Draft:Virginia Legislature 1782

Sessions May 7 - June 23, 1781 1782 October 22 - ?

The Virginia Legislature, the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate, met in 1782. It passed various landmark bills. The session occured after the American Revolution and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781.

Members included John Marshall. The legislature passed a bill allowing manumission. A resolution commending George Washington and Lafayette for their military service and leadership. It passed a resolution on "Virginia's Claim to Western Territory".

George Washington wrote to the legislature January 5, 1782 regarding impressment.

House of Delegates members
Committees included Trade, Religion, Courts of Justice, Propositions and Grievances, and Privileges and Elections


 * James Allen member from 1782 from Prince Edward	County
 * Nelson Anderson member from 1782 from Hanover County
 * Thomas Anderson member since 1778 from Buckingham County
 * Michael Bailey member since 1782 from Sussex
 * John Banister member since 1766 from Dinwiddie
 * Taverner Beale Jr. 1782	1782 from Shenandoah
 * Robert Bolling 1781	1791 from Dinwiddie
 * George Booker 1782	1804 from Elizabeth City
 * Squire Boone 1782	1782 from Jefferson
 * John Bowdoin	1773	1783 from Northampton
 * John Bowyer 1769	1802 from Rockbridge
 * Charles Broadwater	1775	1783 from Fairfax
 * William Brown	1780	1782 from Campbell
 * Nathaniel Burwell 1778	1782 from James City
 * William Cabell Jr.	1761	1788 from Amherst
 * Arthur Campbell 1776	1788 from Washington
 * David Campbell 1779	1782	Washington
 * Charles Carter	1773	1783	Stafford
 * John Carter 1782-1783	Loudoun
 * Robert Wormeley Carter 1769	1782	Richmond County
 * Michael Christian 1782	1782	Northampton
 * Robert	Clark/Clarke 1781	1786	Bedford
 * George Clendinen 1781	1795	Greenbrier
 * [[Richard Cocke 1782	1783	Surry
 * John Coleman 1779	1787	Halifax
 * Edwin Conway 1782	1782	Lancaster
 * Wells Cowper 1782	1782	Nansemond
 * John Cunningham 1778	1783	Augusta
 * William Dandridge 1778	1787	New Kent
 * Walker Daniel	1782	1782	Halifax
 * Samuel Dedman	1782	1782	Mecklenberg
 * Cole Digges	1780	1782	Warwick
 * Dolphin Drew	1782	1782	Berkeley
 * William DuVal	1782	1782	Louisa
 * John Edmondson	1777	1783	Essex
 * John Edwards	1781	1786	Lincoln
 * Jesse Evans	1782	1794	Montgomery
 * Alexander Fairfax	1782	1782	Fairfax
 * Henry Field Jr.	1769	1782	Culpeper
 * George Fitzhugh	1782	1782	King George
 * Simon Frazier	1782	1782	Middlesex
 * William Gatewood	1782	1798	Essex
 * Robert Gilchrist	1782	1783	Caroline
 * Kinchen Godwin	1780	1791	Nansemond	Trade
 * Parke Goodall	1780	1788	Hanover
 * Francis Goode	1778	1782	Chesterfield
 * James Gordon	1776	1788	Lancaster
 * James Gordon Jr. 1782	1783	Richmond County
 * Carter Henry Harrison	1782	1787	Cumberland
 * Nathaniel Harrison	1781	1782	Prince George
 * Edward Harwood	1781	1782	Warwick
 * Benjamin Hayley	1782	1782	Orange
 * John Heath Jr.	1782	1785	Lancaster
 * John Heath	1782 1783	Northumberland
 * Lynaugh Helm 1780	1782	Prince William
 * Alexander Henderson	1782	1790	Fairfax
 * James Henry	1782	1782	King and Queen
 * Patrick Henry Jr.	1765	1789	Henry County
 * Abraham/Abram	Hite	1769	1783	Hampshire
 * Issac Hite	1782	1782	Lincoln
 * John Holcombe	1782	1782	Prince Edward
 * John Hull	1778	1787	Northumberland
 * George	Huston	1782	1802	Rockingham
 * John	Hutchings Jr.	1756	1782	Norfolk Borough
 * Thomas Jefferson	1769	1782	Albemarle
 * Robert Johnson	1782	1782	Fayette
 * Zachariah Johnston	1778	1798	Augusta
 * James Kee	1781	1790	Surry	Trade
