William Cabell (American Revolution)
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Colonel William Cabell ( March 13, 1730 – March 23, 1798 ), American statesman:
- born in Licking Hole, Goochland County, Virginia eldest son of William Cabell;
- joined his father as a vestryman of St. Anne's Parish, Albemarle County, Virginia in 1751;
- took over his father's position as a surveyor in 1753;
- a commissioner for arranging military claims in 1758;
- prior to American Revolutionary War, was a delegate to all conventions for securing independence;
- was a member of the committee that drew up the Declaration of Rights;
- of January 7, 1789 he was one of the presidential electors who voted for George Washington as the first President of the United States;
- died in Union Hill, Virginia.
