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iriajor-general of militia, a member of the \'irginia legislature, and a justice of the peace of Bedford county. He died in Bed- ford county. \'irginia. April 20. 1846. He v.as a brother of Jabez Leftwich, member of congress (q. v.).

Leake, Walter, son of Mask Leake, a Presbyterian elder, was born in Albemarle C(»unty. \'irginia, about 1760. He was a soldier in the revolution, was deputy sur- veyor of Albemarle county in 1784, was ad- mitted to the bar in 1793, ^^'^s appointed by Jcffer.Non one of the United States judges for the territory of Mississippi, and moved to Hinds county. Mississippi: elected to the United States senate and served from Octo- ber 9. 1817. until his resignation in 1820; governor of Mississippi, 1821-1825; died at Mount Salus. Hinds county, Mississippi, November 11, 1825.

Holcombe, Henry, born in Prince Edward county. \'irginia, September 22, 1762. After serving as a captain in the revolutionary army, he began to preach, and was ordamed pastor of a Baptist church in Pike Creek, South Carolina. He was a delegate to the South Carolina convention that ratified the constitution of the United States. In 1791 he became pastor of the Baptist churches in Blutah, May River, and St. Helena, was afterward in Beaufort, South Carolina, and in 1799 ^^^^ called to Savannah, Georgia, where he organized the Savannah Female Seminary, and conducted the ^'Georgia Ana- lytical Repository." He was instrumental iv. establishing Mount Enon Academy in 1804. and a missionary society in 1806. From 1812 till his death he was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania. He received the degree of Doctor of

Divinity from Brown College in 1810. He published a "Funeral Discourse on the death of Washington." and a volume of "Lectures on Primitive Theology." He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 22. 1826.

Madison, William, brother of James Madi- son. President of the United States, was born in Orange county. May i, 1762: stud- ied at Hampden-Sidney College, and while a student enlisted in the militia in 1778, afterwards a lieutenant in the state legion of X'irginia. and was employed in the re- cruiting service ; on the invasipn of the state was a volunteer in the state cavalry, and afterwards a lieutenant in the Virginia regi- ment of artillery. Continental line, com- manded by Col. Harrison, and later, after the surrender of Cornwallis. was furloughed on account of sickness. He studied law in 1782 under Thomas Jelterson. and in 1804 v.as a representative for Madison county in the house of delegates, and later became brigadier-general of militia. He was living in 1838.

Madison, George, brother of James Madi- son, president of William and Mary College, born in Rockingham county, \''irginia, in 1763: removed to Kentucky at an early age, and was a soldier on the frontier when seventeen years old. taking part in several engagements with the Indians. During the campaigns in. the northwest he commanded a company under General Arthur St. Clair, and later was lieutenant of a company of mounted volunteer cavalry under Major John Adair, and was wounded in the action with the Indians near Fort St. Clair, No- vember 6, 1792. Later he became major of Kentucky volunteers, attached to the north- western army under General James Win-

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