LEAVELLS

Children of SARAH BROADDUS and THOMAS BREEDLOVE are:
.....i.....JOHN BREEDLOVE.
102.....ii.....WILLIAM BREEDLOVE, b. August 28, 1760, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. February 28, 1838, Simpson County, Kentucky, USA.

29. CALIFORNIA JETER (MARGARET VAUGHN, ELIZABETH FRANCES LEAVELL, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1749 in Lunenberg County, Virginia. She married BARTHOLOMEW BAKER, son of BARTHOLOMEW BAKER. He was born Abt. 1745 in Lunenberg County, Virginia, and died in Union County, South Carolina.

Notes for CALIFORNIA JETER:
California was the daughter of a VA. planter who moved some of his family to SC. California's father is quite successful and owns several plantations, at least one of which is still in operation today

12/31/05
Jane,
...I found your research on the Leavell family. First let me say what an awesome job of researching and thank you for sharing your work.
I am very intersted in Generation 5 family #26 California Jeter & Bartholomew Baker. I would like to know if you've uncovered anything about this particular Baker family. (your 2 were b 1740s VA)
...In my maternal line I have an Elijah BAKER b c 1758/60 VA, served in the REV WAR from VA (pension app says he enlisted in Abermarle Co), then moved to KY and married Elizabeth McCLURE on the 7th or 12 of Jan 1786/7/8 ( I'm trying to remember off the top of my head w/o notes) in Lincoln Co KY. Lincoln Co was one of the original KY Counties when it was created from VA but settlers were in the area when it was still part of VA.
I cannot find a Bartholomew Baker family in Abermarle Co VA at the time Elijah enlisted but there is a HENRY Baker (don't know who he is yet) Could be the dad, Bartholomew(IF he IS the dad) ihad already died.
...Lincoln Co splits and part becomes Warren Co KY (as well as others) where I found this Baker family along with Richard, James, William whom I believe are brothers of Elijah. All of them eventually end up in Hopkins Co KY with their families.
...A dau of Elijah & Elizabeth Baker: Sarah "Sally" BAKER b Lincoln Co KY m 1808 in Warren Co KY to John MORRISON b 1790 ( I think) in VA.
...Elijah, Elizabeth and children, along with Sally & John move to the Missouri Territory around 1820. Elijah died and is buried in Washington Co MO. Supposedly his will can be found there but as of today I haven't had time to get there to find it. (It's not in my library either in book or microfilm that I can find).
...RESEARCHERS claim that Elijah is the s/o fo BARTHOLOMEW JR Baker &??, so Bartholomew SR, s/o Samuel.
...PROBLEM: I can't find squat! It appears, looking at the ages, YOUR Bartholomew could be another older BROTHER of my Elijah. I think it is interesting your Bartholomew names one of his sons Elijah.
As far as I've been able to uncover my Elijah did NOT name any of his children Bartholomew or Elijah or Samuel which I think is very odd since I thought that was THE way to do things in the early days of our country.( Is my Elijah the black sheep of the family? or did he get lost in the tree somehow-no one else has ever tried to research him?) I have a couple of lines where the immigrant had a dozen or more children and those children named all their children the same names. By the time they did this for 3 or 4 generations, it makes for some very confusing research!
...Any help or leads would be greatly appreciated. I get so confused with the East Coast search b/c I get lost trying to find documents. I have found some in the strangest places and NOWHERE they are supposed to be. Makes me wonder where some got their info. If I find something on the net that looks promising, I use it as a reference point to start. I then go to those counties/states and search for documents. Until I've found documents to back up the statements, I consider the information a theory. It is really wonderful and exciting when I stumble across a well documented site. I feel as if I've hit the jackpot!
...Any help or leads, even just the tinest tid-bit, would be greatly appreciated. I 'll be happy to share anything I have, if you want it. Forgive me for being lazy and not pulling my records out. I do have the exact dates, marriage records, etc. in my files. Thanks, in advance, for all your help and taking time to read my note.
Margaret
TX
fingorfi at swbell.net

Children of CALIFORNIA JETER and BARTHOLOMEW BAKER are:
.....i.....LEONARD BAKER. Notes for LEONARD BAKER: moved to Louisiana? Moved to Brown Co. Texas after Civil War.
.....ii.....JERSEY BAKER.
.....iii.....ELIJAH BAKER.
.....iv.....JERRY BAKER.
.....v.....GREEN BAKER.
.....vi.....AMOS BAKER.
103.....vii.....STERLING C. BAKER, b. Abt. 1781, Union County, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1863, Shelby County, Alabama.

30. JAMES JETER (MARGARET VAUGHN, ELIZABETH FRANCES LEAVELL, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born January 15, 1759 in Lunenberg County, Virginia, and died March 16, 1840 in Union County, South Carolina. He married MARY CROSBY 1782, daughter of DENNIS CROSBY and HANNAH REVELS. She was born 1765 in Chester County, South Carolina.

Children of JAMES JETER and MARY CROSBY are:
.....i.....WILLIAM JETER, b. April 02, 1783.
104.....ii.....ELEAZAR JETER, b. March 15, 1785; d. Bef. 1852.
.....iii.....ARGULUS VICTOR JETER, b. December 23, 1786, Union County, South Carolina; d. August 06, 1849; m. MATILDA MCDANIEL, Abt. 1823; b. Abt. 1790, Union County, South Carolina.

Notes for ARGULUS VICTOR JETER:
Page 161 of "Union County Heritage - South Carolina 1981" says that Argulus V. Jeter married Mrs. Matilda McDaniel Dugan.
Title: Union County Heritage - South Carolina 1981
Author: Mannie Lee Mabry, Editor
Publication: 1981, Union County Heritage Committee, Union, SC, Hunter Publishing Co., Winston-Salem, NC
Repository:
Call Number: ISBN 0-89459-152-5

31. ELEAZER JETER (MARGARET VAUGHN, ELIZABETH FRANCES LEAVELL, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1763 in Lunenberg County, Virginia, and died 1818 in Montgomery County, Alabama. He married (2) ANNA MOSELEY Abt. 1796 in Lunenberg County, Virginia.

Children of ELEAZER JETER are:
109.....i.....GEORGE WASHINGTON JETER, b. November 10, 1797, Edgefield County, South Carolina; d. 1866, Midyett, Panola, Texas.
.....ii.....MARY JETER, b. 1799, Lunenberg County, Virginia.
.....iii.....PENELOPE JETER, b. 1802, Lunenberg County, Virginia; m. THEOPHILUS HARRISON; b. Abt. 1797.
110.....iv.....REV. MELVILLE JETER, b. November 12, 1804, South Carolina.
.....v.....ANETTE JETER, b. 1806; m. GEORGE SHACKLEFORD, May 23, 1824; b. Abt. 1802, South Carolina.
.....vi.....MIRA ANN JETER, b. 1807; m. EDMOND LEWIS; b. Abt. 1803.
.....vii.....JAMES MILTON JETER, b. 1808.
111.....viii.....WILLIAM JETER, b. 1810, Lunenberg County, Virginia.

Child of ELEAZER JETER and ANNA MOSELEY is:
112.....ix.....JESSE MOSELEY JETER, b. 1812.

32. SARAH JETER (MARGARET VAUGHN, ELIZABETH FRANCES LEAVELL, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1767 in Lunenberg County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1840 in Monroe County, Mississippi, USA. She married JOHN TAYLOR CROSBY Abt. 1797 in Lunenberg County, Virginia, son of DENNIS CROSBY and HANNAH REVELS. He was born Abt. 1762 in Craven County, South Carolina, and died September 01, 1797 in South Carolina.

Notes for SARAH JETER:
John Crosby's will appears in SC court records. His will also appears in Monroe Co. MS records when his widow, Sarah Jeter Crosby, dies there...I've been told that his will appears in MS because his estate was quite large so required court involvement at Sarah's death. Sarah went with her sons, John and Leonard, to Indiana (Knox Co.) then on to Monroe Co. MS where all died.

Children of SARAH JETER and JOHN CROSBY are:
113.....i.....LEONARD CROSBY, b. Abt. 1783, Chester County, South Carolina; d. November 07, 1844.
.....ii.....HANNAH CROSBY, b. Abt. 1784, Chester County, South Carolina; d. August 19, 1840; m. CHARLES ALLEN, Abt. 1802, Chester County, South Carolina; b. Abt. 1780.
114.....iii.....JOHN JETER CROSBY, b. 1785, Camden, Chester County, South Carolina; d. August 19, 1840, Monroe County, Mississippi.
115.....iv.....MARY CROSBY, b. 1788, Chester County, South Carolina.
.....v.....RHODA CROSBY, b. 1790, Chester County, South Carolina.
.....vi.....MARGARET CROSBY, b. 1796, Chester County, South Carolina; m. EDWARD SEELY, Abt. 1807, Chester County, South Carolina; b. Abt. 1784, Chester County, South Carolina.

33. PRISCILLA JETER (MARGARET VAUGHN, ELIZABETH FRANCES LEAVELL, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1773 in Lunenberg County, Virginia, and died September 1849. She married BENJAMIN MOSELEY.

Notes for PRISCILLA JETER:
From: HWilson493 at aol.com
Sent: Mon 9/07/09 6:01 PM
.....Jane, Thank you for your reply, regarding my Jeter/ Moseley genealogy search.
.....Yes, William Jeter and Margaret's Vaughn's daughter Pricilla Jeter did marry Benjamin Moseley' (died: will written 18 Nov. 1794; Recorded July 6 1795 Edgefield co SC
BenjaminMoseley's will (Abstradt) Wife:
Pricilla (dau. of William Jeter)
Palpy (Penelope
Elizabeth
Sarah, John
and one on the way.
.....I am trrying to prove and connect my Margaret Moseley Hill (Moseley family history) is in deed the daughter of Pricilla Jeter and Benjamin Moseley. I am trying to piece it together. I will try to make it brief, which is hard for me to do in getting the information to you.
.....Margaret Moseley Hill (widow) moved with her family from Edgefield, SC to Chickasaw Co. Mississippi between 1840 and 1850.
The Chickasaw Co, Ms 1850 Mortality Schedule list Pricilla Mosely 93 years old Female widow, born Virginia died 9/1849 cause old age.
Pricilla Jeter's sister Sarah Jeter (Wiliam Jeter's will 1793-1797 Edgefield SC) married John Crosby and they moved to Monroe Co. MS ( (Chickasaw Cession). Some Crosby history shows Sarah Jeter Crosby died in Monroe Co MS 1840.
.....These two counties Chiskasaw (Pricilla) and Monroe (Sarah) touch. So two sister could be just a short distance from each other.
There are no other Moseley's in Chickasaw Co, at that time, that I can find. My theory is that elderly Pricilla was with Margaret and her family.
.....Margaret was a young widow with nine Able Hill ( died about 1819) children. 1830 Edgefield Census has Margaret Hill , head of household with an elderly woman living with her. I think this is Pricilla. So what do I know. it just all fits together like puzzle pieces.
Who is this Pricilla Moseley who died in Chickasaw Co, Ms in 1849.
.....Another clue for me is : Margaret Hill ( died 1872 in her 90th year) is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Chickasaw Co. in the OLD SECTION with very few graves. Near Margaret's grave is a Natural iron marker with M. That gives me goose bumps. I feel like these people want to be found.
.....I descend from Margaret Moseley and Abel Hill's daughter Pricilla who married Clement Jennings. This OLD Cemetery has the Jennings graves and others who came from Edgefield Co. SC. I truly believe that Margaret Moseley brought her mother with her.
.....I hope you can make some since out of this.
.....Do you descend from William Jeter?
Thanks Jane.
Hazel

Children of PRISCILLA JETER and BENJAMIN MOSELEY are:
.....i.....PENELOPE MOSELEY.
.....ii.....ELIZABETH MOSELEY.
.....iii.....SARAH MOSELEY.
.....iv.....JOHN MOSELEY.

34. MARGARET JETER (MARGARET VAUGHN, ELIZABETH FRANCES LEAVELL, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1775 in Lunenberg County, Virginia. She married MINOR GILCREASE, son of JOHN KILLCREASE. He was born Abt. 1772 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1832 in Lowndes, Alabama, USA.

Notes for MARGARET JETER:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gilcrease/surname_html/genealogies/minorgilcrease/minorgilcreasegen1.html

Notes for MINOR GILCREASE:
Edgefield Co. Deed Book 15, pp 465-468:
Minor Killcrease, son and heir of John Killcrease, deceased, planter, to Christopher Glanton, planter. Deed, 29 Aug 1798, $100, 105 acres in fork between Stephens & Turkey Creeks, adjoining line of Robert Mitchel, --- Thomas, Shadrack Homes, Robert Killcrease. Witnessed by : Morris Calliham, John Killcrease. Signed: Minor (x) Killcrease. Proven 31 Aug 1798 by Morris Calliham; Henry Key, JP. Recorded 14 Sept 1798.

Minor Gilcrease's Will --- Book C page 21 -- Lowndes County Alabama -- Year --- 1832
.....Now at this court I, Samuel L. F. Cotterell administrator of the estate of Minor Gilcrease deceased came into court that he had in his hands the sum of eight hundred dollars and eighty four cents and which is now ready for and subject to distribution after deducting the commission to the administrator for his trouble and the court charges between the heirs at law of said deceased amounting to the number of eleven names as follows: William Gilcrease, Bartley Gilcrease, Henry Gilcrease, John Gilcrease in right of his wife Priscilla Gilcrease, Lewis Gilcrease, Thomas Gilcrease in right of his wife Martha Gilcrease, David Gilcrease, Joseph Parsons in right of his wife Nancy McCartney formally Nancy Gilcrease, Edmond Gilcrease and Thomas Gilcrease a minor, from which said sum of eight hundred dollars and eighty four cent deduct the sum of forty four dollars and twenty two cents allowed the administrator at the rate of five percent from the above amount reported by the administrator of the further sum of thirty ddollars for court charges that will remain in the hands of the Administrator for further division of the sum of eight hundred and ten dollars and eighteen cents which when divided into eleven equal part will make the share of each distribution above named amount to the sum of seventy three dollars. It is therefore order by the court that William Gilcreas to have the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full distribution share of the said amount of money reported distribution. Ordered by the court that Bartley Gilcrease have the sum of seventy three dollars which sum is in full of his distribution share of the said money reported for distribution. Ordered by the court that Thomas Gilcrease have the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the amount now reported for distribution.
.....Ordered by the court that John Gilcrease have in right of his wife the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division. Ordered by the court that Lewis Gilcrease have the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division. Ordered by the court that Thomas Gilcrease in right of his wife Martha Gilcrease the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division. Ordered by the court that Joseph Parsons have in right of his wife Elizabeth Parsons formerly Elizabeth Gilcrease the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount for division. Ordered by the court that Joseph McCartney have in right of his wife Nancy McCartney formerly Nancy Gilcrease the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division. Ordered by the court that Edmond Gilcrease have the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division. Ordered by the court that Roanna Gilcrease, a minor heir have the the sum of seventy three dollars of which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division.

The following are additional files found about above Minor Gilcrease's estate in Lowndes County Alabama. Year 1832: Lewis Gilcrease, Bartley Gilcrease who are of full age and living and residing in the county of Lowndes Alabama, and Henry Gilcreas who is also of full age resides in the state of Mississippi and Daniel Minor Gilcrease and Edmond Missen Gilcrease, Rowina Gilcrease and Nancy Gilcrease who are Minors under the age of twenty one and unmarried and live and reside in the county of Lowndes State of Alabama. And Martha Gilcrease who has intermarried with Thomas Gilcrease, Amelia Gilcrease who has intermarried with John Gilcrease, and Elizabeth Parsons formerly Elizabeth Gilcrease who has intermarried with Joseph Parsons. It mentions that William Gilcrease was appointed administrator of the Will. Year: 1846 Rowina was appointed a guardian, John Mosley. She appears again in court in 1846 to regain her inheritance from John Mosley. She is married to Wesley Alexander and resides in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Her full name is given as Roanna Jeters Gilcrease.

Interesting note is that the Jeters, Gilcrease, and Mosley names are linked in marriage according to records in South Carolina."

Minor (Kilcrease) GILCREASE
FATHER: John KILCREASE
BORN: ABT. 1772 SC
DIED: ABT. 1832 Lowndes County, AL
WILL: 1832, Loundes County, Alabama
SP) Margaret Peggy JETER
BORN: ABT 1775 VA
Father: William JETER
Mother: Margaret VAUGHN

Children of MARGARET JETER and MINOR GILCREASE are:
116.....i.....DANIEL MINOR GILCREASE, b. Bet. 1811 - 1815, Alabama; d. March 01, 1871, Clarke County, Alabama, USA.
.....ii.....DAVID GILCREASE, b. Bet. 1793 - 1811.
117.....iii.....LOUIS GILCREASE, b. 1795, South Carolina, USA.
118.....iv.....MARTHA GILCREASE, b. 1796, South Carolina.
119.....v.....PERMELIA GILCREASE, b. 1798, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1853, Black Bluff Dist, Sumter, Alabama, USA.
120.....vi.....WILLIAM GILCREASE, b. 1800, South Carolina.
.....vii.....ELIZABETH GILCREASE, b. Abt. 1802; m. JOSEPH PARSON.
121.....viii.....BARTLETT G. GILCREASE, b. 1805, South Carolina, USA; d. Abt. 1885.
122.....ix.....HENRY H. GILCREASE, b. Abt. 1810, South Carolina, USA.
123.....x.....NANCY GILCREASE, b. 1815, Alabama; d. August 22, 1887, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA.
124.....xi.....EDMOND MISSEN GILCREASE, b. 1818, South Carolina, USA.
125.....xii.....ROENA JETER GILCREASE, b. Abt. 1827, Alabama, USA; d. October 03, 1892, Texas, USA.

35. MARY VAUGHN (MARTIN, ELIZABETH FRANCES LEAVELL, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) She married LARKIN SANDRIDGE Abt. 1780 in Mercer County, Kentucky, son of JOHN SANDRIDGE and KEZIAH GATEWOOD. He was born Abt. 1757 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Children of MARY VAUGHN and LARKIN SANDRIDGE are:
126.....i.....JOHN SANDIDGE, b. Abt. 1781, Mercer County, Virginia; d. March 27, 1863, Lincoln County, Kentucky.
.....ii.....DELPHIA SANDIDGE, b. Abt. 1783, Virginia; d. Abt. 1785.
.....iii.....HARRIET SANDIDGE, b. Abt. 1785, Lincoln County, Kentucky.

36. CORNELIUS VAUGHN (MARTIN, ELIZABETH FRANCES LEAVELL, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born March 19, 1759 in Caroline County, Virginia. He married NANCY ANN CARTER November 11, 1778 in Culpepper County, Virginia.

Child of CORNELIUS VAUGHN and NANCY CARTER is:
.....i.....DANIEL TARLETON VAUGHN.

37. NANCY ANN VAUGHN (MARTIN, ELIZABETH FRANCES LEAVELL, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born June 30, 1761, and died October 19, 1838 in Jefferson County, Indiana. She married (1) ? EDWARDS. She married (2) MICHAEL STUCKER March 01, 1785. 9 children.

Child of NANCY VAUGHN and ? EDWARDS is:
.....i.....JOHN EDWARDS, b. September 09, 1777.

38. EDWARD L. LEAVELL (BENJAMIN, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1765 in Virginia, USA, and died December 25, 1846 in Pisgah, Gallatin, Illinois, USA. He married (1) SALLIE WAITE. He married (2) ROSANA WYATT Abt. 1789, daughter of JAMES WIATT. She was born Abt. 1775 in Prince William County, Virginia, USA, and died March 17, 1847 in Hardin County, Illinois, USA.

Notes for EDWARD L. LEAVELL:
Pisgah Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records
Edward Leavell Sen. Died December 25th ------------------------1846
Nancy Leavell, Adult, Baptised by sprinklg on the 4th Sunday Nov 1835
Sept. Edward Levell do 15
1841 Oct Martha Levell do 27
July 17
Edward Leavell Sen. Immersion49

13.June, Edward Laval to Emaline Virgin

Edward Leavell was born in Virginia 1760 to 1770, a descendent of French Hugenots, and married Rosamond Wiatt (also known as Rosannah H. Wyatt) daughter of James Wiatt of Prince William County, Virginia, ca. 1789. She was born in that county in 1775. They moved to Gallatin County, Illinois ca. 1821 after receiving a land grant in Eagle Creek Township. Edward died December 26, 1846 and Rosannah died March 17, 1847 Information courtesy of Bob Black and Frieda Dettmer Lamar. Vera Leavell Prather, descendent of Thomas Holland Leavell and Alfred Leavell.

Pisgah Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records in Gallatin Co. IL
July 17 (abt. 1841?)
Edward Leavell Sen. Immersion
Edward Leavell Sen. Died December 25th -1846
Nancy Leavell, Adult, Baptised by sprinklg on the 4th Sunday Nov 1835
Martha Levell baptized by sprinkling in September.

Lots of other Leavell entries at:
http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/il/gallatin/church/pisgah.txt

1850 census for Gallatin Co. Illinois
Leavell.....Benjamin.....22.....M.....La .....pg0396b.txt.....396B
Leavell.....Charlotte T. .....28.....F.....Ill .....pg0371b.txt.....375B
Leavell.....Edward.....12.....M.....Ill .....pg0371b.txt.....375B
Leavell .....Edward.....32.....M.....Ky.....pg0384a.txt.....395B
Leavell.....Edward.....4/12.....M.....Ill .....pg0384a.txt.....395B
Leavell.....James.....21.....M.....Ill.....pg0384a.txt.....396A
Leavell.....James S. .....2.....M.....Ill.....pg0384a.txt.....395B
Leavell.....John.....2.....M.....Ill.....pg0371b.txt.....375B
Leavell.....John T. .....5..... M.....Ill .....pg0384a.txt.....395B
Leavell .....Lewis.....50.....M.....Va.....pg0396b.txt.....400A
Leavell.....Martha.....4.....F..... Ill.....pg0371b.txt.....375B
Leavell .....Mary.....22.....F.....Ky.....pg0384a.txt.....395B
Leavell.....Mary A. .....20.....F.....Ill.....pg0396b.txt.....396B
Leavell.....Mary J. .....7.....F.....Ill.....pg0371b.txt .....375B
Leavell.....Pheribe A. E. ..... 2/12.....F.....Ill.....pg0396b.txt.....397A
Leavell.....Redana.....9.....F.....Illinois.....pg0384a.txt.....390A
Leavell.....Roseann.....11.....F.....Ill.....pg0396b.txt.....400A
Leavell.....Samuel.....10.....M.....Ill .....pg0371b.txt.....375B
Leavell.....Thomas.....2.....M.....Ill.....pg0396b.txt.....396B
Leavell.....William .....5.....M.....Ill.....pg0371b.txt.....375B
Leavell.....William.....5.....M.....Ill.....pg0396b.txt.....400A
Leavell.....William G......37.....M.....Va.....pg0371b.txt.....375B

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/a/n/Charles-L-Sanders/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0640.html claims Edward is the son of Mildred Haydon and Benjamin Leavell, who DO have a son named Edward, but I have him married to Sarah Waite. Did he have two wives, or is this a mistaken link?There is an Ed Leavell married to a Rosamund Wiatt, living in the Gallatin County, Illinois, area. Are they the same man? Are Rosamund and Sallie related? Rosamund has a sister named Sarah, but Sarah married William Bussell. Still, Waite and Wiatt are awfully close, and our ancestors were lousy spellers, and the Gallatin Leavells include the use of "Haydon" as a middle name...I'm merging them, pending proof against it.

Ginger Jamerson, 4/2/03, GenForum:
I have a copy of a will dated 1801 of a John Wait of Madison County, VA in which he states that James Leavell married his daughter Sarah. I keep seeing this listing for Sallie Waite marrying Edward Leavell and was wondering if they're two different sets of people or if there is any documentation for Sallie Waite marrying Edward. Thanks for any help you can give.

Larry Sanders says she died 17 Mar 1847 Hardin Co, IL

July 9, 2006
Hello Jane
My ggg grandfather Jacob Andrew Wiatt's father was James Wiatt from Prince William county, Virginia. I suspect that Jacob was Rosamond's brother. Jacob also had a sister, Sarah. She may be the Sarah Wiatt who married William Bussell. Do you have anymore information on any one of these people, I'm trying to piece together the family before 1800. Does anyone know who was Rosamond's mother? When and where did James Wiatt pass away? A few tidbits of information suggest that Rosamond's mother may have been a Sarah or Rosamond Minitree, and that James may have died in Gloucester County, Virginia, in 1823. Unfortunately I've hit a wall here and I'm hoping that someone can help me break through.
Any bit of information that you might have would be great.
thanks
Jeffrey Wiatt
jmwiatt at msn.com

Child of EDWARD LEAVELL and SALLIE WAITE is:
127.....i.....JAMES LEAVEL, b. 1781, Virginia, USA; d. 1839, Kentucky, USA.

Children of EDWARD LEAVELL and ROSANA WYATT are:
.....ii.....HANNAH D. LEAVELL, b. December 03, 1795. Leavell, Hannah D. M. married Smith, William H. on 12 Apr 1815 in Christian County, Kentucky (Edward Leavell) per Kentucky Marriage Records: From the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society page 143
128.....iii.....THOMAS HOLLAND LEAVELL, b. September 29, 1797, Virginia, USA; d. November 10, 1841, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA.
.....iv.....SARA HADEN LEAVELL, b. May 08, 1800.
129.....v.....BENJAMIN JAMES LEWIS LEAVELL, b. December 03, 1802, Virginia, USA.
.....vi.....ROY WIATT LEAVELL, b. February 26, 1806, Prince William County, Virginia, USA.
130.....vii.....MARY FISCHER LEAVELL, b. January 28, 1807, Virginia, USA; d. 1882, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA.
131.....viii.....WILLIAM G. LEAVELL, b. November 11, 1812, Virginia, USA; d. December 11, 1852, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA.
132.....ix.....MARTHANN T. LEAVELL, b. March 15, 1816.
133.....x.....EDWARD DAVID LEAVELL, b. April 17, 1818, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; d. November 1876, Illinois, USA.

39. MARY HAYDEN LEAVELL (BENJAMIN, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1770 in Culpeper County, Virginia, and died Bef. 1819. She married WILLIAM SIMMS Abt. 1783 in Culpeper County, Virginia, USA, son of JAMES SIMS and ELIZABETH NALLE. He was born Abt. 1758 in Culpeper County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1815 in Christian County, Kentucky, USA.

Notes for WILLIAM SIMMS:
Leavell, Benjamin.....1807 grantor to Sims, Mary .....VA, Madison Co. (formerly Culpeper).....MADISON CO. VA DEEDS (1793-1942) GRANTORS. Madison Co. formed from Culpeper in 1792/3. Book 4, p. 337

Leavell, Benjamin.....1807 grantee from Sims, Wm. .....VA, Madison Co. (formerly Culpeper).....MADISON CO. VA DEEDS (1793-1949) GRANTEES. 4-36

Edward Simms and wife Amy of Madison Co. sold to William Sims said county 128 Acres in Madison Co., S side Tenants church run--John Roberts line--corner Mary Field, December 10, 1808. Witness: Daniel James, George Simms, Daniel Field. (Madison Co. VA Deed Book 4, page 438). Benjamin Leavell and wife Milley of Culpeper sold three tracts of land October 1813 to Philip Slaughter (Culpeper Co. VA deed book GG, page 47). William Simms & wife Mary of Madison sold to John Miller, husband of Elizabeth Simms, on 19 September 1814, 171 Acres S side of Crooked run (Madison Co. VA Deed Book 5, page 411). Charles Major (brother-in-law of William Simms) of Madison sold land to John Tucker of Culpeper in August 1812, with Wm. Simms, Edward Tucker, Daniel Brown, and Wm. Wallis witnesses (Culpeper Co. VA Deed Book FF, page 264). William Sims died in Christian County, Kentucky.

Children of MARY LEAVELL and WILLIAM SIMMS are:
.....i.....MASON SIMS, b. Abt. 1788, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA.
134.....ii.....ELIZABETH S. SIMS, b. Abt. 1794, Madison County, Virginia, USA; d. November 16, 1880, Boone County, Missouri, USA.
135.....iii.....MILDRED HAYDON SIMS, b. December 11, 1794, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA; d. February 03, 1870, Santa Fe, Monroe, Missouri, USA.
136.....iv.....SALLY JONES SIMS, b. Abt. 1796, Virginia, USA.
.....v.....BENJAMIN J. L. SIMMS, b. June 25, 1797, Virginia, USA; d. November 12, 1854, Robertson County, Tennessee, USA. Benjamin was the overseer and manager of estate for Joseph Washington, Robertson County, TN.
137.....vi.....JULIA SIMMS, b. July 16, 1799, Virginia, USA; d. March 22, 1879, Todd County, Kentucky, USA.
138.....vii.....ROY LEAVELL SIMMS, b. Abt. 1802, Virginia; d. Abt. 1881, Culpeper County, Virginia. According to the 1850 Monroe Co., Missouri Federal Census, Roy Level Sims was born about 1802 in Virginia. He was a minor when his grandfather died (1815) and is listed as Leroy Sims in the guardianship papers in Christian Co., Kentucky. His wife Eva (Eve) Louise Reynolds was born 18 Feb 1808 also in Virginia. She died 7 Jul 1882 and is supposed to be buried in Audrain Co., Missouri.
139.....viii.....FRANCES SIMS, b. November 02, 1803, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA; d. July 22, 1881, Boone County, Missouri, USA.
.....ix.....GEORGE WASHINGTON SIMS, b. Abt. 1804. Washington Sims was a minor under the age of 14 when his grandfather died in 1815. He is also listed in the guardianship papers in Christian Co., Kentucky. He was born between 1805 and 1810 according to the guardianship papers
.....x.....WILLIAM M. SIMMS, b. Abt. 1805; last heard from in 1842.
.....xi.....SARAH SIMMS, b. Abt. 1808. She lived in Missouri.
.....xii.....ALEXANDER LEONIDAS WASHINGTON SIMMS, b. Abt. 1811; d. Aft. 1842. A hatter, Leander was last heard from in 1842.
.....xiii.....LEWIS LEAVELL CONNER SIMMS, b. Feb 1812. A blacksmith, Lewis lived in Kentucky.

40. BENJAMIN LEAVELL (BENJAMIN, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born 1780 in Culpeper County, Virginia, USA, and died 1840 in Christian County, Kentucky, USA. He married ELIZABETH F. WILLIS October 21, 1811 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA. She was born August 03, 1793 in Virginia, USA, and died May 24, 1870 in Christian County, Kentucky, USA.

Notes for BENJAMIN LEAVELL:
ELIZABETH F. WILLIS married to Benjamin Leavell, 21 Oct 1811, Chesterfield County, Virginia; she died in KY 24 May 1870; he born in 1780, Culpeper County, Virginia.

In the 1850 Census for Christian Co. KY
or TERRITORY: KY COUNTY: Christian DIVISION: District #2 REEL NO: M432-196 PAGE NO: 360
REFERENCE: Enumerated on August 05, 1850 by John W. Wallace
15 66...68 Leavell...... H. C.......... 26...M.........Farmer.........875...... Kentucky
16 66...68 Leavell...... Lewis A....... 24...M.........Farmer.........875...... Kentucky
17 67...69 Leavell...... Robert W.......30...M.........Farmer.........2,300... Kentucky
18 67...69 Leavell...... S. A.......... 27...F................................. Kentucky
19 67...69 Leavell...... M. A.......... 8... F................................. Kentucky............... X
20 67...69 Leavell...... R. W.......... 3... M................................. Kentucky
21 67...69 Leavell...... S. B.......... 3/12 M................................. Kentucky
22 68...70 Buckner...... George.........34...M.........Farmer.................. Virginia
23 68...70 Buckner...... Jane C....... 27...F................................. Virginia
24 68...70 Buckner...... C. R.......... 6... M................................. Kentucky
25 68...70 Buckner...... A............. 4... F................................. Kentucky
26 68...70 Buckner...... L............. 2... M................................. Kentucky
27 68...70 Buckner...... F............. 1/12 F................................. Kentucky

CENSUS YR:..1850..STATE or TERRITORY:..KY..COUNTY:..Christian..DIVISION:..District #2..REEL NO:..M432-196..PAGE NO:..378B
REFERENCE:..Enumerated on August 30, 1850 by John W. Wallace
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LN..HN.. FN..LAST NAME......FIRST NAME.... AGE SEX..RACE..OCCUP......... VAL.......BIRTHPLACE...... MRD...SCH...R/W..DDB
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12..280..301 Leavell...Benjmain...... 67.. M..... Farmer.... 10,000....Virginia
13..280..301 Leavell........Elizabeth......57.. F..........Virginia
14..280..301 Leavell........Cortez........ 19.. M........ Overseer..... Kentucky
15..280..301 Abernathy......Henry G....... 25.. M........ Teacher......Virginia

He moved to Tenn. then & Todd & Christan Co.'s Ky. He also lived in Barren & Green Co's.

1860 census - Christian, Kentucky 31 July 1860
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Christian, Kentucky; Roll: M653_362; Page: 0; Image: 246.
Elizabeth Leavell...68...farmer...$12,500 real...$5,500 personal...VA
Lewis A Leavell...33...farmer...$10,000 real...$750 personal... KY
Cortes Leavell...27...farmer...$13,000 real...$9,000 personal...KY

More About BENJAMIN LEAVELL: Burial: Leavell Cem. on Miller Mill Road

Children of BENJAMIN LEAVELL and ELIZABETH WILLIS are:
.....i.....JAMES LEAVELL.
140.....ii.....WILLIAM A. LEAVELL, b. August 29, 1814, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; d. January 1888, Ballard County, Kentucky, USA.
141.....iii.....MARTHA J. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1819, Christian County, Kentucky, USA.
142.....iv.....LAMINA A. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1820, Kentucky, USA.
143.....v.....ROBERT WILLIAM LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1820, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; d. Texas, USA.
144.....vi.....COL. HENRY CORTEZ LEAVELL, b. February 23, 1824, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; d. August 26, 1862, Chattanooga, Walker County, Georgia, USA.
.....vii.....LEWIS A. LEAVELL, b. May 06, 1826, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; d. December 02, 1861, Kentucky, USA. In the 1850 census, above, he's next door to brother Robert W. Leavell and his family.
145.....viii.....BENJAMIN SAMUEL LEAVELL or BENJAMIN LEWIS LEAVELL, b. March 15, 1830, or maybe 23 August 1829, Kentucky, USA ; d. July 30, 1871, Texas, USA, or maybe 01 Jun 1888; m. ELIZABETH MOORE (maybe), married EMMA C. BEAUMONT 03 Dec 1852 Montgomery County, Tennessee.
146.....ix.....CORTEZ LEAVELL, b. September 11, 1831, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; d. Illinois, USA. (Is it likely the same parents had a Henry Cortez Leavell and a Cortez Leavell?)
147.....x.....OPHELIA FRANCES LEAVELL, b. September 23, 1833, Christian County, Kentucky, USA; d. May 26, 1887, Christian County, Kentucky, USA.

41. LEWIS LIVINGSTON LEAVELL (BENJAMIN, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born 1782 in Virginia, USA, and died December 26, 1835 in Todd County, Kentucky, USA. He married (1) FRANCES KIRTLEY BELL January 28, 1805 in Orange County, Virginia, USA, daughter of JOHN BELL and ELIZABETH KIRTLEY. She was born Abt. 1784 in Louisa, Virginia, USA. He married (2) MARTHA C. GARTH on 14 Dec 1816 in Christian County, Kentucky, per Kentucky Marriage Records: From the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. It adds "It adds "Note by Abraham McKinney, Admnr. P. Garth, Catey Garth, Sign."

