The above picture is of "Benjamin Franklin Oliver"
born 1848 in Ga. He was the son of William F. Oliver
and Elvira Humphries.
Oliver Lineage
Exerpts from Early Settlers of Alabama by Col. James E Saunders and
his dau. Elizabeth Stubbs.
Oliver Family of Elbert Co., Ga.
John Oliver, planter, was living in 1647, in the Parish of Hampton, York Co.,
Va., when he made an acknowledgement to Dennis Stevens, merchant of a debt
of 1030 lbs of tobacco. In 1648, he, with James Besouth, Francis Flood,
and Thomas Shaw inventoriedthe estate of John Hartwell, of Queen's Creek,
deceased. In 1659 he sold to Major Joseph Croshaw a tract of land called
"St. Andrew's Neck," signing John Oliver, his seal. York Records.
John Oliver, grandson of the above(1737), a suit vs. John Mundell, and
also a suit vs. John Taylor.
Thomas Oliver(1743) had a negro, adjudged twelve years old.
In 1719,Richard Oliver and wife, Sarah, of Antigua, son and heir of the
honorable Richard Oliver, of Antigua, appointed an attorney to take charge
of their property in Va. late estate of Richard Oliver. York Records.
John Oliver had sons Thomas and Peter; If others, it is not known. Peter
(or some descendants say Thomas) married Ann, dau of Florence McCartie,
of Bruton Parish, York Co., Va., b. June 25,1706.
Peter or (Thomas) Oliver and his wife Ann, removed to the neighborhood of
Petersburg, Va., some time before the revolution. Of their children ,
little is known except their names. These were: 1. Peter, 2. John,
3. McCarty, 4. James, 5. Dionysius, 6. Eleanor, 7.Mary Ann, 8. Francis
and perhaps 9. William and others. Of these:
6. Eleanor Oliver (b. 1738) married Drury,son of Robert Thompson, "the
goldsmith and planter.Issue :1. Jane Thompson,m.Robert H. Watkins
(b. 1762) of S.C., son of James Watkins,I(b. 1728)of Va.
7. Mary Ann Oliver m. (1758) Isham Thompson, also son of Robert Thompson.
Issue: 1. Sarah Thompson m. Daniel Marshall of Va. 2. Polly Thompson
Died unm. 3. Jane Thompson (b. 1762, d. 1815)m. (1779) James Watkins,II
(b. 1758). They removed from Va. to Elbert Co., Ga. after the revolution,
seating on the Savannah River, ten miles above Peterburg.
8. Francis Oliver remained in Va.: Issue, among others:1. Elizabeth,m. Peter
Peter Oliver, her cousin and son of Dionysius. 2.Francis m. Dionysius
Oliver, Jr., son of Dionysius. Of other descendants we have no record.
5. Dionysius Oliver,above b. 1735 d. 1808 in Elbert Co., Ga.;m.(I)in Va.
1758, Mary Ann(b. 1740 d. in Elbert Co.,Ga. 1802),dau. of Valentine
Winfrey,of Va., and had 10 children. He married (II) in S.C.(1805) Susan
Jackson and had one son. He removed from Va. to S.C., to Elbert Co., Ga.,
where he served in the revolution.
Oliver, of Alabama
Samuel White Oliver, lawyer, born in Va., came to Dallas Co., Al.,quite young
and engaged in cotton planting; m. a sister of Judge John Hunter, of Dallas
He was speaker of the House, and Attorney General of Al., and ran for Gov.
in 1836. Died at the age of 36.Issue:
1. Henry Oliver, d.1862 in Dallas Co.
2. Virginia m. Paul Ravisies, of Mobile, AL. Issue: 1. Gertrude m. Cecil
Fleming of Al. (2) Paul.
3. Betty, m. Gen. James Hagan and d. 189_ . Issue: James Oliver and others.
4. Samuel White Oliver d. Dallas Co. 1894; m. Pauline Allen.
Children: Amandine m. _____ Clarke; 2. Pauline,d. young 3. Samuel W.
and 4.Starke H.
