Elisha married Anne Dodson on the 19th May 1808 in Maury county, Tennessee.[1]
Elisha appears in the 1840 Federal census in Giles county, Tennessee. Elisha's household appears as follows: 1 male age 10 thru 14; 1 male age 60 thru 69; 1 female age 5 thru 9; 1 female age 15 thru 19; and 1 female age 40 thru 49.[2]
Elisha died in May 1850 in Giles county, Tennessee. Elisha's death is listed in the 1850 Federal Mortality Census. Elisha's age is given as 70; place of birth listed as North Carolina and cause of death was listed as: Cancer. [3]
Sources
↑ Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line] Ancestry.com. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-XCN : 19 August 2017), Elisha Dodson, Giles, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 135, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 523; FHL microfilm 24,545.
↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 26; Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Giles, Tennessee; Page: 272. Source Information:
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 [database on-line] Ancestry.com
Notes
May be the Lt. Elisha War of 1812 29th Regiment Warren Co, TN.
Acknowledgment
WikiTree profile Dodson-1127 created through the import of Dodsons Only.GED on Nov 22, 2011 by Betty Dotson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Betty and others.
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