Notes for LEWIS LIVINGSTON LEAVELL:
http://www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com/MVA1805.html
Date...Groom ...Bride…..Location ...Parent/Surety/Reverend
Jan 28 1805....Lewis Leavell....Frances Bell....Orange County....Dad John Bell
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Orange County Will Book 4, page 170. Will of John Bell of Orange County. Wife Elizabeth Bell. Three youngest children: Mary S. Bell, Ann J. Bell, John Francis Bell. Son William Bell. Daughters Elizabeth F.P. Powell, Francis K. Leavell. Executors: My friends Major John Daniel, Charles Howard, Saint Clair Kirtley, and my son-in-law Lewis Leavell, and my son William Bell. Executed October 15, 1805. Probated December 23, 1805. Securities for executors: Valentine Johnson, Achilles Douglas. ///////////////////
Leavell, Lewis Lewis 1809 grantee from Watts, Howard VA, Madison Co. (formerly Culpeper) MADISON CO. VA DEEDS (1793-1949) GRANTEES. 4-451 D/T
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Leavell, Lewis....Lewis....1-28-1805....married....Bell, Frances....VA, Spotsylvania Co. ...VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX (I.G.I.)
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Leavell, Lewis L. Lewis L. 1893 KY, Christian Co. mentioned in SWEM'S INDEX to printed materials in VA.
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SEE ALSO:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/r/a/n/Martha-Kretsinger-Ransom/index.html
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Will Book D ((1836 - 1839) Todd County, KY:
LEAVELLS, Heirs Division negroes By Comm pg 22
LEAVELL, Louis Decd Appraisement pg 22
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http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KY-SLAVES/2004-10/1098622626
LEAVELL, LOUIS
Book: D; Page:22 Date: 1839
Leavell's Division Negroes by Comm
We the undersigned having been appointed by the County Court of Todd to divide the Slaves of Lewis Leavell dec'ed among the widow and heirs of deceased have proceeded to allot slaves in the following manner
WIDOW LOTT Appraised $
Appraised $
Big Reuben... 616 Old Charlotte...225
Nelly & Child... 500 Mary...180
Mary...540
John Horrard...675
Mildred & Child...630 Sum Total --4.632.44
Napoleon Leavell's Lott
Sophia... 248 ...Little Reuben...630
Billy... 585 Jourdan...450
Judy & Child ...500... Little Jim --548
Frances .270.. Laviaace... 495
William Tunsey...180 Delitha...495
Cyrus ... 360 Elias...630
Ben...450 George... 360
Winston...675 Claripe & Child --585
Mima & Child ...540 Henrith --315
Amanada...180 amount Total 4,508
Lanson...675
Beleauh...338 Lyeargud B Leavell's Lott
Ralph... 315 Page...473
Charles ...405 Gabriel... 730
Virginia ... 540 Linsey...495
Simon ... 630 Eliza...495
Polly & Child...210 Jim Jones & Child --550
Simon ... 203 Stephen... 530
Abbey... 203 Yellow Anthony...500
Alexander... 450
Sum Total 10,528 Young Charlotte... 270
Sum Toal 4,523
Livingston L Leavell Lott
This amount Charged to Leonidad Leavell's Lott and acknowledged by LLL 3,372.44 John Curly ...775
Ham ... 450 Beverly ... 585
Bob ...418 Bill C???e... 450
Bill Huff ...405 Janett ...473
Lucett ...473
Sum Total 4,645.44 St Clair J Leavell's Lott Black Anthony...450
Harriet ...270
Pylotte...495 Joe--495
This amt charged to & Acknowledged by St J Leavell ... 3,372.44 Andmen Jacskson..... 180
Henry Clay.....135
Jim Oliver...450 Nelson.....405

Sum Total 4,668
-Submitted by: Lee Snyder Fri Mar 30 10:59:57 2001
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LEAVELL, Louis
Book: D; Page:23 Date: 1836
Cornelius Leavell's Lott $
Isaac ...............810
Little Will.........495
Little John........585
Sarah...............225
Maria & Child.. 630
Langerfield......675
Jim Hoy...........615
Meoning..........540
Phil....................50
Sum Total......4,685
Alfred Leavell acknowledged in presence of Alpheus B. Wright and Joseph P. Graves to have received in his father's life this amount $6,000
Signed Joseph P. Graves
Alpheus B. Wright
Just. ????
Kentucky Todd County Court Clerk's Office March 14, 1836
I, Willis L Reeves, Clerk of said County Court do certify that the forgoing report of the comm to divide the negroes belonging to Louis Leavell deceased was at a County Court begun and held for Todd County at the Courthouse in Elkton on Monday the 14th of March 1836 produced in open court examined approved and ordered to be recorded. Whereupon I have truly recorded the same together with this certificate in my office.
Willis L Reaves
-Submitted by: Lee Snyder Fri Mar 30 11:11:19 2001
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Re: William Bell/Fanny Boston of Orange Co.
Posted at Genforum by: Mattie Ransom
Date: July 17, 2000 at 07:06:58
In Reply to: Re: William Bell/Fanny Boston of Orange Co. by Cathy Honan
I am interested in the Captain John Bell and Elizabeth Kirtley line. Do you have information on John Bell. My line goes to Frances Kirtley Bell who married Lewis Livingstone Leavell. Lewis was born in 1872. I do not have any dates for Frances Kirtley Bell. Their son (my ggg-grandfather) was Leonidas W. Leavell (b. 12-21-1821 in Todd County, KY) married to Harriet D. Winn. Also within that line is the name St. Clair (Sinclair). I believe it to come from the Kirtely line. Can you help?
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Oct. 11, 1819 an exhibition was held at Sylvan Academy and among those performing were Livingston Leavell and Sinclair Leavell.--http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nightshade/Old_School_Days.html#213
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Todd County, Kentucky, family history by Turner Publishing Company:
....."Lewis Leavell, south Todd County farmer, land speculator, and founder of the town of Lewisburg, now Trenton, was born in Culpeper County, VA, son of Benjamin and Mildred Hayden Leavell. He first came to Kentucky about 1792. Returning to Virginia, he married Frances Kirtley Bell, Jan. 29, 1805, daughter of Capt. John Bell (1737-1805), a Revolutionary soldier of Orange County, VA. Lewis Leavell's lineage spanned six generations back to Robert Leavell who came to Virginia from Normandy Province France in 1635 as French Huguenot refugees. The line descended through Robert's son Charles, then George, John, Edward and Benjamin to Lewis. Returning to Kentucky he was living in Shelby County when he first bought land in Christian County in 1810. On July 3, 1815, Lewis Leavell purchased 1,225 acres of land from Maj. Samuel Moore for $6,668, whereon Trenton is now located. In December 1817, he entered the court records at Hopkinsville a plat of 24 1/2 acres lots for the Town of Lewisburg, and in September 1818, he entered a plat for the first addition to the original plan of the town, containing 35 quarter acre lots. The town site was selected became it was at the point where the Gallatin-Hopkinsville Road crossedthe Clarksville to Greenville Road.
.....Lewis Leavell acquired 6,000 acres in the area and as a businessman of extensive farm operation he made annual trips by flat boat to New Orleans where he traded in tobacco and slaves. He was on a flat boat in the Mississippi River when the New Madrid earthquake struck in February, 1811. At his death in the fall of 1835, he owned 81 slaves valued at $31,490.
.....Lewis and francis bell Leavell built a two story 16 room brick home in 1817 at the future site of Trenton where the Bobby Ware home is now located. The old landmark was born down July, 1900, and the present house was constructed by Lycurgus Henry "Curg" Arnold, Trenton Post Master, and his school teacher sisters, Lucy and Louisa "Lou" Arnold. Lewis and Francis Leavell had 11 children:
.....Dr. St. Clair James Leavell, born in Virginia, Dec. 24, 1805, died near Trenton, KY, Oct. 1, 1894. Dr. Leavell lived three miles from Trenton on the Bell's Chapel Road. He first married Martha Battles Dortch and second, Sarah Price Buck. His great grandchildren included the late Austin and Baker Leavell of Trenton, and their sisters Lucy and Berta who now reside in Hopkinsville. (See Dr. S. J. Leavell Sketch).
.....Livingston Lewis Leavell, born Aug. 24, 1807, died Nov. 23, 1860, a resident of Hopkinsville, turnpike and railroad promoter; was a state representative in 1835 and 1837. He married, May 26, 1829, Mary Ann Buckner (Dec. 2, 1812 - Jan. 3, 1894). They built the landmark Greek Revival frame Leavell home on Bethel St. in Hopkinsville in 1836. It was torn down in 1901. They had six children; Cornelia Frances (June 23, 1846-Dec. 11, 1880), married Austin Peay (Feb. 29, 1844-Feb. 16, 1898); Lewis Leavell; St. Clair (Jan. 25, 1850); Sanders Leavell; George, married Elizabeth Cheatham; Belle, married Dr. Lawrence G. Alexander and John C. Willis, Edwin Francis Leavell, (March 30, 1809-Jan. 8, 1821), Louisa Leavell, (March 19, 1811-May 27, 1813).
.....Alfred Leavell, born Jan. 5, 1813, died before 1855, and is buried at Gracey, KY. He had two children:
Lycurgus T. (Feb. 2, 1841-Mar. 11, 1927), married Addie Lackey; Cornelia Frances (1842-October 1925), married Alfred R. Leavell.
.....Napoleon Kirtley Leavell, born Dec. 16, 1814, died March 25, 1872, near Friar's Point, MS, and was buried in the old Clarksville, TN, City Cemetery. He was a Confederate soldier, a Baptist, and a Mason. His first wife was E. J. Leavell and his second wife was Cynthia Dick. He had four children: Napoleon Bonaparte Leavell, married Mildred Williams; George B. Leavell, died in Mississippi; Lillian Leavell, live in Florida and married Dr. W. B. Winkler; and Annie K. Leavell, wife of Russell Gardner, City Attorney, Clarksville, TN.
.....Harriet Leavell, (July 20, 1817-Sept. 7, 1818).
.....Lycurgus Bell Leavell, born July 18, 1819, died in 1856. A prosperous Trenton bachelor farmer, his contested will generated litigation in Todd court for 20 years. He inherited and lived in the old Leavell homeplace in Trenton.
.....Leonidas Worth Leavell, born Dec. 12, 1821, died Nov. 4, 1899. He married Harriet D. Wynn Dec. 27, 1838, and he moved to Missouri about 1850. They had 11 children: Frances born December 1839, married Rev. Rogers; Lycurgus; Georgia A., married Dr. Denham; Daniel W.; Leonidas Worth Jr., born, 1844, married Flora Moore; Montgomery D.; Sarah, married Sam Caleb Greenfield, shed died in 1925; Loulie (Eastin); Eugenia S., married William Rust; Livingston Love, married Mrs. Margaret Moore Lynn; Robert Edward Lee, married Georgia Hill and was married a second time.
.....Elizabeth Leavell (Jan 31, 1826-May 24, 1832).
.....Cornelia Frances Leavell, born Nov. 28, 1829, died Nov. 3, 1900. She married Montgomery Decatur Davie Sept. 12, 1850. They lived south of Beverly, Christian County, KY, on the old Clairborn D. West farm. They had ten children: Lewis L., born Sept. 20, 1851, married Florence Blanton; Irving, born Oct. 5, 1852, married Clara Wolfe; Ambrose, born March 5, 1854, married Minnie Johnson and Annie Botenger; Frances Kirtley, born Aug. 4 16, 1856; Eugene Sneed, born Feb. 4, 1858, married Bettie Mason; Winston Jones II, born Sept. 10, 1860, married Agatha Brewer; Cornelia Leavell, born July 17, 1862 and died Nov. 4, 1938, married first to Iredell P. Davis, then to Henry W. Young and last to Robert Bagby; Roberta, born June 1866; an infant born an died February 1868; Eugenia St. Clair, born Dec. 10, 1870, married James Mortimer Giles; Maud Louise, born Jan. 31, 1873, married Robert Owsley."

Children of LEWIS LEAVELL and FRANCES BELL are:
148.....i.....DR. ST. CLAIR JAMES LEAVELL, b. December 24, 1805, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; d. October 01, 1894, near Trenton, Kentucky, USA.
149.....ii.....LIVINGSTON LEWIS LEAVELL, b. August 24, 1807, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; d. November 23, 1860, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA.
.....iii.....EDWIN FRANCIS LEAVELL, b. March 30, 1809; d. January 08, 1821.
.....iv.....LOUISA LEAVELL, b. March 19, 1811; d. May 27, 1813.
150.....v.....ALFRED R. LEAVELL, b. January 05, 1813, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; d. Bef. 1851, Probably Kentucky, USA.
151.....vi.....NAPOLEON KIRTLEY LEAVELL, b. December 16, 1814, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; d. March 25, 1872, Near Friar's Point, MS.

Children of LEWIS LEAVELL and MARTHA GARTH:
.....vii.....HARRIET LEAVELL, b. July 20, 1817; d. September 07, 1818.
.....viii.....LYCURGUS BELL LEAVELL, b. July 18, 1819, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; d. Abt. 1856.

Notes for LYCURGUS BELL LEAVELL:
Census Report, August 29, 1850, District 1, Todd, Kentucky, by W. H. Wells
L.B. Leavell
Slave Information
Age Gender Race
70 Female Black
60 Male Black
50 Male Mulatto
50 Male Black
45 Female Black
45 Female Black
43 Female Black
40 Male Black
40 Male Black
40 Male Black
40 Female Black
38 Female Black
35 Male Black
34 Female Black
34 Female Black
32 Male Black
32 Male Black
27 Male Black
22 Female Black
21 Female Black
15 Male Mulatto
15 Male Black
14 Male Black
13 Male Black
13 Male Black
13 Female Black
13 Female Black
12 Female Black
12 Male Black
10 Female Black
9 Female Black
7 Male Black
5 Female Black
4 Male Black
4 Male Black
3 Male Black
3 Male Black
3 Male Black
2 Male Black
0 Female Black
0 Female Black
0 Female Black

1850 Census, Slave Schedule, Todd County, Kentucky, by R. F. Allison
L B Leavell
Slave Information
Age Gender Race
55 Male Black
55 Male Black
52 Female Black
50 Female Black
50 Male Black
45 Male Black
45 Female Black
40 Female Black
40 Male Black
35 Female Black
30 Female Black
30 Male Black
30 Male Black
30 Male Black
30 Male Black
25 Male Black
25 Female Black
25 Female Black
20 Female Black
20 Male Black
19 Female Black
18 Male Black
16 Female Black
15 Male Black
12 Male Black
12 Female Black
11 Female Black
10 Female Black
10 Female Black
10 Male Black
10 Male Black
9 Male Black
9 Female Black
8 Female Black
6 Female Black
5 Male Black
4 Female Black
4 Female Black
3 Female Black
2 Male Black
2 Female Black
2 Female Black
2 Female Black

Probably never married; his will left $150,000 to slaves, which was strongly contested by his relatives.

History of Todd County, Kentucky
Courts and Bar of Todd County, Kentucky
.....Succeeding him (Finis McLean) at the head of the profession here was IF. M. Bristow (in 1837). He came to the bar in 1826, after receiving a thorough education in the classics as well as English. He was well read in the law and rapidly acquired a large and lucrative practice. His great claim upon the respect and confidence of the people was the sterling uprightness of his character . This fact made him also a great power with a jury. Without eloquence or any attempt at rhetoric or meretricious accomplishment he became known as a great advocate. Before a jury he was always plausible and fair, and his earnestness did the rest. He was a lawyer of large resource, and while at first sight he was sometimes undervalued, he never failed to maintain the control of his case and rise equal to any emergency that presented itself. He " never failed," in the language of one who often met with him at the bar. Mr. Bristow was a great admirer of Burns, and it is said in a case where he was prosecuting certain patrollers for the unwarranted punishment of a Negro, that he quoted " The Cotter's Saturday Night " in full to the jury, and with such effect that in spite of natural prejudices they gave his client a verdict.
.....In the celebrated Lycurgus Leavell case, when some of the strongest legal talent of this part of the State was arrayed against him, and after several eloquent speeches the opposing counsel were confident they " had the jury," one of that counsel relates: " Bristow hung the jury with a quotation from St. Paul," and it may be added eventually won the case. Mr. Bristow was elected to the lower House of the Legislature in 1831; to the State Senate in 1846; as member of the Constitutional Convention in 1849; in 1853 was elected to Congress for the unexpired term of Presley Ewing; and in 1859 was elected to. the Thirty-sixth Congress. Few lawyers in southern Kentucky had more followers in his profession, several of the present bar having received their early legal instructions in his office. He died in 1864 at Elkton.
.....Perhaps no lawyer at the Todd County bar to-day finds the income from his practice sufficient for his ordinary expenses; all have business of quite as profitable a character in addition to their profession. The situation is strongly suggestive of that warning of the latter day, mentioned by Holmes: "When lawyers take (of necessity) what they would give." There have been but few cases, if any, in the county that have been even a "nine days' wonder." The contest over the will of Lycurgus Leavell, in which certain slaves were freed, and his property, amounting to some $150,000 bequeathed-to his children by slave women, is perhaps the most celebrated. His relatives contested the will upon the remarkable ground that the testator was too morally depraved to make a proper and legal will. If such a plea is good in law, the evidence went very far to show the incompetency of the deceased, but after being tossed about in the courts for some twenty years, the will was sustained. A' large part of the property was dissipated, however, by the administrator, and in the final settlement his securities suffered heavily. The Graves estate of some $75,000 was another case that involved considerable controversy and expense.
--www.kentuckygenealogy.org/todd/history

Per a Todd Co. history: "A prosperous Trenton bachelor farmer, his contested will generated litigation in Todd court for 20 years. He inherited and lived in the old Leavell homeplace in Trenton."

42. ELIZABETH F. LEAVELL (BENJAMIN, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1785 in Virginia, USA, and died May 22, 1823. She married (1) BENJAMIN FORD June 07, 1803 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA, son of JOHN FORD and MYRTLE ?. He was born 1780, and died May 22, 1823 in Madison County, Virginia, USA. She married (2) JOHN SLEET December 16, 1845 in Madison County, Virginia. One obvious error here--if Elizabeth died in 1823, she couldn't have married John Sleet in 1845!

Notes for ELIZABETH F. LEAVELL:
Elizabeth F. 6-7-1803 married Ford, Benjamin VA, Culpeper Co. by Baptist minister Wm. Mason, per MARRIAGES OF CULPEPER CO. 1718-1815 by Catherine Lindsay Knorr

Children of ELIZABETH LEAVELL and BENJAMIN FORD are:
154.....i.....MARIA FORD, b. 1804; d. 1847.
155.....ii.....CARTER BEVERLY FORD, b. 1805.
.....iii.....GEORGE W. FORD, b. 1807; m. MARTHA TAYLOR, September 09, 1834, Madison County, Virginia, USA.
.....iv.....NANCY FORD, b. 1809; m. ELKANAH D. SIMMS, February 27, 1832, Madison County, Virginia, USA.

Notes for NANCY FORD:
ELKANAH D SIMS
Sex: M
Marriage(s):
Spouse: NANCY FORD
Marriage: 26 Jun 1863 Madison, Virginia

43. FRANCES W. LEAVELL (BENJAMIN, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born March 12, 1787 in Virginia, USA, and died February 01, 1864 in near Caledonia, Washington, Missouri, USA. She married (1) ? HARRISON. She married (2) WILLIAM G. WIATT May 11, 1811 in St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA. He was born March 21, 1788 in Prince William County, Virginia, USA, and died April 22, 1870 in Caldonia, Washington, Missouri, USA. Both buried in Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery, Caledonia, Washington County, Missouri, USA per findagrave.com

Notes for FRANCES W. LEAVELL:
Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Virginia Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT contains marriage date.
Had two boys, 4 girls, born 1812-1818
I have a William G. WIATT in the 1820 Census of Todd Co., KY. He is age 26-44 (b. 1775-94), has a wife in the same age class, and has six children (two boys and four girls) under ten years of age (b. 1810-20).

Source Citation
Year: 1850; Census Place: Belleview, Washington, Missouri; Roll: M432_421; Page: 110A; Image: 225
William G Wiatt... 62...VA...farmer...$750 real estate value
Francis Wiatt ...62...VA
Frances Wiatt ...28...VA
William S Wiatt ...26...VA
Edward Wiatt ...24...VA
Jane Wiatt ...21...VA
Benjamin Wiatt...19...MO
Nancy Wiatt ...17 ...MO

Year: 1860; Census Place: Iron, Iron, Missouri; Roll: M653_624; Page: 711; Image: 171; Family History Library Film: 803624
Edward Wyatt ...37 ...MO...$1000 real estate...$700 personal...farmer
Corena Wyatt ...33 ...Indiana
Julia Wyatt ...2 ...MO
Albert Wyatt...1...MO
William G Wyatt ...73...VA
Frances Wyatt ...74 ...VA
Nancy H Wyatt ...26...VA
Robert Miller ...11...VA
William Smith ...42...OH...farmer

Children of FRANCES LEAVELL and WILLIAM WIATT are:
.....i.....LOUISA WIATT, b. March 19, 1812, Virginia; d. November 22, 1888, Caledonia, Washington, Missouri, USA; m. JAMES L. STEPHENS, March 24, 1836, Washington County, Missouri; b. September 29, 1812, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, USA; d. September 15, 1885, Iron County, Missouri. Burial for both: Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery, Caledonia, MO
.....ii.....SUSAN WIATT, b. Abt. 1814, Virginia; m. DANIEL M. SUTTON; b. Abt. 1810, Christian (now Todd) County, Kentucky.
.....iii.....JAMES J. WIATT, b. Abt. 1815, Christian County, Kentucky; m. ELIZABETH ANN ?, Abt. 1840; b. Abt. 1821, Missouri.
159.....iv.....MARY ELIZABETH WIATT, b. June 06, 1816, Christian County, Kentucky; d. August 27, 1860, Caledonia, Washington, Missouri, USA.
160.....v.....WILLIAM S. WIATT, b. December 23, 1818, Christian County, Kentucky, USA; d. July 28, 1906, Missouri, USA.
.....vi.....EDWARD ANDREW WIATT, b. January 07, 1821, Todd County, Kentucky; d. January 24, 1865, Caledonia, Washington County, Missouri; m. CORENA D. HUGHES, November 16, 1854, Washington County, Missouri.
.....vii.....FRANCES WIATT, b. Abt. 1822, Todd County, Kentucky; m. CHARLES BURK.
161.....viii...MINERVA JANE WIATT, b. September 12, 1822, Todd County, Kentucky; d. March 31, 1914, Caledonia, Washington, Missouri, USA.
.....ix.....BENJAMIN WIATT, b. August 08, 1826, Washington County, Missouri; d. January 31, 1864, Iron County, Missouri. More About BENJAMIN WIATT: Burial: Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery, Caledonia, Washington, Missouri, USA
.....x.....NANCY H. WIATT, b. Abt. 1833, Washington County, Missouri; m. JAMES HUGHES.

44. EZEKIEL CLAY LEAVELL (JOHN L., EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born May 05, 1773 in New Castle, Mason, Kentucky, USA, and died December 08, 1855 in Hagerstown, Henry, Indiana, USA. He married NANCY L. WOOD August 02, 1808 in Mason County, Kentucky, USA, daughter of BENJAMIN WOOD and RUTH ?. She was born December 20, 1789 in Kentucky, USA, and died January 06, 1856 in Henry County, Indiana, USA.

Notes for EZEKIEL CLAY LEAVELL:
Ezekial settled 8 miles southeast of Newcastle, Henry, Indiana. He was a land commissioner, the second sheriff of Henry Co. (from 1816-1818), a member of the Dunkard Church and in the Nettle Creek Church of the Brethern, one mile west of Hagerstown.

"New Castle [is a] city, seat (1822) of Henry county, eastern Indiana, U.S. It lies along the Blue River, 50 miles (80 km) east of Indianapolis. Founded in 1819 and named by Ezekiel Leavell for his hometown in Kentucky, it was incorporated in 1839. In 1900 a decade of expansion began when automobile and piano manufacturing, as well as other industries, were started there. During this same period, the large-scale commercial growing of roses was developed. New Castle's diversified manufactures now include automobile parts and steel products. A nearby farm, now a state memorial, was the birthplace (1867) of aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright. Pop. (1990) 17,753."--from ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA on-line

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:_BIlt79VsWoJ:www.rootsweb.com/~inhenry/libertytwp.html+henry+county+indiana+leavell&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us&client=firefox-a
Liberty Township
.....Liberty Township is a large, wealthy and prosperous portion of Herny County. Its main industry is agriculture, and the land is well suited to a variety of crops. The farms and improvements will compare favorably with other portions of the county. The people are intelligent and thrifty. The township is watereed by Flatrock and Symon's creeks and their tributaries. The surface is generally level. Liberty Township was formed by order of the county commissioners, Feb. 12, 1823, and an election ordered to be held at the house of Ezekiel Leavell on the first Saturday in May, Leavell to serve as inspector.

Liberty Township, Henry Co. IN ( http://www.hcgs.net/libertytwp.html )
The eastern, southwestern and northwestern portions of the township were first settled. The eastern settlement around what was known as Chicago and south formed the northern part of the celebrated Levell Neighborhood, and the southern part being around Jamestown. In the neighborhood John Levell and Ezekial Levell settled, the Levell neighborhood had the distinction for many years of furnishing nearly all the county officers. Of the first seventeen persons who entered land August 16, 1821, fifteen of these were around Chicago and south of it. They were William Roe, Jeremiah Hadley, Kincher Johnson, Moses Robertson, Jeramiah Strode, John Beard, William Bell, David Brown, Joshua Hardman, Jesse Martindale, Thomas Ralston, John Levell, George Handley, Thomas Robson and Samuel Southran...Ezekial Levell was the agent of Henry county and afterward sheriff.

Abstracts of Henry County, Indiana, Circuit Court
Complete Record A
1823-1833
Roll 80. Oct. 1829. Ezekiel Leavell v. William Dixon, trespass. Dixon accused Leavell of stealing a hog. Leavell charges slander and asks $2,000 damages. Dixon pleads not guilty. Jury: Enoch Dent, William Templeton, Michael Swope, John Swafford, John Powell, John P. Johnson, Robert Boyd, Michael Conway, Isaac Rhinehart, Jonathan Reeder, John Ball, John P. Cole. Find for plaintiff and award $25.

Roll 93. March 1830. Mesheck Lewelling v. Ezekiel Leavell, Jesse Forkner, and Anthony Boggs, trespass. On Dec. 21, 1826, defendants broke fence and took from close of the plaintiff a bay mare worth $60, causing damages of $100. Then entered house and broke a clock, damage $100. At April 1827 term of court defendants pleaded not guilty. Their defense was that in Nov. 1825 a court of assessment for the 48th Regiment of Indiana Militia held at the house of Jeremiah Meek with Thomas R. Stanford as judge advocate and Mathew McKinney as provost marshal fined Lewelling for nonperformance of militia duty in 1825, "the said plaintiff professing to be conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms." In Dec. 1825, it imposed fine of $2.50. On Jan. 2, 1826, they made a list of fines to be collected, issued by Elijah Long, senior officer, and delegated to Sheriff Jesse H. Healey, who did not collect them. Then fines turned over to Leavell, who seized the horse and sold it at auction on Jan. 1, 1827, for $23.01. Leavell returned to Lewelling $18.07 ¾, which Lewelling refused to accept. Court found for defendants. Lewelling appealed to the Indiana Supreme Court with William Butler as his security. Supreme Court reversed on technicality involving identification of the sheriff and remanded back to Henry County to new trial. Court finds for defendants.

Roll 100. Sept. 1830. State on relation of John Anderson, paymaster, v. Ezekiel Leavell et al. Oct. 14, 1829, Anderson as paymaster for the 48th Regiment of Indiana Militia filed a declaration against Ezekiel Leavell, Samuel D. Wells, John Dougherty, Jesse Forkner, and George Handley to detain $5,000 bond for Leavell as sheriff. Anderson alleged Leavell had not "faithfully discharged" his duties. On Sept. 6, 1828, Thomas R. Stanford gave Leavell a list of fines amounting to $500, delinquent for 1825-1827. Leavell never collected or made return. Anderson also asks $1,000 damages. Summons served on Leavell Nov. 8, 1829, and Benjamin Bailey stands his security for appearance. Suit quashed.

HENRY, IN 1830..FEDERAL CENSUS
ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/henry/1830/

Roll 111. March 1831. State on relation of Samuel Merrell, Treasurer, v. Ezekiel Leavell et al. Ezekiel Leavell was sheriff and John Dougherty, Jesse Forkner, and George Handley were his bondsmen for $5,000. On Sept. 6, 1828, Thomas R. Stanford, judge advocate of 48th Regiment, Indiana Militia, levied fines amounting to $500 against persons "conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms" in 1825, 1826, and 1827. Leavell did not collect fines. He was summoned to court Sept. 29, 1829, and Benjamin Bailey was security for his appearance. Leavell responds that no actual list of fines was ever issued and that he was not notified of the fines until Oct. 6 and went out of office on Oct. 16, 1829, so he did not have time to collect them. Court finds for defendants.

HENRY CO. IN 1840
Level, John H...one male 5 and under, one male 30-40, one female 30-40, John is in agriculture
Level, Ezekial...one male 16-20, one 20-30, one 60-70, 2 females 10-15, one female 16-20, one female 50-60, 3 of the people in agriculture
Level, James...two males 5 and under, one male 20-30, one female 20-30

Notes for NANCY L. WOOD:
Bondsman Ben Wood. May have moved to Ross Co, OH.

More About NANCY L. WOOD: Burial: Brethern Cem., Wayne Co. IN, USA

Children of EZEKIEL LEAVELL and NANCY WOOD are:
162.....i.....JOHN WASHINGTON LEAVELL, b. May 26, 1809, Kentucky, USA; d. 1882, Cadiz, Henry, Indiana, USA.
163.....ii.....JAMES MONROE LEAVELL, b. December 10, 1810, Kentucky, USA; d. December 02, 1863, Randolph County, Indiana, USA.
164.....iii.....SUSANNAH LEAVELL, b. July 10, 1812, Wayne County, Indiana, USA; d. April 11, 1882, Henry County, Indiana, USA.
165.....iv.....BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WOOD LEAVELL, b. December 29, 1814, Wayne County, Indiana, USA; d. November 21, 1867, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA.
166.....v.....ANNA AMANDA LEAVELL, b. January 14, 1815, Indiana, USA; d. October 1869, Springfield, Linn, Oregon, USA.
167.....vi.....WILLIAM S. LEAVELL, b. May 19, 1819, Wayne County, Indiana, USA.
168.....vii.....MARIAH LEAVELL, b. June 19, 1821, Ohio, USA.
169.....viii.....MARTHA LEAVELL, b. April 08, 1823; d. November 21, 1855, Union Township, Delaware, Indiana, USA.
17069.....ix.....EZEKIEL CLAY LEAVELL, b. March 12, 1825, Henry County, Indiana, USA; d. April 02, 1892, Castle Rock, Cowlitz, Washington, USA.
171.....x.....MIRANDA LEAVELL, b. July 07, 1827, Hagerstown, Henry, Indiana, USA; d. February 21, 1896, Unionville, Appanoose, Iowa, USA.
.....xi.....MALINDA LEAVELL, b. October 21, 1829, Hagerstown, Wayne, Indiana, USA; d. 24 Jul 1902 Wayne County, Indiana; m. DAVID HOOVER, September 02, 1852, Henry County, Indiana, USA; b. Abt. 1832, Henry County, Indiana, USA. No children.

Notes for MALINDA LEAVELL:
Groom's name: David Hoover
Marriage license date: 31 Aug 1852
Marriage county: Henry
Marriage date: 02 Sep 1852
Marriage place: , Henry,
Official's name:
Record number: 218
Film number: 1887508
Digital GS number: 4171277
Image number: 00077
Number of images: 1
Collection: Indiana Marriages 1811-1959

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
David Hoover...Self...M...Male...W...47...IN...Farmer...PA...MD
Melinda Hoover...Wife...M...Female...W...50...IN...Housekeeping...VA...KY
William F. Fowler...Other...S...Male...W...9...IN......MD...MD
Source Information:
Census Place Liberty, Henry, Indiana
Family History Library Film...1254284...NA Film Number...T9-0284...Page Number...193C

Notes for JOHN P. LEAVELL:

HISTORY OF FAYETTE CO., by R. S. Dills (1881), p. 922:
.....John Leavell was born in Virginia, and served seven years in the Resolutionary War. In 1786 he started, with his family, from Culpeper County to remove to Kentucky, but stopped in Greenbrier County, where, in the winter of 1786/87, he died, and his widow, in the spring of 1787, came on to Morrison's Station, Kentucky, where her boys erected a log cabin, into which they removed. Shoftly after this, the unfortunate lady was watching her elder son cutting down a tree, and imagining it would reach the cabin, in her excitement, ran under the tree, and was killed.
.....There were eleven children: Gabriel, Ezekial, John, Robert, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Hannah, Malinda, Sallie, Nancy, and another whose name we have been unable to obtain, who scattered at the death of their mother and began caring for themselves. Gabriel was killed at the defeat of St. Clair, in 1791, and Ezekiel and Robert settled in Henry County, Indiana.
.....John, our subject, was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, December 27, 1774, and came from Kentucky to Ross County, Ohio, and squatted on congress land, on the east side of the Scioto, at the mouth of Scioto Creek, a short distance above Chillicothe, where he had expected to purchase congress land, but, in the interest of speculators, these lands were offered for sale in such large lots only, that he was unable to buy, and he only remained one year, coming then to near Willisport, Pickaway County, stopping with Moses Clavin, whose house he made his home for twenty-one years, in the meantime, dealing in stock, bought on Green River, Kentucky, and which he grazed in the forest of Pickaway, and the northeastern part of Fayette Counties. He also served as tax collector of Ross, from 1816 to 1820. In 1816, he purchases about one hundred acres of land of Jesse McKay, on Duff's Fork, on which his son, Benjamin, now resides. In 1822, he married Cynthia, daughter of Joshua Hedges and Mary Vincewhellar, of Pickaway County, by whom he had nine children. At his death, which occurred in August, 1854, he owned about one thousand acres of land. His wife died in July, 1834.

FAYETTE CO. OH MINUTE BOOK A, CHANCERY COURT Page 730, June 11. Sally Bostwick widow Wm. Bostwick prays her dower be set off. Wm. Morgan, John Leavel and Edmund Claridge assigned to figure it out.

BOOK E, p. 1 Thur 24 Jan 1828
John Leavell appointed to appraise estate of Benjamin Mouser, spouse of Sussan.

pg. 38 Thur. Feb 26 1829
John Leavell appointed appraiser estate of Margaret Ogden widow of Abner Ogden dec'd.

pg 179
Anna Gregory a minor of 12 chose John Leavell as her guardian. Sister chose Isaac Cook, with John Leavell sec. $1000

Chancery Court Record "L", Fayette County, OH, p. 485, April Term 1856
C.G. Leavell, Exc. John Leavell, dec'd vs. Samuel m. Morgan and Perry Morgan, admr. of William Morgan.
William Morgan and Joseph Morgan gave note to John Leavell in 1853. William Morgan died 11 November 1854 and Samuel is his admr.

1835 Madison Twp. Fayette Co. OH Real and Personal Tax List:
Level, John had land but no horses, cattle, or carriages
Level, John had no land, 9 horses, 7 cattle, no carriages

Fayette County, Ohio, Chancery Court Record A, pg. 167, July Term 1839:
John Leavell, guardian minor heirs Syntha Leavell, dec'd vs. Heirs of Syntha Leavell, dec'd.
John Leavell married Syntha Hedges, an heir of Joshua Hedges, dec'd (one-seventh) and had Mary Ann, John B., Benjamin F., Nancy M., and Hannah E. Leavell.

Pickaway County, Ohio, volume 1, pages 279-282, petition to sell lands:
John Leavell, Guardian, vs. Cornelius G. Leavell, John P. Leavell, Benjamin G. Leavell, Nancy M. Leavell, and Hannah E. Leavell, his wards
On November 20, 1842, a petition was filed by Joseph Olds Esq. Attorney for John Leavell of Fayette Co. Ohio, that he is the legal guardian of the minor children Cornelius G., John P., Benjamin G., Nancy M., and Hannah E. Leavell as heirs at law of their mother now deceased are entitled to one undivided sixth part of land of the estate of Joshua Hedges dec'd. "Mother Leavell" was the oldest daughter of Joshua Hedges. Land was sold at public auction October 4, 1842.

Fayette County, Ohio, Chancery Court Record B, p. 215, March Term 1844
John Level vs. Nutt
John Level of Fayette Co. Ohio bought of James M. and Milinder Nutt his wife, of Fayette Co., ten thirteenths. George Nutt, Matilda Nutt, and Madison W. Nutt all minors under 21 and 18 years and residents of county, are tenants in common.

1850 Madison, Fayette County, Ohio
Leavell, John...75...farmer...$7,700...VA
Benjamin Leavell...21...laborer...OH
Nancy Leavell...19...OH
Hannah Leavell...17...OH
next to
Leavell, C. G. Leavell...24...farmer...OH
Emma Leavell...OH
John Leavell...2/12...OH

CHANCERY COURT RECORD "L", p. 485, April Term 1856
C.G. Leavell, Exc. John Leavell, dec'd vs. Samuel M. Morgan and Perry Morgan, admr. of William Morgan. Wm. Morgan and Joseph Morgan gave note to John Leavell in 1853. Wm. Morgan died 11 Nov. 1854 and Samuel is his admr.

COMMON PLEAS COURT RECORD "O", p. 460 Nov. Term 1861
Elizabeth Jane Leavell vs. Benjamin Leavell.
Elizabeth married John Leavell of Fayette Co. Jan. 1, 1854 who died in October 1855 leaving Benjamin and infant child. Elizabeth is now wife of Edmund W. Clarridge.

MT. STERLING AREA BURIALS FOR VETERANS OF THE WAR OF 1812 Compiled by Mary Lou Stiverson
from information found in Ohio Soldiers' Roster, War of 1812 and Index to the Grave Records of the War of 1812 State of Ohio-1988
Leavell, John, born 12/26/1774 died 8/4/1852, PVT. in Capt. James Renick's Mounted Co. Buried Leavell Cemetery. Spouse: Samantha Hedges.

http://www.mtsterlingpubliclibrary.org/Genealogy/Leavell%20history.htm has tombstone photos for Cynthia Hedges Leavell and hubby.

Notes for CYNTHIA HEDGES:
Leavell, John 7 May 1822 married Hedges, Cynthia OH, Pickaway Co., Walnut She born 28 Nov 1791 Berkeley, VA to Joshua Hedges and Mary Vinsonhaler

Children of JOHN LEAVELL and CYNTHIA HEDGES are:
172.....i.....CORNELIUS GAINES LEAVELL, b. November 07, 1825, Madison Township, Fayette, Ohio, USA; d. April 12, 1892, Yankeetown, Madison Township, Fayette, Ohio, USA.
173.....ii.....JOHN BOLIVAR LEAVELL, b. April 12, 1827; d. October 1855.
.....iii.....BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LEAVELL, b. December 20, 1828, Ohio, USA; d. August 03, 1888. Burial: old Leavell cemetery on Post Rd. in Madison Twp., Fayette, Ohio, USA. (But findagrave.com spells it Levell, says he died of paralysis and is buried in Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Sterling (Madison County), Madison County, Ohio, USA, Plot: L-5; Row-47).

