John Randolph Chambliss Sr.
Born: March 4, 1809
Birthplace: Sussex County, Virginia
Father: James Jared Chambliss 1784 – 1848
Mother: Lucy Rives Newsom 1782 – 1858
Wife: Sarah Jane Rives 1814 – 1880
Married: December 6, 1830 in Greensville County, Virginia
Children:
Elizabeth Rives Chambliss 1831 – 1850
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)
Brig. General John Randolph Chambliss Jr. 1833 – 1864
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)
Sallie Louisa Chambliss 1835 – 1847
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)
James William Chambliss 1837 – 1842
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)
Robert A. Chambliss 1840 – 1842
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)
Ida Dove Chambliss 1842 – 1843
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)
Lt. Walter Blow Chambliss 1846 – 1886
(Buried: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia)
Political Party: Whig Party
Religion: Baptist
Education:
1828 – 1829: Attended College of William and Mary
Occupation before War:
1830: Admitted to Greensville County Virginia Bar
Attorney in Hicksford, Virginia – (Now Emporia, Virginia)
Owner of Moderate Sized Plantation in Emporia, Virginia
Helped with the founding of Main Street Baptist Church in Emporia, whose membership included both whites and blacks.
First Superintendent of Schools in Greensville County, Virginia
Served on local development Commissions in Virginia.
1845 – 1849: Commissioner of Chancery in Greensville County, Virginia
Commonwealth Attorney for Greensville County, Virginia
1850 – 1851: Member of Virginia State Constitutional Conventions
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Virginia State Secession Convention
1862 – 1864: Confederate States Congressman from Virginia
1862 – 1864: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee
1862 – 1864: Believed Conscription to be wrong but once in effect worked for as large of an army as possible.
1862 – 1864: Felt the Army and War Department needed more flexibility for exemptions and promotions.
1862 – 1864: Supporter of Confederate Control over production, currency, transportation and prices.
1862 – 1864: Against the Suspension of Habeas Corpus
1863: Withdrew his name from renomination after consideration.
1864: Argued that Agriculture was flourishing and saw adoption of his proposition to end exemption of overseers.
Occupation after War:
1865: Took the Oath of Allegiance soon as the war was over.
Helped prepare instruction for the guidance of the County Police to restore law and order.
Worked to build the economy of his home County in Virginia.
Died: April 3, 1875
Place of Death: Chambliss Plantation, Emporia, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Burial Place: Chambliss Family Cemetery, Emporia, Virginia
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