James Mitchell Varnum
James Mitchell Varnum (December 17, 1748 – January 9, 1789) was an American legislator, lawyer, general in the Continental Army, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country.
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James Mitchell Varnum, painted posthumously in 1804 by Charles Willson Peale | |
| Born | December 17, 1748 |
| Died | January 9, 1789 (aged 40) Marietta, Northwest Territory, U.S. |
| Place of burial | Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Branch | Continental Army |
| Service years | 1774–1779 |
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| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Other work | twice elected delegate to the Continental Congress (1780-82 and 1786-87), pioneer to the Ohio Country, justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territory |
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Varnum resigned his commission in 1779, and was a delegate to the Continental and Confederation Congress, as well as one of two “supreme” judges appointed to the Northwest Territory. He died in Marietta, Ohio in January 1789.