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EspañolWILLIAM GRAYSON
:''This article is about the U.S. Senator from Virginia. For the congressman from South Carolina, see William J. Grayson.''
'William Grayson' (1740 - 12 March 1790) was an American politician of the Anti-Federalist faction.
Grayson was born in 1736 to parents Benjamin Grayson and Susannah Monroe Grayson at Belle Aire Plantation[1] in what is now Woodbridge, Virginia. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and Oxford University, studying classics. He practiced law in Dumfries, Virginia until the American Revolutionary War began. Serving as an aide-de-camp to George Washington, Grayson rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1777, he recruited a regiment for the Continental Army known as Grayson's Regiment, and served as its colonel through the Philadelphia campaign. In 1778, he served on a commission dealing with war prisoners, and in 1779 he resigned his military commission to serve on the Congressional Board of War. In 1781 he returned to Dumfries to practice law.
He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787. He was then appointed to the United States Senate, and served from 4 March 1789 until his death on 12 March 1790. He was also an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
His brother was the Reverend Spence Monroe Grayson of Pohick Church, and through his mother he was a cousin to James Monroe. His wife was Eleanor Smallwood, a sister of Maryland Governor William Smallwood. Grayson was the grandfather of William Grayson Carter, Kentucky state senator, and Confederate General John Breckinridge Grayson (General J.B. Grayson was also the grandson of Virginia/Kentucky Senator John Breckinridge (1760-1806)
of the Breckinridge political family and related to Senators Henry Clay and Thomas Hart Benton (senator)).
Grayson is interred within the Grayson family vault at Belle Aire. The vault was encased in concrete[2] and buried by the Daughters of the American Revolution in the early 20th Century. It is currently located on private property.
★ William Grayson by Margaret L. Edwards
★ The Graysons of Belle Aire in Prince William County and Georgia
★ William Grayson's Grave at the Historical Marker Database
★ The Grayson Memorial Bandstand
★ The Grayson Family a personal genealogy page
'William Grayson' (1740 - 12 March 1790) was an American politician of the Anti-Federalist faction.
Grayson was born in 1736 to parents Benjamin Grayson and Susannah Monroe Grayson at Belle Aire Plantation[1] in what is now Woodbridge, Virginia. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and Oxford University, studying classics. He practiced law in Dumfries, Virginia until the American Revolutionary War began. Serving as an aide-de-camp to George Washington, Grayson rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1777, he recruited a regiment for the Continental Army known as Grayson's Regiment, and served as its colonel through the Philadelphia campaign. In 1778, he served on a commission dealing with war prisoners, and in 1779 he resigned his military commission to serve on the Congressional Board of War. In 1781 he returned to Dumfries to practice law.
He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787. He was then appointed to the United States Senate, and served from 4 March 1789 until his death on 12 March 1790. He was also an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
His brother was the Reverend Spence Monroe Grayson of Pohick Church, and through his mother he was a cousin to James Monroe. His wife was Eleanor Smallwood, a sister of Maryland Governor William Smallwood. Grayson was the grandfather of William Grayson Carter, Kentucky state senator, and Confederate General John Breckinridge Grayson (General J.B. Grayson was also the grandson of Virginia/Kentucky Senator John Breckinridge (1760-1806)
of the Breckinridge political family and related to Senators Henry Clay and Thomas Hart Benton (senator)).
Grayson is interred within the Grayson family vault at Belle Aire. The vault was encased in concrete[2] and buried by the Daughters of the American Revolution in the early 20th Century. It is currently located on private property.
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External links
★ William Grayson by Margaret L. Edwards
★ The Graysons of Belle Aire in Prince William County and Georgia
★ William Grayson's Grave at the Historical Marker Database
★ The Grayson Memorial Bandstand
★ The Grayson Family a personal genealogy page
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