Raynors HCA 2016-10
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HARRISON, Benjamin (1726-1792) from Charles City County, Virginia, was an American planter and merchant, a revolutionary leader and a Founding Father of the United States. He received his higher education at the College of William and Mary. Harrison was a representative to the Virginia House of Burgesses for Surry County, Virginia (1756–1758, 1785–1786), and Charles City County (1766–1776, 1787–1790). He was a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1777 and, during the Second Continental Congress, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Harrison later served as Virginia's fifth governor. His direct descendants include two U.S. Presidents, his son William Henry Harrison and great-grandson Benjamin Harrison. Document Signed, 8’ x 13,” as Governor of Virginia “Benj. Harrison,” June 1, 1782, being land grant to James Harrod. Old tape repair at horizontal splits.
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