Robert Lee Purvis

1811 - 1882  (71 years)

• Name	Robert Lee Purvis
  Born	1811
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Robert L. Purvis Homeplace, Moore County, NC
  Died	1882
  Notes	1850 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 224-B 1860 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 188 1870 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 580-B 1880 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 347-B 1882, Feb 19 -- Will Book D Page 184-185, Moore County, NC Will of Robert L. Purvis, Dec'd. Heirs: youngest son H.C Purvis. Witnesses: Andrew W. Hussey and J.W. Powers. Proven Apr 3, 1882.
  Person ID	I06697	Moore County Wallaces
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2021

  
  

  DNA Tests	18 DNA tests are associated with Robert Lee Purvis
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	atDNA	W.L. Wallace, III
  	atDNA	D.S. Hussey
  	atDNA	Louis Blackwell
  	atDNA	Debra Wheeler
  	atDNA	Andrew Joyce
  	atDNA	William Garner
  	atDNA	Cynthia Sue Phillips
  	atDNA	A. Martindale
  	atDNA	B. Smith
  	atDNA	H.C.. Wallace, Jr.		GEDmatch ID = T212322
  	atDNA	J.W. Williams		GEDmatch ID = T371086
  	atDNA	A.W. Williams		GEDmatch ID = T753117
  	atDNA	Lois Jeanette Hussey
  	atDNA	Tony Williamson
  	atDNA	Peggy Purvis
  	atDNA	Madison Allen
  	atDNA	S. Sanders
  	atDNA	C.A. Wallace

  
  

  Father	Andrew Purvis,   d. 27 Jul 1820, Randolph County, NC
  Mother	Susannah Lane,   b. 1779,   d. 1855  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F12705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Shields,   b. 1816,   d. 1848  (Age 32 years)  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Andrew Jackson Purvis,   b. 27 Mar 1833,   d. 30 Oct 1870  (Age 37 years) + 2. Cornelius Purvis,   b. 30 May 1834,   d. 1888  (Age 53 years) + 3. Missouri Ann Purvis,   b. 15 May 1836,   d. Bef 1870  (Age < 33 years) + 4. Franklin Haywood Purvis,   b. 18 Oct 1837,   d. Aft 1898  (Age 61 years) + 5. Joseph Lane Purvis,   b. 15 Mar 1842,   d. 6 Jan 1914  (Age 71 years) + 6. George H. Purvis,   b. 20 Apr 1844,   d. 13 Feb 1876  (Age 31 years)
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F2223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Ritter,   b. 11 Nov 1827,   d. 26 Jul 1899  (Age 71 years)  [1]
  Children	+ 1. John Madison Purvis,   b. 7 Jan 1849,   d. 10 Apr 1925  (Age 76 years)   2. James Wiley Moore Purvis,   b. 15 Feb 1851,   d. 20 Mar 1919  (Age 68 years) + 3. Mary Elizabeth Purvis,   b. 24 Feb 1853,   d. 20 Apr 1927  (Age 74 years) + 4. Sarah Louisa Purvis,   b. 26 Sep 1863,   d. 7 May 1946  (Age 82 years) + 5. Susannah Catherine "Cass" Purvis,   b. 1 Aug 1866,   d. 2 Dec 1958  (Age 92 years) + 6. Henry Clay Purvis,   b. 3 Aug 1870,   d. 16 Jul 1955  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F2224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - - Robert L. Purvis Homeplace, Moore County, NC  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  1854 County Court Execution Docket, Moore County, NC Page 57 Quimby Wallace v. John Cockman Contains signatures or marks for: George W. Horner, Robert L. Purvis, Henry Brown, John Garner, James Melton, Isham Wallace, Quimby Wallace

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		1847 Tax List, Moore County, NC - District 9 Located in the McKeithan Papers at the Moore County Historical Association. Courtesy of James V. Comer.
  		1847 Tax List, Moore County, NC - District 9 (Partial) Located in the McKeithan Papers at the Moore County Historical Association. Courtesy of James V. Comer.
  		1849 Tax List, Moore County, NC - District 9 Located in the McKeithan Papers at the Moore County Historical Association. Courtesy of James V. Comer.
  		1843 Petition, Moore County, NC 1843, Jan 20 -- Petition, Nov 1842-Jan 1843 General Assembly Session Records The following citizens of Moore County petitioned the General Assembly for relief from debts due to economic hardship. They requested the General Assembly pass a law preventing creditors from buying defaulted property unless the debtors was allowed 2/3 the value of the land: J.J. Alston, Carroll Brady, Bradley Brady, Jesse Hedgepeth, W.D. Tyson, John Warner, Pitate Ivey, N.S. Marley, Neill Peterson, John Oats, Duncan McIver, William Underwood, E.Q. Sowell, Thos. Fry, John D. McDonald, John Patterson, D.M.R. McIntosh (Cpt.), John McIver (Cpt.), Eli R. Sowe;l, Jesse Stafford, Aaron A.F. Sowell, Lewis Lawhon, George Hunsucker, Hugh McKenzie, Jacob Stutts, Daniel Muse, Alexd. Camerson, Wm. Wadsworth, Peter Black, George D. Ritter, J.H. Muse, Mathew Williams, Jesse Sanders, Jno. McDonald, W.K. Benjamin, J. Thomas, D.M. McIntosh, Joab Cheek, Corn, Shields, Fannin Moore, Bryan Boroughs, George Stutts, Henry Stutts, William Sears, Robt. L. Purvis, Stephen Beryman, Benj. Shields, Neill McNeill, Danl. McRae, Hugh Mathis, A. Munroe, A. Stutts, Neill Mathis, Brinkly Phillips, Thomas Muse, Thomas J. Pervis, Daniel McNeill, John Tyson, Balaam Stewart, Henry Stutts Jr., Levi Wright, John Ritter, John Dunlap, J.J. Phillips, Dempsey Sowell, Joseph Upton, John Oliver, Neill McQueen, Angus McCaskill, William B. Williamson, A. Harper, Jesse B. Caddell, Angus McCaskill, James B. Muse, M. McLeod, Green B. Fields, Martin Hunsucker, Newton R. Bryan, Peter Cornelison, Benjamin Phillips, Charles Brady, Elijah Y. Rice [?], Norman D. McDuffie, Wm. Brewer, Martin Shefield, Patrick Shields, William Dannelly, Eli Phillips and L.W. Lawhon. [Editor's Note: Petition rejected by the NC House]

  
  

• Sources

  [S225] Descendants of Robert L. Purvis, Elizabeth Purvis Hussey and Carol Reynolds Purvis, (2020).