Levi BANKS
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.
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.
Spouse is Lotta or Letta, married 1850.
Married Rebecca K. BENNER 1847
Spouse: RIZOR
Married Osmund J. DYE in 1835.
Married Vincent Theophilus ALEXANDER.
Married Dr. G. J. FUNCHESS in 1846.
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.
Married W. L. DOUGLASS
Married Dr. Wm. WEATHERSBY.
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 .