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Madison, Fayette, Ohio; Roll: M653_959; Page: 395; Image: 171; Family History Library Film: 803959.
B F Leavell...31...OH...farmer...illegible but over 1000 real estate...$900 personal
Hannah Leavell...26...OH
John Q Faylor...23...OH...laborer...$100 personal
(two doors from family of Corn and Emma Leavell, apparently his brother Cornelius Gaines Leavell)

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Madison, Fayette, Ohio; Roll: M593_1199; Page: 494B; Image: 194; Family History Library Film: 552698.
Benjamin Leavel...41...OH...farmer...$28,000 real estate...$3500 personal
Hannah E. Leavel...35...OH...keeping house for brother

Notes for WILLIAM CLARRIAGE:
Is this widowed gentleman in the 1880 census him?
Census Place Liberty, Jefferson, Iowa ; Family History Library Film...1254347...NA Film Number...T9-0347... Page Number...451C
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Mace Clarridge...Self...M...Male...W...63...OH...Farmer...MD...KY
Louisa J. Clarridge...Wife...M...Female...W...40...OH...Keeping House...---...OH
Francis Clarridge...Son...S...Male...W...19...IA...Farm Laborer...OH...OH
Ada M. Clarridge...Dau...S...Female...W...17...IA...At Home...OH...OH
Nelson Clarridge...Son...S...Male...W...14...IA...At Home...OH...OH
Anna Clarridge...Dau...S...Female...W...11...IA...At Home...OH...OH
Lenie Clarridge...Dau...S...Female...W...9...IA......OH...OH
Grace Clarridge...Dau...S...Female...W...1...IA......OH...OH
Edmond J. Clarridge...Son...W...Male...W...34...OH...Farm Laborer...OH...OH
William Clarridge...Brother...W...Male...W...64...OH...Retired Farmer...MD...KY

Ancestry.com. Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004
Name: Nancy M. Leavell
Birth Date: 1832
Death Date: 12 Mar 1920
Death Place: St. Louis, MO
Type Practice: Allopath
Practice Specialities: St. Louis, MO, 1865
Licenses: MO, 1883
Practice Dates Places: St. Louis, MO, 1865
Medical School: Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1865, (G)

HISTORY OF FAYETTE CO., by R. S. Dills (1881), pp. 605-6 .....Miss Hannah E. Leavell. This work would fail in its idea of placing before its readers and patrons in Fayette County the life history of its noted men and women, were we to omit the name of Miss Leavell, who is a native of Madison Township. She is at present superintending the operation of five hundred and fifty acres of land, a portion of which is the property of her sister in St. Louis. She is gifted with physical and intellectual activity, decision of purpose and calm judgement, which traits have been very useful to her in the conduct of her affairs. .....Miss Leavell was born on the place where she is at present residing, and is the daughter of Majr. John and Cynthia A. (Hedges) Leavell. Her father was born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1775, and came to Ohio when a lady of eight or nine years from Kentucky, whither they had removed. He received his title of Major in the War of 1812, and was present at the battle of St. Clair, where his brother Gabriel was killed. The parents of our subject were married in Pickaway County, this State, and at the time of his decease in 1854, Mr. Leavell owned nearly one thousand acres of land in Madison Township, Fayette County. The children comprised in the parental family were Mary Ann, who married William Clarriage; Cornelius G., who resides in Madison Township; John was next in order of birth; Benjamin F. was the fourth child; William C. died in infancy; Nancy M. is a practicing physician and makes her home in St. Louis; and Hannah E., who is the youngest of the family. .....The original of this sketch received a common-school education, and made her home with friends in Pickaway County for six years after her mother's decease, which occurred in 1834. She now cultivates her large estate in a most intelligent and profitable manner, having had charge of the same since 1888. Possessing marked force of character and unswerving honesty, no resident of the county enjoys greater esteem than she and no one has proved to be more thoroughly reliable and trustworthy.

Child of ROBERT LEAVELL and ELIZABETH HARDEN is allegedly:
174.....i.....ROBERT LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1798, Pennsylvania, USA; d. Grand Traverse County, Michigan, USA.

47. BENJAMIN LEAVELL (JOHN L., EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born July 17, 1781 in Culpeper County, Virginia, USA, and died 1860 in Miami County, Ohio, USA. He married MARTHA MCCORKLE July 14, 1807 in Miami County, Ohio, USA, daughter of JOSEPH MCCORKLE and MARGARET SNODDY. She was born February 22, 1788 in Fayette County, Kentucky, USA, and died March 13, 1868 in Miami County, Ohio, USA.

Notes for BENJAMIN LEAVELL:
Defiance, Ohio, was laid out in November of 1822 by Benjamin Leavell and Horatio G. Phillips. Ben became a resident and was its innkeeper; he also kept the first store for white settlers, located on the banks of the Maumee, at the foot of Jefferson Street. His home was the first frame building in the village, a 1 1/2 story built in December 1822 on the NW corner of Jefferson & Water St. It was opposite the fort grounds. He was elected commissioner in 1824. The court granted him license to vend merchandise at his home in Defiance for one year on 8 May 1824 for $10 fee. He resigned by October 1825, and returned with his family to Piqua, Ohio. --from HISTORY OF DEFIANCE COUNTY, OHIO, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, etc.; military record; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; farm view; personal reminisences, etc. (1883) Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.

He was the first millwright in Miami County. By 1808, his was one of seven log houses in Miami County on Water Street, east of the canal. A "B. Level" laid out Defiance, the county seat of Defiance County, in 1822.

"Benjamin Leavell was a carpenter by trade, and did most of the building of the log cabins of the new town. He was born July 17, 1781, in Culpepper County, Virginia, and came to Piqua in 1805 where he built a cabin on what is now the south-west corner of Main and Water streets. In the fall of 1807, he married Martha McCorkle, whose father and family had located just below town in 1805. This is said to have been the first wedding in Miami County. He was the first treasurer of Washington Township, and also served as Quartermaster in the war of 1812. In 1825 he moved to Williams County, where in connection with H. G. Philips, of Dayton, established the town of Defiance. He was one of the Associate Judges of Williams County for several years, and also laid out the town of Napoleon. In 1831 he came back to Piqua and built a tavern on the east side of Main street, between Greene and North. After several years of this business he retired and built a fine residence on Wayne street afterward owned by Dr. W. S. Parker. Here he died in 1860, honored and loved by the citizens of the whole town."--THE FIRST CENTURY OF PIQUA, OHIO, page 16

"Leavell's Inn was on the east side of Main, about half way between Greene and North, and was built by Benj. Leavell in 1831."--THE FIRST CENTURY OF PIQUA, OHIO, page 220.

MIAMI, OH 1850 FEDERAL CENSUS
26..665..665 Leavell...Benjamin....68..M...None.. 4,000..Va.. .....
27..665..665 Leavell...Martha..62..F.......Ky.. .....
28..665..665 Leavell...Benj...27..M.......Ohio.......
29..665..665 Langard...Adaliza...30..F.......Ohio.......
30..665..665 Hamilton....Susan..10..F.......Ohio.......

1860 Piqua, Miami, OH
Levell, Benjamin...78...VA
Martha Leavell...71...KY
Joseph Leavell...47...OH

Notes for MARTHA MCCORKLE:
For McCorkle, see http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/y/l/Carol-S-Byler-AL/BOOK-0001/0004-0003.html

Children of BENJAMIN LEAVELL and MARTHA MCCORKLE are:
175.....i.....JOSEPH ALPHONSO LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1810, Piqua, Miami, Ohio, USA; d. October 16, 1889, Clarke County, Iowa, USA.
.....ii.....JULIA A. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1815, Piqua, Miami, Ohio, USA.
.....iii.....ADA ELIZABETH LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1820, Piqua, Miami, Ohio, USA; m. WILLIAM LANGARL, January 22, 1846, Miami County, Ohio, USA; b. Abt. 1812, Maryland, USA.

Notes for ADA ELIZABETH LEAVELL:
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Piqua Ward 3, Miami, Ohio; Roll: M593_1244; Page: 520; Image: 592.
William Langarl...58...Maryland...minister
Adda L Langarl...48...OH...keeping house
Joseph Leavell...57...OH...retired stove and fire ware dealer...$1800 real estate...$ 2000 personal
Gustin Wilder...21...Baden...clerk in stove and fire store

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Piqua, Miami, Ohio; Roll: T9_1049; Family History Film: 1255049; Page: 275.4000; Enumeration District: 142; Image: 0601.
William Langarl...70...MD, England, England...minister
Adaliza Langarl...60...OH, NC, KY
Belle Hamilton...40...OH, PA, OH...niece...schoolteacher

Notes for JOHN LEAVELL:
Is this him in the 1850 census?
1850 Census of Vigo County, IN p.240A
14 370 389 Buntin.... T C......34 M.... Hotel Keeper...... Indiana
15 370 389 Buntin.... Emma.... 21 F................ Pennsylvania
16 370 389 Eberhart.. John.... 30 M.... Barber........ Germany
17 370 389 Kelly.... James.... 34 M.... Laborer....100.. Ireland
18 370 389 Leavell....John G.... 22 M.... Clerk..........Ohio
19 370 389 Oster.... John.... 22 M.... Laborer........ Germany
20 370 389 Norton.... Milford....22 M..M..Steward........ North Carolina
21 370 389 Boy......Anthony....18 M.... Laborer........ Germany

or is this him?
1860 - Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas Territory
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas Territory; Roll: M653_349; Page: 0; Image: 426.
Isaac Newhouse...40...OH...keeper of drygood grocery store...$1000 real estate...$2500 personal
Eleanor Newhouse...31...$800...Ind
Castilla Kirkpatrick...10...Iowa
Mary Kirkpatrick...8...Iowa
Naomi Kirkpatrick...6...Iowa
John Newhouse...13 ...Ind
Niel Newhouse...9 ...IL
Mary Newhouse...7...Iowa
Catharine Newhouse...5 ...Iowa
Infant Newhouse...3/12...KS
John Burnette...24...saw proprietor and miller...NJ
Next door to:
John Leavell...27...OH...carpenter...$600 real estate...$200 personal
Jane Leavell...18...OH
Frances Leavell...1...KS

48. EDWARD LEVELL (JOHN L., EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born 1804 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA, and died 1883. He married ANNA FREEMAN Abt. 1825. She was born September 08, 1808 in Pennsylvania, USA, and died July 02, 1881 in Palatine, Marion County, WVA, USA. More About EDWARD LEAVELL: Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Marion Co. WVA, USA. Sources include Ballard-Hinkle Family Tree at ancestry.com. Some online trees give Edward's parents as George LeVelle and Jane Taylor, but they seem to be following the lead of the infamous Horn Papers fraud. While it's theoretically possible that Horn mixed real historical data with his imaginary people, it's not likely.

Notes for EDWARD LEAVELL:
Levell, Edward - 1840 census - PA, Fayette Co., Springhill 354

Level, Edward - 1850 census - PA, Fayette Co., Springhill Twp. He is 46, laborer, born PA; Anna Levell is 49, born VA; Robert Levell is 22; Jeremiah Levell, 20; Elizabeth Levell, 18; John Levell, 15; Edward Levell, 12; Morgan Levell, 11; William H. Levell, 9; Benjamin Levell, 7; Sarah C. Levell, 5, all born PA. No Freeman family in Springhill, 3 in Georges Twp., but none from VA.

Came to Marion Co. WVA 1853.

1870 - Palatine, Marion, West Virginia
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Palatine, Marion, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1693; Page: 428; Image: 409.
Levell, Edward...66...coal miner...PA
Anna Levell...69...keeping house...VA
Morgan Levell...31...coal miner...PA
William Levell...2...at home...WVA

Children of EDWARD LEVELL and ANNA FREEMAN are:
.....i.....BENJAMIN LEAVELL, b. 1823 Pennsylvania; d. 1837, Virginia, USA. Benjamin died aged 14.
177.....ii.....ROBERT LEVELL, b. Abt. 1828, Pennsylvania, USA; d. Bef. 1880 Marion County, Virginia.
.....iii.....JEREMIAH LEVELLE, b. 04 Jan 1830, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA; d. 10 Jan 1913 Fairmont, Marion , West Virginia; m. (1) MARIA S. NUZUM, April 16, 1857, Marion County, West Virginia, USA; b. Abt. 1839, Monongalia County, Virginia, USA; m. (2) HANNAH MCCLOY, July 15, 1899, Marion County, West Virginia; b. Abt. 1860, Marion County, West Virginia. She d. 04 Nov 1904 Fairmount, Marion, WVA; he m. (3) MARY E. LEONARD, 03 Jan 1906, Marion County, West Virginia. She was b. 31 Jul 1860 Marion Co., d. 03 May 1922 Fairmount, Marion, WVA.

Notes for JEREMIAH LEVELLE:
Is this he?
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 64, Wetzel, Virginia; Roll M432_981; Page: 42B; Image: 90.
Jeremiah Loveall...26
Hanah Loveall...28
Mary Loveall...3
Zachariah Loveall...1

Levelle, Jeremiah...11-20-1854...grantee...Leavell, Robert...grantor...WVA, Marion Co....GRANTEE INDEX DEED 1842-1920 MARION COUNTY, WV

Levell, Jeremiah 4-16-1857 married Nuzum, Maria WVA, Marion Co. He 26, born Fayette Co. PA, she 18, born 12 Aug 1838 Monongalia County, VA to Joel and Maria

1860 census - WVA, Greenbriar Co. (then VA); post office, Nuzums Mill; p. 527:
Lavelle, Jeremiah is 29, laborer, born PA, $100 real estate, $75 personal;
Lavelle, Marice L., 22, born VA

15 AUG 1861 enlisted as private Co C, 6th Virginia Regt Vol

Levelle, Jeremiah...1-24-1865 bought land...WVA, Marion Co. ...GRANTEE INDEX DEED 1842-1920 MARION COUNTY, WV says vol. 13, pg. 334
Levelle, Jeremiah...WVA, Marion Co. ...GRANTEE INDEX DEED 1842-1920 MARION COUNTY, WV says vo. 28, pg. 168
Levelle, Jeremiah...WVA, Marion Co. ...GRANTEE INDEX DEED 1842-1920 MARION COUNTY, WV says vol. 27, pg. 13
Levelle, Jeremiah...WVA, Marion Co. ...GRANTEE INDEX DEED 1842-1920 MARION COUNTY, WV says vol. 17, pg. 489
He adopted a son, John G., born ca. 1866

1880 Census Place Union, Marion, West Virginia
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Jerry LEVELL...Self...M...Male...W...50...WV...Farmer...WV...WV
Maria L. LEVELL...Wife...M...Female...W...41...WV...Keeping House...WV...WV
John G. LOYD LEVELL...Other...S...Male...W...14...WV...WV...WV

Maria L. Levelle died of consumption 29 Sept 1897 Palatine, Marion Co. WVA

Levell, Jeremiah B.. .. 7-15-1899...married McCloy, Hannah...WVA, Marion Co. He 69 born Greene Co. PA, she 39, born Marion.

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Fairmont Ward 1, Marion, West Virginia; Roll T623_1764; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 51.
J B Levill...69...July 1830...PA, VA, Irish immigrant...general merchant
Hannah Levill...39...Aug 1860...WVA, PA, PA...0 children
Harriet Mccloy...73...April 1827...PA, PA, PA...s-mother...

Levelle, Jeremiah B. ...1-17-1913...probate...WVA, Marion Co. Book 5, pag 301 per MARION CO. WILL INDEX 1842-1970.

49. JOSEPH LEAVELL (EDWARD, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born February 08, 1774 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and died June 03, 1872. He married ELIZABETH DRYDEN November 22, 1804 in Harrison County, Kentucky, USA, daughter of THOMAS DRYDEN and AGNES MCCLURE. She was born March 12, 1775 in North Carolina, and died May 12, 1848 in Harrison County, Kentucky, USA. Burial for both: Leavell Cemetery, on Wiggins farm, Switzer Pike, near Leeslick, Harrison, Kentucky (Lat.38 deg., 19 min.; Long.84 deg., 25min)

Notes for JOSEPH LEAVELL:
LEVEL, Joseph and Elizabeth REED, married November 22, 1804. --per Abstracted County Court Records, compiled by Janet Pease. Note that Elizabeth Dryden's first marriage was to James Reid on 17 Dec 1793 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

Joseph had a farm at the Head Waters of Mill Creek in Scott Co., Ky.

A Joseph Leavell married Polly Shields in Garrard County, KY on 22 October 1816. Any relation?

1840 HARRISON CO. KY INDEX
157..14.Leavell..Edward D... pg0156.txt (one male 5 and under, one 30-40 employed in agriculture, one female 5 and under, one 20-30)
137..2..Leavell..Joseph..pg0133.txt (one male 20-30, one male 30-40, one 50-60, one 70-80, one female 20-30, one male slave 55-100, two female slaves up to 10, one female slave 10-24; 3 of these people are in agriculture)

1850 census for District 2, Harrison, Kentucky
Levell, Joseph...76...Va...carpenter...$3125
Levell, John ...33...KY...farmer
Levell, Lucinda...22...KY

1860 census for District 2, Harrison, Kentucky
Level, Joseph...86...VA...farmer...$4000 real estate....$8000 personal

1870 census for Leesburg, Harrison, Kentucky
Ralston, Sarah M. ...58...KY...keeping house...$2000 real estate...$4000 personal
Ralston, Joseph N. ...19...KY...farmer
Adams, William F. ...25...KY...farmer
Adams, Rebecca...23...KY
Adams, John T. ...2...KY
Level, Joseph...96...born E. VA...no occupations
Brown, Ella...B...8...KY...at home

Children of JOSEPH LEAVELL and ELIZABETH DRYDEN are:
.....i. …? LEAVELL.
184.....ii.....JAMES REED LEAVELL, b. December 31, 1805, Kentucky, USA; d. September 16, 1887, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, USA.
185.....iii.....ELIZABETH HAWKINS LEAVELL, b. September 21, 1807 Boone County, Kentucky; died 30 Apr 1882 Petersburg, Pike, Indiana, USA
186.....iv.....EDWARD DRYDEN LEAVELL, b. June 05, 1809, Harrison County, Kentucky, USA; d. December 17, 1887, Meadville, Linn, Missouri, USA.
187.....v.....SARAH MONTAGUE LEAVELL, b. December 27, 1811, Harrison County, Kentucky, USA; d. January 11, 1900, Connersville, Harrison, Kentucky, USA.
188.....vi.....JOHN HAWKINS LEAVELL, b. November 04, 1817, Harrison County, Kentucky, USA; d. April 04, 1898, Chula, Livingston, Missouri, USA.

50. BENJAMIN LEAVELL (EDWARD, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1776 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA, and died January 20, 1860 in Paint Lick Station, Garrard, Kentucky, USA. He married (1) REBECCA ADAMS July 18, 1807 in Garrard County, Kentucky. He married (2) ISABELLA MILLER September 15, 1807 in Garrard County, Kentucky, USA, daughter of WILLIAM MILLER and NANCY YANCY. She was born November 1781 in Garrard County, Kentucky, USA, and died November 21, 1841 in Garrard County, Kentucky, USA.

Notes for BENJAMIN LEAVELL:
Benjamin was a farmer and slaveholder.

(HISTORY OF GARRARD COUNTY, copyright 1947 by Forrest Calico)
L.Y. Leavell, born in 1817, was a successful farmer. He assisted in organizing the National Bank and was its president from 1870 to 1872. He was a son of Benjamin and Isabella (Miller) Leavell. His father Benjamin was born in Virginia in 1774, the son of Edward and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Leavell, who were early pioneers in Garrard. Edward Leavell was a Revolutionary soldier. Isabelle Leavell was the daughter of William Miller, who made the first survey in Garrard near Paint Lick in 1776. There she was born in 1781 in the fort. Her father was with the Boone party which marked the trail from Cumberland Gap to Boonesboro in 1775, and with the group who built Twetty's Fort five miles from Richmond in the direction of Big Hill where two of the party were killed. His daughter was one of the first children born in Kentucky.

Leavel, Benj. ...7-18-1807...married Adams, Rebeccah... Garrard Co. ...Bond Robt. Moore, per GARRARD CO. KY MARRIAGES/MARRIAGES BONDS, 1796-1851, by Raymond Ballard Orrell III, p. 37

Notes for ISABELLA MILLER:

The following article came from the August 17, 1939 edition of "The Central Record" of Lancaster Kentucky. It was written by Anne Burnside Brown - a noted Kentucky genealogist and historian. Although the interview which follows between William Miller and his grandson is fictional, the people, places and stories are all based on fact. Nancy Yancey, the wife of Lieut Col. William Miller, is thought to be a possible daughter of John & Mary Laton Yancey of Culpeper County, Virginia. Although the article is based on facts, it has been discovered that a few dates and places, among other things, have been proven to be inaccurate - and one should avoid using this document as proof for any genealogical information without other supporting evidence.
.....Ancestry: Nancy Yancey, was the daughter of John Yancey, son of Lewis Davis Yancey.

"AN EARLY FORT, AND THOSE WHO LIVED WITHIN"
....."Seated in front of a log fire, were grandfather and grandson. These two were chatting over the current happenings of yesteryears that had flowed into the present.
.....The younger man was Isaac Newton Brown, who later became illustrious as Commander Brown of Ram, Arkansas, before Vicksburg in 1862.
.....The older man was Lieut. Col. William Miller, who had served his country gallantly during the trying times with the Indians and British, and helped to establish this commonwealth. He was now enjoying the peace and memories that comes with old age.
....."Tell me", asked his interested grandson, "something of your life and that of your family in Kentucky during the pioneer days".
....."I was born in Botetourt Co., Va in 1747" replied the Colonel, settling down for a long fireside story. " A vigorous man, eager for adventure, and to do my share in conquering, and settling this wilderness".
....."Among all my experiences, there are two which I value most. When the Virginia Legislature provided for Col. Daniel Boone to mark a trace from Virginia to Boonesborough, Kentucky. It was my privilege to join this party that helped to mark the trace for guiding the future citizens of this state over Cumberland Gap, and into these fortifications, that were being erected for their protection. Our company was joined by Captain William Twetty and his men; making thirty in all. Col. Richard Calloway and John Kennedy were in our party.
....."the company worked unmolested until we reached the headwaters of Silver Creek, when we were attacked by Indians. Captain Twetty and his negro servant were killed, and Felix Walker seriously injured. When we reached Taylor's Fork of Silver Creek we were again attacked, and one more of our number killed.
....."When Col. Boone was ready to bring his wife and daughter to Kentucky I was one of the guards who helped to escort them. Mrs. Boone was the first white woman to step on Kentucky soil after the immigration began, or to stand on the banks of Kentucky River, of which Col. Boone was very proud.
....."In 1776 I chose a site for a settlement on Paint Lick Creek, and raised a crop of corn. This was one of the famous salt licks and there was an abundance of cane. The Indians painted their signs along the creek banks. For this reason the two primitive words, paint and lick were combined to name this water course and settlement.
....."Here I built a log fort and stockade, known as Fort Paint Lick. I was joined by many of the early settlers who resided there until it became safe to establish separate homes for themselves. Among these were Alexander Denny, William Champ, George Adams and others.
....."I fought in the Northern Campaign in 1774-75. One of my worse battles was that of Little Mountain, in which Captain Estill was defeated by the Wyandotte Indians. The Indians outnumbered us".
"Grandfather", interrupted Isaac Newton Brown, "Some day I would like to be decorated for bravery like you have been."
....."I believe I can count on my grandson never to show the white feather if the occasion arises," said William Miller, as he continued with his story.
....."In 1780 I went back to Virginia, Abingdon, and there claimed a pretty girl of Welsh parentage. She is your grandmother, Nancy Yancey, who was born in Bowling Green, Va in 1760. A brave girl who was wiling to face the hardships of this wilderness with me.
....."Isabella was our first child, and first born in the fort in 1781. As you know, we had five daughters and no sons. Isabella first married Alexander Adams, and had two sons. After his death she married Benjamin Leavell. Cynthiana married John Snoddy. Susannah married Rev. Samuel Brown (your parents) and your father performed a great many marriage ceremonies in the early days. Margaret first married William McLean of Middle Tennessee. After his death she and a negro slave rode horseback from Tennessee and carried her five children to my home. Her daughter, Nancy McLean, married Samuel Campbell. Margaret married the second time, George Denny. They had two children, twins, Margaret and George. Margaret married Rice Woods. My other daughter, Betsy, died at the age of four.
....."after a time I abandoned the stockade for this comfortable log house where Margaret resides. George Denny, son of Margaret, and his wife, Elizabeth Faulkner Denny, built the colonial red brick house near the log one that commands a view of this famous creek.
....."I don't believe that I told you that the fort was built over a cave-like spring, which you entered by steps leading down into it.
....."The Indians were a great annoyance to the settlers. There were frequent battles between Paint Lick Creek and Back Creek. It has been said that the Indians were often driven back and made to retreat at Back Creek and that is how it got its name.
....."Jenny, one of the Adams girls, was killed by Thunder, and Indian Chief, in 1791. She lies in the first marked grave in the fort cemetery.
....."William Mitchell, who lived nearby, went with his wife and children to visit a neighbor. On their return, when they approached their cabin, they observed the Indians at a distance fleeing in the direction of the knobs.
....."They had ripped up the feather beds, scattered the feathers, and used the sacks. They were taking as much of the household and kitchen furniture as they could carry. Two horses had been left in a pen, which the Indians tried to secure, but they were wild and had escaped to the woods. Isabella Leavell's daughter, Betsy, married a son of William Mitchell.
....."I have had a large acreage of bounty warrants and tried to divide liberally with my slaves, the annual products of the farm, cultivated by their labor. I am a Calvinist by belief. I have much to be thankful for. Now I am growing old, yet I have retained my physical and mental faculties. Of all my descendants each are without defect of body or mind, and of good standing in their communities.
[DJY - Boonesborough, mentioned in this article, was established by Daniel Boone and others and was the second permanent settlement in Kentucky. Fort Paint Lick was in what is now, Garrard County, Kentucky. The grave markers for William and Nancy are still there in the Paint Lick Cemetery. From their headstones: "William Miller was born the 30th of March in the year of our Lord 1747. Departed this life Aug 31 1841. Settled Paint Lick '76" and "Nancy Yancy Miller was born the 3rd of Jan in the year of Our Lord 1761. Departed this life Oct 23 1837."]

Notes for ELIZABETH H. LEAVELL:
Marriage bond posted by Edward M. Leavell. (I really need to see this bond--if she married William D. Mitchell, why does she list her birthplace as TN in all census records?)

Could this be connected?
1850 census - District 1, Montgomery, Kentucky
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Montgomery, Kentucky; Roll: M432_214; Page: 27; Image: 55.
William Mitchell...69...KY...$17000...farmer
Elizabeth Mitchell...39...KY
James Mitchell...22...KY...farmer
Warren Mitchell...30...KY...lawyer
William Mitchell...16...KY...student
Benjamin Mitchell...14...KY

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 2, Garrard, Kentucky; Roll M432_201; Page: 285B; Image: 169.
Will D Mitchell...49...KY...farmer...$1620
Elizabeth H Mitchell...40...TN
Isabella Mitchell...14...KY
Mary S Mitchell...12...KY
Samuel D Mitchell...6...KY
Harriott Mitchell...3...KY
Benjn F Mitchell...0...KY

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Garrard, Kentucky; Roll M653_368; Page: 802; Image: 284; Family History Library Film: 803368.
Wm D Mitchell...57...KY
E H Mitchell...50...TN
Susan Mitchell...22...KY
Sam Mitchell...16...KY
Harritt Mitchell...13...KY
B L Mitchell...10...KY
Wm Mitchell...7...KY

Notes for BENJAMIN N. LEAVELL:
Benjamin never married, per Everett Leavell. Probably this lad in the 1860 Garrard Co. KY Census:
CENSUS YR:..1860..STATE or TERRITORY:..KY..COUNTY:..Garrard..DIVISION:..PO: Lancaster..REEL NO:..M653-368..PAGE NO:..646
REFERENCE:..Enumerated by R.D.Lusk on 7 June 1860, Page No. 16
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LN..HN.FN..LAST NAME....FIRST NAME.. AGE..SEX..RACE..OCCUP..REAL VAL. PERS VAL..BIRTHPLACE...MRD...SCH...R/W..DDB.REMARKS
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36..94.94..Leavell..Louis....32..M...Farmer.. 20,000..21,400..Kentucky..... . ...
37..94.94..Leavell..Martha A...29..F......... ... Kentucky..... . ...
38..94.94..Leavell..Darcus M...7.. F......... ... Kentucky..... . ...
39..95.95..Jennings...Baylor.. 30..M...Farmer.. 2,320.. 600...Kentucky..... . ...
40..95.95..Jennings...Emania.. 23..F......... ... Kentucky..... . ...
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1.95.95..Jennings...Ella...7.. F......... ... Kentucky..... . ...
2.95.95..Jennings...Russel M...3.. M......... ... Kentucky..... . ...
3.95.95..Jennings...Samuel.. 1/12..M......... ... Kentucky..... . ...
4.95.95..Jennings...Arabia L...1/12..M......... ... Kentucky..... . ...
5.95.95..Reynolds...John...21..M...Day Laborer... 125...Kentucky..... . ...

6.96.96..Woods....J. R.....45..M...Farmer.. 16,250..16,000..Kentucky..... . ...
7.96.96..Woods....S. M.....36..F......... ... Kentucky..... . ...
8.96.96..Woods....Horace.. 10..M......... ... Kentucky..... X.. ...
9.96.96..Woods....Arthur.. 6.. M......... ... Kentucky..... . ...
10..96.96..Woods....Dwight.. 3.. M......... ... Kentucky..... . ...
11..96.96..Reid...E. D.....60..F......... 3,300.. Kentucky..... . ...
12..97.97..Leavell..Benj...36..M...Farmer & Trader... 9,900..9,000.. Kentucky..... . ...
13..97.97..Eades....William..23..M...Farmer.. ... 200...Kentucky..... . ...

Will Bk V p 270 GWR. Willed to sister Cyntha A Sharp,Elizabeth H Mitchell brother John Y., Neice Dorcas Leavell, Isa Mershon and Isa Leavell., nephew's B. F. Slavin, B. F. Sharp and B. F. Leavell.

More About BENJAMIN N. LEAVELL: Burial: section 4 lot 26 Lancaster Cemetery

51. NANCY LEAVELL (EDWARD, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born September 24, 1777 in Virginia, USA, and died 1831 in Chariton County, Missouri, USA. She married (1) THOMAS COLEMAN Abt. 1790. He died September 11, 1811 in Allen, Kentucky. She married (2) GIDEON GOOCH October 18, 1796 in Granville, North Carolina, USA, son of GIDEON GOOCH and MARY MCGEHEE. He was born June 18, 1779 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA, and died 1850 in Grundy County, Missouri, USA.

Notes for GIDEON GOOCH:
".....My ancestor was also Claiborne Gooch married to Mildred Thomas or Thomas. My research takes me to Peter Gouge b abt 1500 England. Rowland Gooch,son of Claiborne Gooch B abt 1724, M Unity West; their son Gideon Gooch,married Nancy Leavell and their daughter Mary Ann Gooch M Elijah Embry, my great-great grandparents. I would love to share any information re Claiborne's Gooch's and compare.
".....The parents of Gideon Gooch husband of Nancy Leavell according to my research were Rowland Gooch and Unity West. (Unity West was a descendent of Lord De-La-Warr, Thomas West ist Gov. of Va.) Her parents were Nathanial West and Martha Woodard. If my research is correct,Rowland Gooch was the son of Claiborne Gooch and Mildred Thimpson. They lived in King Wm Co. Virginia, Claiborne moved with his family to Granville Co N.C. Claiborne Gooch was the son of William Gooch and Ursula Claiborne. Her family were early prominent pilgrims in America. If you care to E- mail me at jerfay at terraworld.net, I can give you further informationregarding the Gooch and Claiborne and West families back to early England. Including the information that Lord De-La Warr was responsible for Pocahantas visiting England. Lord De-la-Warr's wife was her sponsor. This information you can get from history books. After many years of research I am only to well aware that I may have an error in my data, however I have researched as thoroughly as possible, given the number of Gooch descendents.Another note: the Gooch family in England was related to the George Washington family.Washington's and Gooch's came to America and settled together."
-----fay thole, ancestry.com message boards

Another Gooch researcher: J. Daniel Mahar who had this site: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/4162/gooch.html

5/20/03
"Michelle Stillfield"
RE: Notes for Gideon Gooch -
I was wondering how recent your email from Fay Thole is and if you know the email address, jerfay at terraworld.net is current?
Here is my connection:
1. Michelle Lynn Wierson b. 9-14-1956; Nevada, Story Co., IA md. 10-18-1975; Huxley, Story Co., IA James "Kelly" Stillfield b. 12-06-1953; Maysville, DeKalb Co., MO
2. Wesley Sterling Wierson b. 4-20-1926; Roland, Story Co., IA and d. 12-20-1998 md. 11-25-1950; Little Brown Church; Nashua, IA Beverly Jean Liggett b. 3-08-1931; Sewal, Wayne Co., IA
3. Harley Liggett b. 9-07-1901; Allerton, Appanoose Co., IA and d. 1983 md. abt. 11-1921; Allerton, Appanoose Co., IA Edna Grace Chumbley b. 3-26-1899 and d. 1-02-1975; Gallatin, Daviess Co., MO
4. Andrew Jackson Chumbley md. Nancy Jane Embry
5. Burl Embry md. Elizabeth ???
6. Elijah Roland Embry md. Mary Ann Gooch
7. Gideon Gooch md. Nancy Leavell
Thanks -
Michelle (Wierson) Stillfield

Children of NANCY LEAVELL and GIDEON GOOCH are:
.....i. WILLIAM GOOCH, b. September 16, 1797; d. 1898.
.....ii.....REBECCA GOOCH, b. February 28, 1799; d. August 28, 1844; m. NICHOLAS H. SCHOOLER, December 08, 1819, Madison, Kentucky, USA; b. October 10, 1794, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA; d. August 16, 1877. More About NICHOLAS H. SCHOOLER: Burial: Gilead Cem., Montogmery Co., Kentucky
196.....iii.....GIDEON GOOCH, b. September 26, 1800, Madison County, Kentucky, USA; d. October 01, 1851, California, USA.
197.....iv.....EDWARD GOOCH, b. August 25, 1803, Madison County, Kentucky; d. March 06, 1893, Chariton County, Missouri.
.....v.....MARY ANN GOOCH, b. February 1805; d. 1834; m. ELIJAH ROLAND EMBRY, December 05, 1823, Madison County, Kentucky, USA; b. September 1799, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA; d. July 15, 1875.
.....vi.....ALEXANDER GOOCH, b. May 14, 1807, Madison County, Kentucky, USA; d. 1863.
.....vii.....JOSEPH GOOCH, b. February 04, 1809; d. August 20, 1869, Chariton County, Missouri, USA; m. MALINDA ROSS, Abt. 1830.

Notes for JOSEPH GOOCH:
Chariton Co. Missouri Wills
OSPage: 37
Name: Joseph Gooch
Written: 10 August 1869 My wife, Malinda, exe. To my brothers: Rowland, Daniel, and Edward To my sisters: Mary Emory, Mildred Schooler, and Cintha Clark To the heirs of my brother, Gideon: James, Henry S., Daniel, Joseph, Nathan, Mildred Duncan, and the child of Jane Barksley unknown To the children of my brother, Nathan, dec.: Elizabeth Dunkin, Gideon, Martha Jane, Lilly Ann, Mary Eliza, Nathan A., and Malinda Jane To the children of my sister, Elizabeth Level, dec.: Henry S. and Benjamin F. Witnesses: T. P. Wilkinson, S. Y. Pitts, and J. H. Drinkard Recorded: 16 September 1869

52. JAMES LEAVELL (EDWARD, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born April 02, 1779 in Garrard County, Kentucky, USA, and died October 10, 1856 in Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri, USA. He married REBECCA STINSON, daughter of JAMES STINSON. She was born April 27, 1787 in Garrard County, Kentucky, USA, and died October 18, 1844.

Notes for JAMES LEAVELL:
They moved to Montgomery County, Missouri, in 1816. In the 1850 census for District 61, Montgomery County, MO, page 218, James is 70, born VA, worth $10,000, with Benjamin (31, b. MO, $1200) and Sarah (22, born VA).

Notes for REBECCA STINSON: Rebecca cut the throat of a mad wolf that had bitten her father, while her father held it.

Children of JAMES LEAVELL and REBECCA STINSON are:
201.....i.....MARGARET LEAVELL, b. October 22, 1808, Macon Coumty, Missouri, USA; d. July 02, 1887, Macon Coumty, Missouri, USA.
202.....ii.....WILLIAM HARVEY LEAVELL, b. May 05, 1810, Kentucky, USA; d. August 27, 1865, Montgomery County, Missouri, USA.
203.....iii.....ELIZABETH W. LEAVELL, b. October 22, 1811, Kentucky, USA; d. June 10, 1873, Montgomery County, Missouri, USA.
204.....iv…..JANE W. LEAVELL, b. March 31, 1813, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA; d. July 24, 1880.
205.....v.....JULIA ANN LEAVELL, b. March 15, 1815, Missouri, USA; d. Abt. 1875, Tennessee, USA.
.....vi.....JAMES M. LEAVELL, b. February 28, 1819; d. April 19, 1827, Montgomery County, Missouri, USA.
206.....vii.....BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LEAVELL, b. February 28, 1819, Montgomery County, Missouri, USA; d. February 06, 1852.
.....viii.....EDWARD LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1823. Edward moved to Montgomery County, Missouri.

