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CONTROVERSY IN THE CAROLINAS : 

LOVELACE/LOVELESS 

Jayne Pratt Lovelace 

Ancestor House 

Suffield, Connecticut 

1999



Second Printing 

by Jayne Pratt Lovelace 

Ancestor House 

Suffield, Connecticut



by Jayne Pratt Lovelace 

Second Printing 

Copyright © 1982, 1999, Jayne Pratt Lovelace . All rights reserved 

Published by Ancestor House, Suffield, Connecticut 

First Printing : October, 1982 

Second Printing: August, 1999 

For current address contact: 

Steven A. Lovelace, 64 Laurel Grove Drive, Higganum, CT 06441

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Advisory Note i 

Introduction 

Part I One Family Record ofWilliam Lovelace 

born 1747 [with supplementary records 

pertaining to Edgefield County, South 

Carolina families] 1 

Part II John Baptist Lovelace born 1712 7 

Isaac Lovelace circa 1744 10 

Charles Lovelace circa 1746 13 

Mary Lovelace Shaw circa 1751 14 

Elias Lovelace born 1755 14 

Luke Lovelace born 1757 15 

Vachel Lovelace born 1759 15 

Archibald Lovelace born 1761 15 

Millisent Lovelace circa 1764 16 

Part III William Lovelace circa 1742 16 

John Loveless circa 1766 19 

William Loveless [Jr.?] circa 1768 24 

Hazel Loveless circa 1770 25 

James Loveless/lace born 1771 27 

Isaac Loveless Sr . circa 1773 37 

Samuel Lovelace circa 1775 41 

Benjamin Lovelace/less circa 1780 42 

Nathan Lovelace born 1782 43 

Asa Lovelace born 1785 44 

Index to Surnames Other than Lovelace/less 49 

References Cited within Text 53 

Acknowledgments : Family historians 55 

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ADVISORY NOTE : 

As mentioned in the Introduction, the reader is cautioned that while an enormous amount 

ofresearch was the foundation of this paper, compiled over a three-year period in the early 

1980s, the terms "possibly" and "probably" were exercised intentionally wherever they appear 

herein . 

Although the reader may concur completely with relationships theorized in this 

presentation, it is an irresponsible disservice to other researchers, as well as to the author of 

this paper, to state asfact any portion of this compilation which is specifically offered a 

possibility or as a probability by the author . 

Many family connections were established in the process of accumulating and correlating 

the material contained in "Controversy in the Carolinas ." However, the primary goal ofthe 

author was to enlighten other Lovelace/Loveless researchers as to potential relationships and to 

offer them avenues to investigate as a process of either proving or disproving them with 

incontrovertible documentation . 

Because countless researchers have ignored the mandate to include her usage of "possible" 

and "probable" when citing this work as a source, the author is compelled to issue a disclaimer 

to any lineage said to be proven herein in those instances where it is presented merely as a 

theory . 

Although many other individuals are continuing to probe the origins of the Lovelace / 

Loveless families of the Southern States, the author of this paper has elected to reprint 

"Controversy" as it was written originally . It is the responsibility of those who have uncovered 

relevant material through sheer diligence, as well as through easier accessibility to old records 

than was possible nearly twenty years ago, to publish their findings for the benefit ofpresent 

and future genealogists . Those who continue to pursue the resolutions to seemingly 

unanswerable mysteries are to be commended for their dedication to the cause . 

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Suffield, Connecticut 

6 August 1999

INTRODUCTION 

LOVELACE -LOVELESS : CONTROVERSY IN THE CAROLINAS 


May 1982 

The spelling of the Lovelace name in colonial records prior to the American Revolution 

depended upon phonetic interpretation by court clerks rather than upon any preference ofthose 

bearing the name . During the height ofthe Revolution a pattern of consistency abruptly surfaced in 

some areas, including the Carolinas, implying that political attitudes influenced some branches to 

adhere to the original Lovelace while others adopted the Loveless version . About the middle 1800's 

many descendants of the Loveless families reverted to Lovelace while others assumed variations : 

Lovelass, Lovelis, etc . One purpose of this paper is to present evidence that the Loveless families of 

South Carolina were of a Lovelace origin . This is substantiated by a Bible record, quoted herein, 

which records the children's surname in two ways . 

The second purpose is to meticulously scrutinize records pertaining to some Lovelace lines in 

North Carolina whose descendants need to be aware that their ancestry can no longer be accepted 

until proof is acquired . Although traditional lineages have not been utterly disproved, recently 

discovered discrepancies relegate those lineages to the category oftheory rather than fact . 

In the past it was assumed by many that the Lovelace heads of household in the earliest North 

Carolina records [with the exception of John of Wilkes County] were the sons of John Baptist 

Lovelace ofMaryland whose children included sons Archibald and William . It has also been 

accepted that the son Archibald was the same who resided in Iredell and Wilkes Counties from before 

1790 until his death in 1845, and that the son William was the same born 29 July 1747 who married 

Margery Beall . Real evidence exists that the first part of this tradition is untrue, and consequently the 

second part also . 

Although Archibald Lovelace ofWilkes County was survived by no legitimate children, it was a 

through examination of his records which initiated speculation that tradition may be erroneous 

regarding the father of Archibald and his brother William born 1747 . A comprehensive analysis of 

that situation is now necessary . 

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PART I - ONE FAMILY RECORD OF WILLIAM LOVELACE BORN 1747 

In 1931 Samuel McClendon of Georgia and Louisiana contributed his Lovelace pedigree, including 

exact birth dates and places, to Florence Keeny Robertson's "Lovelace/Loveless and Allied Families" 

{Ref. 1] . Although that book is flawed in portions where the author ventured to speculate or where 

tradition rather than documents were the basis of family outlines, Mr . McClendon's presentation 

appears to be thoroughly researched . 

His second cousin, Mrs . William Sapp Sr. ofDalton, Georgia, submitted an identical lineage for 

her grandfather, Allen Lovelace born 1783, to a column in Hearst's "Sun American," published 16 

November 1930 . This article is available at the Georgia Archives . 

Family records maintained by Mrs . Sapp's grandfather in his Bible were published in "Tap 

Roots," Vol . II No . 3, January 1974, by The Genealogical Society ofEast Alabama. Other Bible 

records of this family were published in Vol . 10 No . 4 and Vol . 11 No . l ; but none identifies the 

father ofWilliam Lovelace born 1747 . 

It is believed that Mr. McClendon's sources included records or data provided by his grandmother, 

Amanda Brooks Robinson, who resided near him in Louisiana. Her grandparents were William and 

Margery (Beall) Lovelace . 

According to McClendon, his grandmother's grandfather was a Junior, a son of William Lovelace 

Sr . born 2 July 1720, Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland . McClendon stated that William, Sr . 

was in the 1776-78 census there; however, the published copy of that census does not specify ages . 

McClendon also named the wife of William Sr . born 1720 as Margaret Beall born 1727, which is 

possible . However, she was not the daughter of James and Margaret (Edmonston) Beall whose 

daughter Margery born 25 Sept 1739/41 married William Lovelace "Jr ." Numerous documents at 

the Georgia Archives pertain to the Maryland estate settlement of Margaret (Edmonston) Beall, 

specifying the participation of William Lovelace (Jr .) In behalf of his children . His wife Margery was 

then [1809] deceased . Whether William Sr. also had a wife Margaret/Margery Beall is questionable, 

but the several Beall families in Maryland have not been adequately researched . 

Proponents ofthe theory that William born 1747 who married Margery Beall was a son of 

John Baptist Lovelace have argued that it was the dual birth dates of 1727 and 1739 for 

Margery/Margaret Beall [as cited in various genealogies] upon which a 1720 birth date for William 

Lovelace Sr . was "estimated." 

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They have declared that William Lovelace Sr . was therefore non-existent . However, Mr. McClendon 

did not give an approximate birth date of 1720 ; he stated it exactly as 2 April 1720 . It is unlikely that 

he would have invented such a precise date . 

Samuel McClendon also related that his great-great-grandfather, William Lovelace Jr . had brothers 

Aaron and Archibald and probably others and that "Archibald died childless and lived in 

Iredell County, North Carolina." 

It is illogical that an individual would know the names and particulars of his ancestor's brothers 

but not know that ancestor's identity . 

Aaron Lovelace is probably the same who bought land 2 Dec 1793 on Rocky Creek, Edgefield 

County, South Carolina, from John and Sarah Couch . Archibald Lovelace, named by McClendon as 

a son of William Sr . born 1720, appears to be the same who married Jean Irwin of Iredell County, 

North Carolina. A marriage bond was posted in his behalf by Evan Beall on 7 Oct 1786 [Iredell 

Book 4 p.77] . 

Of great significance is the fact that the marriage bond signature of Archibald Lovelace of 

Iredell/Wilkes Counties bears no resemblance to the signature of Archibald Lovelace on a 1787 

Rowan County land grant . Photocopies of both documents follow this page . 

In addition to the distinctly different signatures, there is further evidence that two Archibald 

Lovelaces resided in Rowan/Iredell/Wilkes Counties . Parish records of Prince George County, 

Maryland, prove that Archibald Lovelace, son of John Baptist and Eleanor, was born 26 July 1761, 

Rock Creek . The 1810 Wilkes County, North Carolina census indicates that the Archibald Lovelace 

who married Jean Irwin and resided there was still under forty-five in 1810, probably born c 1766 . 

Archibald of Wilkes County wrote his will 29 August 1845, naming his wife Jane/Jean, and 

bequeathing goods and property to several individuals with a specific relationship cited in only one 

instance : " . . .my nephews Zadoc, William, and Reason Beall ." 

Court records reveal that these were the sons ofEvan Beall, the bondsman for Archibald 

Lovelace's marriage . Evan Beall's will dated 17 Nov 1794, Wilkes County, names his wife 

AMELIA as executrix ; Zadoc Beall, executor. It has been accepted so commonly that Archibald of 

Wilkes County was John Baptist Lovelace's son that some researchers have concluded that 

Archibald's sister, Amelia (Lovelace) Beall, was John Baptist's daughter Millisent . One remarkable 

explanation tendered is that "Millisent" was an unusual name in North Carolina and

that no one could spell it -- even though John Baptist Lovelace, his widow Eleanor, and Eleanor's 

second husband all referred to Millisent in their wills, the latter two in North Carolina . 

Archibald Lovelace's 1845 will directs that certain slaves be sold to James Lovelace of Troup 

County, Georgia, known to be the son of William and Margery (Beall) Lovelace . The will does not 

specify "my nephew James" as is occasionally reported, but that relationship does appear likely . 

Also remembered with small bequests were "William Lovelace, brother of Amos ;" and Sarah 

Lovelace, "Wife of Levi ." Amos, William, and Levi were grandsons of Charles Lovelace, 

presumably John Baptist's son ofthat name, who lived near Archibald in Iredell County . Except for 

these great-grandchildren ofJohn Baptist, none of his other numerous descendants is mentioned, 

indicating a gesture of friendship rather than of close kinship . 

William Lovelace born 1747 enlisted in Charles County, Maryland, 10 June 1778 for nine 

months, a private in Capt . Nathaniel Ewing's Company, First Maryland Regiment . Payroll records 

reveal that in February 1779 he was on furlough . It may be theorized that during this month he 

escorted his wife Margery and daughters [Mary b.1774 and Elizabeth b.1776, Charles County] to 

Iredell County, North Carolina . 

On 20 April 1779 William received a clothing allowance in Maryland, having re-enlisted . This 

followed by eight days the birth of his son James "in Iredell County," according to a Bible entry, 

although Iredell was not to be formed until nine years later . 

Payroll records of September 1778 prove that William was then with his company at Fish Kill, 

New York. Although not impossible, it is unlikely that he would be the same William Lovelace on 

the 1778 Rowan County, North Carolina, tax list who had not yet sworn an Oath of Allegiance . In 

1783 William and Margery settled in Richmond/Columbia/Troupe County, Georgia, where she died 

in September 1803, age sixty-four, according to son Allen's Bible which gives her birth date 

elsewhere as 25 September 1741 . 

Columbia County, Georgia, 10 August 1808 : "James Beall, late of Montgomery County, 

Maryland, deceased, gave to his wife all real and personal estate, at her death to be divided between 

Margery Lovelace, wife of William ; her three brothers and sisters and their heirs. Margaret and 

Margery having since departed, James and Allen Lovelace, John Collins (husband ofMary 

Lovelace), James Stapler (husband ofElizabeth Lovelace), Isham Fuller (husband ofPeggy 

Lovelace), and William Stapler (husband ofPatsey Lovelace) have appointed William Lovelace to 

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recover from Daniel Bealle, administrator of estate of the late James Beall, our share of said estate ." 

The family Bible [see page 2 of this presentation for a published source] states that William 

Lovelace died in Columbia County, Georgia, in August 1815, "age sixty-eight ." Elsewhere in the 

Bible his birthdate is given as 29 July 1750 . The children listed therein for William and Margery 

(Beall) are as follows with additional data for them in other Bibles cited : 

Marv, 20 Feb 1774, Charles County, Maryland. "Mar . [no date] John Collins ." The 

date is recorded - Sept 1795 in Columbia County, Georgia, and in the records ofthe 

Presbyterian Church ofPendleton District, South Carolina. She d . 18 Nov 1822 . 

Children : William Lovelace Collins, Nathaniel Ferguson Collins . Index to 1800 SC 

census lists a John Collins in Pendleton County . 

Elizabeth , 16 May 1776, Charles County, Maryland . Mar . - Dec 1806 James Stapler . 

He d . - Nov 1822 . 

James, 12 April 1779, Iredell County, North Carolina . Mar. 18 April 1805 Mary 

Stapler . He d. 18 Jan 1860, Troup County, Georgia . Wife b . 22 Dec 1783 ; d. 30 Sept 

1864 . Children : Lucius B . b.1806, Mark T .C . b.1807, Amanda B . b .1809, Nancy S . 

b .1810, Julia P . b.1812, Elizabeth S . b .1814, William R . b.1815, Salina W . b.1817, Mary 

S . b.1818, Allen N . b.1820, Jane C . b.1822, Louisa A . b.1823, John H . b.1825, James R . 

b .1827 . 

Margaret, 1 Feb 178 1 . Mar . [no date] Isham Fuller . 

Allen, 20 Aug 1783, NC, according to Bible, or Georgia, according to 1850 census . Mar . 

1806 Elizabeth C . Barnet who d . 1807 . Mar . 1809 Eleanor Frazier Ramsey who d .1832 . 

In 1823 his Columbia County, Georgia, land was seized and sold at auction to Walter 

Briscoe . In 1849 Allen sold his 1/6 share of father's land in Pulaski Co ., GA and by 

1850 was in Barbour Co ., Alabama with widowed dtr, Naomi McCluskey, near family 

of William Loveless born c.1790, SC . Children : William B . b .1813, James I . 

b . 1815, Elizabeth C . b .1817, Allen A. b.1819, John C . b .1823, Martha E . b.1826, 

Welcome A. b.1830 . Allen d . 25 May 1879, Chambers County, Alabama 

Martha [Patsey], 4 May 1786 . Mar . [no date] William Stapler . 

It is rare to find a family so well represented by dedicated family historians . Mary of this group's 

descendants have diligently updated records so that any researcher establishing a link to this family is 

fortunate . Hopefully, some among them will acknowledge that material presented herein merits 

serious consideration and will undertake the task of proving beyond any doubt the parents of William 

Lovelace born 29 July 1747/50, Charles County, Maryland .

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Mr . McClendon's article in Ref. l states that there were probably other brothers of William "Jr ." 

besides Aaron and Archibald "in the Carolinas ." One of them was most likely John Lovelace who 

married Priscilla Lehre [daughter of Thomas Lehre whose will dated 1793, Edgefield County, South 

Carolina, names his daughter Priscilla, wife of John Lovelace, and their son John] . By deed of gift 7 

January 1795, Edgefield County, John gave his plantation and branded cattle to Benjamin Loveless 

Sr . born circa 1745, probably another brother . 

Benjamin Sr .'s wife signed deeds with him as Constance . Mr . W . Hobson Roughton ofUnion 

Springs, Alabama, discovered a reference which seems to identify her as Constance (Kirkland), 

daughter of Snowden of Edgefield County . The "Kirkland Source Book ofRecords" [Ref.2] contains 

a deposition by Snowden Kirkland's grandson, Levi born 1776, in which he mentions his paternal 

aunt, Coney/Connie Loveless . A brief outline of Benjamin and Constance's children appears on the 

following page . 

Perhaps another brother was Joshua/Joshuay Loveless who witnessed a deed between Benjamin 

and Constance Loveless and Moses Holston, I May 1793, Edgefield County . Ofthose four in that 

district only Benjamin Loveless Sr . i s found in post-1800 records . Neither Aaron, Joshua, nor John is 

included in any local census ; and no estate records are indexed for them . 

Records at Columbia County, Georgia [where William "Jr ." born 1747 settled in 1783] show that 

on 12 Sept 1814 [recorded 10 Sept 1829] one John Lovelace sold for one hundred dollars a five-acre 

lot, including mineral springs, to General Twiggs . William born 1747 and Margery had no son John . 

This Georgia record could apply to John ofEdgefield county . 

[Wurt's "Magna Charta Lineages" Vol . VII contains a Lovelace pedigree relating to the Edgefield 

County family but includes several errors. (1) John Baptist Lovelace who allegedly deeded land to 

Trinity Church in New York in 1715 obviously is not the same born 1712 (birth date in Maryland 

Records Vol . 1) who died 1765, Maryland . (2) William Lovelace born 1720 does appear to have been 

the father of John of Edgefield County, but this John married Priscilla Lehre . (3) John Loveless who 

married Priscilla Hartley was born circa 1774, son ofBenjamin Sr .] 

