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 …

…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