General Levi Casey (February 3, 1807) was an American veteran of the Revolutionary War who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1803 to 1807.

Early life and Revolutionary War

He was born in the

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and served in the

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during the

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. Son of Abner Casey, he served in the American Revolutionary War along with his step brothers, brother(s) and nephews. One of his stepbrothers, Benjamin Casey was killed in action at Camp Middlebrook, New Jersey. He married Elizabeth Duckett in 1775. He reached the rank of

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in the South Carolina militia. After the war, he served as justice of Newberry County Court in 1785.

State legislature

Casey was a member of the

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in 1781 and 1782 and 1800–1802 and a member of the

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from 1786 to 1788, 1792 to 1795 and 1798 to 1799.

Congress

He was elected as a Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, until his death, before the close of the Ninth Congress. Prior to dying, he had been reelected to the Tenth Congress.

Death and burial

He died in

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, February 3, 1807 and was buried in the

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