Thomas Sandford
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Thomas Sandford (1762 – December 10, 1808) was an American soldier and politician.
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He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1762, son of Youell Sanford (d. January 24, 1794 in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County) and Elizabeth Pope (b. 1732), daughter from a family long important in Virginia politics. In 1770, he inherited 150 acres of land from his paternal grandfather Youell Sanford Sr.[1]
He rose to become a General in the American War of Independence. Following the Revolution, he settled in Kentucky where he had been granted land, in 1792.[2] In his political career he was a state representative and senator, then a representative in the Eighth and Ninth Congresses (1803–1807).[3] He drowned in the Ohio River near Covington, Kentucky on December 10, 1808.[4]