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

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, 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

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. 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