Robert Breckinridge, Jr.

1754 - 1833  (79 years)

• Name	Robert Breckinridge  [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	1754	Augusta, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Sep 1833	Floyd's Station, St Matthews, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I725	mytree
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Robert Breckinridge,   b. 1712, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. 15 Sep 1772, Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Poage,   b. 1732, Ireland ,   d. 1757, Botetourt, Virginia, USA  (Age 25 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1752
  Family ID	F334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1754 - Augusta, Virginia, USA Died - 10 Sep 1833 - Floyd's Station, St Matthews, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Gen. Robert Breckinridge was among the earliest recorded pupil of Augusta or Liberty Hall Academy and is numbered 5 on the Catalogue. He was a lieutenant in the Continental Army, and was made general of militia after the war. He represented Botetourt Co. in the Virginia Legislature. Subsequently, he moved to Kentucky, was a member of the Convention of 1788 that ratified the Federal Constitution, and there was also a member of the Legislature and of the State Convention. He was the first speaker of the Kentucky House of Delegates.

  
  

• Sources

  [S73] History of Washington College, Dr. W. H. Ruffin, President of Washington College 1833-1848/Feb 1893, Page 115. [S50] Dinwiddie Papers, Vol. 2, Pedigree #2696.