Thomas Jefferson

THOMAS JEFFERSON EXTRA CREDIT Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell which is now become Albemarle County Virginia on April 13, 1743. Jefferson came from a strong pedigree, his mother Jane Randolph Jefferson came from one of the first families in Virginia. Jefferson’s father Peter Jefferson was a wealthy landowner in Virginia but not in the same class as some of the wealthy planters at the time. Thomas Jefferson attended the prestigious College of William and Mary …showed first 75 words of 824 total…

…showed last 75 words of 824 total…of the faculty and staff members of the university. The university was one of the contributions that he wanted to be remembered for. On July 4 1826 the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson passed away peacefully at his home in Monticello. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** My three scholarly resources are: http://www.monticello.org/resources/people/bibliography.html http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/tj3.html http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/index/html