Benjamin Harrison, V - Charles City VA - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

In this graveyard is buried
Col. Benjamin Harrison, V
December 13, 1730
April 24, 1791

Singer of the
Declaration of Independence

Member of
Virginia House of Burgesses
Continental Congress
Federal Constitutional Convention
Thrice governor of Virginia
Father and great-grandfather of two
Presidents of the United States

Erected 1972 by
Virginia Society
Daughters of the American Colonists

LOCATION: Marker is in Charles City, Virginia, in Charles City County. Marker can be reached from Harrison Landing Road 0.9 miles south of Westover Road (Virginia Route 633), on the left when traveling south. Follow left trail located behind Berkeley Plantation to the Taps Monument. From here turn left and take trail to the cemetery. County. Marker can be reached from Harrison Landing Road 0.9 miles south of Westover Road (Virginia Route 633), on the left when traveling south. Follow left trail located behind Berkeley Plantation to the Taps Monument. From here turn left and take trail to the cemetery.

Description: From Wikipedia in part: Benjamin Harrison V-(April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was an American planter and merchant, and served as a legislator in colonial Virginia, following a precedent of public service established by his namesakes. He became a Founding Father of the United States and also was elected as Virginia's governor (1781–1784). Harrison worked an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia House of Burgesses, representing Surry County and Charles City County. He was among the early patriots to formally protest tyrannical measures which King George and the British Parliament imposed upon the American colonies leading to the American Revolution. This was in stark contrast to Harrison's personal acceptance and practice of slaveholding, though he joined a 1772 petition to the King, requesting that he abolish the slave trade. As a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, and chairman of its Committee of the Whole, Harrison attended and presided over the final debate of the Declaration of Independence. He was one of its signers in 1776. Harrison was elected as Virginia's fifth governor; his administration was marked by its futile struggle with a state treasury decimated by the revolutionary war. He later returned to the Virginia House for two final terms. Harrison in 1788 cast one of his last votes in opposition to the nation's Constitution, for its lack of a bill of rights. Benjamin V was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia. Two of his descendants became United States Presidents—son William Henry Harrison and great-grandson Benjamin Harrison. Date of birth: 12/13/1730 Date of death: 04/24/1791 Area of notoriety: Politics Marker Type: Headstone Setting: Outdoor Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link] Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed

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