Elizabeth Job - Josiah Leath, Sr.

My 6th Great Aunt

Daughter of Caleb Job and Barbary ?

	Intermarriages
	My Jobe Ancestors (Ann Jobe Brown--me)
	Andrew Sr - Andrew Jr - Caleb - Samuel - Isaac - Eli B. - Jesse - Caleb - Jessie William - Earl Frederick
	Vernon - MacKay - McIntire - Brewer - Mears - Davis

Elizabeth (Job) Leath
--b. about 1741 Augusta Co., Virginia
--d. probably Jefferson Co., TN
--m. Josiah Leath, Sr.
--abt 1767 probably Old Dunmore Co., Virginia
----b. abt 1746 Frederick Co., Virginia
----d. August 1787 Jefferson Co., TN
------buried Shady Grove Cemetery, Danbridge, Jefferson Co., TN

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Shady Grove Cemetery
Tombstones of Josiah Leath, Sr

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My Websites for Elizabeth

Job(e) Legacy - Gedcom on Rootsweb World Connect

JOB(E) LEGACY
Descendants of Andrew Job Jr

Leath Family

Josiah Leath, Sr., the son of George Leath, Sr. and Miriam ? , was the nephew of Elizabeth's stepfather, Ephriam Leath. Elizabeth was only a young girl of about 11, when her mother, Barbary (?) Job married Ephriam.

Revolutionary War

"Josiah was a patriot in the Rev. War because he "supplied two beeves at 475 lbs., for 2 pence /lb. which makes his descendants eligible for membership in the DAR and SAR".
Quotes from the book. The DAR in Gatlinburg, TN marked his grave in May, 1999. Josiah is buried about 25 feet from his son,Josiah's(Jr.) mother and father-in-law, George and Priscilla Goforth Doherty. . . .
Josiah (Sr.) and Elizabeth Jobe, and George and Priscilla Doherty were here in East TN (then North Carolina) before 1780. George was one of John Sevier's Captains in the Battles of King's Mountain (John Sevier was the first governor of TN) and George was a Brig. Gen in the War of 1812."

The Leath Family History, Vol 1"
Leslie R. Waltman & Andrew L. Leath (1995)

Quotes below used with permission of Andrew L. Leath
"p. 6 of the Leath Book

"Caleb Jobe's will probated in June 1750, names his wife Barbara and four children, Samuel, Jacob, Nathan and Elizabeth Jobe. The three Jobe sons went to present-day Tennessee in the 1780's and are found in Sullivan Co.,, Tennessee, records at an early date. We have no evidence of what happened to the daughter Elizabeth who appears to be the youngest of the Jobe children so was probably born ca. 1748. We speculate that she may be the same as the Elizabeth, b ca 1748, who married Josiah Leath, Ephraim's nephew, whose land adjoined Ephraim's."

*near bottom of p. 7 of Leath book

"Josiah Leath's will was proved 3 Nov 1789 (Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas, Greene Co., Tenn, Book 1783 -95. p. 136). The will was written 7 Nov. 1782 but has not been located among Greene Co. records. His widow, now Mrs. Elizabeth Matthews, is named as Administratix (Ibid., p. 182). Jeremiah Matthews (also Mathes) was appointed guardian of Josiah's son Josiah (Ibid, p. 208). Josiah's widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Leath, had md. (2) 9 Oct 1788, Greene Co., NC (now Tenn.), to Jeremiah Mathes (originally Matthews), the son of Alexander and Grizzie Mathews of Shenandoah Co., VA Jeremiah was a brother to Alexander Mathes, Jr., who married Josiah Leath's younger sister Ann Leath. Jeremiah and Elizabeth Mathes had one child, a daughter Polly Mathes, b. ca. 1789, Greene Co., Tenn., and md. 19 Aug. 1806, Jefferson Co., Tenn, to George Doherty, Jr. George Jr. was the son of General George Doherty and his 1st wife Priscilla Goforth, and a younger brother to Rachel Doherty who married Polly Mathes older half-brother, Josiah Leath, Jr."

