Isaac Coles, US Congress

COLES, ISAAC
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Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 2-25-1747 RICHMOND CO VIRGINIA
Death: 6-2-1813 PITTSYLVANIA CO VIRGINIA
Service Description:
1) MEM OF HOUSE OF DEL
2) HALIFAX CO. 1780-81
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Coles

Isaac Coles (March 2, 1747 – June 3, 1813) was an American planter and statesman from Virginia.

Coles was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1747. He was educated at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as a colonel in the Virginia militia. In 1780 and 1781 as well as 1783-1788, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. As a member of the Virginia Ratifying Convention assembled in June 1788, Coles opposed the ratification of the United States Constitution. Nevertheless, he ran for the United States House of Representatives, serving in Congress from 1789 to 1791. He was also elected to the House in 1792 and 1794, serving from March 4, 1793, to March 3, 1797.

Coles died on his plantation, Cole's Hill, near Chatham, Virginia in 1813 and was buried in the family cemetery there. His son, Walter Coles, also served in the House of Representatives.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Hill_Plantation over 200 Slaves.

A relative with a similar name, Isaac A. Coles (b. 1780 at Enniscorthy, Albemarle County and brother of Edward Coles) served as personal secretary to Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison during their administrations.

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Lived in Greenfield, VA.

Was a first cousin to Dolly Madison (acutally a double-first cousin, as their mothers were sister, and their fathers were brothers).

Elected a delegate to the First Congress, and again represented his State from 1793 to 1797.

While in New York, attending the sessions of Congress, Colonel [Isaac] Coles met Miss Catherine Thompson, a daughter of Mr. James Thompson and a sister of Mrs. Elbridge Gerry. Bishop Meade recorded that Colonel Coles and Miss Thompson were married by Bishop Provoost in 1790. When his services in Congress were concluded, Colonel Coles took his young wife to his large estates in Halifax and Pittsylvania counties. He held no official position in the new capital, but it is to be hoped that Colonel and Mrs. Coles sometimes visited their Cousin [Dolley] in the White House, as both were well-fitted to enjoy social life.

Colonel [Isaac] Coles has been described as a man of agreeable, courtly manners and a delightful raconteur.

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