Wade & Webb Family History

Levi J Mercer1789–1879

Wilkes · Covington

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. 8 Oct 1789 Wilkes, Georgia 1

Marriages

  1. 20 Oct 1811 Frances "Fanny" Phoebe Webb, at Jasper, Georgia 3
  2. 12 May 1857 Nancy Ann Hollis Henderson, at Newton, Georgia 6

Death and burial

  1. Jan 1879 Burial: Covington, Newton, Georgia
  2. 16 Jan 1879 Death: Covington, Newton, Georgia 8

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Marriage 1, 20 Oct 1811
Frances "Fanny" Phoebe Webb 1794–1855
Children
Frances A. Mercer 1819–1887
Thomas Jefferson Mercer 1826–1886
Nancy A. Mercer 1834–1880
Mary Webb Mercer 1812–1885
Louisa C Mercer 1823–?
Amanda A Mercer 1836–?
Elizabeth Andrea Mercer 1817–1869
Sara S Mercer 1821–1864
Martha Sue Mercer 1830–?
James M. Mercer 1836–1915
S Julia Mercer 1840–?
William Franklin Mercer 1828–1863
Vashti Franklin Mercer 1815–1895
Harriett F. Mercer 1803–1804
Marriage 2, 12 May 1857
Nancy Ann Hollis Henderson 1812–1876

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Levi J Mercer
  2. Husband of Frances "Fanny" Phoebe Webb
  3. Charles Hackett Webb
  4. Charles David Webb, son
  5. James Pleasant Webb, son
  6. Hilda Webb, daughter
  7. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Husband of half-2nd great-grandaunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Levi J. Mercer was born on 8 October 1789 in Wilkes County, Georgia, according to the FamilySearch tree.1 The tree records no parents for him, but two pages from a compiled genealogy of the Southern District, one headed "Children of Jacob Mercer and Jael Green", are attached to his profile.2 Inference A contributor evidently took Jacob Mercer and Jael Green to be his parents; the pages have not been read for this biography, so the connection is unconfirmed.2 The tree records his marriage to Frances "Fanny" Webb, a daughter of Charles C. Webb and Sarah Waggoner, on 20 October 1811 in Jasper County, Georgia, and fourteen children, the eldest Mary Webb Mercer (1812–1885) and the youngest S. Julia (born 1840).3 He served in the War of 1812 in the Georgia militia: the tree describes the service as "Woottons Detachment", the War of 1812 index to service records has an entry for him, and his survivor's pension file, the application a veteran himself made for a federal pension, records him as a private in Captain John G. Smith's company of Georgia militia, pension number SO 31357.4 Inference The pension file, at the National Archives, should give his age, residences and marriage, and has not yet been read.4 Fanny died on 29 November 1855.5 On 12 May 1857 Levi Mercer married Nancy A. Henderson in Newton County, Georgia.6 The censuses of 1860 and 1870 list him in Newton County, in District 547 in 1870.7 He died at Covington, Newton County, on 16 January 1879, aged 89 according to his Find a Grave memorial, and was buried in the County Line Baptist Church Cemetery at Covington.8

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Levi J Mercer.

  1. 1857Levi Mercer, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"
  2. 12 May 1857Levi Mercer, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"
  3. 12 May 1857Marriage - Levi Mercer and Nancy A. Henderson "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950" - Event Place: Newton, Georgia, United States
  4. 1860Levi Mercer, "United States, Census, 1860"
  5. 1870Levi Mercer, "United States, Census, 1870"
  6. Birth - Levi Mercer, "Find A Grave Index"
  7. Death - Levi Mercer - Find A Grave - Memorial ID 24067731 - DEATH:16 Jan 1879 (aged 89) Covington, Newton County, Georgia, USA - BURIAL: County Line Baptist Church Cemetery Covington, Newton County, Georgia, USA
  8. Death - Levi Mercer - Find A Grave - Memorial ID 24067731 - DEATH:16 Jan 1879 (aged 89) Covington, Newton County, Georgia, USA - BURIAL: County Line Baptist Church Cemetery Covington, Newton County, Georgia, USA
  9. Millitary - Levi Morgan in the U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 -Enlistment Date: 1862 - Military Unit:Fifteenth Infantry
  10. Southern District. Genealogies
  11. Southern District. Genealogies
  12. United States. Military Records 1812
  13. War of 1812 Pension File for Levi Mercer

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4TQ-GT8: birth 8 Oct 1789, Wilkes, Georgia "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Levi Mercer. Record: Levi Mercer, Find a Grave Index, attached to the birth back to the text
  2. Southern District. Genealogies Record: Southern District. Genealogies: Children of Jacob Mercer and Jael Green Southern District. Genealogies Record: Southern District. Genealogies back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4TQ-GT8: marriage 20 Oct 1811, Jasper, Georgia, spouse Frances Fanny Phoebe Webb, fourteen children FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4QJ-49C (their page): parents Charles C Webb and Sarah Waggoner back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4TQ-GT8: military service: War of 1812 - Woottons Detachment - GA Militia "United States, War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815," database with images, FamilySearch, Mer - Mic > image 61 of 2866; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Record: United States, War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815 Levi Mercer (Pvt, Capt John G. Smith's Co., GA Mil), survivor's pension file, pension number SO 31357; database and images, “War of 1812 Pension Files,” Fold3; imaged from NARA Record Group 15, Box 2383. Record: Levi Mercer (Pvt, Capt John G. Smith's Co., GA Mil), survivor's pension file, pension number SO 31357, NARA Record Group 15 back to the text
  5. Internet - Frances A. Webb Mercer - Find A Grave - Memorial ID 24067822 Record: Frances A. Webb Mercer, death 29 Nov 1855 back to the text
  6. "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, Levi Mercer and Nancy A. Henderson, 12 May 1857. Record: Levi Mercer and Nancy A. Henderson, Georgia, County Marriages, Newton, 12 May 1857 "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967", FamilySearch, Levi Mercer, 12 May 1857. Record: Levi Mercer, 12 May 1857 "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967", , FamilySearch, Levi Mercer, 1857. Record: Levi Mercer, 1857 back to the text
  7. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Levi Mercer, 1860. Record: Levi Mercer, 1860 census "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, Levi Mercer, 1870. Record: Levi Mercer, 1870 census FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4TQ-GT8: residences 1860 Newton; 1870 District 547, Newton, Georgia back to the text
  8. Internet Record: Find A Grave Memorial ID 24067731: death 16 Jan 1879 (aged 89), Covington, Newton County; burial County Line Baptist Church Cemetery, Covington Internet Record FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L4TQ-GT8: death 16 Jan 1879, Covington, Newton, Georgia back to the text