A Search for Levi Burns

 

of


 Rutherford County North Carolina

 

Part 1

 

PART 1   In The Beginning. Backwards from now to 1850.   

PART 2   1820 to 1850.  The Missing Years

PART 3   Pre-1820.  

PART 4   A Bertie County Connection?

 

PART 1

 

I began this search after seeing an entry in the 1850 Rutherford County Federal Census Mortality Schedule;

 

    “ Died in Rutherford County, Levi Burns, age 76, male, widowed, born NC, died in April, Farmer, died of

       old age, suddenly.”

 

 

So, to keep it official, from this I get;

FACT01 Levi Burns born in 1774

FACT02 Levi Burns born in North Carolina

FACT03 Mrs. Burns died before 1850

FACT04 Levi Burns died of old age, suddenly

FACT05 Levi Burns died in April 1850

This info will also become a working time-line.

 

  For reference, Levi Burns Sr. born 1774 in North Carolina, died 1850 in Rutherford County North Carolina. Levi  Burns Jr. born 1819 Rutherford County North Carolina died 1906 Rutherford County North Carolina.

 

This is an exercise written for the “Great Three”;

Jesse Howard Burns,           December 18, 1924, Father of

James Howard Burns,         December 18, 1947, Father of

Caleb Levi Burns,                 December 18, 1998

 

 

    I know Levi Sr. died on the family farm in Ellenboro, found in the field when he didn’t return in the evening. He is buried in the Davis/Melton cemetery in the Piney Mountain area of Cleveland County, near the  Walls Church community of Colfax Township, about 5 miles North of Ellenboro. The cemetery is located about 200 feet from the East side of the Washburn Store road ( County road #1007 ). He is buried in the Northwest corner of the cemetery, a large white granite rock as a marker.

 

 

 

 

  I was shown this rock by Mattie Lillian Hamrick Burns, wife of Alonzo Laxton Burns. They were shown the rock by Marion Beuregard Burns, Laxtons’ father. Marion was shown the rock by his father Levi Burns Jr., who attended Levi Burns Sr’s. funeral. I do believe I have the right rock. 

  On our next trip to North Carolina,  Levi Burns born 1998 will place a tombstone on the

 grave of Levi Burns born 1774. That’s a 224 year span.

 

FACT06 Levi Burns Sr. buried Melton/Davis Cemetery, Ellenboro, Rutherford County, North 

               Carolina

 

Others buried in this cemetery include;

 “In memory of  Rachel D., consort of J. Davis. Died Feb 11 1859 aged 40y 7m 12d. “(Born 1819).

 

 " William Davis. Apr 17 1817 - Mar 1 1887 ". (Son of William Davis and Celia Melton,

           wed Sarah Walker).

 

 

 " William Davis. Died Oct 10 1854 aged 69 years ".  ( Born 1785,  Son of Simon Davis and 

           Leucinda ---, wed Celia Melton).

 

 

" In memory of Simon Davis who died June 4 1856 in the 91st year of  his age ". ( Born 1765 ).

                   (Compilers 5th Great-Grandfather)

 

 

 

 

 

" In memory of Leucinda Davis who died April 1 1846 in the 81st year of her age. Consort of              

                   Simon Davis ".     ( Born   1765 ).

 

 

 

 

" Margaret Smart Dec 29 1828 - Mar 23 1867 aged 38y 2m 26d ". (Daughter of Samuel Melton and Margaret Davis,

                   wife of William Ricey Smart).

 

 

" Elizabeth Teal, consort of J. Teal. Died July 12, 1839. "

 

Who are Elizabeth and J. Teal? .Who are Rachel and J. Davis?

 

 

Some of the relationships of those buried in this cemetery;

 

Thomas Womack – Louisa Rice

     1743 – 1789       |   1 745 - 1771                              

              |-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |     

 Andersion Womack – Francis Dobbins|              Simon Davis – Leucinda                                                                                                     Lucinda Womack – William Womack

      1765 – 1848        |        1772 – 1863                 1759 – 1856  |    1765 – 1846                                                                                               1761 – 1816        |    1753 - 1820

             |-------------|       |----------------------------------------|                                                                                                                         |----------------|

             |                            |                                                            |                                                                                                                         |   

  Nancy Womack – Simon Davis Jr.                               Margaret Davis – Samuel Melton            Levi Burns I – Sarah Womack            Sarah Womack – Jeremiah Blanton                                                                          

