Thomas Claiborne was a son of Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)

Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)

Thomas Claiborne was a planter and politician from Brunswick County, Virginia, and represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 to 1799 and from 1801 to 1805....

 and brother of John Claiborne

John Claiborne

John Claiborne He was a son of Thomas Claiborne and brother of Thomas Claiborne . He was a Representative from Virginia; born in Brunswick County, Virginia, in 1777; pursued academic studies; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1798 and...

. He was a Representative from Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

; born near Petersburg

Petersburg, Virginia

Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States located on the Appomattox River and south of the state capital city of Richmond. The city's population was 32,420 as of 2010, predominantly of African-American ethnicity...

, Brunswick County, Virginia

Brunswick County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 18,419 people, 6,277 households, and 4,312 families residing in the county. The population density was 32 people per square mile . There were 7,541 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...

, May 17, 1780; attended the common schools in Virginia; served as major on the staff of Gen. Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

 in the Creek War

Creek War

The Creek War , also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, began as a civil war within the Creek nation...

. He studied law

Law

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 and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, in 1807. Most Worshipful Grand Master of Tennessee from 1813-1814. Member of Tennessee House of Representatives 1811-1812, presiding as Speaker during the latter session. Member of Congress from the Nashville District, was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819); served as Mayor of Nashville in 1818; He represented Hiram Lodge No. 7 and Cumberland Lodge No. 8 (F&AM) at the formation of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee on December 27, 1813; resumed the practice of law in Nashville, where he died January 7, 1856; interment in Nashville City Cemetery

Nashville City Cemetery

Nashville City Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. Many of Nashville's prominent historical figures are buried there....

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