Ancestors of James Lee Weaver

Notes

176. Robert CHEWNING

will Middlesex, VA 1697

184. Rev. Thomas J. LEVERETT

Long Cane Baptist
Thomas Leverett, 1 poll, 500 acres Wilkes Co.
list of taxable property Capt Walker's dist 1 poll 500a Wilkes 1787
1803 land lottery 2 draws
Ocmulgee Baptist Con. 1812 from Beulah Ch. Morgan,GA
Pvt. in Capt. John Clark's company, Col. Alexander's Regt.
More About THOMAS J. LEVERETT:
occupation: Baptist Minister
Notes for MARY ANN GRIFFIN:
From Patsy Chappelear:
Basically I have figured out that Mary Griffin Leverett went to live with her youngest daughter, Mary E. Green, at the end of her life. When her will came out essentially leaving her possessions in an unequitible manner. So suit was brought, and the final hearing ordered the resulting $921.60 to be split with an even share to each of Mary's children or their heirs.
He was the son of William Leverett and Rachel Bridget Watts . He was born May 12, 1755 in Wilkes Co., Georgia and died June 8, 1834, Troup Co., Georgia. Thomas Leveritt married July 3, 1789 in Wilkes Co., Georgia, Mary G. Griffin who was born March 25, 1772, in Georgia and died February 1850 in Chambers Co., Alabama. Mary G. Griffin's parents were John Griffin and Elizabeth Ray. Rev. Thomas Leveritt was the son of William Leveritt and Rachel Bridget Watts. Thomas and his 9 brothers served in the Revolution; two were refugees from the British Army. Married in Wilkes County Associated with Greenwood Baptist Church. Baptist Preacher. Missionary in 1832.
Rev. Thomas Leveritt, a Baptist preacher, in Wilkes County, Georgia, served first as a Ranger, and in 1780, joined Captain John Clark's Company at Columbia Court House. He served 18 months under Colonel Elijah Clark, Josiah Dunn, and Samuel Alexander. He was honorably discharged. In 1781, he enlisted in the Georgia Continental Line, where he served for 3 years, until the close of the War. See Pension Record of his widow attached to the papers of Mary Aldridge Davies, National No. 117267. Leveritt served as a Private. See Patriots' Index of 1967, p. 412

Lots 125 & 199, 4th District Written: October 29 1816 Recorded: December 28 1818 Putnam County, Deed Book H, pages 85 - 86 Georgia }This Indenture made this twenty ninth October Morgan County } in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and Sixteen, between Robert Gaston of the County of Morgan of the one part and Thomas Leveret of the County of Putnam of the other part; Witnesseth that the Said R Gaston hath for and in Consideration of the Sum of Fourteen hundred dollars in hand paid, and the sd Gaston hath bargained and Sold to the Said T. Leveret one Certain parcel of land lying on the line of Morgan and Putnam County on the waters of Vinegar Creek, known and distinguished it being one half of the lot one hundred and twenty five and the half of the lot one hundred and ninety nine, the two half lots joining C___s and Black Gums each containing one hundred and one acres and one fourth more or less lying in the forth district of old Baldwin but now Putnam and Morgan To have and to hold the Said land and every thing appertaining thereunto in as peaceable possession as though it was really granted to the Said Leveret and I hereby warrant and defend the right thereof from me and my heirs to the Said T. Leveret his heirs and assigns forever In witness whereof I have Set my hand and fixed my Seal this date and day above written Israel Hendon Robert Gaston Randal Robinson B. Williams J.P.

