Chapman Levy (1787–1849) was a lawyer, officer in the

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It bega ...

, state legislator, and plantation owner. He was born in

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and grew up in

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. He worked as a lawyer in Camden. He was Jewish. 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. Both were sisters of Mordecai M. Levy. He had a brickyard and owned about 30 slaves. He partnered with William McWillie and eventually moved to Mississippi with him. In 1832 he wrote to

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...

. 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.

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1787 births 1849 deaths American people of the War of 1812 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American Jews People from Camden, South Carolina People from Columbia, South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub