Samuel Griffin (1746–1810)
Samuel Griffin was born on 20 April 1746 in Richmond County, Virginia. A lawyer by trade, he served during the Revolutionary War as aide-de-camp to General Charles Lee, deputy adjutant general for the flying camp, and member of the Virginia Board of War. His political career included stints as mayor of Williamsburg (1779–80), member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1786–88), and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1789–95).
"General Orders, 4 July 1775," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-01-02-0027. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 1, 16 June 1775 – 15 September 1775, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985, pp. 54–58.]
Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 (Washington, D.C.: 1906), Volume 5, 592.
Samuel Griffin at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Samuel Griffin at House History.
Col Samuel Griffin at Find a Grave.