Thomson Mason

Thomson Mason (4 March 1759 – 11 March 1820) was an American planter, soldier and politician who represented Fairfax County in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly. He was one of the sons of George Mason, an American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.

Early life and education Mason was born on 4 March 1759 at Gunston Hall in Fairfax County, Virginia.

In 1781, Mason served as a militiaman in the American Revolutionary War. While his brother George was in Europe trying to recover his health, Thomson operated his plantations, thus gaining experience using enslaved labor. In 1787, this Thomson Mason owned eight enslaved adults and 14 enslaved children near his father's main residence at Gunston Hall, and an additional two enslaved adults and three children in the other Fairfax County district near his brother George's residence.

Mason and his wife Sarah constructed their residence Hollin Hall by 1788. In 1916, industrialist Harley Wilson built an elegant new Hollin Hall in its vicinity. and he ended his legislative career in the Virginia House of Delegates with a single term in 1808.

Later life Mason died on 11 March 1820 in Fairfax County, Virginia at age 61.

Relations Thomson Mason (1759–1820) was: a son of George Mason (1725–1792) father of Thomson Francis Mason (1785–1838) nephew of Thomson Mason (1733–1785) first cousin of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803), John Thomson Mason (1765–1824), and William Temple Thomson Mason (1782–1862) uncle of George Mason VI (1786–1834) and Richard Barnes Mason (1797–1850), and James Murray Mason (1798–1871) first cousin once removed of Armistead Thomson Mason (1787–1819), John Thomson Mason (1787–1850), and John Thomson Mason, Jr. (1815–1873), and first cousin twice removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811–1843).