Person:John Floyd (12)

     
Gov. John Floyd
Facts and Events
Name Gov. John Floyd
Gender Male
Birth? 24 Apr 1783 Floyd's Station, Virginia(near what is now Louisville, KY)
Marriage 1804 Franklin County, Kentuckyto Letitia Preston
Death? 17 Aug 1837 Sweet Springs, Monroe, Virginia
Burial[1] Lewis Family Cemetery, Sweet Springs, Monroe, West Virginia, United States[note: unmarked grave]
Reference Number? Q669087?


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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 Country, 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.

During the 1832 presidential election Floyd was selected by John C. Calhoun to serve as the Nullifier Party's candidate. The state legislature of South Carolina voted to give the state's eleven electoral votes to Floyd. While governor of Virginia, the Nat Turner slave rebellion occurred. Although Floyd was an outspoken advocate for state's rights, he supported the gradual abolition of slavery on account of its inefficiency. His term as governor oversaw a period of economic prosperity for the state.

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References
  1. John Floyd, in Find A Grave.
  2.   The Life and Diary of John Floyd, Governor of Virginia, An Apostle of Secession.
  3.   From Alex Luken in response to a List query at Amherst County on Rootsweb:
    The Indian heritage in the line of William Floyd through his wife, Abadiah Davis. Of the direct descendants, only that of John and Letitia Preston Floyd seemed to openly acknowledge the heritage during that time period; this is the line that the "Nicketti" name appears in, and in the Diary of John Floyd, there is the following entry for November 1831:
    Fourth Day. This day my wife arrived and her children, John and his wife, William, Lavalette, Nicketti, Coralie and Woushippakniga.
    According to the birth order, "Woushippakniga" would appear to be a nickname for George Rogers Clark Floyd. Also, in the 1850 census, Letitia Preston Floyd is listed in Sweet Springs with her daughter's household, but in the Burke's Garden property, there is a woman, age 70, listed as Nicati Floyd, as head of household, that is the same age as Letitia Floyd. Not sure what to make of it. Alex [1]