Billie Harris - Jun 17, 2008
Please post the earliest know ancestor you're researching, together with what information you have on him/her - approximate year of birth, spouse's name, where they lived - anything. There may be other members looking for the same ancestor.
Billie Harris - Jun 17, 2008
Wiley and Mary Lewallen. Wiley's born North Carolina about 1795. They were in North Carolina, then Tennessee, then Alabama, then Texas and my particular line moved on into Arkansas.
Cindy Lewallen - Jun 21, 2008
Billie:
I, too am searching for Wiley and Mary's family, particularly Wiley's father. My family went from NC to TX, stopping in AL along the way. I think Wiley's father is Jonathan, a son of Mary Dawson and Willing Lewallen b 1740 in VA. There seems to be very little on Jonathan, so I would like to find out if anyone else knows about him.
Billie Harris - Jun 21, 2008
Cindy, then you and I are "cousins" - a tad removed but our lines are connected. Can you post in the History section your direct line from Wiley and Mary.
I'm inclined right now to believe that Wiley's father was Jesse Lewallen, brother of Anderson Lewallen. What we need is to find a Will or more documents on Jesse.
Billie Harris - Jun 21, 2008
P.S. Anderson and Jesse also had a brother Thomas and a sister Margaret Rice. None of these individuals were mentioned in Alexander Lewelling's Will so we can rule out Alexander as their father. Were they William Lewelling's children? Or were they Thomas Lewelling's children (Thomas died 1752 in Amelia County and his wife was Susanna)
Bill Crawford - Jun 17, 2008
John L. Lewallen married in Banks Co., Ga. Nancy C. Watson b. 1841 d. 1883. Had 4 sons, John David b. 1860, Floyd, William Ellis and Benjamin. Nancy was in censuses up until 1880 but husband(John L.)was never with her in censuses and I've yet to find where he's buried. Would like to find out who John L.' s parents were.
Billy Mayo - Jun 18, 2008
John William Llewellyn I, 1692-1759 and wife Frances Culpepper, 1694-1775, Norfolk, VA, whose son Capt. John William Llewellyn II, 1714-1794 and wife Mary Ball, 1730-1808, Edgecombe County NC, are my gggg grandparents through their youngest daughter Susannah, 1774-1815, who is my ggg grandmother.
Billie Harris - Jun 19, 2008
Billy, is it possible your Llewellyns came from Maryland?
Vol. 2, “Gen. Society Book No. 975” by Smallwood, contains the following on pages 292 and 293:
“Side-Lights on Maryland History, Vol. 1 by Hester Dorsey Richardson pages 287 to 356…Early Settlers…Kent County, Md…’Partnership’ 3000 acres Aug. 15, 1684 for John Lewelin.’ (Note: Several people of the Edgecombe & Martin Counties area came from Maryland.) Page 293 of Vol 9 Colonial Records of N.C.: ‘Commission of Peace, Tyrell Co. NC May 20, 1772, ‘included John Lewillin. John Lewillin (above) of Tyrrell County was cut into Martin County when Martin was created in 1774 from parts of Tyrrell and Halifax Counties. He was Justice of the Peace in Martin County Jan. 11, 1777. (See pages 693-4 of Supplement to Vol. XV State Records of NC by Clark.) Page 211 of Vol. 2 N.C. Hist. & Gen Register by Hathaway: ___Lewellin and James Hayes were Tories of Martin Co. N.C. July 14, 1777, as per affidavit of Thomas Harrison (son of John)… ___Lewhellen and James Hayes were the principals concerned in Martin County. (Tories.) Also page 209 Peleg Belote in Martin County. (Tory) Page 213 John Stewart in Martin County. (Tory) Page 217 Col. Stevens Lee in Martin County (Tory). Page 399 of Vol. 2: ‘John Lewelling and his son William were Tories, according to affidavit of James Rawlins of Martin Co. N.C. on Aug. 10, 1777. And ___ were planning to kill Whitmel Hill, Col. Williams, Thomas Hunter, Nathan Mayo, Col. Salter’, etc. Page 401: ‘Capt. Lewelling (John)’. (James Mayo, Capt. had threatened Lewelling.) Note Tories were royalists and were loyal to the King.
“House of Plant’ records continued: ‘John Lewellyn was in Tyrrell (that part later became Martin) County April 23, 1765, when he bought of Thomas Staten one hundred acres of land, to which he added 90 more acres on the Coneto branch the following October. He finally acquired over 1700 acres. This was the brother of Chloe Llewellyn, who was the mother of Mrs. Luke Ross (Mary Grimes). Chloe Llewellyn married Thomas Grimes…The proof is clear the John Llewellyn with his mother and sister were originally of Norfolk Co., Va., where his father’s will is recorded in the Archives at Portsmouth dated January 28, 1751, proved April 16, 1759…His widow Frances Llewellyn survived him 16 yrs., and her will is recorded at williamston, dated Nov. 29, 1770, proved January 1775. The Llewellyns were a Welch family. Smallwood note: The Llewellyns were
descended from nobility and royalty. Llewellyn was Prince of North Wales and was descended from a long line of Princes of Wales. His mother was descended from Constantine the Great. Royal Ancestors, by Collins, pages 93-94.
