Wiley
Oliver
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Wiley
Oliver , of Twiggs county, Ga. , moved, in 1833 , to Barbour county, Ala.
Among
his children were:
1. William Oliver , b. Twiggs county, Ga. , 24th February, 1829 ; d. at
Wesson, Miss. , July, 1891 ; married, first (12th October, 1847 ), Mary
Milner Callaway (d. January 10, 1888 ), and settled in Eufaula, Ala. ; moved
to Minden, La. , 1853 , and ten years after to Trenton, La. , and formed
partnership with Mr. Drake in merchandising; captain in Thirty-first
Louisiana Regiment in C. S. A., in quartermaster's department; engaged in
cotton business in 1866 , in New Orleans , with John T. Hardie . They bought
the Wesson (Miss.) Manufacturing Company in 1870 , and he moved to Wesson ,
and took charge of the mills as secretary and treasurer. The plant was then
estimated at $100,000; Mills burned in 1873 , when Col. Ed. Richardson , the
Commercial king of Mississippi , bought the stock, and established a new
company, with $344,000 stock and Captain Oliver general manager, and the
stock increased, by 1891 , to $2,000,000. His daughter, Mary Ella , married
John P. Richardson , son of Colonel Richardson , who, after his father's
death, became president of the company.
Oliver, of Georgia.
Rilla E. Oliver (eldest daughter) married Dr. R. W. Rea.
Oliver, of Georgia.
John M, Oliver , the only son, is a merchant of Wesson .
Oliver, of Georgia.
Col. Wm. Oliver married (secondly) a niece of his wife: Melissa D. Callaway
. He joined Dr. Palmer 's church (Presbyterian), in New Orleans , in 1867 .
2. A.
B. Oliver , of Osyka, Miss.
3. - Oliver . Has a son, Wiley E. Oliver , merchant, Wesson, Miss. (from
whom these notes are obtained).
McDonald Oliver , of Twiggs county, Ga. , was twice married. By last wife,
who was Lurena Holmes , had issue:
1. Augustus L. Oliver m. -. Issue: eight children.
2. Nancy A. Oliver m. George W. Roberts . Nine children, among them:
Clarence P. Roberts , of Eufaula, Ala.
3. McDonald Oliver m. Paine Ricks . Issue: 1. McDonald , d. s. p. 2. Lamar
Oliver , of Houston, Texas . Mrs. Oliver m. (II) Captain Hart , and her
daughter, Lila Hart , m. Washington Toney Flournoy .
Samuel White Oliver , lawyer; born in Virginia , came to Dallas county, Ala.
, when quite young, and engaged extensively in cotton planting; married a
sister of Judge John Hunter , of Dallas . He was speaker of the House, and
Attorney General of Alabama , and ran for Governor in 1836 . Died at the age
of 36. One of the must popular men ever in the State. Issue:
1. Henry Oliver , d. 1862 , at the old home in Dallas county . (Issue not
known.)
2. Virginia married Paul Ravisies , of Mobile, Ala. Issue:
1. Gertrude , now widow of Cecil Fleming , of Alabama . 2. Paul .
3. Betty , a belle and beauty of Mobile , in ante-bellum days, married Gen.
James Hagan and died 189- . Issue: James , Oliver , and others.
4. Samuel White Oliver , d. Dallas county 1894 ; married Pauline , eldest
daughter of Samuel W. Allen . Children: 1. Amandine m. - Clarke ; 2. Pauline
died young; Samuel W. and Starke H.
5. Frances m. Aristide Bienvenue . (Issue not known.)
6. Starke Hunter Oliver , Mobile, Ala. , married Kate Hopkins ,* daughter of
Judge Hopkins , Supreme Court of Alabama . Issue:
1. John Walker Oliver , Thomasville, Ala.
2.
Percy Oliver .
3. Katherine Hopkins Oliver , m. 7th June, 1899 , Arthur Addison Hall .
4. Henry Oliver .
The widow of Samuel W. Oliver , Sr., m. (II) Colonel Sprague . Issue: 1.
Laura Sprague m. (1) Charles Forsyth , (II) Mr. Becker , of Milwaukee . 2.
Pauline m. James Lyons , of Mobile, Ala. ; no issue; 3. Corinne m. Mr. Weber
. and had several children.
John McCarthy Oliver , of Wilkes county, Ga. , married the Widow Edwards .
with children, Austin , Edward , James and Betty Edwards , who m. John Hill
. Issue:
Jane McCarty Oliver , b. 1783 , died 1833 ; married Marshall Martin , b.
1780 , d. 1845 , of Edgefield District, S. C. , and moved to Meriwether
county, Ga. Issue: 1. Abram Martin . 2. Elizabeth m. Col. Alfred Wellborn .
3. Nancy m. (I) James Ogletree and (II) Rev. Thomas McGehee (first wife). 5.
Nathaniel . 6. John Oliver died young. 7. John Oliver , the second, died
young. 8. Rev. William D. married Martha Johnson . 9. Peter Marshall Martin
, b. 1827 , of Columbus, Ga. , married Jane Ellison Ware .
An Oliver family was in Jefferson county, Ala. , in its early settlement.
"John Oliver lived on the Cahawba ," writes Mr. Thomas M. Owen , and left
descendants there.
Oliver Family, of Elbert County, Ga.
John Oliver (1), planter, was living in 1647 , in the parish of Hampton,
York county, Va. , when he made an acknowledgment to Dennis Stevens ,
merchant, of a debt of 1030 pounds tobacco. In 1648 , he, with James Besouth
, Francis Flood and Thomas Shaw inventoried the estate of John Hartwell , of
Queens creek , deceased. In 1659 he sold to Major Joseph Croshaw a tract of
land called "St. Andrews Neck ," signing "John Oliver , his [seal]." - York
Records.
John Oliver (2), son or grandson of above (1737 ), a suit vs. John Mundell ,
for £7 (which he gained), and also a suit vs. John Taylor .
Thomas Oliver (3) (1743 ) had a negro adjudged 12 years old.
In 1719 Richard Oliver and wife, Sarah , of Antigua , son and heir of the
Hon. Richard Oliver , of Antigua , appointed an attorney to take charge of
their property in Virginia , "late the estate of Richard Oliver , deceased."
- York Records.
John Oliver (2) had sons Thomas (3) and Peter (3); If others, it is not
known. Peter Oliver (3) (or, as some of the descendants say, Thomas Oliver
(3) married Mary , daughter of Florance McCartie , of Bruton parish, York
county, Va. , born 25th June, 1706 , (see McCarty Family).
The unusual masculine name of Florance is repeated often in the Muskerry
line of the great McCarthy family, of Ireland (of which was also the Earl of
Clancarty , and the Lord of Mount Cashel , titles now extinct). Through
their intermarriage with the old Munster royal line of O'Donoghues , the
name of Florance is remotely traced also into that family. - (Burke .)
Florance McCarty , of the Clodane , and Drishane , county Cork, line, whose
daughter, Joan , married John Marshall (whose father, Thomas Marshall , came
to Ireland in the expedition of Sir John Wilmot , 1602 ) was of this
Muskerry line (Burke ), and some of his Marshall descendants are also in
America . Justin MacCartie (as he, himself, spells it), b. 1816 , of Castle
Carrignavar, county Cork, the great parliamentarian, anti-Parnellite, and
author, is now the chief of his name in Ireland , and representative of the
oldest existing branch of the once sovereign house of MacCartie (as is also
claimed for Justin McCarthy , of St. Paul, Minn. , in the United States ).
Dennis , and Daniel , and Thaddeus McCarty , of Westmoreland county, Va.
(1691 ), are also of this family, as their coat of arms on the tomb of
Daniel , the Speaker, plainly indicates. Justin MacCartie , of Ireland , has
a nephew by the name of Florance MacCartie . An accompanying short genealogy
of the McCarthy family, in Ireland and America (ante), is given in order to
trace family identifying names, and in this way to place the ancestry of
Mrs. Oliver of Virginia , as far as we can with the Clodane or Drishane
branch of McCarties of Ireland . Olivers of Georgia have always preserved
the names of Mac and Thaddeus in their families - almost certain indications
of their McCarty ancestry. "After the Revolution" (1688 ), writes Justin
MacCartie , of Ireland , "many of the Irish fled to America , and the
properties of several branches of the old stock of MaCarties were then
confiscated." (See MaCartie Family.)
Note. - So far, we have positive knowledge only of Dionysius , Francis ,
Mary Ann and Eleanor . Correspondence is being earnestly prosecuted to
complete the other lines. It is reasonable to assume that most of these
located on the south side of the James river , before scattering in the far
South and West.
Many of the names are mentioned in the old county records, and church
registers, of these counties.
