Why was john marshall important

Early Life and Revolutionary War Service

Marshall was born on September 24, on the Virginia frontier, in what is now Fauquier County. He was the oldest of 15 children born to Thomas Marshall, a land surveyor who worked for the powerful Lord Fairfax and was later elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, and Mary Keith, a granddaughter of William Randolph, a key figure in the establishment of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Biography of John Marshall, Influential Supreme Court …

Largely self-educated, Marshall attended only one year of formal school, during which James Monroe was his classmate and friend. At 20, Marshall volunteered for the 3rd Virginia Regiment after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. After first seeing action in the Battle of Great Bridge in December , in which Patriot militia liberated Virginia from the British, Marshall fought bravely in battles at Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth.

He spent the harsh winter of alongside Gen. George Washington (his father’s friend and a major influence on Marshall) and his Co