The Pendleton Family

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Nathaniel Pendleton d. 1821

Nathaniel Pendleton

childrenNathaniel Greene Pendleton

Source: The Biographical Cyclopaedia and Portrait Gallery of the State of Ohio

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Major Nathaniel Pendleton, a nephew of Edmund Pendleton the Virginia statesman.
Native of Virginia.
Officer in the Revolutionary army, served on the staff of General Nathaniel Greene during the Southern campaign.
According to The Biographical Cyclopaedia and Portrait Gallery of the State of Ohio, Appointed by President Washington as the first judge of the United States district court of Georgia.
Later a prominent lawyer in New York.
Acted as second for Alexander Hamilton in his fatal 1804 duel with Aaron Burr.
Died at Hyde Park, October 21, 1821.

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Nathaniel Pendleton d. 1821

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