History of Perquimans County North Carolina United States of America

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Biography of Hezekiah Gilbert Leigh

Hezekiah Gilbert Leigh, clergyman, was born in Perquimans county, N.C., Nov. 23, 1795. He was a cousin of Senator Benjamin W. Leigh . He attended school at Murfreesboro, N.C., and was a teacher for two years. He settled in Boydton, Va., where he conducted a farm. He joined the Virginia conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1818, and was a prominent clergyman in Virginia and North Carolina, 1818-53. With Gabriel P. Disosway he planned and founded Randolph-Macon college in Boydton, Va., named for John Randolph of Virginia and Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina, who lived on opposite banks of the Roanoke and were prominent in their respective states. He was a member of the select committee which framed the constitution for the college; was an original trustee, was the first agent and a member of the building committee. He was an organizer of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, in 1849. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Randolph-Macon college in 1858. He died in Boydton, Va., Sept. 18, 1858.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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