1859-1886

Adoniram Judson Liverman

Student/Farmer     North Carolina NC

Hartwell Liverman (sometimes spelled Livermon) and Martha Ann Vick Liverman welcomed a son on April 2, 1859, and named him Adoniram Judson Liverman. He was the fifth of six children born to this couple. All we have been able to learn thus far come from census records. In 1870 he was 10 years old and his occupation was student. Ten years later he was a single farmer living with his brother. Next he was a student at Wake Forest College 1882-83, in Wake County, NC, but he died young at age 26 on January 5, 1886 and is buried at the Liverman Cemetery in Powellsville, NC.

But we did find his will and that may tell us something about this young adult who carried the legacy of Adoniram Judson:

I, A. J. Liverman of the State of North Carolina and Bertie County being of sound mind and memory do declare this to be my last will and testament:–

First–I commend my soul to the keeping of God forever.

Second—I desire my body to be buried in a Christian like manner with Masonic ceremonies.

Third—I give and bequest to my beloved mother (Martha Ann Liverman) my interest in our //// or power of //// lying and being in Watrom Posesson with all appurtenances /// being, also all my notes, monies, goods, chattels, possessions or //// hold //// her (Martha Ann Liverman) her heirs and assigns forever.

Fourth—I do appoint my mother my sole executris of this my last will and testament. Nor shall she be required //// for the performances of same ////////////////

In testimony of which I A. J. Liverman have herewith set my hand and sign.

December 3, 1885.[1]

From this one document we can determine that Adoniram Judson Liverman was a Christian and a Mason and he loved his mother and gave her all his earthly possessions. A goodly heritage.

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[1]North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, for A. J. Liverman, Bertie, Wills, Vol. 1, 1886-1909.

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