Foushee Tebbs, styled Colonel or Major, born circa 1723 in Virginia, married before 1753 to Mary Baxter, (born circa 1735 in Stafford County, Virginia), daughter of John and Margaret (Stribling) Baxter of King George County, Virginia, and died in Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia October 20, 1784. He served as a Captain in the French and Indian War (March, 1756), was elected head of the Prince William County, Virginia Militia in 1761 and Sheriff of Prince William County in 1761. Politically centered, he served as Henry Lee's colleague in the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1765 to 1774 and was a member of the First Virginia Convention. During his time as a burgess Foushee Tebbs signed the non-importation associations of 5/18/1769 and 6/22/1770 which aimed at reducing the amount of goods brought to Virginia from England. Foushee Tebbs was by profession an attorney in the town of Dumfries, Virginia, where he served as a trustee for the town from its inception in 1761 virtually until his death in 1785. He was also a tobacco inspector, served on the church vestry and was the head vestry member in Dettingen Parish (Prince William County) for many years. During his lifetime he lived on an estate known as "Tebbsdale" in Dumfries, but also owned land in Frederick, Hampshire and Hardy Counties of Virginia. Foushee's will is on record in Prince William County, Virginia. It lists his five living children and directs his executors John Tebbs, Willoughby Tebbs and Samuel Tebbs to sell all his possessions and estate and divide the money equally between his children John Tebbs, Willoughby Tebbs, Samuel Tebbs and Mary F. Tebbs.
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English (Leicestershire and Northamptonshire): variant of Tebb, which is usually from a pet form of the Middle English male personal name Tebbold (see Theobald ).
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