This is an introductory to the information I have complied since 1978 from many family sources.  In about 1956, Carrie Luman Davis and her daughter Marie Miller began our genealogies on her Luman Family which included some of the Oliver Family.  I believe the Olivers came from Ireland and came to Maryland before 1795, migrating on to Fauquier County, Virginia near Princeton,, to Caldwell County Kentucky (now Lyon County) onto Creole County (now Logan County) Arkansas.  Our Branch came to Nacogdoches County, Texas about 1889 and settled in the Black Jack Community where may are buried.  Our grandmother and grandfather Mary Ellen Luman Oliver and Hezekiah Oliver along with his brother William Lee,  Henry Lee Oliver and Eliza Alice came to Shelby County about 1919.

Other sources are in order information was received:

                                                Carrie and Marie Davis
                                                Oma Oliver Webb Risinger
                                                Lilliam Gray Cockrell
                                                Joe and June Carter since about 1884
                                                Michelle Albuawad From her history October 2000
                                                Many Corporative Relatives

Oliver Cemetery Subiaco, Arkansas

WILLIAM OLIVER, was born in 1893 in Maryland.  The name of his wife is unknown.

The child of William Oliver:

I.   LEONARD OLIVER was born before 1745.  The name of his wife is unknown.  Very little information is available on Leonard Oliver. He died on May 26, 1830 in, Lyon County, Kentucky.

The children of Leonard Oliver:

1.  LEVIN OLIVER, child of Leonard Oliver was born before 1745.  He married ELIZABETH (UNKNOWN).  She died after 1828 in Lyon County, Kentucky.

The children of Levin and Elizabeth Oliver:

a.  NATHANIEL OLIVER, first child of Levin and Elizabeth Oliver, was born August 6, 1775 in Maryland.  The name and information about his first marriage is unknown.   He married second time HANNAH GRAY on January 27, 1795 in Fauquier, Virginia.   She was born in 1780 in Essex County, New Jersey.  Hannah died in 1826 in Caldwell County, Kentucky (now Lyon).  Nathaniel died on February 3, 1861 in Lyon County, Kentucky.

The children of Nathaniel and Hannah Gray Oliver:

8a  HEZEKIAH OLIVER, eighth child of Nathaniel and Hannah Gray Oliver, was born September 20, 1817 in Bourbon or Caldwell County, Kentucky.  He married   SARAH JANE CUMMINS on June 9, 1836 in Caldwell County, Kentucky (now Lyon).   She was born October 28, 1818 and was the daughter of SIMON and ELIZABETH OLIVER CUMMINS.  Sarah died on June 7, 1902 in Logan County, Arkansas and is buried in Oliver Cemetery, Lyon County, Kentucky.  Hezekiah died on February 19, 1865 in Caldwell, Kentucky.  His burial place is unknown.

The children of Hezekiah and Sarah Jane Cummins Oliver:

John Wesley, Noah & Jefferson Green Oliver

3b NOAH HAMILTON OLIVER, third child of Hezekiah and Sarah Jane Cummins Oliver, was born February 6, 1842 in Lyon County, Kentucky.  He married KIZIA OLIVER on September 3, 1901.  Noah was a Sailor during the Civil War.   He died on March 4, 1922 in Kentucky.

The children of Noah and Kizia Oliver:

4b   JEFFERSON GREENE OLIVER,  fourth child of Hezekiah and Sarah Jane Cummins Oliver, was born May 25, 1844 in Lyon County Kentucky.  He married SARAH LITTLE.  No other data available.

5b  LIZA LUCINDA ADELIA OLIVER, fifth child of Hezekiah and Sarah Jane Cummins Oliver, was born November 27, 1846 in Kentucky.  She married FRANCIS MARION "FRANK" PATRICK.  He was born January 14, 1841 in Union County, Morganfield.  Frank died on September 26, 1914 in Sequoyah County Oklahoma.    Liza Lucinda died on January 23, 1923 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

The children of Frank an Liza Oliver Patrick:

2c  JAMES EDWIN OLIVER, sixth child of Hezekiah and Sarah Jane Cummins Oliver, was born February 4, 1852 in Union City Kentucky.  He E. J. DARKS on March 15, 1885.   

The children of James Edwin and Mrs. E. J. Darks Oliver::

1d  ALICE OLIVER, first child of James Edwin and Mrs. E. J. Darks, married JOHN TAYLOR.

The children of John and Alice Oliver Taylor:

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