5.Frances m. Aristide Bienvenue
6.Starke Hunter Oliver, Mobile, Al.m. Kate Hopkins. Issue:
(1) John Walker Oliver, of Thomasville, AL. (2) Percy Oliver (3) Katherine
Hopkins Oliver, m. (June 7, 1899) Arthur Addison Hall. (4) Henry Oliver.
The widow of Samuel W. Oliver, Sr. m. (II) Col. Sprague. Issue:1. Laura who
m. (I) Charles Forsyth, (II) Mr. Becker, of Milwaukee. 2. Pauline m. James
Lyons, of Mobile, Al. 3. Corinne m. Mr Weber and had several children.
John McCarthy Oliver, of Wilkes Co. Ga. m. the widow Edwards, with children
Austin, Edward, James and Betty Edwards, m. John Hill. Issue:
Jane McCarty Oliver b. 1783, d. 1833; m. Marshall Martin, b. 1780,
d. 1845, of Edgefield Dist., S.C., and moved to Meriweather Co. Ga.
Issue: (1) Abram Martin (2) elizabeth m. Col. alfred Wellborn (3) Nancy m.
(I) James Oglethorpe and (II) Rev. Thomas McGehee(his first wife)
5. Nathaniel 6.John Oliver died young 7. John Oliver II died young.
8. Rev. Wm. D. m. Martha Johnson. 9. Peter Marshall Martin,b. 1827, of
Columbus, GA. m. Jane Ellison Ware.
An Oliver family was in Jefferson County ,Al., in its early settlement.
"John Oliver lived on the Cahaba," writes Mr. Thomas M. Owen, and left
descendants there.
OLIVER, OF GEORGIA
Mac Oliver,of Virginia, was twice married, and had eight children, all of
whom settled in Ga. 1. Wiley; 2. James; 3. Joseph; 4. John; 5. Ann;
6. Charlotte; 7. William; 8. Mac(by 2nd wife) and killed in civil war.
(Mrs Oliver m. (II)Mr. Wheeler, of Clayton, Al.) Of the above
1. Wiley Oliver, lived in Barborn Co., Al.
2.James Oliver,m. ___,Issue: 1. Henry Oliver, Macon Co., Ga.,m.____, and
had Kate,m. Mr. Cooper. Her son, George Cooper in U.S.N. ; Nannie, m. Mr.
Orr; a son, Oliver Orr. 2. William; 3. Frank; 4. Sarah; 5. Nancy.
7. William Oliver,(b. Dec. 10, 1798; d. 1836), lived in Twiggs Co., Ga., and
removed, 1835, to Randolph(now Quitman) Co.,married (1) Dorcas Harrison
(b. Oct.29,1802, d. Sept. 18, 1830) and (2)1834, Irene Drake, of Americus,
Ga. He has relatives in Eufaula, Al. Issue:
1. Andrew J. Oliver, vet. of Mexican War, living near Clyattville, Ga.
b. 1825 m. (1862)Sarah Francis Studstill. Issue:1. William Thaddeus(b.1862)
of Quitman, Ga. 2. Alice Ida,(b.1866)m. Alex Keel. 3. Dora Ann (b.1870),
m. James Lowery. 4. Florida S. (b.1874) 5. Florence E. (b.1877). Mr. Oliver
has thirteen grandchildren.
2.Thaddeus Oliver,(b.Dec.25,1826), m. Sarah P. Lawson(living in 1899). He
is said to be the author of "All Quiet Along the Potomac To-night". Issue:
1. Rev. Hugh F.,of Florence, S.C., m. Bessie Smith; Children: Hugh,
Thaddeus, Bessie, Edith, Louise, Ester M., and David. 2. Lieut. James H.
Oliver, distinguished officer in the U.S. Navy, m. 1882 Marion, dau. of
Robert Carter.
3. Ann Oliver, m. (I)H.H. Rainey and had Laura who m. Mr. Evans of
Greensboro. Wed (II), Charles Darden.
4. Charlotte Oliver, m. Christopher McRae. Children live in Telfair Co.,
Ga.
