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                     OLLIVER, OLIVER

                        Fourth Degree Twig

Nearest Ancestor: Susannah "Susan" OLIVER Allen Bradley(8/4/1802 North
Carolina- 8/12/1858 Campton, Walton County, Geogia- buried at the
Bradley Cemetery in the same locale), 3rd great grandmother; marrried
4/24/1817 Jackson County, Georgia to  William Barkley ALLEN(11/27/1788
Burke County Georgia-4/26/1819 Jackson County, Georgia); remarried
2/8/1821 to Thomas BRADLEY(2/8/1792 Jackson County, Georgia-3/25/1858
Campton, Walton County, Georgia- buried at Bradley Cemetery in the same
locale); daughter of Elijah OLLIVER(1781 Virginia-1854 Jackson County,
Georgia and Mary WISE OLLIVER(1799 North Carolina- ? ?)/ Undiscovered
Pedigree.

Old World Roots, Immigration and New World Settlement: Information on
Old World origins and Immigration has neither been pursued or
spontaneously forthcoming. It is presumed that they came from the
British Isles and, based largely on "hand me down" genealogical data
which suggested their new world settlement was in Virginia and North
Carolina, they could have been "Penn-Irish", i.e., that group of
Scotch-Irish who migrated after immigration into Virginia and the
Carolinas after having initially settled in Pennsylvania. They were
known for their shrewd judgement of agricultural land.
What we lack in information preceding their arrival in Jackson County,
Georgia is more than made up for by the autobiographical  accounts
related to the family in the book published by Susan's prominent son,
Reverend John William Barkley Allen(4/19/1819 Jackson County,
Georgia-8/16/1890  Flatonia, Fayette County, Texas), Lessons for Youth,
Lessons XXXIX-XLIII,  Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1883
pp.152-166, perhaps exceeding in quality any other genealogical data in
reports relating to this twig or any other twig in this summary.  His
narrative covers both of his mother's marriages as well as his
grandfather's drinking problem. The prominence of his guardian and
stepfather, Thomas Bradley, in settling Walton County caused the family
to be discussed in the publication of The General Charitable Foundation
of Monroe, Georgia, Inc. entitled Wayfarers In Walton, A History of
Walton County, Geogia 1818-1967, by Anita B. Sams. Mr. Bradley is also
mentioned in various accounts related to his activity in settling
frontier areas as he was an Indian fighter and also a hard-drinking
swashbuckler prior to serving in the War of 1812.

Pertinent chapters from Reverend Allen's book are incorporated into this
summary as below and will provide a convenient jumping off point for
discussing Susan and her family: