Mann Page
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Mann Page III was an American
lawyer and planter from Spotsylvania County, Virginia
. He was a delegate for Virginia
to the Continental Congress
. He was the half-brother of Virginia Governor
John Page.
Mann Page III was born in 1749 to Mann Page (II) and Ann Tayloe (his second wife) on their Rosewell Plantation
in Gloucester County, Virginia
. He attended the College of William and Mary. After graduating from college and qualifying for the bar, he moved to Spotsylvania and assumed the management of the family estate known as "Mannsfield" near Fredericksburg. The plantation was mostly destroyed during the Battle of Fredericksburg but a remnant remains on the battlefield. He married Mary Tayloe ( a cousin of his mother) and they had three children. Mann Page III served in the House of Burgesses and sat as a delegate in the Revolutionary Conventions. In 1776 he succeeded George Wythe as delegate to the Continental Congress. Throughout the Revolution he was a lieutenant colonel in the Spotsylvania co. militia and after the Revolution he was active in numerous organizations in Virginia. He died at home in 1803 and was buried in the family plot at Mannsfield. His portrait shown at right is by John Wollaston.
United States
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lawyer and planter from Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 90,395 people, 31,308 households, and 24,639 families residing in the county. The population density was 226 people per square mile . There were 33,329 housing units at an average density of 83 per square mile...
. He was a delegate for Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
to the Continental Congress
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution....
. He was the half-brother of Virginia Governor
Governor of Virginia
The governor of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term. The position is currently held by Republican Bob McDonnell, who was inaugurated on January 16, 2010, as the 71st governor of Virginia....
John Page.
Mann Page III was born in 1749 to Mann Page (II) and Ann Tayloe (his second wife) on their Rosewell Plantation
Rosewell Plantation
Rosewell Plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia, was for more than 100 years the home of a branch of the Page family, one of the First Families of Virginia. Begun in 1725, the Flemish bond brick Rosewell mansion overlooking the York River was one of the most elaborate homes in the American...
in Gloucester County, Virginia
Gloucester County, Virginia
Gloucester County is within the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in the USA. Formed in 1651 in the Virginia Colony, the county was named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, third son of King Charles I of Great Britain. Located in the Middle Peninsula region, it...
. He attended the College of William and Mary. After graduating from college and qualifying for the bar, he moved to Spotsylvania and assumed the management of the family estate known as "Mannsfield" near Fredericksburg. The plantation was mostly destroyed during the Battle of Fredericksburg but a remnant remains on the battlefield. He married Mary Tayloe ( a cousin of his mother) and they had three children. Mann Page III served in the House of Burgesses and sat as a delegate in the Revolutionary Conventions. In 1776 he succeeded George Wythe as delegate to the Continental Congress. Throughout the Revolution he was a lieutenant colonel in the Spotsylvania co. militia and after the Revolution he was active in numerous organizations in Virginia. He died at home in 1803 and was buried in the family plot at Mannsfield. His portrait shown at right is by John Wollaston.
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- pixleyblair.tribalpages.com
- John Page (Middle Plantation)John Page (Middle Plantation)Colonel John Page , a merchant in Middle Plantation on the Virginia Peninsula, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Council of the Virginia Colony. A wealthy landowner, Page donated land and funds for the first brick Bruton Parish Church. Col...
- John Page (Virginia politician)
- Rosewell (plantation)