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descendants
of
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
MacLeod~~
~~~~~~~
Alexander
McLeod
and
Harriet
Yates son
of
Alexander
and
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod
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!Source:
Lori
McLeod
Wilke;
Walking
With
Ghosts
Research
2000
-
2009
First
Generation
American
Alexander
E.
McLeod
was
the
son
of
Alexander
and
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod
and
the
grandson
of
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
McLeod.
Will
of
Alexander
McLeod
Will
Book
K
page
147
Volume
2;
E
-
D,
accessed
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
June
2003
at
the
Camden
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina,
USA
According
to
a
1920
interview
with
one
of
Alexander
II"s
sons,
his
parents
were
married
in
(Fayetteville
District,
Richmond
County)
North
Carolina
around
the
year
1810
and
by
1812
had
migrated
into
the
Kershaw
and
Sumter
area
of
South
Carolina,
where
they
again
settled
on
the
border
of
two
counties.
North
Carolina
research
into
the
McLeod
and
McIntosh
families
is
in
its
earliest
stages
and
it
is
hoped
that
additional
information
will
be
available
shortly.
1920
Oral
Interview
with
Alexander
E.
McLeod's
son,
Albert
John
McLeod,
great
grandson
of
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
McLeod
For
more
information
regarding
the
previous
generations:
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
McLeod
/
Alexander
and
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod
YDNA
Matches
Galtrigal
Branch
-
the
Deduced
Ancestral
Haplotype
of
two
cousins
is
a
67-1
match
to
the
Deduced
Ancestral
Haplotype
of
our
family.
Descended
from
Donald
the
Faithful
Pilot
who
is
credited
with
helping
Bonnie
Prince
Charlie
and
Flora
MacDonald
flee
after
Culloden,
the
family
occupations
are
Milling
and
Fine
Carpentry
as
they
are
in
our
own
family.
Galtrigal
is
located
across
the
loch
from
Dunvegan
Castle.
95%
of
the
time
a
Common
Ancestor
will
be
found
between
this
Branch
and
our
Family
in
a
generation
born
about
1700.
Colbost
-
Norman
MacLeod,
heriditary
Galley
Maker
(Fine
Carpentry)
to
Dunvegan,
born
about
1700
in
Colbost
located
near
Dunvegan.
His
descendant
is
a
67-2
from
our
family
haplotype
and
a
67
-
1
to
the
Galtrigal
Branch.
95%
of
the
time
a
Common
Ancestor
will
be
found
between
this
Branch
and
our
Family
in
a
generation
born
about
1700.
The
descendant
tested
was
born
in
Scotland.
Norman
MacLeod
-
born
before
1775
in
Scotland;
immigrated
to
Virginia
then
to
Gallia
County
Ohio
-
descendants
of
this
man
match
our
Deduced
Ancestral
Haplotype
on
markers
1
-
25
perfectly
which
is
unusual
in
any
one
other
than
close
relations;
however
one
of
the
two
descendants
tested
upgraded
to
the
67
marker
level
where
his
results
showed
2
mutations
in
markers
26
-
37
and
2
mutations
in
markers
38
-
67.
95%
of
the
time
a
Common
Ancestor
will
be
found
between
this
Branch
and
our
family
in
a
generation
born
between
1530
AD
and
1700
AD.
One
of
his
mutations
are
either
unique
to
his
paternal
line
within
the
larger
related
group
and
another
is
shared
with
Colbost
above;
another
mutation
is
on
a
volatile
marker
known
to
mutate
in
very
recent
generations.
The
testing
of
other
cousins
and
the
upgrading
of
the
cousin
who
tested
only
25
markers
could
tell
us
more
about
this
match.
To
read
more
about
our
YDNA
results;
see
YDNA
Page
for
Angus
MacLeod
1815
Alexander
E.
McLeod
was
born
April
6
1815
on
the
homestead
property
located
on
Horsepen
Branch,
a
tributory
of
the
Beaver
Dam
Branch
of
the
Scape
Or
River
in
Kershaw
District.
His
father
had
purchased
the
land
in
November
of
1812
from
Micajah
Woodward,
whose
wife
had
inherited
it
as
her
portion
of
her
father,
Issiac
Lenore's,
estate.
This
1812
deed
was
witnessed
by
a
John
McKay
who
may
have
migrated
with
Alex's
parents
from
North
Carolina
and
who
would
later
marry
Alexander's
Aunt
Mary,
known
as
Polly
to
the
family.The
property
actually
lie
on
the
border
of
Kershaw
and
Sumter
Districts
and
today
is
included
in
the
Ionia,
Egypt,
Hickory
Hill
and
Turkey
Creek
area
of
Lee
County.
His
father,
Alexander,
was
a
cooper
(an
artisan
who
was
a
maker
of
barrells)
and
probably
a
Miller.
Records
for
Alexander
E.
McLeod
and
his
wife,
Harriet
Yates
McLeod,
can
be
found
in
both
Kershaw
and
Sumter
County
courthouses
today. Family
Bible
of
Alexander
E.
and
Harriet
Yates
McLeod
formerly
in
the
possession
of
Jay
Frank
McLeod,
present
location
unknown,
copy
of
birth,
marriage
and
death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society,
Sumter
South
Carolina;
Deeds
and
Conveyances,
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina;
Dated
November
17
1812,
Recorded
May
25
1814.
!Source:
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
copyright
©
2000-2006
All
Rights
Reserved
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~formyfamily/AlexanderMcLeodII.htm
He
was
one
of
five
all
of
whom
were
still
minors
when
their
father
(Alexander
I)
died
between
January
15
and
March
6
1824,
the
date
Alexander
I
wrote
his
will
and
the
date
it
was
first
probated
in
the
Kershaw
Court.
Although
their
mother,
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod
was
alive
at
the
time
of
Alexander
I's
death,
the
estate
was
administered
by
their
Uncle,
Daniel
McLeod,
the
husband
of
Catherine
McLean
and
their
Uncle
Norman(d)
McLeod.
Eight
years
old
at
the
death
of
his
father,
the
extent
of
Alexander's
inheritance
from
the
estate
of
his
father
is
not
clear.
The
Will
is
written
in
a
very
confusing
way,
unlike
other
wills
that
I
have
researched,
and
the
estate
file
does
not
give
much
information
to
clear
up
the
confusion.
This
is
most
likely
due
to
the
fact
that
the
estate
was
managed
by
his
uncle
Daniel
for
eleven
years,
until
the
eldest
of
the
children
reached
majority
at
which
point
they
would
legally
inherited
their
property.
His
father's
will,
which
spells
the
last
name
both
"MacLeod"
and
"McLeod",
states
that
he
bequeths
to
his
"beloved
wife
Sarah
McLeod
all
my
plantation
or
tract
of
land"
and
at
her
remarriage
his
youngest
son
Angus
"if
he
should
survive"
would
inherit
the
land.
Will
of
Alexander
McLeod
Will
Book
K
page
147
Volume
2;
E
-
D,
accessed
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
June
2003
at
the
Camden
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina,
USA
What
is
confusing
is
that
although
this
appears
that
Alexander
has
left
his
entire
estate
to
his
wife
and/or
his
youngest
son
(about
4
years
of
age
at
the
writing
of
the
will),
the
next
paragraph
reads
"I
give
and
bequeath
to
my
beloved
Sons
John
and
Alexander
McLeod
the
said
tract
of
land
equal
divided
between
them...and
all
real
and
personal
Estate
equally
divided
amongst
my
beloved
children
that
is
to
say
John
McLeod
Alexander
McLeod
and
Katherine
(spelled
Catherine
on
her
gravestone)
McLeod
and
Jean
(transcriptionist
error
-
her
name
is
Jane
on
all
other
records)
McLeod
when
they
come
of
age."
but
then
in
the
same
paragraph
goes
on
to
say
that
"
also
Angus
McLeod
if
he
should
come
of
age
then
he
should
have
the
property
above
assigned
him
and
if
not
then
the
said
property
to
the
use
of
Sd.
children". Will
of
Alexander
McLeod
Will
Book
K
page
147
Volume
2;
E
-
D,
accessed
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
June
2003
at
the
Camden
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina,
USA
So
the
question
is
"who
inherited
the
estate
after
the
death
of
Sarah?".
Angus
McLeod,
the
youngest
son
of
Alexander
and
Sarah
did
in
fact
"come
of
age";
did
he
then
inherit
all
of
the
land
and
all
real
and
personal
property
of
his
father
to
the
exclusion
of
his
siblings? I
had
hoped
that
accessing
and
reading
the
actual
records
of
the
probate
of
the
estate
would
make
the
division
of
property
more
clear,
but
unfortunately,
it
did
not.
The
children's
uncle
Daniel
McLeod
executed
the
estate
from
the
years
1824
-
1835,
a
period
of
eleven
years.
By
1835,
the
four
oldest
children,
Alexander
E.,
John
N.,
Catherine
and
Jane
had
all
"come
of
age"
and
likely
would
have
come
into
their
portion
of
the
inheritance
at
that
time,
but
the
estate
file
does
not
specify
what
took
place
after
the
last
appearance
in
the
court
of
their
uncle
on
February
20
1835. It
is
of
course
possible
that
their
mother,
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod
died
on
or
around
February
20th
1835
as
she
is
not
found
in
the
1840
Kershaw
or
Sumter
Counties
of
South
Carolina
at
which
point
her
estate
would
likely
have
begun
probate
as
well,
but
no
record
has
been
found
to
date
that
would
indicate
this
took
place.
If
in
fact,
her
estate
was
probated
then
her
intent
for
division
would
have
been
followed
as
she
was
basically
the
sole
heir
of
Alexander's
estate
until
her
death
or
remarriage.
In
any
event,
it
does
appear
from
later
land
records
of
the
children
that
the
land
was
divided
amongst
the
children
at
some
point
and
in
fact
that
there
was
more
land
than
that
indicated
in
the
only
deed
of
purchase
to
date.
In
later
years,
Alexander's
children
have
deeds
in
which
they
sell
property
located
on
either
the
Horsepen
Branch
or
the
Beaverdam
Branch.
It
should
be
noted
however,
that
Angus
MacLeod
appears
to
have
begun
dispursing
his
estate
in
lieu
of
a
will
cr.
1827
with
the
sale
of
acreage
and
tools
to
his
daughter's
Margaret
and
Catherine
and
with
the
1831
sale
of
the
McLeod
Mill
Pond
to
Daniel.
It
is
possible
that
the
Beaverdam
acreage
we
find
the
children
of
Alexander
and
Sarah
owning
in
the
1840's
was
part
of
their
grandfather's
estate.
Childhood
Years
1824
-1835
Evidence
exists
that
a
Mill
was
located
on
the
Horsepen
Branch
property
where
Alexander
grew
up.
Records
indicate
that
as
many
as
four
McLeod
Mills
were
operating
in
the
area
surrounding
where
his
home
was
located
and
the
homes
of
his
grandparents
and
aunts
and
uncles.
However,
despite
the
evidence
that
the
Horsepen
Branch
of
Alexander's
father
contained
a
mill
at
one
time,
the
dates
of
its
placement
and
operation
are
not
certain.
An
1878
Map
of
Sumter
County
shows
a
McLeods
Mill
located
on
the
Beaverdam
Branch
between
it
and
Horsepen
Branch.
The
book,
Lee
County
Past
and
Present
Vol.
II
page
123,
confirms
the
presence
of
this
third
McLeod
Mill,
however,
in
the
1821
Mill
Map
by
Stephen
H.
Boykin
(improved
in
1825)
no
Mill
is
shown
there.