“Maurice Llewellyn bought a lot of land qt. half an acre and four Poles, in Bath Town, N.C. Sept. 27, 1706, adj. Luellyn’s lot in one side and Nath Wyandale…John Lawson and Joel Martin both of the Precinct of Pamtico, Gent. to Maurice Luellyn a lot of qt. half an acres lying in Bath and adj. Otho Russell, Sept. 27, 1706.’ (Colonial Records of N.C.).”
We have John's Will which was filed in Martin County, N.C. Apparently he lived on the Edgecombe/Martin county lines.
Jay Lewallen - Jun 18, 2008
I am searching for information on David Lewallen (middle name may be Daniel), born in either Georgia, S. Carolina or Tennessee in about 1805. I have handwritten note saying he died in 1846 in a Nashville, TN hospital (possibly an asylum). Is anyone familar with death or hospital (or asylum) records available from the Nashville area during this time? Or, does anyone have a suggestion for further pursuit.
Darlene Luallen Griffin - Jun 22, 2008
I am looking for parents and/or siblings of Matthew Lewallen, born 1821 in TN. Matthew is my gggrandfather. He married Sarah Lawson in 1841 in Campbell County, TN. He and Sarah had two children: Susannah, born 1846 and Elihu born 1848. He lived in Morgan, Campbell & Scott Counties, TN (the county lines kept changing--he stayed in the same place). Elihu settled in the Texas/ Douglas County area of MO. Elihu changed the spelling of the name to Luallen. I suspect Matthew's family came from NC but I do not have a connection yet.
Billie Harris - Jun 24, 2008
Darlene, I'll take a stab at this but it appears Matthew/Mathew and a sister, Viola, married brother/sister because Matthew married Sarah Lawson and Viola married Jacob Lawson. The marriages were in Campbell County, TN., as you know, with Matthew and Sarah marrying Feb. 11, 1841 and Viola and Jacob marrying Jan. 5, 1844. In addition, there was a Polly who married a Samuel Burge 21 Mar. 1844. All three marriages were performed by the same justice of the peace,
Mathew and Sary are shown in the 1850 Sevier County, TN. census as are several other Luallens and Lewallens. Do you think they're connected with any of those in that census?
Darlene Luallen Griffin - Jun 25, 2008
Billie, Thanks for checking into this. I am aware of the Lawson/Lewallen brother/sister marriages. However, my information has Jacob Lawson married to Vicy Ann Lewallen (could Vicy be Viola?). I did not have Polly though. I'll check that line out.
I have a handwritten copy of the 1850 SCOTT County, TN (not Sevier) census that shows Mathew & Sary. Yes, I believe that they are the same people. The county lines (Morgan, Campbell, and Scott) kept changing for several years. I have some map overlays that indicate that Matthew stayed in the same place although he is listed in different counties.
After Matthew died, Sarah married Greenberry Boling who had been married and divorced from her sister Christina. There are lots of Bolings in that area also.
I need confirmation of Matthew date of death. Most of my research shows 1868, but a couple of researchers have around or before 1852.
Billie Harris - Jun 25, 2008
Darlene, I have to admit that this is the first time I've come across the given name of Viola in early records. It might help to see the original of the document.
Darlene Luallen Griffin - Jun 25, 2008
I went on ancestry.com and looked at the original copy of Jacob Lawson's marriage. They have it typed in as Jacob Lawson & Riccia Lewallen. In the original handwritten copy the "R" is probably a "V" for Viccia (Vicy for short?). But it is not even close to looking like Viola.
Darlene Luallen Griffin - Jul 9, 2008
Billie,
After doing more searching it appears that Matthew, Vicy Ann, and Polly are not siblings...perhaps cousins but I have no proof. Sarah and Jacob are not siblings either. So I am still searching for Matthew's parents and/or siblings. My earliest record of him other than his birth is on the tax list for Morgan County in 1836. Other Lewallens listed are Andrew, John, Jack, and William. I have looked at those names but have not yet found a connection to Matthew. I will take any suggestions.
Jenny Rice - Jun 26, 2008
I am a descendant of Mary Jane Lewallen and Wiett Bilyeu. Mary Jane's father was John Lewallen and Hannah Ward?Ford? Motley?(not sure about last name). Any help would be greatly appreciated. We have been told all our lives that Mary Jane was Cherokee, Choctaw or Chickasaw. Anyone having information please contact me at jennyrice@wildblue.net or post a reply.
Billie Harris - Jun 26, 2008
Jenny, I've looked and I can't find a Lewallen who married a Bilyeu. Perhaps someone else has an answer for you. Could you give us some approximate years.
Darlene Luallen Griffin - Jun 28, 2008
Jenny,
There are several family trees on ancestry.com that have Wiett and Mary Jane. The one that I looked at
lists her mother as Hannah Motley.
Darlene Luallen Griffin
Jenny Rice - Aug 9, 2008
Thank you, Darlene.
Billie Harris - Jul 29, 2008
This site has several people who are now members but only six have told us who they're researching. To post, all you have to do is hit "post reply," fill in the information and that's it. We can't help you make connections unless you tell us who you're researching and what you can about them.