Could this be he?
MISSOURI DEATH RECORDS 1834-1931
Name: Edward Lovell Insane
Death Date: 3 Apr 1888
Birth Date: abt 1824
County: St Louis
Death Location: St. Louis
Race/Ethnicity: White
Age: 64
Gender: M (Male)

Children of ELIZABETH LEAVELL and ANDREW BADGETT are:
207.....i.....REBECCA BADGETT, b. 1804, Granville County, North Carolina.
208.....ii.....SAMUEL P. BADGETT, b. 1804, Granville County, North Carolina, USA; d. Abt. 1870.
209.....iii.....JAMES L. BADGETT, b. June 12, 1810, Granville County, North Carolina, USA; d. March 17, 1894, Logan County, Kentucky, USA.
210.....iv.....DRUCILLA BADGETT, b. April 21, 1813, Granville County, North Carolina, USA; d. March 22, 1905, Warren County, Kentucky, USA.
211.....v.....THOMAS E. BADGETT, b. September 01, 1815, Granville County, North Carolina, USA; d. March 17, 1872, Warren County, Kentucky, USA.
.....vi.....GIDEON A. BADGETT, b. February 23, 1817, Granville County, North Carolina, USA; d. November 03, 1849, Warren County, Kentucky, USA.
.....vii.....ELIZABETH A. BADGETT, b. 1819, Granville County, North Carolina; d. September 06, 1902, Warren County, Kentucky. Did not marry.
.....viii.....MARY C. BADGETT, b. March 19, 1819, Granville County, North Carolina; d. February 27, 1909; m. HENRY S. MITCHELL, December 10, 1851, Warren County, Kentucky.
.....ix.....NANCY H. BADGETT, b. August 05, 1822, Granville County, North Carolina; d. January 01, 1911; m. WINKFIELD SCOTT HALL, February 24, 1880, Warren County, Kentucky; b. September 06, 1807, Washington County, Kentucky; d. Abt. 1897, Auburn, Logan, Kentucky.

Notes for NANCY H. BADGETT:
There was a newspaper article about "Auburn In The Long Ago" which is on "Uncle Winkfield Hall" and mentions Wink, his sons Monroe and Scott, his black horse Dan, and Miss Nan. It quotes an exchange between Nan and Wink during the courtship. She remarked to him "Mr. Hall, you are no spring chicken." He replied "I God, madam, you ain't no fillie." I think the article was published about Sept. 3 1982.

More About NANCY H. BADGETT: Burial: Richlieu Cemetery in Logan County, Kentucky.

54. CATHERINE LEAVELL (EDWARD, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born November 13, 1784 in North Carolina, and died November 24, 1882 in Ellis County, Texas. She married JOHN BLACK March 27, 1821 in Garrard County, Kentucky.

Notes for CATHERINE LEAVELL:
Marriage bond by Edward Leavell no 1373 box 6.

Catherine Leavell married John Black. They had a daughter Nancy Black b. 2/12/1823 near Kirkwood in Mercer Co. Kentucky. Her parents were members of New Providence Presbyterian Church in Mercer Co. Kentucky. Nancy married James H. SMith in 1843. Her mother Catherine Black gave consent.

History of Ellis County, pub. first in 1892; republished in 1972 by the Ellis Co. Historical Museum with additions, p. 731. It is no longer in print. This was in the additions at the end of the book, so evidently someone was around to furnish this material for publication at that time. It isn't too long, but has a good bit of information.
....."James H. (Hans) Smith was born September 16, 1818, in Mercer County, Kentucky, the son of James T. and Mahulda Smith. On January 3, 1843, he married Miss Nancy Black, the daughter of John and Catherine Black.
....."Catherine Black was the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Leavell. She rode through Cumberland Gap on horseback as a girl. Her grandfather, Nathan Hawkins, also made the arduous journey from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, to Garrard County, Kentucky. The Hawkins and Leavells were prominent in the development of Garrard County. Catherine Black made another long journey when, at the age of ninety-one, she moved to Ellis County, Texas, with her daughers, Mrs. James Smith and Mrs. William burford. Mrs. Black died at the age of ninety-eight in 1882 and is buried in Waxahachie.
.....James and Nancy Smith were both reared in Mercer County, Kentucky, and he farmed for many years in Mercer County, Kentucky. They were members of the Baptist Church.
....."They moved to Ellis County in 1875, settling near Boyce. Their children were Henry C., Sarah Belle, Hannah McKee, Susan A., James Y., William P., Catherine A. and John L."

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William Burford...Self...M...Male...W...63...KY...Farmer...VA...VA
Julia Burford...Wife...M...Female...W...53...KY...Keeping House...VA...NC
Cora Burford...Dau...S...Female...W...20...KY...At Home...KY...KY
Lewis T. Burford...Son...S...Male...W...18...KY...Works On Farm...KY...KY
Kate Burford...Dau...S...Female...W...15...KY...At Home...KY...KY
Nannie Burford...Dau...S...Female...W...12...KY...At Home...KY...KY
John Burford...Nephew...S...Male...W...23...KY...Works On Farm...KY...KY
Elizebeth Burford...Sister...S...Female...W...56...KY......KY...KY
Katherine BLack...Mother...W...Female...W...95...NC......VA...---
Source Information:
1880...Census Place Precinct 1, Ellis, Texas
Family History Library Film...1255301
NA Film Number...T9-1301
Page Number...380B

More About CATHERINE LEAVELL: Burial: Waxahachie, Texas

Notes for JOHN BLACK: Or was it John Beach?

Genforum post has...have a Nancy Black and Juliann Black in Mercer Co. Kentucky. The census says in household in 1850. Nancy married James Smith in Jan. 1843 and Juliann married William Burford in 1850. Their mother was C or Katherine Black but don't know the father. Does any of this help. James and Nancy lived in Waxahachie Texas for years.

Children of CATHERINE LEAVELL and JOHN BLACK are:
213.....i.....NANCY BLACK, b. February 12, 1823, Kirkwood, Mercer, Kentucky, USA.
214.....ii.....JULIANN BLACK, b. Abt. 1827, Kentucky.

55. SARA REBECCA LEAVELL (EDWARD, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born January 01, 1787 in Garrard County, Kentucky, USA, and died August 17, 1833 in Indiana, USA. She married JAMES WOOLEY November 18, 1816 in Garrard County, Kentucky, USA, son of HENRY WOOLEY and MARY BAINBRIDGE. He was born May 31, 1788 in Garrard County, Kentucky, USA, and died May 01, 1873 in Jefferson County, Indiana, USA.

Notes for SARA REBECCA LEAVELL:
MARRIAGE BOND:
James Wooley No. 1031 - November 18, 1816
.....Know all men by these present that James Wooley and Edward Leavell are held and formally bond unto the Commonweath of Kentucky in the final amount of 50 pounds, current monies, the payment of which will and truly to be made and we bind ourselves and heirs and __ __ __ by these presents sealed and dated this 18th day of Nov 1816.
.....The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there has been a License Issued __ __ from the clerks office of Garrard County for a marriage intended between the above bound James Wooley and Sally Leavell. Now should there be no Lawful Cause to Obstruct this Marriage then the above obligation to be exe. and __ __ in full force & Virtue. Signed and Sealed: JAMES WOOLEY, EDW. LEAVELL

7. James Wooley
b. 1791, Garrard County, Kentucky
m Sarah 'Sally' Leavell, 18 November 1816, Garrard County, Kentucky. Sally was born c1795, in Garrard County, and died 1844, Indiana
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bstevens/wooley.html

Tanglewood Cemetery, Ripley Co. IN
WOOLEY, ? 30MAR1887 ~ child of E. L. & H. E. Wooley
WOOLEY, Frances L. 11 JUL 1862...09 MAY 1886 ~
WOOLEY, Edward H. 20 FEB 1821...03 DEC 1907 ~
WOOLEY, Elizabeth A. 21 DEC 1821...19 SEP 1884 ~
WOOLEY, Robert P. 15 APR 1848...06 APR 1880 ~
WOOLEY, Harvey E. 29 SEP 1850...29 JUL 1878 ~
WOOLEY, Edward L. 1859...1925 ~
WOOLEY, Hannah E. 1860...1903 ~
WOOLEY, Margery V. Benefiel 05 OT 1841...02 SEP 1878...1st w/o Alfred M. Wooley
WOOLEY, Alfred Milton 1840...1932...Co. B, 68th Ind. Vol. Inf. Civil War
WOOLEY, Charlotte E. Kinnett 1859...1937... 2nd w/o Alfred M. Wooley
WOOLEY, ? 18 SEP 1896...03 OCT 1896...Infant s/o Robert & Fannie Wooley
WOOLEY, Charley M. ~ 25 FEB 1894... s/o George & Elizabeth Wooley aged 22y 11d
WOOLEY, George W. ~ 21 APR 1878 aged 32y 1m 22d
WOOLEY, James T. 26 FEB 1846...08 MAR 1909 ~
WOOLEY, Ellen R. 13 MAY 1853...13 JAN 1927 w/o James T. Wooley
WOOLEY, Pearl 09 JUL1891...05 DEC 1918 ~
WOOLEY, Robert E. 24 DEC 1866...17 FEB 1920 ~
WOOLEY, Fannie 26 AUG1872...06 APR 1935... w/o Robert E. Wooley
WOOLEY, Charles W. 1901 1966 ~
WOOLEY, Ora E. 1872 1940 ~
WOOLEY, William Jesse 16 APR 1888...11 JAN 1970 ~
WOOLEY, Arilla 17 JUN 1891...19 MAY 1951...w/o Wm. Jesse Wooley
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inripchs/tanglewood.html

More About JAMES WOOLEY: Burial: Greenbrier

Children of SARA LEAVELL and JAMES WOOLEY are:
.....i.....WILLIAM WOOLEY, b. September 17, 1817, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA; d. June 26, 1885, Washington County, Iowa, USA; m. MARY STRAIN, February 11, 1845, Washington County, Iowa, USA.
215.....ii.....HENRY GRAY WOOLEY, b. October 18, 1818, Decatur County, Indiana, USA; d. December 29, 1879, Ohio, USA.
216.....iii.....EDWARD MILTON WOOLEY, b. February 20, 1821, Ripley County, Indiana, USA; d. December 09, 1907, Ripley County, Indiana, USA.
217.....iv.....CAREY ALLEN WOOLEY, b. March 18, 1822, Indiana, USA; d. June 28, 1893, Howard County, Indiana, USA.
.....v.....ELIZABETH H. WOOLEY, b. August 03, 1823, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA; d. May 22, 1911, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA; m. JAMES PATTERSON, November 26, 1846, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA.

Notes for ELIZABETH H. WOOLEY:
KENTUCKY DEATH RECORDS, 1852-1953
Name: Elizabeth H Patterson
[Elizabeth H Wooley]
Death Date: 22 May 1911
Death Location: Garrard
Residence Location: Garrard
Age: 87
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1823
Birth Location: Garrard
Father's Name: James Wooley
Father's Birth Location: Indiana
Mother's Name: Sallie Leavell
Mother's Birth Location: Garrard, Kentucky

56. EDWARD M. LEAVELL (EDWARD, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born 1788. He married RHODA SALLEE December 23, 1812 in Madison County, Kentucky, USA, daughter of HENRY SALLEE and MARTHA BONDURANT. She was born Abt. 1795.

Notes for EDWARD M. LEAVELL:
The bond date for their marriage was 23 Dec. 1812. Edward moved from Garrard Co., Ky. to Montgomery Co., Mo. in 1816. On 9 January 1819 he had a land grant in Montgomery County, Missouri. This family was listed on page 203 of the 1840 census for Montgomery Co. Rhoda is listed in the 10-years-younger bracket.

Notes for RHODA SALLEE:
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/upperla/pafg164.htm#4198 claims the Edward Leavell whom Rhoda Sallee married was Edward, b. 1823, son of Rebecca Stinson and James Leavell. Ages don't match, though--they couldn't have parented Atheline, and he would have been much younger than Rhoda.

Children of EDWARD LEAVELL and RHODA SALLEE are:
218.....i.....ATHALINE MARY LEAVELL, b. November 20, 1818, Missouri, USA; d. May 17, 1909, West Liberty, Howard, Indiana, USA.
219.....ii.....ABIJAH OREN LEAVELL, b. December 1821, Missouri, USA; d. Aft. 1890.

57. MILDRED LEAVELL (EDWARD, EDWARD, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born 1790. She married NICHOLAS H. STEPHENSON October 15, 1816 in Garrard County, Kentucky, USA, son of THOMAS STEPHENSON and MARY HAWKINS.

Notes for MILDRED LEAVELL:
Per Ron Phillips on the Stephenson Message Board, March 17, 2006 :

Ref. A History of Pioneer Families of Missouri by Bryan and Rose, Page 180 states:
"Mary I. Pitman married Thomas D. Stephenson, of Kentucky."
Page 276 states:
"Mildred, daughter of Edward Leavell, Sr., married Nicholas H. Stephenson, of Kentucky, and is now a widow in her 86th year. Mr. Stephenson and his family started to Missouri in 1813, on horseback, but after crossing the Ohio river they purchased a wagon and traveled in that some distance, where the roads became so bad that they could use it no longer. They then sold the wagon and performed the rest of the journey on horseback, arriving in St. Charles county in 1814, having been on the road one year. Mr. Stephenson settled first in Howell's Prairie, where he built a tanyard, and in 1818 he removed to Montgomery county. He had two children, James and Mildred A. --Thomas D. Stephenson, a brother of Nicholas, settled in Howell's Prairie, St. Charles county, where he died. He was a County Judge and Justice of the Peace for some time, and was an influential citizen."
.....This clearly shows the relationship between these two brothers! Interestingly, the 1935 facsimile of the 1885 book doesn't cross-reference Thomas D. to page 276 and is possibly why others have never noted this relationship.
.....What is even more interesting is that the John Pitman Stephenson, son of Thomas D. and Mary Irvine Pitman Stephenson married Margaret Leavell, daughter of James and Rebecca Stimpson Leavell and James Leavell's parents were Edward and Elizabeth Hawkins Leavell! While not blood related, the families obviously maintained close contact!

A. Will, Edward STEPHENSON (book A, p 44, Madison Co, KY), rec. 24 Aug 1792:
wife -- not named
dau, Betsey Stephenson
Son William Stephenson
Exec: John Snoddy, James Stephenson, Wm. Stephenson
Wit: James Stephenson, Humphrey Best

B. Will, Elizabeth STEPHENSON (book A, p. 33, Madison Co, KY) rec 3 Apr 1792:
Gr. Dau. Jean Stephenson
Son James Stephenson
(?relation) Joseph Hunter
Gr. Dau Jean McKnight
Son John Stephenson
Dau Elizabeth Stephenson
Wit. Edward Stephenson, William Mitchell

C. Will, Thomas STEPHENSON (book A, p 631, Madison Co, KY) rec 1812 (no date)
Wife Mary Stephenson
Dau Elizabeth Stephenson
Son John Stephenson
Son Joseph Stephenson
Dau Nancy Long
Dau Catherine Patton
Son Nathan H.
Son Nicholas H.
Son Thomas Stephenson
Exec. John Stephenson, Nathan H. Stephenson
Wit. Pleasant Turner, Thomas Clark, John Waremouth

D. cf wills of:
-Hawkins, Nathan (book A p. 68), 4 Nov. 1794
Dau Mary Stephenson (among other sibs named Hawkins)

-Maupin, Daniel (book A, p 277) Feb, 1802
Dau Sarah Stephenson (among other sibs named Maupin)

From : Marlene Stephenson
Sent : Friday, June 22, 2007 6:45 PM
Subject : Leavell Family - Generation 5 - Madison County, KY
Hello, Jane....
...I read your Leavell family file on the Internet with great interest. I wondered if you had any additional information about the wills of Elizabeth Stephenson, Edward Stephenson, Nathan Hawkins and Daniel Maupin?
...I am especially interested in knowing who this Elizabeth Stephenson was married to, and if Nathan Hawkins is the father of Mary Hawkins, who married Thomas Stephenson.
...Do you have the copies of the complete wills? If so where did you get them? The only ones that I can find are extractions.
...I would sincerely appreciate learning about anything that you may have in your files about these Stephensons, as I believe that we are related to Thomas and Mary Hawkins Stephenson.
Thank you, very much..
Marlene Stephenson

Children of MILDRED LEAVELL and NICHOLAS STEPHENSON are:
.....i.....JAMES STEPHENSON.
.....ii.....MILDRED A. STEPHENSON.

58. MALINDA LEAVELL (JOHN, JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1769, and died Abt. 1855 in Wayne County, Indiana, USA. She married JOHN MCKEE November 01, 1795 in Harrison County, Kentucky, USA. He was born Abt. 1772 in Ireland, and died Abt. 1820 in Wayne County, Indiana, USA.

Notes for MALINDA LEAVELL:
Went to Wayne County, Indiana after marriage.

1830 Jackson, Wayne County, Indiana
McKee, Melinda...one male 10 and under, one male 20 to 30, one female 20-30, one female 50-60

1860 CENSUS FOR Marion, Decatur, Indiana
McKee, Jacob...38...farmer...$2000 real estate...$1400 personal...Ohio
...Elizabeth McKee...39...Ohio
...Alford McKee...14...IN
...Maranda McKee...90...IN
...David McKee...8...IN
...Manerva McKee...5...IN
...Nancy McKee...1...IN

Children of MALINDA LEAVELL and JOHN MCKEE are:
220.....i.....SARAH MCKEE, b. August 14, 1797; d. July 30, 1843, Harrison Township, Henry, Indiana, USA.
221.....ii.....NANCY MCKEE, b. February 24, 1799, Kentucky, USA; d. December 25, 1856, Indiana, USA.
222.....iii.....TABOR W. MCKEE, b. January 03, 1801, Fort Washington, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA; d. July 14, 1871, Warren County, Iowa, USA.
223.....iv.....PRESERVED L. W. MCKEE, b. November 02, 1802, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA; d. June 20, 1884, Harrison Township, Henry, Indiana, USA.
224.....v.....MARTHA LUCINDA MCKEE, b. Abt. 1804, Ohio, USA.
.....vi.....JOHN MCKEE, b. Abt. 1806.
225.....vii.....MOSES WILLIAM MCKEE, b. August 27, 1808, Ohio, USA; d. December 31, 1877, Harrison Township, Henry, Indiana, USA.
.....viii.....JOSIAH MCKEE, b. Abt. 1810.

59. ROBERT LEAVELL (JOHN, JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born December 07, 1776 in Culpeper County, Virginia, USA, and died August 23, 1847 in Hagerstown, Henry, Indiana, USA. He married SARAH LEAVELL 1801 in Fayette County, Kentucky, USA. She was born 1782, and died 1857 in New Lancaster, Tipton, Indiana, USA. More About ROBERT LEAVELL: Burial: Olive Branch Church Cem.

Notes for SARAH LEAVELL:
Leavell, Robert 1776 born VA, Culpeper Co. married second cousin Sarah Leavell in 1801 in Fayette Co. KY per letter from Mrs. Joan Gray dated 12-18-1984. Route 1, Box 196-C, Ambay, IN 46911

John Wesley Leavell remembers his granny saying Indians were hostile to settlers, and she had to flee with the kids to Fort Salsbury, just west of modern Richmond, Indiana. She had trouble keeping hidden the gold and silver brought from Kentucky to pay for the land. After peace with England, they bought land and stayed there 20 years. After Robert's death, Ben and James built a house for her near Ben's, and he looked after her. She died in Tipton Co. IN in 1857, aged 77.

Children of ROBERT LEAVELL and SARAH LEAVELL are:
226.....i.....ELIZABETH LEAVELL, b. 1801.
.....ii.....GABRIEL LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1803, Kentucky, USA. "Gabriel died during childhood." per John Wesley Leavell at https://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/Elwood_Leavell.html
227.....iii.....JAMES LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1804, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA; d. Abt. 1862, New Lancaster, Tipton County, Indiana, USA.
228.....iv.....BENJAMIN LEAVELL, b. November 06, 1806, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA; d. October 29, 1868, Tipton, Tipton, Indiana, USA.
229.....v.....EZEKIEL LEAVELL, b. 1808, Kentucky, USA; d. 1864, Tipton, Tipton, Indiana, USA.
.....vi.....CAROLINE LEAVELL, b. 1811, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA; d. 1829, Jacksonburgh, Wayne, Indiana, USA; m. LEWIS JONES, March 26, 1828, Wayne County, Indiana, USA; b. March 26, 1807, Kanawha County, Virginia, USA; d. April 03, 1877, Centerville, Wayne, Indiana, USA. He married Ruth Commons 6 March 1843 in Wayne County, Indiana, and raised a family.

Notes for CAROLINE LEAVELL:
"Caroline married Louis Jones of Wayne County and only lived a short time, leaving no family and is buried at Jacksonburgh."--per 1915 Leavell history at https://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/Elwood_Leavell.html

Marriages of Wayne County, Indiana Book A

Notes for NANCY LEAVELL:
Theodore was aka "Dory Mahews"

Name: Thos. J. Matthews
Date Written: 18 July 1842
Date Probated: Likely August Term 1844.
To: William & Levell - sons?
Wife: Yes, not named
Slaves: John, Daniel and Sucky
Other names cited: John Matthews, J. W. Matthews, James Matthews, decd., Allen Matthews.
Witnesses: J. L. Glazebrook, Austin Glazebrook.
Source: Barren Co Ky Will Book 3, p. 224.

60. JOHN LEAVELL (JAMES, JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born April 17, 1783 in Virginia, USA, and died September 1833 in Boone County, Missouri, USA. He married POLLY PIPES July 23, 1817 in Washington County, Kentucky, USA, daughter of GEORGE PIPES and GEMIMA PIPES. She was born Abt. 1799 in Washington County, Kentucky, USA, and died in Missouri, USA.

Notes for JOHN LEAVELL:
John first shows up in records on the 1813 to 1816 Mercer Co., Kentucky tax rolls. He also is on the Washington Co., Ky .tax rolls from 1817 to 1830 & also shows up on the 1830 U.S.Washington Co. Ky. census. He & wife Polly (Pipes) came to Missouri with their four sons around 1830 and settled in Boone Co.

Evans and Thompson, Wills and Administrations of Boone Co., MO, p. 8:
LEAVEL, JOHN - No. 173 - Adm. Polly Leavel Admr. feb. 5, 1834. Heirs - Alfred, Vardaman, Anderson, & John, children. Polly wife.

In Missouri Intelligencer newspaper of Columbia, MO. dated Feb. 15, 1834 Polly Leavell advertised for claims against her estate due to husband John Levell's death, per Everett Jay Leavell, Jr.

Sources include http://www.pipesfamily.com/philn0001.htm

Children of JOHN LEAVELL and POLLY PIPES are:
232....i.....ALPHEUS LEVELL, b. February 14, 1820, Washington County, Kentucky, USA; d. January 29, 1888, Union Township, Holt, Missouri, USA.
233.....ii.....VARDEMAN LEVELL, b. January 15, 1822, Kentucky, USA; d. May 25, 1878, Harrisburg, Boone, Missouri, USA.
4....iii.....ANDERSON LEVELL, b. July 17, 1824, Washington, Kentucky, USA; d. January 03, 1891, Mike, Chariton, Missouri, USA.
235.....iv.....JOHN LEVELL, b. Abt. 1827, Kentucky, USA; d. 1872, Missouri, USA.

61. BENJAMIN LEAVELL (JAMES, JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born March 18, 1791 in Virginia, USA, and died November 05, 1857 in Barren County, Kentucky, USA. He married MARTHA S. DRANE January 10, 1822 in Barren County, Kentucky, USA, daughter of JAMES DRANE and KITTY SCOTT. She was born January 11, 1793 in Maryland, USA, and died December 06, 1853 in Barren County, Kentucky, USA.

Notes for BENJAMIN LEAVELL:
From the source documents at the Barren Co Clerk's Office in Glasgow
Marriages 1798-1849 - Male - LEA through LEWIS
Leavel, Benjamin to Drain, Martha, 10 Jan 1822
Levall, Isaac to Hood, Sally, 21 June 1823

BENJAMIN LEVELL BIBLE
Posted by Sandi Gorin on Fri, 15 Jan 1999
Surname: Levell, Drane, Moran, Breashear, Hoffman, Huffman, Leavill, Dodd, Edmunds, Emerson, Scrivner, Gillock NOTE: I have no connection.
January 10th 1822 Benjamin Levell was married to Martha S. Drane.
Decem 15th Robert J. Levell was married to Mary Lisabeth Moran.
Oct. 20th 1863 Edmund Breashear married to Catherine Levell.

Benjamin Levell was born March 18th 1791.
Martha S. Levell was born 11th January 1793.
Sarahann Levell was born May 23rd 1824.
William J. Levell was born August 23rd 1825.
Lewis R. Levell was born April 23rd 1825.
Kitty Sophia Levell was born July 28th 1829.
Thomas J. Levell was born Feb. 25th, 1831.
Margaret Levell was born March 15th 1833.
Robert J. Levell was born Dec. 4th 1836.

Larie W. Hoffman was born July 21st 1849.
Martha Cora Brashear was born Sept. 9th 1866.

Kitty A. Huffman departed this life Aug. 4th 1863.
W. L. Leavill departed this life Nov. 29th 1907.
Kitty S. Brashear departed this life Jan. 14th 1891.

John Levell son of James Levell and Sarah his wife was born 17th day April 1783.
Sarah Levell wife of James Levell she departd this life March 7th 1799.

Nancy daughter of James Levell and Dorothy his wife was born July 9th in the year of our Lord 1802.
Peggy Levell daughter of James and Dorothy his wife was born 1804.
Nancy Levell daughter of James and Dorothy Levell departed this life Sept. 1805.
Lucy Dodd was born 25th Sept. 1805.
Richard Edmunds, Pleasant Emerson, Martha Emerson: From Letter: Appointed by Committee by Cedar Grove Church at the death of Benjamin Levell. Dated: 1857. "He was born in State of Virginia, was the youngest child of James and Sarah Levell." /s/ J. W. Scrivner, H. P. Gillock.

Obediah Levell son of James and Sarah his wife was born Feb. the 16th 1789.
Margaret Levell daughter of James Levell and Dorothy his wife was born Sept. 22nd 1805.
James Levell, son of --- and Sarah his wife was born 22 day of March 1750.
Sarah Levell wife of James Levell was born 18th Dec 1755.

James Levell and Sarah his wife was marraied 15th day of June 1775.
Mary Levell daughter of James and Sarah his wife was born 7th day Oct. 1776.
Sarah Levell daughter of James and Sarah his wife was born 20th day April 17--.
James Levell son of James and Sarah his wife was born Jan. 1785.
Priscilla Levell daughter of James and Sarah his wife was born 19th day Feb. 1787.
Obediah Levell son of James and Sarah his wife was born 16th day Feb. 1789.
Benjamin Levell son of James and Sarah his wife was born 18th day March 1791.
Gabriel Levell son of James and Sarah his wife was born 31st Oct 1794 and deparated this life June 23rd 179-.
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1850 Barren Co. KY Census (one house away from Spencer J. Williams, wife Margaret (Leavell), and mother in law Dolly Leavell)
BARREN, KY 1850 FEDERAL CENSUS
6.615..633 Leavell...Dolly..88...F......Va
7.616..634 Landrum...Elizabeth.. 65.F....800....Va
8.617..635 Leavell...Benja...59...M..Farmer..1,200..Va
9.617..635 Leavell...Martha..59...F......Maryland
10..617..635 Leavell...Sarah A...26...F......Ky
11..617..635 Leavell...William J...24...M..Farmer....Ky
12..617..635 Leavell...Lewis R...22...M..Farmer....Ky
13..617..635 Leavell...Kitty S...20...F......Ky
14..617..635 Leavell...Thomas J. ...19...M..Farmer....Ky
15..617..635 Leavell...Margaret S....16...F......Ky
16..617..635 Leavell...Robert J. ...13...M......Ky
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1870 Barren Co Census Glasgow Precinct Enumerated July 27, 1870
551-542
Lovell, Lydia, 24, F, W, Keeping House, KY (cannot read nor write)
Lovell, Minor, 7, M, W, KY
Lovell, Martha, 26, F, W, KY (cannot read nor write)
Lovell, George B., 12, M, W, KY (cannot read nor write)
Lovell, Louann B., 4, F, W, KY
Lovell, Eugene, 3/12, M, W, KY (born in March)
Lovell, Mary F., 17, F, W, KY (cannot read nor write)
Talley, Permelia, 21, F, W, TN (cannot read nor write

1870 30 Aug. Rocky Hill Precinct, Barren County, KY, page 50
Level, W. G. ...40...farmer...$150...KY
Level, Mary J. ...36...KY...keeping house
Level, Robert...12...KY
Level, Jas. W. ...5...KY
Level, Jas. T. ...3...KY
Level, Elizabeth...1...KY
next door to:
Level, Wm. ...45...KY...farmer...$1760 real estate...$2400 personal
Level, Thos. J. ...38...KY...farm hand
Level, Margarett...36...KY...keeping house
Level, Sarah...27...KY

Living next door
550-541
Lovell, Joan or Jean, 29, F, W, Keeping House, KY (cannot read nor write)
Lovell, Bill R., 8, M, W, KY
Lovell, Jimmy, 4, F, W, KY
Lovell, Sarilda, 20, F, W, KY (cannot read nor write)
Lovell, John H., 2, M, W, KY
Lovell, Adaline, 22, F, W, KY (cannot read nor write)

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Rocky Hill, Barren, Kentucky; Roll: T9_402; Family History Film: 1254402; Page: 86.3000; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 0174.
William Level...54...KY, VA, MD...single...farming
Thomas Level...49...KY, VA, MD...farming...brother
Sarah Level...57...KY, VA, MD...keeping house...sister
Margurett Level...44...KY, VA, MD...sister

BARREN CO. KENTUCKY DEATHS
Levell, Benjamin, 67, md, s/o James, 5 Nov 1857.
Levell, Mrs. Thomas A, 45, md, d/o A & K DRANE, 6 Dec 1853.

Notes for MARTHA S. DRANE:
I am indebted to Mr. Geo. P. Turner, of Glasgow, KY for the following information:
.....My wife’s great grandfather, Anthony Drane and his wife, Catherine Scott before their marriage came to Barren County Kentucky from near the city of Baltimore, MD. My wife's grandmother, Martha Drane, was a daughter of Anthony and Catherine Drane, and was married to Benjamin Leavell, Jan 10, 1822. The Levell family came to Barren Co KY from Virginia. The Levell family and the Drane family came to Kentucky about the same time and built their homes from the virgin forest on adjoining farms and from the first strong friendships were formed. Anthony Drane born 1776 died Oct. 20 the 1830: his wife Catherine born 1775, died Aug 11, 1855. Sons, Richard K. S. born Aug 17 1799, died Apr. 9th 1834, Anthony, born Aug. 1803, died Feb. 1877, Judson S. Drane born Aug. 19, 1807, died Feb 26, 1858. Thomas------- daughters Sabina S., Born Aug 25, 1805, died Mar 21 1837, Margaret S.S. born Apr 14 1779, died June 11, 1830, Martha S. , born Jan 11 1793, died Feb 6, 1853.
.....Copied from a manuscript in the files of the Kentucky Historical Society, December 4 1958.

Martha died of consumption.

Children of BENJAMIN LEAVELL and MARTHA DRANE are:
236.....i.....SARA ANN LEAVELL, b. May 23, 1824, Barren County, Kentucky, USA; d. January 28, 1904, Barren County, Kentucky, USA.
.....ii.....WILLIAM J. LEAVELL, b. August 23, 1825, Barren County, Kentucky, USA; d. November 29, 1907, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, USA.

Notes for WILLIAM J. LEAVELL:
November 30, 1907
Leavel, William F. Died at his home in Glasgow, Kentucky, Friday, November 29, 1907, at nine o'clock p.m. In the eighty-third year of his age. Interment will take place in the Leavel burying-ground near Bruce Sunday, December 1st, at eleven o'clock. Services at the grave. Friends and relatives are invited to attend..

Notes for MARGARET S. LEAVELL:
Barren Co KY Will Book 5, page 370
Name: Margaret S Levell or Leavall
No date of writing. Name spelled several different ways
Recorded: 18 June 1901
Niece: Martha C (Mattie) Gardner
Sister: Sarah A Leavell
Brother: Robert J Leval
Executrix: Martha C Gardner
Witnesses: J W Jones, W J Leavell

Notes for ROBERT JOSEPH LEAVELL:
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: District 2, Barren, Kentucky; Roll: M653_354; Page: 1044; Image: 485; Family History Library Film: 803354.
Robert Leavell...24...KY...farmer...$700
M. E. Leavell...18...KY
next door to Wm. Leavell (33) and Sarah (35) and their 3 children

1880 - Cave City, Barren, Kentucky
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Cave City, Barren, Kentucky; Roll: T9_402; Family History Film: 1254402; Page: 80.2000; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 0163.
R. J. Leavell...44...KY, VA, KY...clerk in store
Mary E. Leavell...38...KY, KY, KY...keeping house

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Cave City, Barren, Kentucky; Roll: 507; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 20; FHL microfilm: 1240507.
Robert Leavell...63...Dec 1836...KY, KY, KY...married 40 years...farmer
Mary Leavell...58...Nov 1841...KY, KY, KY...married 40 years

Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
Name: Robert Joseph Leavell
Death Date: 10 Feb 1912
Death Location: Barren
Residence Location: Barren
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 4 Dec 1836
Birth Location: Barren
Father's Name: Benjnan Leavell
Father's Birth Location: Virginia
Mother's Name: Margurite Drane
Mother's Birth Location: Virginia

Death Record -- Bettie LEAVELL
Death Volume: 1918
Certificate Number: 37478
Name: Mrs Bettie LEAVELL
Age: 77
Died: 17 Dec 1918 Barren Co., KY
Gender: Female
Born: 06 Jun 1841 Barren County Ky
Race: White
Father: Schyler MORAN
Mother: Sarah Ann ADAMS
Spouse:
Informant: J L MORAN

Notes for ANDERSON B. LEAVELL:
Was there an Anderson Leavell? Family tree at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2821539&id=I4979 by James Steed suggests it but the Lovell family is generally not the Leavell family.

1870 Census, District 9, Cheatham, Tennessee:
Anderson Lovell-Age 30?, Farmer, Household #71 ($393 Value of personal estate)
Lucy M. Lovell, Age 26, HouseKeeper
Jessie H. Lovell, Age 7
Daniel H. Lovell, Age 6
Louis H. Lovell, Age 4
Nancy F. Lovell, Age 3
Alexander Lovell, Age 8 mos.
Page 10 of 18

Name: Anderson LOVELL
Age: 39
Estimated birth year: <1841>
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation: Self
Home in 1880: District 9, Cheatham, Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Head of household: Anderson LOVELL
Father's birthplace: TN
Mother's birthplace: TN

Notes for MARY PURVISS LEAVELL:

"Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940" at familysearch.org
Name: John Alsop
Spouse's Name: Polly P. Leavell
Event Date: 23 Dec 1819
Event Place: Spotsylvania, Virginia
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86867-9
System Origin: Virginia-EASy
GS Film number: 34039
Reference ID: 47

5/25/03
"Dave Dougherty"
Dear Ms. Leavell,
Came upon your posting of the Leavell genealogy the other & noted with interest the notes on John Alsop & Mary Leavell. I come from this line. The posting by Ben Warthen is substantially in error, and I can give you the complete genealogy from John Alsop & Mary Leavell. Mr. Warthen, a noted attorney in Virginia, was descended from William Alsop, five generations above the last Alsop (Olive Alsop Swanson) to own La Vue, the family plantation in Spotsylvania County, and is my 6th cousin, twice removed. Olive had no less than one younger sister and seven 1st cousins, who had 15 children among them who stood in line to inherit La Vue. There is a substantial amount of legal chicanery involved in disinheriting the remaining Alsops & the 1st cousins of Olive, and Ben Warthen received the largest inheritance given to a private individual when Herman Swanson, Olive's husband, died. Supposedly Olive died intestate, but the family all believed that was a fraud perpetrated by Swanson & his attorney to gain control of the estate. Herman Swanson was a con-man, who lived off of Alsop money from 1923 to 1972, not even maintaining the estate properly as he was charged to do.
At any rate, I can set the record straight if you would like me to furnish the materials for inclusion in your very fine work.
Sincerely,
Dave Dougherty

Notes for JOHN ALSOP:
George Alsope from Derbyshire
---------
The origin of this family is believed to be George Alsop who, with his brother, John, was transported to the Virginia Colony in 1664 from Chesterfield Parish, Derbyshire, England. The Crown in those times sent petty criminals to the Colonies; a practice they continued in Australia after their loss of the Colonies. Both brothers were in Accomack County, VA in the mid 1689's, where John remained. George moved to King George County where his grandson, William, was found in 1726.

William was in Caroline County, VA when he died. His sons moved to Spotsylvania County where some remained until as late as 1920. Some of their descendants moved west to Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. Their names appear in census lists as Alsop, Alsip, Alsup and Allsup.

Captain Jack served in the 30th Virginia Militia Regiment, Gray's Company in 1813, and as Captain in the 16th Regiment of Regulars (USA) commanded by Col Aylett Waller in 1814.

1850 Spotsylvania Co. VA. The Eastern Dist. page 386 236/236
John Alsop...62...m... VA... farmer
Mary P. Alsop...48... f...VA
George Alsop...29... m...VA
J. A. Alsop...23 ...m...VA
Thomas ALsop...19 ...m...VA
Eliza Alsop...16... f...VA

see 1860 Spotsylvania Co. VA census, See 1860 Thomas B, Yazoo Co. MS census. John "Capt Jack" ALSOP md (1) Elizabeth JONES.
http://hometown.aol.com/ralsup2/census50.htm

1860 Spotsylvania Co. VA. St, George Parish, Fredericksburg, VA 516/511
John Alsop... 73... m... VA... farmer
Mary P. Alsop...58...VA
William Stanley...40... m...VA

Subject: alsops/ Leavells/ Amiss
Posted by: Ben Warthen
.....Message: Unsure, but I may be as near as there is to family here. And I am distant my blood but was close to the last members of the family.
.....Family lived in severe but impressive brick mansion house, LaVue, on R F & P railroad in Spotsylvania Va.
.....1875ish a stepmother appears and young son split for Indiana.
.....Stepmother's only son, named for a Confedrate hero dies.
.....Stepmother dies. Meanwhile young son Thomas becomes M.D. in Indiana. marries Orpha Outhouse. (name americanized from german Athaus. God knows who talked them into that move) Dr. Thomas Alsop dies about time stepmother dies. Orpha and two daughters return to Va mansion in 1915.
.....Eldest daughter, Olive (Ca 1890-1968) marries automotive pioneer Herman Swanson (Franklin Aircooled Car) 1887-1972 live in house with Orpha who died about 1960 at great age.
.....Younger daughter Blanche 1899-1987 married C. Fred. Hansen, president of W T Grant and lived in NYC.
.....I have key to family mausaleum on LaVue.
.....There is a large family group of Leavell, Amiss. Holoways, who are kin but probably not descended from "Cpt. Jack" as they called him.
.....I do not think Blanche and Olive had Alsop first cousins but think they had Alsop second cousin some place. Blanch's will probated in NYC may mention cousins. Could try there.
.....Why do you seek info? Can I help further?

