military officer
Thomas Holden.
American Revolutionary War general and judge (1741-1823)
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About Thomas Holden
Thomas Holden was a general in the American Revolutionary War and later a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Holden was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, and was a farmer there. He joined Varnum's Regiment in 1775 as a captain and the following year served with the Rhode Island Brigade. Holden became a Rhode Island militia colonel in 1778 and fought in the Newport Campaign that year. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1788 and 1789 and promoted to brigadier general in the militia in 1779 and to major general in 1790. Holden served as a justice of the state supreme court from 1797 until 1801.
Everything about Thomas Holden →- Occupation
- military officer, judge
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 7, 1741
- Died
- February 12, 1823