Revolutionary War Soldiers

GOVER, SAMUEL (1750-1860) served as private in the North Carolina Line. He died in Talladega, Alabama.—D.A.R Lineage Book, Vol. 131, page 234.

LEVERETT, MARY (GRIFFIN) Widow of Thomas Leverett (1755-1834) whose service was as a private in the Georgia line, Capt. John Clarke's Company, Col. Alexander's regiment. He married Mary Griffin in 1789 according to McCall's Roster of Revolutionary soldiers in Georgia, page 199. She removed to Alabama and the Census of 1850 of Chambers County states that she was born in 1771 and died suddenly of asthma in February, 1850. Her will dated August 25, 1848, date of probate not shown, states that she was a widow lately the wife of Thomas Leverett of Troup County, Ga., deceased. In it she mentions the following children: Jeremiah; Katherine Tompkins, deceased, wife of Nicholas Tompkins; Mariah wife of John H. Walker; Thomas, Jr.; Gideon; Matilda, wife of Thomas Black; Almeda, wife of Charles Bussey; Malita, wife of Dredzil E. Pace; Abraham; Mary E.. wife of Green M. Carlisle; and a granddaughter, Lucretia Pace. Bible records of Rev. Charles Bussey show that his wife, Almeda Leverett, was born January 22, 1806, in Lincoln County, Ga., died November 16, 1876, place not given. She was married to Charles Bussey, July 1, 1822, in Putnam County, Ga., by John Robinson (Putnam County Marriages, Vol. P, p. 36), and in 1843 they were living in Tallapoosa County, Ala., but were in Carroll County, Miss., by the end of 1844. The tombstone of Malita, in the Baptist Churchyard, Ashland, Ala., recites: Malita wife of Rev. Dreadzil E. Pace Born May 12, 1808, Died Dec. 30, 1883. The tombstone of Rev. Gideon Leverett, in the cemetery at Milltown, Chambers County, Ala., records his birth as July 14, 1799 and his death as October 27, 1864. Abraham Leverett lived in that part of Talladega County which later became Clay County. There are references to him in the early records of Talladega County and the Coosa River Baptist Association.

MURRAY, DAVID, was born in 1760, and is buried in Talladega County. The tombstone bears the following inscription:

He came from Prince Edward County, Virginia, just after the war and settled in Wilkes County, Georgia. He left several children, among others Hon. Thomas W. Murray, the oldest son, who was born in Lincoln County, Ga., in 1790, and became a man of distinction, being a candidate for Congress when he died. Murray County, Georgia, is named in honor of him.—White's Statistics of Georgia.