One Lovelace genealogy [Ref.3] mentions the children ofBenjamin Sr . but contains erroneous 

data on some and omits others, based upon census figures . In 1790 Edgefield District : 1-4-5 . In 

1800 there : 30101-12001 . In 1810 : 01101-00001 . He is not in the 1820 index . There are many 

deeds on file for him, and in 1802 he was administrator of his son Benjamin Jr .'s estate . 

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His son William and John are positively identified through deeds which name Benjamin as their 

father . He and Constance appear to have had additional children as outlined below : 

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William b .1772 . Birth date in Ref. 3 . Sold land 1803 which he had been given "by my father, 

Benjamin ." Ref. 3 names two wives, sisters, Jemima Dawson and Rebecca (Dawson) Warren ; 

states he removed to Pulaski Co ., GA and names several children . However, all ofthat data 

appears to apply to a William Loveless born c .1790, SC, later of Pulaski Co ., GA where 1830 

census shows William 40/50, wife same, four males 20/30, a male 15/20, two females 10/15, 

two females 5/10, one female and two males under five . 

In 1818 William and wife Jemima sold 250A in Edgefield Co . on South Edisto River to 

Daniel Hartley, land originally granted to Arthur Watson . The 1820 census there lists a 

William 26/45, wife same, two males 10/15, one male and five females all under ten . In 1810 

William is shown 26/45, one male 16/25, a female 10/15, two males under ten . It is yet 

unclear whether the 1810 census is for the earlier William b .1772 and the 1820 census for the 

younger c.1790, possibly father and son . 

There is no question, however, that the William in Pulaski Co ., GA, was the younger man 

perhaps with siblings in addition to his own children in residence in 1830 . On 2 Dec 1831 

William sold 607 .5 acres in Pulaski Co . to Simon Wooton ; no dower release by wife ; 

witnessed by B . D . Loveless, presumably Benjamin D . Loveless born circa 1807, SC, who 

was no doubt one of the males in William's home . 

By 1834 William had relocated in Barbour Co ., AL, where in 1850 he married widow Nancy 

Warren, his next-door-neighbor and mother of several children, some ofwhom married the 

children named in Ref. 3 as those ofWilliam Loveless b.1772 but apparently ofthe younger 

one . 

The exact relationship is still not known between William born c .1790 and Benjamin D . 

(Dawson?) Loveless, but one surely existed . 

Benjamin D . c.1807, SC . M . 19 Dec 1830, Pulaski Co ., GA, Eliza Dees and removed 

to Barbour Co ., AL, where he was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1851 . In the 1850 

census he had wife Elizabeth, 33, b . Georgia ; six children. He may have married 

twice . In 1860 #1199 is [possibly widowed] Elizabeth, 40, b . SC ; all children but 

eldest . [Further records being sought by Hose Lovelace and Greta Leard . See 

addendum list of current researchers for addresses .] Children : 

.1832, 

Sarah c.1834 

Jordan Dec c.1842 

Penelope c.1844 

William Taylor c.1848 

Sophronia b .1850 

John c.1853 

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Mary

[The author has numerous records from Edgefield County, South Carolina; Pulaski County, 

Georgia ; and Barbour County, Alabama, which apply to this Loveless group . A future paper to 

present this voluminous information is being considered . Meanwhile, the author welcomes contact 

from descendants ofthat line .] 

Continuing with the apparent children ofBenjamin and Constance of Edgefield County : 

Benjamin Jr . c.1776 . He died in 1802 ; father was adm . of estate . Left widow Penelope who 

possibly then married a Williamson . In 1825 his father with others sold property to Moses 

Holston and Penelope Williamson . No known children . 

John c.1774 . Mar. Priscilla Hartley, dtr of Michael . Removed to Tallapoosa Co ., AL where 

estate records name wife Priscilla ; refers to slaves left with Michael Hartley in Georgia ; 

children : William, Daniel H ., John T ., Andrew J ., Michael H ., Nancy [wife of Thomas 

Cockcroft], Mary [w . of James Smith], Massetesia [w . ofFrederick Hartley], Matilda 

[w. of George Sawyers], Sophia [w . of Daniel Quattleburn/baum] . Will dated 11 Aug 1843, 

petition to sell property by executor, Joseph C . Rawls, 8 Jan 1844, Tallapoosa Co ., AL . 

Polly Ann c.1780? Mar . 1799 Charles May . 

David M . c.1785 . Edgefield Co . will 1826 of Richard Johnson names dtr Mary, wife 

ofDavid M . Loveless . 

Lydia c.1788 . Mar . Dea. William Rotton/Raughton who died 1843, Edgefield County . 

Sybil c.1790 . Mar . Arthur Kemp Cotten b.1776 who d . 1848, Wilcox Co ., AL . She died after 

1852, Monroe Co ., 

Aaron W . c.1791 . Mar. Elizabeth Blaylock and removed to Lowndes Co ., AL between 

1820 and 1830 . 

Susannah c.1793 . Mar. John Wm . Raborn ; died 1848, Edgefield Co . 

Thomas b .1797 [given as 1782 in Ref. 3] . Mar . Susan Cockcroft and d . 20 Sept 1849 "in 53 rd 

year," Edgefield Co . Widow age 54 in 1850 census there . 

PART II - JOHN BAPTIST LOVELACE BORN 1712 

Numerous deeds for John Baptist Lovelace are located at the Maryland Hall of Records . His will 

dated 13 July 1765, Frederick County [Will Liber 3, p.32] leaves widow Eleanor 120 acres of 

"Hermitage" and part of the Resurvey joining James Edmonston's land . The will specifies to son 

Charles all the remaining part of the Resurvey ; to son Isaac 121 .5 acres of "Job's Content" in 

Charles County . John Baptist was deceased by 16 August 1765 . At Eleanor's death the property 

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bequeathed to her was to be divided among sons William, Elias, and Luke . Eleanor was to receive 

one third of his personal property, the remainder to be divided equally among children Archibald, 

Vachel, Mary Ann, and Millisent . 

On 21 June 1768 [Liber L, folio 350] in Frederick County, Charles Lovelace deeded his property 

to Thomas Robey . On 28 March 1769, Charles County, [Liber O #3, folio 614] Isaac Lovelace of 

Frederick County conveyed to Thomas Robey of Charles County 120 acres of Job's Content for one 

pound sterling, twelve shillings, "his rights in said tract according to certificate dated 29 August 

1750 ." 

Thomas Robey who bought the Lovelace properties had married John Baptist Lovelace's widow 

Eleanor . They relocated in Rowan County, North Carolina, probably preceded by her sons Isaac and 

William . Eleanor's will dated 28 October 1776, Rowan County, names all ofJohn Baptist's children, 

including "my well beloved son William" as executor . She noted that her son Archibald was under 

nineteen, daughter Millisent under seventeen, and referred to daughter as Mary Ann Shaw . Witnesses 

were her sons Luke and Charles and stepson Nathan Robey . 

Thomas Robey's will dated 17 May 1773, probated 1774, Rowan County, bequeathed land on 

Fifth Creek to Eleanor and named his children : Nathan, Prior Smallwood, Ann, Virlinda, and 

Charlotte Robey and daughter Sarah Lovelace [believed to have married Charles Lovelace] . 

Also mentioned was his property in Maryland and an improvement upon which "Luke Lovelace 

and other ofhis brothers live ." He named Vachel, Millisent, Archibald, Isaac, and Charles Lovelace . 

The will implies that some of John Baptist Lovelace's sons may not have been satisfied with the 

disposition of their father's estate . A deed in Frederick County may have been the cause ofthat 

dissatisfaction . 

On 1 October 1771, Frederick County, William Lovelace, "Gentleman, late ofFrederick County," 

sold for forty-five pounds to Thomas Robey of Frederick County 129 acres of "Hermitage" and 

twenty-three acres of the Resurvey -- the entire bequest made by John Baptist to his widow, which at 

her death was to be divided among William and his younger brothers . The deed was recorded on 28 

October 1771, and William personally appeared to affix his seal .

The Maryland Hall of Records staffwas unable to locate any document authorizing William 

Lovelace to sell his minor brothers' inheritance, or any guardianship petition for them . Evidently at 

Eleanor's marriage to Thomas Robey her son William came into full possession ofthe properties his 

father had left her . This may have resulted in a loss of inheritance for the younger boys, Elias and 

Luke . 

Based upon parish records, pension applications, census enumerations, and Eleanor's will the birth 

dates of John Baptist Lovelace's children are determined as follows, although the order ofthe first 

three is speculative : 

William c.1742 

Isaac c.1744 

Charles c.1746 

Mary c.1751 

Millisent 

Elias , 27 Jan 1755 

Luke c.1757 

Vachel, 12 June 1759 

Archibald , 26 July 1761 

c.1764 

"Late of Frederick County" by 1 October 1771, it is conceivable that William Lovelace had by 

that date relocated in Rowan County, North Carolina with his brother Isaac . He may have been there 

as early as January of that year as will be explained . The earliest record for his brother Isaac in 

Rowan County is dated 10 August 1771 in the index to Court minutes : "King vs . Isaac Loveless." 

Published state records of North Carolina, Vol . 24 p.492 reveal that the Legislature passed a 

resolution to establish taxation based upon whether the land holder had sworn allegiance to the 

Colony . According to Professor Cooke of the American History Department, University of Chicago, 

the wording implies that sixteen was the minimum age to which the law applied . 

The 1778 tax list ofRowan County bears the names of six of John Baptist Lovelace's seven sons, 

if one presumes that Charles is his son of that name . The only son not listed is Archibald . Volume 14 

p.2242 of "North Carolina Genealogy/North Carolinian" published the names of those who had not 

yet taken the Oath in 1778 : Elias and Luke Lovelace, Capt . Reed's District ; Isaac, William, and 

Vetchell [sic] in Capt . Caldwell's . 

Archibald was then seventeen years of age but is not on the tax roll . He may have then resided in 

Maryland . His stepfather's 1773 will implied that his stepson Luke "and some of his bothers" were 

then living on Robey's Maryland property . It appears that some ofthe younger children returned 

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to Maryland . Millisent is probably the same who acquired a license in Prince George County [where 

her brothers' births were recorded] to marry Francis Alexander, 22 December 1783 . 

Luke Lovelace witnessed his mother's will in 1776 and appears on the 1778 tax roll and the list of 

those who had not taken the Oath, but no further record of him is found in Rowan County . 

Archibald is on neither the tax list nor the Oath survey . He is not in any North Carolina census if 

one accepts the evidence that Archibald of Iredell/Wilkes Counties was a different man, based upon 

signatures and other data previously cited . 

Elias and Vachel eventually enlisted as patriot soldiers . Isaac and Charles' names later appear on 

jury rolls in Rowan and Iredell Counties, respectively, a privilege extended only to patriots . 

William's absence from area records after July 1779 is conspicuous . If he continued to abstain 

from the Oath of Allegiance without "showing cause by disability," his lands would have been 

confiscated . Ifhe were the same who married Margery Beall and resided in Rowan/Iredell County 

from 1779 to 1783 as has been believed, it is at least strange that no reference to him is found during 

that time, particularly on a jury, as William who married Margery Beall was an American soldier . 

Other implications that John Baptist's son William was not this William born 1747 will be examined 

later in this paper . 

A portion ofRef. I is devoted to the children named in the 1765 will of John Baptist Lovelace . 

Based upon the erroneous belief that this will was for a much older man, one of whose sons was 

William born 1720, the birth dates of the children were spread over approximately fifty years with 

Eleanor presented as a second wife to accommodate the wide range ofbirths . To dispel that distorted 

view ofthe family, the following is a summary of John Baptist's children . 

ISAAC LOVELACE circa 1744 

He sold property inherited from his father to his stepfather in 1769 and removed to Rowan 

County, North Carolina, by August 1771 as mentioned previously . Deed Book 7 pp 458/459 Isaac 

bought from William and Martha Archibald for seventy pounds 328 acres on Fifth Creek, Rowan 

County, granted to William Archibald, deceased, and left to son William Jr . ; witnessed by

Andrew Reed and Thomas Archibald, 16 March 1772 . Two days later Isaac Lovelace and wife 

Catherine deeded part of this property to Thomas Robey . 

Rowan County, 29 July 1779 : Isaac and Catherine sold to Nathan Robey a 238-acre parcel on the 

south side of the south fork ofFifth Creek, part of a tract made over by Earl of Granville to William 

Archibald Jr ., deceased, inherited from his father and then made over by deed from William 

Archibald Jr . to Isaac Lovelace on 16 March 1772, bounded by Hugh Bowman ; witnessed by Basil 

Roberson, William Lovelace, and Archibald Lovelace . Recorded in open court Feb 1786 session, 

oath of Archibald Lovelace . 

Rowan County Bk A pp 444/445, dated 6 Feb 1787 : Nathan Robey by deed of indenture for 150 

pounds sold to "John, David, and James Lovelace, sons of Isaac," part of a 640-acre parcel on Fifth 

Creek granted 1752 to Rev . John Thompson, 320 acres of said tract willed to Roger Lawson and 

deeded to James Roseborough Sr ., later deeded to John Roseborough, son of James ; then 29 March 

1768 to Margaret Roseborough; then 26 Dec 1772 deeded to Isaac Lovelace and conveyed to said 

Nathan Robey, said property to be equally divided among Isaac's three-named sons, witnessed by 

Thomas Archibald, James Swinford, and Nancy Robey ; recorded 20 November 1792 . 

The inventory of Isaac Lovelace's estate is described in the back of Iredell County Minute Book 

1800-1807, dated August 1786 : 300 acres to David Beall [62 pounds] ; 48 acres to Archibald 

Lovelace [15 pounds 10 shillings] ; 100 acres to James Taylor [21 pounds] . 

On 23 February 1792, Iredell County, Matthew Campbell was appointed guardian ofJno . 

Lovelace, presumably Isaac's son John . On the same date David Beall was named guardian of 

minors Nancy and Eleanor Lovelace . Jacob Nicholas, Christopher Houston, and Burgess Gaither 

attended court to settle the estate ofIsaac Lovelace on 16 June 1792 . 

Some published Lovelace and Beall genealogies state that Isaac's brother Charles married 

Catherine Beall born 1731, daughter ofJames and Margaret (Edmonston) . James Beall's will 1783 

names his daughter "Catrina Loveless" but not her husband . Maryland Chancery Court records list 

the marriage before 1781 of -- Lovelace and Catherine Beall . 

On 23 August 1810, Montgomery County, Maryland, James Loveless and Zadoc Leach ofRowan 

County, North Carolina, took an oath that Zachariah Gaither, Thomas Taylor, and Sarah Taylor were 

the legal representatives of Catherine Taylor nee Beall for purposes of settling the estate ofMargaret 

Beall, widow of James . 

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Zadoc Leach and James Loveless who represented Catherine Beall Taylor were probably son-in- 

law and son of Isaac and Catherine Lovelace . Zadoc had married in 1794, Rowan County, Nancy 

Lovelace, presumably the Nancy for whom David Beall was named guardian on the same date 

Matthew Campbell was named guardian ofJno . Lovelace, believed to be Isaac's son John . 

Further specified in Margaret Beall's settlement [Montgomery Co . Will Bk K, pp 188/192] : 

Zachariah Gaither, guardian of Sarah Taylor, infant, appointed James Lanham and Zadoc Leach of 

Montgomery County to receive for her . James Loveless and Zadoc Leach, guardians of Sarah and 

Isaac Taylor, received for them . 

If Catherine Beall was born in 1731, she would have been fifty-five when she married Taylor after 

Isaac Lovelace's death in 1786 . She could not have been the mother of any minor children in 1809 . It 

is possible that the Taylor girls were step-grandchildren of Catherine . Ifthey were blood heirs of 

Catherine Beall Lovelace Taylor, her 1731 birth date as presented in Beall genealogies must be 

erroneous by perhaps a full ten years. 

Regardless ofthe Taylor girls' relationship to her, there is little question that Catherine was Isaac 

Lovelace's widow and that she had married a Taylor . She certainly did not also marry Isaac's brother 

Charles as has sometimes been speculated . Charles' wife was evidently deceased when he wrote his 

will in 1796 ; his children were born between 1767 and 1780 . In 1772 and 1779 deeds identify Isaac 

Lovelace's wife as Catherine . 

Only the three sons named in the 1787 deed from Nathan Robey are known to be Isaac and 

Catherine's children ; but there were probably others who married in Rowan County, as summarized 

below : 

David c.1770 , Maryland . Believed to be the same in early Roane Co ., TN . records. First wife 

unknown ; second wife, Mary Smith . Removed to Fayette Co ., IL . In 1880 two children 

separately gave Maryland as his birthplace . Died before 1850 . 

James c.1772 . Probably the same who mar . 1793, Rowan Co ., NC, Sarah McDaniel ; Isaac 

Hudson, bond ; Elias Lovelace [uncle] and Zadoc Leach, witnesses . Resided 1810 Surrey 

Co ., NC ; followed uncle Elias to Butler Co ., Ky . where some children were born . In 1822 

removed to Clark Co ., IL where in 1830 census widow Sarah was 50/60 with four children . 

John c.1775 . Iredell Co ., NC, 24 Nov 1791 : bound until age 21 to Matthew Campbell Jr. who 

was appointed guardian of "Jno ." in February 1792 . Probably the same who mar. Sarah 

Cash c.1800 and drowned in the fall of 1810 . Widow Sarah age 26/45 with four children 

under 10 in 1810 Iredell Co . ; she removed to Woodford Co ., Ky. ; thence to Marion Co ., 

Missouri .

prob. George c . 1770's . Resided near David in Roane Co ., TN. ; age 50/60 in 1830 ; wife 40/50 ; 

a female 15/20 ; one male and one female, both 10/15 . 

prob . Mahala c.1774 . Mar. 1794, Rowan Co ., as "Haley," Samuel Doyle . 

prob . Nancy c.1776 . Mar . 1794, Rowan Co ., Zadoc Leach . 

prob. Eleanor c.1778 . In 1792 David Beall was appointed guardian for her and presumed 

sister Nancy . 