There
are
two
possibilities....either
it
was
in
fact
there
but
located
in
what
was
Kershaw
District
and
not
Sumter
District
in
1821
but
by
1878
constantly
changing
boundary
lines
caused
it
to
be
considered
Sumter
County
OR
it
was
placed
there
after
Alexander
I's
death
in
1824
by
one
of
his
children.
Trish
Sanders
Brown,
a
4x's
great
granddaughter
of
Alexander
and
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod,
located
what
she
believes
to
have
been
the
remains
of
a
home
on
the
Horsepen
Branch
property
during
a
2001
research
trip.
She
states
that
there
was
also
evidence
of
gravesites
and
a
Mill
on
the
property.
But
again,
the
date
of
establishment
and
operation
of
any
mill
located
on
the
estate
of
Alexander
I
is
unknown.
In
any
event,
much
of
Alexander
E.
McLeod's
childhood
would
have
been
spent
around
mills,
learning
to
operate
both
the
mill
itself
and
quite
likely
the
stores
which
were
located
near
them.
Mills
and
the
community
stores
were
places
for
grand
social
gatherings;
families
woud
travel
to
the
mill
to
have
their
corn
and
wheat
ground
or
to
cut
their
lumber
and
to
purchase
those
items
they
were
unable
to
provide
for
themselves
on
their
own
farms.
Traveling
the
miles
by
horse
and
buggy
was
long
and
tedious
and
so
the
trips
were
made
into
day
long
socialization
events
with
picnicking
and
swimming
in
the
mill
races.
During
the
years
his
Uncle
Daniel
administered
the
estate
and
affairs
of
Alexander's
own
farm,
it
was
likely
they
used
the
mill
of
their
grandfather,
Angus
McLeod
and
socialized
with
their
extended
family
quite
often.
His
grandfather's
Mill,
seen
today
on
Lee
County
Maps
as
McLeods
Mill
Pond
in
the
Spring
Hill/Ionia
area,
was
purchased
in
December
of
1820
from
Edward
Reynolds
and
operated
through
the
years
by
our
family
members
until
approximately
1940.
Sold
by
Angus
to
his
son
Daniel
in
April
of
1831,
it
was
passed
down
through
inheritance
until
the
present
time
(2007).
There
were
actually
two
mills
on
the
property
until
the
1940's,
when
one
mill
pond
washed
out
and
became
part
of
the
present
day
much
larger
pond.
The
lower
mill
pond
(which
washed
out)
contained
a
steam
powered
sawmill
which
the
community
used
for
lumber
while
the
upper
pond's
Mill
was
a
"grist
mill"
which
ground
corn
into
meal
and
wheat
into
flour.
The
property
contained
a
store
and
a
"crude"
cotten
gin.
McLeods
Mill
Pond
From
the
time
Alexander
was
8
years
old
until
he
was
19
or
20,
his
Uncle
Daniel
continued
to
execute
the
estate
of
his
father,
Alexander
I;
the
estate
file
shows
that
crops
continued
to
be
grown
as
monies
were
paid
to
a
Joseph
(whose
last
name
as
written
in
the
Record
of
Expenditure's
is
illegible
but
begins
with
a
C)
and
to
Stephen
Lee
as
"hirelings,
to
work
in
the
crops".
Blacksmithing
by
William
Arrants
or
J.
Shriver
and
metal
forging
by
(what
looks
to
be)
J.
Barnes
of
plantation
tools
continued
as
did
the
breeding
of
mares
to
Thomas
Davis's
"stud"
and
the
sale
and
purchase
of
horses
from
and
to
various
residents
of
the
area
until
1835.
Estate
File
1775;
copied
June
30
2003,
Camden
Courthouse,
Camden,
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
by
David
and
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
It
would
appear
that
their
crop
was
potatos
and
that
they
purchased
their
corn
as
on
July
22
1825
the
estate
paid
Wm.
B.
Larkin
for
five
Bushels
of
Corn
at
$4.00
and
paid
a
Mr.
Swinn
for
another
nine
bushels
on
the
same
date
of
the
next
year.
In
1827,
it
woud
appear
they
purchased
potatoe
plantings
from
Gates
Goff,
indicating
their
own
harvest
was
lost
the
year
before.
It
woud
also
appear
that
Daniel
McLeod
did
an
excellent
job
of
managing
the
estate
until
his
neices
and
nephews
could
take
over
management
of
their
own
portions
of
the
inheritance.
The
records
of
Alexander
II
and
his
siblings
and
those
of
Daniel's
children,
John
Robert
and
Annie
McLeod
Boykin,
indicate
that
the
children
remained
close
throughout
their
lifetimes,
supporting
each
other
in
times
of
sorrow,
owning
properties
together
and
even
a
business
venture
or
two.
Such
would
not
have
been
the
case
had
there
been
any
hard
feelings
regarding
the
handling
of
the
estate.
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Marriage
-
March
06,
1838
Alexander
E.
McLeod
married
Harriet
Yates
on
March
06,
1838;
Alexander
born
in
1815
would
have
been
about
23
years
old.
Also
around
this
time,
his
brother,
John
N
McLeod
had
married
Katherine
"Kitsy"
Davis,
the
daughter
of
Thomas
Davis;
his
sister
Catherine
McLeod
had
married
John
C.
Moseley,
and
his
sister
Jane,
had
married
the
brother
of
Kitsy
Davis,
Alfred
Davis.
The
youngest
brother,
Angus,
appears
to
have
married
Eliza
Ann
Arrants,
the
daughter
of
William
Arrants
sometime
in
the
next
few
years;
their
only
surviving
child
was
born
in
1843.
Family
Bible
of
Alexander
E.
and
Harriet
Yates
McLeod
formerly
in
the
possession
of
Jay
Frank
McLeod,
present
location
unknown,
copy
of
birth,
marriage
and
death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society,
Sumter
South
Carolina;
Deeds
and
Conveyances,
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina;
Dated
November
17
1812,
Recorded
May
25
1814.
Census
Records
of
Sumter
and
Kershaw
Districts
1840/1850
Harriet
was
the
daughter
of
Willis
Yates
and
Martha
Josey.
Her
father's
name
is
shown
written
as
Willis
Yeates
in
a
work
entitled
"The
House
of
Josey
(Jossey)"
presented
at
a
Josey
Family
Reunion
in
1927. Document
"House
of
Josey
(Jossey)"
by
Robert
A.
Josey,
presented
at
a
Josey
Family
Reunion
on
June
2
1927,
held
at
Bethany
Church,
Sumter
County
South
Carolina;
provided
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
by
Col.
Purdy
Belvin
McLeod
Jr.
-
"a
lawsuit
which
one
of
the
children
of
William
Jossey
had
filed
on
January
25th
1833
-
"Noah
Scarborough
and
wife,
Margaret,
daughter
of
William
Josey
vs.
Robert
Josey,
administrator
of
the
estate
of
William
Josey,
Robert
Josey,
James
Josey,
Willis
Yeates
and
wife,
Martha....."
At
the
time
of
their
marriage,
both
Alexander
and
Harriet
were
members
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church
which
is
located
8
miles
east
of
Camden.
Although
the
records
of
the
church
have
not
confirmed
an
attendance
prior
to
1856;
the
shared
tombstone
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
states
that
they
were
members
of
that
church
for
"65
years".
Harriet's
father
is
shown
on
a
membership
roll
from
1845.
Tombstone
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina,
Photograph
taken
in
October
of
2000
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.;
Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church
Male
Members
in
full
fellowship
up
to
the
first
of
Nov.
1858
-
Record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church
Members
in
full
fellowship
up
to
1877;
From
other
family
records,
it
would
appear
that
Alexander's
grandfather,
Angus
McLeod,
had
now
passed
away.
In
1830,
he
and
his
wife
Nancy
McCutchen
had
been
found
enumerated
in
the
home
of
their
daughter,
Nancy
McLeod,
the
wife
of
Roderick
Bethune.
The
last
known
record
of
Angus
was
in
April
of
1831
when
he
sold
the
McLeod
Mill
Pond
property
to
his
son,
and
Alexander's
Uncle
Daniel. Sumter
County
Land
Deeds
Book
MM
page
58
4-7-1831
referenced
in
the
Von
Hacke
Works,
deed
accessed
and
copied
June
2004
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
at
the
Sumter
Courthouse,
South
Carolina
|
|
In
1838,
the
Bethune's
and
Alexander's
other
Aunts,
Mary
aka
Polly
McKay,
(w/o
John)
and
Betsy
McLeod
(w/o
Norman
McLeod)
had
begun
to
sell
off
some
of
their
properties
and
by
1840
are
all
found
in
the
Macon
County
Alabama
Census.
His
grandmother,
Nancy,
appears
to
have
migrated
with
the
Bethunes
as
there
is
a
woman
aged
60-70
in
their
home
in
Alabama.
It
also
appears
to
be
possible
that
his
youngest
brother,
Angus
II,
had
traveled
with
the
Aunts
and
grandmother.
No
record
has
been
found
of
him
in
the
census
records
of
Kershaw
and
Sumter
for
1840
despite
numerous
searches.
His
only
known
surviving
child
was
born
in
1843
(although
a
gravestone
exists
in
Antioch
Baptist's
cemetery
reading
"Sacred
to
the
Infant
of
A.
and
E.
McLeod;
this
infant
is
likely
to
be
his
and
his
wife,
Eliza;
no
dates
given).
Angus
would
have
been
around
the
age
of
18
or
so
in
1840.
Macon
County
Alabama
Census,
1840/Tombstones
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church
-
Note
-
the
McLeod
Family
Reunion
sponsored
a
tombstone
project
and
replaced
the
deteriorating
stone
of
this
infant...it
was
mistakenly
inscribed
as
the
infant
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
instead
of
Angus
and
Eliza.
1840
-
1850
Alexander,
Harriet
and
their
first
child,
Norman
A.
McLeod
are
found
enumerated
on
page
31
in
the
1840
Sumter
District
census;
apparently
the
Kershaw
District
Residents
were
included
in
the
Sumter
District
in
this
year.
Also
on
page
31
were
his
sister,
Jane
McLeod
and
her
husband
Alfred
Davis,
living
in
a
plantation
home
Alfred
would
inherit
from
his
father,
Thomas
Davis
on
July
23,
1841.
Harriet's
brother,
Jesse
Lazarus
Yates
and
her
parents,
Willis
and
Martha
Josey
Yates
are
found
on
the
same
page.
Other
neighbor's
shown
were
Roxanna
James,
several
Davis's,
Michel
Watson
and
Edwin
Barnes.
Kershaw
District
South
Carolina
Census
1840
-
Page
31 (included
in
the
Sumter
District
Census)
Found
October
2003
LDS
Research
Center,
Orange
Park
Florida
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
-
1
male
0-8
(Norman
A.
born
April
6th
1839;
1
male
20-30
(Alexander
born
April
6th
1815);
1
female
20-30
(Harriet
born
November
6
1817);
1
slave;
2
agricultural
workers
Alexander's
brother
John
N.
McLeod
is
shown
on
page
30
and
is
known
to
have
been
living
on
part
of
his
father
in
laws
estate
which
lay
near
the
plantation
of
Roxanna
James,
the
widow
of
Holloway
James.
Like
his
sister,
Jane,
John
was
living
in
a
plantation
home
his
wife
would
inherit
from
her
father,
Thomas
Davis
on
July
23,
1841.
Alexander's
sister
Catherine
McLeod
and
her
husband
John
C.
