John Marshall: A Biography (1755- 1835)
Early Life (1755- 1775)
A cabin, similar to the one John Marshall was born in, in Germantown, Virginia. The Hollow, built by Thomas Marshall in 1764, one of the boyhood homes of John Marshall |
John Marshall was born on September 24, 1755, in a log cabin near Germantown, in Fauquier County, Virginia. Marshall would become the eldest of 15 children and grow up in the Virginia's northwestern frontier. |