Matthew H. Leggitt (1792 - 1864)

Born 16 Feb 1792 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Allums) Leggitt — married 20 Dec 1821 in Georgia

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1864 at age 71 in Macon, Georgia, United States

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Biography

ACCORDING TO ANCESTRY.COM

When Matthew H. Leggitt was born on February 16, 1792, in Wilkes, Georgia, his father, Lewis, was 40 and his mother, Alcey, Layson was 21. He married Elizabeth Allums on December 20, 1821. They had 12 children in 28 years. He died on January 14, 1864, in Montezuma, Georgia, at the age of 71, and was buried in Unadilla, Georgia.

CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS FOR MATTHEW H. LEGGITT

According to the Index to War of 1812 Service Records for Volunteer Soldiers from Georgia, Judy Swaim Kratovil, Atlanta, GA, 1986, Matthew H. Leggett was a private in Colonel Jett Thomas' 2nd Regiment (Infantry) Georgia Militia. I later confirmed this in the Index to War of 1812 service records for Volunteer Soldiers from Georgia.

The Georgia Tax Digest for 1817 in Putnam County in Capt. Harry Kendrick's District indicates Mathew H. Leggett, 1 poll, 31 1/4 cents tax. Lewis Legett, 1 poll, 31 1/4 cents tax.

Mathew Leggett's entry in the 1820 Putnam County federal census is in the Captain Mathew Legget District. He is single and his occupation is as an overseer.

According to the 1820 and 1821 Land Lotteries of Georgia, Pub. Ga. Geneal. Reports, Pulaski County - 1820, page 213, Mathew H. Leggett receives Lot 183, Section 7, H. Kindricks Militia District, Irwin County, GA. Interestingly, Lewis Leggett is listed in the same lottery on the same page (213), as an orphan, meaning his father had died after serving in the Revolutionary, 1812, or Indian Wars. Since Mathew later named his last child Lewis, we could suspect that this Lewis and Mathew were brothers, or at least cousins.

From the GA Archives card file, quoted by our cousin Charlotte Thomas Marshall,

Mathew Leggett -- Ens., Putnam Co., Dec. 3, 1816 - Aug. 23, 1818 (MR 1808-29, p. 10)

Lieut., Putnam Co., April 5, 1819 - Aug. 4, 1819 (MR 1808-29, p. 32)

Capt., Putnam Co., June 4, 1819 - July 25, 1821 (MR 1808-29, p. 36)

Mathew was in Putnam County for the 1820 and 1830 federal census. Before 1840, he and Elizabeth had moved to Macon County.

In the 1820 Putnam County federal census, Mathew is listed as a single individual between the ages of 26 and 45. The most interesting revelation of the census information is that his entry immediately follows the census entry of Alcey Leggett. She is listed as a female older than age 45 with two females between 10 and 16. From this, I have assumed Alcey is Mathew's mother and that his father was deceased in 1820.

On Aug 15, 1823, Mathew H. Leggett purchased 75 acres in lot 228 and 35 acres in lot 229 in the 10th district of the original Baldwin County, now Putnam County, from John Rook for the sum of $350. (Book K, page 359.)

On Jan 2, 1824, Matthew H. Leggitt (clearly spelled with an "i") purchased 75 acres in lots 228 and 229 of Putnam County (formally Baldwin County) for the sum of $350 from Hugh Millican. (Book K, page 455.)

The 1824 Putnam County tax digest indicates Matthew H. Leggett 2 polls land on Murder Creek adjoining Pounds 77 cents tax.

The 1825 tax digest indicates Mathew H. Leggitt 3 polls 202 1/2 A in Pike Co. and 490 A in Irwin. 1.68 1/4 tax.

The 1826 tax digest indicates Matthew Leggett 3 polls 202 1/2 A in Pike Co. and 490 A in Irwin Co. 1.69 tax.

In the 1830 Putnam County federal census, Mathew and his family are listed in the Captain John B. Mathis District. He is listed as between 30-40, his wife 20-30, 1 male and 1 female less than 5, and 1 male and 1 female between 5 and 10. He also has two slave women between 10 and 20.

