Levinia McLain

1810 - 1888  (78 years)

• Name	Levinia McLain
  Birth	27 Jan 1810	Orange Co., NC
  Gender	Female
  _UID	B08ADAF2EC0FD511B568BD47275DDA4EB4F2
  Death	22 Aug 1888	TN
  Person ID	I2393	sorrells
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Jesse McLain
  Mother	Nancy Patton,   b. 4 May 1784, Marshall City, Marshall Co., TN d. 26 Jan 1826, Marshall Co., TN (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F28367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Sherman McAdams, Sr.,   b. 12 Jul 1804   d. 17 Mar 1884, TN (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1827	Marshall County, TN
  Children	1. Margaret Caroline McAdams,   b. 1 Mar 1828   2. Jesse Bryson McAdams,   b. 18 Apr 1829   3. Joseph Henry McAdams,   b. 28 Dec 1830, TN d. 9 Dec 1900, Marshall Co., TN (Age 69 years)   4. James McAdams,   b. 29 Jun 1833   5. Ervin Jasper McAdams,   b. 6 Apr 1835   d. 1906 (Age 70 years)   6. Nancy Jane McAdams,   b. 16 Dec 1836   7. Mary Ann McAdams,   b. 1840   8. America Matilda McAdams,   b. 1841   9. Dorcas E. McAdams,   b. 1844   10. Sarah "Eliza" McAdams,   b. 13 Feb 1846, Marshall Co., TN d. 1930, Marshall Co., TN (Age 83 years)   11. William Ralston or Ross McAdams,   b. 12 Nov 1847, Belfast, Marshall Co., TN d. 11 Mar 1925, Head Springs Cemetery, Lewisburg, Marshall Co., TN (Age 77 years)   12. Martha E. McAdams,   b. Abt 1849, Belfast, Marshall Co., TN   13. John Thomas McAdams,   b. 22 Mar 1853, Lewisburg, Marshall Co., TN d. 6 Apr 1918, Marshall Co., TN (Age 65 years)   14. Infant McAdams,   b. 1857   15. Infant McAdams,   b. 1855
  Family ID	F1096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Photos		Lavinia McAdams Tombstone
  		Levinia McLain McAdams

  
  

• Notes

  Her three brothers, buried at Head Springs Cemetery, have their last names all spelled differently. Ervin McLain, Gus McLane, and Joseph McLean. Will of Lavina McAdams Marshall Co., TN Will Book C pg 143-145 In the name of God Amen, I Levina McAdams being of sound mind and memory and knowing that it is appointed unto man once to die-but after death the judgment do make and adopt this my last will and testament hereby revoking and annulling all wills or parts of wills by me heretofore made. 1st - 1 resign my mortal body to the earth from whence it came and my soul to God who gave it which in his infinite justice will judge aright. 2nd - I will and desire that after death my body shall be decently buried beside my husband William S. McAdams and then a pailing fence of lasting material be erected around all the grave yard where our family is buried the expenses of which shall be paid out of the means may leave in the hands of my executor 3rd - I will and desire that my daughter Dorcas E. Patterson have my feather bed which is at my son’s John T. McAdams’ house and that John T. McAdams, my son shall have the Lounge which is also at his house. That my daughter Martha E. Hawkins have my bed, bedstead and bed clothing now at my old homestead. Mary A. Beard have my old family clock now at the house of W. J. Williams. I will and desire that my sugar chest, now at the house of John P. Calahan, be given my granddaughter Mary Jane Calahan. Lastly- I will and desire that all notes & accounts be collected, that all the property I leave, be sold on such terms so as the judgment of my executor may deem best and the proceeds of which notes and accounts and sale of property together with all the cash in hand at my death after defraying my funeral expenses and the expense of the pailing fence around the grave yard be applied first to the defrayment of all just debt I may owe at my death and secondly the remainder be equally divided among my children to wit- Dorcas E. Patterson, wife of John W. Patterson; William R. McAdams; Martha E. Hawkins, wife of __ A. Hawkins; and John T. McAdams. Now should the above enumerated notes and amounts sale of property and cash on hand after directing the above mentioned expenses be worth more than Eight Hundred Dollars my daughter Mary A. Beard shall have an equal share with those enumerated in all the money or Eight Hundred Dollars. The remainder of my children not above mentioned having each & every one heretofore been given at least an equal share with those enumerated there is no provision made in this will for them and I do hereby nominate and appoint my son John T. McAdams my executor to this my last will and testament and to see the provisions of the same fully carried out. All I have fully read and understand and call on the subscribing witnesses to that fact witness my hand this the 4th day of June A. D. 1886 Lavina McAdams Witnesses Joel A. Ma___ A. J. Wilkerson