GENERAL INDEX TO COVEY DOCUMENTS FROM:
North Carolina, Tennessee, & Arkansas
1. Deed, 1787/Covey, William, Grant from State of No. Carolina of 257 acres for 50 shillings per acre, on the north side of the Redyfork (of Haw River) See Document
2. Marriage, 1798/Covey, Leven to Sarah Edwards; p. 100, Guilford Co., N.C. State Library
3. Deed, 1807/Covey, William & Rebeckah convey 257 acres to John Denkins for 321 pounds & five shillings See Document
4a. Bible Record, Covey, William & Rebekah; "They Passed This Way", Maury Co., Tenn. State Archives Copied from Fleming Record Alfred Fleming.......came to Tennessee from Guilford Co., N.C., with his grandparents William & Rebekah Covey, and his widowed mother, Sarah Covey Fleming....They settled on the Wm. Covey farm, just off the Mooresville Pike, east of Culleoka, and they are buried in Pleasant Garden Cemetery.
4. Land Trust, 1824/Covey, William, Guilford County Courthouse, Book 16, p. 100 Grant of land to the Methodist Episcopal Church See Document
5. Gift Deed, 1830/Covey, Wm. Sr.- Maury Co., Tenn., Book 0, p. 507, Tenn. State Archives Named are son, Leven L. Covey; grandson, Alfred Fleming; daughter, Sally Fleming See Document
6. Cemetery, 1839/Covey, Wm. & Rebeckah; Maury Co., Tenn. , State Archives for Pleasant Garden Cemetery - On Covey Hollow Road from McCains to Mooresville Pike. Sign on gate reads "Pleasant Garden Cemetery, 1824". Believe this to be site of earliest Methodist Church in that area, for which land was conveyed by William Covey. Buried there: Covey, Rebeckah, consorte of Wm. Covey, died 18 Oct., 1833, aged 93 yrs.; and Covey, William, d. 14 Feb, 1839, aged 91 yrs.
7. Will, 1842/Covey, Leven L., 1842 Will & Inventory, Hardin Co., Tenn. State Library; Named in will are: Sarah Covey, wife; Mary, daughter; Levin G. W. Covey, son; See Document Levin Edward, grandson;
8. Quitclaim, 1843/Covey, Leven, Hardin Co., Tenn. State Library; Heirs named are: E. S. Covey, William W. Covey, Noble W. Covey, L. G. W. Covey, Sarah Covey, Joshua Jones, Jane D. Jones, Mary D. Covey, Rebeccah Matthews, John Matthews, Elija W. Covey, Archibald D. Covey See Document
9. Marriage, 1866/Covey, Levin G. to Mary Gregory; Rec. B, p.466&472 Jackson Co., Ark.
10. Marriage, 1886/Covey, James to Minerva Callie Turner; Book L, Pg. 94, Lawrence Co., Walnut Ridge, Ark. (Rec'd from Powhatan, Ark.)
11. Deed, 1885/James Covey to W.M.Ponder; Deed Rec. #27, p. 323; SE l/4 SE l/4 Sec. 30 Twp. 17N, R2E, Lawrence Co., Ark.
12. Deed, 1886/State to L.G. Covey, tax deed rec. #28, p. 85(forfeited); S l/2 SE l/4 Sec. 31, Twp. 17N, R2E, Lawrence Co., Ark.
13. Deed, 1886/Levin G. Covey & wife, Mary, deed rec. #28, p. 86 to Herman Arndt; S l/2 SE l/4 Sec.. 31, Twp. 17N, R2E, Lawrence Co., Ark.
14. Deed, 1886/James Covy, deed rec. #1, p. 290 from L.D. Brown, N l/2 NE l/4 Sec. 6, Twp. 16N, R2E, July 31, 1886, Lawrence Co., Ark .
15. Deed, 1887/L.G. Covey, deed rec. #29, p. 250 to Herman Arndt, NE l/4 NE l/4 Sec. 6, Twp. 16N, R2E., Lawrence Co., Ark.
16. Deed, 1887/88/James H. Covey and wife, Manerva C., deed Rec. 1, p. 287 to J. O. Wright, N l/2 NE l/4 Sec. 6, Twp. 16N, R2E; satisfied Dec. 11, 1888, Lawrence Co., Ark.
17. Deed, 1888/89/James Covey and wife, Minerva C., deed rec. #2, p. 361, deed of trust to S.C. Dowell, N l/2 NE l/4, Sec. 6, Twp. 16N, R2E, Nov. 14, 1888; satisfied Jan. 19, 1889, Lawrence Co., Ark.
Sec./Twp./Range
30/17N2E/just northeast of Walnut Ridge
31/17N/2E/just east of Walnut Ridge
6/16N/2E/ just southeast of Walnut Ridge
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