Benjamin Harrison V

Benjamin Harrison (V) ( April 5 , 1726 – April 24 , 1791 ) was an American planter and Revolutionary leader from Charles City County, Virginia . He was educated at the College Of William And Mary and was, perhaps, the first figure in the Harrison Family to gain national attention. Harrison was a representative for Surry County, Virginia ( 1756 - 1758 ) and Charles City County ( 1766 - 1776 ) to the House Of Burgesses . He was a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1777 , signed the Declaration Of Independence , and was Governor of Virginia from 1782 to 1784 . He was son of Benjamin Harrison IV and Anne Carter , and grandson of Robert Carter I ; his cousin was the plantation owner Robert Carter . His son William Henry Harrison and great-grandson Benjamin Harrison would both become President Of The United States . His brother in law was Speaker of the House Of Burgesses , Peyton Randolph . A great-nephew of a wife of his brother Nathaniel Harrison was Edmund Ruffin .

Harrison lived all his life at Berkeley Plantation , the Harrison family home in Virginia , and his children were born there.

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