    1796 1799 -                     1798 -                                            – 1877      |   1794 – 1883                1774 - 1850  |                                        1782 – 1858     |      1774 - 1872      

                                                       |--------------------------------------- |                                       |--------------|-----------------|-------------------|         |-------|    

                                                       |                                                                                                   |                                                |                            |                     |

                                    Margargaret Melton – William Smart                                                 Levi Burns II  -  Druucilla Green    |               Nancy Burns  -  Riley  Blanton

                                       1828 – 1867            |   1822 – 1901                                                     1819 - 1924   |     1821 - 1890        |               1804 – 1888  |     1800 - 1852 

                                                                       |----------------------------------|                            |--------------|                              |                     |---------|                                        

                                                                                                                           |                           |                                                    |                      |

                                                                                                               Margaret Smart – Marion Burns                                  Sarah Burns – James Blanton

                                                                                                                  1854 – 1924     |  1861 - 1940                                                         

                                                                                                                        |------------|                                                          (Sarah Burns married James Blanton. James

                                                                                                                        |                                                                              Blantons step-mother was his wifes sister Nancy).   

                                                                                                   Alonzo Laxton Burns – Mattie Lillian Hamrick

                                                                                                           1895 - 1984                 1901 - 1993

 

 

Where Buried;

Bethel Church

Davis – Melton

Walls

Hamrick Family Cemetery

Anderson Womack Cemetery

Oak Grove

Unk

 

    I received a message stating that Levi Burns Sr. wed Sarah Womack and that the information could be found in Swain County, North Carolina and Catoosa County, Georgia. I have been unable to verify any of this or contact the person who sent me the message. The name “Sarah “  as his spouse has been seen in quite a few places, but the surname of “Womack” has only been seen in this one message.  Levi  Sr’s. daughter  Nancy wed Riley Blanton. His parents were Jeremiah Blanton and  Sarah Rebecca Womack. To make it curiouser,  living with Levi Jr. in the 1860 census is Francis Womack, 88 (b. 1772 Va.),  widow.   This is Francis Fanny Dobbins, b. 1772 York County, Souh Carolina, d. 1863 Rutherford County N.C. Daughter of William Dobbins and Susannah Collins.  She wed Anderson Womack in 1789, in Rutherford County North Carolina. Their daughter Nancy Womack wed Simon Davis Jr. Son of Simon Davis and Lucinda, both buried same graveyard a  Levi Sr. She is the same age as Levi Burns Jr. I can find no connection between Fanny and Levi other than she lived next door  to, then with,  Levi urns Jr.  Fanny had a daughter named Sarah Sally who wed William  Fernilson Davis.

 

FACT07 Levi Burns Sr. wed Sarah Womack. (A weak fact at this time).

 

  The farmhouse is still located on Burns Road about a half-mile North of  the  highway 74 junction. I remember spending two-weeks there every summer. I can vaguely remember a pump handle going up and down and water coming out, Grandpa Laxton walking a plow behind a horse. If you were standing on the front porch facing East, away from the house, to your right was the well-house. About a hundred feet further was an old house that was built by Laxton Burns for his new wife when they were married, later occupied by other relatives when Laxton and family moved into the “big” house. To the left was the combination smoke house and attached tack room/shed/work room and a kind of covered parking area. Beyond that  was acres and acres of corn. Directly in front was about a hundred feet of yard, then Burns Road, then another hundred feet of corn, then the railroad tracks.

 

Across the tracks was the Ellenboro Mill, on land given to the mill by James Burns. On the other side of the mill was the land originally settled by Levi Burns Sr. in the 1790’s – 1810.

 

The following  photograph  is of the front of this house in 1899 when 90 or so people gathered on the front porch for a group photograph celebrating Levi Burns Jr.s’  80th birthday. As of 2003 the house was still in the family, the short rock wall at the front of the photo was still there and the tree in the center is now about 60 feet tall and about 10 feet around.

 

 

 

 

 

Some of these people have been identified. See the appendix.

This is at least Levi Sr.’s second house and probably his third. It was built 1860-1870.

 

 The exact location of  the original house hasn’t been determined, only that it was “right about where the school is now”. 

 

Facing West, to your right and about a hundred feet away was a big chicken coop.