John Corn - Aug 5, 2008
I am researching Jesse John LEWALLEN b abt 1689 in Frederick Co, VA who married Ann OWENS on 28 Jul 1734 in VA. My line is thru their son William who moved to Randolph Co, NC where he married Mary DAWSON. The line then moves to the Old Pendleton Dist, SC and on into Franklin/Habersham/Banks Co, GA. Some of these moves weren't really moves, just boundary changes over time.
Martha Lewallen - Aug 6, 2008
My husbands line is the same as Bill, John L. Lewallen born sometime and died sometime. If we had dates it certainly would help. My husbands great-grandfather was Floyd Lewallen, born 05-02-1865 and died 02-13-1955. Floyd's wife was Ida Clark, her mother was Miriam Rosette Sanders. This is what I call the Webbs Creek Lewallens.
Now, my son-in-law's line is Martha C. Lewallen and John Harrrison Poole. Thank you very much John Corn for the picture. Martha's father was John Wofford Lewallen, born 1847 died 1920. This is what I call the Nails Creek Lewallens.
Hope to connect the "Webbs Creek" Lewallens to the "Nail Creek" Lewallens.
Billie Harris - Aug 6, 2008
Martha, I have no idea if it's the same Webbs or not nor even if it would help, but yesterday I posted the Anderson County, Tennessee, cemeteries in the History section, and one that I looked at had a lot of Webbs in it. They're in the Longfield Cemetery which is the same that Jesse Luallen is in. There are some on the first page and then on the page listing him and his family. I believe I saw a Poole in the Anderson Cemeteries, too, but am not sure which cemetery it was that I saw the name.
Darci Hayden - Aug 8, 2008
William and Mary Lewellen. My maiden name is Lewellyn. My Dad's dad was Joseph Homer Lewellyn. It appears that this site is dedicated mostly to Lewellen's migrating south, but my line went into Indiana. However, I'd be interested to find if there any other Lewellen's here that may be connected :) William was born about 1808-09 and his wife Mary (Polly) Rector was born in 1811. They married in Taylor Co. (West) Virginia. According to the Genealogy of the William Lewellen Families published by the family historian, Mrs. Jerry Lewellyn, Sr. in 1976 (of which I have a copy), they moved up to Tipton County, Indiana in about 1848 with four children and the 5th being born along the way. The fifth child was Homer Lewellyn. His wife, Martha, changed the spelling of his name on some records and it stuck with our branch of the family. Homer's grandson migrated to California, where I was born. So we have strayed a bit from our roots. According to Becky Barefoot's website. William was the son of Samuel, who was the son of Thomas Lewellen of Virginia. Becky's line comes from Benjamin Franklin Lewellen, brother to Homer.
Interestingly, I am also connected to a whole other line through my Mom's mother's side. My grandmother's grandfather was Commodore Perry Lieuallen. My great Aunt provided a history of her family for her daughter and copied my mother and this is an excerpt:
"Commodore Perry Lieuallen was born October 25, 1844, in Wales. His parents, Frances Haggard and John Beacher Lieuallen died when he was three years old and he was raised by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McCombs. They brought him to Ottumwa, Iowa when he was six years old."
However, I have been communicating with a cousin and fellow researcher who has more information that has generated some mysteries for Perry's ancestry. He married Rhoda Harris 28 Jun 1870. This is according to my Aunt and a marriage cert. my cousin found. According to my Aunt, Rhoda's parents where John and Lois Harris. However, there is an ancestry book on the Obil Beach family and they are listed as William Harris and Lois Beach. My aunt said Lois was French/Indian. My cousin said she heard stories of a connection to the Ogallala Sioux tribe and that could fit since Rhoda was from Nebraska and there is a town called Lewallen next to Ogallala, NB. Could be a coincidence? I have yet to examine the history of the Beaches, of which there seems to be much info. as well as the Harris family. The mystery stems from the fact that Perry claimed to have been adopted but my fellow researcher has information that shows he may go back to the Lewallen family from North Carolina and changed the spelling of his name. Perry may have had the name Leander P. Lieuallen, according the the marriage certificate for Leander P. and Rhoda Harris and the Obil Beach book. Perry fought in the Civil War, Company G. 12th Tennessee Calvary. And, according to my Aunt:
"He was an honorary member of the Spanish War Veterans Old Glory Camp, Number 49 of Missouri and the John L. Logan Camp Number 147-GAH of Hot Springs, So. Dakota."
He migrated to Colorado with the Oldebergs (his daughter married William Albert Oldenberg) and they were all cattle ranchers and worked on the railroad around Carr (the Northeastern plains of Colorado). My Grandmother and he doted on each other and I have some wonderful photos. He died in the 1930s I believe.
Thanks for being patient with my long windedness :)
Joseph R. Jones - Aug 9, 2008
Joseph R. Jones researching LLEWELLYNS from KENTUCKY to TEXAS
Feel free to contact me at jonesjosephr@insightbb.com
What follows is a tentative scheme of the Kentucky Llewellyns and the pedigree of Elizabeth Llewellyn, the second wife of Eli Whaley Jones. The difficulty in tracing this family is, as usual, both the loss of records and the number of males with the same Christian names. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (the three men thrown into the furnace and saved by the Lord, in the Book of Daniel) are no longer fashionable Biblical names for sons, but among Protestants until the end of the 19th century, they were common. It is therefore not surprising to find more than one Meshack “Lewallen” in early Kentucky and Indiana records. The two may, in fact, be related. But at present it is not possible to document the relationship.