Lots 175, 176, 199, 4th District, Putnam & Morgan Counties Written: May 27 1830 Recorded: June 4 1830 Putnam County, Deed Book N, page 180 Georgia }This Indenture made this twenty Seventh day of May Putnam County } in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty between Thomas Leverett of the State and County aforesaid on the one part & Nicholas Tompkins of the same on the other part Witnesseth that the said Thomas Leverett for and in consideration of the sum of One Thousand dollars to him in hand paid at and before the Sealing and delivering of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath bargained sold and Conveyed and doth by these presents bargain Sell and Convey unto the Said Nicholas Tompkins his heirs and assigns forever all that tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the Counties of Putnam and Morgan Containing Three hundred & fifty acres more or less and adjoining lands of Abraham leveret John Paschal and others and is made up of the following numbers viz lot No One hundred and Seventy five in the fourth District of once Baldwin now Putnam County granted to George W Chisolm of Jefferson County One hundred acres of land it being one half of lot No One hundred and Ninety-Nine in the fourth District formerly Baldwin now Putnam County granted to Robert Powers of McIntosh the above hundred acres is Situated and lying West of lot No 198 Fifty acres more or less it being part of Lot No 176 making in all Three hundred & fifty acres To have and to hold said tract or parcel of land unto him the Said Nicholas Tompkins his heirs & assigns together with all & Singular the rights members and appurtenances thereof to the Same in any manner belonging or in anywise appertaining to his and their own proper use benefit and behoof forever ;in fee Simple And the Said Thomas Leverett for himself his heirs Executors administrators the Said bargained premises unto the Said Nicholas Tompkins his heirs and assigns will warrant & forever defend the right and title thereof against themselves and the claim or claims of any person or persons Whatsoever In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed Seal this the day & date above Written Test Thomas G. Sanford his J B Ghent Thomas T Leverett Thos. B. Lawton mark Georgia } Personally appeared before me Thomas G Sanford Putnam County } who after being duly Sworn Saith that he Saw Thomas Leverett Sign Seal & deliver the Within Deed to Nicholas Tompkins & Signed the Same as a Witness & also Saw Thomas Lawson & J. B. Ghent do So likewise Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 27th May 1830 Test Wm. B. Bird J.P. Thos. G. Sanford

Bible Record of Thomas and Mary Leverett BIRTHS Thomas Leveritt was Born the 12th Day of may 1755 Marian Leveritt was Born the 25th of march 1772 John Leveritt was Born February 22d Ann Leveritt was Born the [Illegible] January Jeremiah Leveritt was Born December the 22d 1791 Catharine Griffin Leveritt was Born July the 26th 1793 Maria Leveritt was Born May the 12th 1795 Thomas Leveritt was Born may the 11th 1797 Gideon Leveritt was Born July the 14th 1799 Myrtilla Leveritt was Born march the [Illegible] 1803 Almedia Leveritt was Born January the 22 1806 Milita Leveritt was Born may the 12th 1808 Abraham Leveritt was Born March the 18 1811 MARRIAGES Ann Leveritt was married August 28th 1805 Mariah Leveritt was married March the 15th 1814 Jeramiah Leveritt was married July the 20th 1815 Catharine G Leveritt was married December the 7th 1815 Gideon Leveritt was married January 13 1819 Matilla Leverett was Married February 19 the 1819 Almeda Leverett was married Jan 1 1822 Green W Carlisle & Mary E. Leveritt was married on Thursday Evening the 18th of July 1832. Six miles south west of LaGrange Abraham Leverett & Emily R Dozier was married on thursday evening the 9 of October AD 1834 eight miles west from Lagrange By the Rev Gideon Leverett Additional Comments: The original Bible pages were torn out and sent in by Mary Leverett in order to receive her Revolutionary War widow's pension and may be found on NARA microfilm M805, Roll 524. Thomas & Mary were from Wilkes Co, GA, and later moved to Putnam then Troup Co, where he died. She died in Chambers Co, AL

Clerk of Court Upson County 1825 & 1826
Received at the Baptist church April 4, 1824 Thomaston
Elected pastor of Baptist church April 17, 1824 till 1826 Thomaston
Elected pastor of Bethesda Baptist January 15, 1825 Thomaston

