The Alverson's have been traced all the way back to the 1600's. Seiliefe was the first who was said to have came from Oslo, Norway to America, and settled in Virginia.
One of his descandants was JOHN ALVERSON who is our 5th generation grandfather.
JOHN ALVERSON was born in Fairfax County,Virginia in 1759 and died in Laurens District, South Carolina on February 25th,1829.He married Frances born 1769 and died January 7th,1853 in Laurens District.John served in the Revolutionary War with the Continental line of Virginia.He was wounded at Valley Forge and was discharged.He re-enlisted as a wagoner and after leaving the service a second time, he moved to Caswell County, NC. He then moved to Laurens District, South Carolina where he had drawn bounty land. Children of John and Frances are: ELIJAH, Zachariah,William,John Jr.,Frances,Polly and Kissie.
ELIJAH ALVERSON, our 4th generation grandfather, was born July 2nd,1785 in Laurens District and died in St.Clair County,Alabama in 1872.He married Clarissa Griffin on March 20th,1810,she was born March 17th,1789 in Newberry County,SC and died between the 1860-1861 census.Elijah was a soldier in the War of 1812. He drew a pension and bounty land in Alabama. Children of Elijah and Clarissa are: Chelsy David, ARCHIBALD, John G.,Charles Ashbury, William,Rueben A.,Barnett Franklin,James M.,Rueben Carroll and Frances Ann.
ARCHIBALD ALVERSON, our 3rd generation grandfather, was born in Laurens District,SC on January 18th,1812 and died February 20th,1900 in Madison County,Alabama.Archibald is buried on Gurley Mountain in Alabama.Archibald was also a Civil War soldier.Archibald's first wife was Elizabeth Cann married on August 1st,1834 in Talladega,Al.,she was born in 1817 in Georgia and died 1860-1861.Children of Archibald and Elizabeth are:George W.,Peggy Ann,Sarah Francis,JACKSON Barnett Franklin and James C. He married Manerva Arnold and their children are: Francis V. His third wife was Annie Elizabeth, children are: Jesse Pinckney,William Carroll,Charles Arthur and Sarah.

JACKSON ALVERSON, our 2nd generation garndfather, was born in St.Clair County,Alabama on June 20th, 1845 and died April 21st,1899 in Birmingham Alabama. He married Sarah E. Nichols on December 31st,1871 born May 11th,1851 and died June 26th,1898 in Coal City, Alabama. Jackson fought in The Civil War with his father and brother. Children of Jackson and Sarah are: Elizabeth,MARY "ETTA",Mack E.,Wiley Franklin, Ida Louella,James Marvin,Walter L.,Jeff Baswell,Rose B. and Benjamin Grover.
MARY "ETTA" ALVERSON was our gr-grandmother.She was born December 17th,1874 in Coal City, Alabama and died July 27th,1953.She died in Graysville but that was not her place of residence at the time of her death, so I assume that she was at Uncle Finis and Aunt Tiny's house when she died.She is said to be buried in the same garve as her mother, Sarah, in Harkey's Cemetery.She married gr-grandpa William D. Smith on May 4th,1892 in St.Clair County.Children of Grandma Etta and Grandpa Bill are Herman Dewey Smith (PAPA) born July 19th,1897 in Coal City and died September 8th,1957 in the Veterans Hospital in Birmingham.Read about PaPa and Granny Smith on the Smith and Meads family pages. Lovekin V. known to us as Uncle Souly. Finis born October 26th,1901 in Coal City and died September 23rd,1988 inGraysville,Alabama. Uncle Finus was married to Aunt Tiny. I do not have her real name, because we always called her that. Audrey was their daughter born January 11th,1912 in Coal City, she married a Funk and moved to Gary,Indiana where she died February 1970.Grandma Etta had 8 grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren when she died.6 of those great grandchildren were us, Martha,Sandra,Charles,Glenda,Brenda and me,Ann.
I will post a picture of Grandma Etta and PaPa Smith as soon as possible.

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