Jesse Olive (abt. 1759 - 1829)

Born about 1759 in Wake, Province of North Carolina

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Died 14 Apr 1829 at about age 70 in Wake, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

JESSE OLIVE (9.4.6) is the son of James Olive. Jesse was born around 1759. Jesse Olive married, as his 2nd wife, Monicah Massey, daughter of Richard Massey. Jesse and Monicah Olive were the parents of nine children:

............Richard Calvin Olive, b. October 12, 1786

............Sarah Olive

............John Olive

............Jesse Olive, Jr., b. 1800 - 1810

............James Olive

............Rachel Olive

............Gilly Olive, b. 1797

............Mary Olive, b. 1804

............Elizabeth Olive

Jesse Olive died in 1829 in Wake County, North Carolina.

Richard Olive married Sarah Mann Drake. Richard Olive died after 1860 in Fayette County, Alabama.

On December 19, 1808, Sarah Olive married Dempsey Bowden and they moved to Henry County, Tennessee.

On September 29, 1812, John Olive married Halland Bowden. John Olive married a second time to Mary Bowden. John Olive died in 1859 in Henry County, Tennessee.

On December 16, 1830, Jesse Olive, Jr. married Betsey Barker.

On April 16, 1812, James Olive married Sally Hartsfield. After the death of James Olive, Sally (Hartsfield) Olive moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama.

On December 25, 1813, Rachel Olive married William F. Smith. On November 27, 1815, Gilly Olive married John Hartsfield. John and Gilly Hartsfield moved to Henry County, Tennessee.

On June 18, 1821, Mary Olive married William Washington Lyon. On August 30, 1828, Elizabeth Olive married Hardy Crowder.

Sources

• “James Olive Family of Wake County, North Carolina,” by Olive (Hotchkiss) Cartwright, Pages 2 - 37, 1965
• “Sketch of James Olive of Wake County, North Carolina,” by Mildred Olive, 1992
• Beebe, Jo Carolyn. The Beekeepers and Sons of Andrew. 1998
• Additions and Corrections to "The Genealogist": Massey, The Genealogist (American Society of Genealogists, 2005) Vol. 19, Page 43.
  • His will is dated 13 Oct 1828 and proved May 1829.