Re: Edward Lovell, b. 1757 Surry Co. NC
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In reply to:
Re: Edward Lovell, b. 1757 Surry Co. NC
8/07/00
Reference "History of North Carolina", page 74.Referring to Grover Cleveland Lovill, it states: "His (Grover Cleveland) ancestry goes back toCounty Kent, England, which was the native place of Edward Lovill.Edward and his three brothers came to America in colonial times.Two of them settled in New York, one in Virginia, while Edward was the pioneer of Surry County, North Carolina.He (Edward) was here before the Revolution and when that war came on commanded a company of colonists in the struggle for independence.He married a Miss Carmichael."
This book is in the public library at Goldboro, N.C.