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  • ...[[wikipedia:Powhatan (Five Forks, Virginia)|Powhatan plantation]] in James City County. The house in WIlliamsburg was constructed between 1752 to 1754 and ...edding present, with a life tenancy at Elizabeth's father's death in 1779. Elizabeth lived here until her death in 1787, and George moved to Richmond, Virginia
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  • ...ttle is known about Elizabeth in the historical record but by all accounts Elizabeth and George were happily married. ...Taliaferro's will gave George and Elizabeth use of the property for life. Elizabeth died in 1787, and George moved to Richmond in 1791 to serve as a judge on V
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  • ...he's signature. One side is signed by Wythe "At a Court held for Elizabeth City County, September 6th, 1763," but it is unclear if the text on the reverse ...yCountyCourt6September1763P1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Fragment from Elizabeth City County court records, in [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] handwriting. Image
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  • ...dent of Wythe's), and was admitted to the bar in 1796 to practice in James City County. Tazewell became a career politician, serving in the Virginia House ...ing, Wythe was already qualified and practicing in the courts of Elizabeth City, Spotsylvania, Caroline, Augusta, and Orange Counties before he moved to Wi
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  • Born in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, in the year 1726, he was the second son among three child ...I made, up to the period when, in my twenty first year, I finally left the City of Richmond.<sup>2</sup>
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  • |diedplace=New York City, New York |spouse=Elizabeth Kortright
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  • ...wĭth, '''George,''' American patriot: b. 1726 in the county of Elizabeth City, Va., a short distance from Yorktown; d. Richmond, Va., 1806. One of his an ...I made, up to the period when, in my twenty-first year, I finally left the city of Richmond." "The most remarkable instance," [[Oration, Pronounced at the
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  • Born in Elizabeth City County in 1736, His Native<br />County, One of Original Eight "Counties" Wh ...nia in the year 1634. His people were of established position in Elizabeth City County before 1700; and his father, Thomas Wythe, was several times a membe
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  • ...es the genealogy of [[George Wythe]] through records of wills in Elizabeth City County, Virginia.<ref>Lyon G. Tyler, "[[Media:TylerAncestryOfGeorgeWytheLLD George Wythe's aunt, Elizabeth Walker, married Stephen Dewey, attorney in Prince George County and, for a
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  • {{DISPLAYTITLE:''History of Hampton and Elizabeth City County Virginia''}} ...th City County Virginia''] (Hampton, VA: Board of Supervisors of Elizabeth City County, 1922).]]
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  • ...his brother-in-law, Richard Taliaferro, Jr., and two slaves to his niece, Elizabeth Call (wife of [[Daniel Call]]).<ref>Lyon G. Tyler, "[[Media:TylerGeorgeWyth ..., have given and delivered unto Richard Taliaferro, of the County of James City, my negro woman slave Cate, with her children and grandchildren, Rachel, Ly
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  • ...c/the-historic-powhatan-a-hilton-vacation-club Powhatan plantation,] James City County, was a planter and amateur architect. He designed and built the [[Ge ...deeded to his son-in-law [[George Wythe]] and wife, [[Elizabeth Taliaferro|Elizabeth]], their house in Williamsburg upon his death.<ref>Lyon G. Tyler, "[[Media:
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  • ...676 &ndash; 1739) of [[wikipedia:Elizabeth City County, Virginia|Elizabeth City County]], Virginia, whom Wythe's family would have surely known.<ref>"[http ...its against Minge, Lewis, Willis, and three petitions for lapsed land, and Elizabeth Walker's suit against Pleasants and Robertson, amounting, with taxes, to 2<
    3 KB (480 words) - 16:01, 22 September 2016
  • ==Excerpt from "Elizabeth City County," 1845==
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  • ...n the county courts and from the autumn of 1748 a busy practitioner in the City of Williamsburg. "He entered upon the practice of law and qualified in the Court of Elizabeth City at the age of twenty years, but soon removed to Spotsylvania County where h
    35 KB (5,488 words) - 13:19, 13 September 2017
  • ...solutions of remonstrance to the House of Commons, 1764; Justice Elizabeth City County, 1770; joined volunteer forces against Gov. Dunmore, 1774; Member Co
    5 KB (693 words) - 08:59, 10 September 2018
  • ...wis was a lawyer of large wealth made by his practice. He was attorney for Elizabeth Brown, Dec. 1, 1726. (A. 207.) He rec'd land in Spots. Co., Dec. 13, 1730, ...26; d. Aug. 8, 1748; m. cir. 1756, Hon. George Wythe, LL. D., b. Elizabeth City Co., Va., 1726 ; d. s. p. June 8, 1806, &aelig; 81; will dat. Apr. 20, 1803
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  • Chancellor Wythe was born in the county of Elisabeth City in 1726 and died June 8, 1806. He studied law with Mr. Dewey of Prince Geor Chancelor [''sic''] Wythe married a second time, [[Elizabeth Taliaferro Wythe|Elisabeth Taliferro]] [''sic''] of Williamsburg, but we ha
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  • ...certain property, and another to direct an official ("the Sergeant of the City of Richmond") not to seize or liquidate certain property. No matter the det ...ppear before the Judge of the High Court of Chancery of the Capitol in the City of Richmond on the 17.<sup>th</sup> day of the next term to answer a bill i
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  • GEORGE WYTHE was a native of the county of Elizabeth city, Virginia, where he was born in the year 1726. His father was a respectable
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