Archibald Thweatt

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Archibald Thweatt (1772-1844) was a correspondent of Thomas Jefferson's and a relative by marriage. Thweatt married Lucy Eppes, John Wayles Eppes's sister, in 1802.^[1] He purchased Eppington in 1810 and lived there until his death. He was heavily involved in the execution of John Wayles's estate, and corresponded with Jefferson frequently on this issue during the latter's retirement. Thweatt was also a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1813-15, 1816-18) representing Chesterfield County. He died August 14, 1844, at Eppington.^[2]

- Anna Berkes, 12/8/2011

Further Sources

Jefferson-Thweatt Correspondence. Transcriptions available at Founders Online. See Jefferson to Thweatt, December 18, 1809, in PTJ:RS, 2:85, for an editorial note identifying Thweatt. Transcription and editorial note available at Founders Online.
McCartney, Martha W. A Documentary History of Eppington, Chesterfield County, Virginia. Prepared by Carlton Abbott and Partners, P.C., Architects/Landscape Architects, Williamsburg, VA., 1994.

References

^ See John Frederick Dorman, ed., Ancestors and Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia: (Epes-Eppes-Epps) (Petersburg, Va.: Society of the Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia, 1992), 399. Lucy and John were both children of Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson's half-sister.
^ Craig Romaine, "Survey Report, Eppington Graveyard: 1936 December 10," Virginia WPA Historical Inventory Project, p. 3.

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