La Vue, the plantation and home renamed in 1990 as Prospect View Farm, was built in 1818 by George Alsop and his wife Lucy Harrison Strother for their oldest son John as a wedding present. John, usually called "Captain Jack" for his service in the War of 1812, married Mary Purvis Leavell, and the French name meaning "the View" honored her French Huguenot ancestry. The plantation comprised 1334 contigious acres in 1919, but with outlying properties "Hunters Lodge" and "Hickory Hill" the total came to about 1671 acres. It is believed there were no sales of acreage from Captain Jack's death to when Herman Swanson began selling off pieces after 1923.

Children of MARY LEAVELL and JOHN ALSOP are:
.....i.....GEORGE ALSOP, b. 1821.

Notes for GEORGE ALSOP:
George W. Alsop, born 10/6/1820, died prior to 1860 in the West, not known to have married. Some evidence suggests he left Virginia about 1840, worked for his uncle Jessie (son of grandfather George in MS, joined the Mississippi regiment of Jefferson Davis at the onset of the Mexican War in 1845, and was killed (or died) during the war, but this has not been confirmed.

Notes for THOMAS BURWELL ALSOP:
Thomas went to Missouri in 1849, moving to Yazoo City, Mississippi, 1850. He took over the 1600 acre plantation owned by his uncle Jesse (son of grandfather George) near Benton, MS, east of Yazoo City, and farmed until the Civil War. Served in the Engineering Corps under Brigader General Ledbetter at Mobile, Al. Thomas became a medical doctor after the war, marrying the Day sisters in turn. 2nd wife Emma married again after Thomas's death, and the Alsop plantation was inherited by the much younger 2nd husband upon Emma's death. According to family tradition, the young man married Emma to acquire the plantation. At any rate, the very extensive property passed out of the Alsop family. In spite of the distances, Thomas maintained close ties with the remainder of the Alsop family. All three of William Samuel Alsop's sons left their home at La Vue to join their Uncle Thomas in Mississippi before establishing careers in other localities. Only one had sons, George Rush Alsop, and he named his firstborn after Thomas. In the next generation, Emma Jane Sproat, a grandaughter of George Rush Alsop was named for Emma Day Alsop after her parents lived with Thomas and Emma in 1906-1907.

More About EMMA DAY: Burial: Day Cemetery, 7 mi. west of Vaughn, Mississippi

63. ANN ELIZABETH LEAVELL (BURWELL L., JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born May 08, 1806 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA, and died July 1852. She married ELIJAH AMISS November 20, 1833 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA, son of JOHN AMISS. He was born May 21, 1792, and died January 02, 1852.

Notes for ELIJAH AMISS:
1850 Rappahannock County, Virginia Census:
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: , Rappahannock, Virginia; Roll: M432_972; Page: 106; Image: 210.
Amiss, Elijah, 38, farmer, b. VA
Amiss, Ann E., 44, b. VA
Amiss, John B., 16, b. VA, student
Amiss, Thomas B., 11, born VA
Amiss, ?, female, 7, b. VA
Amiss, Amanda, 7, b. VA
Amiss, Joseph M., 6, b. VA
Amiss, Edmund L., 5, b. VA
Amiss, Eliza S., 4, b. VA
Amiss, Fannie E., 3, b. VA
Leavel, Littleton, 52, b. VA, overseer
Mcguire, Georganna, 17
Mcquire, Sarah, 26

.....John Amis(3) (Thomas(2), Joseph(1)) who lived to be a hundred years old (1760-1860), (Will dated October 16, 1854, Culpeper County) married Lavinia Basye in 1790. Their oldest son was Elijah Amiss (b. May 21, 1792, d. January 2, 1852) who married three times: (1) Sarah Royston, (2) Elizabeth Royston, and (3) Ann Eliza Leavell. Elijah Amiss was a prosperous and highly respected citizen of Rappahannock County (formerly Culpeper), owned large mills, and built a canal connecting with Falmouth to convey his grain to England. He had a large and distinguished family, three of his sons being surgeons in the Civil War with outstanding service (see Bruce's HISTORY OF VIRGINIA). His children by the first marriage were: Sarah Wyatt (m. John Albert Menefee, grandparents of Judge Bolitha J. Laws, Rev. Frederick J. Sohon, S.J. and Dr. Ambler Marstellar. Second marriage: Dr. William Henry Amiss, Mildred Louise (m. John Minor Leavell, parents of Hon. Byrd Leavell, William Thomas Leavell, Nannie, Miss Lizzie Neton Leavell, Benjamin Ashby Leavell, and grandparents of the distinguished [end of page 8] president of the Holloway-Amiss-Leavell Society, Ida Leavell Holloway); and Lavinia H. Amiss (m. Dr. William M. Alsop). Third marriage: Dr. John Burwell Amiss (m. Amanda V. Throop, grandparents of Virginia Throop Olhausen, secretary of H.A.L. Society); Dr. Thomas Benjamin Amiss (father of Frederick Taylor Amiss of Harrisonburg); Dr. Joseph Minor Amiss; Edmund Amiss (father of Harry Dorsey Amiss); Eliza Spindle Amiss (m. Dr. Robert Green Holloway); Fanny Lamond Amiss (m. George Buckner Fariah). The complete lineage of this branch of the Amiss Family is to be found in the Holloway-Amiss-Leavell Society records.
.....Other children of John(3) (Thomas(2), Joseph(1)) besides Elijah(4) were: John L.(4) (m. Elizabeth Carson of Winchester (daughters Mary Jane (Leavell) and Catherine F. Amiss) (see will of John Amis, grandfather); Joseph B. Amiss(4) (b. December 20, 1793, m. Miriam Hopper (children, Arbelia Roades, Harriet Walters, Adeline Hume, Mary Moore.)
-- http://nickbriz.home.mindspring.com/Brisbois/gen_Amiss_Family_by_Ray.html

Children of ANN LEAVELL and ELIJAH AMISS are:
.....i.....JOHN BURWELL AMISS, b. Abt. 1834; d. Abt. 1903; m. AMANDA V. THROOP.
.....ii.....ANNIE LETITIA AMISS, b. Abt. 1836; d. Abt. 1838.
.....iii.....THOMAS BENJAMIN AMISS, b. Abt. 1839; d. Abt. 1913; m. MARY E. MILLER.
.....iv.....AMANDA AMISS, b. Abt. 1841; d. Abt. 1855.
241.....v.....JOSEPH MINOR AMISS, b. February 26, 1843, Rappahannock County, Virginia; d. November 28, 1886, Page County, Virginia.
242.....vi.....EDMUND LEAVELL AMISS, b. April 26, 1844, Amissville, Virginia; d. January 22, 1914.
.....vii.....ELIZA SPINDLE AMISS, b. Abt. 1845; d. Abt. 1928; m. ROBERT G. HALLAWAY.
.....viii.....FANNIE E. AMISS, b. Abt. 1846; d. Abt. 1928; m. GEORGE B. FARRISH.

64. BYRD CARTER LEAVELL (BURWELL L., JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born September 09, 1810 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA, and died January 02, 1853 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA. He married (1) LUCY ANN CAMMACK May 07, 1835 in Cold Hill, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA, daughter of ROBERT CAMMACK and ELIZABETH CHEW. She was born September 17, 1811 in Virginia, USA, and died March 09, 1836. He married (2) MARY C. HAILE, the widow of ARTHUR L. BARNES, on November 28, 1838 in Essex County, Virginia, USA, daughter of ROBERT HAILE and MATILDA WRIGHT. She was born February 22, 1812, and died January 14, 1892 in Rosemont, Spotsylvania, Virginia. Byrd and Mary Haile were buried in Leavell Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, VA.

Notes for BYRD CARTER LEAVELL:
Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia
page 17
: 1838, Nov. 28
: BARNES,
: MARY C.
: Married Byrd C. Leavell
Book: Book 1,
Page: 253

1850 - Eastern District, Spotsylvania, Virginia
Leavell, Bird C. ...39...VA...$2000 ...farmer
Leavell, Mary C. ...37...VA
Leavell, Lucy B. ...16...VA
Leavell, Anna W. ...11...VA
Leavell, M.A.C. ...5...VA (female)
Leavell, Edward R. ...3...VA
Leavell, Charlotte E. ...1...VA
Temple, William S. ...8...VA

1860 census, Lloyds, Essex County, Virginia, p. 769, family 853 (3 houses away from Dr. Wm. A. Winn):
Level, M.C. ...45...VA...female
Level, Annie M. ...20...VA
Level, Charlotte E. ...13...VA
Level, Edward W. ...11...VA

1870 - Essex, VA
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: , Essex, Virginia; Roll: M593_1644; Page: 133; Image: 266.
Level, Mary C. ...58...VA...$2000 property...$5230 personal...
Level, Edward W. ...22...VA...farmer...$130 personal
Level, Anne M. ...28...VA...$130 personal...without occupation
Level, Charlotte E. ...20...VA...$130 personal

Child of BYRD LEAVELL and LUCY CAMMACK is:
243.....i.....LUCY B. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1834, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.

Children of BYRD LEAVELL and MARY C. HAILE are:
.....ii.....NANNIE LEAVELL, b. 1839.
.....iii.....ARTHUR LEAVELL, b. 1842, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.
.....iv.....MARY A. C. LEAVELL, b. 1845, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.
244.....v.....EDWARD WRIGHT LEAVELL, b. July 04, 1847, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA; d. October 06, 1887.
245.....vi.....CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH LEAVELL, b. 1849, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA; d. Abt. 1938.

65. REV. WILLIAM THOMAS LEAVELL (BURWELL L., JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born September 11, 1814 in Cloverdale, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA, and died August 25, 1899 in Hedgesville, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA. He married (1) ANNE YATES November 18, 1847 in Walnut Grove, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA. She was born July 15, 1815 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA, and died April 13, 1858. He married (2) EMMA WYNKOOP May 22, 1883 in Walnut Grove, Berkeley, WVA, USA, daughter of GARRET WYNKOOP and JULIA MOUNTZ. She was born Abt. 1817, and died May 12, 1906 in Woodstock, Shenandoah, West Virginia, USA. For William and Anne, burial in Zion Episcopal Church, Charles Town, Jefferson, WVA.

Notes for REV. WILLIAM THOMAS LEAVELL:
Card index in the library. Acquired, 1946-1959. Source: The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1959-1961, MS 61-2772, p. 609. Location: Duke University Library, Durham, NC. Duke University Library; Durham, NC 27706:
William Thomas Leavell (1812-1899). Correspondence of William Thomas Leavell and Edward Allen Hitchcock McDonald, 1831-1932, 5,136 items. Episcopal minister and farmer, of Charles Town, Jefferson County, VA (now WV). Topics: Mines and mining. Family and religious correspondence of Leavell and of his son-in-law, Edward Allen Hitchcock McDonald, Confederate officer, lawyer, and businessman. Leavell's papers (chiefly before 1860) concern such matters as High vs. Low Episcopalianism, the Baptists, Episcopal theology, and family affairs, and include student letters from Bristol College, Bristol, PA, and Fairfax Institute, Alexandria, VA. Most of the papers after 1860 belong to McDonald, and give information on the Laurel Brigade, Confederate veterans' organizations, the Louisville Abstract and Loan Company (later the Kentucky Title Company) with which McDonald was associated, U. S. economic conditions and education after the Civil War, mining in West Virginia, and politics. Correspondents include John Johns, George W. Peterkin, and Charles Clayton Penick.

NORTH CAROLINA
1969 , MS 69-1511, p. 177. William Thomas Leavell (1812-1899). Correspondence of William Thomas Leavell and Edward Allen Hitchcock McDonald, 1831-1932, URL: www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/history/reposits_not_wv/n_carolina.html

1850 Census for Charles City, Virginia
William T. Leavell ...36... Male ...White... Clergyman ...$500 ...Virginia
Anne Leavell...33 ...Female ...White ...Virginia
Julia Y. Leavell...1 ...Female... White... Virginia
Anne E. Leavell...3/12 ...Female ...White... Virginia

1860 census for Jefferson County, WVA
Leavell, William T. ...45...farmer...VA

1870 census for Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
Leavell, William T. ...56...farmer...VA
Leavell, Ann E. ...19...keeping house...VA
Leavell, Mary A. ...18...VA
Leavell, William T. ...16...VA
Leavell, Francis K. ...13...VA

FARMER'S ADVOCATE, July 9, 1927, page 2
50 Years Ago--1877
The degree of Master of Arts was conferred on Wm. T. Leavelle, Jr. and that of A.B. on F. K. Leavell, sons of Rev. W. T. Leavell, of this county, at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

1880 Census Place Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William Leavell...Self...W...Male...W...66...VA...Minister...VA...VA
Mary Leavell...Dau...S...Female...W...25...VA...At Home...VA...VA
Frances Leavell...Dau...S...Female...W...32...VA...At Home...VA...VA

At Blakely, the home of Mrs. Washington in Jefferson County, he met the "very charming daughter" of Mr. John Yates and wrote in his diary, "Singular enough, that I should thus have met with one, in the good providence of God, when in the pursuit of health only, who has proven to be Heaven's best gift." They were married at Walnut Grove, home of her parents in Jefferson County, and he says "the bridal party left immediately for Harper's Ferry, to take the cars for Washington."

Groom's name: W.T. Leavell
Groom's age: 40 years
Groom's estimated birth year: 1843
Groom's birth date:
Groom's birthplace:
Bride's name: Mary Erma Wynkoop
Bride's age: 38 years
Bride's estimated birth year: 1845
Bride's birth date:
Bride's birthplace:
Event type: Marriage
Marriage date: 22 May 1883
Marriage place: Berkeley, West Virginia
Groom's father's name: B. Leavell
Groom's mother's name:
Father of bride's name: G. Wynkoop
Mother of bride's name: Julia
Marital status:
Groom's previous wife's name:
Bride's marital status:
Bride's previous husband's name:
Film number: 831963
Digital GS number: 4227441
Image number: 78
Reference number:
Source: County Records
Collection: West Virginia Marriages 1853-1970

In October of 1853, Reverend Leavell took Bromfield Parish in the counties of Madison and Rappahannock, 40 miles apart, with his house smack in the middle. For six years he worked. "Looking back to my ministerial work in Madison and Rappahannock Counties, I regard it as the most laborious and painful of a long life of toil and hardships." When he was late returning on his horse Morgan, the children would grow restless and his wife would tell them, "It is not quite time yet, Morgan will bring Papa home soon." His family were living in the country around Harper's Ferry; reading about John Brown's raid in the ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE, he borrowed a six-shooter (Botts' Navy Pistol) from William Yancy of Madison County and made directly for his brother John's home in Amissville, planning to persuade him to go along. John was cleaning his gun and barricading his house. So William rode alone through the night to Front Royal, and he said, "Oh, what a night." He found his family safe, but decided to close his ministry in Madison and Rappahannock Counties, wanting in those unsettled times to be nearer to his own and his wife's families. (Source: Mary Elizabeth Hite, MY RAPPAHANNOCK STORY BOOK, The Dietz Press, Incorporated: Richmond, Virginia, 1950.)

Spirit of Jefferson on Aug 29, 1899
Rev. William Thomas Leavell
.....Rev. Wm. Thos. Leavell, rector of the Episcopal church at Hedgesville, Berkeley County, W. Va., died in that place on Friday last. Mr. Leavell was a native of Spottsylvania (sic) county, Va., and had nearly reached his eighty-sixth birthday. He was graduated from the Episcopal Seminary of Virginia in 1839. He was rector of a church in Charles City county, Va., in early life; later on was rector of Wickliffe Parish, in Jefferson county, W. Va., and Clarke county, Va., and afterwards for twenty-three years, and until his death, rector of the Episcopal church at Hedgesville. Mr. Leavell's first wife was Miss Ann Elizabeth Yates, of this county. Three daughters and one son survive him--Mrs. E. H. McDonald and Mrs. Jno. M. Daniel, of this county, and Wm. R. Johnson and Mr. Wm. T. Leavell, of Fayette county, W. Va. The youngest son, Rev. Francis K. Leavell, died in Baltimore about twelve years ago. About sixteen years ago Mr. Leavell was united in marriage to Miss Emma Wynkoop, of Hedgesville, W. Va., who survives him. The deceased was well known here, and highly esteemed by all our people, especially by numbers of ex-Confederate soldiers who, whilst Mr. Leavell was rector at Wickliffeduring the stirring war times in the Valley of Virginia, enjoyed his warm friendship and generous hospitality, given without stint to all who wore the gray. The interment was in the graveyard of Zion Espscopal Church, CharlesTown, Sunday afternoon, preceded by services in the church, conducted by Rev. W. L. Grsvatt, assisted by Rev. Dr. A. C. Hopkins, with Revs. W. K.. Marshall and C. E. Shaw also in the chancel. The active pall-bearers were the vestrymen of the church at Hedgesville, viz.,: Dr. D. R. Ross and Mssrs. George T. Kreglow, Jacob H. Miller, W. E. Lingamfelter, F. H. Robbins, R. B. Kilmer, Morgan Shaffer, Hamilton Myers and William Kilmer. The honorary pall-bearers were Maj. W. H. T. Lewis, Capt. George Baylor, Capt. Geo. H. Flagg, Messrs. David Howell, B. C. Washington, Joseph Trapnell, W. O. Norris and Dr. James M. Ranson, of Jefferson county.

WASHINGTON POST, 14 May 1906
Woodstock, May 13--Mrs. Emma Leavell died at the home of her sister, Mrs. D. D. Carter, last night, aged about sixty years. She was the widow of Rev. W. T. Leavell, and resided at Hedgeville, W. Va., for a number of years. She suffered from a stroke of paralysis some months ago, from which she never recovered. The interment will be at Charleston, W. Va., on Monday.

FARMER'S ADVOCATE, May 22, 1926, page 3
20 years ago-1906
Died-in Woodstock, Virginia, Mrs. Mary C. Leavell, widow of Rev. W. T. Leavell of this county, aged 61 years.

SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON FARMER'S ADVOCATE, 2 Feb. 1950, page 12:
50 Years Ago--1900
W. T. Leavell, son of the late Rev. Wm. T. Leavell, of this county, died at Sheltering Arms Hospital, Charleston, W. Va., after a short illness from appendicitis.

Children of WILLIAM LEAVELL and ANNE YATES are:
246.....i.....JULIA YATES LEAVELL, b. October 23, 1848, Walnut Grove, Jefferson, Virginia, USA; d. March 04, 1921, Media, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA.
247.....ii.....ANNE ELIZABETH LEAVELL, b. 1850, Virginia, USA; d. 1923.
248.....iii.....MARY AGLIONBY LEAVELL, b. 1854, Walnut Grove, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA; d. March 10, 1900, Hollywood, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
249.....iv.....WILLIAM THOMAS LEAVELL, b. November 12, 1854, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA; d. February 04, 1900.
250.....v.....FRANCIS KEYES LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1856, Jefferson County, Virginia, USA; d. December 19, 1887, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
.....vi.....JOHN BURWELL LEAVELL, b. 1860, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA; d. 1868.

66. ANDREW JACKSON LEAVELL (BURWELL L., JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born June 11, 1816 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA, and died April 10, 1886 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA. He married MARTHA F. WEEKS October 04, 1843 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA. She was born Abt. 1820 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA, and died September 03, 1887 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.

Notes for ANDREW JACKSON LEAVELL:
1860 - Sussex County, VA
Level, Andrew J. ...33...farmer...$2600...VA
Level, Martha F. J. ...24...VA
Level, Helen M. ...6...VA
Level, Frances W. ...6...VA
Level, Walter G. ...2...VA

1860 - District 1, Sussex County, Virginia
And J Leavelle...44...VA...farmer...$13,000 property...$40,000 personal
Martha F Leavelle...40...VA
Fanny W Leavelle...14...VA
Helen Mc G Leavelle...14...VA
Walter G Leavelle...10...VA
Jesse Holloway...18...overseer...VA

VIRGINIA SLAVE BIRTHS
Informant, Andrew J. Leavell:
Irena, born March 1864, Sussex
Parthena, born March 1864, Sussex
S.B., mother: Sciler, born Sept. 24, 1859, Sussex
Apollos (mother, Susan); born Apr 24, 1859, Sussex
Bettie Clamton (mother, Milly), born Mar 19, 1859, Sussex
John (mother Eliza), born Mar 9, 1853, Sussex
Tom Allen (mother Charlotte), born Apr 15, 1859, Sussex

1870 census...Henry, Sussex County, Virginia
Leavel, Andrew...54...farmer...VA
Leavel, Martha...46...keeping house...VA
Leavel, Fannie...20...VA
Leavel, Helen...20...VA
Leavel, Walter...18...farm laborer...VA
Weeks, Roberts...14...farm laborer...VA

1880 Census Place Henry, Sussex, Virginia
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Andrew J. Leavelle...Self...M...Male...W...64...VA...Farmer...VA...VA
Frances J. Leavelle...Wife...M...Female...W...50...VA...Keeping House...VA...VA
Fannie W. Leavelle...Dau...S...Female...W...25...VA...At Home...VA...VA
Helen Mcfarland Leavelle...Dau...S...Female...W...25...VA...At Home...VA...VA
Walter G. Leavelle...Son...S...Male...W...24...VA...Treauser Cu....VA...VA

doyle.stuart at worldnet.att.net
26 Oct 2003
...Little Calamity, thanks for the information and alerts regarding Horn. Good to know.
...By chance, do you have any data on the Leavelles of Sussex Co., Va., by way of Petersburg, Va., by way of Fredericksburg, Va.? Andrew Leavelle was born in Fredericksburg to Burwell and Anna Leavelle and had moved to Petersburg by the 1840s. There, he wed Martha Weeks and by 1850 they were living a bit southward in Sussex Co., where they remained. Their children were Walter, Frances and Julia. Walter, Frances and Julia never married. Walter, however, had offspring with his negro servant, whom he acknowledged and he made some heirs in his will.
...I am following up on one of those "Indian princess" stories. The princess in question is a Native American named Mildred West. I'm trying to determine if she ended up in Sussex via Martha Weeks Leavelle as a servant to her family, or, through Andrew.
...Thanks in advance for reading and considering.
S. Doyle

Children of ANDREW LEAVELL and MARTHA WEEKS are:
.....i.....HELEN MCFARLAND LEAVELL, b. 1842, Virginia, USA.
.....ii.....FANNIE W. LEAVELL, b. 1844, Virginia, USA.
.....iii.....WALTER G. LEAVELL, b. 1846, Virginia, USA. Although he never married, he had children by his African-American servant, Martha Short, and acknowledged some in his will, per an email from Stuart Doyle in 2003. Has anyone got a transcription of that will?

Child by WALTER G. LEVELL and MARTHA SHORT:
Elnora VIctoria Leavell, born abt. 1876 in Greensville County, Virginia, married to ? EVANS, JAMES BLUNT, and EMMETT DOYLE.

Notes for WALTER G. LEAVELL:
1910 - Henry, Sussex, Virginia
Walter G Levell...58...VA, VA, VA...head...single...farm employee...white
Blanch Harrig...33...cook, private family...VA, VA, VA...white
Fannie C Harrig...5...dau...VA, VA, VA...white
Willie Harrig...3...son...VA, VA, VA...white

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Henry, Sussex, Virginia; Roll: 2461; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 347.0.
Willie Short... 55...VA, VA, VA...Neg...farmer, general
Annie Short...51...VA, VA, VA...Neg
Elnora Doil...53...VA, VA, VA...Neg...sister...married at 13
John E Doil...22...VA, VA, VA...Neg...nephew...general farm laborer

Notes for HUGH CURRAN LEAVELL:
1850 census Rappahannock Co. VA (11 Nov 1850)
Leavel, Hugh C. ...30...farmer...$1150...VA
Leavel, Mary J. ...25...VA
Leavel, Edmund G. ...3...VA
Leavel, Virginia A. ...10/12..VA.
Green, Philadelphus...17...laborer...VA

1860 census, Amissville, Rappahannock Co. VA, page 175, family #382
Leavell, Hugh...39...farmer...$1160 real estate...$855 personal
Leavell, Mary J. ...26...VA
Leavell, Edward...21...VA
Leavell, Virginia...10...VA
Leavell, Eliza...7...VA
Leavell, Mary D. ...4...VA
Leavell, John B. ...1...VA

1880 Census Place Jackson, Rappahannock, Virginia
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Mary J. Leavell...Self...W...Female...W...54...VA...Keeping House...VA...VA
Virginia A. Leavell...Dau...S...Female...W...29...VA...At Home...VA...VA
Kate E. Leavell...Dau...S...Female...W...25...VA...At Home...VA...VA
Judy Smith...Other...S...Female...B...8...VA...Servant...VA...VA

Children of HUGH LEAVELL and MARY AMISS are:
251.....i.....EDMUND GOULDER LEAVELL, b. September 1847, Virginia, USA; d. Aft. 1930, Virginia, USA.
252.....ii.....VIRGINIA ANSON LEAVELL, b. December 1849, Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA; d. October 05, 1938, Hampton County, Virginia, USA.
.....iii.....KATHRINE ELIZABETH LEAVELL, b. July 28, 1853, Virginia, USA; d. January 21, 1938. In 1900 census, lived with brother John; in 1910, lived with brother Edmund.
.....iv.....MARY DAGG LEAVELL, b. 1856, Virginia, USA; m. JOSHUA J. HOPPER; b. Abt. 1850, Virginia, USA. They must have died young. In 1900, son Hugh Benton Hopper is living with Mary's brother John Burwell Leavell. Hugh was b. 25 Aug 1880 Salem, Roanoke, Virginia, USA, d. 11 Mar 1965 Caldwell, Greenbrier, West Virginia.

Notes for MARY DAGG LEAVELL:
1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Joshua J. Hopper...Self...M...Male...W...30...VA...Carpenter...VA...VA
Mary Hopper...Wife...M...Female...W...24...VA...Keep House...VA...VA
Lucy Hopper...Mother...W...Female...W...68...VA...Boards...VA...VA
Source Information:
Census Place Springfield, Page, Virginia
Family History Library Film...1255383
NA Film Number...T9-1383
Page Number...433C

68. EVELYNA L. F. LEAVELL (BURWELL L., JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born April 24, 1822 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, USA, and died January 02, 1890 in Texas, USA. She married SAMUEL R. MCGEHEE September 20, 1843 in Cloverdale, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA, son of CARR MCGEHEE and LUCY TATE. He was born Abt. 1820, and died July 21, 1869 in Texas, USA.
More About EVELYNA L. F. LEAVELL: Burial: Pebble Mound Cemetery, Council Creek, Burnett, Texas

"Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940" at familysearch.org
Name: Samuel Mcgeha :
Spouse's Name: Evelina Leavell
Event Date: 20 Sep 1843
Event Place: Spotsylvania, Virginia
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86867-9
System Origin: Virginia-EASy
GS Film number: 34039
Reference ID: 90

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: , Fayette, Texas; Roll: 1303; Family History Film: 1255303; Page: 95B; Enumeration District: 058;
E. L. Mc Gehee...55...VA, VA, VA...widowed...housekeeper
Adrian Mc Gehee...26...VA, VA, VA...farmer...son
Claudian Mc Gehee...24...VA, VA, VA...farmer...son
James Mc Gehee...20...VA, VA, VA...farmer...son
Betty Mc Gehee...22...VA, VA, VA...dau
Charles Mc Gehee...18...VA, VA, VA...son
Henry Mc Gehee...14...VA, VA, VA...son

Children of EVELYNA LEAVELL and SAMUEL MCGEHEE are:
.....i.....GEORGE BURWELL MCGEHEE, b. March 19, 1845, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA; d. January 19, 1927. Burial: Pebble Mound Cemetery, Council Creek, Burnett, Texas.

Notes for GEORGE BURWELL MCGEHEE:
SGT George B. McGehee Co. E Texas CAV CSA
b. Mar 19, 1845 d. Jan 19, 1927 (2 stones)

69. JOHN MINOR LEAVELL (BURWELL L., JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born March 28, 1824 in Culpeper County, Virginia, USA, and died June 13, 1894 in Spotslyvania County, Virginia, USA. He married LOUISA MILDRED AMISS November 19, 1846 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA, daughter of ELIJAH AMISS and ELIZABETH ROYSTON. She was born February 27, 1827 in Virginia, USA, and died April 21, 1901. They were married by Rev. William Thomas Leavell in the Protestant Episocopal church.

1850 CENSUS Rappahannock, Virginia (21 Sept 1850)
301...301
Leavel, John M. ...26...merchant...$1700...VA
Leavel, Louisa M. ...23...VA
Leavel, William T. ...9/12...VA
Leavell, Benjamin L. ...24...clerk...VA
Heaney, Thadeus...13...VA
Amiss, Thomas B. W. ...11...VA

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Rappahannock, Virginia; Roll: M653_1374; Page: 154; Image: 169; Family History Library Film: 805374.
John M Leavell...36...VA...farmer...$8100 real, $8548 personal
Louisa Leavell...33...VA
Wm T Leavell...10...VA
John S Leavell...5...VA
Nannie F Leavell...3...VA
Thos B Amiss...22...VA...physician...$8000 personal
Nannie Amiss...19...VA...$8500 personal
Fannie E Amiss...2...VA...$3000 personal
Edward S Amiss...15...VA...$3000 personal

VIRGINIA SLAVE BIRTHS (Informant, John M. Leavell)
Edgar, son of Lucy, born Nov 1856, Rappahannock
Emily, dau. of Lucy, born Sept. 1, 1861, Rappahannock
Jeff Davis, son of Lucy, born Feb. 1862, Rappahannock

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Jackson, Rappahannock, Virginia; Roll: M593_1674; Page: 125B; Image: 254; Family History Library Film: 553173
Jno M Leavell...46...VA...farmer...$4000 real, $1000 personal
Louisa M Leavell...42...VA
John S Leavell...15...VA
Mannie F Leavell...13...VA
Lizzie W Leavell...8...VA
Benjamin A Leavell...4...VA
Byrd J Leavell...1...VA
Reata Amiss...30...VA
Fannie E Amiss...22...VA
Charles Shomsell...24...B...VA
Lucy Shomsell...31...B...VA
William Shomsell...6...B...VA
Franklin Shomsell...5...B...VA
Lena Shomsell...3...B...VA
Henry E Shomsell...1/12...B...VA
Lucy A Corbin...18...VA...white
Lidia Johnson...11...B...VA

1880 Census Place Stevensburg, Culpeper, Virginia
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Jno. M. Leavell...Self...M...Male...W...56...VA...Salesman In Store...VA...VA
Louisa M. Leavell...Wife...M...Female...W...53...VA...Keeping House...VA...VA
Lizzie N Leavell...Dau...S...Female...W...18...VA...At Home...VA...VA
B. Ashby Leavell...Son......Male...W...14...VA...At Home...VA...VA
J. E. B. S. Leavell...Son...S...Male...W...11...VA...At Home...VA...VA
Anna B. Farish...Cousin...S...Female...W...18...VA...At School...VA...VA
Fannie E. Amiss...Niece...S...Female...W...30...VA...At Home...VA...VA
Kate O. F. Amiss...Cousin...S...Female...W...36...VA...Teaching School...VA...VA
Rebecca Green...Other...S...Female...B...23...VA...Cook...VA...VA
Albert Green...Other...S...Male...B...2...VA...VA...VA

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Center, Fauquier, Virginia; Roll: 1708; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 26; FHL microfilm: 1241708.
Elison S Blackwell...50...Oct 1849...VA, VA, VA...married 22 years...farmer
Nannie L Blackwell...42...Sept 1857...VA, VA, VA...married 22 years...6 children, 6 living...
Agnes N Blackwell...20...Oct 1878...VA, VA, VA...dau
Louise S Blackwell...18...Jul 1881...VA, VA, VA...dau
Nannie L Blackwell...17...Oct 1882...VA, VA, VA...dau
Joseph M Blackwell...11...Apr 1889...VA, VA, VA...son
Edwin S Blackwell...8...Sept 1891...VA, VA, VA...son
John D Blackwell...3...Apr 1897...VA, VA, VA...son
Lizzie N Leavell...38...Jul 1861...VA, VA, VA...single...sister-in-law...school teacher
Louise M Leavell...73...Feb 1827...VA, VA, VA...widowed...mother-in-law
Virginia Willis...45...Mar 1855...B...VA, VA, VA...servant
Jacob Butler...25...Apr 1875...B...VA, VA, VA...servant
Randolph Walker...70...Jan 1830...B...VA, VA, VA...widowed...servant
Robert Cary...39...Oct 1860...B...VA, VA, VA...servant

WASHINGTON POST, 22 April 1901
...On Sunday, April 21, 1901, at 2:49 p.m., at the residence of her son, B. Ashby Leavell, 1749 corcoran street northwest, Louisa Mildred Leavell, widow of John Minor Leavell, of Culpeper, Va.
...Interment Tuesday at 3 P.M. at Culpeper, Virginia.
(Culpeper, Warrenton, and Fredericksburg papers please copy.)

CULPEPER: CEMETERY RECORDS - MASONIC CEMETERY
Cemetery Location: .5 mile north of Culpeper, Virginia on Route #685 east side of road. Culpeper Co.
Louise Mildred
wife of John M. Leavell
Born Feb. 29, 1827
Died Apr. 21, 1901

John M. Leavell
Born March 28, 1824
Died June 13, 1894
See photo of tombstone at BillionGraves.com

Children of JOHN LEAVELL and LOUISA AMISS are:
256.....i.....WILLIAM THOMAS LEAVELL, b. September 21, 1849, Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA; d. October 08, 1931, Norfolk County, Virginia, USA.
.....ii.....JOHN SHACKLEFORD LEAVELL, b. 14 Feb 1853, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA, d. 1 March 1932, m. F. Cooke 14 January 1903 in Spotsylvania County, VA. Death date per Stuart Massey family tree at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/852083/person/-780871764?ssrc=. She was FRANCES MARIE COOKE

"Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940" at familysearch.org
Name: Jno. S. Leaville
Birth Date: 1858
Birthplace: Rappahannock
Age: 45
Spouse's Name: Fannie E. Cooke
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace: Cumberland
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 14 Jan 1903
Event Place: Richmond, Henrico, Virginia
Father's Name: Jno.
Mother's Name: Lou
Spouse's Father's Name: James
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sally
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00890-0
System Origin: Virginia-EASy
GS Film number: 2048456
Reference ID: Image 222, Page 5

In 1900, was in Henrico County, VA with the Henley family as a boarder (along with George Garth) and Fannie Cooke, sister to Mrs Henley.
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Tuckahoe, Henrico, Virginia; Roll: 1713; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 1241713
Robert A. Henley...77...Dec 1822...VA, VA, VA...married 55 years...farmer
Mary M. Henley...62...Oct 1857...VA, VA, VA...married 55 years...LOOKS like 9 children, 9 living
Charlotte Henley...62...June 1837...VA, VA, VA...dau (date looks like 1837; her age must be a mistake on census taker's part)
Fannie Cooke...25...Jan 1865...VA, VA, VA...sister-in-law
John Leavelle...47...Nov 1852...VA, VA, VA...single...boarder...sawyer
George Garth...22...July 1872...VA, VA, VA...single...farm laborer

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Tuckahoe, Henrico, Virginia; Roll: T624_1631; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 1375644.
John S. Leavelle...56...VA, VA, VA...carpenter...married 7 years
Fannie Leavelle...40...VA, VA, VA
Eloise Garth...6...VA, VA, VA...great neice
Victorine Garth...4...VA, VA, VA...great neice

70. BENJAMIN LONG LEAVELL (BURWELL L., JOHN, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born February 14, 1826 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA, and died April 10, 1886 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA. He married ROBERTA ELIZABETH GAYLE October 11, 1853 in Rosemont farm in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA, daughter of JOSIAH GAYLE and FRANCES BROADDUS. She was born Abt. 1830 in Virginia, USA, and died December 01, 1925 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.

Notes for BENJAMIN LONG LEAVELL:
Per Therese Fisher's MARRIAGES IN VIRGINIA: SPOTSYLVANIA CO. 1851-1900 AND ORANGE CO. 1851-1867, Heritage Books, 1992:
Leavell, Benjamin L., s/o D. Leavell, merchant, place of birth Spotsylvania, residence Rappahannock Co., m. Roberta E. Gayle, dau. Josiah P. Gayle, born Spotsylvania, married 11 October 1853.

1850 Spotsylvania Co. VA, p. 97
Leavell, Benj'n L.

1860 Census St. George, Spotsylvania Co. VA, p. 383, #765, 753
Leavell, Benjamin S. ...36...VA...farmer...$6400 real estate...$6,100 personal
Leavell, Roberta E. ...29...VA
Leavell, Fanny G. ...5...VA
Leavell, Mary A. ...3...VA
Leavell, Jno. T. ...1/23...VA

1880 Census Place E.D. 135, Spotsylvania, Virginia
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Ben L. Leavell...Self...M...Male...W...54...VA...Farmer...VA...VA
Roberta E. Leavell...Other...M...Female...W...50...VA...Keeping House...VA...VA
John T. Leavell...Son...S...Male...W...20...VA...Farmer...VA...VA

Roberta E. Leavell, wife of Benjamin B. Leavell of Spotsylvania, of Co. E. 9th Virginia Cavalry. He died of heart disease April 10, 1886. They were married Oct. 11, 1850 at Rosemount, Spotsylvania. She received a $25 pension from the Confederate pension rolls in 1902.