*on page 8 of Leath book
Josiah and Elizabeth's children as:
Miriam b 12 Oct. 1768 Josiah b 1770 who md Rachel Doherty Elizabeth b ca 1774 George b ca 1777 Barbara b 1780 Ebenezer b 1 Oct 1782/83 James b ca 1784

Chronology

1741
--Elizabeth Job was born to Caleb Job and Barbary - in Augusta Co., Virginia
1740's
-Elizabeth is believed to have been raised in Augusta - Old Dunmore - Shenandoah Cos., Virginia as a child.
1750

4th Day 6th Month - Augusta Co.,VA

Will of Caleb Job - Father

"I will and bequeath the plantation I now live on to my wife, Barbary, during her widowhood and after the plantation to be sold and the money equally divided between my four children - Samuel, Jacob, Nathan, and Elizabeth."

July 28
-Caleb's will is probated and recorded in Augusta County, Clerks Office, Staunton, VA in Will Book 1, page 253

Aug 2
-Abraham Job and Moses McKay gave bond on will of Caleb Job
1752
-Barbary, widow of Caleb Job and mother of Nathan, remarries to Ephriam Leath
August 20
-Moses MacKay paid for counter secirity from Barbary Job and Ephraim Leath, administrators of Caleb Job
1753
May 22
-Records report that Ephraim Leith and Barbara Job, Admrs. of Caleb Job. Barbara Job has married Leith. Counter security.
-Zachariah MacKay, future father-in-law of Jacob and Samuel (Nathan's brothers), was appointed constable and ordered to be sworn in
abt 1764
Jacob Job, brother to Elizabeth, marries Deborah MacKay
(d/o Zachariah MacKay, probably Frederick or Augusta Co., VA)
abt 1767

Elizabeth Job, marries Josiah Leath, Sr. probably Frederick Co., VA
1768
-Ephriam Leeth, Elizabeth's stepfather, made bond for title to the church wardens of the parish of Frederick for half of an acre of land when he had clear title to the land.' It appears that Ephraim lived on his portion of the 200 acres he inherited from his father James Leath
1771
-Soon after this date, many Virginians settled in the northeastern tip of present-day Tennessee. Later they found they were in North Carolina. Among these early setters were probably Elizabeth's brothers, Samuel and Jacob
Late 1774
Nathan Job, sister to Elizabeth, married Lydia McCarty,
d/o Darby McCarty and Hannah Richardson,
in Shenandoah Co., VA
1775
-Ephriam (and persumably Barbary), Elizabeth's mother and stepfather, are listed on census of Dunmore Co., VA with three males over 16, three males under 16, and six females
1776
--Ephriam Leath appeared in court in the 1770's in the case of Hite et a]. vs. Fairfax to claim his land which was due his father as an early settler of the Hite and McKay survey. Ephraim Leeth finally received clear title to this land in 1791, some six years after his death. The grant totaled 133 acres and was on Jeremy's Run. This land was located in present-day northern Page County, Virginia
- Wataugua Settlement was annexed to NC. Washington District became Washington County with the Mississippi River as Western Boundary.
1781
-Ephriam Leeth was given receipt for selling one steer to the Continental Army
1782

Entries from: Virginia Revolutionary Publick Claims Vol. 3
Compiled and Transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten
Iberian Publishing Company, Athen, Georgia

Shenandoah County Court Booklet
pg. 14 Josiah Leeth a bagg 15s
1783
-Ephriam (and persumably Barbary), Elizabeth's mother and stepfather, are listed on Shenandoah Co., VA Tax List with six whites and no blacks
1784
-Will of Barbary Job Leath
--Josiah and Elizabeth traveled to what was then Greene Co., NC but is present day Jefferson Co., Tennessee and settled about five miles west of Dandridge on the French Broad River.
1785
-James Leeth was appointed administrator of the estate of his father, Ephriam Leeth
abt 1814
-Deborah, wife of Jacob Job, dies in Sullivan Co., TN

Children

Miriam (Leath) Elliott
--b. October 12, 1768 Frederick Co., Virginia
--d. 1847/48 Marion Co., VA
----buried Elliott Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie Co., TN.
--m. William ELLIOTT
--June 22, 1790 Greene Co., TN
----b. November 14, 1764 York Co., Pennsylvania
----d. June 27, 1834 Marion Co., TN
------buried Elliott Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie Co., TN.