Moseley
are
on
page
32
as
is
his
Uncle
Daniel
McLeod
and
his
wife
Catherine
McLean
and
their
children. Kershaw
District
South
Carolina
Census
1840
(included
in
the
Sumter
District
Census)
Found
October
2003
LDS
Research
Center,
Orange
Park
Florida
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke/Will
of
Thomas
Davis
No
record
of
his
mother,
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod,
widowed
in
1824
and
present
as
a
head
of
household
in
1830,
has
been
found.
It
woud
appear
that
she
was
deceased
by
1840;
perhaps
in
1835
when
the
estate
of
her
husband
Alexander
I
was
settled
On
January
1
1841
Alexander
mortgaged
some
property
to
Roxanna
James,
shown
as
his
near
neighbor
in
the
1840
Census
and
also
as
the
owner
of
a
plantation.
The
property
mortgaged
was
100
acres
more
or
less
sitiuated
on
the
Sumter
Scape
Or
in
the
fork
known
as
Beaverdam
Fork.
This
Mortgage
appears
to
state
that
Alexander
owed
Roxana
James
two
hundred
and
twenty
five
dollars
and
so
they
mortgaged
the
Beaverdam
property.
If
he
didn't
pay
her
and
defaulted,
she
got
the
property
(including
a
"Negro
girl").
If
he
paid,
then
the
mortgage
would
be
released.
The
first
part
states
that
he
does
"grant,
bargain
sell
and
release
Convey
and
Confirm
unto
the
said
Roxanna
James
her
heirs
and
assigns
forever
all
that
plantation
or
tract
of
land
containing
100
acres
more
or
less
situated
in
Sumter
District
and
State
aforesaid
on
the
west
side
of
the
Scape
Or
in
the
fork
known
by
the
name
of
the
Beaverdam
"
;
the
latter
part
states
that
if
he
pays
to
or
causes
to
be
paid
$225
to
Roxanna
James
"then
from
thence
forth
these
presents
shall
be
utterly
null
and
void
any
things
herein
contained
to
the
contrary
"
in
other
words,
the
mortgage
debt
would
be
satisfied. Sumter
Deed
Book
KK
page
297
&
298-Mortgage
January
1
1841
Alex
McLeod
to
R.
James
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
David
J.
Wilke
and
Trish
and
Elizabeth
Brown
on
June
25th,
2004
at
the
Camden
County
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina.
This
deed
is
important
to
our
research
as
it
clarifies
a
portion
of
the
1920
interview
with
Albert
John
McLeod.
In
that
interview,
Albert
stated
that
Alexander
owned
two
tracts
of
land
on
Beaverdam.
Although
we
don't
know
whether
Albert
John
was
referring
to
his
father,
Alexander
E.
McLeod
as
the
one
who
owned
"2
grants
of
land
on
Beaverdam"
or
to
his
grandfather,
Alexander
McLeod,
the
husband
of
Sarah
McIntosh,
this
does
confirm
his
interview
statement.
It
is
possible
that
Alexander
received
this
from
his
father
or
his
grandfather
Angus
of
whom
we
have
proof
he
owned
574
acres
of
land
on
Beaverdam.
Further
research
is
needed
to
determine
how
Alexander
II
acquired
this
property.
1850
-
1860
The
1850
Kershaw
District
Census
shows
Alexander,
Harriett
and
6
children
from
the
age
of
6
months
to
12
years
of
age.
Although
enumerated
in
the
last
census
in
Sumter,
they
are
now
found
in
Kershaw
District
and
will
be
in
each
census
forward.
In
later
census
records,
they
are
shown
in
DeKalb
which
is
an
area
now
found
in
Lee
County
in
the
Turkey
Creek
Township.
Census
Place:
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina;
Census
Year
1850,
Page
116
Family
708,
Alexander
aged
35
occupation
Farmer;
Harriett
age
30;
Norman
(Norman
A.)
age
12;
Martha
(Martha
A.)
age
10;
Angus
(Anguish
R)
age
8;
Sally
(Sarah)
age
6;
Clife
age
2;
(this
should
be
Jesse
Lazarus,
a
lower
case
"F
was
used
to
signify
a
"double
S"
in
earlier
times,
so
this
is
a
misprint
by
a
transcriber)
John
age
6
months
(according
to
our
records,
John
was
born
in
September
1848
-
this
was
taken
from
the
Family
Bible;
however,
the
page
is
faded,
and
may
have
been
misread)
Present
Day
Location
of
the
Beaverdam
Land
of
Alexander
E.
McLeod
-
Turkey
Creek
Township
was
created
in
1902
when
Lee
County
was
formed
from
parts
of
Kershaw,
Sumter
and
Darlington
Counties;
it
includes
the
following:
"so
much
of
that
part
of
DeKalb
Township
now
in
Kershaw
County.....lying
east
of
the
Scape
Or
Swamp
and
west
of
Lynches
River
to
Harrison
Hal
Mill."
The
Mill
side
of
Turkey
Creek
borders
the
Lucknow
Community.
Lee
County
South
Carolina
Past
and
Present
Volume
II
copyright
2002
Lee
County
Chamber
of
Commerce;
produced
by
the
Fine
Books
Publishing
Company;
page
32/33
Although
enumerated
in
different
townships
and
even
counties
in
this
years
census,
the
family
members
remaining
are
still
living
in
close
proximity
to
each
other,
for
example,
all
of
Alexander's
siblings
(John,
Catherine,
Angus,
and
Jane)
attended
the
same
church,
Antioch
Baptist
in
Kershaw.
Means
of
travel
being
what
they
were,
this
confirms
that
although
they
are
found
in
different
counties,
they
lived
in
the
same
general
area. Their
Uncle
Daniel
McLeod
remains
living
near
and
operating
the
McLeod
Mill
in
the
Bradford
Springs/Spring
Hill
section
of
Sumter
County,
now
in
Lee
County.
His
family
appears
to
have
attended
a
different
church,
New
Hope
Presbyterian,
which
was
operating
on
the
land
just
next
to
the
Mill
Pond,
land
previously
owned
by
Angus
McLeod
I,
his
daughter
Margaret,
then
his
daughter
Nancy
McLeod
Bethune
which
was
sold
to
John
Boykin
in
1838/9.
Daniel's
son,
John
Robert,
now
aged
23
likely
helped
him
in
the
Milling
Operations
as
there
were
two
mills
located
on
the
property
as
well
as
a
store
and
cotton
gin.
Between
June
5th
and
July
01,
1852,
Daniel
McLeod
apparently
died
suddenly
without
leaving
a
Will.
I
write
that
his
death
was
apparently
a
sudden
one
due
to
the
fact
that
he
would
know
the
importance
of
leaving
a
will
for
the
management
of
his
estate
as
he
himself
had
executed
his
brother's
estate
for
11
years.
On
July
1,
his
widow,
Catherine
McLean
appeared
in
the
Sumter
Probate
Court
to
swear
the
oath
of
administration.
Her
nephew
by
marriage,
John
C.
Moseley
(husband
of
Catherine
McLeod,
daughter
of
Alexander
and
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod)
was
assigned
as
one
of
the
appraisers
of
the
estate. Estate
File
of
Daniel
McLeod,
mistakenly
indexed
in
the
Sumter
County
Courthouse
under
DAVID
McLeod,
executrix
Catherine
McLeod/
also
part
of
the
estate
is
filed
with
the
estate
of
Daniel
McLeod,
Husband
of
Jane
Christmas
McLeod
accessed
and
copied
June
2004
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
David
Jay
Wilke,
Trish
Sanders
Brown
and
Elizabeth
Brown
Just
a
little
over
one
year
later,
on
September
10th
1853,
Daniel's
widow,
Catherine
made
her
own
Will
and
it
was
proven
in
the
Probate
Court
of
Sumter
County
on
November
12th.
Angus
McLeod,
the
youngest
brother
of
Alexander
II,
was
present
to
swear
that
he
saw
Catherine
make
the
will.
Angus
II
was
among
the
appraisers
of
the
estate
and
it
would
appear
that
his
brother,
John
N.
McLeod
was
another;
Daniel
and
Catherine's
son,
John
Robert
was
the
Executor
of
the
estate
and
therefore
it
is
unlikely
that
he
would
also
be
assigned
an
appraisorship.
Will
of
Catherine
McLeod,
Recorded
Will
Book
D-2,
page
513
Recorded
November
1853
W.
Lewis,
Ordy
Bundle
140,
Package
1
Will
transcription
provided
by
Sumter
Will
Project
/
Estate
of
Catherine
McLeod
filed
with
the
estate
of
her
deceased
husband
Daniel
McLeod
/
a
portion
of
the
estate
of
Catherine
McLeod
is
found
mistakenly
filed
with
the
estate
of
the
other
Daniel
McLeod,
husband
of
Jane
Christmas
Again,
just
about
a
year
later,
November
06,
1854,
another
member
of
Daniel's
family
passed
away;
this
time,
his
daughter
Mary
who
was
unmarried
at
the
time
of
her
death.
Her
brother,
John
Robert
was
the
executor
and
his
signature
to
such
position
was
witnessed
by
his
first
cousins,
Alexander
McLeod
II,
John
N
McLeod
.
Estate
of
Mary
McLeod
State
of
South
Carolina
-
Administrative
Bond
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
David
J.
Wilke
and
Trish
and
Elizabeth
Brown
on
June
25th
2004
at
the
Camden
County
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina
On
May
08,
1856,
Alexander
and
Harriet's
son,
Angus
R.
McLeod,
passed
away
at
the
age
of
13.
The
cause
of
his
death
is
unknown.
He
is
buried
in
the
McLeod
Family
Plot
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church.
In
2004
and
2005,
a
collection
for
restoration
of
the
family
stones
at
Antioch
was
taken
from
attendees
at
the
annual
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
Family
Reunion.
The
stone
of
Angus
was
one
of
the
stones
replaced
during
2005
and
2006
by
the
reunion
collection.
Mary
McLeod
Bradham
was
the
chair
of
the
replacement/restoration
committee.
Family
Bible
of
Alexander
E.
and
Harriet
Yates
McLeod
formerly
in
the
possession
of
Jay
Frank
McLeod,
present
location
unknown,
copy
of
birth,
marriage
and
death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society,
Sumter
South
Carolina
/
Tombstone
of
Angus
R.
McLeod
located
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina.
On
August
28th
1856
Alexander
sold
a
tract
of
land
containing
100
acres
on
the
Horsepen
Branch.
The
land
was
bounded
by
Robert
Arrants
on
the
south
west
and
East
by
himself,
northwest
by
John
Blyther.
He
retained
the
rights
to
raise
a
mill
dam
and
flood
the
100
acres
if
he
should
ever
choose
to
do
so.
The
land
was
sold
to
Michel
Watson
who
was
a
neigbor
of
Alexander's
according
to
various
census
records.
This
land
was
likely
part
of
the
inheritance
Alexander
received
in
1835
upon
the
settlement
of
his
father's
estate
and
upon
his
reaching
his
majority.
The
Beaverdam
land
mortgaged
in
1841
to
Roxanna
James
was
also
likely
part
of
his
inheritance.
The
witnesses
to
the
deed
were
his
brother,
John
N.
McLeod
and
Harmon
Arrants
a
close
family
friend.
Sumter
Deed
Book
T
page
271
-
Conveyance
August
28
1856
-
Alexander
McLeod
to
Michel
Watson
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
David
J.
Wilke
and
Trish
and
Elizabeth
Brown
on
June
25th,
2004
at
the
Camden
County
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina.
Delivered
to
E.
Barnes
Dec.
4th/58
Religion:
During
a
research
visit
to
the
Camden
Archives
in
2003,
a
partial
record
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church
was
found
in
the
Myers
Family
File.
