15 Facts About James Breckinridge

James Breckinridge was a Virginia lawyer and politician and a member of the Breckinridge family.

James Breckinridge served in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as the US House of Representatives.

James Breckinridge fought in the American Revolutionary War and served as a brigadier-general during the War of 1812.

James Breckinridge was the son of Robert Breckinridge whose father had immigrated from Ireland.

James Breckinridge's brother was John Breckinridge and he was the great-great-great-uncle of John Bayne Breckinridge.

James Breckinridge married Ann Cary Selden born 1770 died 1843.

James Breckinridge studied under private tutors and during the Revolutionary War, he served in Colonel Preston's rifle regiment under General Nathanael Greene.

James Breckinridge attended Washington College and graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1785.

James Breckinridge studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced in Fincastle in 1787.

James Breckinridge built Breckinridge Mill in 1822, to replace an earlier mill he built in 1804.

James Breckinridge served as a delegate to the Virginia House of Delegates intermittently between 1789 and 1824.

James Breckinridge took a special interest in the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

James Breckinridge was then elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses.

James Breckinridge was an associate of Thomas Jefferson in the establishment of the University of Virginia and served as brigadier general in the War of 1812.

James Breckinridge died at his country home, "Grove Hill," Botetourt County, Virginia, May 13,1833, and was buried in the family burial plot on his estate near Fincastle.