Samuel Jordan Cabell was an American

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 Revolutionary war

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 officer and Democratic-Republican

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 United States Congressman from 1795 to 1803.

Cabell was born in Albemarle County, Virginia

Albemarle County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,236 people, 31,876 households, and 21,070 families residing in the county. The population density was 110 people per square mile . There were 33,720 housing units at an average density of 47 per square mile...

 and educated at The College of William & Mary. He left school to join the Revolutionary Army and recruited a company of riflemen in 1775. He was appointed Captain in the Amherst County

Amherst County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 31,894 people, 11,941 households, and 8,645 families residing in the county. The population density was 67 people per square mile . There were 12,958 housing units at an average density of 27 per square mile...

 Volunteers in 1776 and then assigned to the 6th Virginia Regiment

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. Cabell participated in the Battle of Saratoga

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 in 1777 and was promoted to the rank of Major

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. He served in George Washington

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’s army in 1778-1779 and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel

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. He was captured at the Siege of Charleston

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 in 1780 and detained until the end of the war.

After the war, Cabell was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates

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 from 1785 to 1792 and a member of the constitutional convention

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 in 1788. He voted against the proposed United States Constitution

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Cabell died on his estate Soldier's Joy

Soldier's Joy

Soldier's Joy is a historic home located at Wingina, Nelson County, Virginia, USA. It was built in 1784-85 by Col. Samuel Jordan Cabell and enlarged approximately twenty-five years later. Along with Bon Aire and Montezuma, it is one of the few remaining Cabell family houses in Nelson County...

 at Wingina

Wingina, Virginia

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, Nelson County, Virginia

Nelson County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 14,445 people, 5,887 households, and 4,144 families residing in the county. The population density was 31 people per square mile . There were 8,554 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile...

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