Family |
Pvt. John Henry Lovelady, Jr., War of 1812, b. 1763, Pendleton, Anderson Co, South Carolina d. Bef 24 Dec 1841, Smith Co, Tennessee (Age 78 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1789 |
Notes |
- Letter from Grandson of John and Mary Lovelady on Their Early Life
The following is a letter from an unidentified grandson of John Lovelady, from Cave Creek, Newton County, Arkansas. The letter was written to John W. Bowens, author of an 1892 History of Smith County, Tennessee, and quoted in Mr. Bowen's book. The book, apparently typewritten and "self-published", is a classic on the county and is available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
"My grandfather, John Lovelady, was a native of South Carolina. He and his wife both served in the Revolutionary and Indian Wars. Grandmother moulded bullets for the men while they fought, thus being used to camp and fort life.
They came to Tennessee in a one-horse wagon, cutting their way through cane and grape vines with a butcher knife and hatchet. They stopped near the head of Dixon's Creek, on the land now owned by Jessee Parker. Here finding a good spring, they erected a camp beside a large log and used their wagon for a bed room. Thus they passed their first winter in what became Smith County, amid the howling of wolves, screaming of panthers, growling of bears, yelping of turkeys, and hooting of owls.
When spring came, they built a cabin about a hundred yards above the spring, cleared a patch for corn and other vegetables and thus made preparations to live.
My father, Asa Lovelady, married a daughter of Henry McWhorter, and was one of the early settlers on Peyton's Creek, where he continued to live until 1837 or 38.
Success to you in writing the history of my native county."
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Children |
+ | 1. Sarah Rebecca "Becca" Lovelady, b. 1790, Pendleton, South Carolina d. 1879, Macon Co, Tennessee (Age 89 years) |
+ | 2. Susannah "Susan" Lovelady, b. 1795, South Carolina d. Aft 1850 (Age > 56 years) |
+ | 3. Asa Lovelady, b. 1798, South Carolina d. Bef 1870, Jackson Co, Tennessee (Age < 72 years) |
+ | 4. Mary "Polly" Lovelady, b. 7 Feb 1799, Smith Co, Tennessee d. 1850, Smith Co, (later Macon Co), Tennessee (Age 50 years) |
+ | 5. Rebecca Jane Lovelady, b. 8 Feb 1799, South Carolina d. 1856, Montgomery Co, Missouri (Age 56 years) |
+ | 6. Nancy Lovelady, b. 1800, Anderson Co, South Carolina d. 1870, Macon Co, Tennessee (Age 70 years) |
+ | 7. Moses Jones Lovelady, b. Mar 1803, Tennessee d. Dec 1890, Arcadia, Oklahoma (Age ~ 87 years) |
+ | 8. Thomas Lovelady, b. 1805, Tennessee d. Bef 1850, Jackson Co, Tennessee (Age < 45 years) |
+ | 9. John Vincent "Vinson" Lovelady, b. 1806, South Carolina d. Aft 1839 (Age > 34 years) |
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Family ID |
F5017 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
11 Jan 2015 |