Ancestors of Lucy Bevill

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It is told, that the Bevills had lived on the same land,in Huntingdon Co. England, for over 150 years, They had large nutmeg farms, with deer & fox, & packs of dogs. In 1762 three Bevill brothers came to America. Elisha settled in VA. near Richmond, William, settled in S.C. Union Dist. and Neal settled in GA.
William Bevill was in the War of the Revolution and was wounded at the battle of the Cowpens, shot through his right arm half way, between the elbow and shoulder. William was also a school teacher. He left to teach a school, in NC and his wife, never heard from him again.



 

Generation No. 1

Lucy Bevill, born June 11, 1819 in SC. She died Aft. 1870 in Winn Parish, La. Lucy  was the daughter of  Rardon Bevill and Mary Long. 

Lucy's first husband (? Porter) was shot and killed while plowing the field.  It was said that he had been in a land dispute over land lines.  The mother heard the children screaming and knew what had happened.   Tillet and Ann remembered their father, but the other children were to small.

 

Lucy Bevill Porter later married ,Edward Porter,  called Ned and Grandpa Ned by his grandchildren.  He was a first cousin to her first husband.  To this union three children (Jemima, Jerome, and Lucy) were born.

The family moved to Winn Parish in Louisiana and in 1857 lived at a place about two miles south of Winnfield at what was known as “The Foster Field”.  It was said that Lucy Porter was such an orderly housekeeper that she could put her hand on anything in her house on the darkest night.  The dates of her and her husbands deaths and where they are buried is not known.

(Note by: DeWanna Robinson Lindo:  Lucy and Edward are buried at Old Corinth Cemetery, Winn Parish, LA.)

Lucy Bevill was listed in the will of Elizabeth Long dated Nov. 28, 1836, as granddaughter.

Will of Elizabeth Long dated November 28,1836, proven March 9, 1840.
Two grandsons Rurdon Oraton and James Riley Bevill; granddaughters Sarah Ann and Lucy Bevill.
Witness Daniel Vaughan,
Christ Brandon, Martha Bentley.

 

Children of  Lucy Bevill Porter and ? Porter are:

  • i.    ELIZABETH PORTER, b. 1840, S.C..

  • ii.    JAMES TILLET PORTER, b. November 21, 1842, Union County SC; d. July 10, 1933, Winn Parish.

  •  iii.    SARAH ANN PORTER, b. Abt. 1846, Alabama.

  • iv.    JOHN BAXTER PORTER, b. December 11, 1848, Alabama; d. May 22, 1931, Winn Parish, La.

  • v.    PARALEE PORTER, b. June 27, 1849, Shelby Co., Ala.; d. May 01, 1947, Winn Parish, La.

Children of  Lucy Bevill Porter and Edward Porter are:

  •  vi.    JAMIMA PORTER, b. March 26, 1856, Pineville, La.; d. July 22, 1917, Pineville, La.; m. ALLEN PINCKNEY DURHAM, 1877.

  • vii.    JEROME PORTER, m. ? MCCRACKIN.

  • viii.    LUCY PORTER, m. ? BARTON

 


 

Generation No. 2

  Rardon Bevill, born February 26, 1793 in Union Co. SC and died March 15, 1877 in Walker Co., Alabama.  He was the son of  Robert Bevill and Elizabeth Gilliam.  He married  Mary Long 1815 in SC.
Mary Long, born Abt. 1795; died October 1846 in Alabama.  She was the daughter of 6. ? Long and 7. Elizabeth Long.

Notes for Rardon Bevill:
RARDON BEVILL was born on 26 Feb. 1793 in Union County, SC,. He was a veteran of  the War of 1812.  He married Mary Long in SC and raised his family there (children listed below).  In the early 1840's they migrated to Shelby County, Alabama, with some of the Porter families.  Mary died in Shelby County on 3 Oct 1846, and on 22 March
1849, Rardon married Ruth Cost, born in 1825 in Shelby County, and daughter of Elijah Cost, born 1802 in NC, and his first wife, Elizabeth ________.
In the 1850 census of Shelby County, Rardon and Rutha had one child, Charles Bevill, age 11 months.  They moved from Shelby County that same year and settled at Peach Grove in Walker County, where Rardon received bounty land for his War of 1812 services, and in 1871 he began drawing a military pension of $12 per month, certificate #9083.  He died 12 March
1877 in Walker County, Alabama, and is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery about five miles south of Carbon Hill in Fayette County.  The Palmer Cemetery is just off Highway 102 at Townley, Alabama, in Walker County.
 

 Children of Rardon Bevill and Mary Long are:

  i. Elizabeth Bevill, born May 15, 1821 in S.C.; died April 02, 1890 in Winn Parish, La.;  Howard Windson Hand in  1847.

More About Elizabeth Bevill:
Fact 1: 1st marriage was to a Porter
 

  ii. Sarah Ann Bevill, born June 20, 1817 in Union Co.,S.C.; died April 05, 1878 in Winn Parish, La.; married Stark Porter Abt. 1837 in Union Co.,S.C..
 

  iii. Lucy Bevill, born June 11, 1819 in SC; died Aft. 1870 in Winn Parish, La.; First husbands name  Unknown Porter.  second husband William E. Porter (Ned)
  iv. William D. Bevill, born December 1815 in SC; married Susie Leary in Winn Parish, La..
  v. Rardon Bevill, born November 18, 1822 in SC; married Mary Ray Bef. 1849.
  vi. James Riley Bevill, born April 22, 1826 in SC; died 1879; married (1) Martha Allen 1843; married (2) Ellen Black Abt. 1864.

 Generation No. 3

  Robert Bevill, was possibly born in VA.  He was the son of  William Bevill and  Sarah Colson.  He married  Elizabeth Gilliam.
Robert Bevill was living in Old Cheraw District, S.C. in 1790.
 

 Children of Robert Bevill and Elizabeth Gilliam are:
  i. James Bevill.
  ii. William A.H. Bevill, born Abt. 1792; died 1874.
  iii. Rardon Bevill, born February 26, 1793 in Union Co. SC; died March 15, 1877 in Walker Co., Alabama; married (1) Mary Long 1815 in SC; married (2) Ann P. Mills March 14, 1847 in Alabama; married (3) Ruthia Cost March 22, 1849 in Shelby Co., Ala.
  iv. McNeal Bevill, born Abt. 1797 in Union Co. SC; married Jane Blaire.


Generation No. 4

 William Bevill, born October 21, 1726.  He was the son of  Robert Bevill and  Ann.  He married  Sarah Colson, widow of Abraham Colson
 

 Children of William Bevill and Sarah Colson are:
  i. Robert Bevill, born in VA.?; married Elizabeth Gilliam.
  ii. Elisha Bevill.
  iii. Neal Bevill.
  iv. William Bevill.
 


 

Generation No. 5

   Robert Bevill, born 1691 in VA..  He was the son of  John Bevill and  Martha Colson.  He married  Ann.
 

 Children of Robert Bevill and Ann are:
  i. William Bevill, born October 21, 1726; married Sarah Colson.
  ii. James Bevill.
  iii. Edward Bevill.
  iv. Joseph Bevill.
  v. Frances Bevill.

Generation No. 6

  John Bevill, born Abt. 1670 in VA..  He was the son of Essex Bevill and  Amy Butler.  He married  Martha Colson.
 

 Children of John Bevill and Martha Colson are:

  i. Robert Bevill, born 1691 in VA.; married Ann.
  ii. John Bevill Jr..
  iii. William Bevill.
  iv. Essex Bevill.
  v. Mary Bevill.
  vi. Martha Bevill.


Generation No. 7

  Essex Bevill, born 1639 in Huntingdonshair, England.  He married Amy Butler.
 

 Children of Essex Bevill and Amy Butler are:

  i. John Bevill, born Abt. 1670 in VA.; married Martha Colson.
  ii. Essex Bevill Jr..
  iii. Mary Bevill.
  iv. Amy Bevill.
  v. Elizabeth Bevill.

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