Philip Pendleton (1752-1802), was the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Clayton) Pendleton and brother of Nathaniel Pendleton (1742-1786), see image, who served as Nathanael Green’s aide-de-camp during the Revolution. In 1773 Philip married Agnes Patterson, the daughter of Angus and Lydia (Chapline) Patterson. The couple had eight known children: Philip Clayton, Jr. (1779-1863) married Sarah Boyd; James; William Henry, died unmarried, 1830; Edmund (1790-1823), married Serena Catherine Purnell; Elizabeth (1774-1822), married David Hunter; Anne [Nancy] Clayton (1778-1854), married John Kennedy; Sarah (1785-1855) married Adam Stephen Dandridge; Maria, married John [Rogers] Cooke, 1813. (THE PENDLETON FAMILY: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct., 1932), JSTOR) According to the death entry in the New York Evening Post, Col Pendleton died Friday, December 11, 1801. “near Bath, Va.” His will was dated 19 November 1801; probate papers date to 1802.
One of the first attorneys of Berkeley County, formed in 1772, Philip Pendleton represented Berkeley in the House of Delegates from 1776-1777 and from 1785 to 1789. During the Revolutionary War, he was appointed colonel, 3 April 1777. He was also a Gentleman Justice of Berkeley and trustee of Martinsburg in 1778. (ASTOR) After the revolution, records suggest that Pendleton taught at Liberty Hall Academy, later known as Washington and Lee University, in proximity to Lexington. One of his students, there or in the Town of Martinsburg, circa 1785, was Elisha Boyd (1769-1841), whose daughter, Sarah Boyd, would marry Pendleton’s son, Philip.
On 1 March 1790, Philip Pendleton wrote to President George Washington seeking an appointment to the Supreme Court for the Western Territory. There was a vacancy and he, Pendleton, would be honored to serve. Although this appointment did not come to pass and Pendleton received no appointment, his contributions to his chosen profession, the law, were remarkable. For correspondence between Pendleton and Washington, view: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-05-02-0120
Because of his early association with Martinsburg, VA, now WV, and his will of November 1801 listing his residence in the ”Town to Martinsburg,” Col Philip Pendleton’s remains were probably interred in the Old Norborne Cemetery; therefore, his memorial was placed here.
Dates will vary by source.
One of the first attorneys of Berkeley County, formed in 1772, Philip Pendleton represented Berkeley in the House of Delegates from 1776-1777 and from 1785 to 1789. During the Revolutionary War, he was appointed colonel, 3 April 1777. He was also a Gentleman Justice of Berkeley and trustee of Martinsburg in 1778. (ASTOR) After the revolution, records suggest that Pendleton taught at Liberty Hall Academy, later known as Washington and Lee University, in proximity to Lexington. One of his students, there or in the Town of Martinsburg, circa 1785, was Elisha Boyd (1769-1841), whose daughter, Sarah Boyd, would marry Pendleton’s son, Philip.
On 1 March 1790, Philip Pendleton wrote to President George Washington seeking an appointment to the Supreme Court for the Western Territory. There was a vacancy and he, Pendleton, would be honored to serve. Although this appointment did not come to pass and Pendleton received no appointment, his contributions to his chosen profession, the law, were remarkable. For correspondence between Pendleton and Washington, view: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-05-02-0120
Because of his early association with Martinsburg, VA, now WV, and his will of November 1801 listing his residence in the ”Town to Martinsburg,” Col Philip Pendleton’s remains were probably interred in the Old Norborne Cemetery; therefore, his memorial was placed here.
Dates will vary by source.
Philip Pendleton (1752-1802), was the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Clayton) Pendleton and brother of Nathaniel Pendleton (1742-1786), see image, who served as Nathanael Green’s aide-de-camp during the Revolution. In 1773 Philip married Agnes Patterson, the daughter of Angus and Lydia (Chapline) Patterson. The couple had eight known children: Philip Clayton, Jr. (1779-1863) married Sarah Boyd; James; William Henry, died unmarried, 1830; Edmund (1790-1823), married Serena Catherine Purnell; Elizabeth (1774-1822), married David Hunter; Anne [Nancy] Clayton (1778-1854), married John Kennedy; Sarah (1785-1855) married Adam Stephen Dandridge; Maria, married John [Rogers] Cooke, 1813. (THE PENDLETON FAMILY: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct., 1932), JSTOR) According to the death entry in the New York Evening Post, Col Pendleton died Friday, December 11, 1801. “near Bath, Va.” His will was dated 19 November 1801; probate papers date to 1802.
One of the first attorneys of Berkeley County, formed in 1772, Philip Pendleton represented Berkeley in the House of Delegates from 1776-1777 and from 1785 to 1789. During the Revolutionary War, he was appointed colonel, 3 April 1777. He was also a Gentleman Justice of Berkeley and trustee of Martinsburg in 1778. (ASTOR) After the revolution, records suggest that Pendleton taught at Liberty Hall Academy, later known as Washington and Lee University, in proximity to Lexington. One of his students, there or in the Town of Martinsburg, circa 1785, was Elisha Boyd (1769-1841), whose daughter, Sarah Boyd, would marry Pendleton’s son, Philip.
On 1 March 1790, Philip Pendleton wrote to President George Washington seeking an appointment to the Supreme Court for the Western Territory. There was a vacancy and he, Pendleton, would be honored to serve. Although this appointment did not come to pass and Pendleton received no appointment, his contributions to his chosen profession, the law, were remarkable. For correspondence between Pendleton and Washington, view: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-05-02-0120
Because of his early association with Martinsburg, VA, now WV, and his will of November 1801 listing his residence in the ”Town to Martinsburg,” Col Philip Pendleton’s remains were probably interred in the Old Norborne Cemetery; therefore, his memorial was placed here.
Dates will vary by source.
One of the first attorneys of Berkeley County, formed in 1772, Philip Pendleton represented Berkeley in the House of Delegates from 1776-1777 and from 1785 to 1789. During the Revolutionary War, he was appointed colonel, 3 April 1777. He was also a Gentleman Justice of Berkeley and trustee of Martinsburg in 1778. (ASTOR) After the revolution, records suggest that Pendleton taught at Liberty Hall Academy, later known as Washington and Lee University, in proximity to Lexington. One of his students, there or in the Town of Martinsburg, circa 1785, was Elisha Boyd (1769-1841), whose daughter, Sarah Boyd, would marry Pendleton’s son, Philip.
On 1 March 1790, Philip Pendleton wrote to President George Washington seeking an appointment to the Supreme Court for the Western Territory. There was a vacancy and he, Pendleton, would be honored to serve. Although this appointment did not come to pass and Pendleton received no appointment, his contributions to his chosen profession, the law, were remarkable. For correspondence between Pendleton and Washington, view: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-05-02-0120
Because of his early association with Martinsburg, VA, now WV, and his will of November 1801 listing his residence in the ”Town to Martinsburg,” Col Philip Pendleton’s remains were probably interred in the Old Norborne Cemetery; therefore, his memorial was placed here.
Dates will vary by source.
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