General Andrew Moore - American Revolutionary War Veteran Graves on Waymarking.com

Andrew Moore, a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at ‘Cannicello,’ near Fairfield, Rockbridge (formerly Augusta) County, Va., in 1752; attended Augusta Academy (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va.; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1774; served in the Revolutionary War as a captain until 1779; commissioned brigadier general, then major general of Virginia Militia; member, State house of delegates 1780-1783, 1785-1788; delegate to the Virginia convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1788; elected to the First and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1797); member, State house of delegates 1799-1800, and State senate 1800-1801; successfully contested the election of Thomas Lewis to the Eighth Congress and served from March 5 to August 11, 1804, when he was appointed as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1799, caused by the resignation of Wilson C. Nicholas; while holding the office of Senator-designate was elected on December 4, 1804, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1803, caused by the resignation of Abraham B. Venable and served successively in the two classes from August 11, 1804, until March 3, 1809; appointed United States marshall for the State of Virginia in 1810 and served until his death in Lexington, Va., April 14, 1821; interment in Lexington Cemetery which is known today as the Stonewall Jackson Cemetery. Source:
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Location type: Single Grave Date of Birth: 1752 Date of Death: April 14, 1821 Cause of death: Died Later Grave Marker Text: A soldier of the Revolution. A member of the first U. S. Congress. The first senator west of the Blue Ridge. A member of the convention that ratified the Constitution of the United States, and a marshall of Virginia for twenty years. Ranks: Major General in the Virginia Militia

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