185. Marian GRIFFIN

Bible Record of Thomas and Mary Leverett BIRTHS Thomas Leveritt was Born the 12th Day of may 1755 Marian Leveritt was Born the 25th of march 1772 John Leveritt was Born February 22d Ann Leveritt was Born the [Illegible] January Jeremiah Leveritt was Born December the 22d 1791 Catharine Griffin Leveritt was Born July the 26th 1793 Maria Leveritt was Born May the 12th 1795 Thomas Leveritt was Born may the 11th 1797 Gideon Leveritt was Born July the 14th 1799 Myrtilla Leveritt was Born march the [Illegible] 1803 Almedia Leveritt was Born January the 22 1806 Milita Leveritt was Born may the 12th 1808 Abraham Leveritt was Born March the 18 1811 MARRIAGES Ann Leveritt was married August 28th 1805 Mariah Leveritt was married March the 15th 1814 Jeramiah Leveritt was married July the 20th 1815 Catharine G Leveritt was married December the 7th 1815 Gideon Leveritt was married January 13 1819 Matilla Leverett was Married February 19 the 1819 Almeda Leverett was married Jan 1 1822 Green W Carlisle & Mary E. Leveritt was married on Thursday Evening the 18th of July 1832. Six miles south west of LaGrange Abraham Leverett & Emily R Dozier was married on thursday evening the 9 of October AD 1834 eight miles west from Lagrange By the Rev Gideon Leverett
The original Bible pages were torn out and sent in by Mary Leverett in order to receive her Revolutionary War widow's pension and may be found on NARA microfilm M805, Roll 524. Thomas & Mary were from Wilkes Co, GA, and later moved to Putnam then Troup Co, where he died. She died in Chambers Co, AL

died of sudden asthma a widow age 73 born in GA

LEVERETT, MARY (GRIFFIN) Widow of Thomas Leverett (1755-1834) whose service was as a private in the Georgia line, Capt. John Clarke's Company, Col. Alexander's regiment. He married Mary Griffin in 1789 according to McCall's Roster of Revolutionary soldiers in Georgia, page 199. She removed to Alabama and the Census of 1850 of Chambers County states that she was born in 1771 and died suddenly of asthma in February, 1850. Her will dated August 25, 1848, date of probate not shown, states that she was a widow lately the wife of Thomas Leverett of Troup County, Ga., deceased. In it she mentions the following children: Jeremiah; Katherine Tompkins, deceased, wife of Nicholas Tompkins; Mariah wife of John H. Walker; Thomas, Jr.; Gideon; Matilda, wife of Thomas Black; Almeda, wife of Charles Bussey; Malita, wife of Dredzil E. Pace; Abraham; Mary E.. wife of Green M. Carlisle; and a granddaughter, Lucretia Pace. Bible records of Rev. Charles Bussey show that his wife, Almeda Leverett, was born January 22, 1806, in Lincoln County, Ga., died November 16, 1876, place not given. She was married to Charles Bussey, July 1, 1822, in Putnam County, Ga., by John Robinson (Putnam County Marriages, Vol. P, p. 36), and in 1843 they were living in Tallapoosa County, Ala., but were in Carroll County, Miss., by the end of 1844. The tombstone of Malita, in the Baptist Churchyard, Ashland, Ala., recites: Malita wife of Rev. Dreadzil E. Pace Born May 12, 1808, Died Dec. 30, 1883. The tombstone of Rev. Gideon Leverett, in the cemetery at Milltown, Chambers County, Ala., records his birth as July 14, 1799 and his death as October 27, 1864. Abraham Leverett lived in that part of Talladega County which later became Clay County. There are references to him in the early records of Talladega County and the Coosa River Baptist Association.

Will of Mary Griffin Leverett, 1848
From Will Book 1-2, Page 316

In the name of God, Amen,
I, Mary Griffin Leverett (Widow) Lately the wife Thomas Leverett, of Troup County, Georgia deceased, being of sound disposing mind and memory, knowing and believing that it is appointed once for all to die, do make and declare the following to be my last will and testament: that is to say:
I resign my soul into the hands of God, who have it, believing in the remission of my sins, on the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, and my body, to the Mother dust to be buried in a Christian like manner.

