MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA - Bio    Lovett  Family

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Byrd Lovett was born December 29, 1833 at Mount Chulis in
Meriwether County Georgia.  Mount Chulis was an estate of
Byrd Lovett’s father Napoleon Bonaparte Lovett and was
located four miles north of Woodbury, Georgia.  

In the will of Napoleon, he mentions the estate of “Mt.
Chulis” and the estate of “Champinole”.  Napoleon’s name
and the name he gave his plantations in Meriwether County
reflect his mother’s French Huguenot background and
influence.  

His mother was Rebecca Bonnell of Screven County,
Georgia.  Napoleon was an attorney of note and a Judge.
His name appears on many early records in Screven County.
The estate of Champinole in French is Little Pasture and
Mount Chulis is Place of Rest in French.  At Mount Chulis
he built a plantation with a school house, shops, mill,
houses for slaves, and both a slave cemetery and a family
cemetery plot.  Byrd Lovett’s mother was Martha Ferrell,
daughter of Benjamin Ferrell, Sr. of Screven County.

Byrd Lovett married Amanda Barham of Louella, Georgia
(Henry County) on October 3, 1860 at “Tim Barham’s”.  

The Byrd and A.M. Lovett Family Bible records seven
children: Julius Ferrell Lovett, Virgil Burns Lovett,
Lynda T. Lovett, Amanda C. Lovett, Benjamin Byrd Lovett,
Addie E. Lovett, and Warren P. Lovett.

Byrd Lovett died October 3, l893 as is buried at he
Lovett Family Cemetery at Mt. Chulis Meriwether County.
The plantation and cemetery have been destroyed.  The
tombstone of Byrd Lovett still remains at the site of the
Lovett Cemetery.

Thomas Lovett was told by his father, Ben Lovett, and
grandmother, Elvie Lovett, that Byrd Lovett paid the
substitute the amount of One-Thousand Dollars and the
substitute was required so he could be with his wife
because of sickness.