Abram Trigg (1750 – unknown) was an American planter, lawyer and politician who represented Montgomery County, Virginia in the Virginia Ratifying Convention and U.S. House of Representatives (1797-1809) after fighting with the Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War.
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Early life and education
Abram Trigg was born on his father's farm near New London in then vast Lunenberg County in what was then the Colony of Virginia. That particular area became Bedford County in 1754. His grandfather of the same name had emigrated from Cornwall, England about 1710, and his father, William Trigg (1716–1773), served as a judge in Bedford County for many years. His mother, the former Mary Johns Trigg (1720–1773), bore eight children during that marriage. His brother, John, would serve with him in Congress. Another brother, Stephen Trigg, had been a member of a land commission in Kentucky in 1779, and died commanding a regiment at the Battle of Blue Licks. Another brother, William Trigg, had descendants including Congressman Connally Findlay Trigg and Richmond shipbuilder William Robertson Trigg.
Career
Trigg was admitted to the bar and began his legal career in then-vast Montgomery County, Virginia. He lived on his estate, "Buchanan's Bottom", on the New River and held local offices, such as clerk and judge, and various other offices in Montgomery County.. He served in the Revolutionary War as lieutenant colonel of militia in 1782 and later as general of militia in Virginia.