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Jefferson County was created on March 28, 1805, and named for Thomas Jefferson, who was born in 1743 and died in 1826. He served as President of the United States from 1801 to 1809, Vice-President from 1797 to 1801, Secretary of State from 1790 to 1794, Minister to France from 1784 to 1789, and Governor of Virginia in 1779. He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, extended the northwest frontier through the Louisiana Purchase, and was an architect, inventor, art patron, writer, statesman, farmer, linguist, lawyer, and founder of the University of Virginia.
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