Archibald Cary
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Archibald Cary (January 24, 1721 – February 26, 1787)[1] was a member of the House of Burgesses. He was a member of the Virginia General Assembly from 1756 to 1776. He was also a member of the committee chosen by the House of Burgesses to write the Virginia Resolves. He was later the chairman of the Committee of correspondence. During the Revolutionary War, Cary was placed in charge of recruitment and supplies in central Virginia. He married Mary Randolph, the daughter of Richard Randolph of Curles. One of their daughters married Thomas Mann Randolph. Archibald Cary was known among Baptists for arresting many Baptists for preaching without a lincense. There was one incident were a Baptist preacher continued to preach from his cell window. To slove the problem, Cary put a wall around the prison. The ghost of Archibald Cary is thought to haunt his Ampthill home.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) p.8
[edit] References
- Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) Contains biographies of many Virginian politicians.
- Imprisoned Preachers and Religious Liberty in Virginia.