A summary of the relationships is as follows: Meshack Llewellyn (b. c. 1784 d. c.1840) m. c.1800 Nancy Whitesides, and among their children was Elizabeth (b. 11 Jul 1816 in Kentucky, d. 3 Dec 1887 Kerens TX). Around 1819, the family moved, perhaps for a short while to Posey Co IN, but eventually to Chariton Co MO.
Elizabeth m. Eli Whaley Jones 28 Nov 1848 in Marion Co IL. The son of Eli and Elizabeth, Marshall Beach Jones, was born 28 Feb 1853 in Marion Co IL in and died 2 Dec 1935 in San Angelo TX.
Here is a gathering of material on Kentucky Llewellyns who may not be part of of the family that I am tracing:
Shadrach Llewellyn (b. c. 1740 ?) of Washington Co PA, Loudon and Fairfax Cos VA, m. before 1760 ? Deborah Burson (b. c. 1740 ?).
Children:
Shadrach Llewellyn (living Buncombe Co NC 1810-1811)
Meschach Llewellyn b. before 1775 (Washington Co PA to Nelson Co KY c. 1795 to Wayne Co IN before 1809; living in Wayne Co IN in 1810-1811). m. Hannah Brooks in PA or VA. This man is probably not father of Elizabeth Llewellyn.
Several researchers believe that the father of our Meshack Llewellyn was Abednego Llewellyn b. c. 1760 ? d. Davidson Co TN 1789 m. Nancy Snow
Children: Abednego Llewellyn (b. c. 1790 d. c. 1866) m. Rebecca Clark
Isaac Llewellyn (living Nelson Co KY 1810-1811; d. before 1820 census?)
At present, I know of no documents that prove the relationship between Abednego and our Meschack Llewellyn. What is documented about this man and his family here follows:
Meshack Llewellyn (b. c. 1784 d. 1840/9) m. c.1800 Nancy Whitesides
Children: John Llewellyn b. 1805
Laura Keith Llewellyn b. 1807
Evalina Llewellyn
Elizabeth Llewellyn b. 1816
Chronology of documents:
1780: Abednego Llewellyn signs as witness (with William Joyner) deed of conveyance between Arthur and Mary Moor of Mobile district, West Florida, and Joshua Howard. In 1798, Joyner deposed that he had witnessed the document in question and that Llewellyn had signed his own name. Recorded in Adams Co Mississippi book A, pp. 12-15.
1783: Abednego L. arrives at a settlement on the Cumberland River in TN in July of 1783. According to Davidson Co. circuit court minutes, A/14, Mary Framel accused him of fathering her two children. A witness for Llewellyn, James Haggatt, swore that he and Abednego had arrived at the settlement on July 7, 1783, and that Abednego had not visited the place for one or two months previously and could not be the father. The case was eventually dismissed (A/30).
1784: Abednego L. buys lot #23 in Nashville from directors and trustees, for four pounds, on 29 July 1784. Davidson Co. Deed Book A, p. 21. Years later, on 30 Aug 1810, Shadrack Llewellyn of Buncombe Co. NC sells his share of this lot as heir of A. Llewellyn (registered 31 Jan 1811. Davidson Co. TN Deed Book, p. 80). In 1811, on 21 March, Isaac Llewellen of Nelson Co. KY, and, on 4 April, Meshack Lewallenœ of Wayne Co. Indiana Territory also sell. Llewellyn appears in the Nelson Co. KY tax lists for 1800, which substitute for the census, and in the 1810 census.
The sale of Abednego's Nashville property indicates that his family consisted of at least the following children:
Shadrach Llewellyn of Buncombe Co NC
Meshach Llewellyn of Wayne Co IN
Abednego Llewellyn of Davidson Co TN
Isaac Llewellyn of Nelson Co KY
Mrs. Lois Chanda (1921 Leliano Place, Sierra Madre CA 91024) believes that these men were the children of Shadrach and Deborah (Burson) Llewellyn of Washington Co PA and Loudon and Fairfax Cos VA. Ref: ”Henshaw's Quaker Records,” p. 526, otherwise unidentified. She states that this Meshach moved from Washington Co PA to Nelson Co KY c. 1795. (This is presumably the same Meshach who later moved to Indiana.)
A Shadrach Llewellyn m. Sarah Hobbs in Randolph Co NC 23 Dec 1802. Same as Shadrach of Buncombe Co?
1787: 4 Jan, Abednego was charged with living in adultery. He may have been living with Nancy Snow, who was charged at the same time as having a bastard child. (A/153).
1789: Abednego Llewellyn killed. According to Gen. James Robertson's ”History of Middle Tennessee” (Nashville 1859), p. 328, "A hunting party, consisting of Colonel Tenen, Evan Shelby, Jun., Abednego Lewellen, and Hugh F. Bell, were in pursuit of game, and fell into an ambush, when the Indians fired and killed Shelby and Lewellen." This account apparently comes from John Haywood's ”The Civil and Political history of the State of Tennessee,” published in 1823, entry for the year 1789. According to an indenture (30 Aug 1810, registered 31 Jan 1811: Davidson Co TN Deed Book I, p. 80) signed by Shadrack Llewellyn of Buncombe Co. NC, "the said Abednego Llewellyn departed this life without issue and without having made any last will or testament."
