Loyall, George, 1789-1868

The Hon. George Loyall served as a U.S. Congressman 1830-31 and 1833-37, and before that in the Virginia House of Representatives from 1818-1827. He worked as a Naval agent from 1837-1861. He was the son of George Loyall and Sarah Willoughby, and he married Margaret "Peggy" E. Pollard on 25 September 1823, in Norfolk. The 1840 U.S. Census shows that in his household of twelve people, four were enslaved.