Peter (or Thomas) Oliver (3) and his wife, Ann McCartie , removed to the
neighborhood of Petersburg, Va. , some time before the Revolution. Of their
children, little is known except their names. These were:
1, Peter (4); 2, John (4); 3, McCarthy (4); 4, James (4); 5, Dionysius (4);
6, Eleanor (4); 7, Mary Ann (4); 8, Francis (4), and perhaps, 9, William
(4), and others. Of these:
6. Eleanor Oliver (4) (b. circa 1738 ) married Drury (3), son of Robert
Thompson (2), "the goldsmith and planter." Issue:
1. Jane Thompson (5), married Robert H. Watkins (b. 1762 ) of South Carolina
, son of James Watkins (2) the first, (b. 1728 ) of Virginia . (Watkins
Family.)
7. Mary Ann Oliver (4) ( ) m. (1758 ) Isham Thompson , also son of Robert
Thompson . (See Thompson family.) Issue:
1.
Sarah Thompson (5) ( ) m. Daniel Marshall , of Virginia .
2. Polly Thompson (5), died unm.
3. Jane Thompson (5) (b. 1762 , d. 1815 ) m. (1779 ) James Watkins (3) the
second (b. 1758 ). They removed from Virginia (with their kindred) to Elbert
county, Georgia , after the Revolution, seating on the Savannah river , ten
miles above Petersburg . (See Watkins 's family, for descendants.)
8. Francis Oliver (4), b. -, married -; remained in Viginia . Issue: among
others.
1. Elizabeth (5), m. Peter Oliver (5), her cousin, and son of Dionysius .
2. Frances (5), m. Dionysius Oliver (5), Jr., also son of Dionysius . Of
other descendants of Francis , we have no record.
5. Dionysius Oliver (4), above b. 1735 (in Petersburg, Va. , it is said), d.
1808 , in Elbert county, Ga. ; m. (I) in Virginia , 1758 , Mary Ann (born
1740 , d. in Elbert county, Ga. , 1802 ), daughter of Valentine Winfrey ,*
of Virginia , and had ten children. He m. (II) South Carolina (1805 ) Susan
Jackson (relative of Governor Jackson ), and had one son. He removed from
Virginia , through South Carolina , to Elbert county, Ga. (then a part of
Wilks county ), where he served in the Revolution as captain of a Privateer,
and also with General Lincoln at the sieges of Savannah and Augusta ; was in
the battles of King's Mountain and Kettle Creek , in Wilks county . It is
said he also served with General Marion . He was captured by the British
and, many years after, would relate to his grandchildren the hardships he,
and his family of young children, then endured. His home place, says his
grandson, Dr. James Oliver , was in Elbert county , on Beaver Dam creek ,
near "Stenchcomb Meeting House," where he died and was buried. Another
grandson, Wm. T. O. Cook , of Georgia (yet living, 1898 , at the age of 90),
says he had a place in Wilkes county , on the south side of Broad river , in
the flatwoods, about three and a quarter miles above the mouth of Wahatchee
creek . These lands were afterward owned by his sons, Peter and Rev.
Florance McCarthy Oliver . There was a fort near by, called the "Block
House" (now Washington ), to which the people fled when attacked by Tories
and Indians. When the men and boys, and their negro slaves, went to their
work they carried guns lashed to their backs, even when ploughing. Wilks
county began to be settled in 1770 , when the Indian line of frontier was
thrown farther out. "The young wife," continues her grandson, "was large and
handsome, and gifted with great courage, and generally softened the
hardships of her little family by playing to them spirited airs on the
violin, of which she was the complete mistress, often dancing to its
accompaniment, to the no small delight of her youthful audience. Such was
the Nerve of the Women of the Revolution."
In an old minute book (bound in untanned hog's skin and yet preserved in
Wilkes county, Ga. ), of the revolutionary proceedings of 1779 , in "the
proceedings of the court, which met at the house of Jacob McLendon , Sr.,"
about thirteen miles from Heards Fort (now Washington ), on the 25th of
August, 1779 , during which, after a summary trial, nine Tories were
declared guilty, and hung in ten days after. Wilks county had neither court
house nor jail at the time, and prisoners had to be closely guarded, and all
able-bodied men were needed for the common defence, and judges did not feel
they could waste the time of men who were anxious to serve their country, in
guarding those who had sided with the British, Tories and Indians, in
murders, pillage and arson. The nine Tories hung were, John Bennefield ,
James Mobley , Dread Wilder , Joshua Rials , Clement Yarbrough , Edmond
Dormey , John Watkins , Wm. Crut??hfield , and John Younge .
At the time, Savannah was in the hands of the British, and raiding parties
of Tories and Indians disturbed the interior as far up as Augusta , and the
people gave short shrift to the murderers when caught.
The Council had fled from Augusta , and established the State government,
for a short time, in Wilks county , about six miles north of the site of
Washington , and Stephen Heard (mentioned as foreman of the grand jury) was
President of the Executive Council of the State.
Note. - Amelia county was taken from Prince George in 1744 . Dinwiddie
county also taken from Prince George , in 1752 . Nottoway was taken from
Amelia , in 1788 .
In these counties were many Olivers - but the Dinwiddie Records were nearly
all destroyed by Federal troops in the war between the States.
There is an inventory, however, of the estate of John Oliver (1816 ) "yet
preserved, among a few others," writes Mr. Gilliam, clk. C. (1897 ).
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This court was held by the Hon. Wm. Downs , Benjamin Catchins and Absolum
Bedell , Esqs., assistant judges of the county aforesaid. John Dooly , Esq.,
was State's attorney. Eight esquires, and eight gentlemen, besides the
foreman, were sworn in as grand jurors. The list included, George Walton ,
Signer of the Declaration, and Stephen Heard , Chief Executive. Here is the
list in full:
Grand Jurors:
Esquires. Gentlemen.
Stephen Heard , foreman. Holman Freeman *
George Walton (see Gilmer 's "Georgians)." Thomas Strand .
David Burnett . Micajah Williamson .*
Thomas Carter . James McLean .
Richard Aycock (see Gilmer 's "Georgians" for his strange life). Jacob
Farrington .
Robert Day . William Bailey .
John Gotham . (?) John Glass .
Dionysius Oliver .
Charles Jordan , Drury Rogers , Wm. Henderson , Abraham Till , John O'Neal ,
George Dooly , Robert Morgan , John Leggett and Samuel Lamar , were
witnesses against Rials and Mobley . Rials ' indictment was as follows:
"State of Georgia vs. Joshua Rials for high treason, against the State, and
acting in conjunction with Tate and the Creek Indians.
"We, the grand jury for the county of Wilkes , State aforesaid, on our
oaths, do present that Joshua Rials is guilty of high treason against this
State, and that he did act in conjunction with Tate and the Creek Indians in
doing murder on the frontiers of this county last March, it being contrary
to all laws and good government of said State, and to the evil example of
others.
"John Dooly , Attorney General.
"The grand jury say the above is a true bill.
"Stephen Heard , Foreman."
The court met and the following petit jurors were sworn:
Holman Freeman , William Butler , John Burness , William Bonier , Henry Duke
, James White , Matthew Moore , William Daniel , Joseph Collins , Jacob
McClendon , Jr., Mordecai Moore , Robert Hanna , John Scott Riden , Sheriff;
William Harper , Deputy Sheriff.
The nine prisoners were sentenced to death. Mr. C. E. Smith , of Washington,
Wilkes county, Ga. , wrote to the "Commercial" of this trial:
"Jacob McLendon 's house was in southeastern part of the county, near
Fishing creek , and about 6 miles east of Danburg . Washington had not then
been settled or laid off, and the populous parts of the county were near
Broad and Savannah rivers .
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It will be noticed that half of the grand jurors are written by the clerk as
"Esquires," and the other half as "gentlemen."
Heavy bonds were required of prisoners who were not ready for trial. John
Anderson , not ready on a charge of murder, was required to give bond for
£10,000, equal to about $50,000.
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John Crutchfield , it seems, lodged a complaint before the grand jury
against Colonels Dooly and Pickens for leading him into the British camp as
a spy, but John failed to make out his case. On 14th February of that year,
Clark , Dooly and Pickens had fought and won the battle of Kettle Creek ,
and had become so popular that no jury could have been found to question any
of their official actions.
The extreme simplicity of the proceedings of this court is striking, and to
a reader at this distance of time it seems to have been organized to
convict. At that date, August, 1779 , the outlook for the patriots was not
very hopeful, and it is not to be wondered at that this court was ready to
visit speedy punishment on all who aided the British.
Altogether the record of this noted trial is something unique in the history
of Georgia courts." (See Gilmur 's "Georgians," 184.)
A curious feature of the proceedings was that the grand jury found as a
grievance the "running at large" of certain persons whom they suspected of
giving aid and comfort to the British.
