Mr.
Eli
Chance
I
Born about in Washington County, Georgia, USA
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Philemon Chance
and Louisa (Day) Chance
Brother of
Benjamin Chance [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Cagle) Chance
— married
19 Sep 1814 in Amite County, Mississippi
Descendants 
Father of
Ezekial Moore Chance, James B Chance, John A Chance, Stephen Chance, David Chance, Daniel H. Chance, Mary Elizabeth (Chance) O'Dell, Eli Chance, Amanda Chance and Samuel Chance
Died
at about age 75
in Caney Head, Hardin County, Texas, USA
Profile last modified
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Biography
Note
Removed Jefferson Co., Georgia from birth place and left Washington Co. (Original text was Washington or Jefferson Co.) Jefferson Co. did not exist in 1788. Something is
- Marriage: Elizabeth Cagle, 19 Sep 1816, Amite County, Mississippi, United States.[1]
- Children of Eli Chance and Elizabeth Cagle:
- Ezekiel Moore Chance, b. Sep 23, 1819, Louisiana
- Isaiah Chance, b. 1822 MIssissippi
- Elizabeth Chance. b. 1830, Mississippi
- Davis or David Chance, b. 1832, Mississippi
- Emeline Chance, b. 1834, Mississippi
- Emily Chance, b. 1837, Mississippi
- Death: 1863, Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas, United States[2]
Residence
- Residence (1850) Tyler, Texas, USA [3]
- Eli Chance 62
- Elizabeth Chance 57
- Isaiah Chance 28
- Elizabeth J Chance 20
- Emeline Chance 16
- Daniel Chance 18
- Emily Chance 13
- Residence (1860) Hardin, Texas [4]
- Eli Chance 72
- Elizabeth Chance 59
- Isah Chance 38
Military Service
- War of 1812 Note: source includes a scan of the application. [5]
- Soldier: Eli Chance Junior
- Widow: Elizabeth Chance
- Marriage Date: 19 Sep 1814
- Date Enlisted: 25 Dec 1814
- Date Discharged: 22 Mar 1815
- Soldier's Death Date: 21 Jan 1863
- Soldier's Death Place: Hardin Co Tex
- Military Service Location: Louisiana
- Pension Number - #1: WO 11032
- Pension Number - #2: WC 28726
- Bounty Land Number - #1: 76361 160 55
- Roll number: 17
- Archive Publication Number: M313
Note: Correct man? If not, please delete from record.
- United States Civil War [6]
- Name: Eli Chance
- Side: Confederate
- Regiment State/Origin: Louisiana
- Regiment: 17th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
- Company: B
- Rank In: Private
- Rank Out: Private
- Film Number: M378 roll 5
Sources
- ↑ Hunting For Bears, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.Eli Chance Memorial
- ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Tyler County, Texas; Roll: M432_915; Page: 169B; Image: 320; Woodville is the County Seat
- ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Hardin, Texas; Roll: M653_1296; Page: 338; Family History Library Film: 805296
- ↑ Ancestry.com. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: War of 1812 Pension Applications. Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group Number 15.
- ↑ National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/>, acquired 2007.
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Martha A. Chance, who married Pinckney Skinner and Mary A Chance, who married John P. Jordan.
Ezekiel Moore Chance and Eleanor Chance were buried in Bozeman Cemetery and had tombstones in the 1970s, but vandals tore their gravestones down.
England to America by Hilda Chance, 1981
Philemon had the following children: Benjamin Chance born July 1784, d. 1837, Copiah County, Mississippi married Charity Cagle l-01-1810, Amite County, MS Vincent Chance, b. 1786 married Polly East December 26, 1811, Amite County, MS Zilpah Chance, b. 1787, GA married John East, 12-06-1810 in Copiah Co., MS Eli Chance, b. 1788, GA m. Elizabeth Cagle, 09-19-1816, Amite County, MS Celia Chance, b. ca 1796, GA married Conrad Cagle May 6, 1813, Amite County, MS; married 2d Robert Crawford on 10-25-1815, Amite County, MS Peggy Chance, b. ca 1800, GA married William Flower(s) Elizabeth Chance b. unk married Sara Chance, b. unk, married 08-06-1811, Stephen, Elijah, Ann, Wm
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