Tazewell County, Virginia
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Major William P. Cecil

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Source --  History Of Tazewell County And Southwest Virginia, 1748 - 1920, by Wm. C. Pendleton.  W.C. Hill Printing Company, Richmond, Virginia.  1920. pp. 599

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  xxxx Major William P. Cecil, son of Samuel Cecil and uncle of the author, was born on the Clinch, April 9th., 1820, and died on New River at the mouth of Walker's Creek, July 12th., 1899.  For a number of years he was prominent in the affairs of Tazewell County, as a lawyer and in an official capacity.  He served several terms as Commonwealth's Attorney;  was one of the delegates that represented the county in the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861;  and represented the county in the House of Delegates at the sessions of 1874 and 1875 and 1876 and 1877 -- the Legislature then met annually.  In the Civil War, he was first captain of a company in the 22nd. Battalion, Virginia Infantry, and was promoted to major of the battalion.