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]