1788/9: Nancy Llewellyn appointed administratrix of Abednego's estate. (A/217) The above information and bastardy records come from Mrs. William T. (Geneva) Mattingly, Rt. 1, Box 206, Marion KY 42064-9729, taken from ”Tennessee Tidbits,” otherwise unidentified, pp. 224-5.
1790: Davidson Co. TN Will Book 1, p. 136: "The inventory of Abednego Lewellen returned by Nancy Lewellen viz one negro man named Sam, one gray horse paid L 12, four cows, and calves, three hogs and bed, some household furniture." The inventory is undated but appears between two pages dated May 1790.
The Abednego Lewellyn of Hopkins and Webster Cos. KY declares in the 1860 census that he was born in TN c.1790 (he was 70 years old in 1860, acc. to the census, but age was not always accurately kept). He was the son of Nancy Llewellyn Leeper and probably the son of Abednego Llewellyn of Davidson Co. TN.
If this Abednego is the (posthumous ?) son of the Abednego killed by Indians, the question is why his uncles--if such they are—were unaware of his existence. Shadrack of Buncombe Co NC might well be ignorant of his birth; but Isaac of Nelson Co KY and Meshack of Wayne Co Indiana, who once lived in KY, should have known this Abednego, if he were the son of their brother. Perhaps Abednego Jr. was born out of wedlock and could not be a legal heir where no will was left. It is possible that the Nancy Llewellyn of TN is not the same woman as the Nancy Llewellyn who married Leeper. Nevertheless, the circumstances of Abednego no. 2's birth in TN c. 1790, the appearance of a woman named Nancy Llewellyn as head of a household on Henderson Co KY tax lists in late Oct 1799 (after which date she does not appear), the marriage of a Nancy Llewellyn to a man (Leeper) whose family and who himself probably had lived in TN and known Abednego no. 1, all suggest that the younger Abednego was son of the elder. The relationship between the younger Abednego and the younger Meshack, who cannot be brothers if Shadrack of NC's statement is accurate and honest, is not clarified.
1790: First KY Census. No Llewellyn, or related families like Leeper and Guiler, appear in this census in Kentucky. Perhaps some of them were in Tennessee, like the Leepers. There are 3 Whitesides listed for Fayette Co.
1792: John Luallin appears in Washington Co. Tax list, owning 100 acres, 5 cattle.
1796: Hardin Co.KY Tax Lists, 10 May, shows a Meshack Lewellin (one male over 21, 2 horses, 4 head cattle, no land). He must therefore have been born in 1775 or earlier. John Leeper appears in same list.
According to Mrs. Chanda, her ancestor Meshach Lewellin moved from Washington Co. PA to Nelson Co. KY around 1795. He had brothers named Isaac and Shadrach and perhaps the Abednego mentioned above. These men were sons of Shadrach and Deborah (Burson) Llewellyn of Washington Co PA and Fairfax and Loudon Cos VA. Ref.: Henshaw's Quaker Records, p. 526. Perhaps the Meshack above is Mrs.Chanda's ancestor.
1797: Hardin Co. KY Tax Lists, 27 Aug, shows Meshack Lewellyn (over 21, 2 horses). 8 July shows a Jacob Lewellin (over 21, 3 horses); 12 July shows John Leeper. Hardin Co. Tax Lists are missing for 1798; no Llewellyns appear in 1799, 1800.
1799: John Leeper appears in Henderson Co. Tax Lists.
1800: Isaac Lewallin appears in the 1800 census. Same Isaac who appears in Nelson Co. KY Census in 1810 and in 1811 TN indenture as heir of Abednego of Nashville?
1803: Henderson Co. KY Tax Lists, 4 Oct, shows a Masshac Lieuallin (1 male over 21, 1 male over 16, 1 horse, *). The * means that he had adult sons. This man would have been born before c. 1760 to have adult sons. Is he Mrs. Chanda's ancestor and same man as above?
1804: Henderson Co.KY Tax Lists, 4 Aug, shows Meshac Luallen (200 acres on Deer Creek entered and surveyed by same, 1 male over 21, 1 over 16, 1 horse).
Henderson lists are missing for 1798, 1805-7. No Llewellyn or Leeper in 1808-10 lists.
1806: KY Land Grants shows a Meshack Lewallen in Henderson Co. buying 200 acres on the middle fork of Deer Creek.
Early KY land grants appear for other Llewellyns as follows: 1797, Hardin Co., Jacob Lewallen; 1799, Henderson Co., Nancy Lewallen; 1799, Warren Co. for William Lewallen; 1807, 1819, 1820, Hopkins Co., for Abednego Lewallen; 1825, Union Co., for Abednego Lewallen (Ky Land Warrants, p. 624). Hopkins Co. was formed from Henderson Co. in 1807.
1800/7: Meshack Llewellyn marries Nancy Whitesides
1807: Meshack Lewellin (the younger?) an heir (a "year old horse") and executor of William Whitesides' will (Early History of Hopkins Co., p. 70, and Hopkins Co. Will Book I, pp. 2-3). Hopkins Co. Tax Roll shows that Mashac Lieuallen received 400 acres on Green River, registered by John Whitesides, owning 1 horse; Abednego received 400 acres on “Tidewater” [for Tradewater] and again 100 acres on Tidewater [Tradewater].
