Richard Bland
BIRTH
May 6, 1710
Prince George County, Virginia
DEATH
October 26, 1776
Williamsburg, Virginia
Delegate to the Continental Congress (VA)
FAMILY
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Bland, Richard
(1710-1776)
Richard Bland was a Virginia planter, lawyer, and political writer who defended colonial rights before the Revolution. He served in the First and Second Continental Congresses and helped articulate the constitutional arguments that supported American resistance to British rule.
HOMES:
MARKER
Richard Bland Marker
628 Jordan Point Rd, Hopewell, VA, 23860, USA
GRAVE:
GRAVE
Bland family cemetery, Jordan Point Plantation
Jordan Point Road at Jordan Point Parkway, Hopewell, VA 23860, United States
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WIFE
Anne Poythress
(1712-1758)
WIFE
Martha Lucy Macon
(1722-1759)
Elizabeth Bland
Ann Poythress Pryor
(1735-1785)
William Bland
(1789-1868)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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George Washington's Mount Vernon | 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121 | MUSEUM | ||
Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Virginia Capitol Building | E Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Charlton's Coffeehouse | 429 E Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Bruton Parish Church | 201 W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Richard Bland Marker | 628 Jordan Point Rd, Hopewell, VA, 23860, USA | MARKER |
DIED:
Williamsburg, Virginia
Oct 26, 1776
Richard Bland was born on May 6, 1710 in Prince George County, Virginia. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies Richard Bland with work or public activity as a statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Richard Bland died on Oct 26, 1776 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.