Elijah Marion ELLIS
Male 1823 - 1865


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  • Birth  13 Nov 1823  , Buncombe, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender  Male 
    Military  Nov 1837  East Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Address:
    Fort Hetzel 
    • * "James M Ellis, in November 1837, he enlisted as a soldier in Winfield Scott's army for the removal of the Cherokees from Georgia.

      He was sent to Fort Hetzel (in what is now East Ellijay of today) in Col. Lindsey's Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, where his brother, Elijah was a soldier. There were 1,100 Indians from Gilmer County sent on the "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma. He was mustered out at the Vann House in July, 1838."

      * I am not sure that this is the correct Elijah Ellis.
    Census  1840  Georgia Militia District 825, Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census  1850  , Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation  Between 1853 and 1857  , Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Holley Springs Postmaster 
    Illness  Abt 1857 
    lost sight due to Typhoid fever at age 32 
    Census  1860  Coosawattee, Gordon, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died  26 Jun 1865  Spring Place, Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Buried  Aft 26 Jun 1865  New Prospect Cemetery, Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • Household residents in 1860 census: Elijah M b. NC, Elizabeth 27 F b. NC, Rose E 7 F b. GA, James 5 M b. GA, Elijah M 8 mos b. GA

      (Medical):lost sight due to Typhoid fever at age 32 Date:abt 1857
    Person ID  I2100  Kendrick-Hemphill
    Last Modified  31 Oct 2010 

    Father  James E. ELLIS,   b. 1791, , Greene, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1849, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Nancy MCCLURE,   b. 20 Oct 1790, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1871, , Fannin, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  23 May 1812  , Haywood, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F179  Group Sheet

    Family  Elizabeth McKinney TUCKER,   b. 21 Oct 1828, , Surry, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1907, , Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  21 Mar 1852  , Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Children 
    >1. Rosa Evelyn ELLIS,   b. 28 Mar 1853, , Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1936, , Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. James Churcell ELLIS,   b. Jul 1855, , Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1930, , Baker, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elijah M. ELLIS,   b. 27 Dec 1859, Spring Place, Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1949, Camilla, Mitchell, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Nancy Elizabeth ELLIS,   b. 18 Aug 1862, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1941, Rodentown, Baldwin County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F178  Group Sheet

  • Documents
    James and Elijah Ellis Indian Removal    		James and Elijah Ellis Indian Removal

    Death Records
    James C. Ellis Death Certificate    		James C. Ellis Death Certificate

  • Sources 
    1. [S34] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1), Year: 1860; Census Place: Coosawattee, Gordon, Georgia; Roll: M653_124; Page: 409; Image: 410. (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Elizah M Ellis
      Birth Date: abt 1823
      Birth Place: North Carolina
      Residence Date: 1860
      Residence Place: Coosawattee, Gordon, Georgia
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=11175623&ti=0&indiv=try

    2. [S33] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432,), Year: 1850; Census Place: , Murray, Georgia; Roll: M432_78; Page: 216; Image: 436. (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Elijah Ellis
      Birth Date: abt 1825
      Birth Place: North Carolina
      Residence Date: 1850
      Residence Place: Murray, Georgia
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18834202&ti=0&indiv=try

    3. [S287] New Prospect Church Cemetery.
      New Prospect Church Cemetery (Murray County, Georgia), E. M. Ellis headstone, personally photographed, 01 Nov 2008.

    4. [S57] Murray County Family History & Genealogy, message board (http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.murray/mb.ashx), varcsix, "Cherokee Removal -- Capt ? Murray County," 22 May 2005.

    5. [S73] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1840. M704, 58), Year: 1840; Census Place: , Murray, Georgia; Roll: 47; Page: 262. (Reliability: 3).
      Name: J E Ellis
      Residence Date: 1 June 1840
      Residence Place: District 825, Murray, Georgia, USA
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=1812973&ti=0&indiv=try

    6. [S236] Internet.

    7. [S9] Lynda Gibbs, comp., Ellis and Keener Connections at WorldConnect (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ : 27 Jun 2008), http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=reg&db=lynda77&id=i00656.

    8. [S384] Murray County, Georgia, , ; Probate Court's Office, Chatsworth., Marriage Book 1847-1852; 84; Ellis-Tucker, 1852, recorded license and return (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S58] Murray County History Committee, Murray County Heritage (Roswell, Ga: WH Wolfe Associates, Historical Publications Division, 1987), p. 84 (Reliability: 3).
      Ellis, Elijah M. m. Tucker, Elizabeth M. - 31 Mar 1851



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