John Herbert CLAIBORNE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Was a private (at 17) in the Sussex troops under Light Horse Harry Lee in the American Revolution.

John married Mary Cole GREGORY on 12 Dec 1788 in Henrico, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Roger GREGORY, Esq. and Mary Cole CLAIBORNE) was born on 25 Aug 1769 in New Oxford, Virginia; died on 26 Aug 1798 in King William, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He removed to Surry County soon after his marriage to Mary Herbert, where he built his Windsor Plantation (later in Sussex County). Colonel Claiborne was a burgess (1748, 1749 & 1752), but resigned in 1754 to become clerk of Sussex County. Augustine, who was a Virginia State senator in 1780, was a colonel of the Sussex County militia in 1754 and commander and chief in 1767. He was a member of the Committee of Safety during the American Revolution. Col. Claiborne left a will dated 1 May 1787 that was recorded 17 May 1787 in Sussex County.

Augustine married Mary HERBERT on 8 May 1744 in Sweet Hall Plantation, Old New Kent, Virginia. Mary was born on 25 Aug 1728 in Puddledock Plantation, Prince George, Virginia; died on 17 Aug 1801 in Windsor Plantation, Sussex, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Buller Herbert and Mary Stith