1st, I request my executor hereafter named, to proceed and pay off all just and legal demands that may be outstanding against my estate, (which is but small) from the money, and other disposable property on hand, not otherwise conveyed or directed to be given off.

Item the second: I give and bequeath unto my daughters, Mariah Walker, wife of John H. Walker, dec. And Almeda Bussey, wife of Charles Bussey and their children, one Negro woman slave by the name of Betsy, which Negro woman slave is to be sold by my executor at the same time of my other property, not otherwise disposed of; and the proceeds of sd. Negro (Betsy) to be equally divided between my two daughters above named.

Item the third; I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary E. Carlisle, wife of Green W. Carlisle, one Negro girl slave named Mariah, above twenty years old, and the increase of said slave for the sole sue and benefit of my daughter Mary E., and her children, for and during her natural life, and at her death to be equally divided amount the children she has, or may have by reason of her intermarriage with the sd Green W. Carlisle, and should there be an increase by sd Negro girl Mariah, in that case, it is my wish and desire that so soon as my grandchildren (the children of the sd. Green W. Carlisle and Mary E. Carlisle) become of age and settles said increase to be given off to them by calling three suitable persons to value sd property, so proposed to be given off; and for them (the sd. Children) to be bound for sd. Amount, so there may be an equal division at the time above named. Now my meaning in this item as above mentioned, is the children she has or may have by reason of her intermarriage with the sd. Green W. Carlisle

Item the 4th: I give and bequeath to two of my daughters Mertilda Black, wife of Thomas Black, Merlitta Pace wife of D. E. Pace, my buggy and harness to them and their heirs forever Also I give to my daughter Mary E. Carlisle all of my clothing of ever nature to be her divided out to such of my children and grandchildren; as I have directed her verbally in my life time

Item the 5th: I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Lucretia Pace one hundred dollar on Green W. Carlisle which amount will be due me from him at my death, and is to be paid to her by him.

Item the 6th: I direct my executor hereafter named, so soon after my death as legal note notice is given, sell my property that may belong to me a that time not otherwise disposed of, together with that money and demands due me, at the time of my death, be equally (after deducting the expenses of carrying out and closing this my will) Divided among my children, hereafter named to wit: Jeremiah Leverett, Katharine Tompkins (deceased) formerly the wife of Nicholas Tompkins, Mariah Walker, wife of John H. Walker (deceased) Thomas Leverett, Jr., (deceased), Gideon Leverett, Mertilda Black, wife of Thomas Black, Almeda Bussey, wife of Charles Bussey; Mailto Pace, wife of D. E. Pace, Abraham Leverett, Mary E. Carlisle, wife of Green W. Carlisle, my meaning in this item 6th, is and I so desire, that the division be made after the said expenses as aforesaid is discharged and all just demands that may be against me paid, that the share going to those of my children named aforesaid, should have departed this life and such (if any that may died before such division be given and paid and paid to such of their children as may be living.

Item 7th and lastly, I do hereby nominate and appoint Green W. Carlisle my executor, to this my last will and testament, disallowing revoking and [disannulling?] all former wills by me made ratifying and confirming this, to
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LACKEY, WILLIAM, aged 80, and a resident of Lawrence County; private, Virginia Militia; enrolled on April 23, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $79.78; sums received to date of publication of list, $239.34. Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Lawrence County, June 1, 1840, aged 87. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

