Hugh Levi Lavender

Hugh L. Lavender b: 1778(?) d: 4 Sep 1836 married Jane Hopper b. 27 Apr 1799-d: 6 Dec 1846 (a daughter of Sally Dial Hopper) on Dec. 12, 1824 in Greene Co., Alabama (Alabama Soldiers, Vol. 16, p. 39 and Early Alabama Marriages, p. 49; in FHL Library, Salt Lake City.

In around 1822, Hugh Levi Lavender (and brother John L. Lavender) had moved to Greene County, Alabama, which was opening up following expulsion of Indian tribes to further west.

A Federal Land Patent there is deeded to Hugh L. Lavender of Greene County, Feb. 18, 1825, for Greene County T22N - R5E, the W½NW¼ Sec. 4. In Bureau of Land Management records (see link above), it is indexed as Hale County, which was later carved out of Greene. In BLM Tract Books, which record payment of taxes, it is listed in Greene Col. (Vol. 81, Greenville, Image 222 of 269).

At the sale of Hugh Levi Lavender's Estate in 1844, "Negro man Robbin" -- presumably Bob, a young person inherited from Hugh Levi's father in 1834 -- went with Hugh Levi's widow, Jane Hopper Lavender ($600). Five other people went with other family members:

• Hannah a woman, and child, $630 / Robert S. Lavender
• Rob, a boy $750 /James M. Boyd (a cousin)
• Small boy name not listed $401 / Austin Prestwood (a neighbor and witness on family Wills in this group)
• George, a small boy $262 / Robert S. Lavender

Hugh Levi Lavender's Probate is in Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 for Hugh L. Lavender Sumter Estate Papers, Lavender, Hugh L. to Lawson, James R, Image 593 (the 1844 Sale), via Ancestry.com.

On Image 662 in the same online file, the initial Property/Inventory Appraisement of 1836 appears, stating "1 Negro man $1300, boy $900, woman & child $1200."

Children of Hugh L. Lavender and Jane Hopper:

1. Robert Smith Lavender b: 1825/1826. Died at about 17; his name appears in an 1845 note in the Hugh L. Lavender Probate File referenced above; Image 277.
2. Sarah Ann Lavender b: 1827 d: Bef 1880 + James William Crenshaw b: 5 Jan 1818 d: 1885
3. Ruth Louise / Selina Lavender b. 1826-d. 1849, Sumter Co., Alabama (FindAGrave) + John E. Crenshaw b: 1824 - died 1877, Texas (FindAGrave). Ruth had two daughters with John E. Crenshaw: Elizabeth Ann b. 1846-d. 1918 (FindAGrave) and Ruthy Jane b. 1848.
4. William Uriah Lavender b: 13 Feb 1829 d: Binnsville, MS, 15 Jan 1898 + Mary Annie Walker on Sept. 27, 1849, Sumter Co. (Early Alabama Marriages, p. 51; in FHL Library, Salt Lake City). Mary Anne was b: 7 May 1832-d: 19 Feb 1897. Their son was W.H. Lavender, born Feb. 28, 1869-Died Dec. 14, 1932 (dates from Alabama Soldiers, Vol. 16, p. 38). W.H. Lavender had a son Henry Erasmus Lavender, born April 12, 1894 Binnsville, MS-died April 7 1969 Boligee, Ala. (dates from Alabama Soldiers, Vol. 16, p. 38).
5. Hugh Alexander Lavender b: 1831 + Elizabeth Payne b: 1838
6. Margaret Ann Lavender b: 1833 d: ~1854 while in Texas (other sources mistake this Margaret A. or S. Lavender for Margaret E. Lavender, daughter of Robert Smith Lavender and a cousin of Margaret A/S).
7. John David Lavender b: 29 Feb 1836 d: 16 Jun 1899 + Rebecca Barlow Poythress b: 10 Nov 1838 d: 28 Jan 1936, Birmingham, Ala. John David was married Dec. 19, 1860 in Sumterville, Ala. to Rebecca Barlow Poythress, who had come to Alabama in 1853 in a covered wagon from Petersburg, Va., with her parents (James Edward Poythress and Catherine Smith Preston). Rebecca was born Nov. 10, 1838, in Petersburg, and died Jan. 28, 1936, in Birmingham at the age of 97. Children of John David & Rebecca included: John Levi Lavender (Birmingham); Catherine Ann (Mrs. J. W. Lavender m. Nov. 22, 1897, Sumter Co.; Early Alabama Marriages, p. 49; in FHL Library, Salt Lake City). Catherine (Katie) died in 1943; Ida Thomas (Mrs. Janie S. Sullivan), Birmingham; Dr. William Algernon Lavender (died 1940, Birmingham), Lemuel Thomas Lavender (married [1] Jane Elizabeth Lavender), LaGrange, Ga.; Herbert Windham Lavender (married Mary Ruth Scarborough on Dec. 24, 1902, Early Alabama Marriages, p. 49; in FHL Library, Salt Lake City, Livingston, Alabama (John David Lavender family data from Alabama Historical Quarterly, Winter 1944, p. 596). J.D. served in the 36th Ala. Infantry (Newspapers.com; 1891 soldiers reunion).

From Dial Family Tree posted on RootsWeb in 2013 by Judy Blaydoe, descendant of the Dials.

See also Descendants of Jeremiah Dial -- Third Generation, online.

A different Hugh Levi Lavender appears in Early Alabama Marriages, p. 49; in FHL Library, Salt Lake City, marrying Ruth Ford on Dec. 29, 1919 in Sumter Col, Alabama. He also appears in the Greene County, AL 1930 census, Mantua area. In his household are 2 males and 2 females age 0-5, one male age 20-29 and a female 20-29 (his wife).