[NOTE : The Robertson book erroneously states that John Baptist Lovelace's son Isaac m . on 7 Jan 

1794, Prince George County, Maryland, Sarah Barrett . Two children ofIsaac and Sarah were 

baptized there . In the 1800 census Isaac was only 16/25, wife the same age, one son and two 

daughters under ten . 

That Isaac was a generation too young to be John Baptist's son who was living in North Carolina by 

1771 . By 1810, however, the younger Isaac born circa 1775 had moved to Rowan County, North 

Carolina, and was a widower age 26 to 45 with the son and two daughters all ten to fifteen and three 

more sons under ten . 

He then married there 26 Feb 1811 Susanna Wingler . The daughter baptized in Maryland married in 

Rowan County as noted below . The second daughter born before the 1800 Maryland census was 

probably Winny . Isaac was probably the same who removed to Pike County, Indiana . In 1850 

census there Susannah Lovelace born North Carolina, age 54 . 

Massa Ann, bapt 15 Oct 1796 ; mar . 1816, Rowan Co ., Thos . Hartly . 

Joseph Hanson , bapt 31 March 1799 

probably Winny c.1797 ; mar . 1816, Rowan Co ., John Blaze .] 

CHARLES c.1746? Although his wife is identified by some as Catherine Beall, as mentioned, 

Charles' wife's name appears on no documents found in Maryland or North Carolina . She was most 

likely his step-sister, Sarah Robey named in her father's will 1773 as "daughter Sarah Lovelace ." 

Charles, his sons, and his daughter Cassandra all named their daughters Sarah, none, Catherine . 

Thomas Robey also had daughters Ann and Verlinda for whom Charles named his daughters, and his 

eldest son was Thomas . 

Charles settled in that part of Rowan County later set offas Iredell . Court records there mention 

him frequently, including Grand Jury duty, which classifies him as a Patriot . His will dated 8 

October 1796, Iredell County, mentions no wife but names seven children . The 1790 Iredell census 

lists him over 16, two males under 16, three females . He received land grant #1401 for 350 acres on 

Dutchman's Creek, Iredell County, 24 Aug 1778 . Dates for his children were provided by Mrs . 

Luther Kelly Jr . ofHouma, Louisiana 1981 .

Eleanor/Nellie b.1767 ; mar . Jeremiah Gaither and d . 10 July 1800 . 

Cassandra b.1769 . Styled "Cassandra Lovelace" in father's will . Either mar . a Lovelace [no 

record found] or unmarried . Her will dated Dec 1811, Iredell Co ., names "my beloved 

daughters, Sally and Matilda ;" five slaves bequeathed to them . The 1810 census shows 

Cassandra with a female child under ten, another ten to fifteen, and five slaves . 

Thomas b.1772, Frederick Co ., Md . ; mar . Amelia Dyson b.1777 . Probably the same in 5th Co ., 

detached from Iredell Regt ., under Capt . John Moody, War of 1812 . He d . 20 July 1829 . 

Wife d . 16 Jan 1829 . Children in Bible cited by Miss Faye Lovelace ofBonham, TX . : 

Charles, Elam, Anna, Erasmus, Levi, Dyson, Archibald, Sarah, Thomas, William, and 

Elvira . 

Erasmus b.1774 , Maryland ; mar . Lydia J . Johnson and d . 1828, Iredell Co ., NC . Children named 

by Faye Lovelace : Amos, Sallie, Harriet, Bettie, Eliza, William Erasmus, and Eleanor . 

Sarah, 21 Nov 1777 , mar . Asa Johnson b.1775, Md., son of Benjamin and bro . of Lydia J . She 

d . 24 Mar 1852 . Data pertaining to children in unpublished manuscript written 1909 by 

Dr . Philip Laugenour of Statesville, NC : Elizabeth, Wilson, Jeremiah, Asa, and Courtney . 

Husband d . 18 Feb 1846 . 

Verlinda, 24 Oct 1778 . Mar . 1798 Benjamin Summers and d . 14 Dec 1820; bun Bethany 

Churchyard, Iredell Co ., NC . 

Anne b.1780, mar . William Summers, according to Mrs . Kelly . 

MARY c.1751? Named as Mary Ann Shaw in mother's will 1776 . Probably married Robert Shaw 

whose name appears with her brothers, as not having taken the Oath of Allegiance in 1778 . Robert 

Shaw witnessed Thomas Robey's will 1773 . The 1790 Laurens Dist ., SC census includes a Robert 

Shaw over 16 with five females . 

ELIAS, 27 January 1755 , Frederick Co ., Md . He m . 31 Dec 1775, Rowan County, NC, his stepsister 

Ann Robey b . January 1757 . Resided there until 1798 . Removed to Butler County, Kentucky, until 

1825 ; removed to McCracken County, Kentucky . [Pension/Bible record .] Will dated 23 March 

1832, McCracken County . Widow Anne [styled "Nancy" in his will] applied for pension 2 June 

1840, McCracken County . First appears in 1790 Salisbury Dist ., Rowan County, NC census . 

Children from Bible record : 

Andrew, 3 Feb 1776 

Archibald, 28 June 1778 

Elizabeth, 2 March 1781 

John, 7 Aug 1783 : d . Aug 1784 

Cassandra , 19 May 1796 

Ann, 3 April 1785 

Verlinda, 20 May 1787 ; d.1802 

Emily, 15 Nov 1789 ; d.1791 

Isaac , 23 August 1793

LUKE c.1757? Evidently a minor in 1771 when brother William sold his share offather's estate in 

Frederick County, Maryland . Of age by 1778 when he appears on the 1778 tax list in Capt . Reed's 

District, Rowan County, NC . In 1773 was residing on stepfather's Maryland property, but witnessed 

mother's will 1776, Rowan County . No further records found there for Luke Lovelace . 

The material presented for him in Ref. 1 states that he married in 1800 Mary Ridgeway. This 

appears to be erroneous . In the 1850 Warren County, Virginia census, listed #352 : Luke Lovelace, 

seventy-two, b . Maryland ; wife Mary, seventy, b . Maryland . With them were Barbara Lovelace, 

thirty-seven, and Isabella, twelve, born in Virginia ; perhaps the widow and daughter ofLuke and 

Mary's son, Luke Harris Lovelace baptized 1 March 1807, Prince George County, Maryland . 

Presuming that this Warren County couple were Luke and Mary (Ridgway), that Luke Lovelace 

was born approximately thirteen years after the death ofJohn Baptist Lovelace and obviously could 

not be his son . 

VACHEL, 12 June 1759 , Frederick County, Maryland ; mar . 1778, Rowan County, North Carolina, 

Margaret Adams and removed by 1789 to Madison County, Kentucky, where he appears on the tax 

list that year . He died 15 Jan 1837, McCracken County, Kentucky . He served in the Revolution . The 

International Genealogical Index of the L.D .S . Library lists his children : 

George Adams , 13 Mar 1780 Elias, 6 April 1788 

William, 10 March 1783 Milly , 19 Feb 1790 

Elizabeth, 25 June 1785 Walter, - July 1797 

ARCHIBALD, 26 July 1761 , Prince George County, Maryland . He was probably one ofthe 

unnamed stepsons of Thomas Robey who in 1773 lived in Maryland . Three days after his eighteenth 

birthday he witnessed a deed in Roman County between brother Isaac and Nathan Robey . In 

February 1786 he signed an oath that he had witnessed that 1779 document . 

On 23 Feb 1779, Rowan County, Isaac Lovelace requested that a tract of 100 acres of his 

property be surveyed and laid off, bounded by the lands ofJohn Murdock, William Archibald, and 

Alexander Reed on Fifth Creek waters . [Land Grant 1778 .] This description also is given in an 

accompanying document, same Grant number, for 48 acres to Archibald Lovelace surveyed 2 Feb 

1786 by William Prather with David Beall and John Vickers, chain bearers . Archibald entered this 

grant with the Register on 9 Aug 1787 by virtue of an 18-month warrant .

Although this Grant No . 1778 is filed under Archibald's name in Raleigh, his name is not 

mentioned on the original survey instigated by Isaac in February 1779 . Attached to that document, 

however, is No . 2370, Rowan County, Archibald Lovelace, 48 acres, Grant No . 1585, 9 Aug 1787, 

entry No . 1778, Book 67 p .196, entered 23 Feb 1779, located on waters of Fifth Creek . 

Included with these records is a separate record : Isaac Loveless No . 1778, 100 acres by 

executors, 23 Feb 1779 : 1 do hereby assign the within warrant unto Archibald Lovelace, heirs, and 

assigns for value pro . Witness my hand this 4th day of Nov 1786 ; Charles Lovelace, exec . ; witnessed 

by Thomas Prather . 

Archibald's signature on this record, as displayed on a preceding page, proves that he is not the 

same who married Jean Irwin and resided in Wilkes County. 

MILLISENT c.1764 . She is referred to by that name in the wills of both parents and of her stepfather 

and most assuredly is not "Amelia" Beall, wife ofEvan and sister of Archibald Lovelace ofWilkes 

County . As suggested previously, she probably married Francis Alexander of Prince George County, 

Maryland . 

PART III - WILLIAM LOVELACE born circa 1742 

In addition to Samuel McClendon's record naming his ancestor as William Lovelace "Jr .," no 

official document has yet been located styling him as such . IfMcClendon had not provided exact 

birth data for William Sr., and had McClendon not also identified other sons of William Sr . [Aaron 

and Archibald], it is possible that no doubt would have arisen regarding the tradition that William 

b.1747 who married Margery Beall was the son ofJohn Baptist Lovelace . 

If one considers that McClendon was knowledgeable about his Lovelace ancestors, and 

indications are that he was, then John Baptist's son William becomes by effect a non-entity . It is 

known that John Baptist's son William lived in Rowan County at least in 1776 through 1779 and that 

he had moved from Frederick County, Maryland, in 1771 . 

Ifdata previously attributed to him is now assigned to William "Jr .," John Baptist's son William 

becomes eligible to be the William Lovelace of North Carolina identified as their great-grandfather 

by two individuals who probably were unaware of each other's existence, one in Alabama and one in 

North Carolina . The next portions of this paper examine that theory .

John Draper's account of the descendants ofJohn Loveless of South Carolina and Alabama 

[Ref. 4] contains a quotation from Mary (Loveless) Moore born 1838, daughter of John Jr . and 

granddaughter of John Loveless born circa 1766 : "John Loveless [Sr .] was the first son of William . 

John and his wife Mary are buried in Jonesboro in the southern part ofJefferson Co ., Alabama ." 

Although that work, apparently still quoting Mrs . Moore, states that John Loveless Sr. was born 

in England, in the 1870 census of Jonesboro his daughter Mary (Loveless) Nichols/Nicholas stated 

that neither of her parents was born outside of America. 

There is scarcely any question that John Loveless Sr . born circa 1766 was a brother to James 

Loveless/lace born 13 January 1771, North Carolina, which thereby places William Loveless in North 

Carolina at that date . 

The second reference to William was made by Dr. Thomas Beatty Lovelace in 1951 when he 

wrote to Rev . Jean Maire of Jacksonville, Florida : "My great-grandfather was William Lovelace . He 

married a Miss Watson of Virginia and had sons Asa, Nathan, and Benjamin . Their mother died 

when the boys were very young . William remarried but died soon . His widow married Abraham 

Cantrell, a Revolutionary War soldier from Salisbury District, Rowan Co ., North Carolina ." 

In 1850 the son Nathan [b.1782] gave Virginia as his birthplace . In 1880 sons of Nathan's 

brother Asa [b .1785] gave Asa's birthplace as North Carolina. 

Mrs . Moore's statement that her grandfather John was the "first son" is significant . Ofthe 

several men who appear to have been John's brothers, all were evidently younger than he . It is also 

relevant that Asa Lovelace, "son of William," resided briefly near these Loveless men in Greenville 

County, South Carolina, and that his widow's application for War of 1812 bounty lands styles him 

consistently as Asa Loveless . 

Abraham Cantrell who married William Lovelace's widow was born circa 1744 and was residing 

in Spartanburg Co ., South Carolina, in 1790 but had resided in Rowan Co ., North Carolina, during 

the Revolution . In 1790 he was one of three males over 16 with two under 16 and one female in his 

household . His three sons by an unidentified first wife were Abraham, Richard, and John . These 

three had a half-brother, Watson Cantrell . [Ref. 5 .] William Loveless/lace, ancestor of Mrs . Moore 

and Dr . Lovelace, is not in any Carolina census and evidently died before 1790 . Some ofthe children 

in the Cantrell household were probably the Lovelace stepchildren . 

If it is difficult for some to acknowledge that two William Lovelaces ofthe same approximate 

age resided in Rowan County or nearby during the 1770's, it would be even more difficult to believe

there were three . Thus it appears certain that John Loveless born circa 1766 [and probably his 

Loveless contemporaries in South Carolina, including James b.1771, North Carolina] was a son ofthe 

same William named by Dr . Lovelace as the father ofNathan, Benjamin, and Asa Lovelace . 

Family records provided by Prof Marc Hoyle Lovelace [Ref. 5] reveal that Dr . Thomas B . 

Lovelace's grandfather was Asa born 1785 . Abraham Cantrell owned property in Rutherford Co ., 

North Carolina, some of which he sold for two hundred dollars in 1811 to his stepson, Asa Lovelace 

[Rutherford Co . Deed Book 24-26 p.482] . 

Asa does not appear in the North Carolina census until 1820 and is unquestionably the same in 

the 1810 Greenville Co ., South Carolina census with a wife and one son under ten . With them also 

was a male age ten to fifteen . 

This appearance of Asa Lovelace born 1785, North Carolina, "son of William," near the 

Greenville Co ., South Carolina, property of John Loveless, "first son of William," solidly links their 

relationship as half-brothers. 

Exhaustive research has failed to produce documentation oftheir exact kinship, but it is probable 

that the following men ofNewberry and Greenville Counties, South Carolina, were brothers, sons of 

William Lovelace by a first wife : 

John c.1766 , eldest son of William . Resided 1790 Newberry Co . next to William and Hazzel 

Loveless . Resided 1800 Greenville Co ., next to James Loveless b.1771, NC, and near 

Isaac Loveless Sr. Missing from 1810 SC census at which time Asa Lovelace appears . 

Sold land in Greenville Co . 1813 and removed to Jefferson Co ., AL, followed by or 

accompanied by James Loveless' eldest daughter and her husband . 

William c.1768 . Resided Newberry Co . 1790 with probable unmarried siblings in his 

household . In 1800 there was age 26/45, married, a son under ten, one adult female in 

addition to wife . 

Hazel/Hazzel c.1770 . Resided Newberry Co . next to William and John in 1790 ; died there 

1838, age 70 . [James b .1771 named son Hazel .] 

James, 13 Jan 1771 , NC . Married c.1791 Linna Hughes, dtr of George of Newberry Co . 

Bought land next to John Loveless in Greenville Co . where he resided 1800-1846 ; 

eldest son named William . 

Isaac Sr . c.1773 . Mar . Polly/Mary Hughes, dtr of George and sister of James' wife 

Linna. Resided near James and John in Greenville Co . Will was witnessed by James' 

son William . 

Samuel c.1775 . Resided near Abraham Cantrell in 1800 Spartanburg Co ., SC, age 16/25, 

married, a son under ten . No further records found .

It is noteworthy that the older group of presumed brothers utilized the Loveless spelling, 

although in a deed pertaining to the estate of George Hughes, his sons-in-law are identified as James 

and Isaac Lovelace . If their father had deliberately changed his name in a political break with his 

family, his older sons would have followed his example. The three younger "sons of William" 

usually retained the original Lovelace [although Asa's bounty land record identifies him as Asa 

Loveless], understandable as they were reared by a stepfather and had not known their father well 

enough to have been influenced by him . [The "less" spelling was not a quirk ofcensus takers . 

Descendants of these men adhered almost unanimously to that spelling until many years later .] 

"A disheartening lack of Revolutionary era records exists in Newberry County," according to a 

professional researcher who was engaged to examine non-Loveless deeds there for a reference in any 

capacity to the Loveless name . Prior to obtaining that researcher's services, it had been determined 

that only one Loveless deed was on file in Newberry County, and that had been misindexed under 

Loreless . 

That one deed, however, did provide invaluable information as it identified the wives ofJames 

and Isaac Loveless and proved that these two, later of Greenville County, must have resided in 

Newberry County when they married . The contents of that deed will be outlined later in this paper . 

Following are summaries ofthe eight apparent sons ofWilliam Lovelace/less of the Carolinas : 

JOHN LOVELESS, "FIRST SON" 

He was probably born c.1766 . No records for him were located in Newberry County where 

p.76 of the 1790 census lists him over sixteen with a wife but no children yet, next door to William 

and Hazzel Loveless . 

Greenville County indenture, 7 Dec 1798 : John Loveless paid one hundred dollars to Harris 

Mullins for fifty acres in Greenville County on the north side of Little Horse Creek bounded on the 

south by Henry Barrows' land, on the west by Jacob Nabors' line, on the north by the Heager (?) line, 

on the east by Harris Mullins' line, being part of a tract granted to William Story and conveyed to 

Samuel Chastain, conveyed by said Chastain to said Mullins . Witnesses : William Gunnels and L . 

Ragsdale, recorded 3 April 1815 

In the 1800 Greenville County census on p .241 John was 26/45, wife age 16/25, three sons and a 

daughter all under ten, next door to James Loveless .

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Greenville County deed 6 Nov 1801 : James Holland for 250 dollars sold to John Loveless a tract 

of 233 acres in Greenville District, lying on the waters of Line Creek, Horse Creek waters ofthe 

Saluda River, beginning at a red oak on Thomas Holland's line, running on Jennings Halsey's line, 

etc ., on a line ofHendrick Arnold, deceased, on Benjamin Townsend's line, on Joseph Hill's line, on 

James Loveless' line, on Thomas Holland's line to the beginning ; being part of two surveys, one 

originally Granted to Charles Lascon, the other to Samuel Neighbors . Witnesses : Benjamin Arnold 

and William Gunnell . Susanna Holling [sic], wife of James, relinquished dower rights 1 Dec 1801, 

recorded 15 March 1802 . 