(From
an article cut from a newspaper and pasted in the diary of Dr. James S.
Oliver of De Soto, Miss. )
Children of Dionysius Oliver, of Broad River, Ga.
I Peter (5), II John (5), III James (5), IV Dionysius (5), V Thomas Winfrey
(5), VI William (5), VII Eleanor (5), VIII Florance McCarthy (5), IX Martha
(5), X Frances (5), XI Jackson (5).
I Peter (5) (born about 1763 ) married his cousin Betty (5), daughter of
Francis Oliver (4), of Virginia , whom he met while on a visit to Virginia .
He lived on Broad river , on the lands of his father, in Wilks county .
Issue:
(1) Dionysius (6), his only child (b. circa 1785 ), married (I) Lucinda ,
daughter of Micajah McGehee , of Broad river . He married (II) her elder
sister, Sarah McGehee , widow of Thomas Hill (with several children, among
them: Thomas and Wiley Hill , who moved to Texas ); Mrs. Hill was the
beautiful daughter of Micajah McGehee . (See McGehee family.) After 1849
Dionysius and his second wife, followed some of their relatives to
Mississippi , and settled at Oxford . Issue: by first marriage (none by
second) - 1 Martha (7), 2 Peter (7), 3 Dionysius (7), 4 Margaret (7), 5 a
daughter(7):
1 Martha (7), b. 1810 , m. (1) about 1826 , her cousin Dr. Thomas Winfrey
Oliver (6), born 1804 , died 1827 , son of Rev. Florance McCarthy Oliver (5)
(b. 1775 ); his son Thomas Winfrey Oliver (7), born 1827 , and after the
death of his father, lived to the age of 26, and died in 1853 , at the home
of Llewellyn Oliver , Sumter county, Ala. , a brilliant young man. He
studied law with Judge Watson , of Holly Springs, Miss. , and was of a
charming and happy nature, spending lavishly the gifts of fortune, in a very
short life. His mother married secondly Rev. Isaac Newton Davis , and moved
to Mississippi , and had two daughters.
2. Peter (7), born circa 1812 , married -. Issue: Dionysius (8).
3. Dionysius (7), called "Nish D ," went to Texas with Tom and Wiley Hill .
4. Margaret (7), married Mr. Phillips , a merchant of Holly Springs, Miss.
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5. A daughter(7).
(Thomas and Wiley Hill settled in Texas (Bastrop) , before 1849 , when Major
John Oliver , of Columbus, Miss. , visited them there. "Tom Hill had married
an Oliver .")
II. John Oliver (5), of Petersburg, Ga. (b. January, 1765 , near Petersburg,
Va. , died 24th December, 1816 ), married (I), 20th December, 1787 , Frances
(b. 1769 in Virginia ; d. Petersburg, Ga. , 1808 ), daughter of William and
Mary (Wells) Thompson , of Virginia (see Thompson family); married (II),
1811 , Susan (b. 1790 ), daughter of James and Jane (Thompson) Watkins , her
cousin, by whom no surviving issue. She married (II) Dr. William N.
Richardson , of Georgia (see Watkins family). A picture of John Oliver is
yet preserved in the family. Elbert county, Ga. , was taken from Wilkes
county in 1770 . In 1773 the frontier town of Dartmouth was laid off at the
confluence of the Broad and Savannah rivers , as a land office and trading
post. - (Pickett 's History of Alabama .) Soon after a colony of Southern
Virginians swept into Elbert county , and the name of the town was then
changed to Petersburg - probably for Petersburg, Va. It acquired a thriving
population, and descendants of some of the most refined families in Virginia
now arrived. Wealth and its luxuries ensued. Lines of freight wagons soon
plied busily to and from Philadelphia , which then, and afterward, had a
monopoly of trade with the merchants of Southern towns. Down this historic
route came the Scotch-Irish immigrant to Virginia and the Carolinas from
Pennsylvania - since there was no port in North Carolina at which they could
then enter, and the ship-loads of immigrants from Ireland landed only at
Philadelphia or Charleston before that time. Here Major Oliver became an
extensive merchant and planter, owning also the point of land from which
plied a ferry to both the South Carolina and Georgia side, and his
merchandise came from Philadelphia , as did also that of his wife's
relatives, the firm of Watkins & Thompson . A few settlers had gone on into
Western Georgia and its Territories of Mississippi and Alabama , and were
living in a state of constant terror, with Indian wars raging in their
midst. - Pickett 's Alabama , II, 14). Augusta and Savannah were the great
marts for the surrounding country, and at Augusta , treaties were made with
the Indians. It was with such stirring environments that John Oliver began
his successful career. He had seen the hardships of the Revolution in a
frontier town, and witnessed the sufferings of his parents, and had grown up
in the atmosphere of victory, and in the presence of men and women of stern
mould; and his faculties were strengthened by that success which made him
the admiration of his neighbors. He had six children, three of whom lived to
have issue:
1. Prudence Thompson , b. 1788 ; 2. Caledonia X. , b. 1790 , d. 1796 ; 3.
Sarah W. , b. 1792 ; 4. Sophia N. , b. 1794 , d. 1798 ; 5. Mary Xenia , b.
1797 ; 6. John . Of these-
1. Prudence Thompson Oliver (6), b. Petersburg, Ga. , 22d October, 1788 , d.
Huntsville, Ala. , 19th October, 1868 , married, 25th April, 1805 , at
Petersburg, Ga. , her cousin, Robert H. Watkins , b. 1st October, 1782 , d.
Pulaski, Tenn. , 1855 ; son of James and Jane (Thompson) Watkins , of
Savannah river, Elbert county , and before that of Virginia .
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The daughters of John Oliver , after a preliminary course in Augusta , were
sent to that fine old institution of the Moravians, which was founded in
Bethlehem, Penn. , 1749 ; carrying out the principles of the Moravian
bishop, John Amos Comenius , the great educator of the eighteenth century,
and is the oldest female school in America . The Moravian Seminary at Salem,
N. C. , founded a few years later, was on this plan. In the Bethlehem
catalogue for 1803 are these entries:
Oliver , Prudence T. , b. October 22, 1788 , daughter of John Oliver .
Oliver , Sally W. , b. August 6, 1792 , daughter of John Oliver .
It was the most popular of all schools with the daughters of Southern
planters. There was no safer stronghold for young innocence than living in
cloistered simplicity with those good sisters, who taught the stately and
exquisite music of the old masters with other accomplishments. They also
wrought most artistic specimens in needle work - birds, flowers and scenery
- and yards of sampler embroidery on canvass were brought home as trophies.
One very popular representation was a moribund figure, drooping, like the
weeping willow at its side, over the tomb of some loved one. This was framed
in triumph, and presented to the dear mother at home. Here the young girl
was so impressed with the holy mode of living and teaching, that, in after
years she prevailed upon her husband to send their own child, Mary Frances ,
in 1819 , to the Salem Institute, N. C. , when she was but eleven years of
age, and she has told me that the recollection Prudence Oliver looked out
upon the world with the same innocence which those good sisters had
fostered, and a tender heart, at peace with God and man, the gentle epitome
of her sex and ancestry. Beloved by all, childhood dreamed her a beneficent
fairy, while sorrowing men and women knew her to be the saint of Pity,
pouring her soul into the offered chalice of sympathy. Plentifully endowed
with wealth, her opportunities for good were great. Issue:
1. Mary Frances Watkins (7) (b. 13th Nov. 1809 ), married James E. Saunders
, of Lawrence county, Ala. (See Saunders Family, for their children.)
2. Sarah Independence Watkins (7) (b. 4th July, 1811 ), married George W.
Foster , of Florence, Ala. (See Watkins Family.)
3. James Lawrence Watkins (7) (b. 10th May, 1814 ), married Eliza Patton ,
of Huntsville, Ala. (See Watkins Family.)
4.
Virginia Prudence Watkins (7) (b. 22d Oct., 1816 ), married Thomas S. Foster
, Florence, Ala. (Watkins Family.)
5. Louisa Matilda Watkins (7) (b. 29th Dec., 1819 ), married Stephen W.
Harris , of Huntsville, Ala. (Ibid.).
6. Robert H. Watkins (7) (b. 10th May, 1824 ), married Margaret Lindsay
Carter , of Pulaski, Tenn. (Ibid.).
2. Sarah Wells Oliver (6) (b. 6th Aug., 1792 ; died 1812 ) married (1807 )
Daniel Bird , of Georgia . No issue. Mr. Bird was living in 1862 . He
married again, and named his only daughter Sarah Oliver (b. 1841 , d. 1859
). A son was a brave captain in the Confederate army, wounded, and a
prisoner of war in Huntsville, Ala. , in 1862 .
