Judge Levi Trewhitt b. 14 Jul 1797 Buncombe Co, NC d. 31 Jan 1862 Mobile, Mobile, AL: Robin's Roots

1797 - 1862 (64 years)

Person ID: I20839 | Tree: Robin | Last Modified: 12 Sep 2021

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Name Levi Trewhitt [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Title Judge

Gender Male

Birth

14 Jul 1797

Buncombe Co, NC

[1, 2, 5, 7]

Died

31 Jan 1862

Mobile, Mobile, AL

[5]

Confederate Prison

Buried

Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN

[5]

FindAGrave Memorial 39690158; headstone

Notes

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 FindAGrave Memorial 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.

Siblings

	1. James Alford Truitt (ID:I31034) (Age 74) b. 23 Oct 1795, Buncombe Co, NC d. 11 Jun 1870, Joaquin, Shelby, TX (Age 74)
	2. Levi Trewhitt (ID:I20839) (current person) (Age 64) b. 14 Jul 1797, Buncombe Co, NC d. 31 Jan 1862, Mobile, Mobile, AL (Age 64)
	3. Sarah Truett (ID:I30961) b. 1798, Rutherford Co, NC d. Black Mountain, Buncombe, NC
	4. Jeremiah Truett (ID:I30962) (Age 38) b. 9 Jan 1800, Cherokee Co, NC d. 31 Aug 1838, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 38)
	5. Susannah Rebecca Truett (ID:I31035) (Age 73) b. 25 Jun 1817 d. 16 Nov 1890 (Age 73)
	6. Solomon Truitt (ID:I31036) (Age 31) b. 26 Dec 1827, Rutherford Co, TN d. 28 Dec 1858, Macon Co, NC (Age 31)

Parents

Family ID: F26879 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Father	Levi Trewhitt, Jr (ID:I30959) (Age 55) b. 1775, England d. 15 Dec 1830, Macon Co, NC (Age 55)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Susanna Morgan (ID:I30960) (Age 80) b. 1780, Rowan Co, NC d. 11 Jul 1860, Macon Co, NC (Age 80)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1794

Family 1

Family ID: F20380 Group Sheet | Family Chart | Last Modified: 12 Sep 2021

Wife 1 Harriett Lavender (ID:I20840) (Age 51)
b. 3 May 1803, Morgan Co, TN
d. 9 Jan 1855, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (Age 51)

Marriage

Bef 1820

Morgan Co, TN

Based on birth of first child

Children

	1. James M Trewhitt (ID:I20882) (Age 79) b. 19 Apr 1820, Morgan Co, TN d. 3 Jun 1899, Bradley Co, TN (Age 79) [Father: natural]
	2. Daniel Coffee Trewhitt (ID:I20881) (Age 67) b. 29 Jan 1823, Morgan Co, TN d. 4 Jan 1891, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN (Age 67) [Father: natural]
	3. Susan Elizabeth Trewhitt (ID:I20880) (Age 66) b. 4 Aug 1824, Morgan Co, TN d. 10 Jul 1891, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (Age 66) [Father: natural]
	4. Andrew J Trewhitt (ID:I31450) b. 1826, Morgan Co, TN [Father: natural]
	5. Levi (Sweet) Trewhitt (ID:I20878) (Age 87) b. 22 Apr 1829, Sunbright, Morgan, TN d. 19 Oct 1916, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (Age 87) [Father: natural]
	6. Sarah Sallie Trewhitt (ID:I20879) (Age 77) b. 1830, Morgan Co, TN d. 1 Jul 1907, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (Age 77) [Father: natural]
	7. Harriett Trewhitt (ID:I20877) (Age 60) b. 27 Mar 1831, Morgan Co, TN d. 25 Oct 1891, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (Age 60) [Father: natural]
	8. Jesse Trewhitt (ID:I20876) (Age 10) b. 11 Jan 1833, Morgan Co, TN d. 21 Mar 1843, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (Age 10) [Father: natural]
	9. Lucinda Trewhitt (ID:I20875) (Age 30) b. 1835, Bradley Co, TN d. 1865, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (Age 30) [Father: natural]
	10. Mary Ann Trewhitt (ID:I20801) (Age 49) b. 2 Apr 1836, Bradley Co, TN d. 3 Feb 1886, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (Age 49) [Father: natural]
	11. William Trewhitt (ID:I20874) (Age 74) b. 3 Apr 1838, Bradley Co, TN d. 24 Mar 1913, Bradley Co, TN (Age 74) [Father: natural]
	12. Thomas Thompson Trewhitt (ID:I20873) (Age 53) b. 27 Mar 1843, Bradley Co, TN d. 24 Jun 1896, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (Age 53) [Father: natural]
	13. Rebecca Trewhitt (ID:I20872) (Age 82) b. 11 Feb 1845, Bradley Co, TN d. 26 Feb 1927, Bearden, Knox, TN (Age 82) [Father: natural]
	14. Caroline Trewhitt (ID:I20870) (Age 84) b. 17 Feb 1846, Bradley Co, TN d. 5 Jul 1930, Knoxville, Knox, TN (Age 84) [Father: natural]
	15. Nancy Jane Trewhitt (ID:I20871) b. 1850, Bradley Co, TN [Father: natural]
	16. Mary Trewhitt (ID:I23864) b. 1855, Bradley Co, TN d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural]

