Chapman Levy

Chapman Levy (1787–1849) was a lawyer, officer in the War of 1812, state legislator, and plantation owner.[1][2] He was born in Camden, South Carolina and grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. He worked as a lawyer in Camden. He was Jewish.[3]

He was married to his first wife Flora for five years until she died in 1823. He remarried to wife Rosina who died in 1828.[2] Both were sisters of Mordecai M. Levy.[4] He had a brickyard and owned about 30 slaves. He partnered with William McWillie and eventually moved to Mississippi with him.[2]

In 1832 he wrote to Andrew Jackson.[5] Levy was an uncle of Chapman Levy Anderson (who was named for him), the son of his sister Eliza Levy Anderson who married Dr. Edward H. Anderson.[2]

References
  1. Museum, McKissick; Charleston, College of (July 28, 2002). A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570034459 – via Google Books.
  2. "Levy, Chapman | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
  3. "ISJL - South Carolina Camden Encyclopedia". Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life.
  4. Kirkland, Thomas J.; Kennedy, Robert MacMillan (July 28, 1965). "Historic Camden: Nineteenth century". Kershaw County Historical Society – via Google Books.
  5. "Chapman Levy to Andrew Jackson, December 3, 1832". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.


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