Jesse Lazarus McLeod

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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

Family

Jesse Lazarus McLeod was the fifth child of Alexander and Harriet Yates McLeod. He was born on the Horsepen Branch located in Kershaw District, South Carolina. Horsepen is a tributary of the Beaverdam Branch which itself is a tributory of the Scape Or river. Today this property is located in Lee County. Family Bible of Alexander and Harriet Yates McLeod, formerly owned by J. Frank McLeod, deceased; present location unknown; copy of birth, marriage and death page on file at the Sumter County South Carolina Genealogical Society. Copies provided to Lori McLeod Wilke by her father, Donald Ross McLeod Jr. and Col. Purdy Belvin McLeod Jr.

His paternal grandparents were Alexander and Sarah McIntosh MacLeod/McLeod. Alexander (I) immigrated as a child from Scotland with his parents in about the year 1783. After an approximate stay in Richmond County North Carolina of 20 years, Alexander and Sarah migrated into Kershaw District where they purchased 225 acres on the Horsepen Branch from Micajah Woodward. Deeds and Conveyances, Kershaw District, South Carolina; page 116 Book G accessed and copied by Lori McLeod Wilke and David Jay Wilke

Jesse's paternal great grandparents were Angus and Nancy McCutchen MacLeod/McLeod who lived on McLeods Mill Pond in Sumter District (present day Lee County); land they had purchased from Jesse Peebles, Edward Reynolds and Hugh McCall. Today this property can be seen on Lee County South Carolina Maps still designated as "McLeod Pond". In fact, this property is held by McLeod descendants today.

Nothing is known of his grandmother's family (McIntosh) nor of his great grandmother's (McCutchen). There were McIntosh and McCutchen's in the Sumter and Kershaw District/County area of South Carolina and it could be that these were relatives of Sarah and Nancy but nothing to date has been found to indicate this family connection.

Childhood: 1847 - 1860

Jesse was born on February 20, 1847 and his name was entered into the Family Bible. Jesse grew up surrounded by extended family members although both his paternal grandparents were deceased by the time of his birth (Alex I in 1824/Sarah bet. 1831-1840). photo provided to Lori McLeod WIlke by Donald Ross McLeod Jr. October 2000

Records indicate that in these early years, the various branches of the family remained close; his great uncle Daniel McLeod and his wife Catherine McLean, still lived and operated McLeods Mill and the general stores on their property and all of the siblings of his father, Alexander II, remained near neighbors as can be seen by their census records. The legal records of the various branches show that they represented each other in both business and personal events such as the marriage and death of family members.

The family attended Antioch Baptist Church throughout Jesse's childhood; the church records show that the families of all of his aunts and uncles attended there as well. This church attendance would have resulted in socializing with Davis', Arrants', Moseleys', Meyers' among other families that frequently appear in our family records.

Although records indicate that his father, Alexander II, may have operated a mill on the family property, this has yet to be confirmed. In any event, it is likely that Jesse spent time at the Mill operated by his great uncle Daniel McLeod until Daniel's death in 1852 and operated by his cousin, John Robert McLeod and that this time was also a time of great socializing with family. Trips to the mill would have included the entire family as shopping in the general store for those items not grown personally was usually done at the same time. Due to the time involved in traveling, picnics and swimming occupied the children as the adults caught up with neighbors.

1860 - 1870 The War Between the States

In the 1860 Census, Jesse Lazarus McLeod was shown as aged 13; over the next few years, life as he knew it was to change drastically. 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 fulfill 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. Jesse's eldest brother, Norman A. McLeod, aged 22, was one of those men who joined the 15th (It is unknown to date whether he previously served). Obituary of brother Norman A. McLeod in the CAMDEN CONFEDERATE MAY 15, 1863, copy provided to Lori McLeod Wilke by Donald Ross McLeod Jr. in January of 2000

His first cousins, Thomas and John, both sons of John N and Kitsy Davis McLeod, signed up with Co. C. 6th Regiment South Carolina Infantry; cousin Alexander Moseley, son of Catherine McLeod and John C. Moseley, was a Captain with the 20th SC Infantry and his cousin William McLeod, son of Angus and Eliza Arrants McLeod, served in Co. G. of the 20th. His uncle, Angus McLeod II , a Corporal in Co. D. of the 5th Batallion Reserve Corp, also served along with another uncle Alfred Davis, wife of his aunt Jane. Several of the young men who had married his female cousins also served the Confederacy. Col. Stephen Madison Boykin, the husband of his first cousin once removed, Annie McLeod, daughter of Daniel and Catherine McLean McLeod, also served.

