READ, Thomas, patriot, born in Lunenburg county, Virginia, in 1745; died at Ingleside, Charlotte County, Virginia, 4 February, 1817. His father, Colonel Clement, was clerk of Lunenburg county in 1744-'65, for many years a member of the house of burgesses, and a large landed proprietor. Thomas was educated at William and Mary, began life as a surveyor, and from 1770 until his death was clerk of Charlotte county. He was. a member of the State constitutional convention in 1775, supporting his neighbor Patrick Henry, was county lieutenant throughout the Revolution, and rendered valuable service by supplying the quotas of Charlotte county, by collecting recruits, and by supplementing the necessary means from his own resources. On hearing the report that Lord Cornwallis was crossing Dan river, he marched at the head of a militia regiment to oppose his progress. He was a member of the Virginia convention of 1776, and of the state convention of 1788 that ratified the constitution of the United States. He was an ardent adherent of the politics of Jefferson and Madison, and advocated tile second war with Great Britain in 1812. --His brother, Isaac, soldier, born in Lunenburg county, Virginia, in 1746: died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4 September, 1778, was educated at William and Mary, for many years was a member of the house of burgesses, and on its dissolution by order of Lord Botetourt, was one of those that adjourned to Williamsburg, Virginia, to form an association against the act of parliament that imposed duties on teas, etc. He was a member of the Mercantile association, and of the Virginia conventions of 1774 and of March and June, 1775, and by the last-named body was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 4th Virginia regiment. He was promoted colonel in August, 1776, and participated in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, and Princeton. His death resulted from exposure in camp.