3. Mary Xenia Oliver (6), b. Petersburg, Ga. , 18th September, 1797 , d.,
Hancock county, Miss. , 6th October, 1846 , m., 6th May, 1812 , in
Petersburg, Ga. , John Dandridge Bibb , of Montgomery, Ala. , b., Prince
Edward county, Va. , 10th March, 1788 , d. in Carroll county, Miss. , 9th
May, 1843 . He was the son of William , and Sarah (Wyatt) Bibb , of Prince
Edward county, Va. , who moved to Georgia in 1789 , and were parents of the
two first governors of Alabama , Dr. William and Thomas Bibb (see Bibb ).
John D. Bibb and wife located first in Madison county, Miss. , in 1813 , and
thence to Montgomery, county, Ala. , 1818 , next to Morgan county Ala.
(above Decatur), 1826 , and to Columbus, Miss. , 1832 . Their remains are
interred at Montgomery, Ala.
Issue:
1. Charles Sydney , 2. Elvira Antoinette , 3. Sarah Frances , 4. Mary
Dandridge , 5. William Crawford , 6. Edwin Augustus , 7. Lavinia Arabella ,
8. John Dandridge , 9. Dandridge Asbury , 10. Algernon Sydney , 11. Mary
Cornelia , 12. Laura Angerona . (For these see Bibb .)
4. John Oliver (6), Columbus, Miss. , b. 1800 , d., 2d July, 1835 , m., 13th
July, 1820 , Ruth A. Weeden , b. 12th September, 1804 , d. 3d October, 1835
, daughter of Col. William and Sarah (Sands) Weeden , of Maryland , and
sister of Mrs. Turner Saunders and Dr. William Weeden , of Huntsville, Ala.
His father dying when he was but sixteen years of age, he removed to Alabama
with his guardian and brother-in-law, Maj. Robert H. Watkins , who purchased
for him a plantation in Lawrence county , four miles from his own "Oak
Grove" place, and stocked it with family slaves brought from Georgia (it is
now owned by Malcolm Gilchrist ). Dr. William Weeden was colonel of a
regiment in 1812 , and lived in central Alabama , where he lost his first
wife. It was while visiting his sister, Mrs. John Oliver , he met, at the
home of their neighbor and kinsman, Maj. Watkins , the very young widow of
James Watkins , who was Jane , daughter of Dr. Urquhart , of Georgia (see
Urquhart ). They were married and removed to Huntsville, Ala. (Dr. Weeden
had also two brothers in Florida : John and Frederick Weeden .) Turner
Saunders married Mrs. Oliver 's beautiful widowed sister, Henrietta Weeden ,
who was Mrs. Millwater , with two young daughters; and disposing of his
comfortable home north of "Rocky Hill ," he and the Olivers removed to
Mississippi , he erecting a handsome home in Aberdeen , (now the Paine
residence), and John Oliver purchasing an estate near Columbus, Miss. , of
the Indian chief, "Peachtree," who was selling the "Reservation" to the
whites. Here he reared five children (two others died young), 1. Sarah
Frances . 2. Caroline . 3. Maria Louisa . 4. Caledonia . 5. John Oliver :
1. Sarah Frances Oliver (7) (b. 1823 , d. 1852 ), m. (1837 ) Edmund Blount
Hoskins (b. Edenton N. C. , 1811 , d. Columbus, Miss. , 1852 ). The Colonial
Records of N. C. mention the Blount family from earliest times. Issue:
1. Ann Eliza Hoskins (8) (b. 1838 ) m. (1859 ) Dr. George H. Moore , of
Memphis , (b. Huntsville, Ala. , 1822 ). Surgeon C. S. A. (See Moore family
for issue.) (Mrs. Moore has furnished this list of her grandfather's
descendants.)
2. Caroline Watkins Hoskins (8) (b. 1840 ) m. (1865 ) James Le Noir . Issue:
(1) William G. (9) (b. 1866 ), (2) Sterling Paine (9), (b. 1867 ), (3) Dr.
James Le Noir (9), (4) Sarah Louisa (9) (b. 1872 ) m. (1895 ) James R.
Taylor , Memphis , and has Carolyn (10) and James Taylor (10) (b. 11th June,
1899 ), (5) George (9), (6) Edward (9).
3. Richard Blount Hoskins (8), Meridian, Miss. , C. S. A., N. C Artillery;
(b. 1843 ), married (1872 ) Ida Daves . Issue: 1. Ida (9) (b. 1874 ), 2.
Robert Lee (9), 3. Yallie (9), 4. Francis Oliver (9).
4. James W. Hoskins (8) (b. 1845 ) d. s. p.
5. John Oliver Hoskins (8) (b. 1851 m. (I), Bettie Harrell , and (II), Mary
Ferguson , Ch. 1 Annie Mary (9), and by 2d marriage, 2. Caroline (9), d. y.
3 Carrie (9), 4 Mary Paine (9), 5 John Oliver (9).
2. Caroline Oliver (7) (b. 1824 , d. y.) m. (1847 ) Goode Watk??ns (1st
wife). No issue. (See Watkins .)
3. Maria Louisa Oliver (7) (b. 1825 , d. 1879 ) m. (1847 ) Dr. Stirling
Paine half brother of the Methodist Bishop. Issue:
1. Dr. Frank Paine (8) (b. 1848 ) m. Onie Brown . Issue: 1. Louisa (9) (b.
1881 ), 2. Onie (9) (b. 1884 ), 3. Sterling Paine (9) (b. 1886 ).
2. Julia Paine (8) m. (1868 ) William Le Noir .(9) Issue: 1. Marion Louisa
(9) (b. 1869 , d. 1874 ), 2. Mary (9) (b. 1872 ), 3. William Stirling (9)
(b. 1875 ), 4. Julia Paine (9) (b. 1879 ), 5. Ruth (9) (b. 1882 ), 6.
Stirling Paine (9) (b. 1887 ), 7. Whitman (9) (b. 1891 ).
3. Caledonia Paine (8), married (1876 ) William Wade . Issue: 1. Stirling
Paine (9) (b. 1877 ), 2. Roberta Julia (9) (b. 1884 ), 3. Caledonia Paine
(9) (b. 1886 ).
4. Ruth Weeden Paine (8), married (1882 ) John L. McMillan . Issue: 1.
William Alexander (9) (b. 1883 ), 2. Stirling Paine (9) (b. 1887 ), 3. Julia
Le Noir (9) (b. 1889 ).
4. Caledonia Oliver (7) (b. 1826 ), married (1845 ) Thomas Clay , b. 1825 ,
d. 1856 , son of Matthew and Frances (Saunders) Clay . Issue:
1. Matthew (8), 2. Alice (8), 3. Oliver (8), 4. Fannie Lou (8). (See
Saunders Family for these.)
5. John Oliver (7), Brookville, Miss. , b. Lawrence county, Ala. , 1830 , d.
February, 24, 1897 , married, 1850 , Francis Rebecca Conolly , of Jackson,
Tenn. He took great interest in the compiling of this record, furnishing
much information. Issue:
1. Francis (8) b. 1852 , d. 1855 .
2. Mary (8) b. 1853 , m. 1880 , Thomas W. Baker . No issue.
3. Maria Louisa (8), b. 1855 , m. 1879 , James H. Box . Issue: 1. Oliver
(9), 2. Fannie Lou (9), 3. Nina (9), 4. Lily (8), 5. Reuben (8), 6. James
(9).
4. John (8), Jr., Columbus, Miss. (b. 1860 ), m (1892 ) Laura Sturdevant .
Issue: 1. John (8) (5th in line, b. 1894 ), and one other.
5. Caledonia Clay (8) (b. 1857 , d. 1864 ).
6. Robert Conolly (8) (b. 1863 ), m. (1889 ) Betty Cook , of Heidelburg,
Miss. Issue: 1. John (9) (b. 1890 ); Fannie Sue (9) (b. 1892 ).
7. George Anderson (8) (b. 1868 ), m. (1889 ) Estelle Selby , of Heidelburg,
Miss. Issue: 1. Earle (9)
(b. 1892); 2. Mary (9) (b. 1895 ).
8. Nina Clay (8), named for Mrs. Matthew Clay .
III. James Oliver (5), third son of Dionysius, Elbert county, Ga. , b. 1767
, m. (1) 1795 Mary , b. circa 1779 , daughter of William and Mary (Wells)
Thompson , of Virginia , and had, only child, Simeon Oliver (6); he married
(II) Lucy , daughter of Christopher Clark , of Albemarle county, Va. , and
sister to Mrs. Thomas Winfrey Oliver and also to Mrs. Florance McCarthy
Oliver , all of Elbert county . Issue, eleven children, eight lived to adult
age:
1. Simeon (6), 2. Shelton (6), 3. Mary Winfrey (6), 4. Mildred (6), 5.
Judith (6), 6. James (6), 7. Washington (6), died young, 8. Alfred (6), 9.
