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From: "Peggy Lambert" <>
Subject: Re: [NCCHEROK] Jim and Nora LOVINGOOD
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:55:54 -0400
References: <4722A007.2020404@ix.netcom.com>


Had this in my records and thought someone in the Lovingood family could use
it.

Peggy

LOVINGOODS- (Noah, George, and Wendall Lovingood). About the year 1835,
three brothers, Harmon, George, a Baptist preacher, and William Lovingood,
came to Cherokee Co. from Greenville Dist. S. C. They first attempted to
locate on Valley River near the present airport. They encountered
difficulties with the Indians and migrated to the Hanging Dog section. Here
they obtained grants, which totaled 6,000 acres. This was known as the
Lovingood donation. These brothers built a dam on Hanging Dog Creek and put
up an iron forge. They manufactured iron for the State in payment for the
land grants.
One of the Lovingood brothers, Bill, left the Hanging Dog section and
moved to Ga. near the Town of Morganton.
The first child born to George Washington & Nancy Lovingood is thought
to be the first white child born in this section. Children: Noah H; Jane;
Harmon R.; and Napolian B.
To Harmon and Winna Lovingood was born: Benjamine F. (Tip); Isaac;
Martha Anne; Samuel; Jesse E.; Amanda; Pheby; Eliza L.; George W.; Frances
M.; and Harmon M.
Benj. F. Lovingood had the following descendants: George, James, Anna
(Mrs. J. Palmer), Addie (Mrs. B. Palmer); Addie (Mrs. Johnson, of Athena,
Tenn.).
George Lovingood, son of B. F. Lovingood, m. Dora Treadway, dau. of
Rev. E. R. Treadway, Baptist minister and pastor of Peachtree and Hanging
Dog churches. They live at Grandview, three miles from Murphy. Children:
Ray, a merchant in Murphy; Homer, with General Motors in Springfield, Ohio;
Vernon lives at Gastonia; Jack, owns a drug store in Hendersonville, m. a
dau. of Dr. Heighway; Mrs. Fred Bates of Murphy; and Mrs. Maggie Anderson,
who lives with her parents.
James Lovingood, son of B. F. and Clair Bates Lovingood, was one of the
first students to enter the University of N. C. He taught school for 45
years, mostly in Cherokee Co. He served on the Board of County Commissioners
Children: Stanley; Wendall; Paul Harley; Ruby; Ralph, and Clair.

Source: "Unto These Hills" by Margaret Walker Freel -1976 Cherokee Co. NC-
page 307








----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Darnall" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 10:18 PM
Subject: [NCCHEROK] Jim and Nora LOVINGOOD


> Below is the composite of information for the family of James A.
> Lovingood, compiled from census enumeration data. It answers some
> questions about the family and raises many others. Maybe some Lovingood
> family members can add what they know to the information to figure out
> how this family fits into the composite family.
>
> Jean
> _____________________________________________
>
> James A. LOVINGOOD, born Mar 1876 in NC /[1910, 1920 CENSUS]/.
> According to census records, he married twice:
>
> He married _(M1) Nora A. HARRISON_ abt 1896/7 probably in GA /[MARR INFO
> FROM 1900, 1910 CENSUS]/; she died betw 1910-1920 /[LAST ENUM 1910; (M2)
> WIFE IN HOUSEHOLD 1920]/. She was probably d/o Van Buren HARRISON and
> Ruth [--?--] /[1880 CENSUS: BATESVILLE, HABERSHAM, GA]/.
>
> He married _(M2) Mary [--?--]_ betw 1910-1920 /[EXTRAPOLATED FROM 1910,
> 1920 CENSUS]/. She was born abt 1890 in TN /[1920 CENSUS]/.
>
>
> DOCUMENTED FAMILY CONNECTION TO NC: Census data show that James A.
> LOVINGOOD was born in NC, and that his family returned there for a brief
> time for the birth of the sixth child, Dewey, who was born 1911 in NC.
> Otherwise, this family seems to have lived in GA, including Gilmer Co.,
> and Fannin Co.
>
> VITAL INFORMATION MATCH: Coincidentally, James A. LOVINGOOD is a match
> to the the name and birth information of the James LOVINGOOD enumerated
> in the 1880 Murphy Twp., Cherokee Co. NC household of Harmon L. WEEKS
> and his (M2) wife, Ann (TALLENT) ROBARDS. Neither James Lovingood nor
> the female child named Elizabeth LOVINGOOD, also enumerated in that
> household, have been included in the list of children attributed to
> Harmon L. Weeks [at least not in Noah & Beatrice Lovingood's _History of
> the Lovingood Family_], so their relationship to the LOVINGOOD family
> remains a mystery.
>
> SPECULATION: Could the James Lovingood of the 1880 Murphy, CCNC census
> and his sisterElizabeth, have been a children of Ann (Tallent) Robard's
> previous marriage who were given the LOVINGOOD surname by their
> step-father, Harmon LOVINGOOD? Could they have been a children of
> Harmon L. LOVINGOOD and his (M2) wife whose weren't, for some reason,
> acknowledged by family researchers-possibly because he left the area at
> a young age and they both somehow faded from the scene? Or were these
> children actually grandchildren of Harmon L. Weeks who were mistakenly
> labeled as son and daughter? In any case, the match between the James
> LOVINGOOD in the 1880 enumeration and the entries in the 1900, 1910,
> 1920 GA enumerations is intriguing.
>
>
> Children of James A. Lovingood are /[NOTE: FIRST 4 CHILDREN PROBABLY
> FROM (M1) Nora A. HARRISON]/:
> 1. David D. LOVINGOOD, born July 1898 in GA; may have died young /[NOT
> ENUMERATED WITH FAMILY 1910, 1920]./
> 2. Maudie J. LOVINGOOD, born abt 1901 in GA.
> 3. William L. "Fate" LOVINGOOD, born abt 1905 in GA /[NOTE: ENUMERATED
> AS BOTH WILLIAM L. AND FATE; FATE IS A COMMON NICKNAME FOR LAFAYETTE,
> WHICH WAS MOST LIKELY HIS MIDDLE NAME]./
> 4. Ethel M. LOVINGOOD, born abt 1906 in GA.
> 5. Claudie LOVINGOOD, born abt 1908 in GA.
> 6. Dewey LOVINGOOD, bor abt 1911 in NC.
> 7. Vergie LOVINGOOD, born abt 1913 in GA.
>
> SOURCES:
> 1. 1880 U.S. Federal Census: Murphy Twp., Cherokee Co., NC: household
> of Harmon L. Weeks.
> 2. 1880 U.S. Federal Census: Batesville, Habersham, GA: household of
> Van Buren Harrison.
> 3. 1900 U.S. Federal Census: Town Creek, Gilmer Co., GA: household of
> James A. Lovingood.
> 4. 1910 U.S. Federal Census: Town Creek, Gilmer Co., GA: household of
> James A. Lovingood.
> 5. 1920 U.S. Federal Census: Flint Hill District, Fannin Co., GA;
> household of James A. Lovingood.
> 6. Lovingood, Noah and Lovingood, Beatrice. A History of the Lovingood
> Family. Publ. Murphy, Cherokee Co., NC: 1976.
>
>
>
> __________________________________________
> Judy,
>
>
>
> Is there anything you can tell me about the family of Jim and Nora
Lovingood?
>
> They had children: Fate, Claude, Maude, Ethel, and Virgie. Nora's maiden
name
>
> was Harrison.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Patt Thomas
>
>
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