Brednax, William H. -- Oct., 1834 —At Petersburg, of cholera, aged about 48, Gen. William H. Brednax, of Dinwiddie Co., Va., distinguished as a lawyer and a philanthropist, and for several years a very prominent member of the House of Delegates. He signalized himself in the debates on the abolition of slavery in 1831, advocating a gradual and cautious abolition; and also, in opposition to the doctrines of President Jackson’s Proclamation of Dec., 1832.
["Historical Collections of Virginia" by Henry Lowe, Babcock & Company, Charleston, S.C., 1845. p. 406-407; submitted by Robyn Greenlund]

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