LACY, JOHN —Born in Virginia, the son of Theophilus Lacy and Martha Cocke. His father died in Virginia while the mother died in 1812 in Rockingham County, N. C. The inventory of the estate of Theophilus Lacy was filed in both Pittsylvania County, Va., and Guilford County, N. C., and bears the date of November 24, 1777. During the Revolution, John Lacy served in the Second North Carolina Regiment, Col. Alexander Martin, commanding. He enlisted in 1777 for the duration of the War, in Captain Vail's Company, Second North Carolina Regiment, was promoted in 1778 to sergeant-major, promoted in 1778 to sergeant, made ensign May 20, 1779, and resigned in the same year. He was listed among the officers and men to whom allowances were made in 1792 as having served in the continental line, and yet another time where he is listed, as of Hillsboro District. He must be differentiated from the John Lacy who enlisted July 20, 1778, for nine months in Captain Baker's Company, Tenth North Carolina Regiment, Col. Abraham Shepard commanding. He married March 17, 1803, in Rockingham County, N. C., Polly Henderson, born January 16, 1785, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Martin) Henderson, the latter a sister of Gov. Alexander Martin of North Carolina. The children were: Theophilus, born January 1, 1804, in Rockingham County, N. C., died February 10, 1874, at Huntsville, Ala., married (1) Mary W. Harris, (2) Frances Hardeman Binford; Thomas Henderson, married Mary McClelland; Frances Hardeman, born 1810, died young; Alexander H., born 1814, married Sallie Wall; John Lacy removed to Madison County, Ala., and owned land in both Madison and Morgan Counties. Lacey's Springs takes its name from him and he are his wife are buried there.

LAFOY, JAMES, a resident of Washington County; private in infantry and cavalry, particular service not shown; enrolled on September 9, 1836, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $25.—Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile.

LANDERS, JOHN, aged 82, resided in Benton County, June, 1840. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

LANGLEY, JAMES, aged 80, resided in Chambers County, June 1, 1840. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.

LANSDALF, ISAAC, a resident of Montgomery County; private, Delaware Line; enrolled on September 9, 1828, under act of Congress of May 15, 1828, payment to date from March 3, 1826; annual allowance, $80; sums received to date of publication of list, $720.—Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 5l4, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Fayette County, June 1, 1840, aged 80. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148.

LATTY, JOHN. "On the 30th ult., JAMES LATTY, an old citizen of this County in the 102nd year of his age. He was a native of North Carolina, but had lived on the head waters of Brierfork for two generations. He volunteered in the revolutionary war; but his father, being in a. helpless condition, furnished means for a substitute for his son."—The Southern Advocate, Huntsville, April 11, 1860.

LAVENDER, HUGH, aged 79, and a resident of Greene County; dragoon, S. C. Militia; enrolled on February 10, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $66.21.-- Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.

LAWLER, JACOB —Appeared before the Circuit Court of Walker County, Ala., November 1837, applying for a pension but was rejected because he did not serve six months in a regularly organized corps. He was born in the State of North Carolina, had no record of his age, was living in Burke County, N. C., when he volunteered under Capt. Francis McKorkle, Colonel McDowell; marched to Catawba River; later was drafted, but hired a man to take his place; again volunteered in Burke County, N. C., under Captain Davidson, Colonel McDowell. He remembers a Colonel Daniel McIsik and Col. George Davidson. He did not receive a discharge but was dismissed each time. This record is in the National Archives, Washington, D. C.—Information from Mrs. Maud May Brown Williams, Quitman, Miss.

LEE, CATO (1757-1832) served as private in the North Carolina militia. He was born in Virginia; died at Snow Hill. Ala.— D.A.R. Lineage Book, vol. 160, p. 254.

LEFTWICH, JABEZ—a Revolutionary soldier, died in this vicinity on the 21st inst., in his 90th year. He was an honest man, a good citizen and much esteemed by all who knew him. He was a native of Virginia, and formerly represented Madison County in the Legislature. His funeral will be preached at the Cumberiand Church at this place on next Sabbath by the Rev. B. C. Chapman.—Southern Advocate, Huntsville, June 27, 1865.

