Banister, John, 1734-1788

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BANISTER, John, a Delegate from Virginia; born at ``Hatcher's Run,'' near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., December 26, 1734; attended a private school at Wakefield, England, and was graduated in law from the Temple in London; returned to Virginia and commenced the practice of law in Petersburg; also engaged as a planter; member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765, 1766-1774, and 1775; member of the conventions of 1775 and 1776; served in the State house of delegates in 1776, 1777, and 1781-1783; Member of the Continental Congress in 1778; one of the framers and signers of the Articles of Confederation; during the Revolutionary War served as major and lieutenant colonel of the Virginia Militia; died on his estate, ``Hatcher's Run,'' near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., on September 30, 1788; interment in the family burying ground on his estate.

<p>John Banister (December 26, 1734 – September 30, 1788) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and an American Revolutionary War patriot from Petersburg, Virginia. He assisted in framing and signed the Articles of Confederation.</p>

<p>The son of John Banister and grandson of John Baptist Banister the naturalist, he was educated at Middle Temple in London, England, admitted on September 27, 1753. He was a member of the Virginia Convention in 1776. He also served in the House of Burgesses (1765–1775, 1777), the Continental Congress (1778 – 1779) as a delegate, where he was a framer of and signed the Articles of Confederation, and the Virginia House of Delegates (1776–1777, 1781–1783).</p>

<p>He was well informed on current affairs and an established writer. Banister was married three times. His first was to Elizabeth Munford in 1755, and then to Elizabeth "Patsy" Bland, the daughter of Theodorick Bland of Cawsons and the sister of Colonel Theodorick Bland. Banister was then married to Agan (Scottish for Anna) Blair of Williamsburg, daughter of John Blair Sr.</p>