Editing Giles County, Virginia (section)

==History==
[[File:William Branch Giles.jpg|thumb|left|William Branch Giles, for whom the county was named]]
Giles County was established in 1806 from [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery]], [[Monroe County, West Virginia|Monroe]], [[Wythe County, Virginia|Wythe]], and [[Tazewell County, Virginia|Tazewell]] counties. The county is named for [[William Branch Giles]]<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA137 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=137}}</ref> who was born in [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia County]] in 1762. Giles became a lawyer and from there was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] where he served from 1790 to 1815. He also served in the [[Virginia General Assembly]] from 1816 to 1822. In 1827, he was elected Governor. In all, he served his nation and state around a total of forty years.