendleton County section, History of West Virginia, 1889 by Virgil A Lewis

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