A
research
trip
in
2004
to
the
Genealogical
Society
in
Sumter
revealed
a
few
more
records
of
the
church
and
a
Church
History
Bulletin,
given
to
me
by
my
father
in
2000
has
given
us
a
few
more
details
regarding
the
65
year
membership
of
Alexander
and
Harriet.
The
following
records
pertain
to
this
decade:
Alexander
and
Harriet
are
both
shown
on
membership
rolls
for
October
1856
and
November
1858.
In
April
of
1859,
Alexander
was
appointed
with
C.I.
Shriver
to
raise
a
library
for
the
Sabbath
School
and
between
1859
and
1865,
Alexander
served
as
treasurer.
The
last
membership
roll
found
to
date
is
for
1877,
but
their
tombstone
at
the
church
shows
they
were
members
until
their
deaths
{Alexander
in
1895
and
Harriet
in
1902}.
Unfortunately,
inquiries
at
the
Church
itself
as
to
the
location
of
its
complete
records
has
been
met
with
little
result.
Apparently,
the
records
were
in
the
possession
of
an
elderly
lady
who
was
in
ill
health
in
2004/5
and
the
ability
to
meet
with
her
to
view
the
records
were
impossible
due
to
her
illness.
At
this
point
(2006),
the
status
of
the
complete
records
of
Antioch
Baptist
Church
are
unknown.
It
was
obvious
that
the
family
were
originally
Presbyterian
-
it
is
believed
that
the
children
of
Alexander
and
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod
began
to
attend
Antioch
Baptist
after
the
death
of
their
father
in
1824,
which
was
the
year
the
church
was
established.
There
appears
to
have
been
a
close
friendship
to
the
Davis
and
Arrants
families
both
of
which
also
attended
this
church;
it
is
unknown
whether
the
minor
children
attended
Antioch
or
if
attendance
began
after
their
marriages
into
these
families.
Alexander
and
Harriet
are
found
in
the
1860
Kershaw
District
Census
with
nine
children
between
the
ages
of
21
and
1;
all
of
the
children
were
shown
as
students
indicating
that
the
two
eldest
Norman
A.
and
Martha
A.
were
attending
higher
education
institutions
although
no
record
has
been
found
to
confirm
this
to
date. Kershaw
District
South
Carolina
Census
Camden
Post
Office
1860
Alexander
aged
45
Plant
Real
Estate
Value
$1524
Personal
Value
$1050
Born
South
Carolina
Harriett
aged
44
born
South
Carolina
Norman
aged
21
Student
Martha
aged
19
Student
Sarah
aged
15
Student
Jesse
aged
13
Student
J.B.
aged
11
Student
Nancy
aged
9
Albert
aged
7
Mary
aged
5
Katherine
aged
1
Note:
Angus
had
passed
away
in
1856
A
deed
for
a
James
Dunlap
dated
March
6
1860
shows
Alexander
McLeod
as
a
land
owner
bounding
78
acres
Mr.
Dunlap
was
platting.
The
locations
named
are
Scape
Whore
Swamp,
Horsepen
and
Davids
Branches
in
the
Sumter
District...this
deed
again
confirms
that
the
land
of
the
family
members
crossed
the
border
of
Kershaw
and
Sumter
District
AND
shows
that
Alexander
II
likely
inherited
some
of
the
Horsepen
property
of
his
fathers
1824
estate. Series
Number:S213192
Volume:
0058
Page:
00093
Item:
00
Date:
1860/03/06
Description:
DUNLAP,
JAMES,
PLAT
FOR
78
ACRES
ON
SCAPE
WHORE
SWAMP,
HORSE
PEN
AND
DAVIDS
BRANCHES,
SUMTER
DISTRICT,
SURVEYED
BY
STEPHEN
H.
BOYKIN.
Names
Indexed:
DUNLAP,
JAMES/BOYKIN,
STEPHEN
H./CROFT,
STEPHEN/MCLEOD,
ALEXANDER/
Locations:
SUMTER
DISTRICT/SCAPE
ORE
SWAMP/HORSEPEN
BRANCH/DAVIS
CREEK/BLACK
RIVER/CEDAR
CREEK
Type:
PLAT/
Topics:
/
South
Carolina
Archives
Online
/
In
August
of
1861,
Alexander
and
his
brothers,
John
N.
and
Angus,
were
the
bondsmen
for
the
estate
of
James
Holland.
Elisha
Holland
was
appointed
the
administrator.
(On
March
3
1869,
Elisha
Holland
testifies
that
all
of
the
vouchers
for
the
estate
were
destroyed
in
the
raid
by
General
Shermans'
Army).
Elisha
M.
Holland
was
a
contemporary
of
the
three
men,
born
in
1812.
It
is
unknown
whether
James
Holland
was
Elisha's
father
or
his
son
who
was
also
a
James
(Lewis)
Holland.
It
is
more
likely
to
have
been
his
father. Research
Notes
(transcription)
of
Col.
Purdy
Belvin
McLeod
Jr.
provided
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
in
June
of
2003-although
I
have
seen
references
to
this
estate
file
in
the
courthouses,
I
have
not
yet
accessed
the
actual
record.
In
September
of
1861,
the
call
to
form
what
would
be
known
as
the
"The
15th
South
Carolina
Volunteer
Infantry"
was
heard.
The
15th
was
the
last
of
the
regiments
called
to
fulfil
a
quota
of
3000
men
set
down
by
the
Confederate
States
of
America
for
the
state
of
South
Carolina.
The
new
quota
was
established
after
the
battle
of
First
Manassas.
Some
of
the
men
who
formed
the
15th
had
previously
served
with
the
now
disbanded
1st
South
Carolina
Volunteer
Infrantry
for
the
first
six
months
of
the
war.
After
the
enlistment
period,
the
men
mustered
at
Lightwood
Knot
Springs
in
Columbia
South
Carolina.
Alexander
and
Harriet's
eldest
son,
aged
22,
was
one
of
those
men
who
joined
the
15th.
Norman
A
would
serve
under
Col.
W.D.
DeSaussure
until
his
death
on
January
18,
1863
from
Typhoid
Fever.
Illness
would
plague
Norman
as
it
did
the
other
Confederate
men
who
served.
Shortly
after
being
mustered
in
at
Lightwood
Knot
Springs,
Norman
would
fall
ill
with
what
appears
to
have
been
pnuemonia;
Alexander
traveled
to
Columbia
and
brought
Norman
home
to
recover.
He
soon
returned
to
the
regiment
and
was
present
at
Beaufort
South
Carolina
and
"discharged
the
duties
of
a
soldier"
in
the
various
camps
on
the
coast
and
to
Charleston.
Obituary
in
the
CAMDEN
CONFEDERATE
MAY
15,
1863,
copy
provided
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
by
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
in
January
of
2000
In
July
of
1862,
the
Regiment,
with
others,
was
ordered
to
Richmond,
Virginia
from
where
they
moved
into
Maryland.
Norman
participated
in
the
battle
of
Sharpsburg,
on
the
17th
of
September,
1862,
where
he
received
a
slight
wound
on
the
side
of
his
face.
In
Fredericksburg,
Virginia
for
the
battle
which
took
place
on
the
14th
of
December
1862,
Norman
escaped
the
battle
unhurt
Soon
afterwards,
he
was
again
diagnosed
with
pneumonia,
and
sent
to
a
hospital
in
Richmond.
On
January
18,
1863,
Corporal
Norman
A.
McLeod
lost
his
battle
with
pneumonia
and
was
buried
in
Richmond
Virginia.
Hearing
of
his
son's
death,
Alexander
traveled
from
South
Carolina
to
Virginia
where
he
exhumed
his
eldest
son's
body
and
carried
him
back
home
to
be
buried
in
the
family
plot
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church
arriving
back
home
on
April
14th
with
the
funeral
taking
place
on
the
16th.
The
Rev.
James
E.
Rogers
preached
the
funeral
before
a
"large
and
sympathising
congregation".
Obituary
in
the
CAMDEN
CONFEDERATE
MAY
15,
1863,
copy
provided
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
by
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
in
January
of
2000
According
to
his
obituary,
Norman's
Captain
wrote
to
his
parents...."He
was
one
of
the
best
soldiers
in
the
Confederate
army-none
excepted-a
man
of
sterling
worth,
and
of
the
strictest
integrity.
In
action
he
was
cool,
deliberate
and
brave,
as
a
soldier
and
officer,
faithful
in
the
discharge
of
every
duty.
Beloved
and
respected
by
his
companions
in
arms,
his
loss
will
be
severely
felt
and
deeply
lamented.
Such
men
as
Norman
A.
McLeod
can
hardly
be
spared
at
a
time
like
the
present"
On
January
24,
1864,
Alexander
and
Harriet
buried
a
third
son,
John
B
McLeod
who
was
about
16
years
old
at
his
death.
The
cause
of
John's
death
is
unknown
but
one
could
speculate
whether
he
had
been
a
member
of
the
Confederate
forces
himself.
Many
children
did
in
fact
serve
who
were
of
the
same
age.
In
fact,
although
no
record
has
been
located
to
positively
confirm
the
service
of
another
of
Alexander
II"s
sons,
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod,
such
as
a
pay
stub
or
roster,
his
obituary
stated
the
although
"a
mere
child"
he
fought
all
the
years
of
the
war.
His
name
is
also
included
in
Sumter
County
War
Veterans
documents
as
a
Civil
War
Veteran.
This
entry
was
made
based
on
his
membership
in
The
Dick
Anderson
Chapter
of
Confederate
Veterans.
Only
a
year
older
than
his
brother
John,
this
leads
one
to
wonder
if
in
fact
John
served
as
well.
Family
Bible
of
Alexander
E.
and
Harriet
Yates
McLeod
formerly
in
the
possession
of
Jay
Frank
McLeod,
present
location
unknown,
copy
of
birth,
marriage
and
death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society,
Sumter
South
Carolina copies
provided
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
by
Col.
Purdy
Belvin
McLeod
and
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
/
Tombstone
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
photographed
October
2000
by
Donald
Ross
McLeod
and
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
After
the
War
between
the
States
On
August
20th
1864,
Alexander
appeared
in
the
Kershaw
Court
of
Common
Pleas
to
testify
regarding
the
estate
of
his
deceased
younger
brother,
Angus
McLeod.
To
read
about
this
case,
see
Angus
McLeod
II.
On
August
29,
1867,
Norman
A
McLeod's
estate
entered
probate.
What
is
strange
is
that
his
father,
Alexander,
who
had
traveled
through
war
torn
country
to
retrieve
this
child's
body,
was
not
present
in
the
Probate
Court.
Neither
was
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod,
Alexander's
son
who
had
survived
the
war.
The
estate
was
executed
by
a
Willis
Gaylord,
a
deputy
sheriff
for
Kershaw,
who
had
married
one
of
Alexander's
daughter's,
Sarah
aka
Sally,
in
1866,
two
years
after
Norman's
death.
Family
papers
have
been
found
on
which
"U.A."
is
witten
next
to
Willis
F.
Gaylord's
name.
Although
nothing
has
been
found
to
date
to
confirm
this,
it
would
appear
that
Willis
F.
Gaylord,
husband
of
Alexander
and
Harriet's
daughter
Sarah,
was
a
Union
Army
Soldier
-
other
records
indicate
he
was
a
Deputy
Sheriff
at
that
time.
Estate:
Kershaw
County
Probate
Court
Index
File
#50
Estate
1775
Est
Norman
A.
McLeod.
Admr.
Oath.
Willis
F.
Gaylord
South
Carolina
Kershaw
District
In
Ordinary
K.
D.
August
29th
1867/
Lawsuit
J.E.
Rogers
vs
Stephen
M.
Boykin
for
the
estate
of
Angus
McLeod.
