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Essex County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Essex County

Meriwether Smith (1730-1790) — ofEssexCounty, Va.Born near Dunnsville,EssexCounty, Va.,1730.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1774-75; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1776-78, 1781;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1778-79, 1781;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from EssexCounty, 1788.Died near Ozeana,EssexCounty, Va.,January25, 1790 (ageabout 59years).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

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Private or family graveyards

TappahannockSt. John's EpiscopalChurchyard

Private or familygraveyards
Essex County, Virginia

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) — also known asRobert M. T. Hunter — of Lloyds,EssexCounty, Va.Born near Loretto,EssexCounty, Va.,April21, 1809.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1834-35; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1835-37;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1837-43, 1845-47 (8th District1837-39, 12th District 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43, 8th District1845-47);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1839-41;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1860;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;ConfederateSecretary of State, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68;Virginiastate treasurer, 1874-80.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; he was one of tenSouthernsenators expelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Arrestedin 1865 andimprisonedwithout trial byfederalforces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until 1866.Slaveowner. Died in Lloyds,EssexCounty, Va.,July 18,1887 (age78 years, 88days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: UncleofMuscoeRussell Hunter Garnett.
		Political family:Garnettfamily of Virginia.
		Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $10 notes in 1861-64.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article

Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864) — also known asMuscoe R. H. Garnett — ofEssexCounty, Va.Born inEssexCounty, Va.,July 25,1821.Democrat.Delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1853-57;U.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1856-61;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Essex & King-and-Queencounties, 1861;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died inoffice 1864.Slaveowner. Contractedtyphoidfever while attending theConfederateCongress, in the VirginiaStateCapitol, Richmond, Va., and died at his home inEssexCounty, Va.,February14, 1864 (age42 years, 204days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

	Relatives:Nephew ofRobertMercer Taliaferro Hunter; grandson ofJamesMercer Garnett.
		Political family:Garnettfamily of Virginia.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Robert Selden Garnett (1789-1840) — of Lloyds,EssexCounty, Va.Born near Loretto,EssexCounty, Va.,April26, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1816-17;U.S.Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1817-27.Slaveowner. Died near Lloyds,EssexCounty, Va.,August15, 1840 (age51 years, 111days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

	Relatives:Brother ofJamesMercer Garnett; cousin *** ofCharlesFenton Mercer.
		Political family:Garnettfamily of Virginia.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

James Mercer Garnett (1770-1843) — also known asJames M. Garnett — of Loretto,EssexCounty, Va.Born near Loretto,EssexCounty, Va.,June 8,1770.Democrat.Planter;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1800-01, 1824-25;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1805-09 (at-large 1805-07, 11thDistrict 1807-09);delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.Slaveowner. Died near Loretto,EssexCounty, Va.,April23, 1843 (age72 years, 319days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

	Relatives:Brother ofRobertSelden Garnett; grandfather ofMuscoeRussell Hunter Garnett.
		Political family:Garnettfamily of Virginia.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

St. John'sEpiscopal Churchyard
Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia

Thomas Croxton (1822-1903) — of Virginia. Born in Tappahannock,EssexCounty, Va.,March 8,1822.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1885-87.Slaveowner. Died in Tappahannock,EssexCounty, Va.,July 3,1903 (age81 years, 117days).Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.

Politicians buriedhere:

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