Talk:John Floyd (Virginia politician)

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Article meets all requirements, except for length. The length requirement is not set in stone. This is a great article. --Tjss(Talk) 21:13, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Floyd's descent?

 * Opchanacanough
 * Nicketti Powhatan
 * Elizabeth Hughes b.1650/1660-mar. Nathaniel Davis
 * Robert Davis b.after 1684-mar.Elizabeth ---
 * Abadiah Davis marr. William Floyd
 * John Floyd {1750-1783}-marr. Jane Buchanan
 * John Floyd {Virginia politiican}
 * John B. Floyd


 * the above was added by an anonymous editor to the article-- I moved it here, so it can be verified, etc. This is all fuzzy territory. Other sources say he was descended from Cleopatra, Pocahontas's sister --plange 21:02, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

The Floyd Family is as follows
 * William and Abadiah (Davis) Floyd
 * (birth to James John Floyd, Charles Floyd, Robert Floyd, Isham Floyd, Abadiah and Jemima Floyd)


 * James John Floyd and Jane (Buchanan) Floyd
 * (Death early in life William Floyd)
 * (Birth to George Floyd, and John Floyd (Virginia politician)


 * Robert Floyd and Lillian Floyd
 * (birth to Davis Floyd)


 * Governor John and Letitia (Preston) FLoyd
 * (Died in Infancy George, Susan, Thomas, Mary age 6, Coralie age 11)
 * (birth to John Buchanan Floyd, William Preston Floyd, George Rogers Clark Floyd, Benjamin Rush Floyd, Letty Pretson (Floyd) Lewis, Eliza Lavelette (Floyd) Holmes, Nicketti Buchanan (Floyd) Johnston)

Information retrieved from The Life and Diary of John Floyd By Charles Henry Ambler - Jahnx ( talk ) 06:56, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

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More work needed
I'm not sure if this article still meets the GA criteria. I was going to mention that Floyd commuted the death sentences of two enslaved women accused of murdering their children, per the Nunley book i've cited elsewhere (p. 128) before returning it to the library. I couldn't figure where to put it, since the article needs a major reorganization IMHO. In particular it goes back and forth about his stance re slavery. I noted it citing the problematic Washington post article about many former congressmen owning slaves in a sentence about Floyd owning 4 slaves in Christiansburg in 1810. Citing the census for numbers would seem more responsible, since what I remember of the article it consisted of a list of congressmen rather than their slaveholdings. And while sometimes residents are missed during censuses, there were a couple more in his lifetime, plus slaves could've been mentioned in his will or by his descendents, who were mentioned in considerable detail early (rather than late) in the article. This man was governor during the aftermath of Nat Turner's rebellion, and merely mentioning it in passing doesn't seem enough. I'm writing here because I don't know when I can find the time for the needed cleanup.Jweaver28 (talk) 21:16, 18 October 2023 (UTC)