Grayson, William, 1736-1790
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Prince William County (Va.)
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found: DuPriest, J. E. William Grayson, 1977 (subj.)t.p. (William Grayson) p. 1 (b. 1736) p. 112 (d. 3/12/90)
found: Biographical Directory of the United States, viewed April 4, 2019(Grayson, William, (uncle of Alexander Dalrymple Orr), a Delegate and a Senator from Virginia; born in Prince William County, Va., around 1740; attended the College of Philadelphia, now the University of Pennsylvania; pursued classical studies in England at the University of Oxford and studied law in London; returned to Virginia and practiced law in Dumfries; during the Revolutionary War was commissioned lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp to General George Washington and promoted to colonel January 1777; commissioner of the Board of War 1780-1781; resumed the practice of law; member, Virginia house of delegates 1784-1785, 1788; member of the Continental Congress 1785-1787; delegate to the Virginia convention of 1788 for the adoption of the Federal Constitution, which he opposed; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1789, until his death in Dumfries, Va., March 12, 1790; interment on the old family estate at Belle Air, near Dumfries, Va.)
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1977-11-22: new
2019-05-16: revised
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