"No official record of Confederate Service can be found regarding Jesse. However, he is listed in the Sumter County War Veterans documentation as a Civil War Veteran. This entry was made based on his membership in "The Dick Anderson Chapter of Confederate Veterans." Local Historians say that Jesse would not have been accepted for membership in the Chapter had there been no proof of his service in the Confederate Forces." Paragraph taken from the work of Donald Ross McLeod Jr. provided to Lori McLeod Wilke October 2000.

According to his 1922 obituary, Jesse served for two years of the war; it can be assumed that at age 13 in 1860, he most likely served from 1863 - 1865 (aged 16-18). With no official record having been found, personal testimony of those with whom he served may have been used to establish his membership in the Dick Anderson Chapter. It is possible that he served unofficially, joining up with a regiment and fighting along side its enlisted members. Note of Donald Ross McLeod Jr., provided to Lori McLeod Wike October 2001/Confirmed by records of the Dick Anderson Chapter in the Sumter Archives June 2004 by Lori McLeod Wilke and David Jay Wilke/ Obituary of Jesse L. McLeod Special to the State Sumter, March 14

Many of Jesse's family members perished during the war:

April 13th 1862, while still stationed at James Island, his cousin Sgt. William McLeod, the only son of Angus and Eliza, would die from Typhoid Fever in the Charleston Hospital. His body would be carried home to Kershaw and buried at Antioch Baptist Church where his stone includes a description of his service to the Confederacy.

July 14, 1862, his uncle, John N. McLeod was crushed between two railway cars while in Richmond Virginia visiting his two sons who were serving the Confederacy; Thomas A. in the CSA Co. C. 6th SC Infantry and John Alfred in the CSA Co. G. 6th SC Infantry. John's body was carried home to South Caroina by his best friend, Harmon Arrants, and he was buried in Antioch Baptist Cemetery near his nephew William McLeod. !

1862 - Jesse W. Wilson, the husband of his first cousin, Zina McLeod, daughter of John N., died serving in an unknown regiment.

January 18 1863 - Brother Norman A. McLeod, passed away from pnuemonia and was buried in Richmond. Sometime between this date and April 14th, his father Alexander, traveled to Richmond to claim his body and bring him home to be buried in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in the McLeod Family Plot on April 16th.

May 12, 1863 John Holland, husband of his first cousin, Nicey Jane McLeod, died in the Ladies Hospital of Columbia South Carolina; John served with the DeSaussure Light Artillery under Captain DePasse. John was buried in the Holland Family Plot at Marshall United Methodist Church

January 24 1864, his brother, John B McLeod who was about 16 years old at his death. John is buried in the McLeod Family Plot at Antioch Baptist Church. It is unknown to date whether John also died serving the confederacy; it does not appear likely if one looks at his tombstone...brother Norman A. McLeod was buried with a stone stating his service to the Confederacy; his gravestone lies beside his cousin William and his uncle Angus II, both of their stones also showing their service. But, it is unknown when the confederate stones were placed.

June 21 1864, his uncle, Angus McLeod II, youngest son of Alexander and Sarah McIntosh McLeod, died in Hardeville, South Carolina, Confederate States of America leaving Eliza Ann Arrants, a childless widow. Angus was buried next to his son William at Antioch Baptist.

Giving evidence of the hardship that was felt after the war ended, are the estate files of family members. John N. and Angus II had operated a business known as the J.N. & A. McLeod Firm; evidence exists of another firm that may have been connected to our family, the McLeod & Clarkson Company. It is known beyond doubt that the first Firm was bankrupt by 1867 even though it had continued to be operated by Rev. J.E. Rodgers, executor of the Angus McLeod Estate and John S. Bradley, the executor of John N. McLeod's estate. What became of the second business is not yet known, but the loss of the first company resulted in the destitution of Eliza Arrants McLeod, Angus' widow and Kitsy Davis McLeod is shown selling a great deal of the estate of John N. to cover her own debts. Kitsy, with the help of close family friend, Edwin Barnes had attempted to save John's estate earlier by purchasing 900 acres of it (not including Kitsy's dower lands, which were hers until her death).

The after affects of the war on Jesse's parents, Alexander and Harriet Yates McLeod, are still being researched. What is known is that for more than five years, Alexander spent much time in the courts of Sumter and Kershaw County testifying, appraising and bonding the administration of the estates of his family members and close friends. Lending evidence that this constant facing of deaths aftermass took a great toll on Alexander is that the estate of his eldest son, Norman A. McLeod, who had perished in 1863 was not probated until 1868; Alexander nor Jesse administered the estate as would have been the normal procedure. The estate was executed by a son in law, Willis Gaylord, the husband of Sarah, who was a deputy of the Sheriff of Kershaw County. Could it be because by this time, Alexander could simply not face the court again, this time dealing with the death of his eldest son?