On Jul 20, 1830, Matthew H. Leggett purchased 132 1/2 acres in the 14th district of originally Baldwin, now Putnam County for $550 from Daniel C. Maund. (Book N, page 305.)

The 1830 tax digest indicates Mathew H. Legget 3 persons liable to tax (slaves & his poll) 202 1/2 A. Pike Co. and 490 Irwin Co. granted to self 1.68 tax.

On November 20, 1834, Mathew H. Leggitt of Houston County, GA, purchased lots 181 and 182 in the 15th District of Houston County for $1400. Contained 405 (2 times 202 1/2) acres. (Book F, page 534.)

On December 15, 1835, Mathew H. Leggett of Houston County, GA, purchased lot 56 in the 14th District of Houston County for $750. Contained 202 1/2 acres. (Book F, page 702.)

Of additional interest in Book F, within about a five mile area in the 14th District, Nelson Legitt, Azer S. B. Legett, and Isham Dinkins were involved in land transactions. Also, in Book G, John N. Leggitt purchased lot 119, Dist 14, in 1835 and sold it in 1836.

On August 28, 1836, Matthew H. Legget of Houston County, GA, purchased lot 103, in 15th Dist. Houston Co., GA for $1000. 202.5 acres. (Book G, page 36.)

On Feb 16, 1837, Matthew H. Leggett of Houston Co. GA, sold lots 181 and 182 in the 15th Dist. Houston Co., Ga. to John Rushin for $2800.. 2 x 202.5 acres. (Book G, page 193.)

The tax digest of 1838 indicated Matthew H. Legget paid one poll tax, had 2 slaves, and 202 1/2 acres in Captain Singleton's District, District 15, Macon County. Tax was $1.12 1/2 mills.

In the 1840 Macon County 770 District Georgia Militia, Mathew H. Leggate is listed as between age 40 and 50, with one male less than 5, two between five and ten, one female less than five, one between 10 and 15 and one between 30 and 40. He had four male and eight female slaves.

Also of interest in the 1840 census is a Sarah Leggate in Macon County 814 District Georgia Militia listed as between 40 - 50 with one male between 20 - 30, one female between 6 - 10, and three female between 10 and 15. Sarah could have been the wife of Mathew's deceased brother. (However, the 1860 Macon census lists a Gilbert D. Leggett who was born about 1819 in South Carolina.)

He would be the same age as the above one male between 20 - 30. In 1994, a distant cousin, Maxcy Foxworth of Marion County, SC, told me this is Gilbert D. LeGette, son of Abner LeGette, son of Absalom 3 Legett. The Asa Leggett mentioned in Elizabeth Leggitt's notes is Gilbert's brother. Isn't this interesting that we find these two branches of the family in Macon County at the same time? )

The Montezuma Record, Friday, April 12, 1889 "As you are Now so Once, etc.", a letter to the editor indicated "Take the following list of taxpayers of the 770th District G. M., June 10, 1843. Many of them worth more than a hundred thousand dollars, who were the money kings of the community, to whom the merchant in his hour of need bent the knew of suppliance and begget the use of the planter's surplus. You, of the present generation, scan the list and you will find the name of just one man of all the number who is living today. How vain is earthly glory. On June the 10th 1843, the following persons were subject tax in the 770th District, G. M. ... Jacob Fudge, ... William Rushin, Samuel McKenzie, ... John A. Hunter, John J. Haugabook, ... John McKenzie, Sr., ... Mathew H. Legget, ..."

According to the History of Macon County, by an Act approved December 20, 1849, Matthew Leggett (et al) was appointed trustees of the Wellington Academy and made a body corporate. This academy was situated about a mile northeast of Spalding, and was used for many years.

The 1850 federal census was the first to include the names of the spouse and children. In the 1850 Macon County 770 District census lists Mathew as age 58, a farmer with a wealth of $6,000. The census also included James - 17, Edmund - 15, William - 9, Elizabeth - 47, Leome - 14, Martha I (or J) - 8, Emaline - 4, and Bethany - 1 1/2. He had 24 slaves. The census information is on page 116 and dated 13 August 1850.