In
the
aftermath
of
the
war,
southerners
were
denied
all
rights
as
a
Citizen
of
the
United
States
until
such
time
as
they
swore
the
oath
of
loyalty
to
the
government.
To
date
it
is
unknown
when
the
citizens
of
Sumter
and
Kershaw
Counties
in
South
Carolina
were
asked
to
swear
this
oath,
but
it
would
appear
from
later
records,
that
Alexander
and
perhaps
even
his
son
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
never
did
swear
the
oathof
loyalty.
Although
I
can
not
yet
prove
the
theory,
it
is
increasingly
credible,
based
upon
their
names
being
omitted
from
any
future
voting
registration
and
the
fact
that
to
date,
no
further
records
have
been
found
in
either
of
their
names,
yet
records
exist
for
their
wives,
buying
and
selling
property.
One
may
be
wondering
why
they
would
not
swear
the
oath
that
would
reinstate
their
rights
as
citizens
of
the
United
States
.....the
oath
was
one
in
which
the
swearer
stated
that
he
had
never
voluntarily
served
the
Confederacy.
Alexander
lost
at
least
one
son
who
was
serving
the
Confederacy
and
possibly
a
second,
and
a
third
fought
through
"all
the
years
of
the
war".
Many
nephews
both
of
blood
and
of
marriage
had
served
and
lost
their
lives;
many
friends
had
either
served
and
also
lost
their
own
lives
or
those
of
their
children
and
in
laws.
Alexander
had
lost
two
brothers
in
addition
to
his
son(s)
in
the
War;
I
find
it
perfectly
understandable
that
as
a
Christian,
who
had
watched
his
children
and
his
nephews
and
his
brother
enlist
voluntarily,
he
would
find
it
difficult
to
swear
that
oath
that
he
had
not
voluntarily
served
and
believed
in
the
Southern
cause
and
as
a
parent,
perhaps
impossible.
1870
-
1880
Census
-
To
date,
I
have
been
unable
to
find
several
of
our
family
members,
including
Alexander
and
Harriet;
they
have
apparently
been
left
out
of
the
index
located
on
Ancestry.com's
Census
pages.
At
least
one
gentleman,
a
fellow
researcher
of
our
family,
has
stated
that
the
1870
census
appears
to
have
itself
been
incomplete;
a
fact
that
if
true,
is
not
all
that
surprising
considering
the
country
and
the
state
of
South
Carolina
was
recovering
from
a
war.
The
1870
was
referenced
in
the
Resume
of
McLeods
done
in
cr.
1960
so
apparently
the
enumeration
can
be
found
in
microfilm.
Research
will
however
continue
in
an
attempt
to
locate
our
family
in
this
census.
Using
other
census
records,
both
from
earlier
and
later
years,
we
would
find
them
in
the
DeKalb
or
Buffaloe
Townships
of
Kershaw,
or
in
the
Spring
Hill
and/or
Bradford
Springs
areas
of
Sumter.
No
records
have
been
found
regarding
Alexander
and
Harriet
during
this
decade;
however,
at
some
point,
they
adopted
two
children
who
are
found
in
the
1880
De
Kalb,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina
Census
along
with
Alexander
and
Harriet.
Sally
Francis
born
about
1868
-
the
1880
census
states
that
her
biological
father
was
born
in
Georgia
and
her
biological
mother
in
South
Carolina
Robert
Augustis
TAYLOR
was
born
about
1870
in
South
Carolina
and
he
died
about
1942
in
Lee
County,
South
Carolina.
Robert
was
married
to
Mary
Nancy
Boykin,
who
was
the
daughter
of
John
Thomas
Ellison
Boykin
and
Janie
Rogers
Arrants.
One
researcher
states
that
Robert
was
the
son
of
Francis
Asbury
Taylor
b.
5
MAY
1824
in
North
Carolina
d.
2
OCT
1876
and
Mary
Laura
Bridges
b.
ABT.
1842
d.
unknown.
Robert
and
Mary
had
two
known
children:
i)
Bertie
Taylor
McLeod
b.
unknown
d.
unknown
married
to
William
Estes
Sr.
b.
unknown
in
Winnsboro,
South
Carolina
ii)
Ottie
Taylor
McLeod
b.
unknown
d.
unknown
Robert
remarried
before
1910
and
had
two
more
children
with
Irene
Unknown:
Census
Place:
Ionia
Township,
Lee
County,
South
Carolina;
Census
Year
1910,
Taylor,
Robert
A
age
40
married
2
years;
Irene
Wife
age
18;
Bertie
daughter
age
12;
Ottie
son
age
9;
Lillie
daughter
age
6;
Lenie
son
age
6/12. Census
Research
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
Ancestry.com
subscription,
Note:
Excluding
the
census
information
which
was
found
by
the
author,
the
information
on
Robert
August
Taylor
McLeod
was
found
on
line
at
Rootswebs
World
Connect.
Although
I
have
attempted
to
re-locate
the
database
in
order
to
include
it
as
a
source
on
this
page
and
in
my
FTW
software
program,
the
database
no
longer
exists
on
WorldConnect.
Please
contact
me
if
you
have
any
information
on
this
missing
database
as
I
would
like
to
give
credit
where
credit
is
due
for
the
research.
1880
-
1902
The
1880
Census
shows
Alexander
and
Harriet
in
DeKalb
Township
of
Kershaw
County
(now
Lee
County).
In
this
census
Alexander
states
that
both
his
parents
(Alexander
and
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod)
were
born
in
Scotland.
Present
with
them
are
Sally
Francis
aged
12
and
Robert
Augustus
Taylor
aged
10.
Census
Place:
De
Kalb,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina;
Census
Year
1880,
"Electronic,"
Alex'd.
MCLEOD
M
Male
W
65
SC
Farmer
{Father's
POB
-
SCOT.}
{Mother's
POB
-
SCOT.};
Harriet
M.
MCLEOD
Wife
M
Female
W
62
SC
Keeps
House
{Father's
POB
-SC}
{Mother's
POBS
-
SC};
Sallie
FRANCIS
Dau
S
Female
W
12
SC
{Father's
POB
-
GA}
{Mother's
POBS
-SC};
R.
Augustis
TAYLOR
Son
S
Male
W
10
SC
{Father's
POB
-
SC}
{Mother's
POBS
-
SC}
Census
research
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
at
Ancestry.com
Census
images
on
line
On
the
"Sixth
day
of
February
1880"
a
case
was
adjudicated
in
the
Kershaw
Court
of
Equity
and
on
the
"fifth
day
of
April
1880"
Harriet
M.
McLeod
purchased
110
acres
from
auction
on
the
steps
of
the
Camden
County
Courthouse.
The
deed
stated
that
the
Rev.
James
E.
Rogers
had
"on
or
about
the
22nd
day
of
April
(?)
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
one
thousand
eight
hundred
and
sixty
seven,
exhibited
his
complaint
in
the
Court
of
Equity
for
the
county
aforesaid
against
Stephen
M.
Boykin
and
others
praying
for
a
settlement
of
the
Estate
of
his
testator,
Angus
McLeod,
and
for
the
sale
of
the
real
estate". Kershaw
Deed
FF
544
"Title
To
Real
Estate"
Recorded
June
2
1880
Estate
of
Angus
McLeod,
Harriet
M.
McLeod
J.D.
Dunlap
Receiver
to
Harriet
M.
McLeod
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
David
J.
Wilke
and
Trish
and
Elizabeth
Brown
on
June
25th,
2004
at
the
Camden
County
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina.
We
immediately
were
curious
regarding
the
lawsuit
referenced
in
the
1880
deed
but
our
research
trip
was
coming
to
a
close
for
2004
and
there
was
no
time
to
head
to
the
archives
of
the
Equity
Court.
We
had
copied
the
estate
file
of
Angus
the
previous
year
(2003)
and
had
found
nothing
to
indicate
that
a
lawsuit
had
resulted
from
the
settlement
of
the
estate.
The
truth
of
this
purchase
of
what
appeared
to
be
the
lands
of
Angus
McLeod
II
by
his
sister
in
law
would
have
to
wait
until
the
next
year.
In
June
of
2005,
David
and
I
returned
to
Camden
and
visited
Room
113
of
the
Kershaw
County
Courthouse.....and
with
the
help
of
the
lady
in
charge
were
able
to
access
the
actual
papers
of
the
lawsuit,
which
had
not
been
indexed
at
that
point.
Although
some
of
the
documents
were
faded
or
torn
beyond
the
ability
to
be
read,
there
were
enough
pages
remaining
to
piece
together
the
story.
Alexander's
youngest
brother
Angus
and
his
wife
Eliza's
only
child,
William,
had
died
in
1862,
also
while
serving
the
Confederacy
under
Col.
Boykin
and
his
cousin,
Captain
Alexander
Moseley,
therefore,
in
his
will,
in
1864
Angus
had
left
his
entire
estate
to
his
"beloved
wife
Elizar"
and
stated
that
if
she
made
no
disposition
of
it
at
her
own
death,
then
half
of
his
estate
should
pass
to
his
brother,
Alexander
McLeod,
and
half
to
the
children
of
his
brother
in
law,
James
William
Arrants.
For
most
of
the
next
two
years,
Eliza
McLeod
worked
the
estate
herself
with
what
hired
labor
was
available,
at
least
6
of
whom
were
freed
slaves
with
whom
she
negotiated
(Note
that
with
both
her
son
and
husband
away
at
war,
it
is
likely
that
Eliza
ran
the
estate,
working
the
fields
etc,
for
more
than
just
the
two
years
detailed
in
the
court
case).
Kershaw
County
Probate
Court
Index,
(1775-1913?)
File
50/Estate
1776
accessed
and
copied
June
2004
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
Camden
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
Angus
McLeod's
estate
entered
probate
in
July
of
1864;
the
appraisers
were Edwin
Barnes,
William
Fries
and
John
R.
McLeod
(brother
of
Annie
McLeod
Boykin
and
first
cousin
of
Angus). Although
his
signature
on
the
Warrant
of
Appraisment
is
illegible,
along
with
James
E.
Rogers,
Alexander
was
also
one
of
the
appraisers
as
he
appeared
before
Alex
McDonald
on
the
29th
of
July
when
the
estate's
appraisal
was
submitted
to
the
court.
Angus
had,
at
the
time
of
his
death,
500
acres
valued
at
$4.00
per
acre.
On
March
01,
1866,
Eliza
McLeod,
widow
of
Angus
McLeod,
married Col.
Stephen
Madison
Boykin,
the
widower
of
Angus
and
Alexander's
first
cousin,
Annie
McLeod
(daughter
of
Daniel
and
Catherine
McLean
McLeod).
Annie
had
died
in
1865
while
Col.
Boykin
was
held
in
a
Yankee
Prison
Camp.
It
is
likely
that
the
two
families
had
been
close
prior
to
the
war
as
they
were
not
only
related
but
were
neighbors
as
well.
As
a
child,
I
had
been
told
that
the
family's
original
land
(inherited
by
Angus
II
at
his
majority)
had
been
lost
through
the
second
marriage
of
a
McLeod
Widow
and
this
marriage
of
Boykin
and
the
widowed
Eliza
McLeod
appeared
to
be
that
couple
of
the
family
story.
It
was
important
to
follow
the
trail
of
this
lawsuit.
Marriage
records
of
the
Rev.
James
E.
Rogers
/
Tombstone
near
her
first
husband
in
the
McLeod
Family
Plot
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church
/
On
January
20th
1867,
James
E.
Rogers
appeared
before
the
court
and
declared
the
estate
of
Angus
McLeod,
insolvent,
or
bankrupt
and
requested
that
the
estate
property
be
divided.
