Greenleaf/Greenlief family in WV
My grandmother's name was Lula Dawson Greenlief, daughter of John Hezekiah and Sarah Kathryn (Mowery) Greenlief.She was the oldest child and told me when she learned to write her name that she and her father decided to change the spelling from Greenleaf to Greenlief.This would have been about 1894.She had 8 brothers and sisters.They grew up in Glenville, WV (Gilmer County).There are other Greenleafs in the same area.I believe my gr.grandfather's father was possibly Archibald Greenleaf of Jackson County as listed in the 1850 census of VA.Gilmer was later made from Jackson Co. and other counties.I have found an early history of Jackson County which states that the Greenleafs were early settlers there.
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Judy Johnson 8/10/01