Combining the 1850 names with the previous census information, there must have been four older, grown children who, had left home by 1850. They would have been a boy and girl born between 1820-1825 and a boy and a girl born between 1825-1830.

The Georgia Tax Digest for 1852 in Macon County indicates Matthew H. Legett, 1 poll, 1 person subj. to military duty, 388 a. in 15th Dist. including land lot 188.

Macon County, Georgia. Deed Book "A" indicates Mathew H. Leggett grants to Naoma Watts, wife of Dr. Alexander A. Watts and daughter of Mathew H. Leggett 1 Negro woman (17 yrs. old) and her child (14 mo.) , also Negro girl (7 Yrs.) and future increase of all and each. During her life, to her children, if no children, to sisters and brothers, or title back to James Leggett, son of Mathew H. Leggett, as trustee. Recorded December 26, 1857.

1860 Macon County Georgia census, page 120, 770 District, post office Montezuma, 16 Aug 1860, shows Mathew as a farmer with real estate of $10,000 and personal estate of $18,585. Elizabeth is 52, Edmund is 25 and a farmer with $1,200, Martha J. is 16, Evaline is 14, Bethany is 11, and my great grandfather Lewis F. first appears as age 9. Evaline, Bethany, and Lewis are listed as at school.. Also listed at the residence are HARPER, (none listed) 50 M Teacher, Comm. School VA, and EVERETT, Elizabeth 30 F Teacher of Music GA.

Matthew 23 slaves. Edmund had 1 slave.

James is listed separately as 28 and a farmer with $5,000 in real estate. His wife is Elizabeth A., age 27.

Name changes from census to census. 1820 Putnam-Legget, 1830 Putnam-Leggate, 1840, Leggate, 1850 Macon-Legget, 1860 Macon-Leggett.

According to History of Macon County Georgia, 1933, Mathew's original will is dated 9 Jun 1857 and a codicil is dated 4 Apr 1863.

Mathew must have been a fairly successful farmer and business man. The 1860 census indicates his real estate holdings were $10,000 and personal assets of $18,583. In 2004 dollars, those combined assets would amount to roughly $560,000.

MATTHEW H. LEGGITT'S WILL

State of Georgia Macon County

This last will and testament of Mathew H. Leggitt of Macon County and state aforesaid. In the name of God, Amen.

Knowing that it is appointed that all men shall die, and doing it properly to arrange my earthly affairs in such way as I consider Just and fair to my family, I Mathew H. Leggitt, of the said County of Macon, at this time in usual good health, and in full possession of my faculty of mind so this my last will and testimony with the provisions following, that is to say,

1st. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth Leggitt four certain Negro slaves to wit: Hannah, a girl aged about seventeen years; Dick, a boy aged thirteen years; Nelson, a boy aged eleven years; and Oliver, a boy aged seven years, to have and possess in her own right absolutely and in fee simple to dispose of as she may think proper, And I also give and bequeath to my dear wife, two certain Negro slaves, to wit: Aleck, a Man aged thirty one, and Eveline, a woman about twenty seven years, to have & possess for and during the term of her natural life is she lives single, but if she marries, to have and possess them during her widowhood, and at the termination of her life or widowhood the said last two named Negroes are to revert back and become a part of my estate.

2nd. And I further give & bequeath to my said wife the sum of Five Hundred Dollars in Money to bear simple interest from the date of my death, without compromising in part or in whole under any circumstances; Or if she refuses to accept the lot of land on which my kitchen now stands, and on which is the south part of my dwelling House, for and during her natural life, she is to have said lot of Land, containing two hundred & five & a half acres more or less including the whole of my Dwelling House, for and during the term of her natural life, free from all accounts of Profits or impeachments of waste: My said wife is not to have both the said five Hundred dollars and the said lot of land, but she shall be a liberty to choose either within twelve months after my death, and if she concludes to take the five Hundred, with the interest aforesaid, she is to have the same absolutely, to use at her discretion, the same to be as a substitute and in place of Down in my lands, and she is not in any case to be entitled to dowry.