Beyond that was about six bee-hives. Grandpa Laxton would put on what looked like a full suit of armor including a full face shield and get honey from the hives. Grandma Lillian would walk up to the hives without anything special on, just a bowl, get some honey and say thank you to the bees. They never bothered her at all. Straight West from the house, maby 500 feet away, was the big barn. Everyone should have a barn when they grow up. Beyond the chickens and the barn were more acres of corn.  Just to the South were some smaller buildings that I don’t remember what were used for. All around the house was Grandmas vegetable and flower  gardens. I can remember her saying things like “You can only plant such-and-such on Tuesday between 4 and 5 o’clock”,  and how she had a date and time to plant everything.

 

I thought that was kind of silly. You planted things in the Spring, picked them when they were ready. They didn’t care when you planted them. I mentioned that to my dad. All he said was “look at her flowers and vegetables,  then look at everyone elses”.  I did.

 

Everything she grew, and I mean everything, was twice as big, twice as heavy, twice as sweet, and she got twice as many what-evers as everyone else. And nothing failed to grow. This was a working, self-sustaining farm. You ate what you grew, and you grew what you ate. Other necessities were mostly bartered with other local people.

 

Grandma dipped snuff. She kept her snuff-can with her. You could mix the “used” snuff from the can with water, spray it of your veggies, and the bugs  wouldn’t  even get near it. My  daughter Jessica got stung by a bee on her first trip to Grandmas house. Grandma put a little snuff-spit on the bite, it quit hurting in about 2 minutes.

 

 North-West of the house was a very important part of farm life. The ultimate in togetherness is a two-seater outhouse. With a magazine  rack. And no lock. And windows with curtains.  It was probably the mid-fifties when the electric water pump, the water pipes, and the indoor toilet were installed. I remember the way  everything and everyone quit at sundown. Another day done, now it’s time to relax and do nothing, but do it well. It was Family Time.

 

Some Information on the way back to 1850;

In this section I am including a lot of information on Levi Burns Jr. I learned a long time ago that you may not know who someones Grandfather is, but you may find out who his SISTERs (or brothers) Grandfather is. I have learned a lot about Levi Sr. from people doing research on Jeremiah Blantons’ son Riley who wed Nancy Burns, sister of Levi Jr.

 

In 1886 Levi Burnes and Drury Burnes deed land to Sallie Blanton. There are many references to a Drury Burns, and there were at least two men by that name. I have been unable to find anything on any Drury. This is the ONLY time Levi and Drury are mentioned together. In the 1840 census Drury Burns (b. 1819) is living in the household of Elizabeth Bridges, b. 1784 Va. Drury may have wed Eliza Bridges. In the 1850 census another Drury Burns is shown as age 18 (b. 1832) living in the household of  James Martin. With a 13-year age difference, probably not the same Drurys or father – son. Most likely two different Drury’s.

 

1880 Rutherford County Census;

Levi Burns age 60

Drusy age 56

Julia An age 31

Nancy A.

Whitten age 24

Sarah R. age 22

Leander age 20

Marian age 18

James age 14

Nancy GREEN, age 76, SISTER, b. 1804 N.C.

 

There is a problem with this census entry.

(1). Levi Jr. DID  have a sister named Nancy born about 1804.  She was Nancy Burns, wed Riley Blanton in 1838. Riley died in 1852 in Jackson County, North Carolina. Nancy was young enough to marry a Green after Riley died, but she was living with her son William Riley Blanton in the 1880 Jackson County, North Carolina census, still using the surname Blanton. Nancy Burns died in Jackson County in 1888.

 

(2). There WAS a Nancy Burns who wed a Green. She was Nancy Burns, daughter of Levi Burns Jr., and she wed John Landrum Green, born 1846 wed in 1884. Wrong Nancy by  birthdate.

 

(3). Levi Burns Jr. wed Drusilla Green in 1842. Drusillas parents are unknown. Another possibility may be that Drusilla Green’s father died and her mother, named Nancy Green, moved in with them… Or she could be Drusillas sister, not Levis. It’s a stretch, but relationships were not called by the same terms as now. Father was used for Father-in-law, mother the same way. In-laws were sometimes called brothers and sisters.