Greenville County deed 10 Dec 1805 : John Loveless sold for 160 dollars to James Taylor a tract 

of fifty acres in Greenville District ; description matching the parcel John had purchased 1798 from 

Harris Mullins . Polly Loveless relinquished dower rights 6 April 1813 ; recorded 3 April 1815 . 

The 18 10 Greenville County census does not include John Loveless . It is likely that he was in 

Alabama at that time, seeking a new homestead. Asa Lovelace does appear in this single South 

Carolina census, enumerated near Isaac Loveless Sr . 

Draper's material on John Loveless [Ref. 4] contains the note that "Mr . William P . Loveless was 

a merchant in this area [Jefferson county] for many years . He informed me that the Loveless/Sadler 

house was built about 1815 ." This date coincides with the Greenville County sale of John's land, and 

the 1850 census indicates that all of the children of John and Mary Loveless of Jefferson County, 

Alabama, were born in South Carolina . 

The 1820 Jefferson County census is lost; but in 1830 there John and wife were both sixty to 

seventy years of age . Orphan's Court, Jefferson County, pp 18-22 : John Loveless, deceased, 24 Dec 

1831 ; Richard Loveless posted bond of twelve hundred dollars as administrator with Seaborn J. 

Matthews and Mary Loveless as sureties . The widow and sons bought most ofthe household and 

farm equipment . 

Deed Record 6 p .70, drawn 5 Nov 1836, recorded 17 May 1837 : widow Mary Loveless, 

Elizabeth Nabors, John Hooker, Richard Loveless, Vinson Loveless, John Loveless, Joel 

Nichols/Nicholas, and Keziah Loveless, all of Jefferson County, sold to Isaac Sadler for six hundred 

dollars, including all that piece of land laid off to Mary Loveless for her dower.

These individuals were the surviving heirs of John Loveless . Keziah was the widow ofhis son 

William M . ; John Hooker was the husband of John's daughter Rachel . Although not named in Mr . 

Draper's compilation, Elizabeth Nabors was obviously a daughter, probably the eldest . [An Elizabeth 

Nabors 1798-1882 is buried in Winston Co ., Mississippi, near Peter and Elizabeth (Loveless) 

Crawford, son-in-law and daughter of James Loveless .] 

The known children ofJohn and Polly/Mary Loveless are : 

Richard c.1797, SC . Richard and Saletha Graham obtained a marriage license 19 Dec 1820, 

Jefferson County . The will ofJoshua Graham, 17 Jan 1847, probated 10 Oct 1853, Jefferson 

County, names wife Mary with daughter Leety Loveless to receive all that property left to 

her mother at the mother's death ; son-in-law Richard Loveless, exec . wit . : J. T . Brown, 

R . H . Green, James Tarrant . 

Deed Record 5 p.198, drawn 5 Nov 1834, recorded 24 Jan 1835 : Richard bought land on 

Five-Mile Creek for eight hundred dollars from Peter and Elizabeth Crawford . In the 1850 

Jefferson County census : Richard, age 53, b . SC ; wife Letha, 50, b . Tenn . 

An item dated 1856 in the "Chester [Chester Co ., SC] Standard" denotes the marriage 

"in Jefferson County, Alabama," of Richard Loveless to Mrs . Narcissa Grisham by Mr . 

Jones, Esquire . In the 1860 Jefferson County census at Green's Precinct, Elyton : Richard 

Loveless, 62, b . SC ; wife Narcissa, 48, b . AL ; three children *'d . With them were George 

and William Jones, ages fourteen and two, both born in Alabama. 

The estate ofRichard Loveless was filed 10 May 1865 with his son Milton 

administrator; bondsmen, Washington C . Burford and Nathaniel Hawkins . His wife 

Narcissa died 28 Feb 1858 ; Milton Loveless, administrator . Children : 

Milton - Nov 1823 

Anna b.1827 

Mary F . b.1829 

William b.1830 

*Joshua b .1833 

Caroline b.1836 

Elizabeth, 19 Dec 1838 

*Louisa b .1841 

*Lydia b .1843

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Elizabeth c .1798/99 . As Elizabeth Nabors, she with widowed mother and siblings sold her 

father's property to Isaac Sadler in 1836 . Speculation : She is possibly the Elizabeth Nabors 1798- 

1882 buried in Winston County, Mississippi, near her presumed first cousin, Elizabeth (Loveless) 

Crawford, wife of Peter . Apparently widowed by 1836, it would be reasonable for Elizabeth Nabors 

to accompany the Crawfords to Mississippi . 

[As Winston County records for Elizabeth Nabors may not reveal that she came from Jefferson 

County, Alabama, and Jefferson County records may not reveal that she memoved to Mississippi, it 

would be a disservice not to mention this possibility . Two attempts to locate Elizabeth Nabors in the 

1880 Winston County census proved fruitless due to the illegibility ofthe census film at two research 

centers . It had been anticipated that the 1880 census would indicate where the Elizabeth Nabors of 

Winston County was born, and ifin South Carolina, indicating that she could have been John 

Loveless' daughter, what birthplace she gave for him . None ofJohn's other children survived until 

1880, and Elizabeth's data would be valuable .] 

Vinson c.1803 , SC . Jefferson County deeds indicate that he bought and sold land there in 

transactions with his father and brothers . He was married there 25 Oct 1829 by William Moore, J .P ., 

to Sally McLaughlin . The will of Andrew McLaughlin, 17 June 1854, probated 14 June 1858, names 

his daughter Sarah A., wife of Vinson Loveless . 

The 1850 Jonesboro (Jefferson) census p.146 lists Vinson, age 47, b . SC ; wife Sarah A ., 40 ; six 

children . In 1860 Vinson was 57 ; Sarah, 50 ; two daughters *'d at home . In 1870 he and his wife 

were 68 and 60, respectively . He evidently died before 1880 when Sarah A., 69, resided near 

Birmingham . Children : 

Nancy Jane c.1832 

Andrew M . c.1834 

Mary Ann c.1837 

*Elizabeth c.1839 

*Sarah c.1841 

Amanda c.1844

Mary c.1804 . She married 23 March 1823, Jefferson Co ., Joseph Nichols/Nicholas by Ninian 

Tannehill ; no bond or consent . "Joel" Nichols signed the deed with her father's heirs. Listed #940- 

946 in 1870 Jonesborough (Jefferson) census : M . Nichols, white female, 65, born SC, resided with 

J . Nichols, 30, farmer ; wife L ., 25 ; daughter Lucy, six ; all born in Alabama . No one in the household 

indicated a "foreign-born parent ." 

John Jr., 6 January 1806, SC . He married 30 July 1827, Jefferson County, Martha Daniels . A 

carpenter, he died there 16 Sept 1847 . Deed Book 9 p .469 : Martha Loveless bought property from 

Solomon and Lucy Draper, 17 January 1846 . Martha, age 37, born in Georgia, appears in the 1850 

Jonesboro census with all children but eldest . In 1860, age 48, she was residing with children *'d 

below . Only her son William lived with her in 1880 . 

Lovinia , 24 April 1830 Mary Ma dalene, 24 Aug 1838 

Elvis, 14 Sept 1832 *John, 2 Feb 1841 

Parthenia, 7 May 1834 *William, 11 Dec 1842 

Martha, 23 June 1836 ; d.1851 *Nancy , 19 March 1845 

Rachel c.1807? She married 1 January 1825, Jefferson County, John Hooker, "native of 

Pennsylvania" [Ref 4] who signed the 1836 deed to Isaac Sadler . 

William Madison c.1809 . An item in Ref. 1 pertains to him, giving his full name, omitting 

daughter Louisa, and erroneously naming as his siblings the children of his brother John. Styled 

"Madison" in Ref. 4, he married 23 July 1829, Jefferson County, Keziah Drake; John Loveless, 

security . He died before 17 May 1836 when Keziah signed the deed to Isaac Sadler . 

His widow Keziah married 11 November 1847 Charles P . Moore . In the 1850 Jefferson County 

census were Charles P . Moore, 45, SC ; Keziah, 38, SC ; three youngest Loveless children below . 

Keziah was probably related to Ozias Drake who sold land in 1838 to Moses Field treed Book 6 

p.285] . Children : Jane c.1830? 

Livingstone Lightfoot c.1831 ; resided 1850 with uncle John's family. 

Ozias Griffin , 30 Nov 183 3 

Louisa c.1835 

Nancy R . c.1836 

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WILLIAM LOVELESS [JR?] circa 1768 

In 1790 Newberry County, South Carolina census he lived next door to Hazel born 1770 and 

John circa 1766 ; listed on page 76 : 2-1-2 . The others with him were probably unmarried siblings . In 

1800 he was listed on page 83 as age twenty-six to forty-five with a male child under ten and 

two females, one sixteen to twenty-five and another twenty-six to forty-five, presumably his wife and 

an unmarried sister . 

He is believed to be the father of at least two sons who removed to Lauderdale County, Alabama : 

William b.1799 , SC . M. 15 August 1820, Newberry County, Elizabeth Whitmire b . 6 March 

1803 who d . 25 July 1856 . William d . 7 Oct 1861 . Appears in 1820 Newberry County, 

no children, he and wife both 16/25 . In 1830 he was in Lauderdale Co ., AL . In 1850 

there enumerated as #576-593 age 51, SC ; Elizabeth, 46, SC . "Annals ofNewberry 

County" cites a letter dated 1833 : William Lovelace ofLauderdale Co ., AL, appoints 

brother Joseph as p/o/a in estate settlement of William's father-in-law, John Whitmire of 

Newberry County . Children and other dates from a Bible quoted by Gray Lovelace of 

Florence, AL . : 

Mary Ann, 20 July 1821 

Harriet Elizabeth, 25 Mar 1823 

Margaret E . b .1826 ; d.1827 

Sarah R ., 26 Apr 1828 ; died young 

Lucinda Caroline, 7 May 1834 

Joseph c.1801? [See above notes for brother William .] In 1826 Joseph witnessed the will of 

David Lavendar in Newberry County [Book L pp 37/39] . In 1830 Lauderdale Co ., AL, 

Joseph was 30/40 ; wife 20/30, a dtr under five . In 1842 William Loveless appraised 

estate of Joseph Loveless, deceased ; sale 23 March 1843 ; goods bought by unnamed 

widow, William and Hazel Loveless . Widow was probably Rebecca Loveless, age 45 

in 1850, age 54 in 1860, b . SC, residing with Margaret Lovelace, 55, SC, possibly sister 

to Joseph and William . Wife was possibly Rebecca (Hayes) . Will of John Hayes, 31 

March 1847, probated 28 Feb 1849, Newberry County, names "dtr Rebecca Loveless 

and her dtrs Nancy Loveless and Mary Whitten ."

HAZEL/HAZZEL LOVELESS circa 1770 

In the 1790 Newberry County, South Carolina census he is on p.76 next door to William and 

John, shown over 16 with a male under 16 find three females . On p.83 in 1800 he is 26/45 with a 

female the same age and one over 45 . The household also included two females 10/15, one under 10, 

and three males all under 10 . In 1810 he was still 26/45 with two sons 16/25 and two under 10 . The 

females included one over 45, two 16/25, one 10/15, and one under 10 . 

The cemetery at Lower Duncan's Creek Baptist Church has a gravestone for Hazzel Loveless 

who died 30 July 1838, age sixty-eight . Despite his at least 48 years of residence there, no deeds or 

estate records are indexed for him . Published county records indicate only that Harrel [sic ; probably 

Hassel] Loveless served as petit juror for the July 1794 term . On 2 March 1820 his property was 

mentioned as a boundary for lands of George Hipp and William Whitmire on Haw Creek Branch of 

Patterson's Creek, waters ofthe Enoree River . 

Several ofthe name who left Newberry County for Lauderdale County, Alabama, may have been 

his children [*'d below] . No record of his heirs is found, but census enumerations cited above 

indicate numerous offspring : 

1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1850 

dtr c.1788 home 10/15 16/25 26/45 gone 

*dtr c.1789 [Mary?] home 10/15 16/25 26/45 40/50 age 60 

son c.1790 home and 10 16/25 gone 

*son c.1793 Francis b.1793 SC?] and 10 16/25 gone 

*dtr c.1795 Margaret?] and 10 10/15 16/25 30/40 age 55 

*son c.1801 James?] and 10 18/25 h/h d.1838, AL 

dtr c.1805 and 10 10/15 20/30 

son c.1808 and 10 gone 

dtr c.1812 and 10 15/20 

*son c.1816 [Joseph?] and 10 10/15 d.1844, AL 

*son c.1818 [Hazel? mar . widow ofJoseph] and 10 10/15 age 32 

In 1850 Lauderdale County, Alabama, Mary and Margaret Loveless, both born SC, ages 60 and 55 

respectively, lived with Loveless men and their families . James Loveless [circa 1801?] Appears in the 

1830 Newberry County census with a wife, several children, and a female 60/70 . Lauderdale County, 

AL, 25 Feb 1839 : Joseph Loveless administrator of estate of James Loveless, deceased; sale of 

personal property to widow [unnamed], John and William Loveless . His widow is probably Frances 

in the 1840 census there age 30/40, two females 10/15, two males five to ten, two males under five . 

Listed #596 in 1850 : Frances, 46, SC ; sons John, 18 ; Hazel, 16 ; George W ., 13, all born in Alabama. 

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Joseph Loveless, administrator of presumed brother James' estate, married 16 Dec 1841, 

Lauderdale County, Elmira Davis . He died before 26 April 1846 when his widow married there 

Hazel Loveless who in 1854 was appointed guardian of minor Josephine Ann, heir ofJoseph 

Loveless, deceased . 

Hazel Loveless was listed #595 in 1850 census there, age 32, b . SC ; wife Almyra, 30, b . Ala; 

their two eldest children ; and step-daughter/niece, Josephine, age eight . With them was Lucy Franks, 

76, b . SC . In 1860 Hazel was enumerated #502, age 41, farmer ; Elmira, 40, b . TN . ; and three more 

children in the family . 

Josephine Ann c.1842 [dtr of Joseph and Elmira] 

Rebecca c .1846 

Reuben Leonidas, 24 June 1848 [Chart available at LDS Library] 

James T . c .1851 

John H . b .1853 

Martha E . c.1859 

Mrs . O . B . Carter ofFort Worth, Texas, descends from Francis Lovlace [spelled in Bible record] 

who was born 13 Oct 1793, South Carolina, and who appears to be a son ofHazel ofNewberry 

County . The Bible gives no maiden name but a birth date of 6 June 1800 for Francis' wife Elizabeth . 

In 1830 this couple resided in Pickens County, SC . They resided in Lauderdale County . Alabama, in 

1850 but removed by 1860 to Lauderdale County, Tennessee where several children married . 

It is not known why Francis/Frank Lovlace and his family were also enumerated in the 1860 

Laurence County, Alabama census with basically the same data given for them in the Lauderdale 

County, Tenn ., census that year except for some variations in the children's birthplaces. Francis' 

married son George and his family are included in both state/counties also . Mrs . Carter's records 

identify the children of Francis and Elizabeth Lovlace : 

Jacob Christopher [Lovelis], 23 June 1821 . Mar . 1841 Elizabeth Sutton . 

Resided Ouachita Co ., 1850 later Hempstead Co., Ark . ; eight ch'n . 

Mary Ann F . , 27 Scpt 1823 ; unmarried . 

Asa, 23 July 1825 . Mar . 1845 Emily Boyd . Nine children . Civil War. 

Holdridge, 26 June 1827 . Not found with family in any census. 

Joseph , 10 Aug 183 0 . Mar . 1857, TN ., Nancy Hale Temple . Died 1906, 

Alcorn Co ., MS ; bur . in Harden Co ., TN . Seven children. 

George, 25 Oct 1832 . that . 1853, TN., Nancy A. Taylor . Four ch'n by 1860 

James Danial . 18 May 1836 . He d . 1867, evidently unmarried . 

Simon, 16 March 1838 . Mar . 1862, TN., Nancy A. Jones . Died 1844 . 

Lucinda Elizabeth, 11 April 1840 . Mar . 1862, TN ., James M . Campbell . 

Francis M . c.1841 . Age nine in 1850 ; omitted in Bible record. 

Nancy Adaline, 7 April 1845 ; d . 22 Aug 1861 .

JAMES LOVELESS/LACE born 1771 , North Carolina 

In April 1978 Mrs . Anne B . McGuirk of Birmingham, Alabama, a great-great-granddaughter of 

James, a great-granddaughter of Hazel, wrote to Wade T . Lovelace of Houston, Texas : "This record 

of James Loveless' family and his son Hazel's family was copied from bits and pieces of burned 

pages ofHazel's Bible ." Then listed : 

James Lovelace, born January 13, 1771 ; died March 1, 1846 

married [name obliterated] born December I -- 

children : 

-- Lovelace, December 21, 1792 . [This is William, named in James' will . 

William's Bible gives his birth date the same .] 

Elizabeth Lovelace, December 12, 1794 

John Harrison Lovelace, November 16, 1796 

Levi Lovelace, September 13, 1798 

Thomas Loveless, November 1, 1800 

Hazel Lovelace, December 23, 1802 

Allen Loveless, October 24, 1804 

Jesse Loveless, November 30, 1806 

Mary Loveless, December 6, 1808 

Ruth Lovelace, June 17, 1811 

James T . Loveless, March 6, 1813 

Linna Loveless, March 2, 1816 

James Loveless/lace married probably in 1791, Newberry County, South Carolina, Linna/Linney 

Hughes, daughter of George and Jemima . He was not a head of household until 1800 in Greenville 

County, and his eldest child was born in 1792 . The Hughes deeds cited in subsequent material for 

Isaac Loveless Sr. provide proof of Linna's identity. 