Eliza (6), 10. Francis (6), died young, 11. Lucinda (6), 12. Martha E. (6).
Of these-
Children of Dionysius Oliver, of Broad River, Ga.
1. Simeon Oliver (6), of Hernando, Miss. , b. 6th of August, 1796 ; died
26th December, 1865 , m. 5th September, 1816 , Mildred Terrell White , b.
21st March, 1801 , d. 17th July, 1876 ; daughter of Shelton and Mildred
(Clark) White , of Georgia . Removed from Elbert county, Ga. , to Hernando,
Miss. Gen. Bedford Forrest , the great Confederate cavalry leader, was, in
his youth, manager of Simeon Oliver 's plantation. (See White .)
Issue:
1. James Shelton (7), 2. Asa Thompson (7), 3. Lawrence Mansfield (7), died
young, 4. Mary Mildred (7), d. s. p., 5. Shelton (7), 6. Simeon (7) (twins),
7. Sarah Lucinda (7), 8. Lucy Jane (7), d. s. p., 9. Prudence Thompson (7),
10. John Thomas (7), 11. David Terrell (7), 12. Ann Eliz. (7), 13. Elbert
(7), 14. Georgia (7), Of these-
1. James Shelton Oliver (7), M. D., b. 29th July, 1817 , d. 18th October,
1882 , m. 5th November, 1839 . Sarah Ann , b. 29th May, 1818 , d. 4th
December, 1891 ; daughter of William and Concord Hamilton (Brown) White , of
Elbert county, Ga. ; Surgeon C. S. A. and prominent physician of De Soto
county, Miss ; greatly lamented at his death. He preserved a record of his
line of Olivers , and also of the Shelton , Clark and White families, which
was kindly loaned for publication herein, by his daughter, Mrs. Dockery .
Issue: Six children, all of whom but one, died in infancy. The surviving
child,
1. Elizabeth White Oliver (8), b. 1st July, 1846 , married Alfred , son of
Gen. Alfred Dockery , of N. C. , and lives at Lodockery , near Hernando,
Miss. She takes great interest in her lineage, having the above records,
copied from her grandfather, Simeon 's family Bible.
Issue:
1. James Oliver (9), married Sallie Withers , 2. David Terrell (9), 3.
Alfred (9), 4. Mary E. (9), 5. Annie (9), 6. Tallulah Brown (9), 7. Lilly
Franklin (9), 8. Sarah Shelton (9).
2. Asa Thompson Oliver (7), Colonel C. S. A., b. 14th November, 1819 , m.
(I) Beatrice Eliz. Tait and (II) Drucilla Daniel . Col. Thompson Oliver
after the fall of the Confederacy, 1865 , moved to Santa Barbara, Province
San Paulo, Brazil , with other Southerners, where he purchased plantations
and slaves, and where he was murdered by the latter 28th July, 1873 . His
widow settled in Jack county, Texas . Issue first marriage.
1. Indiana Tait , dec'd, 2. Mildred White , 3. Zimri Shelton , Issue second
marriage: 4. Catherine Meriwether , 5. Asa.
3. Lawrence Mansfield Oliver (7) (b. 1821 , d. 1822 ).
4.
Shelton Oliver (7) (b. 20th December, 1825 , d. Texas , 13th August, 1863 );
m. Eliz. Jones Crisp . Issue:
1, John Crisp (8), m. Florence -; 2, Loula (8), m. William Dickerson , and
had William (9) and Walter (9); 3, Maie (8). m. W. P. Martin , and had Frank
(9) and Shelton Simeon Martin .(9)
5. Simeon Oliver (7), of Hernando (b. 20th December, 1825 , d. 30th July,
1874 ) twin; m. Martha , dau. of John Scott McGehee . (See McGehee .) Issue:
1, Malinda Hill (8), m. Wm. Pitt Martin , and had Wm. Pitt (9) and John
Oliver Martin (9), twins; 2, Charles Dandridge (8); 3, Sarah McGehee (8), m.
Shawl Poston , Memphis, Tenn. , and has Linda (9), Stuart McGehee (9),
Martha (9), Elizabeth (9); 4, Simeon Shelton (8); 5, Edward Oliver (8).
6. Mary Mildred Oliver (7) (b. 1827 , d. 21st June, 1847 ).
7. Sarah Lucinda Oliver (7) (b. 16th March, 1828 , m. Joseph Simon Boykin
Boone , of Hernando . Issue:
1. Oliver (8), m. Georgia Gambrell , and had John Herron (9) and Mary Louisa
(9).
2. Joseph S. (8), m. Linny Perkins , and had Kate (9) and Simeon (9) and
Lewis (9) (twins).
3. Mary Lucy (8), m. G. E. Holmes , and had Boone (9), Edward (9) and
Ballard (9).
4. William Boykin (8), unm.
5. Mildred White (8), m. C. R. Boyce , and had Cramner (9), Bessie (9),
Joseph Boone (9).
6. Mary (8), m. Dr. T. Jones , and had Meta (9), Elviryn (9), Josie (9).
7. Hattie (8), m. Peter Percy Boyce , and had Lucile (9), Sarah (9), Laura
(9), Percy (9) and Boykin (9).
8. Simeon O. (8), m. Maude Phillips , of Georgia .
9. Annie Muldrow (8), m. Monroe Smith .
10. Daniel (8), and 11, Louise (8), Boone (twins); d. y.
12. Louisa (8), m. R. M. Banks .
8. Lucy Jane Oliver (7), d. y.
9. Prudence Thompson Oliver (7) (b. 14th March, 1832 ; d. 18th March, 1892
), m. James Minor Tait , of Georgia .
Issue:
.
1. Charles (8), d. y.; 2, Mary Mildred (8), m. (I) John T. Owens , and (II)
Paul Owens , and had by first marriage: Helen Clifford (9), Mary Alexander
(9), and John (9); and by second marriage: Corinne (9), George (9), James
(9), Shelton (9), Oliver (9), and Jane Watkins (9), who m. Ruffin Sledge ,
and had James Brown (10), and Minor Tait (10).
10.
John Thomas Oliver (7), Hernando, Miss. , (b. 29th May, 1834 ), m. Mrs. Mary
Blount Williams . He was in Polk 's Corps, C. S. A., Chalmers ' Old Brigade,
Company B, of Browning 's 9th Mississippi Battery of Sharp-Shooters.
Children:
1. John Blount (8), 2. Lucy Wyatt (8).
11, David Terrell Oliver (7), C. S. A. (b. 11th December, 1836 ; killed at
the battle of Franklin, Tenn. , 30th November, 1863 ), Company F, 22d
Mississippi Regiment, Brown 's Brigade, Cleburn 's Division, Hardee 's Corp,
Army of Tennessee , m. Sarah Concord Frazer . Children:
.
1. Eliz. Terrell (8), m. James M. Dockery , and had Corinne (9), Martha (9),
Elizabeth (9), and Charles (9); 2, James Simeon Oliver , unm.
12. Anne Eliz. Oliver (7) (b. 7th February, 1839 ), m. Robert Muldrow .
Issue:
1. William (8) (dead); 2. Simeon Oliver (8), m. (I) Lida -, and m. (II) Mary
Fly. Children (by second mar. only): William (9), Robert (9) and Annie (9);
3. Robert (8) m. Elizabeth , and had Louise (9); 4. Loula (8) m. Allie
Montgomery , of Osborn, Miss. , and had Aline (9), Robert (9) and Samuel
(9); 5. Henry (8). Mrs. Muldrow lives with her daughter, Mrs. Montgomery
(1898 ).
13. Elbert Oliver (7), C. S. A., b. 26th August, 1841 , d. Little Rock, Ark.
, 24th September, 1889 , Company A, 18th Mississippi Cavalry, Gen. N. B.
Forrest . Part of his foot shot off at battle Spring Hill, Tenn. ; married
Betty M. Boone . Children:
1. William Boone (8) m. Lulu Van Trump , and had Helen (9) and Elbert (9),
2. David Terrell (8), 3. Augusta (8), 4. Mildred (8).
14. Georgia Oliver (7), b. 29th May, 1844 , d. 15th March, 1891 , m. David
Marcus Slocumb . Children:
1. Jessie M (8), 2. Ida T. (8), m. William A. White , and had George (9), 3.
Durward M (8), 4. George (8), 5. Mildred (8), 6. James (8), 7. John (8).
(End of Simeon Oliver 's Record, much of which was contributed by Mrs. Shawl
Poston .)
.
2. Shelton Oliver (6), of Lexington, Ga. , first child of James (b. 1767 )
and Lucy (Clark) Oliver , of Elbert county, Ga. , m. Martha Williams .
