Colonel Thomas Madison

Colonel Thomas Madison

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DAR Ancestor #: A073064
Service: VIRGINIA
Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, CAPTAIN
Birth: BAPTISED 10-1-1746 IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Death: 2- -1798 IN BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Service Source: SUMMERS, ANNALS OF SW VIRGINIA, PART 1, PP 282, 321-322, 329, 375, PART 2, P 1419; GWATHMEY, HIST REG OF VIRGINIA IN THE REV, P 493; CRUSH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY VIRGINIA: THE FIRST 100 YEARS, PP 6, 7; LIB OF VIRGINIA, BOTETOURT COUNTY PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX, 1782-1809, REEL #38

1) ALSO COMMISSARY & PAYMASTER; STATES ATTORNEY, ESCHEATOR & TAX COLLECTOR, BOTETOURT COUNTY; 2) COMMITTEE OF SAFETY; PAID SUPPLY TAX, 1783

RESIDENCE
1) County: BOTETOURT COUNTY - State: VIRGINIA

SPOUSE

1) SUSANNA HENRY
MARGARET[1] SYLVANUS JOHNSON
AGATHA [1] HENRY BOWYER

Madison was a soldier and politician in Revolutionary-era Virginia.

He was born in Augusta County, Virginia, the son of John and Agatha (Strother) Madison; his brothers included the Rev. James Madison and Virginia Governor George Madison. He was a second cousin to United States President James Madison.

He was one of the 13 signers of the Fincastle Resolutions in 1775. He served as sheriff of Augusta County and as a commissary during the 1776 expedition against the Cherokees. His wife was Susanna Henry, sister of Virginia Governor Patrick Henry.

The Virginia General Assembly created Botetourt County from Augusta County shortly before the war, and after independence, Botetourt County voters several times elected this Madison to represent them (part time) as one of their representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates

His paternal grandparents were Ambrose Madison and Frances Taylor, who were the parents of U.S. President James Madison.