Gabriel
Duvall
1752-1844
—
Episcopalian . . . Mustermaster and commissary of stores (1776) . . . Private in Maryland
militia at battles of Brandywine and Morristown . . . Commissioner to preserve confiscated
British property . . . Clerk of the General Court in Annapolis (1771-1778) . . . Prosecuting
attorney in Annapolis . . . Member of the Governor's Council. . . Represented Annapolis
in the Maryland House of Delegates . . . Served in the Third United States Congress
(1794) . . . Comptroller of the Treasury under President Jefferson (1802-1811) . . .
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court under President Madison (1811-35).
From
his last will and testament:
"I resign my soul into the hands of the Almighty who gave it in humble hopes
of his mercy through our Savior Jesus Christ."[9,43]