Charles Clinton Leverett (also known as Charlie) was born on March 14th, 1853. His brother Walter Burns Leverett was born in 1855. Both were born and raised in Leverett's Chapel, Rusk County, Texas. Their parents were Captain Marshall Duncan Leverett ( c.a. 1815 ? c.a.1900) and Eliza Ann Patterson (1826 ? ), and their town, Leverett's Chapel, was named for Eliza's family.Charlie and Walter Leverett attended Washington & Lee University from 1872 to 1873. Walter attended Davidson College in 1873; his brother came along but did not enroll and the two left the town of Davidson after about a year. Charlie later resided in Overton, Rusk County, Texas (Munger). He died in April of 1897 in Overton, Texas. After leaving Davidson in 1874, Walter married Addie Cunningham, with whom he became a farmer and settled down in San Saba, San Saba County, Texas.