5. Francis Oliver, d. y.
6. Dorcas Oliver, her mother died at her birth, and their children were
reared by the Harrison relatives, as their father died soon after his
second marriage. Dorcas m. John McLean. Children: 1. William, lives at
McRae, Telfair Co., Ga., 2. Thaddeus and others.
7. William Oliver, solicitor of city court of Albany Ga.(mother ___ Drake),
m. Sallie Collier, of Albany, Ga. Children: 1. Willie, m. S.C. Moore.
2. Irene m. W.T. Cox, and had Oliver, Thomas, Wilmore,and Kathleen.
3. George.
Wiley Oliver, of Twiggs Co.,Ga., moved in 1833, to Barbour Co., Al. Among his
children were:
1. William Oliver,b. Twiggs Co.,Ga.,Feb.24,1829;d. at Wesson, Miss.,July
1891; m. (I)Oct 12, 1847,Mary Milner d. Jan. 10,1888, and settled in Eufaula,
Al.; moved to Minden, La., 1853, and ten yrs. after to Trenton, La. and
formed partnership with Mr. Drake in merchandising; captain in 31st La.
Regiment in C.S.A., in quartermaster's dept.; engaged in cotton business
in 1866, in New Orleans, With John T. Hardie. They bought the Wesson Mfg.
Comp. in 1870, and he moved to Wesson, and took charge of the mills as
Secretary and Tresurer. The plant was then estimated at $100,000; Mills
burned in 1873, when Col. Ed Richardson, the Commercial King of Miss.,
bought the stock and established a new Company, with $344,000 stock and
Capt. Oliver general manager, and the stock increased, by 1891,to
$2,000,000. His dau. Mary Ella m. John P. Richardson, who after his
fathers death, became President of the Company.
Rilla E. Oliver(eldest Dau.) m. Dr. R.W. Rea.
John M. Oliver, the only son, is a merchant of Wesson.
Col. Wm. Oliver married (secondly) a niece of his wife, Melissa D. Callaway
He joined Dr. Palmer's Church(Presbyterian), in New Orleans, in 1867.
2. A. B. Oliver, of Osyka, Miss.
3._______ Oliver. Has a son Wiley E. Oliver, merchant, Wesson, Miss.(from
whom these notes were obtained.
McDonald Oliver,of Twiggs Co., Ga., was married twice. By last wife, who
was Lurena Holmes, had issue:
1. Augustus Oliver m. _______ . Issue: Eight children.
2. Nancy A. Oliver m. George Roberts. Nine children: among them :
Clarence P. Roberts of Eufaula, Al.
3. McDonald Oliver m. Paine Ricks. Issue: 1. McDonald,d.s.p. 2. Lamar
Oliver, of Houston, Texas. Mrs. Oliver m. (II) Capt. Hart, and her dau.
Lila Hart, m. Washington Toney Flournoy.
Oliver, of Kentucky
Peter Oliver, of Va., and of the Revolution,m. (1775) Mildred(b. 1761,
d. 1848), dau. of John(will 1787) and Ann (Osborne) Randolph. Of Prince Wm.
Co., Va.; Mrs. Randolph was the dau. of Thomas Osborne, Burgees of Prince
Wm. Co., Va., who had daughters: Mary, Margaret, Ann, and Prudence Osborne
"co-heiresses of Thos. Osborne, deceased, and owning 161 acres in Prince
Wm., 1741."
Mrs. Osborne m.(II) Cuthbert Harrison. Peter Oliver removed to Fleming Co.,
Ky., after 1790. Children:
1. William Oliver, major in war of 1812. Had Military land warrant for
much of the land on which Toledo, Ohio, was built, and where he resided;
also had gov't position in Cincinnati,1850, and was an elegant gentleman.
Issue: Harriet Hall of Cincinnati. Her husband built the Oliver Hotel in
Toledo-for some time the largest city in that state.
