BEVERLEY RANDOLPH.
Beverley Randolph, the son of Colonel Peter and Lucy (Bolling) Randolph
of "Chatsworth," Henrico County, James River, Va. ("Surveyor
of Customs of North America" in 1749, and long a member of the
House of Burgesses), and third in descent from William Randolph, of
"Turkey Island," was born at his father's seat in 1754. He graduated
from William and Mary College in 1771, and was, during the Revolution,
a member of the Virginia Assembly. He succeeded Edmund Randolph
as Governor of Virginia, December 1, 1788, and served until
December 1, 1791, when he was succeeded by Henry Lee. He married
Martha Cocke, and their descendants are represented also in the names
of Randolph, Fitzhugh, and others equally worthy. Governor Randolph
died at his seat, "Green Creek," in February, 1797.