Children: 1. Cornelia (7), 2. Lucy (7), 3. Elizabeth (7), 4. Emma (7). It is
regretted that their descendants are not given.
3. Mary Winfrey Oliver (6), m. Willis Banks * (first wife). One child: Mary
Winfrey Banks (7), who m. Col. Jeptha V. Harris , of Columbus, Miss. , son
of Gen. Jeptha V. and Nancy (Hunt) Harris , Athens, Ga. Issue: 1. Nancy (8),
died young. 2. Willis (8), m. Anna , daughter Major John Billups . Issue:
Willis (9), John Billups (9) and Mary Jeptha (9). 3. Lucy Jeptha (8) m.
Robert Duncan , and has Mary Lou (9). (See Banks and Harris .)
4. Mildred Oliver (6) m. (I) James A. Banks (cousin to Willis ), and (II)
Charles S. Meriwether , of Georgia (first wife), who m. (II) Louisa Watkins
Tait , widow of Lemuel Banks (Watkins Family). Issue, first marriage:
1. William Banks (7), of Panola, Miss. ; m. -, several children. (See Banks
.) Issue, second marriage, (Meriwether ): 2. Mina Barbara Meriwether (7), m.
Col. Thomas White (d. 1890 ), of Hernando, Miss. Issue:
1. Mildred Concord (8), m. John McGehee Farrington , of Memphis , and had
Dr. Pope McGehee Farrington (9), eminent young physician of Memphis , m.
Josephine Burford .
2. Barbara Mina (8), m. Elijah Bell , of North Carolina , and had Mildred W.
(9), m. George T. Banks , and Barbara Mina (9), m. Caffery Robinson
3. Thomas W. (8), m. Marian Carpenter , and had Carrie (9) and Thomas W.
(9), Jr.
Children of Dionysius Oliver, of Broad River, Ga.
4. Louisa Toombs (8), m. Charles Latham , of Hopkinsville, Ky. , and
Hernando, Miss. , and had Mina W. (9), John (9) and Corinne (9).
5. Concord Hamilton (8), m. Robert Wilkinson , son of Thomas (below). Issue:
Robert , Thomas W. , and Barbara Allen .
6. Nellie (8). 7. Frederick (8), d. young.
8. Corinne Meriwether (8), m. Charles Smith , of Tennessee (see Shelton and
White families).
5. Judith Oliver (6), m. (1) Henry Banks , (brother of Willis Banks ), m.
(II) William Moore . Issue, first marriage.
1. Sarah Banks , m. Henry Scales , and had Lucy , d. y., and Henry Scales .
2. Lucy Banks , m. Thomas Wilkinson , of Hernando, Miss. (For issue see
Banks family.)
Mrs. Scales has also contributed much of the above list, and now lives with
her son at Clarksville, Tenn.
6. James (6) and (7) Washington Oliver (6), d. y.
8. Alfred Oliver (6), of Elbert county, Ga. , lived fifteen miles up the
county from Petersburg , at the old family home. He was killed by a white
tenant; married Sarah Pharr , of Newton county, Ga. Issue:
1. Dr. Alfred Oliver (7), of Elberton, Ga. , still living (only son),
married Gertrude Maude , daughter of Col. J. D. Mathews . He has contributed
this list of his father's line. Children:
1. Alfred Shelton (8), Jr., 2. Ella (8), 3. Samuel Thomas (8), 4. Stanley
Mathews (8), 5. Maude (8), 6. Frank Chappel (8).
9. Eliza S. Oliver (6), m. Jett Thomas , of Georgia . Children:
1. James (7), of Montgomery, Ala. , m. Miss Banks , of Mississippi , 2. Sue
Jett (7), 3. Mary Julia (7), m. D. B. Cade , of Washington, Ga. , and has,
Gilford Cade (8), 4. Alfred (7).
10. Francis Oliver (6), d. y.
11. Lucinda Oliver (6), m. Edmund Taylor , and is still living, at Elgin,
Arkansas (1897 ). Children:
1. James Oliver Taylor (7), married -, and has several children.
2. Lucy Ann Taylor , unmarried.
12. Martha Oliver (6), m. Gen. Benjamin Heard , of Wilkes county, Ga. , died
without issue. (End of James Oliver 's(5), (b. 1767 ) descendants.)
IV. Dionysius Oliver (5) of South Carolina (b. 1768 , d. Edgefield District,
South Carolina ) married (I) his cousin, Frances , dau. of Francis Oliver ,
of Virginia , and sister to his brother Peter 's wife. (Dr. James Oliver ,
in his diary, says he married also Mary Ann Hancock ). He lived near his
sister, Mrs. Hancock . Issue:
1. Seaborn Oliver (6), "died in Jackson 's Mexican War, 1717 -1718 ," says
W. T. O. Cook .
2. Berrien Oliver (6), married Mary Royster of North Carolina . Lived near
Petersburg, Ga. , until 1835 , when he removed to Florida . Issue:
1. Major John Berrien Oliver (7), lawyer, Tallahassee, Fla. (d. 1881 ),
married Virginia , daughter of Judge Eli and Sophia (Watkins) Shorter , of
Georgia . Issue:
1, Virginia ; 2, Mrs. Bird ; 3, Mrs. Richardson ; 4, Peter M. of Gainsville,
Fla. , 5, Dr. Junius , became blind; 6, James , very prosperous, until in a
personal difficulty he killed his opponent.
2. Matilda (7), 3. Asa B. (7), 4. Malinda (7), 5. Stephen Mann (7), 6. Mary
Ann (7), m. (I) Richard Hudson , and (II) Richard Rice .
3. Dionysius Oliver (6), Edgefield, S. C. , died at the age of 40; married
Ann , daughter of John and Anne (Freeman) Goode , of Abbeville District ,
and sister of the second Mrs. Benjamin Sherrod , of Courtland, Ala. , who
was Talitha Goode , b. 1792 , d. 1873 . Issue: One son -
1. Llewellyn Oliver (7), of Sumter county, Ala. , b. 1812 , reared by Mrs.
Benjamin Sherrod , after the early death of his mother. He married (I) 1831
, Eliza Perrin , of Edgefield District , and removed to Sumter county, Ala.
He married a second time, but no issue of this marriage. Children:
1. Ann Goode Oliver (8), born 1832 , m. 1853 , Dudley Moore , d. 1872 , of
Columbus, Miss. She was beautiful and attractive, and is yet living in a
charming old age, and gives the following list of her family. Issue:
1. Lillie Moore (9), b. 1854 , d. 1899 , m. 1872 Edward Watson , lawyer, (d.
1887 ), of Holly Springs, Miss. Issue:
Dudley Moore Watson (10), of Times-Democrat, N. O. , m. 1899 , a daughter of
Judge Poché , of New Orleans ; Edward Watson (10); William Watson (10); Jean
(10); and Annie (10)
II. Thomas Moore (9), m. Susan Weston , of Alabama , and had Dudley (10),
Robert P. (10), and Weston (10)
III. Fanny Moore (9) m. Col. W. W. Humphries , lawyer of Columbus, Miss. ,
and had Edward Watson (10), and Fannie Moore , b. 1896 .
IV. Anne Dudley Moore (9), m. Charles Evans , planter, and had Anne Dudley
(10), and Fannie Moore (10).
2. Dionysius Oliver (8), of Sherman, Sumter county, Ala. , b. 1834 , m.
Hester Patton . Issue:
1. Annie (9), m. Charles Wier ; 2. Kate (9), m. Dr. McKinley , of Columbus,
Miss. ; 3. Llewellyn (9), m. Sallie Windham ; 4. John Patton (9), m. Mary
Holt , of Memphis, Tenn. ; 5. Nannie (9), 6. Sarah George (9).
3. Llewellyn Oliver (8), of Sherman, Ala. , m. Miss Deale , and both died
soon after birth of their third child. Issue: 1. Fannie (9), 2. William (9),
3. Dudley (9).
3. Robert Oliver (8), Sherman, Ala. , m. Nannie Little . Issue: 1. William ,
m. Sallie Conner ; 2. Robert , unm.; 3. Goode , m. Annie Gonnor ; 4. Eliza ,
m. Dr. Philips ; 5. Tempie .
V. Thomas Winfrey Oliver (5), Elberton, Ga. , b. circa, 1769 , m. Mary ,
daughter of Christopher Clark . Owned the Tavern at Elberton , and is buried
in its yard. Kindhearted and of a pompous bearing, he was wont to converse
in quite high-flown phrases, which the young people of the neighborhood
often quoted in great merriment; as, for instance, he would invariably say,
of threatening weather, while grandly waving his hand: "The zenith is clear,
but the horizon is portentous!" (Mrs. Martha Harris ). This, to illustrate
his good natured conceit. No issue of this marriage. Mrs. Oliver was sister
to Mrs. James Oliver and Mrs. Florence McCarthy Oliver .
