Nicholas Fitzhugh (1764-1814), son of Henry and Sarah Battaile Fitzhugh, resided at Ravensworth in Fairfax County, Virginia. He attended the College of William and Mary and became an attorney. He represented Fairfax County in the House of Delegates from 1790 to 1791 and 1800 to 1803. In 1810, he represented Alexandria on the standing committee of the newly organized Columbian Agricultural Society, designed to collect and distribute information for farmers and domestic manufacturers by offering premiums and publishing the journal Agricultural Museum. He also became a trustee of Alexandria Academy. Fitzhugh served as assistant judge of the circuit court of the District of Columbia from late 1803 until his death (Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds., The Diaries of George Washington, 6 vols. [Charlottesville, 1976-79], 6:255; Leonard, General Assembly description begins Cynthia Miller Leonard, comp., The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619-January 11, 1978: A Bicentennial Register of Members, Richmond, 1978 description ends , 179, 183, 219, 223, 227; Miller, Alexandria Artisans description begins T. Michael Miller, comp., Artisans and Merchants of Alexandria, Virginia, 1780-1820, Bowie, Md., 1991-92, 2 vols. description ends , 1:7, 76, 140; Agricultural Museum, 1 [1810], 172, 174; Alexandria Gazette, 31 Dec. 1814; Vol. 35:569n; John Thomson Mason to TJ, 7 July 1803).

nominated me by a letter: Mason to TJ, 7 July.