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| | William P. Duval |
 | | DUVAL, William P., lawyer, born in Virginia in 1784; died in Washington, D. C., 19 March 1854. |
 | | His great-grandfather was a French Huguenot, who settled in Virginia, his grandfather a member of the house of burgesses, and his father, Major William, an officer of the Revolution, who possessed a high reputation as a chancery lawyer, spent a large fortune in helping the poor, and enjoyed the friendship of Washington. |
 | | "His brother, John Pope Duval, lawyer, born in Richmond, Virginia, 3 June 1790; died in Florida about 1855, was educated at Washington College and at William and Mary, studied law in Richmond, and was admitted to practice in 1811. |
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