He
stated
that
Eliza
McLeod
now
Boykin
desired
to
take
her
"dower"
in
land.
Eliza
elected
to
take
as
her
dower
1/3
of
the
land
of
the
estate
and
to
give
the
remaining
2/3rds
to
Rogers,
as
its
executor.
The
petition
for
division
was
granted
and
the
following
men
were
appointed
as
commissioners
to
oversee
the
division:
William
Price;
W.W.
Stokes;
W.
Lewis
Cook;
Joseph
Stokes;
and
Jesse
Atkinson.
On
January
21st,
the
commissioners
went
to
the
property
with
Eliza's
then
husband,
Boykin,
who
was
a
surveyor
and
divided
the
land.
-
They
gave
to
Eliza
{McLeod}
Boykin
109
acres
on
the
East
side
of
the
Tract
bound
South
East
by
the
land
of
Harmon
Arrants
and
Jesse
Atkinson,
West
by
the
lands
of
the
Estate
of
Angus
McLeod,
North
by
lands
of
S.M.
Boykin
and
James
William
Arrants
(her
brother).
It
is
assumed
but
not
proven
that
the
plantation
house
and
outbuildings
were
included
in
this
portion
of
the
property,
as
that
was
the
custom
of
the
day.
-
The
remaining
two
thirds
or
209
acres
on
the
North
West
side
of
the
Tract
were
given
to
J.
E.
Rodgers,
bounded
South
by
the
lands
of
Jesse
Atkinson
and
J.
E.
Rogers
himself,
West
by
lands
of
William
Price
and
M.
Parriett?,
North
by
lands
of
S.M.
Boykin.
On
February
23rd
1867,
one
month
and
two
days
later,
Rogers
sold
his
2/3rds
of
the
estate
to
Col.
Stephen
Madison
Boykin
for
$75.00.(!)
To
this
point,
the
family
story
of
the
original
property
of
our
Alexander
McLeod
being
lost
to
Boykin
fit
-
he
bought
2/3rds
of
the
land
at
pennies
of
the
actual
value
of
the
land,
and
his
second
wife
brought
the
other
third
into
the
marriage.
But
no
family
story
included
a
lawsuit
against
the
estate.
It
was
only
with
the
discovery
of
the
1880
land
deed
that
we
became
aware
of
it.
The
Grievance
brought
against
Stephen
M.
Boykin
and
others
by
the
estate
of
Angus
McLeod,
represented
by
James
E.
Rodgers
on
the
22nd
day
of
April
1867,
heard
in
the
Court
of
Equity
that
date,
heard
again
by
the
Court
of
Common
Pleas
on
Febrary
6th
1880
revealed
the
whole
story. Documents
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
Room
113
Camden
Court
House
June
2005
After
the
estate
of
Angus
had
been
divided
and
after
Rogers
had
sold
his
2/3rd
of
the
estate
to
Boykin,
Roger's
paid
what
debt
of
the
estate
he
could.
Those
who
were
owed
money
by
the
estate
but
did
not
recieve
full
payment
came
to
Roger's
as
its
executor
to
complain
that
they
did
not
believe
the
estate
to
be
insolvent.
When
the
case
came
to
court
in
April
of
1867,
numerous
testators
spoke
to
the
fact
that
they
had
witnessed
Eliza
McLeod,
prior
to
her
marriage
to
Boykin,
working
the
estate
"as
well
as
any
man".
They
testified
to
bountiful
and
profitable
crops
during
the
time
that
Eliza
ran
the
estate
herself.
When
the
estate
first
entered
probate,
Rodgers
felt
certain
that
Eliza
would
be
able
to
eventually
inherit
the
entire
estate.
Therefore,
he
allowed
Eliza
to
continue
to
live
on
and
farm
the
property.
By
February
of
1866,
the
plantation
was
showing
no
profit
and
the
business
left
behind
by
Angus
and
his
brother,
John
N.
McLeod
was
in
bankruptcy
and
therefore,
Rodgers
took
control
of
the
estate
in
order
to
settle
its
debts.
A
sale
of
the
plantation
tools,
crops
and
all
household
furniture
was
held
that
month.
Family
and
friends
purchased
the
household
goods
for
Eliza
but
were
given,
as
were
all
purchasers,
twelve
months
to
pay
the
debt.
Rodgers
apparently
did
not
receive
the
monies
and
was
unable
to
clear
all
the
debt
of
the
estate
and
business.
In
1867,
neighbors
and
businesses
all
were
feeling
the
financial
devastation
of
their
own
estates
and
several
came
against
Rodgers,
as
the
executor
of
Angus's
estate/business,
demanding
that
they
be
paid.
These
folks
apparently
began
to
file
legal
suits
against
Rodgers
personnally
leaving
him
no
choice
but
to
file
suit
against
those
who
had
purchased
at
the
February
sale
but
failed
to
make
payment.
It
is
interesting
to
note
that
he
also
filed
suit
against
the
executor
of
Angus'
brother,
John
N.
McLeod's
estate,
John
S.
Bradley
which
leads
one
to
believe
that
he
felt
it
unfair
that
the
estate
of
Angus
was
being
held
responsible
for
the
debts
of
what
had
been
a
jointly
owned
business.
The
court
took
over
control
of
the
estate
and
paid
a
percentage
to
each
of
the
proven
creditors
of
the
estate;
although
there
were
many
claims,
the
exact
number
of
those
that
were
eventually
proven
is
unknown
due
to
the
deterioration
of
the
file
itself.
It
would
appear
that
some
of
them
were
fraudulent
to
me
due
to
the
age
and
amounts
of
the
monies
claimed,
but
this
is
only
speculation.
Although
the
final
decree
of
the
court
was
not
found,
an
1880
decree
stated
that
since
Eliza
Arrants
McLeod
Boykin
was
now
deceased,
her
dower
had
reverted
to
the
estate
and
would
be
sold
to
pay
a
percentage
of
the
debts
that
remained.
Therefore,
we
find
that
on
April
5th
1880,
Harriet
McLeod,
wife
of
Alexander
McLeod
and
the
sister
in
law
of
Angus
McLeod,
stood
on
the
steps
of
the
Camden
County
Courthouse
after
the
death
of
Eliza
Ann
Arrants
McLeod
Boykin
and
purchased
Eliza's
dower,
thereby
returning
the
land
to
the
McLeods.
The
truth
about
a
family
legend:
Poor
Col.
Boykin
has
been
cast
as
somewhat
a
villian
by
our
family;
he
married
two
of
the
McLeod
women
and
perhaps
as
a
result
held
more
of
our
family
land
than
we
even
know
about
today.
But,
the
discovery
of
the
1867
Lawsuit
and
the
1880
deed
in
which
the
dower
lands
of
Eliza
Arrants
McLeod
Boykin
were
returned
to
family
hands
shows
a
different
side
to
Boykin,
at
least
in
my
opinion.
Although
it
has
been
said
that
Annie's
parents,
Daniel
and
Catherine
McLean
McLeod
disapproved
of
her
marriage
to
Boykin,
I
almost
wonder
now
if
that
rumor
itself
came
out
of
the
"loss"
of
family
land.
Because,
I
see
Boykin
in
a
different
light.
Married
to
Annie
McLeod,
Col.
Boykin
fought
for
the
Confederacy
in
the
20th
SC
Company
G.
Fighting
with
him
were
his
cousins
by
marriage,
William
McLeod,
Alexander
Moseley,
George
Moseley
and
William
Moseley.
While
a
prisoner
of
war,
his
wife
died
in
childbirth
and
after
the
close
of
the
war,
he
came
home
to
find
his
neighbor
and
relative
by
marriage
facing
the
sale
of
all
her
household
goods
and
plantation
tools,
and
in
what
what
was
likely
very
close
to
total
destitution.
Boykin
not
only
married
the
destitute
widow,
but
he,
along
with
other
concerned
friends
and
family,
purchased
the
contents
of
her
house
for
her
at
the
auction
held
in
1867.
He
purchased
the
remaining
2/3's
of
the
land
which
provided
monies
to
attempt
settle
the
estate's
debts.
Was
it
greed
or
was
it
concern?
Reading
the
testimony
of
Alexander
McLeod
during
the
lawsuit,
I
no
longer
believe
it
was
greed.
Eliza
continued
to
attend
Antioch
Baptist
Church
of
which
James
E.
Rodgers
was
the
pastor
until
her
death
as
did
Alexander
and
Harriet
and
the
Moseley's.
And
at
her
death,
Col.
Boykin
buried
Eliza
Ann
Arrants
McLeod
Boykin
beside
her
first
husband
and
her
only
child
at
that
church.
And
at
the
very
least
the
loss
of
our
family
land
to
Boykin
was
disproven,
Harriet
Yates
McLeod
purchased
back
the
Dower
Lands
on
the
steps
of
the
Camden
Courthouse
on
February
6th
1880.
1880
-
1902
con't
On
November
20th
1883,
Harriett
sold
for
$2000.00
to
Margaret
A
Phillips
a
"tract
of
land
containing
Four
hundred
(400)
acres
lying
on
the
dividing
line
of
Sumter
and
Kershaw
Counties,
three
hundred
acres
more
or
less
lying
in
Kershaw
County.
The
whole
tract
bounded
on
the
North
by
lands
of
James
Reynolds,
on
the
East
by
Scape
Or
Swamp
on
the
West
by
lands
of
Wm
Blyther
and
lands
of
Ezekiel
Deas,
and
on
the
South
by
the
public
road
leading
to
Camden.
The
sale
of
this
land
was
witnessed
by
her
son,
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
and
by
J.
A.
Stafford
-
it
was
recorded
on
March
12
1883.
Kershaw
Deed
Book
HH
page
682
-
Title
to
Real
Estate
Recorded
March
12
1883
Delivered
to
Henry
G.
Carrison
Harriet
M.
McLeod
to
Margaret
A.
Phillips
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
David
J.
Wilke
and
Trish
and
Elizabeth
Brown
on
June
25th,
2004
at
the
Camden
County
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina.
Note
that
from
the
boundary
description
of
this
land,
the
land
that
was
Eliza
McLeod
Boykin's
dower
right
lay
near
this
property
that
Harriet
is
selling
in
1883
-
James
Reynolds
was
one
of
those
whose
property
bounded
both
tracts.
Harriet
was
not
however,
selling
the
110
acres
she
purchased
in
1880,
a
1898
deed
shows
she
sold
that
at
later
date.
The
history
of
the
tract
of
land
sold
by
Harriet
is
unclear.
The
deed
of
sale
was
not
done
in
the
normal
way;
it
was
signed
and
witnessed
to
in
front
of
a
Trial
Justice
from
Sumter
County
more
than
a
month
after
the
sale
was
recorded
in
Kershaw.
In
addition,
the
release
of
dower
was
not
signed
by
Harriet,
it
was
signed
by
a
Mrs.
Ann
D.
Leitner,
wife
of
W.
Leitner
who
it
appears
had
sold
the
tract
of
land
or
at
least
a
portion
of
it
to
Harriet
at
some
point
prior
to
November
of
1883.
It
is
interesting
to
note
that
one
of
the
witnesses
to
Harriet's
1880
purchase
of
Eliza
McLeod
Boykin's
dower
lands
was
a
W.
Leitner.
Obviously,
another
deed
exists
which
would
explain
more
fully
the
history
of
this
tract
of
land
which
was
first
owned
in
whole
or
in
part
by
the
Leitners,
then
by
Harriet
McLeod,
and
finally
by
Margaret
A.
Phillips.
