McGill, John D.

Born: 1806-XX-XX Virginia

Died: 1855-XX-XX

John D. McGill was a Virginia attorney, farmer, and landowner. In September 1827, he married Matilda Ann Elizabeth Temple Woodard (Woodward). The couple settled in Middlesex County. In 1830, McGill was living in Middlesex County and owned four slaves. In 1840, he owned eighteen slaves. McGill practiced law in Middlesex County and King and Queen County, Virginia. He was a partner in McGill and Woodward (Woodard) until its dissolution in 1846. In 1850, he was living with his family and farming in Preston County, Virginia.

Merle Woodard Safford, Woodard Footprints (Morrisville, NC: Lulu, 2016); U.S. Census Office, Fifth Census of the United States (1830), Middlesex County, VA, 171; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Middlesex County, VA, 420; "The Library of Virginia Quarterly Report of Archival Accessions, October 1, 2009-December 31, 2019," 18; "Guide to the Cataloged Collections in the Manuscript Department of the William R. Perkins Library, Duke University"; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Preston County, VA, 398.