Family 2

Family ID: F20381 Group Sheet | Family Chart | Last Modified: 12 Sep 2021

Wife 2	Nancy Brackney? (ID:I24215) (Age 79) b. 18 May 1806, Virginia d. 19 Jun 1885, Cleveland, Bradley, TN (Age 79)
Marriage	Aft 1854 Bradley Co, TN
	After his first wife's death

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Residence	1830 Morgan Co, TN [4] – 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 Co, TN [9] – Settled on his farm at about the same time that Bradley County was formed
Civil	1837 Cleveland, Bradley, TN [10] – TN General Assembly chartered Cleveland and appointed Levi Trewitt as a commissioner.
Occupation	Lawyer, Judge, Farmer
Probate	Hamilton Co, TN [11] – Just an index, but suggests his will was filed in Hamilton County, not Bradley County
Residence	1840 Bradley Co, TN [3] – 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 Co, TN [1] – 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, TN [2] – 63, Lawyer. Real estate $15,000. Born in N.C
	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)
Possessions	1862 Bradley Co, TN [8] – IRS Tax assessment: J.M. Trewhitt, admin of Levi Trewhitt Dec. Acres:389 Valuation $2880, Taxes:$10.08 Penalty:$5.04

Photos

Levi Trewhitt and Parson Brownlow
See also the letter from W.C. Brownley and note about Judge Trewhitt published in the Nashville Patriot on 25 Dec 1861.

Documents » Slide Show		North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 Levi Trewhitt
		Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 - (Judge) Levi TREWHITT Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 44
		Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 - Levi Trewhitt Wills, 1862-1936; Index; Author: Tennessee County Court (Hamilton County); Probate Place: Hamilton, Tennessee

Histories » Slide Show		Imprisonment of Levi Trewhitt Excerpt from "The Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee", by Thomas William Humes, Ogden Bros, & Co., Knoxville, TN, 1888, pg.147-149 Uploaded to Ancestry.com by Paulette_Chandler
		Levi Tewhitt-Petitions for his release from prison pp 876 and 877 from "Official records of the Union and Confederate Armies" 186_81041898 Uploaded to Ancestry by Jeffery Cowan
		Trewhitt,Daniel Coffee-Notable Men Of Tennessee From Notable men of Tennessee from 1833 to 1875 Their times and contemporaries. by Oliver P. Temple. New York: Cosmpolitan Press, 1912. pp.206-207
		Trewhitt_Levi_Death_Athens_Post A distinctly unsympathetic Item at the bottom of the third column . It speaks of rumors of the death of "Major Trewhitt", but is 7 days before my record of his death. I've never before seen him called "Major" Trewhitt. Uploaded to Ancestry.com by Pamela Park.
		Levi_Trewhitt_Imprisonment_ Interesting item in a distinctly Confederate newspaper that is critical of the Confederate court in Knoxville. Uploaded to Ancestry.com by Pamela Park.
		Levi Trewhitt Farm - a Tennessee Century Farm History of the Levi Trewhitt farm, which was designated a "Tennessee Centennial Farm"
		Founding of Cleveland, Tennessee Excerpt from Goodspeed's Bradley County, History of Tennessee, noting that Levi Trewitt was a founding commissioner of the town of Cleveland.
		Death of Judge Levi Trewhitt Excerpts from books and articles that mention Judge Levi Trewhitt
		Appeals for the release of Judge Levi Trewhitt Excerpts from Confederate records, showing a few of several appeals for the release of Judge Trewhitt from Confederate custody after his unjust arrest following a series of guerrilla raids on railroad bridges by Union guerrillas in East Tennessee. He was arrested only because he was a known Union sympathizer, and a known civic leader, not because of any real suspicion that he was involved in the raids. Despite the appeals and his obvious innocence, he was transferred to the infamous military prison in Mobile, Alabama, where he died within two months.
		The identity of Nancy Trewhitt The discovery of the likely identify of Nancy Trewhitt, the second wife of Judge Levi Trewhitt of Cleveland, Tennessee By Robin Richmond
		Personal reflections on Judge Levi Trewhitt Written by John W Ramsey, an associate and friend of Judge Trewhitt Quoted in the Chattanooga Times on June 24, 1934, in a two-page article titled "Leaves from the Family Tree" about Judge Trewhitt and his descendants.
		US IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 - Levi Trewhitt Date:06/21/2020 07:15:32

