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Judge Levi Trewhitt was born on 14 Jul 1797 in Buncombe Co, NC (son of Levi Trewhitt, Jr and Susanna Morgan); died on 31 Jan 1862 in Mobile, Mobile, AL; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Lawyer, Judge, Farmer
- Probate: Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; Just an index, but suggests his will was filed in Hamilton County, not Bradley County
- Residence: 1830, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; Males<5:2 (Andrew, Levi), <15:1 (James), 20-29:1 (??), 30-39:1 (Levi, age 33), Females <5:Sarah, 20:29:1(wife Harriet, age 27t), 50-59:1 (mother or m.i.l?)
- Residence: 1836, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Settled on his farm at about the same time that Bradley County was formed
- Civil: 1837, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; TN General Assembly chartered Cleveland and appointed Levi Trewitt as a commissioner.
- Residence: 1840, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Free White Males <5:1 (Wm), <10:1(Jesse), <15:2(Levi,Daniel), <20:1(James), <30:1(Levi;wrong), Female:<5:1(Mary A), <10:2(Lucinda,Harriett), <15:1(Sarah), <20:1(Susan). Wife Harriett(age 37) omitted.
- Residence: 1850, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; 52, Lawyer. Real estate $5,000. Born in N.C. Wife Harriett(47); Children James(30), Andrew J(24), Sarah(22), Levi(21), Harriet(19), Lucinda(15), Mary Ann(14), Thomas(12;sic), Wm(9;sic), Rebecca(54), Caroline(2), Nancy(10).
- Residence: 1860, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; 63, Lawyer. Real estate $15,000. Born in N.C
- Possessions: 1862, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; IRS Tax assessment: J.M. Trewhitt, admin of Levi Trewhitt Dec. Acres:389 Valuation $2880, Taxes:$10.08 Penalty:$5.04
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Judge Trewhitt was a civic leader in Bradley County. In 1861, though he was in his 60's, he was arrested and imprisioned by the Confederacy without trial after Union sympathizers burned several bridges in East Tennessee. Despite numerous appeals for his release and testimony that he actively discouraged participation in the rebellion againts the Confederacy, he was not released, and he died in prison camp in Mobile, Alabama. The "History" media items attached to this record give more details of his case. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Tennessee_bridge_burnings
Judge Trewhitt's parentage is not documented, and various unsourced online trees differ about who his parents were.
The majority of Ancestry.com trees that include him say that his parents were James Madison Tewhitt and Elizabeth Mumford, and some list his grandparents as Levi Trewhitt (born 1725 in NC) and Mary West. There is a marriage record for Levi Trewhitt(1725) and Mary West, but I cannot find any contemporaneous documentation of James Madison Trewhitt or Elizabeth Mumford. A Jesse Mumford (age 80) was living with 63-year-old Levi Trewhitt and family in 1860.
Other trees and GRid=39690158 say that Judge Trewhitt was the son of Levi Truitt and Susanna Morgan. There is some weak documentation of both Levi Truitt and Susanna Morgan, primarily through generic marriage record sources (e.g. "International Marriage Records"), but only ambiguous information about their birth places. (See their profiles, both linked from this one)
FWIW, the online trees that report Judge Trewhitt's father to be James Madison Trewitt tend to list a brother named Jesse Trewhitt, a physician, who also lived in Morgan Co, TN, and migrated to Arkansas. (See his profile). On the other hand, the online trees that report Judge Trewitt's father to be Levi Truitt tend not to list Jesse Trewhitt as a brother, but do tend to list a brother named James Alford Truitt, who fought in the Texas War of Independence, and served as a justice of the peace and state legislator in Texas for many years.
Residence:
Wife Nancy (54) and children Madison(40;Farmer), Sally(33), Harriet(29), Wm(22), Thos(17), Rebecca(14), Caroline(12), Nancy(10). Also Jesse Mumford (80). Others who appear to be in the household: Levi's son A.J (34) and his wife Lousia(20) and Levi's dau Mary Ann (23) & her husb Benj F Bacon (25)
Buried:
GRid=39690158; headstone
Died:
Confederate Prison
Levi married Harriett Lavender before 1820 in Morgan Co, TN. Harriett (daughter of Daniel Simeon Lavender and Elizabeth ?Koonce Adam Howard?) was born on 3 May 1803 in Morgan Co, TN; died on 9 Jan 1855 in Cleveland, Bradley, TN; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Married:
Based on birth of first child
Children:
- James M Trewhitt was born on 19 Apr 1820 in Morgan Co, TN; died on 3 Jun 1899 in Bradley Co, TN; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN.
- Daniel Coffee Trewhitt was born on 29 Jan 1823 in Morgan Co, TN; died on 4 Jan 1891 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN.
- Susan Elizabeth Trewhitt was born on 4 Aug 1824 in Morgan Co, TN; died on 10 Jul 1891 in Cleveland, Bradley, TN; was buried in Sugar Creek Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN.
- Andrew J Trewhitt was born in 1826 in Morgan Co, TN.
- Levi (Sweet) Trewhitt was born on 22 Apr 1829 in Sunbright, Morgan, TN; died on 19 Oct 1916 in Cleveland, Bradley, TN; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN.
- Sarah Sallie Trewhitt was born in 1830 in Morgan Co, TN; died on 1 Jul 1907 in Cleveland, Bradley, TN.
- Harriett Trewhitt was born on 27 Mar 1831 in Morgan Co, TN; died on 25 Oct 1891 in Cleveland, Bradley, TN; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN.
- Jesse Trewhitt was born on 11 Jan 1833 in Morgan Co, TN; died on 21 Mar 1843 in Cleveland, Bradley, TN; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN.
- Lucinda Trewhitt was born in 1835 in Bradley Co, TN; died in 1865 in Cleveland, Bradley, TN.
- Mary Ann Trewhitt was born on 2 Apr 1836 in Bradley Co, TN; died on 3 Feb 1886 in Cleveland, Bradley, TN; was buried in Cleveland, Bradley, TN.
- William Trewhitt was born on 3 Apr 1838 in Bradley Co, TN; died on 24 Mar 1913 in Bradley Co, TN; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN.
- Thomas Thompson Trewhitt was born on 27 Mar 1843 in Bradley Co, TN; died on 24 Jun 1896 in Cleveland, Bradley, TN; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN.
- Rebecca Trewhitt was born on 11 Feb 1845 in Bradley Co, TN; died on 26 Feb 1927 in Bearden, Knox, TN; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN.
- Caroline Trewhitt was born on 17 Feb 1846 in Bradley Co, TN; died on 5 Jul 1930 in Knoxville, Knox, TN; was buried in Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, TN.
- Nancy Jane Trewhitt was born in 1850 in Bradley Co, TN.
- Mary Trewhitt was born in 1855 in Bradley Co, TN; died in UNKNOWN.
Levi married Nancy Brackney? after 1854 in Bradley Co, TN. Nancy was born on 18 May 1806 in Virginia; died on 19 Jun 1885 in Cleveland, Bradley, TN; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Married:
After his first wife's death
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