George Lawan Leonard (abt. 1789 - 1854)

Born about 11 Jan 1789 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States

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Died 4 Jan 1854 at about age 64 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

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George Lawan Leonard Birth: Jan. 11, 1789 South Carolina, USA Death: Oct. 3, 1854 Dallas County Texas, USA

An article in The Dallas Morning News on May 12, 1946, said, "One mossy stone is that of George Leonard, born in 1789, who brought his family into the Texas wilds at the age of 54 to settle the Leonard survey and pass on before Fort Sumter."

Parents: Samuel William Leonard (1765-1811) Miss Lawan (1764-bef 1810)

Married Susannah Callahan on November 23, 1809 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee. Married Mary Ann Gilbert on July 27, 1826 in Petersburg, Lincoln, Tennessee.

George Lawan LEONARD was born on January 11, 1789 in Pendleton Dist., South Carolina. He moved with his sisters and their uncle and aunt in 1806 to Lincoln Co., Tennessee. George laid out Petersburg, Tennessee, whose land he owned, and set up a cotton gin and began the first mercantile trade firm of the town. On February 12, 1811, George was named executor of the will of his father in Pendleton Dist., South Carolina. George served as a War of 1812 soldier in Capt. Edwin L. Moore's Co. of Tennessee Militia, having volunteered at Fayetteville, Tennessee.

He appeared on the census in 1820, 1830 and 1840 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee. After the death of his first wife in about 1825, he married Mary Ann, daughter of Rev. John Gilbert, on July 27, 1826 in Petersburg, Lincoln, Tennessee. On July 9, 1829, George was named executor of the will of his uncle Colin Campbell. He appeared on the census in 1840 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee. George is on the 1842 tax list in Marshall Co., Tennessee, dist. 4, with 230 acres valued at $1310. He was apparently still in Marshall Co. by August 27, 1842, when his infant son was buried in the Leonard cemetery, but that the family definitely arrived in Dallas in December, 1843, one of the first 12 families to settle there. George is on the 1846 poll list in Dallas Co., Texas. He appeared on the census on November 15, 1850 in Dallas Co., Texas.

George left an 1812 service record filed with the NARA, showing that he appeared before Judge Allen Bland in Dallas Co., Texas, in 1850, to make affidavit regarding his service. He died on October 3, 1854 in Dallas Co., Texas and was buried in Oak Cliff Cemetery, Dallas Co., Texas. In 1856, his widow appeared in Dallas Co. court and assigned bounty land to Tom M. Hart of Madison Co., Illinois. In 1879, his widow appeared in Dallas Co. court to appoint Grafton and Ladd her attorneys. Son W. C. Leonard helped her sign her name. A. M. Cochran, postmaster of Dallas, testified he had known her for 35 years. She stated that at her husband's death, she had given all his papers to John M. Crockett, aged 61, who had known her for 31 years.

Children (with Susannah Callahan): Eliza Ann LEONARD (1810-aft Jun 1873) William M. LEONARD (1813-bef 1860) Isabella Adeline LEONARD (1819-????) Susan Hulda Callahan LEONARD (1821-1866) George Silas C. LEONARD (1825-bef 1900)

Children (with Mary Ann R. Gilbert): John R. LEONARD (1832-????) Samuel F. LEONARD (1835-????) Jackson L. LEONARD (1839-????) Washington C. LEONARD (1843-????) Joseph A. LEONARD 1849-????)

Family links: Children: Susan Hulda Caroline Leonard Cole (1821 - 1866)* Sarah Elizabeth Leonard Wright (1827 - 1855)* Jackson L Leonard (1839 - 1883)* Washington C Leonard (1842 - 1901)*

Burial: Oak Cliff Cemetery Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA

Find A Grave Memorial# 52963598 Maintained by: Roy E. Roberts Originally Created by: Marilyn Kosanke Record added: May 28, 2010 4 January 1854 Oak Cliff Cemetery, Dallas, Texas, United States

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Find A Grave Memorial# 52963598 Maintained by: Roy E. Roberts Originally Created by: Marilyn Kosanke Record added: May 28, 2010

Citation "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXLK-3BM : accessed 22 July 2015), Geo L Leonard, Dallas county, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing family 169, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Citation "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KDB4-W5Z : accessed 22 July 2015), George Or George L Leonard Or Foss, 1879.

Notes Government record: birth-name: George Lawan Leonard Government record: male Government record: birth: 11 January 1789; South Carolina, United States Government record: death: 3 October 1854; Texas, United StatesSee also:

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