3rd. And I further give and bequeath to said wife all the house hold furniture and kitchen furniture I may possess at the time of my death, and the carriage I may then own also two horses or mules, four cows & calves; two Sows & Pigs, she having her choice of all my stock to this extent and also two thousand pounds of Pork, two hundred bushels of Corn & two thousand pounds of fodder, and further I affectionately leave her my family bible, and such other Books as may be on hand at the time of my death, as she may think proper to select.

4th I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Ruskin wife of Wm Ruskin, our Negro Woman named Jane, and a Negro girl Hannah, aged about thirteen years. One Bed furniture, on Cow & calf, one Sow & pigs all of which property has been delivered.

5th I give and bequeath to My Daughter Winfred Kemp, Wife of Mark Kemp, one Negro girl named Carolina about twelve years of age, one bed and furniture, one cow & calf, one sow & pig, all of which property has been delivered, I advance to the said Mark Kump a sum of Money sufficient to buy a Negro, to put him on an equal footing with the other ligators.

6th I give and bequeath to my sone James Legitt One Negro Boy by the name of Henry aged about nineteen years, one bed & furniture, one Cow & Calf, & one sow & pigs. the said Negro Henry has been delivered.

7th I give and bequeath to my Son Edmund Leggitt, One Negro Boy named Abram, about fifteen years of age, One Bed & furniture one Cow & Calf, one Sow & pigs.

8th I give and bequeath to my Daughter Naome Watts, Wife of Doctor A. A. Watts, One Negro girl named Emma about seventeen years of age & he infant, and a Negro Girl Julia aged about seven years, one Bed & furniture, one cow & calf, & one Sow & pigs.

9th I give and bequeath to my Daughter Martha Jane Leggitt, One Negro Woman named Jane, aged about nineteen years, on Negro girl Nancy aged about four years, one Bed & furniture, one Cow & Calf, & one sow & Pigs.

10th I give and bequeath to my daughter Eveline Leggitt one Negro Girl named Sylvia aged about two years, and one Negro Girl named Jinny aged about Eleven years, one Bed & furniture, One Cow & Calf, and One sow & pigs.

11th I give & bequeath to my Daughter Bethena Leggitt, one Negro Girl Named Cornellia, aged about Eleven years, and one Negro Girl Rosetta, aged about two years, one Bed & furniture, one Cow & Calf, and One sow & pigs.

12th I give & bequeath to my son Lewis Fillmore, One Negro Boy Named Ben aged about eleven years, and a Negro Woman named Tempy, aged about thirty years & her infant, One Bed & furniture, One Cow & calf, & One Sow & Pigs.

13th I give and bequeath to My Daughter Mary Ruskin for and during the term of her natural life, One Negro woman Hannah, aged about 34 years and all her increase born after the date of this will, said Negro to go unto her possession when my youngest children of age, and at the death of my daughter, I will the said Hannah & Increase to my Grand daughter Mary Ruskin, only daughter of Wm & Mary Ruskin absolutely & in fee simple,

14th The balance of My property, real and personal is to be kept together in Common Stock, under the are and management of my said wife, and my sons Edmund and James, until the youngest child shall arrive at the age of twenty one years, then it is to be equally divided among all my children, share & share alike. Should any of my Children die before receiving or taking possession of his or her legacy under this will then each legacy is to lapse and form a part or residue or balance after the satisfaction of the specific legacy. The Control & Management of my said wife over the residence or balance then is left for Common improvement, until my youngest child arrive at lawful age shall cease and determine immediately or her Manager, if she should think proper to enter into that situation again, and the Management of as common stock property is to be in the hands of my said Sons James & Edmund.