 

FACT08 Child of Levi Burns (Sr.); Nancy Burns b. 1804 N.C. (wed Riley Blanton)

FACT09 Child of Levi Burns (Sr);  Levi Burns (Jr.) b. 1819 N.C. wed Drusilla Green

 

   My Grandmother Mattie would walk outside and all the birds would come to her. It was like they were saying “Hi, Grandma, how’s it going?” My Dad taught me to shoot cans with a 22-rifle. One day I was shooting at some cans and a bird landed right by one of my cans. Without thinking, I just turned my arm a little and “bang”, shot the bird. Just then my Grandmother came up and saw what I did. I had KILLED one of her birds. Really. That was her opinion. I was a BIRD KILLER! But she allowed me to regain her good graces. I had to apologize to every bird I could find. I had to get a shoebox and make a coffin for the bird I shot. I had to dig a grave, bury  the bird, and conduct a funeral service for that bird. I never went hunting.

 

1870 Rutherford County Census #137 Colfax Township;

Levi Burns age 51, b. 1819 N.C., Farmer, 200 real prop, 200 personal prop.

Drusy A. 48

Julie A. age 26

Nancy A. age 25

William age 23

John P. age 18

Whitton age 14

Sarah age 13

Leander age 10

Marrion age 8

James M. age 6

 

#94 William Burns

        Sarah BLANTON (Aunt)   Sara Burns b. 1814 d. 1888 SISTER of Levi Burns Jr. wed James

        Blanton (d. 1865. Civ War?)

 

FACT10 Child of Levi Burns Sr.;  Sarah  Burns b. 1814 d. 1888 wed James Blanton.

 

I will try to describe my Grandfathers voice.  I remember it as mid-range, no high or low frequencies but not a mid-range monotone. Very gruff. Extremely neighborhood Scot, not exaggerated movie Scot. Some day I will hear the voice somewhere and find a way to record it. I asked him once of him and Grandma getting married;  “I dressed up one morning and rode over to her Daddy Hamricks’ place. I think he guessed why I was there. I asked him if he objected to me asking his daughter to get married. No, I hadn’t asked her, you had to get her daddies

permission first to even ask her. He said he thought it was about time I did. A few days later I asked her and she

said  yes. On the day of the wedding we all met at the Church and got married. After the wedding she climbed on

my wagon, her family threw some suitcases on the back, and her and I went to my house. Since it wasn’t dark yet, I went out to finish the field and she went to work in the garden.”

 

1860 Rutherford County census #157,   Oak Springs post office;

Levi Burns Jr., 40, farmer,  200 real property, 125 personal property, N.C.

Drusy, 37

Julia, 17

Adeline, 16

William, 13

John, 8

Whitten, 6

Sarah, 5

Leander, 2

 

Living with Levi Jr in the 1860 census;

Francis Womack, 88 (b. 1772),  widow.   Francis Fanny Dobbins, b. 1772 York County, South Carolina, d. 1863 Rutherford County N.C. Daughter Of William Dobbins and Susannah Collins.

Wed Anderson Womack in 1789, Rutherford County.

 

Living in Poor House;

Mary Burns, age 85 b. 1775 N.C.

 

Everyone I have talked to about Drusilla Green, Levi Burns Jrs’ wife, says she is the daughter of John Green and Aletha McKinney.

(1) They were neighbors.

(2) Joseph Burns, son of Levi Burns Jr. died in 1851 at age 2 is buried with John and Aletha Green.

(3) Both Drusilla Green and Eunicey Green, known daughter of John and Aletha were born on 15 Apr 1821, There is not a record of Eunicey         being a twin. Eunicey is not heard from after she was born.

(4) A Deed:  Burnes, John to Green, Willis / Deed/45/424/1846

          NOTES: Willis W. Green b. 1829 was the son of John Green and Aletha McKinney, possibly the parents of Drucilla Green, b. 1821 wife of

          Levi BURNS Jr.

(5) In 1840, Down the road from Levi. Burns Sr. is James Burns, born 1800/1810, wed Sarah Sallie Green, sister of the John Green who wed  Aletha McKinney.

There is no known proof of Drusillas ancestry. This is thought to be THE ancestry. After my Grandmother Mattie died, I received a box of her notes. On one sheet I found  ”This is Steve Green, Granny Greens Father. He rode off on a horse one day and never came back”.  The wording used here, “This is…” is how she always started an entry when she was looking at something, usually a tombstone. I haven’t found anything to go along with this and I have no idea where she got the information. The note  is undated, as is the information.

