Thomas Barbour (Virginia)

Thomas Barbour
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office May 8, 1769 – May 6, 1776 Serving with James Walker Zachariah Burnley
Preceded by	Zachariah Burnley
Succeeded by	James Taylor
Personal details
Born	Thomas Barbour 1735 Orange County, Virginia
Died	16 May 1825 Barboursville, Barboursville, Virginia
Citizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain United States of America
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Mary Pendleton Thomas
Children	James Barbour Philip Pendleton Barbour
Parents	James Barbour II
Occupation	planter, landowner, statesman

Thomas Barbour (1735 – May 16, 1825) was a prominent landowner and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.

Thomas Barbour was born in 1735 in Orange County, Virginia, the son of James Barbour, 1707-1775. His elder brother James Barbour (burgess) represented Culpeper County, Virginia in the House of Burgesses from 1761-1765. Barbour married Mary Pendleton Thomas, a first cousin of Edmund Pendleton, in 1771. They had ten daughters (none of whom lived to old age) and five sons. Their sons who likewise held offices included James Barbour (18th Governor of Virginia and 11th United States Secretary of War) and Philip Pendleton Barbour (U.S. Congressman from Virginia and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court).

Barbour served as Justice of the Peace for Orange County, from 1768 until his death. From 1769 until 1776 (although the prorogued house had no qurum after June 24, 1775), Barbour represented Orange County in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Thomas died at his son James Barbour's plantation, Barboursville in 1825.

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