Thomas Jefferson was the head of a committee of five in preparing the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was born at Shadwell in what is now Albemarle County, VA., on April 13, 1743. Thomas Jefferson attended the college of William and Mary (1760-1762) and then studied law with George WYTHE. In 1769 he began 6 years of services as a representative in the Virginia House of Burgesses. The first of the 4th year of his term he married Martha Wayles Skelton (Jan. 1, 1772). They had 6 children, two of whom survived into adulthood. Thomas Jefferson was 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence and signed it. He represented the state of Virginia at the time of the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson Signed and wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He first signed the Declaration of Independence because he wrote it. He was one of 5 people who wrote the Declaration of Independence. After...