Born in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peter King
and Susanna (Bolling) Britton
Wife of
James Davis Medaris
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Jonathan H Medaris, Ithamer Thomas Redmond Medaris, Stephen Cyrus Medaris and Abraham Medaris
Died
at age 48
in Shelby, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Aug 2018
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Biography
Parents
- Peter King
- Caroline Coble
First Marriage Record
[1]
- Name: James Davis Medearsis
- Gender: Male
- Birth Place: NC
- Birth Year: 1788
- Spouse Name: Levisa King
- Marriage Year: 1809
- Number Pages: 1
1830 United States Federal Census
[2]
- Name: James D Medaris
- Event Type: Census
- Event Date: 1830
- Event Place: Guilford, North Carolina, United States
- Page: 162
1840 United States Federal Census
[3]
- Name: James Modoris [James Medaris]
- Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Montgomery, Owen, Indiana
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 3
- Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2
- Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 8
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8
Find A Grave Burial Record
[4]
- Name Levisa King Medaris
- Birth 7 Jan 1790, USA
- Death 10 Apr 1838 (aged 48), USA
- Burial Plattsville Cemetery, Plattsville, Shelby County, Ohio, USA
- Plot Unmarked Grave
- Memorial ID 20299996
Note that the Find A Grave listing is lacking in that the grave is supposedly unmarked, so how can any details be confirmed? Still working to get a better source for her death.
Sources
- ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. James Davis Medaris married Levisa King in 1809, Source number: 8831.733; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1. See: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/822528:7836.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH59-H12 : 22 August 2017), James D Medaris, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing 162, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 121; FHL microfilm 18,087.
- ↑ 1840 United States Federal Census, James Medaris, Year: 1840; Census Place: Montgomery, Owen, Indiana; Roll: 89; Page: 72; Family History Library Film: 0007728. Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. See: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3128997:8057?ssrc=pt&tid=30455253&pid=26900347873.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20299996/levisa-medaris: accessed 10 June 2023), memorial page for Levisa King Medaris (7 Jan 1790–10 Apr 1838), Find A Grave: Memorial #20299996, citing Plattsville Cemetery, Plattsville, Shelby County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Amanda Gualtieri (contributor 46920174).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Levisa by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Levisa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Levisa by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Levisa:
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~1.56%
Stephen Smith
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member smsmith919
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Jane Cochran :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Nancy (Rose) Bouchard :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Nancybouchard001
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~0.78%
Dianne (Howard) Farquharson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JN6833213 [compare], Ancestry member Diannefarqu
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