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and practiced in Richmond; prosecuting at- torney ; judg<i of the Richmond and Henrico circuit ; elected as a Democrat to the thirty- second, thirty-third, thirty-fourth and thirty- fifth congresses (March 4, 185 1 -March 3, 1^59) ; resumed the practice of law; died in Richmond, \'irginia, December 16, 1869.

Chapman, Augustus A., born in Virginia in 1806; studied law, was admitted to the bar. and practiced in Union, Monroe county, (West) \'irginia; elected as a Van Buren Democrat to the twenty-eighth and twenty- ninth congresses (March 4. 1843-March 3, 1847) • died in Hinton, West Virginia, in June, 1876.

Chilton, fcamuel, son of Col. Charles Chil- ton, of "Hereford," Prince William county, and Elizabeth Blackwell. his wife, born in Warrenton, Virginia. September 7, 1804; studied law and practiced with great success at Warrenton : member of the state house of delegates for several terms : elected as a Whig to the twenty-eighth congress (March 4 1835-March 3. 1837) : was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1850- 51 : died in Warrenton, \'irginia, January 14. 1867. He married Isabella Roberts Prooke, daughter of William Brooke, of 'Talmouth."

Chinn, Joseph W., born in Richmond county, Virginia; member of the state sen- ate, 1829-30; elected as a Democrat to the twenty-second and twenty-third congresses (March 4. 1S31 -March 3. 1835) : died in Rich- mond. Virginia, December 8. 1840. He was a son of Joseph Chinn and Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Leroy and Judith (Ball) Griffin, his wife. He married Mary Ann, daughter of Charles Smith, of Morattico Hall, and

Elizabeth Teackle, his wife, of Xorthamp- ton county, and left issue.

Claiborne, John, son of Thomas Clai- borne (q. v.). of Brunswick county, born in Brunswick county, Virginia, in 1777; pur- sued academic studies and was graduated from the medical department of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania in 1798, and practiced; elected to the ninth and tenth congresses, and served from March 4, 1805, until his death in Brunswick county, Virginia, Octo- ber 9. i8c8. He had issue: Thomas Clai- borne, member of congress from Tennessee, Dr. Jarratt M. Claiborne, and Philip, who was a member of the house of delegates, 1815-16.

Claiborne, Nathaniel Herbert, son of Wil- liam Claiborne, of King William county, and Mary Leigh, his wife, daughter of Fer- dinand Leigh, was born in Sussex county, Virginia. November 14, 1777. He received a classical education, and served many years in the state house of delegates, where he won the reputation of being a reformer of various abuses of the government. He was also a member of the executive council, and was a member of congress from 1825 to 1837. He was the author of **Notes on the War in the South'* (1819). He died at Rocky Mount. Franklin county, Virginia, August 15, 1859. He had a brother, William Charles Cole Claiborne, first state governor of Louis- iana.

Claiborne, Thomas, born in Brunswick county. \'irginia, in 1749; son of Col. Au- gustine Claiborne, of "Windsor.*' Sussex county, and Mary Herbert, his wife, daugh- ter of Capt. Buller Herbert; was sheriff of P.runswick county, 1789-1792; colonel com-

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