Early Settlers -O-

Oliver, Dionysious, (1735-1808) Captain during the American Revolutionary War, lived in Elbert County, buried near Stinchcomb Methodist Church. He was the founder of Petersburg, Georgia.

Oliver, Dionysious. Oglethorpe Co. Deed Book D, page 18. 22 May 1800. John Greenwood and George Greenwood, both of Elbert Co., executors of the last will and testament of John Greenwood, Senr., deceased, to Alexander Gordon of Oglethorpe Co. for $500, 100 acres of land, being part of 400 acres granted to Dionisious Olliver on Clouds Creek, waters of Broad River in Oglethorpe Co.