Jabez Leftwich was an American politician, planter and military officer who represented Virginia's 14th congressional district in the US House of Representatives between 1821 and 1825, as well as served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing Bedford County, and finally represented Madison County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives after moving to that new state.
11 Facts About Jabez Leftwich
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Jabez Leftwich was the youngest of his surviving sons, most of whom distinguished themselves in the American Revolutionary War.
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The family included two daughters who married: Ann Petross Jabez Leftwich Hackworth married a veteran of the French and Indian War, and Mary Elizabeth Jabez Leftwich Early married Joshua Early and had a son Rev John Early who became a Methodist preacher and for 19 years of bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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Bedford County voters elected Jabez Leftwich to represent them several times, beginning in 1801 when he became one of Bedford County's representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates, and won re-election annually until 1809.
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Jabez Leftwich was elected in 1820 as a Democratic-Republican representative to the 17th United States Congress and was reelected in 1822 as a Crawford Democratic-Republican representative to the 18th United States Congress.
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Jabez Leftwich was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824.
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Jabez Leftwich farmed using slave labor, as did his father and brothers.
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Jabez Leftwich died in the household of his daughter and her husband near Huntsville, Alabama on June 22,1855.
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Jabez Leftwich was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville.
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Jabez Leftwich Drake died in the Battle of Peachtree Creek near Atlanta.
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Joel W Leftwich died of pneumonia at Chimbarozo hospital during that conflict.