Thomas T. Fauntleroy

Thomas Turner Fauntleroy (October 6, 1796 – September 12, 1883) was a Virginia lawyer, state legislator from Fauquier, Regular Army officer, slaver, and briefly a Virginia military officer at the beginning of the American Civil War who refused a commission as brigadier general in the Confederate States Army. Early life and career Fauntleroy was born in Clarke County, Virginia to Joseph Fauntleroy (1754–1815, of Richmond County, Virginia) and his wife Elizabeth ("Betsy") Fouchee Fauntleroy (1772–1824 of Richmond, Virginia). His elder brother Samuel Griffin Fauntlerosy (1790–1797) died in childhood, as would John Bushrod Fauntleroy (b./d. 1803) but his younger brothers Leroy Daingerfield FAuntleroy (1799–1853), Lawrence Butler Fauntleroy (1801–1874), Robert Henry Fauntleroy (1807–1849) and John Fouchee Fantleroy (1809–1884) would survive to adulthood Although only 17 years old, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. After the war, Fauntleroy studied law in Winchester, Virginia, then practiced law in Warrenton, Virginia. In 1862, he married Ann Magdelin Magill (1799–1862), daughter of Col. Magill of Wincheser. They had two daughters and two sons who would survive the American Civil War: Thomas Turner Fauntleroy Jr. (1823–1906), Mary Thurston Fauntleroy Barnes (1824–1912), Katherine Knox Fauntlerosy Whittlesey (1834–1906), and Archibald Magil Fauntleroy (1836–1886). His firstborn son, C.N. Fauntleroy, joined the Confederate Navy.