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• Lempriere's Universal Biography
  WYTHE, George, chancellor of Virginia, was born in the county of Elizabeth city, in 1726. His mother possessed uncommon strength of mind and knowledge, and
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• Virginia Convention of 1776
  ...Phi Beta Kappa Society, in the Chapel of William and Mary College, in the City of Williamsburg, on the Afternoon of July the 3rd, 1855''}} ...Betta Kappa Society, in the Chapel of the William and Mary College, in the City of Williamsburg, on the Afternoon of July the 3rd, 1855,'']] (Richmond, VA:
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• American Biographical and Historical Dictionary
  ...a distinguished friend of his country, was born in the county of Elizabeth city in 1726. His father was a respectable farmer, and his mother was a woman of ...him from other men, he made a present of one half of his land in Elizabeth city to his nephew, and the purchase money of the remainder, which he sold, was
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• Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
  George Wythe was born in Elizabeth City, County Virginia, in 1726. His mother was a Miss Keith, daughter of a Quake The old city of Williamsburg possessed many attractions; and as he had the means, as the
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• Teacher of Jefferson and Marshall
  ...which I made, up to the period, when, in my first year, I finally left the City of Richmond." St. George Tucker, author of Tucker's Blackstone, President o ...in the conventional way, that George Wythe was born in 1726, in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, and that he was the son of Thomas Wythe, delegate in the
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• National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
  ...igner of the declaration of independence, was born near Hampton, Elizabeth City, Va., in 1726. He learned little at school, but was well taught by his moth
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• Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence
  GEORGE WYTHE was born in the year 1726, in the county of Elizabeth City on the shores of the Chesapeake, in the then colony of Virginia. He was des ...e; but the arduous duties of chancellor induced him, on his removal to the city of Richmond, to vacate the chair.
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• Glimpses of Old College Life, January 1900
  ...d Kennon, of Mecklenburg, and Anne Munford, wife of Otway Byrd, of Charles City county). . . . "My love to Miss Betsy Maupin." . . . "If mama comes down, w ...d Miss Balfour, and to them I shall give your love. Mrs. Tazewell and Miss Elizabeth also set out for Berkeley county to-morrow, so that the town will be compar
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• Biographia Americana
  ...ion of independence, was born in the year 1726, in the county of Elizabeth City, Virginia. His mother, a woman of great acquirements, superintended his edu
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• Murder of George Wythe
  ...ica has produced, was born in 1726 on his father's plantation in Elizabeth City County. He was taught Latin and Greek by his mother, a granddaughter of Geo ...his country," declared Wythe's funeral orator, "he lived in this expensive city, secluded from all other business but that of the public, to which he devot
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• Memoir, Correspondence and Miscellanies from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson
  ...the year 1727, or 1728, of a respectable family in the county of Elizabeth City, on the shores of the Chesapeake. He inherited, from his father, a fortune
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• Teaching of George Wythe
  ...was born in 1726 or 1727 at his family's home, Chesterville, in Elizabeth City County, Virginia.<ref>Unless otherwise noted, all information in this subse ...It was also at this time that Wythe again married, to Williamsburg heiress Elizabeth Taliaferro, who, being fourteen or fifteen years old, was half of her husba
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• Farley v. Shippen
  ...,000 acres of land in North Carolina called Saura town (known today as the city of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden%2C_North_Carolina Eden]) for £1000. ...Simon's children (and the plaintiffs in this case), John Simon Farley and Elizabeth Morson.
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• Overton v. Ross
  ...of Overtons Mill: Prolegomena, in the Richmond Common-Law District Court, Elizabeth Overton and Richard Overton, Plaintiffs, Against David Ross, Defendent]],'' ...f Overtons Mill: Prolegomena]], in the Richmond Common-Law District Court, Elizabeth Overton and Richard Overton, Plaintiffs, against David Ross, Defendent'' [s
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• Wilkins v. Taylor
  ...uters, 10th ed. 2014).</ref> then her share of the inheritance would go to Elizabeth II. When Elizabeth I died, Sarah filed a suit in equity in County Court against John Taylor, t
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• Seals of Virginia
  SUPPORTERS—Dexter, a figure dressed as in the time of Queen Elizabeth, representing Sir Walter Raleigh, planting with his right hand the standard ...st of a Virgin naked, and crowned with an antique crown, alluding to Queen Elizabeth, in whose reign the country was discovered.
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• Wythe's Early Life
  [[George Wythe]] was born in late 1726 or early 1727 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, to Thomas Walker III and Margaret Walker at his family's ...erican Aristides,'' 15. </ref> Thomas I was elected to represent Elizabeth City County for the 1680-1682 session of the House of Burgesses and also served
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• History of Virginia
  ...member of the Committee of Revisors, brought him back to Virginia; and the City of Williamsburg placed him in the Assembly, of which we now see him elected ...figure dressed as in the time of [[wikipedia:Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]], representing [[wikipedia:Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]], planting w
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• Collection of Entries
  ...phy'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed February 18, 2015.</ref> Elizabeth was the sister of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More Sir Thomas Mor ...e a serjeant-at-law, and the following year became standing counsel to the city of Canterbury.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Rastell was appointed as a justice of the [h
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• Memoranda Concerning the Death of Chancellor Wythe
  ...his by the name of George Wythe Sweeney living in the county of Elizabeth City Va & he came & lived with him. He was treated very kindly & generously by h ...ef> In addition to his successful medical practice, he was a member of the City Council<ref>"Death of Dr. John Dove," ''Daily Dispatch'' (Richmond, VA), No
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