James John Floyd

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1770, Botetourt Co, Virginia; with Col William Preston

Notes:

Revolutionary War Militia Officer, Frontiersman. Early figure in establishing Kentucky settlements; In July 1776 helped rescue three young girls kidnapped by Indians from Boonesborough, Virginia (later Kentucky) in group led by Daniel Boone. Commanded militia regiment for George Rogers Clark against British allied Indians in Ohio in the summer of 1780. Killed in ambush by Indians. Son John Floyd and grandson John both became governors of Virginia.
(findagrave)

-------------
Floyd was born in 1750 in Amherst County, Virginia, to William and Abadiah (Davis) Floyd,[2] descendants of Welsh immigrants.[3] His mother was also of partial American Indian ancestry, and according to family tradition was a descendant of the Powhatan chieftain Opchanacanough.[4] Another family tradition maintains that her brother was Evan Davis, the grandfather of Jefferson Davis.[3] In Virginia the Floyd family operated a farm and made a decent living there, but the younger Floyd knew opportunity to do better was in the west.

At the age of 18 he married Matilda Burford, daughter of Daniel Burford, sheriff of Amherst County, but she died a year later during the birth of their daughter, Mourning Floyd.[2] In 1770, at the age of 20, Floyd moved to Botetourt County, Virginia to seek employment.[2] He worked as a teacher while living in the home of Col. William Preston.[3] Preston, a prominent frontier Virginian, was the surveyor for the western part of Virginia then known as Fincastle County, Virginia, which stretched as far as the Mississippi River.[2][4]

Floyd became a deputy surveyor under Preston, doing land survey jobs from time to time. When he was not working with Preston, he rode as a deputy sheriff with Daniel Trigg, working under Sheriff Col. William Christian of Botetourt County.[4] Preston started receiving applications for land claims to be located and surveyed from veterans of the French and Indian War. In 1774 Floyd was selected to lead a group of surveyors into what is now West Virginia and Kentucky.
In 1783 Virginia organized the government of Kentucky and Floyd was appointed to be one of the first two judges of Kentucky.[2][15] Later in the year in March he would write Preston informing him of his brother in law Billy Buchanan being killed by Indians.[3] Also in the letter Floyd wrote that he dreamed that his fate might become the same. This proved true as a month later Floyd was wounded on April 8, 1783 by Indians while on his way to Bullitt's Lick while wearing the scarlet coat he had brought from Paris.[9] He died of his injuries on April 10, 1783.[2] His widow Jane preserved the scarlet coat until 1812 when the coat was buried with her, as she had requested.[9] Floyd is buried near Floyd's Station at Breckinridge Cemetery

Wikipedia



Residence:
At the age of 18 he married Matilda Burford, daughter of Daniel Burford, sheriff of Amherst County, but she died a year later during the birth of their daughter, Mourning Floyd.[2] In 1770, at the age of 20, Floyd moved to Botetourt County, Virginia to seek employment.[2] He worked as a teacher while living in the home of Col. William Preston.[3] Preston, a prominent frontier Virginian, was the surveyor for the western part of Virginia then known as Fincastle County, Virginia, which stretched as far as the Mississippi River.
Wikipedia

James married Matilda Burford in 1768 in Virginia. Matilda was born about 1750; died in 1769 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Sally Jane Buchanan about 1770. Sally (daughter of Capt/Gent John Floyd Buchanan and Margaret Belle Patton, (immigrant)) was born in 1759 in Augusta Co, Virginia; died in 1812 in Floyd Station, Jefferson Co, Kentucky; was buried in Floyd-Breckenridge Cem, Plymouth Village, Jefferson Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

S Congressman, Virginia Governor. Served in the War of 1812 as a Major and surgeon in the Virginia Militia. Elected to represent two different Virginia Districts in the United States House of Representatives (5th District from 1817 to 1821, 20th District from 1821 to 1829) serving from 1817 to 1829. Served as Governor of Virginia from 1830 to 1834. In 1832 he ran for President, receiving 11 Electoral Votes, and carrying the state of South Carolina. His father was Revolutionary War Militia officer and Frontiersman John Floyd, and his son was Virginia Governor and Civil War Confederate General John Buchanan Floyd. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
(findagrave)

---------------
Floyd was a descendant of the Powhatan tribe.

John Floyd (April 24, 1783 - August 17, 1837) was a Virginia politician and soldier. He represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 25th Governor of Virginia.

During his career in the House of Representatives, Floyd was an advocate of settling the Oregon Territory, unsuccessfully arguing on its behalf from 1820 until he left Congress in 1829; the area did not become a territory of the United States until 1848.

In 1832, Floyd received votes for the Presidency of the United States, running in the Nullifier Party. He carried South Carolina and its 11 electoral votes. While governor of Virginia, the Nat Turner slave rebellion occurred and Floyd initially supported emancipation of slavery, but eventually went with the majority. His term as governor saw economic prosperity for the state.

Family and early lifeFloyd was born at Floyds Station, Virginia, near what is now Louisville, Kentucky.[1] His parents were pioneer John Floyd, who was killed by Native Americans twelve days before his son's birth,[2] and Jane Buchanan. His first cousin was Charles Floyd, the only member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to die.
Wikipedia


Buried:
(see burial notes for his wife Letilia Preston Floyd)

John married Letita Preston about 1805. Letita (daughter of Colonel William Preston, (Immigrant) and Susanna Smith) was born on 29 Sep 1776 in Smithfield, Montgomery Co, Virginia; died on 13 Dec 1852 in Burkes Garden, Tazewell Co, Virginia; was buried in Lewis Family Cem, Sweet Springs, Monroe Co, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Civil War Confederate Major General, Virginia Governor, US Cabinet Member. He was a State Legislature in 1848, when elected as the Democratic Governor of Virginia, serving until 1852. in 1853 he was again elected to the legislature and in 1857, President James Buchanan appointed him Secretary of War. After the secession of the South in 1861, he resigned his cabinet post, joined the Confederate Army and was commissioned Brigadier General. In command of a brigade he participated in the battle at Gauley Bridge and fought with General Lee's Army in the Virginia Campaign. In January 1862, he was dispatched with the Central Army of Kentucky, to command a division in the defense of Fort Donelson Tennessee, which was lost to Federal troops in February. After the surrender of Fort Donelson, President Jefferson Davis removed him from field command in March 1862. In August 1862, he was appointed Major General in command of the Provisional Army of Virginia, but his health soon failed and he died a year later.
(bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
(findagrave)

John married Sarah "Sallie" Preston about 1826. Sarah (daughter of General Francis Smith Preston and Sarah Buchanan Campbell) was born on 19 Nov 1802; died on 8 May 1879 in Washington Co, Virginia; was buried in Sinking Spring Cem, Washington Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Letitia married William L. Lewis about 1840. William was born in 1799; died in 1869; was buried in Lewis Family Cem, Sweet Springs, Monroe Co, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza married George Frederick Holmes about 1840. George was born in 1820; died in 1897; was buried in Lewis Family Cem, Sweet Springs, Monroe Co, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicketti married Sen. John Warfield Johnston about 1841 in Virginia. John was born on 9 Sep 1818; died on 27 Feb 1889; was buried in St. Marys Cem, Wytheville, Wythe Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]