VI. William Oliver (5), b. 1778 , was the traveler and adventurer among his
brothers, (it is said). After the death of his second wife he went to the
Creek Indian wars with General Floyd 's troop of Georgians, and was supposed
to have been with Col. Samuel Dale and Capt. Jerry Austill and James Smith
in the famous "Battle of the Canoes " on the Alabama river , 1813 . He
afterward disappeared with the Indian tribes, and was seen no more by his
family. Dr. James Oliver says, in his diary, he m. (I) Barbara Tait (W. T.
O. Cook thinks a Miss Alston ). He m. (II) Miss Ragland . Dr. Alfred Oliver
of Elberton says one of his wives was a widow, of Wilks county, Ga. Issue:
1. Mathilda (6), m. Osa Brown ; 2. Malinda (6), m. Asa Mann ; 3. Mary Ann
(6), m. William Hudson ; and 4. Fanny (6), m. (I) John Chenault * , of Tenn.
, and had John , of Danburg, Ga. , and the Rev. Dionysius Chenault , who
weighed 300 pounds. His cousin, Mrs. Henry J. Long of Florida , sends this
incident: "When, in 1865 , President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet fled to
Washington, Ga. , with the accompanying wagons of currency, they disbanded
and separated on the plantation of John Chenault , which was near. They were
aided in their escape by Dionysius Chenault , some of them being at his
house when the treasury wagons were emptied of their contents. The pursuing
Federal troops, thinking him accessory to its concealment, hung him up by
the thumbs until he fainted. He never recovered from the nervous shock to
his system, and his gentle and lovely wife was searched and handled so
roughly by the ruffians that her reason fled. Her husband, though a
minister, then vowed vengeance on the commanding offlcer."
VII. Eleanor Oliver (5), m. John Goss of Georgia ; she was poisoned by a
vindictive slave, soon after the birth of her only child, which also died
young.
VIII. Martha Oliver (5) (b., Va. , 1773 , died Edgefield District, S. C. ,
1827 ), married (1792 ) Thomas Hancock , of Edgefield District, S. C. (b.
1769 , d. 1820 ), her cousin. She rode on horseback with him from Elbert
county, Ga. , to their home in South Carolina . Their four daughters all
married, left issue, and died, in Edgefield District, S. C. Martha (6),
Harriet (6), Frances (6) and Sophia (6), as follows:
1. Martha Hancock (6), married (I), 1813 , Thomas Still , and married (II),
1830 , John H. Cosby , of Virginia . Issue first marriage.
1.
Harriet Still (7), married Mr. Dendy , of Laurens county, S. C. Issue second
marriage:
2. Sarah Cosby (7), married Mr. Simonton , planter. Four children.
3. Elvira Cosby (7), married G. I. Denton . Four sons.
Note. - 1. The Llewellyn and Lewis families were related, and emigrated from
Wales to Ireland together.
In 1720 , John Lewis , of county Dublin, Ireland , killed the Irish Lord,
and fied to Virginia , where the Alexanders , McDowells , Prestons , Pattons
, Matthews and others followed him.
His sons were Thomas , Andrew , Charles and William .
- (Gilmer 's Georgians.)
4. Martha Cosby (7), d. unmarried.
5. Mary Cosby (2), married Robert Hall , and had Roberta Hall , married her
cousin, Vernon Denton , of Island Grove, Florida .
6. John Oliver Cosby (7), lawyer, Micanopy, Florida . He alone, of all his
mother's children, was living in 1897 .
2. Harriet Hancock (6) (d. 1845 ), married (1813 ) John Curry . No living
children.
3. Frances Hancock (6), married (1820 ) Sampson Sullivan , and had Martha
Sullivan (7), who married John Adams , of Edgefield county, S. C. Several
children.
4. Sophia Hancock (6) (b. 1808 , d. 1876 ), m. (1823 ) Benjamin Ryan Tillman
, of Edgefield county, S.C. (d. 1849 ). "No one ever had greater fondness
for family history, or was more loyal to her blood than she," writes her
distinguished son. "She was the strongest minded, best balanced woman I ever
met, and to her I owe whatever of ability and judgment I have in life,
though my father was also very bright!" He adds that his mother visited Wm.
T. O. Cook , her cousin, in Georgia , in 1865 , and they went over, together
"the whole matter of the family and its history, with many anecdotes of
family traits," etc. Issue, eleven children:
1, Thomas F. Tillman (7), killed in Mexican war (battle of Cherubusco ). 2,
George Dionysius Tillman (7). 3, Martha A. Tillman (7) (d. 1883 , s. p.). 4,
Harriet Tillman (7) (d. y.). 5, John Miller Tillman (7) (d. 1860 , s. p.).
6, Oliver Hancock Tillman (7). 7, Anna Sophia Tillman (7). 8, Frances Miller
Tillman (7). 9, Captain James Adams Tillman (7), C. S. A. (d. 1866 , s. p.).
10. Henry Cummings Tillman (7) (d. 1859 , s. p.). 11, Benjamin Ryan Tillman
(7); as follows:
2. George Dionysins Tillman (7), of Clark's Hill, S. C. , m. (1860 )
Margaret Jones - seven living children:
1. Lona (8), m ........ Bunch - four boys and two girls.
2. Sophia (8), m. Judge Osmond Buchanan - two sons and one daughter; James
Buchanan (9), the eldest son, is a lawyer of Edgefield .
3. James Tillman (8), of Edgefield , lawyer, m. Miss Norris .
4. Frances Tillman (8).
5. Sallie Tillman (8), married ........ Bailey - 1 son. 6, Benjamin (8),
Jr., and 7, George D. (8), Jr., the last two students in the "Citadel,"
Charleston, S. C.
6.
Oliver Hancock Tillman (7) (d. 1860 ), m. Martha Roper . Issue: Alice (8),
married G. W Bunch , and has four children.
7. Anna Sophia Tillman (7), m. John C. Swearingen . He was killed April,
1895 , by Benjamin Jones , in a political difference. Issue: John (8) (blind
by an accident), is a very bright student, despite his affliction; George
(8); and Sophia (8) (teaching in Johnson 's Institute). Mrs. Swearingen has
kindly furnished most of the record of the descendants of Martha Oliver
Hancock .
8. Frances Miller Tillman (7), m. Henry Garlington Simpson , of South
Carolina . Issue: 1. Sophia (8). 2. Margaret (8). 3. Mae (8). 4. Nettie (8).
Mrs. Simpson is a widow, and matron of Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C.
11. Benjamin Ryan Tillman (7), Governor of South Carolina 1893 , and member
of U. S. Senate (b. 1847 ); m. (1868 ) Sallie Starke , of Elbert county, Ga.
"As you see," he writes, "I went to old Elbert county, Georgia , for a wife,
as did my grandfather Hancock , and we were equally lucky in our choice."
Issue:
1. Benjamin Ryan (8), Jr. 2. Lona (8). 3. Sophia Oliver (8). 4. Henry (8)
(b. 1885 ).
Children of Dionysius Oliver, of Broad River, Ga.
5. Sallie May (8).
Governor Tillman 's long political career, in his State, and in the United
States Senate, is now a matter of history, and would take a book in itself
to record. He is the friend and champion of his beloved South, now and
forever.
His brother George is equally as distinguished as the model farmer of South
Carolina .
IX. Rev. Florence McCarty Oliver (5), b. in Virginia , 1775 , m. in Elbert
county, Georgia , 27th October, 1796 , Susanna , born, Virginia , 5th March,
1783 , daughter of Christopher Clark . He was a Wesleyan Methodist Minister
of great purity of life, and also a planter. Removed to Chambers county,
Alabama , 1840 , from Elbert county, Ga. Ten children, names given, as
follows, by Maj. Thomas W. Oliver , of Mitylene, Alabama :
1 Dr. Samuel Clark (6), 2 Polly Mellissa (6), 3 Thomas Winfrey (6), 4
Mildred Terrell (6), 5 Florance McCarthy (6), 6 James Ovid (6)* , 7 John
Alfred (6), 8 Susan Rebecca (6), 9 Rev. Christopher Dionysius (6), 10 James
Percival (6).
