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Richard Bland
Member From: 1742 - 1776
- Birth Date: May 6, 1710 Birth Place:Jordan's Point, Prince George County, Virginia
- Death Date: October 26, 1776
- Gender: Male Race: Caucasian
- Spouse: Anne Poythress (1730 - 1758)Martha Macon Massie (1759)Elizabeth Blair Bolling (? - 1775)
- Children: twelve children with Anne Poythress - Richard (1731), Elizabeth (1733), Ann Poythress(1736), Peter Randolph (1737), John (1739), Mary (1741), William (1742), Theodorick (1744), Edward (1746), Sarah (1750), Susan (1752) and Lucy (1754).
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- Education: College of William and Mary ; Edinburgh University (Scotland)
- Military Service: Militia officer (1739)
- Occupation/Profession: He was trained in the law and admitted to the bar in 1746, but never offered his legal services to the public
- Additional Info: Richard Bland was the son of Richard Bland (1665 - 1720) and Elizabeth Randolph. Elizabeth Randolph was the daughter of William Randolph I (1651 - 1711) and Mary Isham.
Richard Bland was orphaned at the age of 10 in 1720. He grew up at the home of his mother's family the Randolph's of Turkey Island.
Sometime during the 1742-1747 Assembly, Richard Bland was reelected to the House after accepting an offer of profit. Edmund Ruffin was selected to fill the place made vacant by the death of Richard Bland, Oct. 28, 1776.
- Other Notable Service and/or Elected Offices:
1st U.S. Congress in Philadelphia
Justice of the Peace, Prince George County
Virginia Constitutional Convention (1776)
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| 1742-1747 | Prince George | Propositions and Grievances
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| 1748-1749 | Prince George | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
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| 1752-1755 | Prince George | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Trade |
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| 1756-1758 | Prince George | Public Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Trade |
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| 1758-1761 | Prince George | Public Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
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| 1761-1765 | Prince George | Privileges and Elections (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
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| 1766-1768 | Prince George | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
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| 1769 | Prince George | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Privileges and Elections Religion |
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| 1769-1771 | Prince George | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Privileges and Elections Religion Trade |
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| 1772-1774 | Prince George | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Privileges and Elections Religion Trade |
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| 1775-1776 | Prince George | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion Trade |
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| 1776 | Prince George | Privileges & Elections Religion Trade |
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