LEVERETT, MARY (GRIFFIN) Widow of Thomas Leverett (1755-1834) whose service was as a private in the Georgia line, Capt. John Clarke's Company, Col. Alexander's regiment. He married Mary Griffin in 1789 according to McCall's Roster of Revolutionary soldiers in Georgia, page 199. She removed to Alabama and the Census of 1850 of Chambers County states that she was born in 1771 and died suddenly of asthma in February, 1850. Her will dated August 25, 1848, date of probate not shown, states that she was a widow lately the wife of Thomas Leverett of Troup County, Ga., deceased. In it she mentions the following children: Jeremiah; Katherine Tompkins, deceased, wife of Nicholas Tompkins; Mariah wife of John H. Walker; Thomas, Jr.; Gideon; Matilda, wife of Thomas Black; Almeda, wife of Charles Bussey; Malita, wife of Dredzil E. Pace; Abraham; Mary E.. wife of Green M. Carlisle; and a granddaughter, Lucretia Pace. Bible records of Rev. Charles Bussey show that his wife, Almeda Leverett, was born January 22, 1806, in Lincoln County, Ga., died November 16, 1876, place not given. She was married to Charles Bussey, July 1, 1822, in Putnam County, Ga., by John Robinson (Putnam County Marriages, Vol. P, p. 36), and in 1843 they were living in Tallapoosa County, Ala., but were in Carroll County, Miss., by the end of 1844. The tombstone of Malita, in the Baptist Churchyard, Ashland, Ala., recites: Malita wife of Rev. Dreadzil E. Pace Born May 12, 1808, Died Dec. 30, 1883. The tombstone of Rev. Gideon Leverett, in the cemetery at Milltown, Chambers County, Ala., records his birth as July 14, 1799 and his death as October 27, 1864. Abraham Leverett lived in that part of Talladega County which later became Clay County. There are references to him in the early records of Talladega County and the Coosa River Baptist Association.