1810: Hopkins Co. census shows Meshack Lewallyn (1 male 0/10, 2 males 16/26, 1 female 0/10, 1 female 16/26); Abednego Lewallyn (2 males 0/10, 3 males 16/26, 1 female 0/10, 1 female 16/26). This Mishack would have been born between 1784 and 1794 in order to be between 16 and 26; Abednego was born in 1790, as the 1860 census shows. This Meshack cannot be the same as the Meshack found in earlier documents because of age differences.
(According to Mrs. Chanda, her ancestor Meshach Llewellyn married to Hannah Brooks in PA or VA before coming to KY and moved to Indiana in 1800, already of advanced age, with numerous children. This line is found on Ancestry.com, very complete but lacking documentation. Mrs. Chanda's grandmother Mary was born in Indiana in 1809. There is also, according to Mrs. Chanda, a NC William Llewellyn who had two sons named Meshach and Shadrach; this Meshach b. 29 Jan 1787 Randolph Co NC moved to Henry Co IN before 1825. There is a Meshach Llewellyn listed in Indiana Territory votes for 1809.)
KY Census records for Llewellyns as follows: 1800 Census (actually tax lists, because original census burned):
Samuel Lewallen, Washington Co.
Isaac Lewallen, Nelson Co.
Jacob Lewallen, Ohio Co.
John Lewellen, Bullitt Co.
John Lewelling, Mercer Co.
Stele Lewelling, Mercer Co.
William Lewelling, Warren Co.
Census for 1810 also shows the following Llewellyns:
Abednego Lewallyn, Hopkins Co.
Steely Lewellen, Jessamine Co.
Samuel Lewallen, Ohio Co.
Clabourn Lewallin, Warren Co.
Jacob Lewallin, Ohio Co.
William Lewallin, Warren Co.
Isaac Lewallin, Nelson Co.
John Leeper and three other Leeper households appear in this census.
1812: Meshack Lewellyn appears as witness at will-probate. Hopkins Co. Will Book 2, p. 73, 1 Jan 1812, probated July 1812, will of John Leeper, who names as heirs his wife Nancy, her son Abednego Lewallyn (22 yrs. old in 1812), four Leeper children Samuel, James, Casia [Cassandry in other documents], Rachel. Meshack Lewellyn and Samuel Guiler are witnesses. This will does not clarify the relationship of Nancy Lewallyn Leeper and Meshack. It is possible—likely--that she is his mother and that Abednego is a younger brother who joined the Leeper family as a child, when his mother remarried. She could be an ex-sister-in-law of Meshack's. She disappears from the records after this date, probably because she moved in with Abednego and died intestate before the next census of 1820, where she is not in Abednego's household. According to Mrs. Mary S. Williams, 8243 Lydia, Kansas City MO 64131, Nancy Snow Llewellyn Leeper died at Vanderburg KY (in modern Webster Co) 8 Feb 1819.
Hopkins Co. Will Book 1, p. 68, records the will of Samuel Guyler, Sr., written 18 Sept 1811, probated Feb 1812. Guyler names as heir, among others, his daughter Nancy Leeper. Jane Leeper, who died shortly after her husband, also names as an heir Nancy Guiler, "now Nancy Leeper" (Hopkins Co. Will Book 1, 85; inventory, 97. Mishech Lewallyn and James Leeper were witnesses for the will and the probate.) Hopkins Co. Will Book 2, p. 237, records will of Samuel Guiler, Jr., who names Nancy Leeper as his sister. This Nancy is--in all probability--the wife of Samuel Leeper, Jr., and sister-in-law of James Leeper, who married Sarah Ashby in 1813.
1815-1816-1817: Hopkins Co. Tax Lists show Meshack Llewallyn, after which dates he disappears from lists.
1819: Hopkins Co. Deed Book 3, p. 90. 27 Aug 1819, Meshack Llewellyn and Nancy (Whitesides) Llewellyn of Henderson Co. KY sell 200 acres on Deer Creek, in Hopkins Co., for $800. Witnesses John B. Ruby and Sam(uel) Leeper.
Hopkins Co. Deed Book 2, p. 435. 23 Oct 1819, Meshack and Nancy Llewellyn of Henderson Co. KY, and James Leeper and his wife, sell 179 acres on Deer Creek to James Armstrong.
1820: Hopkins Co. Order Book 3, 1818-1822, p. ?, 27 March 1820, in a suit over a debt, declares that Meshack Llewellyn and James Leeper are no longer inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Meshack does not appear in the 1820 census of Kentucky.
1820: It appears that Meshack and Nancy Llewellyn sold off their property in order to move west. If they are the Llewellyns who appear in Posey Co IN (created kn 1814), the southwestern-most county of IN, in the 1820 census, then they lived briefly in the township of Mt. Vernon (the county seat after 1825), Posey Co IN, listed under “Ma-k LLewallen,” “Ma-k” being an abbreviation for Meshack, and the two capital Ls clearly intended as part of the surname. In the household are two males under 16, one 26-45, three females under 16, one female 26-45; two persons were engaged in agriculture. This family, however, may not be our Llewellyns.
