Levi Frazier (abt. 1819 - 1888)

Born about 1819 in Tennessee, United States

Husband of Rhoda Ann (Minnix) Frazier — married 22 Nov 1840 in Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1888 at about age 69 in Marshall, Alabama, United States

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Biography

LEVI FRAZIER was born circa 1819 in Tennessee^[1] and died 31 October 1888 at his home in Marshall County, Alabama (Circuit Court Estates, Box 3, Folder 111). A modern stone marks his burial in Shoal Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Marshall County (MI). He served in the Seminole War, enlisting at Lebanon, DeKalb County, Alabama, on 15 November 1837. According to his widow, when she subsequently applied for a pension based upon his military service, he was 5 ft 9 ½ inches, black haired, blue eyed, and fair complexioned at the time of his enlistment. He lived, per her, in Jackson and Dekalb counties before moving to Marshall County. He married 22 November 1840 in Winchester, Franklin County, Tennesee, by Jesse Graham, a Baptist minister, to RHODA A. MINNIX, who was born circa 1821-1823 in Kentucky or 23 June 1823 (non-contemporary MI). She was daughter of Abner Minnix (see Minnix) and Hannah. Writing of her and her husband she recalled,

I was born and lived until I was 12 years old in Kentucky. My father then moved with his family to Jackson County, Ala. I run away to get married. My husband was raised and lived in Wills Valley, DeKalb Co, Ala. We lived about 30 miles apart. There was several present when we were married. Old Betsy Rickles and two daughters, Jesse Graham and his family. We were married right near the Tennessee line. I do not know where any of these parties live but they all went to Texas a good many years ago.

Others have already worked extensively on his family. He appears on the 1850-1880 censuses farming in Marshall County, Alabama, and consistently listed as illiterate but nonetheless owning more than the usual amount of real and personal estate for the region.

They seem to have had family in Texas. Rhoda, in her pension application, stated that the living eye witnesses to her marriage had “all moved to Texas” by 28 January 1893 and a family legend hinges upon her son, Nathaniel, visiting relatives in Texas (see below). She died 13 September 1904 and is buried under a modern stone in Shoal Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Marshall County (MI).

Sources

1. ↑ His widow gives his birth date as 31 October 1820 in her pension application, but this is clearly confounded with his date of death.

• Marshall County, Alabama Circuit Court Estates, Box 3, Folder 111.

• 1860 U.S. Census, Eastern Division, Marshall County, Alabama, page 84(w), enum. 11 July, 564-564.