It
is
possible
that
the
Leitners
mortgaged
the
property
to
Alexander
and
Harriet,
much
as
Alexander
did
to
Roxanna
James
in
1843
and
upon
default
of
the
debt/loan,
Harriet
took
possession
and
sold
it
to
regain
the
monies.
On
April
28th
1886,
Harriet
sells
for
$150.00
to
Franklin
P.
Rogers
of
Kershaw
County
88.5
acres
"all
that
plantation
or
tract
of
land
lying
and
being
in
Kershaw
County
in
the
State
aforesaid,
on
the
Public
Road
leading
from
Camden
to
Arrants
Crossing,
containing
eighty
eight
1/2
acres,
more
or
less,
being
a
part
of
a
tract
of
land
originally
granted
to
John
N.
and
John
R.
McLeod,
bounded
N.
by
the
Public
Road
and
R.
Adkinson's
land,
East
by
A.
Atkinsons's
Land,
South
by
County
Line,
west
by
Est.
D.
Atkinsons
Lands
and
E.
Brogdon's
lands."
On
the
1st
day
of
February
1886,
S.J.
Yates
swore
that
he
and
Lizzie
K.
Gaylord
had
witnessed
the
sale
of
the
property.
The
deed
states
that
the
land
was
originally
owned
by
John
N.
(Alexander's
brother)
and
John
R.
McLeod
(Alexander's
first
cousin
by
Daniel
McLeod).
The
deed
which
was
recorded
after
the
grant
was
given
to
the
Johns'
has
not
yet
been
found;
however,
it
is
named
in
Vol
54
pg
490
Jan
23
1847
State
Plats
1784-1840
and
Vol
86
pg
265
17
Jun
1847
State
Land
Grants.
From
this
it
can
be
assumed
that
John
R
and
John
N.
were
granted
the
land
sometime
between
January
23
1847
and
June
of
that
same
year
(John
N.
aged
about
37
and
John
R
about
20).
How
Alexander
and
Harriet
acquired
the
property
is
unknown
at
this
time.
Kershaw
Deed
Book
KK
page
627
Recorded
July?
1886
Delivered
to
P.
Rodgers
A.M.
McLeod
to
Franklin
P.
Rodgers
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
David
J.
Wilke
and
Trish
and
Elizabeth
Brown
on
June
25th,
2004
at
the
Camden
County
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina.
Lizzie
K.
Gaylord
was
most
likely
Alexander
and
Harriet's
granddaughter
by
Sarah
McLeod
and
Willis
Gaylord
(executor
of
the
estate
of
the
eldest
son,
Norman
A.
McLeod
in
1868);
Lizzie
was
about
19
years
old
in
1886.
The
identity
of
S.
J.
Yates
is
unknown
to
date
(2006)
however,
he
was
likely
related
to
Harriet
in
some
way
as
she
was
herself
a
Yates
by
birth.
Obituary
of
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
"son
of
A.
E.
McLeod
and
Miss
Yates",
found
at
the
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
Reunion
June
2004
in
the
files
of
William
"Bill"
Johnson,
grandson
of
Katherine
"Kate"
McLeod
McLeod
(daughter
of
Jesse
L.
McLeod
and
Maggie
Josey
and
the
second
wife
of
William
Thomas
McLeod,
son
of
John
R.
McLeod
and
Sarah
Cason).
On
what
appears
to
have
been
June
25th
1892,
Harriet
sold
to
Henry
G.
Carrison
for
$264.38
"all
that
tract
or
parcel
of
land
lying
and
being
situated
in
the
County
of
Kershaw,
State
aforesaid,
contianing
one
hundred
and
ten
(110)
more
or
less,
bounded
North
by
lands
of
the
late
George
Alden,
deceased
and
S.m.
Boykin,
East
by
lands
of
William
Hunt,
south
by
lands
of
J.
W.
McCaskill
and
west
by
lands
of
Michel
Watson"
S.
(Note:
Alexander
sold
Michel
Watson
land
in
1856
-
this
land
noted
as
bounding
the
deed
property
on
the
west,
may
have
originally
been
part
of
Alexander's
property).
Mc
Moore
and
C.
U.
Meyers
were
the
witnesses
and
they
appeared
in
court
in
1895
and
again
on
the
12th
of
October
1898
to
swear
to
such.
This
appears
to
be
a
portion
of
the
same
property
or
property
that
bordered
that
dower
land
of
Eliza
Arrants
McLeod
Boykin
which
Harriet
bought
at
Public
Auction
in
1880
as
a
result
of
the
grievance
brought
against
S.M.
Boykin
and
others
by
J.E.
Rodgers;
Note
the
boundaries
of
the
1880
deed:
bound
north
by
lands
of
S.
M.
Boykin
and
James
W.
Arrants;
east
by
the
lands
of
James
Reynolds
and
south
by
the
lands
of
J.
McCaskill
and
west
by
the
lands
of
Michel
Watson. Kershaw
Deed
Book
page
208
Title
to
Real
Estate
Recorded
Oct.
18
or
15
1898
Harriet
McLeod
to
Henry
G.
Carrison
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
David
J.
Wilke
and
Trish
and
Elizabeth
Brown
on
June
25th,
2004
at
the
Camden
County
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina.
In
1851
Angus
McLeod
II
had
sold
to
William
and
Margaret
Hunt
190
acres
on
the
Horsepen
Branch
-
This
was
likely
part
of
his
father,
Alexander
I's,
estate.
and
as
this
deed
shows
a
William
Hunt
as
a
bounder
of
Harriet's
land
(that
being
sold).
This
possibly
indicates
that
the
land
of
William
Hunt
in
1892
was
part
of
the
original
estate
of
Alexander
I
(husband
of
Sarah
McIntosh
and
this
Alexander's
father).
There
was
some
missing
acreage
in
the
estate
file
of
Angus
McLeod
II
as
well
as
the
lawsuit
-
as
stated,
several
pages
of
the
lawsuit
were
badly
damaged
and
illegible
-
it
is
possible
that
Alexander
and
Harriet
purchased
this
land
from
the
estate
of
Angus
McLeod
II.
Kershaw
Deeds
Book
S
page
32
accessed
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
June
2005
at
the
Camden
County
Courthouse
The
dates
on
this
deed
cause
some
confusion...note
that
Harriet
states
that
she
received
the
payment
for
the
land
in
1892,
but
the
deed
itself
is
dated
for
1895
and
was
not
recorded
until
1898.
Charles
Usher
Myers,
son
in
law
of
Harriet
married
to
her
daughter
Kate,
appeared
in
1895
and
then
again
upon
the
date
it
was
recorded
in
1898.
There
are
two
possibilities:
1)
the
deed
was
transcribed
at
some
point
and
the
first
date,
on
which
the
payment
was
received,
was
written
as
a
2
and
not
a
5.
Where
the
deed
reads
1895
it
is
written
out
in
long
form
which
on
the
old
documents
is
typically
easier
to
read
than
numbers/digits.
In
this
case,
the
fact
that
three
years
passed
before
it
was
recorded
is
not
that
unusual
2)
this
was
a
transaction
which
took
place
before
Alexander's
death
(1895),
but
as
part
of
the
settlement
of
his
estate,
it
was
not
brought
to
the
attention
of
the
courts
until
1895
and
then
again
in
1898.
I
believe
the
first
possibility
is
the
more
likely.
Alexander
passed
away
March
30,
1895.
It
is
likely
that
in
June,
Harriet
may
have
needed
to
sell
some
property
to
settle
some
of
his
debts.
The
fact
that
he
was
in
debt
is
shown
in
the
Oath
of
Administration
for
his
estate
which
was
not
sworn
until
August
18,
1915.
In
that
record,
their
sons
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
and
Albert
John
McLeod,
the
only
surviving
children
at
the
time,
stated
that
the
estate
had
no
debt
except
one
for
a
cotton
crop
that
had
passed
the
statute
of
limitations.
Estate
file
of
Alexander
E.
McLeod,
August
18
1915
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
J.
Wilke
June
2005
More
about
Swearing
the
Oath
of
Loyalty
It
is
interesting
to
note
that
Alexander
is
never
seen
on
any
deed
from
the
close
of
the
War
between
the
States
to
his
death
in
1896.
One
must
wonder
why
due
to
the
nature
of
Women's
Rights
during
this
era.
A
woman
whose
husband
is
alive
is
not
usually
found
buying
and
selling
property;
it
is
much
more
likely
that
researchers
would
see
them
signing
release
of
dower
rights
on
the
deeds
of
their
husbands.
Yet
we
find
Harriet
apparently
handling
all
the
business
of
land
buying
and
selling
from
the
close
of
the
war
and
for
the
remainder
of
both
their
lives.
There
are
two
possibilities....the
first
is
that
in
order
to
regain
citizenship
and
its
rights,
Southern
men
were
asked
to
swear
an
oath
of
loyalty
to
the
United
States.
It
is
my
understanding
that
this
oath
required
the
men
to
state
that
they
had
never
voluntarily
served
the
Confederacy.
As
Alexander
is
not
found
on
any
Voters
Registration
lists
after
the
war,
one
could
assume
that
he
never
swore
the
oath
therefore
never
regaining
the
right
to
buy/sell
properties.
Knowing
that
Alexander
was
a
strong
Christian,
one
could
assume
that
he
felt
he
could
not
in
honor
swear
that
he
had
never
voluntarily
served
the
Conferacy;
a
Confederacy
in
which
the
service
of
his
brothers,
his
sons,
his
son's
in
law,
and
his
nephews
and
nephew's
in
law
resulted
in
the
loss
their
lives
and
the
destitution
of
their
widows.
Following
that
line
of
thought
however
leads
to
the
second
possibility....
Research
of
the
probate
records
of
the
courts
of
Kershaw
and
Sumter
Counties
has
revealed
that
Alexander
was
present
in
the
probate
court
for
almost
every
one
of
those
who
lost
their
lives.
Perhaps
the
almost
constant
attendance
at
the
probate
of
his
family
members'
estates
and
the
mourning
that
obviously
he
was
experiencing
caused
him
to
be
somewhat
"broken".
I
wonder
if
life
just
became
too
burdensome
for
the
gentle
nature
of
this
Christian
man,
a
man
who
served
his
church
faithfully,
who
adopted
two
orphaned
children
in
his
senior
years,
a
man
who
traveled
to
Charleston
to
exhume
the
body
of
his
eldest
son
in
order
to
bring
him
home
for
burial.
Whatever
the
answer
is
to
why
we
never
see
him
on
deeds
and
other
records
after
1868;
one
cannot
help
but
be
moved
by
the
experiences
he
found
himself
in
during
the
years
1861
-
1868
and
wonder
how
he
dealt
with
the
grief
he
must
have
felt.
Death
of
Alexander
E.
McLeod
and
Harriet
Yates
Alexander
E.
McLeod
died
on
March
30,
1895
and
was
buried
in
the
McLeod
Family
Plot
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church.
He
lies
next
to
his
younger
brother,
Angus
McLeod,
his
nephew,
William
McLeod,
and
just
in
front
of
the
grave
of
his
brother,
John
N.
McLeod.
Several
of
the
children
of
his
nieces
and
nephews
and
the
graves
of
his
own
children
who
died
before
him
are
nearby.
Not
far
away,
his
sister
Catherine
McLeod
Moseley
and
two
of
her
children
are
buried
and
a
little
bit
further
one
finds
several
of
the
families
that
he
associated
with
throughout
his
life.
Harriet
Yates
McLeod
lived
another
7
years,
dying
on
July
01,
1902.
Harriet
and
Alexander
share
a
grave
and
a
tombstone.
