Thomas Pettus (1712-1780)

Thomas Pettus (1712-1780) is a Virginia historical marker in Lunenburg County, dedicated 2018.

Lunenburg County · dedicated 2018 · Rte. 634, 0.74 mile north of the Mecklenburg County Line

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Nearby stood the home of Thomas Pettus, vestryman of Cumberland Parish (1758-1779) and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses (1769-1775) and the Virginia House of Delegates (1777-1778). After royal governor Lord Dunmore dissolved the General Assembly on 26 May 1774, Pettus was among 89 former burgesses who met at the Raleigh Tavern the next day. The participants pledged to boycott most goods imported by the British East India Company and called for a congress of the colonies. Pettus also attended Virginia's first Revolutionary Convention in Aug. 1774, which elected delegates to the First Continental Congress and resolved to cease trade with Britain if grievances were not redressed.

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Thomas Pettus (1712-1780)

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