1825: US General Land Office Records, doc. 5512, shows that a Meshack Luallen—probably not our man--bought 80 acres of land in Henry Co IN, issued at the Brookville land office, 10 Mar 1825. Ancestry.com lists a person of this name, born in NC and died in IN in 1840.
1828: Abednego Lewallyn buys 170 acres from Samuel and Margaret Whitesides and John and Sarah Whitesides. Hopkins Co. Deed Book 7, p. 318.
1830: Abednego Lewellin in Hopkins Co KY census, 50-60 category.
1830: The IN census shows another (same as above?) Meshack Lewallen, who appears next to Isaac (still there in 1850) and Benjamin Lewallen in the Ward twp. of the Randolph Co IN census. Meshack’s household has on male 60-70; two males under 20; one female under 15; one female 50-60. Isaac is in the 20-30 category, Benjamin in the 30-40 category. Randolph Co is in the middle of the eastern border of IN. (This group of Lewallens cannot be the same as the family of Meshack Lewallen of Henry Co IN, since the age of the oldest man is incompatible with that of the Henry Co head of family.)
1830: Acc. to Mrs. Chawlik, our Meshack Llewellyn and Nancy are in Chariton Co MO by 1830. The 1830 Census lists one male 50-60, one male 20-30, one female 40-50, 3 females under 20. There is also a John Llewellyn (20-30), perhaps a son or relative. This Meshack is not in the 1840 census and had probably already died. Perhaps his wife was living with one of the older children by this time, also.
The town of Chariton, and later the county of the same name, attracted immigrants from the tobacco regions of Kentucky and Virginia. Tobacco became the staple product. The town was laid out in the Spring of 1817. In January of 1819, a visitor wrote that the town contained about thirty families. By the 1820s, Chariton had become a very promising city and at one time the town had a population of 1,200 people. In 1825, the fortunes of the little town began to wane after the Chariton river overflowed its banks. By 1840 the town was entirely abandoned. The earliest records of land sales (as well as others) were destroyed by fire in 1861.
The History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri (1883) says that Chariton Co was organized in the fall of 1820. Among the first three county justices was Meshach Llewellyn (p. 566); so it would appear that the family arrived perhaps as early as 1820. The Llewellyns were among the “old settlers” listed are M. Llewellyn and J[ohn?] Whiteside, a relative of Nancy Whiteside Llewellyn. John L. Llewellyn, relationship unknown, was sheriff of one of the towns in the county in 1837.
1839: Hopkins Co. Court loose files: 1 Nov Samuel Whitesides signs record regarding sale of land sold to him by William Whitesides, deceased, which mentions Nancy Whitesides Llewellyn, wife of Mashack “L. Lewellyn” (for Llewellyn) and cousin of William Whitesides.
1840: Census of Henry Co IN, Meshack Lewallen, 50-60, with one male, 20-30, and 4 males under 20; one female 30-40, 1 in 10-15 category; presumably not the same as the Chariton MO Meshack Llewellyn.
1840: Hopkins Co. Order Book 1835-1846, p. 21, 11 May 1840, shows a deed from Meshack and Nancy Llewellyn and John Whitesides, heirs of William Whitesides. See also Hopkins Co. Deed Book 9, p. 326.
1841: Hopkins Co. Will Book 4, pp. 324-5. Abednego Llewellyn witness of the will of Samuel Whitesides, probated in October.
1844: Hopkins Co. Deed Book 12,p. 63, November court session, shows Nancy Llewellyn, "unknown heirs of James Whitesides, dec'd," Samuel Whitesides [Jr.], John Whitesides, and others, as defendants in a suit over the bequests of Samuel Whitesides [Sr.].
1849: Hopkins Co. Deed Book 18, p. 58, 2 April 1853, shows for the March l849 court term, as an heir of Samuel Whitesides, Nancy Llewellin as widow of Meshack Llewellin. Consequently, Meshack had died between 1830 and 1849. Circuit Court index no. 4643.
1850: No Meshack Llewellyn appears in the 1850 census (under any form of spelling).
1852: The suit over the legacy of Samuel Whitesides was continued until this year, when Gabriel Sisk was awarded the "Whitesides place."
Abednego Llewellyn continued to live in Kentucky. He appears in the censuses for 1820, 1830, 1840. In the 1860 census for Webster Co., formed from part of Hopkins Co. where Llewellyns lived, he appears as 70 yrs. old, born in Tennessee, living in the house of his daughter Jane A. Graham and her husband John R. Graham. He prepared a will on 8 March l861; it was probated on 8 March l866 (Webster Co. Will Book 1, p. 20. Abedengo's son Leroy had a large family which also remained in Kentucky. There are no marriage records for Llewellyns before 1850; Henderson records are lost before 1806, are incomplete for 1806-1810. There are no Llewellyn wills or administrations for Hopkins Co.
Julia Freels Chwalik, 7231 SW 132 St., Miami FL 33156 provides the following information: Meshack Llewellyn and his wife Nancy moved to Chariton Co. MO with Daniel Ashby and other members of Ashby family; Daniel was married to a dau. of John and Nancy (formerly Llewellyn) Leeper; James Leeper, also a son of John and Nancy Leeper, also married an Ashby. A History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri (St. Louis 1883), pp. 552 ff., gives a list of 205 settlers who arrived in the area between 1818 and 1833, among them, M[eshack] Llewellyn and J[ohn?] Whitesides. James Leeper does not appear in the Chariton history, but he shows up in a History of Caldwell and Livingston Co. MO in 1822 as a resident of Chariton Co.