[About thirty-five years ago Mattie (Loveless) Hood, daughter ofJohn G., granddaughter of 

Levi, and great-granddaughter of James Loveless, compiled a brief record of her family. Although 

she named all of James' children, she called him "George" Loveless and named his wife as 

Linnie/Lindley Timmons) . This confounded James' descendants for many years . 

It is now theorized that Mrs . Hood knew she had an ancestor named George who married a Miss 

Timmons, but that she placed him in the wrong generation . It appears that he was George Hughes, 

father-in-law of James Loveless ; and that George's wife Jemima was perhaps the daughter of Thomas 

Timmons, George Hughes' earliest neighbor in Newberry County. Research into this possible 

connection continues .] 

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Greenville County, 1 Feb 1800 : Deed ofconveyance from Samuel Neighbors ofLaurens District 

in consideration of $250 paid me by James Loveless of Greenville District; a tract of land containing 

250 acres more or less, situate in Greenville District, lying on a branch of Horse Creek and waters of 

Reedy River, beginning at a red oak on Benjamin Arnold's line, running north to a red oak on Joseph 

Hill's line, to a sassifras, thence east on James Holland's line to a stake on a branch thence down the 

meanders of said branch to the beginning corner, being part of a tract of446 acres originally granted 

to said Samuel Neighbors . Neighbors signed by a mark; witnessed by James Holland and Joseph 

Hill . Rebecca Neighbors waived her dower rights 14 March 1800, Hudson Berry, J .P . Recorded 23 

January 1801 . 

Greenville County, 27 Nov 1823 : James Loveless bought for $350 from Levi Loveless of Clarke 

County, Georgia [his son] a tract of 110 acres on the Horse Creek waters of Reedy River bounding on 

Benjamin Arnold's land to the Indian Line boundary line . 

In the 1800 Greenville County census James Loveless is enumerated next to John Loveless . He 

appears in all Federal censuses through 1840 . His will dated 28 August 1845 gives wife Linna Sr ., 

home plantation of 200 acres . Another 250 acres to be sold with six slaves (Jim, Abbey, Bob, Mary, 

Martha, and Rachel) along with the balance of his estate, the proceeds to be equally divided among 

his children William, Levi, Thomas, Hazel, Allen, Jesse, Elizabeth Crawford, and children of son 

John, deceased . 

His wife Linna was also bequeathed a slave, Charlotte, who at Linna's death was to be sold and 

her increase divided among James' children James T ., Mary, Ruth, and Linna Jr. At his wife's death 

James' farm was to go to son James T . by his paying $100 each to the daughters Mary, Ruth, and 

Linna Jr . Some livestock and furniture were also itemized for the younger children . 

Witnesses were George Gambell, Archibald Johnson [possibly the same who married Isaac 

Loveless' daughter Elizabeth], and Mason N . Gambell . The will was probated 13 July 1846, James 

having died 1 March, according to son's Bible . 

In the 1850 Cass County, Georgia census Linna Loveless, age 77, born in South Carolina, 

resided with her unmarried daughter Ruth . In 1880 Bartow County [formerly Cass] Ruth lived alone 

and gave North Carolina as her father's birthplace, South Carolina as her mother's .

James and Linna (Hughes) Loveless were the grandparents of sixty-nine children by their sons 

alone ; their daughters' children are unknown . Descendants of some of James and Linna's offspring 

have not been located thus little is known of recent generations for those lines . A partial summary of 

the descendants of James and Linna follows . 

William, 21 Dec 1792 , SC, probably Newberry County . Enlisted Nov 1813 in War of 1812, 

discharged March 1814, Georgetown . Witnessed the 1826 will of his probable uncle Isaac Loveless 

Sr . Listed on p .95 near Isaac Loveless in 1820 Greenville County age twenty-six to forty-five, 

unidentified first wife sixteen to twenty-five, a son under ten . Married secondly 29 Sept 1829, 

DeKalb County, Georgia, Caroline Carlton born January 1813, Georgia . 

In 1830 he appeared in the DeKalb County census . It is worth noting that in the 1832 Georgia 

land lottery three of William's brothers [Allen, Hazel, and Levi] were included, as well as one 

William B . Loveliless . This most probably is William Loveless, but no other mention of him 

indicates a middle initial or this odd spelling of his name . 

In 1981 J. Ray King of Decatur, Georgia, a descendant of William's brother Levi, discovered 

among his mother's possessions a hand-written list of Lovelesses with notations on membership in an 

unidentified church, perhaps the Mt . Zion Baptist Church in Gwinnett County, Georgia, where Levi 

Loveless was a minister . Those listed are Hazel and Linna (Riley) and their two eldest daughters, 

William's brother and family ; William and Mrs . Caroline Loveless ; and Cooper B . and Narcissa 

Loveless . A baptism date of October 1841 follows the names ofHazel, William, and Caroline . 

The inclusion ofthe name Cooper B . on this family record was a revelation . Cooper B . Loveless 

born circa 1818, South Carolina, and his wife Narcissa had been located in the 1850 Summerville 

(Chattooga) Georgia census where also resided children of Isaac and Polly (Hughes) Loveless . There 

had been no indication of Cooper's relationship to those families . The church membership record 

implied that he was William's son, which in turn led to examining the 1820 Greenville County census 

in which William with a wife and young son appears . 

In June 1931 Mrs . Goldie Caroline (Loveless) Pike of Daytona Beach, Florida, a granddaughter 

ofWilliam's son Henry C . Loveless, reported by telephone that her grandfather had told her that his 

father, William b . 1792, had been married twice, and that he, Henry C ., had had an older half-brother . 

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Mrs . Pike could not recall the name ofthe half-brother, but there is no doubt that he was Cooper B . 

Loveless whose only son of five children born before 1850 was named William . 

In 1840 William was enumerated in both the DeKalb County, Georgia, census near Cooper B ., 

and also in Greenville County, South Carolina . His younger brother, John H., died in 1840, leaving 

widow and children . William may have returned to Greenville County to be of assistance and was 

there when the census was taken . 

His son Cooper B . may have considered William a permanent resident ofDeKalb County, 

Georgia, and requested that William be included in that census . William was "of DeKalb County" 

when his father's will was written in 1845 . 

The clerk ofthe Rocky Mountain Baptist Church at Stone Mountain (DeKalb County) has 

written that the church was formed in 1837 and reconstituted in September 1847 with twenty-four 

charter members who included William, Caroline, and Linne Loveless . Linne could have been either 

his widowed mother or eldest daughter . In 1855 two other Lovelesses, William and J -- [probably 

sons William R . and James] joined the church . All five were dismissed by letter on 7 Dec 1859 . 

In 1850 William and his second wife Caroline and their children were enumerated in Stone 

Mountain . He applied for and received a land grant in Randolph County, Alabama, where the family 

relocated by 1860 . A court clerk's hand-written transcription ofWilliam and Caroline's "very small 

Bible" records includes the remark that the Bible had been faithfully maintained until "the deaths of 

William and Martha V . Loveless ." Martha V . was his youngest daughter who died about the same 

time as William . 

[It has been learned that Aurilla (Loveless) Harless of Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1981, the last 

surviving grandchild of William asked a daughter ofHenry C ., has in her possession a "very small, 

very old Bible" from her father's home. The author plans to visit Mrs . Harless to determine if this is 

William's Bible . Mrs . Harless also has the only known picture of Caroline .] 

The Randolph County courthouse burned in the late 1800's, eliminating any possibilities of 

locating estate or marriage records for this family . 

William's death date is recorded in his widow's pension application as 20 March 1873, Randolph 

County . In 1880 Caroline resided at "Morrison's," probably the present Morrison's 

Crossroads,Randolph County. She stated that she and both parents were born in Georgia . Caroline

died 10 August 1883 . Plans for her burial were written by a daughter-in-law, Hazel's wife Aurilla 

Victoria (Jordan), to another daughter-in-law, Manda (Nixon), widow of Levi T . The author has a 

copy of this letter.] William and Caroline's burial sites are unknown . They were possibly interred at 

the Union Baptist Church where two unidentified sons are buried in unmarked graves, according to 

son Hazel's statement to his granddaughter, Mary Etta (Loveless) Carpenter, a resident of Anniston, 

Alabama in 1981 . The children in the Bible : 

Liney Elizabeth, 30 Dec 1830 ; unmarried in 1860 ; untraced . 

James Lewis, 26 Nov 1833 ; unmarried 1860 . Enlisted Co . G. 47th AL . Inf ; wounded at Battle 

of Sharpsburg/Antietam . Hospitalized with diarrhea and scurvy ; furloughed Oct 1864 . 

No further record found . Probably one ofthe sons buried at Union Baptist Church . 

Mary Ann, 21 April 1836 ; died 1852 . Buried at Stone Mountain, Ga . 

William Riley, 29 May 1838 ; enlisted with brothers as a Cpl . He was killed 9 Aug 1862, 

Battle of Cedar Run, Virginia . 

Hazel Richard, 8 Oct 1840; enlisted with brothers . Married Aurilla Victoria Jordan died c.1929 . 

Resided Randolph County, Alabama. 

Robert Bothes . 14 Dec 1843 ; enlisted with brothers . Died age nineteen, 21 Apr 1863, at a 

Virginia hospital during War . 

Levi Thomas, 26 Ma, 1846 ; mar . Manda Arnaminta Nixon and died 4 Oct 1875, possibly 

Cleburn Co ., AL . Probably the other son in unmarked gravel Union Baptist Church . 

Children : William Abner b.1870 ; Mary L . b.1872, both in Cleburn County, Alabama . 

Larrah Louiser , 29 Sept 1849 ; still living 1860 . Untraced . 

Martha Verdeley , 21 Oct 1853 ; died 1873, unmarried . 

Henry Collins , 4 Aug 1860 ; mar . Anner Stallins . Resided DeKalb Co ., AL . d . there 

3 Oct 1927 ; buried Fuller Cemetery, Ider, Alabama . 

Elizabeth, 12 Dec 1794 . Married Peter Crawford and accompanied presumed uncle, John Loveless, 

to Jefferson County, Alabama, where she and husband sold land to Richard Loveless in 1833 . In 

1850 Winston County, Mississippi census : Peter Crawford, 64, farmer, b . Virginia ; Elizabeth, 54, b . 

SC ; Mary Crawford, four, b . Alabama . With them was Susannah Terry, 76, b . Virginia . 

Gravestones at Black-wood Cemetery, Winston Co . : Peter Crawford born 17 Nov 1785, 

d . 15 Sept 1854 . His wife Elizabeth b . 12 Dec 1794 d . 13 Oct 1853 .

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John Harrison, 16 Nov 1796 . Married Clarissa Williamson, according to a great-granddaughter, 

Mrs . George E . Williams of Greenville, South Carolina, in 1981 . The will of Elisha Williamson, 

dated 7 August 1851, probated 23 Nay 1853, Laurens County, South Carolina, names his daughter 

"Essie" Brown and her children, John and Clarissa Lovelace . John H . Loveless died in 1840, and his 

father's will in 1845 mentions John's children . In 1846 L . H. Shumate was appointed guardian of 

minor children of John Loveless . 

Laura - mar. Alfred G . Russell . The date of this marriage is recorded as 2 Sept 1847, 

Marshall County, AL, where Laura's uncle Allen Loveless resided . 

Mira - mar. Benneville Spotts . [In 2 Aug 1844 "Spartan :" "Miss Myra Loveless, second 

daughter of widow Clarissa Loveless, mar . 25 July 1844 Benneville Spotts by Rev . 

Martin ."] Will dated 1861, Anderson County, SC, for Leroy W . Mattison, probated 17 

May 1863 [Will Bk 3] : entire estate to John Allen Spotts, grandson of Clarissa Loveless . 

If Spotts died before age 21, estate to go to grandchildren of Elizabeth Taylor . Gabriel 

Mattison, executor . 

Cassa Victoria - mar . Fleming Culver . 

James Henry - mar . Rosalia Fair Kelley who is buried with two sons at Fairview 

Presbyterian Church, Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina . Only daughter 

was Laura b . 1864 who mar. James H . Hunt . They were parents ofMrs . Williams, 

source of this account . 

Williamson - mar. Mary Bowman and Emma -- . He appears to be the W . Lovelace, age 47, 

b . SC, in 1880 Soundex ofDallas County, TX ., with wife Emma, 39, b . TN . ; five 

children b . Texas : John, Russell, Ella, William, and James ; all born between 1865 

and 1871 . 

Elizabeth - mar . George McGhee . 

John H . Jr . - no further record ; named in grandfather's will 1851 . 

Clarissa - mar . Dr . Garlington Coker . 

Levi , 13 September 1798 . Mar . Temperance Jones b . 12 April 1802, daughter ofWilliam and 

Ann (Estes) . Removed to Clarke County, Georgia ; thence to Gwinnett County where he was pastor 

of Mt . Zion Baptist Church. He died 24 Dec 1872 ; Temperance d . 6 June 1867 . Both are buried at 

the Church cemetery near Snellville, Georgia, according to great-grandson John Hood of 

Lawrenceville, Georgia . Children : 

William c.1822 . Unmarried . 

ElizabethlL izzie b.1824 . Mar . William Brand and died 1910 .

James W . b.1827 . Mar . Sarah A. E. Shockley ofJackson County, Georgia . 

Thomas b .1829 . Mar . Adelia Jane Oliver . Resided Jackson County, Georgia 

John Griffin, 18 Aug 183 l . Mar . Sarah Hannah Shockley . Died 1918 . Dtr 

Mattie was mother ofJohn Hood . Dtr Linnie m . Newton L . King and was 

mother ofRay King ofDecatur, Ga . Other children : Francis, Mary E ., 

Clara, May, Gippie, Alva, JohnM ., Addia, Levi C ., and Ori Griffin . 

Linna/Linnie b.1834 . Mar. William Woodard . 

Molly A . , 9 Jan 1836 - mar . Thomas A . Russell . 

Levi Jr./Lee b.1838 - mar . Elizabeth Davenport 

Francis Marion b.1840 d . in Civil War 1863 . 

Martha b.1842 - mar . James W . Wilson 

Washington Pinkney b .1846 ; died age twelve . 

Thomas, 1 Nov 1800. Removed to Newton County, Georgia, by 1830 . Listed in 1840 

Campbell County, Georgia ; he and wife age thirty to forty, three older children unidentified ; two 

sons under five, two sons five to ten, two sons ten to fifteen, two daughters fifteen to twenty, one 

son twenty to thirty . In 1850 Campbell County census he was fifty ; wife Rebecca, fifty, born 

South Carolina . In 1860 Carroll County, Georgia [Bowden Post Office] he was fifty-nine, a 

farmer with $4300 in real estate and $7200 personal property ; wife Rebecca, sixty ; son Thomas 

with wife and son ; and son William C . D . 

His wife is quite probably Rebecca Neighbors, a daughter of Samuel and Rebecca of 

Greenville County, South Carolina, who resided near Thomas' parents there . Greenville Deed 

Bk P p.425 : Thomas and Rebecca Loveless sold 207 acres to Silas Gaines, 29 August 1827, 

"being part ofthe estate of Samuel Neighbors, deceased, and decreed to said Thomas and 

Rebecca Loveless as legatees of said estate ." Children : 

--- son c.1820 

--- dtr c.1822 

--- dtr c.1824 

Levi J . c .1826, SC 

Allen N . c.1828, SC 

Emily c.1830, SC 

Thomas J . c.1832/33 , SC 

Samuel S . Booth c.1835, Ga . 

James T . c.1838 

William C . D ., 15 Jan 1840 

Nancy c.1842 

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Hazel, 23 Dec 1802 . M. 29 Jan 1824 near Westminster, South Carolina, Linna Riley b . 29 March 

1805, daughter ofPatrick Riley b . South Carolina and -- (Taylor) b . South Carolina . Resided 1830 in 

Gwinnett County, Georgia . Listed in the 1832 Georgia Land Lottery, McClain's District, Gwinnett 

County . Resided 1850 in Cass County, Georgia, age 47 ; wife Linna ; six youngest children . In 1880 

Barlow County [formerly Cass], Linna, age seventy-five, lived with daughter Louisa . His Bible 

record provided all dates for his parents and siblings, as well as for his own children, and was 

contributed by a granddaughter, Anne McGuirk of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1981 . He died 4 

November 1870, Bartow County . 

Temperance Caroline , 19 April 1825 - m . 6 June 1844, DeKalb Co ., GA, George 

Washington Goldsmith and res . there 1850 . 

Martha Ann, 18 March 1827 - m . 1844 Gilbert C . Gholston b.1821 who d,1904 . 

She d . 24 Apr 1900, Dalton, Ga . Resided 1900 in Bartow Co ., Ga . 

Ebenezer, 25 Dec 1829 - m . Nancy Josephine Gholston b.1835 who d . 1911 . 

Bartow Co ., Ga. Bk M; estate ofEbenezer Loveless 1866 ; James Veach, adm . ; 

George O . Reid, guardian of "Talulah, Emogene, and Hattie Loveless, boarding ." 

James Riley, 10 Nov 1831 - m . 10 Feb 1853, Cass Co ., GA, Elizabeth Gholston. Possibly 

died during Civil War . Bartow Co ., Ga . Bk M 1864-66 ; estate of James K . Loveless ; 

Elizabeth Loveless, admin . ; minor children ; William, Vandelia, and James . Unknown 

why eldest not mentioned . In 1880 Bartow Co ., Elizabeth A., 44, she and both parents 

b . Georgia ; four children ; James R. c.1860, Willie c.1858, Vandelia N . c.1857, Joseph 

Walter c.1855 . 

Louisa S . M . , 26 Aug 1833 - m . William Calvin Allen . In 1880 Bartow Co ., GA : William 

C . Allen, town marshall, b . Tenn ., age 45 [father b . GA, mo . b . Tenn .] ; Louisa M ., 47, 

b . Ga . [both par . b . SC] ; Louisa's widowed mother, Linney Loveless, 75, she and both 

parents b . SC ; four Allen children b . Ga . : Ira Lee, 10 ; Della L ., nine ; Kate T ., seven; 

Daisy, three [all females] . 