15th Should my Wife bear a child or children during my life or within the usual time of gestation after my death, then such child or children shall receive and be entitled to a share or shares equal to the provisions made for my children now in life, said future child or children to be in all capacity upon as good a footing as the rest in regard to my property,

16th I request my said wife if she can spare the articles without depriving herself of Comfort to let My children have out of her stock of Household furniture, each One Bed & furniture who have not they for receive such Gifts, If my said Wife cannot spare them, then the value of a Bed & furniture to be given to treat all my children alike,

17th Should any of the Negroes named in this will die before the legates get them as possessions I desire that the legate or legates they losing shall receive from the balance or Common Stock portion of my estate an amount equal to the Negro or Negroes so lost by death, except that if the Negro Woman Hannah bequeathed in the (13) thirteenth item of this will, should die, then my said daughter Mary Ruskin nor her daughter Mary shall not receive any equivalency in lieu of Hannah nor her future increase that may die,

18th It is hereby expressly declared that the several Gifts and bequeaths herein made to my Daughters, are for their separate use and support during their natural lives and then to their Children respectively, free from the debts or contracts of their husbands, and that the legal title to said property, now delivers or hereinafter to be delivered to them is hereby vested in my Son James Leggitt in trust who is hereby constituted and appointed trustee for all my daughters named and (?) to prevent the same from being sold by their said Husbands or subject to their debts, and should my Son James renounce or resign said trust or said trusteeship should become vacant by any means, I desire that the Superior Court May Appoint another trustee or trustees to act in his place with the same power to carry out the provisions herein set forth. 19th I constitute and appoint my Wife Elizabeth Leggitt and my sons James & Edmund Leggitt Executors of this last Will & testament.

20th Having arranged what titles worldly possessions it has pleased, God to grant me , it only remains for me to bear testimony to the goodness of that Being who created and has mercifully preserved me, for the last seventy years or thereabouts I have been a member of Christ's Church or that Branch of it called the Baptist Church, and during all this time through poverty and affliction in many troubles in scant griefs of which the world never knew, I have been sustained and comforted by that precious redeemer before whom I must soon appear, In taking leave of my family of my wife & children, and those who are dear to me, I expect them to live uprightly to pray for the salvation of this soul, that in Heaven we may be all united again when there will be no more separation.

May God bless them all is my fervent prayer to my dying hours.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed my seal this the 9th day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred & Fifty Seven (1857) made and published as my last & testament.

Mathew H. Leggitt

Signed Sealed & published by Mathew H. Leggitt as his last will & testament on the day and year aforesaid in our possession and at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other we have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses should. Geo. Williams F. I. Snead E. M. Allen

MATTHEW H. LEGGITT'S CODICIL

Codicil to the last Will of Mathew H. Leggitt desiring to change certain items of my last will and testament which bears date of the 9th day of June (1857) Eighteen Hundred & fifty seven, I hereby revoke or change certain items of said last will in the following codicil.

1st. I hereby give and bequeath the Negro girl or woman, named Emma and her youngest child at this time about thirteen months old and a boy child to my daughter Martha Jane together with all the future income of the said Negro woman Emma, to be her separate property, and not subject to the debts or contracts of any future husband, should the said Martha Jane ever marry, the said property to be held in trust by my son Edmund for the sole and separate use of my said daughter Martha Jane, (the said Negro woman being the same which was given by Item 8, of original Will to my daughter Naomi, but which is hereby altered and changed so far as Emma and her infant child are concerned.)

2nd. I also will and desire that the Negro girl Jane and her income at the time of my death, should not form a portion of the legacy of my daughter Martha Jane (as mentioned in item 9th of said will) but that the Negro girl Francy should remain the property of Martha Jane, and form a portion of her legacy as mentioned in said will and item 9 thereof, the said girl Jane being disposed of in the next or second item of this codicil, to wit.

