 1732 - 1798 (65 years)
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| Name |
Joseph Cabell |
| Birth |
19 Sep 1732 |
Goochland County, Virginia, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1 Mar 1798 |
Amherst County, Virginia, USA [1] |
| Person ID |
I19434 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
William Cabell, b. 9 Mar 1699, Warminster, Wiltshire, England d. 12 Apr 1774, Liberty Hall, Amherst County, VA (Age 75 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Burks, b. 1709, Hanover County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Sep 1756, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 47 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
1726 |
Virginia, USA |
| Family ID |
F7371 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Hopkins, b. Jan 1735, Goochland County, Virginia, USA d. 12 Jul 1811, Amherst County, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Oct 1752 |
Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Jr. Joseph Cabell, b. 6 Jan 1762, Amherst, Virginia, USA d. 31 Aug 1831, Henderson County, KY (Age 69 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Ann Cabell, b. 15 Feb 1771, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA d. 27 Jul 1840 (Age 69 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Mary Hopkins Cabell, b. 22 Feb 1769, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA d. 26 Mar 1858, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age 89 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Elizabeth Cabell, b. 1753, Amherst County, Virginia, USA d. 31 Jan 1771, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA (Age 18 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Elizabeth Cabell, b. 1772, Goochland County, Virginia, USA d. 6 Feb 1855, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY (Age 83 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F7399 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- BIOGRAPHY: Hopkins of Virginia and Related Families
He was Justice of the Peace for Albemarle 1760, Major of Militia 1762, Burgess for Buckingham 1768-71 for Amherst 1772-75, member of Convention 1775-76, a Commissioner in 1776, Pay-master to the troops that fought at Point Pleasant under Gen. Andrew Lewis, vestryman for Amherst in 1776, Justice for ibid 1777, County Lieutenant in 1777, and was succeeded in 1780 by Col. Hugh Rose. He commanded a regiment of Militia to which were attached the students of William and Mary College at the siege of Yorktown, and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. In a legislative capacity he was Member of the State Senate 1781-85, and represented Buckingham for the House of Delegates 1788-90. "A man of unbounded popularity and great influence, he was a devoted patriot, making large concessions without compensation, a lion when roused but naturally as gentle as a lamb, and generous as a prince."
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| Sources |
- [S468] Walter Lee Hopkins, Hopkins of Virginia and Related Families, (Name: J. W. Fergusson & Sons. Richmond, Virginia. 1931.;), p. 59.
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