Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann
When Elizabeth Ann Leftwich was born about 1849, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, her father, James Maston Williams Leftwich, was 28 and her mother, Miranda Ellen Callaway, was 25. She married Samuel White Walton on 1 November 1870, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Franklin County, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 29 September 1881, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, at the age of 33.
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- Elizabeth Leftwich in household of James Calloway, "United States Census, 1850"
- Bettie A. Leftwich, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
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World Events (6)
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Leftwich in Cheshire, so named fromthe Old English female personal name Lēoftǣt +wīc ‘dairy farm, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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