_Matthew GLEAVES ____
| (1725 - 1760)
_William GLEAVES ____|
| (1748 - 1820) m 1770|
| |_Esther _____________
| (1728 - 1808)
_Thomas GLEAVES _____|
| (1771 - 1849) m 1797|
| | _Thomas TURK ________
| | |
| |_Elizabeth TURK _____|
| (1753 - 1840) m 1770|
| |_Margaret ___________
|
|
|--Americus D. GLEAVES
| (1809 - 1899)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Sarah SMITH ________|
(1776 - 1848) m 1797|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
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Notes from "The Descendants of Matthew Glaves":
Americus and his brothers Benjamin and Felix all served in Hill's Company of the 1st Tennessee Infantry during the Cherokee War 1836-39. This was a unit of volunteers. On September 24, 1892, Americus filed a Survivor's Certificate (#1815) for a pension for his service. After he died in 1898, his widow, Eliza T. Everett, filed a Widow's Certificate (#5596) on March 21, 1900. Index to Indian Wars Pension Files 1892-1926
Americus is listed in the 1850 Davidson County, Tennessee Census living with the family of his younger brother, Benjamin. There is no record of him in 1860, but he is listed again in 1870, this time in Wilson County. Americus and Eliza's marriage is recorded in Early Middle Tennessee Marriages. He would have been almost 50 years old at time. It is possible that he had been married earlier, although no record of a prior marriage has been found.
Americus is buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery, in the town of Lebanon, Wilson County. It is not known if Eliza is buried there as well, as no grave has been found. She does appear in the records of the Cemetery so it is likely that the headstone has disappeared.
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