Abraham Alvis (1781 - 1854)

Born 1781 in Goochland, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Love Ventress — married about 1810 in Sumner, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 1854 at about age 73 in Macon, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

per Kentucky, A History of the State - ASA ALVIS, Livingston County... Abraham Alvis, subject's father, was born in Virginia and immigrated to Tennessee two years after his father. He served in the war of 1812, and in the Indian campaigns of Florida. He was a farmer by occupation, and died about 1854. Love (Ventress) Alvis, subject's mother, was born in North Carolina, and was a daughter of David Ventress. She died in 1836. The family of Abraham and Love Alvis consisted of two children viz.: infant (deceased), and Asa, subject of this sketch.

Buckingham Co VA tax list: 1802, 04-5;

to Sumner Co TN 1808;

Buckingham Co VA tax list: 1802, 04-5

to Sumner Co TN 1808;

War of 1812: TN, Oct 4 1813 & Sep 28 1814 (same day as Ashley & Shadrach);

1820 Smith Co TN

Abraham's 1820 census has: 1 male under 10 (Asa) and 1 female under 10 (the infant who died?).

1830, not found; only son was Asa,

His 1830 census listing has not been found at all.

His wife Love d 1836.

1840 Sumner Co TN

In 1840 Abraham had no sons listed, but a woman, b 1800-1810.

1850 Macon Co TN: 69 w/Elizabeth, 44 (wife or dt?);

In 1850 this is seen to be Elizabeth, b 1844. Was this the daughter from 1820 census, still unmarried, or a second younger wife? For now, I will accept that Asa was Abraham's only surviving child.

d bef 1860 census; KY bk gives him 2 ch only, one of wh d infant

Note - William Carter Alvis. Paul Power assumed that the two Alvises whose marriage records he found in Sumner Co TN, Elizabeth (m Barney Wells in 1830) and William Carroll, who both moved to the area near Jefferson Co IL, were Edmund?s children, based on the statement that Abraham had only one surviving child, Asa.

Sources

• Livingston County Kentucky; Kentucky, A History of the State; by: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin & G. C. Kniffin (Copyright 1885); Submitted by Sally Masteller http://genealogytrails.com/ken/livingston/bios3.html

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.