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John Wayles Jefferson (born John Wayles Hemings; May 8, 1835 – June 12, 1892), was an American businessman and Union Army officer in the American Civil War. He is believed to be a grandson of Thomas Jefferson; his paternal grandmother is Sarah (Sally) Hemings, Thomas Jefferson's mixed-race slave and half-sister to his wife.
John Wayles Jefferson, the oldest child of Eston Hemings and Julia Isaacs Jefferson, lived as an African American in southern Ohio until the age of fifteen, when his family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, changed their surname from Hemings to Jefferson, and thereafter lived as white people.
John Wayles Jefferson was the grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, but he hid his mixed-race heritage to pursue a successful career in the Union Army and business. Learn about his life, family, and legacy in this biography by the American Battlefield Trust.
John Wayles (January 31, 1715 – May 28, 1773) was a colonial American planter, slave trader and lawyer in colonial Virginia. He is historically best known as the father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
John Wayles (January 31, 1715 - May 28, 1773) was Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson's father and Thomas Jefferson's father-in-law. He was born in Lancaster, England, in 1715 and emigrated to Virginia, likely in the 1730s, though the date is not known.
1 de mar. de 2016 · Poplar Forest was Thomas Jefferson's plantation in Bedford County, Virginia. William Stith originally patented the land in the mid-eighteenth century and probably chose the name "Poplar Forest." John Wayles , Jefferson’s father-in-law, purchased the property in 1764.
Ten descendants of Monticello slaves on both sides of the color line are known to have fought in the Union army. Four, including John Wayles Jefferson and his brother Beverly Jefferson, sons of Eston Hemings Jefferson, fought in white regiments.