Courtesy of Mrs. Chwalik: a history of the Longfield [TN?] Baptist Church: ”A Promise of Good things: Longfield Baptist Church 1831-1981,” by Edith Wilson Hutton (n.d. or place). This work contains a sketch of John Luallen, pp. 339-341, who was the first clerk of the church in 1834. He was the second son of Richard Luallen and Gracey Stockly. Richard had served in the Revolution (Cert. W26211, Nat'l Archives) in the army of Virginia in 1781, participating in the Battle of Yorktown. Richard is said to have had two brothers, John and William [the same William who is the father of Abednego Sr. ?], who arrived with him in Pennsylvania and moved in different directions after the war. Richard appears in the Anderson Co. census for 1830, as does his son John.
John Luallen (b. c. 1790, d. 6 Jan 1839) and his wife Nancy (d. Mar 1846), with their dau Elizabeth H., joined the church and were founding members in 1834.
The five children appear in Anderson Co TN deed records. Elizabeth married Calvin M. Slover in 1843.
Sources for the article are Anderson Co. records, 1830 census, Richard's pension record, minutes from the Longfield Baptist Church, Bk. I, found in the East TN Historical Center at Knoxville, and Lillie Luallen Queener, Incidents and recollections of the Richard Lafayette Luallen Family (Pioneer Printers: Washington College, TN, 1965).
Mrs. Chwalik suggests that Richard may have been a brother to Abednego and the other two brothers.
Additions: First Marriage Book, Hopkins Co., 1807-1869, has only two Llewellyns, Mary Lervallyn, 1835; and Lersy Lewellyn, 1829. Apparently no Llewellyns married in Hopkins Co.
KY Pioneer and Court Records (Lexington, 1929), lists and Elizabeth Lewallin in 1828 and a John Lewelling, married to Nancy Bottom in 1804.
Abstracts of Early Ky Wills and Inventories (Baltimore 1969) lists William Lewallen, wife Miriam, unnamed children, in Warren Co., 1811 (p. 227); Phillippi Lewellyn, dau of Susan Bate, in Jefferson Co., 1798 (p. 123); J. Lewellyn, appraiser, Ohio Co., 1808. No Leepers. Whitesides, pp. 66, 122.
Yolanda G. Reid, Rt. 1, Box 423, White House TN 37188, supplied the following, mostly negative, information: there is no Llewellyn (or any spelling thereof) in TN tax list for 1782; in Cumberland Compact; in land grant card file at TN State Library. A Revoltionary Land Grant card file at TN State Library lists Thomas Lewillin, grant 405, NC military warrant. Davidson Co. marriages, 1787-- Mary Lewallen to Marshall Owens, 17 Aug 1819. Except for the deeds listed above regarding the Nashville property, there are no Llewellyn deeds in early Davidson or Robertson Co. records.
Other contributors to this file besides those persons listed are Dean Doolen, Georgia Walker, Marian Hammers, whose addresses I no longer have.
Billie Harris - Aug 9, 2008
Joseph, or Joe (which do you prefer?): You have some very, very valuable information here and obviously have done a lot of research. I'm afraid it will get lost in this posting so could you copy it and paste it to a separate posting in the History section? If you want, I'll do it, but I do think it should be preserved with its own heading so we can refer to it when needed.
I've only gleaned through it and intend to go back and study it on a day I'm not working but I do have a couple observations. First, I don't know if the Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego you mentioned are related to the Shadrach and Meshach Lewelling in Randolph County, N.C. or not. We're missing some of William Lewelling's descendants so it's very possible and the descendants did move into Indiana, Iowa, Oregon, California, and they were Quakers. Go to the History section and in the "search History" blank, type in William Lewelling and then click "go" to the right of the blank. Pull up the posting regarding his descendants and you'll see where there are some unknowns so if you can fill in the blanks, it would be very, very helpful. We now have a descendant of his doing a DNA. If you know of a male Llewellyn from your line who would do a test, it might help to prove the relationship.
"1787: 4 Jan, Abednego was charged with living in adultery. He may have been living with Nancy Snow, who was charged at the same time as having a bastard child. (A/153)." Did this come from Quaker records? From the research I've done with Quakers, I've found if they weren't married in a Quaker ceremony, they were considered as living in adultry and the children were considered bastards. As I said, check the William Lewelling descendants because they seem to have biblical names and were of the Quaker religion.
Good work !
Joseph R. Jones - Aug 10, 2008
Thanks for the message. I tried to contact you several times to ask your advice about how to post this, apparently using an invalid address for you. Perhaps you had better put the file wherever you believe it will be most useful. I have read the history sections of this site without seeing any obvious connections to the line that I am tracing, but I will now look at William Lewelling more carefully. With regard to DNA: I have not been able to identify any living Llewellyn males from this line, unfortunately. The adultery charge against Abednego came, as I recall, from TN records, but I cannot now find the original source. Please let me know if you find any errors or have any other questions. Joe