2. Mildred Oliver, m.______ Patterson, and(II)_______ King,of Troy, Ohio.
3. Margaret Oliver, m. Joseph Hill, Sr., of Ohio. (His first wife). He m.
(II)her cousin Sarah Purcell. Issue (I) marriage; Sarah Hill(b. Nov. 21,
1801), m. (May 7,1821) Calvin Fletcher, and had Stephen Fletcher, father
of Mrs. Hodges.
Margaret Randolph, sister of Mrs. Oliver, m. George Purcell,ensign in the
revolution from Alexandria, and brother-in-law of Col. Symes. He removed
to Ky., 1800, d. 1805. His brother-in-law John Randolph, Jr., witnessed
his will. Issue:
Mary Purcell,who m. Joseph Hill(above)(second wife). His two mother-in-laws
Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. Purcell,sisters, resided with him, and died at his home
and are buried near Urbana, Ohio. Issue:
1. Joseph Hill,Jr., of St. Louis, m. ________, and had Joseph Hill.
2, Josie Hill, of St. Louis (Miss Hill, who furnished these notes).
Four Oliver Brothers also lived in Kentucky about this time, and were probably
of the same family as the above-Peter G., Thomas, William, John, and sister
Mildred Oliver. -- of these:
1. Peter G. Oliver, lived in Fleming Co., Ky. m. Mary, dau. of Truman Day,
and his wife, Miss Saunders. Issue:
1. William trueman Oliver, of Rayville, Miss.
2. Thomas F. Oliver (dead)
3. Saunders Day Oliver(b. Fleming Co.,1826, d. 1887),m. Cornelia Elizabeth
Dollerhide( whose father, _________ Dollerhide, from Holland, married
Miss Smith).Issue: Several children- of these a dau. married Dr. Rollo Knapp, of
New Orleans(parents of Miss Emily Knapp, who furnished these notes).
2. William Oliver, of Cincinnati, Ohio, postmaster under Wm. Henry Harrison.
Children: 1. Washington Oliver; 2. Mary m. Mr. Hall.
3. John Oliver, of Indiana. had many children.
4. Mildred Oliver, m. Mr. Fitch, and lived in Urbana, Ohio.
OLIVER, OF NORTH CAROLINA
John Oliver (1767) Justice in Orange Co., N. C.-(N. C. Colonial Records.)
James Oliver (1768) of Orange Co., signed petition with other citizens.
Mr. John Oliver(1773) petitioned the Assembly to be relieved of a moiety
debt, and the treasurer of the Southern Dist. was ordered to discharge the
same.-(N. C. Colonial Records, XIII, 445.)
George Oliver (1773) of Guildford Co., petition, with other citizens, as to
Court House. Also John Oliver, the same.-(Wheeler's History N.C.)
John Oliver, of Granville Co., N.C., member of Provincial Congress which
met at Halifax, April 13th, 1776-(Wheeler's History of N.C.)
Andrew Oliver, of Bertie Co.,(1788) member of convention which met at
Hillsborough (1788) to consider the Federal Constitution, which they did
not ratify until 1789.
Frances Oliver, of Duplin Co., same convention. -(Southern Historical Mag.,
III,122.)
John Oliver and Fleming Pope, Ensigns of First and Second Regiments, N.C.
Continental Line, August 8, 1775, by order of Congress.
(There is a published pamphlet of the descendants of Pierre Oliver, of Va.,
the Huguenot by the Rev. Horace Hayden, of Wilkesbarre, Pa.)
THE EARLIER OLIVER'S OF VIRGINIA
Francis Oliver, 1620, of the Virginia Company of Adventurers and Planters.
Edward Oliver, 1623, alive, "on the Maine," after the massacre, in James
City county
Edward Oliver, 1636,fifty acres deed of gift to Ann Cordwell, his wife,
from Sir John Harvey.----Virginia Magazine of History, V. 459
Edward Oliver, 1639, Tobacco Commissioner, with Christopher Lawson and
Robert Hutchinson, in James City county.
Edward Oliver, 1657, bought of Henry Perry 350 acres in Surry county, on
upper Chippoaks' creek, on the river (once James City county).
