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Caroline County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Caroline County

Daniel Coleman De Jarnette (1822-1881) — of Virginia. Born near Bowling Green,CarolineCounty, Va.,October18, 1822.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1853-58;U.S.Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1859-61;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Virginia,1872.Slaveowner. Died in White Sulphur Springs,GreenbrierCounty, W.Va.,August20, 1881 (age58 years, 306days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Bowling GreenEdmundsburyGraveyard Bowling GreenLakewood Cemetery Private or familygraveyards Caroline County, Virginia John Taylor of Caroline (1753-1824) — of Port Royal,CarolineCounty, Va.Born in Virginia,December19, 1753.Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;lawyer;political theorist; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779-81, 1783-85, 1796-1800;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1792-94, 1803, 1822-24; died in office1824; Presidential Elector for Virginia,1796.Slaveowner. Died inCarolineCounty, Va.,August21, 1824 (age70 years, 246days).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:     Taylor County,W.Va. is named for him.   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803) — ofCarolineCounty, Va.Born inCarolineCounty, Va.,September9, 1721.Planter;lawyer;justice of the peace;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1776;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1777;chiefjustice of Virginia state supreme court, 1788-1803; died inoffice 1803;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from CarolineCounty, 1788.Anglican.Died inRichmond,Va.,October23, 1803 (age82 years, 44days).Original interment at Edmundsbury Graveyard; reinterment in 1907 atBrutonParish Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.

	Relatives: Sonof Henry Pendleton and Mary Bishop (Taylor) Pendleton; married,January21, 1741, to Elizabeth Roy; married,January20, 1745, to Sarah Pollard; uncle ofJohnPendleton Jr. andNathanielPendleton; granduncle ofPhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; great-granduncle ofHenryGaines Johnson,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; second great-granduncle ofWilliamBarret Pendleton,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton andBickertonLyle Winston; third great-granduncle ofSidneyFletcher Taliaferro; first cousin once removed ofJohnPenn; first cousin twice removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison andZacharyTaylor; first cousin thrice removed ofColebyChew; first cousin four times removed ofGeorgeCassety Pendleton,JamesBenjamin Garnett,HubbardT. Smith,CharlesM. Pendleton andDanielMicajah Pendleton; first cousin five times removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk andCharlesSumner Pendleton; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamByrd III; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd.
		Political families:Pendleton#1 family of Maryland;Pendleton#3 family of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		Pendleton counties inKy. andW.Va. arenamed for him.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article

Thomas Hunter Blanton (1895-1965) — also known asTom H. Blanton — of Bowling Green,CarolineCounty, Va.Born inCarolineCounty, Va.,October19, 1895.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1944(alternate),1956;member ofVirginiastate senate 31st District, 1950;VirginiaDemocratic state chair, 1955-58.Died in Bowling Green,CarolineCounty, Va.,October18, 1965 (age69 years, 364days).Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof James Rawlings Blanton and Cora Lee (Blanton) Blanton; married toBlanche Broaddus.
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