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Robertson family of Dinwiddie County, Virginia

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  Thomas Bolling Robertson (1779-1828) — of Louisiana. Born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., February 27, 1779. Democrat. Secretary of Orleans Territory, 1807-11; U.S. Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1812-18; Governor of Louisiana, 1820-24; U.S. District Judge for Louisiana, 1825. Episcopalian. Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, Va (now W.Va.), October 5, 1828 (age 49 years, 221 days). Interment at Copeland Hill Cemetery, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
  Relatives: Brother of John Robertson and Wyndham Robertson.
  Political family: Robertson family of Dinwiddie County, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  John Robertson (1787-1873) — of Virginia. Born in Dinwiddie County, Va., April 13, 1787. Lawyer; Virginia state attorney general, 1820; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1834-39 (11th District 1834-35, 19th District 1835-37, 18th District 1837-39); member of Virginia state senate, 1861-63. Slaveowner. Died in Campbell County, Va., July 5, 1873 (age 86 years, 83 days). Interment at Mt. Athos, Kelly, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William 'Billy' Robertson and Elizabeth (Bolling) Robertson; brother of Thomas Bolling Robertson and Wyndham Robertson; first cousin twice removed of Beverley Randolph; second cousin of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; second cousin once removed of John Wayles Eppes, John Randolph of Roanoke, William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Theodorick Bland, Joel Walker Flood, Thomas Lawton Davis, Connally Findlay Trigg, Benjamin Earl Cabell and Edith Wilson; second cousin thrice removed of Carter Henry Harrison II, Henry De La Warr Flood, Joel West Flood and Earle Cabell; second cousin four times removed of Harry Flood Byrd; second cousin five times removed of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; third cousin of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and Francis Wayles Eppes; third cousin once removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph, Henry St. George Tucker, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph, George Wythe Randolph, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee and Douglass Townshend Bolling; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge and Richard Walker Bolling; third cousin thrice removed of John Gardner Coolidge and William Welby Beverley; fourth cousin of Nathaniel Beverly Tucker; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Jones Hardeman and Bailey Hardeman.
  Political family: Robertson family of Dinwiddie County, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Wyndham Robertson (1803-1888) — of Virginia. Born January 26, 1803. Governor of Virginia, 1836-37. Died February 11, 1888 (age 85 years, 16 days). Interment at Bolling Family Cemetery at Cobbs, Near Chester, Chesterfield County, Va.
  Relatives: Brother of Thomas Bolling Robertson and John Robertson.
  Political family: Robertson family of Dinwiddie County, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography

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