3rd. Having in the early part of the present year loaned to my daughter Eveline Leggitt (now Watts) and her husband Doctor Alexander Watts two certain Negroes, to wit Jane and Sylvia (which Negroes are now in their possession under said loan having lent them to my said daughter and her husband for the present year, I hereby give and bequeath to my said daughter Eveline (wife of Doctor Alexander Watts) either the said Negro girl Jinney (now about 16) and her child (an infant and a girl) about one year old, whichever she the said Eveline and her said husband may select, on condition that the said Watts and the said Eveline his wife shall during the course of the present year return the said Negro Jane and Sylvia to me and into my possession as they agreed to do, but should they fail or refuse to return the said Negroes Jane and Sylvia to me or into my possession or to my representatives during the present year as aforesaid. It is my will and desire that the said Eveline and her said husband shall only have the sum of five dollars out of my estate, to be paid by my executors to them over and above the said two Negroes Jane and Sylvia and their income provided the said Negroes Jane and Sylvia and their incomes (should the said Watts and his wife Eva fail to return them to me as aforesaid) shall not in any manner be subject to the debts, contract, or liability of the said Watts or any future husband of the said Eva, but the same to be the separate property of the said Eva and her children if she should ever have any.

4th. My son James having died since the date of my said original will, it is my resent will and desire that my son Edmund Leggitt should act as trustee for my daughters and their children should they ever have any, to wit my daughters Martha Jane, Eva, and Bethena, and that the property severally and separately bequeathed to them and their children not liable to the marital rights of their husbands (should those daughters Mary) and not in any manner subject to the debts, contracts, or liabilities of any present or future husband of them or either of them and they in reference to the 18th item of said will and in reference to the 19th item of said will since the death of my said son James who was named therein as one of the executors of my said will, it is my will and desire that my son in law William Ruskin shall be one of my executors in the place of the said James, an I hereby nominate and approve him as such in witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this the 4th day of April 1863.

Mathew H. Legitt

Signed and published by Mathew H Leggitt as a Codicil to the last will in our possession as witnessed there to by his request, this Apr. 4 1863. (Then being --- in the 3rd and 4th lines of 2nd Item of the Codicil) I.H. Stites, Elbert Lewis, Geo W. Fish, David Hawkins.

Obituary of Matthew H. Leggett from The Christian Index, 18 March 1864.

Died at his residence in Macon County on the 14th of January. Mr. M. H. Leggett aged about 72 years.

The deceased embraced religion about 38 years ago, and was baptized by Brother James Henderson at Mount Gilead church, Putnam County, Georgia. He was afterwards chosen a Deacon of Travellers Rest Baptist church which position he filled for 24 years. His loss will be long and deeply felt and his memory and exemplary life will ever be cherished by his family and friends.

ORIGINAL LEGGITT CEMETERY

The following is quoted from correspondence between our cousin Charlotte Marshall and Mrs. Oscar Williams of Douglas, Georgia in 1978.

LEGGITT - RUSHIN Cemetery, on Ga. Hwy. #26, East of Montezuma, in Spaulding community, across road from home of Jonas Swartzentrouber.

An obelisk bears these names:

[East side, front] Dr. E. A. Leggitt, 20 Oct 1834 - 15 Sept. 1881. John A. Leggitt, 20 May 1877 - 22 July 1879.

[North side] Edmon A. Leggitt, 15 Dec. 1868 - 31 Dec. 1868. Jas. V. Leggitt, 30 Apr. 1870 - 22 July 1873.

[South side] Edna A. Leggitt, 26 Feb 1882 - 26 Apr 1882.

[West side] Mary Rushin, 23 Dec 1822 - 15 Apr 1882. William Rushin, 22 Apr 1817 - 22 June 1864.

Naomi, wife of Dr. Alex. A. Watt and daughter of M. H. and Elizabeth Leggitt died June 25, 1862. Aged 26 years. 8 mos. 7 days. William H., son of M. H. and Elizabeth Leggitt, died 17 Dec 1852 Aged 12 years, 7 months, 28 day.

[broken stone] [Matthew L.] Leggitt, son of [Lewis] & Anna Leggitt. [Died] Jan'y 14th 1865, [Aged] 71 years, 10 mos. 28 days. [The foot stone has the initials "M. H. L."] The inscription says: "As a husband devoted, As a father affectionate, As a friend ever kind and true. In life, he exhibited all the graces of a Christian. In death this redeemed spirit returned to the Lord who gave it."

James Leggitt, son of M. H. & Elizabeth Leggitt, died July 15, 1862 Aged 29 years, 11 mos. & 17 days. - See James' notes for inscription.