 

 

 

1840 James Burns                  1842  ” List of Errors, Persons Removed, and Insolvents,

1m b. 1835/1840                                  Rutherford County”.

1m b. 1825/1830                                  James Burns, Removed.

1m b. 1825/1830

1m b. 1800/1810

1f b. 1835/1840

1f b. 1830/1835

1f b. 1830/1835

1f b. 1800/1810

 

 

FACT 12 Child of Levi Burns Sr.; James Burns . b. 1800/1810 (wed Sallie Sarah Green).

 

The 1850 Rutherford County census,

 

#1213, High Shoals District:

Levi Burns (Jr.) age 31  Laborer,  b. 1819 N.C.  m-234 644 314 High Shoals

  Drusia age 28 b. 1822 N.C.  (Drusilla Green)

  Julian age 6 b. 1844 N.C.  (Julia Anne)

  Nancy age 5 b. 1845 N.C.

  William age 4 b. 1846 N.C.

  Joseph age 1 b. 1849 N.C.

 

 

#1152, High Shoals District

 Elizabeth Bridges age 66 b. Va.

Eliza age 30 b 1820 N.C.

Nancy age 25 b. 1825 N.C.

Elizabeth age 21 b. 1829 N.C.

Walton age 8 b. 1842 N.C.

Drury BURNS age 31, Laborer, b. 1819 N.C. (Drury Burns wed “someone named” Elizabeth Bridges in 1851)

 

Drury Burns, Occ; nothing (Living in the household of James Martin, carpenter, age 37).

 

 

Living in the Poor House;

Polly Burns, age 23, Lunatic and Pauper b. 1827

 

Levi had a son and a daughter born 1790/1800

 

  If  you figure most people at that time wed between 20 and 25 for males and 15-20 for females, for the missing male,

 

1817 John Burns wed Diede Smart, Levi Burns and Thomas Smart bondsmen.  Levi age 43, John 

         wed between 17-27. Census records show Levis’ first son was born between 1790 and 1800, 

         ( Diede the daughter of  Joseph  Smart Sr. and Elizabeth White. Their daughter Elizabeth  b. 1822

         wed Jesse Rogers in 1843, C. A. Blanton wit. I show Diede d. 1849 ).

        

1829 John Burns born 1797 Greenville District South Carolina wed 1 Dec 1829 in Rutherford  County North Carolina Mary Hamblin b 1804 Mecklenburg County North Carolina or  Virginia, James Burns bondsman.  John and Mary  named  a son

Levi,  and a son  William H.  who married Sarah Mantooth, and a daughter  Martha  Jane. Martha marries Jacob Jones,

son  of Robert.  John and Mary are in  Forsyth Co.  Georgia by 1840 then to Cherokee Co.  North Carolina  by 1845 where they

are murdered.   Both died 5  June 1867.

 

 

                                               …. How, why?????. GET INFO. )  I think this John is Levis son.

 

 

 John's children; Martha Jane wed Jacob Jones; Levi; Hassel H. wed Amanda McDowell  in White Co,  Tenn; John H. wed {Flora?}; William H. wed Sarah E. Mantooth, Polk Co.  Tenn; Susan A. living White Co.1880; Thomas A. wed Mary Howard Duncan in White Co;  Doctor M. living White Co 1870; Noah living  White Co 1880; and Daniel wed Dora  Stewart and Helen D. Cooper in White Co. Mary's sister, Arvi? Hamblin  is living with the  Burn's children in White Co, Tenn, she lists her birthplace as Va.

 

FACT11 Child of Levi Burns (Sr.); John Burns born 1797 Greenville District, South Carolina wed Mary  

                Hamblin 1829.

 

 

Sum up what we have so far, from now back to 1850.

 

FACT01 Levi Burns born in 1774

FACT02 Levi Burns born in North Carolina

FACT03 Mrs. Burns died before 1850

FACT04 Levi Burns died of old age, suddenly

FACT05 Levi Burns died in April 1850

FACT06 Levi Burns buried Melton/Davis Cemetery, Ellenboro, North Carolina

FACT07 Levi Burns Sr. wed Sarah Womack

FACT08 Child of Levi Burns (Sr.);  Nancy  Burns b. 1804 N.C. (wed Riley Blanton).

FACT09 Child of Levi Burns (Sr.);  Sarah  Burns b. 1814 d. 1888 (wed James Blanton.

