William Oliver: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

William Oliver was born about 1844 in Mississippi (son of Egbert Oliver and Pauline ???); died on 28 Dec 1868 in Montgomery County, Texas.

Notes:

William, his younger brother Robert, and his half brother Wm. McGrew were all shot to death in Montgomery County, Texas on December 28, 1868. Their corpses were all taken and laid on porch of their mother.

Nathaniel Hart Davis, recorded the bloody event on page 33 of his journal, "McGrew-Oliver Killing of Dec. 28, 1868 - On the 28th of December in the forenoon four men , Wm McGrew Esq. County Atty. for the last two years and his two half-brothers, John and Bob Oliver of this town and "Charles Brown" of Cokesbury, S. Carolina alias "Texas Brown" of whom an account is given in Harper's Monthly of Decr. 1868 were shot to death here (Montgomery) by some ten to 20 or thereabouts, men of this town and vicinity."

Generation: 2

Egbert Oliver was born about 1824 in Alabama; died on 1 Oct 1853 in Montgomery County, Texas.

Notes:

Shot after breaking out of jail on an attempted murder charge.

Egbert married Pauline ??? between 1846 and 1848 in Mississippi. Pauline was born about 1824 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pauline ??? was born about 1824 in Alabama; and died.

Children:

1. William Oliver was born about 1844 in Mississippi; died on 28 Dec 1868 in Montgomery County, Texas.
Robert Oliver was born about 1848 in Texas; died on 28 Dec 1868 in Montgomery County, Texas.