Born in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Watkins Leigh
and Julia (Wickham) Leigh
Sister of
William B Leigh [half], Mary Susan Seldon (Leigh) Robinson [half], Elizabeth (Leigh) Schulmacher, John Wickham Leigh, Chapman Johnson Leigh, Julia Wickham (Leigh) Harrison, Frances Ella Leigh, Benjamin Watkins Leigh Jr, Anne Carter (Leigh) Old, Frances P Leigh, Ferdinand Leigh and Alice Leigh
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 31
in Stateburg, Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Virginia was born in 1835. She was the daughter of Benjamin Leigh and Julia Wickham. She passed away in 1866.
Sources
- "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N98Q-38M : 12 March 2022), Virginia Leigh in entry for Walter Peyre Porcher, 1919.
- "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR4-7N3T : 16 August 2019), Virginia Leigh in entry for Julia Porcher Wickham, 04 Aug 1933; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRH-QRCR : 16 August 2019), Virginia Leigh in entry for Virginia Leigh Porcher, 20 Jan 1940; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Goochland, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16683910/virginia-porcher: accessed 23 July 2023), memorial page for Virginia Leigh Porcher (28 Jun 1835–18 Nov 1866), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16683910, citing Saint Stephens Episcopal Church Cemetery, Saint Stephen, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Darlene (contributor 46830673).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Virginia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Virginia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Virginia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Virginia:
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Daniel Chappell 
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Constance (Chappell) Horne :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T318951 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK29492
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