Elijah S Alvis (1830 - 1882)

Born 12 Nov 1830 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline M (Gaines) Alvis — married 15 Dec 1850 in Marengo, Alabama, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Jones) Alvis — married 21 Sep 1859 in Marengo, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1882 at age 51 in Alabama, United States

Biography

Elijah served with the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was in the 4th Volunteer Militia. Elijah was a Prisoner of War (POW) at Tobins Battery in Marengo County, Alabama.

Sources

• Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Year: 1870; Census Place: Demopolis, Marengo, Alabama; Roll: M593_28; Page: 356A.
• Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Year: 1880; Census Place: Gaston, Sumter, Alabama; Roll: 31; Page: 363C; Enumeration District: 158.
• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Dodd, Jordan R., comp.. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Marriage to Caroline Gains on 18 Dec 1850 in Marengo County, Alabama.
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama; Series Number: M311; Roll: 133.
• National Archives at Washington DC; Washington, DC. USA; War Department Collection of Confederate Records; NARA film publicaton #:: M598; Record Group: War Department Collection of Confederate Records; Record Group Number: 109.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218496935/elijah-s-alvis : accessed ), memorial page for Elijah S. Alvis (1830–23 Jun 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 218496935, citing Cokes Chapel Cemetery, Ward, Sumter County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Judy (Ware) Brown (contributor 47805543).
• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Marriage to Elizabeth Jones on 21 Sep 1859 in Marengo County, Alabama.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Gaston, Sumter, Alabama; Archive Collection Number: M279; Roll: 27; Page: 2; Line: 10; Schedule Type: Agriculture.
• Ancestry.com. 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29. Slave Owner who owned 4 slaves, ages 11, 17, 35, and 40. Most likely a family.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 18.
• Ancestry.com. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Alvis, C. A. - Andrews, David B.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.