Richard Clough Anderson Sr.
Richard Clough Anderson Sr. was an American lawyer, politician, and surveyor from Virginia. He was the principal surveyor of the Virginia Military District from 1783 until 1819. Anderson Township is named after him, as is Clough Creek. He was chosen to be a captain in the Hanover County, Virginia militia regulars on January 29, 1776. He crossed the Delaware River with George Washington. His first wife was Elizabeth Clark, sister of George Rogers Clark and William Clark. His second wife was Sarah Marshall, a cousin of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. He is the father of Richard Clough Anderson Jr., Charles Anderson, William Marshall Anderson, and Robert Anderson. He is the great grandfather of Larz Anderson, an American diplomat involved in foreign affairs, who had the Larz Anderson House built for him and his wife Isabel Weld Perkins, which was bequeathed to the Society of Cincinnati as their international headquarters. He is the father-in-law of Allen Latham who helped him with surveying and administered his estate. He was a charter member of the Society of Cincinnati. He was aide-de-camp to Lafayette at the Battle of Yorktown.Books
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- Kentucky Encyclopedia. John E. Kleber, Ed. University Press of Kentucky, 1992, p. 21.
- Hill, Edwin C. The Historical Register: A Biographical Record of the Men of Our Time Who Have Contributed to the Making of America. New York: 1919.
