John Musgrove: Grandson of Cuthbert

Our Georgia Musgrove family shares a surname with the 'Pocahontas of the South'; Mary Musgrove. Her husband, John Musgrove, was the first to welcome James Oglethorpe to what would become the new colony of Georgia.

Mary Musgrove was a Creek Indian. John Musgrove, Jr.'s mother was Cherokee. His father was a South Carolina Indian trader and mediator to the colonists. John and Mary married in 1715 as part of peace negotiations. All their offspring died in childhood.

St Cuthbert's Church
Edenhall, England

The Children of John David Musgrove

Great, great grandpa* (see relationship notes below) John (known as David) Musgrove - born January 1847 - is the earliest ancestor we've found in our Musgrove line. We're not sure he was a biological Musgrove. Our y-DNA evidence matches a McMurry ancestor around this time.

His biological father isn't the only mystery about our ancestor. The number of his children is disputed. In particular, the Leverette family claims our ancestors fathered some Leverette boys.

In this final post on the subject, we tell grandpa David's story incorporating the Leverette family's rumor.

Family Foto Friday: Edward Columbus Musgrove

Edward Columbus and

Macy Carole (Williams) Musgrove

My great-grandmother was born on Christmas day in 1889. She married my great-grandfather when she was thirteen years old.