Luke Rivers, South Carolina to Mississippi

Luke Rivers[1] was born about 1810 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He is a son of Mark Rivers and Annie Parker. He and his family were enumerated in the 1850 Census for Chesterfield County, South Carolina.[2]  He and his family were listed in the 1860, in the 1870 Census [3] Mary is with her daughter Elizabeth and in 1880; both Luke and Mary S. are listed in the Census for Jones county, Mississippi..[4][5] Luke owned 117.18 acres purchased on 10 Apr 1862 in Jones County, Mississippi.[6] Luke died after 1880 at the age of 70+ in Jones County, Mississippi.

Luke Rivers and Mary Selina John were married in 1841 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Mary Selina John was born in 1828 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Mary is living with her daughter Elizabeth and son-in-law, John Holifield in the 1900 census. She died after 1900 at the age of 72+ in Jones County, Mississippi.

Luke Rivers and Mary Selina John had the following children:

           +2              i.   Flavelia Clarilla Levinia Rivers, born 1840, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married John Madison Musgrove, abt 1858; died 1 Jun 1896, Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi.

           +3             ii.   Nancy Elizabeth Rivers, born abt 1845, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Moses Holifield Jr., abt 1860, Jones County, Mississippi; married John J. Holifield, abt 1871, Jones County, Mississippi; died 26 Mar 1913, Jones County, Mississippi.

           +4            iii.   Sarah Catharine Rivers, born 1845, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married James M. Holifield, abt 1862, Jones County, Mississippi; died 1884.

           +5            iv.   John C. Rivers, born 1848, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Elizabeth Holifield, abt 1870, MS; married Amanda J. Hill, 21 May 1895, Jones County, Mississippi.

Luke and Mary S. Rivers migrated from Chesterfield County, South Carolina to Jones County, Mississippi sometime between 1850 and 1860. His brother Mark Rivers and a sister, Amelia or Emily Rivers Holifield were already in Mississippi. Amelia "Milly" Rivers was married to Moses Holifield and they are listed in the 1840 tax rolls for Jones County, Mississippi. They are also listed in the 1830 Census for Chesterfield County, SC.

Moses Holifield, Jr., son of Moses & Milly married Luke and Mary's daughter Nancy Elizabeth about 1860 in Jones County, Mississippi. Clarilla married John Madison Musgrove; he was a witness at Mark Rivers and Arena Catherine Hancock Rivers divorce trial in 1859.

James M. Holifield who married Sarah Catherine Rivers, daughter of Luke Rivers is the grandson of Moses & "Milly" Holifield (Luke's sister).  

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[1] Minnie Sanders Rivers, The Rivers Family: of Chesterfield County, South Carolina, handwritten (unpublished: n.p., 1929), page 3

[2] 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 168A, Line 6, Family #1065, Dwelling #1065, Household of Luke Rivers; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2000); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.

[3] 1860 U. S. Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi, Page 705, Line 7, Dwelling #303, Family #303, Household of Luke RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2000); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653 Roll 584.

[4] 1870 US Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Township 8, Jones County, Mississippi, Page 202B/203A; Lines 35-41, Family #61, Dwelling #62, Household of Elizabeth HOLIFIELD; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing NARA publication M593_733.

[5] 1880, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Pinelville, Jones County, Mississippi, enumeration district (ED) #126, Page 315D; Line 7, Dwelling 127, Family 127, Household of Luke RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing NARA publication T9, Roll: 651.

[6] United States "U.S. General Land Office Records," database, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ : viewed March 2012), Accession Number: MS0910__.063 - Luke Rivers, Jones County, Mississippi, Homestead patent # 13785.

Amanuensis Monday - Land Deed DB 6:177

Shadrach Johns is my 2nd Great Grandfather. I have written about him and his family in a past post. He served, at age 60, in the Civil war and was captured at the Battle of Marianna, in Florida. This land deed places my great great grandfather in Washington County, Florida in December 1866. Between this date and the 1880 Marlboro County, SC census, he lost his entire family except for one son and two grandchildren. 

LAND DEED -BOOK 6 PAGE 177 CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SC

S. Johns & Others to Alice Goodwin Deed[1]

State of South Carolina

Know all men by these presents, that we, SHADRACH JOHNS and MARY JOHNS of the county of Washington and State of Florida, and JAMES EDDINGS, ANN EDDINGS, and REBECCA BONE of the District of Chesterfield, and State of South Carolina, have in consequence of ninety dollars to us in hand the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged paid by ALICE GOODWIN of the District of Chesterfield and State of South Carolina, have granted, bargained, sold, and released, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and release unto the said ALICE GOODWIN all that parcel or tract of land, containing eight acres, more or less, being a part of a tract of land purchased by MARY BONE deceased of A. P. LaCOSTE deceased together with all and singular the rights, members, hereditaments, and appurtenances, to the said premises belonging or in anywise incident or appertaining; to have and to hold, all and singular the premises before mentioned unto the said ALICE GOODWIN, her heirs and assigns forever; and we do hereby bind ourselves, our heirs,

executors and administrators, to warrant and forever defend, all and singular the said premises unto the said ALICE GOODWIN, her heirs and assigns, against ourselves and heirs, and all persons whatsoever lawfully claiming, or to claim the Same or any part thereof Witness our hands and seals this the third day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and in the ninety-first year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United

States of America.                                     Anna X Johns

Signed, Sealed and delivered                    A. C. Toler

in the presence of E. Rushing                   James X Eddings

James Grant                                              Ann Eddings

W. T. Goodwin                                         William T. Goodwin

W. H. Eddings                                          Effie Goodwin

F. T. Eddings                                            Rebecca X Boan

                                                                 H. J. Johns

                                                    U. S. stamps amounting to

                                                    Fifty Cents properly canceled

State of South Carolina}

County of Chesterfield}

Personally appeared before me W. T. GOODWIN who made oath that he was present and saw JAMES EDDINGS, ANN EDDINGS, EFFY GOODWIN and REBECCA BOAN, sign seal and as their act and Deed delivered the within written deed, and that affiant E. RUSHING and LAURA GRANT witnessed the execution thereof.

                                                                   W. T. GOODWIN

Sworn to before me this 30th}

day of June 1880}

W. L. T. Prince}

Trial Justice}

State of South Carolina}

County of Chesterfield}

Also personally appeared before me F. T. EDDINGS and makes oath that he saw the within named ANNA JOHNS, A. C. TOLER and H. J. JOHNS sign seal and as their act and Deed delivered the

within written deed and that he with W. M. EDDINGS witnessed the execution thereof.

                                                                              F. T. EDDINGS 

Sworn to before me this 4th}

day of Oct. 1879}

H. D. Malloy}

Notary Public}

Auditor's Office}

Chesterfield County}

Recorded 5 Apr. 1880 in Sales Book A page 156

                                                          C. L. Evans

                                                          Auditor

Recorded 1 Nov. 1880

Orig'l deliv'd to W. T. Goodwin

[1] Chesterfield County, South Carolina,  Deed Book 6, Page 177, Register of Deeds, Chesterfield.