James Isaac Ellison II (abt. 1757 - 1839)

Born about 20 Sep 1757 in Mansfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Elizabeth (Farley) Ellison — married 1777 in Fort Farley, Virginia

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1839 at about age 81 in Monroe, Virginia, United States

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Captain James Ellison II served with Virginia Line during the American Revolution.

James Ellison II is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A037891.

Revolutionary War Soldier

James Isaac Ellison II was born on September 20, 1757 in Mansfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey. His parents were James Isaac Ellison Sr. (1735 - 1791) and Ann (English) Ellison (1736 - 1791).

His siblings were...

1. Mary Eleanor (Ellison) Swope (1755 - ~1805)
2. Joseph Ellison (1758 - 1830)
3. Isabell (Ellison) Harrison (1759 - 1796)
4. John L Ellison (1761 - 1845)
5. Asa Marcus Ellison Sr. (1762 - ~1830)
6. Ann (Ellison) Haynes (1768 - 1838)
7. Ruth (Ellison) Droddy (~1770 - 1816)
8. Mercy (Ellison) Paul (1772 - 1844)

James married Nancy Elizabeth Farley (1758 - 1841) in 1777 in Fort Farley, Virginia.

Their children were...

1. Rev. James Isaac Ellison III (1778 - 1834)
2. Elizabeth (Ellison) Shumate (1780 - 1847)
3. Matthew Ellison (1784 - )
4. Joseph Ellison (1786 - 1840)
5. Francis R. Ellison (1792 - 1879)
6. Marcy Massey (Ellison) Cantley (1803 - 1859).

Military Service: Revolutionary War Veteran. The Beckley Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution was then named for Captain James Ellison in 1947 and his DAR number is #A037891. ^[1]

Nancy Elizabeth Farley, married James Ellison II, son of James Ellison I, in Farley's Fort about 1777. James had a variety of careers during his life. According to "Virginia Colonial Soldiers" James was listed as a member of Captain John Lewis' Company. In June 1774 he was an Indian spy under Captain John Henderson, in June 1776 under Samuel Lewis and in 1778 again under Captain John Henderson. James and several of his relatives are listed as participants in the first battle of the American Revolution--the Battle of Point Pleasant.

His service records from the Revolutionary War list him as a minister, Rev. James Ellison, Jr.. After the war he registered to pay taxes in Greenbrier County, Virginia in 1783 and again in 1793.

James Ellison II wrote in his Monroe County Revolutionary War Pension Application S6821 in 1833 that Indians burned Fort Farley in the Spring of 1778 in retaliation for the murder of their Chief Cornstalk and three other friendly Indians by Militiamen at Point Pleasant the previous Fall.

The Monroe court issued orders for roads in August 1799; and Matt Farley, Daniel Jarrett, and James Ellison were to view the road from the mouth of Indian to Jesse Green's.

James wrote his Will on 22 December 1838 and passed on 18 February 1839.

Slaves (servants): "To my two servant girls, Jeanny and Barsheba and posterity, to them I give their freedom together with the use and sole control of the dwelling house I now live in including two acres of land which is to include the garden spring and as much of the best ground near the house as can be included in a respectable form so as not to include more than I [word unreadable]. The privilege of firewood and pasture for a cow on the place that I live on forever provided they and their posterity continue to live on it but no power to sell or convey to any person or any way. I also give to my two servant girls after the death of my wife Elizabeth one featherbed, bedstead and furniture and one yearling heifer and heifer calf, one ewe and lamb to each and to Barsheba I give my loom and weaving utensils; to each I give a trunk now called their own."^[2]

James died on February 18, 1839 in Monroe County, Virginia, USA aged 81. He is buried in Ballard Church Cemetery, Ballard, West Virginia.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 14 Mar 2017), "Record of James Ellison", Ancestor # A037891.
2. ↑ Will of James Ellison
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/64305725/james-isaac-ellison : accessed 22 April 2021), memorial page for James Isaac Ellison Jr. (20 Sep 1757–18 Feb 1839), Find A Grave: Memorial #64305725, citing Ballard Baptist Church Cemetery, Ballard, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Walter Pack Family (contributor 47557175) .

• Article "Location of Farley's Fort Beneath Bluestone Lake, Summers County, WV " Beckley Post-Herald (Beckley, West Virginia) 25 Mar 1975, Tue Page 4 Newspapers.com - [1]

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