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About Levi Daniel Eiland Jr.:
LEVI DANIEL EILAND JR. (1822-1912) was born on Mar. 22, 1822. In about 1825 married Polly Pippet (d.
1852 in Alabama). According to Hendley, ?We had two water mills that ground our meal and grits. One
of these mills was located a little south of Chipco-now called Blanton. The other was farther south
near the J. W. Hudson farm. Levi Eiland built these two mills in 1874 and 1875.? Levi Eiland is shown
as a blacksmith in Fort Dade in the Florida Gazetteer and Business Directory (1886-87). He died on May
12, 1912, and is buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Children: James, b. Dec. 3, 1843, at Crenshaw, Ala.;
m. Susan Rebecca Taylor; d. May 3, 1920. J. A. Eiland is shown as an orange grower at Fort Dade in
the Florida Gazetteer and Business Directory (1886-87). Emily, b. 1846, listed with Josephus Eiland
in the 1850 census Neri Daniel, b. Aug. 1847; m. Emily Ellen Jones. He is shown as a farmer in Chipco
and Twin Lakes in the Florida Gazetteer and Business Directory (1886-87). He is shown as a trustee of
the Oak-Dale School at Chipco in 1887 and a trustee of the Chipco School in 1893. A 1910 Tarpon Springs
newspaper item reported, ?N. D. Eiland of Fivay was seen on our streets this week.? A deed dated Aug.
16, 1918, transferred property in S6 T25 R17 from N. D. Eiland and his wife to the school board. This
was probably for the Fivay school. He died Jan. 27, 1929, and is buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Children
included Levi Daniel (1877-1967; see below) and Albena Ella, who married Archie James Burnside. Mary
Elizabeth, b. about 1848, m. unknown Brown
1850 CENSUS - Coffee Co, Al Levi Island, 29,
farmer, Al Polly A, 25, Unknown James A, 7, Al Emily, 5, Al Neri ?, 3, Al Mary M, 1,
Al
1860 Covington Co, Al Levi Ersland 38, M, Farmer , Al Lydia Ann Ersland 38, f, domestic,
SC James A Ersland 17, m, farm laborer, Al Emily Ersland 15, f, , Al Nori D Ersland 13, m,
, Al Mary E Ersland 8, f, , Al Joseph Ersland 6, m, , Al Stephen Ersland 4, m, , Al Cullen
Ersland 2, m, , Al Sarah Ersland 1, f, , Al
1870 United States Federal Census L Eli Eiland
49 Ann Levi Eiland 49 James Eiland 25 Daniel Eiland 23 Joseph Eiland 17 Cullin Eiland
15 Mary Eiland 6
1880 Census Place: E.D. 60, Precinct 4, 7 And 10, Hernando, Florida Levi
EILAND, Self, M, M, W, 59, AL, Farmer, AL, AL L. A. EILAND, Wife , F, M , W, 55, AL, Housekeeper,
AL, AL William EILAND, Son , M, W, 15, AL, Attending SchooL, AL,AL Jessee MITCHELL Other, M
, S , W, 10 , AL, Attending School, AL , AL
Levi Jr. had acquired land in Covington Co. as early
as 1850. In that year he purchased 40 acres in the Brantley area which would fall in Crenshaw, when
it was formed in 1866. He also acquired three additional forty acre tracts in 1856-57 in the nearby
Union community.
1900 census Chipco, Pasco Co, Florida Levi Erland APR 1823, Head, Al, Ga,
Ga, Married Years 47, , Farmer Lydia A Erland Mar 1823, Wife, SC, Al, Al, Married years 47, Children
9, 1,
About Polly Pippet:
aka Mary A. PIPPETT
About Emily Eiland:
Emily is listed with Josephus Eiland in the 1850 census
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