403:. On 22 December 1781, the serjeant at arms was ordered to take Pride and a number of other delegates into his custody Finally, on 1 December 1790, likewise as the Virginia Senate's Speaker, Pride signed a letter to other state legislatures requesting their co-operation in procuring 'the admission of the citizens of the United States to hear the debates of the
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Pride also farmed using enslaved labor, and relinquished his government clerkship in 1775 (two years after his father's death) in order to manage his inherited property. In the 1787 Virginia tax census, Pride paid faxes on 19 enslaved teenagers as well as ten enslaved adults, ten horses and 23 cattle
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Pride married and survived his wife, leaving his estate to his children John Pride Jr., Rebecca and Ann Cary Pride (d. 1837). Several descendants would also be called John Pride (one of whom served in the War of 1812) and remained in Amelia County. The John T. Pride who was reimbursed for providing
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Frances Rowlett and her husband (also) John Pride. He received an education appropriate to his class and had married and settled in Amelia County around 1760. His parents probably married around 1737. His father had received 220 acres (0.89 km) on Swift
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September. He was buried in the family cemetery near his home. That property (near the intersection of modern Routes 621 and 644) would later be called "Cherry Grove", and would be owned by the Wood and Johnson families.
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William Royall. He was again elected as one of Amelia Counties delegates in 1786–87. He served on the Courts and Justice and Religion committees.
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