This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Size | 50 items |
Abstract | Joel Leftwich (1759-1846) was an army officer, state legislator, and justice of the peace, of Bedford County, Va. The collection includes correspondence and other papers of Leftwich, including letters, 1812-1814, from him to his wife Nancy relating to War of 1812 military campaigns and conditions in camps in Virginia and Maryland; letters from members of his family, especially his nephew, Robert Leftwich, 1823-1828; a scrapbook containing a certificate for service in the Revolutionary War and commissions to the ranks of captain, brigadier general, and major general in the Virginia militia; letters from members of the Otey family; and newspaper clippings. |
Creator | Leftwich, Joel, 1759-1846. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
Back to TopThe following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence and other papers of Joel Leftwich, including letters, 1812-1814, from him to his wife Nancy relating to War of 1812 military campaigns and conditions in camps in Virginia and Maryland; letters from members of his family, especially his nephew, Robert Leftwich, 1823-1828; a scrapbook containing a certificate for service in the Revolutionary War and commissions to the ranks of captain, brigadier general, and major general in the Virginia militia; letters from members of the Otey family; and newspaper clippings.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Papers, 1779-1812Includes original finding aid. |
Folder 2 |
Papers, 1813-1814 |
Folder 3 |
Papers, 1818-1824 |
Folder 4 |
Papers, 1825-1843 and undated |
Folder 5 |
Clippings and miscellaneous printed material |