1. Dr. Samuel Clark Oliver (6), b. Elbert county, Georgia , 29th July, 1799
, d. March, 1848 , m. 10th January, 1826 , Mildred Spencer , (b. , d. May 4,
1887 ), daughter of Abner McGehee , and in the same year, 1826 , moved to
Montgomery county, Ala. His practice was extensive. Member of the House and
Senate of Alabama for seventeen years and was never defeated. Wrote a
political novel, "Onslow," and many songs, and fugitive pieces; some
novelettes, and an epic, "The Hindoo Bride." Issue:
1. Major Thomas Winfrey Oliver (7), of Mitylene, Alabama , b. Montgomery
county, Alabama , 27th August, 1827 , d. 19th February, 1899 . C. S. A.,
Surrendered with General N. B. Forrest on the Warrior river , in 1865 ,
serving from first to last in the Confederate Cavalry. He graduated 1847 ,
at University Alabama, "made a splendid soldier and rendered faithful
service to the cause he loved so well." A typical Southern planter, genial
and hospitable, with loyalty to friends that knew no bounds, and his
devotion to honor was a shining characteristic. Died at his lovely old home,
seven miles east of Montgomery, Alabama . Married, December, 1854 , Mary
Eliza , daughter of Dr. Thomas and Eliza (Hull) Brown . She died 1880 . He
furnished this list of his grandfather's descendants in 1896 , and took
great interest in his ancestry, and has himself transmitted much to
posterity. His only child, Thomas Winfrey Oliver (8), b. 1873 , married,
1893 , Fannie Ledyard , and has issue: 1 Thomas W. (9), b. 1894 , Mary (9),
1896 .
2. Dr. Abner McCarty Oliver (7), died young.
3. Dr. Samuel Clark Oliver (7), died young.
4. Mary Meteora Oliver (7), b. 15th November, 1833 , the night of the famous
meteoric shower, married, 1850 , Dr. McKenzie Johnston , who died 1896 .
They went to Texas in 1860 . Issue: Mildred (8) and Annie Johnston (8), and
two sons, (dead).
5. Susannah Jane Oliver (7), married, 1st, James Harvey , d. 1888 . Issue,
two sons(8) and four daughters, all married. She married (II) 1893 , Mr.
Stockwell .
2. Mary Melissa Oliver (6), b. 20th December, 1801 , married, 5th September,
1818 , Alexder McDonald . No issue.
3. Thomas Winfrey Oliver (6), b. 17th July, 1804 , died 1827 , married 6th
June, 1826 , Martha (7), daughter of Dionysius Oliver (6), son of Peter (5),
of Broad River, Georgia . Issue: 1. Thomas Winfrey Oliver (7), b. 1827 , d.
1853 , lawyer, young and witty, died early. 2, a daughter(7). Mrs. Oliver
married (II) Rev. Isaac Newton Davis , and had two daughters, now of
Mississippi . (See Peter line.)
4. Mildred Terrell Oliver (6), b. February, 1807 , d. 1892 , married, 14th
February, 1822 , Dr. Samuel Clark Dailey ; several sons and daughters. Of
these, Rachel (7) married James McGehee , son of Col. Abner McGehee , of
Montgomery , and is the oldest living descendant, in 1896 , of Rev. F.
McCarthy Oliver . (See McGehee .)
5. Florence McCarty Oliver (6) (b. 10th March, 1809 ), married (I), Hannah
K. , daughter of James Banks , and married (II) Sarah , daughter of Rev.
Thompson Glenn . Issue first marriage:
Children of Dionysius Oliver, of Broad River, Ga.
1, James McCarthy Oliver (7), married -. His son Earnest Oliver (8), of
Lafayette, Ala. , married Nannie Williamson . 2, Samuel Clark Oliver (7).
Issue second marriage:
3, Susannah T. Oliver (7). 4, Mildred A. Oliver (7). 5, Caroline Oliver (7).
6, Juniu Percival Oliver (7), of Dadeville, Ala. (student East Alabama
College, 1860 ) 7, John Alfred Glenn Oliver (7).
6. James Ovid Oliver (6)* (b. 16th August, 1811 ), married (24th December,
1835 ) Charity A. Chambers . Two sons and two daughters. Thomas Oliver (7),
a son.
7. Dr. John Alfred Oliver (6) (b. 13th October, 1813 , d. 1838 ), married
Susan Dillard . Issue: Three sons, all dead.
8. Susan Rebecca Oliver (6) (b. 27th January, 1816 ), married (26th
September, 1832 ) Maj. John Harper , of Covington . Five children; a
daughter Susan ; and a son, Leonidas Harper (7), is member Legislature of
South Carolina . He has a daughter Berenice Harper (8), and others.
9. Rev. Christopher Dionysius Oliver (6) (b. 30th January, 1819 , d. Calera,
Alabama , 15th January, 1892 ), (named for both grandfathers). Prominent
Methodist minister, of Alabama , married Laura Reid , of South Carolina .
Issue:
1. Henry L. Oliver (7) (student East Alabama College, 1860 ), lawyer (d.
1895 ), married a lady of Hebrew descent and has several children.
Children of Dionysius Oliver, of Broad River, Ga.
2. Dr. Charlton Christopher Oliver (7), of Calera, Ala. , married Jessie
Allen (b. 1852 , d. 1896 ). Several children.
3. Walter Oliver (7), lawyer, Calera , married.
10. Junius Percival Oliver (6) (b. 16th January, 1823 ). Died quite a young
man.
The children of Rev. F. McCarthy Oliver , were all baptised by Rev. Hope
Hull . - Family Bible.
X. Frances Oliver (5) married William T. Cook , of Virginia , son of
Benjamin Cook . (An uncle of his, a physician, lived in Philadelphia , and
another in North Carolina ). They had several children, of whom only two
survived:
1. Mary Ann Cook (6), b. 1803 , married Benjamin Burch , of Georgia . Issue:
Children of Dionysius Oliver, of Broad River, Ga.
1. Capt. John Burch (7), C. S. A., and Solicitor General, killed in first
day's battle around Richmond, Va. , 1862 .
2. Mary Ann (7), married - Johnson , of Atlanta , uncle of Judge Lumpkin ,
of Atlanta .
3. Elizabeth (7) married (1876 ) Dr. Henry J. Long (who died in 1896 ), of
Florida (his second wife). No issue. He was cousin to Dr. Crawford Long , of
Athens, Ga. , discoverer of anesthesia, and a brother, James Long , married
Frances Gholson , of Madison county, Ga. , parents of Dr. Nathaniel Gholson
Long , of Elberton, Ga. (She gives this line of her family.)
2. William Thomas Oliver Cook (6) (b. 1809 , living in 1898 ), six years
younger than his sister, Mrs. Burch , and author of a newspaper article on
the "Oliver Family" (which, however, was not altogether correct), married
Nancy Tennyson Ridgway . Issue, three sons and four daughters:
1. Thomas (7), C. S. A., married Sarah Herndon . Died from a wound in late
war.
2. Elizabeth (7), married Benjamin T. Higginbotham .
3.
James (7), married Martha Campbell .
4. Mary (7), married Banks Cunningham .
5. Frank (7), married (I) Miss Ray , (II) Martha Landis , (III) Tawsie
Landis , of Frederick City, Md. , and died in Maryland , a physician of some
note.
6. Rebecca (7), married (I) Harrison Ray , and (II) Harrison Agnew .
7. Effie (7), married John Gary . A daughter, Ella Inez (8), of Royston, Ga.
, sends this list repeated from her grandfather (1898 ).
XI. Jackson Oliver (5), died Banks county, Ga. , 1869 , only child of
Dionysius (4) and Jane (Jackson) Oliver , married Mary Maxwell . Issue:
1. Rev. Dionysius Crandall Oliver (6), C. S. A., married - Sanders . Issue:
1. Mary Elizabeth (7); 2. Sarah Jane (dead); 3. Dionysius Jackson (7); 4.
Sanders Bartow (7); Tallulah Lee (7); 6. George Pierce (7) (dead); 7. Adisa
Ann (7); 8. Thomas Brittain (7), and, 9. Roberta Estelle (7).
2. William Capers Oliver (6), C. S. A., married Eva McKie . Issue:
1. De Witt ; 2. Lovick Pierce ; 3. Leonora : 4. Denvor ; 5. Atticus ; 6.
William (dead); 7. Nettie ; 8. Lelia ; 9. John .
3. Thomas Parks Oliver (6), C. S. A., married (I) Arminda McDonald , (II)
Mrs. Fannie Barrett . Issue first marriage:
1. Mittie Beatrice (7); 2. James Jackson (7); 3. Victor (7); 4. Robert Lee
(7). Issue second marriage: 5. Thomas Parks Oliver .
4. Jane Ann Oliver (6), married Charles Allison Lilly . Issue: 1. Egbert
(7); 2. Annie (7); 3. Roberta (7); 4. Lucy (7); 5. Charles (7); 6. Lilly
(7).
From the Oliver record it is seen that four of them: Mary Ann , Eleanor ,
James and John (sisters and sons of Dionysius (4)) married Thompson's ;
respectively, Isham , Drury , Mary and Frances . Of these, Isham and Drury
were brothers, and Mary and Frances were daughters of another brother,
William Thompson - sons of Robert Thompson , Falling creek, Chesterfield
county, Va. , goldsmith and planter.
