Levi BANKS

Birth:
Abt 1782
South Carolina
Death:
15 Nov 1835
Mississippi
Marriage:
31 Dec 1807
Franklin, Georgia
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. Family Records
    2. Census and Dept. of Archives and History, Atlanta, GA
    3. Elbert Co., GA Records (FHL#975.8163 P2d)
    4. Elbert Co., GA History (FHL#975.8163 H2m)
    5. GA Headrights and Bounty Grants (FHL#975.8 R2i)
    6. Early Records of Wilkes Co., GA (FHL#975.817 N2d)
    7. Main Archives - nil
    8. Ancestral File

NAME:
    Levi was nicknamed Sandy.

    Served in the War of 1812.

    Isaac Alexander was his bro-in-law.

    Levi Banks was one of the earliest settlers of Lawrence Co., Miss.
    Served in Capt. M. Runnell's Co. of the Thirteenth Miss. Territory Infantry
    during War of 1812.  Moved to Simpson Co after 1824 formation and stayed
    there until the rest of his life.

    Muster rollsMarch 1815.

    Marriage certificate for Levi Banks/Mary Elizabeth ALEXANDER at Dept. of
    Archives and History, Atlanta, GA 30334 .  They married in Franklin Co.,
    GA.

    May be son of James BANKS from S.C. (Corfe Castle, England)

    Info compiled by Eliz. McGlothlin, 3901 - 23rd Ave., Meridian, MS, May 1974.

    Probably traveled from S.C. to Ga with Matthew Alexander of Pendleton Dis-
    trict,S.C., where he married Matthew's dau, Mary Elizabeth.  Moved to Ms.
Mary Elizabeth ALEXANDER
Birth:
Abt 1790
Pendleton, South Carolina
Death:
12 Jun 1846
of Mississippi
Notes:
                       Info from Elizabeth McGlothlin, 3901 - 23rd Ave.,
    Meridian, MS. May 1974.
    Her father, Matthew ALEXANDER, served in the Revolutionary War,
    probably from Pendleton District, South Carolina.
Children
Marriage
1
Vincent Stewart BANKS
Birth:
1816/17
Lawrence, Mississippi
Death:
1910
Notes:
                       Spouse is Lotta or Letta, married 1850.
2
Matthew Alexander BANKS
Birth:
24 Apr 1820
Lawrence, Mississippi
Death:
Rebecca BONNER 
Marr:
7 Apr 1847
Lawrence, Mississippi 
Notes:
                       Married Rebecca K. BENNER 1847
3
Lucinda BANKS
Birth:
10 Jul 1820
Lawrence, Mississippi
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       Spouse:  RIZOR
4
Vashti BANKS
Birth:
12 Jun 1821
Lawrence, Mississippi
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       Married Osmund J. DYE in 1835.
5
Arminta BANKS
Birth:
20 Jul 1822
Lawrence, Mississippi
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       Married Vincent Theophilus ALEXANDER.
6
Amanda M. BANKS
Birth:
1824
Lawrence, Mississippi
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       Married Dr. G. J. FUNCHESS in 1846.
7
Charles Bingley BANKS, (CAPT.)
Birth:
26 May 1826
Lawrence, Mississippi
Burial:
1902/04
Banks Family Cem, Pinola, Simpson, Mississippi
Nancy Ann WILKES 
Marr:
2 Dec 1848
Westville, Simpson, Mississipp 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. Info from Wilkes Family History and Geneology, Thomas Wilkes (1735-1809) and His Descendants, 1965, by Ivan Bass., Carr Pub., Co., Boyce, VA (1965, Wash., D.C.)
    2. Family Records

NOTES:
    Capt. Charles Bingley Banks served the C.S.A. in the Pearl River Guards.
8
Mary Elizabeth BANKS
Birth:
10 May 1832
Lawrence, Mississippi
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       Married W. L. DOUGLASS
9
Satira BANKS
Birth:
15 May 1835
Lawrence, Mississippi
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       Married Dr. Wm. WEATHERSBY.
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Levi Banks - Mary Elizabeth Alexander

Levi Banks was born at South Carolina Abt 1782. His parents were Richard B. Banks and Karrenhappuch Hooker.

He married Mary Elizabeth Alexander 31 Dec 1807 at Franklin, Georgia . Mary Elizabeth Alexander was born at Pendleton, South Carolina Abt 1790 daughter of Matthew Alexander and Martha Wooford .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Vincent Stewart Banks born 1816/17.
Matthew Alexander Banks born 24 Apr 1820.
Lucinda Banks born 10 Jul 1820.
Vashti Banks born 12 Jun 1821.
Arminta Banks born 20 Jul 1822.
Amanda M. Banks born 1824.
Charles Bingley Banks, (Capt.) born 26 May 1826.
Mary Elizabeth Banks born 10 May 1832.
Satira Banks born 15 May 1835.

Levi Banks died 15 Nov 1835 at Mississippi .

Mary Elizabeth Alexander died 12 Jun 1846 at of Mississippi .