I represent William Leitch. I was a resident of Pensacola during the British period. I served on the West Florida Council, which both advised the Governor and served as the Upper House of the provincial General Assemblies, from the very first session. Governor Johnstone named me Chief Justice of the Colony during the suspension of William Clifton. I was granted Lot 198 in Pensacola. In those early years of the colony, illness was rampant and it eventually found me. The General Assembly session that began in February 1767 went on without me as I was confined to my house by illness by then. I died on August 13, 1767. The Pennsylvania Journal for November 26, 1767 (p. 3) published my obituary: “A letter from Pensacola on the 26th of August says, ‘It is very sickly here at present. William Leitch, Esq., chief justice of this place died the 16th inst. and many other people have died this summer.'”
Sources: 3, 8, 12, 39, 6