[The Watts and Walters cemeteries are both located near the above.]

When I chatted with Matt Leggitt in May, 1993, he indicated that in 1985, his uncle, Samuel Hunter Leggitt, had the graves and stones moved to Walnut Cemetery, Unadilla, Ga., old section NW. Unadilla is about 15 miles east south east of Spalding, in Dooly County, just off of Interstate 75.

SHL Sr.- Matthew H. Leggitt was born on February 16, 1792, at an unknown Georgia or North Carolina town. His parents were Lewis and Anna Leggitt. He was married on December 20, 1821, to Elizabeth Allums, who was born on May 18, 1808, and who died in Macon County, Georgia, on June 18, 1869. Matthew H. Leggitt died in Macon County, Georgia, on January 14, 1864, at the age of 72.

RELOCATED LEGGITT CEMETERY

Here is the complete listing for the Leggitt Cemetery taken from http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamacon/cemeteries/Leggitt.htm

LEGGITT CEMETERY PRIVATE Macon County

Located at the intersection of County Roads 24 & 27 on the east side of 27. Presently located in the Unadilla City cemetery. This cemetery was moved by the Leggitt Family in the 1950's.

Sacred to the memory of Dr. E.A. Leggitt Died 16 September 1881 Age 47 Years

Scare to the memory of Matthews H. Leggitt son of Anna Leggitt Died 14 January 1865 Age 74 yrs. 10 mos. 28 days

Scared to the memory of Naomi, wife of Dr. A.A. Watts, & daughter of M.H. & Elizabeth Leggitt Died 4 June 1862 26 Yrs. 4 Mos. 5 days

Sacred to the memory of James Leggitt, son of M.H. & Elizabeth Leggitt Died 15 July 1862 Age 29 yrs. 11 mos. 17 days

Willie Henry Leggitt 19 April 1880 15 September 1905

Clementina M. Leggitt 10 July 1845 6 December 1910

D.E. Leggitt 20 October 1824 16 September 1911

William A. Leggitt 20 May 1877 22 July 1893

Edna A. Leggitt 26 February 1882 26 April 1882

Edmond A. Leggitt 15 December 1867 3 December 1868

James V. Leggitt 20 April 1870 22 July 1871

Sacred to the memory of William II, son of M.H. & Elizabeth Died 17 December 1852 12 yr. 7 mos 28 days

William Rushin 22 April 1817 27 June 1864 "Father"

Mary Rushin (Leggitt) 20 December 1823 15 April 1882

Recorded 4 October 1993 by Guelda L. Hay & Millie C. Stewart

Macon County, Georgia 12-7-1874 Deed Book C Pg.476 Grantor: Allen H. Greer, Receiver of the Estate of Matthew H. Leggitt, deceased, of Macon Co., Ga. Grantee: Samuel L. Turner of Macon Co., Ga.

"In pursuance of an order by Judge of Superior Court of South Western Circuit, May Term 1873 - A.H. Greer did on Dec. 1, 1874 sell: $610.00 107 Acres on the south side of Lot No. 103 in 15th Dist. Orig. Houston, Now Macon Co., Ga.

ALSO - 15 acres of the same lot, being a portion of a certain field, known as THE GRAVE YARD FIELD, bounded on the west by the land of S. L. Turner, on the north by The Grave Yard Reserve, South by the dividing line between the aforesaid 107 acres and the balance of said lot, and on the East by the East side of said field, aggregate, 122 acres, being a portion of the lot whereon Dr. E. A. Leggitt now resides. Wit: J. R. Williams Signed: A. H. Greer, Receiver Jno. M. Greer, Clk. Sup.Ct. Est. of M.H. Leggitt.

Jno. M. Greer, Clk. Sup.Ct. Est. of M.H.Leggitt [Note: This Cemetery located at the intersection of County Roads 24 & 27 on the east side of 27, has since been moved to Undailla City Cemetery. Moved by the Leggitt Family in the 1950's]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Unadilla, Dooly, Georgia

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Type: Death

Note: Walnut Cemetery

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