Making it obvious that the war devastated the remaining McLeod's financially, is that from this point on we see many of the them renting instead of owning their land. Although still possessed of a great many acres, the funds to plant crops were simply not there for many years to come; property was continually sold in order to merely pay the taxes. During the next years, we see the family members moving further and further away from the original plantations owned by the first and second generations of our McLeods.

To read more about Angus McLeod II and the original lands of Jesse's Grandfather see: Angus McLeod II

1870 - 1880 Marriage to Maggie Josey

Despite numerous searches of the index and individual pages of the Census Images online at Ancestry.com, I have been unable to locate Jesse's enumeration in the 1870 Census, nor have I found his parents and many other relatives. It would appear that pages listing the area where they lived was not included in the indexing or scanning of images.

On December 13, 1870 at Antioch Baptist Church In Kershaw County, South Carolina USA - Jesse was married to Nancy Margaret Josey by the Rev. James E. Rodgers. Marriage List of Rev. James E. Rogers; Marriage Record M 243 and J 200 / Marriage Record of Antioch Baptist Church originally in the possession of Mrs. D.M. Davis (Record of Antioch Baptist Church, found June 30 2003, Meyers Family File, Camden Archives by Lori McLeod Wilke and David J. Wilke photo provided to Lori McLeod Wilke by Col. Purdy Belvin McLeod Jr. June 2000

The exact date of Maggie's birth is unknown, but she was born about the year 1850. Maggie was the daughter of William Robert II Josey and Elizabeth Turner. The Josey family, orignally Jossey, imigrated from Putnam, Surrey, London County, England sometime in the 1600's into Nasomond County, Virginia. Maggie's gr grandfather, William R. Josey I migrated to Sumter District between 1802 and 1804.

Jesse and Maggie were actually 2nd cousins once removed. Jesse's mother, Harriet Yates McLeod, was the daughter of Martha Josey and Willis Yates. Martha Josey was the sister of Maggie's grandfather; their common ancestor was Robert Josey.

The Jossey/Josey Family is well documented, having several revolutionary war veterans among its members. They arrived in Nasomond County Virginia from St. Giles, London, England before 1660 when Maggie's forefather, Col. James Jossey, was born there. Four generations later, William Jossey II left Virginia for North Carolina where Maggie's grandfather, Robert Josey was born on September 29, 1781. Robert migrated to the Sumter/Kershaw area of South Carolina where Maggie's father, William, was born about 1805. The House of Jossey/Josey, provided to Lori McLeod Wilke by Col. Purdy Belvin McLeod Jr. June 2003 at the McLeod Family Reunion, Lugoff, Kershaw, South Carolina

Marrying so late in the year, it is likely that the 1870 Census would show Jesse still living with his parents as would have Maggie...the 1880 Census shows them living two households from his parents. Therefore, it can be assumed that during this decade, the couple remained on family property.

Maggie and Jesse attended Antioch Baptist Church until at least 1877 according to partial records of the church found in the Myers Family File at the Camden Archives in June of 2003.

1880 - 1900

1880 De Kalb, Kershaw, South Carolina Census House # 571 !Source Information:Census Place De Kalb, Kershaw, South Carolina Family History Library Film 1255232 NA Film Number T9-1232 Page Number 63A

Jesse MCLEOD Self - M - Male - W - 33 - SC - Farmer {Father's POB SC} {Mother's POB SC}; Margaret M. MCLEOD Wife - M - Female - W - 28 - SC - Keeps House {Father's POB SC} {Mother's POB SC}; William N. MCLEOD - Son - S - Male - W - 8 - SC; Mattie MCLEOD - Dau - S - Female - W - 6 - SC; Josey A. MCLEOD - Son - S - Male - W - 4 - SC; Angus MCLEOD - Son - S - Male - W - 2 - SC Neighbors Michel Watson and Sidney Brooks and Jesse's parents - Alexander and Harriet Yates McLeod House 573.

Witness to: 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.

1888 Baptist Convention convened at Antioch - Delegates were J.L. McLeod, Hugh H. Evans (husband of Abbie Josey?), J. A. McLeod Story of Pizgah Baptist Church Author Gerry Felder Sumter Archives accessed June 2006 by Lori McLeod Wilke and David Jay Wilke.

During this decade, Jesse's mother is found selling hundreds of acres of the family land including some which had been owned by Jesse's uncle John N. McLeod and cousin John Robert McLeod as well as another uncle, Angus McLeod II. It is obvious that some financial hardship must have existed to explain the rapid liquidation of the family land.

The question of why it was Jesse's mother, Harriet, who was selling the property is of great interest.....in an age where women owned nothing but the dower lands of a deceased husband, Harriet, whose husband still lived, was selling and mortgaging property for more then ten years prior to Alexander's death (1895). Research to date indicates that it may have been that Alexander never swore the Oath of Loyalty after the war; it appears he would have been required to do this in order to regain his citizenship in the re-united states. Perhaps those who refused to swear were denied the right to sell property.

