William Cabell (March 13, 1730 – March 23, 1798) was an American statesman, soldier, and politician.
Cabell was born in Licking Hole, Goochland County, Virginia. He was the eldest son of William Cabell. He joined his father as a vestryman of St. Anne's Parish, Albemarle County, Virginia in 1751. He then took over his father's position as a surveyor in 1753.
Cabell became a commissioner for arranging military claims in 1758. Prior to American Revolutionary War, he was a delegate to all conventions for securing independence, and was a member of the committee that drew up the Declaration of Rights of January 7, 1789. He was one of the presidential electors who voted for George Washington as the first President of the United States.
Cabell died in Union Hill, Virginia.
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