At findagrave.com see photo of his tombstone and of obituary for him from The Free Lance of Fredericksburg, dated April 13, 1886
SUDDEN DEATH
.....Benjamin L. Leavell, one of the most highly respected citizens of Spotsylvania, died suddenly at his home, last Saturday morning, of heart disease, in the 65th year of his age. Mr. Leavell, was called early to the stable by a servant girl to release a favorite mare which had become entangled in the halter; the servant returning with him to the stable. After the deceased had succeeded in loosing the mare the servant returned to the house, when in a few minutes afterwards she was informed that Mr. Leavell was lying near the barn and could not be aroused. Upon examination he was found dead, evidently dying from heart disease, which was aggravated by the excitement he had undergone.
.....The family of deceased will receive the sympathy of a large number of friends and acquaintances. The funeral took place yesterday.

Her obit is in the WASHINGTON POST (Washington DC) , 24 Dec 1925.

Children of BENJAMIN LEAVELL and ROBERTA GAYLE are:
260.....i.....FANNIE GOULDER LEAVELL, b. August 01, 1854, Rosemont, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA; d. May 17, 1906, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.
2261.....ii.....MARY ALMEDA LEAVELL, b. April 20, 1857, Rosemont, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA; d. Abt. 1938.
262.....iii.....JOHN THOMAS LEAVELL, b. March 16, 1860, Rosemont, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA; d. May 16, 1947, San Bernardino County, California, USA.

71. JOHN BELTON (SUSANNAH LEAVELL, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1760 in Laurens District, Newberry County, South Carolina. He married CHARITY TEAGUE Abt. 1784, daughter of ELIJAH TEAGUE and ALICE LEAVELL. She was born Abt. 1763 in Laurens District, Newberry, South Carolina, and died 1853.

Notes for JOHN BELTON:
Pioneers of Newberry and Laurens Co. Moved to Newberry from Camden District of South Carolina. Members of Bush River Friends Meeting from 1792-1804.

Children of JOHN BELTON and CHARITY TEAGUE are:
263.....i.....REBECCA BELTON, b. October 19, 1791, Kershaw County, South Carolina; d. July 23, 1873, Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA.
.....ii.....ABRAHAM BELTON, b. 1795, Newberry District, South Carolina.
.....iii.....SARAH CANNON BELTON, b. Abt. 1815, Newberry District, South Carolina; m. JOSEPH JACKSON.

Source: "Joyce Jackson" joyce at earlytexasfamilies.com

1850 Green County, Alabama Federal Census - page 281B
582
Joseph Jackson...52...M...Mechanic...Georgia
Sarah C. Jackson...35...F...South Carolina
Susan C. Jackson...16...F...Alabama
Joseph Jackson...14...M...Alabama
John H. Jackson...11...M...Alabama
Robert S. Jackson...6...M...Alabama
Martha R. Jackson...4 F...Alabama
Charity Delton...76...F...South Carolina

72. REBECCA BELTON (SUSANNAH LEAVELL, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1768 in Laurens County, South Carolina, and died Abt. 1850 in Douglas County, Nebraska. She married ROBERT RICHEY Abt. 1795. He was born Abt. 1775 in Ireland, and died Abt. 1835 in Abbeville, South Carolina.

Notes for REBECCA BELTON:
Rebecca Belton Richey converted to LDS faith and died on the plains on her way to Salt Lake City.

Others give Robert's birthplace as Abbeville County, South Carolina

13 Jan 2004
Thought you would be intrested in this
go to this web page to see more
http://home.att.net/~lrrichey/
...I know very little historical detail of Robert Richey’s life, even though the genealogical facts are fairly complete. He was born at sea Abt 1772, married Rebecca Belton, and they had 10 children all while living in Laurens County, South Carolina. He died in Georgia at the age of about 62
...Robert Richey died before his son and grandson were converted to the LDS religion, but his wife Rebecca survived him, joined the Church, gathered with the Saints, and ultimately died crossing the plains in 1850.

...4. REBECCA BELTON (WILLIAM, JOHN) was born Abt. 1768 in Laurens County, South Carolina. She married ROBERT RICHEY. He was born Abt. 1775 in Ireland.
...Children of REBECCA BELTON and ROBERT RICHEY are:
.....i......WILLIAM RICHEY, b. February 01, 1796, Laurens County, South Carolina.
.....ii......MARTHA RICHEY, b. Abt. 1798, Laurens County, South Carolina.
.....iii......JOHN RICHEY, b. Abt. 1800, Laurens County, South Carolina.
.....iv......MARGARET RICHEY, b. Abt. 1802, Laurens County, South Carolina.
.....v......ELINOR RICHEY, b. Abt. 1804, Laurens County, South Carolina.
.....vi......JAMES RICHEY, b. Abt. 1806, Laurens County, South Carolina.
.....vii......SUSANNAH RICHEY, b. Abt. 1808, Laurens County, South Carolina.
.....viii......MARY RICHEY, b. Abt. 1810, Laurens County, South Carolina.
.....ix......DAVID RICHEY, b. Abt. 1812, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. September 30, 1857, Pickens, Alabama; m. DIADEM LYNCH.
.....x......NANCY RICHEY, b. Abt. 1814, Laurens County, South Carolina.
==================
Ray and Diane Richey
lrrichey at att.net
drichey1 at juno.com

Leslie Ray Richey"

Children of REBECCA BELTON and ROBERT RICHEY are:
264.....i.....WILLIAM RICHEY, b. February 01, 1796, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA; d. October 21, 1879, Parowan, Iron, Utah, USA.
.....ii.....MARTHA RICHEY, b. Abt. 1798, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. NEAL TILITSON, Abt. 1810; b. Abt. 1794, Laurens County, South Carolina.
.....iii.....JOHN RICHEY, b. Abt. 1800, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. ? PRICE, Abt. 1822.
.....iv.....MARGARET RICHEY, b. Abt. 1802, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. THOMAS HOULMAN, Abt. 1824; b. Abt. 1798, South Carolina.
.....v.....ELINOR RICHEY, b. Abt. 1804, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. MARTIN CASELBURY, Abt. 1825.
.....vi.....JAMES RICHEY, b. Abt. 1806, Laurens County, South Carolina.
.....vii.....SUSANNAH RICHEY, b. Abt. 1808, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. MARCUS E. PAGE, Abt. 1831.
.....viii.....MARY RICHEY, b. Abt. 1810, Laurens County, South Carolina.
.....ix.....DAVID RICHEY, b. Abt. 1812, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. September 30, 1857, Pickens, Alabama; m. DIADEM LYNCH, Abt. 1835.
.....x.....NANCY RICHEY, b. Abt. 1814, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. RODISON WILLIAMS, Abt. 1834.

73. NANCY BELTON (SUSANNAH LEAVELL, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1772, and died Abt. 1830. She married THOMAS PITTS. He was born Abt. 1757 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1829. When her father died in 1830, Nancy was a widow and signed for inheritance as Mrs. Nancy Pitts.

Children of NANCY BELTON and THOMAS PITTS are:
.....i.....JOHN HARRINGTON PITTS.
.....ii.....HARREL PITTS.
.....iii.....CATHERINE PITTS.
.....iv.....WILLIAM PITTS.
.....v.....MATTHEW CHANEY PITTS, b. Abt. 1795.
.....vi.....MARY MAGDALENE PITTS, b. Abt. 1795.
.....vii.....SIMEON PITTS, b. October 22, 1800.
.....viii.....ELIJAH PITTS, b. Abt. 1803.
.....ix.....DAVID PITTS.

74. HANNAH BELTON (SUSANNAH LEAVELL, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1775 in Craven County, South Carolina, and died Aft. 1870 in Anderson County, South Carolina. She married JOHN PITTS Abt. 1796 in Newberry, South Carolina, son of HENRY PITTS and MARY BAGNALL. He was born in Nansemond County, Virginia, and died January 15, 1816 in Newberry, Newberry District, South Carolina.

Notes for HANNAH BELTON:
It may be that Hannah went to stay with her daughter Martha "Milly" Pitts Simmons in Cass County, Texas, and actually died there in 1878.

Most of the information on all the myriad descendants of Hannah came from the GenCircle trees of Leavie Irene Clark Bell.

John was recorded as a Justice of the peace in Newberry Dist. South Carolina. William Simpson and Drury were minors when their father died. John Pitts, esq. Brother Thomas was appointed as their guardian. Later the boys chose their older brother Cary as their guardian.

First, the parents are:
.....John Pitts, Esq. born 1763-1768 Most likely born in Nansemond Co., Va.
.....We had previously thought that he was born in Newberry Co., S.C. but recent letters that we obtained dated several years ago state that he was about two or three months old when his parents came to South Carolina. They may have gone to the Kershaw Dist. of South Carolina around Friend's Neck before going on to Newberry Co. His parents were Henry Pitts (born about 1729) and Mary (probably Dudgeon). John Pitts, Esq. died 15 Jan 1816 in Newberry Co., S.C. He married about 1796 to Hannah Belton. She is the daughter of William Belton and Susannah Leavell. Hannah was born 1775 in Craven Co., South Carolina. I am uncertain about where she died, some say Anderson Co., S.C. in 1878, but there is some indication that she went to stay with her daughter Martha "Milly" Pitts Simmons in Cass Co., Texas and died there. Their children are:

1. Carey Pitts born 17 Dec 1797 in Newberry Co., S. C. and died 18 Jul 1881 in Clarksville, Red River, Texas. He married Sarah Ann Lark on 22 Nov 1826 probably in Newberry Co., S.C.
2. Hiram Pitts born in Nov 1799 in Newberry Co., S. C. and died 9 jan 1895 in Pontotoc Co., Ms. He married Clarissa Calhoun about 1825 in South Carolina.
3. Reuben Golden Pitts was born 12 Dec 1801 in Newberry Co., S. C. and died 30 Nov 1854 in Newberry Co., S. C. He married Lura Burton in 1840 in South Carolina.
4. Tabitha (Bertha) Pitts was born about 1803 in Newberry Co., S.C. and she married Obediah Pitts. I don't have a death date for her, nor a wedding date.
5. John Belton Pitts was born 31 Jan 1806 in Newberry Co., S.C. and died 27 Sep 1862 in Anderson Co., South Carolina. He married Elizabeth Bolt in 1823 in Laurens Co., South Carolina
6. Martha (Milly) Pitts was born 26 Mar 1808 in Newberry Co., S. C. and died 18 Sep 1878 in Linden , Cass Co., Texas. She married Rev. David Monroe Simmons on 3 Aug 1823 in Laurens Co., South Carolina.
7. Starling Tucker Pitts was born 26 Apr 1810 in Newberry Co., S.C. and died in 1869 in Laurens Co., S.C. Buried at Friendship Presbyterian Church in Laurens Co., S.C. He married Charlotte Temperance Flowers on 1 Jul 1841 in Laurens Co., S.C.
8. William Simpson Pitts was born 22 Mar 1813 in Newberry Co., S.C.
I don't know his death date. The date that is often accepted as his, is the death date of his son William S. Pitts. He married Nancy Elizabeth Parks in South Carolina. She is the daughter of John Parks and Isabell.
9. NOTE THAT THIS ONE IS TENTATIVE NO PROOF Robert Pitts born about 1814 in Newberry Co., S.C.
10. Drury Joshua (or Jackson) Pitts born 1 May 1815 in Newberry Co., S. C. and died after 1870 in Pontotoc Co., Mississippi. He married Maria Moulten Dickson on 16 Nov 1843 in Pontotoc Co.

.....WILLIAM SIMPSON AND DRURY WERE MINORS WHEN THEIR FATHER DIED. JOHN PITTS, ESQ. BROTHER THOMAS WAS APPOINTED AS THEIR GUARDIAN. LATER THE BOYS CHOSE THEIR OLDER BROTHER CARY AS THEIR GUARDIAN. IF ROBERT PITTS WAS LIVING HE WOULD HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AS A MINOR ALSO, THEREFORE I AM UNCERTAIN ABOUT HIM. HE COULD HAVE EITHER DIED BEFORE HIS FATHER OR NOT BE A SON.
.....Are you related to William Simpson Pitts, if so, how?
.....William Simpson is my gr.gr. grandfather through the daughter Martha Isabel Pitts that married William A. Hurt.
I hope that this helps you.
Happy Hunting
Leavie C. Bell
lcbell at charter.net

Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 16:53:50 -0500
From: "Shelia Chumley"
.....I recently came across your genealogy and find it very interesting. In Annals of Newberry by O'Neil he had a list of church persons. Robert Leavell Sr. and Robert Leavell Jr and wife Sarah. Also listed are the following Leavells, Elizabeth , James , John, and Peggy.
.....The Bush River Church Cemetery records on page 71 has a picture of Robert Leavell rock tombstone. The dates are born 15 sep 1718 and deceased the 21 June 1797 age 79. So this fellows father was born in the 1600's. Is this what you have for Robert Leavell Senior?
.....My David Monroe Simmons married Martha Pitts and her mother Hannah lived with them. David was born 1800 and left South Carolina in 1870. I think that Hannah would have been dead before David and Martha moved to Texas.
.....The other Leavells buried at this cemetery are John Roland and his wife Elizabeth J. and their children. John Leavell Esqr. died May 1826 in his 69 yr., seems John was married twice. Once to Frances who died Jan 15, 1857 age 77 yrs. and Margaret who died Nov 4, 1805, age 42 years. You most likely have this information.
.....All of the early genealogy handed down on the Simmons side gave the maiden name of Hannah Belton Pitts mother Susannah as Cole or Coates. I believe from studing the will of Henry Coates, Sr. that its the Pitts family who are related to the Coates.
.....John Cole, Sr., will signed 16 April 1808 and proved 2 Jan 1809 list witnesses as W. M. Belton, Martha Belton and Susannah Belton, Jr. John Coles wife was named Mary. His children were Mary Reeder, Caty Williams, Frances Pitts, Anne Mason, Sarah Williams, John Cole,Jr., deceased by 1809, James Cole and wife Tenor, William Cole, and Bettie who must have had two husbands, one a Reeder and the other a Cary.
.....The O'Neil book also states that Rev. Aaron Pinson (Pincent) will dated 1794, on file 1803, his wife was Elizabeth, children Moses, John, Isaac, Jemimah Hennery, and Mary Cole.
.....All of these families were so interconnected that I don't think I shall ever get them sorted as to whom belongs to whom.
.....Annuuls of Newberry,page 144. John Cole Sr., was the third paster of the Bush River Church. He had been pastor for 35 years when he died in 1816. So either O'Neil got his dates wrong or there was another John Cole, Sr. He says John Cole was called to preach in 1781.
.....I always thought the Beltons were Quakers, but I guess when the Quaker meeting was disbanded they became Baptist.
.....If you have a book for sale I am interested. I am having some trouble with roadrunner so if you cannot e-mail me back on first try please keep trying.
Shelia H. Chumley

Children of HANNAH BELTON and JOHN PITTS are:
.....i.....MARTIN PITTS.
265.....ii.....CAREY PITTS, b. December 17, 1797, Abbeville, South Carolina; d. July 18, 1881, Clarksville, Red River, Texas.
266.....iii.....HIRAM PITTS, b. November 1799, Newberry District, South Carolina; d. January 09, 1895, Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
267.....iv.....REUBEN GOLDEN PITTS, b. December 12, 1801, Newberry District, South Carolina; d. November 30, 1854, Newberry County, South Carolina.
.....v.....TABITHA PITTS, b. Abt. 1803, Newberry, South Carolina; m. OBEDIAH PITTS.
268.....vi.....JOHN BELTON PITTS, b. January 31, 1806, Newberry District, South Carolina; d. September 27, 1862, Anderson County, South Carolina.
269.....vii.....MARTHA MILLY PITTS, b. March 26, 1808, Newberry District, South Carolina; d. September 18, 1878, Linden, Cass County, Texas.
270.....viii.....STARLING TUCKER PITTS, b. April 26, 1810, Newberry District, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1869, Laurens County, South Carolina.
271.....ix.....WILLIAM SIMPSON PITTS, b. March 22, 1813, Newberry District, South Carolina; d. Alabama.
.....x.....ROBERT PITTS, b. Abt. 1814, Newberry District, South Carolina.
272.....xi.....DRURY JOSHUA PITTS, b. May 01, 1815, Newberry District, South Carolina; d. Aft. 1870, Lafayette County, Mississippi.

75. SUSANNA TEAGUE (ALICE LEAVELL, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1761 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died October 07, 1829 in Prosperity, South Carolina. She married WILLIAM B. SUMMERS Abt. 1777 in Newberry County, South Carolina, son of JOSEPH SUMMERS and ELEANOR CLARY. He was born 1756, and died October 12, 1823.

Notes for SUSANNA TEAGUE:
From: Del Groves (delgroves at juno.com)
Sent: Fri 7/17/09 3:04 PM
Hi Jane,
Found your website today - these Summers folks are mine:
72. SUSANNA TEAGUE (ALICE LEAVELL, ROBERT , EDWARD , ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1761 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died October 07, 1829 in Prosperity, South Carolina. She married WILLIAM B. SUMMERS Abt. 1777 in Newberry County, South Carolina, son of JOSEPH SUMMERS and ELEANOR CLARY. He was born 1756, and died October 12, 1823.

Children of SUSANNA TEAGUE and WILLIAM SUMMERS are:
i. JAMES W. SUMMERS, d. Abt. 1826; m. ELIZABETH ?.
ii. SAMUEL SUMMERS, b. July 19, 1778, Newberry County, South Carolina; d. November 10, 1861, Senoia, Coweta County, Georgia; m. DELILAH GARY.
iii. CAPTAIN HEZEKIAH SUMMERS, b. March 11, 1780, Newberry County, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1832, Prosperity, South Carolina; m. HELEN POPE.
iv. WILLIAM SUMMERS, b. February 25, 1782, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. ELIZABETH GOODMAN.
v. ELIJAH TEAGUE SUMMERS, b. August 02, 1784, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. ELIZABETH PREASTER.
vi. MARY SUMMERS, b. January 18, 1787, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. ROBERT PITTS.
vii. ALESEY SUMMERS, b. October 04, 1790, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. ROBERT WORINGTON.
viii. JOSEPH W. SUMMERS, b. April 05, 1792, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. ELIZABETH LINCH.
ix. ELINOR SUMMERS, b. April 10, 1794, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. (1) HENRY COOPER; m. (2) JOHN EDMONSON.
266. x. TALITHA SUMMERS, b. July 28, 1795, Newberry County, South Carolina.

.....Rev. Joseph Summers is my 6th great grand uncle. I descend from Joseph's brother Dent and Dent's son Hezekiah 1750-1836 and Hezekiah's son Rev. Alexander 1778-1847 - all hailed from Prince George's Co, MD.
.....My Hezekiah, Rev. Alexander (and others) migrated from MD into Monongalia Co, (W)VA abt 1800; I was born in Morgantown, Monongalia Co). My family moved back and forth to Ohio and finally to Akron in 1966. When I graduated from high school in 1970, joined the Navy and went elsewhere.
.....I have gathered lots of info on my MD/WV Summers. As well, I have spent the last 6 months concentrating on Rev. Joseph & Eleanor Clary Summers family and in particular those who went from SC to AL, TX, etc.
.....Because you have so many specific birthdates on the children of William and Susannah Teague Summers, I wondering if you likewise have the birthdates for the children of Rev. Joseph and Eleanor??
.....You can view my gedcom online at:
http://ourfamilysaga.com/getperson.php?personID=I3785&tree=ourfam001
.....Hope to hear from you,
Del Groves
Johnson City, TN
(423) 202-7488
grovesdel at gmail.com
website:
PS - yes, my family had an 'Indian Princess' story and is the reason I got into genealogy!

Will of William Summers Senr.
…..In The Name of God Amen That I William Summers Senior of the State of South Carolina Newberry District Farmer being very sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God Calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make and ordain this my last will and Testament That is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors and touching such worldly Estate wherein it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give and demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
…..First I order that so much of my property either real or personal as may be sufficient to pay all my just debts be sold and payment be made.
…..Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Joseph Summers that part of the tract of land whereon I now live that is to say all that part that lies North of the Creek except the creek lowgrounds.
…..Item I also give and bequeath to my beloved son William Summers Jr. one hundred and fifty dollars.
…..Item I also give and bequeath to my two daughters Alfe and Elener Summers one hundred and fifty dollars.
…..Item I also give and bequeath to my son Hezekiah Summers one shilling and no more.
…..I Now order that after the above property is sold to pay my just debts and the aforesaid legacies paid off that the remainder of my whole Estate both real and personal Remain in the possession of my dearly beloved wife Susannah Summers during her natural life At her death I order that the Estate be sold and equally divided among all my Children except Hezekiah.
…..N.B. I order also that my daughter Tabitha Worthington have sixty five dollars.
…..I do hereby Constitute make and ordain Samuel Summers and Susannah Summers my sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament I do hereby utterly disallow revoke disannul all and every other former Testament wills legacies bequests and Executors by me in any wise before named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In withness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the said William Summers Sr. as his last Will Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names----
Sms. Summers
Thoms Worthington Wm. Summers Senr (L.S.)
William Summers

Recorded in Will Book "I", Page 167
Proved November 24th 1823
Recorded August 28th 1824

T.T. Cureton Ordinary Newberry District
Box. No. 52 Pkg. No. 125 Est. No. 1297

Children of SUSANNA TEAGUE and WILLIAM SUMMERS are:
.....i.....JAMES W. SUMMERS, d. Abt. 1826; m. ELIZABETH ?.
.....ii.....SAMUEL SUMMERS, b. July 19, 1778, Newberry County, South Carolina; d. November 10, 1861, Senoia, Coweta, Georgia; m. DELILAH GARY.
.....iii.....CAPTAIN HEZEKIAH SUMMERS, b. March 11, 1780, Newberry County, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1832, Prosperity, South Carolina; m. HELEN POPE.
.....iv.....WILLIAM SUMMERS, b. February 25, 1782, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. ELIZABETH GOODMAN.
.....v.....ELIJAH TEAGUE SUMMERS, b. August 02, 1784, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. ELIZABETH PREASTER.
.....vi.....MARY SUMMERS, b. January 18, 1787, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. ROBERT PITTS.
.....vii.....ALESEY SUMMERS, b. October 04, 1790, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. ROBERT WORINGTON.
.....viii.....JOSEPH W. SUMMERS, b. April 05, 1792, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. ELIZABETH LINCH.
.....ix.....ELINOR SUMMERS, b. April 10, 1794, Newberry County, South Carolina; m. (1) HENRY COOPER; m. (2) JOHN EDMONSON.
273.....x.....TALITHA SUMMERS, b. July 28, 1795, Newberry County, South Carolina.

76. CHARITY TEAGUE (ALICE LEAVELL, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1763 in Laurens District, Newberry, South Carolina, and died 1853. She married JOHN BELTON Abt. 1784, son of WILLIAM BELTON and SUSANNAH LEAVELL. He was born Abt. 1760 in Laurens District, Newberry, South Carolina.

Notes for JOHN BELTON:
Pioneers of Newberry and Laurens Co. Moved to Newberry from Camden District of South Carolina. Members of Bush River Friends Meeting from 1792-1804.

Children are listed above under (71) John Belton.

77. ELIJAH TEAGUE (ALICE LEAVELL, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born September 02, 1767 in Orange County, North Carolina, and died February 11, 1842 in Benton County, Alabama, USA. He married SARAH MORGAN. She was born December 18, 1768, and died March 02, 1850 in White Plains, Benton, Alabama, USA.

Notes for ELIJAH TEAGUE:
Old Davisstown Cemetery
Benton Co. is now Calhoun Co. AL

IGI says he was son of Joshua and Dorothy Caldwell Teague and married Elizabeth Leavel, born about 1762, died before 1852.

Children of ELIJAH TEAGUE and SARAH MORGAN are:
274.....i.....ELIZABETH TEAGUE, b. Abt. 1782.
.....ii.....MARY TEAGUE, b. Abt. 1786; d. 1876; m. ? WILSON.
.....iii.....CATHERINE TEAGUE, b. Abt. 1788; m. ? MACADAMS.
.....iv.....ELIAS TEAGUE, b. Abt. 1789; d. Abt. 1871.
.....v.....REBEKAH TEAGUE, b. Abt. 1790.
.....vi.....JOSHUA TEAGUE, b. February 13, 1791; d. Bef. 1824.
275....vii.....NANCY TEAGUE, b. Abt. 1793; d. Abt. 1860.
.....viii.....ABNER TEAGUE, b. Abt. 1794.
.....ix.....SARAH CALDWELL TEAGUE, b. March 18, 1800; d. 1874; m. ? MACADAMS.
.....x.....LURENNA TEAGUE, b. July 02, 1802; d. Abt. 1859.
.....xi.....ELIJAH TEAGUE, b. April 17, 1804; d. Abt. 1879.
.....xii.....LYDIA TEAGUE, b. August 18, 1806; d. Abt. 1852.
.....xiii.....MARY TEAGUE, b. February 16, 1809.
.....xiv.....SUSANNAH TEAGUE, b. Abt. 1811; d. Abt. 1816.

78. JAMES TEAGUE (ALICE LEAVELL, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1776, and died April 24, 1816 in Newberry County, South Carolina. He married ELIZABETH WILLIAMS in Newberry County, South Carolina, daughter of JOHN WILLIAMS and ANN GARY.

Child of JAMES TEAGUE and ELIZABETH WILLIAMS is:
276…. i…..WILLIAM J. TEAGUE, b. November 09, 1803, Newberry County, South Carolina; d. February 07, 1837, Newberry County, South Carolina.

79. SAMUEL TEAGUE (ALICE LEAVELL, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born April 22, 1784 in Newberry County, South Carolina, and died December 24, 1860 in Benton County, Alabama, USA. He married MARY PEARSON Abt. 1810. She was born December 19, 1791, and died September 11, 1856 in Calhoun, Alabama, USA.

Notes for MARY PEARSON:
I am trying to establish the family data for a Mary PEARSON, born 19 Dec 1791, who married a Samuel TEAGUE, born 22 Feb 1787 in Newberry County, South Carolina. They had a daughter, Sarah Caroline TEAGUE, born 12 Mar 1820. Any help will be appreciated.

Children of SAMUEL TEAGUE and MARY PEARSON are:
.....i.....ELIJAH SIMPSON TEAGUE, b. April 04, 1811, Abbeville District, South Carolina, USA.
.....ii.....LUCINDA TEAGUE, b. July 30, 1813, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA.
.....iii.....JAMES PEARSON TEAGUE, b. March 08, 1815, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA.
.....iv.....WILLIAM GUNNELLS TEAGUE, b. November 26, 1817, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA; d. March 14, 1842, Franklin, Arkansas, USA.
.....v.....SARAH CAROLINE TEAGUE, b. March 12, 1820, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA.
.....vi.....SAMUEL GARRISON TEAGUE, b. October 30, 1822, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA; d. April 17, 1903, Bairdstown, Lamar, Texas, USA.
.....vii.....JOHN TARPLEY TEAGUE, b. May 04, 1826, Georgia, USA.
.....viii.....ELIAS TOWNSEND TEAGUE, b. June 22, 1830, Georgia, USA; d. June 1881, Texas, USA.
.....ix.....MARY MATILDA TEAGUE, b. January 28, 1834.

80. JOSEPH LEAVELL (EDWARD FRANKLIN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born January 27, 1784 in South Carolina, USA, and died May 31, 1854 in Mississippi, USA. He married SARAH PRESSNELL Bef. 1812, daughter of ABSALOM PRESNALL and NANCY WRIGHT. She was born Abt. 1790 in Georgia, USA.

Notes for JOSEPH LEAVELL:
Posted by: John Leavell Date: August 25, 1999 at 17:16:52
In Reply to: Joseph Leavell & SarahPresnell-SC>MS by Linda
I have a Joseph Leavell born abt. 1786, son of Edward Franklin Leavell & Mary Griffin. He had 10 half brothers & sisters born in SC & GA. Edward, son of Robert Leavell & Sarah Coles, born in Culpeper Co VA. Robert was son of John (Jean) Leavelle born in Normandy Province, France. They lived in Clarke County, Alabama, until 1830, then in Hinds County, Miss. on land adjacent to that of an Andrew McCarty.

Found a hand written family tree written by Landrum Leavell, Oxford Mississippi, written in 1923. Has a Joseph Leavell, born 1784 moved from SC to Clark Co Alabama 1830, moved to Miss. in 1834 where he died 1854. Shows children John, David, Nancy. Nancy married (1) Walker (2) Rickey. John has children Sallie, Mollie, Nannie, John, Larla, Amanda. David has children W.L. and two daughters. Any idea who this Joseph is son of, or married to ?

Joseph and Sarah moved from South Carolina to Clark County, Alabama in 1830, then moved to Hinds County, Mississippi in 1834, on land adjacent to Andrew McCarty. Thier daughter, Amanda Fitzellen Leavell married David McCarty, son of Andrew H. McCarty and Ruth Reese.

Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Hinds, Mississippi; Roll: 205; Page: 214; Image: 421; Family History Library Film: 0014840.
Name: Joseph Levell [Joseph Leavell]
County: Hinds
State: Mississippi
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 3
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 15
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 6
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total Slaves: 5
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 15

HINDS, MS 1850 FEDERAL CENSUS..
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: , Hinds, Mississippi; Roll: M432_372; Page: 200; Image: 402.
4.1273 1273 Leavell....Joseph..67..M...Planter...2,000..SC.. .....
5.1273 1273 Leavell....Sarah..59..F.......NC.. .....
6.1273 1273 Leavell....Rhoda..35..F.......Ala.......
7.1273 1273 Leavell....Martha..23..F.......Ala.......
8.1273 1273 Leavell....David..17..M.......Missi........
9.1274 1274 Leavell....John.. 27..M...Planter...1,500..Ala.......

Children of JOSEPH LEAVELL and SARAH PRESSNELL are:
.....i.....NANCY R. LEAVELL, m. (1) ALLEN W. WALKER 13 Aug 1840 Hinds County, Mississippi; m. (2) T. N. RICHEY. Allen was born in South Carolina and died in Hinds County, MIssissippi abt 1856.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Hinds, Mississippi; Roll: M653_582; Page: 584; Image: 116; Family History Library Film: 803582.
T N Richey...39...SC...farmer...$29,000 real estate, $8,540 personal
Nancy Richey...37...AL
E G Richey...23...MS...male
A Richey...11...MS...female

In the 1880 census as Nancy Richeur, lived with her brother David.

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: , Hinds, Mississippi; Roll M432_372; Page: 198A; Image: 401.
William J Eckles...42...VA...planter
Sarah A Eckles...20...AL

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Hinds, Mississippi; Roll M653_582; Page: 591; Image: 123; Family History Library Film: 803582. 22 Aug 1860
W J Eckles...51...VA...farmer...$4800 real estate...$27115 personal
S Eckles...30...AL...wife
J W Eckles...9...MS
Thos Eckles...8...MS
S Eckles...4...MS
J E W Eckles...2...MS
M J Eckles...4/12...MS

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 7, Hinds, Mississippi; Roll M593_730; Page: 672B; Image: 562; Family History Library Film: 552229.
Wm J Eckles...62...VA...farmer...$9000 real estate...$1600 personal
Sarah Eckles...40...Al
Joseph W Eckles...19...MS
Thomas Eckles...17...MS
John Eckles...12...MS
Virginia Eckles...10...MS
Oliver P Eckles...6...MS
Percy J Eckles...4...MS
Nancy R Eckles...1...MS
James Odom...17...MS...works on farm

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Brownsville, Hinds, Mississippi; Roll 648; Family History Film: 1254648; Page: 213A; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 0794.
William Ekles...72...VA, VA, VA...farmer
A. Sarah Ekles...50...AL, AL, AL...wife
James Ekles...74...VA, VA, VA...brother...retired farmer
R. Thomas Ekles...28...MS, VA, AL...son...works on farm
P. Oliver Ekles...15...MS, VA, AL...son...works on farm
J. Percy Ekles...14...MS, VA, AL...son...at home
R. Nancy Ekles...11...MS, VA, AL...dau...at home
Rachel Collins...28...MS, Ireland, Ireland...servant

81. RHODA ANN LEAVELL (EDWARD FRANKLIN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born October 29, 1798 in Georgia, USA, and died July 12, 1880 in Clay County, Alabama, USA. She married RICHARD WADE WALLACE March 25, 1819 in Alpine, Chattooga Co. GA, USA. He was born 1786 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, USA, and died 1851 in New Site, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA.

Notes for RHODA ANN LEAVELL:
Leavell, Rhoda Ann Rhoda Ann 1819 married Wallace, Richard Wade Georgia, Chatooga Co.

Joe Wallace, Box 2374 Florence, AL 35630 , May 26, 1998 :
Searching for info (particularly parents/siblings) on Richard Wade Wallace b. 1786 in Pendleton District, SC. d. 1851, New Site, AL. Married Rhoda Ann Leavell (b. 1798, d. 1880) in 1819 in Alpine, GA in Chatooga Co. GA. Moved to New Site, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama and raised a family:
Elizabeth-b. 1819;
Apeacha-b. 1821;
Elizabeth Caroline-b. 1823;
John Oliver-b. 1825;
Benj. Robertson-b. 1827;
Rachel Minerva-b. 1829;
Richard Franklin-b. 1831;
William Wade-b. 1837;
Mary J.-b. 1834;
James J.-b. 1840;
Lucinda Francis-b. 1844.
Richard W. Wallace was a veteran of War of 1812 and is believed to have received land in Tallapoosa County, Alabama as payment for service duty.

Moved to New Site, Tallapoosa County, AL.

Parentage of Richard Wade Wallace of SC
Posted by: Joe Wallace, Ed.D. Date: January 10, 1999 at 15:43:28
Searching for siblings and parents of Richard Wade Wallace born 1786 in Pendleton District (Old 96th), South Carolina. Married Rhoda Ann Leavell in 1819, Georgia and received 80 acres of land in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, near New Site, Alabama for serving in War of 1812. Last known address Bluff Springs, Clay County, Alabama. Father said to be Richard Wallis b. abt. 1755. Any help would be appreciated.

George Ann Sims at gsims at cei.net
Richard Wade Wallace was married 2 times.
1st to Nancy Cross who had children: Jefferson J. born Oct. 10, 1812 Alpinem Chattanooga, GA and married Lydia Cross. Thomas M. born Sept. 20, 1814 and married Martha Porterfield. The tradition is that Nancy and other children died from food poisoning. No proof, only a family tradition. Richard's second wife,Rhoda Ann Leavell born Oct. 29, 1819 and died July 12, 1881 in Clay Co. AL. They had 11 children. No father listed for Richard but Rhoda's father was Edward Leavell. The info came from daughter of Ammon Y. Satterfield descendant of Richard through wife Rhoda and their child Elizabeth Caroline born in GA. and married Charles Hamilton Satterfield.
Hope this helps and I have the other children of Richard and Rhoda if you would like.

Children of RHODA LEAVELL and RICHARD WALLACE are:
.....i.....ELIZABETH MARGARET WALLACE, b. December 31, 1819; d. 1896; m. JOHN WILLIAM STRICKLAND, March 30, 1832.

Notes for ELIZABETH MARGARET WALLACE:
1880...Census Place...Franklin, Alabama ...Family History Library Film ...1254013...NA Film Number ...T9-0013...Page Number ...590B
Name ...Relation...Marital Status...Gender...Race...Age...Birthplace...Occupation...Father's Birthplace...Mother's Birthplace
Beddock Strickland...Self ...M ...Male ...W ...37 ...AL ...Works On Farm ...AL ...GA
Helon Strickland...Wife ...M ...Female ...W ...39 ...AL ...Keeping House ...--- ...---
Elizabeth Strickland...Mother ...W ...Female ...W ...63 ...AL ......--- ...---
Sarah Strickland...Dau ...S ...Female ...W ...6 ...AL ......AL ...AL
John H. Strickland...Son ...S ...Male ...W ...9 ...AL ......AL ...AL
Posey L. Strickland...Son ...S ...Male ...W ...2 ...AL ......AL ...AL

82. APEACHEA LEAVELL (EDWARD FRANKLIN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born October 06, 1800 in Georgia, USA, and died Aft. 1870. She married VINCENT A. JOHNSTON February 28, 1841 in Chattooga County, Georgia, USA, son of JOHN JOHNSTON and LAUREL ?. He was born 1784 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA, and died June 29, 1860 in Chattooga County, Georgia, USA. He married SUSAN FISCHER 14 Mar 1807 Cumberland County, NC; Boehm family tree at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19207526/person/936905326 says she was an African slave; how could he marry her? Various family trees say she died about 1850, which is impossible since he married ESTHER MAJORS abt 1822 Hall County, Georgia and had 7 children.

Notes for APEACHEA LEAVELL:
William Tapp's sister-in-law, Appeacha Leavell Johnson, cared for Leonard Tapp's youngest child after his wife died. William was married to Margaret Leavell. How Leonard relates to the Tapp family is unknown.

Vincent Johnston was Administrator of estate of Elizabeth Fisher, deceased 4 January 1830 in Hall Co. Georgia. He may have been born in Stokes County, North Carolina. First wife Susan Fischer, probably near Columbia SC; second wife Esther Majors, probably GA; third wife Apeachea. Bible records have his children as Dareas, Ahasabia J., Wiley, William, Posey, David or Daniel, Stanley, Howard, Pinkney, Martha, and Marilyar.