Censuses » Slide Show		1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: District 5, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1241; Page: 190; Image: 385; Family History Library Film: 805241
		1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 26, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: M432_871; Page: 141A; Image: .
		1840 United States Federal Census Year: 1840; Census Place: , Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: .
		1830 United States Federal Census 1830 US Census; Census Place: Morgan, Tennessee; Page: 100; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 180; Family History Film: 0024538

Event Map

	Birth - 14 Jul 1797 - Buncombe Co, NC
	Marriage - Bef 1820 - Morgan Co, TN
	Residence - 1830 - Morgan Co, TN
	Residence - 1836 - Bradley Co, TN
	Civil - 1837 - Cleveland, Bradley, TN
	Residence - 1840 - Bradley Co, TN
	Residence - 1850 - Bradley Co, TN
	Marriage - Aft 1854 - Bradley Co, TN
	Residence - 1860 - Cleveland, Bradley, TN
	Possessions - 1862 - Bradley Co, TN
	Died - 31 Jan 1862 - Mobile, Mobile, AL
	Buried - - Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, TN
	Probate - - Hamilton Co, TN

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Source Citations

[S64] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the ;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 26, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: M432_871; Page: 141A; Image: .
Birth date: abt 1798
Birth place: North Carolina
Residence date: 1850
Residence place: Subdivision 26, Bradley, Tennessee
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=5971888&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S63] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records;), Year: 1860; Census Place: District 5, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: 190; Image: 385.
Birth date: abt 1797
Birth place: North Carolina
Residence date: 1860
Residence place: District 5, Bradley, Tennessee, United States
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=18962717&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S107] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G;), Year: 1840; Census Place: , Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: .
Residence date: 1840
Residence place: Bradley, Tennessee, United States
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=2979102&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S185] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Gr;), 1830 US Census; Census Place: Morgan, Tennessee; Page: 100; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 180; Family History Film: 0024538.
[S370] FindAGrave.com, FindAGrave Memorial 39690158, Judge Levi Isaac Trewhitt.
Birth: Jul. 14, 1797, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA Death: Jan. 31, 1862, Mobile. Mobile County, Alabama, USA Burial: Fort Hill Cemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39690158
[S186] North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Levi Trewhitt.
Name: Name: Levi Trewhitt
Record Date: 6 Feb 1838
Location: Morgan, Tennessee
Warrant Number: 21590
[S16] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1951, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1951. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis;), Death Certificate for Levi Trewitt Jr File#590, Registered#50 Stampted 189; Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 44.
Born: Apr 22, 1829
Died Oct 10, 1916
Cause of death: Old age
Father: Levi Trewhitt, born in North Carolina
Mother: Unknown

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2376&h=15131784&indiv=try
[S152] U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, (Name: 2008;).
Record for Levi Trewhitt
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1264&h=5940421&indiv=try
[S1072] Statewide Program Recognizes Bradlay County Farm's Contribution, (Name: Middle Tennessee State University; Date: 22 May 2009;), http://news-from-mtsu.blogspot.com/2009/05/479-statewide-program-recognizes.html.
Judge Levi Trewhitt is believed to have bought his first tract of land around 1836, the same year Bradley County was established...
The family has a deed for the farm that dates to 1865 when Levi Trewhitt Jr. became the owner...
William Trewhitt and wife Annabelle Dodson Trewhitt were the third generation to live on the farm...
In 1919, the farm passed to their daughter, Ganelle Trewhitt McClure...
Today, the farm is owned by William M. McClure, the great-great grandson of the founder,
[S471] Goodspeed, Goodspeed's History of Tennessee Containing Historical and Biographical Sketches of Thirty East Tennessee Counties, (Name: GoodSpeed Pub. Co; Location: Nashville, Tenn; Date: 1887;), http://www.tngenweb.org/bradley/b_gdsp.htm; no page numbers from the book, FHL 976.8 H2h v. 2 1972.
In 1837 the General Assembly passed an act establishing the town of Cleveland as the county seat and appointing the following commissioners: Levi Trewhitt, [et al]
[S80] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1727-2008, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Wills, 1862-1936; Index; Author: Tennessee County Court (Hamilton County); Probate Place: Hamilton, Tennessee.
Record for Judge Trewhitt
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9176&h=3920526&indiv=try

Judge Levi Trewhitt

James Alford Truitt

Sarah Truett

Jeremiah Truett

Susannah Rebecca Truett

Solomon Truitt

Levi Trewhitt, Jr

Susanna Morgan

Harriett Lavender

Daniel Simeon Lavender

Elizabeth ?Koonce Adam Howard?

James M Trewhitt

Daniel Coffee Trewhitt

Susan Elizabeth Trewhitt

Andrew J Trewhitt

Levi (Sweet) Trewhitt

Sarah Sallie Trewhitt

Harriett Trewhitt

Jesse Trewhitt

Lucinda Trewhitt

Mary Ann Trewhitt

William Trewhitt

Thomas Thompson Trewhitt

Rebecca Trewhitt

Caroline Trewhitt

Nancy Jane Trewhitt

Mary Trewhitt

Nancy Brackney?