Son of James Garrison and Martha Dykes.
Brother of Rev. David A. Garrison.
Husband of Susannah Guilford.
Levi Garrison was born Jan. (or Feb.) 1804, in Effingham Co., GA; died Nov. 12, 1882, in Lake City, Covington Co., GA; 78 years old. Married Susannah Guilford, born Jan. 1807, in Effingham Co., GA; died Dec. 1884, in Covington Co., GA; 77 years old. Her mother was Mary Wilson. Both were buried in a cemetery in Covington Co., AL, but were later exhumed and reburied in the Corner Creek Church cemetery, in Geneva Co., AL, near his brother David.
In 1860, the census shows them in Covington Co., AL, in Williams Wells, living near nephew Levi Garrison Jr. and his family, and son Eleazor Garrison. Levi was a Methodist preacher in Georgia, and a Mason in the Lake City, AL, lodge. A Covington County history tells that Levi owned eight slaves in 1860 (there was a movement in the Methodist clergy to release slaves, but it was illegal in Georgia and the Carolinas to free slaves!). However, Phyllis G. Ansley, whose husband is a descendant of Levi, says that the tradition in the family is that Levi was opposed to slavery. Included in his wife's dowry were 12 slaves, but Levi freed them after their marriage. He and his brother David were opposed on the issue of slavery.
My thanks to Levi and Susanna Garrison descendent Steve West for this additional information
Brother of Rev. David A. Garrison.
Husband of Susannah Guilford.
Levi Garrison was born Jan. (or Feb.) 1804, in Effingham Co., GA; died Nov. 12, 1882, in Lake City, Covington Co., GA; 78 years old. Married Susannah Guilford, born Jan. 1807, in Effingham Co., GA; died Dec. 1884, in Covington Co., GA; 77 years old. Her mother was Mary Wilson. Both were buried in a cemetery in Covington Co., AL, but were later exhumed and reburied in the Corner Creek Church cemetery, in Geneva Co., AL, near his brother David.
In 1860, the census shows them in Covington Co., AL, in Williams Wells, living near nephew Levi Garrison Jr. and his family, and son Eleazor Garrison. Levi was a Methodist preacher in Georgia, and a Mason in the Lake City, AL, lodge. A Covington County history tells that Levi owned eight slaves in 1860 (there was a movement in the Methodist clergy to release slaves, but it was illegal in Georgia and the Carolinas to free slaves!). However, Phyllis G. Ansley, whose husband is a descendant of Levi, says that the tradition in the family is that Levi was opposed to slavery. Included in his wife's dowry were 12 slaves, but Levi freed them after their marriage. He and his brother David were opposed on the issue of slavery.
My thanks to Levi and Susanna Garrison descendent Steve West for this additional information
Son of James Garrison and Martha Dykes.
Brother of Rev. David A. Garrison.
Husband of Susannah Guilford.
Levi Garrison was born Jan. (or Feb.) 1804, in Effingham Co., GA; died Nov. 12, 1882, in Lake City, Covington Co., GA; 78 years old. Married Susannah Guilford, born Jan. 1807, in Effingham Co., GA; died Dec. 1884, in Covington Co., GA; 77 years old. Her mother was Mary Wilson. Both were buried in a cemetery in Covington Co., AL, but were later exhumed and reburied in the Corner Creek Church cemetery, in Geneva Co., AL, near his brother David.
In 1860, the census shows them in Covington Co., AL, in Williams Wells, living near nephew Levi Garrison Jr. and his family, and son Eleazor Garrison. Levi was a Methodist preacher in Georgia, and a Mason in the Lake City, AL, lodge. A Covington County history tells that Levi owned eight slaves in 1860 (there was a movement in the Methodist clergy to release slaves, but it was illegal in Georgia and the Carolinas to free slaves!). However, Phyllis G. Ansley, whose husband is a descendant of Levi, says that the tradition in the family is that Levi was opposed to slavery. Included in his wife's dowry were 12 slaves, but Levi freed them after their marriage. He and his brother David were opposed on the issue of slavery.
My thanks to Levi and Susanna Garrison descendent Steve West for this additional information
Brother of Rev. David A. Garrison.
Husband of Susannah Guilford.
Levi Garrison was born Jan. (or Feb.) 1804, in Effingham Co., GA; died Nov. 12, 1882, in Lake City, Covington Co., GA; 78 years old. Married Susannah Guilford, born Jan. 1807, in Effingham Co., GA; died Dec. 1884, in Covington Co., GA; 77 years old. Her mother was Mary Wilson. Both were buried in a cemetery in Covington Co., AL, but were later exhumed and reburied in the Corner Creek Church cemetery, in Geneva Co., AL, near his brother David.
In 1860, the census shows them in Covington Co., AL, in Williams Wells, living near nephew Levi Garrison Jr. and his family, and son Eleazor Garrison. Levi was a Methodist preacher in Georgia, and a Mason in the Lake City, AL, lodge. A Covington County history tells that Levi owned eight slaves in 1860 (there was a movement in the Methodist clergy to release slaves, but it was illegal in Georgia and the Carolinas to free slaves!). However, Phyllis G. Ansley, whose husband is a descendant of Levi, says that the tradition in the family is that Levi was opposed to slavery. Included in his wife's dowry were 12 slaves, but Levi freed them after their marriage. He and his brother David were opposed on the issue of slavery.
My thanks to Levi and Susanna Garrison descendent Steve West for this additional information
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