1779 Session Information
Please turn your device to landscape view for wide tables like those below.
- Start Date: May 3 1779
- End Date: Dec 24 1779
- Notes: Sessions: May 3 to June, 1779; October 4 to December 24, 1779
- Speaker:
Benjamin Harrison V
- Clerk:
John James Beckley
Edmund Randolph
-
Special Sessions:
| Name | Locality | Committees |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond Allen | New Kent | |
| Garland Anderson | Hanover | Privileges & Elections Religion Trade |
| Robert Anderson | Louisa | Privileges & Elections Religion |
| Jerman Baker | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| James W(allace) Ball | Lancaster | |
| William Ball | Lancaster | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| William Bibb | Prince Edward | |
| Abraham Bird | Shenandoah | |
| George Bird | Middlesex | |
| William Aylett Booth | Hampshire | Trade |
| Carter Braxton | King William | Privileges and Elections (October 1779) (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
| John Brent | Charlotte | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Brickell | Nansemond | Courts of Justice Religion |
| William Browne/Brown | Surry | Propositions and Grievances |
| James Buford | Bedford | |
| Nathaniel Burwell | James City | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Nicholas Cabell | Amherst | Propositions and Grievances |
| Richard Callaway | Kentucky | |
| David Campbell | Washington | |
| George Carrington | Cumberland | Religion (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| Charles Carter | Stafford | Propositions and Grievances |
| Robert Wormeley Carter | Richmond County | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Chilton | Fauquier | Religion |
| Josias/Josiah Clapham | Loudoun | |
| Allen Cocke | Surry | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Jesse Cogbill | Chesterfield | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| John Coleman | Halifax | Propositions and Grievances |
| Walter Crockett | Montgomery | |
| John Cunningham | Augusta | Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Curd | Buckingham | |
| William Roscow Wilson Curle | Norfolk Borough | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| John Parke Custis | Fairfax | |
| Cole Digges | Warwick | Trade |
| William Doak | Montgomery | |
| John Pierce Duvall | Monongalia | |
| John Edmondson | Essex | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| John Evans | Monongalia | |
| James Field | Prince George | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Fleming | Chesterfield | Religion |
| Thomas Flournoy | Prince Edward | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Fox | Gloucester | Propositions and Grievances |
| Harry Gaines | Henry | |
| John Garland | Lunenberg | |
| James Garrard | Stafford | Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Gee | Sussex | Religion |
| George Gilmer | Albemarle | Propositions and Grievances |
| Samuel Goode | Mecklenberg | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Gratton | Rockingham | |
| Edwin Gray | Southampton | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Joseph Greenhill | Brunswick | |
| Benjamin Harrison Jr. | Prince George | Privileges & Elections (Chair) Propositions and Grievances |
| Benjamin Harrison V | Charles City | |
| Burr Harrison | Prince William | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| William Harrison | Yohogania | |
| James Harrod | Kentucky | |
| Silas Hart | Rockingham | |
| William Harvey | Middlesex | |
| John Harvie | West Augusta and Albemarle | Propositions and Grievances Public Trade |
| Edward Harwood | Warwick | Trade |
| James Henry | Accomack | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| William Henry | Elizabeth City | |
| Abraham/Abram Hite | Hampshire | Trade |
| Thomas Hite | Berkeley | |
| John Hooe | Prince William | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| John Hopkins | Goochland | Trade |
| John Hull | Northumberland | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| Moses Hunter | Berkeley | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Hutchings Jr. | Norfolk Borough | Privileges and Elections Trade |
| William Hutchinson | Greenbrier | |
| James Innes | Yohogania | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Jefferson | Albemarle | Propositions and Grievances (Chair) Privileges & Elections |
| James Johnson | Lunenberg | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Johnson | Louisa | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Zachariah Johnston | Augusta | Propositions and Grievances |
| Joseph Jones | Dinwiddie | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| Gray Judkins | Sussex | |
| Benjamin Lankford | Pittsylvania | |
| Robert Lawson | Prince Edward | Courts of Justice (May 1779) (Chair) Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Richard Henry Lee | Westmoreland | Trade (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
