John Banister (Jistor) – Wikipedia
John Banister (* December 26, 1734 on Hatcher’s Run near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Colony of Virginia; † September 30, 1788 ibid) was an American lawyer, politician and officer during the American War of Independence.
Banister studied temple in London, England and received his approval as a lawyer on September 27, 1753. He was a member of the Virginia Convention in 1776. He also worked from 1765 to 1775 and 1777 in the House of Burgesses. Then he was elected as a delegate to the continental congress, where he served from 1778 to 1779. During this time, the confederation articles designed and signed. In addition, from 1776 to 1777 and from 1781 to 1783 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives.
During the American War of Independence, he was Major and Lt. from 1778 to 1781 Colonel of the cavalry in the militia of Virginia. General and commander -in -chief George Washington appreciated him very much. This is attested by a letter he wrote to him in Valley Forge. [first] In 1781, Banister provided his militia with supplies and fought off the British in his state. Much of his personal property was lost. The British troops under General Phillips wanted to put him at his house in Battersea in Petersburg, Virginia.
After his death, he was buried at the family cemetery at Hatter’s Run in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
Banister was married three times. He married his first wife, Elizabeth Munford in 1755. After her death in 1770, he married Elizabeth (Patsy) Bland, daughter of Theoderick Bland from Cawsons. The couple had three sons together, Robert, John and Nathaniel, who died without descendants. After the death of his second wife, on February 26, 1779, he married Anne (Nancy) Blair from Williamsburg (* May 1746), seventh child of John and Mary Monro Blair. Her father was president of the Virginia Colonial Councils . The couple had two sons, Theodorick Blair and John Monro Banister. [2] [3]
His city villa in Petersburg was built in a five -part Palladianstyle in 1768. A striking feature inside is a Chinese staircase. [4] According to the records in Dinwiddie County from 1782, 3 free men, 46 adult African Americans, 42 underage African Americans, 28 horses, 126 cattle and a car were included. Francis and Abram Ford were entered as ‘supervisors’. [5]
- ↑ The Papers of George Washington — George Washington to John Banister — 21 April 1778. (No longer available online.) Alderman Library, University of Virginia, 2005, archived from Original am December 13, 2007 ; accessed on December 3, 2007 . Info: The archive link has been used automatically and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note.
- ↑ Stray Leaves, a James Family in America since 1650. Eric James, 20th January 2004, Retrieved on January 6, 2011 .
- ↑ Colonel John Banister. Colonel John Banister Chapter, NSDAR, Retrieved on January 6, 2011 .
- ↑ Battersea, 793 Appomattox Street, Petersburg, VA. (No longer available online.) Us Dept of Interior, Historic American Buildings Survey. VA-136. 1933, formerly in Original ; Retrieved on January 6, 2011 . ( Page no longer available, search in Webarchiven ) Info: The link was automatically marked as a defect. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this note.
- ↑ Duncan Rose Gent (ed.), A List of Tithes & Taxable Property taken by Dun [Duncan] Rose Gent the 10th day of April, 1782 for Dinwiddie County , in: The William and Mary Quarterly , Band 26, Nr. 3, January 1918, pp. 196–201.
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