Elisha Hamilton (1802 - 1854)

Born 28 Jul 1802 in Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Tamison Cogswell — married 19 Jul 1824 in Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1854 at age 51 in Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Elisha Hamilton was born July 28, 1802 to parents Henry Hamilton and Pauline Coy in Vermont, United States.

He married Tamison Cogswell July 19, 1824 in New York, United States.

Residences
c1840 8 in household; Small, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA. ^[1]
c1850 Farmer; married; home owned; Millville, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA. ^[2]

Elisha died January 10, 1854 in Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: S34 Year: 1840; Census Place: Small, Jo Daviess, Illinois; Roll: 61; Page: 379; Family History Library Film: 0007642
2. ↑ Source: S82 The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Millville, Jo Daviess, Illinois; Roll: 111; Page: 133a

• Hamilton, Salome. (1894) The Genealogy of the Hamilton Family from 1716 to 1894. Minneapolis, MN: A. C. Bausman, printer - p. 86

• Source: S153 "Illinois, U.S., Public Land Purchase Records, 1813-1909." Name: Elisha C Hamilton. Section: LOT1SW. Price per Acre: 1.25. Total Price: 100.00. Date: 10 Apr 1847. Volume: 711. Page: 089. Acres: 80.00. Ancestry Record 3780 #219769

• Source: S154 "U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015." United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ . Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007. Name: Elisha C Hamilton. Issue Date: 1 Jan 1849. Place: Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA. Land Office: Dixon. Township: 27-N. Range: 4-E. Section: 4. Accession Number: IL4770__.037. Document Number: 27855. Original URL: http://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=IL4770__.037&docClass=STA&sid=ncrbawcd.eus . Ancestry Record 1246 #638265

• Source: S303 "United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955", database with images, FamilySearch.

1. Name: Joseph Benoist. Additional Person's Name: Elisha C Hamilton. Event Type: Land Assessment. Event Date: 12 Jan 1949. Event Place: Illinois, United States. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KZ4-YWPX : 10 March 2023)

• Source: S301 "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch. Grantee's Name: Elisha C Hamilton. Grantor's Name: William Short. Event Type: Land Assessment. Event Date: 1834. Event Place: Allegany, New York, United States. Entry Number: K. Page Number: 47. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C796-KJT2 : 1 March 2023)

• Source: S34 "1840 United States Federal Census." Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Name: Elisha Hamilton. Home in 1840: Small, Jo Daviess, Illinois. Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1. Free White Persons - Under 20: 5. Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3. Total Free White Persons: 8. Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8. Ancestry Record 8057 #3089708

• Source: S82 "1850 United States Federal Census." Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Name: Elisha Hamilton. Race: White. Age: 48. Birth Year: abt 1802. Birthplace: Vermont. Home in 1850: Millville, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA. Occupation: Farmer. Industry: Agriculture. Real Estate: 1000. Inferred Spouse: Jamison Hamilton. Inferred Children: Lydia Hamilton, Norman Hamilton, Lucinda Hamilton, Melinda Hamilton, Elois Hamilton, Marion Hamilton. Ancestry Record 8054 #19179393, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M851-7ZT : Fri Sep 15 16:40:04 UTC 2023)