 * Robert Lawson	1778	1788	Prince Edward
 * Arthur Lee	1781	1786	Prince William	Courts of Justice (Chair)
 * Richard Henry Lee	1756	1794	Westmoreland	Trade (Chair)
 * Richard Henry Lee	1758	1785	Westmoreland	Privileges and Elections (Chair)
 * Thomas Lewis	1776	1782	Botetourt
 * George Lyne	1775	1782	King and Queen
 * Frederick Maclin	1766	1782	Brunswick
 * Thomas Madison	1780	1782	Botetourt
 * John Marshall	1782	1798	Fauquier
 * Charles Martin	1782	1788	Monongalia
 * David Mason	1758	1782	Sussex
 * James Mason	1782	1783	Greensville
 * Thomas Mathews	1781	1800	Norfolk County
 * John May	1782	1782	Jefferson
 * James McCraw	1782	1795	Halifax
 * Everard Meade	1780	1783	Amelia
 * John Francis Mercer	1782	1786 Stafford
 * James	Monroe	1782	1811	King George
 * Andrew	Moore	1780	1800	Rockbridge
 * Bernard Moore	1782	1788	King William
 * Thomas	Moore	1780	1786	Middlesex
 * John Mosby	1782	1785
 * Littlebury Mosby	1779	1782
 * William Green Munford	1781	1785	Charles City
 * William Nalle 1780	1782	Rockingham
 * Thomas Nelson Jr.	1761	1788
 * Thomas Newton	1766	1796	Norfolk County
 * William Norvell	1775	1792	James City County
 * Abraham Outton 1782	1783	Accomack
 * John Page	1781	1801	Gloucester
 * John Page Jr.	1782	1782	Caroline
 * Mann Page Jr.	1772	1797	Spotsylvania
 * Josiah Parker	1778	1783	Isle of Wight
 * Thomas Parramore	1782	1796	Accomack
 * Charles Patteson	1776	1788	Buckingham
 * John Payne	1752	1782	Goochland
 * William Peachey	1778	1782	Lancaster
 * James Pendleton	1782	1788	Culpeper
 * Constant Perkins	1782	1788	Pittsylvania
 * Francis	Peyton	1769	1787	Loudoun
 * William	Pickett	1781	1792	Fauquier
 * Benjamin Porter 1782	1782	Orange
 * Elias Poston 1782	1798	Hampshire
 * Joseph Prentis	1776	1788	York
 * William Randolph 1782	1785	Mecklenberg
 * James Reid	1780	1782	Greenbrier
 * Holt Richeson	1779	1782	King William
 * Thomas Roane	1781	1782	King and Queen
 * William Robinson	1782	1782	Princess Anne
 * John Rogers	1778	1783	Southampton
 * William Ronald	1781	1792	Powhatan
 * Hugh Rose	1777	1790	Amherst
 * David Ross	1782	1783	Fluvanna
 * Edmund Ruffin Jr. 1776	1788	Prince George
 * Peter Saunders	1778	1785	Henry
 * Robert Sayers	1780	1795	Montgomery
 * John Shelton	1782	1782	Goochland
 * Henry Skipwith 1782	1782	Cumberland
 * Meriwether	Smith	1775	1788	Essex
 * Thomas Smith	1780	1785	Gloucester
 * William Smith	1777	1782	Richmond County
 * William Smith	1782	1782	Chesterfield
 * Turner Southall 1778	1785	Henrico
 * James Speed 1772	1782	Charlotte
 * Adam Stephen 1780	1785	Berkeley
 * William Stith 1781	1782	Brunswick
 * Henry Stokes 1782	1783	Lunenberg
 * French Strother 1776	1791	Culpeper
 * John Tabb 1748	1782	Amelia
 * John Talbot	1761	1782	Bedford
 * John Taylor	1780	1787	Southampton
 * Henry Tazewell 1775	1786	Williamsburg
 * George	Thompson	1779	1791	Fluvanna
 * Charles Mynn Thruston 1782	1788	Frederick
 * Thomas Towles	1782	1785	Spotsylvania
 * John Tyler	1778 1786	Charles City
 * Thomas Walke 1782	1788	Princess Anne
 * Sylvanus Walker 1781	1782	Lunenberg
 * Thomas Walker 1752	1782	Albemarle
 * Joel Watkins 1780	1783	Charlotte
 * John Watkins 1779	1782	Charlotte
 * William Watkins	1778	1788	Dinwiddie
 * Alexander White 1772	1786 from Frederick
 * William White	1781	1788 from Louisa
 * Edmund Wilkins	1781	1787 from Greensville
 * Nathaniel Wilkinson	1776	1794 from Henrico
 * John Scarsbrook Wills 1776	1787 from Isle of Wight
 * Benjamin Wilson 1782	1785 from Monongalia
 * John Wilson 1778	1782 from Pittsylvania
 * George Wray 1780	1794 from Elizabeth City
 * Isaac Zane 1773