John Pendleton

1719 - 1799  (80 years)

• Name	John Pendleton
  Birth	1719	Caroline Co., VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Apr 1799	Hanover Co., VA
  Person ID	I106022	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Pendleton,   b. 15 May 1683, Caroline Co., VA d. 4 Mar 1721, King and Queen Co., VA (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Mary Bishop Taylor,   b. 29 Jun 1688, Carlisle, England d. 10 Jun 1770, King and Queen Co., VA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1701	King and Queen Co., VA
  Family ID	F2623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He held various offices of honour and trust in the Colony of Virginia, and in the Senate. He was appointed by a convention of delegates of the counties and corporations in the Colony of Virginia, at Richmond Town, on Monday, July 17, 1775, to sign a large issue of Treasury Notes. These notes were issued upon the credit of the colony, taxes and duties having been suspended to suit the distressed circumstances of the Colonists. The issue was about £350,000, and the ordinance read: "Of the notes to be so issued, 50,000 shall be of the denomination of one shilling, and shall be signed by John Pendleton, Jr., Gentleman, which notes last named shall be on the best paper." John Pendleton was appointed, by the Governor of Virginia, judge of her courts, at a time when they were composed of the leading men of the Colony.