Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn Johns TRIGG Sr. 
Birth Date1748
Birth PlaceNew London, Caroline County, Virginia
Death Date17 May 1804 Age: 56
Death PlaceBedford, Bedford County, Virginia
Burial PlaceBedford, Bedford County, Virginia, Trigg Family Cemetery
OccupationRW Soldier, U.S. Congressman
FatherWilliam TRIGG Sr. (1716-1773)
MotherMary JOHNS (1720-1773)
Notes for John Johns TRIGG Sr.
U.S. Congressman. He was an American farmer and politician from Bedford County, Virginia. He fought with the Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War and represented Virginia in the U.S. Congress from 1797 until 1804. Trigg's political service started around 1781 when he became a Justice of the Peace in Bedford County. He was elected to represent the county in the Virginia House of Delegates, and served there from 1784 until 1792. In 1788 he represented Bedford County in the Virginia Convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution. Trigg voted with Patrick Henry and the Antifederalists against ratification. He served in the Virginia Senate from 1792 until 1796. He was elected in the United States House of Representatives in 1796 as a Jeffersonian Republican. Trigg was re-elected three times, and served in the Congress from 1797. He died at home on May 17, 1804, on his farm near Liberty in Bedford County and was buried in a family plot there.
Bio courtesy of: Wikipedia
On Find A Grave.
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Bio courtesy of: Wikipedia
On Find A Grave.
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