In
1864,
the
Will
of
Angus
McLeod
(II)
contained
a
bequest
for
$1000.00
to
be
left
to
Antioch
Baptist
Church
for
the
maintenance
of
the
McLeod
Family
Plot.
This
bequest
was
apparently
never
fulfilled,
and
even
if
it
had
been,
the
bulk
of
Angus'
estate
was
in
Confederate
Dollars,
worthless
shortly
after
his
death.
The
church
today
is
not
a
perpetual
care
cemetery;
the
gravestones
are
all
maintained
by
family
members
of
the
deceased.
The
old
stones,
made
mostly
of
concrete,
are
rapidly
deteriorating
with
many
of
them
having
broken
and
fallen
down
several
times
despite
numerous
repairs.
Dotted
throughout
the
cemetery
are
stones
that
have
been
replaced;
some
still
have
the
original
stones
leaning
against
the
new
one.
Of
those
stones
that
mark
the
burial
of
our
extended
family,
many
of
them
have
been
replaced
by
unknown
persons;
i.e.
Catherine
McLeod
Moseley
(sister
of
Alexander),
her
daughter
Eliza
Moseley
Brown,
and
her
son,
Capt.
Alexander
Moseley.
John
N.
McLeod's
stone
is
cared
for
and
maintained
although
it
appears
that
due
to
its
fading
inscription
it
will
need
replacement
in
the
near
future.
Alexander
and
Harriet's
original
concrete
tombstone,
which
was
repaired
over
the
years,
has
recently
been
replaced
with
a
marble
stone
on
which
all
the
original
inscription
has
been
carved.
The
new
stone
was
placed
with
monies
raised
at
the
annual
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
Family
Reunion
(to
which
all
related
McLeods
are
invited
regardless
of
their
line
of
descent!).
During
the
reunions
in
2004
and
2005,
collections
were
taken
up
consisting
of
money
donations
or
funds
from
the
sale
of
items
made
by
Col.
Purdy
Belvin
McLeod
Jr.
to
aid
in
the
fund
raising,
or
Seven
Nations
CD's
and
PBS
Videos
offered
for
sale
by
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
and
his
son,
Kirk
Alan
McLeod.
The
committee
for
replacement
was
headed
by
Mary
McLeod
Bradham.
Also
replaced
this
past
year
(June
2005
-
present
2006)
were
stones
for:
-
Angus
Robert
McLeod,
son
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
Yates
McLeod,
died
1856
-
John
B.
McLeod,
son
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
Yates
McLeod,
died
1864
-
Infant
of
A.
and
E.
McLeod,
believed
to
have
been
a
child
of
Angus
McLeod
and
Eliza
Ann
Arrants
(McLeod
Boykin)
Children
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
Yates
McLeod
1.
Norman
A.
McLeod born
April
6,
1839
in
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina,
United
States
of
America
buried
at
Antioch
Church
Hwy
34
and
Rd
596
to
RD
22,
8
miles
east
of
Camden
Kershaw
District
near
parents,
and
Uncles
Angus
McLeod
and
John
N.
McLeod,
Aunt
Catherine
McLeod
Moseley
and
other
family
members. died
January
18,
1863
in
Richmond
Virginia,
Confederate
States
of
America
Family
Bible
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
McLeod
formerly
owned
by
J.
Frank
McLeod,
current
whereabouts
unknown,
copy
of
Birth,
Marriage
and
Death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society
in
South
Carolina.
Obituary
in
Camden
Confederate
Newpaper,
tombstone
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
Lee
County
South
Carolina
photograph
taken
October
2000
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
Donald
Ross
McLeod
JR.)
2.
Martha
A
McLeod
b.
Feb
16,
1841
Near
Beaverdam
Area
of
Sumter
District,
near
the
current
area
of
Little
Egypt,
South
Carolina,
United
States
of
America
d.Bef.
1915
married
Oct
22,
1861
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church
Kershaw
District
South
Carolina
to
Robert
English
Huggins b.
Abt.
1840
d.
Aft.
1880 Family
Bible
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
McLeod
formerly
owned
by
J.
Frank
McLeod,
current
whereabouts
unknown,
copy
of
Birth,
Marriage
and
Death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society
in
South
Carolina.
3.
Angish
R
McLeod
born
Feb
05,
1843
died
May
08,
1856
buried
Antioch
Baptist
Church
Family
Bible
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
McLeod
formerly
owned
by
J.
Frank
McLeod,
current
whereabouts
unknown,
copy
of
Birth,
Marriage
and
Death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society
in
South
Carolina.
4.
Sarah
"Sally"
H.
McLeod
b.Sep
09,
1845
Near
Beaverdam
Area
of
Sumter
District,
near
the
current
area
of
Little
Egypt,
South
Carolina,
United
States
of
America
d.Bef.
1900
married
Feb
15,
1866at
Anitoch
Baptist
Church,
Kershaw
Co
South
Carolina,
USA
to
Willis
Gaylord
b.
Unknown
d.
Aft.
1900
Possibly
Swimming
Pens
Sumter
South
Carolina
Family
Bible
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
McLeod
formerly
owned
by
J.
Frank
McLeod,
current
whereabouts
unknown,
copy
of
Birth,
Marriage
and
Death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society
in
South
Carolina.
1880
Source
Information:
Census
Place
De
Kalb,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina
Family
History
Library
Film
1255232
NA
Film
Number
T9-1232
Page
Number
64C
Willis
GAYLORD
Self
M
Male
W
38
SC
Farmer
SC
SC
Sarah
H.
GAYLORD
Wife
M
Female
W
34
SC
Keeps
House
SC
SC
Elizabeth
GAYLORD
Dau
S
Female
W
13
SC
SC
SC
Albert
GAYLORD
Son
S
Male
W
11
SC
SC
SC
Hattie
GAYLORD
Dau
S
Female
W
9
SC
SC
SC
Willis
GAYLORD
Son
S
Male
W
6
SC
SC
SC
Rosley
GAYLORD
Dau
S
Female
W
4
SC
SC
SC
John
GAYLORD
Son
S
Male
W
1
SC
SC
SC
Year:
1900;
Census
Place:
Swimming
Pens,
Sumter,
South
Carolina,
;
Roll:
T623
1543;
Page:
11A;
Enumeration
District:
133.
Willis
Gaylord
was
a
Sheriff's
Deputy
following
the
war.
He
served
as
administrator
of
the
estate
of
Sally's
brother,
Norman
A.
McLeod
in
1867
and
also
served
subpeona's
for
the
Lawsuit
James
E.
Rodgers
for
the
Estate
of
Angus
McLeod
vs.
S.M.
Boykin,
Eliza
Boykin
and
Others
also
in
1867.
One
set
of
family
papers
shows
the
initials
U.A.
after
Willis's
name.....Union
Army?
Children
of
Sally
McLeod
and
Willis
F.
Gaylord
1.
Elizabeth
Gaylord
b.
Abt.
1867
2.
Albert
Gaylord
b.
Abt.
1869
3.
Hattie
Gaylord
b.
Abt.
1871
4.
Rosley
Gaylord
b.
Abt.
1876
5.
John
Gaylord
b.
Abt.
1878
6.
Willis
McLeod
Gaylord
b.
Abt.
1874
d.
unknown
married
to
Celia
Burgess
daughter
of
Paul
Burgess
and
Mary
J.W.
(--?--)
-
Celia's
half
sister,
Sarah
J.
Burgess
married
Thomas
S.
Ross,
her
sister
Johanna
Irene
Burgess
married
Dalton
L.
McLeod
son
of
Angus
Davis
McLeod
and
grandson
of
John
N.
McLeod,
after
the
death
of
her
first
husband
in
the
Cleveland
School
Fire.
5.
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod b.
February
20,
1847 d.
Mar
12,
1922
married
first
to
Maggie
Josey
married
second
to
Mary
Rosa
Ives
Family
Bible
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
McLeod
formerly
owned
by
J.
Frank
McLeod,
current
whereabouts
unknown,
copy
of
Birth,
Marriage
and
Death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society
in
South
Carolina.
6.
John
B
McLeod
born
Sep
28,
1849
died
Jan
24,
1864
buried
Antioch
Baptist
Church
Family
Bible
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
McLeod
formerly
owned
by
J.
Frank
McLeod,
current
whereabouts
unknown,
copy
of
Birth,
Marriage
and
Death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society
in
South
Carolina.
7.
Nancy
"Mamie
or
Nanny"
McLeod
-
wife
of
Sidney
Hurst Family
Bible
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
McLeod
formerly
owned
by
J.
Frank
McLeod,
current
whereabouts
unknown,
copy
of
Birth,
Marriage
and
Death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society
in
South
Carolina.
8.
Albert
John
McLeod b.
21st
of
December
in
1853
in
either
Kershaw
or
Sumter
District
South
Carolina
died
in
Hancock
County
Mississippi
-
founder
of
McLeod
Park
currently
known
as
McLeod
Water
Park
Family
Bible
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
McLeod
formerly
owned
by
J.
Frank
McLeod,
current
whereabouts
unknown,
copy
of
Birth,
Marriage
and
Death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society
in
South
Carolina.
9.
Mary
J
McLeod b.
30
Sept
1855
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina d.
1912
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
buried
Pisgah
Baptist
Church married
October
27,
1875
James
D.
Evans
b.
December
10,
1854
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
September
09,
1907
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
buried
Pisgah
Baptist
Church
gravestone
at
Pisgah
Baptist
Church
Family
Bible
of
Harriet
and
Alexander
E.
McLeod,
formerly
owned
by
J.
Frank
McLeod,
current
owner
unknown,
tombstone
photograph
taken
October
2000
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
Sumter
Courthouse
Marriage
Records
M243
E
152
10.
Eliza
"Kate"
McLeod
-
wife
of
Charles
Usher
Myers Family
Bible
of
Alexander
and
Harriet
McLeod
formerly
owned
by
J.
Frank
McLeod,
current
whereabouts
unknown,
copy
of
Birth,
Marriage
and
Death
page
on
file
at
the
Sumter
Genealogical
Society
in
South
Carolina.
11.
ADOPTED
-
Sally
Francis
McLeod
-
born
about
1868
-
the
1880
census
states
that
her
biological
father
was
born
in
Georgia
and
her
biological
mother
in
South
Carolina
-
No
further
information
12.
ADOPTED
-
Robert
Augustas
Taylor
McLeod
born
about
1870
in
South
Carolina
and
he
died
about
1942
in
Lee
County,
South
Carolina.
Robert
was
married
to
Mary
Nancy
Boykin,
who
was
the
daughter
of
John
Thomas
Ellison
Boykin
and
Janie
Rogers
Arrants.
One
researcher
states
that
Robert
was
the
son
of
Francis
Asbury
Taylor
b.
5
MAY
1824
in
North
Carolina
d.
2
OCT
1876
and
Mary
Laura
Bridges
b.
ABT.
1842
d.
unknown.
Robert
and
Mary
had
two
known
children:
i)
Bertie
Taylor
McLeod
b.
unknown
d.
unknown
married
to
William
Estes
Sr.
b.
unknown
in
Winnsboro,
South
Carolina
ii)
Ottie
Taylor
McLeod
b.
unknown
d.
unknown
Robert
remarried
before
1910
and
had
two
more
children
with
Irene
Unknown:
Census
Place:
Ionia
Township,
Lee
County,
South
Carolina;
Census
Year
1910,
Taylor,
Robert
A
age
40
married
2
years;
Irene
Wife
age
18;
Bertie
daughter
age
12;
Ottie
son
age
9;
Lillie
daughter
age
6;
Lenie
son
age
6/12. Census
Research
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
Ancestry.com
subscription,
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~formyfamily/index.htm
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McLeod
Wilke
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