Levi Richardson Cason, Jr

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• Death Certificate No.: Certificate Number: 024625.
• SSN issued: Georgia, USA
• Social Security Number: 255-50-1496
• Residence: 1900, Macon, Bibb, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 5 Jun 1917, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1920, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1930, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1975, Chatham, Georgia, USA

Family/Spouse: Mary S Cason. Mary was born in 1895 in Kentucky, USA; died in Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John L Cason was born in 1922 in Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA.
2. Living
3. Living

Family/Spouse: Naomi Duncan. Naomi (daughter of William Peyton Duncan and Mary Lelia Rawlins) was born on 29 Jul 1891 in Georgia, USA; died on 25 Feb 1918 in Wilkinson, Georgia, USA; was buried in Jackson Family Cemetery, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lila V Cason was born in 1916 in Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA.
2. Richard D Cason was born on 25 Feb 1918 in Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA; died on 30 Apr 1930 in Wilkinson, Georgia, USA; was buried in Jackson Family Cemetery, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Washington, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Not Stated, Washington, Georgia, USA
• Military: 10 Sep 1861, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1920, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA

Notes:

LEVI RICHARDSON CASON

Levi Richardson Cason was born near Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia, April 19, 1839. About two years after the War Between the States he located in Toomsboro, Wilkinson County, and except for a year at Forsyth, Ga., and three years at Jackson, Ga., he lived there until his death. He first clerked for Judge Cannon, later for Mr. Ira Deese and he also taught school for a short while. About 1877 he went into business for himself and when he retired forty-five years afterwards he had long been one of the leading merchants of the county. He built the first brick mercantile buildings in the county, at the same time putting up the Wilkinson County Bank Building, the first bank in the county. He served as one of the Directors of this bank from its beginning until about two years before his death, and before it was organized he acted in the capacity of private banker for numbers of his customers. He was an elder in the Toomsboro Christian Church. He had served both as Mayor and Councilman of his town, and was a member of Camp Warthen, U.C.V. He enlisted in the Confederate army, April 19, 1861, age twenty two, in Co. A. 28th.

LEVI RICHARDSON CASON

Regiment Georgia Vol., and served the full four years. He was in many notable engagements and was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Mr. Cason died at Toomsboro, Ga., May 13, 1928, age eighty-eight years, and was buried at the Stephens family cemetery. He was survived by his
wife, four daughters, two sons and eleven grandchildren.

William Cason, grandfather of L.R. Cason, settled in Washington County between Sandersville and Oconee about 1800, moving there with his wife, Rhoda, from Tar River, N.C. They had one daughter, (Mrs. Stuart) and three sons, Henry (Ala.). John Justin (Fla.) and Dennis, father of
L.R. Cason, born in Washington County 1805, died December 2, 1862. Dennis Cason married Sarah Massey, born in N.C. 1806, died Nov. 1887. Sarah was a daughter of Abel Massey and Elizabeth (Jones) Massey, who moved to Washington County from North Carolina in 1814. L.R. Cason had three brothers who also served during the War Between the States. Abel, 1802-65, with First Georgia Battalion; William, 1814-65, with First Georgia Regiment, later with First Georgia Battalion; and John, enlisted in 1861 in Co. B. 28th Georgia Regiment, died of illness May, '62, and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. When Mr. Cason visited Richmond a few years before his death he had a marker placed there for the family, in addition to the Confederate marker. These four soldier brothers had three sisters widowed by the war: Mary, m. Owen
Elkins, d. Nov., '62, at Seven Pines; Rhoda, m. H.L. Hodges, d. '62 at Sharpsburg; Nellie, m. Tom Tucker, d. June '62, in Seven Days' fight around Richmond.

Jan. 4, 1874, L.R. Cason married Martha Virginia Stephens, of Toomsboro, granddaughter of John Stephens and Elizabeth (Matthews) Stephens, who moved to Wilkinson County from N.C. in 1822. John Stephens served with the N.C. Militia during the Revolutionary War, and his grave, two miles south of Toomsboro, was marked April, 1925, by
Major General Samuel Elbert Chapter, D.A.R. Tennille, Ga., the first grave in the county to be so honored. James, the oldest child of John and Elizabeth, was born in N.C. Feb. 27, 1817, and was married in 1840 to Jerusha Barnes, daughter of William Barnes and Cecelia (Vickers) Barnes. Of the six daughters (they had no sons) of James and Jerusha, four became the wives of ex-Confederate soldiers. Martha Virginia being
the wife of L.R. Cason. During the War Between the States James Stephens did home service which entitles his descendants to membership in the S.C.V. and the U.D.C.

(By Mrs. Sarah Cason Todd and Addigene Cason)

Name: Levi R Cason ,
Residence: Washington County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 10 September 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Unit Numbers: 376 376
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 September 1861
Enlisted in Company A, 28th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 10 September 1861.
Surrendered Company A, 28th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 26 April 1865 in Greensboro, NC

Levi + Martha Virginia "Jenny" Stephens. Martha (daughter of James Stephens and Jerusha Barnes) was born on 27 Apr 1850 in Georgia, USA; died on 12 Mar 1941 in Georgia, USA; was buried in Stevens-Cason Family Cemetery, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Martha V Cason
• Residence: 1900, Macon, Bibb, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1920, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1930, Toomsboro, Wilkinson, Georgia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, Not Stated, Washington, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1 Jun 1840, District 90, Washington, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1850, Division 91, Washington, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Not Stated, Washington, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Washington, Georgia, USA
• Probate: 12 Jan 1863, Washington, Georgia, USA

Dennis married Sarah Massey on 1 Jan 1829 in Washington, Georgia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Abel Massey and Elizabeth Jones) was born on 18 Jul 1806 in Washington, Georgia, USA; died in Nov 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sarah Cason
• Residence: 1870, Robsons District 90, Washington, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Ivys, Washington, Georgia, USA

James married Jerusha Barnes in 1840. Jerusha was born on 1 Apr 1812; died on 11 Sep 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Jerusha Stephens

Notes:

Wilkinson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mrs. James Stevens September 11 1899
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Atlanta Constitution, Sep. 11, 1899

September 11, 1899
Atlanta Constitution
Toomsboro - Mrs. James Stevens, an aged lady, died this morning at the
residence of her son in-law L.R. Cason, in this place.
She had just entered her eighty-eight year. She had been confined to her bed
five years and was almost totally blind.

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1790, Not Stated, Pitt, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1810, Not Stated, Pitt, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1820, Not Stated, Washington, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1830, Not Stated, Washington, Georgia, USA

Notes:

William moved to Georgia in the 1790's. He may have first lived in Screven county where his uncle, Hillery Cason lived. By 1800, he was in Washington County. Family tradition is that he remained there until his old age when he moved to the southern part of what is now Brooks County on the Florida border where he died. His wife is supposedly buried at Indian Springs Church in Leon County, Florida, grave unmarked.
SOURCE: Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 8, page 53.

Georgia Land Lottery, 1827
Fortunate Drawers: Wm. Cason,
Captains District: Woods
Number: 176
District: 14
County: Lee County

Fortunate Drawers: William Cason,
Captains District: Adkins,
Number: 265
District: 21
County: Lee County

William + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abel + Elizabeth Jones. Elizabeth was born in 1784 in Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, USA; died on 10 Jun 1859 in Washington, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]