| William Lee | Northumberland | Trade |
| Nicholas Lewis | Albemarle | Privileges and Elections |
| Thomas Lomax | Caroline | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Lyne | King and Queen | Courts of Justice (October 1779) (Chair) Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| George Mason IV | Fairfax | Propositions and Grievances |
| Thompson/Thomson Mason | Elizabeth City | |
| William Mayo Jr. | Powhatan | Propositions and Grievances |
| William McClanahan | Botetourt | |
| David McClure | Ohio | |
| Samuel McCulloch | Ohio | |
| William McKee | Rockbridge | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| Richard Mitchell | Lancaster | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Moore | Orange | Propositions and Grievances Religion Trade |
| Littlebury Mosby | Powhatan | Religion |
| Robert Munford | Mecklenberg | Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Thomas Napier | Fluvanna | |
| Thomas Nelson Jr. | York | Propositions and Grievances (October 1779) (Chair) |
| Thomas Newton | Norfolk County | Trade |
| William Norvell | James City County | Privileges & Elections Religion Trade |
| Mann Page Jr. | Spotsylvania | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Josiah Parker | Isle of Wight | |
| William Peachey | Richmond County | Trade |
| Joseph Peebles | Brunswick | Religion |
| John Pendleton | Hanover | Privileges & Elections
Religion |
| Abraham Penn | Henry | |
| Francis Peyton | Loudoun | Privileges & Elections Trade |
| Martin Pickett | Fauquier | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| George B. Poindexter | New Kent | Propositions and Grievances |
| Charles Porter | Orange | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Powell | Henrico | Propositions and Grievances |
| Levin Powell | Loudoun | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Pride, Jr. Jr. | Amelia | Courts of Justice Religion |
| Beverley Randolph | Cumberland | Propositions and Grievances |
| Edmund Read | Charlotte | Propositions and Grievances |
| William Reynolds | York | Courts of Justice Trade |
| Holt Richeson | King William | Propositions and Grievances |
| Willis Riddick | Nansemond | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| William Roane | Essex | |
| William Robinson | Princess Anne | |
| Andrew Robison | Ohio | |
| John Rogers | Southampton | |
| John Rose | Amherst | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| Thomas Row | King and Queen | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| Armistead Russell | New Kent | Propositions and Grievances |
| Stephen Sampson | Goochland | Propositions and Grievances |
| Peter Saunders | Henry | |
| Isaac Shelby | Washington | |
| Samuel Sherwin | Amelia | Propositions and Grievances |
| George Skillering | Botetourt | |
| John Skinker | King George | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
| John Smith | Frederick | |
| John Stewart/Stuart | Greenbrier | |
| John Stratton | Northampton | Trade |
| French Strother | Culpeper | Propositions and Grievances |
| Alexander Stuart | Rockbridge | |
| George Stubblefield | Spotsylvania | |
| John Tabb | Elizabeth City | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Talbot | Bedford | Trade |
| James Taylor | Norfolk County | Propositions and Grievances Trade |
| John Taylor | Caroline | Courts of Justice
Propositions and Grievances |
| Henry Tazewell | Williamsburg | Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Teacle | Accomack | Trade |
| George Thompson | Fluvanna | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Thoroughgood Jr. | Princess Anne | Public Trade |
| John Tipton | Shenandoah | |
| Bennet Tompkins | Northampton | Trade |
| John Tyler | Charles City | Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
| John Washington | King George | Privileges and Elections |
| John Augustine Washington | Westmoreland | |
| John Watkins | Charlotte | |
| Micajah Watkins | Halifax | Propositions and Grievances Religion |
| William Watkins | Dinwiddie | Propositions and Grievances Religion Trade |
| George Weatherall | Culpeper | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Whiting | Gloucester | |
| Nathaniel Wilkinson | Henrico | Propositions and Grievances |
| John Scarsbrook Wills | Isle of Wight | Religio Trade |
| John Wilson | Pittsylvania | |
| Beverley Winslow | Spotsylvania | Privileges & Elections |
| Anthony Winston | Buckingham | |
| Isaac Zane | Frederick | Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances Religion Trade |
*The information within this interactive and searchable application has been researched extensively by the House Clerk’s Office. As with any historical records of this age and breadth, there may be discrepancies and/or inconsistencies within records obtained from a variety of credible sources. Any feedback is encouraged at history@house.virginia.gov.