Edward Olver, b. 1661; died 1695; of Henrico County; his home with John
Worsham, "where he lived." In 1694 he was sued by William Bryd for 430 lbs.
of tobacco; John Worsham, his bail. His estate appraisement was small.
John Oliver, 1647, living in York County, Va., and, later, John and Thomas
Oliver, also.
John Oliver was a planter in Hampton parish.----York Records.
James Oliver, living in Hanover town ,1778, advertised a stray cow.---Va.
Gazette.
Miss Oliver, of Hanover, m. 1789, Mr Menx, of Kent County.---Va. Gazette
William Oliver, will, 1687, in Middlesex County, Va.
Thomas Oliver, 1708, married Sarah Howe, Middlesex County, Va.
Isaac Oliver, died in Middlesex County, 1725.
Thomas Oliver married Susannah_______, and had issue:
William, b 1722, died infant; Isaac, b. 1725; William, b. 1726
(Middlesex County).
Ignatius Oliver, of Northumberland County (will proved 1710); wife, Elizabeth.
William Oliver, of White Chapel parish, Lancaster County, 1730 (will 1750);
wife Ellison. Children: John Oliver and others; witnesses, Isaac White,
Martin Shearman, Hannah, Tomlin and Ann Shearman, wife of Martin Shearman
(she was the daughter of Rawleigh Chinn,who was of Christ ch. vestry in
1739. Her mother was Ester Ball).--- Lancaster Records and Lee Family
Mrs. Ellison Oliver, of Rapp, "received a letter, through Hobbs Hole
Post Office," in 1769.--- Va. Gazette.
Nicholas Oliver, m. Eliz_____, and had Eliz. b. 1701.
William Oliver, m.___________, and had William, b. 1710; Edward, b. 1715;
Alex., b. 1722, and Andrew, b. 1734.
John Oliver, m.______, and had Sarah, b. 1720 (all from Abingdon Parish
Register, Glouchester County, Va.).
William, Thomas, and John Oliver were living in Abingdon Parish, Glouchester
County, 1786, and each owning slaves.
Thos. Oliver,1795, was heir to a portion of John Figg's lands in Gloucester,
as was, also, Thomas Wiatt, John Johnson's children, Jonathan Lyall's
children and John Figg.__ Old Survey Book.
Gravely Oliver, 1820, conducts a suit in Gloucester, in which year all the
Records were burned.
James, son of James Oliver, living in Gloucester in 1821.__ Glouchester
Records.
James Oliver, died 1822; Agnes Oliver, administratrix, will be annexed.
John Oliver, died in Gloucester County. Children: Catherine, John and Nancy.
Edward Dew was Guardian of John, and John Dixon guardian of Nancy Oliver.
In 1822 Edward Dew and Catherine, his wife was Catherine Oliver, sued
John Dixon, guardian. In 1823, Edward Dew, guardian of John Oliver,
summoned Susan, widow of William Oliver,to administer on the estate of
her husband, William Oliver.
William (1824) settled estate of Ambrose Oliver, in Gloucester County.
Gravely Oliver (1823) a suit; William K. Perrin, his common bail.
John Oliver, of the Isle of Wight County. His grant was on the river (1652)
and joined Thomas Greenwood and Major Fawden, also James Pyland. His will,
Apr. 17th, 1652, mentioned: Wife, Ellen; son, John Oliver, Jr.; daughters,
Eleanor and Mary. Overseers: James Pyland and Robert Bird. Witnesses:
James Pyland, John Burton and John Renney. Eleanor and Mary Oliver, 100
acres (Mar. 1662), joining Major Fawden and Thomas Greenwood, on the river.
___William and Martha Quarterly. VII, 222.
John Oliver (1714-1727), lands in Princess Anne County, on the Blackwater.
"Oliver's Run Creek," mentioned 1711, in Nansemond records.
Thomas Oliver, 1740, God-father to James, son of Joseph and Mary Wheless.
__Albemarle Parish Register Surry and Sussex Counties.
Thomas Oliver (1741), 175 acres, south side of Nottoway in Surry County.