By the 1900 Census, Jesse is found renting and operating Whiltes Mill Pond in Central Sumter County. The Mill was formerly known as DesChamps/DeChamps Mill. It is not known whether Maggie ever lived there with him or if this move took place after the death of his father in 1896, but the continued sale of land into the 1890's by Harriet would indicate that the family's financial situation led to Jesse becoming a rentor and not an owner of land.

Children of Jesse and Maggie Josey McLeod

1. William Norman McLeod b. August 29, 1872 in De Kalb Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina d. April 06, 1937 in Sumter, South Carolina buried in Bethany Baptist Church married October 30, 1900 Sumter District, Sumter, South Carolina to Sarah Patience "Peelee" Newman b. February 24, 1874 in Sumter, South Carolina d. October 15, 1946 in Sumter, South Carolina buried in Bethany Baptist Church

2. Mattie Elizabeth McLeod b. Abt. 1874 DeKalb Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina d. March 12, 1963 buried unknown married by 1895 to Samuel Chesley Foxworth b. about 1861 d. about 1948 Samuel Foxworth was the son of Chesley J Foxworth and Elizabeth Amanda (--?--) (Amanda remarried by 1870 a Lawrence White) . He was the grandson of Senator Job Foxworth of Marion, South Carolina and Elizabeth Ann Perkins. Subject: RE: Mcleod Family history Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:51:24 -0600 From: [email protected]

1. Elbert White Foxworth b. Oct 08, 1896 Lynchburg; Lee County South Carolina d. Oct 15, 1968 Sumter County, South Carolina married Nonnie Hodge b. Nov 15, 1906 in Sammy Swamp SC and d. Nov 30, 1946

i. Elbert White Jr. a.k.a. Buck Foxworth b. unknown d. Apr 10, 1970 married to Faye Chrisawn

ii. Ruth Foxworth b. Oct 21, 1924 on Home Branch, Clarendon County, SC. and died Apr 18, 1985 Sumter County, South Carolina married Jan 29, 1955 Phillip E. Wells also married Wilson Henry Oldhouser Sr. b. 11/3/1918 York, Pa d.

2. Boyd N. Foxworth b. Apr 08, 1897 d. Jul 01, 1902 buried at Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Oswego, South Carolina

3. Samuel C. Foxworth b. Oct 17, 1899 d. Jul 16, 1902 buried Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Oswego, South Carolina

4. Frank Holman Foxworth b. Jun 05, 1905 d. unknown married Carrie Lionne Gregg b. Oct 01, 1907 d. Jan 13, 1978

5. Herbert M Foxworth b. Sep 04, 1907 d. Aug 10, 1972 buried Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina

6. Margaret Foxworth b. August 10, 1912 Lynchburg; Lee; South Carolina d. unknown (age 7 in home of parents: 1920 Township: Lynchburg; County: Lee; State: South Carolina; Roll: T625_1701; Page: 11 B ED: 17 Image: 836 January 27 2003 - Ancestry.com On Line Census) married August 10, 1912 John H. Sessions b. September 16, 1902 Sumter County, South Carolina d. October 8, 1970 Sumter County, South Carolina buried Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina No Issue

3. Josey A McLeod b. March 09, 1877 in De Kalb Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina d. July 19, 1896 Sumter, South Carolina buried in Bethany Baptist Church married by 1896 to Ella Winkles b. unknown d. unknown buried unknown Obituary of Jesse A. McLeod copy provided to Lori McLeod Wilke by Donald Ross McLeod Wilke in September of 2000. Ella Winkles remarried cr. 1902 to A. J. (Jack) Ardis.

1. Margaret Leo McLeod b. Apr 15, 1896 d. Nov 04, 1987 married to second cousin Clinton Cleveland Jones b. Sep 04, 1892 d. May 14, 1973 buried Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, SC son of William James Jones and Mary Anna "Mamie" Josey whose parents were George Lafayette Josey and Alice Jeanette Smith. G.L. Josey was the son of William Robert III Josey and Elizabeth Turner, the parents of Margaret Leo's grandmother, Maggie Josey McLeod.

They were actually double cousins - Harriet Yates McLeod, Margaret Leo's great grandmother was a Josey through her own mother, Martha Josey Yates.

In loving remembrance of Jessie A. McLeod.

Died, Sumter County, in South Carolina, July the 19th 18__,......... He was sick only a short while. Though his sufferings were very great, he bore them with patience, without one murmer. Just before nearing his end everything seemed to be well with him and he called to his sorrowing friends that were around his bedside, he made a request to be buried by his mother's side in the old family burying ground- his mother who proceeded his death just two years ago. He was a young man who made many friends; all who knew him loved him. Just a year ago he connected himself with the Methodist Church and lived a consistent member until his death. He leaves a wife and a little baby and a host of friends and relatives to mourn their loss. Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep From which none ever wake to weep A calm and undisturbed repose unbroken by the last of foes. One who loved him R. CAMDEN CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPER provided by Donald Ross McLeod Jr.

