Papers of the Shadwell Chapter and of the Peter Jefferson Children of the American Revolution Society, 1915-1976.

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Papers of the Shadwell Chapter and of the Peter Jefferson Children of the American Revolution Society, 1915-1976.

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Membership applications constitute the bulk of the collection. By-laws for the Peter Jefferson Society are also included as are annual histories of the society and a biographical sketch of Peter Jefferson.

177 items.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Peter Jefferson Children of the American Revolution Society.

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Daughters of the American Revolution. Shadwell Chapter (Albemarle County, Va.)

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Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757

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Peter Jefferson (1708-1757), Virginia planter, cartographer and surveyor, father of Thomas Jefferson, married Jane Randolph 1739. In the 1740s, the family moved to Shadwell Plantation in Albemarle County. In 1744 Jefferson became the Goochland County surveyor. In 1745, he was appointed guardian of the children of his friend and kinsman, Col. William Randolph of Tuckahoe (1712-1745). The Jefferson family soon moved to Tuckahoe, in Goochland County, returning to Shadwell in 1752. Peter Jefferson d...