1850 - Broom Town Valley, Chattooga, Georgia
Johnston, Vincent...farmer...$500...North Carolina
Johnston, Apeachea...50...GA
Johnston, Martha A. ...26...GA
Johnston, Posey M. ...21...male...laborer...GA
Johnston, James P. ...18...laborer...GA
Johnston, John...16...laborer...GA
Johnston, Elijah H. ...14...GA
Johnston, Pinkney A. ...12...male...GA
Johnston, Rachel M. ...8...GA

1870 - District 925, Chattooga, Georgia
Johnston, Apeachea...70...no occupation...GA
Baker, Rachel...26...keeping house...GA
Baker, Seaborn...8...GA
Baker, Pinkney...6...GA
Baker, Apeachea...1...GA

Child of APEACHEA LEAVELL and VINCENT JOHNSTON is:
287.....i.....RACHEL MARILZA JOHNSTON, b. April 09, 1842, Menlo, Chattooga, Georgia, USA; d. April 30, 1883, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA.

83. ELIZABETH N. LEAVELL (EDWARD FRANKLIN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born September 28, 1802 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA, and died Abt. 1860 in St. Clair County, Alabama, USA. She married ROBERT DOWDY INZER July 03, 1822 in Gainsville, Hall, Georgia, USA, son of JOHN INZER and MARY DOWDY. He was born September 30, 1797 in Cross Creek, Moore, North Carolina, USA, and died February 12, 1885 in Argo, St. Clair, Alabama, USA.

Notes for ELIZABETH N. LEAVELL: Robert Inzer was a Baptist.

Hall Co. Marriage Records Before 1850

dperkins at oio.net November 17, 2000:
.....I have looked at your website and learned a lot. I had come across some of the Levell information on genforum. The interesting thing to me is that the Levells are on my fathers side of the family and my husband is a Perkins from the Baltimore family, Richard, etc. through Moses, William, Moses and the Alabama family so we have double connections.
.....Elizabeth Levell who married Robert Dowdy Inzer was married in Ga. as you know but came to Al. around 1855. I don't know exactly how many children she had. Two of their sons were killed in the Civil War. I have a copy of their marriage certificate.
.....The children that I found in the Al. Census were:
.....Robert Whitten Inzer, b 1828, who fathered 14 children by three wives. He was a preacher.
.....Mary Catherine, b. 1832, who married Thomas Mitchell Hazelwood b. 1830 m. 1850
.....Elizabeth L. b. 1840
.....Edward, b. 1842
.....Cynthia Matilda b. 1844, d. 1924. (This is my gg grandmother) who married William Alexander Weldon. They lived in Al. and had 11 children.
.....The Inzers from whom Robert is descended came from Baltimore to NC, Hall Co., GA, and on to Al. Some of them were very prominent, many were preachers, one became the Lt. Gov. of Al, several were lawyers. Later many of them moved on to Arkansas and further west.
.....After Elizabeth died, Robert married a Mrs. Elrod and I don't know anything about her except the marriage didn't work and she went to AR to live with some of her children. Robert D. lived with his oldest son, Robert Whitten Inzer, until his death.
.....If you would like more details, I would be happy to mail you a packet. I don't have all of my Inzer info on computer. There is a lot of interest in the Inzer family in St. Clair Co. Al. (Ashville is county seat) where they are making a museum out of the Inzer home there. Some of the descendants are members of DAR on Robert Dowdy Inzer's fathers military record.
.....For some reason I haven't followed up on the Hazelwood line, but it is available at the St. Clair Co. Museum. They have a web site.
.....Do keep in touch.
.....Doris Perkins

More About ROBERT DOWDY INZER: Burial: Central Baptist Cemetery, Argo, AL, USA

Children of ELIZABETH LEAVELL and ROBERT INZER are:
288.....i.....ROBERT WHITTEN INZER, b. April 27, 1828, Hall County, Georgia, USA; d. September 02, 1895, Banks, Bradley, Arkansas, USA.
289.....ii.....MARY CATHERINE INZER, b. 1832, Georgia, USA; d. Aft. 1880, Greensport, St. Clair, Alabama, USA.
.....iii.....ELIZABETH L. INZER, b. Abt. 1840, Alabama; m. AUSTIN HENRY MOOR, May 11, 1862, Jefferson County, Alabama; b. December 07, 1842, Leeds, Jefferson, Alabama; d. May 23, 1914, Texas.

Notes for ELIZABETH L. INZER:
Austin Henry MOOR (AFN:1PFK-LL0)
Born: 7 Dec 1842 Place: Leeds, Jefferson, Alabama
Died: 23 May 1914 Place: , , Texas
Married: 11 May 1862 Place: , Jefferson, Alabama
Father: Hezekiah Balch MOOR (AFN:1PFK-L43)
Mother: Virginia Montague GREENE (AFN:1PFK-L59)
Wife's Name
Elizabeth Jane INZER (AFN:1Z3J-1FD)
Born: Abt. 1841 Place: <, Jefferson, Alabama>
Married: 11 May 1862 Place: , Jefferson, Alabama

Notes for JOHN WILBURN LEAVELL:
Source Information:
Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Georgia.
Name: John M. Leavell
Spouse: Mary Wood
Marriage Date: 16 Jan 1825
Marriage County: Hall
Marriage State: Georgia

John Wilburn Leavell received a land grant 14 Dec 1839 for 169 acres of land in the Twelfth District in the First Section of DeKalb County. At that time his place of residence was Edwards District, DeKalb County. This was land acquired from the Creek Nation.

The 1850 DeKalb County GA census in Browning's District has a John W. Level
Level, John W. ...45...$550...farmer...GA
Level, Mary...45...GA
Level, John...24...farmer...GA
Level, James A. ...23...farmer...GA
Level, Nancy E. ...21...GA
Level, Rachel E. ...19...GA
Level, William J. ...18...GA
Level, Frances M. ...16...GA
Level, Edwd. F. ...14...GA
Level, Mary E. ...13...GA
Level, Geo. W. ...11...GA
Level, Susan A. ...9...GA
Level, Laura...7...GA
Level, Andrew J. ...5...GA
Level, Richard H. ...3...GA

DEKALB Co. GA LAND DEEDS:
Grantor: LEAVELL,J W
Grantee: LEAVELL,I C
Date: 1854
Book - PageNo: P - 395
Price: $3.00
District/Land Lot: 18-292
ALL X 2.25 A

CENSUS YR: 1860 STATE or TERRITORY: GA COUNTY: De Kalb DIVISION: Browning District REEL NO: M653-119 PAGE NO: 277:
9 145 145 Leavell ...John W. ...55...M ...Fa. 2,600...1,800...Georgia
10 145 145 Leavell..Polly C. ...56...F ... Dom...Georgia
11 145 145 Leavell...Rachel A. ...39...F ...Georgia
12 145 145 Leavell ... Susan A. ...19...F... Georgia X X
13 145 145 Leavell... Laura A. ...17... F...Georgia X X
14 145 145 Leavell...A. J. ...15...M...Georgia
15 145 145 Leavell ...Richard H. ...13...M...Georgia X X
16 145 145 Leavell...George W. ...21...M... Fa. Georgia X X
17 145 145 Leavell ...Polly A. ...8... F...Arkansas X
18 145 145 Leavell ..John W. ...4... M . . . . Arkansas . .

Per Nadine Wilson:
Of the eight sons of John W. Leavell, one died before the Civil War and one did not serve in the Confederate Army, but five did volunteer. Of those five, one died during the conflict of unknown causes at a hospital in Savannah, Georgia, and two others were wounded, one losing a forearm, and one losing the thumb and third finger on his right hand.

After the death of his father, John W. Leavell who died intestate on 05 April 1865, John Calvin Leavell was appointed administrator of his father's estate and made yearly reports until 10 January 1873, after which time he, his wife and seven children went to Chambers County, Alabama where two more children were born.

CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: Georgia COUNTY: DeKalb DIVISION: Browning District REEL
NO: M593-147 PAGE NO: 141
REFERENCE: Enumerated 13 August, 1870 by Joseph Walker; SHEET NO: 271A
16 366 366 Levell... Mary C. ... 67... F... W... Keeping house... 400... 450... South Carolina
17 366 366 Levell... Susan A. ...30... F... W... At home... Georgia

18 367 367 Levell... Calvin J. ... 44... M... W... Farmer... 2,000... 520... Georgia... X
19 367 367 Levell... Emily E. ...33... F... W... Keeping house... Georgia
20 367 367 Levell... Mary L. 12... F... W... At home... Georgia ... X
21 367 367 Levell... John F. ... 11... M... W... Farm laborer... Georgia... X
22 367 367 Levell... James G. ...9... M... W... Georgia... X
23 367 367 Levell... Missouri P. ...4...F... W... Georgia
24 367 367 Levell... William R. ... 2... M... W... Georgia

25 368 368 Levell... Francis M. ... 36... M... W... Farmer... 300... Georgia... X
26 368 368 Levell... Mary H. ...33... F... W... Keeping house... Georgia...
27 368 368 Levell... Amanda S. ... 13... F... W... At home... Georgia ... X
28 368 368 Levell... Francis G. ... 11... F... W... At home... Georgia... X
29 368 368 Levell... Lucinda A. ... 9... F... W... At home... Georgia... X
30 368 368 Levell... Marion M. ...7... F... W... Georgia... X
31 368 368 Levell... Joanna M. ... 4... F... W... Georgia
32 368 368 Levell... Aldora N. ... 2... F... W... Georgia
33 368 368 Gholston... Job... 17... M... W... Farm laborer... Georgia

Grantor: LEAVELL,J W
Grantee: LEAVELL,I C
Date: 1854
Book - PageNo: P - 395
Price: $3.00
District/Land Lot: 18-292
ALL X 2.25 A

Grantor: RAINEY,Charles
Grantee: LEAVELL,J W
Date: 1853
Book - PageNo: P - 396
Price: $3.00
District/Land Lot: 18-292
ALL X 2.25 A

Grantor: TRIMBLE,MILLY
Grantee: LEAVELL,John
Date: 1861
Book - PageNo: O - 535
Price: $0.01
District/Land Lot: 18-328
ALL

DEKALB COUNTY BURIAL RECORDS
GRESHAM - WEED CEMETERY
This is a family cemetery located on Chamblee-Tucker Road between Henderson Mill Rd and Old Chamblee Tucker Road in DeKalb Co GA. It is easily visible from the road. A family association maintains and cleans this cemetery regularly.

Name: LEAVELL, Franklin
Born: Feb 14, 1812
Died: Jun 30, 1864
Cemetery: GHC
Source: Mary Wst 1999
Broken - repiared/In Memory of Franklin Leavell

Name: LEAVELL, John W.
Born: Nov. 4, 1804
Died: Apr. 5, 1865
Cemetery: GHC
Source: Mary West, 1999
Our Father

Name: LEAVELL, Little Mollie
Born: Nov 4, 1890
Died: Sep 30, 1891
Cemetery: GHC
Source: Mary West 1999
(Enclosed by wrought iron fence) - Dau of JR & LC Leavell

Name: LEAVELL, Mary Molly
Born: Sep 1870
Died:
Cemetery: REH
Source: Garrett
Unmarried dau. of Edward Frank Leavell

Name: LEAVELL, Molly
Born: Nov 4 1890
Died: Sep 30 1891
Cemetery: GHC
Source: Garrett

Name: LEAVELL, Polly C.
Born: Jan 1 1804
Died: Sep 15 1892
Cemetery: GHC
Source: Garrett
Wife of John W. Leavell

Name: LEAVELL, Polly C.
Born: Jan 1, 1804
Died: Sept. 15, 1892
Cemetery: GHC
Source: Mary West, 1999
Our Mother

Sources include the late Nadine Wilson.

More About JOHN WILBURN LEAVELL:
Burial: Gresham Family Cemetery, Land lot 285, 18th District. Located on Chamblee-Tucker Road between Henderson Mill Rd. and Old Chamblee Tucker Road in DeKalb Co. GA. It is easily visable from the road.

More About MARY CLEMENTINE WOOD:
Burial: Gresham Family Cemetery, Land lot 285, 18th District. Located on Chamblee-Tucker Road between Henderson Mill Rd. and Old Chamblee Tucker Road in DeKalb Co. GA. It is easily visable from the road.

Children of JOHN LEAVELL and MARY WOOD are:
291.....i.....JOHN CALVIN LEAVELL, b. October 26, 1825, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA; d. August 10, 1909, Van Buren County, Arkansas, USA.
.....ii.....THOMAS R. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1827, Georgia, USA.
292.....iii.....JAMES RILEY LEAVELL, b. March 12, 1827, Arkansas, USA; d. June 30, 1914, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
293.....iv.....NANCY E. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1829, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA; d. Abt. 1884.
294.....v.....FRANCIS MARION LEAVELL, b. April 09, 1832, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA; d. August 17, 1912, Broomfield, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
295.....vi.....WILLIAM JASPER LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1832, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA; d. November 26, 1855, Georgia, USA.
296.....vii.....EDWARD FRANKLIN LEAVELL, b. December 1835, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA; d. March 30, 1900, Draketown, Harralson, Georgia, USA.
.....viii.....MARY E. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1837, DeKalb County, Georgia; d. September 11, 1853.
297.....ix.....GEORGE WASHINGTON LEAVELL, b. December 1839, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA; d. February 01, 1919, Lanett, Chambers County, Alabama, USA.
298.....x.....SUSAN ANN LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1841, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA; d. Abt. 1920, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
299.....xi.....LAURA A. LEAVELL, b. September 1843, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA.
.....xii.....ANDREW JACKSON LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1844, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA; d. October 30, 1864, Savannah, Georgia, USA.

Notes for ANDREW JACKSON LEAVELL:
Nadine Wilson, Tue Sep 17th 2002
Andrew Jackson LEAVELL of DeKalb County, Georgia, a Private in Co. L, Captain J. A. Maxwell's Regular Light Artillery, died in a Hospital in Savannah, Georgia 03 October 1864. Was this a Union hospital? Where would he have been buried? Any information very much appreciated.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gachatha/julsep02.htm

Notes for RACHEL ELIZABETH LEAVELL:
About 1877, unmarried, went to Pope County, Arkansas, with brothers.

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John Harris...Self...M...Male...W...72...SC...Farmer...SC...SC
Rachel E. Harris...Wife...M...Female...W...49...GA...Keeping House...SC...SC
C.E. Raney...GSon...S...Male...W...21...GA...Works On Farm...GA...GA
Source Information:
1880 Census Place Hickey, Johnson, Arkansas
Family History Library Film...1254048... NA Film Number...T9-0048... Page Number...266A

June 20, 2006 from the late Nadine Wilson
Jane,
...That particular Leavell line is my own ancestry and I have spent the past 26 years doing research on them. Just this week I learned from a lady with whom I had been exchanging information on some families connected to my Wilson line the marriage date of Rachel Leavell (John W., Edward Franklin, Robert etc) to John Harris. This lady was going to be doing research in the Georgia Archives and asked if there was anything she could look for for me as a way of repaying me for the things I had sent to her, and she found it. They were married 05 July 1870 in Blount County, Alabama. since this was before the date of the 1870 Census I went to Ancestry Census database and was able to locate them and to my surprise they were living next door to her younger sister, Laura A. Leavell, and her husband, Josiah Anthony Gresham. I had fancied a romantic elopement but that was a little far-fetched given their ages; she was 40 and a spinster and he was 62 and widowed. By the 1880 census they were in Arkansas, where two of his sons and other members of her family had moved.
...There were four marriages between the children of John W. Leavell and members of the Josiah Gresham family. Josiah Anthony Gresham mentioned above was the nephew of three of the Greshams who married Leavell brothers and sisters and there were two other marriages between members of the families at other times. I often wondered how their children who were cousins ever kept their relationship straight. But it surely did simplify my research only having to deal with the two families in so many cases.
Nadine

Notes for WILLIAM WASHINGTON LEAVELL:
1860 census - District 3, Cherokee, Alabama
Wm. W. Level ...63...farmer...GA
Elizabeth Level ...44...domestic...NC
Melvin J. Level ...16...AL
Mary A. Level ...10...AL
Margaret E. Level ...7...AL
Martha E. Level ...5...AL
Bethre Kinzy...24...domestic...GA
Martha Kinzy...9...GA
Wm L Kinzy...7...GA
Mary C Kinzy...6...TN
Harmnda Kinzy...2...GA

1870 census - Township 7 Range 10, Cherokee, AL
Wm. W. Level ...63...farmer...$1200 real estate...$650 personal...GA
Eliza Level ...56...NC
Melvin J. Level ...22...AL...farmer
Mary Level ...20...AL
Margaret Level ...18...AL
Martha Level ...15...AL

1880 Census Place....Township 7, Cherokee, Alabama
Name ....Relation....Marital Status....Gender....Race....Age....Birthplace....Occupation....Father's Birthplace....Mother's Birthplace
William Level.... Self .... W .... Male .... W .... 73 .... GA .... Farmer .... VA .... VA
Mary A. Level.... Dau .... S .... Female .... W .... 30 .... AL .... Keeps House .... GA .... NC
Margaret E. Level.... Dau .... S .... Female .... W .... 28 .... AL .... .... GA .... NC
Alford Jones.... Other .... S .... Male .... W .... 17 .... AL .... Works On Farm .... AL .... AL

Alabama Land Patents Database: Cherokee ounty
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/al+index+162227104082+F

Last..Name......First..Name......MI....SECTION......TOWNSHIP......RANGE....MERIDAN_CD......TOTAL_ACRE......SIGN_DATE........REMARKS
LEAVELL.......WILLIAM......W......14.....7S.....10E....HUNTSVILLE......80.25........1845/07/01
LEAVELL....WILLIAM....W...14....7S.....10E....HUNTSVILLE...40.12...1845/07/01......ASSIGNEE..OF..JAMES..NELSON
LEAVELL....WILLIAM...W......14.......7S.....10E....HUNTSVILLE......40.12........1854/06/15
LEAVELL....MELVIN.....J......14........7S......10E...HUNTSVILLE......0.....1898/03/21
LEAVELL....MELVIN....J......14....7S......10E........HUNTSVILLE......120.37..............1898/03/21
LEAVELL....WILLIAM....W.....21...7S......10E....HUNTSVILLE....40..1851/11/01

Alabama Land Patents Database: DeKalb County
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm
LEAVELL...WILLIAM...W...21...7S...10E...HUNTSVILLE...40...1851/11/01

Children of WILLIAM LEAVELL and ELIZABETH SPRABURG are:
300.....i.....MELVIN J. LEAVELL, b. September 23, 1847, Jamestown, Cherokee, Alabama, USA; d. September 23, 1932, Blanche, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA.
.....ii.....MARY A. LEAVELL, b. March 09, 1850, Jamestown, Cherokee, Alabama, USA; d. January 31, 1911.
.....iii.....MARGARET F. LEAVELL, b. September 29, 1852, Jamestown, Cherokee, Alabama, USA.
.....iv.....MARTHA A. LEAVELL, b. September 03, 1854, Jamestown, Cherokee, Alabama, USA; d. January 16, 1917. She married WILLIAM BRADLEY MOSELEY on 08 Aug 1872 in Cherokee County, Alabama, per family Bible. He was born there 25 Aug 1854 and died in Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia on 06 Feb 1926. Nine children. Sources include THE AGNEW TREE at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/27583579/person/5018968797.

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Paden, Cherokee, Alabama; Roll: 7; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 130; FHL microfilm: 1240007.
William B Mosely...45...Aug 1832...AL, AL, AL...farmer
Martha A Mosely...45...Sept 1854...AL, AL, AL...
Melvin Mosely...17...Oct 1882...AL, AL, AL...laborer
Luther E Mosely...13...May 1887...AL, AL, AL...
Emma L Mosely...13...May 1887...AL, AL, AL...

Notes for RICHARD B. LEAVELL:
US Census 1850-GA-Chattooga-BroomTownValley-343t HOH Tapp , William (House 32, Family 32, Date 9-Aug)
Tapp, William...54...M...Farmer...SC...100 Real Estate...Can't Read/Write
Tapp, Peggy P. ...53...F...SC
Levell, Elizabeth E. ...13...F...GA...Attended School
Levell, M. M . A. ...11...F...GA

Per www.tappfamily.us
.....There are county records of Rebecca Tapp's marriage to Richard Leavell, brother of Margaret/Peggy Leavell. It is not 100% confirmed that Rebecca is the daughter of William Tapp who married Margaret/Peggy Leavell. It is not 100% confirmed that the Leavell daughters living with Rebecca's father are her daughters.
.....Two stories have been passed down: 1st that Rebecca Tapp died shortly after Leavell died in 1838 and 2nd that Rebecca Tapp remarried 1)Richard Barry/Berry in 1849 Chattooga County, GA and resided in Cherokee County AL and 2) John Lyda (after 1860). Harvey Tapp is living with the Barrys in the 1860 census. The Barry marriage has been transcribed as: Barry, Richard Sevell, Rebecca Levellor 16 Jan 1849
.....Richard and Rebecca Barry are in 1850-AL-Cherokee-Dist26-17 just a few houses before William Tapp age 22 (Nancy, Dorcas Anne, Sarah C., and Catherine Ford). In 1860-AL-Cherokee-3rd District-180, Harvey Tapp age 10 is living with Richard and Rebecca Berry near George M/W Tapp age 2 in household of Daniel Orear. Another Tapp connection is through the will of Richard Barry's uncle Thomas Moore where Vincent Tapp is a witness (Spartanburg County SC, 1817-1822).

Notes for REBECCA TAPP:
Greg Prather wrote:
Hi Jane,
I saw your post at genealogy.com and posted a message to you there this morning, but have since found this site. (I posted last night and it hadn't shown up this morning. The post this morning showed it as my first post and that's not right, so I wanted to e-mail you directly in case I did something wrong.) Richard Berry and Rebecca Levell are my ggggrandparents. They had a daughter, Mary Euphrasia in 1951. Her name is spelled Eurphairaza in the 1860 census. There is also a Harvey S. Tapp living with them. They are living in Cherokee County, Alabama. Richard and Rebecca were born in South Carolina. Harvey in Georgia. Richard was married before and had children by his first wife. Do you know who Rebecca's ancestors are? Since there are Tapp's and Leavell's in your family, I thought there might be a connection. Thank you very much.
Teresa Prather

From: Greg & Teresa Prather (gprather at austin.rr.com)
Sent: Sat 9/12/09 5:24 PM
Hi Jane,
I'm sorry, I was on the page that showed his parents and siblings, not the one that showed his marriage and children. I was a little worried because there has been some acrimony between Tapp descendents.
Rebecca remarried Richard Barry in 1849 and had my gggrandmother, Mary Euphrasia Barry. After Richard died, she married John Lyda in 1865. I'm adding information to a tree called Lyday Family Tree at Ancestry.com. I'm wondering if the John Lyda she married is the John Perry Lyday her daughter Mary married in 1867 but I don't know.
I've tried to find Elizabeth and M. M. A. but never came close. I may try again. They may have gone to Arkansas because a lot of their families went there. If there's someone who is a possibility, I'll let you know. There's someone I added to my tree named Martha Mary Ann. At first, I was kind of excited because M. M. A. had been in my mind but her birth year was way off. However, you never know.
Teresa

1/01/2010
Jane, thank you for the information regarding Rebecca Tapp (sub: Barry/Leavell Marriage or Berry/Leavell Marriage). At the time I was writing for the info, I was having a hard time getting into the DAR trying to prove their marriage.
Richard Barry m Elizabeth Barry (1st cousins) abt 1825 and had 7 children - Elizabeth died 1845 during child birth. Richard then married Rebecca Tapp Leavell (born in SC), January 16, 1849 in GA - they had daughter Mary Euphrasia, b 1850 in Cherokee Co, AL. Don't know when or why Rebecca died.
Ginger Shea (ginshea swbell.net)

Georgia Marriages to 1850
Name: Rebecca Levell
Spouse: Richard Barry
Marriage Date: 16 Jan 1849
Marriage County: Chattooga
Marriage State: Georgia

Children of RICHARD LEAVELL and REBECCA TAPP are:
.....i.....ELIZABETH E. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1836, Georgia, USA.
.....ii.....M. M. A. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1838, Georgia, USA.

87. EDWARD FRANKLIN LEAVELL (EDWARD FRANKLIN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born January 15, 1812 in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA, and died June 30, 1864 in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. As Franklin Leavell, buried in Gresham and Weed Cemetery, DeKalb County, Georgia; see tombstone photo at findagrave.com Burial: Gresham Family Cemetery, Land lot 285, 18th District. Located on Chamblee-Tucker Road between Henderson Mill Rd. and Old Chamblee Tucker Road in DeKalb Co. GA. It is easily visible from the road. He married (1) LUCINDA WILLIAMS December 13, 1835 in Cobb County, Georgia, USA. She was born Abt. 1816 in North Carolina, USA, and died Abt. 1850. He married (2) MARGARET KATE RILEY GRESHAM Aft. 1855 in Georgia, USA, daughter of JOSIAH GRESHAM and PEGGY RILEY. She was born December 28, 1832 in Georgia, USA and died 19 Nov 1922 Cobb County, Georgia. She married JOHN COLUMBUS MOHON in Cobb County, Georgia on 28 June 1870. See entry on William Jasper Leavell for more information on Margaret and her children by John, I don't want to repeat it.

Notes for EDWARD FRANKLIN LEAVELL:
Is this him?
1832 Cherokee County, Georgia Land Lottery
26th District, 3rd Section, Cherokee.
75 Edward F. Leavell, Johnson's, De Kalb.

Census: 1850 Oregon Dist., Cobb Co., Georgia page 226B
Census report: October 1850, Oregon District, Cobb County, Georgia, by William F. Brooks, page 226B:
1774/1774
Level, Edward F. ...39...Georgia...male farmer...$1000
Level, Lucinda...36...South Carolina
Level, Emily E. ...13...GA
Level, William J. ...11...GA
Level, Rachel M. ...10...GA
Level, James E. ...8...GA
Level, Nancy A. ...7...GA
Level, Mary P. ...5...GA
Level, Edward F. ...4...GA
Level, Ether E. ...2...GA

Census: 1860 Oregon Dist., Cobb Co., Georgia page 329A (12 July 1860)
Census Report: July 12, 1860, Oregon District, Cobb County, Georgia, by: W.H. Tucker, page 329A:
766/748
E. F. Leavell...48...$3200 real estate...$800 personal...GA...farmer
P.R. Leavell...26...female...GA (Margaret Russell "Peggy" Gresham Leavell)
W. J. Leavell...21...male...farm laborer...GA (by Lucinda)
J. E. Leavell...17...male...farm laborer...GA (by Lucinda)
N.A.L. Leavell...16...female...housework...GA (by Lucinda)
M. P. Leavell...15...female...housework...GA (by Lucinda)
E. F. Leavell...13...male...GA (by Lucinda)
E. E. Leavell...12...male...GA (by Lucinda)
J. A. Leavell...4...female...GA (by William Jasper and Margaret Gresham. She married Verlon Goodwin)
L. J. Leavell...2...female...GA (her name's Lucinda Jane, presumably by Margaret, but who knows?)
Josiah Leavell...1/12...female...GA

27 July 1870--Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia
Levels, Julia A. ...16...GA
Levels, Jane...12...GA...female
Levels, Josiah...9...GA...male
Levels, Jackson...8...GA...male

Children of EDWARD LEAVELL and LUCINDA WILLIAMS are:
301.....i.....EMILY E. LEAVELL, b. April 14, 1837, Cobb County, Georgia, USA; d. January 12, 1895, Van Buren County, Arkansas, USA.
.....ii.....WILLIAM A. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1839, Cobb County, Georgia, USA.
302.....iii.....RACHEL MAHALIA LEVELL, b. Abt. 1840, Georgia, USA.
.....iv.....JAMES E. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1842, Cobb County, Georgia, USA; d. August 30, 1862. A James E. Levell enlisted 4 May 1861 as a private. He resided in Georgia. Enlisted in D Co. 7th Inf. Reg. and was killed at 2nd Manassas, VA.
.....v.....NANCY A. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1843, Cobb County, Georgia, USA.
.....vi.....MARY P. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1845, Cobb County, Georgia, USA.
303.....vii.....EDWARD FRANKLIN LEAVELL, b. December 29, 1846, Cobb County, Georgia, USA; d. November 07, 1912.
.....viii.....ETHER E. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1848, Oregon, Cobb County, Georgia, USA; d. 14 Dec 1924, Cobb County, Georgia, USA (Georgia death certificate 35595-F); m. CLARISSA SUSAN KEMP; b. March 1, 1845, Georgia, USA, d. Oct. 30, 1913. She's in Mars Hill Cemetery, Acworth, Cobb, Georgia--see tombstone at findagrave.com page for Clary S. Leavell.

Notes for ETHER E. LEAVELL:
1880 - Oregon and Red Rock, Cobb, Georgia
Ether Levell...31...GA, GA, GA...farmer
Clara Levell...35...GA, GA, GA
Josiah J. Levell...20...GA, GA, GA...brother...laborer

1900 - Red Rock, Cobb, Georgia
Ether Leavell...51...1848...GA, GA, Ga..married 29 yrs
Clara S Leavell...55...1845...GA, GA, GA...0 kids

1910 - Red Rock, Cobb, Georgia
Leavell, Ether...61...GA, SC, SC...married 39 years...farmer
Leavell, Susan...65...GA, SC, SC...0 kids...

88. RACHEL M. LEAVELL (EDWARD FRANKLIN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born July 21, 1814 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA, and died January 25, 1859. She married MAJOR MAJOR A. HENDERSON September 16, 1835 in Dekalb County, Georgia, USA, son of GREENVILLE HENDERSON and NANCY BARNETT. He was born October 01, 1815 in Morgan, DeKalb, Georgia, and died October 28, 1878.

Notes for MAJOR MAJOR A. HENDERSON:
Posted by Kyle L. Smith on Sun, 02 Jan 2000, in response to Crutchfield/Leavell, posted by Debi C. Crutchfield Miller on Thu, 30 Dec 1999
Surname: Leavell
Hello Debbie: I live in Conyers Ga. My grt.grt. granfather Major Henderson is buried in Adams cem. Johnson cn. His wife is Rachell Lavell. I have 1600 Lavells in one of my books. Shown is Rachel Eliz. Lavell b. 1830 d 1913 in Pope cn. Married 2 John Harris. Mattie Bell Leavell b 1881 d 1859? In Johnson cn. married 2 J.E. Johnson. Richard Leavell b 1846 d 1931 in Perry cn. Shown also is Roberson, Greg, Michal, & William. 2- Robertson's Edith & Eliz. More leavells are spread in Texas , Okla. My Leavells started in S.C. late 1700's. Moved into north Ga. 1800, then to atlanta area abt. 1825. Now spread out every where. Could you give me more info. on your leavell's? Also have a Mary H. Polly Gresham 1837--1913 bu. adams cem. Johnson cn. Would love to hear from you. I was in Johnson cn. 2 weeks ago . Also have kin buried in Lamar cem. Kyle.

More About MAJOR MAJOR A. HENDERSON: Burial: Adams Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas

Children of RACHEL LEAVELL and MAJOR HENDERSON are:
.....i.....REUBEN T. HENDERSON, b. 1837; m. SARAH PATTERSON, October 13, 1859, Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
.....ii.....PARTHENA M. HENDERSON, b. 1838; m. JOSIAH WHEELER GRESHAM, March 07, 1855, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA; b. February 28, 1820; d. September 17, 1862, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland, USA in the CSA.
307.....iii.....ARVAZENA HENDERSON, b. January 05, 1840, Tucker, DeKalb, Georgia, USA; d. March 02, 1889.
.....iv.....GREENVILLE A. HENDERSON, b. 1841; m. MARY ANN ELIZABETH AKINS, September 15, 1867, Dekalb County, Georgia; b. August 14, 1845, DeKalb County, Georgia; d. December 21, 1922, Calhoun, Gordon, Georgia, USA. More About GREENVILLE A. HENDERSON: Burial: Fain Cem, Calhoun, Gordon, Georgia
.....v.....NANCY A. HENDERSON, b. 1843, Georgia.
.....vi.....MARGARET J. HENDERSON, b. 1845, Georgia.
.....vii.....JAMES F. HENDERSON, b. 1846, Brownings, DeKalb, Gaeorgia.
308.....viii.....WILLIAM MELMOUTH HENDERSON, b. December 27, 1849, DeKalb County, Georgia; d. February 09, 1921, Loganville, Walton County, Georgia, USA.
.....ix.....SARA FRANCOMA HENDERSON, b. 1851.
.....x.....G. W. HENDERSON, b. 1852.
.....xi.....FRANCIS MARION HENDERSON, b. January 18, 1854; d. January 27, 1926; m. AERA ELLEN GREGORY; b. 1854; d. 1926.
.....xii.....RUFUS A. HENDERSON, b. 1856; d. 1915.
309.....xiii.....MAJOR PERRY B. HENDERSON, b. January 03, 1858, Brownings, DeKalb, Gaeorgia, USA; d. May 17, 1933.

89. JAMES TEAGUE LEAVELL (JOHN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born 1783 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died June 1817 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. He married ELIZABETH REEDER Abt. 1799, daughter of WILLIAM REEDER and MARY COLE. She was born Abt. 1772 in South Carolina, USA, and died 1870 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA.

Notes for JAMES TEAGUE LEAVELL:
James was a Baptist, and served in the militia.

will in Book 21, page 67

In the name of God Amen I James Leavell of Newberry district in the State of South Carolina being weak in body but of sound mind and understanding, do make this my last will and Testament in the following manner first my will is that the expenses of my funeral and all my just debts be paid. I give and dispose of the remainder of my Estate as follows. Item my I give my Sons James Leavell and Addi Leavell one hundred Acres of land part of the tract I now live on to be laid out from that side joining John Coats land which is to be equally divided between them when they come of age, and my will is that if either of them should die before he comes of age or leaves a lawful heir my will is that the land left to him shall become his surviving brothers right and property, and my will is that if they or either of them should marry before he or they comes of age that they shall have priviledge to settle on their part of the land left to them and my will is that the said land shall not be cultivated or any of timber cut down until my sons above mentioned shall have it in posesion and is of age or marries. Item I lend the remainder of my plantation or parcel of land I now live on to Betsey Leavell my beloved wife for the term of twelve years and also my will is that if she remains a widow during her life after the expiration of the time above mentioned that she shall enjoy the profits that may arise from the said land lent to her. Item my will is that the plantation or parcel of land above mentioned which I have lent to Betsey my wife at her death or marriage shall be qually divided between my wife at her death or marriage shall be equally divided between my two daughters namely Polly Leavell and Betty Leavell and that it shall be their lawfull right and property.
.....Item I give unto Polly Leavell my daughter fifty dollars to be paid to her out of my Estate--
.....Item I give unto Betty Leavell my daughter fifty dollars to be paid to her out of my Estate--
.....Item I give unto Betsey Leavell my wife one feather Bed and furniture also one womans saddle and twenty Bushels of wheat also four Hogs (choice). Item my will that The remainder of my Estate be sold and money arising thereform to be divided in the following manner, first I give unto Betsey my wife one Third part of it and my will is that the remainder of the said money be equally divided amongst my children above named. I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint Betsey Leavell my wife Executrix and George Clark Executor of this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand and Seal this Sixteenth day of August in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and ten.
.....Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared be The above Named James Leavell to be his last will and Testament in presence of us who in his presence and at his request have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses---James Leavell (SEAL)
Test-John Leavell
Joseph Jones
Catherine herXmark Cotes
Recorded in Will Book "H" pages 254-55.
Recorded June 16, 1817.
Jas. Farmandis, Ordinary Newberry District.
Proved September 3, 1810.
Box No. 31--Pkg. No. 65--Est. No. 744.

Can this death date be right? I have James as ancestor of the 9 Leavell brothers of Oxford, Mississippi; will dated 16 August 1810 Newberry County, SC, recorded 16 June 1817 Will Book H, pp. 254/5.

Notes for ELIZABETH REEDER:
Elizabeth Reeder's stepson by her second marriage, John Davis, married her daughter Polly Leavell.

Children of JAMES LEAVELL and ELIZABETH REEDER are:
310.....i.....MARY LEAVELL, b. 1799, Newberry, South Carolina, USA; d. February 1879, Forsyth County, Georgia, USA.
311.....ii.....JAMES LEAVELL, b. March 01, 1802, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; d. April 04, 1873, Cherry Creek, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA.
312.....iii.....ELIZABETH LEAVELL, b. September 06, 1806, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; d. August 02, 1846.
.....iv.....ADDI LEAVELL, b. November 11, 1808, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; d. November 06, 1843, Bush River, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. Addi, who never married, was a merchant in Newberry, South Carolina. Okay, why is this exactly the same as the entry for the daughter of William P. Leavell and wife Mary? Other trees stick Addi Leavell on John Leavell and Frances William. Help!
.....v.....BETTY LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1812; m. JOHN COLE.

90. WILLIAM P. LEAVELL (JOHN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1785, and died July 12, 1857 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. He married MARY ?. She died June 06, 1852. Both buried Bush River Baptist Cemetery, Newberry County, SC

Child of WILLIAM LEAVELL and MARY ? is:
.....i.....ADDI LEAVELL, female, b. November 11, 1808; d. November 06, 1843. More About ADDI LEAVELL: Burial: Bush River Baptist Cemetery, Newberry County, SC. Okay, why is this exactly the same as the entry for the son of James Leavell and Elizabeth Reeder? Other trees say he/she was the child of John Leavell and Frances William. Big problem here!

91. CATHERINE LEAVELL (JOHN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born 1786 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died February 15, 1860 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. She married GEORGE CLARK Abt. 1804 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. He was born 1785, and died April 23, 1835 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA.

Notes for CATHERINE LEAVELL:
1850 - Newberry, South Carolina
Clark, Richard P. ...34...physician...$7000...SC
...S. A. ...20...SC
...Margaret G. ...1...SC
...Catherine...65...SC

She was on the 1850 Newbery Censes with her son Richard P. Clark in household 589. She was noted as the widow of George Clark.