FACT10 Child of Levi Burns (Sr.);  Levi Burns (Jr.) b. 1819 N.C. (wed Drusilla Green

FACT11 Child of Levi Burns (Sr.);  John Burns born 1797 Greenville District, South Carolina (wed

                Mary Hamblin 1829).

FACT 12 Child of Levi Burns Sr.; James Burns . 1801 (wed Sallie Sarah Green).

 

  Levi Burns Sr.  ----------------|------------- Sarah Womack

  b.  1774 North Carolina     |                  b. unknown

  d. 1850 North Carolina      |                  d. 1820/1850

                                                     |

       |-------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------| 

       |                                 |                                       |                                    |                                |

John Burns             James Burns                   Nancy Burns                   Sarah Burns            Levi Burns Jr           

1797 – 1867          1800/1810 -                    1804 – 1888                   1814 – 1888            1819 – 1906             

Wed                         1877                                 Wed                                  Wed                          Wed

Mary                       Wed                                  Riley                                 James                       Drusilla                  

Hamblin                 Sarah                                Blanton                           Blanton                    Green       

                                 Green

 

 

Riley Blantons’ first wife was Nancy Burns, his second wife Dollie Mayes.  James Blanton, who  was the son of Riley and Dollie, wed Sarah Burns. Sarah and Nancy were both daughters of  Levi Burns Sr. It would appear Sarah Burns’ sister Nancy was also her  husbands step-mother…

 

So that’s what we know from about 1900 back to 1850 Now we’ll work from 1840 to 1850.

 

 

PART 2    1840 to 1850

 

I have the following marriages;

 

1846 Dida Burns wed William R. Smart, Drury Burns bnd.

1845 Sarah Burns wed James Blanton

1844 Nancy A. Burns wed John Landrum Green

1843 Elizabeth Burns wed Jesse Rogers

1842 Levi Burns Jr. wed Drusilla Green, Jesse Rogers bnd.

1838 Nancy Burns wed Riley Blanton (She is a daughter of Levi Burns Sr.)

1838 Deida Burns wed William Smart Jr. Thomas Smart bnd.

1829 Leuraney Burs wed John Rogers, John Burns bnd.

1823 James Burns wed Sally Green John Burns bnd.

1822 Elizabeth Burns wed Isaac Rogers, Joseph Brady bnd.

1817 John Burns wed Diede Smart daughter of Joseph Smart and Elizabeth White. Levi Burns and Thomas

         Smart bnd. Their daughter Elizabeth wed Jesse Rogers in 1843.

 

Per Mattie Hamrick; “One of Levi Jrs’ sisters married a “Cook”.

 

 

1840 presents a bit of a problem; Levi Burns is not listed in the 1840 (or 1830) Rutherford County Census. I can’t find him in ANY census. There is, however, an entry for E. Burns. Compare these two;

 

E. Burns  1840                    Levi Burns 1820

 

   1m b. 1810/1820    --       1m 1810/1820   (James 1800/1810 – Sallie Sarah Green)

   1m b. 1810/1820    --       1m 1810/1820 (Levi Jr. 1819) 

   1m b. 1770-1780    --       1m bef 1775    (Levi Sr. 1774))                                    

   1f b. 1820/1825      --       1f 1810/1820   

   1f b. 1820/1825      --       1f 1810/1820  (Sarah 1814 – James Blanton))

   1f b. 1810/1820      --       1f 1804/1810   (Nancy 1804 – Riley Blanton))

   1f b. 1770/1780      --       1f bef 1775  (Mrs Burns – Sarah Womack)

                                                1f  1804/1810  

                                                1m 1794/1804 (John  1797 – Deide Smart)

 

Real close, isn’t it? This is the only year with an “E. Burns”.I’ve looked at the original 1840 census for “E. Burns”, and it’s open to “wishful” interpretation. Apparently two children have left the family between 1820 and 1840. The differences are a female in the 1820 census not in the 1840 census.  She would be between 26 and 30, probably married and gone, and a male in the 1820 census not in the 1840 census. He would be between 36 and 46, also probably up and gone. This would also fit in with the notion that Mrs. Levi died between 1840 and 1850, Levi dying in 1850 listed as a “widower”. Sarah and Elizabeth (“E?”) were interchangeable at this time. The male would be John, born 1790/1800. Most records show he was born in Greenville District, South Carolina, in 1797.

 

 

 

 

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