BEVERLEY RANDOLPH (1754 - February 7, 1797). Planter and politician from Virginia. After leading his county militia during the American Revolutionary War, Randolph served in the Virginia House of Delegates several times, each time representing Cumberland County, before fellow legislators elected him as the Eighth Governor of Virginia (1788-1791), the First to be elected after Virginia ratified the United States Constitution.
July 11, 1787-Dated Constitution Period, Partially-Printed Land Grant Document Signed “Beverley Randolph” as Governor of Virginia, on Vellum, Richmond, Virginia, measuring 13” x 15.5”, Choice Very Fine. Well printed, fully completed in manuscript and signed. A grant of 500 acres to George Sticken with its original paper and wax seal attached at lower left. Clean, crisp looking, and very attractive with typical folds. The original paper seal is intact and in good condition. Randolph’s signature is finely written being a bit light but is a very large 4.25 inches long.
Beverely Randolph led the Cumberland County militia during the American Revolutionary War.

Cumberland County voters elected him as their (part-time) representative to the Virginia House of Delegates and both failed to and did re-elected him twice, so he served three of the four sessions between 1777 and 1780.

In 1787, he was chosen president of the Executive Council of Virginia. When George Wythe withdrew from the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, George Mason suggested that Randolph (who happened to be in Philadelphia at the time) be appointed in his place. However, the Council and governor decided that in light of the abilities of Virginia's remaining delegates, Wythe did not need to be replaced.

Randolph was elected Governor of Virginia in 1788, the First to be elected after Virginia ratified the United States Constitution. Issues which challenged his administration included the boundary and relations between Virginia and Pennsylvania, as well as depredations by native Americans.

Although the normal term was three years, he was nearly challenged in 1790, when Benjamin Harrison was nominated for the office but withdrew his candidacy. Randolph later ran again for governor in 1796, but lost to James Wood of Winchester, Virginia.

In the 1787 Virginia tax census, Randolph lived in Henrico County and was taxed on Six Enslaved Black adults, Eight Enslaved children, six horses, a cow and a four-wheeled conveyance (which was specified as neither a coach nor chariot), as well as held Five Enslaved Black adults, Four Enslaved children under 16, six horses and 27 cattle in Cumberland County (which that county's collector noted as not tithable).