Display Patriot - P-151923 - John Pierce DUVALL/DUVAL
John Pierce DUVALL/DUVAL
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P-151923
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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Patriotic Service
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Author: Barrett L. McKown
John Pearce Duvall was born on 22 June 1737 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He was the son of Samuel Duvall, III (born 22 June 1714, Anne Arundel County, Maryland) and his wife Eleanor.
He married on 20 February 1757, Prince George's County, Maryland, to Martha, born about 1738, and died after 4 June 1806. He had eight children:
Lewis
Notley
Samuel
Eleanor Gaither
Patsy Bennett
Nancy Drown Hance
Betsy Wetherington
By 1759 he had moved from Prince George's County to Frederick County, Maryland, where he owned various properties. After 1767 he moved to Monongalia County in the frontier of Virginia. He was prominent in the public affairs of both Monongalia and Harrison Counties where he served in the Virginia General Assembly.
During the American Revolution, he served in the Virginia General Assembly, House of Delegates from 1778-1779 from Monongalia County, Virginia, and the Virginia Senate from Monongalia and Harrison Counties, May 1, 1780, to December 20, 1791. His name appears in the auditor's account for providing supplies.
He was also the first County Lieutenant for Harrison County, Virginia when the County was organized from Monongalia County in 1784. In 1795 he moved to Mason County, Kentucky, where he married his second wife Frances Dobyns on 12 April 1798.
His last Will and Testament dated 8 January 1803 was admitted to probate in Mason County, Kentucky on 9 May 1803. He died before 9 May 1803 in Mason County and is buried in Mason County, Kentucky.
Sources:
Mason County, Kentucky, Will Book B, pages 333-337.
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