 1773 - 1817 (44 years)
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| Name |
William Charles Cole Claiborne [1] |
| Title |
Gov. |
| Born |
13 Aug 1773 |
Sussex, Virginia, USA  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Judge, Supreme Court of Tennessee |
| Elected |
Governor, Louisianna |
| Elected |
Governor, Mississippi |
| Elected |
Member of Congress |
| Elected |
U.S. Senator |
| Burial |
1817 |
Metairie Cem, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [3] |
| Buried |
1817 |
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [3] |
| Died |
23 Nov 1817 |
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [2] |
| Person ID |
I3905 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Father |
William Claiborne, b. 22 Jul 1748, King William, Virginia, USA , d. 27 Sep 1809 (Age 61 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Mary Leigh, b. 1750, King William, Virginia, USA , d. 11 Apr 1782 (Age 32 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Notes |
- William Claiborne and Mary Leigh were 1st cousins.
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| Family ID |
F125 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Clarissa Duralde, b. Abt 1789, d. 29 Nov 1809, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 20 years) |
| Married |
27 Sep 1806 |
Attakapas, Louisianna, USA [2] |
| Children |
| + | 1. William Charles Cole Claiborne, Jr., b. 1808, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 24 Aug 1878, Hot Springs, Madison, North Carolina, USA (Age 70 years) [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1744 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 3 |
Cayetana Susana Bosque, b. 13 Feb 1798, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 1 Aug 1881, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 83 years) |
| Married |
8 Nov 1812 [4] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Sophronia Louisa Claiborne, b. 1812, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA , d. 19 Feb 1890, New York, New York, New York, USA (Age 78 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Unknown Claiborne, b. 13 Oct 1813, d. 15 Oct 1813 (Age 0 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Charles William Claiborne, b. 20 Dec 1815, d. 1879 (Age 63 years) [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1745 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 13 Aug 1773 - Sussex, Virginia, USA |
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 | Married - 27 Sep 1806 - Attakapas, Louisianna, USA |
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 | Burial - 1817 - Metairie Cem, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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 | Buried - 1817 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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| Died - 23 Nov 1817 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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| Notes |
- William studied at the College of William and Mary, then Richmond Academy. At the age of 16 he moved to New York City, where he worked as a clerk under John Beckley, the clerk of the United States House of Representatives, which was then seated in that city. He moved to Philadelphia with the Federal Government, studied law, and moved to Tennessee in 1794 to start a law practice. Governor John Sevier appointed Claiborne to that state's supreme court in 1796. The following year he resigned to run successfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, even though he was not yet 25 years of age, as required by the United States Constitution. He served in the House through 1801 when he was appointed Governor of the Territory of Mississippi. William moved to New Orleans and oversaw the transfer of Louisiana to U.S. control after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. He governed what would become the State of Louisiana, then termed the "Territory of Orleans", during its period as a United States territory from 1804 through 1812. Claiborne was the first elected governor after Louisiana became a U.S. state, serving from 1812 through 1816. After his term as governor, he was elected to the United States Senate, serving from 4 April 1817 until his death.
His body was originally buried in St. Louis Cemetery # 1. This was a controversial honor; this then most prestigious of the city's cemeteries is a Roman Catholic cemetery, while Claiborne was Protestant. He was later reinterred in Metairie Cemetery.
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| Sources |
- [S128] The Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe,Vol. 2, 1805-1810, James C. Van Horne, Editor, (Name: Yale University Press, New Haven and London 1986;), Note: Page 916.
- [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p457.
- [S57] Find A Grave.
- [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p458.
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