4. Angus Robert McLeod b. Abt. 1878 in De Kalb Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina d. aft 1922/possibly 1943 Buried Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina married to Elizabeth Eva Ives b. 1875 in Rafting Creek, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 1939 Buried Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina

5. John Albert McLeod b. July 26, 1881 De Kalb Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina d. September 1976 Sumter District South Carolina Buried Providence Southern Methodist Church married by 1917 to Edna Ross b. November 23, 1893 Sumter District South Carolina d. November 1977 Sumter District South Carolina Buried Providence Southern Methodist Church

6. Catherine McLeod b. April 26, 1884 De Kalb Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina d. July 30, 1968 Buried St. John United Methodist Church at Spring Hill married August 18, 1915 Sumter County Marriage Records to William Thomas McLeod , son of Daniel and Catherine McLean McLeod b. January 01, 1870 McLeod Mill Pond, formerly Spring Hill, Sumter County, currently known as Little Egypt Community in Lee County, South Carolina d. November 30, 1945 Buried St. John United Methodist Church at Spring Hill

7. James Ervin McLeod b. June 21, 1887 d. November 03, 1927 Charleston South Carolina Buried UDS Cemetery St George married to Adele Blanding Ives b. March 5, 1877 d. March 3, 1965 Buried UDS Cemetery St George

8. Margaret Lucile McLeod b. July 23 1891 d August 4 1985 Sumter, South Carolina buried Black River Cemetery married September 14, 1914 to Thomas Hampton Newman b. October 7 1876 d. October 30 1944 buried Black River Cemetery

John is reported to be the son of John Knox ? Newman. The 1880 Sumter Census appears to confirm that parentage.

Source Information: 1880 Census Place Concord, Sumter, South Carolina Family History Library Film 1255241 NA Film Number T9-1241 Page Number 62B Found by Lori McLeod Wilke June 4 2003 at FamilySearch.org

John K. NEWMAN Self M Male W 32 SC Farmer SC SC

Josie NEWMAN Wife M Female W 21 SC House Keeping SC SC

Mary J. NEWMAN Dau S Female W 5 SC SC SC

Hampton NEWMAN Son S Male W 3 SC SC SC

1920 Census Mayesville, Sumter South CarolinaJanuary 27 2003 Ancestry.com On Line Census

Hamton (as shown in Census and Index) age 43 Occupation Merchant; Lucille age 28

1930 Census Mayesville, Sumter South CarolinaJanuary 27 2003 Ancestry.com On Line Census

Newman, Hampton owns $1800 age 53 age at 1st marriage 37 no school reads/writes occupation - merchant grocery; Lucille age 35 age at 1st marriage 24 reads/writes; T. Hampton age 5; Mattie age 3.5; Juanita R. McLeod age 15 neice reads/writes (child of James Ervin McLeod and Dellah Ives)

Children of Lucille and Hampton
marriage information, birth and death dates received from Purdy Belvin McLeod Jr. - August 2002 - from family questionairs received at family reunions and census records

1. Thomas Hampton Jr. Newman b. Jan 19, 1925 Mayesville, South Carolina d. Jul 1978 West Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina married Jun 16, 1950 to Living

Thomas NEWMAN (Jr.) FamilySearch™ U.S. Social Security Death Index 30 September 2000 Birth Date: 19 Jan 1925 Death Date: Jul 1986 Social Security Number: ***-**-**** State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: South Carolina Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 29033 Localities: Cayce, Lexington, South Carolina Cayce-West Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina West Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina Death Benefit Localities Zip Code: 29033 Localities: Cayce, Lexington, South Carolina Cayce-West Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina West Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina

2. Mattie Lucille Newman b. November 30, 1926 d. unknown married April 1, 1951 Walter Thomas Ivey b. July 17, 1925 Roberson County, North Carolina, USA d. 1995

1920 Census Mayesville, Sumter South Carolina January 27 2003 Ancestry.com On Line Census Hamton (as shown in Census and Index) age 43 Occupation Merchant Lucille age 28

1930 Census Mayesville, Sumter South Carolina January 27 2003 Ancestry.com On Line Census Newman, Hampton owns $1800 age 53 age at 1st marriage 37 reads/writes occupation - merchant grocery Lucille age 35 age at 1st marriage 24 reads/writes T. Hampton age 5 Mattie age 3.5 Juanita R. McLeod age 15 neice reads/writes (child of James Ervin McLeod and Dellah Ives)

