Re: Joseph LEAVEL--VA>OH>IA
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Re: Joseph LEAVEL--VA>OH>IA
Eleanor Rayl 1/07/01
Robert Leavell was born December 07, 1776 in Culpeper County, Virginia, to John Leavell (1750--1826) and Margaret Jones. John was the son of John Leavell (abt. 1715--1783) and Milley Walden (abt. 1724--1787). John was the son of Edward and Mary Leavell.
Sarah (1782--1857) was the daughter of Gawd knows who.
At least, that's the way I've heard it. But I don't have a brother named Joseph for Robert.
Have you read "The Original Copy of the "History of the Leavell Family" from before the Revolutionary War up to 1915, written by my Great Grandfather John Wesley Leavell, Elwood, Indiana. Recopied with a few additions by Mrs. Bernetha (Leavell) Steinberger, Hagerstown, Indiana. I brought it up to 1968, but not in story form as he wrote."? The complete discombobulated chatty mess is up at my website at http://www.geocities.com/supchara/Leavells.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/supchara/Leavells.html, but here is part on Robert and Sarah:
"This now brings me to ROBERT LEAVELL, the grandfather of the writer of this sketch. He and his wife, Sarah, were married in Kentucky in 1798. In 1811 they moved to Wayne Co., Ind., where they took a claim. Within one year after their settlement, the second war with England, and Robert came a soldier. My grandmother often told me of her experiences with Indians. The Indians were hostile against the settlers and she was forced to take her children and flee to a For Salsbury, a short distance west of what is now Richmond, Indiana. They had brought the money with them from Kentucky to pay for the land when it came on the market. It had to be gold and silver, and what a time she had in hiding it to keep it from being stolen. After ROBERT came back from the war they went back to their claim as soon as peace was made with England, they bought the land and cleared a farm where they remained about twenty years. During their residence there Robert laid out and platted the town of Jacksonburgh. They afterwards sold their farm and bought another one about one mile north of Hagerstown, Ind., and there lived until the death of ROBERT, he dying in 1847. He was born in Virginia in the year 1776.
His widow remained on the farm a few years or until it was sold, then moved to Tipton Co., to a home that was built for her by her sons James and Benjamin. It was near the residence of Benjamin and he looked after her welfare until her death which occured in 1857 at the age of 77 years. Robert and Sarah are buried at the Olive Branch Cemetery which is located about three mile north of Hagerstown and their children placed a monument to their graves and it is still standing. They were the parents of a large family, their names being; Elizabeth, Carolina, Nancy, George, James, Benjamin, Ezekiel, Malinda, Nancy, and Sarah."
He goes on to ramble about the children and their families.