The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-11-08

I John Marshall VAS born 81 a nIsre eall
ed 6rrmsnioEn, in the county Of Fanoui
r, Virginia. nm The 9Th dsy Of Seplpm
ber. 1865. Attic time Of his birlh, Pau
QUEER was 0ne Of The frontier counties o.
The state. though nov in the centre IL II.
population. Ills grandfather. of the sane
name. was q native II Wales. and settled
IN wesimoreland cnuniy. in Virginia, a
haut the year 1870. where he married
EiizsLrlh Markham. nsiiEe 81 ENGLAND.
Oi f"ur sons and Eve daughters Of this
marriage. Thomas. The fsiher Of The ehieI
Justice. was The oldest. and according "a
The Law al primogenIIuFe. thea in lnrcr
IN Virginia. inherited The family estate,
called the " Forest" consisting Of f. y
hundred acres Of paor land IN the same
couaiy. lie removed from Weslmore-
land 10 FAuqulsr, s0nn after he attained
To manh0n'i; AMI having inierlnarried with
Mary Keith. By which marriage he be.
came s.:GatcIed with the RandolpIls. he
sci dawn upnn small farm al The place
where John Marshall, his Oldest son. was
burn.
Thomas MARSHALL. the father, was a
man Of extraordinary endowmcnis. great
Eignr, and undaun,ed courage. Ills ORR
ginal education was very narrow and i'm
perfect; but he oVeIcsme these disadyan-
tages, by The diligence aud perseverance
with which he used Ill the means within
his reach Of enlsrging his knowledge, aud
refining Il by q sludi0us attention 10 20.
lite - well as To solid literature. Tie
vas from his birth a near nelehbor Of
General Washington; they were sssoci
ales during their boyhood; and continued
friends through the whole course Of their
lives. Lord Fairlax. the then great pro.
prielor ol the northern neck OF Vrginis.
which included Fauquier. employed Gen
eral Washington as surveyor of the vest
ern part Of his territory; and Washing
ton employed his friend Marshall 10 the
same business. When the revolution
broke out. Thomas Marshall received the
appointment III commander Of the third
Virginia regiment upon the continual es-
iablishnen,. and was in service during
the memorable campaign Of l776. lie
VAS engaged in the brilliant affair ~ the
surprise aud capture OF The Hessians al
Tfeninn, in December Of that year. AZ
forwards on the | lIh of September. l777.
he was placed with his regiment on the
right Of the American army at the battle
Of Brsndywine. and received the attack
Of Lord Curnwailis. The regiment. on
that occasion, mliniained its position a
gainsi sG2erIor numbers. without losing
an inch of ground. until both Of its fsnks
were turned. its ammunition nearly expend.
ell. aud one halt Of The officers and one
third nf the soldiers were killed or wound
ed. Colonel Marshall. whose horse had
received iva balls. then retired IN good
order To recnver his position ON the rigm
oil his division; but IL had already retreat
ell. Ills subsequent, military services
were equally honorable; and he main
tained through life the character uf gal.
liant snl.iicr. an accomplished gentleman.
aud an unainching patriot.
The scenes among which Young Mar.
shall was reared, were we'll calculated In
naurish a spirit of independence. and 10
give vigor TO sound physical conslitu.
ton. TO them he probably owed that
robust health, which carried him almost
To eighty in the enjoyment of the mems
sand ia cOrpOre sdno. HIS imagination
was warmed, and his g 'nius kindIed, and
his seli.reiance strengthened, BY the va.
riely Of landscape about him. Nature
every where around him exhibited It's
wild original features Of irregular grand
eur. He was accustomed TO gaze on the
mountains with a silen, reterence-lo
penetrate the deep gloom and painless re-
cesses of the fnrest-io slake his thirst
in the sparkling rills which leaped from
promnntory 10 promnnIory, or trlrkled
down The valley with gentle murmnr--
and to repose himself aller his wander
ings in the Jarkling shades Of some lone
~ dell. Aud thus the spirit of poe,ical
enthusiasm was awakened in his heart
a spirit. which became the companion oI
his youth. and the delight aud solace o
his ripper years.
A frontier county, however. was no
the place, among a rude and sparse pop
ulatinn. where he could hope 10 cultivate
literary taste. llis father, the com
p,nion aud guide of his early days-by
whose conversation he was elevated
saw too clearly, tina, he must go 10 9th
er regions TO acquire the rudments Of ;
solid education. lie accordingly sen
him. a, the age Of Ia, to Westmoreland
at a distance Of a hundred miles iron
home, where he remained under the III
iiion Of Mr.. Campbell, clergyman o
gres, responsibility. above a year. II
then returned home. and continued hi
studies under MT. Thompson, Scoic
clergyman. who was jus. indicted as pa:
tor Of The parish. and resided in his "a
ther's family. He pursued his classic,
L sfn,i,a, nn.iar this oantlaman fnr ann,h.