9. Thomas Edward McLeod b. February 3, 1888 d. December 10, 1961 Buried unknown married December 23, 1923 to Ethyl Sweatman b. unknown d. bef. November 16 1990 Buried Holly Hill Cemetery

Year: 1920 Township: Providence County: Orangeburg State: South Carolina Roll: T625_1705 Page: 19B ED: 72 Image: 806 Mcleod, Thomas E Age: 31 Birthplace: South Carolina Race: White Occupation: Engineer

Note: I am unsure if this is a correct attachment of this Census Record. Am checking with relatives to determine whether Ed did live in Providence in 1920. He and Olivia did not marry until December 1923

Children of Thomas Edward McLeod and Ethyl Sweatman

Miriam Olivia McLeod b. October 3, 1924 d. July 7, 1969 married to (---?---) Reid

Obituary of Mrs. Miriam M. Reid provided by Kitty McLeod Barfield/William T. "Bill" Johnson, received June 28 2003, McLeod Family Reunion, Friendship Baptist Church, Lugoff Kershaw South Carolina

Holly Hill - Mrs. Miriam M. Ried, 44 of Charleston, died today at the Charleston County Emergency Room. Services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Sauls-Rhame Funeral Home, in Holly Hill. Burial will be in the Holly Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Reid was born Orangeburg County, a daughter of Thomas E. McCleod and Mrs. Ethel Sweatman McCleod (sic). She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Holly Hill and was employed by the South Carolina Employment Security Commission. Surviving are her mother; a daughter Miss Linda Jean Reid of Charleston, and a brother Josie McLeod of Holly Hill.

Jean Elizabeth McLeod b. August 18, 1932 d. July 7, 1934

Living McLeod

Thomas Hammond McLeod b. February 17, 1969 d. November 13, 1986 after being hit head on by a drunk driver buried Holly Hill Cemeter

Obituary of Thomas Hammon McLeod provided by Kitty McLeod Barfield/William T. "Bill" Johnson, received June 28 2003, McLeod Family Reunion, Friendship Baptist Church, Lugoff Kershaw South Carolina

FUNERALS - MCLEOD - Entered into eternal rest on November 13 1986, Thomas Hammond (Tommy) Mcleod. The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service at Ashley River Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon, November 16 1986, at 2:00 p.m. Interment, Holly Hill Cemetery, Holly Hill. Visitors may call at McAlister's Funeral Chapel, Wentworth and Smith Streets, until 1 p.m. Sunday. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to St. Andrews Parish High School or Ashley River Baptist Church.

"A wonderful young man. One of the largest funerals I have ever been at. Was hit head-on by a Drunk Driver". Kitty McLeod Barfield.

Year: 1920 Township: Providence County: Orangeburg State: South Carolina Roll: T625_1705 Page: 19B ED: 72 Image: 806

Mcleod, Thomas E Age: 31 Birthplace: South Carolina Race: White Occupation: Engineer

Obituary Ethel S. McLeod
provided by Kitty McLeod Barfield/William T. "Bill" Johnson, received June 28 2003, McLeod Family Reunion, Friendship Baptist Church, Lugoff Kershaw South Carolina

HOLLY HILL - Ethel Sweatman McLeod died Friday in a Moncks Corner nursing home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church of Holly Hill. Burial, directed by Avinger Funeral, will be in Holly Hill Cemetery. Mrs. McLeod was born Jan. 16, 1902, in Orangeburg County, a daughter of Mack B. Sweatman and Ida Clark Sweatman. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Holly Hill, where she was a member of the Women's Sunday school class and the Women's Missionary Union. She was the widow of the Thomas Edward McLeod. Surviving are a son, Josey McLeod of Charleston, a brother, Wesley A. Sweatman of Holly Hill; and two grandchildren. 11-19-60

10. Hugh Hampton McLeod b. September 27, 1894 d. Abt. 1903 Buried Spring Hill Cemetery (with foster parents) Twin of Purdy - see photos and number 11. Hammie died of "some malaise" shortly after the second photo was taken

11. Purdy Belvin McLeod Sr. (REV) b. September 27, 1894 d. March 17, 1980 Conway, Horry, South Carolina Buried March 19, 1980 Museoleum, Hillcrest Cemetary, Conway South Carolina married December 20, 1920 Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, South Carolina to Ethel Gertrude Horres b. January 21, 1900 Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, South Carolina USA d. Aug 6th, 1999 Myrtle Beach South Carolina, USA Obituary Daily Times Online Buried Museoleum, Hillcrest Cemetary, Conway South Carolina

Death of Maggie Josey McLeod

On September 27, 1894 in Sumter County South Carolina, Maggie Josey McLeod passed away from complications suffered giving birth to twin boys, Jesse Purdy Belvin (McLeod) and Hugh Hampton McLeod. The twins were immediately fostered; Purdy to the Belvin family and Hugh to Maggie's sister, Abigale Josey Evans, the wife of Hugh H. Evans.