Nancy Taylor, 30 Aug 1835 - m . Jason Allen, brother of her sister's husband, William C . 

No further data . 

Greenberry, 26 Sept 1837 - m . 5 Mar 1857, Cass Co ., GA, Margaret Olivia Fuller b.1841, 

Georgia . [His Bible record cited in Robertson book .] In 1880 Bartow Co ., GA, census : 

Green B ., 42 ; Margaret A . O ., 39 [she and both parents b . GA ; all children but two 

eldest; Mortimer M . b.1858, Watson c.1860, Ella c.1862, Emma c.1865, Nannie c.1867, 

Thomas Green B . c.1869, Tennessee c.1872, Wm . Harrison c.1874, Caty c.1867, Mary 

Elizabeth c.1879 . 

William Harrison H . 15 Sept 1840 - died 1864 In Civil War . 

Mares, 1 Sept 1844 . She m . - Shaw, according to Mrs . McGuirk's records . Item in 

Robertson book identifies Mary's husband as James Shaw.

Allen . 24 October 1804 . Mar. Roxanna Hodges born 1804, Rutland, Massachusetts, who moved 

to Georgia about 1823 with her brothers . Included in the 1832 land lottery at Cherokee County, 

Georgia, a fortunate drawer, was Allen Loveless of DeKalb County . He removed to Marshall 

County, Alabama . The "Huntsville (Alabama) Democrat," 14 January 1843, mentions the sale of 

property by Allen Loveless, Marshall County Coroner. 

Marshall County, 14 April 1857 ; Ezekiel D . Nickles, administrator of estate of Allen Loveless, 

deceased, filed accounts and resigned . George W . Winfrey was appointed guardian of a minor 

daughter, Mary Loveless . 

In the 1880 Marshall County census was Roxanna Loveless, seventy-five, born in Massachusetts ; 

Eliza Loveless, forty-nine, born in Georgia; with children of son Greenberry by his first wife . With 

them also was Azalia Johnson, twenty, born in Alabama, a granddaughter . 

Mrs . Harold Weeks of Scottsboro, Alabama in 1976 provided information on Allen and 

Roxanna's children . When the author contacted her by telephone to learn whether she had acquired 

any information on Allen Loveless' grandparents, Mrs . Weeks was unaware that Allen was a brother 

to William Loveless b .1792 whose descendants had operated a hotel in Scottsboro [William Abner 

Lovelace, grandson of William, 1792], and had been her neighbors for many years . 

Children of Allen : 

Elizabeth c.1829, Georgia ; m . Wendolin Siebalt, 

Louisa c.1831, Georgia . Died unmarried in 1900 . 

Clotilda c.1834, Georgia ; m. 13 Nov 1850, Marshall County, Alabama, John Newton 

Johnson and died 1866, leaving four children : Allen, Azalea, Kate, and Philip . [Her 

daughter Azalea born c.1860 lived with Clotilda's mother in 1880 .] 

Greenberryv c .1836, Georgia . First wife unknown, mother of first child . He m. second 

Mattie Boshart and in 1877 M . A . Hooper. Resided in Guntersville, AL . 

Children : Mary J ., Ada, Annie, James, and Bessie . 

Marv, 10 Dec 1842, Alabama ; m . 1859 Dr . Lorenso D . Lusk and died 13 April 1900 . 

Further data in Vol . 5 No . 1 of "Valley Leaves," pub . by Tenn . Valley Genealogical 

Society . 

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Jesse, 30 November 1806 . Listed 1840 in Greenville County, South Carolina, age 30 to 40 ; wife 

20 to 30 ; a son 10 to 15 ; a son and daughter five to ten ; a son and daughter under five . Removed to 

Cass County, Georgia, by 1850 when the census gave his age as 44 ; wife Elizabeth, 40, born South 

Carolina ; nine children all born in South Carolina . According to grandson William H. Lovelace of 

Coleman, Texas [son ofA. Ebenezer below], Jesse and wife Elizabeth (Nixon) went to Arkansas, 

presumably in Faulkner County where their children resided . 

Terry c.1829 . Mar. 4 Jan 1855, Cass County, GA, America Allen . In 1880 Bartow County 

[formerly Cass] Temperance Allen, 72, born NC as were her parents ; her dtr, widow 

America Loveless, 50, born TN ., father b . GA, mother b . NC . With them were 

Temperance's son W . J . Allen, 43 ; J . E . [Joseph] Loveless, 20, b . GA, father b . SC, 

mother b . TN . ; his wife L . C . Loveless, 25, b . GA, father b . GA ; mother SC . Terry was 

killed at the Battle of Vicksburg . He also had a daughter Delia born 1863 who mar . 

-- Gilreath . [Item in Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol . 12 ; Fall 1976 .] 

James c.1831 . Probably the same who m . 20 Jan 1853, Cass County, Lucretia Godfrey . 

Roxanna c.1833 ; m . 30 Sept 18-- [illegible], Cass County, Doctor Lowdermilk and 

remained in Georgia, according to nephew . 

Sophronia c.1835 . Blind, she went to Faulkner County, Arkansas, with the family and was 

known as "Aunt Phronie ." 

George c.1837 . Untraced . 

Mary c.1839; m . - Hall and removed to Faulkner County, Arkansas . 

William, -- Oct 1843 ; m . Malinda/Matilda [family vs . census] Davenport. In 1900 

Faulkner Co . census, wife "Matilda," b . Oct 1845, SC, parents born SC . Two dtrs : 

Ereke E. (?) cc . 1879 ; Lenora, - May 1884 . With them in 1900 was "nephew" Allen 

George Loveless, -April 1869, AK . ; father b . SC ; mother b . AL . poss. son of George . 

Elizabeth c.1843 ; m . as first wife, Thomas Jahue Loveless, son of Blessingame and 

grandson of Isaac Sr . Date of death unknown . 

Jesse M. , 24 Jan 1848 ; m . Frances D./O . -- b . 6 Oct 1859 who d . 4 Nov 1907 . He d . 3 Jan 

1934 . Six children in 1880/1900 : Walter Scott b . 1878 ; Josephine b .1880 ; Luther A. 

b . 1887 ; Ester L . b .1892 ; twins, James Chester and Ester L . b.1892 ; Mary E . b.1896 . 

A. Ebenezer, -- Feb 185 1 . In 1880 Faulkner Co ., Ark . with wife Eliza, 26, b . GA; in 1900 

wife Elsa (Rogers) b . -- May 1854, SC . "Rev . Ebbie" identified as brother of Jesse and 

Elizabeth's children by Mrs . Karen Loveless Edwards of Conway, Ark . Children ; 

George Lon c.1877, Oscar/Arthur b .1879 ; Ester Ida b .1882 ; Thomas Mason b.1883 ; John 

b.1885 ; Robert b .1889 ; Zachariah b.1891 ; William H . b.1894 ; Lela b.1895 ; Cecil, no date .

Mary, 6 December 1808 . Named in father's will 1845 as Mary Loveless, evidently unmarried . 

Not found in 1850 . 

Ruth, 17 June 1811 . In 1850 Cass County, Georgia, she resided unmarried with widowed mother, 

Linna, age 77 . In 1880 Bartow County [formerly Cass] Rutha was 69, living alone . She named 

North Carolina as her father James' birthplace ; South Carolina as her mother's . She is the only one 

oftheir children located in an 1880 census . As she had resided her entire life with her mother, it is 

entirely logical that she would have known her parents' birthplaces . 

James T ., 6 March 1813 . In the 1840 Greenville County, South Carolina, census he was 20 to 30, his 

wife the same, and a son under five . With them was a female age 10 to 15 . In the 1850 Cass County, 

Georgia, census, he was 36 ; wife Rebecca, 30, born in South Carolina ; all five children born in South 

Carolina. He was not there in 1880 . 

William c .1839 

John c.1841 

James c.1843 

Norman c.1845 

Louisa c.1849 

Linna Jr ., 2 March 1816 . Married William Nixon . In 1850 listed #1290-1307, next to brother Hazel, 

in Cass County, Georgia : William Nixon, 27, farmer, South Carolina ; Lina, 37, South Carolina; 

daughter Martha, four, and daughter Mary, one, both born in South Carolina . Not traced further . 

ISAAC LOVELESS SR . circa 1773 

An article pertaining to him and his children in Ref. 1 is badly garbled . It combines references 

to him with data which applies to his son, Isaac Jr. A descendant of Isaac Sr ., Mrs . W. W . Crawford 

of Cedartown, Georgia, in 1936 contributed part of the information on this family . Additional 

information came from other family members who are identified within their portions of the article . 

Mrs . Crawford named brothers ofIsaac Sr. as Hazel, Milton, and Thomas . Also named are two 

children of Thomas ; but one was a son of James Loveless born 1771, and the other was James' grand- 

son by that son . No Milton Loveless of this age category has been located in any records ofthe areas 

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where this family resided . However, the name "Milton" was given to grandchildren of John Loveless 

and was also used by other branches . It is possible that John's full name was John Milton Loveless 

for the poet and that James' full name was James Thomas Loveless . 

[Milton Loveless born c.1818 in South Carolina referred to himself in a history of Bartow 

County, Georgia, as a "cousin" to the grandchildren of Isaac Sr . In 1880 Milton gave North Carolina 

as his father's birthplace, South Carolina, his mother's . His obituary in an Atlanta newspaper 

provides only one clue to his origins : Milton joined his first church at age eleven in 1829, the 

Mt . Bethel Methodist Church of Laurens, South Carolina .] 

The only Loveless deed in Newberry County, South Carolina, identifies the wife of Isaac 

Loveless as Mary/Polly (Hughes), sister of Linna who married James Loveless . 

Newberry County, 8 Sept 1818 : James Loveless and wife Linna and Isaac Loveless and wife 

Mary sell to John Hughes "our distributive share of the estate of George Hughes, deceased ." Linna 

and Mary relinquished dower rights, signed by their marks and witnessed by Levi Loveless [James' 

son] and Joseph McCullough . The dower release was written in Greenville County but recorded in 

Newberry County . 

On 20 June 1796 Jemimah Hughes, widow of George, was administratrix of his estate . An 

appraisal ofhis 150-acre estate was conducted by Nathan Neighbors, Elisha Rhodes, Jacob Rhodes, 

and Robert Watson [Box 356 Pack 3] . 

Newberry County, 5 June 1818 : "Whereas George Hughes, deceased, late ofNewberry District, 

departed on or about the fifteenth day of August 1795, intestate, being seized at the time of his death 

of a certain plantation or tract of land containing 150 acres in Newberry District on the Hunting Fork 

of a branch of Indian Creek which is a branch of Enoree River, bounded at the time of survey 

Southeast on James Hughes' land, southwest on Thomas Timmons' land, and on all other sides on 

vacant land, the said George Hughes having a widow, namely Jemimah Hughes the elder, and the 

following children : 

Joseph ; John ; Linney who intermarried with James Lovelace ; Jane who intermarried with 

Jacob Casev ; Nellv ; Polly who intermarried with Isaac Lovelace ; Jemimah; and Nathan ; 

"and whereas the said James Lovelace and Linney his wife and the said Isaac Lovelace and Polly 

his wife did sell and convey to the said John Hughes all their rights, titles, interest and claim in the 

said tract ofland by a deed of conveyance bearing the date of 8 Sept 1818 . . .

"We, Jemimah Hughes Sr., the widow of said George Hughes, deceased, John Hughes for 

himself, and James Lovelace and Linney his wife and Isaac Lovelace and Polly his wife, Joseph 

Hughes, Jacob Casey and Jane his wife, Nelly Hughes, and Jemimah Hughes, and Nathan Hughes in 

consideration of fourteen hundred dollars paid to us by William Shell have granted," etc ., "all that 

plantation above mentioned, originally granted to the said George Hughes deceased, containing 150 

acres more or less situate in Newberry District on Hunting Fork," etc., "to said William Shell, his 

heirs, etc . 

"Witness our hands and seals this fifth day ofJune 1819 in presence ofJno . McMorris and John 

Hatton . Jemimah (X) Hughes, John Hughes, Joseph Hughes, Jacob Casey, Jane (X) Casey wife of 

Jacob, E . C . (X) Hughes, Jemimah (X) Hughes, Nathan (X) Hughes ." Note : E . C . Hughes would be 

Nelly/Eleanor . 

On 24 June 1819 John Hatton attested before William Eppe, JP, to the signatures of all parties . 

On 8 July 1819, John Caldwell, JP, certified that Susannah Hughes, wife ofJohn ; Jane Casey, wife of 

Jacob ; and Martha Hughes, wife ofNathan, hat relinquished their dower rights . All three wives 

signed with their marks . 

Isaac Loveless appears in the 1800 through 1820 Greenville County censuses . The earliest deed 

indexed for him is dated 11 Jan 1804, Greenville Bk G p.155 : William Scott sells to Isaac Loveless 

128 acres on Mountain Creek of Saluda River . Witnesses : James and John Loveless ; recorded 19 

March 1804 . [As Isaac had closer neighbors who could have witnessed this deed conveniently, it is 

significant that his witnesses were James and John Loveless .] 

Note : The exact description of this parcel matches that in a deed dated 7 Feb 1800, Bk G p .155 : 

Jesse Chandler and Charles Estes sell to William Scott of Burke County, North Carolina, 128 acres 

adjacent to William Jones, John Mattock, Hendrick Arnold, and Jedediah Estes, being part oftwo 

surveys, one to William Wood and the other to Patrick Lafferty . Witnesses : Benjamin Arnold and 

Joshua Estes . 

Greenville Deed Bk G p.156 : 18 Jan 1804 John Mattock sells to Isaac Loveless 126 acres 

originally granted to Patrick Lafferty then to Thomas Lewis. Witnesses : James Loveless and 

Benjamin Arnold . 

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The will of Isaac Loveless was undated but probated 5 March 1827, Greenville County . It 

mentions his wife Mary; specifies certain goods previously given to sons Nathan and Joseph and to 

his known sons-in-law William Denson and John Shuttlesworth . Also mentioned but unnamed are 

"my little children ." 

His children are identified by Mrs . Crawford in Ref. 1 with the comment that son Embry/ 

Hembrey "died young ." He did die relatively young about age thirty-five, but left a widow and 

children in Georgia . 

The witnesses to Isaac's will were T . J . Hughes, Micajah Stone [future father-in-law ofHembry 

Loveless], and William Loveless whose signature matches that on the bounty land application for 

James Loveless' son William . No executor was named, that duty falling to John Watson, Ordinary . 

In the 1840 Greenville County census Mary H . Loveless is on p .246 near James Loveless and his 

sons . The index to the 1850 South Carolina census lists none of Isaac's family . Several children 

removed to CassBartow County, Georgia, and to Chattooga County, Georgia . In 1880 four of 

Isaac's children in the latter all gave South Carolina as the birthplaces of both Isaac and Polly, 

however, some doubt exists regarding the accuracy of Isaac's birthplace . These four all resided in 

one household and were small children when Isaac died . 

In addition to the Information in Ref. 1, contributed about thirty years ago by descendants, 

further data has been acquired recently from Mrs . Gordon H. Lightfoot of Victoria, Texas 

[descendant of Hembry] and from Alton Loveless ofColumbus, Ohio [descendant ofBlessingame] . 

Nathaniel b.1798 ; m . Rachel DeWeese, a daughter of Jonathan . Died 1848 in Cass 

County, Ga . Children : Alphozo c.1824, Nancy E . c .1826, SC ; Elizabeth Permecia 

c.1828 ; John/Jonathan V. B . D . c.1833 ; William McGhee c.1836 ; Abner Harrison 

c.1840 ; and Sarah Eunice c.1831 . In 1850 Cass Co . widow Rachel was fifty, b . SC . 

Linnie c.1799/1800 ; m . William Denson before 1827 . 

Joseph c.1801 . Unmarried . Not found 1850 . 

Millie c.1803 ; m . -- April 1815 John Shuttlesworth, according to his pension record in 

Bibb County, AL . He served in War of 1812, Capt . Garrison's Co . with Wm . Loveless 

b.1792 . In 1850 Bibb Co ., Millie was 47, b . SC . Several children in Ref. 6 . 

Children continued on next page .

Sally c.1805? ; m . James B . Hall . 

Blessingame c.1807 ; m . 1827 Cynthia Kay . Resided Pendleton/Anderson Co .'s, SC ; 

Chattooga Co ., Ga . in 1880 . Possibly also res . briefly Davidson Co ., TN . where 

daughter Nancy married . Children : Mary C . b.1828, Mary b.1830, John Milton b.1832, 

Thomas Jahue b.1836, Tempa E . b .1840, Sara A . b.1843, Martha E . b .1845, Nancy 

Ann b .1848, Robert Bailey b.1849, Lydia S . b.1852 . 

Hembry/Embry c.1810 ; m . Essie Eudoxie Stone, dtr of Micajah . Res . Anderson Co ., SC, 

until 1839 . Removed to Gwinnett Co ., GA, where he died c.1844 . By 1845 widow had 

mar . -- Hambrick . Children : Linnie b.1838, Temperance b.1831, Sarah Ann c.1840, 

twins Isaac Newton and Susannah b .1841, Hugh/Hughes c.1843 . 

Elizabeth c.1812? ; m . Archibald Johnson, possibly the same who witnessed the 1845 will 

of James Loveless b.1771 . 

Isaac Jr . c.1815 ; m . Sarah/Sally Hipp . Allegedly removed to Alabama after Civil War but 

not found 1850 Cass Co ., Ga . census in which #1442 is Sarah Loveless, 32, SC ; four 

children, youngest b . GA; others b . SC . In 1880 Bartow Co . [formerly Case] Sarah 

Loveless, 61, SC [father b . SC, mother b . Va.] resided with son Robert . Children : Mary 

c.1841, Sarah c.1843, Robert J . b.1845, and Martha c.1847, 

Polly c.1818 . Unmarried, 

James c.1820 . Blind . Resided, unm ., with siblings in 1880 . 

