Benjamin Rush Floyd Account Statements 1842-1862

Access and use

Location of collection:
Wytheville Community College
F.B. Kegley Library
Wytheville Community College
Smyth Hall, Room 103
1000 East Main Street
Wytheville, VA 24382
Contact for questions and access:
POC: William A. “Bill” Veselik
Phone: (276) 223-4876
POC: George Mattis
Phone: (276) 223-4744
Fax: (276) 223-4745

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of four folders of account statements of Benjamin Rush Floyd dating from 1842 to 1862; the majority of statements list transactions between Floyd and D. Sexton.

Biographical / historical:

Benjamin Rush Floyd was born on 10 December 1811, the son of governor John Floyd and Letitia Preston Floyd of Smithfield Plantation in Montgomery County, Virginia. He graduated from Georgetown College in 1832 and practiced law in Wytheville, Virginia.

Politically active, Floyd served in the General Assembly as delegate (1847-1848) and senator (1857-1858). In 1852, he unsuccessfully ran for a judgeship in the circuit court. He also lost an 1859 bid for U. S. Senator to elbert S. Martin because of his unpopular support of President Buchanan's veto of the War of 1812 pension bill.

Floyd was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Wytheville, Virginia. He died on 15 February 1860 at age forty-eight and is buried in East End Cemetery.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Ruth Ann Chitwood in 2001 as part of the W. Randolph Chitwood Collection.
Physical description:
4 folders; 32 items..