Maggie is buried at Bethany Baptist Church. She shares a toombstone with her son, Josie (aka Jesse) McLeod who died at age 19, two years after her death. Joe asked to be buried with his mother shortly before he passed away of illness.

Hugh, known as Hammie, died around the age of 8 from some unknown illness, but before his death, several photographs had been taken of the boys together. Margaret Lucille was raised by her elder sister, Mattie McLeod after Mattie's marriage to Samuel Foxworth. Hugh is buried with his foster parents.

Marriage to Mary Rosa Ives

On December 26, 1894, the widowed Jesse married 24 year old Mary Rosa Ives, who was at that time a member of Tirzah Presbyterian Church (Dalzell, Sumter County). A record of that church shows that she was dismissed at "Baker School House - because she "married Jesse McLeod").

Mary Rosa Ives, known as Rosa, and her twin Catherine Ives (Brown) were born May 18, 1870 to Joseph Freeman Ives and Sarah Ann Ross. Joseph was the son of William Ives and Julia Ann Freeman (d/o Jose Freeman). The Ives Family appear to have come into Sumter District South Carolina around 1810 from Edgecomb County North Carolina along with the Matthew Ross family (Sarah Ann Ross' father - Matthew Ross was married to a Sarah Ives, reputed to have been a cousin, or possibly even the sister of Joseph's father, William Ives.) They resided in the Rafting Creek area of Sumter on property near what is now known as Ross Farm Road and Bracey Creek Road/Bridge.

Two of Jesse's children with Maggie Josey married in 1896, Josey aka Jesse (to Ella Winkles Ardis) and Mattie Elizabeth (to Samuel Foxworth). Rosa would help with the raising of the children remaining in the home - Angus Robert - aged 16 who remained at home until 1904 when he married Elizabeth Eva "Betty" Ives, a first cousin of Rosa's; John Albert - aged 13 who remained at home until 1916 when he married Edna Ross, a cousin of Rosa's ; Kate aged 10 who would remain at home until 1915 at which time she married William Thomas McLeod, the grandson of Daniel McLeod and Catherine McLean; James Ervin aged 7 who would remain at home until 1907 when he married Della Ives, also a cousin of Rosa; and Thomas Edward who was 6 at his mother's death. Jesse and Maggie's eldest son, William Norman McLeod married in 1900 but helped Jesse to run White's Mill for many years, so it assumed that he lived near on even on the property.

Jesse and Mary Rosa Ives had only one child, my grandfather, Donald Ross McLeod Sr., born February 12 1896. Rosa and Donald were not well after the birth and Joseph and Sarah Ives "carried them home" to care for them. Although the exact date of it occurrance is unknown, at some point, Jesse traveled to their Rafting Creek home to bring them back to his home. Joseph Freeman Ives allowed his daughter to return to Whites Mill but not his grandson.

photograph provided by Donald Ross McLeod Jr. to Lori McLeod Wilke October 2000 -
this is the only photograph of Rosa Ives McLeod that I have...if you have any photos of my great grandmother, please email

Records of Jesse Lazarus and Mary Rosa Ives McLeod

1900 Swimming Pens, Sumter County, South Carolina Census FARM CENSUS #73, SUMTER COUNTY, SWIMMING PENS TWP

J. L. McLeod White Male age 53 b. Feb 1847 SC Occupation FARMER Renting
Rosa I. age 29 Wife
Angish age 21 Farm Laborer
Johnnie age 18 Farm Laborer
Kate age 16 in school
Jimmie age 14 in school
All in home could read, write and spell

1910 Census image 16 on ancestry.com - image missing.

Name: Jessie L Mcleod Age in 1910: 62 Estimated birth year: 1847 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1910: SUMTER TWP, Sumter, South Carolina Neighbors: View Results Race: White Gender: Male Series: T624 Roll: 1465 Part: 2 Page: 143B Year: 1910

1920 Sumter, Sumter County; South Carolina Census January 27 2003 Ancestry.com On Line Census

McLeod, Jesse L. Age 73 Occupation: None (retired - son William Norman ran the Mill at that time)

Rosa age 49

Living next door was their son, Donald and his wife Alice
(Ancestry.com's 1920 Index lists Donald as Smald K, not as Donald. The listing was found only by scrolling to the next image. A note /comment has been added to the listing to aid other researchers)

McLeod, Donald Rents Age 23

Alice Age 24

Jesse L. son age 13 (not a son but a nephew - Jesse L. McLeod was the son of James Ervin McLeod and Dellah Blanding Ives - he is also enumerated in their household for this census year.)