196. Drury Boykin "Bud" Gibson- CADE

DRURY ( BUD) CADE (1742-1798) MOVES TO GEORGIA, TOWN OF PETERSBURG Drury (Bud) Cade (1742-1798) moved from North Carolina to Wilkes County, Georgia about 1865. He was accompanied by three brothers: William, Robert and John. At this time Father Stephen and Grandfather Robert were still living and located back in North Carolina. Drury seems to have been unmarried. There are many records of him acquiring land in Georgia, and returning to North Carolina ostensibly to help settle the estates of Grandfather Robert who died in 1769. In 1768 he applied (inGeorgia) for 100 acres stating that "he had been in the state three yeas." After the revolutionary War he was recommended for several hundred more acres as bounty land, similar to the G.I. Bill of rights after World War II. Perhaps it is worth the effort to talk some about this area in Georgia. It is located in the fork of the Savannah and Broad Rivers. The Savannah is, of course, the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina. This fork is some 40 miles north of Agusta. Refer to Appendix #9. When Oglethorpe brought the first colonist to Georgia the colony centered around the present city of Savannah at the mouth of the Savannah River. Of course, the only overland transportation was by the river. Naturally the colony grew in this direction. As you go up the river navigation is good until the first rapids are encountered. Of course growth stops there...for a while that is. This is where the city of Augusta is located. Going on beyond these rapids, navigation is fairly good up to a point just beyond theconfluence of the Savannah and Broad rivers. So, naturally, another settlement grew up at this third location. In late colonial times this fork in the rivers was the third largest settlement in Georgia. Over half of the state's population was contained in these three locations. The Indians had ceded the territory progressively. The Treaty of 1733 ceded the land up to the tidewater and, of Course, the treaty that ended the French and Indian Wars in 1763 ceded the rest of Georgia (and more). This new settlement in the forks of the river later became known as "Old Petersburg". Perhaps the term "old" is not appropriate since it was there for only a relatively short time. The general area was known as Wilkes County (I.e., it was broken into several counties). Wilkes County was named after an English "nobleman" named John Wilkes. These settlers had come from many locations. Many, like the CADES, had come from the Carolinas and, of course, from Virginia before that. Some came directly from Virginia and many of these settled along the banks of the "Goose Pond" River which flowed into the Broad River. they were known as "The Goose Pond Virginians"! ( How would you like that name? Not exactly P.C. -- politically correct by today's standards!) They were probably settlers who were descendants of the original Georgia colony that was established by Oglethorpe about 1630-1650. the other possible source of settlers was the "Old Wagon Trail". this was a trail that started at Philadelphia, went west some, then turned south parallel to the Appalachian Mountains and extended on south to approximately Augusta, Georgia. During the time of the French and Indian Wars (which ended in 1763), many people fled this area. when William Penn brought settlers to Pennsylvania, they included many Presbyterian Scottish people. Many of these went south along the old series of Indian trails. today you see many Presbyterian churches in these areas. These settlement did not just exist in a vacuum. It was a product of natural human and economic forces. The only economy was was agriculture, tobacco and indigo (blue dye). They were the cash crops. Tobacco was a very labor-intensive crop and the weight, or "tonnage" is not much compared to, say cotton, which came along later. Apparently the land was ideal for tobacco and the smaller boats that operated above Augusta could handle it. Petersburg became a tobacco warehouse or staging point. It was hauled there, inspected, graded and stored for shipment. This must be similar in function to a grain elevator in our present plains states, or perhaps a farmer's co-op. We all learned from our school books that the Indians gave us our tobacco. that is partly true; however, the Indian tobacco was apparently awful in some ways. there was another strain of Virginia by the well known John Rolfe, and it really caught on. England went nuts over the stuff and that became the fuel that fired the rapid growth of the southern Colonies. Cotton came later. John Rolfe if the man who married the Indian lady Pocahontas. She went to London with him (as a promotion for colonization). Now this town of Petersburg is an interesting story in itself. There was some wild promotion and speculation in the selling of lots in this town! One of the key wheeler dealers was a Virginian named Dionysius Oliver, who arrived about 1775. He was supposed to have been the captain of a privateer, and also fought in the Seig of Savannah, Kettle Creek and King's Mountain. He received grants totaling 5,250 acres. The promotion of Petersburg became spectacular soon after the Revolutionary War was over, say 1782 on. The promotion extended to New York, Boston, Philadelphia and some overseas! There were no banks in Georgia until 1807, so before that time, northern merchants and money lenders loaned to Petersburg merchants and acted as their "factors". the boom continued until about the end of the first decade in the nineteenth century (1810), A map of the town is included as Appendix # 10. At about this time there was a rather rapid decline in the town of Petersburg. There were several forces at work at this time, and each could contribute. First of all, the cotton gin had been invented. This opened the door to the cotton industry and economy. England "went nuts" over cotton cloth. Slaves were imported and tobacco and indigo became the relatively smaller crops. Also, the War of 1812 brought on a trade embargo with England and a subsequent recession. There was a brief revival