Temperance c .1822 . Unmarried . Resided with brothers in 1880 . 

John H . c .1824 . Unmarried . Resided with brothers in 1880 . 

SAMUEL LOVELACE circa 1775 

In the 1800 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, census Samuel is on page 176 near Abraham 

Cantrell, second husband of William Lovelace's widow . Samuel is shown age sixteen to twenty-five 

with a wife the same age and a son and daughter both under ten . His proximity to Cantrell and the 

Lovelace children could indicate that Samuel was another son ofWilliam Lovelace . 

He does not appear in a subsequent census there, and no records for him have been located .

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BENJAMIN LOVELACE/LESS circa 1780? 

Family tradition cited by Dr . T . B . Lovelace and Prof Marc H . Lovelace mentions their ancestor 

Asa Lovelace's brother Benjamin . No birthrate or other information is known except that he allegedly 

went to Kentucky . His brothers Asa and Nathan resided in Rutherford County, NC, where Deed 

Book 32-33 p.628 reveals that on 7 December 1815 an indenture was made between Benjamin 

Loveless and James Shearer, both of Rutherford County, in the amount of one hundred dollars for 

which Shearer sold him fifty acres on Webb's Creek . The deed was witnessed by William Green and 

Levy Burns ; recorded 25 December 1821 . 

It is possible that Benjamin married Mary Green, daughter of Robert whose will dated 5 

November 1803, Rutherford County, names his daughter, Mary Lovelace . Green also had a son 

William, but he was deceased by 1803 and could not be the same who witnessed the above mentioned 

deed . 

[Also, the 1820 Rutherford County census indicates that in addition to Asa and Nathan, known 

brothers, two other Lovelace men resided there, including a second Asa Lovelace of the same 

generation, age 26 to 45, a wife the same bracket, with two sons ten to fifteen and two daughters and 

a son all under ten on p.353 . The other unidentified Lovelace there was Ransom on p .356, he and 

wife twenty-six to forty-five with five sons and a daughter all under ten . There does not appear to be 

any local records for them, and either could have married Robert Green's daughter Mary .] 

A recently discovered, highly intriguing situation seems to indicate that Benjamin was indeed 

half-brother to James Loveless born 1771 . In 1981 Mrs . Mary E . (Loveless) Carpenter of Anniston, 

Alabama, told this author that her grandfather, William T . Loveless, son of Hazel, grandson of 

William, and great-grandson of James born 1771, often "visited his cousin, Cortez Lovelace of 

Cleburn County, Alabama." 

According to Mrs . Jeanelle Walker ofHeflin, Alabama, Cortez P . Lovelace [her grandfather] was 

born 1880, a son ofEvan Jackson Lovelace born 1840 . Evan appears in the 1850 Cherokee County, 

Georgia census with his parents : James Lovelace born circa 1810, North Carolina, and wife Sarah . 

This James Lovelace, age forty in 1850, is unquestionably the same named in the 1851 Pickens 

County, South Carolina will of Ira Nicholson which mentions "my daughter Sarah, wife of 

James Lovelace of Georgia ."

A descendant of Ira Nicholson, Mrs . Nancy Flesch of Salem, Oregon, identifies Ira's son-in-law 

James Lovelace as the "orphan boy" taken in by Henry Henson whose will written in Rabun County, 

Georgia and filed at Pickens County, SC, refers to James Lovelace with words of affection . 

These references to James Lovelace born circa 1810, NC, appear to mesh as follows . The closest 

possible relationship that could have existed between William T . Loveless born 1872, Randolph Co, 

Alabama, and his "cousin" Cortez P . Lovelace born 1880, was as third cousins - and then only if their 

great-grandfathers had been brothers . 

James of Cherokee Co . , Georgia, grandfather of Cortez, was born in NC twenty years after the 

ancestral family ofWilliam T . Loveless had relocated in South Carolina . Thus the father of James 

Lovelace born circa 1810 had to be one ofthe three Lovelace brothers - Asa, Nathan, or Benjamin ; 

and his father, whichever ofthose three, had to be half-brother to James Loveless born 1771 for their 

great-grandsons to be related at all . 

Asa Lovelace died in 1845/46 and Nathan in 1853 . Neither could have been father of "an 

orphan" born in 1810 . Only their brother Benjamin qualifies . 

No estate records are found for Benjamin in Rutherford County, and the index to grantors does 

not indicate that he ever sold his land there . The County Clerk suggests that perhaps he did sell the 

property but that the deed were never recorded . Benjamin may have died there or actually removed 

to Kentucky as tradition states, leaving behind at least one son . 

Only the children of Asa have been identified . Included with the data applicable to Nathan is a 

list of those who could have been sons ofBenjamin, Nathan, or the other Asa or Ransom Lovelace, 

all of whom resided in the area . 

NATHAN LOVELACE born 1782, Virginia 

The index to Rutherford County grantors indicates that Nathan bought land there in 1816 from 

Thomas Stone . In the 1850 Cleveland County [formed 1841 from Rutherford] census #324 was 

Nathan Lovelace, sixty-six, born in Virginia, farmer . With him was Betsey Lovelace, twenty-one, 

born in North Carolina . 

Prof Marc Lovelace located gravestones in Cleveland County for Nathan ; born 20 Aug 1782 ; 

died 20 Oct 1853 and for his wife, "Feriby," possibly Phebe, who died 24 Oct 1846, age sixty-two . 

She was perhaps related to Lewis Green, bondsman at the marriages of several Lovelace men in 

Rutherford County . 

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In 1820 Nathan and his wife had two daughters under ten, a son under ten, a son ten to fifteen, 

and a son 16 or 17 . No estate records have been located . Several marriages in Rutherford/Cleveland 

Counties may have been for children of Nathan or for any ofthe other Lovelace men who headed an 

1820 household there, with the exception ofAsa born 1785 . Children : 

John c.1806 , NC . M . 1 Nov 1831, Rutherford Co ., Elizabeth Wiggins ; John Teal, bond ; 

T . F . Birchett, clerk . Probably the same who also m. there 13 Feb 1837 `Silla' Wood ; 

same bondsman and clerk . In 1850 census there : John, 45, laborer, NC ; Priscilla, 31, 

NC ; children : Sarah c.1838, James c.1840, William c.1843, Nancy c.1847 . 

Green c.1815? M . 14 Sept 1840, Rutherford Co ., Martha Nichols ; Lewis Green, bond . 

Not found 1850 . 

William c.1816 , NC . M . 15 Feb 1839, Rutherford Co ., Cynthia Holifield ; Lewis Green, 

bond . In 1880 Colfax (Rutherford) census he was 64, farmer, NC; Cynthia, 67, NC . 

Both gave NC as birthplaces ofparents . 

Asa c.1817 , NC . M . 11 March 1840, Rutherford Co ., Polly Green ; Lewis Green, bond . 

Listed #471 in 1850 Cleveland Co . census, age 33 ; Mary P ., 32, NC ; children : James L . 

c.1845, Willis G . c.1846, Sarah c.1846, Judea c.1847, Julia c.1848, Benjamin c.1849 . 

James c.1818 , NC . M . I 1 Dec 1846, Rutherford Co ., Sarah Tessenmir/Tessenear; Lewis 

Green, bond . Will dated 13 Dec 1859 probated 26 Feb 1877 for Nicholas Tessnear 

names dtr Sarah Lovelace . In 1880 Colfax (Rutherford) James was 62, farmer, NC, both 

parents NC ; Sarah, 57, NC, both parents NC . James' will 14 Jan 1885 names w . Sarah ; 

children Lewis Green, Elizabeth, Sarah James, and Oliver Gardner . 

ASA LOVELACE/LESS born 1 August 1785 

On 23 July 1806, Rutherford County, North Carolina, he married Susannah Harden . His 

bondsman was his stepfather, Abraham Cantrell . In 1810 he resided near his probable half-brothers 

in Greenville County, South Carolina, age sixteen to twenty-five with a son under ten and an 

unidentified male ten to fifteen . His wife's age is erroneously given as ten to fifteen. Sons located in 

1880 named Asa's birthplace as North Carolina . 

Rutherford County Deed Book 24-26 p .482 : Abraham Cantrell sold land 1811 to Asa Lovelace 

for two hundred dollars . Book 32-33 p.439 : John Jones of Sandy Run sold to Asa Lovelace in 1821 

[index only] . 

"Soldiers from North Carolina in the War of 1812" includes Asa in the 12th Company detached 

from the Second Rutherford County Regiment under Capt . John C . Elliott ; but his widow's attempts 

to obtain bounty lands for Asa's service were refused .

On 2 Dec 1853 at Cleveland County [formed from Rutherford] an application for Asa's bounty 

lands was filed by his widow . She stated that she was Susannah Harden before her marriage to Asa 

"in 1814, she believes ;" that he had volunteered in Rutherford County in a company commanded by 

Capt . John C . Elliott in Col . Nathan Horton's regiment . Susannah stated that Asa was gone "some 

length of time, was taken sick and was discharged on account of his disability." In July 1854 the 

Treasury Department refused her application as the rolls of Capt . Elliott's company did not include 

the name of Asa Loveless . 

Seven years later on 27 Dec 1860, Susannah, then age seventy, reapplied through an agent, 

W . W . Green . At this time she declared that as Susannah Hardin she had married Asa Loveless in 

Rutherford County on the 24th day of July 18 -- [smeared] by E -- Dency Dobbins, Baptist Minister ; 

that Asa had died at home on the 14th day ofDecember 1845 ; and that she had no family record of 

her marriage or births of her children . 

The agent, perhaps unforgivably, submitted her application to the Pension Commissioner 

omitting every single item of importance relating to Asa's service : date ofenlistment, term of service, 

commanding officers' names, etc . A later statement from the agent explains that he had written the 

declaration on Susannah's behalf at her home, intending to insert the officer's name when he returned 

home and could verify the correct spelling as it appeared in other Records he had prepared for local 

men . The agent then stated that Asa's commanding officer was Capt . Garrison . 

Numerous documents were submitted in behalf of Susannah, attesting to two weeks of service by 

Asa Loveless before he was stricken by illness and allowed to return home "with the assistance of a 

friend ." Capt . Lewis, under whom Asa had served before volunteering for the newly formed company 

under Capt . Garrison, took an oath in testimony to Asa's service, as did other men from Rutherford 

County . 

The last document in the file is dated -- [after January] 1861 : Land Claim No . 311,399, Re- 

examined : Name of claimant not found on rolls of Capt . Jno . Garretson [sic] North Carolina Militia 

for 1814 ; not on rolls of the Regiment . 

Susanna stated in her application that Asa had died 14 December 1845 . In Prof Lovelace's 

family records the date is 12 Dec 1846, "near Boiling Springs ." 

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Children of Asa and Susannah (Harden) Loveless : 

Thomas, 16 July 1807 ; m . Judith McSwain b . 11 Jan 1808 who d . 14 April 1889 . He 

d . 7 Feb 1887 . Resided in Rutherford and Cleveland Counties . Children : Perry G. 

[d . young], Eunice b.1832, Nathan Crawford b.1835 [great-grandfather of Prof 

Marc H . Lovelace] . 

Berry Ellison, 11 Sept - [probably 1809] . Resided in Cleveland Co . 1850, age 40, miller, 

w . Mourning, 40, NC . Eldest child probably Berry E . c.1831 who in 1850 resided with 

Susannah Loveless, widow of Asa . Some children names by Harry B . McGinn of 

Greenwood, SC 1981 : Eddy c.1834, Arty c.1836, Sarah Salina c.1839, Dulciana 

c.1840, Anna c.1841, Exer c.1844, Martin c .1846, Huldah c.1849, David c.1852, 

Dixon c.1853, and -- [son] c.185- . 

Nathan c .1811 ; m . Jane McSwain . Resided Cleveland Co . 1850/60, farmer/blacksmith ; 

wife Jane born c.1812, NC . Children ; Thomas G ., Harmon, Susanna, William, James 

W., Rosanna, Judith, Mary A ., Cynthia Jane, Asa G ., Perry W ., Martha, and Margaret . 

MaU/Polly , 26 June 1813 ; m . Samuel McSwain and Robert Mintz . 

James B . , 13 Sept 1816 ; m . Judith Hamrick born c.1814, NC . Children : Permelia/Amelia, 

Drury, Louisa Jane, Hannah Susannah, and Adeline . 

William Bryson, 1 July 1819 ; m . Sarah Ann Harris, mother of all children ; Lydia Sapoc ; 

and Elizabeth Wilson . In 1850 Cleveland Co . age 31, blacksmith ; Sarah, 19 . He d . 

16 June 1905 . Will dated 22 Apr 1905 names children as well as these grandchildren : 

Memory C . and William Green ; William Walker ; Forest G., M . F ., and Core Ann 

Hamrick . Children : Clementine, Mary E ., Louisa M ., Alfred M ., Thomas Beatty, 

Cora/Corrientes, Jonas Alvin, Alice Victoria, Margaret Sarah, Mary Ida Theodosia, 

Burrell Pinkney, and Susan . 

[Note : son Thomas Beatty was source of information that William B . Lovelace, son of 

Asa, was grandson of William Lovelace . 

Susannah/Annie , 21 May 1822 ; m . William McDaniel b . 25 May 1819 d . 8 March 1905 . 

She d . 19 March 1876 . Both arc buried at McSwain-Lovelace Cem . near Boiling 

Springs, NC . A son, Bryson McDaniel 1843-1862, Confederate Soldier, is buried near 

them . 

Edmon J . , 12 Feb 1825 ; m . Priscilla J . Washburn . In 1850 Cleveland Co, NC census, a 

farmer; Priscilla, 22, NC . One child, evidently born after 1850 census : Alice . Edmon J . 

d . 1901 . 

Alvin , 20 Nov 1828 [birth date from g .s .] Family tradition is that he followed his fianc6e to 

Arkansas, married, and had several sons . In 1850, a music teacher, age 22, he resided in

Cleveland Co ., NC, boarding with William Pruette . He is unquestionably the same, 

variously styled Alvin/Calvin, in Sebastian Co ., Arkansas, who mar . first S . W . Baber 

b . 9 Nov 1828 who d . 19 Jan 1859 . He m . second Mary Pettus b . 3 Oct 1842, SC, dtr of 

William . She d . 1883 . He d . 2 June 1886 . All three are buried at Lovelace Cem ., 

Witcherville (Sebastian) Arkansas . 

In 1880 census there Alvin gave NC as birthplaces of both parents . His wife Mary gave 

SC as birthplaces of her parents . All children but first resided with him in 1880 : 

Cleopatra b.1859 ; William C . c.1861, Ark . ; Elonsa J. c.1865, Texas ; Sarah Melissa 

c.1868, Ark Richard P . c.1870 ; Ebeneser C . c.1872 ; Martha c.1874 ; Mary Jane c.1876 ; 

Oscar Monroe b.1878 . 

[Family data pertaining to Alvin Lovelace's children was provided by Mrs . Ethelene 

Golden of Ada, Oklahoma, 1982 .] 

This completes the summaries of the two groups of presumed brothers, all sons of a William 

Lovelace who lived in North Carolina in 1771, in Virginia in 1782, and again in North Carolina in 

1785 if the birthplace given for Asa Lovelace by his sons was correct . It is logical that William 

Lovelace was acquainted with Abraham Cantrell, either in Rowan County, North Carolina, where 

Cantrell enlisted, or in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, where Cantrell resided with his second 

wife, William Lovelace's widow . 

William Lovelace evidently married three times . The first wife, name unknown, was mother of 

John, "first son," and of his presumed siblings : William, Hazel, James, Isaac, and perhaps Samuel . 

The fact that John and James named their eldest daughters Elizabeth, and that Isaac named one of his 

first daughters Elizabeth, may be an indication that this was the name of William's first wife . 

The second wife was possibly Margaret Kem, daughter of Leonard Kern of Rowan County, 

whose 1780 will names "my daughter Margaret Lovelace ." The given name Margaret does appear 

with uncommon frequency among early Lovelace marriage records and families in Rutherford 

County . 

"Miss Watson of Virginia" was perhaps the third wife and widow . It is known that William's 

widow was the stepmother, not the mother, ofhis three youngest sons : Benjamin, Asa, and Nathan. It 

is logical that the name of the woman who reared the three orphans would be remembered, and 

Abraham Cantrell and the Lovelace widow did have a son, Watson Cantrell . 

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48. 

It must be emphasized that no absolute proof has been established that John Baptist Lovelace's 

son William did or did not marry Margery Beall and move to Georgia . At this time it can only be 

acknowledged that this is a definite possibility . 

Indications are that a William Lovelace ofRowan County, North Carolina, left a widow and 

several children and that be was ofthe same generation as those children of John Baptist Lovelace 

who resided there . 

The one vital piece of evidence which would determine beyond any doubt which William was 

the son of John Baptist Lovelace would be the actual signature of John Baptist's son on estate records 

for John Baptist, his wife Eleanor, or her second husband, Thomas Robey . 

Margery (Beall), wife ofWilliam Lovelace [Jr .?] born 1747, died in Georgia in 1803 . He 

married Jannett Hunt in 1809, and the marriage bond bears his signature . By comparing this to a 

signature on a Lovelace-Roby estate record it would be known whether or not William who married 

Margery Beall and Jannett Hunt was, as has been claimed, the son ofJohn Baptist . 

Until that or equally incontrovertible proof can be produced, neither the descendants of one 

William nor of the other can claim descent from John Baptist Lovelace born 1712 . This author 

intends to continue her pursuit of such proof and is hopeful that others will also in order to ultimately 

resolve this . . . 

CONTROVERSY IN THE CAROLINAS . 

Note .- It is regrettable that the terms "probably," "possibly," and "apparently" must be utilized with 

such frequency herein . However, although the author believes certain relationships to have existed, 

it is unethical for a genealogist to state as fact any theory, no matter how sound, where solid 

documentation is lacking . 


