James Madison ELLIS
Male 1816 - 1909


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  • Birth  28 Oct 1816  , Jackson, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender  Male 
    Military  Nov 1837–JUL 1838  East Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Military 
    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 James Ellis.
    Residence  13 Jul 1867  District 864, Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • On 13 Jul 1867, James M. Ellis swore an oath of allegiance to the United States and that he had resided in Georgia for the last 12 months.
    James M. Ellis Reconstruction Oath    		 James M. Ellis Reconstruction Oath
    Died  26 Jun 1909  Roundtop, Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Old Berean Church Cemetery, , Gilmer, Georga Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID  I2375  Kendrick-Hemphill
    Last Modified  22 Apr 2012 

    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 1  Racheal B HARRISON,   b. 1817, , Buncombe, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1876, Roundtop, Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1838  , Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Thaddeus Stephen ELLIS,   b. Mar 1840, , Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1879, Pisgah, Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Alexander ELLIS,   b. 1842, , Murray, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1864, Civil War Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Caroline Violet ELLIS,   b. 27 Sep 1845, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1905, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mary Ann ELLIS,   b. 5 Apr 1847, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1885, , Pickens, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Nancy A. ELLIS,   b. Jan 1850, , Polk, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1928, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Joseph Pickens ELLIS,   b. Mar 1854, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1910 and Before 1914, Harriman, , Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F484  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Nancy A THURMAN,   b. Jun 1861,   d. 6 Apr 1918, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  24 Jan 1887  , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Children 
     1. James Blaine ELLIS, Sr.,   b. 14 Jul 1888, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1972, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Betty Ann ELLIS,   b. 7 Aug 1890, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1917, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Josephine ELLIS,   b. 10 Aug 1892, , Gilmer, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1984, Calhoun, Gordon, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F486  Group Sheet

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

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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.
      http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.murray/851/mb.ashx

    3. [S591] "Georgia, Returns of Qualified Voters and Reconstruction Oath Books, 1867-1869," database and digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing Georgia, Office of the Governor. Reconstruction registration oath books, 1867, Georgia State Archives, Morrow, Georgia., accessed; 22 April 2012; entry for James M. Ellis, Gilmer County Oath Book, p. 380 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S217] Gilmer County Marriage Record 3, 1877-1892 (Gilmer County Clerk of Probate Court, Ellijay), 315, Ellis-Thurman, 1887 (Reliability: 3).



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