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Elliott Cemetery - Dunlap, Sequatchie Co., TN.
Josiah Leath, Jr.
--b. 1769/70 Frederick Co., Virginia
--d. May 1850 Cherokee Co., Alabama
--m. Rachel DOHERTY
--December 27, 1793 Jefferson Co., TN
----b. abt 1775 Augusta Co., Virginia
----d. 1840 Cherokee Co., Alabama
------d/o George Doherty and Priscilla GOFORTH
--------gd/o George Doherty and Elizabeth WILLIAMS
--------gd/o Preston Goforth and Rachel CLEMENTS
----------gt gd/o William Goforth and Sarah PRESTON
------------2nd gt gd/o William Goforth and Anne SKIPWORTH
Elizabeth (Leath) Padgett
--b. 1774 Dunmore Co., Virginia
--d. 1825
--m. John PADGETT
--December 25, 1792 Jefferson Co., TN
----b. abt 1770 Virginia
----d. 1850 Worthington, Greene Co., Indiana
George Leath
--b. abt 1777 Virginia
--d. 1847 Knox Co., Kentucky
--m.
--January 22, 1800 Jefferson Co., TN
----b. abt 1778 Bedford Co., VA
----d. October 12, 1858 Knox Co., Kentucky
------d/o Thomas Ambrose Arthur and Sarah Murray ARTHUR
--------gd/o James Arthur and ---
----------gt gd/o Thomas Arthur and Sarah Elizabeth DIXON
--------gd/o William A. Arthur and Anne MURRAY
----------gt gd/o Thomas Barnabus Arthur and Ann MOORE
----------gt gd/o David Murray and Jane CLARK
Barbara (Leath) George
--b. abt 1780 Virginia
--d. 1845
----buried George Cemetery, Louisville, Tennessee
--m. Samuel GEORGE
--January 24, 1799 Jefferson Co., TN
----b. 1776 Pennsylvania
----d. May 2, 1840 Blount Co., Tennessee
------buried George Cemetery, Louisville, Tennessee
------s/o Edward George and Martha WOOLASTON
--------gs/o Samuel Woolaston and Gobitha POWELL
----------gt gs/o Rowland Powell and Maud RICHARDS
Ebenezer Leath
--b. October 1, 1783 Winchester, Shenandoah Co., VA
--d. November 13, 1853 Broomtown, Cherokee Co., Alabama
----buried Mount Bethel Cemetery, Cherokee Co., Alabama
--m/1 Martha 'Patsy' SELLERS
--April 21, 1807 Jefferson Co., TN
----b. abt 1785 Shenandoah Co., Virginia
----d. August 26, 1824 Jefferson Co., TN
------buried Shady Grove Cemetery, Jefferson Co., TN
--m/2 Mary 'Polly' LAWRENCE
--January 27, 1825 Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee
----b. January 25, 1805 Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee
----d. September 11, 1882 Broomtown, Cherokee Co., Alabama
------buried Mount Bethel Cemetery, Cherokee Co., Alabama
------d/o James Lawrence and Mary CATE
--------gd/o Thomas Lawrence and Mary WOMACK
----------gt gd/o Henry Womack and Martha PUCKETT
--------gd/o Charles Cate and Sarah BALDWIN
----------gt gd/o Robert Cate and Elizabeth --
James Leath
--b. abt 1784 Shenandoah Co., VA
--d. 1860/69 Rusk Co., Texas
----buried Pirtle Baptist Church Cemetery, Rusk Co., Texas
--m. Hetty Gaut GANT
--abt 1807 probably Jefferson Co., TN
----b. abt 1792 TN
----d. AFTER 1860 Rusk Co., Texas