Musgroves and Leveretts: Facts

 Facts

The last post was about the rumored father of grandma Betty Leverett's children. A Leverett family researcher has concluded, based on family stories, our second great grandfather, David Musgrove, fathered at least some of them.

So, how do those stories compare to the historical record?

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

1860 Federal Census

1860 Federal Census
Clinch County, GA
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The Bryan Sisters

The Bryan Sisters

Every family genealogist and historian runs into it somewhere; an ancestral brick wall. It's the point beyond which we are unable to confidently trace our lineage. Our Musgrove surname 'brick wall' is James Walter Musgrove and Elizabeth Bryan.