Mam-ma's Southern Family

After completing his timeline from records I already have, it was time to do full-text search. I searched in Chattooga County, Georgia; Faulkner County, Arkansas; and Texas records for the following surname variations: Loveless, Lovelace, Lovlace, and Lovless. Equally with variation of the first name: Ebenezer, Ebeneezer, Ebby, Ebbie, Eb, and E. The only records found are listed below. The main question I want to answer is how he obtained the land that was later sold. Georgia There were several hits from Bartow, Georgia, particularly probate records, for an Ebenezer Loveless who died around 1863. Since our Ebenezer Loveless was born 1851, this is not him. By 1862, the family was living in Chattooga County, Georgia. Any record after 1870 would likely not be him as his father, Jesse Loveless, had moved the family to Faulkner Co, Arkansas. In checking court, deeds, probate, and vital records, I found that court records are locked in Bartow County. Deeds are locked in Chattooga County....

For the month of April, it’s time to focus on another surname. Ebenezer Loveless, the son of Jesse Loveless and Elizabeth Nixon, was born 8 February 1851 in Georgia and died on 27 January 1929 in Rotan County, Texas. He had two wives: Eliza A. Rodgers and Melissa M. (Settle) Blount. He lived in Georgia, Arkansas, and Texas. Besides farming, he was also a Baptist minister. He and Eliza had eleven children. Below is a timeline just dealing with documents I have already found. Timeline 1851. February 8. Ebenezer was born, likely in Cass County, Georgia, where his parents lived in 1850. He was the youngest child of ten. [1] 1860. He was the youngest at age 9 in Jesse Loveless household in Cass County, Georgia. [2] Cass County was renamed to Bartow County in 1861. 1861. His father purchased land in Chattooga County and they likely moved. [3] 1870. He is still in the household his of father, Jesse, and mother, Elizabeth. He was 19. His brother, Jesse M, 22, and sister, Sophro...