Born about in Rowan, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Knox
and Lydia (Gillespie) Wallace
Wife of
William Leetch
— married
1795 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Naomi Sophia (Leetch) Peters
Died about
at about age 79
in Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Mar 2011
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Biography
Naomi Knox Leetch was one of the worthy women of olden times. In her youth she had been beautiful, and when old she was well favored and graceful in her manners. She came of one of the best revolutionary families. She was the aunt of President James Knox Polk. Naomi died in Moulton in 1854. Her daughter Maria married David Hunter. Her son, James Knox, died in Moulton. He was a young man of fine person and promise. Naomi Sophia, her youngest, married the Honorable Thomas M. Peters.[1]
Children
William and Naomi had the following children:
- James Knox Leetch (1794-1835), married Amelia Sophia Kennedy (1794-?)
- Maria Leetch (1795-??)
- Isham Leetch/Leach (1804-?), married Maria Lovinia Poole (1814-1888)
- Robert Leetch (1808-?)
- Naomi Sophia (Leetch) Peters (1820-1880), married Thomas Minott Peters (1810-1888)
Sources
- Source: Wikipedia article for Thomas Minott Peters, accessed Jan 24, 2017
- Source: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5S-6P8 : 9 November 2014), Neomy Leitch, Lawrence county, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing family 346, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Source: "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTL-XMC : 24 August 2015), Naama Leech, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing p. 194, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 2,333.
- Source: Early Settlers of Alabama, by James Edmonds Saunders, Huntsville, Alabama, May 16, 1863
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