Littleberry Leftwich 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 23 Dec 1819 - Tennessee
    Christening: 
          Death: 3 Jan 1902 -  ( at age 82) 1
         Burial: in Charity Cem., Lynchburg, Moore Co., Tennessee
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: John Hopkins Leftwich (1787-1847)
         Mother: Jane Gill (Abt 1792-After 1880)
Spouses and Children 
1. Pauline (Abt 1824 -       )
       Marriage: Abt 1840

2. *Elizabeth Reese (Abt 1828 -       )
       Marriage: 12 Sep 1854 - Lincoln Co., Tennessee 2
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1850 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Sub Divison No 2; 26 or 27 Sept; pg 68
493/493
Jane Leftwich 58 F Va $3000
Littlebury " 30 M Tn Farmer
Pauline " 26 F Tn
Jane " 9 F Tn
Joel " 8 M Tn
Littlebury " 7 M Tn
Jack H. " 5 M Tn
Carrol W. " 3 M Tn
Baby " 1/12 M Tn
Patrick Purdone 18 M Tn Farmer
Lemuel J. Parker 25 M Tn Teacher </pre>

They are not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1860 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Civil District No 5, p.o. Charity; June 13; pg 37
274/264
L. Leftwich 40 M Tn $7505/$5578 Farmer
Elizabeth " 32 F Va seamstress
Littleberry " 17 M Tn Farming
Jack H. " 15 M Tn Farming
Carral " 13 M Tn Farming
Charles " 11 M Tn
Thomas " 4 M Tn
Perlina " 1 F Tn
3 others </pre>

In the Slave Schedule he is the owner of 2 slaves.

<pre>1870 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Fifth District, p.o. Lynchburg; July 13; pg 7
47/49
L. Leftwich 50 MW Tn $8000/$2000 Farmer
Elizabeth " 44 FW Va Keeping house
C. W. " 20 MW Tn farm hand
T. M. " 14 MW Tn
Perlina " 11 FW Tn
W. T. " 7 MW Tn twins
L. D. " 7 MW Tn twins
Elizabeth " 4 FW Tn
J. H. " 2 MW Tn
Logan 25 FB Tn domestic Svt
Little " 15 MB Tn farm hand </pre>

<pre>1880 Moore Co., Tennessee, Civil distr No 8, ED 177; June; pg 9
67/71
L. B. Leftwich 60 Tn Va Va Farmer
Elizabeth " wife 49 Va Va Va Keeping House
T. M. " son 24 Tn Tn Va Labors on farm
Perlina " dau 21 Tn Tn Va at Home
W. J. " son 17 Tn Tn Va Labors on farm
L. D. " son 17 Tn Tn Va Labors on farm
V. E. " dau 14 Tn Tn Va at Home
J. H. " son 12 Tn Tn Va Labors on farm
J. B. " son 9 Tn Tn Va
E. C. " dau 7 Tn Tn Va
Jane " mother 88 Va Va Va </pre>

In 1900 L. L. Leftwich (80, Dec 1819, father-in-law, Tn Tn Tn) is living in Lincoln Co., Tennessee in the household of Mark L. Prasser (61, Farmer) and his wife Jane (59).

OBITUARY:

Find-a-Grave Memorial # 114147100:

From Petersburg Enterprise.
 Mr. Berry Leftwich died near Bellville at the home of Mr. Mark Prosser, where he was living, last Saturday. He had been sick for several weeks, and his death was mainly due to the infirmities of old age, he having past his 82d year. He was a devout member of the Baptist church and had been for a number of years. Three of his sons reside at this place and one, C. W. Leftwich, at Gurley, Ala.
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Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 114147100.

2 "Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900," Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

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