Richard Jeffries (1790–1858)
Richard Jeffries was born on 16 April 1790 in Dilltown, Pennsylvania. Following brief service in a Virginia militia unit during the War of 1812, he was clerk of the U.S. District Court for the (Eastern) District of Virginia. In 1842 Jeffries married Martha Blacknall Lucas Gwynn Turpin (1806–1891), widow of Thomas Jefferson Turpin. Jeffries died on 20 July 1858 in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Virginia, State Law and Regulations: 1821, 2 (1822), 311, 312.
Richard Jeffries in War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, National Archives and Records Administration (Fold3).
Richmond Dispatch, 23 July 1858, page 2, column 2 (Newspapers.com).
Richmond Enquirer, 11 July 1823, page 4, column 4 (Newspapers.com).
Richmond Enquirer, 1 March 1834, page 4, column 5 (Newspapers.com).
Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.), 27 December 1817, page 2, column 3 (America’s Historical Newspapers).
Richard Jeffries at Find a Grave.
Richard Jeffries at FamilySearch.