Leftwich, Joel, 1759-1846

Joel Leftwich (1759-1846) was an army officer, state legislator, and justice of the peace, of Bedford County, Va. During the Revolutionary War, Leftwich fought at Germantown, Pa.; Camden, S.C.; and was wounded at Guilford, N.C. In the War of 1812, he commanded a brigade under General William Henry Harrison and became a major general of the Virginia militia.

From the guide to the Joel Leftwich Papers, ., 1779-1843, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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