He died in 1760, as certified William Oliver,__Ibid.
(FROM---Bristol Parish Register; Chesterfield Prince George, Amelia, Nottoway
and Dinwiddie Counties.)
William and Elizabeth Oliver, had issue: Drury, b. April 12, 1685 (first
entry in the Register).
Drury and Anne Oliver, had issue: Elizabeth, b. 1718; John, b. 1720; William,
b. 1722.
Drury and Amy Oliver of Bristol parish , had issue: Martha, b. 1725, d. 1726;
Martha, b. 1727; Mary, b. 1728.
Drury and Elizabeth Oliver, had issue: Ann, b. 1734.
Thomas and Anne Oliver, of Bristol Parish, had issue: John, b. 1728.
Isaac and Elizabeth Oliver, had issue: Mildred, (b. 1742), Thomas, (b. 1743).
James and Ann Oliver had issue: Mary (b. 1748).
(Bristol Parish then included Chesterfield County (which was taken from
Henrico in 1748) Goochland (taken from Henrico in 1727) and parts of
Prince George and Amelia (which was taken from Prince George 1734);
Cumberland (taken from Goochland, 1747); Prince Edward (taken from Amelia
1753); Nottoway (taken from Amelia 1788); Dinwiddie (from Prince George in
1752).
Thomas and Agnes Oliver Godparents 1741-to neighbor's infant. (Albemarle
Parish Register.)
Isaac Oliver, of Surry(1751) had 354 acres on Nottoway River. He married
Elizabeth _________, and had issue: Martha,b 1751. Godmother; Mildred
Oliver. _____(Ibid.).
William Oliver, of Surry (1750); married Frances _______, and had Isaac,
(b. 1751); Lucy (1758); Ann (1761); Frances (1763); Jane (1765) and
Rebecca (1771), who married William Wellborn, and had son, Benjamin O.
Wellborn, father of Mrs. Scruggs, of Marion, Al. Ibid.
John Oliver, of Surry (1740), married Elizabeth _______, and had Elizabeth
(b. 1741) Godparents: John Pointer, John King and Elizabeth Rogers.----
(All from Albemarle Parish register).
James Oliver,(June 1743) 400 acres both sides Great Nottoway River, and both
sides Snales Creek. -( Amelia Land Book No.376).
James Oliver (June 1749) 75 acres both sides of Deep Creek; and in 1751, 400
acres on the south side of North Fork of Great Nottoway.
Isaac Oliver, (1751),352 acres in Surry, south side of Nottoway, on county
line between Surry and Brunswick. Isaac Oliver's lands in Sussex in 1755,
near Richard Cocke.
Drury Oliver (1749), land in Prince George County, on Maw whippowack Creek
and Hatcher's Run.
Drury and William Oliver Oliver, Godparents (1769), to Thomas, son of John
and Betty Chambliss.-(Albemarle Parish Register).
Drury Oliver of Dinwiddie County (1769) advertised a stray horse (Va.
Gazette). His estate near Petersburg (7 miles) administered 1773.
Considerable property. (Ibid.).
John Oliver of Dinwiddie County. Inventory 1813. (Records)
James Oliver, of Amelia County, (will 1745). On Nottoway River.
James Oliver of Amelia County (will 1787) mentions children : James, John,
Asa, Isaac, William, Richard, Elizabeth Forest and Sarah Bolton. (Will
Book 4, pg.42).
Isaac Oliver of Nottoway (son of James of the above will, 1787), married
Sarah, sister of Elisha Betts. When a widow, Mrs. Oliver, with her four
younger daughters, removed to Botecourt (now Roanoke County) to be near
her brother, who had married a Miss Walton, of the family of Madame
Octavia Le Vert, of Mobile, Al. Miss Betts died 1857. Miss Oliver, and
daughters , lived on their estate called "Huntington," in Roanoke County.
