Thomas Jefferson was born April 13, 1743 to Peter and Jane Randolph Jefferson on their estate at Shadwell, in what is today Albermarle County, Virginia, along the banks of the Rivanna River. It was a...
Since nobody knew he would be famous, nobody bothered to take down anything more than the sketchiest details of his early life. We know he was baptised on April 26, 1564. The next thing we know about...
