Edmund Pendleton's Home
Posted by: johnjm99
N 38° 00.542 W 077° 20.036
18S E 295097 N 4209387
Edmundsbury Homesite
Waymark Code: WM845
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2006
Views: 20
Six miles southeast is the site of Edmundsbury, home of Edmund Pendleton. Pendleton, born September 9, 1721, was in the House of Burgesses; a Delegate to the Continental Congressl Chairman of the Virginia Committee of Safety, 1775-6; President of the May 1776 Convention and the Convention that ratified the United States Constitution, 1788; President of the Virginia Supreme Court. He died, October 26, 1803, and was buried there but was later removed to Williamsburg.
Marker Number: ND 5
Marker Title: Edmund Pendleton's Home
Marker Location: Route 301
County or Independent City: Caroline
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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