Gov John Floyd

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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)
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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.
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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]

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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)
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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]