William Leard/McLeard married Elva Rushing on November 22, 1816 in Anson County, North Carolina. Their children were: James W., Dixon R., Jesse, Albert, Mary, William J., Nancy, Sebron Jackson, Caswell, Alfred, David and Harriett Nuel Leard. They also had two children that died in infancy.
He moved from North Carolina to Franklin (now Hart) County, Georgia and settled in the Reed Creek District. He later obtained land near Canon Church, in Hart County, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was of Scotch descent and a hatter by trade. The name appears to have originally been McLeard, but he dropped the "Mc" from his name and, for most of his life, went by Leard/Laird. His descendants, seemingly unable to agree on only one name, today use several spellings of the name, with Leard appearing to be the most prominent.
In Elvey (Rushing) Leard's Application for Pension, she stated that she married her husband in North Carolina; that he was six feet tall, 160 pounds, and had blue eyes. She also stated that he enlisted at Marion, South Carolina on Sept. 13, 1813 and received an honorable discharge on May 15, 1815 at Georgetown, South Carolina. She states that they lived in Anson County, North Carolina, then removed to Anderson District, South Carolina, and afterwards moved to Franklin (now Hart) County, Georgia.
(His descendants spell their names many different ways, the most prominent being "Leard."
Leard was the spelling used by William McLeard for most of his adult life.)
He moved from North Carolina to Franklin (now Hart) County, Georgia and settled in the Reed Creek District. He later obtained land near Canon Church, in Hart County, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was of Scotch descent and a hatter by trade. The name appears to have originally been McLeard, but he dropped the "Mc" from his name and, for most of his life, went by Leard/Laird. His descendants, seemingly unable to agree on only one name, today use several spellings of the name, with Leard appearing to be the most prominent.
In Elvey (Rushing) Leard's Application for Pension, she stated that she married her husband in North Carolina; that he was six feet tall, 160 pounds, and had blue eyes. She also stated that he enlisted at Marion, South Carolina on Sept. 13, 1813 and received an honorable discharge on May 15, 1815 at Georgetown, South Carolina. She states that they lived in Anson County, North Carolina, then removed to Anderson District, South Carolina, and afterwards moved to Franklin (now Hart) County, Georgia.
(His descendants spell their names many different ways, the most prominent being "Leard."
Leard was the spelling used by William McLeard for most of his adult life.)
William Leard/McLeard married Elva Rushing on November 22, 1816 in Anson County, North Carolina. Their children were: James W., Dixon R., Jesse, Albert, Mary, William J., Nancy, Sebron Jackson, Caswell, Alfred, David and Harriett Nuel Leard. They also had two children that died in infancy.
He moved from North Carolina to Franklin (now Hart) County, Georgia and settled in the Reed Creek District. He later obtained land near Canon Church, in Hart County, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was of Scotch descent and a hatter by trade. The name appears to have originally been McLeard, but he dropped the "Mc" from his name and, for most of his life, went by Leard/Laird. His descendants, seemingly unable to agree on only one name, today use several spellings of the name, with Leard appearing to be the most prominent.
In Elvey (Rushing) Leard's Application for Pension, she stated that she married her husband in North Carolina; that he was six feet tall, 160 pounds, and had blue eyes. She also stated that he enlisted at Marion, South Carolina on Sept. 13, 1813 and received an honorable discharge on May 15, 1815 at Georgetown, South Carolina. She states that they lived in Anson County, North Carolina, then removed to Anderson District, South Carolina, and afterwards moved to Franklin (now Hart) County, Georgia.
(His descendants spell their names many different ways, the most prominent being "Leard."
Leard was the spelling used by William McLeard for most of his adult life.)
He moved from North Carolina to Franklin (now Hart) County, Georgia and settled in the Reed Creek District. He later obtained land near Canon Church, in Hart County, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was of Scotch descent and a hatter by trade. The name appears to have originally been McLeard, but he dropped the "Mc" from his name and, for most of his life, went by Leard/Laird. His descendants, seemingly unable to agree on only one name, today use several spellings of the name, with Leard appearing to be the most prominent.
In Elvey (Rushing) Leard's Application for Pension, she stated that she married her husband in North Carolina; that he was six feet tall, 160 pounds, and had blue eyes. She also stated that he enlisted at Marion, South Carolina on Sept. 13, 1813 and received an honorable discharge on May 15, 1815 at Georgetown, South Carolina. She states that they lived in Anson County, North Carolina, then removed to Anderson District, South Carolina, and afterwards moved to Franklin (now Hart) County, Georgia.
(His descendants spell their names many different ways, the most prominent being "Leard."
Leard was the spelling used by William McLeard for most of his adult life.)
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