Box 38 No. 8, microfilm #24160 From Newberry Equity Records, sent by Edith Greisser.
Thomas L. Clark, Thompson Wilson, and Sarah Wilson his wife; Richard P. Clark and Catherine Clark his wife versus George Neel; Maxcy McMorris and Margaret McMorris his wife; Thomas L. Neel; Sarah A. K. Neel; Louisa A. Neel
.....Bill for relief and sale of property Filed: 7/7/1849 attorney: Fair: "George Clark died 1834 with a will. He left widow, Catherine Clark and five children: Thomas L. Clark, R. P. Clark, John H. Clark (died shortly after his father and left no issue), Sarah Clark married Dr Thompson Wilson, Margaret Neel, the wife of George Neel. Margaret Neel had died after the testator and left the four children: Margaret E. Neel, who married Maxcy McMorris, Thomas L. Neel, Sarah A. K. Neel, and Louisa A. Neel. M. W. Miller, on 7/1/1849 stated that the home of the widow Catherine Clark is out of repair - it was rented out in 1848 - Catherine Clark, did not make any money farming on it - two of the slaves are on the decline and the land is going to waste - it would be best to have the property sold, probably next fall being the best time since cotton is at a high in sale price right now. David Boozer also stated the buildings on the Clark place were in poor repair and two of the slaves were very old. A map of the land and the will of George Clark is included. Also included is the 1799 bill of sale. The land was sold and seven slaves were also sold, their names are given and the names of their children." His grave is in the Bush River Baptist Cemetery, Newberry Co., SC. (RF Survey)

More About CATHERINE LEAVELL: Burial: Bush River Baptist Cemetery, Newberry County, SC

Children of CATHERINE LEAVELL and GEORGE CLARK are:
.....i.....MARGARET CLARK, b. Abt. 1805; d. Abt. 1836; m. GEORGE NEAL.
.....ii.....BETSY CLARK.
.....iii.....JOHN HARRISON CLARK, b. July 16, 1817; d. May 03, 1836, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. More About JOHN HARRISON CLARK: Burial: Bush River Baptist Cemetery, Newberry County, SC
.....iv.....THOMAS L. CLARK, b. Abt. 1807.
313.....v.....RICHARD PINCKNEY CLARK, b. December 30, 1814, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; d. December 06, 1894, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA.
.....vi.....JAMES WOODARD CLARK.
.....vii.....SARAH CLARK, b. July 23, 1823; d. December 07, 1857; m. DR. THOMPSON WILSON, Abt. 1845; b. April 26, 1823; d. May 17, 1871. More About DR. THOMPSON WILSON: Burial: Head Springs ARP Cemetery

92. CHARLES LEAVELL (JOHN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born August 20, 1802 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died September 25, 1879 in Coweta County, Georgia, USA. He married ELIZABETH WORTHINGTON HUNTER 1833 in South Carolina, USA, daughter of GEORGE HUNTER and MARY WORTHINGTON. She was born August 05, 1813 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died January 24, 1884 in Turin, Coweta, Georgia, USA. There's a findagrave.com photo of his tombstone, but it's shattered and I don't believe the dates can be read. The FAG page gives his DOB as August 30, 1803 and DOD as October 10, 1879.

Notes for CHARLES LEAVELL:
Charles Leavell was a Baptist reverend. He moved to Coweta County, Georgia, in 1834 and joined the Newman Baptist Church. The biography of the 9 Leavell brothers claims he married Frances M. Hunter.

Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 19, Coweta, Georgia; Roll: M432_66; Page: 330; Image: 472.
Charles Leavell...47...farmer...$5600...SC
Elizabeth W. Leavell...36...SC
Mary A. E. Leavell...16...SC
Richard D. Leavell...13...SC
Martha J. Leavell...11...SC

from 1860 Coweta Co., GA census
household #639
Charles Level - 57, farming, b. SC, $7086 real estate, $24,865 personal
Elizabeth M. Level- 46, b. SC
Martha Kates- 36, seamstress, b. SC, $3000 personal

1870 Coweta Co. GA census
household #979
Charles Level - 68, white, farmer, b. SC
Elizabeth Level - 57, white, keeping house, b. SC
Columbus Landrum - 20, white, b. GA
Jefferson Davis - 8, white, b. GA

[several black families named BROOKS listed as near neighbors.]

Elizabeth Worthington was allegedly the widow of Mr. Hunter. (Not likely, given that her maiden name was actually Hunter, and her mom was a Worthington. I suppose she might have married a relative...but I doubt it. I think people jumped to conclusions based on her name.]

U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule
Name: Charles Level
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Place of Birth: South Carolina
Estimated birth year: abt 1804
Age: 76
Month of Death: Oct
Cause of Death: Heart Dropsy
Place of Death: Senoia, Coweta, Georgia

"The Carroll County Times"
Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia
NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, OCTOBER 17, 1879
GEORGIA News
Major Chas. Leavell of Coweta county is dead.

More About ELIZABETH WORTHINGTON HUNTER: Burial: Tranquil Cem., Coweta Co., GA

Children of CHARLES LEAVELL and ELIZABETH HUNTER are:
314.....i.....MARTHA JANE LEAVELL, b. July 26, 1832, Coweta County, Georgia, USA; d. April 20, 1920.
315.....ii.....MARY ANN E. LEAVELL, b. December 31, 1834, South Carolina, USA; d. March 1918.
.....iii.....M.C. LEAVELL, daughter, b. 13 Oct 1835, d. 21 Oct 1836. See at findagrave.com photo of tombstone from Tranquil Cemetery, Turin, Coweta, Georgia, USA.
.....iv.....RICHARD D. LEAVELL, b. 22 Mar 1837, South Carolina, USA. See findagrave.com for burial in Tranquil Cemetery, Coweta County, Georgia 13 Sept. 1853.

93. MARTHA LEAVELL (JOHN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born February 23, 1809 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died September 24, 1849 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. She married DAVID CANNON 1831, son of ISAAC CANNON and SARAH SPEAKE. He was born October 30, 1793, and died October 24, 1869. For both, Burial: Bush River Baptist Church Cemetery, Newberry County, SC

Notes for MARTHA LEAVELL:
1850 in Newberry, South Carolina
David Cannon...56...farmer...SC
Martha Cannon...41...SC
J. L. Cannon...17...male...SC
E. F. Cannon...16...female...SC
J. P. Cannon...14...male...SC
S. P. Cannon...12...female...SC
M. C. Cannon...11...female...SC
L. A. Cannon...9...female...SC
M. S. Cannon...5...female...SC
J. T. Leavel...34...farmer...farmer...SC
Theron Gray...2...female...SC

Notes for DAVID CANNON:
See http://www.dfchapter.homestead.com/Cannon.html

Children of MARTHA LEAVELL and DAVID CANNON are:
.....i.....DR. JOHN L. CANNON, b. February 09, 1833, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; d. November 24, 1907, Center Point, Howard, Arkansas, USA; m. MAMIE KITCHENS, December 1869; b. February 14, 1836; d. August 13, 1919. They adopted Mildred Tiltha Cannon and Joseph Anderson Cannon. For both, burial in Center Point, Howard County, Arkansas, USA
.....ii.....ELIZABETH FRANCES CANNON, b. Abt. 1834, South Carolina, USA; m. WILLIAM A. REID; b. Abt. 1827.

Notes for ELIZABETH FRANCES CANNON:
Is this she?
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Polkville, Calhoun, Alabama; Roll T9_4; Family History Film: 1254004; Page: 596.1000; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 0751.
William Reid... 47
Elizabeth Reid ...46
Mary J. Reid ...14
Ellen Garvin... 88
Georgian Collier... 25

Notes for MARY JANE CANNON:
Could this be she?
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Moons, Newberry, South Carolina; Roll M593_1504; Page: 516; Image: 427.
G Lofayett Spearman...43...SC...$3000 real estate...$1100 personal...
Anna Spearman...26...SC
Lucy Spearman...6...SC
Lafayette Spearman...2...SC
Ella Spearman...12...SC

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Reeders, Newberry, South Carolina; Roll T9_1236; Family History Film: 1255236; Page: 129.1000; Enumeration District: 113; .
G. Lafayatte Sperman...54...SC, SC, SC...farmer
Mary J. Sperman...36...SC, SC, SC
Lucy A. Sperman...16...SC, SC, SC
Marcus L. Sperman...11...SC, SC, SC
Rolin G. Sperman...1...SC, SC, SC

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina; Roll T624_1461; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 100; Image: 1009.
Layfayette Spearman...83 ...SC, SC, SC...married 33...own income
Mary Spearman...66...SC, SC, SC...married 33...4 children, 2 living
Sallie Cannon...72...SC, SC, SC...sister

An Annie Cannon allegedly born 4 April 1840 SC and died 4 March 1875 married Graves Lafayette Spearman, per the Spearman/Crane tree on ancestry.com

GWL Spearman was mustered out 12 Dec 1861. Joined Captain John R Spearman's Comapany, Newberry Rangers Holcombe's Legion

94. JAMES TEAGUE LEAVELL (JOHN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born Abt. 1816 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died January 01, 1894 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. At findagrave.com see photo of a tombstone with that death date and "age 78" in Bush River Church Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina. He married BETSEY TURNER, per many family trees, which also attach children. Where's the proof? In the census records, he's living with siblings but no wife or children. He's not buried with a wife or children. We seem to be copying from each other.

Notes for JAMES TEAGUE LEAVELL:
He was probably named for the preacher at Bush River, James Teague.

In the 1850 census he was living with sister Martha (Leavell) Cannon's family.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1224; Page: 291; Image: 164; Family History Library Film: 805224.
Charlotte Teas...65...SC (might this read Teag?)
Margaret Teas...19...SC
Angeline Teas...13...SC
Calhoun Teas...10...SC
James T Leavell...45...SC...mechanic...$1000

1880 Newberry County, SC
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
J. R. Leavell...Self...M...Male...W...59...SC...Furniture Dealer...SC...SC
E. J. Leavell...Wife...M...Female...W...57...SC...Keeping House...SC...SC
Fannie D. Leavell...Dau...S...Female...W...35...SC...School Teacher...SC...SC
J. R. Leavell...Son...S...Male...W...22...SC...At College...SC...SC
Eugene Leavell...Son...S...Male...W...16...SC...At School...SC...SC
Beta Leavell...Dau...S...Female...W...15...SC...At School...SC...SC
J. T. Leavell...Brother...M...Male...W...64...SC...SC...SC

More About JAMES TEAGUE LEAVELL: Burial: Bush River Baptist Church Cem., Newberry District, SC, USA

Children of JAMES LEAVELL and BETSEY TURNER are:
.....i.....ADDI LEAVELL.
.....ii.....POLLY LEAVELL.
.....iii.....BETTY LEAVELL.

95. ROBERT GRIFFIN LEAVELL (JOHN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born February 07, 1818 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died 5 July 1905 in Marquez, Leon, Texas, USA. He married ELVIRA GRAY BOOZER 1843 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, daughter of HENRY BOOZER and MARY GARMANY. She was born Abt. 1823 in Abbeville District, South Carolina, USA, and died Abt. 1893. Robert went to Texas in 1846 & died there. He was a carpenter by trade. See photo of tombstone at findagrave.com page for R. G. Leavell. Goldthwaite Cemetery, Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas, USA--Plot: Sect. 2, Blk. 1, Plot 32

Notes for ROBERT GRIFFIN LEAVELL:
OLD 96 AND ABBEVILLE DISTRICTS, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARRIAGES - 1774-1890
L140 LEAVELL, ROBERT B260 BOOZER, ELVIRA 85 B

1850 Greenwood, Abbeville, SC
Leavel, Robert G. ...31...carpenter...SC
Elvira G. Leavell...24...SC
Marian P. Leavell...7...SC
John H. Leavell...4...SC
Caroline G. Leavell...2...SC

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Abbeville, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1212; Page: 63; Image: 130; Family History Library Film: 805212.
Robt G Level...42...SC...farmer...$3000
Elina G Level...35...SC
Mary B Level...15...SC
Jno H Level...13...SC
Frances Level...11...SC
Mary E Level...5...SC
Jas T Level...4...SC

1880 Census Place Precinct 6, Grimes, Texas, Family History Library Film...1255308, NA Film Number...T9-1308, Page Number...148B
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
R. G. Leavill...Self...M...Male...W...62...SC...Farmer...SC...SC
Elvira Leavill...Wife...M...Female...W...56...SC...Keeping House...SC...SC
Emma Leavill...Dau...S...Female...W...20...SC...SC...SC
Lewis Oliver...Other...S...Male...B...16...TEXAS...Laborer...---...---
Hattie Ward...Other...S...Female...MU...8...TEXAS......---...---

1900 census Justice Precinct 4, Leon, Texas
Leavell, Robert...Feb. 1819...81...widowed...SC, SC, SC...farmer
Beasley, Tina...granddau...Sept 1888...11...TX, TN, SC

Children of ROBERT LEAVELL and ELVIRA BOOZER are:
318.....i.....MARY ANN LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1844, South Carolina, USA.
319.....ii.....JOHN HENRY LEAVELL, b. June 15, 1846, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; d. December 16, 1898, Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, USA.
320.....iii.....CARRIE F. LEAVELL, b. November 02, 1848, Newberry, South Carolina, USA.
321.....iv.....EMMA M. LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1852, Newberry, South Carolina, USA.
.....v.....JAMES THOMAS LEAVELL, b. August 15, 1852, Newberry, South Carolina, USA; d. April 25, 1904. Burial: Georgetown I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Williamson, TX, USA

96. JOHN W. ROWLAND LEAVELL (JOHN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born November 24, 1820 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died February 06, 1900 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. He married ELIZABETH JANE CHALMERS Abt. 1842 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, daughter of DR. A. W. CHALMERS. She was born November 24, 1824 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died July 25, 1885 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. For both, burial: Bush River Baptist Church Cem., Newberry District, SC, USA

Notes for JOHN W. ROWLAND LEAVELL:
Columbia Newspapers: the South-Carolinian
[p.177] COLUMBIA NEWSPAPERS: SOUTH-CAROLINA TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE
Married on the 6th instant, by the Rev. J. Galloway, Mr. John R. Leavell, to Miss Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Dr. A. W. Chalmers, of Newberry District, S. C.

1850 Newberry, Newberry, SC (25 Sept 1850)
John R. Leavell...29...SC...farmer...$2,500
E. F. Leavell...25...SC
R. A. Leavell...7...SC
Dorotha F. Leavell...5...SC
M. R. R. Leavell...3...SC
R. Y. Leavell...2...SC
Margaret J. Leavell...1...SC
Leavell, (unnamed male)...3/12...SC
1860 Newberry, Newberry, SC (1 June 1860)
John R. Leavell...40...SC
Elizabeth Leavell...37...SC
Richard A. Leavell...17...SC
Dorothy F. Leavell...15...SC
Martha R. Leavell...13...SC
Robert Y. Leavell...12...SC
Margaret J. Leavell...11...SC
William H. Leavell...10...SC
Emma E. Leavell...7...SC
Caroline Leavell...5...SC
John R. Leavell...2...SC
Mayer C. Leavell...7/12...SC
Leland Spence...19...
William Gray...13...
1870 census Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina
Tilda Levill...B...18...domestic servant...SC
two households away:
John R. Leavell...retired merchant...2500 real estate...1500 personal...49...SC...
Elizabeth Leavell...47...SC
Fannie Leavell...25...SC...teaching school
Robert Y. Leavell...23...2500 personal...SC
Maggie Leavell...21...SC
Hayne W. Leavell...19...SC...preacher of Gospel
Emma Leavell...17...SC...attending school
Brantley Leavell...15...SC...attending school
Jno. R. Leavell Jr. ...12...SC...attending school
Cannon Leavell...10...SC
Eugenia Leavell...7...SC
Mary B. Leavell...5...SC
next door:
Mary Leavell...B...55...domestic servant...SC
Hannah Leavell...B...27...domestic servant...SC
Caroline Jackson...B...33...domestic servant...SC
George Coulter...W...19...stonecutter...SC

1880 Census Place Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
J. R. Leavell...Self...M...Male...W...59...SC...Furniture Dealer...SC...SC
E. J. Leavell...Wife...M...Female...W...57...SC...Keeping House...SC...SC
Fannie D. Leavell...Dau...S...Female...W...35...SC...School Teacher...SC...SC
J. R. Leavell...Son...S...Male...W...22...SC...At College...SC...SC
Eugene Leavell...Son...S...Male...W...16...SC...At School...SC...SC
Beta Leavell...Dau...S...Female...W...15...SC...At School...SC...SC
J. T. Leavell...Brother...M...Male...W...64...SC......SC...SC

http://www.whitakerfuneralhome.com/
.....Originally known as the John Rowland Leavell Funeral Home, our facilites were first located near the present-day Hampton Inn on Nance Street in Newberry, SC. This home was founded in 1847, and in 1865 Robert Young Leavell built the Nance Street facility.
.....After the death of R. Y. Leavell in 1935, James R. Leavell took over the helm, moving the Newberry Home to its present site (Calhoun St. & College St.) in the winter of 1937.
.....The College Street facility was built by Edward Sholtz around 1880 and sold to Dr. William E. Pelham in 1889. Upon his death in 1930 the home went into Dr. Pelham's estate. It was purchased 1936 by John Stockman, who in turn sold it to James R. Leavell.
.....In 1951 the home was sold to Roy Doggett Whitaker, Sr. acquiring its current name under which it was incorporated October of 1970. Not long thereafter (1972) a new brick garage was added.
.....Roy Doggett Whitaker, Jr. was named General Manager of the Whitaker Funeral Home in 1974 and carries on the family tradition to this date.

See http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/biojohn_leavell.htm for a picture of him and a biography of him. He had dark brown hair with a tendency to curl, and brown eyes, and a taste for fine clothes. John Rowland Leavell went from farming to stone masonry, undertaking and furniture making. He was a deacon in the Newberry Baptist church, and in 1856 a "Worthy Patriot of the Lodge of the Sons of Temperance."

The recorded death of J. R. Leavell states he died 6 Feb 1900 of rheumatism and sciatica and had lived in Newberry for twenty-five years, but in reality it was much longer. His funeral was delayed until 11 Feb 1900 because his son, the Rev. Dr. Hayne Leavell, of Houston, Texas, missed a train connection in New Orleans.

Children of JOHN LEAVELL and ELIZABETH CHALMERS are:
.....i.....RICHARD ALEXANDER LEAVELL, b. December 08, 1842, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; d. November 30, 1864, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA.

Notes for RICHARD ALEXANDER LEAVELL:
South Carolina Civil War Regiments
SC 3rd Infantry Regiment (Gregg's), Company E.
Sergeants: Leavell, R.A.,
The unit fought at Manassas, Harper's Ferry, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, etc.

Richard “Buddy” Leavell was a member of Co. E, 3rd’. Regt. Kershaw’s Brigade. Just a week before his twenty-first birthday, and after having spent three years in the Confederate army, Richard died on 30 Nov 1863, from complications due to a leg wound which led to amputation.

More About RICHARD ALEXANDER LEAVELL: Burial: Bush River Baptist Church Cem., Newberry District, SC, USA

Notes for DOROTHY FANNIE LEAVELL:
Name: Fannie Leavell
Death date: 07 Feb 1915
Death place: Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 70y 3m 30d
Birth date: 07 Feb 1845
Birthplace: Newberry Co., S. C.
Marital status: Single
Father's name: John R. Leavell
Father's birthplace: Newberry Co., S. C.
Mother's name: Elizabeth Chalmers
Mother's birthplace: Newberry Co., S. C.
Occupation: Teacher
Street address: 1001 Johnston St., 4th Ward
Cemetery name: Rosemont Cemetary
Burial place: Newberry, S. C.
Burial date: 08 Feb 1915
Film number: 1913453
Digital GS number: 4176809
Image number: 30
Reference number: fn 3043
Collection: South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1943

Posted on her memorial page at findagrave.com
Special to The State
Miss Fanny Leavell
Newberry, Feb. 7---One of Newberry's noblest and best women passed away this morning at 6 o'clock when Miss Fanny Leavell died. As a teacher for many years she left her impress on many minds and hearts that are all the better for what she taught them. Seven years of her life were spent as a teacher in the Columbia Female College, a Methodist institution, and her pupils are in every part of the State. Several years ago she gave up teaching because of feeble health and came back home to live. Her last years were years of suffering, which she bore with patience and without complaint. She was a daughter of the late Col. Jno. R. Leavell and was a faithful and devoted member of Baptist church. She was 76 years old in October. Surviving her are the following brothers and sisters: Robt. Y. Leavell of Newberry, William Hayne Leavell of Mississippi, now minister to Guatemala, and John R. Leavell of Greenwood, Mrs. Jno. F. Spearman of Columbia, Mrs. Maggie Tarrant of Newberry, Mrs. C.C. Watson of Richmond, Va., Mrs. W. E. Pelham and Mrs. George A. Wright of Newberry. The burial will take place tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in Rosemont cemetery, with the funeral service at the grave.

Notes for JOHN ROWLAND LEAVELL:
MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES FROM BAPTIST NEWSPAPERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1866-1887
The Working Christian
Issue of November 20, 1884
page 121
Marriages & Deaths, Baptist Newspapers, SC, 1866-1887
Married on Thursday night, November 6th, 1884, in the Greenwood Presbyterian Church, by Rev. J. P. Martin, Mr. John R. Leavell, Jr., and Miss Hessie Blake. Also, at the same time and place, Mr. R. R. Calhoun and Miss Mary P. Blake, all of Greenwood.

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina; Roll: T623 1530; Page: 47B; .
John Leavell...42...Jun 1858...SC, SC, SC...married 15 years...marble cutter
Hessie Leavell...34...April 1866...SC, SC, SC...0 children, 0 living

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Greenwood Ward 1, Greenwood, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1459; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 84; Image: 129
John R Leavell...52...SC, SC, SC...married 25 years...marble cutter, marble dealer
Hessie B Leavell...43...SC, SC, SC

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina; Roll: 2200; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 393.0
John R Leavell...72...SC, SC, SC...marble dealer, stonecutter
Hessie B Leavell...64...SC, SC, SC...

SOUTH CAROLINA DEATH RECORDS
Name: John R Leavell
Death Date: 17 Mar 1940
Age (Years): 82
Estimated Birth Year: 1858
Gender: Male
Color: White
County of Death: Greenwood
Volume Number: 11
Certificate Number: 4518

Name: John Roland Leavell
Death date: 17 Mar 1940
Death place: Greenwood, Greenwood Co., South Carolina
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): white
Race or color (expanded): White
Age at death: 82y 1m 19d
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 30 Jan 1858
Birthplace: Newberry, Sc
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Hessie Blake
Father's name: John R. Leavell
Father's birthplace: Sc
Mother's name: Elizabeth Chalmers
Mother's titles:
Mother's Titles & Terms - Prefix(standardized):
Mother's birthplace: Sc
Burial place: Greenwood, Sc
Burial date: 18 Mar 1940
Film number: 1943878
Digital GS number: 4179180
Image number: 424
Reference number: fn 4518
Collection: South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1943

97. WILLIAM PAGE LEAVELL (JOHN, ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born July 17, 1823 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died March 17, 1902 in Texas, USA. According to some trees, he married SALLY DEVLIN Abt. 1848. She was born May 22, 1825 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died December 31, 1902 in Texas, USA. Others say she was SARAH CATHERINE RYKARD, born May 22, 1825 in Newberry County and died December 31, 1902 in Texas, buried in Concord Cemetery, Leon County, TX.

Notes for WILLIAM PAGE LEAVELL:
1860 census - Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina
Wm P Leavell...37...SC...$4000...farmer
Sarah C Leavell...35...SC
John D Leavell...12...SC
Rebecca T Leavell...9...SC

1870 Federal Census, Leon County, Texas (Beat 5 (4): File 8 of 15)
16 | 311 368 | Leavell W.P. | 42 M W | Farmer | 2000 real estate 500 personal | SC | | | | | L140 | farmer
17 | 311 368 | Leavell Sara C. | 45 F W | Keep House | /SC | | | | | L140 |

1880 census - Leon County, TX
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Wm. P. Lavell...Self...M...Male...W...57...SC...Farmer...SC...SC
Sarah P. Lavell...Wife...M...Female...W...55...SC...Keeping House...SC...SC
Lena L. Lavell...GDau...S...Female...W...5...TX......SC...TX
Census Place E.D. 90, Leon, Texas
Family History Library Film...1255316
NA Film Number...T9-1316
Page Number...199D
(Who the heck is Lena's parent? I have her later life documented, but not her birth!)

1900 - Justice Precinct 5, Leon, Texas
William Leavell...76...July 1823...SC, unk, unk...farmer
Sallie Leavell...75...unk, unk, unk

CONCORD CEMETERY, LEON COUNTY, TEXAS
LEAVELL, Lucinda A.
....Wife of J.D. Leavell Jan 7, 1843 Mar 9, 1875
LEAVELL, Sarah C.
....Wife of W.P. Leavell May 22, 1825 Dec 31, 1902
LEAVELL, Sarah E.
....Dau of J.D. & L.A. Leavell Aug 29, 1866 Aug 2, 1869
LEAVELL, W.P.
....Hus of Sarah Leavell July 17, 1823 Mar 17, 1902
NEWBERRY, L.L.
....Wife of J. A. Newberry Nov 9, 1872 June 12, 1911
NEWBERRY, Lena L. (Leavell)
.... Wife of J.B. Newberry Feb 14, 1875 Aug 22, 1964
NEWBERRY, Linda Mae
....Wife of William Webster "Bill" Newberry Aug 24, 1901 Mar 2, 1990
NEWBERRY, J.A.
....Hus of L.L. Newberry June 9, 1866 June 24, 1949
NEWBERRY, J.B.
Hus of Lena L. (Leavell) Newberry Aug 25, 1868 May 21, 1932
NEWBERRY, William Webster "Bill"
....Hus of Linda (Wilson) Newberry Mar 10, 1899 May 5, 1985

Children of WILLIAM LEAVELL and SALLY DEVLIN are:
330....i....JOHN DAVID LEAVELL, b. October 03, 1841, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; d. April 24, 1925, Kerr County, Texas, USA.
....ii....FANNIE RUTH LEAVELL, b. September 25, 1849, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died May 07, 1918 Leon County, Texas. She married Elisha W. Petty, who was born January 13, 1847 in Somerville, Leflore, Mississippi, USA and died November 17, 1919 in Leon County, Texas.

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Leon, Texas; Roll: T623_1654; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 47.
Elisha W Petty...51...Jan 1859....Mississippi...married 14 years...farmer
Fannie R Petty...49 ...Sept 1850...SC, SC, SC...5 children, 4 living
James D Petty...21...Jan 1879 ...TX, Miss, Mississippi...farmer...son
Ruby E Petty...12...July 1887...TX, Miss, Miss...dau
Blanche Petty...11...Mch 1889...TX, Miss, Miss...dau
Lee Petty...9...Nov 1890...TX, Miss, Miss...son

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Leon, Texas; Roll: T624_1571; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0128; Image: 443; FHL Number: 1375584
Elisha W. Petty...61...Mississippi, Tennessee, Mississippi...farmer
Fannie R Petty...59...SC, SC, SC
Rome L Petty...19... TX, Mississppi, SC...farm laborer, home farm...son

TEXAS DEATH INDEX
Name: Elisha Washington Petty
Death Date: 11 Nov 1919
Death County: Kerr
Certificate: 32885

CONCORD CEMETERY, LEON CO. TX PETTY, Blanche
... Dau of Elisha W. & Francis R. Leavell Petty Mar 28, 1889 May 17, 1908
PETTY, Doris Jean
...Wife of L.E. Petty June 21, 1928 June 17, 1992
PETTY, Elisha W. "John"
...Son of Jim Flint & Sarah Pace Petty
...Hus of Frances R. Leavell Petty "Fannie" Jan 13, 1847 Nov 17, 1919
PETTY, Frances R. Leavell "Fannie"
...Wife of Elisha W. Petty "John" Sept 25, 1849 May 7, 1918
PETTY, James D.
...Son of Elisha W. & Frances R. Leavell Petty
...WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Jan 21, 1879 Sept 8, 1923

98. AMELIA LEAVELL (RICHARD C., ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born 1776 in Newberry District, South Carolina, USA, and died February 10, 1846 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA. She married WILLIAM W. NEEL 1790 in South Carolina, USA. He was born December 15, 1769 in 96th District, South Carolina, USA, and died September 23, 1846 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA. Both buried in Neel Cemetery, Ralph, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Notes for AMELIA LEAVELL:
William W NEEL was born on 15 Dec 1769 in Ninety-Six District, Spartanburg, South Carolina, died on 23 Sep 1846 in Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama and was buried in Neel Cemetery , Ralph, Alabama. William married Amelia LEAVELL, daughter of Richard LEAVELL and Unknown TAYLOR, in 1790 in S.C. (Amelia LEAVELL was born in 1776 in Newberry Co., S.C, died on 10 Feb 1846 in Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama and was buried in Neel Cemetery , Ralph, Alabama.)
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Children of AMELIA LEAVELL and WILLIAM NEEL are:
331....i....CHARLES W. NEEL, b. 1791, South Carolina; d. 1842.
....ii....REBECCA NEEL, b. 1793, South Carolina; m. EVAN HOWARD; d. 1841, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA.
....iii....MARGARET NEEL, b. 1795.
....iv....ELIZABETH SUSAN NEEL, b. 1798, South Carolina; m. ? HARRELL.
332....v....FRANCIS NEEL, b. 1800, Spartanburg, 96th District, South Carolina.
333....vi....THOMAS NEEL, b. 1801, Newberry District, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1862, Alabama.
....vii....EDITH NEEL, b. 1803, Newberry District, South Carolina.
334....viii....JESSE CALHOUN NEEL, b. 1806, Spartanburg, 96th District, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1870, Douglas, Anderson County, Texas, USA.
335....ix....WILLIAM ROBERT NEEL, b. 1807, Spartanburg, 96th District, South Carolina; d. December 05, 1860, Ashley County, Arkansas, USA.
336....x....NANCY NEEL, b. January 02, 1810, Newberry District, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1860, Texas, USA.

99. ISAAC LEAVELL (RICHARD C., ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born 1778 in Bush River, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died 1815. He married DELILAH ?.

Source Citation: Year: 1810; Census Place: , Newberry, South Carolina; Roll: 61; Page: 117A; Image: 0181420; Family History Library Film: 00202
Name: Isaac Leavell
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Newberry, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 6

Children of ISAAC LEAVELL and DELILAH ? are:
337....i....NOAH HARRISON LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1808, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; d. Abt. 1849, Missouri, USA.
....ii....NALLY LEAVELL.
....iii....EDWARD LEAVELL.
....iv....TIMOTHY LEAVELL, d. Bef. 1821.

100. ROBERT LEAVELL (RICHARD C., ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born October 22, 1780, and died October 11, 1867 in Covington, Miami County, Ohio, USA. He married SARAH PERRY January 16, 1803 in Newberry District, South Carolina, USA, daughter of NATHAN PERRY and DEKANDER WALLS. She was born October 15, 1781 in Newberry District, South Carolina, USA, and died March 31, 1864 in Miami County, Ohio, USA.

Notes for ROBERT LEAVELL:
A Newberry County book claims "Robert Leavell and wife moved to Ohio: they were Quakers."

1850 MIAMI OH Newton Township
2.2548 2551 Leavell....Rorbert...70..M...Farming...4,000..S C.......
3.2548 2551 Leavell....Sarah..69..F.......Md.. .....
4.2548 2551 Leavell....Job....10..M.......Ohio.......
5.2548 2551 Leavell....Sarah..8..F.......Ohio.......

1860 Newton, Miami, OH
Leavell, Robert...80...retired farmer...4800 real estate...$450 personal...SC
Leavell, Sarah...79...MD

From pages 768-769 of the 1880 Miami County History:
Robert was born Oct. 22, 1780, in South Carolina, and in 1805, came to this state; in 1807 or 1808, he located on Panther Creek, in Newton Township, where he established the first home in that part of the township; in 1812, he moved with his family, south of West Milton; during the war of 1812, he served as a teamster, and at close of war returned to his farm on Panther Creek, where his death occurred at the age of 87. He took a great interest in the welfare of his country, and voted at every Presidential election from his majority till his death. His wife, Sarah, died March 31, 1864, age 82 years. He had a family of four sons and four daughters; the daughters still survive.

1880 HISTORY OF MIAMI COUNTY.
Page 364 has the following reference:
The first settlers west of the river (Stillwater) were William and David Miles, who hailed from South Carolina in 1807. The former died the same year of his arrival. At this period, settlements began to be made in the northern part of the township, on Panther Creek. Robert Leavell, from South Carolina, settled on Section 2 in 1808, and William Perry, from Tennessee, located himself on Section 6 at about the same time, while Robert Dickson, the father of two sons and several daughters, located himself on northwest quarter, Section 7, in 1808-09.

On page 745, it was noted that Wilkson Pearson was married in 1826 to Eleanor, a daughter of Robert Leavell, a native of South Carolina, and that they had eight children, three of whom were still living.

On page 786, it was noted that Ephraim Pearson, born in Newton Township in August 1834, was the son of Wilkinson Pearson and Eleanor Leavell of South Carolina. Also, it indicated that Ephraim Pearson married Eleanor, daughter of Robert Leavell.

Here is an article in which Sarah (Perry) Leavell is mentioned. It is on pages 768-769 of the 1880 Miami County History:
CARY FURNAS, (deceased); was born in Newberry District, S.C. June 19, 1803. His father, William Furnas, located on northeast quarter of Sec. 28, in Newton Township, in October, 1806. Here Cary was reared. He made his first location just south of the homestead, and at the end of six years, in 1832, he located on Sec. 2, where his death occurred, at the age of 69. He married Matilda Leavell 1825. Of the six children born to this union, two died in infancy, and one lives, at the age of 33. Matilda is the daughter of Robert and Sarah (Perry) Leavell. Robert was born Oct. 22, 1780, in South Carolina, and in 1805, came to this state; in 1807 or 1808, he located on Panther Creek, in Newton Township, where he established the first home in that part of the township; in 1812, he moved with his family, south of West Milton; during the war of 1812, he served as a teamster, and at close of war returned to his farm on Panther Creek, where his death occurred at the age of 87. He took a great interest in the welfare of his country, and voted at every Presidential election from his majority till his death. His wife, Sarah, died March 31, 1864, age 82 years. He had a family of four sons and four daughters; the daughters still survive.

Robert is listed as buried in both Highland Cemetery and Pleasant Hill Cemetery!

Children of ROBERT LEAVELL and SARAH PERRY are:
....i....N. LEAVELL. Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Newton Twp. Miami, Ohio, USA.
....ii....T. LEAVELL.
338....iii....MATILDA LEAVELL, b. Abt. 1804, South Carolina, USA; d. 1891.
339....iv....ELEANOR LEAVELL, b. October 21, 1805, Ludlow Creek, Miami, Ohio, USA; d. November 06, 1898, Covington, Miami, Ohio, USA.
340....v....RICHARD M. LEAVELL, b. January 21, 1809; d. August 05, 1849, Fulton County, Indiana, USA.
341....vi....GIDEON LEAVELL, b. September 06, 1811, Warren, Darke, Ohio, USA; d. October 15, 1867, Newton Township, Miami, Ohio, USA.
342....vii....AMOS PERRY HARRISON LEAVELL, b. December 13, 1813, Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA; d. February 26, 1852, Miami County, Ohio, USA.
343....viii....ROBERT M. LEAVELL, b. January 22, 1818; d. August 05, 1849.
344....ix....SARAH ANN LEAVELL, b. April 1822, Ohio, USA.

101. RICHARD LEAVELL (RICHARD C., ROBERT, EDWARD, ? LAVELLE) was born 1794 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA, and died May 15, 1850 in Ralph, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. He married FRANCES NEAL Abt. 1813 in South Carolina, USA. She was born 1796 in South Carolina, USA, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Ralph, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Possibly Nyle or Nile. For both: Burial: Old Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.

Notes for RICHARD LEAVELL:
Richard was a private in Nash's Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers in Capt. John Wallace's Co. of the infantry in the War of 1812.

4 October 1816 they sold 100 acres on Bush River, recorded 5 September 1825 Deed Book T-2, p. 118.

From 1816 to 1826, they may have been in St. Clair County, Alabama.

They had a grant of 80 acres in Greene Co. AL Feb. 3. 1826, #5618; also ro acres on 17 May 1836 in #19306; and 40 acres in Tuscaloosa Co. AL on 22 October 1843.

Records shows being official officer of the Baptist church of chirst at Buck Creek 1837.

On 23 August 1846 he witnessed the will of his neighbor William Neel, presumably related to his wife Frances.

Ancestry.com. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010
Name: Richard Levall
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Place of Birth: South Carolina
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1790
Age: 60
Month of Death: Sep
Cause of Death: Gravel
Census Year: 1850
Census Location: (City, County, State)
Militia District 19, Coweta, Georgia
Line: 7
Archive Collection Number: T655

1850 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Frances Leavell, 50, female, born SC
Richard Leavell, 18, farmer, b. AL, $150
Joseph Leavell, 16, b. AL
Nancy J. Leavell, 12, b. AL

Children of RICHARD LEAVELL and FRANCES NEAL are:
....i....MARY LEAVELL, b. 1814, South Carolina; d. Bet. 1865 - 1870, Ralph, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; m. JOSEPH SMITH, December 24, 1834, Ralph, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; b. April 04, 1801, Fauquier County, Virginia; d. June 26, 1872, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. More About MARY LEAVELL: Burial: Old Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetary, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala.

Notes for JOSEPH SMITH:
Joseph Smith left Fauquier Co. VA for Tuscaloosa Co. AL about 1830. Born in Fauquier Co, Va. Moved to Alabama in 1832. Joseph baptized Long Branch Baptist church in 1830. United Beulah church by letter. Was a member Shiloh church at death. Joseph and Mary had 10 children and when Joseph died 26 June 1872 there were 7 still living.

More About JOSEPH SMITH: Burial: Old Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetary, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala.

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