12 Facts About Briscoe Baldwin

Briscoe Baldwin had nine siblings and one half sister, his widowed father remarrying twice.

Briscoe Baldwin read law under his brother-in-law Judge William Daniel Sr.

In 1811, Briscoe Baldwin married Martha Steele Brown, the daughter of John Brown, Revolutionary soldier who first settled in Bedford County near Lynchburg, but later became the first chancellor of Augusta County.

Briscoe Baldwin's mother-in-law was the former Frances Peyton, who moved to Staunton from Prince William County, Virginia and who survived her husband and daughter.

Briscoe Baldwin won election again to that part-time position in 1822 and served alongside Daniel Sheffey, but neither won re-election the following year.

Briscoe Baldwin again won election in 1841, but failed to complete his term, resigning after fellow legislators appointed him to a vacant seat on the Virginia Court of Appeals.

Judge Briscoe Baldwin delivered the oration at the celebration at the Jamestown Jubilee in 1822.

On January 29,1842, fellow delegates elected Briscoe Baldwin to fill a vacancy on the Virginia Court of Appeals, the state's highest court.

Briscoe G Baldwin died on May 18,1852, in Staunton, Virginia, survived by his widow, as well as two sons and two married daughters by his first wife.

Briscoe Baldwin followed his father's political path by winning election to represent Augusta County in the Virginia House of Delegates, once before the American Civil War and winning election to the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861.

Briscoe Baldwin briefly served as colonel of the 52nd Virginia Infantry during the conflict, resigning his commission in order to represent Staunton and the surrounding region in the Confederate States Congress, during which he became one of President Jefferson Davis' most vocal critics.

Briscoe Baldwin again won election to the Virginia House of Delegates during Congressional Reconstruction, and fellow delegates elected him Speaker.