1930 Township: Sumter County: Sumter State: South Carolina Census Roll: T626_2214 Page: 5A ED: 33 Image: 0487January 27 2003 Ancestry.com On Line Census

79 85 William H. Brown Age 59 Occupation Farmer

Brown, Catherine (IVES) Wife Age: 59

Partin, Sally (BROWN) daughter age 19

Partin, Hazel A Son In Law age

McLeod, Rosa Sister In Law age 59 (Catherine and Rosa were twins)

McLeod, Jesse L(ouise) daughter-adopted age 9 (Donald and Alice McLeod's daughter)

McLeod, Donald son- adopted age 2

(Donald and Alice McLeod's son - Donald was born prematurely and unlikely to live. He and his sister Jesse were sent to live with "Aunt Tanny" and Grandma Rosa as a last resort. They lived with the Browns and the Partins until Donald was 6 years old, when the two children were taken back to Florida where Donald Sr. worked with Tanny and Rosa's brother, James William Ives)

Child of Jesse Lazarus McLeod and Mary Rosa Ives

12. Donald Ross McLeod b. February 12, 1896 in Whites Mill formerly Deschamps Mill in Sumter County, SC d. March 27, 1957 in Sumter County, SC buried Bethel Methodist Church in Sumter married November 11, 1919 to Alice Ophelia Hudson b. March 20, 1898 in New Zion Clarendon SC buried Bethel Methodist Church

Administration of the Estate of his father, Alexander E. McLeod

Petition to Administer the Estate of Alexander E. McLeod
Accessed and copied on June 25th 2004 by Lori McLeod Wilke, David J. Wilke; Trish Sanders Brown and Elizabeth Brown at the Sumter County Courthouse, South Carolina.

State of South Carolina, County of Sumter In the Probate Court;

In re the Estate of, Alexander McLeod, Deceased.

Application for Letters of Administration Ex Parte, J. L. McLeod Petitioner

Petition.

To the Hon. Thos. E. Richardson, Judge of probate, for Sumter County in said State:

The Petition of Jessie Lazarus McLeod respectfully shows; that Alexander McLeod late of Sumter County, S.C., departed this life on or about the 27th March 1897 intestate, and leaving as his heirs at law and distributees J. L. McLeod, A. J. McLeod, sons and certain children of pre deceased or deceased children, J. L. and A.J. Mcleod being the only living children. That the deceased left a personal estate consisting of a claim for cotton against illegible name. There are no other assets known. All of debts have been either paid or bound by statutes of limitations. Wherefore, your petitioner respectfully prays that Letters of Administration be unto him granted on all the goods and chattels, rights and credits, were of the said Alexander McLeod at the time of his decease. And your petitioner will pray and so forth.

J.L. McLeod Sumter SC August 13th 1915.

The remainder of the Estate File is the granting of the Petition on which page it is shown that a two week notice of the intent to file the petition had been run in the Sumter Herald and no objection was made to having J.L. McLeod administrate the estate - signed by the Judge of Probate Richardson.

A bond of Four Hundred dollars was given by Jesse Lazarus McLeod on August 18th 1915.

Death of Jesse Lazarus McLeod - Mar 12, 1922 -

BURIAL AT TIRZAH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Located in Dalzell, about 8 miles west of Sumter

Obituary of Jesse L. McLeod Special to the State Sumter, March 14

Jesse L. McLeod died at his home near Sumter sunday night in his 75th year. He was a native of Kershaw County, but had lived in Sumter for the past 35 years. Although a mere lad during the Confederate War, he served in the Confederate Army for two years. He is survived by his second wife and 7 sons, A.R. McLeod, Summerville, D.R. McLeod and A.J. McLeod Sumter, J.E. and T. E. McLeod, St. George, P.B. McLeod, Ehrhardt, W.M. McLeod, Mayesville and 3 daughters, Mrs. T. E. Foxworth, Mrs. F. H. Newman, Lee County,

Funeral Services were held at Presbyterian Church Dalzell, Tuesday Morning -

From the files of William T. "Bill" Johnson, received June 28 2003, McLeod Family Reunion, Friendship Baptist Church, Lugoff Kershaw South Carolina

Death Certificate # 4576 Sumter County, South Carolina 3/13/1922 75 years of age; Farmer, son of A.E. McLeod and Miss Yates (all born SC); died of emphysema following Bronchial Asthma, signed A. R. McLeod. (Jesse's son Angus Robert, husband of Elizabeth Eva Ives) Note: Tombstone reads March 12th 1922.

Death of Mary Rosa Ives McLeod - Aug 05, 1954

Mary Rosa Ives McLeod spent most of her time living with various relatives both in Sumter South Carolina and in Florida helping her brother and his wife run Ives Dairy. She is buried at Tirzah Presbyterian and shares a stone with Jesse.