26 May 1982

INDEX TO SURNAMES 

OTHER THAN LOVELACE 

and/or LOVELESS 

ADAM, Margaret 15 CANTRELL, Abraham 17,18, 41, 45, 47 

ALEXANDER, Francis 10, 16 John 17 

ALLEN, America 36 Richard 17 

Daisy 34 Watson 17, 47 

Della 34 CARLTON, Caroline 29 

Ira 34 CARPENTER, Mary Loveless 31, 42 

Jason 34 CARTER, Mrs. O . B . 26 

Kate 34 CASEY, Jacob 38 

Temperance, Mrs . 36 CASH, Sarah 13 

William C . 34 CHANDLER, Jesse 39 

W . J . 36 CHASTAIN, Samuel 19 

ARCHIBALD, Thomas 10 COCKCROFT, Susan 7 

William 10 Thomas 7 

ARNOLD, Benjamin 21, 29, 40 COKER, Garlington 32 

Hendrick 21, 40 COLLINS, John 3, 4 

BARBER, S . W . 46 COTTEN, Arthur K. 8 

BARNET, Elizabeth 4 COUCH, John 2 

BARRETT, Sarah 14 CRAWFORD, Elizabeth Loveless 

BARROWS, Henry 19 21, 22, 28 

BEALL, Catherine 11, 12, 14 Mary 31 

David 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 Peter 21, 22, 31 

Evan 3, 17 W . W . (Mrs .) 37 

James l, 3, 4, 11 CULVER, Fleming 32 

Margery 1, 4, 10, 16, 47 DANIELS, Martha 23 

Reason 2 DAVENPORT, Elizabeth 33, 36 

William 2, 4 Malinda 36 

Zadoc 2 DAVIS, Almyra 26 

BERRY, Hudson 29 DAWSON, Jemima 6 

BLAYLOCK, Elizabeth 7 Rebecca 6 

BLAZE, John 13 DEES, Eliza 6 

BOSHART, Mattie 35 DENSON, William 40 

BOWMAN, Hugh 11 DeWEESE, Jonathan 40 

Mary 32 Rachael 40 

BOYD, Emily 26 DOYLE, Samuel 13 

BRAND, William 32 DRAKE, Keziah 23 

BRISCOE, Walter 4 Ozias 23 

BROWN, Clarissa Williamson 33 DRAPER, John 17 

J . T . 21 Lucy 23 

BURFORD, Washington 21 Solomon 23 

BURNS, Levi 42 DYSON, Amelia 14 

CAMPBELL, James 26 EDMONSTON, James 7, 11 

Matthew 11, 12 Margaret 1, 11

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ELLIOTT, John C . 45 HARTLEY, Daniel 6 

EPPE, William 39 Frederick 7 

ESTES, Ann 32 Michael 7 

Charles 39 Pricilla 5, 7 

Jedediah 39 Thomas 13 

Joshua 39 HATTON, John 39 

EWING, Nathaniel 3 HAWKINS, Nathaniel 21 

FIELD, Moses 23 HAVES, John 24 

FLESCH, Mrs . Nancy 43 Rebecca 24 

FRANKS, Lucy 26 BENSON, Henry 43 

FUKKER, Isham 3, 4 HILL, Joseph 20, 28 

Margaret A . O . 35 HIPP, George 25 

GAINES, Silas 33 Sarah 41 

GAITHER, Burgess 11 BODGES, Roxanna 35 

Jeremiah 14 HOLIFIELD, Cynthia 44 

Zachariah 11, 12 HOLLAND, James 20, 28 

GAMBELL, George 28 Thomas 20 

Mason 28 HOUSTON, Moses 5 

GHOLSTON, Elizabeth 34 HOOD, John 32, 33 

Gilbert 34 Mattie Loveless 27, 33 

Nancy Josephine 34 HOOKER, John 21, 23 

GODFREY, Lucretia 36 HORTON, Nathan 45 

GOLDEN, Mrs . Ethelene 47 HOUSTON, Christopher 11 

GOLDSMITH, George W . 34 HUDSON, Isaac 12 

GRAHAM, Joshua 21 HUGHES, George 18, 19, 27, 38, 40 

Saletha 21 James 38, 39 

GREEN, Lewis 43, 44 Jane 38, 39 

Mary 42, 44 Jemimah 38 

Memory 46 John 38, 39 

Phebe 43 Joseph 38, 39 

R. H. 21 Linna 18, 27, 29, 38, 39 

Robert 42 Mary/Polly 18, 29, 39, 39 

W . W . 45 Nathan 38, 39 

William 42, 46 Nelly/Eleanor 38, 39 

GRISHAM, Mrs . Narcissa 21 T . J . 40 

GUNNELS, Willaim 19, 20 HUNT, James 32 

HALL, James B . 41 Jannett 48 

HALSEY, Jennings 20 IRWIN, Jean 2, 16 

HAMRICK, Cora 46 JOHNSON, Allen 35 

Forrest 46 Archibald 28, 41 

Judith 46 Asa 14 

M . F . 46 Azalea 35 

HARDEN, Susannah 45 Benjamin 14 

HARLESS, Aurilla Loveless 30 John N . 35 

Kate 35 

Lydia 14 

Mary 7 

Philip 35 

HARRIS, Sarah A. 46 Richard 7

JONES, George 22 MATTOCK, John 39 

John 45 MAY, Charles 7 

Nancy 26 MINTZ, Robert 46 

Temperance 32 

William 21, 32, 39 MOORE, Charles P . 23 

JORDAN, Aurilla V . 31 Mary Loveless 17 

KAY, Cynthia 41 William 22 

KELLY, Mrs . Luther 13 MULLINS, Harris 19, 20 

KELLEY, Rosalia F . 32 1VIURDOCK, John 15 

KERN, Leonard 47 NABORS/NEIGHBORS 

Margaret 47 Elizabeth 20, 21, 22 

KING, Newton 33 Jacob 19 

J . Ray 29, 33 Nathan 38 

KIRKLAND, Constance 5 Rebecca 28, 33 

Levi 5 Samuel 20, 28, 33 

Snowden 5 NICHOLAS/NICHOLS/NICKLES 

LAFERTY, Patrick 39 Ezekiel 35 

LANHAM, James 12 Jacob 11 

LASCON, Charles 20 Joel 20, 23 

LAVENDAR, David 24 Joseph 23 

LAWSON, Roger I1 Martha 44 

LEACH, Zadoc 11, 12, 13 Mary 17 

LEHRE, Priscilla 5 NICHOLSON, Ira 42 

Thomas 5 Sarah 42 

LEWIS, Thomas 39 NIXON, Elizabeth 36 

LIGHTFOOT, Mrs . Gordon 40 Manda 31 

LOWDERMILK, Doctor 36 Martha 37 

LUSK, Lorenzo 35 Mary 37 

McCLENDON, Samuel 1 William 37 

McCULLOUGH, Joseph 38 OLIVER, Adelia J . 33 

McCLUSKEY, Naomi 4 PETTUS, Mary & William 47 

McDANIEL, Bryson 46 PRATHER, Thomas 16 

Sarah 12 William 15 

William 46 PRUETTE, William 47 

McGHEE, George 32 QUATTLEBURN, Daniel 7 

McGINN, Harry B . 46 RABORN, John W . 7 

McGUIRK, Mrs . Anne 27, 34 RAGSDALE, L . 19 

McLAUGHLIN, Andrew 22 RAMSEY, Eleanor 4 

Sarah 22 RAWLS, Joseph C . 7 

McMORRIS, Jno . 39 REED, Alexander 15 

McSWAIN, Jane 46 Andrew 11 

Judith 46 REID, George O . 34 

Samuel 46 RHODES, Elisha, Jacob 38 

MAIRE, Jean 17 RIDGEWAY, Mary 15 

MATTHEWS, Seaborn 20 RILEY, Linna 29, 34 

MATTISON, Gabriel 32 Patrick 34 

Leroy 32 ROBERSON, Basil 11

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ROBEY, Ann 8, 13, 14 TARRANT, James 21 

Charlotte 8 TAYLOR, Catherine Beall 11, 12 

Nancy 11 Mrs . Elizabeth 32 

Nathan 8, 11, 12, 15 Isaac 12 

Pryor S . 8 James 11, 20 

Sarah 8, 13 Nancy 26, 34 

Thomas 8, 9,11, 13, 14, 15, 48 Sarah 11, 12 

Verlinda 8, 13 Thomas 11 

ROBINSON, Amanda B . 1 TEAL, John 44 

ROGERS, Elsa 36 TEMPLE, Nancy 26 

ROSEBOROUGH, James 11 TERRY, Susannah 31 

John 11 TESSNEAR, Nicholas 44 

Margaret 11 Sarah 44 

ROTTON, William 7 THOMPSON, John 11 

ROUGHTON, W . Hobson 5 TIMMONS, Linnie 27 

RUSSELL, Alfred 32 Thomas 27, 38 

Thomas 33 TOWNSEND, Benjamin 20 

STALER, Isaac 20, 22, 23 VEACH, James 34 

SAPOC, Lydia 46 VICKERS, John 15 

SAPP, Mrs . William 1 WALKER, Mrs . Jeanelle 42 

SAWYERS, George 7 William 46 

SCOTT, Walter 36 WARREN, Nancy 6 

William 39 Rebecca 6 

SHAW, James 34 WASHBURN, Priscilla 46 

Mary Ann 8, 14 WATSON, Miss -- 17, 47 

Robert 14 Arthur 6 

SHUMATE, L . H . 32 John 40 

SHUTTLESWORTH, John 40 Robert 38 

SIEBALT, Wendolin 35 WEEKS, Mrs . Harold 35 

SMITH, James 7 WHITMIER, Elizabeth 24 

Mary 12 John 24 

SPOTTS, Benneville 32 William 25 

John A . 32 WHITTEN, Mary Loveless 24 

STALLINS, Anner 31 WIGGINS, Elizabeth 44 

STAPLER, James 3, 4 WILLIAMS, Mrs . Goerge 32 

Mary 3, 4 WILLIAMSON, Clarissa 32 

William 3, 4 Elisha 32 

STONE, Essie 41 Penelope 7 

Micaj ah 40, 41 WILSON, Elizabeth 46 

Thomas 43 James W . 33 

STORY, William 19 WINFREY, George 35 

SUMMERS, Benjamin 14 WINGLER, Susanna 13 

William 14 WOOD, Priscilla 44 

SUTTON, Elizabeth 26 William 39 

SWINFORD, James 11 WOODWAES, William 33 

WOOTON, Simon 6

REFERENCES CITED IN TEXT 

Ref. 1 "Lovelace-Loveless and Allied Families ;" Florence K . Robertson ; published circa 1951 . 

[This source is unreliable in some instances . However, it does include numerous family 

summaries contributed by members of these families . Many ofthe articles have been 

determined as correct through recent contact with descendants, court documents, census 

records, etc . The most serious errors were incurred by the compiler's attempts to link the 

early American lines .] 

Ref. 2 "Kirkland Source Book of Records ;" a three-part volume compiled by Mrs . Robert Green 

[Georgia records], Mrs . Jean R . Leonard [Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama records], 

Mrs . John R . Kirkland [North and South Carolina records], and Mrs . Paul R . Schladensky 

[Maryland and Virginia records] . 

Ref. 3 "The Stevens-Loveless-Lovelace Lineage ;" a loose-leaf notebook at the Evans Memorial 

Library, Aberdeen, Mississippi . 

Ref. 4 A genealogy pertaining to the descendants ofJohn and Mary Loveless of Jefferson County, 

Alabama ; compiled by John Draper of Austin, Texas, and located at the Alabama State 

Archives in Montgomery . [Additional records were researched at the Jefferson County 

Court House .] 

Ref. 5 Family records and pertinent data in the possession ofProfessor Marc Hoyle Lovelace of 

DeLand, Florida . 

Ref. 6 "Haysop : A Church, A Community, A People ofHaysop Creek, Bibb County, Alabama ;" 

Charles E . Boyd ; Banner Press, Publishers and Booksellers ; Birmingham, Alabama ; 1979 . 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

Listed below are individuals who contributed family data presented within this compilation . The 

earliest known or apparent Lovelace/Loveless ancestor of each is as cited . Addresses given are 

current as of 1 June 1982 . 

BOWLES, Mrs . Wilfred CLARK, Mrs . Henry T . Jr. GOLDEN, Mrs . Ethelene 

Route 1 1425 Gray Bluff Trail Route 2 Box 182 

Bowen, IL 62316 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Ada, OK 74820 

(John c.1775/Sarah Cash of (Asa b.1785, NC) (Asa b .1785 ; res . NC) 

NC) 

CLAYTON, Mrs . Harriet GREENE, Mrs . Dianne 

BRYAN, Mrs . G . Howard 3108 Overbill Road 601 Morris Ave . 

1596 Lancaster Ter . 3-B Birmingham, AL 35223 Opelika, AL 36801 

Jacksonville, FL 32204 

(Benjamin c.1745 of SC) (Benjamin c.1745 of SC) 

(Benjamin c .1745 of SC) 

COFIELD, Loveless GREGG, David E . 

CAGLE, Ms . Paulette Route 1 Route 7 Box 560 

111 Johnson Drive Newell, AL 36270 Florence, AL 35630 

Doraville, GA 30340 

(James b.1771, NC ; res . SC) (Hazel c .1818, SC/Almira 

(William b.1747/Margery Davis) 

Beall ofMd ., NC, and GA) 

CRESS, Mrs . Nancy 

6380 Cresthaven Dr . HOOD, John 

CARPENTER, Mrs . Rufus LaMesa, CA 92041 P . O . Box 261 

Route 5 Box 74 

Anniston, AL 36201 

(James c.1770/Sarah 

McDaniel ofNC) 

Lawrenceville, GA 30246 

(James b.1771, NC ; res . SC) 

(James b .1771, NC ; res . SC) 

DRAPER, John KING, J . Ray 

CARTER, Mrs . O. B . 8800 Silverwood Court 1170 Valley Brook Road 

3628 Kimberly Lane Austin, TX 78759 Decatur, GA 3 

Fort Worth, TX 76133 

(John c.1766 of SC/AL) (James b.1771, NC ; res . SC) 

(Francis b.1793, SC ; res . 

AL/TN .) EDWARDS, Mrs . Karen LAW, Mrs . Jarrett 

23 Lexington Drive 1540 Yancey Ave . 

CHAMPION, Donald Conway, AR 72032 Montgomery, AL 36107 

1102 S . 12th Avenue 

St . Charles, II, 60174 

(James b.1771, NC ; res . SC) (Benjamin c.1745 of SC) 

(Asa b.1785 ; res . NC) 

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56. 

LEARD, Mrs . Greta LOVELACE, Wade Tanner REENER, Mrs . Lynn B . 

3012 Tower Drive 2520 Winrock #28 609 W . Buchanan 

Tyler, TX 75701 Houston, TX 77057 Litchfield, IL 62056 

(Benjamin D . c.1807, SC ; res . (James b.1771, NC ; res . SC) (Isaac c.1744 of MD/NC] 

AL) 

LOVELESS, Alton ROUGHTON, W . Hobson 

LIGHTFOOT, 1008 Ainsworth Circle Route 1 Box 199 

Mrs . Gordon H. Antioch, TN 37013 Union Springs, AL 36089 

106 Salisbury Lane 

Victoria, TX 77901 

(Blessingame, 1806) (Benjamin c.1745 of SC) 

(Isaac Sr . c.1773 of SC . See 

also Mrs . Lightfoot's article in 

"Gwinnett Co ., Ga . Families 

1818-1968 .") 

LOVELESS, Claude Jr . SANDERS, David 

5324 Seventh Court S . 202 George Street 

Birmingham, AL 35212 Mobile, AL 36604 

(John c.1766 of SC/AL) (Benjamin c.1745 of SC) 

LONAS, Mrs . Leonard Jr . 

P . O . Box 187 McGINN, Harry B . SCOTT, Eric S . 

Purcellville, VA 20134 Route #3 245 Camelot Rd . 

(John c.1766 of SC, AL) 

Greenwood, SC 29646 Milton, FL 32570 

(Asa b.1785 of NC) (John c.1766 of SC/AL) 

LOVELACE, Hose H . 

P . O . Box 727 OSTER, Mrs . Jean STEELE, Mrs . Parker 

Jacksboro, TX 76056 9931 North 16 Place Lowndesboro 

Phoenix, AZ 85020 Alabama 36752 

(Benjamin D . c.1807 of 

SC/AL) (James c.1770/Sarah McDaniel ; (Isaac c.1773 of SC) 

NC) 

LOVELACE, STINSON, Mrs . Idalyn 

Prof. Marc Hoyle PRICE, Aubrey D . 448 South Drive 

5401 Indiana Ave ., N-214 . 113 W . Osborne Ave . Miami Springs, FL 33166 

Winston Salem, NC 27106 Tampa, FL 33603 

(William b .1747/Margery 

(Asa b.1785 of NC) (Benjamin c.1745 of SC) Beall ofMd ., NC, and GA) 

LOVELACE, RAISTY, Mrs . Jewell STINY, Mrs . Mary L . 

Thomas Andrew 120 Mockingbird Lane 6630 E . Harvard Ave . 

80 Creek Row, POBox 512 Decatur, GA 30030 Denver, CO 80224 

East Haddam, CT 06423 

(James b.1771, NC ; res . SC), 

(Benjamin c.1745 of SC) (Isaac c.1744 of Md./NC)

SUTTON, Mrs . Elizabeth VIDALES, Mrs . Carol WALKER, Mrs. Jeanelle L . 

165 Rivera Court 3 Lakepinea Drive Route 2 Box 257 

Chula Vista, CA 92011 Irvine, CA 92714 Heflin, AL 36264 

(Benjamin c.1745 of SC) (Benjamin c .1745 of SC) (James c.1810, NC ; res . GA) 

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