Issue: 1. William 2. Carter, m Sarah E. Mitchell, and had Carter B. and
Isaac H. of Glade Springs. 3. Charles, of Roanoke County, b. 1777, d. 1851,
m. 1807 Lucy Young Neal, and had Col. Yelverton Neal. b. 1808, d. 1887,
only son, who built Metairie Race Track in New Orleans; and was father,
among others, of Lucy Neal Oliver, who m. 1854, Dr James Mc Gavoc Kent,
and had several children. 4. Asa, of Nottoway, d. s.p. 1850. 5. Isaac,
m. Mary A.G. Bacon. 6. Nancy, married Mr. Coleman and had Mary; married
Charles Carter of Nottoway. 7. Sally C., D.S.P. 8. Elizabeth, m. late in
life, Thomas Walton, nephew of Mrs Betts; no issue. 9. Mary , m. Mr.
Spraggins and went South. 10. Matilda M.; d.s.p. 11. Rebecca S., d.s.p.
Of These: No. 5, Isaac Oliver,of Nottoway m. Mary A.G. Bacon, and had issue:
1. Judith, drowned, 8 yrs. old.
2. Martha C., m. Peter Epes, of Nottoway, who, when he died,was about to
South. Had 5 children, and among these Richard Epes, father of Professor
Horace Epes.
3. Edmund Parks, of Al., Student William and Mary College 1830; m. Sarah
Ward; three children living.
4. James, d.s.p.
5. Judge William C., of Tuscaloosa, Ala., b. 1817, Eminent lawyer; m.
(1) Miss Phillips, and had one son; m.(2) Lizzie Whitehead, and had a son
(not known), and also Mrs. D.W. Duncan, of Eutah, Al.
6. Mary Booker, m. Alexander White; twelve children, among them a daughter
Fanny.
7. Isaac, of Hendersonville, m. Julia Murphy: three children.
8. Charles Augustus, M. D., of Mississippi, came with his brother from Va.
married Sarah Spann. Issue: Tyrie Spann, Edward Park, Isaac Epps, Alexander
White, Sallie Generosa, William and Reverend Father Charles Augustus
Oliver, Catholic Priest, of Jackson, Miss., a popular and scholarly man,
taking great interest in his lineage, who has furnished these notes of his
ancestry, in conjunction with Mrs. Lucy Neal Kent, Miss Anna Watkins and
Mrs. Lucy J. Tuggle of Nottoway Court House, whose father was John Oliver
son of Richard, mentioned in James', his father's, will, 1787.
Thomas Oliver, Trustee, in Charlotte Co., 1791, for a Mason's lottery, with
Joseph Wyatt, and John B. and Francis Scott, William Hubard, John Coleman
and others, (Hening's Statutes, XIII, 315.
Isaac Oliver, of Prince George Co., m. Sally, daughter of Colonel Peter and
Mary Poythress Epes. (Va. Magazine of History. III).
Martha C. Oliver m. Peter Epes, son of Richard, and grandson of Colonel
Peter Epes of Nottoway. (See above).
Captain Benjamin Oliver, Jr., m. Lucy Harrison Tomlin (b. 1792), daughter of
Colonel Walker Tomlin, in Hanover Co. She m. (II)1825, Dr. Wm. Randolph
Nelson (who died 1862), of Hanover. No issue. Her Dau., Lucy Oliver,
m. (1839) in King Wm. Co., Dr. Cary C. Cocke, of Bremo (b. 1814, d. 1888)
and had John Hartwell, Nanny Oliver and Lelia Cocke. - (Hayden).
James Oliver,(1767) private in Colonel Nathaniel Gist's Regiment, 8th Comp.
William Oliver (1777) 3d Corporal Comp. C, in Colonel Alex. Spotwood's
Regiment.
William Oliver, Captain Lieutenant in Va. Continential Troops, State Line.--
(Saffell.)
John and Moses Oliver, privates in the same.
John, Lewis and Turner Oliver, Privates (1778) in General George Rogers
Clark's Illinois Regiment.
John Oliver of North Carolina, Ensign in Second North Carolina.
Thomas and James Oliver, Privates in General Marion's Regiment.
William Oliver, Corporal 3d Company, General Marion's Regiment. Killed 1779.
---(Saffell.)