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John Floyd (October 3, 1769 – June 24, 1839) was an American politician and brigadier general in the First Brigade of Georgia Militia. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, as well as the US House of Representatives. == Personal life == John Floyd was born October 3, 1769 at Hilton Head, South Carolina in the Beaufort District, the only child of Charles Floyd and Mary Fendin.〔 He was reared at Walnut Hill, his father's plantation on Hilton Head.〔 Charles Floyd, owner and planter of Walnut Hill Plantation, was born March 4, 1747 in Northampton County, Virginia, the son of Samuel Floyd and Susanna "Susan" Dixon.〔〔〔 His parents both died in Northampton County, Virginia, when he was six. He went to live with his Dixon relatives, but at the age of nine, an uncle sent him to sea as an indentured cabin boy. He spent fourteen years at sea, mainly on trading vessels sailing to ports in Europe, Africa and elsewhere. When this seafaring ordeal was over, he began life anew at Hilton Head, where he managed an indigo plantation.〔 He married Mary Fendin in 1768 at St. Helena's Church in Beaufort District.〔 Mary Fendin was born April 15, 1746 in St. Helena's Parish, South Carolina, the daughter of John Fendin Jr. and Elizabeth Thomas.〔 The Floyds settled at Walnut Hill Plantation on the north side of Fish Haul Creek.〔 During the Revolutionary War in South Carolina, Charles was a member of the First Council of Safety. These men who favored independence raised a volunteer militia, the St. Helena Guards, whose hats bore a silver crescent on which their motto "Liberty or Death" was inscribed.〔〔 In 1781, Charles Floyd, along with several others, all members of another war party called the Bloody Legion, avenged the death of Revolutionary War hero, Charles Davant, by the Royal Militia.〔 Charles Davant had married Elizabeth Fendin (Bland) who was sister to Mary Fendin and brother-in-law to Charles Floyd.〔 Captain Floyd distinguished himself in forays against the British and their colonial policies. In reprisal, his home was plundered and burned by the Tories.〔〔 About 1797, not long after he had moved his family to Georgia, Charles sold Walnut Hill Plantation to a wealthy planter, William Pope Sr.〔 John Floyd, having spent his formative years in the midst of the Revolutionary activity, must have felt an all-around excitement brought on by engagements with the British. His military experience began at age fourteen. During the last year of the American Revolutionary War, he probably served with his father in the St. Helena Volunteer Guards. When John Floyd was sixteen, he was apprenticed to a house carpenter for five years. He became so proficient at his work, he was offered an early release from the contract but he refused, preferring to work the entire period.〔 At night he was privately tutored by a distant cousin, Bernard Elliott, in a variety of subjects including higher mathematics and French.〔 In later years, he spoke this language fluently with guests who dined with him at Bellevue Plantation. While he was coming home from work one afternoon, John Floyd met Isabella Maria Hazzard on the road as she was coming home from school.〔 Their relationship flourished. Her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Hazzard Waight, objected to the union, claiming that Isabella Maria could do much better.〔 John Floyd married Isabella Maria Hazzard on December 12, 1793 in Beaufort District, South Carolina.〔 They had twelve children including General Charles Rinaldo Floyd, General Richard Ferdinand Floyd, Colonel Henry Hamilton Floyd.〔 Isabella Maria (pronounced Mariah) Hazzard was born January 3, 1773 in St. Marys, Camden County, Georgia, the daughter of Richard Hazzard III of Beaufort District, South Carolina and Phoebe Loftin of then British East Florida.〔 According to some, she was born at Loftin House, just south of the St. Marys River in Nassau County, Florida. After her mother died, Isabella Maria was adopted by her father's cousin, Mrs. Sarah Hazzard Waight, of Beaufort, South Carolina.〔 She was educated at Beaufort and under the tutelage of her aunt, she was groomed for society.〔 In 1795, Charles Floyd, with his wife, Mary, and John Floyd, with his wife, Isabella Maria, moved from South Carolina to McIntosh County, Georgia.〔〔〔 They settled on adjoining farms near Darien, called "The Thickets".〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Floyd (Georgia politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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