Okay, great! This connects her to the Atkinsons that married into the Spearman family. Also lived near the Cobbs I believe. I'll check my records. Thanks. On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:16:32 -0500 "ctucker" <ctucker@dbtech.net> writes: > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Betty A Harris <bjatkinson@juno.com> >To: <SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 6:56 AM >Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Hello > > >> I would like to know about this Atkinson connection and if you know >her >> lineage. >> >Hello Betty - > >Martha Atkinson Leverett (Mrs. Stephen) b1769 Amelia County Virginia. >d >November 3, 1848 Anderson County South Carolina. Buried in the Old >Leverette Cemetery in Anderson....a private family cemetery. She >appears to be daughter of John Atkinson deceased by July 29, 1799, >Anderson >County South Carolina. > >SOURCE: Newberry County South Carolina Probate Estate Abstracts, >Volume 1, >(1987), page 6: Box 1, Pkg. 6: >1799 John Atkinson, Sr. John & Thomas Atkison, Exec. John Floyd. >sons - Thomas & William Atkinson, 300 acres whereon I now live on >waters of >Little River bound by Thomas Eastland, Wm Goggans & Wm. Powers; land >to be >appraised by friends Bartlett Satterwhite Sr. & John Floyd; above 2 >sons to >pay 150 pounds to other legatees. > dau; Gracey Spearman, bed & furn. in her possession. >dau; Mary Blalon, bed in her possession. >dau: Martha Leverett, bed now in her possession. >dau; Ann Spearman, bed now in her possession. >dau; Elizabeth Atkinson, bed & negro girl Ursley 5 yrs. >-remainder equally divided among children. >-Executors: sons John & thomas Atkison & friend John Floyd >-Witneses: Ezekiah Eastland, Wm. Powers, Thomas Bearden. >App. - 17 Oct 1799. Bartlett Satterwhite Sr., John Satterwhite Sr., >Wm. >Wallace. Bk. B, . 360. > -farm animals; negroes; Tom, Johnson, Ann, Rachel, Cate, Hannah, >Elisha, >Darkus, Jude, Tinsey, Beck & child; wagon; farm tools; furniture; >loom; >kitchenwar; chairs. > >This should give you some clues. Steven Livret is on the list of >purchasers >of the personal property of John Atkinson. The Anderson, SC, >Leverett >family tradition is that she was the dau of Capt. Thomas Atkinson. >The >above will record abstract is all I have for the parent(s) of Martha. > From >my additional research of the Leverett family migration from Virginia >to the >Carolinas, the Floyds, Wallaces and Satterwhites are from VA. So, you >might >look in the Virginia counties bordering Lunenburg Co and Amelia Co. > >Good luck! >Charlotte > > >==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== >POST !! POST !! POST !! >Remember, there are new comers almost every day. >The more you post, the better the chance of >finding that elusive relative. >