after 1815 following the war. However, by 1820 the period of restlessness followed and everyone wanted to "go west"! This "go west fever was the same fever that swept the nation through the Oregon Trail and California Gold Rush in 1849. there were all kinds of reports on how many bales per acre were growing in Texas! Some wagons had a sign on the rear saying "Gone to Texas"! (They had bumper stickers back then too!) In 1817 Mississippi and in 1819 Alabama became states. Guess where the people came from? Georgia and Carolinas! By 1816 steamboats were going up river as far as Savannah but there was no way to get past the rapids there. Naturally this transferred importance from Petersburg to Augusta. Petersburg was in the shadow! Also, the first railroad was the Charlestown and Hamburg, which reached the east side of the Savannah near Augusta in 1833. Good-bye Petersburg! A national gazetteer in 1854 called it " A Decayed Post-Town. It now has only 3 families." The post office was closed in 1855. The town government was abandoned before 1831. Just how I found all of this information on Petersburg is also an interesting side story. My cousin, Mabel Ann (Talley) Schwelkert, is the genealogist in the family. In the genealogical magazines they have a section such as "Do you have any information of a certain name?" Once the name was Winnefred Pope, who married Drury (Bud) Cade. I contacted the man who made the inquiry, a Mr. Albert L. Gaines of 410 Leyswood Drive, Greenville, S. C. 29615, and sent him the set of charts from Drury Cade 1742-1798 onward. Mr Gaines was so kind as to send me, in return, a large Packet of data. It included much of the material from the previously referenced books "KINFOLKS" written in 1953. Additional data that Mr Gaines had accumulated included reference to an obscure book, "Old Petersburg and the Broad River Valley Of Georgia, Their Rise and Decline". The book was written by Ellis Merton Coulter and printed by the University of Georgia Press in Athens, GA. I thought that the next time I go through Georgia i could go by Athens. then, belatedly, I woke up to the realization that we are in the computer age! Down to the local library I went, and of course they did not have it; however, the computer screen showed that it was available from the Historical Society of Wisconsin in Madison! the library here sent for it and I have it. By the way, it was written in 1965 and I am the first one to check it out! All the information on Petersburg was taken from this book. It pays to follow up on faint leads; you do find pleasant surprises! In this book, Petersburg and the Cade family were mentioned frequently. They were as follows: Page 48...."Another family who helped old Donysis Oliver found Petersburg were the CADES. Unlike so many others, they stayed there to the bitter end. They lived on the last house in the deserted village before the waters of the Broad and Savannah rivers impounded by the Clark Hill Dam mingled their floods 50 feet deep over the site,---The CADES, being the lares and penates of departed Petersburg." (Dear Reader: The words "Lars" and "penates" threw yours truly for loop! I called cousin Florence Bumgartner for help. She looked it up in the dictionary and said "personal and household items". I am still not to sure how that fits into this context!) Page 73...."Some of the most well-to-do chose the ridge for home sites. it became a tradition that one of these ridge lots sold for $15,000. As was customary in those days, those estates were given names by their owners, as "Thornville", the home of John Watkins; " Spring Hill" where John Daniel Watkins lived; "Normandy", the D.B.Cade home; "Hebron" where John Williams Welker lived; and "Poplar Grove" where Shaler Hillyer lived. Page 122.... They were talking about that the principal Petersburgers owned plantations and owned slaves. It states the "Drury B. Cade owned 59 slaves". Remember that this could be the second Drury Boykin Cade who was born about 1778. His father had died about 1798. Page 165... "in 1834 Drury B. Cade bought 2,322 acres extending all the way from the Savannah River across the Broad River into Lincoln County, including nine Petersburg nine Petersburg lots, eight slaves and all ferry privileges from Petersburg to Lisbon and across the Savannah to the site of Vienna. The Cades were gradually buying up the remnants of Petersburg during the next 30 years." They mention Drury B. and Guiford Cade Sr. This Guilford Cade Sr. is probably the nephew of Drury B. Cade (1742-1798) who was born in 1795. Page 172...."A newspaper correspondent visiting there in 1888 "found it a very difficult matter" to glean authentic information in regards to the early history of the town, for the older citizens can only remember the place after its desertion, and when only a few scattered families inhabited it. What was once a flourishing city of Petersburg is now occupied by Captain Cade as a cotton field and stock farm." This Captain Cade was probably the Captain D.B. Cade (1837-1905) who had the fancy grave, marker and site at the nearby Friendship Baptist Church that I speak of later. There were several other families whose descendants became well known. One was the Gilmer family. A Mr. George Rockingham Gilmker became a governor of Georgia. I do not know what years he lived or was governor. Another was a Mr. LeRoy Pope. He took a trip West about 1808 to where Huntsville, Alabama is located. He returned to Petersburg and stirred the citizens up with stories of how great the area was. He selected the site for what was later to become Huntsville, Alabama. He is thought of as the "Father of Huntsville". He became a judge and banker. His son-in-law was John Willams Walker, who himself was from a prominent Petersburg merchant family. This concludes the essence of the book as it pertains to the CADE family. It certainly gives an account of what it was like at that place at that time! I feel lucky to have found this book and to share it with you is a pleasure to me!

197. Winifred Watts- POPE


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